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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-06-01, Page 4T1HE ii:URON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Fresh Arrivela—C. W. Papst. Cotton Yarns—William hill & Cos Agricultural Implements—O. C. Willson. Dry Goods and Millinery—A. Mitchell. Farm for Sale—E, Tesky. Farm for Sale—J. J. Lynn. Tenders Wanted—James Dallas. Tenders Wanted—William Elliott. Plauta—A. Hobson. Improvement of Stock—A. Tyerman. Wool Wanted—D. H. Dorman.. Butter Tubs—S. Trott. Personal—Ann Capitain. Hensall Mills—Paul D. Bell. fitvon txpooiter. SEAPORT'', FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1877. Ministers' Salaries. H there is any one profession more than another, the menibers of which. are particularly deserving of a generous sup- port and sympathy from the people upon whom they depend for subsistence, the clerical profession is that one. The mem. - bees of that profession are, invariably, men of superior talent and. education. They have devoted much 'arduous toil, and not a little • meant- in preparing themselves for the duties fpertaining to the high and important profession which they have chosen._ The requirements of that profession also preclude them from engaging in secular pursuits of any kind, and they have not, consequently, the opportunity of accumulating wealth which the members of other profeseions enjoy, while they are subjected to even greater toil and more aggravating annoyances and cares than are common• to most other professions. No matter what turns up, short of a,ctual sickness, the minister, in addition to his many other duties, is ex- pected to have fresh and. spicy sermons prepared for each Sabbath on the old, though inexhaustible - subject. These too, are expected to stand the closest criticism ofsthe most critical in so far as logic and language are concerned. ° If one notieeable word or one comparison is re- peated successively, the sermon and the preacher are at once condemn- ed as unoriginal an.d the latter is set clown as never having any- thing new. One would naturally conclude, therefore, that duties so exact- ing and trying would be Most liberally remunerated. But is this the case? Are the ministers of the' present day anything like adequately remunerated? Atier reasonable person who will consider the matter foi a moment, cannot but conclude that a large majority ot the ministers of the gospel are shabbily, yea shamefully remunerated for their services. They are, in feet, in many instances little more than kept fronitgenteel star- vation. After spending a quarter of a life time in preparing for the profession, they are forced to content themselves in the majority of cases with a salary varying from four to ten hundred dollars,—the latter BUM being the ex- ception. Oat of this miserable pittance they are expected to feed, clothe and educate a family, and not only this, but keep up a genteel and respectable appear- . anee before the world, and provide , free bed and board for every religious ,stroller who comes along. How they manage to de it must be a mystery to many. Under the circumstances it is not surprising that there are. in the profession a few poor, humdrum preachers, but it is actually marvellous that the half of the profession are able to preach at all. It should be the aim of every congregation to keep the minister's mind free from worldly care and anxiety. Indeed it is universally admitted that this is a neces- sity in order to secure what is termed good preaching. But we would like to know how this is to be done on a salary sack as the generality of ministers now receive. When a minister's brain is busy during the week devising schemes, whereby he can make his meagre allow- ance support his family in a decent manner,' and at the same time make a respectable appearance before his guests and congregation, to say nothing of pro- viding for a raiay clay, he must be more than hurcian if e he can do himself or his congregation justice in the pulpit. Min- . isters are often found fault with for be- ing slow and prosey, and for not attend- ing promptly and regularly to outside pastoral duties. While they may very frequently be open to this charge, we are ° convinced that if the people Would examine into the matter they would find, that the blame for these short- conaings on the Part of their minister lay with themselves instead of with him. While a man's mind is harassed with worldly ceres and anxieties, he is not capable either to` instruct, counsel or en- courage others. Ministers are made of the same material as ordinary people, and are- subject to the same natural laws. People often think that because they can live comfortably on a certain sum, their minister should be able to do so too. Those who thus think should bear in mind, however, that owing to the position a minister occupies, much more is expected of him than of an or- dinary Man. He has to clothe and edu- cate his family so as to fit them to as- sociate • on equal terms with the most wealthy and aristocratic in his congrega- tion. This an ordinary man in every day life does not require, and is not ex- pected to do. In addition to this a min- ister has to keep his surroundings in a condition suitable to enable him to- en- tertain the most wealthy members, not only of his own congregation, but of the profession to wkich he belongs, and he is expected to do all this, and much more, on the income of a man who can live in • the most plain and .unostentatioue man- ner, and at the same time keep his mind free from the cares and anxieties of every dasy life., If these and other things con- nected with this subject, which might be referred to, were only seriously consider- ian people generally, we are few congregations but eirlheads in shame at the Miserable manner in which eir ministers. These re- refer to any particular de- but to all denominations are, as a rule, iuexcusably, and unchristianly mean and 'to their ministers. hat subscriptions are often d purses raised and present- s with a great show and fact, at certain seasons of hen this practice seems ed by Chrie are sure ther would hang t beggarly, and they treat t marks do no nomination, alike, for all clisgracefully parsimoniou It is true set on foota' ed to paste palaver. In the year to be epidemic, it is almost impossible to rens of any paper in which ot alight on a paragraph de- • lowing terms the particu- esentation of an address and ning a handsome , sum of mark of appreciation, &c. eanest alel most degrading, f paying a minister. If a ufficiently remunerated for here is no need of present - a purse, and the .1i-ery act knowledgment on the part gation that he is no suffici- erated, and. that they know scan the col the eye will scribing in lars of the p purse conta money as a This is ti e mode of' all minister is his services ing him wit is a plain a of the congr ently remu ried down. On also overflowed, away. • SMUGGLING.— special says :—D ed a system of s implicating leadiegomuTon merchants railroad baegage-masters, and Govern- ment officials.. ANOTHER FROST.—Ms. Laben filecl objections to the probate of her father, Commodore Vanderbilt's charging that neither. the will nor codicil is the last will of deceard and neither is legally executed. 111 it.- If, therefore, instead of presenting rse they added the amount to his annual stlar'y, -would better? It would be giving y themselves acknowledged • d honestly entitled to, and make him feel that he was ligation to them for giving dues. This is ai ,abomin- , which should b abandon- ecl by respec able congregation . If min. isters do not receive sufficient aia.ry give it to them a a salary, and not -as a do- nation. It mounts to the stnee . thing in the end, in dollars and eents, and does not inj re the recipient's feelings by making it ppear that he i4 receiving as a favor hat he is rightful y entitled to. him with a p of the purse it not be far him what th him justly a it would not Under any o him his just able practi3 .-•••••••••••• -.004 IIINI0011110101111 Cottonwood River it is and bridges carried Herald Washington tectives have unearth - u gling from Canada, APPLICATION FOR SERVICE WITH RUS- SIA.—Numerous I applicatitins are being made to the State Department for assis- tance to procure positions in branches of the Russiah military •service. The Department can render no such (tenni- ' tancEeD. R UCED RATES. —It is stated that the Erieqtailway has reduced east bound. rates for grain from Chicago to New York five cents per bushel, to compete with the canals. It is also reported that the New York Central :will make the same reduction. I 1 CLAIMING A FORTUNE.—Mary Baker of Brooklyn; formerly a ballet dancer, brings suit to receiver an estate valued at. a quarter of a million, at Titusville, Pennsylvania, claiming it was left by her father Who deserted his family in 1862. REDUCED RTES.—The New Yorle Central Railroad has reduced the rates to Chicago from $20 to $15. The reduc- , • tion is due to the action. of the Pennsyl- vania Road in running a fb,st train to Chicago. A prompt adjust eat of the strife is expected. TILE Ma1 Printing and PubIishing Company is just now in deep water. A meeting o the shareholders has been called, and i is the general ruiner in To- ronto that t e concern is so hopelessly. involved in ebt that its continuance is very doubtf 1. Whatever may be the result, it is o be hoped there will be a change of m nagement if the paper is to be continue . The scurrilous, personal and lying rticles wleich have so fre- quently disg aced its columns ef late;have done much o lower it in.public estima- tion, and of course to decreasetits rev- enue. A oderate and respeptably con- ducted Con ervative paper in Toronto would be s ccessful, but the people of this countr will not countenance scur- rility and lackguardism in a public journal, an more than in an individual. It is stated hat as much as $120,000 have already bee sunk in the publication of the Mail, a d it would require $45,000 to $55,000 to wipe out its present liabilities, 'vhile the plant, to., would not, it is es irnated, produce more than $10,000. he value of the good -will of the paper epends so much on circum- stances, tha it is impossible to attach any fixed v lue to it. Mr. Jelin Itiordon, paper man facturer of Merritton, near St. Cathari es, holds a mortgage on the plant for $ 0,000 or $22,000 for paper furnished, nd there is *Ise due him an open accou t of about $2,000 or $3,600 more were e to foreclose. He has the situation pr ctically in his own hands, for the pro erty, it is safe to assume, would not f tch the amount of his claim. The fact is, the paper has been a losing concern sin e its commencement to the tune of eve $35,000 a year. 11 Tiae Po commence. been arra county, an ings are to it is likely tical Pic-nic Season will soon Conservative pic-nics have ged for at Gerrie in this in London. Both gather - take place early in June, and that more will soon follow. A CANDI don 'Times tion to Par TROUEL coming tr there is a BODY F N. Matson since last Sound. STATE and. Princ dinner on or of Quee CHINA i ws of the Week. THE RIGHT SORT ort IAN 'OR LAVr. — A novel license law, recentl passed in the State of Oregen, applies, iiot to liquor sellers, but to consumers, compelling the person who wishes to drink to pay $5 for a license, and to present the certificate every time he buys aglass of liquor. -NEWSPAPER EDITOR COWHIDED. ----M. T. Hatch, of North Troy, Vt. editor of the Palladium, was assaulted on the street recently by Miss ilacllock, who threw red pepper in his eyes and then cowhided him unmercifully. , An article reflecting on herself and family led: to the affair. _ HOW WILL SHE MANAGE. --An English woman" who was born without arms, has just had twins. She wears her wed- ding ring on her toe, and does all the housework with her feet with a dexterity that is surprising. How she will manage to nurse her twin babies is a problem yet to be solved. • THE WESTERN Cors.—Iteorts from 49 different sections of the State of New- braska shewan increased acreage, especial- ly in corn. Insome localities wet weather and floods have done some 'damage, but crops generally are looking well, and grasshoppers do not seem to he doing any damage. There is also e large increase in stock cattle and hogs. GOOD tEMPLAIIS OF THE WORLD.—The twenty-third annual meeting, of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Good Templars of the world was held in Portland, Maine, last week, commencing on TUesday, 22nd ult., Col. J. J. Hickman, ot Louisville, Kentucky, presiding. W. 8. Williams, Mayor of Napanee, Cenada, is Grand Secretary of the -Order. THE RELATIVES OF LITINGSTONE.—Dr. David Livingstone, a nephew and name- sake of the celebrated explorer, is living in San Francisco. The only other rela- tives of the explorer are a brother John whose home is at Listowel, Ontario; 'a son Oswald, who is practicing medicine in Trinidad, W. 1.; an utunnrriad daugh- ter, Anna Mary, who is finishing her education in Germany; and a married daughter, Mrs. Bruce, who lives in Eng- land. I A NEW INCENTIVE T0 BRAVERY.—A Parisian manufacturer his received an or- der from Turkey for a large number of white shirts, upon which extracts from the Koran are to be printed in sky blue letters. Upon a number of white woollen undershirts is to be stamped he signature of Mohammed. The article are intend- ed for distribution to Turkish soldiers when upon especially dangqous duty, to stimulate their courage under the impres- sion that -they are talismans • - TENACITY OF LIFE. —A he , was recent- ly found. in the middle of a hay -mow in - a barn in Tennessee, whieh had been there six months, without Water or any- thing to eat except what the hay afford- ed. Being covered up when the hay was put in, the hen could not get out. Her toe nails and beak had grown half an inch during the time, and her size was great- ly reduced. When taken otitand placed in the open air the hen tumbled over with every sym.ptom of a fit, but, she shortly recovered, and is now doing well. DESCENDANTS oir DANIEL DEB0E.—A committee has been appointed in Eng- land to solicit contributions in aid of the great -great- grand -daughters of D,aniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe. There arethree of them, all-over 50 years of age, and _unmarried. One of them has been ablest() earn about seven shillings a week as ,a button-holemaker, another worked hard with her needle Until dis- abled by rheumatism, and the other earns a small pittance by teaching English in France. PRALsEwonTar ACT AN AMERICAN • • JURY. —Ar verdict under the Civil Darn - ages Act has just been rendered in Brooklyn, N. Y., in favor of a poor wo- man whose husband had been unfitted for work by liquor. The liquor dealer is compelled to pay 5350 damages. And this in the face of a- charge from the Judge which seems meant to deprive the act of any practical value whatever. The jury deserve the highest praise for their impartial and courageous verdict. were errors of youth in nations, aa in men, and he would remind them of twci he had noticed in them—too great pre- ee. ab - in ey the. be in - all ey nd in- de- cipitancy in pursuit of worldly thin and a too proud feeling of independe They pride themselves on being re Beans. (Here there was a laugh which the cardinals joined.) But t must remember that all must bow head to enter Paradise. They must humble, and not let material things terfere with prayer. He blessed American people—Catholics, that t might continue strong in their faith, Protestants, that they might be illu ated ; and prayed that good might scend in abundance upon them all. 11 GOOD News FOR THE Smeercenie Proceedings have been commenced i English courts on behalf of a num -residents of New York andLong Islan recover, as heirs at law $12,000,0 money. It seems that in 1810 Ro Shepherd deposited in the Bank of land £1,000,000 to the credit of his ei who had married John Shepherd and to Canada. Lately an advertisemen ATE.—Dr. Russell, the Lon - liter, will again seek elec. lament BREWING. --Bedouins are be- ublesome , in Palestine, and anic at Jerusalem. UND.—The body of Hon. W. missing from Hartford,Conn., December, was found in the INNER. —The Crown Prince ss of Germany gave a State hursday at Potsdam, in hon - Victoria's birthday. N IN ENGLAND.—The Chinese 11 • • question in; England is looming up. Ship loads of Chinese laborers are expected in London. An immense Chinese laundry is te be established at Holland Park. MR. SPURGEON'S HEALTH.—Mr. Spur- geon has riot recovered his health. Hard. work has told its tale on him. On a re- cent Sundily he could hardly get through his accustomed services. ILLICIT WHISKEY.—During a ten days raid throuigh Wilkes County, N. C., Government officials captured 1,000 gal- lons of illicit whiskey, destroyed 60 stills, and arrested nine illicit distillers. FLooDs !DT SANSAS.—Despatches of May 22nd pay, the Kansas River is high- er than before since 1858. The railroads are under„ water west of the city. A hundred Net of the Kansas Pacific rail- road is Washed out and the bridge car- . t 1 the r of to in ert ng- • ter, one ap- peered inviting the heirs of Robert ,and his sister to claim this money, which it is now • estimated, has accumulated to the $10,000,000. Altogether about 11 persons in, this country lay a claim to a share in the money. A RIVAL TO TO31 THUMB.—A rival general to Tom Thumb is now at Calcut- ta. He is a Hindustani Brahmin, from Cuttack, is only three feet in height, and declares himself to be 36 years old, while not looking more than eight years of age. The little fellow is well-proportioned and handsome, and appears well satisfied with himself. He is employed at Cuttack, says the Time of India, as "mounted orderly" to a Sahib. The smallest pony sion Ac - here Ne- ches ell - I I in the world also is now in the posse of the young Maharajah of Puttiala. cording to the description in a•L journal, the tiny animal comes froii paul, and. though it stands only 8 i high, is the perfect miniature of a bred horse. A. MANIAC's FURIoUs RIDE TO DE —As an engine belonging to the delphia. Wilmington and Baltimore DAVID STEWA.RT'S Guile—David Stew- art, a North Carolina soldier in the Rev- olutionary war, left a line of descendants who are now likely to give the people of Salisbury, in that State, considerable un- easiness. For his services ithe Govern- ment made him a present of 47,5 acres of land, but as he did not care for the gift he put the deed in his pocket and went to Pennsylvania, where he died. His heirs have foiled the deed and will make a claim to the propertY, Which is now worth about $5,000,000, and includes the whole of the town of Salisbury. INTERVIEW OF AMEICAN F/LGR1ALS WITH HIS HOLINESS PPE.—The A.merican pilgrims were received by the Pope on the 24th, the offerings amounted to $20,000. His Holiness in reply said that he remembered how an eminent car- dinal had told him at the commencement of his pontificate that, from America would come the great comfort of the Church. He now saw the fulfilment of that prediction. He spolte in great praise of the Americaa nation, of the great things it had. aecomplished, and how, in the flower of its youth it had acquired strength sufficient to arouse the jealousy of European netiotis ; but there TH. hila- ail - road was standing on the tranksonWash- ington avenue, on May 22nd, andtduring the temporary absence of the engineer and fireman, an unknown man jumped. upon the engine and started it at full speed toward the river. Two freight cars which were attached to the engine, treet gine cars who into struck the bumpers at Washington wharf with such force that the e was thrown from the traele and th ran into the river. The stranger was evidently insane, was pitched the water by the shock, and drowned. 1 LatAst War News. FROM TUESDAY'S DESPATCHES. .All quiet along the Danube, bids from present 4ppearances, to j beco familiar as the histoileal stoc phr specting the operations on the, Po during the war of the Rebellion. Russians have evidently postponed attempt to coss the former iriver 18 M ie aterbala80 an is ian he left len ke the whole sze their front lin tion. The date for • the for ment is placed by some on t June, but the prediction is n any more solid groundt. t which assigns the Roans the dutyof moving up of the Timok, and. turning th of the Turkish line of the Ba port already falsified by a subse statement to the effect that the Rou an troops will not be allowed to n stat into Bulgaria, but will remitl along the north sbank of the Danu the object of guarding the Russian This step has, doubtless been decid out of deference to Austria's view Government of that country j stly ing out that Roumania havi g obt her independence it is' diffi ult what would be her object inv Turkey The Turks are still engag defensive preparations, and Rus Varna, Shunala and. Silistria re all placed in a fit condition to iths sive. 1 1 , he news from Asia Minn confined to a Turkish report capture of Ardahan by apo former garrison, but the repo firmed. Mukhtar Pasha's in at length attracted official no ice i form of an enquiry from hom as t jc projects, to which the commri niter East, unwittingly aping theageT during the siege of Paris, yste replies that be has "a plan,' and it to be understood that when the comes, if he only be let a one meanwhile, he will astonish tie inv Unless the Turkish Ministers a possessors of "a plan" of . more tha al promise, it is likely to go hard them. The crisis still continues, a spite of efforts to hush up the real of affairs, renewed fears are enter at Constantinople of internal troubl change of Cabinet has been strongl ed upon the Sultan by the diplo corps, and it is even rumourec1 th dal Hamid himself entertains the i abdicating: Several arrests have made of persona supposed to ,be co ed with the Softare demonstration thus ffect- of rtion t is u apaci was fair, e, as e re - mac The their until posi- • OVe.. h of d on that rmy alley flank a re- uent us ani - cross on ed with ight. d on the oint- ined o see ding d in huk, • eing nd a ainly e re- f its • con. has the • his n the ochu ously gives time the ders. e the 11811 - with d, in state ained . A urg - atic Ab - ea of been nect- against the Sultan has been discovered,. a number of leading men have been banished, the foreign residents are afraid of an outbreak, the Softas . still eall for the attention of theAdministratiori, and the promised. Egyptian contingent is withheld for some unknown 1remon. Foreignere are to be admitted into the Turkish service, and a number of Eng- lishmen are taking advantage of the °Pen,- ing. The tremuries of the Shrine at Mecca, which contain two hundred . mil- lion piastres, have been placed at the disposal of the Sultan. Regarding the Russian position there are few derogatory reperts. The line in Asia Minor is advancing, while that of the Turks shows a disposition tie fall back; the Czar is to take nominal. com- mand of the Russian and Roumanian armies, the latter of which is reported to be in good condition; the people of. Ser - via and Roumania are showing increased Sympathy .with the Russians. The Servians seem determined to, go to war with the Turks. Prince Milan has yielded to the demands of the war party, and. yesterday attended prayers for the success of the Russian arms. A slight contradiction to this feeling has been shown in the election of several members to the Skuptschina who favor peace. Russia is credited by a St. Petersburg despatch with not desiring that Servia should revolt, FROM THURSDAY'S DESPATCHES. No important changes in the positions of the two contestants are reported this morning. The latest news in regard to Ardahan is that the Turks have retaken it, though this report is denied in St. Petersburg. A number of reports, all traceable to Berlin, are floating over the Continent, holding out a prospect of peace. The last news received this morning gives an account of the repulse of a Russian attack made on the Turk- ish position at Batoure, after ten hears' fighting. I _ Huron Notes. The increase in members in Geder- ich District of the Canada Methodist church during the past District r ear was 497 11 belying the sincerity of the report ing to treat that affair as of litt ment. The correspondence now going tween Turkey and Greece gives p of n addition to the -complicati which the Porte finds itself inv The Hellenic Ministry openel the c pondence with a Note asking th same privileges be (Accorded to and ,Thessaly as were enjoyed Slavenic provinces; to whici the replind that the only privileges the a right to were already acc rded Constitution. Greece rejoin d by f ing the Russian lead and dem guarantees, and the Porte has ye heard from on this tender sulltject. With the object of reaching an standing between Austria earl Ru meeting of the emperors of the two tries has been fixed to take plac early date at Ploiesti, a Wallachia lying some seventy-five Miles north-west of Bucharest. Thith Czar will repair on the 7th of month, accompanied by Prinee Go koff, but it is not yet known wh Austrian emperor will arrive. A ing to another despatch it ie semi ally announced that the uch understanding has already 1een at by Russia, Germany, ad. A with the promised result of the lo tion of the war. FROM WEDNESDAY'S DESItATC The despatches this morning are favourable to the Russian cause. English fleet lying in Plym,outh has been ordered, presumably to tar, on rather short notice. . Affairs in Constantinople are ap ly approaching a crisis. Ai eo .1 MO- n be - mise ns in lved. rres- t the pirus the Porte had y the llow- • ding to be _ —Mr. John Doment hati—purchised from Mr. James Fair, of Clinton, seven head of cattle, their average weight be- nder- sia, a coma - at an town • the r the nex t sche- n the cord- offici - esired rived stria, liza- ing 1,290 pounds. —Mr. Robert Brown, of Zurich, .re- turned kome from Manitoba, on Thurs- day of last week, lookinglale and hearty after his trip. He was absent about six weeks. —Caterpillars are unusually bad on the fruit trees in the vicinity of Exeter, and in many districts it is feared. that on this account the fruit crop will be an entire failure. —Last week a cowbelonging to Mr. Malcolm McPhail, of the Greed Trunk Railway, Goderich, gave birth to twin calves. Both are males, good sized and quite frisky. —Mr. Baker has been re-elected coun- cillor for the township of Stephen by a majority of two over his opponent, Mr. Fulton. The contest was a very severe and exciting one. —Dungannon Division Sons ,of Tem- perance have formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of assisting the Inspector of Licenses in carrying out the license law. —Crops in the township of Howick look excellent. Spring crops never looked better. Fruit trees are in full bloom, with a good prospect for plenty of fruit this season. 1 —A Good Teinplar's lodge was organ- ized in Rodgerville a few weeks ago, and now numbers nearly thirty Members.. Each week brings some addition. No doubt much good will be done. —On Saturday last Mr. W. J. Huston purchased from Mr. F. Anderson, for the sum of $4,000, south half Of Lot 5, 0 On. 3, Stephen,. containing 50 acres. This is the way land sells in this section. —The new English church -at Ilensall will be opened for divine service on Sun- day, the 10th of July next, Services will be held in the morning and after- noon, to be conducted by the Bishop of . Huron. Leet & Davies' sale of lots in Wingham. came off as announced on I Wednesday of last week. The attend- ance was large, and. bidding active and spirited. Prices ranged from $110 to $180. ' —The crops in the neighborhood of HensalI are looking well, in fact never better than at present. The rain and the warm weather of the past two weeks have given a fresh an1 green appearance to everything. 'TUNE 1, 1877. eeiving the telegram as it was about to sail; but the party could not be found before it became necessary to set and doubtless,,ere this, she rejoices ia seeingheowldEantgithntd'e' oncetownhimore. —Fail of Grey ,balirdlTbarley and arsoawtse looks splendid, and grass is, atthis time, more advanced than in atnwyipurebvieoufsaiyreator. tjihYulleCT:ewgasceer"los of 1877 will b lipjj e paS1 orrpoeer Spring yuuegi nnt owbi ntlhhemeaat otot as great 'a succese as they were a failure in 1876. —Building operations in Hensall have been dvweeriyi acngs tive thisebee ns ing. Several dorare in couree of erection. Messrs. Patter. son & Bell have got the frame of their nTehwispwlanheinnginnifllit aolapddoorerationfactorywillup. ire a de - belonging to cid—edAe,a,cfceemssa.le dorg„ James Hunter, Clinton, gave birth to & litter of pups a few days since, one of which is quite a , curiosity, having only two legs. The place where the fore legs should come is covered with hair, and thepup is in other respects well formed I lively.Ata recent meeting of the Wing - ham public school trustees it was re- solved that the Board immediately pee. ehase Mr. John Snell's property on Frances -street, about one acre and four- fifths, for the suni of 51,000—to be used' as a site on whieh to erect new school buildings. s. rather The ound ibral- arent- —Mr, Duncau McDonald, lot 1V,Con. Grey, whilst transferring a colt to a field. across the river, a few days ago, met with an accident which resulted in the fracture of one of his lege •a little above the ankle. —Messrs. Coates, Pridham & Heal in- tend shipping from Quebec to England a lot of splendid cattle, which have been purchased. in the southern part of this County, Mr. Coates will proceed to linglanci with the stock. —On; Thursday of last week, Dr. Dowsley, of Clinton, left town with the intention of proceeding to England to further prosecute his studies he some of the leading hospitals there. He pur- poses being absent about a year. —gome very fine carriage horses have been brought to Goderich within the last week, especially Mr. D. McDonald's and Mr. G. N. Davis'. Mr. McDonald bought his in Clinton for the sum of $300 and Mr. Davis got his in St. Catharines for the sum of $150 or 5200. —Capt. Gibson and wife and Mrs. John Edwards, of Goderich, started. on a trip to the old country on Thursday, going by the Anchor Line. The trip will continue about three months, Mrs. Gilison's health being quite poerly. We hope they may have a pleasant trip. —Lake Huron, by the engineers of Michigan State Survey, is reported at b78 feet above the level of the sea and its' average depth 1000 feet. Soundings have been made in the lake as deep as 1,800 feet without touching the bottom. —The Public School Inspector for West Huron will hold competitive ex- aminations in Colborne on June 29th, and West Wawanosh on June 30th—at No. 1 school in the former township and —Mr. Dugald, Currie, of Elgin, who taught in No. 1, Usborne, last year, won high honors at the recent examination in McGill University, Montreal. He stood second in general proficiency, was first prizeman in Oriental languages, first prizeman in the science department, and a prizeman in English literature. —The Methodist Church known as Hoover'sein East Wawanosh, and. which has been underg4tig repairs and improve- ments, will be reopened for divine ser- vice, on the 3d Of June, when Rev. Mr. Casswell, of Liicknow, will preach in the morning, and Rev. Mr. Mitchell, - Wingham, in the evening. —At the Kincardine races on Thurs. iday last a green colt, just from the pas- ture field, owned by Mr. Abraham Smith of Goderich, took third money in the running race. Six horses ran, and Topsy, Mr. Smith's horse, had the outside, but surprised everyone by her speed, she giving the tried borses with, which she week srucnomainingiteoj atc,11,7te rauilItib —Mrs. Tmneye f. or 15. days, for of tiKillopt was last assaulting Mr. A. Govenlock of that township. .Prisoner on the 2Ist charged plaintiff with stealing two df her cows, but the charge was dismissed as the anie mals had been given by defendant to Mr. Govenlock as security for debt.: In her anger she assaulted plaintiff. —Last week about three hundred per- sons met at Fordwich station, in the township of Howick, to bid good-bye -to a number of tila neighbors, leaving for Manitoba. Anovalig those who left nem Simeon Little/ A. C. McKay, Barker Harris, and a large number of others. About the first of June several others will leave this township for the same place '• a few also are leaving for Sault Ste Marie. —An exchange remarks that pressure is being brought to bear upon the Toren- , to, Grey and Bruce Railway Company by the townships along the line to induce the Company to change the present nar- row guage to that of the leading trunk lines, It is proposed. also to extend the line to Wingham. — Various mu- nicipalities promise to bonus the road - liberally should the improvementebe un- dertaken. • —Mr. Milne, of Howick, who left for Manitoba a few, weeks; ago, writes back that times in Winnipeg are dull at pres- ent, as nails and. hardware had. run out. Work will commence in two weeks, and. times will be better. Carpenters, he ex- pects, will have 52.50, to $2.75, and - plenty of work in a short time on the railways. Mr. Milne likes the country well, and intends taking up land and moving his family up there. at School Section No. 3 and. township hall in the latter. Exercises to eommence each day at 8:30 a.m., sharp. —A short time since a ma,n and wife arrived at Clinton from England, intend- ing to make this country their home, but, as is only natural, th3 wife became very homesick, and. although having friends in Clinton, nothing would do ba that she must return to England.Her husband accompanied. her as far as Strat- ford, when he returned home, she being willing to undertake the journey alone. Soon after the husband regretted her de- parture, and telegraphed to Quebec to piracy intercept her, the officers of the boat re- —An exciting foot race took place re- cently on the Driving Park at Exeter between two old contestants, Mr. A. C. Rein, of Exeter' and J. Webster, of Lobo. About 100spectators were pres- ent. The race was most exciting, both getting fairlytreated on the start. Web- ster from the beginniuge kept slightly ahead of his adversary, which position he maintained until within a few feet of ethe line that -had been placed for them to breast, when Reid with a tremendous • hound passed Webster, and struck the line just a second before him. The dis- tance was lop yiards, and the stakes $50 each. The conrse was made in120 seconds, or at the rate° fI a mile la 2.30. —On Saturday last. Johnny White, son of Mr. John White, of the Exeter TiWIRS, had a narrow escape from being killed. - Another brother placed him on the back of a colt, upon which had been. placed a saddle. Before proceeding far, it became frightened at being struck by a boy, and started on a run, throwing the little fellow off, one of his feet catching in the stirrups, ;and dragging- him along on the ground. i The horse was caught before proceeding far, and the boy re- - leased. He ran, home, his face and head covered with blood. On examination his scalp was found to be split open, and his face severely cut. He is now able to_ be about. —On Saturday evening last, Mr. W. Rook, of Usborne, had a very narrow escape caused 1 by his horses running, away. They became frightened a the noise made by a boiler falling on the side- walk infront of Bissett's tin shop,Exeter. -Before Mr. Rook,who was in the wagon, could succeed. in stopping them, they had run against llawkshaw's stoops and precipitated him head first to the ground rendering him senseless. The horses ran on, and in their wild race, they took each a side of the pump, which had to succumb to the attack, but the hones were thus intercepted. Mr. Rook was taken into the hotel, where every care was bestowed. upon him, and he was able to go home the same evening. —IN. correspondent of the Toronto Globe writing from Bayfield, says: A poor old man, bedridden for years, now lies in a little house, deserted by his family, although all_ are grown up and. able to provide for their father; his wife has left him; his daughters have left him ; and three sons, able to earn froratwenty to fifty dollars per month, have Ieft him alone in a house stripped. �fevery vestige of furniture by the land- lord for rent. Now, what is to become of such a man? The Council of the mu- nicipality may throw him a little food now and then; they cannot find him a, home with a nurse to care for him and food ' to eat. If se, to what extent can they go-? A poor -house, or some other ZUNE 1, 187? -4, place to lodge in should be pity such persons some pubi f:itighsteuersh has rtJesst h°etlfsasti:s ;lnaitosanedPd,l1to leave- him as dangeroas and almost fa 'dent occurred to Alex. McKay,i, sides on the 14Jth Concession eramith; near the boundary of -On the 2241 ult., while proceedii *pm Seaforth along With h -er and father, he fell out iaf thi kis head going directly under tli which passed over his head ti the left ear, the right side tiein same time pressed heavily stone. The wheel of the hea literally ensomeraelviypeeled the the ve aealPeofronirin bone'leaving the side of the In to the bone, while the stone ur head did. similar duty for the ot :Under proper medical care he is Fibee°----Sytnwedrileaeenyvng.e&rtShqeuierii on the one h al communications haN Government and Mr. Attrill and Mr.Findlay on t respecting the sinking of a salt Goderich, and the- matter at stands th-us: The Gavernmev pared. to make certain concessiot are not entirely satisfactory to tril, and taking for granted - Government intends eompleti harbor works, Mr. Attrill desirous of proceeding w -shaft until he thorough derstands the nature of the 'Nes how far they will affect his prr the project is abandoned for at year, by which time it is ln Government will have complete bor, and both parties -will be It pared to "enter into negotiationl —The "meets" at the Wingli ing Park on Thursday and Fr were very13(HP e ea4f ul the al numbering a.biatt 2,000 on the and 1,500 on the second. 11 was as follows ? First Day e race—three entries :. Beacon, Tom, 2nd, Bartus'.3rd. Trot 1 that.never beat three minutes -tries : Louisa, 1st; John e Nilestown Maid, 3rd. Farmer Kate Webster, ist; Bartus, 2e1; -3d. 2.44 trot — rive cane( Dufferinl1st • Nilestown M ill Eay:By, 3rd'. Second Day —Plow -boy, 1st; Gipsy Teant, A., 3. Open trot—six ent A., rst •' Little Ethan, Wilkes, 3rd. Consolation tre town Maid, let; Comet, 2nd; t3rd. —An inquest waaheld in Hu Kinburn, on the 22a ult., on t an old man named Geo. Matte died suddenly on the 1 -9th ult. buried' next day. It seems that had come from the States sone and had induced Jas. McGill, he resided to come along wit the promise that he would ham erty to McGill at his death transpired that the deedot the was changed from the old man that of McGill's shortly beton ter, who was between 75 and 13 age, died. Suspicions were hence the exhuming Of the bo 22d, and the inquest which rr o exonerating all parties fro in the mattet. We understar analysis of the contents of tt was considered inecessary by ti or the jury. _ivfwaays ,ago, A spau belonging to Mr. W. Bing Hulett, and. which were Fisher's corner, , itt Clint fright, broke away from t enings, and started at break -i towards the common school. ort to which they were attache came badly broken and deka them ; and the horses now all encumbrances, turned don school, and ran to Victoria at King's corner turned nor near the post office, an att made to stop them, and Mr. march pluckily tine* himse hauneh of one of the and. as they continued worked ,his way to its head, tunately it had. lost its bridle ping, he was thrown down. tinned running but were Soon ped on the gravel road. —At about half -past 12 night John Sheppard, grocer, -was awakened by hearing a kitchen. &exposing it to be a cat, he paid no attention some time, until he became that it was something more moving around. Getting up his bedroom; window, and as saw a man making his exit kitchen window below. Gra hanging in the tooth, he level man and asked. him what he and as the rascal started t Sheppard. pulled -the trigger, cap, but failing to discharge Procuring a revolver from at MOM, he fired a couple of sh would-be burglar was out reach. The fellow had ge kitchen and ransacked it j but took nothing, and as the ing from the kitchen into ott the house was locked- on t . there. lhe was unable to obtai n —On Satarday constable' -captured in Goderich three 1 young Men, on instructions man Dunlop of Seafoith. Ti John Cronin, of Guelph; T ton, of North. Adams, Mass., Stewart, of Glasgow ; and with having stolen a e„oat from Thomas Stevens, hot Seaforth, which_ coat was f latter named prisoner. The to Seaforth, tried before Ma and eommitted for trial, thi pleading not guilty and the fessing to the crime. T went to Steven's hotel and e of fur mits for whiskey, and wanted to pawn his coat potion. Partington had in 1 acme papers and a coat whir stolen from one Heffernan -few days ago, and the autl - been looking for him on They will likely have a, goo( boarding and woodsawing. —The Clinton 2-treto Era. says For some months pis known that a person has 1 in the business of setting u and after they had got in order, laying information i and the reason that the info allowed to carry on his nel actiens so long, was that 1 proof that he manufactuxed. out which he could not -ed of the offence. 4