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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-06-15, Page 4THE HURON EXPO5ITOR. N.EIW ADVERTISEMENTS. New Summer Goods—Waddell & Co. Wohl—E. Corbett, Clinton. Dress Goods and Millinery—Hill & Co. From the Seat of War—G. Dent. . Butter—Edward Cash. Butter and Eggs—Allan Mitchell. Cheap Through Tickets—A. Armitage. Fresh Groceries—John Fairley. , Kool Kloee—John Rogers. Reaping Trial—David Maxwell. Hams and Bacon—Cardno & Graham. Dressmaking—Miss Ila,nnah. Rooms to Let—Robert Scott. Boarders Wanted—Mrs. Morrison. Tenders Wanted—A. Garda°. they go too far. sition and 15 ,much, and con mend so absur tiously and ho tectionafor, a So it is with the Oppo- tection. They ask to equen ly mike their de that t ose who conscien- estly esire certain Pro - they believe, the good. of I the country,aud who clo not adyocate the principle merely as a political cry to ad- vance party intereste' cannot join with them. We iieed. sc rcely warn any of o be led away by n talk of the lead- • When the ques- infant industries he gentlemen who ion were then in hey treat it? Did. ction ? They did two articles, salt being nurcnbe end this latter cla the insincere ers of the Op s not rotecti osition tion of Pretiction t was first adv cated, *von txpoottot. power, and h W did are new in Plaasi SFAAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 18774 I The Political Reaction. Opposition journals and Opposition or- _ ators profess to be jubilant over the be- lief that a great political reaction has taken place in the country in favor of the party to which they belong. We say they profess to be joyous, because We cannot see upon what grounds they base the asstunption that any material change has taken place since the last general election, and we believe that they make this profession simply to hoodwink their followers, and keep up their courage in the meantime, with the hope that some- thing may turn up to justify their pre- dictions. Notwithstanding the clamor which these people raise about the wish- ed for political re -action, they fail to cite one single circumstance upon which they can justly base their assumption:. Both. the Dominion and the Ontario Gov- ernments are supported. as heartily, and as cheerfully, and by as large majorities of the people's representatives to -day, as they were during the first sessions of respective Parliaments. The party power have secured as many of the stituencies which have since become va. cant as their opponents have, and there have been no deflections from•the ranks of the party that we are aware of. Upon what, then, can the assumption that a political reaction has set in be based? This is a question which would probably puzzle even the most clamorous in the Opposition ranks. It is a great deal easier, however, to raise a :try that a po- litical reaction has set in, than to thew any pact grounds why suck a cry should be raised, and the Oppositionists seeM to have adopted the least troubleSome course. They raise the cry, but do! not troublethemselves to even attempt t tify the cry they ..have raised.. St proceeding will have little effect o country. The: majority of the p now read and think for themselves they are consequently too intellige be led. away by such foundationles baseless assertions, no matter how- oud- ly or how confidently they may be Utter- ed. The people, also, are not les reasonable than they are intelli Only four years ago a very large ma of the people declared in favor o men now in power, and against hose who are now so loudly clamoring ebout • a political reaction. Now, we Would ask what have the former done to . forfeit the confidence of the people so unmis- • taka.bly expressed at that .time, or what have the latter done to regain it? Since Mr.- Mackenzie and his colleagues Cuter - ed office, or . since Mr. Mowat and. his colleages undertook the responsibility of managing the affairs Of this Province, what acts have they committed thet the the in on- they give u Prot on one Or among the and at th in order to sa defeat they p Parliament duties. Prot needed as it i ing it to a strength of induced to in these pro the expirati "hat they h those whom the men who sal protectio kenzie and do not give were in pow continue eve for more tha go into offic the same. of Protectio which they and. if they sante as th McDonald i professes to long years tempt he principles w alluded to? protectionia protection c lanes, why free trader Nova Scoti Ontario? any Refor astray by t positionists we have a the many to consider minds to 1 with new jus - ch a the ople and t to and un- ent. ority the , for one year, of that time e themselves from political oposedland carried -through measuke abolishing these ction was then as mach t now, and yet after extend - ticles, and on the ion thousands were gely of their means ected enterprises, they at n of one year, withdrew d given and ruined many of hey hall duped. Those are are now cryieg for univer- , and who absuae Mr. Mac - is Gov9rnment because they us that which when they -.. , ✓ thern1se1ves they date not in th9 most limited degree one year. Were they to again it would be precisely hey have adopted the cause merely as apolitical cry on will try to ride into office, ucceed, they will drop it the y tlid before. H Sir John. the ardent Protectionist he e, wh§ is it that during the e was- in office the only at- er made to carry out his i., s the bortive one we above If Dr. Tupper is a sincere and tiles not adopted the i y fiolay for political pule is it 4at he was a zealous ntil he determined to leave and Itake up his abode in Ire do .not believe there are ers wlio are likely to be led e Protection talk of the Ope but it there are, the points uded to above , are a few of ich it Ilwould be well for them before they make up their ave olcl friend' a d take up few, a heir ac est la I ' people should not now confide in as confidently as they did four ago? Notwithstanding that the efforts have been put forth by the Ponents, not one single charge of c rrup- tion or malfeasance of office has been sus- • tained by proof against either the Do- minion or the Ontario Governments, while both Governmenta have, during the ii the their This patent ufi- e this with Gov - is the aelf-same men who were, five year ago, ignominiously hurled from power:by an enraged people for political crimes of the , darkest hue, who would again be rein-. ; dated in office and power. What have these men since done to atone fele their political crimes, or in what measure have they shown that they are now more pure, more honest, than they w years ago? What guarantee h people that Sir John -and his col would not again barter a railway for money with which to corrupt the corruptible and teaurchasable his conduct since, aS: diSclosed dealings nith the Sectet Service them year tmost r op - short space of four years, give country more good measures than predecessors did. in twenty years. is no mere assertion, but is a fact to every reading, intelligent an prejadiced man in the lend. 'Whi is the case With therm how is il their opponents? If the presen ernments were defeated now, it 1 y out infringing the very stringent laws on . . the subject is ;lova raisedeto exaCtly half a dozen • 1 t CHOL RA. — A. disease resembling cholera as broken out amoag the troops at the Ringgold barracks,' Texas. Six deaths have occurred, and 30 men are in the hospital. • OvE STOCKED.—Private letters from the Ex ibition in Sydney shows that the Australian market is overcrewded with vhich have been literally slaugh- ot even bringing first cost. FLEMAN'S EYES RuINED.—Capt. , of the International Rifle Team , overstrained his eyesight by goods, tered, AR Colema of 18'7 rifle -range practice, ancl hes, had bluad- ness av PRE Russia report houses hensio rted only by promptImedical aid. ARING FOR AN EMERGENCY.— merchante in the Bettie ports are d clearing the wharves and ware - by exporting goods under appre- of the general prohi ition, of ex- portation. 13,013*ERY.—Early the other morning burglars entered a jewelry store on Canal street, New York, by cutting through the w011 frone the adjoining store, and off $2,000 worth f of diamonds, worth of watches, ond about $300 carried $8,000 cash. Tem sails f end of South to wri give a erally. nes. SEVERAL have taken inet. Mr portfolio of the OCMD ei Blake's pl Laflamme' doubt con delicate st as the pu suffer thro litical sig joys the r foremost 1 Quebec, an in some in House, ma fill his net regret that cessary to hoped tha will enjoy as President of the Council, his forme health and vigor will soon ' be restore ; IIreefive ve the I' eagues charter pd buy ? ,Has by: his Fund, his transactions with the Northern rail- way, or his treatment of the 0 .rinance Lands settlers, been of a character to convince the people that he has repented ell has b of his sins, reformed, and turn from United • changes are aun place in the Dom • Blake has exch Justice for the Pre ; Mr. Laflamme takes Mr. ce, .and Mr. Cauchon; Mr. . These change e• are no .equent upon the continued te of Mr.. Blake's health, and 1 lic interests are not likely to gh them, they posItees no po- ficance. Mr. Laflamme en- , putation. of being lone of the wyers in the Ilrovince of the part he has elinady taken ricate legal disceseions in the k him out as well qualified to position. It isle, matter of Mr. Blake should .feel it ne- make the change, but it id in the comparatike ease he unced to nion Cab. nged the side n cy of LOPE'S TOUR.—AInthony Trollope ✓ the Cape of Good Hope,S,t the June. He proposes th remain in frica six months, wed is, of course, e a book on his expedition and to description of those colonies gen- FoREIGN SHIP1vLENTS.—Seven steamers laden With fresh meats butter and other provisions left New York on Saturday last for English and European ports. A special feature of the days business was the shipment of 4,409 boxes of but- ter. • SERGEANT RoMA1%.10FF.—Sergeant Vla dimir Rom anoff, the artillery -man who he first Turkish monitor at Brazil, the 23rd of May presented to the Duke Nicholas, who felicitated. braced him, and. gave him the Or- . • found homes in Canada during ,he last few years, and nine en thousand. suits 7 had. been made for hildren who came out here. • —Rev. D. Fraser of Port E gin, has received a call from the congre ation of St. Andrew's church, Mount Fo est, and Woodland Chapel, - Egremente He is promised a stipend of $1,000 and a free manse. 2—St. Catharines is trying to get up its name as 'a city. • The lattice de- partment record a total of nsoners disposed of during the past mont . From this source the fines i and fees a ounted to $212.25. 1 1 —Mr. Roderick McLean, High School student at Guelph, i won the first prize 1 11 there a e heavy s. and it sunk was o Gran and e der of St. Anne_ and a commission. TO FAMINE IN CHINA.—The latest China advices say thefamine in Shantung and Chikli is increasing. Hundreds of thousands must starve to death. Famine and pestilence prevail in Corea, tile lat- ter caused by the exposure of a multitude of dead bodies. Japan has been appealed to for aid. STOnet IN KANSAS.—An unprecedent- ed rain and wind. storm over all Kansas and the Missouri Valley, up as far as Onialia, prevailed for fourteen hours, on Saturday last. The rivers are overflow- ing their banks, and in some vicinities grain, fields are lodged and cut. No fears are entertained of any alarming damage to the growing crops: SALE OF A WIFE AND Two CHILDREN. —The Oswego Republican. says that "not many thousand miles from this village, on the 18th inst., by virtue of a special • contract between the parties, one man sold, bargained end conveyed to another, for and in coptideration of the sum of twenty-five dollars good and lawful money of the State of New York, his wife and two children; and -we are informed that the guarantee has. taken actual pos- sessidn of the property." THE C London o at, Hamilton, at thegames he few days ago, for throwing •t stone. The stone weighed 23 I was thrown 31 feet! --The Vice -Chancellor of th University hae, anbounced t sful in passiing exam - the subjects of the Toronto at it is the intention to grapt certificates to wo- men who are suace inations in any of curriculum. . —Otto Lenschnen a highly respected young Germane of East Saginaw, ran 11, away with MiSs Edsall, of t at place, taking with him also $728 bel tiging to tho Savings Bank of which he was teller. NSERVATIVE demonstration in Tuesday last was very success- , ul. The attendance is variously estt- ated at resses w lacdonal r. Tupp rantfor xpected, poke for ougall a hour ver, con imply a by the sa ession of a ARRIV rived. at JAFAN rom five to ten thousand. Ad - re delivered by Sir John A. , Hon.Wm. Macdougall, Hon. r, and Mr. J. J. Hawkins,• of El n. M. C. Cerrieron was ; but di not attend. Sir Johp 1 1 over two hours, and Mr. Mae- , . I d Dr. Cupper occupied odic* each.' The addiesses, hove- ained. nothing new, but were esume of the speeches delivered e gentlemen during the late Parlianar ent. , f OWS the Vfeek. D. —The Canadian pilgrims ale ome oa Monday last. SE. —The Japanese are making elaborate preparations for the Paris EX - position. • A Goo STRoK.E.1—Lord Falmouth gate £10,000 o the jockey who rode the win- ning hor e in the Derby. • WAITEI SPOUT. —Great damage wes caused la t Fridry by a water spout in the vicinity of Clinton, Indiana. GRASSHOPPERS GOT THE SMALL-PDX.— The gras hoppers are dying off rapidly in Nebrask small-po A cone ed at Ba a bridge ing an a A PPOI CRIMINA.L INFATUATION. —The Salem, Oregon, _Record gives an account of a very strange and mad actcommitted by a we of M pres -known and highly respected citizen rion County, whose name for the nt is withheld. A few days ago he bade his wife and seven children a long ell, and left for Califorma to join rst love, now a widow, and. with he frankly stated he had for years corresponding. By this act he has er cast himself outside of the pale spectability, a,nd cast a shadow over ife of a trusting wife ond children. E WFEcILING ROCK.—The rock 011 b. the steamer "City of San Fran - struck lies in the direct course of steamers for Acapulco. A fisherman fare his who been fore of r the whi cuic , from mysterious disease lik-e NT.— '`ixty persons were drown - h, Eng, and, a few days ago, ny ver the Avon giving way detr- icult ral show, I ,ii rTMEN S.—James Russell Low. en Ole ed and has accepted. the his evil ways ? 'We leave our re ders to • Mr. Kas on the Austrian mission. tates ALission to Madrid; and Mica]. Alt S T.—The Michigan Sett t answer ,these questions for the selves. 1 Associat on hay contracted to deliver in In view of the answers which ust be chteage 0,000 ons of salt, at a freight . A They were captured. in Owen S —A daring robbery was com York street, London afew eve eund. itted on rugs ago, David Shipley, an Englishman,' who has not been long in the city, wat walking along when a stranger came up and snatching his watch from his pocket ran —The London .1)ree Press has it after off with it. this fashion: Six and a half feet of bride stood before the altar in 6, Dundas d promis- five feet long and. front. River Do ce is perfectly acquainted wit bee Fro the the sud kno It i hav tide giverebto th.ese queries, it i • s an insult to from Ba City 9f 11 cents per barrel. the intelligence of the people of th18 FRIEN1DLY STATESMEN.,—A New Yotk country to speak of a political reaction. Herald d ble despatch says Mr. Gled- General Grant have become ial frie • There is one question by the advocacy of which, if they were sincere, the Op- position might hope to bring to their aid a few from the ranks of their opponents. That question is Protection. But like all others who espouse a cause for the • sake of popularity instead of p stone an -very coy FMA Queen's having j and mid Women. teeiene, who ma PHY. ollege ds since their first meet- ICIA Ns. •—The King's and of Physicians in Ireland, st gra ted diplomas in meclicam 'fery Io three unmarried young The number of female doctors freely practice in England with- , the existence of the rock, and, has in the habit of going there to fish. the 9th. of May up to the day of oss of the "City of San Francisco" cean had been in excitement, rising enly four and half feet higher than n before, and falling about the same. quite possible that the ship might been passing at the time when the was low. street church the ether day, a ed. to love, cherish and obey of bridegroom; and that's the short of it. —Miss Amelia McBride, a. Port Burwell, Was presente I I Canada. the absence of a rough of the village fr his accustomed haunts the following da led to the belief that the shot to effect —Qne hundred and thirty household in Sarnia are now using water for dom eacher at with a beautiful pair of selver napkin rings and a fine pickle fork Upon her leaving the school in that plade, accompanied with a suitable address. I She was married to Dr. Sinclair, of Pre on Tuesday of last week.' —On Tuesday1 night of last week, whilst the Sons 1 Temperance were at- tending their me ting at Embro, some miscreant cut their harness and whips in pieces while Weir' teams were under the shed; other members of the order had their windows smashed. with stones and otherwise injured. -.-Archbishop Lynch is opposed to the Dunkin Act. His G -race fears that it will force the: peOple to drinle in large quantities at their own homes, and so set a bad example to their fantilies. He further fears that the craving for drink will be satisfied by the use o opium or other narcotic. —Henry' Varley, the Evangelist is on the way to Australia. His iintention is to visit all the large towns in Victoria, - New South Wales, and Sonth Australia, besides Tasmania and, New Zealand, re- turning home by way of San Francisco and Chicago. He anticipateslan absence of about 18 months. —The congregation of South Street Presbyterian church has received powet from the Presbyterians of Toronto to dispose of its present place Of .worship, and to erect a new church on Gerard i street, opposite the Normal S hool. Sev- enteen thousand dollars have a ready been subscribed to the building fluid of the new edifice. —Says the Brantford Exp4sitor : We, with pleasure, record the feet that the Seaforth Fire Brigade (forty men), ac- companied by an excellent !brass band, were in attendance at our Celebration, but regret that we omitted mention in our regular report. Chief Cemplaell and his men are a credit to theil. ambitious town. TB JUNE 17, 1877. of. Thus One family has over the watchfulness canine, which,- by his t aroused to a sense of da were entirely oblivious o peril hovering so near cause to rejoie.e .mely warning, of a friendly ger those who the imminent em. Whether tic purposes from the town water wo+s the villains. were professional highway. which were mainly erected for protectipn men ,or only dead. beats riven to des. from fire. The revenue paid by these peration by want of the wherewithal to already reaches $1,500, which is neatily buy them a, petit verre of Whiskey, is not enough to render the works self suppo ing. , The Port Hope people are th' ing of doing likewise, although Times says the water supplied is t- *known, nor is it a matte of much inn now that such will be well for ep watch 'dogs n around their k- portance. Suffice it to Lie gentry are abroad, and i M the honest farmers to k Payne, township of Dummer, met with which stumbled and threw him off, a severe accident while riding a horse, breaking his leg in two places. When —A few days ago a little son of David houses. and a well loaded shot g fmroasmtetrheatlatkhee suitable for cooking or for drinking. thrown off the plucky little fellow hung on to the bridle reins, and then rising from the earth he led the equine up th a stump, remounted and rode home hdld- ing_e-Ae th6e02pnodunofd Jwuolintaall nee, shore was weighed. on th scales in a etore tnd of Brussels, for in Exeter, a few days ag . Buffalo, shipped European mar- t° Walker, h; a few days 7- Huron No The Blyth Brass B ing a concert in that vill es. nd -intend giv- ge on the even- ing the injured member with one h and guiding the horse with the other. —In Knox *Church, Kincardine, on Thursday evening last week, the pastor read. two letters he had received. 'Item he d, ab - n., at was from a woman who as e prayers of God's people for her husba whom she feared was becoming an itual drunkard. No name was giv The other was from a brother ministe Sarnia, stating that a woman by the name of Campbell, who said she wae a daughter of Duncan Campbell, a brick- layer, of Kincardine, was lying danger- ously ill in that place. --Mr. John Tulloch, a school teacher and a resident of Watford, suddenly 's - appeared on the evening of the ult., since which time no clue to whereabouts has been discovered. was last heard of at Komoka, thought to be going west. Ptemoue to 14 rs. Fraser, of Woodstock, has been fine $20 and costs, for selling liquor on Sunday. . . —Robert McGregor, of. Toronto, was fined. $50 arid costs for carrying a re- volver. --Mr. R. McMillan, of Galt has estab- lished a poultry farm in the vicinity of that town. —The 20th session of the, Synod of the Diocese of Huron cemmences in Lon- don on the 19th inst. —Four members of Mr J: Compton's family, of St. Thomas, were poisoned last week by eating .adulturatecl butter. —A brakeman, named McMillan, got his hand badly smashed while coupling cars at Walkerton station on Monday of last week. --A large nureber of new buildings are being erected in the village of Norwich this season. Nearly forty are now in various stages ot, completion.' —A Sunday train is now running be- tween London and Port Stanley, for the convenience of those citizens not able to visit the Port during the week. —The Dominion Telegraph; Company have opened offices at Farmersville, Shannonville, Sombre. Coldstream, and Lyn,all in the Province of Ontario.. --A. decrepit old woman, named Mrs. Henderson living with her sen in Haw - try, was. found dead in het house re- cently. •,She is supposed to have cone- , —Mr. Barefoot, of the Six Nation In - diem., has completed buscollegiatecourse atItlellmuth, London, and will shortly leave as a missionary to his brethren in some part of this province. a -The Brace 'County .Coancil, in ses- sion at Kincardine last week, passed the Dunkin by-law by 22 yeas to 7 nays. The by-law :will be is ' itted to the lie ratepayers SOMe time in ily. —Nine hundred and eighty one fleeces of wool, weighing fully 5,000 pounds, were sold on Guelph market on Tuesday, 5th inst. The prices ranged from 30c to 31c. In a few cases 32c were paid. —The closing exercises of the Young Ladies' College, at Brantford will take place on the 26th of Jane. On Sabbath evening the 24th, a sermon to the grad- uates will be preached by Dr. Cochrane. mitted suicide. .; 4th his He and going away, he borrowed small same of inoney from different individuals amo ing in all to about $300, but has lef is thought, sufficient property behin cover this. His distracted wife ca sign no reason for his leaving. —A trial of reapers took place farm in the vicinity of Brantfordon Wednesday of last week, -in -which the Royce won the laurels. The Ro ce, manufactured. by Messrs. Green Bro., of Waterford ; the Kerby, manufact red by A. Harrise Son & Co. Bra.ntferd. ; and the Maxwelamad.e by kr. Max*ell, srs. G. , of ram and in ers -A large black bug has triade its ape pearance in Victoria county, its mission evideutly being :to destroy the potato bug and not interfere with ithe plants. Mr. James Farrell has recdived a visit from the new bugs oh hie farm, and through their kind offices ndarly all the potato bugs have been destroyed. —Mr. J. C. Rodden, of he town of Lindsay, has in his possessiOn a roll of tobacco about seven inched in length, which he received. 37 years Ogo. It was served to hirn in the East Indies, while serving in the Royal Navy, aboard Her Majesty's steamship Bellerephen. He says he amo es about an inch off it every year. —Mrs. Di some, residing on Pene- tanguishene I bay, was accidentally shot by her little daughter oi.Thursday morning of last week. The child found a revolver lying carelessly linder a pil- low in a boarder's room'and whilst ex- amining it shot her mother in the breast close to the heart. She now lies in a precarious cimdition. at -Mr. Jaines Pulling, of Caraddeetown- ship, sold iii the London market a few days ago eight fleeces of wool which weighed 71', pounds. The, wool was a cross of Leicester and .Cotswold. One of the ewes had two lambs this year. The wool was wild at 32 cents per pound. Mr. D. Canieron, of Lobo, Old 90 fleeces weighing - 610 pounds, at 32 cents per pound. ! e —On Monday evening of last week a young butcher of Galt, nanied Mullett, was driving a :vicious cow home, when she broke froni him and ju*ped into the mill delta As her feet were tied with a rope, he plunged in after her to save her from drowning, and. when he had loosed her the furious beast turned on him and gored him in the throat so adly that his life is thought to be in dan r. nt- , it to as - —Mr. James Kippen, some time past baggag station, has been transf ton. —Dr. Somerville, of eleven horses from Bly ago, intended fel. the kets. —Mr. James Watt, c merly of Hullett, has g latQ to Manitoba, to examine into its capailities for stock raising. —Rev. Mr. Davey, of Lonclesborm has gone on a visit to his parents in the oid country, intending to be absent for about six weeks. —Several carpenters frdra Exeter started for Manitoba, with the expecta- tion of obtaining work ou the Canada Pacific Railway. 2 -Mr. Thomas Cottle, teacher in school. section No. 7e Grey, had to resign the teachership of the school in that section, owing to an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs.' —On Wednesday of last week, Mr. Henry Horton, of Goderich, caught in Sharp's creek a speckled trout vveighing 21 lbs., measuring 161 inches in length and 11 inches in girth. —Mr. Frayne, of the second. conees- sion of Usborne, has had several fle ces of wood stolen :from his barn. r. George Fisher, of the same towns has had several excellent hams sthlen from him. of Paris, were the competitors. Me Muma, of South Dumfries • tArthu Ramsay, of Langford, and. Luca Grimsby, were the judges. The was a field of green rye cut for hay, the deepest interest was rnanifeste the result by the 150:or 200 far present. --A little over a month ago Mr. Bridle, baker in London, lost a h worth about $60, and extensively ad.ver- tised the fact in the city papers; but J. terse failed to get any trace of the amnia til a few days ago when he espie horse attached to a wagon standin Dundas street. On making inquiri the "owner," he found a response i person of Mr. Vandelinder, keeper pound, Westminister township. Bridle demanded his property. pound -keeper refused to give it up o grounds that about a month ago person put the horse in his pound, he paid $1.50 to advertise the imp ed animal. No owner coming for the horse was put up to auction; n son bid, and the pound. keeper bong in for $7. Therefore, he claimed the owner, and refused to ,give i even on payment of expenses. So went off and consulted lawyers, t sult being that the poundkeeper very -wisely agreed to relinquish the claim to the horse on Mr. Bridle paying explenses of keep, etc, —The great combined short -horn sale of Col. Taylor and Mr. Richard Gitson, ttle buyer, for- un- • his on s for the of a Mr. The the some and, und- ard, per- t it o be up, both e re- —Mrs. Birt, at the International Young Woman's conference, held. in - Montreal last week, stated; in reference to the rescuing of abandoned children from crime and. starvation, that she had placed 700 children in homes in Nova Scotia. Three thousand children had of London, Ont., Mr. T. L. Harris Morley, N. Y., and Mr. John Ho Markham, Ont., took place in last week, and was attended. by a number of the most prominent br of Canada and the 'United States. were numerous buyers present eag purchase good short horns, an prices realized, considering the bu depression now existing over the conti- nent, were very good. The vendors were undoubtedly disappointed. in their ex- pectations as to the prices at which the fine Princess cows sold, but that arose in some measure from the large numllier of them offered at one sale. The results of the sale were as follows: Thirty-nine cows and heifers sold for $29,225 or an average of $749 each. Ten heifer calves sold for $3,720, or an average of $392 each; • and eleven bulls sold. for $7,390, or an average of $673 eacial The total aimount realized was $40,535 or 60 animals, or an average of $675 eac Latest War News. n, of , of radon large eders here r to the mess —A correspondent infor s the Mee - ford Monitor that on Wednesday, 30th May, a young man named Mr. Robert Dobson,' of the 4th Concetsion, Coning - wood township, vomited a snake 17 inches long. ' He had 1)en out of his mind for eleven weeks, during which time he used to snap and bite like a dog At Batoum things are looking black for a , at things, but, has since recovered his :the betieged, who are well nigh worn out great-grandmother, we consider she IS health. The saake has been preserved. very active.,1, In former days she Was S and ill able to withstand the repeated faneous walker, and frequently walked —The numerous outrage perpetrated immemesewneememee ten -and eleven miles to market, and thought nothing Of it. She is averse to in liquor for the inspection of the scien- tifically curious. , faonrdce,vigorous attacks of the - besieging in Lacan r cently have aropsed the citi- —About ten days ago the imanates of riding in any kind of conveyance, and iu . i , zens to a , sense of the peril in which Mr. Michael McGuigan s hous hold, in her desire to see friends here and trans:. - committee has been formed for the appre- peaceful slumbers by the loud b rking of the past few ,years, walked from Clinton has frequently, veit life and prdperty are placedl A vigilance North Easthope, were aroused fr m their atoethbenregillaned*%aBbe: ho infest the the family Cerberus, and upon florae of =Quite a tensation was created, in the them going out to see what the noise was village of Dishwood, on Friday afternoon . about, a wagon, containing what appear- last,' by the sudden cry of fire. It ap- ed at the time four or five men, apparent- pears that Mr. Baker had. set out some ly in close conversation, was seen hitch- fires. in the Tear of Ids mills, not nutty' . —Mr. Wharthn Hodgson, who left Exeter some months ago to reside in Stratford, has again returned to Exeter and intends. engaging in the merean. tile business, having leased Mr. 0Ike's new store. —Great preparations are being nkde in Gorrie 'for the political demonstration to be held. there on the 19th, and for the reception of Sir John. It is expected Sir John will arrive by the regular train on the evening of the 18th. —Some days ago a boy in Brussels, named Charles Town, son of Mr. T. Town, lime- burner, was crossing the Mill pond on a log. The log rolled, pre- cipitating him into the water, from which he was bravely rescued by John Ferris Cormack. —We understand. that Rev. F. Mc- Cuaig, who has been pastor of the Clin- ton Presbyterian church ter several years, has received a call from the Kingston congregation, but as yet no action has been taken in the matter. —Messrs. J. Rattenbury, Brucefield, and P. Kelly; Blyth, are putchasing horses to fill'an order from Mr. White- head, for animals suitable to work on the railroad. Already they have obtain- - ed about twenty-five, at prices ranging from.$115 to $150. —On Sunday !last, while Henry West - cod, Esq., of the second concession of Usborne„ with Mrs. Westcott was at- tending dhurch in Exeter, some one broke into and ransacked his house, securing a pocket book with about $17 in money and some notes.I —The races On the 2nd and 3rd. of July, on the Driving Park, at Exeter, promise to be a great success. The en- tries have comrdenced to come in already, and numerous others are spoken of, among which are sone of the best and fastest horses in the Dominion:. e —A few dayago, a young lady who had just .arrived by train at Brussels, was standing in the 'bus arranging her dress, when the horses started, causing her to turn a back somersault out of the vehicle. A gentleman seated beside her grasped, her dress, saving her from striking the ,ground with her head, and held her pail she was assisted to her feet uninjared. She had a narroW escape. a —There re ides on the fifth concession of East Wave nnosh, an old gentleman by the name of !John Hoover who claims that he is 106 years old, and states that he had a brother who died at the age of There is nothing of special interest to 107. - He was !born in Pennsylvania, o note from the seat of war thie week. 'English parents, and resides now with his son. If he is as old as he claims to be,he is vigorous for his age, for his hear- ing and speech are unimpaired ;. he is still able to walk around. quite actively, only ! being oecasionally troubled with rheinnatisrna I —The delegates from the Presbytery of thiron, elected to attend the meeting of the General Assembly at Halifax, are: Rev. John ,Ferguson Brussels Rev. Stephen Young, Auburn;'Rev. 'Finlay Clinton; Rev. Hector Mc- Quaririe Winghain ; Rev. B,obt. Leask, St. Helen's; : Rev. James Pritchard, Blue+ale. Mr. Archibald Matheson, Clinton Mr. :Robt. Turnbull, Seaforth ; Mr. W. '11. Wilson, Brussels Mr. John Gardner, Faequhar ; Mr. John Jackson, Auburn; and. Mr. Thomas Stracha,n, Brussels. occupied. the towns evacuated —The Goderich Signal says : Lest Russians, and has even, it is said, har- wee Mrs. Thos. Splahn, well known in reseed the Russian troops in the rear. In God rich, walked. from Clinton to here. the northwestern districts of Armenia, a There is nothing surprising in this fact .Turkish detachment is threate ing the to many, but ,when we know that Mrs. Russian communications with A Splahn is fully 90 years old, and a greate-t According to the latest despatches the principal interests centre in Armenia, where a great battle is reported to be go- ing on around the walls of Kars. Dur- ing the last few days the beleaguered gar- rison made several sorties, which, not- withstanding the reports from Ezleroum, .by way of Constantinople, appear to have been uniformly repulsed. The next des- patches received will probably throw some light upon these operations, as well is on the tactics adopted by the Rus- sians in withdrawing from Olti and Pe- aiek. This scecalled retreat was rather hastily accepted by the Turks omen of success, whereas its obje to have been merely the speedy tion of Kars preparatOry to a advance upon Erzeroum. The guard of Mukhtar Pasha's ar as an t seems reduc- general •dvance y has y the hension of the scoundrels village. Mr. J. Delmage, formerly town constable of St, Marys, w s engaged in company erith, another an, to keep watch ovee the buildings and on Sun- day night, 3d inst., he obs rved two men ecl at the ,gate. When the dog approach- 1 hencling any danger. About 3 o stealing caatiously into the yard of one ed within striking distance he received a in the -afternoon the wind began to blow of the hotels He called upon them to volley of bullets from the occupants of rather briskly, and. carried the fire to' sop, but instead of doing this they took the wagon, one of which lodge . to their heels. After again calling after flank, laying him up ever sine. The stable was burned. to the ground, with e them, Mr. Delmage discharged a Chem- would-be robbers, for such no doubt they quantity of hay, new cutter, plow, and ber of his revolver at the fugitives.' They, were, upon finding their nefarious pur- teveral other implements. At one tittle however, escaped, but he the morning poses frustrated, vanished into he dark- the dwelti4g house and. mill were in traces of blood were found. This with ness, and have, of course not n heard great danger, the house having caught ! in his wards the mill yard and stables. The JUNE 15, 1877. in several places, but th effort a on the part Of those was Bayed. —On Friday forenoon the belonging to Mr. Robt Orr, 3, Godench Township, was fire. A quantity of wheat bushels of oats, a reaping in other implements were lost, and cutter were saved, Mr. I Itis face badly burned in g out. The fire started in a he how is a mystery. Some wood was also burned. Gre. was experienced in saving M intosh's house, about 200 which caught fire several neighbors worked harden& Insured for $900 in the Otto, tural, which about covers the Perth Items. A mammothGrange in Elma, on Saturday, 2nd in —The Stratford "cab" arr not satisfactory to the travel] —A Conservative Assoeiat township of Ellice, has beer with Mr. John Pearson as 1 --The town of Listowel have a thirteen acre race - it is At ov be ina b fee adhoi nr se se readiness or ntlp John Cashin, of North Eat gored to death by a bull a fe —Rev, W. W. Smith, of formerly minister of the Co Church, in Listowel, • preax latter place on Sabbath last; --The new Presbyterian -eh Centre will soon be compIet4 handsome .editice and reflec both the promoter:nand built —Mr. Hickson, General. the Grand Trank Railway, 1 to build a new station at St. vit.ed. the citizen give a bo oo —Mr. Alex. Ross, of Carri lately struck on the eye by a coal, and for a time it was would lose his sight, but h right again, —Cattle Fairs have not cessful of late, in Listowe should adopt sem° means o their farm stock, when more fairs would be the result. —It appears that some of young men are- guilty of tl and indecorous habit of sta street tornere and making remarks about ladies passin —Dr. D. M. J. Hagarty, Logan, county of Perth, h pointed Medical Superiotet .Northwest Territory. His will probably be Battleford. —Messrs. A. & J. Mulliek oldest firms in Mitchell ha pertnership, Mr. A. Mahler, foundry, and Mr. John M furniture and, tin busine street, r. Peter DeCourcey, brook, who fell into the ea 'weeks ago, is improving, an will be BOIne time before again, he wiI eventually r his injuries. He had a narr —Mr. Christian Strain, of drawing logs one day lately wagon,the load upsetting up one leg is much bruieed, the broken, the bones sticking flesh in several places.: —The annual report of Mechanic's Institute shows a up to May lst, of 74; numt 1,063; 29 papers are taken tute, and 6 magazines ; 11 concerts were -given during t —There were twenty-six added to the Granton Presh gregation recently, making i seven during the last nine m congregation is under the pa of Rev. Mr. Map -u, as also t pelitan. —Mr. Hickson, Manager Truuk Railway, on his late ford, gave instructions to once hood, Assistant Engineer, tt tcomplete the round - will involve an ,expenditu —The twelfth 01 July is t ed. on a grand. scale, ih Lista Orange Lodges in the vicini along the Great 'Western lin ed to make Listowel their 1 on the celebration of the " Boyne."- --Mr. John B. Jackson bridge for Manitoba, a sh and in two weeks he wee again.- He w.ent as far as M did not like the looks of the met men coming back, who to return home to Ontario, the good sense to take their —Mr. George Bouie, of B1 recently of congestion of tht Bouis was one of the noble 1 which covered the British aa with glory at the battle of the memorable 25th. Of 0 and whom Tennyson has in his stirring poem, " C Light Brigade.' —It is with innch pIea.su the sue,c4is of some of the the Toronto Unie*sity for t Mr. J. W. Bellj B.A., son Rev. W. Bell, North Ea high on the list among the men, taking honers in Eng French, Italian :and Span same year, Mr.; J. C. Marys, obtained the silve honors for mathematics, ar year Mr. J. Ballentyne, Bon Ballantyne, M. IP. r., Sti honors in English and Frea BIRTHS- SCRDIGER. —At 344 St. A Montreal, on the 10th ie of the Rev. John Scrip - minister of St: Joseph -s terian Churche of a d.aug LEN.NOX.—In Walton, on wife of Mr Lennox, of a - _ Munameeeneata—In Waltor the wife of Mr. W. Mu daughter. JAMIESON. Seaforth, wife of Mr. James J. daughter. COOPER. —in Clinton, on wife of Mr. Wm. Cooper -- MAiRIE1 Youttn—Joereseee.--ett P Brussels, on the 24th. ul W. And.rews, 'B, A., Al - of kinburn, to Mist of Hullett. Iloataas--GazneewAy.—At of Dr. Rollins, Credito by Rev. George Webber Rev. J. Greenway, br bride, Rev. j. Ho1me4 Jane, daughter of the -Greenway.