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MiSCellaseeeees News Items.
the:Londan assizes on Wedues. -
day,J.. H, Hargraves, of the Loedon
Heir Facto, was found guilty of hav,
ing feloniously done bodily harm to the,
girl Annie Sparks, and \vita sentenced te.
three eare" imprisonment in the Ooze.
tral Prisont
—A gentleman in Stratford has
his possession. a butterfly measuring
over seven inches across the wings, wee
beautifully; marked. with rich colors.
The chrysalis was taken off a geraniera
pia nt in Vire fall, and kept in a. basket
in the honse until one day last week
wheel. it batst open, and the butterfly
emergedtt is one of the largest and
finest insects of the kind. ever seen.
—At the ititerraedi at e examination held
in Deceraher last, Miss M. A.‘Draper,
pupil of th 0 High Sch.00l,Listovrei, owe,
trary to expectation, did not succeed izr'
ctettinct a teacher's certificate, The,
ilead Master, Mr. Crozier, was led ta
:believe that there roust have been a
; a mistake somewhere, and made app1f.
cation to the Board of Examiners for a,
're-examination of Miss Draper's paper;
and which has resulted in Miss Draper
being awarded the certificate to which
she vas entitled.
PitONOMIPED case of
r.MisS Margaret Thompson, who had lier
pet horse shod with golden shoes. art&
distributed showers of gold among the
_poor of various European towns, -was.
:heard. befOre Lord Adam, ia
'burgh, on the 23rd ult. The hearing
;was had ori the petition of George Gra.
ham Thompson, and two brothers of
-Miss Thompson. She is in the Royal
Lunatic Asylum, Gartna,vel, near Gies.gow, whither she was taken on her ar-
rival in Scotland.from Barcelona, Spain,
rhaving been taken charge of there by
the Britisli Consul. She is about 40
year e of age.. on the testimony of Dr.
F,tarmaliill; she was declared unable to..
emanage her affairs.
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Spring Shows.
sums for the exhibition, of Entire Stock tidll be.
Inteld this season as follows :
South Huron, at Brucefielcl, on Friday, Apriln.
V est Huron, at Smith's Hill, on Wednesday,
_April 17.
East Huron, at Wroxoter, Ofl Wednesday, April
30.
; Stet= and tsbarne, at Exeter, on Friday,
April 2.
Hibbert, at Spring Hill, on Tuesday April 16.
Grey, at Brussels, on Tuesday, April 9.
. Morris, at Myth, on Tuesday,April 16.
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WHOLE NUMBER, 539.
SEA.FORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878.
McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
WHO SHOULD GQ TO MAN-
ITOBA.
In the last issue of the Manitoba
Free Press we find thefollowin.g article :
The season's immigration having al-
ready commenced to set in, the time
scores opportune for giving a few words
of advice to the many persons who are
doubtless consideeing whether they
shall try to better their prospects by
removing to the new fields of labor and
enterprise presented so attractively by
nitaba and the Northwest Terri-
tories.
First of all it is neceseary to repeat
the caution, which we have given at in-
tervals heretofore, with respect to one
particular 'Class, whose experiences in
a, new country have been generally the
reverse of satisfactory. There are no
openings -wbatever here at present for
persons desiring employment in genteel
occupetions. Of clerks, assista,nts, and
salesmen we have enough and to spare.
Situations are diffieult to obtain, while
the exigencies of economy during the
long winters frequently oblige employ-
ers to diminish the strength of their
staff in -that season when it is most dif-
ficult and -unpleasant to -find. temporary
outdoor occupation. Persons desiring
employment in stores or counting
houses should make- sine of situations
before they come here; otherwise the
chances are they will suffer grievous
disappointment.
Even the case of mechanics, we
should hesitate to recommend a large
accession to the ranks of those al-
ready here, who are able to meet the
present deniands of the public. The
conditions are not particularly favorable
for stray journeymen finding employ-
ment at their craft; but a good. wcrk-
man, with a small capital, would easily
find localities to establish himself where
his services would. be valuable in the
young settlements growing up" in all
parts of the Pro-vince.
Manitoba is essentially a farming
country, and nowhere in the worid. does
the produce of the soil so readily yield
itself to the labor of the ,agriculturist.
Of farmers we cannot have toe many;
but it should be remembered that, to
-embaxk successfully in this, as in any
other independent, vocation, the pos-
session of a small capital—say at least
$1,000—iS almost indispensable. It is
true that some settlers have managed
to get along with less, and yet have
thriven; still we should not be warrant-
ed in advising any new comer to ven-
ture to plant himslf upon the prairie
in the forlorn hope of successfully com-
batting the obstacles that have been
overcome by only sueh persons as axe
peeuliarly fitted by experience and re-
source to fight this kind of battle.
To the praetical farmer with a small
capital Manitoba offers unriyalled at-
tractions, for such a man, by the exer-
cise of ordinary thrift and industry,
• may certainly look forward to aai imme-
aisle comfortableliving, and to making
money at no distant date, when cora-
-munications with the outer world shall
have been secured. In fact, an enter-
prising, industrious man may fairly
hope to attain on a prairie farm in the
space of ten years a position that it
• took his father 40 years reach in the
heavily' tin3.bered portions of Ontario.
It is here, as elsewhere, very advantae
goons to the new settler tc have abun-
• dant help in his own family. Among
the Mennonites, all work—which is One
of the secrets ef the immense progress
their settlements hIVIS made. Fames
in Manitoba are easily eultivated by
naaehinery, 6f which the most suitable
• kinds are to be obtained. at compare-
tivelycheap rates on the spot, several
firms who make agricultural im.ple-
meets a. specialty having already estab-.
• lished well -stocked agencies in the
ProYinee. With such aids to labor, a
farmer having the help of his growing
sone is comparatively independent of
the necessity of hiring, and the bulk of
the profits consequently accrues to his
family.
For the capitalist Manitoba arid the
Territories furnish unrivalled opportu-
nities. Money is scarce and commands
a high rate of interest. Consequently
abundant openings for safe investments
at high rates of interest, upon undoubt-
ed. security are presented.. The oppor-
tunities for embarking in industrial en-
terprises are very numerous, and the
• practical Inasiness man, with money at
command, can hardly fail to find 'open-
ings that will meet his views.
In conclusion we must not forget to
mention one class which eau find here
a very wide field of employment. The
demand, for domestic servants is always
great, and good girls command excellent
wages and. coinforta,ble situations. The
number of this class is subject to coa-
stant reduction as the ranks are ae-
pleted by marriage, which is sure to
create frequent gaps in a country where
one condition necessary to the success
of the young farmer is the possession of
suitable helpmeet.
Vennor's Latest.
Mr. Vennor writing to the Montreal
Witness under date of March 27th,
hays:
As in da. Scotch proverb has it:
•( March borrowit from April
Three days, and they were ill.
This 'winter, however, both March and
February have " borrowit " weather ,and
this has been exceptionably fine, conse-
quently it is extremely probable that
April and May will play ill, and give
jest such weather as I predicted last
October. This Was very wet weather.
800 already indications of very heavy
rains, which are likely to extend over
wide -spread areas, and these will be in-
terspersed with occca,sional snow flur-
ries through April, and possibly into
May. Such a condition always gives us
high water -towards and. through May,
and it is my opinionthat thie willbe the
e ease this year to a very marked de-
gree.
An " early spring" is a very vague
expression. To my way of thinking this
1
does not at all depend upon the date at
which navigation qpens. We shell prob-
)
ably very shortly have vessels in ur
harbor although there are still sev ral
ice blockad.es to e removed bet een
here and Quebec— ut this will not warm
the atmosphere now, nor will it prevent
the cold v-hite EaSter in April. Tin ess
I am very much nistaken we will 1ave
to record. some ex eedingly late sxiow
last autumn ex erie
one ; and this y ar,
n to set in e rly,
snow falls,the s m-
ir to be short and
erm implying th in-
ctober forecast. As
blished my ge; eral
mm.er it is unremes-
urther details. 1 he
point to in this em-
end
ters
*gh
flurries, just as we
encec1 a very early
I expect the autu
with probably earl.
mer Beason bids f
sweet—this latter
tensely hot of my
I have already p
forecast for the §
spry to enter into
proba,bilitiesthen,
rannication chieflyare: Heavy rams
late snow flurries, 1., rapid rise of w
towards the xnonti of May, and
'water throughout he summer.
The Adulteration of Foo
The Conanaissie er of Inland Rev nue
t
has submitted a r port on the ex 0 eri-
ments mad.e last year in certain dis-
tricts in Canada, t ascertain. -cvhe her
or'not venous samples of food submit-
ted for chemical tests were adulterated.
In it we find the fellowing table:
No of No. found No.
Name of Article. samp1es to be mita- unadul-
anal) zect teratecl. tainted.
Allspice............ 3 7 6
Bitters(quiuinewine) 1 r 4 1
Butter .. . .. ......... 9 23 26
Cassia 2 • .. '2
Cloves .6 5 1
Cinnamon. 6 6 ..
.Cocoa and chocolate.. .. 2
Coffee ......... ..... 34 10
Ginger 1 17
Milk 0 53 37
Mustard. ..... .... 9 18 1
Pepper 35 30 6
Other Spices........ 4 0 4
Paris Green. . )0 30 • 20
Preserved vegetables 22 - 1 21
Potted moats .. ..... 3 0 8
Spirits 0 1
Sugar •4 80
Sweets . 0 .. 20
Tea 9 15 44 ?,
Unenumerated arid-.
ales 2 0
4
2
4j38247 241
The reports of he analysts continue
to show that a vey large proportion of
the condiments sabmitted are adulter-
ated, and to a You considerable extent.
This is especiallythe case with ground
cloves, ginger, M.ustard and pepper.
Coffee is largely deteriorated. by the
admixture of for ian. substances. Out
of 44 sa,naples onl b10 were found pure.
Tea is adulterate to a less extent, for
the .above table s ows that of 59 !sam-
ples submitted or analysis 44 were
pure. •
The samples of Paris green referred
to above were se • t to the Government
analysts by the Secretary of the De-
partment of A iculture, because, as
the drug was argely, purchased- by
farmers, who hay no means of protect-
ing themselves against. imposition, it
was thought th Department should
shield them as fa. as possible from im-
pure articles. Dr. Baker Edwards, at
Montreal, reports very fully ou this
subject. Some samples sent him were
adulterated with, gypsum, or terra al -
bra, which red.uced the poisoning prop-
erties of the drug by 20 per cent. He
objects to the use of this poisou because
' where it is largely used it is apt to be
washed by rain from. the fields into
streams, where i may do serious harm
to stock or men rinking the water, as
it is not soluble. He has been experi-
menting upon ga lime, ammoniacal gas
liquor and pbospjiorus soap, with such
success that he i of opinion -there are
remedies in sul hur and phosphorus
which, while recie iring care in their ap-
plication so as no to injure vegetation,
sze fatal to the iug, obnoxious to the
beetle and are va liable fertilizees of the
• soil and of a no -poisonous character.
He recommends heir use to that of ar-
senical compoun s. Six samples of
Paris Green proc red in Hamilton were
sent to Mr. W. dgson Ellis, Toronto,
who found four o them pure and the
remaining two dielterated, the one
with 21 per cent. f sulphate of baryta
and the other wi h 23 per cent. In a
sample from Lon; oraPrussian blue was
found which had been mixed to conceal
the s ulph ate.
The following dulterations were dis-
covered: No for ign leaves were found
in tea, but sever 1 samples of green tea
were " faced " wi h Prussian blue;.cof-
fee was deteriora ed with chicory and
roasted wheat, pas and beaus; pepper
with wheat flo ; ginger with corn-
meal and cages ; e pepper—the sa,na-
pies were stampid. " pure " and "No.
1 " ; and milk from 15 to 20 per cent. of
water. Onenample of ground cinna-
mon was entirelylcomposed of powder-
ed cassia and wlieat flour, there being
not one particle of true cinnamon in it.
Canned fruit was wholesome, except in
the case of French .peas and Lima
beans, into whicl copper had been in-
troduced to enha. ce the color. Butter
was found to con ain an excess of salt
and water. Ad tera,tion reigns in the
ground spice traI.o. In Montreal the
analyst detected usks of eornand mus-
tard seeds, vario4s grains and refuse of
of mills, togeth r with farina, flour,
ground rice. In Halifax a sample of
pepper contaanecl1 90 per cent. of busks
; another, bread and
read ; and a fourth,
Iv
steed was found to
• contain sulphate f lime.
The Commissi ner submits that the
time has arrived hen the law should
be put into activ operation throughout
Cauada. He ad.ds to his reports 60 en-
graved figures o microscopic objects,
illustrating the 4tulterants used for the
deterioration of f pod, and furnished by
the British De artrnent at Somerset
House, London. It is believed these
plates will assist be analysts and other
experts to exami4e samples of food that
may be sent to t1em.
--Mr. Sauer, po k butcher, Guelph,has
shipped 700 doze pigs' feet pickled, to
Russia. ,
of mustard seed.
husks; a third,
sand. Some m
Canada.
Track -laying on he Canada Pacific
railway is progressing at the rate of
about three-fourths of a mile daily.
— The Grangers of Grey Division
have shipped from Meaford. to Liver-
pool 10,000 bushels of wheat.
— Mr. James Kerr of the 6th conces-
sion, Maryborough, had. an apple tree
in full bloom in the month of January.
—Mr. Henry, of Halifax, purchased
,55,000 worth of cattle at Toronto last
week.
—Kenneth McDonald, lately in the
employ of Mr. J. D. Moore, has been
arrested on suspicion of being a party
to the late robbery.
—The man. Donnelly who attempted.
to take the life of constable Everett at
Lucan a short time ago, has been .sen-
tenced to two years in the Penitentiary.
—Rev. John Mcielicking, of Picton„
has received a unanimous call to Wat-
erdown at a salary of $800 with manse
and some land.
—Last week a Waterloo township
farmer, Me John Devitt, assisted by his
hired man, Wm. Ament, cut 15 cords
of wood. in oue day.
—A fine $400 organ has been intro-
duced into the Presbyterien Church,
Thomasville. The anniversary service
is to be held on Thursday, 17th of April.
—Professor Andrew Smith, Principal
of the Ontario Veterinary College, was
a few days ago presented. with a hand-
some ridmg whip by the students.
—Mr. Hugh McBurney, of the fith
concession of Kinloss,.who was injured
on the 7th March by a fall from a low
stable, has succumbed to the injuries.
He died on the 19th ult.
—Mr. James Nevin, of Sandwich, a
few days ago threw .some 2,000,000
young white fish fry into Burlington
Bey at Hamilton. The fry were from
the fish hatches in Sandwich.
—The unemployed. workmen.of Otta-
wa have appointed a committee to wait
on the Premier and ask for assistance
to enable them to settle on lands in
Manitoba.
—An Adelaide hen distinguishedher-
self the other day by laying a double -
yolked egg, one yolk being enclosed in
another perfect shell about the size of a
pigeon egg.
—A rowing match at a wager of
$2,000, is to take place on Toronto Bay,
between Hanlan, the Ontario cham-
pion rower, and Plaistecl theNew York- .
er, on May 15th.
—A party of young men has been
formed in Montreal for the purpose of
settling a township in Manitoba. The
company now numbers about 30 mem-
bers, and. expect to start on or about the
154a Of April.
—A large snake measuring seven feet
in length, of the blue racer species., was
killed on the Grand. Trunk Railway,
near Sarnia the other day. It meas-
ured 12 inches in- circumferanCe at the
thickest part.
—In Wiedsor dogs must hereafter be
licensed and numbered, and wear a col-
lar with an official tag affixed.. The po-
lice are empowered. to enter premises
and inspect dogs tied up, to else if they
are collared and tagged.
—A Bible agent in Hamilton named
Burns has got into trouble, being
charged with ' embezzling a large
amount of his employer's money. Bail
to the - amount of $1,200 hes been
taken, Until his trial next week.
—A Cuban lady of wealth and high
social position, of New Orleans, was
married at Newca,stle, Ont., on the 23rd
of March, to Mr. TeCollins Powers, a
near relative to- the great American
sculptor.
—A city broker in Toronto last week
sent to New York for a package of new
silver dollars. A parcel containing a
hundred was sent him, on which he
had to pay $18 express charges and
duty.
—The Parry Sound _North Star is
glad to find that the prospects are en-
couraging for both the lumberers and
the men in their employment. Prices
have advanced somewhat, and the de-
mand will be quite equal to the sup-
ply.
—The other day ' three Ingersoll
young men undertook a voyage to Lon-
don, on the Thames. As the knowing
ones prophesied they received a cold
water bath and were wrecked about
raidway between London and Ingersoll.
No lives were lost.
—Miss Heximer, daughter of John
Heximer, of Stevensville, has eloped
with her father's hired man. The
young lady's parents are well off, and
.she leaves a good. home to try her for-
tune with a man who has the reputa-
tion of being fond of whiskey and
worth nothing at all.
— Mr. J. N. Henry, of Chatham, has
been shipping clover seed for six weeks
this season, and shipped 37 car -loads ;
all of which went to England and
Germany. The invoice value is $52,-
300, one-third as much remains- in
the granaries of the farmers as has been
sold.
- Dundas Banner says: A. farm-
er residing on the Stone Road above
Ancaster village wants us to advertise
for the bottom of said road, as he
thinks the township council. have lost
it. He spent a couple of -hours trying to
find it last week and faired in his
search.
— A weddinebwas to have been cele-
brated in PortBurwell ; the guests had
arrived, the wedding presents had been
admired, and the table was spread for a
sumptuous repast, but the bridegroom
did not appear. After waiting ,nearly
all day, it was discoveSed that he had
taken the train at Aylmer, and fled to
Michigan.
--Falconwood, the place chosen for
the Prince • Edward Island Lunatic
Asylum, is about three miles distant
from Charlottetown, and for a long
time has been used as the G-overnment
Model Farm. It contains about 100
acres, nearly a third being woodland.
The highest point has been taken for
the centre of the buildings, which are to
be of brick, with stone window -sills, the year, but the increased demand is
simple in style. for England. Several car loads, of
---Ou Saturday a sharper in Ottawa from 18 to 20 each, are being taken
got hold of a man named McCrae from over the Grand Trunk Railway daily,
the Gatineau, and in showing him the destined for Europe. They itre intend-
" elephant " got him drunk, carted hiin edfor military service,' and are branded
out to McKay's bush and there robbed. with the letter " S." Large shipments
hem of $165, and his watch and. chain. of cattle are also being forwarded from
The detectives are now:looking for the the lower Provinces, and the country
perpetrator of 'the robbery. east.and west is being searchedfor suit-
-Land.• hunters art pouring into able horses for war purposes.
Muskoka. Some of the settlers are —A Mr. Hobbs, pf Warwick, a few
logging, and. ,underbrushing has been days ago, engaged. a laborer to thresh,
done all winter. Large clearances have some peas in the barn, who, while do -
been made and. an immense quantity of ing so, made it a custom to enjoy his
land will be reclaimed from the forest usual smoke. Unfortunately, about 3
during the ensuing summer. o'clock one afternoon last week, flaraes
—A young rna,n, living in Euphrasia, were discovered issuing out of the
Grey County, is said to.have mortgaged building, a,nd in a few minutes there
his father's farm for $1,100 and left for was more smoke on that - farm than a
parts unknown. His father is one of thousand old pipes -could make iu.
the pioneers of the township, and. had. year. Mr. Hobbs will lose about. $800
but this one son. Great sympathy, is as the result of that fatal smoke, as he
felt for the old man, he being a very had. unfortunately neglected to have the
moral and honest man. • insurance transferred when buying the
—A little girl ten years of age, reside farm.
ing in Berlin., is acknowledged to be —One of the oldest Red River set -
one of the finest violin players in the tlers—Mr. John Matheson. Sr.—died at introduced into our country
Province. She is a pupil of Professor his residence fie Itildonan on March 20, would make a decided improvement on
Barn -name and is the reputed possessor at an advanced age. Mr. Matheson our present spring wheat. -The millers
of extraordinary musical powers, hand- came from Scotland to the Red. River are still of the opinion that the- sooner
ling the bow with the skill and. accur- country with Lord Selkirk when he the country substitutes another wheat
acy of a Paganiniform.ed his colony; ancl during his many in place of the red chaff the better The
—Last Friday a man named Wm. years' residence there lived. an upright varieties Mr. Blain showed are the
Grieves was brought from Mount life which won for him the respect and Golden Drop, Fife and the Baltic. It
Brydges under arrest, charged withesteem of all. For many years he was is the opinion of millers that wheat
forging the name of Thomas Foulds, of an. elder of the Kildonan Church. He grown on the rich soil of Manitoba,
Caradoc, to a note of hand for $160. It was 'the father of Rev. Alex. Mahe- would be likely to grow well here.
is alleged that the prisoner having got son, of Little Britain, Mr. John Ms,th- —A few days ago a young man nam -
married. 5 fortnight ago, and being witbe eson, coancillor,Eildena,n, and Mr. Wm. ed Henry Hope, about twenty years of
out money, took this means of raising Matheson, councillor, Springfield. The age, who lives on the 8th concessioneof
funds for a wedding trip. He was cora- funeral took place on -the morning of Peel, created a sensation in that neigh-
mitted for trial. the 22nd March, at Kildonan. borhood. He left his parents' house
—A fair show of gold has been ob- —On Monday, March 25, about fifty without giving them any notice that he
tained at Fifteen Mile River, in eastern perscms, male and female. left Luck- was going away, but before he had
Nova Scotia, aud twenty men with four now for Trail county, -Dakota Territory, gone far he took off a paper collar
horses are now at work there on the where they purpose taking up land, and which he wore at the time and wrote
Jackson lead, while a Pictou crusher engaging in farming for the remainder on it, that if any one wanted to 'find
of their days. They are principally him, to search for him at the bottoin of
Highland Scotch people, and comprised the fittx mill pond. The collar. was
five families, and a number of young picked up shortly after his, departure,
were the cynosure of all eyes, and it is
a question whether their perfect inno-
cence or elegant costumes were the
more envied.
B. O'Donahue, the mov-
ing spirit of the Reil Manitoba, insur-
rection, died at St. Joseph's Hospital
in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 27th
of March. O'Donahue was Secretary
of the Treasurer under Reil, and. took
a very active part in the military oper-
ations under Reil, and was generally
considered the real moving spirit in
that movement. After -its failure, and
failing to receive pardon, as Bell and
other leaders in the movement, °Tone -
hue returned. lo Dakota county and
cornmenced teaching school, which he
ollowed until compelled by consump-
tion to take to what proved. his death-
bed in St.- Joseph's Hospital.
—At the last regular meeting of the
Waterloo District Millers' Association
Mr. R. Blain, of Galt, showed. samples
of three different varieties of spring
wheat which he received. from Man-
itoba, and which be thinks if
is to be set up at once. The lead show-
ing gold ie frem 20 to 21 inches ehick.
The lacl of a road to get to it greatly
enhance , however, the cost of sup- unmarried men. Three of the farmers, with the ominous words wntten on it.
plies. viz., Armstrong, Ross and McLeod, have The alarm was immediately given and
—Amongst the gr&ftiates who passed already taken up hoxnesteads in that the bottom of the pond. dragged, but no
successful examinatio s before the fac- country, and sufficient land has been body vies found. In a day or so aftere
ulty of Ann Arbor, Mijthigan, Tuesday pre-enapted to supply the remaining words, he turned up alive and well in
March 26th we obser e- the names of male members of the party. They have the township of Wallace. He should
the following Cans, ions: Ambrose with them 25 horses, and intend going be taken home and severely punished
Peter McGuirk, St. 'Lary's; Thqmas into farming on an extensive scale. for his conduct.
—Billy Burns, the b;urglar, is still
haunting Windsor. With a keen, watch-
ful eye, a dirk in his boot, a pistol in
his sleeve, and with apair of legs which
Carry him 100 yards in` ten seconds, he
has invariably defied. any member of
the police to arrest him on the street.
Burns has committed numerous bur-
glaries in Canada, but was last arrested
in Detroit, and. being convicted, was
sent to State Prison bfor seven years.
Being under age he . was transferred to
the State House of Correction at Ionia.,
but he managed to scale the walls while
the guards were at supper, and, with
an hour's start, succeeded in eluding
his pursuers. This was about six
months ago, and since that time he has
spent his time principally in Windsor
and adjacent towns in Canada. It is
said that the Windsor policemen, in-
cluding Chief Baines, are rather afraid
of this nineteen -year-old desperado, and
although he could be arrested.at any
time for carrying concealed Weapons,
they very prudently let him alone.
—A young man named David Davis
was married at the Police Court, Toren -
Mr. Edward Warren, of Bismark, and. to, last Friday, to Amaie Florence
Mr. Archibald McPhail, farmer near Kerry. He had promised to marry her
Muirkirk, attempted. to drive across the
track with a team ahead of No. 7 morn-
ing express west, the trein ran into
thein, throwing Mr. Warren sixty feet,
and. crushing lai's skull and breaking
several of his limbs. Hewes killed in-
stantly. Mr. Archibald McPhail was
thrown into a culvert, and his head cut
chapter in his life will be worth to 'him
a whole encyclopedia of commercial
ethics.
Allyn CLIMB, Auburn; Hamlet Hart, The young people are a hardy -looking
Simcoe ,• T. Dixon Keillor, Stra.throy ; lot, and just the kind of people suited
Edgar Dudley Lewis, Ingersoll, and to stand the rigors of that Western
di -
W. Lewis Scholes, Constance. mate.
—On Tuesday night of last week a —A party in the towaship of Adams -
fire occurred on the premises of Fred. ton, County of Renfrew, having some
Krieger, about twe miles from Hespe- butter for sale offered it to a -prominent
ler, by -which his barn was burned.. A merchant in the -village who refused. to
cow, seven hogs and two sheep perished buy it, but said that as he was going to
in the flames. The other contents of Brockville he would see whether he
the barn, consisting of hay, straw, dec., could dispose of it there. The man
were totally consumed.. Origin of the consented, and the merchant sold it at
fire unknown. Insured. in the Water- Brockville for 7i0, per pound, on the
loo Mutual for $2,000. understanding that it would be sent
—Another fatal accident happened at back if unsatisfactory to the owner,who
the Falls on Monday last. Patrick and was very indignant at his butter being
John Reilly, brothers of Chippewa, sold at such a price, but cooled down
started to return in a row boat from rapidly on heering that he could get it
the American side. When half over it back if he chose. The butter was af-
• was noticed that they were in trouble terward purchased by Starr, & Co.,
as if an oar was broken, but they were whp upon taking it out found. that the
too far down to render any assistance. sides of the firkins were fleetly lined
They went over the Horseshoe Falls with stones, so arranged that they were
just outside of the Three Sisters Is- hardly likely to be touched with the
lands. piercer.
—In 1868 Dame Christina, Mackay, —A most terrible accident happened
of Montreal, wife of His Honor Justice at Muir Birk station, 'Bothwell county,
MacKay, but who had not then been on the morning of March. 26th. As
appointed to the Bench, took suit for
damages against Thomas O'Neill, a
bailiff, it being alleged that be left cer-
tain of plaintiff's houses in. the city in
a ruinous and disgusting state. The
case dragged on ever since, until Wed-
nesday of last week,when Judge porion
gave decision for plaintiff for $10o.
—The Kingston News says that 52
immigrants recently landed at Halifax
by Allan steamer, who were booked to
Hamilton. The full fare from Liver-
pool to Hamilton is 27 8s., but the
Government paid 22 13s. on each im-
migrant's ticket, leaving him or her to
pay 24 15s. only. Of the 52, but 15 re-
mained in Canada, 37 going to the
Western States; and. of the 15, four
were Americans, who, having been on a
trip to " Yurrup," accepted the Cana-
dian Government's open -handed -hospi-
tality, and. got the reduced passage.
—Hon. M. H, Cochrane and. Mr. Si-
mon Beatty, of Preston Hall,. Arran,
Scotlan.d, accompanied by Dr. McEach-
ren, of Montreal, have been making a
tour of the United States and have
visited some of the best stock farms in
Kentucky and elsewhere with a view of
purchasing horses possessing the best
qualities for roadsters, for the purpose
of exporting to England.. They pur-
chased heavily from the stock farm of be the medium of discovering untold
Col. Legrand B. Cannon, of Burling- hidden treasure, but that the time for
ton, Vermont.
—The average product per acre, of
the several settlementsin the Province
of Manitoba, for 1876, have been found
to range from 20 to 45 bushels of wheat;
barley, 25 to 60; oats, 28 to 65; peas,
20 to 60; potatoes, 100 to 400e' turnips,
100 to 1,000, and an average for the
whole Province of 32?2- bushels -cc-heat,
42. barley, 51 oats, 32 peas, 229 'pota-
toes, and 6624 for turnips, the total pro-
duce being wheat 480,000; barley, 173,-
000 ; oats, 380,000; peas, 45,00Q; other
grain -,000 ; potatoes, 460,000; turnips
and o her rots, 700,000.
eine ten to twelve families, squat-
teti's on the Canada Company's lands at
Grand ' Bend, have been ,ordered to
leave. Had notice been given them
but had backed. out and threatened to
kill her when she upbraided him. He,
however, fulfilled his pledge, when be-
fore the Pollee Magistrate, who threat-
ened to send him down for a long terra
unless he married the girl on. the spot.
The bride appeared to be somewhat
nervous, but the bridegroom did not
open in three places, and breaking his seem at all interested in the proceed -
right arm. It in that he is fatal- ings. When that part of the ceremony
ly iujured. Both horses were killed, which relates to the ring was reached
one being thrown about severity feet. a. hitch occurred. The _bridegroom,
An inquest was held on the body of ha,ving been in jail all day haeunfor-
Mr. Warren and a veidict of accidental tunately been unable to secure a ring,
death was returned, no blame being and everyone in the room looked a lit-
attaohed to any of the railway employ- tie foolish until a gentleman present
ees. Deceased was forty-five years of stepped forward. and presented the
age, and. leaves a wife and four children necessary article, when the interesting
to mourn his loss. ceremony was continued. Davis at-
-On Saturday, 23rd March, two tempted. to place the ring on tb.e lady's
deaths occurred. at the Poor House in finger, but notwithstanding all attempts
Berlin. The first victim was Captain it wouldn't go on, and he was finally
John Woolkart, aged 82 years, who had obliged to desist in his effors, leaving
been aneinmate of the institution for it midway between the first and second
nearly eight years. Deceased was an joints. The happy bridegroom was,
eccentric character who had been areal- iminediately after the ceremony taken
dent of the county for nearly 70 years, again to jail, but was afterwards liber -
and labored -under the hallucination ated en promising to be a good_ bus -
that he was a near relative of Queen band.
Victoria, and, moreover, that he was to :—How two well-dressed and respect-
ableelooking American gents " played. it
upon" a Canadian commercial trav-
eller, is told at length in':a late issue of
the St. Thomas Pinta. At Aylmer one
-day, the traveller had. drinks with his
newly -found friends the Yankees; (and
pe, rhaps if he had let the drinks alone,
the little unpleasantness wouldnot have
occurred.) Having found a fourth
partner, the party went to a quiet place
to have a little poker or bluff. Cham-
bers lost $50 to $60 "in a way that he
aid not understand "; end thereupon
sprang up, locked. the door, and called
upon the cheats to refund' before they
dared leave the Teem. The winners
departed, however, without refunding,
and Chambers, together with a consta-
ble, started in pursuit, and. overtook
the sharpers, who' drew a revolver and.
thus eecaped. Their description was
last summer it would. have saved them wired to St. Thomas, whither they hid
considerable expense, as they had from A slight description ofthe bride's cos- walked upon the track, and Messrs.
ten to forty acres of fall plowing done, time may not be uninteresting to at Smith and Brown, their convenient
which goes for nothing. Many of them least our fair readers. Commencing at names, were arrested.there. Smithwas
are old residents, having been on the
land from eight to twelve years, and had
goods horses, barns, orchards, ,ac., and
have to leave all, the land being held at
so high a price as to preclude th 6 pos- the weather by a pearl -white veil. Then
sibility of purchasing.;i she had on a, red and. black striped shawl
—A Montreal correspondence says: the red being of a most glaring tinge:
The demand. for horses of a particular A lavender staff dress, with gloves to
class is increasing. Some are being
purchased for use in the United States,
as is usually the case at this season of
Perth Reins.
Mr. James Ronald of the third con-
cession, Wellace sowed four acres of
wheat OD the 22nd of March.
—A snow bird built a nest and is
hatching four eggs ins. tree on the farm
of Mr. J5111438 Dowd, Burns. It is very
rinartehtehsaetr:gisonnsow. bird nests or hatches
—Sergeant II. T. Thrift has opened.
a school for military drill, in Listoevel.
The purpose of this school, is to afford.
a -useful end pleasant exercise to the
young men. and boys of the town.
—One day recently Isaac Lacan, of
the 4th concession:Logan, had a very
narrow escape from having his brains
knocked out. While unhitching a span.
of horses one of them kicked, viciously
hitting him in the face, inflicting some
severe cuts and bruises. He is at pres-
ent doing well.
—A. few days ago it on of Mr. J.
Stacey, Fullerton, while fishing on the
river, came across a trap that had. been
set for muskrats, and not knowing its
nature he picked it up, when it sprung
Jon his thumb, hashing it badly, and not
being strong enough to sprieg it he had
to carry it home on his thumb, a
tance of nearly half a mile.
—Mr. F. F. Pole, of Mitchell return-
ed from Kingston on Tuesday evening
of last week. He was sentenced to im-
prisonment for three years in the Pro-
vincial Penitentiary, but his good be-
haviour and influence of friends got him
his liberty fourteen. months before filo
expiration of his term. He is said to
look very careworn and haggard, and
much older than when he left.
—The hotel keepers of St. Mary's
recently held a meeting at which it was
unaninaously decided that on and after
the first day of April next, they cease
to take the Globe newspaper, on account
of the very harsh stand the said journal
has taken against the interests of those
engaged in the liquor traffie of the Pro-
vince.--Anew railway is in prospect, to
run from Pahnerston to Mount Forest,
Durham and Owen Sound or some
other point on the Georgian Bay. At
a meeting held in Palmerston the other
night, a resolution was passed to the
effect that the people of Palmerston
approve of the proposed road and give
it theirsupport. The amount of bonus
to be given was not particularly speci-
fied, but there is a strong feeling in,
favour of giving about $15,000.
--On Tuesday of last week, as a num-
ber of men were engaged. in raising a
frame barn on the farm of th.e late
Johnston Matthews, near Milverton,
one of their number, a young man nam-
ed Heney Hoffman, had his arm smash-
ed in a fearful manner. A number of
them were engaged. lifting a heavy stick
of timber and. very carelessly let it full,
catching the anfortimate man's_ arm be-
tween it and another large stick, there-
by bruising it terribly. He will be pre-
vented from working for SOTDO time.
—The Listowel Banner says: Thos.
Stevene, of Monaington, a lad. of 19
years, has gone and. committed matri-
mony with a blooming belle of thirty,
summers. It is a curious fact that he
is going to revive tbe Anthent prac-
tice of paying for his Wife by
working a nunaber of years for her.
His prompt action in procuring his bet-
ter half is deserving of great praise, al-
though (like himself) rather barefaced.
This causes us to wonder when our old
bachelors will folio -vv. his example. To
them we would say, " Come now and
let us reason together ;" " Wh.y halt
ye so long between two opinions?"
—One day recently the town of St.
Mary's was visited by a very youthful
yaonudthpliar.oumsibilesuurTylleftaely.da.” rkT-htinbnoeyd,
with. all the gash and simplicity of in-
nocent childhood, would step into a
store and ask to have a quarter in ex -
amigo for smaller pieces. On Ids re-
quest being complied with, he "palm-
ed" the quarter and proaticed a twenty
sent piece, and. would then enquire t)f
some bystander if that was a quarter.
In a majority of cases the money -chang-
er would think it a mistake, and give
the lad a quarter for the twenty cent
piece, when the young thief would
blandly smile and leave—with 5 'cents
InfOtnhTailhurshe dellaymMe'tirch 21st, a young
,
man -went into the clothing store of
Mr. D. W. Cumming, market square,
Stratford, and repreeenting himself as
a son of Mr. Moses Poole, Mornington,
picked out a suit of clothes, for which
he promised to settle as soon as he and
his father were paid for a quantity of
ties, which they were getting out. Mr..
Cumming questioned him closely, and
receiving satisfectory answers, went out
tei consult a directory and make further
enquiries. Returning fully satisfied, he
allowed his customer to take the'clothes
and go on his Way. During the .after-
noon, however, he raet a resident of •
Ifornington, who informed him that
Mr. Poole Inane son answering to the
description of the stranger, and if he
had sold him anything he had better
look ont. Learning that the man had
gone towards .Mornington, Mr. Cum-
ming took the train to Brunner, and
going to Mr. Poole's house, found. that
the young man's name was William.
Bioxona and that he had boarded. for a
short time with Mr. Poole while work-
ing on the railway, which accounted for
his knowled.ge concerning him. Mr.
Cumming then hired a horse and drove
towards Stratford, meeting his man at
Topping, wearing the clothes, which by
this time were completely covered .with
rana. After some persuasion, Bloxorn
got into the buggy and was driven back
to Brunner, whence he was brought to
Stratford by rail and turned over to
the police. Bloxora was remanded for
match, completed her exquisite toilet. gambling and cheating at cards for a awiwtheekh'istoftienaenbdies bin:
iat Ntoapc°a.nnieera, Ilandicateif
1
As they promenaded round the market living is "a way we despise" over here possible, obtain funds to settle his tail,
and, other fashionable localities, they in Canada. As for Mr. Chambers, this or's bill.
revealing the secret had. not yet arrived.
The second victim was Job Smith, a,
young colored man, who had been
brought in from -Waterloo Town on the
previous day while in the agonies of
death from typhoid. fever, and expired
28 hours afterwards. He was known
as a horse trainer, and reputed to have
been one of the best riders in Canada.
There are at present 102 inmates in the
Waterloo Poor House.
—TheaHamilton Times of Friday
last says: The appearance of a newly -
married couple in the city yesterday
was taken by many as a sure sign of an
early spring. They came from an ad-
joining township, and the bride was gor-
geously, if not expensively, dressed;
while the happy man was attired in
faultless black,white kids and top boots.
the top, her head was adorned with. 'first tried. but was discharged for lack
a grey rowdy hat, ornamented with a of evidence; next Brown was arraigned
largeyellow wing, and. her fair face was and was mulcted in go for carrying a
protected alike from curious eyes and. revolver, $50 more for drawing it on
sonie one, $10 and. costs for gambling,
and. the pair were compelled to repay
$30 to Chambers; in all :$167. This
little lesson may warn such gentry that