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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1876-12-22, Page 11676. ri OilEAP CAS STORE. Gi-Tt7 :.‘/L5ARING SALE $FILL GOING ON AT DOLICALL IGN OF: TBE 7777 77177:77777 7777. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .1 7I 7. . 7 • 7 1 7 . 7 B*4.;isTI- ()It 77777 77777 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 oods are being Slaughtered at Hard. I Nu Pau Prices. Owing to the Great ailnres in Montreal of on4e of the Lead. gWholesale Dry Goods eases, Large uantities of Goods have been sold far below the Cost of Manufacture, and aavmg prehaecI some a 1-1E§E -OFIAIL) LOTS e aee prepared. to give and the public the full be ehea.p `Goods by selling MARGIN of PROFIT, Lines W0 offer, confident t isa Canada 8nr eustotaets efit of these t a SMALL The following a no House CALBEAT US IN PRICES Shirts and Drawers, 50c. per pair ;Bed Blankets at $2 per pair; Iorse Blankets at $1 per pair; Buffalo I4bes at $5 to. ; Finest Mink Sets at $20, $34, and $40 ; Alaska Mink Muffs a $1 and $1 50.. 100 PIECES CANAB: TWEED, Re tar Price $1, at 70c, to 85eper yard ;5 Heavy Winter Shawls at $6, regrilar price from $8 to of e-Wii+ys at 7e. 8c. per yard; 20, Pieces ot at 16e. and 20c. per yard. 300 IDT of New Checked Dress cods at Mc. per yards never soldtless than. 25e. dr 30c, AIT Wool Mufflers. 10; so- Pieces 9-e. and. 12te. incey, Scads, E IMMENSE VARIETY. Cloths at 25c., 35c,„ and -50e. per brard ; Tapestry Carpets a 80e. Carpets, yard, wt•rth $1 ; A 11 - Woo t.s.;1=t1.) at 90e., per yard; Unice Carpets at 35c., 45e. and 50e. per yard. Hemp Carpets, yard wide, at i4c., 20c., 2.50./ and 30t. per yard. Facter Cottons„ both CANADIAN AND A ERMAN, Yard Wide, -at so., 9c. and 10c. per. yaid, c4R4UN BAGS,, e.3 per dozen. A. G. McDOTTGALL & Co. SEAFOR111-1. DE PAR M ENT. 1777777 77777A1 7 7 7 7777777 7 7 7 7 7 We have great pleasure ui informing the • o Seaforth and vicinity that we have now adeied to our business the menu - iodating of LADIES' JA KETS AND OVER. CARTENTS In the Newest FRENCH, ENGLISH, ' and ANiERICAN STYLES.. PATTERNS AND STYLES To lee seen on. the Pr raises and ALL ORDERS PRON1P LY FILLED. A Splendid Stock `of II the NEW kct from. LADLESCLOTHS to S A GALL RESPE TFULLY REQUESliD. A. G. McDOUG L&CO., .,..— Wi101AR NO. 47*. TENTli YEAR. • 11 • I SEAFORTH, FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 22. 1876. P IticLUAN BROTHERS, Pub' isheirs. • 154. 50 a Year, in advance. REAL ESTATE FOR. VRAME COTTAGF4FOR SALE.—Clontaining 4 -a: rooms and 2 kitchens, situated near Mr. Ai Stewart's brick residence in SeafOrth. Apply td W. N. WATSON, Seaforth. 468 TioUSE TO RENT OR SELL.—Will be sod -Lt or rented, a comfortable frame house, with well and garden attached. This house is adjoin- ing the EXPOSITOR Office. Apply to A. M. CAMPBELL, Seaforth.465 4, FOR SALE.—East half Lot 11, Con.;12, McKillop; also South 50 acres Of Lots 1 and 2 Con. 10, Morris, adjoining the village of Bl$th. For particulars apply to MoCA.UGHEY & liOLME- STF.,D, Barristers, J.te., Seaforth. 425 - - -CALM FOR SAT.A.—North half of Lot 12, cOR, a: 18, MeKillop. containing 75 acres, 40 oleiged, balanee well timbered, with good buildings ; or sale cheap and on easy ternas of paiment. Apply to MoOLUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 449 VARM FOB ALLE. — Fcir sale, that sgendid farm now in the otqupation of Michael - Madigan. being Lot 11, ii the 5th Concession, McKillop, containing 100 acres. Excellent *aid- ings, good fences and. terms easaaa Ji S. POR- TER, Seaforth.471 pROPERTY FOR SALE.—That valuable prop- ertf on Goderich'Street oceupied by the Godar- ieh Manufacturing Company as a Machine Shop. Also dwelling house and lot tajoining. The above property will ba sold on easy terms. For particu- lars apply to GRAY & SCOTT. 439 plilLDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE -I-0 —Dr, COLEMAN, having Islam:it the grounds reeently occupied as a Driving Park iuto Buid ing Lots, is prepared to dispose of lots on reason- able terms to any who *nay desire them. Parties cli)siring to purchase should make immediate ap- plication. ' 364 PROPERTY FAR SALE.—Two lots, with a 2 story frame house and barn, situated on the Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have been used as an egg packing establishment, and are well adapted for any public business. For particulars apply to the proprietress, Mrs. MAL. COM, Seaforth, or to D. GORDON, Goderieh, Ontario. -- 456 WILD LANDS FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 18, " Concession 8, Hallett, 100 acres, all wood land; also 40 acres of Lot 17, adjoining. Ihis land is within a quarter of a mile of the Lon- don, Huron and Bruce Railway and is well tim '- bered the river Maitland runs through the land. Apply to Bandon P. 0., or to the proprietor on Lot 17, Coneession 9, Hallett. LAWRENCE MELVILLE. 471-1 4 VARM .FOR SALE.—Lotl5, Concession 4, Town- ship of Stanley, containing 981 acres, about 50 acres clear and in a state 01 god cultivation,the baltanee well timbered with maple„ elra, hemlock, and cedar. There is a good frame barn on the, premises. It is convenient to school and church, and within two miles of Bracefield station. For particulars apply to ALRXANDERticEWEN, on the premiijes. 470t1 -LaCoR 8,0-X OR TO LET—" Bona "Vista "farm, containing 47i acres, 32 cleared, rest well wood- ed; on Lake Huron, near Dr. Woods'; land rich clay loam; good frame house and barn, good orch- ard of (wer 100 trees bearing; a well and Stream, both of which contained plenty of water all sum- mer ; terms easy; possession given at New Yeaas; acres in fall wheat looking well. WILLIAM PLUNKRTT, Teacher, Baylield. 459 COUNTY GOITNOIL- (Concluded from Last Week.) - JAIL AND bOURT HOUSE coistscrrrEss' RR i'R- The following report tof the Jail and Court House Committee was read : The Committee report that they visit- ed the jail and found there is five male and two female prisoners, and one fe- --male who had been sent from Wroxeter for vagrancy. In regard, to this unfor- tunate and afflicted woman the Com- mittee state that Mrs. Campaigne par- ticularly requested- the Committee to call the attention of the Council special- ly to her case, as she is the cause of a great deal of extra labor and care, the unfortunate person being utterly unable to do anything for 'herself, so much so that her bed has to be kept in Mrs. Cam- paigne's own private apartment; also that she is barefooted, and is in every respect a person the care of whom must necessarily devolve on the public Further, that when her time in the jail is expired, she is still in the same un- provided for, unsheltered and friendless condition, therefore. your committee would recommend that the Clerk of County be authorized to have her ad- mitted into the hospital for incurables, as it is disgraceful and not creditable to our common humanity that she should be allowed to roam around the country in her unprotected and afflicted condition. " They also drew the the Council to repairs necessary to be made in the jail. The Committee ing also read the report o muir, Prison Inspector,- a there are various repairs a ments -ordered for the semi ers, and reconewend that t done as soon as convenient mittee have pleasure in stat ng that they found the jail in good order in respect of cleanliness in every part, t te floors and bedding being clean and comfortable.. The Committee called the attention of the Council to tO•e exceedi gly unclean and uncomfortable conditi n in which the public offiges w6re kept and recom- mended that if not better k pt hereafter, another keeper be procured. A. L. GnseoN, Chairman. I I erly unable o much so M re. Com- ment ; also, in every re- hom must e in the jail e seine un - d friendless Conimittee lerk of the ve her ad - incurables, reditable to she should the country cted condi- ttention of sary to be mittee hav- • Mr. Lang - d find that •d. improve - y of prison - e work be The Com - Moved in amendment to Mr. Kelly, seconded by that the person now in ja as a vagrant from Wroxet piration of her sentence be the township of Hewick fo of that municipality to sen proper liOse of refuge. The ainendment to th carried by a majority of e report was amended accord VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For 1 The Council adjourned sale that comfortable and commodious resi- Saturday morning. deuce on John Street, the property- of Mr. Albert I Sperling. The house is new, is well finished, and -ST UEDA contains seven rooms besides eloseta, together The Council met, when with a wood shed, cellar, and all necessary im- • ports were read and pass proveraents. Hard and SOft, ter.!!0 he report by r. Hunter, 1, conimitted r, at the 'ex- ent back to the. Council her to some repert was gbt, and the gly to meet on Deo. 9, 1876. couple of re- , when the t d with choice fruit trees. Terms easy Cou-ncil adjourned, after be ng in session. Possession immediate. Apply to Mr. ALBERT, only about an hour. 470 SPARLING. `", A CHANCE FOR 'MECHANICS. For sale cheap a lot with a house, wagon shop and lumber shed thereon, situated in -the village of Walton. The buildings are all new, and this is an excellent opening for a good wagonmaker.. There are three blacksmith shops in the village and only wagon shop. A stock of all kinds of seasoned heather will be sol 1 with the property or separately, Apply to JOHN COWAN, Walton Ont. e704 TIESIRABLE PROPERTY FO SALE:—For Sale on reasonable, terms,thFiesideflce and 1 grounds in EgmondVille at vresent oecupied by J. 3. Porter. There is a comfortable dwelling house with all necessary out -buildings and con- veniences, also a large driving house ,and stable. There are four acres of land, well fenced, and a good bearing orchard of frnit trees' This would be a most desirable property for a market gardener or a retired firmer; Apply to J. 3. PORTER. 468 TT OUSE AND FOUR LOTS FOB SALE.—That "1-i" elegant two-story brick dwelling ht.. use on the Huron Road, Seaforth, with four lots adjoining ; there are 8 bedrooms, parlor,i: thawing room, din- ing- room,and kitchen, with qoft and hard water most convenient ; there is an excellent garden attached, also stables and outbuildings; this is a handsome homestead, and a rare chalice is • offered to intending purchasers.; it will be sold' on favoreble terms. For further particulera apply to THOMAS S.CEPHENS, 3eaforth. . 462 PAM' FOR SALE —For sale the West heir of Lot 29, Con. 8, McKillop, containing 50 acres, 25 of twhicla are cleared and in a good *le of cultivation, the balance is well timbered with hardwood. There is a good. frame houde and frame stable on the premises also a young orchard. It is one mile from the gravel road at ' the village of Winthrop, where there is a saw !milk, flour mill, stares, sehool, chuckles, and all other village convenience's; also within six miles of SeefOrth. Apply to the Proprietor on the prem- iFiela or address Winthrop P. 0. JAMES Mc - DONALD. 470 VARM FOR SALE.—For ste, north half of Lot 11 and east half of Lot 12, Con. 12,,Thillett, containing 100 acres, 85 of waieh are cleared and in a• good state of cultivation and well underdrein- ed, bedew° is well timbered ; a large frame barn and frame stable, good log house and other build- ings; good beading orchard; a never -failing stream running through the farm, also a good well; about 8 acres of fall wheat sown. Is ,situ. sled about 11 from Clinton. and 12 Miles from Seaforth. • For farther particulars apply to tho proprietor on the premises or to Harloek P. 0. ANGUS CAMPBELL. 469 BUSINESS , .—For Sale in one of the best local- ties in Ontario, Lot No. 5, Village of Delmore, Township of Ilowiek, County of Huron, on, the gravel road, 7 miles north of Gorrie and Wroxeter stations- Dwelling House and Shop, built for a store; Lot contains about three-fourths of an acre of good land; splendid opening for any brisinese, especially a harnese maker, as _there is none nearer than 7 Tniles. The above preperty will be sold nl (-heap. If required ov part of the purchase money tduivn o W.M. ASTIDGIWN, Merchant, Delmore, Ontario.- lowing ,year heavas placed A -11v to S PEEBLES, Hopeville, Ont., or' The above Lot is the property of the late Williarri on the Geo1ogida-1 Survey, _ _ ..... — Logan, and a• geological tiel Fitzgerald. 472x12 itlISCELLANEOIUS. to the northward of Believi { — him to wale out by hims VEATHER CLEANING OR RENOVATING.— year gold tts first discover business ie. Seaforth, and will be gladthus M . Ventior's na I -1- The unpersign`ed is now engaged in the alsove aria_ orders from any who may reqUire work done'in his 8001&ted with the first disc line- All orders left at the shop, McKay's old precious metal in that receive prompt attention. Reference • made to Ile was never very sanguin stand, first door north of the egg emporium, will Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. McNaught, Mrs.: Stephens, covery proving of great ser Una D. D. Wilson and others. All work gaaran- much blamed for throwing SPENCER. 472x2 the enterprise. His sus ever, proved. Forreet ; thou teed to give 'satisfaction or no pay asked. E. F. Tuc"R8MITH.—Having disposed of my prop- was found in small quantiti - erty in Tuckersinith, and not being eligible for it has never yet.come longer to hold my office of Tovmship School Trus- Mr. Venno continued his in Eastern atario p ' shall resign the position, hoping that those inter - tee: I beg to state that, at the close of the year, I uto t ested will take notice anfigovern themselves acco`rd- and traverse a the whole ingly. In withdrawing from the position I beg to country lying between Lak me to different OCC&Si0IIS eleoted. the honorable and' the River St. Lawrence on return my sincere thanks to those who have on two responsible position, anti wore it possible for me to n,nd the Ottawa River o continue in the position I should only be too glad ru,shing his investigations tst.arBeoarra.tionatinterests TfileterStaith- DID 472 Bonnedhere rivers, and e in eys of the Madawaska, M to lend my humble efforte in aiding and advancuig A Vennor, the Weathe, The Montreal Witness pu executed engraving. of NI Vennor, mere familiarly k Montreal weather prophet, following interesting sketc -and researches. • It says: Mr.Henry G. Vennor, weather predictions have year been a general topic and conversation by .the pr pie of Canada, was born in December, 1840, and is, t the greyllaired veteran th supposed. He was educate Prophet. lishes a well . Henry. G. own as the nd gives the of his life hose daring for the last of comment ss and pee - Montreal, in erefore, not t is generally at Philips school and. the High School, Montreal, and subserviently for sever.1 years took the zoological and geologic 11 courses at McGill College, under Pr ncipal Daw- son. For .one session he ttendecl the classes of Provincial Land S rveying and Civil Engineering, and. at t e same time took the Honorcourse in geology and mineralogy. During this pe iod he made ‘a large collection of the fps ile and birds of Montreal 'Island. He vrote several papers on ornithological ssu jects, which appeared in' -the Canadian L atteralist and Geologist, and commenced a review of our Canadian- feathered sc gsters in the British American. Magazin which was at that time 'publi§lied in 1orontoi He entered. into commercial pursuits in 1850, to which he devoted. is attention for five years. Such. gm pttion, how- etentwas not agreeable to is tastes; he longed for outdoor empl • yment, 'And during these years devoted his holidays and spare time to the st df of' orni- thology, and made a large collection of Canadian birch, most of w ich were ob- tained during the early m ming hours beforebusiuess in the envir ns of Mon- treal. -- ln the spring of 1865 he edby Sir W. E. Logan t geological exploration of th toulin Island on Lake 11 there he wrote a number of Witness, on the habits - of tribes, dwelling • on tee scenery, &sc., &c. He collection of Lake Huro formed a very elaborate lis species frequenting and b the shores of the Tape Islan new, interepting and important facts, re- specting both the geology and economic minerals of this section. During these explorations his ornithological studies were not forgotten, and his collection of the birds .of this district was largely increased. I In 1870e Mr. Vennor'through the in- fluence of Sir W. E. Logan, was elected a Fellow Of the Geological Society of London, England, and the same year a paper was read before the Society, re- lating to some new and important facts brought to light through his researches. Towards the close of 1875 Mr. Vennor, in the regular course of his investiga- tions, crossed the Ottawa Rieer, in the vicinity of Aruprior, and has since been engaged in exploring the vast wilderness lying between the Ottawa, Gatineaa and Lieyres rivers, and this for a consider- able distance to the northward, and in entirely unsurveyed tracts of criuntiy. He is at present endeavoring to arrive at some knowledge 4 the great deposits of plumbago or graphite and phosphate of. lime so largely distributed in Ottawa County, and which are evidently destine& to become of very great im- portanee in the future mining . industry of Canada. trons make speec remai • Mr. ly sho 4 feet Chur from at S weigh poun Strat tellig the A any "disturbing'motions or es in reference to the matter. I ,yours faithfully,. Rus. Canada.. Crittenton, of. Moorfield, ree.ent- a lynicavery prettily marked, and long. ev. W. Mitchell, of Chalmers' , Mentreal, has accepted a call t. John, New Brunswick. sheep which was recently shipped , athroy, for New York, when d brought down the scales at 280 s. rof. Linder was last week in roy, reading the minds of the in- nt citizens, successfu lly,too, so says • e• destructive tire in Watford on rsid.ay morning of last week con - several buildings on the Main he Honorable Letellier de.St. Just en appointed Lieutenant Governor bee, in place of Hon. Mr. Caron, Ir. I on Th SUMO( street has b of.Qu demi liame porat • During the whole of these years, the — weather was made one of Mr. Vennor's who studies, and he kept a close record of it of K during all seasons. Several of his "fore- ed, casts' of the weather were written but short not published, and many of them were .ettl- strikingly verified. The one so familiar hill, te our readers, which was published in Mn' the :Witness, in October, 1875, was a dar- hour ing and very improbable prediction, but child was singularly b-orne °et by facts. Mr.. Vennor simply claims to be experiment= ing, and totally disowns the name Galt, of th "weather prophet," which is sometimes and. applied to him. He expects yet t have large many failures before he succeeds in per- fecting bis system of truly forecasting an the weather, and is not evensanguine of Pant' coMplete success. wate lv se This year he entered the field of 'au- thorship by his work "Our Birds of Prey," which embodies the labors of very many years. It is one of the first illustrated. Works in Canadian Natural History yet published. It has met with almost universal approbation from the leading ornithologists of the United! States and the Canadian press, and hasl been most favorably noticed in English journels. It is magnificently illustrated with photographs by Notni-gen which are unusually fine specimens o! the photo- graphic art. As a whole the Work in regard to the letterpress, illustrations, and general appearance, compares most favorably with the best productions of Engliah or American publishers. His almanac also, which will be ready in a few days, and is being anxiously waited for by the public, is tried as an experi- ment; and chiefly to obtain the benefit of the observations of many others on the weather. If it proves a success, it is the intention to publish it semi,. annually, so that it may be of practical value. Whatever may be hit success in the future, there is no doubt that his past predictions have proved remarkably correct, and entitle him. to the confidence of the public. , 0 An jilleotive Senate. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. IR: Judging from the general expres- sion of satisfactions with which the re- election of Mr. Mills, consequent upon his acceptance of a poitfolio, has been received_by the press, and as it seems to be: on account of his advocacy of an Elective Senate, that -his name has be- conie identified with advanced liberal opinions, we would. infer that a large portion of thseElectorate are favorable to the application of the elective principle to that body. That our political leaders, both Reform and Conservative, are of a contrary opinion may be inferred. from the fact' that Mr. Mills' annual motion upon this subject has not had an exten- sive support from either party, and we do not wish to judge Mr, Mills harshly when we assume that the cares of office will most likely prevent him making any more "disturbing" motions in the matter. A. little reflection, sir„ would, we think, satisfy, any observant person that the popular feeling to which we have al- luded. is not so I much opposed to the principle of a Nominated Senate, as to the manner in which those nominations have heretofore been generally -made. How are vacancies usually filled up? By worn-out political hacks, effete old men, or, at all events, almost exclusively rest- de,nts of the cities, who have. few sym- pathies with, anci are almost unknown to, the bulk of the electors in the rural municipalities. In Huron, Perth, and Bruce, containing now about one -twen- tieth of the popelation of the Dominion, where are the Senators? We have travelled their length and breadth with- out finding a, trace of one, while we en - Countered three in less than three min- utes in Toronto, recently. As the lead- ing journal in the distriet referred to, we think that the EXPOSITOR ought to agi• tate this matter'and by its advocacy of a more liberal action on the part of the Gos-ernment, assist in giving his west- ern country a voice in the Senatorial halls. Have we no residents qualified. for such a distinction? Let me instance M. C. Cameron, Esq., of Goderich, whose abilities would do honor to such a posi- tion, or, if it be thought premature to remove him from the active political arena, we have Thomas Gibson, Esq., the respected member for the East Rid- ing, whose sage experience, extended in- formation, ripe judgment, and sound views upon political economy, would ongenial field for their ex- enate, than in that - Bear-, , the Ontario Legislature. rnment • treat this subject in a proper . spirit, let them nominate men of probity`and experience, in whom the rural municipalities have confidence, and by pursuing this course for a short time, we would have the Sedate, while still nominated by the Crown, practically a representation of the views and senti- ments of the people, and it would be- come quiteunnecessary for Mr. Mills to as appoint - assist in a great Mani- ron. While etters to the .the Indian island, its made alarge bird i; and of all the eding upon. e The fol - permanently y Sir W. E. in Macloe, e, was given If. In that c1in Madoc, e became as- verers of the eighborhood. of the dis- ice and. was old water on cions, how - h the metal the search to anything. explorations e year 1876, •f the wild Ontario an he one hand, the other, up the val sissippi an iciting many 1' ed. pplication wAill be made to Par- t next session for an Act to ulcer- . the Dominion Grange of the Pa - of Husbandry. he Rev. Dr. James, of Albany, as tendered a call to the pastorate ox Church, Hamilton, has accept - d will be inductecl into the charge y. t. T. J. Wilson, solicitor, of Park-. ell down in a fit of apoplexy last ay afternoon, and expired three afterwards. He leaves a wife and lessrs. Cant, Gourley & Co., of last week shipped to Australia one ir largest revolving Bed Planers, Moulding Machine, also, of the t size. ym. Leech, of. Providence, R. I., ployee of the Canada Screw Com - in Dundee, fell into a vat of hot on Monday morning, and was bad.- lded• Perth, Ontario; man threatens to publ sh, under the heading, "The short and s of al him Kno by a even with Miss Onta to fortu land. petit eil i 240 f ture , ture cipal Sunc chur even ysis m ad wint have form busi 'date Prof War ley, all o — erno niug the Que wer sion. The men tle now Man 14 mple annals of the poor," the names who have not paid their debts to or five years. • ev. J. M. McIntyre, incumbent of Church, Harriston, was waited on umber of his congregation, on the ng of the 8th inst. and presented a new cutter and set of harness. . rumor is circulated that one of Rye' t orphan girls, brought out to io a few years ago, now grown up °manhood, has been left a large e by a deceased 'relative in Eng- . 5 is said that the total length of the on to the Wellington County Coun- favor of the Dunkin Act is over et, and contains over 5,000 eigna- 3,000 of which are men's signa- . Ir. Chester, draper, one of the prin. business men of Whitby, died last ay night. While. presiding at a h meeting the previous Monday ng he was struck down with paral- nd never rallied. he oil refiners of London have Portland instead of New York their r export port. The Grand. Trunk provided splendid facilities ap the ✓ place for the conduct of. their ess. • hree colored gentlemen are candi- for aldermanic honors in Toronto. Richard Jackson, ip. St. George's and G. 'W. Smith and. Prof. Rar- er St. Andrew's Ward. They are the tonsorial profession. he funeral of the late Lieut. -Gov - Caron took place on Monday mot - 18th inst., in the midst of one of ost terrific storms experienced in e.c for some years past. There over- 2,000 persons in the proces- mall•pox at Gimli is decreasing. e are only five cases under treat - in the temporaryihospital at Net - rook, where a quarantine guard is established. There are no cases in toba, the disease being confined ex- clus' vely to Keewatin. boy and girl, aged respectively and eleven, children of Mr. J. An- n farmer, 'of the township of Sid- liastings County, were drowned in Trent River on Thursday of last . They were on their way home school, and fell intoan air hole crossing the ice. I I find a more ercise in the garden yclep Let the Gov - ti " must die soon. Going home. Will you forgive me for whatever I did to you that was not right? You have been very good to me. Bury me beside where Missionary will be laid in Sandhill." Ottawa the mercury went down to 25 below zero on Saturday .evening, and during the night as low ain29, which is the coldest of the season so far. Mon- day morning it stood at 25. 7—By careless driving on the.,London market the other morning, Joseph Mc- Cartney, of Bidclulph, ran his wagon into a buggy, the property of Mr, Fitzgerald, of London -Township, and smashed one of the wheels of the latter vehicle. —At Montreal, on Saturday last„the thermometer -registered 24 degrees below Fero, and the wind blew such a gale that a couple f new brick buildings in course -of completiorf were blown down and dee stroyed. I livee were lost. —Mr. John Kane, an old resident of Paris was found- dead on the Govereor'& Road near that town a few days ago. A jury rendered a verdict that deceased had come to his aeath through want and exposure. —A farmer more confiding than wise drove into St. Mary's market one day last week, having a huge dressed hog on his load. He was induced. to sell it to a souple• of parties without having it weighed, losing about $5 in the transac- tion. —Herbert Worth, the young man con- nected with the Stratford abortion case, on bearing thathe was wanted, volun- tarily returned to Stratford and surren- dered himself to the Police Magistrate. He was liberated on bail. —The Episcopal _Methodist congrega- tion at Sylvan, under the pastorship of Rev. H. B. Palmer, formerly of Sea- . forth, recently gave an expression of ap- preciation of their pastor in the present- ation of a beautiful and very valuable dog -skin sleigh -robe. —Arthur Aiken, John Junkin and Dexter Potter have been convicted of corrupt practices -in the Lincoln election, fined1200 a piece for each offence, and disqualified for eight years. Aiken must pay $1,000, Junkin $200, and Potter $800. I —A young man of the name of Mc- Phee, of the Sixth Concession of Bruce, had his leg broken in working a thresh, leg machine. Altho' a compound frac- ture, it has been successfully set, and the rnedieal men' is hopeful of a favorable dare. . —A man in St. Catharines met with a strange accident a few days ago while engaged in harnessing , a vicious. horse. nine ders neer, She wee fro.' whil the day Cen frei off t and and hou wife 14 aniel McGregor, while walking on anada. Southern track, on Wednes- night, last week„ between Essex re and Woodslee, was struck by a ht train coming west. He stepped e track to let the train pass him, by some. means fell against the train as cut badly, and died in three s after the- accident.. He leaves a and three children. . The dwelling house of Mr. R. Mc - s, Second Concession of Huron ship County. of Bruce, was burned Inn tow doW four fla chil rose is fro phe Ora sha the gro to a wo cha nex cao Me II is a powerfully built man, about five feet eight inches in stature, florid complex- ion, sandy hair and whiskers, and about 40 years of age. Any information re- specting him will be thankfully -receiv- ed by his suffering Wife in Hillsburg, who, with five young children,. is left entirely destitute. —Mr. John S. Armstrong sold bat week in Guelph,36 spring pigs, dressed, which weighed in the aggregate 8,213 pounds, and averaging 228 pounds each, at 7 cents per pound. They were only eight and a half months old, and. are said. to be the finest lot ever brought into the Guelph market. —Pembroke appears to be a lucky place. .Mr. Lask, a law clerk, has fallen heir to $50,000. Mr. Lane', clerk in the Merchants' Bank, has. received$20,000. Thelamily of Matthew Steve Westmeath, a • neighboring t. has been bequeathed • £30,000 b' tive S.cotland. —The- County 'Council of Wentworth have. done the handsome thing to Mr. James Kirkpatrick, their Treasurer. They have granted hitn the sum of $3,- 000, as a retiring annuity: - Mr. Kirk- patrick has been Treasurer. of the county for nearly 30 years, and. is .now in his 83rd year. . —On Wednesday of last week as Mr. John ..Cosford, of the FoUrth .Concessiorn Of the township of Peel, was. in 'the -ad - of -cutting down a beef, he was atm* with the gamstick., from the 'effects . which he died Soon after. Deceased was one of the early settlers in the township, • and had acquired a large. property. , .He leaves a wife and large family to mourn his loss. —Mr. John M. Moran, principal of the Stratford school (and formerly teach- . er at . Wellesley, in Waterloo' county), - has been selected as Public School in- spector for the Smith Riding .of Perth. .Mr. Moran's appointment was made by the County Council from among a large mambo of highly recomm:ertled 'candi- dates, and. is .a coratiliment of which he has good reason to be proud: ea.A man named- Henry Lynn was a few days ago sentenced to two years and six,inonths imprisonment in the Centra Prison, by the Toronto- Police M:agis- trate, for stealing a ham from a store on •Yonge Street of that city. Tbe prison- - er requested the Magistrate,to change the place of -confinement to the Peniten- tiary, so that he might learn a trade, whie. h Worship accordingly did: . , --Some time ago Miss Marion Ward, .• -a ivealthy lady of Milton,. Vermont, re- ceived. a letter the writer of which nson, of wnship, y rela- lit seems that he had been handling salt —threatened to burn her b&ildinge or_take fish, and as he was putting the bit in the animal's mouth, the brute, tasting the s6.1t, bit the thumb. nearly off. I —Sporting gentlemen may .find some - ting to interest them in the following aunouncement : There will be a fox hunt Ailsa Craig on Christmas day. Three foxes will be let loose. Owners of sport - mg dogs are requested to attend with their animals and jean in the sport, which will commence at 10 A. W. —George Doerbecker, of Waterloo, Was fined $20 and costs, last week, for Sellingliquor without license, the latter being $9.50. Henry Batti,' who keeps a hostelry about three miles" from Littk *Germany, was fined for selling liquor on unday, insthe sum of $40 and costs, be- . g $46 in all. —The County Council of Welland re- fused to pass and. submit the Dunkin Bill by-law to a vote of the ratepayers -tiniest the advocates of the bill deposit- ed'a-thousand dollars to defray the ex- enses of the election in the event of the her life unless . she enclosed- $1500 to George Hunt, Keysville, ,New 'York. Miss Ward handed the Jetter to her at- torney, upon whose advjee a letter was sent as directed. In. the -meantime com- munication was had' with the post/nes- ter at Keetsville and the Sheriff of Es- sex County, Onterio, ha consequence of which the person who called for the -letter • was taken into custody.- The subse- quent trial has just been brought to a close, and the respondent has received sentence of five years at Denamora. ° In the course of the trial it turned out that his true name is John Garland, that. he formerly lived at Highgate, Vermont, where his relations still are, and that he has served a term of eight years in the County Orison at Windsor, Ont., for the crime of horse stealing. —Some days ago the Directors of the Toronto Grey and Bruce -Railway back-, ed by a:large and influential deputation. composed of the leading men from ail the statious along the line,waitednpon Attor- ,by,law being defeated. The Dunkuntes ney Mowat with the view of obtaining gov- ernment aid for that portion of the Water!! to do this, and consertuently the y-.1aw was not passed, . - line between_ Weston and Orangeville. ! —Three unruly boys attending the The company never having received gov- ernment aid. for that section, owing to chool in Section No: 9, Sarnia Town - the contract having been !et a short time ship, taught by . Miss Gough, recently previous to the Sandfield Macdonald assaulted her in such a -way that she Railway Act. Mr. Gordon, President lodged a complaint against them: . before of the road, made a full exposition of the Mayor. The assault was proven; the plan, the financial standing of the • and one of them named Tancock was road, &c. A large number of the dele- committed to jail for 35 days, and the gates also addressed. the Attorney Gen - other two, _named Hunter, got 30 days eral at some length. All urged upon the each. . ..--.0ii Saturday evening while a freight train was shunting in the yard at St. Marys, a brakesinan -named John Cooke got his foot caught in the frog and the train passed over him, lacerating his left foot, crushing his right thigh to a jelly, and fracturing his right arm He. was a so - Government tue reasonableness of the claim, and also tile necessity of assisting a road that had done so much to open- ing up that section of country. A t the conclusion Mr. Mowat expressed. him- -self pleased at- seeing so much interest taken in the road by such prominent men, and promised his serious considera- ber and active young man, only married . ton of the matter. about six weeks. Re died an hour after _ the accident. • In -referring to a *theatrical per- formance of great merit given in Ham- -Mr. Charles Mearns, of Lucan died Mon some evening's ago the riTAGE says : very suddenly on Saturday last. de was Those who attended. the Mechanics' perfectly well, to all appearanee, - a few.' Hall on, Thursday evening and heard minutes before his death, when he was Lottie play as Topsy may be interested hearing‘of a very distressing incident eeized suddenly with vomiting blood, in and in five minutes had ceased- to live. that happened a few 'minutes before she Mr. Mearn% was an upright and eon- apiieared- on the stage. While in the ad- joining hotel and about to leave for the , . . . seientions man, and amiable in dispoin-. tion. His sudden death Will be a grief hall; -she was handed a telegram from. to those who knew him. relative S in the States who informed her i —There is a 95 -year-old settler by the that it had been discovered that ber name of Meek, living about ten miles brother had been burned to death in the , on Monday morning- last, and from Bracebridge in Muskoka, who can Brooklyn Theatre eata.strophe. Lottie children perished in the put up his cord. and a half of wood' ev- was eo overwhelmed at this harrow- s. Mr. McInneshis wife, and one ery day, and is as active as a young maning intelligence that she instantly faint - barely escaped. He attempted to He frequently walks to the village. The ed away. When restored to conscious - e the other children but failed, and last time he was there he -purchased a ness she was plunged into such deep adly burned. The fire originated a defective stovepipe. A most remarkable meteorological omenon was observed near Ailsa g not long since. It appeared in the e ef a luminous ball, suspended in ir etuiut 300 or 400 feet from the nd, ao if hanging to a string swaying d fro in the air. At one time it Id emit a brilliant blue light, then ge instantly to a deep _red, and. the moment to a pale white. It was ed no doubt by some meteoric move - t of the atmosphere. The old chief, Joseph Onaquotcewa, wh was appointed by the Earl of Goa - for in 1837, Grand chief of the Iroquois tri ,e of Indians, died at Oka, on the 12th inst.) at the age Of 94. For some litt but ed get th e time he had been out of his mind, immediately before his death enjoy - few minutes of consciousness, and, ing up from his bed, called for his , and asked, "Are you here?" She d and old. as her husband, replied t she was present. He then said: p' ow, and drove the animal home. He is a Vermont man, in. which State he spent the greater portion of his life. His diet being Indian corn meal and moose meat. His only clothing, until he was fifteen years of age, was a moose skin coat; and: notwithstanding the extreme cold ef Vermont, the old man boitsts that he Was never sick a day in his life. He has had three wives, and is the father of 21 children. The old man, took part, on the American side, in the troubles of 1812. --The Galt Reporter says: Six weeks ago a man named George Potter`, a well - digger by trade, left his home in Hills - burg, for the purpose of collecting money owing him by farmers in Garafraxa, and Luther. A few days later he was seen in Orangeville, but since that time noth- ing more has been heard of mm. Ev era" possible enquiry has been made iii theneighborhood without success, and the conclusion arrived. at is 00 either grief th.at her friends advised her not to appear that evening,. This advice she refused to accept, so she perfornied her part, with what success those prisent need not be told. When not actually upon the stage she remained in her dress- ing room, where she gave way to her feelings, and it is Said by those who were behind the seen:es, that even -when playing she could not restrain. her tears. The wonder is how she could have sum- moned up strength. tnd courage to ap- pear before an audience after such a clreadful•blow. Her doing so, however, is but another proof of the sacrifices their professional duties demand from actors and actresses. The whole per. may depend upon some one member who is very ill, or in some great trouble, yet the exigencies of the ooca- siOn compel that member to appear be- fore the critisising andiene,e and make every effort to play as if his or her whole heart and soul were bound up in making: Potter lias deserted his wife arid young ,the evening's entertainment as suceess--, family, or has met with fohl play. He ful as possible. t.T. A