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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-07-27, Page 1uTY 20, 1877. in a few minutes, the unfor.. '07ir had disappeared. It is not ›! the man was, further than formerly been a watchman initoba and was coming to >met a physician who waa to his eyes. He was unable to sage, and the captain takj [ on him, carried hira up freo auron. He said that he had. e in Sarnia to await his re- heing a paying passenger Ma aot taken by the purser. I • E I • IN In I Nal UN ma u ma :tIIos. DE RFUL RiOjS US. BA,RCAINS AT T E 7— 777 rCOMMENC1NG IMPROVE- • IN OUR STORE! ir BE NECESSARY TO• UCE oun PRESENT OST OK. TO HALF ITS SIZE. 4AVE IDECIDED ItAKIATO Ti -HS TRE SALE OF THE SEASON* ea Will be such as will than gratify every buy- = the Sale will contain Classes of the R SUMMER GOOK Ur- QUOTE A FEW PARTICULARS ENADINES, at 91 cents per Pad, price, 20c. BIPi BROr,sZZE, at 1U cents per !goat price;.1!, cents. • LOBED LUSTRES, at III centsper Igular price 20 cents. CADED GOODS, at 16, 18, 20, Dad a, worth 25 tUfd. 60 cents. FSTRE at 15: eenta, worth n cads. F—Afull aired Parasol for 25 cents, r to any in. town at 40 cents. S PRINT, at 6, 8, 10, and 121 cents, IV and 16 cents. !UCKS at 15-, 18, and 20 ceeta, worth 25 cent& WHITE COTTONS at Greatly Re - Prices. APS at Pres next to Nothing. (THING ELSE ON THE SAME SCALE. People aud Country People I� the Great Sale at Your Store, the 77. Do Not r a Cent's Worth Else-, here till you have seem ottr bargaista, a glance at which will con- vince you that the Trrs is the piace to end Your :#1,oney. :cot the First Time we have an every other Store in Se11- Cheap, ! and in the present Competition 777 WILL AGAIN TRIUMPH -0- e Earlv to t e Sale. Men MALL & CO.t Hain Street, Seatorasa- 1 TENTIlt !YEAR. IVIIOLE No. 503. SEAFORTH) FRIDAY, JULY 27: 187T. 11511017+ { 1?IeL1CAN BROTHERS, Ptilirligher", 401 50 a Year, in advance. ICEAL ESTATE FOR SALE. VOR SALE.—For Sale, a new frame cottage and •A• one-fifth of an acrelot, situated on North Main Street, Seaforth, cheap for eash or on easy terms, as the owner is leaving Seaforth. Apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent. 498 VARM FOR S ALE.—For sale, Lot No. 30, Con.. ag, meNillop, containing 50 acres, 15 of whieh are cleared, the balance well timbered. Is situated one mile from gravel road, and convenient to churches, schools, Sc.c. Price $1,800. Apply to A STRONG-, Land Agent, Seaforth. 491 -WARM FOR SALE. -100 acres, 85 cleared, being -I: Lot 31, Con. 3, Usborne, County of Huron; good soil, well watered, well fenced, splendid orchard; school house adjoining; two-story brick house and good ontbnildings. For particulars address RUS- ELL J. ROSS, Rodgerville, Ont. 496x8 -fi'OR SALE. -:-A. two storey frame house and out- -A- buildings, situated on the Market Square of Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building is very= suitable for a boarding house or a public businesa. For particulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Sea - forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, Goderich. 493 'MUSE FOR SAT.E.—A Great Bargain. That -LA- desirable house,&with new additions, and aere lot, on Rattenbury street, Clinton, -9 rooms. Splendid hard and soft water tanks, cellar, wood- shed, and unusual conveniences on the premises. A.pply to the undersigned, Dr. APPLETON, Clinton. 501-13 WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, West half of Lot 6, Con. a, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing 50 acres nearly the whole of which is cleared, well fenced and in a first-class state of eialtivation ; there is a good frame barn, good orchard and plenty of water; is within 2 miles of the Town of Seaforth, with a gravel road leading past the farm. For particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Egmondville P, 0. ADAM SHOL- DICE. 600 'WARM FOR SALE.—For sale a desirable farm within 3 miles of Seaforth, near the Northern Gravel Road, containing 48 acres, about 40 acres °leered and in good condition, 'also good buildings and orchard well watered. Price 82,600. Also a desirable country residence, with first class build- ings worth 83000,beautifully situated, containing 50 acres, and within one and a half miles of Seaforth: For ftu-ther particulare apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent,"Seaforth. 501 HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. For Sale, that comfortable and. ouvenion ly situated dwelling house and lot, adjoining thel Methodist Episcopal Church, and, at present occu ied by Mr. W. S. Robertson. The house conbaiiis kitchen, dining room, parlor and 5 bedrooms. k good cel- lar and, woodshed, also hard and soft water, and a stable. The lot is a corner lot and is within one block of the Main Street. Apply to W. S. ROB- ERTSON, Seaforth.. 486 VALUABLE, PROPERTY IN HARPURHFy,--e. • For Sale, a comfortable frame dwelling house, with about 247 acres of land attached. Good stable, well and other conveniences. There are a number of choice young fruit trees of various kinds. The beiblings are all in good repair, and the land is clean and in good order. The property is pleasant- ly situated., Also two park lots containing 4 acres each, well adapted for martet gardening. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the, premises, or to Seaforth Post Office. MOBEgt BURLING. 501 -WARM FOR SALF.-eFor Sale, Lot 2g, Con. 2, -12 Tuckeramith, containing 100 acres of excellent land, about 70 of which are Cleared, the balance is good hardwood bush; frame house, frame barn and stable; an orchard, goodiswell ; convenient to ephools, churches, &e. Is situated about 6 miles Vona Seaforth and 1 mile from Brucefield station, on a good gravel road.. For further partieulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or if by letter to Brucefield P. C. THOMAS Tuckersmith. 4921:13 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot • 22, Con. 2, Usborne, containing 100 acres of frt-class land, 80 of which are cleared, well fenced and thoroughly drained, the balance is good hard- wood bush; there is a frame- house with kitchen, sitting room, 3 bed rooms and cellar; a frame barn 40x60 with stone and. brick basement, comprising stable, cattle shed and sheep house; a lariek hog pen 11x90, also a nice young bearing orchard and splendid. well. Is situated. 8i! miles from Exeter, miles frorn a school and close to a church. For further particulars apply to THOMAS CORNISH, Exeter. 500-4 -L ARGE FARM FOR !SALE.—For Sale, that • beautiful farm, comprising Lot 26, Con. 19, and the aorth three-quarters of Lot 96, Con. 11, '475 acres in all, situated in the Township of Mc- Killop, County of Huron, on the !leading grvel road, midway betayeen Seaforth and Brussels.. The farin is in a goo tate of cultivation, well fenced and watered, -and4convenieut to church and school ; 135 acres are cleared and the balance hardwood timber. On the farm is a dwelling house, good outbuildings, and a young orchard. For further particulars address SAMUEL ILANNA, Oil City; Pennsylvania, U. 8. 478 VAIVMS FOR SALE.—For Sale Lot No. 30, Cal- i; cesaiou 7, Hibbert, containing lop acres. Also East half of Lot 80, Concession 6, containing 50 acres. There are 80 acres cleared and in a gooti state of cultivation on the former and 85 acres cleared on the latter. First classbuildings on the large farm„ but no buildings ou the finial. Is six mites from Seaforth and convenient to Sehools The fermis one of the best in the county of Perth, and is within 3 miles of the Grand Trunk and 6 miles of the Loudon, Huron and Bruce Railways. There are three spring wells on the large farm and a living erring ou the small one. The two farms wil be sold. separately or together. For further particulars apply to the propietor Carronluook. JOHN McCONNE'LL. 509 ATALUABLE MILL PROPERTY FOR SALL— Y- The property is situated on the, Town Plot of - Grey, about 8 miles front Ethel station, on the Southern Extension of • the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway. The !Machinery consists of 35 - horse engine, 40 -horse 5 -tine boiler, large circular edging and butting SILIVS,' ghingle and heading ma, chine and shingle jointer. The machinery is all tirst-clasa, and has only been running about n year and eight months: This is a rare chance for men of capital, as there is a good local trade,auni any quantity of Timber of all kinds to be had. kiatis- factory reasons given for selling. Full particulars on application to GARROW BROTHERS, -Grey Post Office. notes anal accounts over- due must be settled at once, and save trouble and expenae. 475 • VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sala, Lot ` 18 and eolith half Lot 17, Cyn. 1; Ifay, coptain- ing I5tt acres, f20 of which are elearea and in a gc.00d state of cultivation- There is a good brick house mid a frame cottage, the barn, stable, cow stable and other outbuildings are all frame ; there are about 10 acres of choice apple, pear and other fruit trees, and about 300 spruce trees planted 10 year. There is a never -failing stream running th_rongit the centre -of the farm; on whith is a good muillene, a good gravel- road en two.sides of the farm. It is situale!.1. true mile from Hensel' sta- Get aiel four miles:. from Exeter, on' the London . Read. and is just iteross the rond from the Rodger - rine post office and church. For further partial - Tars appiy to JAMES W. ELDER, Veterinary ! Surgeen, Seaforth P. 0. 481 -FARM FOR SALE.—Fur Sale, Let 3, Con. a, -1" Tuckersmith, eoutainiug 100 acres, 80 of which are cleared and in a good state of enitiva- the balance is well timbered With the best of hardweod ; there is a lit•at-class brick house 8Sx,28, kitelten 941.18. with stone cellar under both house tied, kitelten ; a good frame barn 60x40, driving halea. 4,1a30, with stone basinneut and cattle l'ouses the whole length of both buildings ; leading :rum the tattle house below is n'iarge root house, iloak dug out of -the solid bank, built of solid stone Said thee and arched over with brick, and is frost ; there are 3 wells, each about 40 feet deep, buffs up with briek, and are never -failing aprings df water .; there is a good orchard of apples, .pears, plums, cherries, grapes,and email fruits • also about aal roods of drains with tiles carefully laid. down; tte stables are all floored with stone, care- fully, and evenly laid ; also lee. barn 48x28, and 2 Stables. Is aituated. 7 miles rroth Exeter, 10 from Seaforth, and 2 from Bewail station. Convenient to schoola and ehurches. Terms -89,000 to be paid down, the remainder to suit purchasers. Ap- ply to the proprietor on the premises or to Hermit P. 0. WM, STONEMAN. . 496-4x TERRIBLE Last week brakesmen o work, and or preventing t point, and ca on that sect at once inte to abandon road. At B passing alon by the mob, ing and wou struggle, the mg the riot. the mob we were started. been restore disturbance among the e Railway. T idea of the worked at Pi RIOTS. IN THE UNITED STATES. the engineers, firemen and the Erie Railway struck anized at a certain point, ains passing or leaving that sing the suspension of traffic n of the road. The military ered to force the strikers terrupting the traffic of the ltimore the military, while the streets, were fired at nd returned the fire, kill - ding several. After a severe military succeeded in quell - Several of the lea ers of e arrested, and, the trains But no sooner had quiet in Baltimore, than a fresh broke out at Pitt burg, ployes of the Pennsy vania e following will give some anner in whioh thing were tsburg : It Pittsburg, July 22.—The crisis of the railway stri e in this cit at rday night was r ached. yeaterda af :rnoon about 5 o'cl • ck, when the Philad lphia troops, who had been sent here ti sup- press the etrikers, fired upon the c owd. The terrible fatal effects of the shots fired by th troops exasperate the citiaelis as well as the strikers, aid in less than an hour a thousand o the workingmen rom the rolling mill, coal mines and v rious manufacturing stab- lishrnents h rried to the scene o the conflict. By 8 o'clock in the e ening mobs were Ita oving about the city in various dire*tions, sacking stores to se- cure arms, b eaking into the armo ies of military com genies, and preparing hem - selves to ex mete the threats; free y ex- pressed, of assacring ,the entire bile- delphia com and. By this tim the military wer ordered to one o the rmuldhouses,I where they could fin bet- ter protecti n. About ten, the • mob, numbering' s veral thousands, had (con- gregated about the roundhouse. They had previous y captured guns belonging to Hutchins° 's battery, a local organiza- tion, and plaited them so as to command the roundhj use. Several shot e were fired at the uilding, and breaches made in the ev'alls but when the infu iated mob atteMpt c1 to rush into the bu lding the military ere ordered to fire a olley of musketry which, followed wit the rumor that t e Gatling guns were being brought into equisition, caused a panic and the mob fled precipitately for sev- eral squares the military meanwhile keeping up a usilade. The rioters, how- ever, were seen reassured, and as tjhous. ands were flecking to their assis ance, they returnee; to the attack. Fin ing it difficult to • islodge the military from the building hey resolved to burn them out, and an o der to this effect w s is- sued. In co sequence of the blo kade tesoi sde. h four ca rs chan- aded p in mob the body and oke, lurid g out in every!dire-tion, work of destructios had The sieht of the fta.mes which had existed for two days, t ings in the o ter yards; as well as extending ea tward some three oi miles, Were rowded with freight tilled with gr in, produce and me dise, besides hich a number of 1 oil -cake and oal cars were piled the mass. hile a portion of th surrounded he building in -whic military had aken refuge, a large proceeded to et fire to the oil car in a moment huge volumes of s As hich rolled pwards, followed b flames reachi told that the commenced. seemed to lit of whom rush ing torches in them to cars i was sounded promptly res had complete to permit the flames. The ed to destro property, but belonging to eheir word, t belonging to ers themselve extinguish th was tired by the ears wer roundhouse t ously affect t position was large party Cars were filled with cake, whic ran from A leghany Valley R tragk to a s cling connecting wi Pennsylvania Railroad. They th cured large c uanties of petroleut and pouring i over the coke igni material. rally craze the rioters d wildly about with the their hands, ap discriminately. The and the fire depar anent onded, but the rioter, who ifused h the rmin- iany s would do no injury Is that rivate citizens. The kept o, and when a 1umbfr pile citizen took fire, th riot. turned in and hel ed to flames. Train aftef train the infuriated Grow , but so far distant fron the at the heat did no seri- le military, althoug, their one of peril. Fin lly, a f strikers were caihured. they ilway h the n pro - oil, -ed the some flam- lying tares control of the city, r to go to extingui said they were det the railway com 00 In a a very few moments the ca mass of fire, a d it was then peshe the track, anc forced againstthe house. The uilding wall very s nited, but it c desired, and. t road and sett the buildings. this moriiing t were directed.but about ha which had be left for scene afforded the danger of bei tunity to emei quielely mar strece and t nue and Butl point was :the Butler street, where they expected . tails. shelter. While turning into street; howe er, the rioters disc their retreat, ncl fully 1,000, fully and supplied ith ammunition, fo in 'pursuit. ome of the troops the citizens ei her accidentally o tionally, as hey were running when they re ched the arsen mandant refu ha.d butte less to hold t attack it. H, the women, a carried into body of troop to Butler stre upon them b , forward. Th I the soldiers b was a along round on ig- id. not burn as rapi ly as he mob rushed out 4m the l the burning trains t4wards i From midnight ntil 5 O e main efforts of the crowd to firingbuildings an 1 cars, f an hour later the mob, n bespiged by the mi itary, in explained reason. This roops, who were in octual ig roasted alive, an ( ppor- ge from the building. They hed up to Thirty third ince to Pennsylvani ave- ✓ street. Their obj ctive United States arse s al on to °b- utler vered armed, lowed red at inten- along. e coin- ed to admit them. He said men and would be power - e place if the mob should consented to take care of d they were accordingly he hospitals. The main continued their makch out t, the fusilade being kept the mob as they Moved shots fired killed one of fore they reached the ar- i I al t' serial, and nearly opposite the cemetery gate fully one mile above the arsenal, two others were killed, and were left lying on the sidewalk. They continued their flight, and crossed over to the north side of the Allegheny river,on Sharpsburgh bridge. The mob following them as rap- idly as possible. After reaching the eorth side, the troops scattered, and. in this way the mob was divided into very small bodies. In the meantime the city was in a state of anarchy. Thousands who had joined in pursuit of the fleeing troops, gathered about the burning build- ings and trains assisting in spreading the flames. By 7 o'clock the fire had ,extend- ed from Mill on Twenty-seventh streets, and. hundreds of cars, extensive machine shops, two round houses, the depots and office of the Union Transfer Company, blacksmith shops, store houses, and nu- merous other buildings making up the terminal facilities of this _corpora,tion. In the round houses were 125 first class locomotives which were totally destroyed. The scenes transpiring on Liberty street, along the line of which the tracks of the railroad run, simply beggar description. -While hundreds were engaged in firing .the cars,and making certain the destruc- tion of the valuable buildings at the outer depot, thousands of men,women and chil- dren were engaged in pillaging the cars. Men, armed with heavy !sledges would break open the cars, and their contents would be thrown out an4 carried off by those bent on profiting by the reign of terror. One street was almost complete- ly blockaded by persons laboring to carry off plunder tkey had gathered together. In hundreds of instances wagons were pressed into the service to enable the thieves to get away with their goods. Mayor McCarthy, early in the day en- deavored to stop pillage, but, with. a mere handful of men at his command was un- able to control the crowd. Pillage was checked, but the mob fired cars,and then proceeded with works of destruction. It is impossible to form any idea of the amount of goods stolen, but hundreds of thousands will not cover the loss. Here a brawney woman could be seen hurrying away with pairs of white slippers under her arms. Another, carrying an infant would be rolling a 'barrel of flour along the sidewalk, using her feet as a propel- ling power, &c. • ! At 11 o'clock it became apparent that something must be done to check the mob, and a number of the citizens hur- riedly prepared notices, calling a mass meeting of citizens at the old city hall,to adopt measures to prevent further de- struction of property. A meeting was held at noon, and a large number of the leading citizens responded to the call. It was decided to appoint a committee con- sisting principally of clergymen, to have a &inference while another committee was appointed to wait on the railroad authorities to ascertain what course they intended. to pursue, or suggest a compro- mise that would put an end to the dis- order. The Committee to wait on the rioters failed to induce them to refrain from the further destruction of property, and the railroad authorities could not be found. It is stated that the ringleaders were men who had never. been employed on any railroad. At 3.30 the burning car wes run down grade under the sheds surrounding the Union depot. -13-!p to this time it was hoped that the building would escape, but the mass of pine and lumber were soon a sea of fire. While the fire was raging here the mob pillaged the freight depot of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway, which is in close vi- cinity, and soon the vast depot and com- pariy's general offices adjoining were a .mass of flame. The -Union department was a large four story building, the up- per floors being occupied by the Key- stone Hotel. The freight depot ot the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Rail- road was a large shed, built fronting on Grant street, and extending from Wash- ington street to Seventh Avenue. The Company's general offices were in a four- story brick building fronting on Seventh avenue. These were totally destroyed, as was also the depot of the Adams Ex- press Company. The Fire Department continued on duty from the time of the first alarm, but were not allowed to throw any water or make any effort to save the property of the railroad company. They conse- quently directed their efforts to the sax• mg of private property. In this they X% ere mainly successful, although some dwellings and a sash factory were de- stroyed early in the day. When the Union depot building was fired, follow- ed by the Pan Handle office,. a panic seized the citizens; who up to this time calmly folded their arms and looked on. It was feared that the conflagration would sweep the entire portion , of the city south of the Pan Handle railroad works. When the last building was fired the whole territory between 7th avenue and Millvale station, a distance of three miles, :was a mass of flames, the Rail- road Company's property being all be- tween Southside, Liberty and. Bluffhill, and extending from '7th avenue to Mill - vale. The railroad buildings destroyed were as follows: Two roundhouses; one ma- chine shop; Superintendent's offices; car repairee's shop; blacksmith shop ; three or four oil houses; Union Tiansfer depot and offices ; Puliman Car Com- pany's laundry and offices; dispatchers' offices, _powder honse ; Union Depot Hotel; Pani Handle Railroad engine house; general offices and freight, and. the freight depot of Adems' Express Company. Pittsburg, Pa., July 22.—Sheriff Fife's dead body was brought in from the out- er depot about midnight last night. General Pearson is badly wounded, and three soldiers who attempted to escape from the roundhouse were ishot by the mob and instantly killed. Two citizens were also shot doWn. In the riot at Twenty-eighth street yesterday after- noon, 20 were killed and 24 wounded. The hillside was dotted with .dead and dying. It is statea that after leaving the arsenal to -day, the Philadelphia troops turned a Gatling gun !oh the crowd with great loss of life. It i reported that 30 persons were killecl, mo3tly strikers and citizens. Pittsburg, July 22.—About 5 o'clock the fire from the Union depot communi- cated to the immense grain elevator, corner of Grant and Washing* streets, containing a large quantity of grain. The destruction of these buildings seemed to satisfy the rioters, as they began to dis- perse while they were burning. !Through- out the entire day various gangs of riot- ers were searching for General Peareon and. the general officers of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad. At the adjourned meet- ing of citizene a vigilance committee was organized to prevent the further destruc- tion of property. It was rapidly recruit- ed, .and each member of the first pro- vided with base ball bats, but these were afterwards exchanged for guns. Indica- tions now are that the reign of the mob is over, although threats have been made that several railroad buildings will be fired this eveninig. The Vigilance, Committee is hourly growing stronge4 It ie thought that de- struction of life and property- is at an end. The loss is estimated at 2,000 cars loaded with oil, coal and. all kinds of merchandise, which are totally destroy- ed. These, together with locemotivese buildings and other property cestroyed, swell the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany's loss to an amount variously esti- mated at from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. WEDNESDAY, July 25. The strike of railroad employiees in the United States is spreading geiaerally to all or nearly all the Western rioads, and several lines in the east are affe ted. The rioting has been serious at Buffalo, where an attack was made upon the military, and still more so at Reading, Pennsyl- vania, where an engagement took place between the troops and ,tli mob, in which five persons were killed and many wounded—some of the latter fatally. At several points the manufacturers' opera- tives are joining the strikers, and at others, notably at Columbus, the latter have compelled the mill -hands to quit work. The President has issued a pro- clamation to the rioters warninie them to withdraw from their position by noon to -day. The railroad strike in the United States is still spreading west an east, and the stoppage of freight t affic has all but become general in the 'tates af- fected. Ordet has been re tored at Pittsburg, owing to tke effola of the vigilance committee, aided by the local militia, but excesses by the mob, with whom the strikers do not seem to de- sire to be identified, are reported from Chicago, Cincinnati, and seve al minor points. . The railroad labor difficulty ias pene- trated into Canada, the em,ploypes of the Canada Southern, at St. Thoiis , having i struck at noon yesterday. Messages were sent along the line to stop 11 trains, and the mid-day mail train from the east had a hard time getting through. A meeting of the strikers was held last night, for the purpose of giving,vent to their grievances. There is no trouble on either the Grand Trunk or Great West- ern, the latest intelligence respecting the latter road being a report of al compro- mise for a term of three months on the basis of a reduction of two aid a half per cent. on wages below $45 per month, and of five per cent. on wages above that figure. . The employees of the Canada South- ern held a mass meeting at St. Thomas, when the following resolutions were passed: 1. That we. demand the rec 11 of the circular of Mr. Tillinghast, of July 9th, making a reduction of 10 per cent. 2. That none of the employees en- gaged in the strike shall be d echarged or removed from their respect' ve situa- tions. 3. That we insist _upon rece ving the back pay now due on or beforcl the 15th of August, and. that wo shall re eive our pay upon a regularly estab1ishe1 pay day before the 15th of each month. 4. That we will not work in any of the various departments, or allow others to fill our places, or suffer any trains to run except Her Majesty the Queen's mail till such terms are acceded to b the said railway company. The meeting was very unani was largely attended, and, the the same was in harmony, a mined to be firm and, uncom - Valley and New Jersey Central men have joined the movement. Everything is quiet at St. Thomas. Two committees have been appointed to wait upon the President of the road at St. Thomas, and a hope was entertained that upon the return of Mr. Muir, the General Manager, last night some com- promise would be made which would al- low the smooth working of the road in a day or two. There were no indications of a strike on the Air Line. The threat- ened difficulties on the Great Western have been averted, a three mohths' com- promise having been effected at 4 o'clock yesterday morning on the basis ot a 21 per cent. reduction on wages ranging from $30 to $45 per month, and a 5 per cent. reduction on wages over $45 per month. There is now full connection on this road with the Central. Perth Items. Dr. McDonald, late of Fullerton, has had his commission as coroner for the County of Perth cancelled. —Mr. •-j: W. Pierson, inspector of weights and measures, died last week at St. Marys, of typhoid fever. —Little Brothers & Co., of Listowel, have built a handsome 'bus for Mr. T. Colwell, of the Central hotel, Galt. —Mr. W. Smith, of Wallace Gravel Road, near Listowel, has commenced. the manufacture of white brick. —Mitchell must have the "boss water- works," since Toronto gentlemen pro- nouece them second only to those of that city. —George Redcliffe, a farmer near Stratford, says he has cut 21 tons of hay off 5i acres. Has this ever been beaten? —The Mitchell Horticultural and Ag- ricultural Society will hold their annual fall show on the 20th and 2.1st days of September. —The boy May, who had his hand so seriously injured in Gilpin'a tin shop, St. Marys, a couple of weeks ago, is getting along nicely. —There were 123 candidates for third- class certificates atthe extfmination held. in the town hall, Stratford, on Monday and Tuesday of last week. —Fall wheat in the township of Wal- lace is a magnificent crop. The farmers say it is the best crop raised in ,that township for the last fifteen years. —One day recently a little daughter of Mr. Patrick Connors, 3rd Concession, Hibbert, was severely injured by being thrown from a horse which she Was —The first new wheat was sold on the Mitchell market on Wednesday last week, by Mr. Alex. McDougall, of Ful- lerton, and the price paid was $1.50 per bushel. —The Stratford Gas Company held their annual meeting last week, and re- port the year's operations have been fair- ly successful, although the consumption of gas was affected by the general de- pression in business. —At the Orange celebration in Lucan, a young clergyman of the Methodist Church, • named Welsh, wore upon his breast the identical regalia his father had worn at Gallow's Hill in 1837, and. which his son still proudly wore, ! —A murderous assault was committed upon an hotelkeeper named McLean, in S. Marys, on the evening of the 12th inst. Several rowdies entered his house and fired three or four pistol shots; which failed to take effect. They then beat and abused. him in a dreadful man- ner. —On Sunday afternoon, 15th inst., Mrs. Kent -Mason, the popular temper- ance lecturess, addeeesed a large assem- blage on the temperance question_ in St. Marys. On Monday evening she lec- tured in the Methodist Church, but the attendance was not nearly so large as on Sunday. —Mr. Thomas Kean, of Fullerton, killed seven skunks one evening last week. The animals had, taken up their abode in the barn, and ae Mr. Kean had no particular- desire for such pets about his barnyard, he took the most summary means within his reach of stamping them out. —Mr. Roberts, township clerk of Wallace, met with an accident- lately. He w -s drivin On the road between voice of ous and . Shipley and Gowansville, when his horse 0. ID d deter- became frightened at some sheep on the romising road causing it to run away, throwing until the ompany should comply with out and severely injuring Mr. Roberts, et' the terms embodied in the above resolu- and badly smashing the buggy. tions. ;—On Thursday evening of last week, THURSDAY, J while John B. Gorle, farmer, of Hibbert, The labor troubles continue d was'driving along the eighth concession much the samscale throug of that township, his horse became eun- manageable, throwing him and his United States, and disturban wife and child from the buggy. occurred at several points. In Re was killed almost instantly, and of New York and Pennsybiania the trouble seems to be abatingbut his wife and child received serious in- • } in Missouri, at St. Louis especially, and in jeries. e ---The Mitchellites are determined. to Illinois, at Chicago, the sit tion is regarded as ery grave. At the last keep up the appearance and standing of vl named place there have been serious riots, their little town, the Board of Works be - and, a collision took place last Inight be- ing really at work. Several of the tween the police and the mob, streets are being covered with a good lin which! . coat of gravel; hills are being cut down, two of the latter were killed, and souse I fifteen or sixteen baclly wounded. The sidewalks and culverts built, and other : rhairs being made which will greatly whole State militia has been ordered out. add to the appearance of the place. A At Kansas City, Missouri, no trains are ' handsome new bridge is being erected, running and there is a complete cessation uly 26. n pretty lout the es have he States strike is general in the car shop rioters declared that they woul the factories before night, and t are being invoked to prevent At Toledo manufacturers' emplo been compelled to quit work, dianeeolis all the packing h Thames. , and the too, over the river —During the thwader storm on Mon - close all ; clay of last week, some men working in a e citizens field in the vicinity of St. Marys hada disorder. ees have narrow escape.. A flash 'of lightning and nd at In- a crash of thunder came almost simulta- uses are neously, and the electric current passedm so close to thethat they all fell down closed- and the employees thrown out of ae if stunned for a moment. When they work by the stoppage of freigh At Louisville business is also suspended for want of shipping and at Washington general prevails, owing to the unterta situation. In ° New York St are generally quiet, and freigh sent on from Albany. A riot t last night in New York at the communistic meeting in Tonik; but the mob was dispersed by t The Pennsylvania Railroad claims to have through connection with New York, but the strike is general on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,and the Lehigh of labor in consequence. At St.Louis the transitregained their feet, the grass a few rods generally fitom them was on fire, having been ig- facilities, nited by the lightning. tagnation ; —A correspondent of the N. Y. Dens, ty of the • ocrat, who recently visited Stratford, te things thus refers to one of its features which is being he noticed: These Canadians have pecu- ok Place 1 liarities which cannot fail to impress the lose of a stranger. They stare at you out of the s -square, e police. s!".iop windows and the atelars of the photographers. Passing down the main street on Sunday morning I noticed in a 1 window the portraitfl }$1 two of the ug- liest men of the placet and could seel by the complacency that sat on their maga, that they thought they were conferring a favor upon the public by exhibiting their ill-omened visages. The artist should choose his subjects for exhibition from among the pretty girls, of whom there are inany in the town. —Mrs. John Stewart, of Northeast - hope, died _on Friday morning, 13th inst., at the advanced. age of 83 years. The funeral took place on Monday from the residence of her son John, to the cemetery at "Bell's church," nearly 60 conveyances and a number of people accompanying the remains to their last resting place. —Messrs. Heal, Pridham & Co., of - Mitchell, exported 80 heed of fat cattle to England a few weeks eince. The cattlaarrived, safe and amid, but the markets being rather dull they were kept over for a week, and were finally dis- posed of at a rate that did not leave a large margin for profit. When the Engliab butchers have poor beef they call it American, which has the tendency of lowering in English (estimation the beef sent from Canada as well as the United States. —A few months since Mr. Duncan McIntyre'son of Mr. Hugh McIntyre, Mitchell, left for California for the bene- fit of his health. Thursday of last week a telegram was received. that he left Sacramento for home on Tuesday, and died the next day. A subsequent tele- gram states that the remains have been embalmed, and are being forwarded to his sorrowing friends in e'Mitchell. Mr. McIntyre was highly respected by his fellow citizens, who sympathize with his bereaved parents. --The following young gentlemen from St. Marys have been successful in pass- ing the matrieular examination of the Toronto University: II. Conboy and J. H. IYIeCalluen. Mr. Conboy took 2n&class honors in classics, 3rd class in Ger- man and 2ad in History and Geography. Mr. McCallum, who is a son of Rev. Mr. McCallum, formerly of St. !Marys; took 2nd class honors in elastics. ' Messrs. R. A. and. S. Harding, of Anderson, who have been pursuing their! studies at Brighton High school, also matriculated, the former taking 2nd elaes honors in mathematics. —The -second annual excursion of the Stratford school children took place on Monday, the 16th inst. Two trains con- veyed the party, which numbered about 1.700, to Sarnia, and the Grand Trunk Railway Company's ferry landed them on the American side of the river, after which one of the Beatty line of steam- ers, the Ontario, Captain Robertson, took on board nearly all the excursionists. After a delightful Sail on the bosom of Lake Huron, the captain treated the party to a river view of the towns of Sarnia (4,060 inhabitants) and Port Hu- ron (14,000), and landed them at Point Edward. At 5.30 the trains started on their return. trip, and without a single mishap or anything to mar the day's en- joyment in the least, the excursionists were landed at Stratford shortly after 9 P.M. Manitoba Notes. [FROM THE FREE PRESS OF JOLT 14.1 Strawberrries are selling .readily at a shillin' a quart in Winnipeg. —There were about 1,1500 head of ' cattle brought into the Province last month. Parties, selling shoddy cloth, are - travelling througlr the country, and have made large sales. —While Rev. Mr. Lawson, of Pales- tine, was coming to Winnipeg reeently, for a load of lumber for a new Methodist Church at his station, one of his horses was drowned in a coulie he was swim- ming the team across. —The roads between Winnipeg and. Moorhead are reported to I be one long stretch of deep mud. Traveling is almost - impossible. it is stated by the stage drivers that there are not five miles of good road between the two places. —During the month of .June upwards of 40,000 acres of land were disposed of at the Government land. office in Emer- son. Ninety-two homestead. entries were made in that month against 145 in May. Of the 1,050 entries made at the three land offices in the Province up to June 26th, 725 were made at the office inlVin- nipeg. —By the last two or three steamers leaving port, there have been shipped a large number of bales of buffalo robes. These robes have been purchased by Mr. Christie, on account of Galbraith, Chris- tie & Co., of Toronto., Mt. Christie has for a number of years visited this. Prov- ince, and on each occasion put a large amount of monv into the hands of the traders. —Work will be commenced on the Winnipeg end of the Pembina branch railway immediately. Mr. Molesworth, C. E., started on Thursday to lay out the work at St. Boniface. Mr. Whitehead will place a large gang of men and. teams on, near the rifle range. Should fair weather continue, the grading to the Crossing will probably be completed in six weeks, and the rails laid ready for the cars by the end of September. —Fisher's Landing is again submerged, Ited Lake river having risen and. covered. the locality with water. At the first in- undation some few weeks ago the water was 21 feet above low water mark; bat this time it is about 30. Some of the lower houses are almost completely under water, and at others the water reaches the second story.- Of course 'ter he reilwa track is submerged; and. the steataboat office is only kept in its place by:being anchored. down with railway iron. —Mr. Wm. Kennedy, of Kennedy's Crossing, on the Boyne River, reports the - finest appearance for crops he ever saw. Peas, oats, wheat, barley and potatoes promise a larger yield than ever before. .1 Fully twice as much land is under crop than was previously. A considerable number of settlers have located ontside the wood line, and broken up al large quantity. of new land. He says eliarties passing to and fro report very large set- tlement all over and. around the Pembina Mountains.