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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-05-18, Page 1• • 1 0 • MAY, 11 1877. —777--77 AT OFFERING OF DRESS GOODS rills WEE AT IcDOUCALL & Co.'s 'F9TED °HEAT. OODS STORE., piecettof Drega Goods at fronk8 mtiaper yard. weal 25 to 40 ema-, Lt: exception, the 7rEsar BARGAIN !_to- offer to our enstomers, and we hope ta see them Ell OUT IN TEN DAYS. EKW ICE ALL OUR SILKS 2'6 CENTS PER YARD • liearanee, our Mr. HATirtY having releseed ata Great Bargain Stock of Silks - at in PARIS Last Month. EV PIECES OF STRY CARPETS . 80-ctints per yard by» the pieee, cents added if out. HE LADIES.. IticDOWALL & Go. ate to the Lades of Seaforth and -:eountry that they have added to 1 Dry Goods( Business the Mann- , ACKETS iIND MANTLES VEST STYLES and. Made of the TERIAL. Tina Department it arge of RIENCED CUTTER, t have every confidence in recome hose who may favor as with. their 01 Will find in this Department EXTENSIVE STOCK steat Mantle Q1otha to Select front FIT AND F[NISHg th. Moderate Charges, Guaranteed zww WOWING. SAMPLE MANTLES manufacture, in addition toa very f Foreign Make. Wo Invitee Call - [BLE TO SHOW THEM. McDOUGA.LL & Co et WHOLE No.=493. TENTH YEAR. 1I i ! • , • '4emmommodsmee===mniemmemmomems SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1877. ificLEAN BROTHERS, Publimbera. VI 51) a Year,in advance. REAL 'ESTATE . FOR SALE. FOR SAT,R—That commodious residence on the corner at St. John and Jarvis Streets. For particulars enquire of the owner. JAMES H. BENSON, Seaforth. 487 WARMFOR SALE.—For sale, Lot No. BO, Con. 13, McKiliop, containing 50 acres, 15 of which are cleared, the balance well timbered,. Is situated one mile frim gravel road, and convenient to churches, schools, &c. Price 81,800. Apply to A. STRONG , Land Agent, Seaforth. 491 PROPERTY FOR S ATF,,—For sale, cheap, two conveniently located building lots, in the Town of Seaforth, well fenced and planted with choice fruit trees. There is a small frame house and a splendid weL on one of the lots. For further par- tienlars apply to the proprietor. THOMAS HOL- LAND. ,. 493-4 WARM FORSAT,E.—North half of Lot. 28, Con. 5, township of Morris, County of Huron, con- taining 97 acres, best of land, 70 acres cleared, balance all hardwood bush, good frame barn and stable, and al bearing orchard. The farm is well watered and an the best condition, and is only one and a half Miles from Brussels station, Great Western Railway. For terms apply to GEO. FOR- SYTH, on the premises, or Brusssels P. 0. 491 DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR,. Ski-X.—Per Sale, a briek dwelling with 8 acres of land at- tached, on which is an orchard Of all kinds of fruit trees. The house is 24x30 and in good repair; there is a woodshed and jniTh house, Maas stable; and e, second dwelling house of kame 18x24. The property is situated within two and a half miles of Seaforth. Also several dwellings and other prop- erties in Seaforth for sale. Apply to A. STRONG, Seaforth. 486 TTOUSE AND LOT FOR ! SALE.—For Sale, that corafortable and conveniently situated. dwelling hoarse and lot, adjoining the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, and at present occupied by Mr. W. S. Robertson. The house contains kitchen, dining room, parlor and 5 bedrooms. A good cel- lar and woodshed, also hard and soft water, and a stable. The lot is a corner lot and is within one block of the Main Street. Apply to W. S. ROB- ERTSON, Seaforth. 486 WARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 10, Con. 6 I-7 township of Grey, County a Huron, CDR taming 100 -acres of good land, 58 acres clared balance timbered with Beech, Maple and Elm New frame bank barn and stable. A good bearing orchard of 50 trees. The above farm is 5 miles from Brussels -station, Great Western. Railway, and only 2i miies off gravel road. For farther par tieulars apply to JOHN LONG on the premises, o Brussels P. 0. - 491 • r WARM FOR SALE.—Foa Sale, East half Lot 8, Con, 4, Turnberry, County of Huron, contain- ing 50 acres, 40 acres cleared; good frame house and stable, also good bearing orchard. Situated 4 miles from Wroxeter Station and 2i miles from Bluavale Station, on the Great Western Railway. Possession given» 1st September'1877. For further particulars apply to ROBERT RICHARDSONron the prentiaes, Bluevale P. 0., or to C. R. COOPER, Brussels i 0, with stamp for answer. 481e WARM Fst.11 S aT,E.—For Sale, Lot 2e, Con. 2, TuckerSmith, containing 100 acres of excellent land, about 70 of which are cleared, the balance is good hardivood bush; frame house, frame barn and stable ) an orchard, good well;.convenient to schools, charches, &e. Is situated about 6 miles from Seaforth and 1 mile from Bauelelield station, on a. good gravel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the preniises'or if by letter to Brucellehl P. O. THOMAS MUNRO, Tuakersraith. » 492x13 WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 26, Con. 11,, Hibbert, containing 100 acres of excellent hind. about Si) of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation the balance is good. hardwood bush. Good frenre house, frame barn, stables and other buildings ;; good orchard, well watered ; convenient to schools i dhurches, &c. Is situated about ten miles Irma Seaforth and two and e. half miles from Cromarty, on a. good gravel road. Terms Easy. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or if by letter to -Cromarty P. 0. JOHN Rtai. 485-4x LARGE , FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, that beautiful farm, comprising Lot 26, Con. 12, ana the aerth three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 11, 175 acres in all, situated in the ToWnship of Mc- Killop, Cdenty of Huron, on the leading gravel road, midivay between Seaforth and Brussels. The farm is in a good state of eultivation, 'well fenced and watered, and couveuieut to church and school; lee acres are cleared and. the balance hardwood timber. On the !term is a dwelling house, good outbuildi igs, and. a young orchard. For further particaltars address SAMUEL HANNA, Oil City, Pennsyiv mia, U. S. 473 WAR;a1 FOR SALE—Being north. half of Lot 25 Con, 2, Township of Hay, containing 50 acres, 45 of whieh are eleared, in a good state of cultiva- tion, and well underilrained; the balancais wdll timbers with hardwood; good dwelling house, frame Win, stables, and ali necessary out buildings, good. orchard, two good wells, good fences, and everything in firstclass order; convenient to schools, &fixates, &c. Is situated 2 'miles from either Kip - pen or Heneall ; there are 25 acres in crop, and the rest is well seeded ; the farm will bo sold with or without the crop; possession willbe given immedi- ately, Far further; particulars apply to the pro- prietor orl the promisee or, address Kippen P. 0. BEN'SON S. PEULT•TPS. 492x4 $'0R SALF,—For Sale,„Lots 15 and 16, -IL: Con. 64Stardey. eontnining 99 acros, 85 of which are cleared, and about 40 acres in seed. It is within one mile of the village of Varna, where there are churches'schools, and all village conveniences. There is 4 choice of four good markets within 11 miles, the nearest being within 4 miles. There is a good dwelling house and frame out -buildings, consisting of barn, horse and cow stables' driving shed, sheep pens, &c. Plenty of water andau ex- tra good orchard. There is acheese factory on the corner of the foam which could be purchased» »with the farm if desired. Immediate possession. Apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Varna P. 0. THOMAS JOHNSTON Jr - 488 CANAD AN SALT, 1 _ The Province o Ontario is possessed of the most extens've deposit of rock salt which has yet bet proved on this Con- tinent, or in fact n Europe. . Not only are the beds of salt remarkable for their great extent, but equally so on account of the exceptional purity of the mineral itself. The coup ies of Bruce, Huron and. Lambton are • nderlaid to a coneid- erable extent by the saliferous strata. At Goderich the, salt was first discov- ered in May, 1866, at a depth of 1,010 feet by a boring which was made in search of petroleum. The bore -hole was carried through 41 feet of the salt -bearing stiat- ura, of which abolit 30 feet were , solid rock salt. Other wells were soon put down in the same neighborhood and the ventures were invariably rewarded with salt, from which they pumped up a sup- ply of saturated brine. About three years latera borin was made at Kincar- dine, 30 miles nor h of Goderich, and the salt rock reached at a depth of 900 feet. In the township f Warwick, about 60 miles south of G derich, the saliferous strata were struc at a depth of 1,220 feet, and brine of full strength obtained although not equalling in purity those of Goderich and Kineardine. To the east ward successful wells were sunk at Clin- ton and Seaforth, the latter place being about 20 miles southeast Of Goderich. The productive sat measures have,there. fore, been proved lover an area of 1,200 square miles, and their limits have not yet been cleterenin d,except to the north- ward where the formation crops di Saugeen river.. All of these bo ordinary percussi ally in the oil re VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE.— TIM property is aituated on the Town Plot of Grey, abut 3 miles from Ethel ,station, on the Southern Extension of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway, The machinery consists of 35 - horse engine, 40 -horse 5 -flue boiler, large circular edging aril butting saws, shingle and heading ma- . chine anti shingle jointer. The machinery is all first-el:Ras, and has only been, running about a year and eight nionths, This is a rare chance for men of capital, aa there is a good local trade, end any quantity of Timber of all kinds to b.e had. Satis- factory reasons given for selling. Full particulars ou application to GARROW BROTHERS, Grey Post Office. N. B.—All notes and accounts over- due muet be settled at once, and saye -trouble and expenae. 475 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Salo, Lot 16 mid south half Lot 17, Con. 1, Hay, contain- ing 150 aerie-, 191) of which are ,cleared and in a good suite of e.ultivationa There- is a good brick house aial a frame cottage, the barn, stable-, cow stable end other outbuildings are all frame ; there are ebutit 10 acres of. choice apple, pear and other fruit trtt...a, anti about 300 spniice -trees planted, 10 years. !There is a never -failing stream running through the centre of the farm, ou which is e good. Mill site, a good gravel Nee on two sides of the farm. It is situated one mile from Hensall sta- tion coni four miles from Exeter4 on the Loudon Road. ;hal is just across the road from the Rodger - vine pest office aud church. For further particu- lars eaply to JAMES. W. ELDER, Veterinary geirgeoa, Seaford). Ps 0.. 481 ATAL7.A.BLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For v Sale, Lots Nos. 24, 25 and 26, in the 9th Con- cession of MeKillop, containing 200 acres, about 80 of %Vlach are cleared, well fenced and in a good state 0 cultivation; the balance is well timbered with the best of hardwood. There is a new frame house with atone foundation, also a frame stable and log barn; there is also another frame dwelling houseaen the plaee. A bearing orchard of 150 trees, also a young orchard with same number. Plenty of good weter. Is on the northern gravel road, 6 miles from Seaforth, and adjoins the village of Winthaop, ' in which are all village conveniences, includiag a cheese factory, saw and grist mill. Also the baildine known, as Hannah's Hotel. The property will sold in oue parcel or in lots to suit purchasers. Apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Winthrop Post Office, ROBERT HANNAH, Proprietor. 485-4x ase ofthe Onondaga t at the mouth of the ings were made by the n drill, used so gener-. ions, but through the enterprise of Mr. II. Y. Attrill, the dia- mond drill has been brought into use at Goderich and a depth reached in Decem- ber last of 1,517 feet. This machine brings up a solid core of all the strata through which it passes, thus furnishing the'geologist and miner witb an exact sec- tion of the rocks underlying. These cores Were carefully preserved and sent to Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., for examina- tion. Dr. Hunt has already given in the reports of the Geological Survey a very detailed descripti n of the Onondaga for- mation, but at th last meeting of the In- stitute of Mining i ngineers he read a pa- per on the Goderich salt region, giving the result of his later observations. The following is the record of the salt -bear- ing strata, cennmincing at a depth of 997 feet : Ft. Tot. depth Rock salt, first bed. 81 1, 28 ft Dolomites, with mar towards the bas32 1, 60 Rock saltasecond bel 25 1, 85 e Dolomite . 7 1,092 Rock Balt, third bed 35 1,127 lad, with dolomite nd layers of anhydrite. 80 a,407 Reek salt, fourth bed ..... 16 1,228 Marl and dolomite. ..... 7 ' 1,230 Rock salt, fifth bed.,.... .. . 13 1,243 Marls, soft red and bluish, with beds of anhydrite136 1,379 Rock salt, sixth bed 6 1,385 Marls, soft green and grayish . - with dolomite and anhy- drite 182 s 1,517 There is thus "oted here a thickness of126 feet of solid rock, and the mag- nesium limestones of the underlying Guelph formation'. n,ot yet reached t This is equal to 365,000 tons, per square acre, or the enormous quantity of 233,600,000 tons of salt underlying each square mile. It is evident that the salt supply of Western Ontario is likely to last for gen- erations yet to cone. The beds refer4ed to as the second and third, are very pure salt, fit for mining and sending to market after being c sh- ed to the neeessary fineness. A b of 101 feet thick is of extraordi purity, containing by analysis 991 nch ary per cent. of salt. The Syracuse, Saghlaw, and Turks Island salt contain from lt to 2t per cent. of impurities. At present salt is manufactured exten- sively at Goderi h Kincardine, Clinton and Seaforth fro up from the salt ed down in large out and thrown saturated brine pump- easures. This is boil - pen pans, the salt raked nto bins to dry. The evaporated. Bi -carbonate of Beds (bak- ing soda) is produced by passin carbon- ic acid gas through a solution o th car- bonate and evaporating in open pan Sulphuric acid is now generelly ade from the sulphur of iron pyritesof hich over 400,000 tons are anually imported into Great Britain from Spain and Portu- gal. This mineral abounds in Ii dif- erent localities in Canada, and. no doubt the great abundance of the two materials essential to such manufactures wi4 yet result in the development tot!, various chemical productions on air extensive scale. For instance, in preparing the ore for smelting at the Capelton Cepper Works in the Eastern Townships, up- wards of 500 tons of sulphur are burned off every month and lost—not only lost, but shower destruction upon the veeta- tion of the surrounding country, If salt could be had cheaply, this Might be converted into sulphuric acid for the production of soda and its various by-pro- ducts. It is manufactures of this kind, which appear indigenous to the country, which should receive the attention of capitalists and the sup.port of the peopl —Monetary Tmes. {The shipping facilities reqaired, and above r forred to, have been granted, and Mr. Attrill s now making preparations to proceed with the work.—ED. EXPOSITOR.] Canada. Potatoes ate selling at $1.30 per bag at Parkhill. —There is to be a baby show on the 24th at Ayr, in Waterloo county. —Fifteen Conservative picnics are ar- ranged for commencing at Markham on the 28th inst. —It is understood that Lord Dufferin and Hon. D. Mills. will visit Manitoba this summet. —Fifteen thousand muskrat ekins were sold at eight cents each, in Port Rowan on Tuesday last. • • —A heavy frost, which cmesiderably damaged the crops, occurred on Friday night in the neighborhood of Halifax. —Daniel Barker, of Paris, recently sold a young thoroughbred Durhein bull to Samuel Smoke, of Canning, fot $100. —The Slingsby woollen factory,Brant- ford, which was destroyed by fire last winter is being rebuilt at a cost of 415,- 000. —The woods in the vicinity of New- burgh have been on fire for some days, and several thousand cords of wood. were destroyed. —The production of the Canada Cotton Mill, at Cornwall, exceeds 80, yards a week. The mill has orders ahead for several months. —Daring last week as man trains a day passed Lucan sta. Grand Trunk Railway, showi g a large increase in traffic. —Mr. Whitelaw, of Pari, r cently im- ported 56 varieties of roses f - m the well known floriculturists in Winch itei coun- ty, Pennsylvania. —The bakers in Montreal, in view of the war prices have been lightening their loaves. A large number of loaves were seized by the police, 1 —Mr. John Gillespie on the 9th Con- cession, Blandford, has sold his farm of 72 acres to his brother, Jame e Gillespie, for $5,000, about $70 per acre. —It is announced that Mr. Adm Oli- ver, ex -M. P., has left Ingers for Man- itoba, with 50 men to work n the tele- graph line along the Pacific Railroad. —There lives in the township of Marl - ho has at- e has over t that sec - as ion forty n the borough a Mrs. Eliza Duke, tained her 105th year. S 100 grandchildren through° ton. —Extensive bush fires are raging to the north and west of Ottawa. Dense smoke fills the' streets, and ashes are con- stantly falling. Rain is anxiously look- ed for. —At the dog show, at Gil ore's rGar- dens, New York, on Thurs ay of laet week, the setter dog, Paris, f om Strath. roy, won the silver cup for the beat dog in the show. --A man named. John Scroggie, of Guelph township, was run over and kill- ed on Thursday of last week, on the Grand Trim le about a mile N eit of the freight station. —A Prescott distiller shipped last week to Montreal en, route to the English markets, 600 head of first-clas stall fed cattle, their weights averaging 1,700 pounds each. —Mr. James Brooks of Plympton, re- cently sold a span of horses tie a farmer from Michigan, for $300 in Canadian money. The farmer had to pey $60 duty I in all seven buildings. Loss about $5000 partially inured.. The cause of the fire is supposed to be accidental. —The Toronto National says: "In the town of Guelph there are 1,300 more wo- men than men, and a wedding in conse- quence creates almort as much sadness as a funeral. —MI. Mary Kayerelict of the late W. Kay,and one of the first settlers in Dum- fries died at her residence, near Ayr, on Friday morning last, after a brief illness, at the ripe old age of 77 years, having sur- vived her husband some seven years. —At Brantford, Mr. J. H. Stratford purchased, for 810,000 cash, the beauti- ful farm of Wm. Muirbead, Esq., situ- ated about half a mile from the city, and known as -"Oakwood." There are nat- ural sulphur baths on the farm, Miss Nellie Aikin, of Brampton, heard a noise in her room, and jiimping out of bed, landed on the back of a man who was trying to crawl underneath it. Before the frightened girl could waken her father, to whose room he ran, the burglar had gone. —A few days ago while Levi Boughton Geo. Boughton and James Shaughnesy .were raising a b'arri for Mr. Muir, of Bur- ford, to introduce a new foundation, and while the men were underneath, it }fell, killing .Shaughnesy instantly and injur- ing G. Boughton. —Last week as a teamster was taking a load of wheat along the dock in Kincar- dine, the hind» wheels of the wagon broke through the dock and some eight or ten bags of wheat went into the water. For- tunately the horses had a good oothold, or the whole load would have gone down. —A few days agot while John Purdy, of Beverly, was assisting a neighbor to lift a sick cow, the animal fell back on his right leg - crushing it terribly. He • was carried home and a surgeon called in who pronounced his hurts of such» a na- ture as to prevent his working during the summer. — On Tuesday night of last week an- other burglary was committed in Bever- ly, the store and poet office at Rockton having been entered and some $20 in money and postage stamps taken away, together with about $20 worth of goods, consisting of teas, tobaccos, dry goods, &c. —The Credit Valley Railway Company are negotiating for the purchase of rails in England, and the purchase .will be completed immediately after the 25th of the present month, that day being the last day on which ah application can be made at the Queen's Bench to quash the by-law lately passed in Toronto. —At Gravenhurst mines the true mot- el is turning out at the rate of 13 or 14 cents to the hour. Water was struck, and digging must cease till a steam pump is obtained, but the sand will be carted to the lake to be washed. All doubts as to the certainty of geld being in rich de- posit are now removed. —Tne following gentlemen have been elected members of the Senate of the University of Toronto by overwhelming majorities : Archibald MacMurchy, M. A., of the Collegiate Institute,represent ative of the High Schoolmasters, and Judge Boyd, Dr. OlAright, and Mr. William Mullock, representatives of the graduates. —On Wednesday of last week a ver sad accident happened at Mr. Beaman's saw mill, in Chesley, to a young man named John Birch. While stooping down to remove some sawdust that had accumulated under the saw, his head came in contact with the saw, which in- flicted a fearful cut in the back of hi head. He died in a few hours. . • —The following new post offices have been established: Belton, West Nissouri, East Middlesex, John Morden, postmas- ter • Ellaton, Windham, North Norfolk, A. 'A. Stewart, postmaster; Heather- brooke, Lambton, Donald McIntyre, postmaster; Northridge, Gosfield, Essex, 0. W. Johnson, postmaster. Outram P. 0., county of Beauce is closed. —Last Friday night, as the train left the Ingersoll station a young couple was walking on the platiorm,when the father cost by this met od averages from $3.50 of the young' lady came up, and without to $4 per ton, but Mr. Attrill proposes to further ceremony, knocked. the young sink a shaft down to .he rock salt and man down, at the same time drawing mine it like coal; the rock salt to be a revolver, and threatening to shoot him crushed and graded by proper machinery if ever seen with the young lady again. to suit the varions requirements of con- The young man took the hint and left. surners. It is estimated that salt can be —One evening lately, Mrs. Butler, of mined, crushed and put on board vessels !Harriston, found an 'infant about six or cars for about 1.25 per ton. The sink- weeks old lying at the gate near her resi- ing of a shaft to he depth of 1,100 feet, dence. The poor little thing was nearly so near to the lake,will require not only for taking them across. , frozen to death when found. After con - a very large expinditure of capital, but —On the 9th of May last year there siderable mancouvering Constable Clegg will also demand a very high degree of were no vessels in Quebec harbor but on succeededin finding the heartless mother, engineering skill. This was forseen, and the corresponding date this year,over 100 who, on finding she was .detected, ac - the advice of so e of the best mining en- had arrived ancl10,000 tons if coal form- knowledged the act, and was committe gineers of the day obtained,but owing to ed part of their cargo. to Guelph jail to await her trial for chil the fact that the Minister of Public —A ewe belonging to Mr. John Tree, desertion. • Works declines t grant necessary ship- 14th concession, East Zona, gave birth —Joseph Perrault, late Secretary of ping facilities in the harbor, the enter- to a lamb on May 15th, and gave birth the Canadian Centennial Commission,has prise has for the present been abandoned. to another lamb on the 28111. They are entered an action for damages for libel This is to be regetted, as the low price both alive and flourishing. against the Mail Printing and Publish. at which salt could be mined and deliver- • --We are informed that Mr. Daniel ing Company , of Toronto for $20,000. ed at all the Lake ports would throw a Perley, of the township of Brantford, is The alleged libel was contained in a let - large business into Canadian hands, and the owner of 41. ewes, which produced ter from the Mail's Centennial corres- fdrnish return freights for our vessels him 62 lambs this season. They are all pondent in May lat, which severely re - carrying grain. , salt for domestie purposes, but few have Elliotts cheese facory, situated about tennial Commissioner." any idea of its efiormous consumption in five miles north of the town of Ingersoll —The other day a lady accompanied Ll.. arts' a,ncl ma u actures • ! esti-» l' totall destroyed by fire. The loss some friends to the Great Western Ril- the South Dcovvii breed fleeted on Mr. Perrault. The letter was Everyone understands the necessity of —On Saturday morning about 3 o'clock headed, "Corruption of a Canadian Celli off, but immediately spit it out, saying he did not like the taste. Not so Mr. Dell, who, shortly after, was taken vi- olently ill, and started for home, which he reached with much difficulty. Before medical aid could be summoned he ex- pired. —Mr. Wilmott's efforts at stocking the Saugeen river with salmon ova would ap- pear to have been successful. That gen- lernan has received from Mount Forest iyoung salmon about eight inches long hich was taken a few days ago in la ranch of the Saugeen. —A livery stable keeper iti Elora who nvariably cautions his patrons against riving fast, repeated the injunction to a entlemen who was hiring a horse from im the other day, received the following esponse : "I am going to a funeral and ust keep up with the procession if it ills the horse." He .was permitted to drive on. —The Guide says: Mr. William Hume, of the 5th Concession of War - ick, killed a cow a few days ago, and hen eating some of the meat, discover - d a nail extending completely through he hip bone, protruding about an ingh n either side. We consider this very emarkable, and. would ask some of our evens to explain how the nail got there. —1Eneas D. McKay, proprietor of Mc- ay's wharf, Hamilton, and. for many , years one of the largest ship owners and forwarding merchants of that city, died last Saturday morning at the age of 52 years. Mr. McKay was born in Suther- land, and was the brother of Rev. D. McKay, Pictou, N. S. He had been seriously ill about five months, having a complication of ailments, but that whieh proved fatal was cancer of the liver. —Three prisoners named O'Reilly, Caron and. Nixon, in forassault, burglary and cattle stealing, respectively, escaped from the London jail on Monday night, by knocking clown and beating the keep- er, Meek. O'Reilly then obtained the keys of the outor doors and all three es- caped cooly through the jailers yard, go- ing south. They are three desperate villians. Nixon was *captured in Strat- ford on the following day. —The brush factory of Mr. Robrt Dalby, of Elora, was burned down Monday morning last week. The buildi g was valued at $1,800, and the machn- ery at $3,300. The insurance on the building and machinery was $2,500 in the Wellington Mutual,and on the stock $2,- 000 in the Western. The loss, alter de- ducting the insurance, will not be lyss than $3,000, besides 30' hands being thrown out of employment. —A chap in Belleville wanted to peis- on himself because his girl married, as ihe though, a rival. He went to a friend, a druggist, and said he wished to die—that he desired a full dose. He got the dese, but it wasn't poison. It was calorel, and after a few hours' agony, of body and spirit his suicidk notions fled, and. here- joiced that he still lived. More than that, he learned that his girl was true to hm, and now he hopes to be strong enough to be married next week. —One Paticie McGinnis, of Puslinch, was committed for trial by the Guelph Police Magistrate a few days ago on a charge of barn burning. The barn !be- longing to Peter Stewart, next neighbor to Mcinnis, was burned on the 22nd ult., with all its contents, including four horses, four cows, nine pigs,eleven sheep. and many valuable implements. Mr. Steuart had purchased McGinnis' ferm the day before at a mortgage sale, and that is supposed to have been the occa- sion of this miserable man's revengeful feelings. —At the Woodstock Assizes on ,,ia.y 5th, a case was tried of Shaw vs. Grand Trunk Railway. The suit was for $10,- 000 damages, claimed by Shaw for: in juries received by being put off' a freight train near Parkhill some time last winter. Shaw lost a leg in consequence of these injuries. He swore that he received the injuries from the train he was put; off, and. the conductor and brakesman sWore positively that the train came to a dead stop where he was put off, and that they saw him walking on the track after the train had. started. Verdict for defend - anti He is consequently growing very weak. Inflammatiep has set in, and he suffers • very great and constant pain. It is hoped however, that when suppuration takes place and the pus is discharged, the bone maybe loosened and come away. Shoqd this not occur it is feared that trades - otomy must be resorted. to. —The dwelling of Mr. Skuse, situated on the 2nd concession of Westminster, was entered about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning by naasked burglars. The in- mates were aroused by. the presence of three armed men at their bedside who threatened them. with instant death un- less money was given them. One of the gang then stood guard over the family, armed with a revolver, while the other two ransacked the house for plunder. In one drawer they found $112 in bls, and. being apparently satisfied, left. The in- mates were too much alarmed to stir till morning, and the robbers had time to get clear. tion of property °mined about miles --An accident involving great destruc- west of Widder, on the Grand Trunk Railway, on Tuesday. evening. A fire broke out in a wood pile at this point, and had burned so rapidly as to heat the rails, causing the track to warp before it Was discovered. About 4 o'clock an east- ward bound freight train of 21 cars came alon, the driver of which either did not notice the fire in time to 'stop or at- tempted to pass through, whenthe engine and the whiele of the train went off the the track and immediately • took fire. A. number of engines from points along the line,and auxiharies from Sarnia and Strat- ford with fire engines were dispatched. to the scene of the accident; and succeeded in getting the engine and seven cars of the burning train on the track and. out of danger. Fourteen cars and contents were entirely consumed. The fire in the wood pile raged until about 200 cords were burned and the track for some 800 feet completely destroyed. The total loss may be roughly estimated at $20,000. Manitoba Notes. [Fitox THE FREE PRESS OP MAY 5.1 There are twelve prisoners in the pro- vincial jail, five of whom are females. —.Already about fifty times as many immigrants haVe arrived. this year as there were up tal the same date last sea- son. The total number expected this season is about 12,000. • —Mr. Longbottom, the gardener, was in the city Saturday with new vegeta- bles, the first of this year's growth. They included radishes, lettuce, and - onions, which have attained tuite a respectable growth. —A meeting was recently held at Pointe de Cherie to consider the question of the organizing the ;settlement as a municipality. The movement was op- posed bytheHon. Charles Nolin, M. I'. P., and the meeting decided that the' project was under present circumstances premature. —The stable of Mr. John Lusted, of Rockwood, was totally destroyed. by fire, last Sunday, and a yoke of oxen confined therein burned to death. Mr. Lusted. was visiting a neighbor at the tiine the fire broke out, but seeitig the smoke re- turned home only to find the stable en- veloped in flames. et —Land in Winnipeg is sometimes b - ter.than bank stock. On Saturday a lat.' in this city which was purchased at $200 and on which there was only $40 cash paid was resold at an advance of $70, the purchaser paying $110 cash and taking up the agreement to pay the bealance of the first sum over the $40 paid. The first • buyer netted $70 cash or 175 per cent. profit in seven months. And this is only one of dozens of such transac- tions. r. Brown and Mr. Bauer, 'of the township of Hay,County of Hearon,Ont, members of the,firm of Brown, Bauer & - Alderson, who arrived. at Emerson by the Minnesota, have taken land near that place suitable for flax culture, and will break up 200 acres this season, sowing this spring 50 bushels of seed. to have enough for next year. Machinery for cultivating and dressing flax will be brought on by them next year. This branch of • business, as well as wheat raising, will be stimulated by the Rue- siau ve ar. —Kehler, the keeper of the Garry House, attempted to commit suicide by drowning himself in the Red River Wed.- nesday night after 9 o'clock. He was under the influence of excessive drink- ing at the time, and left the house with a man named James Robinson, as he stated to visit bis children. They walk- ed to the river bank, when Kehler jumped in and immediately sank, but came to the surface shortly, when Robin- son jumped in and rescued him. Kehler is said to have had. a large sum of money about his person, $1,800 it is reported, --Mr. Kelly, a fanner on the eoven line, between Plympton and Enniskillen, lost one of his best horses a few days ago.1 Some inhuman wretch went into the stable between 8 end 9 o'clock P. M. and; cut the horses tongue out of its mouth. When they went out at 9 o'clock to at- tend to thelorses for the night, they dis- covered the cowardly deed—the horse's mouth was bleeding freely and the man- ger was snie,ared with blood. As the horse could _not Ca, it was shot on the second day afterwards to put it Out of pain. —Last Friday morning a frei itt train was left standing on the Gran Trunk Railway, at Danville station, 'lir Mon- which ie now missing, andis supposed to treal, while the engine proceeded to the have been lost in the river. siding to take in wood. and water. Through some cause not yet explained, Wood's Bible Animals. the cars ran down the grade,met another Mr. Jtohn C. McKay is now engaged. in freight train, and caused a great smash. canvassing tne township of Tuekersmith Twelve freight cars were destroyed for this excellent work. Rev. Mr. Thom - by fire, though they were all principally on, paator of the Presbyterian Church, empty. A drover in charge of a car of Brucefield, says of it: "f ha.ve carefully horses was severely scalded, and a brakes- examined J. G. W ood s work on Bible man was slightly injured. The Grand Animal. It is a work the want of which Trunk authorities have taken the matter has long been felt. The articles on the way station at Hamilton. She entered up, and a thorough investigation will be the severalsubjects are excellent,anci lead mated that fully half a million tons are is estimated at about $3,000. _ consumed annua ly by British metllur- —The ladies of the Brantford Presby- the ear veith her friends and M while she ade. to a clear understanding of these pas gists and chemicel manufacturers Salt, terian College have organizecl a base ball was conversing with them the train start- —An accident of a most painful char- sages of God's word to which they refer. or, chemically sneaking, chloride of sodi- club, and almost took the roof off the ed. She hastened to the end of the est acter occurred in Hamilton last Wednes- I am Slue Mr. Wood has done good ser um, is composed of 39 per cent. sodium Principal's bead, the other day, while at to make her exit as quickly as possible, day morning, when Mr. Chillman, one of vice toaltChristians, as well as Sabbath and sprang from the train, but not know. the principal bakers in the city, was at School teachers and others in sending out and 61 per cent chlorine. In the pro- practice. It was a "foul" ball! —Market street Presbyterian Church, ' ing how to jump from a car in motion, breakfast,a bone lodged. in his gullet, al- the work so correctly, neatly and Wye is melted with 1 estone and. small doal Hamilton under the pastoral charge of she fell violently on the platform, and most produeing strangulation. Attempts written,I have the fullest confidenc,e and duction of carbonate of soda (sal soda), it e or charcoal," the hl ide of sodium is de- Rev. D. ;cf. Fletcher, last year contrib. was very nearly falling under the wheels. composed by ad ing to it sulphuric acid uted $1,330 for, missionary purposes. She was not ver severely hurt and subjecting the mixture to a heat in This is an average of between $14 and —The Wella d Telegraph, announces a hearth furnace' Chlorine gas is liber- 15 per membr. • the death of Mr. Bidwell Dell, f Cro ated. and sulpha& of soda formed by the —Rev. J. C. Smith, of 1. Paul's , land township, from the effects f eati sulphuric acid irPplacing the chlorine. Church, Hamilton, has receive a call to wild parsnips. 'Deceased, a f w ho The escaping gait may be converted into St. Andrews' Church, Gue wi hydrochloric aci , or by absorbing quick- place vacated by the re lime forming chloride of lime, or what of Rev. Jas. Hogg. It is whether be will acept. ids sheds is commonly knoWn as bleaching powder. . Sulphate of soda has many uses, but for the production of carbonate of soda (sal- sodabit is mixed! with small coal or char- coal, and reelted in a furnace, the result- ing mass lixivi ted and the lixivium ph, to fill the before his dath, was engaged plo nt death of 'in company iwith a buy, who pieked. ot yetknown I what he thought was a vegeta le g for food, and. handed it to Mr. ell, morning I ittg him if he knew what it w nd six I Dell replied! he did, but could —Afire at Lunen last F destroyed two stales, two valuable horses belonging t Mr. Porter's stable adjo. workshop and. dwelling of I - ot t cLean, I remember the name—but tha it g, and the good to' eat, lit then ate some of it R. Dough, handed it t� the boy who also Lit a pi ng rs ng up od r. en nd 44 ce were made to remove the obstruction by the otdinary means, bat these proved unsuccessful. Drs. Vernon'andHusband were then called in, and used all the sur- gical appliances at their command, still without effect. On Thursday Dr. Camp- bell, of Toronto, was sent for, andi on his arrival, after consultation with the two previously named. gentlemen he, made still further but fruitless efforts to dis- lodge the bone, which has not been re- movd. Mr. Chillman has been able to . reason in heartily recommendiug this - work, and wish that Mr. McKay, agent, may be. successful in leaving a copy in every house. THOMAS Tnoimao/r. THE MRSE, BRUMFIELD, May 413, 1877. —Another express train is about to be placed on the London, Huron and Brace Railroad, to leave London at 7.30 A. M., and to go clear through to Kincardine, and leave that place on the return trip at 3 P. MThere is a strong probability take but very littlenourishment, except that the mailwill soon be earned by this some beef tea, whih- was administered road, which would be a great public con - with great difficulty by means of a tube. venience. • 6