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The Huron Expositor, 1877-08-17, Page 9JST 17, 187 SUSS DE P L NNS BARGAINS --AT THE - --7 7 -- 7 7 7 MMENCING IMPROVE, - OUR STORE IT in NECESSARY TO R OUR PRESENT' OK TO= HALF [ ITS SIZE. AVE DECIDED rTG THIS THE .E OF THE SEASON* will be . such as teat gratify: every buy- Sale will contain Classes of the SUMMER GOODS.. QUOTE A FLAW 'TC ULARS ?INES, at 51 cents per yard, 200, F BRONZE, at 104 cents per price, 22; cents. D LUSTRES, at 12 centaper puce 20 cents; D GOODS. at 18, i$,: 20, arta th; 25 anti 50 cents. r at 15 cents, worth 22 cents. .11 sized Parasol for 25 cert ay in town at 40 cents. Lit'T, at 6, 8, 10, and 121 ceata ,1f,eents.. ;at 15,.18,'and 20 cents,wortlt ts. COTTONS at Greatly Be rieea next to Nothing, YG ELSE ON THE rE SCALE. and Country P'eopie (treat Sale at Your F, the 777.' Bo Not ilrokth EIaes .!k you have seen gains, a glance Wes watt eau= ee you. that re 77V's. ice` the place to Vont- l- i to e}. Le First Time we have other Store in Sell =ap,. and in the at Cempetitiost WILL .k1INI TRIUMPH. ' t to the Sale. DONAU & CO, Is aka :'street Seatortbi po5,1 ot% TENTH YEAR: WHOLE No. 507. 1. SEAFORT FRI AY, AUGUST 24, 1877. REAL ESTATE FO' FOR SALE. -For Sale, a new fr:.. e cottage and one-fifth of an acre lot, situa : on North Main Street, Seaforth, cheap for cash or a easy terms, as the owner is leaving Seaforth. Apply to A. STRONG', Land Agent. 498 10ARII FOR SALE. -For sale, t No. 30, Con. 1g, moitiilop, containing 50 ao es, 15 of which are cleared, the balance well timbe ed. Is situated one mile fro gravel road, and convenient to churches, sch ols; &c. Price $1, . Apply to A STRONG,, Lard Agent,. Seaforth. 491 VARhI FORR�SAT.E.-200 acres in 'Gfiawanosh, Huron Co ty, 2 mites from Milburn, 100 acres cleared, well fenced and watereli ; log house, a young orchard, frame barn and s4abli.ng. Terms liberal for cash or on time to snit piliirrchaser. Apply to WM. BROWN, Auburn P. O. 1 507 VOR SALE. -A two storey frame/ house and ont- bu%ldings, situated on the Market Square of Seaforth, for sale or to rent. .The building is very suitable for a boarding house or a jiablio business. For particulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Sea - forth, or to DANIEL GORDON; Goderich. 493 OUSE FOR SALE. -A Great argain. That ▪ desirable house, with new ditions, and acre lot, on Rattenbury street, Clinton, -9 rooms. Splendid hard and soft water tanks, cellar, wood- shed, and unusual conveniences cn the premises. Apply to the undersigned, Dr APPLETON, Clinton. 501-13 {ARM FOR SALE. For sale, Wast 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 nn erdrained ; on the promises there is a new fru a house 22x32, frame barn and two frame stable , also a good bearing orchard and never -failing well with pump. Apply to DAVID HILL, on the premises, or to Constance P. 0. 500-4s ARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Wiest half of Lot 5, Con. 3, H. R. S, Tuckersmi containing 50 acres, nearly the whole of -which s cleared, well fenced and iri a first-class state cultivation ; there is a good frame barn, goo 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. 50u -a; within 3 miles of Seaforth, nea • the Northern Gravel Road, containing 48 acres, bout 40 aeres cleared and in good condition, also good buildings and orchard well watered. Price $2,600. Also a d.esirable country residence, with first class build- ingSworth $3000,beantifully situated, containing 50 acres, and within one and a half miles of Seaforth. For further particulars apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 501 VALUABLE PROPERTY IN HARPURITEY,- ✓ For Sale, a comfortable frame dwelling house, with about al aeres of land attached!. Good stable, well and other conveniences. Ther are a number of choice young fruit trees of various kinds. The buildings are all in good repair, en d the land is clean and in good order. The propOrty 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 0 ce. MOSES BURLING. 501 JA beautiful farm, comprising Lbt 20, Con. 12, !sad the earth three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 11, 175 acres in all, aituated in the Township of Mc- Cotmty of Huron, on the leading gravel road, midway between Seaforth and russels. The farm is in a goods tate of cultivati , well fenced and watered, and convenient to ohm ch and school; 135 acres are cleared and the balaince hardwood timber. On the farm is a dwelling house, good outbuildings, and a yormg orchard. For further particulars address SAMUEL HA/1NA, Oil, City, Pennsylvania, IL S. 473 A RARE CHANCE. -$2,500 will buy the Saw Mill situated 31 miles from Brusels ; boiler 45 horse power, engine 40 horse power ; large circular, edger and button Saws ; shingle mill, drag saw, splitter and jointer, lath mill and 'olter. Mill is well situated for timber, and can e stocked in three weeks' sleighing. Large atnou t•of Custom work. Terms, .l,500 on or before t lst of Jan- uary, 1878, and ..'ai1,000 in one year.--,rAlso 100 acres of laud, lying near the mill, being Lot 7, Con. 5, Township of Grey, 85 acree cleared, balance tim- bered ; a new frame house on th.e pre ses. Terms, $2,700 ; $1,500 down, balance to s purchaser. THE MENNONI ES IN MANITOBA. servation east of the out 25 miles .south - s now as' well j popti- t `af the Province of most recent imtnigra• ed to a reservation of ing the frontier, and ed River to Pembina tlement on the reser- ed, called Rat River, ilies, and qn the sec - ailed DufEerin, 450 planted. Ti addition been settled near nd the recent arrival o to Dufferin. a family the Men - f Manito14 contain' a 5, which will doubt- ly, but by, no means the past three years. ho still remain in ough still inclined to ence of the termina- ion exempting i then. es, are not prepared possessions. Whe gut disadvantage the dus . is therefore lik specially as' the Ru hile insisting on tb n, assent 'readily t of service in defe ite conscience-Tsuc orestry, and hoapita as the Quakers o wring the late civi to military service aring arms class of Luthera s Mennonites, ar the poor, b.it are a ho are, however, b_ Mr. Hespele- esti The Mennonite r Red River, and east of WinniPeg, lated as any distri Manitoba ancl the tion has 1;een direc 17 townships adjoi extending west of Mountain. The a vation first men tio consists of 650 fa ond reservation, families have been Scratching River, of 35 families will Estimating five nonite settlements population of 5,8 less increase stead with the voluine of The• Mennonites Southern Russia, t emigrate in conseq tion of the stipula from military Beryl to _sacrifice their they can " sell with emigrate. The ex ly to be gradual, e sian Government, right of conscripti special assignments ence to the Menno as transportation service -very niucli the United States, war, were subjecte but relieved from b The emigrating Quakers, known neither the rich nor intermediate body, no means destitute. woods near Littleton. It is thought it was intended to catch the the President- ial party, as it was rumored they were to come on the train. From a field of six acres Mr. R. Faer, of theI5th -concession of Blenheim, re- cently threshed 300 bushels of tine plump barley ; thus averaging 50 bushels to the acre. -James Ferguson, of.North Yarmouth, his little son Solomoh, Ek141(1 his nephew Duncan Ferguson aged 14, on Saturday "last, from 11 A. M. till ni ht,bound 2;680 sheaves of oats. -A ' destructive fir occurred in Guelph on Monday evening last. The extensive hardware store of Horsrean Brothers was !completely destroyed. Loss about $50,000. -At Galt on Wednesday of last week a quoit match was played betWeen Alex. Muir, of Beaverton, and tIames Dobson, of Galt, for the chamiaionehip of the Do- minion; resulting in favor of Mr. Dobjon, by nine shots. I -It Is said that the Ceunty Treasurer for North Renfrew is a defaulter to the T- amount will be paid by hilt father in y p -John Yost, of the 1q 91 concession of Minto, 'had about an acre of fall wheat p. which was so badly frozen in July t at 1 he cut it for hay, the piece being se si u - f ated that he could not pasture it. be 1 stubbleS grew up,' and he Is now harv t- ing a very fair crop of fall wheat fr the sarne piece. '1 I -Contracts have been made zit Osha for fall !delivery Of potatees at 40 ce Per bushel. The Crop is expected to yi pretty well, some 'farmers stineating t - they hate 300 bualiels to the acre. is a pretty high figure, but the crop' is generally reported to be far better than last year's. -There are few towns in the ProvieIce enjoying the same amount of railway ac- commodation that thy town of Lindiay is now in possession of. No less th:013 passenger trains pass in and out of the town daily, while a geet Of a dozen lor more steamboats ply dailY between the various tillages on the river. -Recently a farmer living near Glen- morris, sold 400 bushels of wheat to- Mr. Harvie ef that place which over -ran -40 bashels in weight or 06 pounds per bush- el oleaaure. Another -grist brought i in weighed 64 pounds to the'bushel. The above is a fair sample of the wheat erf p in that neighborhood this season. -Parties who have used Paris Green on their potato patchee, should be cafe- ful in disposing of the tope. Last week Mr. E. Marr, butcher, of Kincardine, lpst a valuable cow by the- thoughtleeS- ness of a neighbor throwing potato tops, on which the poispn bed been used, into the enclesure where the cow was kept! ! -A man named Pepdleton, of St. Thomas, has eloped with the wife of M Stevens, a confectioner of the same tow one child, and Mrs. Stevens has left a husband and three children. They has e gone to the States. Pendleton is abont 40 years of age, and Mrs. Stevens is said mates that the' sum brought ' filth the province by the, M 'nnonite immigration is $500,000, and the recent arrival of 35 families have net 1 s than $10,000. There are Menno ite settlements in the Western States, b t the land system there does not t of special reserva- tions, and ISlanitob has thus been en- abled to present gre ter inducements for this class of stettlers Here the commu- nity can organize itself fully according to its traditions,, incluc:ing the rural village life of the dorf-eor dorp, as we believe the word is anglicized -a custem which has great merit ,socielly and industrially, and will warrant some fullness of detail. A group of families -usually sixteen in number -take th rately, but proceed gether, selecting th nation for a village a street o chains plot divided into h public use. A tract tillage is then select is enclosed, and wit of a family cultivat allotment -for there that he finds conve ow, held also in e and the reixtainder homesteads ie used and other animals, attended by a herds the dorf. The vill subdivisions are dist - The houses -only to throw them to - most desirable sit-. orf, through which ide is laid? and the f -acre lots, with ee- l], school,Ior other most suitable for d in a block, which in which each bead s that portion of his is no communism - lent, A hay mead-, veraity, is chosen, of the consolidated hich are invariably an who is paid by ge lots and other ibuted by lot. ; ound in the dorf- are comfortable, heated by central brick yens, wartming th ee or four teems. he same roof usual y extends over ,sep- rate lodgings for cattle, although in his respect there is growing tendency y has a yoke of ox n, two cows, and in- efinite poultry. Tile pig is not wanting, nd th, ere are 500 sheep and 150 horses on he Rat River resery'ation. VALUABLE PROPEItTY FOR SALE. -For 0 Sale, Lot 24, Con, 6, McIiallop, cioutaining 100 T acres, 80 of which are cleared id free from stumps. A bearing orehard, four w lls, also a liv- ing stream of water.; a brick house nd two large frame barns and sheds ; within 3 niles of Sea - forth. -Also the south 25 acres of L t 26, Con. 7, IltIcKillop, half of which is eleared, with a frame house. --Also that beautifully situated brick resi- dence and grounds, containing 7 acres, in Hayfield, lately owned by Mr. Brownson. Terms liberal. One-half or less of the purchase money down, the balance to remain on mortgage for 5 or 10 years. Immediate possession given. Appl -to' the pro- prietor, Seaforth P. 0. S. HANN ATT. 506 VARMS FOR SALE. -For Sale Lot No. 30, Con - K cesaion 7, Hibbort, containing 110 acres. Also East half of Lot 30, Concession 6, boutaining 50 acres. There are 80 acres cleared lid in a good state of cultivation on the fornaer and 85 acres cleared on the latter. First class b dings on the large farm but no buildirias on the small. Is six miles from Sealarth and colavenie t to Schools. The farm is one of the best ia the co inty of Perth, and is Within 3 milea of the Grand Trunk and 6 miles of the London, Huron and Place Railways. There are three spring wells on the I, rge farm and a living spring on the small one. The two farms will be sold separately or together For further particulars apply to the proprietor Carroiabrook. -ALUABLE MILL PROPERTY.. '.011 SALE. -7 The property is situated on th Town Plot of rey, about 3; miles from Ethel s ation„ on the outhern Extension of the \Yellin on, Grey and .orse 'engine, 40 -horse 5 -flue boiler, large circular edging and butting saws, shingle a a heading ma- chiue and shingle jointer, The m chinery is all and eight months. This is a rare hante for men of capital, as there is a good. local .rade, and any quantity of Timber of a/1 kinds to b had. Satis- factory reasons given for selling. F ill particulars -on application to GARROW BRO HERS, Grey Post Office. N, B. -All notes and, i ccoonts over- due must be settled at once, aucl sate trouble and VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Salo, Lot t 16 and ateith half Lot 17, Con. 1, Hay, contain- ing 150 acres, r20 of which aro cle tred and in a geed state of cultivation- There is a good brick house and a frame cottage, the hal n, stable, cow stable and other Outbuildings are al frame ; there etre about 10 aeres of. choice apple, pear and other fruit trees, and about 300 spruce troes planted 10 years. There is a, never4ailing stream running through the centre of the farm, ort which is a good mill site, good gravel road on two sides- of the farm. It is situated ono mile froni Hensall sta- tion and four miles from Exeter, ori the LOndon Road, and is just across the road froni the Rodger - rale po,t (arta: and church. For fu -titer particu- lars app:v to JAMES W. ELDER, Veterinary Surgeon, Seaforth P. O. 481 a democracy. The heads of families an - chief executive office , constantly confer- nually select a Mayo or Reeve, who is ripg with his cons ituents. Over the whole community is a President or h. - der, elected for five ears, and who, asso- ciated with the May r of the dorfs, form a court for the final adjustment of all disputes and the ,ena tment of a,11 necesf in all matters relating to a separate lila lege in concurrence with the Mayor thereof. The church organ!ization is quite dis- tinct from the civil aldministration. The people elect a clergyman in ' each dorf, and a bishop to preside over the whole community for peril ds of ,five years. They receive no stip nds. The teachers of the schools -one held in each village - are ehosen by the people, but are paid a moderate compensa ion. Marriages ar free -no allotment- as formerly amoug the Moravia,ns-and I usually contracted early, the parties of en remaining wit the most prosperous f the parents for year or two. An admirable system of mutual insu- rance against fire prevails, under a board of Directors elected by the whole coins munity. The insured are not restricted in amount, but co tribute pro rata in case of any loss., I The Mayor of a derf, with two assist- ants, constitutes an Orphan Court for the distribution of estates, and the custody of the funds of orphans, for which the property of every villager is liable ; ducting from the sai orphan fund uhat•I -er contributions f r the relief of the few destitute may be fpund necessary. For most of these interesting particuJ rs we are indebted to Mr. William' espeler, immigratiora agent of the Do - inion of Canada, who ascertained in 71, during a trip Ito Germany, that a ennonite emigi-ation to this continent as probable, and w o visited Southern ussia in 1872. U on his representas ons, and under his auspices, a delega- on came to Manito la in 1872, and se- cted the resertetio near Rat River ; cted effort have res lted in the eoloni- tion which is the su ject of the present 1 la ' Lit.S.,, Tuckeramith, containing, 100 'acres, 80 1.1. of whieh axe cleared and. in a good state of eultiva- in Uwe the balanee is well timbered with tlw hest of 18 .arau tiod , taere is a nrst-class _bin. house 38x28, ,, I, kitelan 24x1; -c with stone cellar . unt ex both house L' and, kitelan z a good frame barn x40, driving w houSe 4500, with stone basement and cattle R houaes the whole length of both buildings : leading fi from the cattle hoese below is a large roo1 house, u 200, dug out of the solid bank., built of solid stone ti. aud lime and arched. over with brick,. and is frost . le pest ; there are 3 wells, each about 40 feet deep, , an hula up with brick, and. are never -failing springs of water ; there is a good orchard of apples, pears, re Fatima, cherries, grapes, and small fruits , also za about:300 roods of drains with tiles carefully laid 'CO down ; the stables are all floored with stone, care- filllY, and evenly laid ; also log barn .48x28, and 2 stables. Is situated 7 miles from Exeter, 10 from Seaforth, and 2 from Henslill station. Convenient at ta achoola and churches. Terras-i-','2,000 to be ATTEMPTED TRAIL -WAECKING. --, An tempt was made ditch the New paid down, the remainder to snit purcLasers. Ap- „ ply to the proprietor on the premises or to Hensaii P. 0. STONEMAN. 496-4x rai hite Mountains by riving a piece of 1 between the rails t the switch io the a ts ld iat • the young man mentioned had a narrow escape from being shot. Her brother was shooting at a target, and' his. Sister went to see the result of his shot when a. shot was sent, just � escaping her by a few inches. -A slight diversion in the' polling on the Dunkin Act by-law in Toronto; was occasioned by the appearance of Hon. Wm. Macdougall, who, addressing'- His Worship, said, "'Mir. Mayor, may 1t ask you a question?" ,"Certainly," replied the Mayor. " Whicway did Hon. Oliver Mowat vote?" "For the bill," returned His Worship. "Then," said Mr.' Mac- dougall, " I vote ''against it," and he did so accordingly. -The last swindle : A peddler calls at a house, with a fine lot of articles, which he offers at ruinous sacrifices, he makes a sale and goes his way. The next day two men drive up to the house with printed the the ect- h e de - bills, giving an aecurate account of robbery of a certain store, and 'claim, property as stoleO. This the unsnap ieg victim is lead to believe, whet. gives up the goods and the swindler part. -On Saturday evening as Mrs. B ham, residing in Nazareth street, Mo tre- al, was passing altang Ottawa street, she met a young man who bad thrown a blif- falo skin over his Shoulders, and was hop- ing along on all fours, On seeing this nondescript animal, Mrs. Beckha re- ceived such a fright that her life is ow despaired of. • She has been taking faint- ing fits continuously since, and has I not returned to consciousness. The yeuth ran, and is not known. -On Sunday last the barn of Willow Mills, Wardsville, was struck by light- ning and entirely destroyed, together with the year's crops, farming imple- ments, wagons, &c. and the fire spread- ing to the stable, tliat also was burned. 18 The loss ia said•to be about $1,5N, to cover which there is an insurance of 00: This latter, however is said to be i a company which is said to have failed a month since, so that the loss of Mrs. Mills will be hard to bear. -While Carrie and Willie Rehul,aged 6 and 8 years, children of Henry Raul, of Chatham, were playing on the banks of the flax mill pond, both children sud- denly slipped into the water. The boy succeeded in saving himself, but some ten minutes elapaed before the little irl could be rescued, and although- me cal help was speedily procured, and ev ry effort made to resuscitate her, all ef- forts failed, and life was found to be ex- tinct. ---The failure of Henry Parker, tbe ab- sccesding provision 'merchant, late of Mon- treal, has been indirectly the causel of revelations in the freight department of the Grand Trunk .11ailway Company, re- sulting in the dismissal of aome 30 of its employes at stations all along thejine east and west. The misdemeanor fdl which these clerka have been dismissed was ahe delivering up of freight without the ship- ping bills being produecd, which in Most cases may be presumed to have been by reason of misplaced. confidence in the par- ties to whom the freight was delivered.. -A young man by the name of John Steller, while engaged threshing at Mr. Bullock's, near Plattsville, in the town- ship of ,Blenheim, was caught by 4is pants by the tumbling rod of the hose power, and had ip not been for his pies- Cnce of mind, he would have been crueh- ed to deatb. As Boon as he saw he Was caught he grabbed the tumbling rod with both hands, and held on till all his clothes were torn off, excepting the. wrist -band of one shirt sleeve.. the rod was only some six inches from the ground, and bad be let go for one o- ment he would have been torn to piec s, but fortunately he escaped with a 4w bad bruises but no bones broken. -Some fifteen years age a gentle an left Guelph for the northern part of he country, in a somewhat impecunious On- dition, At that time he owed Mr.e. withal to settle the amount. He prom- ised, however, to send the amount aas soon as he was , able. The matter hlad long since escaped Mr. 'Kelly's memoay, and his surprise can well be imagined when, on going to the Post Office a few days ago, he reCeived a letter from the party, now living in Meaford, in which was enclosed a five -dollar note, one dol• lar being allewed as interest. Verily he was an honest man. -The Trenton Courier of the 16th inst. gives the following particulars of, a most extraordinary occurrence : On last Monday night, at Mr. Delany's Miss Hattie Gould, having heated a penholder over the lamp was frizzing her beau - catchers when suddenly a loud report was heard, and upon examination it was found that the tin barrel on the end of the wooden handle had burst into a number of fragments, fearfully , lacerating her hand and face, which bled profusely_ One portion struck the lamp chimney aad broke a hole in it ae if struck by a pis ol ball. The young ladies in the room, with ber were summoned by tbe repo -t. Fortunately it is thought none of the wounds are deep enough to leave a scar to mar the beauty of her face. No. theory advanced se ms to sufficiently . c- -It appears tha a man named Joint Hogg, in the emplo of Joseph Relinger farmer and drover, at Little Germany, County of Waterloo, fell in love, with! a maid -servant who formerly lived at 14- linger's. He was not successful in his wooing, and lacking courage to press his suit further, enlisted the employer's w fe on his side to plead his cause with t e young lady. Thisl it appears had no ef- fect, for a short time ago Anthony Re - linger, brother of Joteph, married the girl, and settled quietlly down to, domes- tic life in the townshiP of Wilmot. T e hired man Hogg brooded over the aff ir a good deal, and finally must have coMe to the conclusion that he had been clasped by his advocate, Mrs. Relinger. ide vowed vengeance and bided his ti e, and when Saturday, the 4th inst., ca e itself, as his employer had gone to N w York, an'd Mrs. Relinger was out in 't e woods picking berries. Ile entered t e ouse and with an axe smashed every - to be 33. Jacques, of. Chatham, was dringeroualy wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun while out duck -shooting.. He was drawing his gun after him hill 1 cocked, when it became entangled in the weeds, which 'caused it to dis- charge. It is feared the bey cannot re- - At a meeting of Paris Presbyteay held a few days ago at Woodstock, a call te the Rev. Mr. McTavish, Woodstock, was presented from the ,Free Church, Inverness, Scotland, signed by 940 meni- hers and adherents. Mr. McTavish ac- cepted the call, and the Rev. Mr. Little was appointed to preach the church ‘74. cant on the 9th September: -The following charges have been preferred against the Public School In- spector for the county of Elgin, and 'a committee has been appointed to inveati- gate them : (1) Engaging in lumber and other business transaetions interfering with his " Official duties. (2) improper conduct with women. (3) Favoritism. (4) And having mere schoola tinder his care than the law allows. - -The aad intelligence reached Kincar- dine on Friday evening of last week that Lake Shore, Huron, while visiting a mitie in Jopla,nd., Missouri, op the 1st instal* his life by suffocation. Alr! Ritchie. w s a very promising young mae only 22 yea of age, aod his Many friende will be pa*. ed to hear of his untimely death io strange land. -A daughter of Joseph S. Jamiesorn. formerly pf Durham, now of the Centre - Lines of 'Osprey, while swingipa with an elder 'sister on the evening Of the 15th inst., was accidentally thrown from the swing, and struck by the swiftly moving seat, on which her sister was yet . standing. The blow broke her neck, ' death ensuing in a few Moments. D ceased was 13 years of -Ao approximate estimate of the co t of surveying the boundary !line. betwee Canada and the Alaslta, has been su mitted to both the' Governments of Ca - ada and the United, States. It is put down at $15,000,000. This means aa impossibility at present. A recent sur- vey at the Stikeen River places the boundary eighteep mileS from the coast to the point .where that river in- tersects the mountain range parallel wit the coast. -As the train from Stratford watt nearing Thorndale, on Wednesday, young man named Harry Henwooel jumped off the train and. received a broken 'leg, besides a number of injurieS. It seems that he pin -chased! a ticket for Stratford on the condition that they would let him off on the: return trip. The train, however, did net stop at this station, and he jumped offi' The result of his daring act was that he was stun- ned, and on being Carried to a place .of safety he was found to have received- a number of wounds, as well as a fracture. of the leg, On the same day a sister uf • h i►IcL AN BROTHERS, Pablitihera. 51 50 a Year, in advance. thing in it, ripped up all the clothing be could find, and battered a gold watch to pieces, besides battering some twenty - dollar gold pieces out ef all shape. After this he killed a couple of cows, and was proceeding to fire the barn when some parties appeared on the scene and took him into custody. The value of the property destroyed is'about $1,000. The time occupied in Performing the work of destruction was about three hours. Hogg was afterwards, brought before a magistrate, who committed him to stand his trial for destroying property. -The County Council of Norfolk met at Simcoe on Wednesday afternoon of last week, for the purpose of considering the advisability of rebuilding the poor house on the Industrial Farm, the house having been burned down a few nights ago. Some of the principal men were strongly in favor of :selling the present Industrial Farm of 100iacres,and purchas- ing 15 acres of firsttclass land nearer the town of Simcoe, and erecting a brick building on it. Other') suggested I build- ing a substantial wooden building P n the old ground!). The general opinioil; how- ever, was to erect al brick buildng on the old ground. Thie, after consider- able discussion, was sialopted. .A com- mittee was appointed to proceed w th the work at once. --A few days ago William Gra am, a young man not long from Scotland, was going quietly towards Wellington Bridge, in Montreal, when a gang of -ei ht or ten rowdies surrounde him, and one of them, John Durkin, a tacked an4 beat him, tbe only reason being that thev thought him an Orangeman. He Taped out of their hands, an4 by the ad ice of a gentleman who was passing brought a policeman to the spot. John Durkin was arrested, and appeared before the Recorder, who observed that society had reached a deplorable condition when an inoffensive man was attacked by a lot of cowards because he belonged to this, that, or the other party. Durkin as sent down for two mon hs with hard bor. -The village of Ilderton on the Lon- don, Huron and Bruce iailway, near London, was, on Saturday, thrown into a great state of excitement through the report that a criminal assault had been attempted by one Robert Neil, on, Ara- bella Jane Paisley, daughter of a farmer residing in the neighborhOod. Neil was speedily arrested; and late in the even- ing he was brought to London, no fewer than three wagon loada of men and wo- men, thoroughly indignant at the wretch, accompanying him. Sqeire Peters began an investigation into the case tic:king the' evidence of the girl, her motler, and Messre. C. R. David and Donaldl Mc- Millan, who saw the man and girl go- ing through a field together. The pris- oner was committed. for trial at the Fall -Before the Wellington Board of Ex- aminers, the number of applicants for third-class certificates was 201, and out of this number 70 were successful. -Be- fore the Halton Board 63 thirdiclass candidates appeared. Twenty of these had not taught previously and will at- tend a session of the l'afodel Scheel at Milton for instruction in the practical part of their profession.1-In Perth there were 123 third-class candidates 68;were successful. Of these three obtained cer- tificates, and the remaining 65 will he re- quired tp attend at least one sessiOn at the Stratford Model school. -At the El- gin county exatninations 43 out of 112 candidates were successful in passing the third-class examination, but all have to attend the County model school before obtaining certificates. -In Oxford, out of 95 candidates for third-class, six were, successful in obtaining certificates, while 25 more, who passed the examinatioa Were declared eligible to enter the Coun- ty Model school. -On Sunday afternoon last a very ex- tensive robbery was committed in __East Zorra. Mr. Richard Varly, who lives on lot 28, copcession 11, was at church with his family in the afternoon, be- tween the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock. Dur- ing that time hia house was entered, and a cash box containing over $60 in cash, notes to the value of $634,.and a deposit receipt for $140 -in all over $800 -car- ried off with all its contehts. The cash box was in a cupboard, in the house, and was locked. The cupboard, however, was not locked, and the thief would, therefore, have no difficulty in securing his booty. Mr. Varly discovered what had happened shortly after his return home, and at once gave the alarm. Sus- picion pointed to a man who had been in the employ of Mr. Varly for a few days the week previous, and who had been around that section of country since. Search was made for him, but he could. not be found. Mr. Varly com- municated at once with allpoints, so as, if possible, to secure the arrest of the guilty party, but as yet be has eluded the bands of the police. -On Wednesday evening, about half - past 8 o'clock, as the steamer Empress of India was leaving the harbor, at Tor- onto, having on board a Jarge number of season ticket holders op a moonlight ex- cursion, great consternation was caused in consequence of what all thought to be inevitable -a collieion with the steamer City of Toronto. It- appears that during the afternoon a schooner ran agrourid in the western channel opposite the Queen's wharf, and at tbe hour named a tug was • engaged in towing her off, and for ,that ; 1 purPose had a line fast to the schoener. The City then hove in sight, and beaded t for the entrance. The tug signalled to her to pass in a certain way, and she was abput doing so when the lights of the Erdpress were observed in the chan- nel, immediately in the course of the City. The Empress people were not aware of the condition of affairs between the City and the tug, and could not un- derstand why the former had turned. out of her course. The result was confusion on the part of the efficers of the !Em- press, as it was impossible for thein to decide what action to take undo the circumstances. Both steamers were heading for one another, and so immi- nent was the danger that the officer in the wheel -house of the Empress called on the passengers on*deck to run aft as the City would 'be on board of them. A general rush from the bow of the boat ensued, and several ladies fainted. The vessels approached each other, and dis- astrous consequences were only averted by tbe cool heads of the officers of both boats. They cleared each other by less than six feet • so close were they in fact that it wouldnot have been difficult to to jump from either vessel to the other. It was the narrowest escape from a ter- rible accident that has occurred in the harbor for many a year.' -A delegation, representing the Pro- testant workingmen of Montreal, waited on Hon. Mr. Mackenzie last Saturday, with the object of securing a grant of Dominion land for a settlement. The Premier stated that the Government had no lands at their disposal except at Manitoba, and as the men desired to settle in Ontario, he advised them to ap- ply to the Ontario Government. -Some time ago Mr. S. B. Rosevear, of Stratford, sent to a friend in England. --Mr. A. Nicholson, Fareham, Hants - several specimens of the Colorado beetle, as a curiosity, and he in turn ferwarded them to the manager of the Alexandra Palace, London, _The little striped in- sect so common in Canada, was thought cif sufficient importance to have a case all t' itself, and to be specially advertised i the leading papers of the metropolis. he manager, also telegraphed to Mr. icholson to send him a pair of beetles -- n, ale and female -offering to pay all ex- Penses. On Thursday Mr. Rosevear de- spatched to his address about a scme of bugs, together with some other Cana,cliaxi plant enemies. Should any of them 'ehcape by the way, the vegetable grow- ers of Great Britain will soon see enough of them without going to London, for they increase with incredible rapidity. -In the library of the Toronto Me- Chanics' Institute, there are 8,080 volumes of books, the largest number in the list for Ontario. The Hamilton In- stitute has 5,291, that of Dundas, in- cluding 300 volumes just added, 3,075. Elora has 2,845, and St. Marys 2,433, wihich is creditable to the reading char - /Later of those two places, seeing that t4ey surpass in this respect Brantford and Guelph, which boast 2,376 and 2,1200 volumes respectively, and the volumes respectively. Other Institutes ci ies of London and St. Catharines w ich possess but 1,501 and 2,203 Ossessing more than 2,000 volumes are : 2, 52 ; and Peterborough, 2,019 ; Fergus re urns 1,255 ; and Welland and Walk- erton stand lowest on the list, with a credit to each of 138 volumes. -Last Saturday afternoon, Rev. C. Lazanby, Primitive Methodist minister ofi Plattsville, County of Oxford, was driowned while bathing in Smith's Creek, .iblt a short distance from the village. D ceased had only been married a few weeks, and came on this circuit after the conference this summer. He bad been recommended to bathe for the bene- fit' of his' health, and attended by a small b y was doing so, when it is supposed • h was taken with cramps, as he was an excellent swimmer, and drowned before aslustance arlived. The boy as soon as h could collect his thoughts, gave the al, tan, but the time, neceesary for help to ar ive and to secure the body precluded all hopes of resuscitation. Much sym- • pathy is felt for the widowed bride, who haS so soon and so suddenly been bereft of an affectionate husband and a faithful pr tector. As an instance of his fore- th ught and regard, he had taken out a life assurance policy for a thousand dol- lars 'aud he bad only received the policy the 'day previoue to his death. -On Saturday morning last a com- mercial traveller named Tee engaged a -horse and buggy at Sipes & Stauffer's liviery 8table, Galt. In driving along Main street his hat blew off, and after getting out to recover it the animal ran away, caueing a big commotion for a few minutes. The runaway first collided with a Mr. McLachlan's buggy, smash- ing a wheel of it. The horse, to which it was attached, was firmly tied to a hitching post, and was unable to break loOse. Tne new hotel 'bus, owned by Mr. _ Colwell, which was standing in frent of the hotel door, the horses being unitied, appeared to be the next object the runaway made for. As soon as the cotlision took place the 'bus horses start- edloff, a.nd before proceeding far upset, making the 'bus almost a complete- wrel ck. Before the original runaway had stepped, a milknian's wagon was run into and smashed, and by this time there was very- little of the buggy, to which it was attached, left. The travel- ler Tee had the buggy he hired to pay pfoari,rsa.. nd besidei gave a handsome con- tribution towards the cost of the 'bus re- -A young couple came to Drumbo, a small village in the township of Blen- heim, one night last week to get mar- ried, in a great hurry, and made appli- cation to R. Pierce, hotel keeper, to in- form them how they would proceed, as they said they had never done anything of the kind before, and did not know what was required. So the obliging hotel keeper took the bridegroom to S. A; Brown, Esq., and procured the licenae leeessary, paying the fee, $2, like a ittle man. He had. then to go and hunt up the minister, but it being a little late he reverend was in bed, but as the mat- ter had to be attended to he was routed. out, and proceeded to Pierce's hotel and prepared to tie the knot. He wanted to ! know what county they 'lived in, but they did not know ; he then asked the name of the township, but they were ignorant of that also. By enquiring of Lsome other parties, they were found. to belong to the County of Oxford, town- s hip of Blaudford. The bappy couple were soon bound in the bonds of holy matrimony, and sent on their way re- joicing. The groom said he would have come down in the morning, but he had to " haul in peas." Where ignorance is - blies, 'tie folly to be wise. •