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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1876-10-27, Page 14 and in ae also all ie back back imby 5, pr - the year. give sue, so guard ra- like eper. OCTOBER 20, 1876. G EAT SALE AT TUE NOTED7 7 7 NOTED , • CHEAP CASH STORE TO the Cash Buyers, to the IndepenAent erg,- to the Buyers who can Buy Where Thgy Please, we offer the following ,.1,031f NEW AND SEASONABLE GOODS Belle- e flgIi8h AT BOTTOM PRICES: w ere extfar Ladies' Cloth Jackets, Ladies Far Terareed and Sealette Jackets, arra of j From $1 to $10, equal to 20 per 'et. 21, cont. off. = terloo, • 160 New Fancy Victorines at from 800 to $1, w. No other House in Seaforth Iz borne_, them. killed 50 Picees of Now Winter Dross Goods, 2, only tes• 15 per centlower, than last Io 10,.Pieces (AI:Leavy Mantle Beaver, 6-4 wide, frora , Cones to $4 per yard, early i They are a Great Bargain. -- ,pOnnd 75 Pieces of Dragon and Silver Shield Brande " Black Lustros from 14c to 700 per yard, The Richest Lustres imported bite Canada. 50 Pieces of New Winces's—an pekes, From_ 70 ta 20c inr yard, beet value has in Seaforth. tiola at mmit' -5 Pieces of Black Silk, from 60o to $2 per yard,. g the pie it to be thwn, i 1 t , t two i T-1- A -Tx-7- -1... c...4 ..-- -......... — v v -1.-1 • 3 eee- . t. You Can got your choice out of -amin- uatere two 200 hon- Of the Finest and Fashionable Shawls yon 4 Most n.00 over saw, at all prices, from $2 to $18 60, k have of the WE MAKE SHAWLS A SPECIALITY d. Mr. )111 on back Wnship session iby the ea, and Jan., I, P , Cline ef the ,ciation M last sold a sardine takes 5t-clasa or one is sue- ighara, being aud peace, :a hop - id, (for of the loan- gentle - en the asels a going e have icredi- oe has GLOVES Ai_D nearly ed by SILK HANDKERCHIEFS SEE THEM BEFORE YOU BUY, 12 Boxes of Now Black and Colored Hid Gloves and Ladies' Kid Mita, lined, from 75o to $1 50 per pair, 200i Promenade Scarfs, from 25e to $2 25, 800 Ladies' and Children's Fancy Clouds, from 12e to 05e, 100 Now Felt Skirts at 75c, worth $1, 10 PIOCC5 of Tapestry Carpet at from 85e to $1, 5 Pieces All -Wool Carpets, yard wide, 1st 95o per yard, 10 Pieces Union Carpet, yard wide, at 870,500 and 75c per yard. READYMADE CLOTHING' DEPARTMENT MPDMPTE. Overcoats, Pea Jaekets, Body Coats, Bents and, Vests at 12iper cent. off old figures, and Stock all new this week. SPLENDID LOT Or GENTS' FUR CAPS, In South Sea Beal, Otter and Lamb. rnited • ses- AND CASHMERE MUFFLERS, awing and see zittend 11. U. MOVOITGALL & CO. eon of af the TAILORING DEPARTMENT [luring re Complete aff Complete in every detail, showing the se-ven Largest and Finest Assortment of • get - from IMPORTED. CLOTHS masts. cd fred . f last ; a was el the ipped ; The ishing lived gham., fire ed the er of sup- onday 1 was easaut r, and even 1r R, [rad a ernees God- t the • the " Way 'se at to e was ry, onI r was na as :each. rtla of [-posed - Mr. • the wish re - wing: arried Ont. Sirri to ; into snings years aying then e has there- Vayne ivoree EVER SHOWN AT THE 777 • 7.7-7 Purchased and Carefully Selected in the best European Market for Cash BY 0 (IR MR, MCDOUGALL. Orders for Clothing will receive Prompt Attention and will be found, PRECISELY RICHT IN PRICE. PRECISELY RICHT IN QUALITY. PRECISELY RICHT IN MANUFAC'RE: Delightfully Warm for the Fall _ Season. - The Very Lowest Prices for these Tight Times. Made Most Carefully Premises. the Come Early and leave your measure. First Come First Served. You can make the Best Choice now - TERMS - - CASH, Or 1 per cent per month added. GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HATS A.ND 0,4PS, Weekly Arrivals from New York of tha Newest Styles Out. A. G. McDouGALL Co 't* 't NINTH TEAK. %MOLE NO. 464. r • - NOTED 7 7 7 NOTED CHEAP CASH STORE. THIS WEEK— WE OFFER 300 PlEbE8 ; NEW COTTONS THE FINEST AND CHEAPEST IN SEAFORTH. ALSO THIRTY PIECES OF CARPETS At 10 per cent. cheaper than can be had anywhere in Canada. • A. G. McDouGAIL & Co. TAILORING DEPARTMEN T Complete in every detail, showing the Largest and Finest Assortment -of IMPORTED CLOTHS EVER SHOWN AT THE 7 7 7 777 Purchased and Carefully Selected in the best European Market for IC/ash rp. ..BY OUR MR. MCDPUGALL. Orders for Clothing will receive Prompt Attention and will be found PRECISELY RICHT IN PRICE. PRECISELY RICHT IN QUALITY. PRECISELY RICHT IN MANUFAC'RE. Delightfully Warm for the Fall Season. the Very Lowest Prices for these Tight Times, iMade Most' Carefully on the Premises. Conte Early and, leave your measure. First Come First Served. - You can make the Best Choice now. TERMS - - - CASH. Or 1 per cent per month added. GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HATS .417.1) CAPS, Weekly Arrivals from New York of the Newest Styles Out. A. G. MCDOUGALL & ,CO. WANDERINGS IN COLORADO. PAPER NO. IX. • Spoon Creek is one of the tributaries of the Huerfano. It is a live running stream, and like the Huerfano, its banks are thickly settled, and the majority of. the settlers are Mexicans. A large num- ber of sheep are kept in the country about. Notwithstanding the ill -fortune which has attended many of those who have invested in it, the sheep interest in Colorado is increasing rapidly year by year. Although wool has been extreme- ly low this year, evidently sheep owners do not expect this condition of the mar- ket to continue, as sheep still command as high or higher prices than formerly. The prairie about Spoon Creek is much broken with gullies and bluffs, and is studded with cedar bushes and pin.ons, as the Mexicans call the stunted pine trees. This affords excellent winter shel- ter, and the sheep will brouse contented- ly among the pinons during the severest winter storms. The Denver and Rio Grande Railway has lately been extend- ed through this country on its way to New Mexico. A station has been es- tablished near a little old Mexican plaza on Spoon Creek, and a few rough frame dwellings in the way of stores and store- houses have been erected. The build- ings of the "new town," as they call it, contrast curiously with the low adobes and log huts of the Mexicans, the former seem to symbolize in some degree the rough and rugged enterprise of the West, while the latter represent, equally well the semi -civilization and contented con- servatism of the Mexicans. One night' while we were camped on this creek a rain storm occurred, which forms one of the best remembered inci- dents of the trip. It had been threaten- ing rain all day, but no one believed it wouldocome. It is one of the peculiari- ties of this climate that no one 'can pre- dict the weather, Even Old Probabili- ties himeelf would be unable to make -a respectable guess 24 hours ahead. There will be every possible sign of rain— clouds, wind, everything indicating rain —but the indications will pass away, and week after week will pass with un- interrupted sunshine. Again, with hard- ly any warning of its coining, almost from a clear sky, a torrent will burst forth, threatening for the moment to submerge the whole country, as if with another flood. This time the threatenings were not for nothing. About dark the ram began to fall, first slowly, but soon in torrents. Most of the camps were at supper, and a cowboy does not allow a. mere sprinkle to come between him and his grub. But when the rani began; to put out the camp fires, they bre. gen to think that it meant business, and the grub was deserted, and every one did his best to hunt a dry spot. Soon the creek beian to rise, not slowly, but, as it were, in leaps—a foot or more at a time. Some of the outfits were camped low crown in the bottom, and it required their utmost exertions to haul their wag- ons and camping paraphernalia to a plum of gaiety before their camp ground was a surging mass of water. Some of the boys of our }clamp and those of our next neighbor, after we had placed our provi- sions in a place of safety, gathered wood and built a large fire, big enough to burn in spite of the ram, and standing about it, tried to take the rain as a good joke. The Pioneer and one or two others stretched the wagon canvass tent over the tengue of the 'wagon, the extreme end of which.was elevated and supported by a stake, thus making a sort of tent. Here they placed their blankets and crawling under went to bed. In about a couple of hours the storm was over, and those of us who had managed to keep their bedding dry spread it out and went to sleep, the others set to drying their blankets or lay down in them, clamp as they were. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1876. 111cLEAN BROTHERS, 'Publishers. OA 36 a Year,th advance.- Another of our camping places on Spoon Creek was near the Glastonberry ranche. The pioneer had informed us beforehand that we would have a good time when we got there-Lthat we would have all the milk and butter we could get away with. Our outfit int& our camp near the house, and sure enough we were kept supplied with all the milk and but- ter we could use. No one who has not been deprived of them for a long time can appreciate -what luxuries milk and butter are,and the quantity we hlingry campers caused to disappear was surprising, The Glastonberrys had a lot of cattle them- selves, and the boys had been with us on the round -up, and this, as well as her own warm-heartedness ace,ountedlor the old lady's kindness to the cowboys. Besides, Mrs. Glastonberry and the Pion- eer had been old acquaintances in Mis- souri. He told us that she had been con- sidered a beauty in her younger days and that she was the first young lady he had ever " waited on." She was, by no means, a beauty now, and the vicissi- tudes of frontier life had left their mark on her temper, manner and conversation, as well as ripen her personal appearance. The Pioneer and one or two o: the rest made a call on the old lady in the even- ing, the Pioneer to renew his acquaint-, ance,and the others for the sake of a little fun, as they had heard the old lady was a charaater. The Glastonberrys, like many others during the war, had been forced to fly from combrtable homes in Missouri by the outrages of the Bush- whackers on one side, and the militia on ,the other, who between them laid waste many fair counties in that State. Refer- ring to these times, Mrs. G. said to the Pioneer, "You will have heard, Sam, that I've got to be a regular onnery foul- mouthed old woman. You tieedn't say you hav'nt, because it's true. But no wonder Ah, Sam, we've seen hard times when we came here, we had to borrow the blankets we slept on, and we hadn't a bull to beller for us." The conversa- tion becoming more general, she asked the Pioneer, "Who is that fine -haired gentleman Sam, 1 see with your outfit?" referring to the present writer. "Oh," said he, "that fellow's Wen with me all through." "Why," she returned, "1 thought he was the saloon keeper from the new town." I had ,been flattering myself that the accumulated dirt and filth of a six weeks' in camp had quite obliterated anythingilike 'fine-hairedness' about me, but it seemed the old lady was not to be deceived. The people here are wonderfully sharp at detecting a new- comer or recent arrival. Whether it is by his air,or dress'or general appearance I don't know, but they can spot a "ten- der foot" or "fine -haired feller, as they call every Eastern man at a glance. The first question is generally, "How long have you been out here?" the next, "What did you come for?" and the next, "How long are you going to stay?" the whole category accompanied by a look, expressive of, "What a blessed fool you are to be here titian!" 1 intend in future to say, in answer to the first query, that I was born here, and thus block further investigation. There is a curious idea among many people here about getting .one's clothes wet. It may be common euough in oth- er places,too, but I never heard of it elsewhere. They say when you are caught out in the rain and get wet through, never change your clothes, or you will be sure to catch cold, and, per - baps, get the rheumatism,let them dry on you and you Will be all right. I have not had an opportunity as yet to test this theory myself. Perhaps some of my readers, when they get Soaked through in one of your cold fall rains, may think of it and give it a trial. . 1: know- one thing, however, that last fall, when they were driving railroad ties down the Ar- kansas River, and the men had half the time to work up to the waist in water, one of them told me they never took their wet clothes off at night, but went to sleep in them, covering up warm with blankets; that they found by experience this to be the only way to ward off rheumatism and to prevent taking cold. The rain -storm spoken of above was the. beginning of the rainy season. During about two months in Summer, from the latter part of May to the beginning of August, nearly all the ram for the year falls. The amount of rain varies greatly in differeut years. This last summer was very dry, but in the summer of 1875, on the other hand, there was abundance of rain. In the 'rainy, season; efor a week or more, there will often be a heavy shower every 'afternoon, which will dry up- so quickly, that next morning one could hardly tell it rained at all. These sum- mer showers are generally only partial, extending over but a small area of coun- try. It is nothing unusual for one to see a rainbow every day in the rainy season for a long time, and often two in a day, although there may have been no rain at all at the point of observation. No cattle man on the round -up ever begrudges be- ing caught in the ram. The more rain. -the more grasS, and the more grass the fatter the cattle, and the better off their owners. The inquiry when cattle men meet is not "How's business-?" dr "How are the crops?" but "How are the cattle -looking?" or "How's the grass yonr way?" This fall, on account of the drouth, the, grass is very poor, and the coming win- ter, if at all severe, will be a hard one on cattle and. stock of every kind. One night toward the end of the trip there happened to be strangers in camp, and s they were unprovided with blank- ets, it became necessary that one of them should sleep_ with two of our fellows, this animal is one extremely familiar to three in a bed. They got through the olfactories of Coloradans, At a place night, I supPose, as comfortably as could down on the river, where I was staying f be expected, and in the morning one of for a while last winter, we used to kill them got up pretty early and set out to two a week regularly. They used to at - look for his horses. In a little while, the tack the storehouse where the flour and ther provisions were kept, and it second got up, and happening to look . o e back to where he had been lying he was used to be our great ndeavor to horrified to see a good-sized rattlesnake get them hunted out and killed with such coiled up and peacefully reposing beside gentleness and persuasiveness that they _ should not emit any odor. In this we his still sleeping companion. :Me imme diately shouted, "Ho, Jim, there's a never succeeded but once when a big one snake in your bed." Jim heard, though was shot rio dead that death was instan- half asleep, and not stopping to argue the taneous, and he had not time to dissem- e right of possession with the reptile, made inathis perfume. It is generally be - a bound of about twenty feet. The lieved that the bite of one of these ani - snake was undisturbed and was soon mals is similar iu its results to that of a killed by those wbo gathered about. The mad (reg. But of this I have no person- al knowledge. A man, who lived over on night had been a little chilly, and the snake doubtless attracted by the warmth, the Republican river in Northwestern C had crept in among the sleeper* and, Colorado, where skunks are much more numerous than even here, told me that finding the place comfortable, had, lain he knew of a man having been bitten by quiet until discovered, one of them,and that he afterwards died Rattlesnakes are quite plenty on the of hydrophobia. How this may be I know high prairie, but are seldom found in the not. Whether skunks are naturally hyd- bottoms. They take their position under rophobie, or whether they are more liable a cactus or sage bush, and, when a man or animal plusses near, sound out their to rabies than other animals it is certain alarm. The species found here is rather that the belief is formally held by many that madnees is sure so follow their bite, small, not being more than three or four feet in length. In warmer and more and no one is at all desirous to test the . southern countries as every one knows, they attain to much matter by experiment greater proportions. After the Huerfano and its tributaries Unless they are stumbled ni:di unawares had been rounded -up, the St. Charles was x t they are not dangerous, for though their he next in order. When this was reach- ed our party were on their own range, so tile and give warning before they strike. bite is deadly, they are an honorable rep - to speak. They no longer sent away the cattle gathered, but branded the *yes Cattle and sheep are often bitten by them, and if somethingbelonging to them, respectively, and is not done for their relief they generally die. Since 1 -then turned them loose, it wasnow the have been in the country I have known tnrn of those whose headquarters were on ! of only one case in which a man was bit- other creeks to send away their cattle. When the coantry from the St. Charles ten, and that did not result fatally. A young fellow named Wilson, about 17 years of age was hunting in the moun- tain side above Mace's hole the valley I have heretofore spoken of. lie was about to return home, and was proceeding down the side of the mountain, when he stepped on a rattlesnake which was ly- ing in a ledge of the rock. Both were taken by surprise, but in the twink- ling of an eye the snake had bitten him severely in the lower part of the leg, just above the shoe, leaving two deep wounds where the fangs had entered. Here young Wilson showed great curage and presence of mind, and to this fact there is little doubt that he owes the preserva- tion of his life. He was more than two miles from any habitation, and felt that all depended upon his strength holding out till he could reach a place where he could procure some kind of antidote. He took a cord he had with him and tied it tightly about his leg, then with his jack- knife he made deep gashes in his foot all around the wound, so that it bled freely. He had seen snake bitten horses treated this way, and it occurred to him that it would be the best thing he could do for himself. Then he set out on the terrible journey homeward. 'Every moment he aeemed to grow weaker, every moment the poison seemed to take more terrible effect upon him, and when he reached a place of succor he was almost at the last gasp. Relief was quickly afforded him. He was promptly dosedwith large quan- tities of whiskey, which proved an effec- tive antidote. It was a good many weeks before he was all right again, but ulti- mately he entirely recovered. Not less dreaded than the rattlesnake is the tarantula. The tarantula is a large _spider, about three inches in diameter. It is covered with short mouse -like hair, has great crooked legs extending out from its body, and altogether is Avery repul- sive looking animal indeed. They fre- quent old cabins and places whereltimber has been lying a considerable time, but I have also sees them on the high prairie. The bite of the tarantula is thought to be even more deadly than that of the rattle- snake,. but I only kuow of one instance where a man was bitten by one of them, and I never saw anyone else who knew of another case, either. The instance I refer to took place only a few weeks ago, and within a short distance of where I am now writing. A big Irishman, who was working on a ditch, made his bed one night on the floor of an old cabin. He was scarcely asleep when he felt something pinch his shoulder and then run across his face. He jumped up, and almost immediately, feeling acute pains shooting from his shoulder into every part of his body, he knew that he had been bitten by a tarantula. Half crazed with pain and fear, he rushed to a neighbor's house in quest of whiskey, to use as an antidote. Not finding any he hurried off to another neighbor's, and was again unsuccessful. Poor Pat never wanted a drink so bad in his life before. Finally he got a third neighbor to mount his horse and gallop to town, some eight or ten miles, for a supply. It was near- ly three hours from the time the man was bitten until the whiskey arrived, and by that time his body had become swollen to an extraordinary degree. He was unconscious, and evidently death was very near. Nearly a quart of the strongest whiskey was administered, and proved entirely successful as an antidote. From being unable to move, the poisoned man became so violent that several men were required to hold him, and after this. paroxysmwas over he fell into a heavy _ perspiration which lasted more than two days. Apparently he sweated all the poison out of his system, for after that he recovered rapidly and was soon at his work again. The tarantula is the standing bugbear of the camper. I confess that many times I have awakened in the night, and the blankets rubbing my face or the dry grass rustling near me, suggesting the thought of tarantulas, a cold shudder has run through me. But considering how many people are constantly sleeping out doors on the ground, and in old cabins, and how very rare are the instances of tarantula biting, the danger must be ex- tremely small. In Texas and Mexico, however, I am told, they are much more numerous and venomous, and instances are quite common of persons being bitten by them. Another "varmint," very plentiful in this country, and which, if novvery dan- gerous, is certainly the reverse of agree- able, is the skunk. The pungent odor of isting on 15th September. They will couldscarcely be convinced that the heap also advance fourth class freight rates to 18 cents to New York, and 20 cents to New England,. —The village of Ayr county of Water- loo is at present discussing the propriety of securing a new cemetery for the village and surrounding country. —The Lieutenant -Governor of the Province has appointed Thursday, 2nd November, as a day of thankagiving. throughout Ontario. —Diphtheria is making sad havoce in the vicinity of HaWtrey, eleven deaths having occurred within six weeks, and. several fresh cases of the disease are re- ported. —The -Public School, at Comber, Essex County, was re -opened on Mon- day, 16th, having been closed three weeks toprevent the spread of diphthe- ria among the children. —The Grand Trunk Railway managers are about erecting at Port Huron, Mich., repairing shops of brick 120x244 feet in extent. They are to be finished by 1st January next. s —Mr. A. S. Rolland, of New York, was in Stratford, during last week, with a view of establishing a manufactory of syrups. No definite action has as yet been taken. —Stratford has secured a morning closes at 8.30 A. M., This will enable Stratford correspondence to reach Listo- well and points north the same day. —Rev. Father McGrath thanked the Protestants of Mitchell from the altar on Sunday week, for their kindness and lib- erality in handsomely subscribing to- wards the erection of the new Catholic Church. —A good. days work was done the other day by Messrs. Peter Gilmartin, and L. Beyet for Mr. &mud Crawford, Lot 4, Con. .11, Logan. They felled, topped, measured and sawed 110 logs in nine hours and a half 1 — The Listowell Public School Board has engaged the services of Mr. John Hall, Jr., Guelph, as their architect for the new school. They have decided on a ten room building, in the Elizabethan style of architecture. — Last Friday in London the board of Aldermen beat the board of School This - tees at base ball on the fifth innings by one run. The game was full of amusing muffs. The stakes were 400 loaves of bread for the soup kitchen —Mr. C. Hall, contractor for the lay; ing of gas mains in Stratford, collected about $300 recently and left for parts un- known, lea.ving the laborers who had been working for him in the lurch as re- gards their pay. --There died on the Governor's road township of Blenheim, on the 16th inst.t, Michael Showers aged 78 years, one of She oldest settlers in the district. He was a native of Ancaster, Ont. , and moved into Blenheim when only 17..years of age and has ever since resided on the same farm on which he died. —Op Thursday night last week, a poor (Adman named James Scott, while fixing his horses, upset his latnp in the stable, which set fire -to the straw. His stable and hay were consumed, and the fire sprs&l to an adjoining stable, which was filled with hay, it was also destroy- ed. The total loss is about $275. —A. new company is making "frost pipes" in St. Catharines, out of asphal- tum, canvas, wood, iron'sand and pa- per, whith are intended to be used for water pipes, and are claimed to be very durable, while costing a half less than iron. They will resist sulphurio and muriatic acid, but not coal oil or fire. —Thos. Baylis, blacksmith, residing in the Township of Canboro' was robbed of $250 on his way between Canfield sta- tion on the Grand Trunk Railway and Hamilton. The coat breast pocket, mail from that town to Guelph, whic of dasfiguredfiesh and bones were all that remained of his once good team. Al- though the eight cars were broken to pieces, no one warinjured in the least. —Mr. Richard Shoultz, of MeGilivray, has decided to live in Parkhill in future, having sold hie_200 acre farm for $14,- 000, and stock for 8,2,000 -more. He has purchased Mr. Phipperr's place there for $2,500. —LMS Saturday Mr. Bernard Devlin, M. P., took suit against the city of Mon- treal for the sum of $18,000, which sum he alleges represents professional ser- vices he rendered while City Attor- ney. —During last week the following prop- erty has been shipped from Bright:station on the Grand Trunk railway: Mr. Bal- lantyne, 178 boxes of cheese from Wash- ' ington factory, to London, England; Messrs. Porter and Mills, 150 barrels of apples to Ottawa and 130 to Montreal; Mr. Snyder, 200 liarrele of flour to Prince Edward Island; Mr. John Robeon, 180, and Mr. A. Martin 97 iambs to Buffalo; Mr. T. Hutchinson, 115 fat hogs to Ham- ilton. and Mr. Cameron, 1 car of heading. —Whilst Mr. P. Whelihan, Registrar for South Perth, was drawing a load of hay across his farm on Tuesday morning of last week, the wagon, in passing over some uneven ground, gave a pitch; and Mr. Whelihan attempted to jump off the load. In doing so, however, he became entangled in the lines and alighted on his head and hands. When taken up it was found that his arm was broken at the wrist, and he was otherwise consider- ably bruised. We are happy to say that the injuries tbough somewhat serious, are not likely to result fatally. —The Collingwood Enterpri8e says :-- Two dogs were playing on the railway track at Stayner, a few days since, when one of them by some means or other got killed, and. was found lying near the track the next morning, with the living dog lying dose beside him and re -fusing to leave- the carcase, although several attempts weremade to induce him to do so. He ate an'y food given him, but would not go away nor allow any one to interfere: with the dead animal. The poor brute was almost famished, lying out in the cold and storms for two or three nights. —We find in the Monetary Times of the 205h inst., the following: "A gro- cer whose bushiest; life dates from 1858 at Brantford, down through 1859 at Guelph, 1860 and for a dozen years there- after at Mitchell, where he had to use the cover of another name, is at last heard from in -London. T.he gentleman is Mr. D. H. Stewart, who it appears, was not to be heard of in London on yes- terday, although he had called a meeting of his creditors in that city for to -day. There have been various suits against him of late ;. and. a wholesale house there has issued a writ of attachment against his effects. —Mr. Thomas Duckham, the English judge of cattle at the Centennial, is on a visit to Canada. He has been the guest of Mr. Stone, at Guelph, and has inspwt- ed Mr. Stone's herd and the Model Farm. Mr. Duckham, Who resides at Basyham Court, near Ross, Herefordshire'well is we known as a successful farmer,but has attained greater celebrity as the editor of the klerd Book of Hereford Cattle. He has been visiting the Western States dur- ing the past week or two, and is now paying a flying visit to Canada, with which he expresses himself as highly pleased.. —One of the most notorious charac- ters who have located themselves in Toronto for many years has at lengtb been arrested in Brantford, where he had attempted to carry out a plan of robbery. This man's name is John Rand, but he has many atia8e8, and on his arrest at containing a wallet, and money, was cut Brantford. he gave the name of Ward. out and the loss was not discovered. until Mr. Baylis arrived at the city. —Mr. James McPhail, of the firm of McPhail, Hennieke & Casey, has jast received from the Government a patent for his elastic gearing buggy, which is celebrated for its easy riding, simplicity of construction and durability. We ex- pecteMr. McPhail will make money .out of his new patent, as the principles in- volved in the buggy are a great improve- ment over the old style, and it reduces the cost in manufacture as well as fur- nishing a, handsome and easy riding ve- hicle. --Mr. and Mrs. John Manson, of Ayr, _left recently on a visit to California to see their sons, Dr. John Manson, of Grass Valley; Dr. Peter Manson of Gold Hill, Nevada ; and. William Man- son, Foundry Proprietor of the same plaL. They took first-class tickets through and intend spending the winter out there. It cannot but prove a pleas- ant trip for the old people who go out )°gi- there to see their sons, all in good tions, and enjoying the c-onfidenee ofthe society in which they live. —A very sudden death' occurred . near to the mountains ha,d been hunted over, London recently. Mir. Pike, a well general spring round -up, which I do farmer in North Oxford, IeWns home have been trying in some manner to de- in his usual health on Saturday Morning, I cerest regret we say MrRed. or scribe, and which lasted about ten weeks was over. In my next I will deseril:4 the 14th inst., accompanied by ,shis son, fallen from a position of which any marl . for the purpose of transacting business in might be proud. No business man in th manner of branding calves and the cl se of the round -up. A. MCL. London. He made no complaint during the day. On nearing home in the eve?. pijeirteiht badmtedor,e,,friends, or was more lin- ing, his son noticed somethinunusual He has had an exceptional run of luck in the peculiar trade which he follows. Many express robberies and other exten- sive work in that line have been planned by him, and it is believed that the noted express robhery on the Great Western Railway, near Toronto, about two yearis ago, was planned and carried out by the instructions of the prisoner Ward. —Concerning Mr, Redford's failure, the Stratford Beacon says : "Making all due allowance for the grossly ex- aggerated character of some of the re- ports which have been and still are in circulation, we fear itraust belacknowledg- ed that recent developments too dearly prove, that MT. James Redford occupies a position several degrees worse than that of an absconded debtor. When the excitement caused by his flight has sub- sided, and the.dust raised. by friends and foes has 'cleared away, when time, which puts everything right that can be put right, has done its work, doubtless some of the many charges made againet Mr. Redford will be in a measure explained, and perhaps explained away; but trans- actions lavexecently come to light which it is vain to hope that even time can ex- plain on the theory that Mr, James Red. ford acted honorably. With `the an- -nMonday, Oct. 165h, a farmer Canada. about his father, but before any assist- named Robt. Smith, residing on Black 14r. 1:). H. Stewart, late of Mitchell, ance could. be rendered his head dropped creek in the northern part of Sombre, was has gone into insolvency, in Londonvisited by a terrible family affliction and. --The aseessment of the town of Ber- loss of property. Mr. Smith, who is a lin has been fixed at two cents on the new settler, was away at a "raising" dollar. when his Wile went into a field to set bite —There is talk of starting an agricul- to some log heaps, leaving behind her in. turi.l works at Kingston, and utilizing the house the children, the oldest being about five years old. and the youngest hardly as many months. While Kra. Smith was busy in the field the house caught fire, and the fire must have made considerable progress before it via no- ticed. The second child,by some meaner got out and saved, but th.e other two, like the house, were consumed to ashes, to. gether with the effects of the family, leaving the bereaved father and mother with only the, clothes on their backs. This calamity' has aroused the active sympathies of the neighbors, who have taken up a subscription to assist the un - 'fortunate family. eon a. C John, New Brunswick. —A big stnrgeon over six feet long and weighing over 200 pounds was caught near Kingston a few days ago, —Mr. RichardBarley of Mitchell has recently been left heir to the sum of £1,000, by the death of a brother in England. —The Great Western, Grand, Trunk, and Canada Southern railways have agreed at a conference in Chicago, to re- store rassenger rates. to the Ogureaex- ict labor. Four thousand dollars were raised at tholie bazaar, recently held it St. forward and. he was dead. Coroner - Causland was notified and gave his per- mit to bury the body, an inquest, itt. his opinion, not being necessary. —On Monday of last week a wood traini on the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway was going down the heavy grade at Or- angeville, the engine driver was startled as he rounded a curve by seeing a team of horses, attached to a wagon, standing across the track, he at once attempted to stop his train, but too late. The engine struck the horses and, carried them and the fore part of the wagon off, leaving the box and hind wheels standing. The driver of the horses, who was asleep, only awakened after the engine had been thrown ,from the track and eight cap piled on top of each other., He spear- ed very indignant that some person should have unhitched his homes, and 1