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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1878-02-01, Page 4• 4 I.WW AD V .ERTISEMENTS. Great Atictioo Sale of Live Stock. Cottage to Let -M. -P. Hayes. OceintrY Residence for Sale -A. Strerige Cherry--Ltunsden & Wilson Winter Catalogue -Duncan & Duneen. Estrey Barn -John Petty. Auction Sole -Mrs. E. Callaway. Pork Pecking -Armitage, Beattie & Co. Seed Wheat -James Lang. Apology -Barnet Bolton. Notes Lost -Robert Jamieson. Notice to It underst-Sarees Braithwaite. Parfet for Selee-John Esson. Greett Auction Sale -Allan Mitehell. Bar ains--Hoffman Brothers. flrJYuexpositor._ - house wouldnet,either,rnaterially lessen the municipal expenditure oni tramps. The are usually tmerelling from one place to cinothor, ptetessedly e.t least, seeking for employment, They light upon te town or's. fermata house late in a winter evening, and plead. for a night's lodgings: This is all they require, as they •ftX8 off for pastures new in the morning. Now the peer house may be ten or twenty niies from the municipality where the applications are .made, and is conse- quently unavailing in so far as relief to the municipality from recipients of this sort of charity is concerned.. Of course there are in every raunicipo,lity a few who could be more comfortably and. AYORTII, FEBRUARY 1, 1878. economically provided for, in a poor house than under the present system; Dngs of the County Coerrecil. but we fear that those who would In other co-Iumns will be found a very support the establishment of a poor fullreportiof the doings of the County house, in the hope that such an iristitu- Corincil at the January meeting. It will tionwoul• mita' ely d.o away with the be deeu by that report that stveral mat- necessity for raunicipa,1 and private -terS of more than ordinary importance sli.trita,ble contributions, would be dis- were dealt with. In the first appointed. place, STe have the election of Another unsuccessful. attempt was the' Warden. In this conneetion made to have the leading gra,vel roads wegmay reinark,that the circumstances kept in effieient repair. It will be a inernedia,tely attending the election of pity if, on accotuit of sectional jeal- thia officer raustlbe gratifying to every ousies, or through a fear that a few dol - goad citizen. 'tire Girvin, as every per- lars more county money may be spent son whoknows the MOM kROWS, is a in one township tlaten in another, the statinchlReformer in polities. In blase- fine gravel roads wlaich have cost us so lection bOth political perties in the C01111- much, and which have been our eil United. II e was moved by a Reforni- er and -was seconded by a Cortiservative, and, ae a matter of fact, he owes his ele- vation not to his political leanings, lent to his fitness for the poaition. Thus fa r we, are happy to sey, political feeling' has been kept `pretty well down in the where somewhat the same road. system dariron.County Council, and it is to be is plumed as in Huron, grants are -given fervently hoped. that this element of dis- to certain of the leading roads on con- cord may never be allowed to interfere dition that the municipalities interested. witle the deliberations of either our supplement these grants fromtheir own. County or Township Councils. No great- funds. If Huron County' councillors er scourge could befall& municipol body could divest themselves ;of sectional or a municipality than to have the bust- jealousies suffidently to permit of their noes of either coreliected with a view pursuing a sin:tiler course, we might still to :the advaucement of the political in- maintain our roads efficiently and. none terests of the dominant party. It destroys would be poorer, but on the contrary all and crashes (at all harmony and good would be benefitted. feeling, and is it powerfullear to progres- An unsuccessful attempt' was also sive and piofiteble legislation. We are made to secure a fusion of the several wdll aware that if a, few thoughtless po- Riding Agricultural Societies, so that litical wire -pullers and agitators were one good county show might .be held. etiowed to hese their way our County It was proposed. to give a grant of $500 On:mil would not belong free fromthis to the united society, instead'of1$100 to diSeerdant element, but it is- gratifying each of the three riding societies as tOknotv that thus fertile majtaity have heretofore. It is a great pity that such ' rigidly set -their faces against the intro- a, seheree could not be carried. out. As auction- of politics into iremicipal =Eat- it now is, the riding societies are or- tets, and that their firmness anci good. ganizatione only in oa,rcie. They have sense have thue fate saved the County few members and less influence. Their from the disgrace and loss to 'which shows, frequently, are inferior to the irtagy cougtitis itat,_.e been auejeetee from shows of the local 4oGieties, and. instead. this museof heing, a 'power for good, they are praiseworthyeffort was made to se_ weaker in influence and. less thought of. : If the three societies could be induced. euro greater expedition and regularity ithe conduct, of business.. -with tees to rimalgaanate and hold. one grand cell - n obiect itt viectS a Committee was Show, it would be wisdom for the County to give an annual grant of pointed to revise the rules of order. Thistep, although it met with some at least $1,000 for a few years, until the s cxeipositienewas not takeu a, daytoo soonsociety could secure ty.nas of its own, It is a fact pateut to every person OCR- when, probably, the grant might with: Versant with the pratice and mode of procedure in our County Comecil that a very grc.lt,i deal of time is wasted ettela. seeeion, which, with & properly notated code of proceduee might be sexed with goat profit to the County. There is no earthly reeson why the business of the january and December SOSSiORS could not bo transacted in two or at most three days, whoreate five and frequently six.I aro now required:. If the rules of proeetleire were so emended as to elearten the seeetaie of tho Council two or three - • days each- seesiou, and they could easily be, an imitienee eaving to the County as Well as to individual members would be effected. We truettlierefore, that those who lute -o undertakeu this Reformwill persevere until theytsucceed. = For -the fourth or fifth time a Commit : - tee has been appointed to enquire into the cost and utility of a IIonse of Refuge f or the County wi lh iustructions,of course report at the June seesinn, Whether :the present effort to have a Poor House 'established will bo more successful than 'kilos° which litiveprecediel it,is diffieult to say. 'There appears at the present time, at leest. to be coneideradde diver- sity efopietei.T. th amoug the people and their repie etedatives, tr.:4 to the belie - Ute tiuch ait ititutiou will con- fer. it is likely that iJic repot S of the Committee, when it is pre- :, tented, will furnish ceusiderable infor- matioii, which will probable- make pub- ; die seutim ent mi ire harmonious either for " or against. Our owe opinion is that if auch an institution tau be established. I and maintained at moderate cost itnaay ! be a profitable enterprise. But,even, were such au iustitution in full operation, the municipalitiee would not even theu. bo ; relieved from making charitable done- ' tions. There are in every municipality people who are able and -willing to par- tially support theiuseIves, and who only reclaim to seek it moity of their support from. the municipality. It would not ! be either profitable or , right to force mach people into a peer house. There are again. many respectable poor people, who seem various causes have beeu ma. - fortunate, and who would gladly accept of aid given in a quiet way, privately, or by municipal councils, but who would eausider it a degradation and a disgrace to go to a poor house, and they would starve rather than de BO. These also would still require to receive municip4 and private aid. The existence of a poor , THE, gURON XJOSkTOR • I ent. The officers of an local at least, should utake it a, no in attendance. We trust both testa and rural municipalities, Will be largely represented. pelegates .will have passes furnished, them at Tor- , onto which. will !Sieges them I their re- i'y rail at one third. the - MR. JONES, the new Minister dr Militia, was, on Tuesday last, elected for the Constituency of Halifax by a. majority of 233. No " neac- tion" in Halifax. ocieties, t "410 be Huron. turn passag regular fare. TORONTO TOPICS. THE AGRICULTURAL TkARK—TITE COURSE OF THE OPPOSITION DT BEGoiRD TO IT—A CHP•TGE OF TONE—THE EXPERI- MaiNT LIKELY TO DE SUCCESSFUL—it LIVELY SCENE BETWEEN ILIDOTIOrALL was to revive the old game of " geab one of the most important rules of House,, viz., that prohibiting al refer to a prevtous debate. - Irttit I but was brought down on Thursday, and as it is likely to be no- ticed elsewhere in the EXPOSITOR I iree(1 not make special reference to its con- tents. In its delivery it eras a- Great imProkement upon the financial state- ments of Mr. Crooks, as Mr. Weed's speech Was clear, concise andtwell: ar- ranged. 1 . On Monday night's lengthyl discussion arose on a motion by Mr. Lender for a return respecting the endowments of the University of Toronto and. Upper Can- ada College. There is a general feeling in the &use that the public should have fuller information regarding the workiag, and management of these in- stitutions than they now possess, and the naotion was accordingly carried without ; opposition. But it became. very apparent that the reel object of at least some members of the Opposition, he ce GETS THE BEST OF IT—UPPER CANADA 41,, rATTEB ' an:long the denomin.a,tional colleges, and AND FRASER IN WHICH TIT , COLLEGE—DEPARTMF,NTAL REPORTS— umgs, as Mr. Sinclair expressed it, THE EXEMPTIONS QUESTION. " awaken the country from its dream of having One grand' Provincial College." (-From. Our Special Correspondent.) Some able speeches were made during debate Of considdiscussion, was the erable length tlook place Bethune, adad Mr, Sinclair. One emus - on a motion by Mr. Tobley, of East ing feature of the reprobf which the leader of the Opposi- Middlesex, for a return of all students tion thok occasion to administer to his attending the Agricultural Cellege, frora deputy, Mr. Macdougall. The, latter the commencement of the institution to ,s,dvo4ated. the wiping out of Upper Ca,nada, College as a, Provincial institu- the present time,with the present occupa- tion, aud. the division of its endowment tion of those who have left the College, fund among the collegiateinstitutes and, and the leng,th of time each student has High Schools. Mr. Cameron said. that On Wednesday'evenine of lest week a the debate, among them those ofl Mr. " he should deeply regret he day when remained. in the institution. Of course the ra,padous hand of the Covetous there could. he no objection to bringing spoliator was laid on the endowment of down this information -quite the re - pride and our boast, -be allowed ; ) verse; but the Opposition took advan- to go to ruin anddecay. This will, most tage of the motion to renew their usual at - assuredly be the result, if the Council tacks on the Agricultural Farm, and to pursue their present penny-wise-and.' do all in their powur to make it a fail - pound -foolish policy. We notice that ure. It -will be remembered that -last in the neighboring county of )erth., winter the Legislature went rip in a body to visit the College at Guelph. After & thorough inspection of the buildings, the farm, the stock, and the manner in which the affairs of the in- statition wereeadmiiaistered, they came beck without having a single complaint to make against anything they had seen. Indeed ma,ny members on the Opposi- tion side of the House were ca,ndid. enoegh to express privately their ap- proval of the manner in which things were being managed at the Farm. Still out injury be cleoreased. Such a grant were never more popular, o .would. be money well spent. We do not cal education they inipar't believe in interfering -with the local 60" availed of in every part of cieties or shows', as they are; necessary tha,n at the present mome appeer, also, ,from the s in their place, but an esinalgemation of the Treasurer, that contra the ridiag societies would result in Ma which have been circulate moose advantage, and it is the duty 1 salon sources, the great of the Coenty Council to do its et- ; those who have ta,ken adv Upper Canada College." The "covetous spoliator" didn't seem to enjoy the hearty laugh with which the House greeted the remark of his chief - To -night (Tuesday) the question of exemption from taxation got an airing in i the debate whiela followed Mr. Mowet's motion for a special committee to consider that subject. The only con- clusiOn which. one could- fairly draw Irene', the debate was, that it will prove an eitceedingly difficult matter todraw the line at which taxation should,- stop and l exemptions begin ; for though H " a,bolieli all exemptions" is an easy phrase to Aid.. Hallam's mouth, it em- bodies a principle which it seems un - practicable to apply in its full Meaning , in the present state of affairs. Mt. Gib - son's speech on the subject was wri re- ceived by the House, and. especially ti -that part of it in 'tthich he m de a quietly sarcastic reference to thee gen- tlemen in. TarontO who are the 1 chief the temptation to find fault was too agitators on the question, and. who have • i (MU find an antagonist willing to stand up with him. " At Utica, his home; he is a frequenter of a gymnasium, and has a great reputation as an Alilete. • Pcetioareue Cesu.-A few ays young lady named Bartholomew suddenly at Trenton, New Jersey. Corner took charge of the body. suspectencl. that the aervant n Spengler, aged., 18, with whom the girl's father, aged. 86,, had been intimate, put poison in., the victuals of the young lady for the purpoie 6f securing her father's JUST rRVSENTA.TION. -A six-mimedi money. strong to be resisted; and so far as they were able, On the occasion of the debate I have referred to, they exercided the right which every true Tory in Opposi- tion loves so dearly -that of griunbling. 'They made no' specific eharges of mis- management; they said very little in the way of suggesting aphange of policy with regard to. the experiment -which is being tried on the Agricul Oral Farm. But they caretully repeated every little rumor they had "heard," butfor which 132 they gave no proof. The ffect is, of death at anytime. so much to gain by the practical adop- tion of their views. 1 E. Toeotee,,,Tanuntry 29. smosmionnamlaassomon • 0 a died The It is med 1 News of the Week. WA.R PROSPECT.-WOX is threatenedin Central Americo. between Costa Rica and ,Guatemala. cottage and half an acre of land; was publicly presented to the widow bf !John Chiddy, a quarryma,n on the Greaetes- tern railway, England, who, in arch, 1876, removed, a large stone which had. fallen on the metals as the Flying Diitch- man was coming along at the rate' Of 50 miles an hour, but lost his life by being struCk with the buffer ; of the engine while so doing. • ENGLISH IN Mexico. -A noteworther cha,nge ha's occnrred in New Mexico. For the first time in the history of the Terri- tory, therecords of the Legislative body , are being kept in English instead of, as; heretofore, in Spanish. The Governor's message was printed= this year in both English and. Spanish. He has deeply offended the -natives by recommending the abolition of the Alcalde courts, -which he deneunces as intolerably corrupt. 'Au Exeeeisrve MISTAX.E.-A strange eccurrence happened. at Grand Rapids, Michigan, a few days ago. Henry Wool - ford, in passing out an open door, as he supposed, of Spring & Co.'s dry goods store, walked straight through a glass plate seven feet by twelve in size, a,nd three -eights of an inch.thick, smashing it into hundreds of pieces and cutting himself severely. He came out upon the sidewalk covered with blood: The damage to the glass is fully $150, for -which he willingly gave his cheque. MRS. TILTON ILL. -Mrs. Tilton is said.; to beso seriously illthat her friends willt not be aimprised to leer of her course, that their remarks Mug scat_ gOLORED ENTERRRISE.---The colered tered broadcast over the co ntry by the residents of Chicago have eSto,blished a newspapers, revives to soro.e e-xtent that' weekly paper, the Conservator, fpr the feeling of distrust with which any of the expression of their views cm the topics agricultural community hare regarded of the day. the institution, but a feeling -which, hap- pily for the suecess of the arm, is rap- idly dying but. The Opp sition were on this occasion much m e chary of their &oh -finding than for he :last two or three sessions. The tru his -as Mr. Tooley's return when it is b ought down will show -'that there is e ery indica- tion that the experiinent result suc- cessfully ; that the Colleg and Farm the techni- ore largely he Province, t: It would_ atenaente -of erto reports from Oppo- majority of ntage of its most to bring about such an amaigama- training, are not only the sons of imm- erse -the class for whom it was intend. - d --but that they have to, enthe course e refusal of the Connell to sanction of instruction it provid.es, jvith the full stablishmeat of e. !High School in intention of engaging in lacticall g 11 the Sea ousealthough such sch.00l, if esta,b. llama; -would draw from the County funds about six or eight hundred dol- lars annually. If Seeforth is willing to lacier an expenditure of at least three timesasmuch, -whilelf more than ha the pupils attending the institatiou would come from the rural districts, the County might very justly contribute its share. The are mit of some that rth Was, to Bey -the lea,st, ungener-- I culture. There is this fac to be borne in mind: that if the exper ment which year's should Lilbe due to n. gentlemen the House. indifferent; Lr power -by , and. slander, opposition to ere' institu- ve adopted a than before. it wilt be sue - efforts. Mr. return was the larger a school i it is, and, consequen the more efficient ly, greater benefit would result to the 1 County at largo were the existing schools enlarged and. extended, is entirelysfallacieue. No nigh School can be continuecl unless it maintains a certain degree of pro- 4 Accounts, and the Depart ficiency, end each teacher is only Ea- before they arc furnished hewed to have a certain number of pu- ' pentatives of the people pits muter hie cherge. Consequently, assembled •" Aside fro the greater number of these schools there are; and the more widely they aro distributed, the greeter the number pt pup' will be that will have the benefit of the higher or superior instructors.' Although, we think the County would. have been abundantly justified in mak- ing this expenditure for the eetablish- ment of another High School within its borders, wo do not say by any moans that it would be judicious on the part of the people of Seaforth to make the greater expenditure. This letter is, of course, a purely local, and a. different question, which we do not propose to discuss here. There are a few other matters of business worthy of mention, but which, ou accciunt of lack of space at this time, we must leave over for fathre cousideration. has been going on for som be successful, no thanks the great majority of the h on the Opposition side of They have not only been but by every means itt the insinuation, and detractio they have manifested the what is 7* excellence a Itt tion. This session they h tone considerably milder They appear to be afraid. cessful in spite of their Tooley's• motion for th adopted without oppositio On the same evening a plate on a motion by -which had for its dltject t among members, end as among thepeople general]. TR& Annual meeting of the Ontario Reform Association to be held in Tor- onto, on Tdesday next, promises to be one of =usual interest and importance. It is pa,rticalarly desirable that a large representation from all quartersbe prose 11 11 D*ATII OF A ,131JILDER.-Wm. R. Stew art,lethe built Claftin's dry goods store the 'Herald blinding, 5tewart'sresidence anal women's hotel, and. other prominent buildings,New York, died. very unexpect, edly. 2 DECAlitED.-The New york police are lookingfor Miss Lillie KeMpton, &refin- ed. educated yonng lady, Whodisappeared from her home in Boston on Thursday, leaVine 'a note stating that she hadbeen impelled to do so. 11 Sere. --1.-A St. Pa,n1 (Minn.) Swede that he couldn't findit .After he hadlgone to the city hospital,' et, the expense of the comity the money was foun1. tinder a plank in the cellat. hid away Sa()0 of his savings so securely NEW HEATING METHOi,---The Street THE "PETRIFIED MIN" HUDIDUG.-The New York Tribune exposes the Colorado petrified man exhibited 'here, a,nd de= clares it to be Barnum'slatest humbug. It was made at Elkla,nd, a little /noun,- tain town in Northern Pennsylvania, by Geo. Hull; the maker of the Cardiff giant: Ground stone, ground. bones, clay, plaster, blood, eggs, and ..other materials were used in forming the image, which was then baked in a kiln. Very good Mr. Tribune, 'but how ac- count for the "thing" being dug out of a Colorado Mountain, which it most as- suredly was. 1 WHA.TI AN ESSAY Dm. -A. Biddeford, Maine, girl has just secured a husband by means of het graduation essay. It was published in one of the 1?a,pers1 of that city, and an extract from it, in which the young lady declared her in- tention of earning h.er own living, was widely, copied, and met the eye of a Cincinnati iron merchant, who was so much taken with- it that he sought the author's name and. address. A corres- pondence ensiled, and the young lady was persuaded to abandon the -deter- mination announced in her essay. A RASCALLY ACT. -A Port Jarvis, N. Y., school - boy, was 'found playing in school with what appeared. a common base-bell.The teacher seized it, and was about to put it in the stay' , when the manner of the boy and. oth re, and. the unusualsize and weight of ti e ball, aroused. his suspicions, and he Placed -it in his desk. Subsequently he teok the ball apart, and. found that inside a thin covering of leather and yarn -veaS a tight- ly -sealed tin box filled. with Ipowder. The teacher says that- the quantity of powder would have been sufficient, not. only to have blown the stove into atoms, but would have brought the small school building about their heads When he took tee bail a large number of small eCholars were in class neer the stove. BRIGIUK YOUNG'S ESTATE. -There is likely to be a wrangle SOOE over Brig- ham Younh's estate. 'All the Apostles, except E. Taylor and the three who are acting as Ithe prophetti executors, are understood to be in favor of: a rigid ex- amination 01 his financial management. . Ellerbeck, forenany years his confi- dential agent, offers to open a short-cut through the whole maze by pointing out. how the prophet' took from the church, by a few enormous g,ra,bs, $2,- 500,000, one of which was, when' he charged it, in a lump, 650,000ye4r for i eighteen years' services as pro het; seer and revelator. At othertimes e charg- ed the church and. credited hitaself with items of $100,000, on account of the • poor. No doubt the , investigation will be kept as still as possible, but Brigham. Young's heirs will, of course, osis. It will be curious to see the prophets ad- ministering the estate of the 'chief pro- phet by branding him as a thief. ' tions offered, it is believed that orders for the immediate mobilization of the Austro-Hungarian. army will. be is- sued. it is understood that in this event neither France nor Germany would interfere. There is no news of the arraistice,and it is fair to presume that none has yet been signed, as no intelligence to that effect has yet been received. at St. Peters- • buts. And" what is more singular under the circumstances is the incomprehen- sible silence of the Turkish plenipoten- tiaries. Four times has the,Porte tele- graphed to Keza,nlik, Ordering the Emmet preliminaries to be signed., but na no case has "an ansveer been received, though private despatches from the plenipotentiaries to their families have duly come to hand. In the meantime the Ottoman Government is taking • measures for the defence of Constanti- nople, where some 15,000 refugees, all in a state of absolute destitution, with small -pox and typhus daily thinning their ranks, are awaiting transportation to Asia. .The Russians are said to have occupied .Iturgas and Rodosto, and to have reathed Dediagatch, on the „Egean, on their way to Galipoli. Fur- ther complications are also probable on the Greek frontier, as the Hellenic Chamber has been holding a secret ses- sion for the consideration of the a,dvis- ability of assisting the Theesatian insor- gents. ageteesememeileee Car Companies, of Chicago, propose to heat their cars by placing it red hot bali in tt metal casket, deposited in the car, . which will warm it for two hours, after which more red hot balls will. be ap- plied. • gro 6' township, Ohio, who delighted. : to li.eer witch stories when a boy, and. el - veva believed. in them, has gone crazy oialthe subject, and belie -tee himself he- ' witched by elmost every person �r thing that ie nearhirn. • 11 f 13v3neueciaep.-A far ; er Allen's scussioo took . Creighton, , e distribution consequence, of thePublic- enteltepertal to the repro-- Perliament the practical difficulties which prevent -d the numere bus, lengthy and compli+ed public ac- ' counts from being broui lit down and printed shortly afteathe they have _reference. T volved the setting aside portent constitutional pri that by which these ret only to Parlia-ment-a fu. ciple recognized under Government, both in E colonies. TheHouse too no sufficient reasoas was g wining this princTple, a on was induced to With tion. During the disc pasea,ge of arms took pie Fraser and Mr. McDoug referring to some rather made by Mr. Fraser in 11 year to which. e motion in-, of a vete, ima • ciple,namely,1 rns are maile1 demental prin-1 • ur system of gland and the, he ground that vele for contra: d. Mr. Creightt aye his resolu-1 ssion livelY e betWeen Mr, . The latter sharp remarks s criticism of Mr. Magdougall's chang of base with regard to the Agrictiltural "Farm, took occasion to say -blj man repeatedly 'violated House in the language him and the other mem position. The Speaket's ruling being invited, he showed very clearly by a reference to May that the point of order was not well taken. upon made a most sore course of which heralli al upon his assumptio Grand Lecturer of the onlyhad he invoked a been violated, but heha 11 ILL REALTu.—Alr. Forbes, the brit- tle -at war correspondent, ;has been tom - polled to. suppeod. his duties in the field - on eecount of ill -health. Ho has arrived ho e at Loudon, and will soon start au it ecture tour all over, England and, Scotland by way of recuperation. Lose. --Lately it gentleman -1 • - n at Monte Carle -a lg,a.nabling place liont by rail from Nice -$4,500 and only waited the return of his linen from th 'wash to 'start homevta,rd. But the la, ndress beingtardy, he turned once in re into the casino, aad lost Ins $1,500 and $6,000 bgsides. Rete. m ee,-The Sexton of St. 'An- tonY's Cheirch, Greenpoint, New York, hexing been annoyed lately 4 by boys, o tallied. a pound vial of muria,tic acid &cliched. them with the burning d destructive fluid, severely injuring five. Two will be scarred. forlife. The Sexton has been arrested. FINR RIBBON SOCIETIES. -The temp- erance agitation. in some of the Michi- gan cities has broken outinit new spot. Societies of young ladies are now the rage -Pink Ribbon societies, they call:, enal, a,nd every memberis pledged to accept attention from none but Red Ribbon young men. ! GENERAL GRANT'S PRESENTS.---Gerterfa. rant hes ,sent home a package of gifts he has received abroad. The gold boxes presented by Gia,sgeni and Ayr and the Edinburgh silver box are among them. Then there 1 are .gold, silver and bronze medals, illuminated. addresses, badges and decorations. at that gentle. the rules of the e used towards ers of the Op- CanO.a. Rnox church Elora, has decided to purchase an organ by a vote of thirty to seven. -Rev. Sohn Fraeer, Winettrdine, has resigned his charge of Knox church itt that place. -David Goldie Eke 'Ayr, has been appointed Director of the Credit 'Valley Railroad, in Waterloo county. -A couple of Oxford men felled, out and split one hundred and seventy rails in two hours and forty minutes. -Indications of copper, silver and goldhave been found. on the faria o lir P. Kilgallon, 20th Concession of West' Williams. -Mr. Alexander Weed, of East 4orra, now in his seventy-seventh year, deea &Thins own work yet, looks after twenty head. of cattle and. markets his own grain. -Dr. Hector Pellier, Professor in the Medical School of Laval University, died in. Montreal on Friday at the age of 56 years. He enjoyed a large practice in that city.• -Mrs. Mackenziei wife of the Can- - adieu Premier, has "given two gold med- als to a girls' !school at Ottawa, as prizes for courses in domestic economy and plein sewing. -Rev, C. R. Matthew, who succeeded Rev. W. H. Jones in, the pastorship Of Grace Church, Toronto, has .been coin - pelted to resign the charge owing to con- tinued ill -health. -Hngli. Hunter, of Egremont, county of Grey, will apply to Parliament for a divorce from his wife, on the ground that she is living .in adultery with one Tait in Toronto.' -St. Paul's Presbyterian church in Hamilton contemplates extending a callto Rev. Mr. Laidlaw, of Jefferson, Avenue Presbyterian church, Detroit. Salary is $4,000. -Mr. Thomas Hall, of WestiOxfor4, near Sweaburg, is said. to have celebrat- ed. his one hundrdd. and third -birthday last Christmas; his wife is only, a few years his junior. 1 • -Itis said that the fortune to whith Dr. Woodgate, of Granton, has fellen heir, by the death of an. English relative is worth $30,00Q. The doctor leaves shortly to claim . - FEB RUARY 11 1878, in the Queen. Cause, sopposed to be 'incendiary. • -On Friday, jam 18, the railroad ferry ' steamers Michigan and Greet Western ferried. 920 cars! between De- troit and Windsor, of which 886 were freight cars. This is the lergette num- ber ever ferried. in a single day. e -Mr. :Jonah Williams, of London, has it curiosity in the eliape of an oak walking stick with an excrescence as large as a man's head. grovviziga. around, the. wood through which is neefeetly •-solide He out it near Strethroy. ll -.-Dogs'belonging to the nethborhood ,of Glenallen made a raid on the sheep yard. of Mr. J. L. Gibson, of that place, and wdrried 13 first-cla,ss Leicester and Cotswold, six of which have since died. The loss sustained is about .1.,70. --The traffic on the Canacla Southern ' Railway hes beenritpidly developing In- to imnittnse proportimai On Sunday the 20th inst.,i(J60 cars passed. over the road., and. in the twenteefour. hours end- - ing Wednesday morning follownie 1,022. -One day lately while Mr. H. Glea- ves, of East Zorre, Was iit his barn -yard, he heard. amoise apparently comingfrom under the barn. He sctapedaway the snow and immediately eut came a hen with it newly hatched brood of chick- eri--s' Thi e 4a4e of the inen killed on the Port Dover Line, between Norwich and ' Gibson!, still rernains a mystery. In leis pocket -book there were 25 cents, and in one of his pockets- two pieces of pa- per, on one of which " JOhn Bison" was wt r t -t tTe hn. e other day, a number of half- : tipsy yatmg men went. into Glass' Ho- . telSElginfteld, and. began a scrimmage, which 'ended hi the furniture, glasses, and. other articles being smashed. Mr. and. Mrs. Glass were also maltreated, as was also the hostler. [-One of the employees of the Toronto Board. of -Health is still suffering from the effects of typhoid fever contracted on the 14th September last. Within a comparetitely short p4iod. four or five of tlee clerks employed in the City Hall building -have died. of this disease. -Matilda Willoughby, the woman arrested. at Don Mount near Toronto, and tried on a charge of -wilfully caus- ing the death of an infant intrusted to her care by an over -dose of paregoric, hak been acquitted., there not being suf- . ficient evidence to prove the charge. ---Aboxingmatch. between il'Ar0 yotmg men, pupils of Prof. Woods and Prof. Richardson in Montreal is to come off in February; the boutestants to box un- til olie h'as had enough. This contest will settle the long pending, trouble be- tween Prof. Woods and. Prof. Richard- son as to *he is the most proficient teacher.hliyr. re; us p ee xe t. ed resident of Galt died Addison, an old. and recently. He was for many years pub- lic school trustee in that town, and was connected withthe Mechanics' Institute for over thirtylive years, having filled the office of librarian during the whole . of ..;_thAnigatteimme. rantfamily named Lester on their way to Chatham, lost .a child at the Great Western Railway station Londen the other. day. Late in the evening the youngster was found at ,KomokEb. It had got on the Sarnia train and I was conveyed to that point before the mistake was discovered. -Hie Excelleney the Governor Gen- eralicalled on president Hayes at the White House, and. was very cordially received. A few days after the Presi- dent returned tb.e, call at the British Legation, where Lord Dufferiza is stay- ing. This is mann:4.4el thing to do, and evinces the most frie Canada. -W. J. Ball, a tr jewellery and other the St. Thomas Po nesday morning on aicherge of carrying leaded, fire arms.. Ballhad. been arrest- ed. onthe previous night for being drunk, and on beingsearthed a loaded revol- ver was found concealed On his person. He was fined. $20 er two mouths in jail. He went to jail. 1 -A collision oceurted at St. David's siding'Clifton, on Friday morning,. A Great Western Railway passenger train due at 10:50 A. M., came in collision with a pilot enOne going west. The driver and fireman of the pilot engine jumped., The collieion did. not injure the passenger -traati Much, but it smash- ed the pilot engine badly and. delayed the, train, about ono hour. -e-Multrey, Inland Revenue .0fficer4 seized an illicit still and. a quantity of matmial and: whitky inthe woods, about seventy -miles west of Winnipeg, the principal custornters being Sioux, ref- ugees froth the.Meinaesota Massacre set- tlement, neer Portage la Prairie. Thirty me were engaged in the operation, froii the County of Britice, Ont. Mul- vey es gained great credit for his plucky conduet, , The offenders escaped - arr-esth Te willdf i' -he Rev. David Inglis, D. D., late 'pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Brooklyn Heights; has been a4mittea to probate.' By it he leaves to his two sons the estate named. "Lo- gic," in the County of Wentworth, Canada. " The estate referred to is sit- tuttedlin the Township of Seltfteet, not far from the Burning Springs, and came into the. testator's possession through his atile, now deceased, the daughter of th_e 1GatollRdevB-:d11:eGya,one-of e -of .the veterans of the war of 1812, died, very -suddenly en Friday morning, the llth inst., at = Port Brace. Deceased had. been out and. milked. his cows as usual and on re- turning to:the hbuse was taken ill and - died in about half an hour, aeed 81 years and 7 rcionths. Mr. Bradi'ey wart born in New York State, in 1796 and - came to Canada while very young. He served. through the war of 1812 under General Brock, and.was at the taking of Queenston. Heights, At the conclu- sion of the war he settled at Orwell, where hd has resided ever since, until within a few Months, when he removed to near Port Bruce. ' : -The ' Listowel hotel-keepere have improved their system of doingbusiness. Instead. of looking tothe profits of the bar to pay them for little accommoda- tion for which no charge is generally made, they have reColved to charge a small fee for every so& service, includ- ing watering horses. and shed accom- modation. The neW order of things should be adopted everywhere, as there can 'be no doubt the old system hag much to do withthe drunkenness pre- valent. Many a man would gladly pay for every little service done him at ho- tels whro now feels uncomfortable be- cause he may appear meaa in not pay- ing for such accommodation in the only way which the landlord thinks of . Fraser, there - stip reply in the d. Mr. Macdoug- , of being the ouse, while not e that had not himself broken 5. DEATH Or Pr, RNERAL TWBED.-The famous trotter, General Tweed, which receotly broke a leg, has been killed by the yrder of the Society for 1trevention *-"sef Ctuelty to Animals in NewYork. He was valued at $5,000. His record was 2.29. He was matched, for la 010,000 race, during the coming season. A HARD WORICING SENATOR. -Senator Conkling is described as the ,hardest worker in Waslaington. During tlae t ieatest War News. ' • The credit vote ;which was to come up in the Imperial House of Commons on Thursday and the probable 'attitude ,of Austria form, at the ;present junc- ture, . the two all -absorbing connection with the war in It is conjectured that the s Lary credit will be carried. b erable majority, inasmuch a servatives are expected to vote in its favour, while t are divided -mainly owing satisfactory attitude of the ers. Mr. Gladstone on We replying to an address from - topics in the East. pplemen- consid- the Con- ve a solid e Liberals o the un- ome Rul- nesda,y, in he Oxford. Liberal Association, expressed his be- lief that the measure wonld carry, thanks to the failure of the Irish mem- bers to Oppose it. He a1eo1denouncede the dispatch of the British fleet to the Dardennells as a breach of neutrality, and pointed out that were the six mil- lion credit carried': it would. prove an incentive to Turkey to continue the war. Meetings are beingheld throu-gh- out the country, Mainly by the Lib- erals enti'peace patty, with the object of inOutelneing Parliament against the vote. But the Turcophiles are appar- ently gathering courage, and a notice of a motion in favour Of British interven- tion was 011 Wednesday given in. the House by a representative member of the extreme wing of that class. -Whilst absent from home the other evening, ,t1.na residence of Mrs. Ross R6b- ertson, Rincardinerwas, broken into and.money and. valuables stolen to the extent about $250. ; -th -On undred sheep were sent fr the port Dover station last week Portland., whence they -will be ship to Glesgow. The lot averaged 150 1 peithead., live weight. -At the recent meeting of the G County Council motion to subri peal of the Du was lost by a TO -The ra,pidl eld at Owen Souit it by-law for the in At in that co e of 18 to 19- , fatal disease, com V known as the "black quarter, prevalent in the vicinity of Lon Calves and yearlings are the piinci stock attacked With the diseasei -Saturday night some thief do "eraluable horse from the stable of Vil0M0.6 McDonough, on the third. cession of the tOwnship of London. door of the etable was broken open., . -An Ottawa school teacher got into trouble in Montreal and has 'been ar- rested. He got into a row a few days ago with some etudents atthe city nem; ed, ORO of whom is lying a clanger - oils state. -There is some talk in. Sarnia, of getting up a Republican Club for the propagation of Republicau ideas aild independent principles. The-. platform will be an independent Republic for Cana.de. Austria's attitude will probably de- -pend largely upon the measure of .suc- cess which attend.s the submission of the credit vote to the Briktish. Parlia- ment. Should the Minist4 be strong- ly supported, an Anglo -Austrian com- bination. is mentioned as probable. But Austria has already taken e -step inde- pendently of British action,iwhich, to a certain extent, commits her, in forward- ing to l Russia note,. c,ouc d. in reso- lute terms, and upholding tie interests midst of his writing at night he often of Austria and Europe. This note stops to swing a pair of 30 pound dumb: should reach St. Petersbur -on Monday bells for a few moments, and will put .evening, and unless the answer thereto on a pair of boxing -gloves whenever he clearly meets every point ot the -objec- m to ed s. ey , a re- ty- n- • 1F3 OIL al ea on - he - Richard. McMillan, Galt,xtear- at the Chicago, poultry show, ;winning. the highest prize for the largest and best collection. He lea 126 bird on exhibition. , -A Bill was introduced in the nta- rio Legislature by the members o the Government, providing for grantilag to the Credit Valley Railway of additional aid to the extent of $86.50 per 'Mile per annum for 20 years -Mr. Thos. Slater, a student -attend- ilia'bthe Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, died. on Thursday Tof last week of typhoid. fever. He was a na- tive of Lansdowne, Ont., where his friends reside. -Lately two young ladies, daughters of Major Arnastroiega in Guelph, inter-, fered ma fight, 'fearing that murder might be committed, and. threw a quan- tity of snow the assailant's face, so as to blind, -him. • -Dollar subscriptions are being tak- en for the erection of a monument to the late Geo. E. Earl, a railway 1019411, well known Canada and the States, who recently died. at his home in CO - hoes, New York State. ried off one hundred and. thirty p ikes y feeling towards • veiling vendor of ates, appeared at e -Court on Wed- -A gentleman representmg bitnself as a connection of a certain Irish, lord, recently ran up a board. bill to the ex- tent of $60 at one of the hotels in Otta- wa, Which he induced aconMing friend to pay, and then absconded. -A stone gristmill,- owned by G. W. Terry, on the Canifton. Road, a short distance from Belleville, was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning, with all its contents. Loss about 511,500; in- sured for $2,500 bathe Royal and $2,500 ! • • , - , - FEBRILTARN 1878. seniSpting.. The action of the Ltstowel hotel -keepers is worthy of. the oonsider- at4on. of the hotel -keepers of thfii coon - try. ,. ----About two weeks ago= Mrs. Wen. /Stroud, 7th concession of D. alarm yr:mei-tea a live fish over two a d One- , bitif inches long. Last Atigu ,t after . taking a drink of water MrsStrend E told her husband that she thonght sine - had swallowed something in ttet Water - Since that time she has been. conetant- ly ailing, and her ilhiess ternaina,ted in the strange way above described. The fish h.'ved- for 24 hems in water and then Itfr Stroud. killed it. -Last Bundey evening in. St. Paul's _ -D Church, London, Rev. Cannon Innes preached a sernatm on the iquestion-of everlastingpunishment. After ielluding to the Ind -versa' agitation of men's roina's in. this directive, he took ground opposed to a hell of fire and brienetone, but affirmed his belief ill 'the cloarine 'of the eternity 'of punishment, which -would consist of banislemeot from 'Goa and the perpetual torture of an acus- • ing conscience. - He thought it 'the -d.utv of every clergyman to -declare himself on these points at this tir-e, . Hilr011 Notes. , Thedeathis tunaountedof Mrs. Ross, 1 relict of thelate Colin Ross, and. mother of A. M. Riess, M. P: P., which took place at Goderich on the 26t1 inst.! She was 85 years of age. ' . -On Mendel, January 14th, 119 reg- istered. letters 'passed through thepest office at Clintein, and on the same day 591 letters were postecl at that offite, independent of papers and circulars. -Rev. Mr. Mattliews,of Grace Church Toronto, formerly of St. Stephen's-,Goele erich townshipelias accepted a icall to the- incunabeemy of St.. PaursSheirch, Clinton.' He occupied the p i pit for the first time on Sunday last,. - -The saw and shingle -mill owned b -y- ' P. Kelly, of Blyth, was totally CO/ISInn- ed by fire on Saturday morning at one i o'clock. Nothing saved.. Cause Of fire ! unknown. Loss45,000. Insuredin the i Waterloo Mutual for $1,400. - -Last year Mr. Thos. Coates, of Us - borne, sowed 9i acres with barley,which yielded 420 bushels -or 44 bushels per acre, and was sold at 60 cents perbushe el, realizing e total of $252 for the 9i. acres. Thie is proof that good farming 4 pays. -A stage has beenplaced on theroad between Exeter and Grand Bend, -an d. rims tri -weekly between the two plates; stopping at all the villages on the way. I We understand that an effo t is being ; made to have a mailestablish abetweeu 1 the two places mentioned. --Wm. Jackson, of Brussels, was brought to jail on Sunday by Constable • Englieb., chaaged with stealing a pair of i fine boots from the shoe shop of Mr. R. l Iffills, of that village) formerlyof G6dere.; ich., on Friday night.. The boots were found. on prieonerti feet, and he pleads guilty. He Nlitt-s brought before judge i Squier on Tueeday, and remanded to the 4th of February to xeceive sentence. . -A short time .sixice a resident of , Goderich township ettarted_for the Mich- igan lumber woods taking two teams l with him,intending to work there during -the winter. On arriving at Sarnia, and preparing to cross over, he found that - the American OUStO/HR collector e+anted • to charge him. abeut $200 duty bd.' his s, and would. not give him as -bond for the return of the money; (which is usually done, when e person intende ree turning), so lee concluded. 'that it would not pay him to go over, and he tam "back to Erin" last week. ' --The Goderich Siena says: Th. water used from the artenian wells ' • town unquestiona,bly possesses )21.0aitii!, al qualities, the spring at Platt & Ilaw: ley's salt wellhaving a considerab1 reputation. We are informed byseve prominent citizens thatathey haVe bee oonapletely cured. of that '.-terrible ai.lnaen indigestion through th.euee of the wate in Rawley's well, and a party in MO treal, who has laid -Elio -Water emit t * him deelares to an inap.rovemeut in h health. One gentleman, who w . much reduced through the disease, h is now in excellent h.ealtia, attribu " his restoration to a lISO of this water. -Mr. Donald. McTaggart, postmas . at llonereiff, in 'the township of Gr - well and. favorably known in that ee tion; died suddenly oo 'Thursday 1a - He had beeu eutattendingto his hors and came into the housecompktininw -,a pain in Ills side, and had asked wife to prepare a little mustard for h'' such as he had beenacenetomed to t as a eurativewhen similarly :afflicted previous Oecasione. Ilesatilown tpot. lounge meanwhile, and immediately pired. Deceased, although looked net as a comparatively healthy inan, eV Subject to attacks of pain similar that by which he expired. His retell have the sympathy of the sedi011. N Vie131 ill their afilictibn. -Wm. Wileon, of Zurich., was tri - - !•'• • - -t! • -iot eet • ee 4 : 01 4. before Sedge Squier ou Monday, o charge -of obtaining money under fa pretences from a, GerMan in that vic ity. From tho evidence, it appears -t1 Wilson who has been et prominent e len of Hay, Wali indebted to the pl tiff to the amount of $300, but the ter lent 5150 more, Baia, aecepted an for $450 endorsed by Robt. Brown his brother. At the time of thie 11 Cation. Wilson offered the note wli was payable 26 months after -date, the plaintiff wanted it payeble months. Wilscni, thinking,thathet easily redeem it in that time, :wittingly end in the presence of plai and his agent altered the note and it payable 111 12 months. Subseque - the misoner became ineolvent and. te Abe note W11,13 preSelite& to the endo they repudiated it, having Signed i a oote payable at26 /needled- Of co the alteration- in the note milli& Crown Attorney LONNIE prosecuted, Mr. J. T. GaITOW appeared. for the tense. 'NTT C. Straubel, of Gode acted. as interpreter for the German 'losses. Judge Squier held his dee until Tuesday morning; -when he missed the prisoner toxisgering th had not made any false pretences plaintiff. EllIIIII1111111111 11=1111=1..11=1.111111 Auction Sales, Tuesday,- Feb. 19, at Sharp's Seaforth,-aValuable Farm in S Mrs. E. Callaway, proprietress; Brine, Auctioneer. Thursday, Feb. 14, on Lot 9, Mullett, Farm Stock, finplement Household Furniture. A. Rose prietor ; J. P. Brine, auction.eer. Wednesday, Feb. 6, on. Lot 10 14 MeRillop Farm, Fa.= Stec plements, and Hoosehold F John Bowie, proprietor, J,. auctioneer. 4.