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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-08-31, Page 17GUST ait 1877. - Iiimimminommidumsms r Mr. John -G. Proctor, of actor & Duda, whe have 4,3,20%. the whole 'work Ed by the first of January trztthy, Bsq,. Irt&Mager of ,eas_ Exeter, WaS enter- tpper. an Monday evening . Hotel, by the customers of ie affair wee a grand. cane- trathy is very popular in tas shown himself to be nese man. He is removing Ind to take charge of a Ison's Bank there. setpal Counnii of the town - eery will let i a job of deep.. doting the creek running 58', 59 and 60, in the lat el lots 1, 2, 4, and 4, con - the Councils:meeting to be hall, Bittevaie, on Wednea- 9th. Tenders will be re - Clerk up to 2 o'clock P.. M. nd to- to be narked, " Ten- a." The work will be let on, or by the whole. Smith, of Londesborough, vay home from Blyth, on rening with his threshin with an accident on the villagethee of the linea a, his holies attempted tte. Mr. 'Smith bolding on to brought than upon a log he axle, of the wagon. Mr. Br with a Mr. Crawford, -ff, but escaped corapa,ra- red. a osth :DERFUL ..,81 8. HMS BARGAINS 't ---AT • T ----- L777' tIMENCIN-0 IMPRO VE - N 'OUR STORE IT NECESSARY TO ,E OUR PRESENT OK TO HaLF ITS SIZE., VE DECIDED KING vas THE E. OF 111, SEASON, I Ural be elacii; as gratify' e very buy - Sale will:contain glasses of, the SUMMER; GOODS. QUOTA; A "ENT' eTIC ULAIla hNES, at 94 icents per Ya1d,- :20e. I • BRONZE,. a 10 cents per price,22 centej. LEISTRES, int set emelt:ea prim- 20 cental 6 GOODS. at i 16, IS, 20, tO1 th. 25 and 50 Cents. , 1: • n. at /5. cents, worth 22 mita., i . i pi sized Para ol for 25 eents [Liy in. town at ,0 cents. i NT, at 6, 8, ICI, ani 121 asista 16 cents- , , 15, 18, and 20 carts, worth TE COTTONS at Greatiy Re at Prices next to- Nothing. !..s.IrG ELS OilT TYE g SCALE. e and Country People Great Kale at Your the 777.1 Do Not ent s- Worth Else- iD you have seen teguin..t.., a glance 'hick will colt* ice yon that. ie 777's is. the place it Your Money. te First Trtrae we have ry other Sore in Sell- , eap, arid . ;in the :nt Competition LLL TRIUMPH.", !riff to the Sale. MOODALL„ & C0.1, Street., Seaford:yr - - • • PEwuU YEAR. WHOLE No. 508. REAL ESWATE, iFOR, SALE. -V031 SALE. -For Sale, a new frame cottage and -1: one -filth of an acre lot, aithated on North Main Street, Seaforth, cheap for cash or on easy terms, as the owner is leaving Seafoith. AppLy to A. STRONG, Land Agent. 1 498 VARA/ FOR .111 SATn ATI.-0anwares.ry aWan0Sh, n • 1/1 aii:t -*-• Huron. County, 2 miles fro Auburn, 100 acre s cleared; well fenced and iv ered ; log house, a young orchard, frame barn d stabling. Terms liberal br cash or 031 tirae to etiitpurebaser. Apply So WM. BROWN, Auburn P. 0. , 507 I "ROB SALE. -A two storey frame house and out- ' : buildings, situatedon the Market Square of Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building is very suitable for a boarding house or a, public business. For particulars apply to W., N. WATSON, Sea - forth, or to DANIEL GORDOiN, Goderich. 493 ' FARNI FOR SAL-Pl.-For Sain050 beirtg the south half of Mop ; 25 aeres cleared, wit i2x50, log dwelling house, an ling through the place. Terms !pray to A. STRONG, Land acres of land, Lot 20, Con. 12, Me - 'Mew frame barn Spring creek run - to sutit purchaser. Agent, Seaforth, 508x4 ---4-1 ICIOUSE FOR SAL -R. -A G 1-1- desirable house, with new icre lot, on Rattenbury street hderalid hard and. soft -watei ;bed, and unusual couvenie Lpply to the undersigned, Minton. , -eat Bargain. ' That 'additions, and i Clinton -9 rooms. tanks, c,klar, wood - CeE3 on the premises. br.- APPLETON, 50143 VARAI FOR SALE. -For sae, li 9, Con. 9, Hullett, containing Ire well cleared, without stUI4lp�, Itate of cialtivation, being 'we1 tlae premises there is a new frame barn -and two frame sab1es, bearing orchard and never -f • Apply to DA.VID rfTT,Te on Constance P. 0. West half Of Lo 60 acres, 40 acres and in a good underdrained ; on frame house 22x32, also a good • g well -with pump. ithe premises, or to 500-4x i t'ARM FOR SATAT4.-Lot X Stanley, containing 100 ac 76 acres cleared, the balance bush. ' There is on the place al kame:barn, and frame shed, atad good Orchard and two splendid miles frora Brucefield station For farther particulars apply tie Clinton, or on thepremises 22, Concession 2, es 01 excellent land; in good hardwood large ,brick house, three stables; a wells. Is only 24 and 6 from Clinton. jOHN MeQUEEN, 1 608 -p.riRm FOR SALE. -For Sala -L: half of 26, and. half of 28- cession, London Roa.d Surve taing 200 acrett. The farm wll or hi two parts to snit pnrch4.aer. huililinge, good orchard, pl within four miles .of Seaforth, field stations. Apply on the sTRONG, Land Agent, Seafo,:th. lot No. 27, imd op the Fourth Con- , Tuekersraith, con- be sold as a whole First-claes out nty of -water, end and three of Brace - promisee, or to A. 508-4x -• illikt FOR SAT. -For sake -a:: within 3 miles of Ses.fortla Graiel Road, eontaining. 48 aims, oleared and in good condition, and oraherd well watered. Price a desirable farm near the Northern about 40 acres also good buildings $2,600. Also a ings worth $3000,beautifully situated, containing 50 sores, and -within one and a half nines of Seaforth. Forfarther particulars apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. • 501 QP1•0ENDID iAlal FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot No. 6, Concession 7, Eu1ett, containing 100 scree, with the exception of s me village lots, sit- uated close by the village f Xinburn, 74 miles from Seaforth, and 84- mile from Clinton, with, good gravel roads to both. J Never -failing water, an orchard, containing some j200 trees. Comfort- able house, good barn and stables, fences in good repair, 90 acres under cultlivation. For further particulars apply on the preMises, or by post to the proprietor, R. N. ADAMS, C nstance P. 0. 508 VALUABLE PROPERTY For Sale, a comfortable with about 2f acres of land a well and other conveniences. of choice young fruit trees of bnildins are all in good r clean and in good order. Th ly situated. Also two park 1 each, well adapted for mar farther particulars apply to premiees, or to Seaforth BURLING. IN HARPURTMY,-- rame dwelling house, taehed. Good stable, There are 5. number various kinds. The pair, and the land is property is pleas ant- ts containing 4 acres et gardening. For he proprietor On the ost Office. MOSES 501 • ARGE FA1tM FOR SAI .-For Sale, that • beautiful farm,, compria g Lot 26, Con. 12, said the aorth three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 11, I75 acres in all, situated in the Township of Mc - County of Huron, on the leading gravel road, midway between Seaforth and Brusse14. The farm is in a good's tate of cultivation, well fenced and watered, and convenienttto chureh and sehool; 135 acres are cleared and the balance hardwood timber. On the farm is a dwelling house, good outbuildings, and a young brchard. For further particulars address S A lliTUFIT, HANNA, Oil City, Pennsylvania, U. S. - 473 AtALUABTal PROPERT FOR' SALE. -For Y Sale, Lot 24, Con. 6, Me illop, containing 100 acres, 80 of which are cleared and free from stumps. A bearing orchardgour wells, also a liv- ing, stream of water; a brickhouse and two large frame burns and sheds; wi hat 3 miles of Sea - forth. -Also the south 25 sues of Lot 25, Con. 7, Ide-Killop, half of whieh is pleated, with a frame house, -Also that beautifully situated brick resi- dence and grounds, containing 7 acres, in Bayfield, lately owned by Mr. Brownson. Terms liberal. One-half or less of the purchase money down, the - balance to remain on mortg*.e for 5 or 10 years. Irare,ediate possession giveri. Apply to the pro- prietor, Seaforth P. 0. S. HAN.`NAII. 506 • -FARMS FOR SALE. -Fox J: cession 7, Hibbert, coat BSA half of Lot 30, Comes sores. There are 80 acres Sale Lot No. 30, Con- - g 100 acres. . Also fon 6, oontaining 50 eared and in. a good state of, cultivation en the former and 35 acres cleared on the latter. First class bnildingson the large farm, but no buildingaon the small. .1s six relies from Seaforth and, cOnvenient to Schools.. The farm is one of the best in the county. of Perth, and is within a nnles of th,e Grand Trunk and 6 i) miles of the London, Huron and Bruce Railways. There are three spring welt rt the large farm and • a living spring on the smelt one. : The two farms • will be soldseparately or gether. For farther Jpfietor Carronbrook. 50.. _ •,- SEAFORTHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 187 WHEATIN TILE NORTHWE8T4EN STATES The figures compiled by seeeral of the leading American papers :with respect to the quantity of eameriban wheat grown and gathered. this year in the most im- portant wheat- rowing States of the Union, are impo tant and interesting. We select the Chicago Tribune's esti- mate, by Which it appears that there have been secure about, in round num- bers, as under : 1 18 5. 1876. 1877. Btis.els Bushe Busitele. Minnesota.. ... 27, 10,000 16,000, 00 85,000,000 Iowa.. • 29,001.000 18,000,00 37,000,000 Wisconsin26,0( 1.000 15,000, 00 25,000,000 Kansas.. 12,11 1 ,000 2,000,q00} •20,000,000 , Total.- 98,00 ,000 61,000,0 117,000,000 1 Showing that he four late above mentioned will h ve say 6,0 0,000 bush- - els more wheat sell than try had last year. I - These figures e compiled mainly from the estimates a d reports of the Agri- cultural Bureau of the Alnited States, and the acreage •mown to be under.wheat has aided in., the calculation In 1875, kr example, Mi nesota . had sn.' acreage of 1,764,000, in 1876 1,574,000, in 1877 1,990,000 acres, nd se great is the aver- age yield as corn ared with last year, that the:Tribune cons ders 35.000,000 bushels against a little o_ i half that quantity last year, as a safe calculation. The New York Bulletin c nsiders that the wheat crop in Californi this year will fall short of last year by p rhaps 12,000,000 bush- els, but the aggr gate crop of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohi , Indiana,Ian. Michi- gan will exceed est year by 35,000,000 to 40,000,000 b 'shels. The! cenclusion drawn from thes figures and the assump• tion that wheat will be freely _ sold by farmers at 90 ce tslis that the farmers • of the United S atesewill receive nearly $50,000,000 mor for their crop of wheat thieyear than t ey did last. I 00 particulars apply to the pr JOHN Met:JON:NELL. VALUABLE MILL Pit° EpTY FOR SALE. - The property is situatat on the Town Plot of Grey, about 3 miles from thel station, on tit Southern Extension of the Wellington, G-rey and Bruce Railway: The ma4inery consists of 35 - horse engine, 40 -horse 5 -flue boiler, large cirerthir edging and butting sa,vts, ahingIo and heading pia: chine and shingle jointer. IThe machinery is all first-class, and has only beer running about 5 year and eight months. This is 5 rare chinas 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. Fun particulars on application to GARROW, BROTHERS, Grey Poet Oftice. N. 13.-A1l notch and accounts over- due must be settled at once, laud. save trouble and expense. 475. TEN vERS WANTED. -/renders Wanted for • the Carpenter Work ot the Mansion House Hotel, in the to wn of Seafoith, now in course of erection. For informatimit apply to ROBERT CARMICHAEL, Seaforth. 508-1 1 VoSTRAY HORSE.-Strayp from Con. 32, Mc- " Gillivray, on the 25th f July list, a 3-oung horse rising 5 years old, of dark sorrel color, with white spot on forehead and Waite spot on back. Stance about 15 hands high!. Any person giving such information as willlea be suitably rewarded. B Fordwieh P. O. to his recovery will q. cooK, Ho wick, 508-4 • HORSES STRAYED OR TOLEN.-Frora Lot • 1, Con.. 12; Grey, a bay mare, with white spot an nose, white left hind fdot, white front 100t, white spat en back, and spc other is a small chestnut, spnirt on right hind leg. formation that win lead to suitably rewarded. JOHN t on right side; the with white face and y person giving in - their recovery will be 'CORNISH, Brussels P. O. 1 508 1 STORE TO RENT. -To Ault, in the Village of Egraondville, a Store Wir attaehed. The Store is commodious d well finished, and will be shelved to wit the! lessee. It was built this season. There is goed. cellar. One-fourth of an acre of land with the building,good well and stable. It is situated in the best business part of the village and there is an excellent opening lora good general store. ply to JACOB Me- an, Egmondville. 508 I I Sitting Bull nd hiB Intentions. . 1 Headquarters Fort Peck, Indian Agency, Wolf P int, Montana, Aug, 11. -Captain Edw. Allen, -of tae Mounted Police of the Br -sh possessions, arrived hero last nigbt, ireet from Fort Walsh and Woody Muntein to confer with Agent Bird on fficiallibusiness, Pertain- ing to the India De a tment, and brings the latest officia news,of Sitting Bull. For several ye rs past portions of the Assiniboine trib of Indians have been in the habit of ceieing annuities from this and the Ca adian Government._ The tribe being loca d on both sides, and near the line, w re liable to, mix camps at hunting seas.n for their general bene- fit. . Captain en's mission was to get a complete roste of our Indians'and cut them off hereaft r froni this double-deal- ing. A roster so will be sent by Major Walsh, coMman ing the police forces, to Agent Bird, of e Indians on his side of Ii the line. i•1 When on th road. I here at Woody Mountain &apt n Allen -rescued Joseph Culbertson; Y nktona interpreter for Agent Bird, froa Sitting Bull. Culbert- son had permiss on Cif ' Bird to go en a buffalo hunt, an accompanying him was one David Bum y. It appears that they went direct t the - Yanktona camp, which was acro s the line near Woody Mountain, and else near Sitting Bull. While there Bu cey I circulated a report that Genera M' er was on his way from the Yellowston to eapture Sitting Bull and tribe, and ' ne essary the Mounted Police were to ass at or drive. Sitting Ball back into be nited States. This news getting to Si ting Bull, he came , into the Yankt na amp with about 60 of his warriors 1 nd demanded Culbert- son and Berce , b t I Burcey had gone. several hours p evio site this. Culbert- son being a - h lf;b eed, and having a Yanktona squ : w f ie a wife, and their interpreter, the refased to yield to this. During thie p rle3j Papt. Allen and escort arrived, an , !after severely re- buking Sitting Bill for his impudence . and warlike ra ertson nt charge to Maio ers, sar- ing his life. Ts 11 he ex- pected to see bit tone had erne. had tried t� el bertson tells conceived the i •cey had come and take him authorities, ha police, and ste his arms for sh bertsou) to do Captain Alle says that Sitting' Bull will not be rec gnized: or admitted in the couiteil, and • ill not receiv benefits other than any fore gn Idian,l only the permission to ant and trade, the pur- chase of fixed mm nition being twenty rounds to the i an, o hunting .purposes only, by per • post command so sold is carri purpose, b§ an stopped to his punished. 1 Si hundred teep estimatafrom warriors well mounted now Sitting Buil w long, as the C nne , took Cu] W ale h 's quer e aptain sai ed.. etting, as the Yank - for iwork if Sitting Bull , fore his dema id. Odl- e th,.„ t Sitting Bali, had . ea hat himself and Ber- cro s the line to arrest - ack Jto the United States ing the assistance of the ping u,p, boldin dike, he defied , t. 11 plied with food and eting utensils, and appeared to have rather enjoyed his novel situation. It subsequently transpired that he was a friend of the -person in charge of the locomotive, who took that z 11 - -7 •••• 1 IticILEAN BROTHERS, Pubtimherm. e. f4 5to a Year, in advatte . assistance of Mr. D. Black, who bappen- ed to be in the wagon, the most serious consequences would have resulted, as the horses became frantic. Rev. Wm. Donald, of Pott Hope, has means to give him a dead -head ride. received a call to the Presbyterian con- gregation of Picton Nova Scotia. Canada. -Mr. James l'Ieffernan, of Minto, -In the township of West Zorra there threshed. recently,I280 bushels of barley, are on the voters' list 55 persons by the the product of fou'r acres of land,, giving name of Murray and .64 by the name of an average of 70 bushels to the acre. McKay. 2 -An effort is beieg. made to have the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway ex- tended from Teeswater, its present ter- minus, to Kincardine. -The charge against Mr. MeLaclalan of being an•accessory before the fact to. the burning of his priating office in Arn- prior completely broke down. -- -Mr. Donald McLellan, ex -Reeve of Bruce township, died on Wednesday morning, 22nd. inst. He was an old 'set- tler, and was much respected. -Mr. Gavin Hatnilton bound, on the farm of Mr. Thomas Hamilton, near Strasburg, Waterloo county, eight acres of spring wheat, Averaging 25 bushels per acre, in one day of 91 hours. -Upwards of fifty fine black bass were caught out of th Grand River at Galt, on Wednesday ,week, before 7 o'clock. were very large. •-a-Rev. Mr. M cRobies of Parolee, who was recently granted a' short vacation by hissessionto recruit hs health, has been presented by the ladiep of his congrega- tion with a purse ef esp. -Typhoid fever is peevalent and caus- ing some anxiety in Quebec. Laval Uni- versity and the Seminary of Quebec have indefinitely postponed the re -opening of their classes on account of the ravages of this fever. -The Tilsonburg 0 server learns that a man residing near Charing Cross has, off a quarter of an acre of land, on which be had strawberries planted, realized this year $523.30 by the sale of his fruit. 1 -A splendid sample of tobacco was displayed in the London market the other morning. It was grown on the farm. of Mr. Redmond, Westminster. Mr. Redmond has a quarter of an acre, grown from Virginia seed. c -The rate of taxation in Galt for the present year has been hxed at two cents in the dollar, the same as last year, This rate does not entirely meet all liabilities for the year, a balance of some. $2,000 having to be carried over. s -A young lad named James Craigie, a Paris boy, while deed -heading his way west on a freight train, in Nebraska, on the Union Pacific, fell off a car, while supposed to be asleep, and the cars run- ning over him killed him instantly, his body being cut in two. -Another destructive fire has occur- red in Paris. On Monday evening a fire broke out in a saloon ia rear of the Gore hotel building destroying the Gore block and several other adjoining buildings. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire is supposed to have been originated by an incendiary. I Trites, a young man of Moncton, N. B., was before the Stipendiary Magis- trate recently, charged with having hug- ged and kissed a. girl named Susan R. Williams on the night of the late fire. The complaint was proven to the satisfac- tion of the court, and a fine of $10 and costs was imposed. 1 , -Several farmers who attended Galt seed fair, last Tuesday, are terribly in- dignant at the way in, which the millers acted. There were alsout 110 loads on • the ground, and when the millers thought they had them, they dropped the price down to $1. Many ef the farmers say they will ‘,` Gang to Galt nae , mair:" -The Credit, Valley Railroad officials are meeting with a little difficulty in their efforts to forward the road. A num- ber of property owners on the line and adjoining Ingersoll are asking abeet three times the value of property for right -of - w y, or about the same price as city p out both im (Gni- 1 1 it, in 1 writing, from the n t. d ac Ind who el tribe and himself ting Bull has only two s w th him, which will two and a half, to three an d. , to the tecpe, and npo ies. He thinks that i 1,1 n t remain With i' them uadan half-breeds, have such a dislike to li'm that he feels quite as much id da ger as neer our sol - any aminunation • 088 the line: for any' an, the sale would be morning of last Some of the fish vi ii3 3, A 11 _opserotmye. careless or 1e -61 -disposed indi- ual set fire to the grass on No. 7, 2nd ncession, Dover West, and the flames read over about 2,000, acres before burn- out. It is estimated that at least tons of wild. hay were destroyed. effort is being made to find out -the rty who started the flames. -The Dunkin Bill Association in To- nto are determined that the next time ey ask for the submission of the Act, ey shall not be found,napping,end there - re are forming strong, permanent ward ganizations. It is understood that the ensed victuallers also intend to main - in their organizations complete. • -An American lady attending a Ro- an Catholic convent in Montreal has d sappeared under circumstances which ad to the belief that she has taken her n life. Her shawIlwas found hanging om a window and em. her toilet table as found a letter to ithe Lady Saperior- s stating that she would drown !herself, d that she had good reasons for so jug. I I -On Monday, /3th inst., while bath - g in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Mr. _Henry . .Bostwick was accidentally drowned. e. was the youngestlson of the late Col. John Bostwick of reit Stanley, And was r many years in a large forwarding_ and -It is reported that Bishop of London, will ehortly succeed bishop Lynch, of Toronto, and 13 B. Kilroy, of Stratford, 'will be a ed Bishop of London. , --A scheme is on foot in Montt the purchase of a farm in the n hood of the city* where t e me earning a livelihoold may be rovi unemployed workIng men. , .. - -Robert Neil, barged with attenapt- ing rape on the erson of 'Arab lla J. Paisley, near Il erton, Leaden ' town- ship, was found uilty, an'd sentenced to. ix months' iniprisonment wit hard la, or. ._. "es A farmer's seri named Porcuni , about 15 years old, came to the village of Pais - on Thursday nds, and was he river Wit s the same at en out after be alsb, Arch- ev. E. point a1 for dgbor- ns of ed for ley fri itt bo tak three•quarters of -e-The employe and Bruce Rail picnic and ,ga on Saturday lat. Three special trains from Toronto, Owen Sound and Tees. water, brought i nearly 3,000 people ere all passed last week to s rowned while a couple of y rnoon. The bo ng in the Wate n hour. s of the Toront ay held their es at Oran e some, athing unger y WRS about , Grey annual eville, from along the ,lin well coatested, off very pleasantl Thurs ay . The games nd everything n▪ ight of last eek a sha1nty in which two old beggars, John and Elizabeth Haeirey„ used to res de,the woman blind, and both over 75 years of age, was burned. The remains of the un- fortunate inmatesavere found am ng the debris next morning. A coroner s jury was summoned„ and further particulars will probably come out after he in- quest. -Prof. -A. Melyille Bell gave hibition of the potvers of the tel at Belleville, last Saturday, o line between the! Montreal Co town office and. the Deaf and Du stitution. The exhibitions wer successful. Conversation and by parties at each end of the lin distinctly heard, and the voices recognized. -Mr. Fitzgerald, who is now Muskoka Distriet engaged Surveying the township of Ferrie reports that the land north of Deer itaae in said township is excellent. Mrs Fitzgerald surveyed Mc- Kellar some eight years ago, and he says Ferris) is quite equal to it. McKellar has always been considered one of t e best townships in the 'Tarry Sound ,istrict. Already a few settlers have ta ea up land in Ferrie. -The followieg patents are announced as baying been issued in Wester# Onta- rio: Dasher, J. A. Ferguson, L roller, J. Palmer, Brantford; sto sheet, O. Alien, Windsor; rake -t Armstrong, Guelph ; revolving table, &a ,P. IVIcNeil, Kincardine an ex- phon e ee the pany's b In- . very inging being easily in the nclon ; e -pipe oth, T. flower brae k- and who had bit a burning match on the Boor. Another fire broke out oil Tues- day morning which destroyed two blecks on River street. . - On Thursday morning of last week, about 3 o'clock, Mrs. Smith, wife of a house carpenter residing at Wales, Ont., was shot by some unknown person while sleeping in a bed in the lower part of the house. Her husband and a child about ten months old were in. bed with her at the time, but received no in- juries. The bullet' took effect in the abdomen. Her husband says the win- dow mast have been raised and the shot fired from the outside. She_ lingered until 5 o'clock on Sunday, when death put an end to her sufferings. -The Dundas _Flamer says " A re- port comes from Toronto that copies of the recent examination papers for first and second class teachers' certificates were obtained by certain candid,ates from the printer before the examinations took place, and that altogether, there were some forty applicants for certificates in the ring. The printer, it appears was a journeyman in the employ of appears, Roses& Co.,and it is said he Wits paid $75 for the job. The fraud was first suspect- ed in consequence of a large number of the applicants ansavering their papers too well, and it was subsequently traced out an all its details. Probably a number of certificates will be refused altogether, and it is just possible that injustice may be done to innocent parties. - Thirty tons of powder have been forwarded by -way of Michigan, intended for use in the construction of the Canada Pacific Railway. It was transported in a special car claimed to be entirely safe from accident, and that the car cannot be exploded or damaged by collision or the influence of the elements. All its parts are of iron, and on the outside it looks almoSt exactly like a passenger car - .only lacking the windows. The wall; are hollow And. filled with ice, keeping the temperature at about 40*. Besides this each keg of powder is encased in heavy felt. At the rear is a neatly fit- ted -up room for the messenger who has the cargo in charge. - The trucks are the same as th:ose used on th modern passenger cars. There are als Miller's platforms and Westinghouse air - brakes. - Two former residents of Woodstock, named McPherson and Thornton, hav tinned out a couple of clever rascals. They have been travelling through th United States and selling a secret to street car conductors by which an im mense amount of stealing was done froii the companies. It is well knewn that the bell punch was invented at preven the conductors from appropriating fares. For each fare collected they were boundi to punch a slip and a bell would ring and the number be registered, by an ingeniii cms indicator within the punch. ab punch was furthermore locked in a man uer whiCh defied the most expert lock openers, and this prevented the conduct ors from changing the numbers indicate within and defrauding their employers But the Woodstock men found out the secret combination, and opened the punch with ease. By selling this secret they netted over $50,000 within. the last year Of late the companies have discovered et, T. Abell, Woodbridge; pea larvest- the swindle and a wholesalearrest among er, W. Boyd, Str throy; barrel, 4- . Tom- the conductors has followed. Goderich; cattle wash, WI Clark, -On Sunday, the 12th inst., Mr. Pass, Bra.nchton ; s o ring plate J. Abell, more, who lives about one mile from Woodbridge ; eaper, J. Abell. Drumbo, went to a funeral in Plattaf week, ville, leaving a small boy, about 13 yea -re armed of age, in charge of the house. The lad ce at went eq. for a few minutes, and on coin from • ing ba.ck found the doors shut and lock ed. Crawling cautiously in at a wind° e post - hand he found a tramp who had taken pos session of a pan of custard, and wa is pos. ot very about satisfying the inner man when h mg to beheld the boy. At this he hastily un locked. the door and started for the lane e any depar- carrying the custard with hini. Whe the boy observed him "making tracks, h o their shouted : "Give me a gun, father, an I will shoot him." The tramp starte up the lane, and the boy got down a old unloaded gun and ran across th orchard to bead him off, and putting th gun through the stump fence demandet a surrender of the pudding. The tram beggeel. the by not to shoot, yielding u the coveted. dish, and then made an in- glorious retreat. - --On Thursday night of . las three or four disguised roughs, with clubs, entered the post o Christiana, about three mile Mount Brydges and compelled tl master (Mr. John McKenzie) t over all the money4he hand in session. This, fortunately, was much -only $10. After threate kill Mr. McKenzie if he ga alarm, the scoundrels took their tare, and as yet there is no clue identity. ' -An attempt, was on foot emongst -several arisoners. to break out I of the Wentworth county jail in Ilamil 'on, for- tunately the plot was discover d and frustrated by the povernor. r On Monday morning a note, which was being onvey- ed, out of the prison by a woman •ho was visiting one of the prisoners, wa inter. cepted,and frem that it was leas ecl that the attempt was to be made thi week. One of the parties implicated, an in fact the ringleader of the gang, ie W . Hope, the man in on charge of mbet lement frora Messrs. Hurd. & Roberts, Hamil- ton. -In the Court of Queen Common Pleas, in Toront Bethune, Q. C., moved for a for leave to exhibit a criminal tion 'againstAtuart MeV-jeer -an MoAdam, for a libel upon Hon. der Mackenzie in an article pub the Sarnia Canadian, entitled th o anistiqua Job," charging that la r. _Mac- of their families, but it is difficult to se,e f kenzie was interested in, and had been how the School Board can recede from speculating in lands at the ter ams Of its present position. Almost universal the Canada Pacific Railway,and in cense- sympathy is felt for the dismissed teac - quence of such interest had located the ers, and there can be little doubt th.t the ternainia at its present place. Mr. the Board will be willine to take anbr Mackenzie's affidavit was /lead, in which step that can be legally btaken for t e he denied the alleged charge., 'stating, benefit of the teachers tbus suddenly inter aria, that he was not interested in thrown out of employmente though it - any land within 16 miles t4 the t rminus. must be admitted. they had two year' Rule granted. notice of what must be the result if they ----A destructive fire occiCrred in Paris did not prepare themselves 'to pass the ed the accessary examination. I . yson & -Last Saturday, the fifth day of the ured in Sunday School Parliament al, the Tho the Gore Mutual $2,000, Harder I $2,000, sand Island Park, in the River St. La o -James Low, a, Laching laberenworth and Waterloo Mutual $1,000 ; allard & rence, opened with a Bible reading e and half -bre ds Weald between $18,000 a,nd $20,000 made all his Beet's' furniture store, loss $6 000, in- Rev. John Gordon, of Montreal, on " �f a victory ov r his war- money within the lost 25 years, and yet snred in the Western for $2,000, larger ble Words." At 10 o'clock Rev. Lym ought by many here that aever earned. over $1.25a day; his wages part of the stock saved; E. Meggs, but- Abbott, D. D. of New York, lectur lo g where he is, but ranged from that sum to as loW as 86 er shop, loss $50, DO it:Murano ; T. P. on "the Political Institutions of t material eaough, and ents per data As he never married, he r•ay's hotel stables and contents, valued Jews." Mrs. W. F. Crofts held a co qouritry again and as saved the " exprse " of keeping a s roed to enable hirn bet- ife and family, an has always lived is designs. The river is arsimoniously. Co pound interest has r allovv,Tand may be cross- wonderful power in making money TOW. I i -A few evenings ago, some (tevil dis- s Be , Mr. ch and James ule nforma- Robert lexans ished in "Kam - ary Class." A cordial reception was then given to Revds. T. Howman and. T. Stephenson, of England. A.O. VanLen- nep, of New York, gave an illustrated lecture on "Oriental Manners and Cus- toms." A large number of excursion parties from cities and towns in the vi- cinity were present. The park was crowded to the utmost limits of its accom- moda.tion. . -W. H. S. Coen, of the Toronto firm of McNab, Marsh & Coen, has departed suddenly and. his book a show that he has been engaged for some time in robbing his partners. The firra is at present un- able at say to what amount they have been robbed, but believe the sum to be large. Coen has been 'connected with the firm twelve years, and was taken into partnership_a little over a year ago. He used. to put on great style, and was re- puted to have a large private income be- sides what he derived from the firm. The firm got an extension, for a few months, and met their first, payment, and have another falling due in October. Not seeing any possibility of meeting the October payment the , firm suspended. Perth Items. Flax is turning out a splendid crop in the neighborhood of Listowel. -Mr. A. Munro, of Listowel, is turn- ing oixt at his factory, 1,000 bricks per day of the white variety. -A highly successful "flower show" was held in Stratford on Thursday last week; the display being .large, varied. and lovely. -Last week a son of Mr. Andrew Redford, of Downie, while playing with the band wheel of a threshing machine, got two of his fingere badly crushed. be- tweeu 'the cogs. 1 - Mr. Thomas Hall, of Millbank, lost • two valuable horses' recently, by the dis- ease called glanders: Mr. Russell also had to eill his mule on account of being I affected by the same disease. -The Bost Office at St. Marys bas been removed from the building on Water street which it bas occupied for some time, to a place on Queen street, near` ,. the market. -Mr. Thomas. Page, Listowel, has a very fine specimen of the gold banded Japan lily. The flowers measure setren and a half inches across, and are very sweetaicentecL -A very large temperance meeting was held in Listowel on Monday evening of last week. The audience was addressed. by several clergymen and others, whossx- pressed themselves unanimously in favor of the Dunkin Act. -Notwithstanding that there is a pop- ulation of 50,000 in the county of Perth, there are at present Only six criminals in the jail at Stratford. None of these are women. Three are held for larceny, one for assault, and. one for obstructing the railway. At a late meeting of the Hamilton Oitjr Scheel Board, it was determined to di - miss from their employ in the city school' about sixteen -of the old teachers, wh were not in _possession of the required certificate qualifications, but so great is thefeeling amongat the people in refer- ence to these ehanges that extraordinary exertions arebent&made to have another special meetipg of -the School Board call- ed to reconsider the action of the Board. at its last meeting. There is DO doubt great ha dship in some of the cases,where the teachers havebeen the main suppo 't d. diers, except svhe therel camped near the police forces. He w 11 be allowed to ie-• main there b.s ong s obeys' their re- gulations, an. as e he fears to do otherwise, as e k 8 too w41 thet the Mounted poll like the henor riors. It is t he will not re am will soon have war will starti lo his swoop all in h ter to met getting very s ed with ease. grain business at Port Stanley. He was ou ,Friclay last and totally consu alssistant editor of the Quebec gaming following buildings : Finl hronicle. The deceased was in .the 61st go; 's tannery; loss $15,000, in ear of his age. -A ne Great We ter point in t e ing it a couple stowaway sn box of the loc lo • motive passe along the last week en rote some r west, and when eaainin- of mess at Detrpit feund a gly ensnonced the fir motiats 1 He was w 11 sup- osed persons stretched a str ng rope ds leadbag through yin Devie, driving Le darkness, charged e horses became at d it not been for the cross one of the ro reenock. Mr. G spirited team in he rope'in which t nee entangled.. 11 too Mu. . versation on "How to narike chddr ills and love the Bible's, At 11 o'cleck Rev. known S. Ostrander lectured on "The Ta.b r. won, office, the boys beingclividedinto black- nacle," illustrate4 by large m.odels. 4t three classes, namely apprentices over a$5,500, insured in the Wate tenet for $1,600; the old pilaster ce, valued at $1,500, =thin a' to insurance: R. Sullivan -On Monday last while the circus procession was passing the Market Square, Stratford, D. W. Cummings, the clothier, went outside to view the elephant, leaving his store unoccu- pied and the safe open, from which it is said some $200 was abstracted. -One day lately Mr. Thomas Quin - liven, of North Easthope, bound 320 sheaves of wheat in one hour. The ini- tiated declare this to be really wonder- ful, and considering it was no less than the binding of five sheaves and a frac- tion in a minute, even ordinary mortals will be inclined to think Mr. Quinlivan's work worthy of public notice. -A young daughter of Mr. James Ruinn, of Logan'died recently of ty- phoid,fever. She attended the recent teachers' examination in Stratford, in or- der to gain the necessary certificate to qualify her for teaching. While there she contracted the fatal disease which ended her earthly career on Saturday, 18th inst. She was, only 16 years of age. , -On Wednesday of last week as Die p Dilabough, of Listowel, was on his way home from Newry some part of the har- ness gave way, and the horse became un- manageable, and got off the road. Though the animal continued to kick violently the doctor succeeded in getting out of the buggy, but had hardly done so when be received a blow from the horse below the . knee, breaking his leg clean across. - - -Two Mitchell firms have dissolved partnership, -Messrs. J. & J. Thorn, Mr. John. Thom retiring from the business, and Messrs. McPhail, Hen nicke &" Casey. The latter firm advertise that on the 5th of September next they will of- fer the whole of their stock of carriages, buggies, tools, lumber, &c., for sale, as the fiem has dissolved partnership, a.ncl a change in the business is decided upon. -A young man, suffering from deliri- um tremens, caused some excitement the other evening in St. Marys. die sprang from the window -of the second floor of a hotel to the sidewalk and jumped into the pond, where he displayed some won. derfni aquatic, feats, then he ran to the flats and raced up and down the cricket grounds for some time. He was finally takei to the hotel, and placed in confine- ment to await his complete recovery. - mong the visitors to Stratford was a- yoang man named' Henwood from Lon- don township who came from London with the Foresters' excursion. On going home the train did not stop at Thorndale, and he, wishing to remain there, jumped off while the cars were in motion. In doing so, he struck an oak log, and lay insensible for some time, wheu he was seen ,by a passer by and was Itaken into a house. His leg was found to be badly fractured, and there were -several wounds on his head. --On Saturday, 18th inst., the ap- prentice -printers in three of the newspa- per in Stratford took part itt a, type -setting match for some handsome rizes. The -contest took Place in the ith shop loss $100, no insurance ; the 2 o'clecla in the afternoon a game of la- two years, and. under two years and ju- o d Paris flour mills, owned by$ C. Whit- creme was played between- the Toronto law, not running, valued at ,000, in- Lacrosse Club and a picked number of steed in the Phcenix of Londonf or $2000. the St Regis Indians. Rev. J. S. Os - The total loss - will foot up to $30,000. trander And Rev. J. H. Castle, D. D., he fire originated in the warehouse of acted. as Umpires. The game, was won by e tannery, it is supposed by mime in- the Indians. In the evening' Mrs. Crofts viduals in the habit of stealin leather, gave a conversation on "the Ideal Prim- niers. Type was set for two hours, with the following result: First -class -1, W. P. Byers, Berakl, 2,781 ernsa 2, J. B. Myers, Beacon, 2,711 einti. Second- elass-1, Alex. L. Hendersdn, Beacon, 2,481 ems: 2, DeCassehe Beacon, 2,465 ems. juniors, E. Mingayeltitnes. 4 •