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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1878-03-01, Page 1211, 1878. ng narin it, No to preirettt igtis araputMion, vas held an the Brucesfleld, lase was very largely were adiVer“: • by Methodist minis - moat and a very at, a horse belongt 'man, of Stanley, aorning, fU down -er reoeverecl, and sBruetsfield, when* a a short time, It rst -a mood vessel tral dinnertunaat rris Braneh Agee. place at; Coors„ mislay eve 'Ling, and n every seinse,the ar than teelet eze mclid, the, speak_ .sf it relevant tala temperanee t order and ay Th officera ee dit for the creda- 1 the affair Was. (ent, and the host od for the spiels. of refreshmental, Rs band concert, Pranbreole tettee sday evening, th. Lir audience, and wea off vaky sttc- tare° consisted et t•s, clog and jig s excellent seise - • forth foquent .vreciative audi- H. Trespass Rua those gentlemen nt rn thtpt line, average., ! They zed. The elm_ rr, waa executed tmount O gnu% seldom see Bur- esionals. `Mr. X. succeisful ix aecompaniments,1 his newt]: ' are Were seversl rogramine we a critical notice, sufficient to say -61noothtv. 21. in the belt usion,f tale een- terportion of the . good programme n prepared, and sic furthahea by le levers , of the mda most. enjoy- , ig of Huron, Me 7, waslLeldltL-- February Ist. t delegates from ges was present, arta of bushiest following are the ha year Int: ate Londesbore' ; overseer, they; turer, Win -glom; " ward, eV Ingham. a aiaiStan't stew Mitchell, chap. her J. '-Cuthel, her A. Stewart, er W. Coventry, ; Sister Whit- eveart, pontenat ister Baler, lady Executive Com - Tolleson, Whig - - ham, Wiugham; Nene:tam, Dela- • ge-Brother her J. Whitfield; Currie, seconded let we tender our. ra.-ege condolence Brother Bell, in while attending as-• we are sure tiiea in =oh a se - his partner fir 'range then ad- ssele, on Fridatt ms ils at present on School is 145s: tal boys in. Latin 58. y, Mr. Edward. e his buggy Rite fl Mitohell, lead Ida the retired ime after other to go into tht a that the bugg ckly run ontin- ution against bttilding, 1110' gy, c-aeltion and etroyed. It is ashes from Mr. fallen On te the ghtly torn, and g in the straw ignited•. ood -deal of el - rook within tits what some oat ' but the case is f this a difficulty d Reid., width" the Mayor of ela.tter, Aikena, for striking baek, fore magistrate& k on WednesdaYs ence, but refused iiswitneases,wlis at Reidnever at- -ase evae sent ift• as accepted for EL Reid in the against Aikent t, lacing the dam- ncil have fix erent classes °Haws $40 each ; resident auctient stalls outside traders, per da confined to • be, five sh ,200t. Rad e n in corn:Lees: e s, and in a sentrAt e be ten tax each. Theo als to be, el I fees from each; Treas Collector, 050 vo suits ofclotk tor, 5'100 3tig • ELEVENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 534. S4FORTH, FRIDAY, 11/IAR.CH 1 1878. McLEAN BROS., Publisher. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE POR SALE VARM FOR SALE. -First-class faxm for sale in the Township of Grey, County of Huron, 8 miles from Brussels, 68 acres °lewd, new frame barn, and orchard. Immediate possession given. A. J, McCOLL, Brussels. ese VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 19, Con. 4, Morris, containing 100 acres, over 70 of which are cleared and in a good state of eoltivation. There are good buildings. Is within four miles of Brussels. Apply to ROBT, HAYS, Seaforth. 528 _ VOR subscriber has for sale a 50 -+; acre lot in the township of MeKillop, County of Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well timbered with beech and inaple. The property will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON, Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517 QTOBE AND DWELLING FOR SALI41.-For " Sale or Lease, in the thriving village of Hen - 8a1.1, a Large Store anal Dwelling in conneetion. Immediate possession can be had. For further particulars apply to the undersigned. WILLIAM MOORE, Mansell P. O. 526 VARM FOR S kLE.-Fifty acres of land for sale -I:in MeEillop, being north half of Lot 21, Cou. 12; log dwelling, frame barn 52x30, and frame stable 30x15, and other outbuildings of log ; three- quarters Of an sere of orchard. Apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 627 -FOB Ski...E.-A two storey frame house and out - 4: buildings, situated on the Market Square of Seafortlyfor sale or to rent. The building is very suitable for it boarding house or a publia business. For particulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Sea - forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, Goderiela 493 voR SAT. -The east half of Lot 27 and the -I: west halt of Lot 28, Con. 18, 31.1oKillop, contain- ing 1125 acres; 85 acres cleared, 60 aeres free Irctm sturaps,barn 66x40, frame stable 40x20 and log house and orehard. If not sold by the first df April will be rented to a good tenant. Apply to the owner, S. G. McCAUGHEY. 5824 TRONG'S LAND AGEIsTCY, SEAFORTH.- " For Sale, a pleasant country residence suitable for a retired farmer, about two miles from Sea - forth, on the Roxborough Road. Two acres of land with dwelling house and barn, and a splendid orchard and good water. Apply to ALEX. LOVE, on the premises, or to A. STRONG, Seafo 580x4 i .FAR1 t FOR SALA. E. - splendid farm, bei n Lot 22, Con. 6, Turnbarry, 90 acres, 70 acres cleared, well fenced, and in a good state of cultivation, balance hardwood. Well watered, good frame house and barn, and hall a mile from Wroxeter on a good gravel road. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, CHARLES MeTAVISH,‘Wroxeter Post Office. 517x18 IVOR SALE. -For Sale cheap, the 4est half of the north half of Lei 9 Sa.uble Line, Stanley, containing 57 acres, 40 of which are cleared, and the balance well timbered. It is within 3 miles of Baytield. There is a never failing stream' of water rtmning through the place. This property must be sold at MCC. Apply to SCOTT BROTHERS, Seaforth, 520 WARM FOR SALE. -A veiy • superior farm for -I: sale in Stanley, County of Huron, being west half of Lot 23, Con. llacontaining 81 ares; first- class soil and well watered ; frame barn and stable comfortable dwelling house. large orchard ; 2f miles from Bayfield; price, $4,500; apply to the proprietor on the premises or to JOHN ESSON, Bayfield. 530 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Salo, T the east half :of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, HaR. S., Tnekei endth, County of Huron, consisting of 50 aeres, 31 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of the very beat quality. For further particulars apply to JAMES l'ICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Egmondaille_P, 0. 524 VARM FOR S TX. -For Sale, 50 acres of Land, j: being west half of Lot 9, Con. 8, Tuckersmith, HuronRoad Survey, withirame barn 36x57, stone basement; log &telling ; all well underdrained ; 40 acres clear of stumps; orchard, young and bearing; 80 rods from a good school. possession given at any time. I Apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. I 527 flOTEL FOR SA, LE. -For Sale, the Hotel pro - party in Seiforth at present occupied by Robert Hays. It is conveniently situated for business, and has a large and profitable trade. The house is new and very commodious, with good new stables in connection. Possession given at any time. Apply to the proprietor an the preraises or to Seaforth P0. ROBERT HAYS. 528 VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, Con. 7, Hallett, containing 100 acres, 8001 which are cleared and free from stamps. There is a frame dwelling house with stone cellar underneath, also frame barn and stable. Plenty of good water and a finical orchard. Is within six -and -a -half miles of Cliriton and about 9 miles from Seaforth. Ap- ply at TH1,1 EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. 528 WARM FOR stret-Por sale lot No. 27, and half of 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Con- cession, London Road Sarvey, Tuekersmith, con - tiling 200 acres. The farm will be sold as a whole or in two parts to suit purchaser. First-elass out buildings, good orchard, plenty of water, and within four miles of Seaforth, and three of Bruce - field stations. Apply on the premises, or to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 508-4x WARM POR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 29, Con. 14, McKillop, containing 84 acres, 40 acres of which are cleared and. under cultivation; 80 being plowed and ready for spring crop. There is a spring creek running through the phase. Is within one-quarter of a mile from the village of Walton, _and convenient to grayel roads and all the best markets. For further .particulars apply to the proprietor on the premiees or to Walton P. 0. DUNCAN MeMILLAN. 531x4 PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 14, Con. 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 acres cleared -an excellent lot. West half of north hall of Lot No. 29, Con. 6, Morris, adjoining the 'Village of Brus- sels 50 acres, 33 acres cleared, cheese faztory and machinery coni.plete thereon. Four houses and lots, and a large rairaber of vacant lots in Brussels, all the property of the undersigned. Also a num- ber of improved farms the property of other par- ties. JOHN LECEIA. Brussels. 515 TT OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. -For Sale,' -LI- that pleasantly situated and desirable resi- dence, the property of Mr. Wm. Robertson. The property is on Goderich Street, in Adaans' survey, The house contains sitthag-room, dining -room, kitchen, and 5 bed -rooms, with pantries, closets, wood -shed, and all other conveniences. Also hard and soft water -ander cover. The house is new and wellfinished. The lot contains one-fafth of an sore. Apply to the proprietor on the premises. RORERTSON. 527 ,CIPLENDID FARM FOR SALE --For Sale, the la) north half of Lot 16, London Road, Tucker - smith, better known as the Old Cooper Homestead, containing 50 acre% 40 acres of which are cleared and. the balance splendidly timbered. A brick house and good frame outbuildings. A large orch- ard of the best fruit and abundance of water. This farm adjoins the village of Rippen, and is one of the choicest properties in that section of the County. Apply to GEORGE & JAMES PETTY, liensall. 532 WARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, west half Lot -T- 27, Con. 9, MoRillop, containing 50 acres; 30 acres cleared, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation, and the remainder well timbered. Frame house and frame stable, well watered, nice young orchard, gravel road fronting on the farm. Is situated half a mile from the fiomishing village of Winthrop, and 5 miles from Seaforth. School, church, saw mill, and two grist mills within a mile of the place. For terms apply to GEORGE PAYNE on the premises, or to Winthrop Post Office. 532x4 -- vALuOLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale,' Lot 11, Con. 8, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, con- taining 100 area, 90 of which are cleared and in a state of good cultivation, being well underdrained, the balance is good hardwood bush. Good stone house, frame barn and stables; well watered, and good bearing orchard. Is situated about 5 miles from Seaforth and Brucefield, and si from Hippen. School close by, and all other conveniences. For further particulars apply to DAVID MOORE, on the premises, or to Egmondville P. 0. 529-8x Th b Dominion Finances. On Fridaylast Mr Cartwright, the 'ulster, delivered I is speech corn- -position of the nt at the pres- Dominion Finance his budget speech. prised not merely an e policy of the Govern's' ent time, but a defence of their policy in the past, and a review of the financial history of the Dominion's first decade, terminating' on the 30th of June, 1877. Mr. ,Cartwright spoke with, great clear- ness and. distinctness. He `was listened to with marked attention and loudly cheered when he resumed his seat. . It will be observed that he hopes to rneet all the public engagements of the coun- try without any addition to the burden of taxation. He adheres to the princi- ple of imposineeno taxes beyond. those which may -be absolutely necessary to meet the requirements of the pnblic servige. He referred, in the first in- stance, to the foreshadowing of coming -events in his speech as a private mem- ber of the House in 1873, and his de- scription of the embarrassments, sur- rounding the advent of the present Gov- ernraent to office in the financial state- ment of 18/4. Yet, even on those occa- sions, he had not fully estimated. the effects of the previously existing period of inflation, or the reaction that en- sued thereupon. The total value of trade, allowine for the admission of Prince EdwardeIsland, had fallen not less thanmillions under the in- notwithstan *ng the growth of popula- tionfluence of t ie depression, and this, tod, tion and increased area of territory un- der cultivation, representing a natural increase, under ordinary. end favorable circumstances, of some thirty or forty millions mote. At the same' tiind the revenue frot customs had decreased by a trifle over three millions of dollars, while the t tal value of imports had been reduced one-third. The popula- tion had increased by one -ninth, the re- sult being a per capita reduction of hut ports of from $35f to $251 per head. Had the im orts continued at the, for- mer ratio, t e present revenue of .he Dominion N ould have- been some 27 millions, whereas it now very i slightly exceeded 22 'millions. The strain had been severe.," It had visited not only ourselves, blit our best customers, and, in fact, the *hole world. But it was satisfactory to mark the turning of the tide, as exhibited in the improved re- venue returns of the past 'seven months as compared with the corresponding period of 1876-7. Ia the seven menthe ending the 10th of February, 1878, the revenue amounted to $13,434,235, and in the previous year to $12,494,279 -an increase of nearly a million in seven months. Of this sum $200,000 might be due to the importations arising out of the fire at St. John. but then, on the other hand, the very extraordinary character of the season had been excep- tionally unfavorable: Turning to the expenditure of 1877, it would be 'seen that in Civil Govermnent there had been a total expenditure of $812,000, or 871,000 less than in 1873-4L The charge for superannuations amounted in 1877 to $104,000 The additions to the charge for Superannuaticins had been largely counterbalanced by the aboli- tion of useless offices, or , other savings in a similar direction. 'Under the head of Immigration had to be included the loan (repayable) to the Mennonites and Icelandere, amounting to ;79,000, and $21,000 caused by the outbreak of the sraell-pox at Gimli. The expenditure in operating the Government railways had exceeded the estimates by nearly $90,000, but, on the other hand, this had been met by a conesponding in- crease in the receipts frena those under- takings. After noticing some other items, Mr. Cartwright Warmly defend- ed. his application for the last loan at the time selected. Had he waited six months, the fate of the transaction would have been very uncertain. At that period such unexceptionable se- curities as those offered by the Corpora-. tion of Birmingham, the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the Government of Natal, had been practically rejected when atterapti to mite loans were made, and a Portuguese 3 per cent. loan for 61 millions was taken up very slow- ly at 50, or equal to an interest charge on the actual amount raised Of 6 per cent. At the same time the Canada fours loan stood at 901 per cent. for re- tail transactions. The Finance Minis- ter next reviewed the liabilities which confronted the new Administration when they came into office. On the 1st of July the engagements of their • predecessors anticipated an additional outlay annually on railways of 4750,- 000 • on Indian treaties of 4400,000; on Norwest organization of $400,000. The contemplated additions to the debt were as follows: On canals, $43,800,- 000 ; on Intercolonial Railway, $10,- 000,000 ; on public debt maturing, $35,- 000,000 e on Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Railways, 2,000,000;$on Prince Edward Island', 2,500,000;$on minor public works, $4,500,000 ; on St. Lawrence inaprovements, 2,500,000;$ on advances to sundry objects, $1,000,- 000 ; making, a total of liabilities of $131,300,900, or nearly equal to the total net indebtedness of Canada at the sortie date, twenty-three millions more than the amotuat of debt in 1873, and requiring to meet it an annual loan of 20 millions per annum for Seven years. The lowest estimate of the former Finance Minister put the additional charges for new debt at $3,337,400 per annum. The liabilities the present Government had felt it necessary to meet were the ex- penditure on the Welland and Laehine Canals, an additioual five and a half millions; debt maturing, thirteen and a half millions; Pacific Railway, so far as was immediately necessary, six mil- lions, and other charges amounting to five million dollars. It would be still necessary to borrow, but after 1881 it was satisfactory to know that redemp- tion of debt maturing would be optional, and not as heretofore, compulsory. The causes of the excess of the sudden in- crease of expenditure in 1873-74 were th n recapitulated, ammutting to four mi ions, and it was shown, that as be- tut.:n 1872-73 and 1876-77 the increases sol ly due to the policy or engagements of he Macdonald Administration were re resented by a sum in the annual ex enditure of $5,100,000. Having re - glad, however, to the increase of popu- let on, the receipts from the gross taxa- tioi of tho people would be $5 79 per ce t. in 1876-7, as against $5 86 per ce t. in 1872-3, or taking the stun ac- tuz y paid in taxes, the charge per cap- ita WaS only $4 79 against e4 90 in 1873 . n actual reduction, notwithstanding th enormous additions made by the ou going Administration and the oblige- tio s their policy had. entailed. And al- th ugh 21 per cent, had been. added to th Customs duty on a large portion of th imports in 1844, the diminution in th, tea duties. ae compared with former ye rs, and the reduction of, the duty on co 1 oil had practically counterbalanced th increase in the teriff above referred i to. Mr. Cartwright then at some length dis ussed tl e question of the relative taxation of Canada as compared with th United States, including of course th municipal taxes. He pointed out th t, as a consequence of false and in, ous fiscal policy, out of from four to fiv hundred million dollars paid by tb,e pe ple of the United States as the re- sul of their fiscal system, pot over one thi d reached the public eoffers, while th reckless Mismanagemept of Minis- te al affairs had grievously burdened th populations of the greet cities. On th whole, he believed the taxation of Ca ada represented a per capita charge of lare1y one-third of the United States or arely one half as paid in hard cash. It vou1d not be more than half the per capita rate of Great Britain. On the whole, then, he held that our -taxation in anada was endurable, if not even lig t. The Public Accounts of Canada for the past two years showed an ag- gre ate deficit of $3,361,000, but as of thii 1,650,000 was represented by mo ey applied to the purposes of a sink- ing fund, the aetual addition to the pub- lic eebt from this cause was not over $1, 00,000.With a steadilyincreasing rev - em e; with a large virgin territorybeing br ght into a productive condition, at the rate of from half a million to a mil- li° of acres per annum; with facilities for transmitting our agricultural pro - du ts from the farthest portion of Ou- ter o east of Lake Superior to London an Liverpool at a cost not exceeding on: -quarter or one-half a, penny per po nd ; with an almost unlimited mar- ket thus opened, up to our -ageicultural posulation, of which they were evident- ly i ot slow in availing themselves, he spot. e with some confidence of the fu- tur. . In his opinion there was no rea- son for • imitating the policy of the 1J ted States, and whichit was evident: ly fjbeir wish to retract. He believed tha so far the expenditure under the act al control of the Government had beeh pretty nearly reache,d., Out of the total annual expenditure, the sum of 111 millions represented fixed charges con tituting a first mortgage on the rev- enue. Then some 5f mtllions were rea ly cross -entries, and the balance onl was susceptible of any economical infl ehces. 111,1876 the controllable ex - lure a,mOunted to $8,569,774, and 877 to $6,835,078, or a, reduction in fav r oftthe latter Year of $1,734,696. In 873-4 it wa,s $8,324,076, showing a red ction in favor of 1877 of $1,488,998. In 872-73 it Was $7,062,095, or more tha for 1877 by $227,017, and that not= wit it standing the new charges already refe ed to. For 1878-79 the Finance. •Mi 'ster estimated that under ordinarily favsrable conditions, assuming the Cus- to '.8 would yield 13/ minions arid, the Exsise 51 millions, the revenue would be equal to $23,800,000,r,or a lit- tle over the estimated expenditure. He .referred not to impose new taxes, bee I use, first, there were signs of im- pro tement ; secondly, because the re- cei ts of 1877 were below the ordinary ave age; thirdly, because the deposits to nking fund account had rendered the deficit less formidable; fourthly, bec use some objects entailing eipentli- tur were approaching completion;' an. , lastly, because the country would BOO have an opportunity of deciding for itself between the policies of the po tical parties. He ridiculed Sir Jo s Macdonaid's Protectionist profes- io s, and the proposal to increase the we lth of the country by adding to the bur. ens of' the, people in taxing their _breid in a time of scarcity. He held. tha to levy more tames than the re- ve e required, was -only a species of legislative robbery. High duties would utilize sectional differences, and not only im sede progress, but, as an incentive to :muggling, tend. to demoralize the POO .le. His further observations were in he nature of a commentary on the financial situation, and he closed by Moving that the Speaker should lea e the chair. 11 pee in • Canada. party of 22 gentlemen from Troy, Ne York, arrived in Montreal the other day on a pleasure trip. Robert Grenny, keeper of a , gambt lin den within three miles of Brant - for., has been fined, $50. A teamster, named Joseph Lange: vin was killed in a scuffle with a fellow wo .kman on the Upper Ottawa. There is great distress' among the poo in Montreal, many being on the ver:.e of starvation for both food and firi g. -eA. highly respectable resident of Brantford, found a bouncing baby boy in a 'basket in his woodshed „the other mo nine. Mr. John McColl, of Lobo, chopped sp t and piled five cords of beech arid mettle cordwood in one day,and walked ha a „mile to his meals. On Thursday night, between nine an half -past ten o'clock, a four year oli horse, and a cutter, containing two b s 1 alo robes, and two horse blankets, we e stolen from the shed. of the Norfolk House, Simcoo. The property belonged to Harvey Widner; son of Mr., N. C. Widner, of Windham, and was Worth over $200. - -Dr. Hodder, the oldest, and consid- ered the most /experienced, surgeon in Torento, died on Wednesday evening, February, 20th, at the age of 67. -The one hundred dollar prize for best kennel English setters, at the great dog show, in St. Louis, 'Missouri, was awarded to L. H. Smith, of Strathroy. •--At Elora the other day, a span of whet wore said. to be good working horses, sold for$11 •' a set of double harness for $4 75, and al neck -yoke for 30 cents. -Mr. A. Dawson, tavern keeper of Port Credit, found guilty before a bench of magistratesfor allowing gambling and card playing in his house, had his' li- cense suspended. --Asher Miller, residing near Port Stanley, has had to pay $20 and costs for pointing a revolver at the head of Andrew B. Keilor, a neighbor with whom he had quarrelled: -The Dunkin Act by-law has -been repealed in the county of Brant by over 800 majority. Every municipality in the county, with but two exceptions gave a majority in favor of repeal. - Col. Wylie, Of Brockville, is now serving his 29th year as school trustee in that town. He served two years as Secretary of the Board gratuitously and has filled the office of chairman sixteen years. -Mrs. Catharine Jarvis died at Dig- by, Nova Scotia, recently,, one hundred and ten years old. She was born in slavery in the United States, and brought to this Province by a loyalist in 1782. man named. McDougall died sud- denly at Point Edward, near Sarnia, on Saturday. He was struck with a snow ball in the Street, and being in a -bad state of health, burst a blood vessel and expired. • , -A man named James Gordon, who had been in the employ of Mr. Wm. Greenaway, of Maidstone Cross, Essex Ceunty, decamped the othor da.y,:taking ing with him $55 of Mr. GreenawaY's money. 1 - One day last week, a, school boy named'Frank Webb, while playing in the grounds of the Central School, London, had one of . his lege broken in a scuffle between " Turks " and " Rusgians." --Ennotville, near Guelph, is a smell place, but boasts of a big baby, ten months old, 42 pounds in weight, 3 feet high, and 25 inches round the waist. It walks, talks, is pretty, and is named John Patrick Heffernan. -Mr. T. Mathews, of Talbot street, township of Malahide, was found dead in his bed on Friday morning last. De - eased was seventy-three years of age, and Was in his usual state of health when he retired for the night. I -4. snow -slide from a reef on Wel- lington street, London, the other day, struck a perambulator and Completely buried a child sitting in it. The child had a miraculous escape from death, but was not seriously injured. , --Head Master Dickson, of the Ham- ilton Collegiate Institute, in a report to the Board, tates that the 434st of iedu- cating one pupil in any of our High Schools or Collegiate Institutes is about $30- per annum; at Upper Canada Col- lege it is $90. ---A Chilian meteorologist predicts great atmospherical disturbances all over the globe from the 16th to the 28th of March, on the 26th' and 28th- of August, and again on the 24th and 26th of Sep- tember. He also prophesies a- snow Storm in August. . -The Reeve of the township of Moore has been served with a writ claim- ing $10,000 damages, at the suit of Jane Lucus, widow of James Lucus,deceased, who was killed about two month's ago on -the River road, through the neglect of the corporation to repair the road. -The heavy rains of lastweek caused serious floods in BOMA parts of the country, more especially at Port Hope and Oshawa, where thoussnds of dol- lars' worth of property has been de- stroyed, and at the former place two lives lost. Part of the track on the Midland Kttilavay and several bridges were swept away. --One day last week Mr. Archibald Macdonald, of Burford, lost his most valuable horse, an animalvalued &toyer $200,.. The horse became cast in the stall in the night, and upon Mr. Mac- donald entering the stable in the morn- ing he found the beast dead with its neck broken. -Mr. Edward Lawson, grocer and confectioner, of Toronto, purchased a quantity of maple sugar from a Montre- al house, and upon its arrival found each cake contained a large brick, and that the sugar was only about hall an inch thick. Mr. Lawson does not blame the Montreal firm, but thinks they were imposed upon. . '-TIR) Worswick Engine Manufactur-1 ing Company's machine shop, G-uelph, together with theentire contents were , destroyed by fire early on Simday morn- inet last. The loss to the company over and above insuranee will be very heavy. A large number of workmen will be thrown out of employment. The_orielin of the fire is unlendeen. 1, --Mr. J. W. Marsden, grain merchant in Newmarket for nearly 25 years, died early on . Sunday morning. Since the death of his son Joseph three weeks ago he had an attack of typhoid fever whiph he had overcome up to last Friday morn- ing, when he took cold, which brought on a sudden attack of congestion of the lungs. He leaves a wife, two daughters and one son. . -The dedicatory services in connec- tiOn with the opening of the new Wes- ley church on John street, Hamilton, took place on the night of February 21. At the -close of the sermon Rev. Dr. Ives read a statement, showing a debt on the church of about $18,000. A sub- scription list was at once put in cireu- lation. Within hall an hour $6,0001iad been subscribed. In 30 minutes more the sum had risen to $11,000, and , at the close the amount lacking amounted to only $900, -which was also secur- ed, and the 1 entire debt wiped off. Owing td the lateness of the hour, the closing dedicatory exercises were -postponed. -Constable Thatcher, of Sarnia, has been tracing up the burglaries commit- ted in Lambton county during the past six months. He has two of the burglare in Sarnia jail who were implicated in the Camlachie store robbery in January, and also the burglary of Rutherford's store at Watford. Thatcher has also arrebted two others, in whose possession stolen goods were found, , -Knittingnaachines have been intro- duced. into the Institution for the blind. at Brantford, and are worked with ex- traordinary facility by the blind. girls. Nearly all the socks and knitted work required at the Central Prison are being made by them, and at alower cost than itoy canbe obtained elsewhere. There an order now at the institution for 1,800 pairs of socks and 700 pairs of iits, 1 , -A terrible accident happened in Mt. • leasant,Wednesday of last week,where- y a child of Mr. Baskerville 'wasscald- d to death. It was lying in the' cradle beside the stove, when a young brother upset a tea kettle of boiling water upon it. The infant only lit -ea a short time. The mother's hands were very badly scalded in the attempt to relieve the child of its clothing. -A bey named James King, attend- ing school in the town of ' Perth, Ont., struck his teacher, for which he has been expelled from school, taken before a J. P. and condemned to ten day's imprisonment and. to pay a fine of $6 and costs or remain in jail twenty days More. This should be a warning to him and to all other bad boys, to be careful how they treat their teachers. , -Mr.' Wm. Myles, of Toronto, who 1 has purchased an interest in the Snow- i don iron mines, talks of putting up smelting works in Port Hope or Whitby. Port Hope talks of a$30,000 bonen', and, the ON railways are offering competing rates for the freight. Having a positive order for a large qliantity of iron from& Cleveland firm, he is now I getting out the timber for buildings at the mines. -The other night a couple of young men went into the room of a, gentleman who was stopping at Mr. Clarke's Ho- tel, Georgetown, and by way of a joke took his coat and pants out -and left them on a chair in the -.hall. He re- coyered them all right in the morning, but there were $600 in , the pants' pocket, and if anybody had "gone through" the pants, the young men might have had to pay a goodprice for their joke. - Several of the colored orators of Hamiltoni met one 'night last week to debate the question, " What is the pause ' of the prejudice against the African - his color or his condition?" There was a very good audience, and good order was maintained throughout. After an animated discussion by speakers on each side, the judges decided that it is the condition of the African and not his color which causes the prejudice against the race. . -On Wednesday, the 19th ult., a, little girl, aged thirteen years, daughter of Mr. Abraham Stover, near Ridge - town, was standing on a broken chair, reaching up into the cupboard, when her feet slipped suddenly, [and she fell with so great violence that one of the rungs of the back of the broken chair entered her body, pieroing hee in the lo- cality of the heart. The pool. little creature moaned and cried, "0, I'm killed?" and died in less than two min- utes. son of a widow 'larded Pinks, living in the township of Hull, met with a serious accident. He waS standing on a log with an axe in his hand when his foot slipping he fell backward, carry- ing the axe with him, and as he fell to , the ground the sharp edge of the in- strument fell on his throat, making a frightful gash and laying bare the windpipe and jugular vein. A doc- tor was called, and sewed up the wound. -The poor boy is in a dangerous conditio. -Dr. Baker Edwards, the G-overn- ment Public Analyst in Montreal Sec- tion has, in co-operation with the Col- , lectors of Inland Revenue been investi- gating samples of various kinds of food ' and drink. He states that a sample of milk which was delivered in Montreal by one, of the regular milkmen, was brought to him for examination, and he found it to be unhealthy and dangerous. It contained blood and pus i which the doctor supposed had emanated, with the milk, from the udder of some diseased COW. -An inquest was held by Dr. Caw, of Parkhill, on the remains of the un- fortunate man known in West Wil- liams as English Elliott. Deceased was returning to his farm, and whilst walking on the track was struck by Donohue's No. 4 ex ' ptess David Whit- taker, driver, and killed instantly. A verdict was brought in by the jury in accordance with the above facts. Whit- taker did all in his power to avoid. the catastrophe. Strange to say, this driver has, within the last , two years, knocked off the track four men and one woman., all of whom had been sus- pected of being under the influence of liquor. -Thomas Mills, employed. as night engineer at Waterman Bros'. refinery, London,was on Saturday night suffocat- ed while engaged in his work. One of the duties of the unfortunate man was to pump oil into the agitator from the . distilled tanks, and it is supposed that the had, about nine o'clock; looked into the agitator, when a 'gush of wind, through the window on the north side, blew the gas from the oil into his face, rendering him insensible. for the time, and resulting in hill death. About ten o'clock the night still -mart missed Mills and: getting alarmed for his safety, in company with the other :workmen made a search and fou na him lying dead in the treating room. The deceased had fre- quently been told not to go upstairs alone in the treating room while pump- ing oil, unless the pump was first shut down, but it is the -tight that on. this oc- casion he must have disobeyed, these order. He- leaves ,a, widow arid several small -children totally -unprovided for. - Mr. John Brown, of Granton, had a little experience the other day which May be useful to other farmere when at the samework. He went several miles for a load of bricks, which he I began to load in,the rear end of his waggon. He had net proceeded farwhen the box tilted up, throwing him out and covering hira with bricks, also spraining the ankle of his left foot severely, Dr. Hunter, principal of the Institute for the educatiomof theBlind., in Brant- ford, ,accompanied by Prof. Cheesbro and about forty of the pupils,recently gave an exhibition of their handiwork, and attainments in nausic,befoee a Ham- ilton /audience. The proficiency shown in, various branches of industry, andthe excellent programme of music, pleased. and s irprised the audience. : - he Committee appointed to investi- gate al complaint' made by John ).1e-- Auley against Mr.Powell and fitss Adair teachers, Kincardine, for undu severity to his son, reported that aftet hearing the evidence and. giving the matter dme cOnsideration foun'd that A. McAuley was guilty of gross•disobedience and dis- respeet to his teachers, and degerved se- vere eha,stisement; and further that Mr. McAuley failed to substantiate his comp aint by evidence. , --AJ of evangelistic meetings it a, e ncjw being held in the Young Men's C ris ian Association hall, Hamilton, c ndu,cted. by Miss !Logan, of England. This lad.y and her companion, Miss Beard, conducted daily meetings in Cobotirg for fourteen weeks consecu- tively, attended with deep and general religiOus interest. Several other places have elso been vieited by them, where their labors have been attended with great euccess. t 1 -An old man named. Archibald Me - 'Pail, a fornaer resident of Huron town- ship, living in the neighborhood. of Rive eesdatesattempted to commit suicide on Titesday of last week, by thrOwing hireselfinto a well, but was rescued be- fore accomplishing his purpose. He has-been laboring under chronic ner- vottAness for some time, producing men- tal aberration. Financial difficulties are believed to have been the exciting cause, . , -A few days ago G-eorge : Kane, a spectator at the Port Perry races, was 11:Med1 He was looking at the race in whicy three horses were ruining. Two had gone past, and Kane and. others went on the track to watch them. The third horse came up and struck him a terrible blow, kno,cking him down. He i was a carpenter, and had been working • th(construction of the Lindsay Ex- tensioi . His -wife is, dead, but he has children in Toronto. He was about 26 years41n , p1 age, and was a quiet, inoffen- sive --Ap inhuman landlord in ,Toronto, last week caused to be arrested a poor woman named Matilda Hatt, on a house she occuPied. The woman had charg! of breaking the windows of the taken ;the house, and was in it for some months, but was unable to pay the rent. On Monday one of her children died, and. she managed to scrape together Suf- ficient money to pay for a coffin. The landlord called during the day and de- manded. the rent, and upon the. woman complaining that she had only eufficient money to pay for a coffin, he demanded that she should devote half to the pur- chase of the coffin and the other half to- wards the rent. She refused and he im- mediately put a bailiff in. -At a birthdey social, at the resi- dence of Samuel DemarayeEsq., North Dorchester, there were present five semi and their wive,s and children, three daughters, two tincl their husbands (one a widow) and their children, 17 in num- ber 'for which the old folks prepared a sumptuous dinner, after which they drove to Ingersoll to the office of Mr. Hugel, photographer, and had their likeneeses taken in a group -18 in num- ber, the largest group Mr. Hugel had ever takenreturning hbme in the even- ing to an oyster supper and enjoyment of home fireside, and to chat over the scenes of early life, hardships and trials in the clearing up. of the old homestead, comparing it with the now prosperous condition of the country. -The heavy rains oflast week caused most disastrous' freshets in several towns east of Toronto. 'A considerable portion of the towns l', of Belleville and Cobom* were inundated, and. consider- able. damage done to property. In Port Hope several large bridges were carried off, the whole of the lower part of the town was flooded to the depth , of sev- eral feet, and as a consequence cellars were flooded and much valuable pro- perty destroyed. On Sunday evening a new three -Story brick store, with plate- glass front, occupied by J. A. Smith tit Sons as a grocery and,fish market, was undermined by the flood and fell about 10 o'clock, -with a fearful crash. The family barely escaped with their lives jut before the building fell: -The apprehensions regardin4 the fate of Rev. G. L. McKay, MiSsionary of the Presbyterian church of Canada to Formosa, caused by news of his death by_violence, have happily been allayed. Professor McLaren, of Knox College, Convener of the Foreiga Missions Com: mittee, lees received -... letter from Mr. McKay, dated December 17th. and hav- ing the Amoy post -mark of january 9th, in which letter the writer gives de- tails of the riot at Beng-kah, the prin- cipal city in the TaMsui district, where Mr. McKay was trying to establish a mission. The mob pulled down the mission house, and threatened. the life of the missionary, who stood out for a week against the rage of native fanati- cism. Mr. McKay had left Tamsui, but promised to return again. The report of his death was probably tele- graphed from Hong Kong to Yokohama, and brought to San' Francisco , by the steamer immediately preeediiig that which carried Mr. McKay's letter to Prof. McLaren. --LA strange occurrence took place in Montreal a few days ago. An old man named Isaie Mailet, a shoemaker, after having been a total abstainer from strong drink for many years, bought a bottle of whiskey, and invited. his 'wife to imbibe. This she indignantly refused, to do, and tried to dissuade him from breaking his pledge. But he said if she woul& not drink with him he would drink withtlae cross he had sworn- -upon when he took the pledge. Taking anold wooden cross from the wall he held it in one hand, and took a long draught from a bottle which he held in his other hand, when the hand that held. the cross became paralyzed. Not discouraged., the old man took the bottle in his other hand, and -no sooner had he done so thin thet also became uselesF. -A seven year o14 son of Mr. Chug. A. Fox, of Walkerton- has ,developed a most axtraordinary talent for nand& At a concert in Walkerton the Other even- ing he was placed at a, distance of about ten feettfrom the piano with lai.s beck turned. toward the piano and facing the audience so that it was impossible for him to see the keys of the instrunient, yet he told. off every note as quick as it was struck. Not only did he tell single notes, but he would call off as quick as struck any number of accords and dis- cords as well in thelowest bass asin the highest treble. He did this witlicut any t hesitation showing that sounds were as familiar to him as physicial objects are to the eyes of ordinary mortals. While Master Fox possesses this high musical talent, he is by no means an oddity. He loves play as well as any boy of his age, and learns his lessons at school as well as ordinart, boys. -On the night of Wednesday, Feb- ruary 13, the residence of Mr James Brown, lot 32, concession 1, West Zorra, was destroyed by fire. The famllywere all away the former part of the j night, and, consequently, were late in retiring. About 2 o'clock in the morning Mts. Brown awakened, and to her surprise discovered that the house was on fire, and that already the ceiling was begin- , ning to fall in upon them. She imme- diately gave the alarm to the sleeping family, who barely escaped from the burni g house with their lives before it , fell a smould.ering heap of ruins. There being do insurance, the loss to the fam- ily is very great, comprising the h.ouse- hold furniture, cooking and eating uten- sils, -provisions and °teethes, in fact ev- erything they had, with the exception of a few articles of apparel, which they snatched with them in making their exit frond the burning building. They had to go to the nearest neighbor's . house barefooted and bareheaded, and otherwise but poorly clad, and in con- sequence several members of the fam- ily had their feet badly frozen. The cause of the fire is imlmo-wia, but is' sup- posed to have been frora a defective stovepipe. Perth Items. At the annual meeting of the Pro- vincial GrandBlack Chapter of Western Ontarioeat Oshawa, Sir Knight H. A. L. White, delegate from St. Marys, was elected Associate Deputy Grand Master and. Sir Knight Caten Willis, also from St. Marys, was elected Grand Standard Bearer. e-Williara, eldest son of Mr. Henry Ward, Mitchell, met with a 'serious ae. cident on Tuesday last week. He was in a piece of woods chopping, and in coming across a hollow log he placed in the cavity a lot of powder, and. then stopped the hole with a.bmich of straw to which -he set fire. While looking over the straw to see if it was burning the powder ignited, burning the youngman's face and breast in a most shocking man- ner. He was at once taken to his home and it is feared that he will be disfig- ured for life. This is another proof of the danger of tampering with gun- powder. -Says the Beacon,: Not a thousand miles from Stratford lives an elderly lad'who in addition to her many es- timable qualities, is a staunch 4. Grit," and if she were a man, would always vote the straight party ticket. Al- though with such a shining exanaple be- fore them, her immediate descendants havenot followed the same path, but are nearly all Tories. Some tittle ago the old lady paid a visit to her daughter in a neighboring town, and as might be supposed, was often rallied by her grandchildren on her Grit proclivities, which she made no secret of, but rather gloried in. One day, when the spirit of mischief was rife among the youngsters, they procured a copy of the Mail, and neatly covered the several headings with similar ones cut from the Globe, arid placed it where grandmamma would. be sueto lay her hands on it. Dinner over, she betook herself to her easy chair, and commenced reading,. The editorial column first attracted her at- tention and she was soon deep in an ar- ticle lauding the "Chieftain" to the skies, and abusing the Government like pickpockets. The oldlady was evident- ly disturbed, she wiped her spectacles, read a little further, and turned the paper over and over to he sure she -was reading her favorite Gkbe. In a mo- ment she was heard. to mutter, "it never can be so," "1 won't believe "Monstrous," and finally she threw down the paper and marched out of the room, amid. the roars of laughter of the young people. Being a little deaf she didn't hear their remarks, although she saw they were laughing at her, and was highly indignant when told of the joke that had been. perpetrated -on her. For some time the incident was preserved in the family archives, but the other day it was told Outside the charmed circle, and so found its way into the Beacon.