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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-06-22, Page 44 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Great Carpet Sale—Thonake Kidd. House Furnishings—Duncan & Duncan. Harness—John Ward. Clearing Sale—A. G. McDougall & Co. Sequins—Hoffraan Brothers. Business Again --James Wilson. Welland Canal Enlargement—F. Braun. Apology—J. B. Scott. Child to Adopt—E. Small. A Challenge—James Mulholland, Sr. Farm for Sale—William Westcott. Farmer& Hardwane—Johnson Brothers. Estray Heifer—William Chesney, Jr. Tenders Wanted—Seaforth Driving Park. Estray Horses—William Howden. Cottage and Lot for Sale—A. Strong. non xpootor. SEArORTH, FRIDAY, .TUNE 22, 1877. A Reform Demonstration. At a meeting of representative, Reform• ers from varions parts of. the county, held at Clinton, on Wednesday la.st, it: was definitely decided. to have in this county a monster Reform demonstration. The demonstration is to take place in the shape of a pic-nic. It will be laelcl in a grove, near the town of Clinton, on Thursday, July 5th. -Addresses will be delivered. by Hon. Mr. Mackenzie, Hon. Mr. Cart- wright, Hon. Mr. Mowat, Hon. Mr. Fraser, and Joseph Rymal, Herm M. ,P• Hon. George Brown has also been invited. but a definite promise of attendance has not yet beenreceived from him. The place aelected for the pic-nic is central, and on - account of the two railways intersecting each other at that point is easy of access from all parts of the county. .An energetic committee has been entrusted, with the preliminary arrangements, and efforts will be put forth to make it the most success- ful political demonstration ever held in this section of the country. The demon- stration is not intended for the benefit of Reformers alone, but it is expected that the wives and and families of Reformers will also join in, and that the affair will be ro.ecle a great social as well as intellect- ual teunion. The speakers chosen are prominent among the foremost statesmen of the country, and those attending will have the privilege of listening to a full and free exposition of the political ques- tions of the day. We anticipate a very large attendance, and a pleasant -and profitable time. Mr. Macdonnell and the Presby- terian Assembly. No event lies occurred in connection with the Presbyterian church in Canada for years which has attracted so much in- terest, and which has created. so much alarni in the minds. of the members of that denomination as to, the final result, as the case of Rev. Mr. Macdonnell. All the circumstances connected- with the case up to the time at which it engaged thea' tention of the present Assernbly are too familiar to our readers for it to be necessary now to recapitulate those par- ticulars. Suffice it to say that at the meeting of the .Aesembly last year, Mr. Maedonnell was given a year in which to more fully consider and mature his mind upon the points of difference -between him- aelf and his brethren of the Church. The result of his deliberations .was to be com- municated to the Assembly at its present meeting. Accordingly when the Assem- bly met at Halifax on Friday last, one of the first documents which engaged the at- tention of the members was the written reply of Mr. Macdonnell, which was as follows : The General Assembly of 1876 having required me to report through the Pres- bytery of Toronto, to this Assembly, whether I accept the teachings of the Church on the eternity of the future pun- ishment of the wicked, I beg respectfully to state that I hold no opinion at variance with that teaching. On this being presented two motions with regard to it were made in the As. sembly. Rev. Dr. McGregor, of Halifax, moved : That the Assembly do receive the re - an dinasmuch as Mr. Macdonnell has expressed his regret for having preached the sermon which gives occasion. for the reference to the Assembly, and has now, as required by the last Assembly, pre- sented, through his Presbytery, a -state- ment, in which he declares that he holds no upinion at variance with the teachings of the Church on the eternity of the fu- ture punishment of the wicked, resolve that the proceedings in regard to this mat- ter do now terminate. In amendment to this Rev. Dr. Topp, of TorontO, moved: has given his adh ewe to the Confession' of Faith, and still adheres to Wean fairly and constitutionally be required lio do on a poent on which e is Oonfessedly in dif- fiedulty. If my an', wet; is not satisfactory, I request,as I ha ,e a constitutional right to do, that the resbytery of Toronto be instructed to rame 'a libel according to the laws of th Church.- 1 will put this answer in wr ting.' I :Upon this stat meni being made the ASsembly adjo rned 1 until Monday. When the court met on Monday Mr. A acdonnell's st emerit, similar to the a ove;in writing, was handed in, and the f rther consider tion of the etse was p stponed until aesday. On Tuesday, w en the Court et, a long resolution w s moved and s conded, the purport of w ich was that t e Presbytery of Torono t be instructed o proceed. against Mr. Macdonnell for ibel and report to the ssembly, at its next meeting for juclg- ent. An ame dment Was submitted aid carried for the appOintment of a com- ittee to make a nal effort at settlement. he subsequent, prodeedings will be learned from th following synopsis of After a good eal df discussion, not about the expedi ncy,but about the com- pesition of the Co mittee, a personnell sat- - i factory to all s ctions was agreed upon, a d leave was _gr nted to them to retire ad consider the al attenwhile the Assem- 1 ly proceeded to transact other business. he hour fixed n on for receiving the re - ort of this Corn ittee was the hour fixed f r the meeting f the Assembly in the ternoon, but hen that time came the 1 ave of absence as extended indefinitely. During the noo recess it was currently rumored that he Committee had ar- flied at a una.nirnous finding and that all that was wantin was its acceptance by Mr. Macdonnell to secure a final settle- ment of the trou le. Expectation,there- f re, ran high, a d on account of the sup- ressed excitem nt very little interest appeared to be t ken in the ordinary pro- eedings, whie were brought to a sod - en terminatio about 4 o'clock by the ntrance of the ommittee. Satisfaction tVas so plainly di cernible on almost every countenance th t the entrance of the Committee was the signal for an incipi- ent cheer, whi h, however, was almost instantly suppre sed ace Rev. Dr. Jenkins, convener of the omatittee, ascended. the ttatform and cr ved leave to read the re. ort. Amidst reathless silence he read elowly and dis 'tactly through the docu- ment, and whenhe .concluded with the unanimous reco rnendation of the Com- iittee that the atter be dropped, the long pent-up exaritement found vent in prolonged appl use such as is seldom heard on the flo rs of a General Assem- bly. That the General Assembly having heard the statement of Mr. D. J. Mac- donnell, given as his reply to the injunc- tion of last 'Assembly, whereby he Was required to report through his Presby- tery whether he accepts the teachings of the Church on the subject of the eternity or endless duration of the future punish- ment of the wicked,as taught in the Con- fession of Faith, and as a doctrine of Scripture, finds that while reporting that he holds no opinion at variance with the teachings of the Church, he has failed to state that he accepts it, arid accordingly requires him to give in writing an ad- dress to the moderator, before 10 o'clock on Monday forenoon a categorical an- swer to the said question in terms of the deliveranee of last session. A long and rathet acrimonious debate ensued on these resolutions, and was con- tinued throughout Friday and Saturday. On Saturday a division was taken, when Rev. Dr. Topp's anaendment was carried by a, majority of 173 to 81. Upon the antendraent being declared arried, Mr. Ma,cdonnell made the following state- raent : Mr. Moderator—If you and the Assem- bly will allow me I will give my answer now instead of at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. I have answered as categoric- ally as a minister within the Church who the report: "It was in ord ce with the fitness cif things that D . ToPp, of Toronto, and Dr. McGregor, f Halifax, the movers of the two motione voted on on Saturday, ehould move and second the adoption of the report, which they did in a few well chosen sentences. The motion was sup- ported by Rev Dr. Cook, whose emo- tion almost pre ented utterance, and was highly contagi tis, if one might judge from the appea ,ance of the Assembly at the moment. The adoption of the report Was carried by an enthusiastic and ab- eolutely unanim 3U8 vote,the members ris- ing to their feet spontaneously to a man. The venerable tiloderator then gave out the 122nd Psabor, which was sung with an unction that indicated more accurately than anything Ise could have , done the exteneto which the heart of the Assem- bly had been m ved. 1 : "Rev. Robt. the Maritime P eloquent,' was 'Court in prayer broken by age then moved the sembly for the fittest c ondus Which rendered The followin r. Macdonnel "1 consider tion to the Con ance with my therefore, adhe Church as cont trine of the ete Of the future p hotwithstandin ties which perp Perhaps thee y watched the he discussions encement, bu he difference t ties, or or all either side by tt might as we ago. All will length a satisfa made. It is -TITE HUR John and Dr. Tupper. The speech of Mr. McDougall was universally admitted by all present to be the speech of the day. The Committee cominitted the very great error of allowing the small guns to speak first. These being semewhat elated over the privilege allowed them of airing their eloquence on so imPortant an occasion,. to the very great di4ust of the audience, occuPied, so much time that Messrs. Mc- Dougall, Sir John, and Dr. Tupper had not only to curtail their remarks, ' but were forced to speak to a wearied and restless audience. Indeed the greater part of the crowd left before Dr. Tupper commenced to speak, and lest he should address empty benches he condensed his remarks into a speech of about fifteen minutes. The speech of Sir John, al- though witty, is said to have been un- usually tame.: Um the whole, there-. fore, while in some respects the demon- stration was a tolerable SUCCOS, in others• it was a failure. A. banquet was held at Mrs. Day's hotel in the evening, which was fairly attended. It is said the Con- servatives intend having another demon- stration in a few weeks at Exeter. N EXPOSITOR. edgwick, known all over ovinces as the: old man requested to lead t which he clid in a void nd emotion. tor. Topp adjournment of the As- st ofLthe afternoon as the on o the proceedings the day so memorable." is statement of Rev. , as adopted: yself as under subscrip- ession of Faith in accord. - ordination " vows, and I, e to the teachings of the ined therein on the doe- nitylor endless duration nishment of the wicked, the idoubts and difficul- ex my mind." are few. who have close- rogress of this case, and thereon from the cora- willt admit that for all ere was between the par - hat has been gained on he eiotracted discussion, have been settled long ejoice, however, that at tory settlement has been ell fcr the church that even at the last moment, a spirit of con - Ciliation and we mig t add moderation and toleration overtook the majority. Had the Counse s of ithe more intolerant been followed a d the extreme measures, advocated by eome,1 been pursued, the union which wa6 so recently and so hap- ieily effected, arl which has resulted in Making the Presbyterian denomination 'Probably the rarest influential as well as ost powerful 4ihris1ian body in Canada, would have bee1i shattered in ieces. As result the progIress of Christie ave been retar ed. and a spirit *ty would sprin up between tie several parties which y ars Would not conciliate. By the exercise of a Tittle tol ration and Christian forbe ranee on the part of the majority all thi has been avoided, the storm has passe over without doing in- jury, and the f ture 'course of the united church will be marked by greater har- mony and unan mit yl of action than ever before, and mu h goed will result. go to New York for freight. There are now hardly 50,000 bushels of grain in the elevator at East Boston, and very little on the way or foreign shipment. Last year at this time upwards of a mil- lion bushels were received in June. The project has been recently moo" t cl ,for bringing grain front the west to oston by Erie railway, via the Metro olitan steamship line fro New York. CRIME IN TEXAS.—A letter fro Ma- jor Powell, United States Marshal at Austin, Texas, slays : "This is the reign of highwaymen in Texas. iStage and passenger robberies are of da1y oc- currence. Never has there been any-. thing like it in the history of the United States. The symttathies of the eople are to a very great extent with them. No sheriff ever makes an effort to arrest them. Everybody seems to say, 'He's a brave fellow, and. made a -good haul,' and nothing further is heard. of it. Governor Hubbard has offered. a eward for the last robbery, and. does not seem anxious to do more than his predecessor did." ENGLAND AND RIUSSIA. —The Cz r eom- plaits of England throwing her m ral in- fluence on the side of Turkey, an thus encburaging the Porte to take action which would not be ventured up4n but for the reliance placed on the u timate aid of England. A prominent ussian official says the relations between Russia t t are of th most critical kind short of actual war? The and England a presen News of Ithe Week. two countries stand on the very verge of Efeetes —Dr. Begg of the Free hostilities, and. the .slightest incident Church of Scotland, accuses hymns of might at any time:precipitate a c having been the chief source of heresy in Count Schouvaloffethe Russian a the church. dor to England, is instructed to s LOCUSTS.—Seventeen year locusts plicitly that war Would be prefer are reported as swerrning in New Wind- present uncertainty. sor, Cornwall, and the vicinity Of the AN INDIAN RISING IN IDAHO Hudson River,but do no damage tO the Indian Commissioner at Wash crops1 I has received the following telegra, ; THern—A few days ago, a chamber- Nez Perces agency, Idaho :—T • maid at the New York hotel, stole sev- treaty Indians commenced. hostili eral thousand dollars' worth of money, jewelry, diamonds, &c., from several ac- tors boarding there. AN ABSCONDING BANKER. —Adol ph e Girndt, a German Itanker of New York city, has absconded with some twenty thoueand dollars belonging to very' poor people, who had entrusted him with their savings. A HEno,--Mr. Seim Horn, of Detroit, at the risk of his own life and limb? rescued another heman life from the Detroit River last Thursday, making one hundred and, thirty which he has saved altogether. THE TYPOS.—At a meeting of the Typographical Union, held in Phila- delphia last Saturday night, an agree- ment was made favoring a reduction to 40 ceets per thousand in newspaper, and 35 and 37 in book offices. A. T. STEWART. —The cathedrai now building at Garden City, New York, as a memorial to the late A. T. Stewart, will, when completed, be presented to the Bishop of Long Island as his cathe- dral, together with an endowment adequate to its mamtenance. MOHAMMEDAN HOSTILITY. --The Ber- lin Post says, since the outbreak eof the war, the Mohammedans in Palestine have onflict. bassa- ay ex- ble to again become pa foreigners. Germ representations to Great Powers to ticularly• hostile to ny has renew- ed. her the Poete and the nsure the safety of German colonists 1here. DIED. —Lady Stirling Maxwell, better known as Hon. Mrs. Norton, is dead. She was married last March to Sir!Wm. Stirling Maxwell, Bart., M. P. for Perth- shire. The bride 'at the time was 70 year old, and confined ' to her chair withwith' rheumatisnij Sir Wm. Maxwell was 59. STORM.—On Thursday afternoln of last week, a furious storm of rain and hail, accompanied by terrible wind, pass- ed over Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The:dam- age to fruit and the growing crops will be h avy. A nuntber of buildingwere struck by lightning. No one was 1i11ed. Trees were blowndown, and iminense quantities of glass 'broken. A NUMEROUSFAMILY.— George: Mc- Donald, the novehst, has a family Of 11 children. Girls and boys have succeed- ed in each other in alternate order, and the usual regularity in the MacDonald family has been utilized by giving to each girl the sole charge of the brotheri next in age, and expecting her to exercis over him e maternal care. said rs. Grant, " I have o objection 11ERAL GRANIT.—" Now, UlySses," n to yqur dining with Mrs. Guelph, Arthur Welksley, or any other respectable peo- ple, but don't You come kiting home agairt at 3 o'clock in the morning, and tell 'me you have 'Bin th' ledge 'ith Wales. It is too thin. Donyou I hear me tl It is presuait d that the concilueror of Vicksburg did not, as he was , busy thinking how they ordered a cocktail in Englend. SITTING BULL IN CANADA. —A. de- spatoh from Bismarck, Dakota Terr tory; on the 16th inst., says: Father Martin has returned from a visit to Sitting Belle who is '40 miles north of the British boundary. Sitting Bull agreed tolcon- fer with Father Martin only in the pres- ence of British o cers. At this c nfer- ence he express d a determinati n to quit fighting, and remain in the British possessions. The British officers • said all would be well if he behaved himself. They propose tol allow his command only guns and ammunition necessary for hunting. SMUGGLING.—INew York, the other day, the CustomInspector seized a false bottom trutik on the steamship Weeder, containing a large quantity of lace, &c. He aleo arrested two women, who:ee underskirt e were found to contain an aggregate of 60 pounds of lace, em- broideries, &c. Another passenger, a ity would man was also arrested by the same of animos- officer, whose vet and undershirt were lined with se' worth of fine I believed th be co THE CONSER Gorrie, on Tue by about three little village w being gayly dee arches, flags an leaders arrived :during their s :guests of Mr. J es were deliver ;Plumb, Dr. 0 ATTVE demonstration at day last, was attended thousand. people. The s made to look its best, ral thousand dollars' ce. The women are nected -with a faehion- able millinery store in New York city. The whole seizure will aggregate some $20,000, MARRIAGE. -1‘ rs. St. John Eckel, better known as Maria Monk's daugh- ter," is about to be united in marriage to Mr. S. B. A. Harper, lately editor of the New York ablet. Mr. Harper is an English gentleman of a,intellect1,1 ac- complishments, nd a graduate o Ox- ford University. He was for several years a minister of the English Estab- lished Chureh prior to his conversion to the Church of Rome. Mrs. Eckel has been spending thle last six months in o nursing the sick f the Charity Hoepital, rated for the occasion by in order to prepare herself for the thunda- tion of an order of nursing sisters. suci like. The party STEAMER FREIGHT.—The Boston:Even- , n the previous day,and ing Journal says :' Owing to the depres- ay in Gorrie, were the sion of the foreign export trade, itlis im- possible to procure cargoes for steamers sailing from Boston fer Liverpool, ' is atmounced that the next stea the Leylard line to arrive will pr mes, Perkins. Address - d by Mr. Farrow, Mr. on, Mr. McDougall, Sir and it er of bably the 14th inst. Twenty-nine sett reported murdered and four Indians kill- ed. Gen. Howard is here in. contmand, The hostiles, abdut a hundred strong are reported to have gone to :Salmon River County, aid to be mak ng for al. Weysen Geysers i Southern Ida ho. The troops are in pituite twelve h urs be- hind. The reser ation Indians are true to the Government. THE WAR TN THE EAST.—The news from the seat of war this week is not very important. The delay in the 'cross- ing of the Danube appears likely to be prolonged owing to the difficulty of bringing up supk:) lies. In Montenegro the mountaineers ,claim a victory in the neighborhood of Spuz, but nothing more than a bare anno ncement of the affair is made. Reports of Russian atrocities come from Asia, the Circassian popula- tion being the p incipal victims, The capture of Ardah was also atte ded by unusual cruelty, the perpetra ors of which, it is sat sfactory to learn, have been summarily punished. Eight hun- dred inmates of a hospital in . th4t town, which had been set on fire, are said to have perished in the flames. The: Eng- lish Governmenti it is now statH, will demand from Russia additional guaran- tees as to her future operations as soon as the Danube is crossed. Auetria is also reported uneasy in consequence of Russia's failure to carry out her peornises, and now desires to contract an alliance with England. —The gton, from e: non- ies on ers are , AN ALBANY SCANDAL.—It has been whispered in the : best circles in Albany for several days that a bitter domestic grievance has !kited the family of of one of the most prominent officialsiof the State. Investigetion shows that, about three years ago owing to hs wild career, a son of this official was 4ent out West. It came Out that he had narried a woman of the town during onc of his sprees, and no divorce has since leen ob- tained from her. The young 4ian re- mained away under the susper sion of his father, until e few months ago, when he returned. He itnmediately rettewed his wild career, and. one day last week caped it by another marriage, this time with one of the most infamous wemen of the town, keeper of a vile den, in per- sonal appearance unusually repulsive, , and his senior. by about ten year; The marriage was performed at a cit church one evening. - They departed for Mon- treal as soon as the ceremony was per- formed, and rumor now says that a cheque for $400, upon which th young man raised the money necessary for his outfit, is a forgery of his father' name. The motive of the woman in narrying the young man itt found in the fllet that he becomes possessed of about 1$20,000 when he reaches his majority irk a few months, the money being left him by his grandfather, who was one of the former wealthy citizens of Albany. about 800 per week. Every hotel and boarding house is filkd to its utmost ca pacity. The greater portion of these emi grants are young men looking for work who intend to homestead 160 acres, an then work around for high wages, an earn enough in a short time to start the on their homesteads. Most of theee, am afraid are badly sold. When thee is a job of work offered. there are ten me to take hold of it. There are also a good many mechanics. These too will find difficulty in securing work, as there are more in the country now than are requiredl A good many ot those who had enough money left to take them back again have left already, while others who had just enough to pay their passage here are com-, pelled to remain for the present at least! The more thrifty ones may make out while others, no doubt, will experienc hard times. Those who come here wit the intention of farming, having a capital° $1,000 or more, are all right, and are like ly to do well. The choicest of land wit sufficient timber on it, a,nd in good local tions can be bought at present from $3 te $5 per acre, although the price is advancf ing rapidly, and, no doubt, will continue to do so for some time to come. I arn satisfied that a man who has a farm he Ontario worth from $5,000 to $7,000, wit a tnortgage of from $1,000 to $3,000 o it, could better himself considerably b selling out and come here. Any goo farmer who can come here with abou $4,000, would certainly eucceed and d well. This country cannot be overstocked with such a class of farmers, but man who has a good farm, clear of debt comfortably situated, and who does not wish any 'more land, had better remai where be is, as he will have comforts an enjoyments that he cannot expect here for some time. A man coming here mus make up his mind to rough it to a certai extent for a time. Yours, &c., A. MALCOLM. PALESTINE, Manitoba, June 8,1877. A Few Words from an Old - Friend. To the Editor of the .Huron Expositor. DEAR SIR :—Before leaving Seaforth, I was requested by many old fiends to write and give them my opinion f Mani- toba, but when I began to consi er how many I had promised, I found I had un- dertaken a job that I was not likely to fulfil ie. every eespect,as it would require more time than I can afford. to spend on the subject. I now send this to you,hop- ing that you will give -it room in the col- umns of your paper, and tient that my friends will accept this as a fulfilment of my promise to them. I have now been in this country four weeks. The first trip I took was to Palestine, about 100 miles from Winnipeg. There are settle- ments here and there all the way out,and even beyond this the country is filling up very fnet. North and. west of here some of the settlements are quite e. tensive. For the first 30 Or 40 miles out f om the city of Winnipeg, the twins of a very deep and rich clay loam, very sticky and diea- greeablein wet weather, but after that it gets to be of a sandy loam,which although perhaps not quite so rich yet in pay opin- ion is more desirable land for a1l. intents and purposes. I also took another trip east of 'for 35 or 40 miles to the Bout Winnipeg. This also is a very fine coun- try. Although I would have 1tked all the land I have seen much bett r had it been a little more rolling, I am told that out by the Pembina Mountain it is more rollin g and geodland, althoughrail munication is not likely to be had such an early date as through t ter. On my travels I met a go Canadians who had been settle county for a. few years. They peered satisfied and had no de back to Ontario. The only pia had to fear was the grasshopper ,and yet they say if they would not come oftener than once in three years they conld raise more grain and get along better tjhatt they used to do where they came fro4i. The immigration in here at present is enor- mous. They are coming in at the rate of Huron Notes. A son of Mr. John Hislop, of Gre recently captured a family of four youn , foxes. They are yet alive. —Mr. James Beamish, . of Wawanosh, has fall wheat growing on his farm which measures four feet one inch. —A man named Samuel Noble, of Goderich, has been sentenced to two weeks imprisonment for beating hie wife. - A few lashes of the " cat " would do him good. —The annual meeting of the West Riding Liberal ,Conservative Associa- tion of the County of Huron, will be held in Black's Hall, Dungannon, on Tuesday, the 26th of June, at one o'clock. —Mr. John Richmond, of Morris has fall wheat growing on his farm Which. measures four. feet three and a half, inches. Several stalks of this grain which were measured, grew over seven inches in four days. —Mr. C. T. Scott, :of Wingham, has bought the Commercial Hotel buildi4 in that village, and intends having the same removed to the south side of the village, on Josephine street, and re- modeled into dwellings. —Thomas Price, of Wiegham, for sell ing liquor on the road between Wingha and the race course, on the 24th of Ma, was summoned to appear at Brusse s for trial, on Friday last. Price failing to appear, was comnaitted to jail for g9 days. • way com there at is guar- d many in the all ap- ire to go e they —Mr. George French hauled at one load and with one team 42 tamarack ties a distance of four miles, to the Winghani railway station. The load was put on the scales', and weighed over four tons. Mr. French should be punished. for cruelty to animals. —A number of persons who left Wing - ham and vicinity lately for Manitob , have returned, among them Mr. H. Lene- mex and Mr. C. Elliott. Mr. Lemnien gives anything but a flattering accomit of the country, and advises those vflio are in a comfortable position in Ontarif to remain at home. . —The Methodist people of Bayfield circuit have purchased for a parsonage ,that fine brick residence in Bayfield, b longing to Mr. Bumball. Mr. Rumb 11 receives $1,000 for his building, whi h stable adjoining w is newly erected, and which for location, three horses ther comfort and convenience, is everythfir that could be desired. engine and boiler ly -spoiled. he los —Mr. R. G. Walker, an old. residert $1,000. of Fordwich, died in that place on t :—The new Epis 9th inst. The deceased was an old prui sail, was opened ter'and was for many years foreman of a Kingston paper, and faremoved to Suv iday, the 10th orable circums Howick over 20 years ago. He was w41 three services duri and favorably known throughout the ing being crowded neighborhood. He was about 55 years ' eloquent seemon age. • - enee ent- 11 JUN 22, 1877. aid of Moody or S, • key, is unaccount- able. I have given ou a copy of roll, butl.fancy there ar: too many errors in :.: who stole a coat s.73 an_etoprghouptwthoe tramp m from Stephen's II tel, Seaforth, have been sentenced to ni ie months' imprison- ment with hard labo . — The Clinton peo } le ate putting forth an effort to secure for that town the County Model Soho 1 for the training of teachers. —On Friday last r. James Fair, of .Clinton, accompanie : by Mr. McCulloch, of the firm of Goldi , McCulloch & Co. of Galt, left for Ma dtoba on:a prospect!: ingtourAfew days a 0, Mr. Alexander Hamilton, of the 'tit Line, ,Goderich township, on going out to work found one of his horses lyi • g dead in a hollow, into which it hadg • t while rolling, and nou_k1Thnot et llgeoru. oop Pi es riolehyiteorny the e3eit,d inof Knox church, God July next. Rev. Mr. has received a call will be considered. —Mr. II. Snell, f Hullette recently clipped froni a tw • -year-old sheep the very large fleece of it pounds of wash- ed wool. Mr. W. Wise, of Goderich township, clipped 2 lbs and 4oz from a yearling. —Mr. L. J. Brae , of Wingha.m, has challenged Mr. J. 4F. W. Simpson, lec- turer for the Gran Division Sons of Temperance, to a public discussion of McCuaig,of Clinton, o Kingston, which the Dunkin Act in event will take plac —Mr. Robert Br commenced. operatio tion of a fine brick in that village, on t premises. The bu. and a half stories hi feet front. —On Saturday la tario passed up- to board. at Goderich horses, intended for Pacific Railway. chased in the vicin Patrick Kelly, an The same boat had fiat cars for the use --A few days ag of Colborne, lost a peculiar way. The and having got in fields a dog was set hat village, and the next month. wnlee, of Blyth, has s towards the erec- otel on Queen street e site of his present ding is to be two h, with about fifty t the propellor On- uluth, and took on 14 span of heavy work on the Canada he horses were pur- y of Blyth by Mr. cost about $4,500. n board a number a of the road- . Mr. Win. Scharffe, valuable horse. in a horse was breachy, o one of the grain upon it to drive it out. The dog refuted to . desist when called off, and chas d the horse for some time, and when t the barn it dropped about $100. —At the Bible C Exeter last week, tie following appoint- ments were made f ter, S. W. Butcher, Davis; Mitchell— Green, John Willi Fullarton—G. Du R. Hull, Ji Pooley ;I Clinton—R. T. Cour- tice • Colborne—S. Mason; Palmerston H. Butt. —A fe'w' days ag , as Mr. James Col- well, of Goderich townehip, with his wife and family w e returning from a eoming do n Weston's Hill the pole broke, allowi • g the buggy to run against the horses nd causing them to run awey:, Mr. C well's oldest daugh- ter had her arm urt, and Mrs. James Elliott, who was in the buggy. was also badly bruised. Th horses ran about a mile before being s opped, and smashed the buggy badly. —Mt. T. Dodd, vho resides in West Wawanoshe posses es a valuable relic in the shape of a Bibl printed in London in the year 1607, just 270 years ago. The book has been in the possession of the family for fly; generations, and. is still in a good state of preservation. The style of printing i very quaint, and the old English is rath r puzzling to modern readers. 'It is su stantially bound. in woed covered with heepskin. -*On Thursday iporning of laskweek, Mr Richard Jewell's steam saw mill, at rners'in the town - was burned to the known how the fire first noticed at about had gained such head - as falling in. The s also destroyed, with in. The machinery, ere almost complete - is estimated at about pal church, in Hen - or divine service on st. , under the most ances. There were g the day, the build - to excess. A very as preached in the y Rev. Dean Boomer, he afternoon a very as given by Rev. J. I's, London, who also teresting lecture the to a large audience. service were beauti- . Dr. Boomer, the anti -communion be - r. Ryan ,incumbent le choir from Christ anducted the choral portion of the serve e. e animal arrived. at dead. It was worth ristian conference in ✓ this district : Exe- J. P. Rice, William. V. Hooper, Thomas ms, superannuated; kley • Usbome—T. An hony Allen's c shi of Colborne, ground. It is not originated, as whe 3 A. M. the flames way that the roof morning by the Ve —The -crops throtigh the township of London, and in of Grey have a eple appearance. forcible discourse le There are also good prospects for an ex- Gemley, of St. Pa cellent fruit crop, especially plume, -delivered a very i which promise a bountiful yield. The foLlowing evening potato bugs are numerous, and have 4- The lessons at each ready commenced operations on the early fully read by Re\ potatoes, and the old remedy, Paris<green, T mOrning service o is being freely applied. in read by Rev. —Mr. John Thynne, lot 31, con.4., of the church. T Morris, whilst excavating for a milie Church, Exeter, house a few days ago, dug up the skelie ton of a human being. The body had tn all probability been buried with its boas on, as a pair of leather boots encased the bones of the feet when found. Beside the skeleton was also found a jug. Ho they came there is a mystery. , —On Thursday evening of lad wee , Mr. W. C. Fish, of Goderich, met wi ,h a painful accident. He was preparing to go out riding on horseback, and he was springing into the saddle, when tljie boy who was holding the horse releas d his hold, the animal started, and r. Fish was thrown violently to the ground, his right arm beitig, dislocated at the shoulderain the fall. —David Macdonald Gillis, an insane man about 55 years of age, who has been living in Mr. Peter McLaren's barn,*near the Wingham junction, for some tithe past,- and who claims to be a spirit and a second cousin of Queen Victoria, was, n Wednesday of last week, taken to t e insane asylum at London, by Constable : Ansley. Mr. Gillis, a number of years ago, owned and occupied the farm on which the barn is situated where e lodged the past week, hence it was na- tural for him to go there on his return to Wingham. —The following is the certifie te which was attached to the assessme roll of the township of Stephen, which was alluded to in the report of the Equalization Committee publish d last week : "Total number of dogs is 320, she does 17. I find a very great improvement in rehgoons matters this year. Last year not one belonged. to any church, this year every one, save one or two, belong to some church. Our assessor being a local preacher, very likely accounts for the change this year. Such a wonderful change without the I IPS • 6 • 2--0n Wednesda tere, d the Presby bYai anrentariga ynintowthinde the door. Here t tiOn boxes of the S the most delibera opened, and the suin stolen being e $215 and $30. T was also visited, obtained, and the bath school boxes when the contents moved... The -thief fat as in, his visit church, for it is s tained about $1. named Harvey was on the charge of was brought befor and McGarva, an pleaded guiltY, a stand his trial. peris were found i the silver had bee night some one en- rian church, Clinton, w, afterwards forcing estry by prying open ey found the collec- bbath School, and in manner they were contents taken; the timated at between e 'Methodist church ntry being similarly ase in which the Sab- ere kept pried open, f one or two were re - Was not so success - to the Presbyterian pposed he only ob- it Monday a youth arrested in Goderich, eing the thief. He Messrs. Malcolinson examined, when he d. was committed to number of the cop - his possession, but. disposed of. • • a —A man named_ David Scott, recently a pedlar in this Co nty, was tried on a. charge of emb zzlement at the Waterloo Court of Quarter Sessions last week. See t resides in Ayr, and was indicted or embezzling a num- ber of calf skins and a quantity of eggs, tallow and r gs from his employ- ers, Messrs. Hu r & Laidlaw, mer- chants at Ayr, or whom he was peddling oub their goods in exchange for farm produce: Prisoner being employed. only for a month by the 'prosecutors, when it was ascertained that he was over $100 deficient in his accounts with them, and he had reported having the farm produce namedin the indictment, but 4 JUNE 22, 1877. had sold it, his exeuse being tt to do so to obtain money for ling '3expenses. But the pi sworeLthat he had no authori any film produce except the appeared, however, that all t. lind been sold outside the Waterloo, and, consequently, in the jurisdiction of the co ten calf skins, which, fortune, prisoner, he had aocounted prosecutors. The case see clear against the prisoner, if 13. indicted. and tried in the Huron, where his offence, if been conarnitted. Aecording acquitted by direction of Hi who reprimandcd the prisone conduct, which appeared to th be very dishoneet, and he w ed by the Court that he liable to be prosecuted. in othe for the offence charged, if the pr saw fit to proceed against him, was then diechaiged from custoi Pertri items, —Mr. Stewar Follis, of Lis purchased a fa m, consisting acres, from Mr Thos. Brown,' Elmakfor 63-,912 — r. _Ho1 , of Mitchell, cumbers ready or the table, them ten 'niche in length. .1 was gown in a hot -bed, in ; " Easthope waapoisoned one nigl. t. Line,6titot 1 i—r—i ic zejA1, ,111NrrihA .Y.: r has siCiaySort eu:ks he assL' eS5nas5agoftlooto obfai _est:. :3 air]a, stastItth'ilevirertheieemk,e8.accusing on Sabbath last while the reve tleman was holding divine set.* ofirtaveo'yne,afraeromfora,gne,osaornAnofdeltristo. horse was in itiviinarKyesrrto'swstau beole,ili ly. Some malicious person ac Pan -Presbyterian Council to Edinburgh next month. Ile the village of Linwood, Count erl_ooiffoorwtladeasyuamagoof stairs in his father's house eitt ed the poison during the night.," a a stormy tim:acaeht ether; amid. the cheers, hisses and sho all—dieTnticee. Rev. Mr. „Hamiltolf, Bail for Glasgow .on the 23rd i Mayor -having to be called - ton, has been appointed a ,deleg wish him a pleasant trip and 1 sisting of 100 acres, to Robt. ( ing, and broke hisarm. Paden of the "Farmers' Hotel —A fine eollie dog belongite ranee, falsehood and upsta Hamilton, of Fallartom bnok —A horse owned. by the S. Percy Davie, RA,' been engaged as firs —Endeavors re being made speare to raise a bonus of $8( givenIto some en erprising man poses building a grist_ mill place. quoiting match has been between Charles Walkinshaw ry, and Win. Bright, of List come off at the latter place en in Stratford. High Sehool, at $900 per annum. Mr. Dav high honors during his course at Toronto University, and too medal in natural sciences. —Mr. Douglas Fraser, fo Shakespeare, and brother of Fraser, Stratford, recently final examination before the lege of Physicians and Sorge° don,England, and obtained thel m. —On Tuesday night of last predatory dogs - entered the p Mr. George Wood, ex-councill township, and killed three i sheep end a goat. In the mor 1 -dogs were seen ea,ting one Of t but made off before they could fled. ,. . the Avon,- at Inrnatt's mill, Hof a rbenefitting i._atobo -dia,bolical act. shied at a looee plank, and Downie, were crossing the br- .on six' sheep belonging to Mr. the Avon on its way' north. T Thursday, August 23,and the for the first Of September. sourie He was working at a ba on Mr: H. Thompson's farm, though seriously injured he is damage was done. Mrs. Steel as week for a trip to Europe with wands a flower show, to be fhe town hall on' the same day an feet, striking on a heap of a to reeover. - railway. The tracklaying is tion Tinholtiiilas abusteartnede, as the fall wheat show. - gressing rapidly, ,and in ano in the swamp. The Mayor o —One day recently as Mrs. iVer, Jr., and Mrs. Thomas into the bed of the river, a some very slight bruises and t and harness were mercer less was Mr. Mennish, of the Gra ladies, buggy and horse were lir held in Stratford, has. been tion for Thursday and Fridayo 20 and 21. A grant of $25 w. an his foot, fell a distance of t fiendish act committed a few laney, Of that town. Two sl cut With knives. The necks were broken and. the limbs o; clue to the rascals who comrn Wednesday last the first low the Stratford and Apron railw the iron horse will need to take verton is preparing a grand. There being no railing on the h ten , feet. Strange to say —The Beacon of Iist week s Four of them have died. The four lambs were dreadfully ha builder from Stratford, met we serious accident bast week in —The St. Marys Argns telb3 —The date oafhe theitsingghfoea oal fall Ministertwhwh.i e in tt 0 —A young man h. amed Miseeliane9 Hon. Adam Crooks left To ns. i rent° ..ilfail newspaper were o Bale at noon on Wednesday at iffts.office, to satisfy a judgme 0. J. Campbell for $.5,000, and mortgage to X. &0. Riordeu. fo Mr. Miller Barnster, of St. 0 bid $2,000 over and above tho but no other bid following, the jouened the sale till the 27th - --;-The city of St. John, Wednesday felt a victim to te 33:108t disastrous conflagrations ever been experienced. in Can fire broke out at half -past 2 in