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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-12-14, Page 1DER 7, 1877. IEAFORTH nwr ler 0 —Cr i\T W PREMISES. ALE —AT -- McDOUGALL & CO.'S, 1E THREE SEVENS,. a PG TO- INFORM OUR. NIT - 75 CUSTOMERS IN TOWIN ;UNTRY THAT WE INTEle INTO NEW PREMISES THE FIRST OF JANUARY ORDER TO REDUCE iTT STOCK WE WILL CO kT CLEARING SALE ,TURDAY, THE FIRST 0 IDEA 1877, OF OUR WHO S,'TAPLE. -AND FAN ooDs, REA.pYMADE . CLOTHING, EINfSRINGS, HATS RS, &c., &o., AT PIM s - WILL EFFECT ;P EDY CLEAR DETERMINED TO MAKE* :TBE GREATEST SALE EVER VNIN SEA..FORTII AS A N EARING SALE. ILL_ AND, SEE THE. GOODS. IT LD IE.iMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE.. MS, AND 'ATISFY YOURSELVE A ;EN LTIN,E CLEAR GteING ON. NG McDOUGALL .84 CO, KAIN STREET, SEAFORTH ELEVENTH -YEAR. WHOLE NU ER, 523. • REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. vABM FOB SALE.—For .ale, theis. W. corner .1: of Lot 15, Con. 4, Mc Wort, consisting of 7 acres, with log house and frame barn, g•ood orch- ard, well and pump. One luile and a quarter from Church, Post Office and School, and 5 miles from, seaforth. Apply on the premiss to 1LIRTIN FRAWLEY. - -521x1 FFCR SALE. ---For ale, a valuable farm AR,,on's sting fi o 100 acres, being the north half of Lots 26 and 27, Con. 10, Township of Grey, County of Huron. Is a beautiful lot with 40 acres cleared. No buildings.Terms easy. For farther particu- lars apply, by mail, to WILLIAN 'MORTON, New- rearket P. O. 5214 FARM FOR SALE.—A splendid ittiTtl, being Lot 22, Con. 6, Turnberry, 90 acres, 70 acres cleared, well fenced, and in a good state of cultivation, balaneo hardwood. Well vratered, good frame house and barn, and half a mile from Wroxeter on a• good gravel road. Apply t the proprietor on the premises, CHARLES MoTA1SH, Wroxeter Post Ofilee. 517x13 FOR SAT4E.--For Sale, chJap, the west halfrof the north half of Lot 9, Bauble Line, Stanley, containing 67 acres, 40 of which are cleared, and the balance well timbered. It is 'within 3 miles of Bayfield. There is a never failing stream of water running through the place. This property must be sold at once. Apply to SCOTT BROTH )RS, Seaforth. 520 MR. LAUT'S FARM FOR SzkLE.—For Sale, ILL Lot 12, Con. 14 Stanley, containing 100 acres, Lmostly cleared and in a first class stato of culti- vation. This is one of the best farms between London and Wingham. Fai buildings, plenty of water, and a good young oroIard. On the London Road, thme-quarters of a mil south of Brucefield. Apply to JOHN LAUT, Brae eld. 523-4 — — -VARM FOR SALE IN TOCKF,RSINIITEL—F.or -A: Sale, Lot 28, Con. 3, L: R. S., Tnekeramith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance hardwood timber. Large brick house and good frame outbuildings; an excellent orchard of the choicest fruits; is well watered. Is situated 5 milesfrorn Seal ortit and n - es from B'rucefteld station. For terms apply by letter to E. NICOL, Grocer, Wingham. 518 VARM FOR SALE.—For 3a10 lot No. 27, and 4•-'• half of 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Con- cession, London Road. Survey, Tuckersmith, con- taing 200 acres. The farm 1 ill be sold as a whole Or in two parts to suit pure aser. First-class out buildings, good orchard, lenty of water, and within four miles of Scaforth, and three of Bruce - field stations. Apply on the premises, or to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Sesiorth. 50S -4x AGOOD FARM.—A,Farm for Sale of 152 acres, being Lot 2, Con. 2, Tuxlnborry. The farm is 2 infies south of Wroxeter anld 7 north of Brussels the gravel road running th ough. it. About 643 acres cleared., 40 acres of go4d beech and maple bush, artd 15 acres of he oak and soft maple mixed, the balance cedar ai4J. blach ash. There are 4 acres of fall wheat, and a new fallow in tur- nips. Beni 24x40, log house, a good,well with pump, and a splendid orchard of 150 bearing fruit trees. W. G. PALMER, Wroxeter. 523 ESTRAY STOCK.' • 'STRAY HEIFER. --Came into the premises of -A:4 the undersigned, Lot 5, Con. 7,1firliett, about beginning of Ootober, a griey Heifer coming 2 years old. The owner is requested to prove prop- erty, pa -y expenses and take the animal away. JAMES SNELL. 523x1 ESTRA.Y HEIFER.--aame lint° the premises of the undersigned about the first of September, a red Heifer rising 2 years! old. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges and take the adimal away. WU. MoINTOSH, Lot 4, Com 11, Hulled. • 523-4 VSTRAY STEER.—Carne into the premises of -1-4. the undersigned, Lot 2., Con, 8, MeKillop, about the beginning of l‘overaber, a yearling Steer, brindled color, with w te along the back. The owner is requested to rove property, pay charges and take the anim 1 away. ALEXAN- DER MURCHIE, Winthrop .0. 523X4 STRAYED EWE AND L MB.—Strayed from the premises of the under igned, Huron Road, Tuckersmith, shoat the last bi June, a Ewe and Lamb. When last seen theit was a tar mark on eatija. Any information that will lead to the re- covery of the above animals will be suitably re- warded. G. M. CHESNEY. 523x4 STOCK FOR SERVICE. TPIG BREEDERS.—T e undersigned will keep during this season. on his premises,'Lot 31, Mill Road, Pnokcrsmit1., a Berkshire Boar Pig. Terms, $1, with the p ivilege of returning if necessary: WM. (300PE11. 52311 . VSSEX. B0A11.--The um ersigned will keep -124 during the present seastn, on. Lot 1, Con.1, Grey, a thoroughbred Essex Oar, bred by James Cowan, Esq., of Waterloo. Be is one of the fined animals in the County. Terms, $1, pay- able at the time of SerVice, With the privilege of returning if necessary. JAMES SIMSON, - Grey. 52314 LIFFOL.R. BOAR FOR ski-vie-E.—The under- • signed will keep on his premises, Lot 15, Cop. 9 McEillop, for the improv meat of stock this season, a Thoroughbred Sufi lit Boar. This Boar has proved himself a surettook-gotter, and of -pure breed, no matter what o lor the sow May be the pigs will always come wh.te. Terms, $1, pay- able at the time of servioe, w:th the privilege of returning during the season 11 necessary. SAM - VEL SMITH. • 523x1 WANTEb. cZEILVANT GIRL WA.NTant buena- • diately, a Good Girl to do general b.busewOrk.i Good wages. Apply to MRS. ADA Seaforth. • 523x1 _ TEACHER WA.NTED.—Wanted, for School -A- Section No. 11, Grey, a Male Teacher holding second or third-class certificate. Apply, stab. ing 'Wary and enclosing testimonials, to the midersigned. .Applioettions received until Deo. 29, 1877. JAMES SPENCE, Secretary, Ethel P0. 523x4 T'FENDERS WANTED.—Tenclers will be receiv- ed up to 2 o'clook P. M. on Wednesday. bee. 26tb, for the erection of a Briek Church at Dar WI. Plana and specifications can be seen at the Telegraph. office. The Committee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. P. HESS, Secretary of Committee. 525-2 MIS GE LL ANE MTS. NOTICE.—The Quarterly Meeting of the An- cient. Order of Foresters will be held at the Temperance Hall, Seaforth, on Thursday, Dec. 20. HENRY TOWN, Secretary. 523-1 NOTICE.—A Meeting of the Par ons of the Enaburu Cheeae Factory will be held in Kin - burn on. Monday, December 17th.. at 1 o'clock P.M. IL JAMIESON, Seey-Trea.surer. 523-1 NOTICE.—All parties indebted to Dr. Vercoe,_ Seaforth, aro requested to call and settle the same on or before January 15th. All accounts renaaining unsettled at that date will be placed in. other hands for collection. 528-4 ALLEN't; Gnoceee, Bright Sugars, New Teas, New Valencia Raisins, New Seedless Raisins, New London Layers, New Prunes, Is.Tew Bright Syrup, Baking Molasses, Icingorte; 5ear:io eeeeeebee yeas, Nuts, Flavoring Ex- tract,t value iu town at EN t ALL'S G IMPORTANT TO L D E SS E .---Llfresh arlival.4: of Dobbin's Celebrated Electric • Soap at Thomas Kidd'. Call and get a bar, only 12 cents, worth three times the quantity of any other soap yet imported. Tiont.ss Kinn.. 522 ttLeaLr'S GROCERY, Mill Feed, Flour, oa Itize, Pot Baxley, Potatoes, Onions, Gar - rot, Turnips, Boneless Codfish, Sealed Herring, (hese, Neter, Lard, Pork, sauatee, tee., Cheap for at ALLEN'S Grocery. 520 HURON C The COuncilinclt at Goderich on Tues- day, December 5th. After calling the roll. of membere• and reading the • min- ites of last se 'elan, the ;Warden, in a *eland to the few appropriat i remarks, adc1..resej the °mead. He referred to th lluP ents made o the court h usesrinvel3e- he last mcetnig of Council ; the failure f the 'contract r in the cOnstraction of hieKippeu bri ge ; the sendilig of Mrs. erlin pod house from the County jail, where she had been so long confined. He further suggested that the Geyer IP . . • should be request- ' d to expend ai•ortion of the surplus qn) and. in erectine a House of Refuge of a rovmcial chi+, acter for i curables such iF.s Mrs. Irelan a,nelanoth r person from he township o Colborne, who is -being aintained by hat inunic'pality in the London Hospit . A circular om Mr. Toronto, requ sting the 00 -operate wit the city p petitioning the Legislatur 1exenaptions fro n I taxation ferred to the pecial co Al circular fr m the Presid , ye l and Lax TeermarY, T nesting a gran from this C iead and refe ed to the Fi mitteee The Council djourned to meet at 10 'ol•pek Wiidne day. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5, 1877. ,After calling the roll and reading the minutes, a let er was read from Mr. Mil er, Public School *specter, re- questing the ouncil to grant the tun of 1100 to ch of the Model Schools ii the County t suppleed' nt.the Gov, liniment grants in aid of these schools-. Referred to t to Finance Committee. The followine is Mrei ar's letter: " The School Act of 1877 established a, system of Mo el School training; and the regulations provided that no certifi- cate can he gra ted to any teacher who 1, asInot acl ttend and given evidence of latitude to teach in Buell school. The tt overnment a,p, ointed the God ilprich an lint= schools provisionally to be the odel Schools for the Comity of Huron. hey have den the work assigned. to .them,each ha ng in attendance during '1 st and presen sessions 47 pupils. In all, 64 have be re under training. The Act provides for the maintenance of such schools by ranting$100 per annum), in E,dditiOn to such sum as shall be given. y the County CounciJ. of each-munici- al ty. I have the honor, therefore, to q, est that -your honorable body will rcegnize t e Lmoney f their annual support, as I- se chciols and sum grant it na well assured that they are -calm- 1 ted to aid verr materially the work of education. I niay add that the Board of Examiners requested Mr. Dewar and myself to petition in this behalf. Also the Board of Trustees of the Town of Goderich resolved to do likewise. The chairman 14 away from home and - hes requested nae tc do so for 'him." I Moved by Mr. Hays, *ended by Mr. Walker, that the Clerk be instructed to draft a by-law to confirml by-law No. 3- o the township of McKillo p for stopping p and sale ef irregular reacl allowance in *out of lots 28 and 29, in the fist con ession of the township of McKillop, — areied. similar motion to theabove was as ed in respect to the township cef ' u •kersmith, Moved by Mr. Girvin, seconded by Mr. 1 easter; that the 'Warden and Clerk, in &elf of this C uncil, be authorized to e oralize thej Government of Ontario Sp , et aside, the sum of 1100,000 for ratiattere purposes, to be eipencled under -t e provisions o the Drainage Act, and its urncndmenti, and theta further sum of $2 per head be distributed out of the surplus funds of the Province of Ontario t the population of the said Province, and paid over t the reel) obive munici, p litities as was done in 1872, and that t e Clerk be in tructed. t request the ,c -operation of -.other municipalities of t le Province inthe matte •—Carried. iii' the by Mr McMillin , seconded by. B r. Hays, that he Engin er be instruct- ed to have Ryan's Bridge • On the boun- dary line between Hulle t and McKil- 1 p put in lb proper state of 'repair—Re- f rred to the Road and Bridge Commit- Movedby ML Gibson, seconded by 1 r. Weir, that tlie aidin and Clerk bi authorized to memoralie the Govern- ent to build a House of Refuge for the r,cePtion of persons inflioted withincur- ai le diseases, nd that he -Clerk re - est the co-op ration of he other mun 1 - ilea -likes in th Province in the matter Carried. Moved by Mr. Stream , seconded by le r. Kane, that the sum of 140 be re- f ended to the township cf Grey for le - ovine of flood wood f om the rieer s uth of the boiiiC1arybCt.VOeil Grey and 1, owick—Referred to the Finance Cene- • SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, 'DECEMBER 14, 1877. UNTY COUNCIL. Tiallani, of ouncil to oronto in to abolish all was read and titee. • nt of the route, re-' nacil;• was nee Cora - The followi ;aunty .Engine the Road aric O the Warden g report ; of Mr. Bay, r was read and referred Bridge Committee: , au/ Conn(' Council : Gentlemen, Durine the present sea- son, Dew County bridges Ilave been built ; t the following places, vi Jamestown, etween the to Lnships of Grey and Mor- atHall's C raig's on the eederich and bridges on the Lridee at Jame town, the contract for e inch was let a, the last January meet- . 0 iag, is a Howe truss of 126 feet span and was satisfactorily completed. in the month! ; of July. Hall's bridge, built over a small; creek where no satisfactory foundations ; coulti be found until piles were driven, ; was also finished in good time. It cot semeteing more,however, than ,I ex- ected, owing to a difficu ty found driv- ig.piles in a deep natroN water course, the channel of which is g aclually.deep- ening every year from the action of the water, the pilesl having, therefore, to be driven to a coniiderable depth. Craig's 1 ridge,•Ipo feet, long, crosses the Bey- • i_ekl river 21E miles from plintou. Th.e eek, near Bayfield ; at ayfield.' River, between Stanley, and also two Perth boundary-. The ; • MdLEAN BROS., Publiqhers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. ew strueture is a light t 'entre span of 90 feet, b oderate- cost, and whic ay sufficient for the pla no great amount of traffic oad here crossing the ri er.; The, new ridge on the Perth boundary at Kirk - on is built with stone ebutraents and n elm superstructure. It has one span f 55 feet; is well built, and although the ontract was let late in the season. :the ork was finished in eocal time , a,nd before he fall Tains set in.bThe bridge between rey and Elma, also on Perth boundary ost with its approaches 1300. It crosses he stream diagonally and has three herb spans of 30 feet each, The I new pproaches are sinking ft little, and will equire Making up in the spring, -1 The tone bridge on the London Road at • ppen was finished about the middle of ovember. The cost of its construe - ion greatly exceeded the estimate, ow - g, in a great measure, to the contract ailing into the -hands of a man altogeth- r without mea,ns a,nd adicted to drink- gi and also from the great expense and 'fficulty of getting suitableetone. Soon fter the contractor's tithe expired I put if men by the day to finish; the work; om this I found that cutting stone for he arch was a tedious' and expensive ffair, and certainly cost more than the ontract price. The work was subean- ially done, however, and will endure or ages. „ Repairs have been done to all he County bridges where they were equired. 1Sbnie slight repairs have also een doue by ; the Laxnbton Commis.: bridge '1 and omicil of I that act, subject to he sand on .of. the Huron Council, for lidding an iron bridge at a cost of 00. Its length should be 120 feet, and or a, briclIge of that length the price is • ertainly very low. TheBaylield bridge getting; quite unsafe. It wouldthere., ore, be advisable to receive tenders and ave the contract for a new bridge let t the next Council meteting. A. Blavee Moved. y Mr. Black, seconded by elitist= that the County Engineer be structe to examine the bridge on the ounda, 1 1 ss having a 1 ing.flood-wood south of the bridge on, ilt at a very the boundary between. Howick and is in every G-rey, the committee' recommend that e, there being the sure of $25 be given. The pommit- on the 141e of- tee reconunended that no grant be made in accordance with the motion of Mr. Young, to sustainan incurable ba- the township of •don hospital. In the lett er ofel'arn es Hicks, a county cons able, clai ing the sum of 4W2.25 for aaccmnt passed by county audit, it is recommended that the sum be paid as the services for which it is claimed were performed. The usual grant , of $100 to the Warden, is also Irecoramended. .Grant of 1200 to the ;Eye and. Ear Infirmary, Toronto. All ;of which is respectfully submitted. , Joins/ LE arcrE , • Chairman. Moved by Mr. Hamilton, se4nded by Mr. Weir, that the report. be am - mended. by striking out the cla,use re - :commending the grant of $100 • to each of the Model Schools ni the county. After some discussion the regommen- dation of the report was sustamed. on la division by a majority of seven% The following report of the Special ,Comninittee was read and adopted: Respecting the circular of A?.. Hal- lem, ot Toronto, concerning ta exemp- tions, the committee recommend that no action be taken in the' matter. Respecting the circular from the county of Waterloo, requesting'the co-operation of the Council in enemoraliaing the Legislature, to make certain changes in the Municipal Act reSpectiug the build- ing and maintainin,g t;if bridges lin inCor- porated villages, the Committee recem- mend that the Warden and Clerk' be requested to memoralize the Govern - anent in terms of the; said circetlar from the County of WaterlOo. ; • A. L. Censoei; ioner to nd I un ounty h he Giand Bea1. erstand the •ve- let a con 1 between Morris and Turnber- , at Bluevale, and haYe it put ,in a roper stete of repair-Iteferred to the oa,d and Bridge Committee. After eeading it number' of accounts hich were referred to the Finance ommittee, the Council adjourned until hursdaye at 10 o'clock., i THURSDAY, Dec. 6th, 1877. Atter reutine business, it was moved y Mr. Bleak, seconded by Mr. Willson, hat the engineer be instructed to have he a,pprea,cheS to the 1)ridge laieveen pper and LOwer -.Wiagliam put ,in roper sate of repair—Referred. to the oad and Bridge Committee. Moved by Mr. Hays, seconded by Mr. icMillan, that the attention of the En - neer be !directed to the, -bridge on the oundary between Hullett and McKil- p, as itlis reported Moafe—Ref rred o the Road and Bridge onmitte4. Moved by Mr. Young, seconded. by Ir. Jewell. that the Colima do grant he sum of 42.50 per week towards the ,elpport of L. Sharp, an indigent incur- ble invalid now in London Hospital, nd suppprted by the tol,,ehip of Col- °rne' Another batch of accounts -were, read nd referred to the Finance ,Conunittee hen the Council adjoamdd until 10 'clock Friday.• ! I "• Frtinfkv, Dec. 7, 877. Alter routine business, it was •-11 oved y Mr. Gareow and setend.ed by Mr. oung, that the council purchase of H. eldon de Co. 27 copies of their , new 'storical illastrated atlas, now in cense of ;preparation for the County of Iuron, and that the said atlases be 'stributed as follows: ' Oae to each • unicipality in the County and, one ach to theCounty Clerk and Treasurer. he motion was lost an a cliTision by a • I ajorityaof 8. A circ lax was read from the Clerk unty of Waterloo, soliciting eration of the Council of f the C ie co -o Iuron in petitioning the . Legislature of ntario f r the aneeuchnent of that part f the Mi$nicipa.1 - Act which inakes it ompulsolry for County Councils- to Dad and keep in repair in incorporated 'Rages attl bridges of 100 feet and , over length, by making villages sustain bridgee within their borders eacept these cm roads assuined. by the Comity. eferred Ito Special Committee. I A letter froni Mr. Hicks, a constable cf the township Of Grey, asking' the dined to pay the amount of hie ac- ount fOr services-rend.efed in seare ehin or and capturing Laporte, the Brussels pork thief. Referred te .the Finance 'oranaittee. The following report qf the, Finance lommittee was read: Respecting epplication of , Mr. Millar or grants to Model Schools, the 'corn- nittee recommends that the, sum cf one midrecl dollars be granted to— ea4h of he Model Schools in , the Comity, lespeating the account of the township erry, ' ' expenses for sending cDopeld. Gillies to London syltim, amounting to 144.55, cledlthat it be paid, less the he sum of ell, said reduction to be irilide on tho several items as follows: n three medical certificates 6, leaving c ach cdaficate at 15 ; Dr. Tami#yn's harees fer visit to Blueyale.$3, mild '12 fronifee or making out papers. It is u-blier rrommentled 0 at in future the ee for each medical cer ificete in such ases be 5. In referen e to th.eaccomit ;f Mr. Wilson, 1425 or building a bridge aud approaches in the village of Vinghare, it is recommended that the ccount be left for future consideration , nd that the County Engineerbe in- .. truetal. to examine said bridge and re - ort at the January meeting as , to bather or not it conies. within' .the is eaning of the Statute and ,as to -bather or not it is necessary in the ublic interests. With efere,nce te the motion ot Mr. Strachan for refund o 40 to tike toweiship of 'rey, for remov- 3 01-fmai avid l- unatic econune digent, belong,ing to Turnberry, in the Lo Colborne, reference to t ;Chairinan. , Moved by Mr. Black, Iseconded by Mr. Currie, that all property and salaries be assessed except Government and. 4unicipa1 property, and ' 1non-sec- i tarian. schools and institutions,ef learn- ; ,ing4 and. salaries of 1400 and wider per annum, and the Warden and Clerk t be instrected to memoralize the; Ontario Government to this effect. I Moved in amendment- by Mr. Strachan, seconded by Mr. Johnston, of. Mortis, that all property and salaries be assessed except the following'that is to say: Government , 8,nd Municipal property, churches, Schools, and insti- tutions of learning, and salaries of 1400 and under and the salaries of clergymen, and that the Warden and Olerljmemor- • alize the Government, dec. j ; . After some discaiseions„ 1 whieh a very great diversity of opinion on ex- emptions generally Was, manifested, a division was taken, When the amend- ment of Mr. Strachan was carried by a majority of ten. Moved by Mr. Johnston, 6oderich, seconded by Mr. Martin, tbet the 'Could do purchase it flag for their own I ?use o public occasions, such flag to be placed in charge of the caretaker of the 1 Court House.—Carried. The following report of the Road and Bridge Commmittee Was read and passed: • i In reference to Mr. McMillan's mo- tion for the repairing of Ryan7s bridge on the -boundary between Hallett and • t McKi op, the committee reeemmend that e Engineer be -instructed; ;to do ; 1 as he believes to be best. Aterclou- sidering the Engineer's repp t, the t , committee recommend that the seggest- Ikon to rebuild the Bayfield b id.ge be acted on, as the old one is repo ted nn - safe, and that he be authorized to select a suitable site for the new bridge, as, on account of recent extensiote of the harbor, the site of *the present bridge cannot be utilized. In referenee to the bridge at Grand. Bend, it is receminend- ' ed thet the Engineer' have the bridge properly repaired on cenditionithat the county of La,mbton will agred to pay ence, to n 'Mead hat the $122.97, loud hell of the Costs. In refe She stale bridge on the Lend 'at Kippen, it is recommended contractor be paid the sum of ,bala,nce due on the work, but as there - is a dispute between the :Engineer and the Contractoras to hoW the masonry above the abutments and outside thb arch is to be paid for, it is rec mmend- .ed also that the further sum of 'addition to the first mentioned 'paid to the contractor on condi this suin is accepted as a fu iment.- The bridge itt Blueva ance with Mr. Black's motion.1- In ac- : Cordance wibh Mr. Hays' motion, the Engineer is instructed to examine the bridge on the 2nd concession on the boundary between McKillop and Hul- led, and have the necessary' repairs • made/ In accordance with Mr. plack's motion', the Engineer is instructed to have the approaches to the b idea 'be- tweeu upper and lower Wingli• in pro- perly :repaired_ All of which ie respect- ' fully submitted. A. L. Cr-1118os% I • — Ch mirth an . • , The Council adjourned until.9 o'clock ; Saturday. SATOIDAY, Dec. 8th,, 1817. On Saturday, after routine business, • the report of the Jail and Court House ; Committee ,recomm enclinCr. certain ten- ' (hrs. for jail supplies, and the purchase of certain articles for use in the jaihalso stating thet the jail -was neat, Olean and i in a satisfactory condition was read and. -, adopted. By-laws confirming' the sale :of road allowances by the towaships of Tuckersmith and. McKillop were read. . and passed: Mr. Abbott, the new American censulax agent at Goderich, was intro- . (laced to the Council by the Warden and • delivered a very neat and. suitable ad- dress, which was received with applause • by the -members. I ! Moved by Mr. Gibson, seconded by • Mr. Girvin, and carried unaninous1y. an - of tahne- 1100, in sum, be ion that 1' settle - e. is ;re- commended to be repaired. in accord - that the Warden of this Council thorized to convey, on beh Council, an expression of their sincere pleasure and satisfaction in meeting and forming an acquaiatance -with the re- presentative of the United States in this County, and hope that their rela- tions will continue to be in the future as agreeable and happy with the present representative as taey have been in the p'a,st with his predecessor. . The Wardell, ha a few well chosen re- marks, presented the resolution to Mn. Abbott, who made a suitable -reply. After voting a grant of $20 to an in- digent person named McLeary who had applied for aid, the Council adjourned. • 1 ' Canada. 1 The Wellington county poor house , will be opea for the reception of inmates ; . in about a week. 1 t ' —The London Echool Board has or- dered the 'public schools to, be., supplied with melodeons. • , —Upwards of $200 worth of counter, feit $10 Ontario Bank bills have been passed in- Montreal. —A_ special train of 20 cars of barley was shipped from 2-Nrest, on Feiday last, for England, -via Portland. 1 —Eight deaths have recently occur- ; red. from small -pox in CornWall, and there'are still a few cases in the town. —Sleighs were out last Saturday in Ottawa for the first time this winter, but the snow was rapidly disappearing. --An Owen Sound doctor was lately fined $4 and costs for calling a gentle- man in the tOW21 a "white livered- sle_unkh." Te Miramichi River, New Bruns- wick, has been visited for some time bast by seals, which have ascended ,as far as Newcastle. ' —A little child, daughter of S. F. Wigle, of Leamington, last week got its face badly burnedi by coming In contact with the hot stov. —Rev. Mr. T trault, ewlio died at Montreal a short time ag4,-, was the first Roman Catholic priest in Cyanide who, after becoming a Protestant, died a Protestant. 1 —Mr. Peter Wood, who;has been Reeve of the township of Beverly for 11 years has declined to run again. Mr. ;:i.unic''pa 1 Iife in that app, son of Mr. F. A. o, died on Sunday, 251h 1 cksonville, Florida, of e was well known in ndon. _ Wood entered. township in 185 —Frank B. K Knapp of Toren of Nov.,' at J yellow fiver. Ineersoll and L —The merchants of Windsor are id - ready complalimeg that 13 per 1,000 feet of gas is to much, and have sworn that if the price is not lowered they Will bring out their old kerosene lamps again. —A short ti -m, ago sorne ninety shim - before he was put in, charge of the door. Deceased -was a fevorite • h. all those the inetitu- Who. had occasion to visit tion. ---The Bishop of 'Ontario leave OttaWaeand take up is. resi at Kingston. Seven thou and. Oilers . vicinity have nearly .finished ono of the has been voted froth the Episcopal En- handsomest and most conimodions dow,thent.PUnd, _for the ptirchase , of a churches in the •comity. It is built of residence -for His Lordship,. . !• . —Mr. J. Freel,' Adelaide, .. has lost ;three of hiychildien inside of two "days, through diphtheria. One died on Thurs- day, the 29th ult., one on Friday morn- ing, and ,another on -FA ay •ev. laing. , 1 The two who died the day ast Ine • tion - ed, were buried in; one grave. -Ratlier expenisive kindling wa" used . 4 in Hamilton a few days age, a lady in the west -end was ;Making a fire gip. the grate, she to•orea handle of paper from the table, and proceeded' to "ignite it. Her hoeter was ery was -made l•at 150 in the parcel. —A terrible fir will s fore Mr. Young reached the house. The rascal had broken a pain of glass near the door, turned the key On the inside, and proceeded to make himself cora- ortly fortable. ence —The P.resbyterians Thedford and eat when the discov- r on that there was visited he villaee of quarried stone and 'white brick, is -IWO feet, with basement, gallery and tower, at a cost of 4M,000. V —Oil Wednesday morediag of last week as a lad was going to school about one mile from St. Jacobs, Waterloo county, on passing, a swamp his attention WO'S attracted to some living object 'near by, e ran home and told his parents, who ediately repaired to the spot, and found a helpless old woman sticking in the mud up to her waist. She was in a fearful state, being covered with mud. from head to foot. She wag. found just in, time, as she could not have lived Iong ini such a state.. She was taken to a neighboring farm house Alia promptly Stayner, county o Siracoe, n Thursday cared for. Her speech was altogether afternoen of last week. A argepertion unintelligible, and nothing can be made of the bneiness port of t town; was out of her as to who she is, or where destroyed; the place woul Mei° Veen ,a she came from. complete ruin had it not been foi the —A farmer who recently attended a timely arrival of the steam fire -engine temperance meeting St. Lambert, from Collingwood. Quebet, was returnine home about 1080 1st —A youne Englishman named. Thos. p. in.ewhen to his astonishment, he dis- covered two men alongsitte his barn 'with a horse and cart, on which they were loading his hay. On being questioned as to their right to do so, one of them said. he made a mistake in the darkness of the night by going to the wrong haute This statement was not credited, and. they again excused themselves by say- ing they were under the influence of in- toxicating drink; but even this was not accepted by the owner of the hay, who said. that the mistake was evidently a wilful one, as the would-be benigrhtedor intoxicated individuals had to travel a milepost their own barn. • 1 Pritchard, work* On the extension of the Victoria RailYe;y, cam. ei into, a: for- tune of £30,090 the other day by the went to Lindsay, ;spruced p, got 0. new! land, andstarted for home; in excellent death of it relative in Iridon. I He suit of clethes, bonght a tieket for'Enge spirits. —Madame Cau hen, wife of the newly' appointed Lieuteea,nt Governor of Man- itoba died. at Winnipeg on the night'. of She 5th inst. Madame Cauchon was eminently fitted to discharge the social duties her new position would have inie posed upon her; and her death is a mat- ter of sincere regret to all Wile had the •—A young German of Montreal,. —,6ai ingeniously constructed whiskey sister, vt,iose wife died, desited to marry her pleasure of her acquaintanee. . 1 who was willing, but the law for - still, in fiill operation and of coresider- 11 bids it, so they went to St. Albans, and able capacity, was discove ed. the ,other had the rite performed on Thursday day in the township of Mono, about 55 last. It appears that preparations were miles from Toronto. An iminense pile ment, -which was quite large and pro- made for the wedding in Montreal, and everything was going on smoothly till of saw -dust covered the entire apart- vided with tuba, barrels, stills, and a he applied for a matrimonial permit very good. grain crusher, driven by the from the proper authorities, when he engme of the saw mill. 7 . Was told. that marriage with a deceased wife's sister was contrary to the laws of i•i —Two Chicago confidence men, who Canada. , This was .a staggerer. But attempted to "work" a. gentlemen on he was not long perplexed, and in a very his way to England out o his money, short time the pair; accompanied by L were arrested at Clifton on Friday. ; several friends, were, on their way to They gave their names as W. C. Heniy Vermont. According to the laws of and John Hart. On their erson4 were Vermont the marriage is legal; and, tymeu left Ottaara, for Michigan. The found several begus$1,000Uiaited Otates cOnsequently, it is no evasion et the frielids of one of these men received a bonds, several_ drafts and chequet, also Canadian laws. telegram the aller day that fourteen of a due bill on the California, New York, ; —The man Somerville, belonging to them had been11e2.,..(lay a railway acci- and European Steamship CompanyThorney, Pontiac County, north. of 05- . dent. They Were rem laded by the Police ta.Nva,who becameinsane through a pra,c- tical joke being played upon him„ has —Mr. Hugh .Davidson,- draggist, in Magistrate.: Viralkerton, a well and favotirably known • —When the tu nip liftine season cathe been taken to the Asylum., near Longue eitizen, sudden y dropped dead in his round at the Waterloo Inciusbuia1 perm hop last Pride, evening. Heart dis- (in cOunection with the Por House- in oint, MontrealA short time since a . party ad shantymen Were on their way ase is supposed to eve been the cause that coua!ty), Gedge ['Wolfe, an. inthate, din 9 death. ;thought it prudent to .absent himself for up the river, Somerville being one of the _ number, when they all got on the drunk —It is stated that the quantiiy of a few days :until the job was over, and More OE less. The day following Some whiskey sold in the town eit'Owen Sound then coolly returned to hie snug quarters erville was told that he had shot a, car - since the enforeement of the Dunkin —for which charitable exercise oNiber- &lea magistrate while intmdcated, and Act, a period. eV six months, foots up to ty he was taken before one of the town that he would likely be arrested, in or - something near 400 barrels, br about magistrates and sentenced to ten days' imprisonment, this being the seco id. of der to avoid this, he was advised to clear 20,000 gallons. . to the woods, and during the ensuing I night he did so. It was 14 days before —The father of Arians gazPhPrscm, be was found again, and then Awes th- the young man who e' absconded. froin the covered that he was a raving maniac, i Sheriff's effice at Hamilto sonae days havingbecoine so throughfear, exposure ago, leaving large sums to e accounted eaa vault of feed, for was in the • c'ty on Wednesday and _ In the immediate vieinity- of the Wallape, driver of a stage be- fence of the kind. e on his the face g fright - flesh off tween London and Liman, w route lately, received. a kick i from one of his horses, cams' ful laceration and tearing th in fold's. He will be confined to his house for it month. told a particular —Eight thoupa,nd dollars' worth of he would pay eve liquors seized by the Customs at Yer- tion. During th riend of his son that -y cent of the defalca- whole time of the in- enouth, Nova S, cotia some tiMe ago, terview he wept itterly and uttered the have been sold by auction and purchas- most painful and heart-rending expres- ed by the temperance people, -who made mons of grief. T a -bonfire of it last Saturday ap the pre-- lives in Puslinch sence of a great -crowd. . and is highly res 1 —On Thursday evening of et a eirl named Keenan, eleven living on Brock Road, nee as going up-steirs with it eoa oil lamp 43,000. A son o Mr. Dawson, the pro- and -will gradually grow as hard as any when it explod,ed, burning her about prietor was injured very seriously, and. other stone. The refuse is loaded by e elder Mo.cPlierlion it well-to-do farmer, —The boiler i a Ile -nig mill u Or - rears old, aneeville exploddd on Sa urday nom - Guelph, in:causine damage to the inill of about 0 village of Norland, Victoria, county, a freestone quarry has been for sone short time in active operation; and an- other about- tw miles distant. The first is owned. by Mr. McLean and the latter by Mr. M piling, both of Toronto, one of whom e loys abouttwenty-five, and the other about thirty-five men. The stone is of excellent quality, and so soft that it is cut up on tile spot into blocks suitable for various purposes, the body in a fearful manner, from the effects of which .she died about Mid- night. , —On Thursdiey morning of last week, - James Lucas was found dead in a ditch about half a mile from Cpurtright, Lambton county;with the w eel.of his +won resting on his chest, 4ne horse dead and the other standing dongside. He leaves a wife. and childrZa. • —Mr. E. D. Cloyes, one oftLe wealth- iest and most respected men. of Brock- ville was arrested at Ogdensburgh on a charge of having wool smuggled into Uncle Sane's d.omains. He wee brought before the. Commissioner and released little hope is entertained of his recovery. John Patterson, the Miller, lost a leg. Pumping cold water into the hot boiler was the cause. The shock broke win- dows at a distant:1e of 200 or 300 yards, and lUeces of the; boiler, as well as tim- bers 't -weighing 250 pounds, were sent through Mr. Aikeneee tannery, 150 feet aeva.y. —A. savage bo r, owned by Mr. Win. . . Lehaae, Emily tcrwnship, near Downey- ville, broke out o its pen one day last week, and entering an adjoining field attacked live horses belong*, to a neighbor named. lynn. The infuriated brute drove his tasks•into the belly of on giving bail to the amount of $5,000. one of the hots, completely disem- -A. Montreal lawyer named F. Cor- bowelling it, from the effects of which beille has met a terrible fate.. He ran. it died sh Alyea *way in September last; after forging eseaPea twith et• -g for about $8,000, and news WR1S received i er of , the ,boar h• . off a train while aossing a for the loss of hi : sornewhde in th jumped by his father a few days ag that he bridge near Kalamazoo, Mich ;,' and was —Three charl - t fatally injured by falling into .the river : the innocent peo below. - er. The other horse azed skint The own - d. . to pa yi Mr. Flynn neighorhood of. 1100 horse.. , tans have been gulling le of Three Rivers, by ve been sent by the spense the miraculous Deane de Lourdes. • pretendlue- to 11 . - —On Thursday of last week Dr. i. Holy Father to ' Delleubaugh, of Buffalo, a fine old gen-et waters of _Notr tlema.n, and well known in many parts ! They •'1'ilade their 'patients kneel, and of Ontario; was brought. before M. C. t then giving' them a few role; .o the / Erman; Esq., at Simcoe, and-• fined $20 : water, _premised that they shou d be ne -With- . perfectly well within three days. , The be of Lon- . simple Triluviens t.ai-a .noti, of aurae, and costs for practising medic ut a license. Detective ;emit don, on behalf of the On '' tario ollege of receive this wonderful specpie for noth- Pharmicy, prosecuted. E ing, and the impesterst were pocketing —P. -Irving, Drumble has tevo cattle their money pretty freely, whea the feeding, both bulls, which weigh 1,470 Teliee cams: dOWn upon them, and eome pounds and 1,575 pounds respectively.- ;of the victims have recovered a portipn The one has been feeding 60 day e the :of their losses. • other 40, and they have gained in —Mr. John Yoking, residing in Wed - weight, the former 355 pounds, the bat- iL11a, on giiing to church last feenaay ter 255 pounds.,•which makes over sia &ening, left his house, as lie supposed, pounds apiece for each day' e feediag, securely locked. On returning a tramp Who Call beat it? • was found toasting his shinls before the —Henry Osborne, who for; the past fire. - Mrs. Young reaeh4 the house ;Oar has discharged the dutieS of doer- first, ona on asldng hint 's ab he • was —keeper at the Toronto Generalillospital, • doing there, he very truly remarkeE that died there on Tuesday of coniumption„ that he was warming himself, and 011 death having been accelerated by the • being asked what he was doing with her bursting of a blood. vessel in he lungs. • son's overcoat on, he quietly took it off, Osborne came as a patient, some time -put on hie mitts; and walked. away be- • the workmeu upon wagons provided. by t the monicipality, an(1 drawn away to be spread upon the roads, -which are ' thus improved at small cost, while the quarries are cleared of rubbish free of 1 charge. ; —A largely atteld meeting was held in Berlin on the 6th inet., by sev- eral of the leading farmers of Waterloo county. The meetiug was callied for the purpose of taking into consideration the development of sugar manufacture from beet root. The meeting was ad- dressed by Mr. James Young, M. P., •Mr. Bowman, M. P. and eeveral other ; gentlemen who agreed unanimously as to the advisability of promoting such manufacture. The following resolution was passed.: " That this ineetiag bigh- ly approves of the object of establishing -this induetry, and. that a Committee be formed. for the purpose of drawing up a memorial to the Goveniment, asking them to take the prayer of their petit- ' oners into their consideration for the purpose of granting a bonne jko assist itt the establishing of a -sugar f- ctory upon such conditionas the Clover ment may deem necessary. —Mrs. Ledore, wife of Abraham Le- i' dere, who resides ou the eighth conces- sion of Kielose, was on her way home from Lucknow in the waggon of, Thos. Donovan, on Thursday night • bf 1a8t w: colt . The night being very dark, Dono- van trusted to his horses te keep the road, but when about three miles north of She village the horses went over an embankment with the wagon. It is thought Mrs. Ledore in falling must have struck her head against the fence at the bottom of the einbanknaent. Her death was almoet instantaneous. She leaves a large family'. Her husband is at present in the Muskoka, district look- ing for land, and is entirely ignorant of her death, Mr. Donovan was with con- siderable difficelty extracted from Ma- der the wagon by Mr. Wm. Vallens, it farmer residing near the scene of the accident. He was not seriously injured. a