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The Huron Expositor, 1877-08-10, Page 1;MIST 1877„. DEPiEUL DOUS BARGAINS -AT THE 7- 7 7 7 reIMENCIIsTG IMPROVE - [IN OUR STORE IT 3E NECESSARY TO ,7CE OUR PRESENT OOK TO HALF ITS SIZE. AVE DECIDED 'AXING THIS THE kLE OF THE SEASON. - s will be such as wiU an gratify every buy- he Sale will contain, 7; Classes of the ri SUMMER GOODS LY QUOTE A FEW- 'ARTIC ULA_RS :1NADINES, at0..k cents per yard, - f rice 20c,. RIPE BRONZE, at 10k cents per 4u1ar price, 22 cents. ,ORD LUSTRE% at 12i cents per gular price 20 cents. ltiDED GOODS. at 16, 1S, 20, and, worth, 25 and, 50 cents. r,s'ettE a 15 cents, worth 22 cents. full sized Parasol for 25 c tita x to- any in town. at 40 cents. [S PRINT, at 6, 8, 10, and 12i- cents 0 and 16 cents. TICKS at 15, 13, and 20 eertS, Worth. 25. cents. WRITE COTTONS at Greatly Re Prices. • GAPS at Prices next to Nething. 'THING ELSE O 2711.g SAME SCALE. People and Country People to the Great Sale at Your Store, the 777. Do Not Y Cent's Worth Else - here tilt you have seen our bargain, a glance at which will con - vine° you that •the 777s is the place to Spend our illoneY• Not the First Time we have ten every other Store in Sell- ing Cheap, and in the present ecenpetition 777 WILL AGAIN TRIUMPH' Iarly to the Sale. QUAIL & Ong Street, Scuff:Milk Art TENTH YEAR. WHOLE No. 305. REAL ESTATE FOR MALE.. VARM FOR SAT. -For Sale, Lot 4, Con. 10, H, R. 3. Tuckersraith, County of Huron, con- taining 100 acres, 40 acres cleaed. Good soil. For particulars apply to JAWS BURNS, Brook. lin F. O., Ont. 50413 VCR SATFa-For Sale, a new fame cottage and a- one-flith of an aczelot, situated on North Main Steet, Seaforth, cheap for cash or on easy terms, as the owner is leaving Seaforth.' Apply to A. STR0N0r, Land Agent. 498 VARM FOR SATM.-For sale, Lot No. 30, Con. 13, McKillop, containing 50 ares, 15 of which are cleared, the balance well timbered. Is situated one mile from gravel road, and convenient to churches, schools, &c. Price $1,800. Apply to A STRONG, Land Agent, Seafrth. woR sAtr.-A two storey frame house and out. .L buildigs, situated on the Market Square of Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building is very suitable for a boarding house or a publie business. For particulars apply to W. N; WATSON, forth, or or to DANIEL GORDON, Goderich. 493 TTOUSE FOR SAL. -A Great; Bargain. That desirable house, with newadditions and acre lot, on Rattenbury street, Clinton, -9 rooms. Splendid hard and soft water taks, cellar, wood- shed, and unusual conveniences on the premises. Apply to the undersigned, D. APPLETON, Minton. 501-18 WARM FOR SATM.-For sale, West half of Lo 9, Con. 9, Hallett, containing 50 acres, 40 acres are well cleared, without stumps, and in a good state of cultivation, being well -anderdrained • on the premises there is a new frame house 2232, frame berm and two frame stables, also a goad bearing orchard and never -railing well with pump. Apply to DAVID TIT'LL, on the premises or to Constance P. 0. 560-4x VARM FOR S.ALE.-For Sale, West half of Lot •L` 5, Con. 8,H. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing 50 acres, nearly the whole of which is cleared, well fenced and in a first-class state of cultivation;" there is a good frame barngood 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 Egraondville P, O. ADAM SHOL- DICE. 500 vARti FOR SALE. -For sale a desirable farm within 3 miles of Seaforth, near the Northern Gravel Road, containing 48 acres about 40 acres cleared and in good condition, also good buildings szd orchard well watered. Pricel $2,600. Also a desirable cowatryresidence, with first class build- higs worth $3000,beautilully situated, containing 50 acres, and within one and a half sailes of Seaforth. For further particulars apply to ATR0N0r, Land Agent, Seaforth. k 501 VALUABLE PROPERTY IN HARPURHEY,- T For Sale, a comfortable frame dwelling house, with about 24 acres of land attached. Good stable, well and other conveniences. There are a nurober of choice young frait trees of various kinds. The buildings 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 market gardening. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or to Seaforth Post Office. MOSES BURLING.501 ' I 'LIAM FOR S ALE. -For Sale, ; Lot 26, Con. 2, Tuckersmith, 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, good well; convenient to schools, churches, &c. Is Situated about 6 miles from Seaforth and 1 mile from Brucefield station, en a good gravel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to 13rucefield P. 0. THOMAS erefeino, Tuckersmith. 492'18 T •ARGE FARM FOR 'SALE. -For gale, that 1"j beautiful farm, comprising Lot 26, Con. 12, and the earth three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 11, 175 acres in all, situated in the Township of Me- Killop, County of Hurn, on the leading gravel road, midway be een Seaforth and Brussels. The 4i, fermis in a goo ' tate of cultivation, well fenced and watered, an convenient to church and school; 135 acres are cleared and the balance hardwood timber. On tho farm is a dwelling house, good outbuildings, and a young orchard. For further particulars address SAMUEL HNNA, Oil City, Pennsylvania, U. S. 473 -1-1- A RARE CHAN0E.-=$2,00 will buy the Saw Mill situated 84 miles from Bainisels ; boiler 45 horse power, engine 40 horee power; large circular, edger and button Saws; ehingle 'mill, drag saw, splitter and jointer'lath mill and bolter. Mill is well situated for tiinber, and can be stocked in three weeks' sleighing. Large amount of Custom work. Terme, 31,500 on or before the lst of Jana uary, 1873, and $1,000 in one year. -Also 100 acres of land, lying near the mill, being Lot 7, Con. 5, Township of Grey, 35 acres cleared, balance tim- bered; a new frame house on the premises. Terms, 32,700; $1,500 down, balance to sit purchaser. Applyto X. or T. DAUNCEY, Brussels P.0.505x8 VARIES F011 SALE. -For Sale Lot No. 30, Con. -1-- cession 7, Hibbert, containino 100 aeres. Also East half of Lot 30, Concession b, containing 50 acres. There are 80 acres clea,rd and in a good state of cultivation on the forraer and 35 acres cleared on the latter. First class buildings on the large farm, but no buildings on the small. Is six miles from Seaforth and convenient to Sehools. The farm is one of the best in the county of Perth, and is within 3 miles of the Grand Trunk and 6 miles of the London, Huron and Bauce Railways. There are three spring wells on the large farm and, a living spring on the small (1/3.e. two farms will be sold separately or together'. For further particulars apply to the proprietor Carronbrook. JOHN McCONNELL. 502 VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE. - The property is situated on the TOwn Plot of Grey, about 3 lefts from Ethel station, on the Southern Extension of the Wellinto, Grey and Brace Railway. The machinery donsists of 35 - horse engine, 40 -horse S4tue boiler,large circular edging and butting saws, shingle and heading ma- chine and shipgre jointer. The machinery is all first-class, and -has only been /Tinning about a year and eight mont . • This is a rare chance_ for men of capital, as there is a good local trade, and any quantity of Timber 'of all kinds to be had. Satis- factory reasons given for selling. Full particulars on application to GARROW BROTliERS, Grey Post (Mic. N. B. -All notes and accounts over- due must be settled at once, and save trouble and expense. 475 VALUABLE FARM FOR SA LE. ---For Salo, Lot 16 and south half Lot 17, Can. 1, Hay, contain- ing 150 acres, x20 of which are cleared and in a .good state of cultivation- There is a good brick house and a framecottage, the barn, stable, cow stable and other outbuildings are Oa frame; there are about 10 acres of chola° apple, p]ar and other fruit trees, and about 300 spruce trees. planted 10 years. There is a never -failing stra.rn running through the eentre of the farm, on which is a good 111111 sit, a; good gravel road on two sides of the farm. It ie aquae(' one mile from Henaall sta- tion and four miles from Exeter, on the London Road, awl is jast across the road from the Rodger - villa post offict and church. For further particu- lars apply to JAMES W. ELDEL, Veterinary Surgeon, Seaforth P. 0. 481 "FARM FOR SALE. -For Sal, Lott- 3, Con. 3, lll..,TuckE remit h, containing 100 o.cres, 80 of which are elearad and in a good state of cultiva- tion, tha balance ia, well timbered with the best of hardwaud ; there is a tirst-classbrick house 38x9.8, kitelien 24.v.18„ with stone under both house and Idtelnai ; a good frame birn 60x40, driving house' 45x3.0, with atone baseruent and cattle houses the whote length of both buildings ; leading from the cattle horase below is a large root house, 209, deg out of the solid bank, built of solid stone and lime and arched over with brick, and is frost • proof ; there are 3 wells, each about 40 feet deep, built up with brick, and arenever-failing springs ot Water; there is a good orchard of apples'pears, plums, cherries,: grapes,, and small fruits; also aboat 300 roods of drains with 'tiles earefully laid down; the- stables are all floored with stone, care- fully, and evenly laid; also log barn 48x28, and 2 stables. Is situated.? miles fc..rom Exeter, 10 from Seatorth, and 2 from ilensall station. Convenient to schoola and churches. Terms -$2,000 to be Paid down, the remainder to snit purchasers. Ap- ply to the proprietor on the promisee or to Hensel G. WM, f3TONEMA_N. 496-41 Ca adtt. The by-law, aut orizing the expend- iure of $30,000 on water works in' Kin cardine, has been d feated by 30 votes. -Private subsor • times from the eiti- zens °of Montreal i aid of the sufferers in the -St. John fire now amountito $14,- 565. I -The Waterloo park in that !tow Thursday and Fri 24th. -Mr. John To township, has fall variety, which wei bushel. -The races on t park are arranged Tuesday and Wed 5th of September. e -Mr. John Mill been appointed an o county of Bruce ins who has left the co -Sheehan, aceus _Hackett, has been trial at the next si Queen's Bench at -Mr. Alfred H cession of Puslinch ton, has early rose growth which weig -Mr. J. W. Ly book publisher of ceived a cash or in Auistralia for books. -Mr. James Mc ager at the Guelp ture, has taken the Attrill's stock and erich. ---Mr..Erastus M of McGillivray, ha -which yielded 52 b actual rneasurernen yield yet recorded. -A despatch fr Columbia, an noun Douglas, the fond first Governor of denly on the 2nd i -Voting on the onto commenced o all the votes heve place, it is estimate seven weeks to oom -It is announc Goldsmith, the pitc nine, onondon, ha to Miss Rowena This is probably the ever made. -Mr: John Quail esteemed resident ol died last week afte illness. He wa 67 aces, on the 41riving will be held on ay, August 23rd and ranee, of Brantford heat of the Clawson hs 64 pounds to the e Kincardine driving to take place on esday, the 45h and r, of Riversdal, has (dal assignee fer the id of Paul Me/ntes, ntry. d of the murder of ully committe4l for ting of the Court of ontreal. de, of the 165h core county of Wellin- otatoes of this year's pounds. the enterprising uelph, has juat re- er from one party 5,862 50 worth of air, late field man, School of Agrieul- management of 1'r. grain farm at God- ller, of the township a field of wheat, shels to the acre by This is the largest • ea. Victoria, British es that Sir James r of Victoria and the he colony, died. sud- st. unkin Act in Tor; ,Monday last As o be polled at one it will take ebout lete the vote. d that Mr. Fred. er of the Tecumseh just been married ooks, of that city. best home -un Fred y, an old and highly the town of Dundas a short but severe Tears of age, and had been a resident sad! prominent business man of that town fq over 45 years. -A man in Harngton, a few days ago, was fined $50 and cots for giving a glan- dered horse to an a ctioneer to sell it for him. .The horse wa sold for , and the man had to return his to the purchaser of the horse as well s pay the fine. ----The Grangers of Prince Edward county held a pic-n c at Sand Banks on the 30th ult, whi h was attended by about 3 000 perso s. Speeches and amusements of vari us kinds enabled the entire company to p s a pleasant day. -One George Ra nes, of Montreal, was arrested in Baltirn re last week, with $2,390 in fresh te dollar lbilis of the Consolidated Bank. It is believed that the money is part o $22,000 stolen from the Grand Trunk R ilway office in Mon treal in June. -Accounts from all parte of the County of Frontena agree that, taken altogether, the harv st of 1877 exceeds that of any year in he lest decade. The late rains have slig tly colored the bar- ley, but -not sufficie tly to affect its price. Root crops will be e tra good. -.Hugh Cameron, of the 4th line oft Warwick, county of Lambton was badly injured on Tuesday by getting into the cylinder Dearing. I is body was serious- ly bruise% his ars terribly lacerated from the shoulder t the elbow, his little ringer torn off, and 1 is clothes were strip- ped completely fron his body. -Lord Dufferin nd party arrived at Winnipeg, on the 6 h inst. On his ar- rival in that city h was presented with an address of wel ome, and was very warmly received. by the citiens, and was escorted to the re idence of Mr. D. A. Smith, M. P. wh re his headquarters will be duringhis s ay in Manitoba. -Total alistine ce from alcohol is advocated a&a goo( thing, and doubtless it is. Death, howe -er, lurks in the cold water pitcher. A f w evenings ago one Jemes Tovering, of London, drank deep- ly of cold water, hile his body was considerably heated and in less than an hour after he was seized with cramps and died shortly afterw, rds. -Thursday evening of last week, n Keough, 'aged 13, a load of grain on n. Patterson, Guelph ell under the wagon, ward, and the wheel ht arm, breaking it ler and the elbow. • • about 7 o'clock, Jo fall from the top of the farm of Mr. W township. The lad the horse started fo passed over his ri between the shoul The bones were badly shattered. -Before Mr. Ma kenzie and party left Ottawa last week f r the Lower Provin- ces, the manager of he Ottawa and Pres- cott Railway place( the private car of the Company at the disposal of the party, but Mr. Mac -erode declined to use it unless he were al owed to pay for it. No pay could be ccepted, and conse- quently the Premie went in an ordinary first-class car. most dastardly outrage was com- mitted in. the To nship of Dumfries, County of Waterloo one night last week, on the premises of Mr. Win. Drden., 8ometime during th t night, some evil disposed persons en ered upon Mr. Dry - den's premises and ook a pair of harrows to pieces, throwing a u ts and bolts away, and carrying some # the bars off alto- gether. After clest ,oying the harrows, the miscreants & overed a reaper in one of his fields; whch they treated in the sanee manner, t king it to pieces and scattering them ove the fields and into the fence corners. Although many of these fragments hay since been found, some of them are at 11 missing, and will likely never be reco ered. Some mina SEAFOR,T1-1, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 1877 implements, such as spades, -hoes, etc., were also broken and destroyed, after which the miscreants seemecl satisfied with their diabolical work, and left the premiees. -The barn of Mr. Nelson Mime, on second concession of Burford, was,struck by lightning one evening last week and burned, together with the contentsein- eluding the entire hay crop, thefall wheat grown upon ten acres, and amratincylesrluable implements and other -Mr. Felix Herichon, of Perth, has found an effectual cure for the ravages of the cabbage worm, which he' wishes us to give to the world. It is simply to mix equal parts of good black pepper and mustard, and sprinkle on the heart of the cabbage with a pepper box: Me. Herichon has hundreds of plants, on which he tried the experiment in the evening, and on the next morning not a live worm could be seen. -During the last few weeke the beav- ers have dammed the Grand River, near lot 21, in the 7th concession New Sur- vey, Melancthon, county of Wellington, and raised the water fully four feet. The dam is quite ingenioesly coestruct- ed, and. is apparently of considerable strength. The industrious animals are still at work, and there is no knowledge how high they may build the lam before they quit. -Mr. Geary, of St. Thomas, lost a valuable horse a few days ago. It Ap- pears that while standing in the barn, near the entrance'the animal reared suddenly and fell backwards, breakipg its back by the fall. Mr. Geary himself, too, had a narrow escape of his life, for when threshing his barley, a portion iof the beard enteeed his throat, nearly choking him; it required the aid of a surgeon to remove the difficulty. -Mr. R. Vance, baker, Sinecoe; a few evenings ago met witha serious acci- dent. The kingbolt of his wagon broke, and the front wheels coming from under the box let it down and Mr. Vance, in falling over the front of the same; was caught in the thigh by a hook which was on the box, used for throwing the reins over while stopping with bread, making a fearful gash. Inflammation has set in, and it is feared his leg will have • to be amputated. -On Thursday night last, Mr. Mc- Culloch, of the llth concession of Minto, County of Wellington, had a sheep fear- fully worried, the ham being eaten clean away, andthe entrails at the back bone left exposd. Mr. McCulloch found the sheep in this state alive m the morning, but soon put the poor brute out of misery. It is supposed the worrying was done by a bear, as the sheep mist have been held fast, ne other marks being found upon any other part. . -A meeting of theereditors of Messrs. James Massie & Co., of Guelph,- whole- sale grocers, -was held in Torontm some days ago, to consider a proposition of compromise at 50 cents in the dollen Thefirm owe $252,000, and can only show assets of $212,000; the difference having gone, we presume, in the shape of had debts and other losses. It is un derstood that .cash will be obtained from the Bank of Montreal for the payment of the composition if accepted. - A physician of Brantford was called upon to attend a case, the particulars of which are very unusual. About one week eince a woman residing 'at Mount Pleasant was engaged in wringing a mop. She must have applied more than usual power in her efforts, for her arm was broken above the elbow. She could not believe that anything serious had hap- pened until the pain became unbearable, and the aid of a physician was called when the true state of affairs was dis- covered. -Last Saturday evening, about 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the poor house on the Industrial Farm of the county of Norfolk about one mile from the town of Simcoe. The building was built of wood, and being very dry was quickly reduced to ashes. Nothing was done to save the furniture. All efforts wee directed to save the inmates. Notwit standing the exertions of what few p r - sons there were present, 17 human 11e ings were burned to death, and foor men badly burned, who will prebably re- cover. -Mr. Stephen Rennison, formerly resident of Ancaster, but more recently from Cleveland, Ohio, and just now a contractor on the Northwestern Railway, took Mrs. Margaret Smith, an old. frieed from Ancaster, out for a drive at Ham- ilton, the other day, and they had quitet a little spree together. He promised to return and give her another drive the next day, which he did, having mean- while displayed his wealth to Mrs. Smith. While on the road to the Beach his conveyance was surrounded, and four men succeeded in robbing him of about $400. It is supposed that Mrs. Smith and her son were 'parties to the robbery. -The jurymen engaged in the recent inquest in the Hackett murder in Mon treal, have presented.a memorial to the local law officers of the Crown, setting forth that their verdict was obtained from them by undue representations by the coroner -who stated that he had orders from the Government to discon- tinue the inquest -and praying that a new investigation be held. Three of the jurymen also had an interview with the Solicitor -General of the Province, who distinctly stated that the -Government had issued no such aders to Coroner Jone, who had been specially in- structed to give the cape the fullest in- vestigation. There seems to be ,a niggler in the fence somewher, -We cut the following frona the re- gulation respecting certificates of quali- fication of teachers in the public schools, and the conditions under which they are granted: "As cases may arise where third-class teachers are unable to qualify themselves for passing the examination prescribed for secondclass certificates; and as, nevertheless, it is desirable, in some such cases, that the teachers who are in this position shall not be excluded from the profession; the Minister may, on the recommendation of the County Inspector, allow a third-class teache , of experience and proved ability as a te ch- er, to teach permanently, or for env specified length of time, on a third-class certificate within the county for which the certificate has been granted. But each such ease must be specially ropd- ed on by the Inspector, who shall Ot° fully the grounds which, in his opiniIon, warrant the departure from the ordinary rule." -One night last week some parties entered the room of Mr. George Landn, in Hilbore's Hotel, Ayr, and carriedloff a trunk in which were all the savings of a life time. -"Old George" as he is. ifa- miliarly known, has been hostler in Ayr and at Paris Station for a very long time, and by his faithfulness earned the geed will of travelers and received many gra- tuities. Having no one but himself to support he saved Money, but would not trust it in a bank Or let it out but kept it in his trunk, and i' is believed he had accumulated a tho sand or two, and. this corning to the ears of some rogues they determined to carry Off trunk and all, which they did. The trunk was found the next day about half a mile east of Ayr, but the contents were gone. --It will be extremely interesting to the farmingportion of the community to know that last spring a committee was appointed to examine the growth and re- sults of the Clawson wheat, on behalf of the township of Harwich Branch Ari - cultural Society, and to report thereien. The committee have visited a nmbei of farms, and, after viewing many fields and varieties, have come to the un ni- mous conclusion that the Clawson what is by far the best appearing of all kids sown, but it requires about one peck er acre more than other varieties. The committee will, in their report to be made at the next meeting of the Board, recomMend the Society to purchase at least a car load this season, for dis ri- bution among the members, for this f 11's sowing. -On Wednesday of last week, iss Jessie Douglas, daughter of Mr. J hn Douglas, met with a severe accident while assisting to pick cherries at he residence of Mr. P. Kelly, South Dum fries, County of Brant. It appears he was up in the tree, standing on a limb, and was pushing it down to another girl on the ground, when it broke short ,off and ehe fell head first to the grou0. She was picked up and taken in the house, when she said she was not mdch hurt, but shortly after she became very ill, and was soon both blind and deaf. She was taken to her father's residence, and on Sunday last it was thought she would not live, but a more favorable turn came, and although by no means out of danger, at last accounts she was still living and was better and worse at inter- vals. -A contemporary says: •` Another school case has been . decided by the Minister of Education. A party in Brantford refused to pay a fee of ten cents per month, imposed by the School Board, on the ground that he supplied his own books, that the fee was exorbi- tant, and that the Board had no right to refuse tuition to the child of a ratepayer because he did not pay the fee. The opinion of -the Minister of Education was 'that it was immaterial whether his child uses the books furnished by the trustees or not -that the fee impoied was within the statutable right of the trustees, and that the mode of collectilon prescribed by the general regulationsiof excluding the pupil from the school while the non-payment continues, can lbe legitimately exercised, notwithataiadi4 the general declaration of the law that all public schools are free.'" -A young man named Bugg . stop ed about Fergus some years ago, and since then has been working around in toWn and country wherever he could get a job. He lived with Mr. Andrew Alexandr, of Eramosa, for a time; and it . would DOW appear that while there an illicit at- tachment sprung up between him and his employer's wife. At all events there appears little room to doubt but the guilty pair have gone off together, Some time ago Mrs. Alexander left home for the ostensible purpose of visiting some friends at Port Elgin. Shortly after she had gone various articles had been mis- sed; and finally it became apparent that she had collected together whatever she conveniently could, and eloped w4h Bugg. It is believed the two have goie to Manitoba; and, no doubt, if they 4re not already, heartily sick of each other and the new country as well, they soon will be, for no permanent happiness or contentment can follow such an alliance. Mrs. Alexander is a fairly good looking woman of 30 or under, but not specially attractive. She left a kind and well-to- do husband and a couple of email chil- dren. 1 -On Monday of last week, Thonlas Sevier was tried. before Judge Macquer, of Oxford, on a charge of indecent s- sault upon a girl of eight years of a• e, named _Nary Isabel Kilgour, daughter of a farmer in the township of eDereham. He was found guilty, and sentenced to one monh's imprisonment in Wod.stock jail, and; to receive twenty lashes with the cat le' nine tails. ,Tuesday inordng was the time fixed upon by the jail officials to carry into effect the last m n- tioned portion, ot the penalty, and, ac- cordingly, at half -past 7 o'clock, it took place. The lashing took place wit in the jail yard; and in the presencel of officials. Prisoner did not seem to h ve only a very few persons other than he any idea of the terrible severity of he punishment to which he was tobe si b - j jected, and came out into the ail yrd to receive his castigation with ther t- most nonchalance. no was strippedof all his clothing, with the exception of his pants, and then firmly strapped, to the triangle. The whipping then cqm- rnenced. He received the first IA* without a groan, but when the sec4nd. fell upon his bare back he commenced to shriek with the pain, and continued to do so until the close. Towards ' the end i he became faint, and his shrieks died I away to a whine. When the straps were taken off and he came from the triangle, His back was furred black and blue, which showed how effectually the job had beeu performed. Be has still about three weeks to remain in jail, and by that time it is expected.his back will be so healed up as to allow of his going away. -A sad drowning accident occurred at Clifton, on the afternoon of August 1st, by which Mr. Bromley, wholesale grocery dealer, and many years past a resident of that place, lost his life. It appears that about 2 o'clock, he, in com- pany with another gentleman, started out to the whirlpool for a bath, .and while descending the elevator -from the top of the bank to the water's edge - they, by some unaccountable means, came in contact with the ascending car while passing it just half way down, and were both thrown out and precipitated to the water's edger a distance of about 30 feet, wheee Mr. Bromley, despite the attempt made by his conapanions te save him, rolled into the water. Search was immediately commenced for the body, but it had not been recovered up to dark. Deceased was about 48 years of age, and leaves five children to mourn the loss of their only, remaining parent. -A singular accident happened at Glenmorris on Monday, 23rd ult., on the farm of Mr. Gavin Fleming, M. P., ten anted by Mr. Homer Cumming. There is a large cistern in the barn -yard of the farm, and while two colts were promen- ading about the yard they slipped to- gether on the crossing of the cistern, which broke through with their weight, and they were both precipitated into the cistern. Their absence having been dis- covered after the lapse of some little time, they were looked after' when the accident which had happenedthem, was discovered. Some of the neighbors hav- ing been notified of the occurrence a number of them repaired to the spot; but it was found necessary to rig up a block and tackle before the animals could be withdrawn from the cistern. After a great deal of labor, however, both of them were once more safely landed on terra firma. The colts were found to be considerably bruised ancl pretty ener- ally used up, but it is believed that they are not permanently injured. -On Thursday of last week, the tug Minerva -which is engaged in towing mud scows from the Welland Canal to the Niagara River -bad proceeded well out into the river, just above the Fall, with her usual tow of three loaded scows, when the lines holding the last of the three parted, and the scow reeled round and made for the rapids. "Jim " Bampton was at the wheel at the time, and with great presence of mind be headed his tug for the rapids and made a circuit around the scow, which was now dangerously near the rocks. In the meantime the men boarded the two re- maining scows and dumped them,ren- dering them easier to handle. When they approached near enough to the runaway, a man jumped aboard of her, fastened a line and dumped her. And. now came the tug of war. They lay on the very edge of the rapids, when the throttle was thrown wide open, and the tug headed up stream from the`cataract. It was "nip and tuck," and they were about to cut away part of the tow when tbe tug seemed to gain a little on the current, and gradually emerged into safety with her full tow. It was a daring trick that but few would care to do, but " Jim " said the scow was a new one, and he wee bound not to lose her -and he didn't. -For several years a man named Le- gault has been carrying on business in Lower Town, Ottawa, in a quiet sort of way, but recently he took possession of a store on the corner of Dalhousie and Clarence street, where he opened a gen- eral store on a large scale, employing 16 clerks. Re began by paying cash for his goods, and appeared flush, and. hand- ed over such a large amount without any apparent strain on his purse, that he gained the confidence of the merchants with whom he was doing business, and could get unlimited credit. A short time ago, however, he Stopped paying dash for goods, and gave his note for one or two months. In this way he managed to get possession of something like $1O,. 000 or $12,000 worth of goods, selling them for cash until Wednesday last, when he left the city, stating that he was going to Montreal on lisiness. He has not turned up since. On this being discovered, Seybold & Gibson, of Ottawa, whose note for $it.90 was due on Satur- day, took out a writ of attachment, and placed the matter in the hands of the assignee, who took possession of the stock. It is said that Legault has been sending goods to Beaebrook for some time past, and that the stock, which was once worth $0,000 or $5,000, is very low. The sixteen clerks have re- ceived butone dollar each for five weeks past. •,: -A_ most extraordinary case of em- bezzling his come to light in Hamilton, and created no little astonishment among those in whose esteem the accused held, a very high place. The party charged is Mr. Wm. Hope, formerly bookkeeper, but more recently a partner of the firm of Hurd, Hope & Roberts, wholesale dealers in marble. Some six or eight weeks ago he left Hamilton on a trip to England, and during his absence Messrs. Hurd and Roberts made an examination of their books, the result of which was that they discovered that for a consider- able time the embezzlement of funds be- longing to the firm of Hurd & Roberts had been carried on in a systematic man- ner by Hope. As soon as Hope arrived, home from England, he was met by his partners, who laid the whole case before him, and had him arrested, and as the money which he embezzled had been in- vested in real estate property in the city, he cousented to convey the property to Hurd & Roberts. What makes this case all the more • singular is the fact that Hope hed been suspected of embezzle- ment previous to his being taken in as a partner, but an examination of the books of the firm satisfied Hurd & Roberts that everything was right and Hope was -1- HeLEAN BROTHERS, Publish. flm 50 a Year, in advance. 1A-1.--•••••• a • d it now appears that the embezzle- nent of, it is said, $60,000 did take place before he became a partner. Hope made great professions of religion, and was a leader in Sabbath school work. Re was not a spendthrift, and has carefully in- vested his ill-gotten gains. His case is under investigation. -Mr. James McDonald, lot 6, 1 -4th concession, Downie, has in his employ harvesting, two men, one a Canadian nmed Hunter from South Simcoe, the other an American named Charles War - k from Michigan. A -few days ago arnock stumped Hunter to a trial of • ill and endurance at cradling, which tllie latter promptly accepted. According - a ten acre field of splendid. fall wheat was divided in two, and. on Friday morn- ing the two commenced to cut their por- tions. At half -past 5 the same evening the Canadian had finished his five acres, thus winning the bet,but his cousin from o'er the border had two hours' work to wll) was very 7----a-vy, AN` do next mornin e, Mr. Meladed4o0on- ewheat (Trea l e d- ald expects t. 10 acresN - boshels at leas , -__ ------ee,,N 4One evemL' g last week, a son of .A, --,7------- Bechard Hay - , of Fish Creek, near St. Marys, was dri ug his father's team with the reaping m \chine attached. When g ing down a h\ 1 opposite his father's falarge, the ton ; rm, the ring iire neck yoke being rather- " ped -through, c using the machineto ru: against the h rses. Seeing that he woul, not be able t control the lines. he any, ng forward. fo the purpose of catching them by the b idles when they commenced kicking furiously, preventing him from getting hold of them. They ran a, distance of half a mile during which the tongue was *ken in thecentre, causing them to run into the ditch. The remaining part of the tongue running into the ground brought them to a standstill, when they were found with scarcely a scratch, and bet very little damage to the machine except the breaking of the tongue. It was really a miraculous escape. The Monetary Times of last week sa s :-The commercial outlook has some n ed to be encouraging. for the acoonnts w get from different points of the state ofl trade are mournful enough. A letter fr m the capital tells us that "things in tl#reOttawa County are no better yet, the dullness of the City gives one the bl es to contemplate, and, however good e crops may be, we cannot have a de- ci ed revival in trade hereabout till lu ber takes a turn, which, as things are in the States and here, will not be jut yet." A Kingston gentleman tells um that two out of the three foundries arid machine shops there, are meantime clsed, nothing doing, and another em- pleys but two or three men at repairs. From Belleville we have a complaint of depression and ill -health in the dry goods and clothing section of trade, and instancing seven bankrupt stocks.whioh are now trying the tempers of the most solvent and long-suffering merchants in these lines. "Fifty cents for a white /elerseilles vest," is the latest device in use by one of these clothing houses for selling himself poor and the public rich. 1----, An accident attended with very se- rilius results occurred at the Grand Trunk Railway station, Berlin, on Mon- day afternoon last. Mrs. McFarlane, wife of the Rev. Mr. McFarlane, who • has been temporarily residing with her mother at New Aberdeen, came to Ber- lin to meet her husband, who was to ar- rive on the 2.30 train. Just as she wag about to drive her horse and buggy into Mr. Brauer's shed the sharp, shrill tivistle of an approaching train frighten- ened the horse, causing it to wheel sud- denly into the street again, and the screams uttered by the occupant og the buggy only intensified the aniMal's fright.. With two or three mad strides the affrighted horse plunged over the em- bankment on the west side of Mr. Brauer's hotel, carrying with it the buggy and its terrified occupant In the de- scent Mrs. Macfarlane struck the ground head forenaost with such violence as to prbduce concussion of the brain, besides reeeiiing severe injuries to one arm and hip. She • was picked up in an uncon- scious state. It is impossible to predict the result of the injuries sustained, her whole system being completely pros- trated by the shock, but her medical at- te dant entertains hopes of her ultimate re °very. The buggy is a complete weck. The family of which the injured woman is a member have been singularly unfortunate, this being the fourth or fifth either fatal or severe accident which has befallen its members. Manitoba Notes. EFROM THE FREE PRESS OF JULY 281 Toronto freight was recently received in Winnipeg, via the lakes, in ten days from date ofishipment -The mats are getting in a passable condition, and the stages are enabled to make pretty regular time. -At the Pacific Hotel there are two bundles of magnificent samples of this year's growth: One is from the farm of Bedford Bros., Pembina Mountain, and contains -flax 3 feet 3 inches in length, and barley 4 feet 8 inches in length. The other is "Emporiuta" wheat, from the farm of Mr. Bradley, Emerson, The wheat is not fully headed, but is over five - feet crops tinin length. r the vicinity of Pem-• i bine Mountainare looking splen- , did, wheat atad barley especial- ly. Peas do not appear to be do- ing so well, but taken on the average will probably prove a paying crop. The potaio crop ha.s advanced rapidly, and. for some time past the settlers generally have been enjoying the luxury of new potatoes. Haying operations are now in progress. The yield will be good, but, on account of the acreage being some- what limited, it is possible that a few may experience some difficulty in obtain- ing their winter supply. This part of the ProYince is exceptionally dry, and it is Trite evident, therefore, that next sea- son a coastierable area will -be seeded to cultivate hay. For ths purpose timothy seems to be the favorite, though me mil sohave great faith in Hungarian, he fainted away and fell to the ground. shortly after taken into partnership; 1