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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1878-05-10, Page 1ot I of Gothirieli uzie to :Wee on Friday e fork noto- 3n after' an the States, ng his fork last, ›fisS n Myth tO has been ks, a fight ie cause of for her, aS hope ibes mongelt.tre. spectaal . lay, in .the! Two little' .reive years,; tiek. It is: 're through: 3.r. has aot. punished.', childreetts reifnliy forria, Cella Thursday! attended mea dE tame air .ouior ! , kit, Peter I Co Pre - rice Preet- - J. A. ;3runsde a age, Ontaining [le lining ailt, ale- -inch ere a. Both is voting of age., tie youag bf circular ElOp, rnOt ,r Serge finished reaChepieceia 4 by the E fingeifi: igh au of Mt.1 e et/tete anyard, towarde just, ate in thet draws; the tail, ie barn: at the heroie become 1n.inan..1 Godier- at Mre t, first asingss' a that piace is five'. enealdt • ob-1 1of his meal as Au-' Dee; of the. • Ow- tr, thei arge ,chere, CARPETS FOR THE PUR., tea by A,fate id in-0HASER. pupils tu ky are alder - 11 The „read - of °red - y an e of the disputantsbeing aft one Protestaut, said to man. From words they wee aud the four Catholics fell a/lamella, whom they kick nost unmercifully. They before the Police Magistrate. —The barn of Arr. johu Sh larton, was struck by the eIee din•ing a thunder steam ott last week. The building wee ably shattered, but did not take GREAT OFTZR NEW CARPE A.G. McDOUGALL 20. opened yesterday, es OF NEW TAPESTRY CARPE JUST ARRIVE D EX ER ”STATE OF NEVADA FROM GLASGOW DIREO TO US. THEY ARE ALL OF THE. VERY NEWEST PAT TERNS-, SUPERB COLORS Ar4D FIRST QUALITY, A 1Ht. LOT IS -OUR SECOND THIS SPRING,: WE SHALL ORDER TO CLEAR THEM OUT. OFFER THEM FO OASH AT THE FOL,LOWIN WONDERFUL LON)V' FIGU ES,. CHEAPER THAN EVER Z.: 650, 780 AND soot EAPER THAN YOU OAN B HAMILTON; TM. ONTO OR MONTREAL UN LESS AT WHOLES1ALE BY THE PIECE. WHEREAS WE aLIT ANY LENGTH YOU REQUIRE AND MATCH THE- OUSEKEEPERS WOy1.1) P c). WELL TO CALL AND' $EE flits ASSORTMENT, THEY ARE CHEAPER THAN YQU. CAN MAKE A RAG 2-XRPET, AND CERTAINLY MORE HANDSOMEAN DURA,BLE. ObME EARLY AND GET 0 IA OHQIOE., A GOOD CART e PT IS NEARLY ALL A QOM REQUIRES TO FUR.' 0 NIISH - SO ARRIVING, 50 SETS 0 EW LACE CURTAINS 471 ge wilt be opened on 3fond3t • or thesclety next. Ti ey will' be ca (netlece at ft aoteeette Prices. IS THE TIME. ELE V ENTH Y EAR. WHOLE, NTJMBER, 541.- - r The Opposition Leader arid - Agricultural. Protection. The following excellent article from the Guelph Mercury is deserviag of careful perusal. In winding up a series - of articles on the question of " Peatec- tion," it says: . "In discussing this point let it be re- membered that open poets for grain and - flour Were not initiated by Mr. Macketi- zie. When Sir John A, Macdonaldi first entered office he found: the free list ex- - istent, and when he left it, bread -stuffs and grains were still exempt -from duty. It is true that a change of policy had been attempted, found worse than use- less, and abandoned, and. that for a brief space a cry of " Nationalerelicy " had. been raised, but Sir john's Government reversea its tet'n action in that direction, and gladly out adrift from -what 11 lead_ ing public meteiu both political parties, regairded as vexatious, ana pernicious. It is only to -day, when Sir jOhtifindshime self in opposition, with faint prospect of rot= to °Ince, that he recklessly gives the lie to the fiscal policy oi his whole life, end desperetely aims at a return to power by an unprincipled ap- peal to the selfish prejudices of ono or two classes in the community. The principal items on the free list are wheat, flour, and Indian corn, and. ' the protectionists assert that, if these are taxed, the price of wheat in Canada must materially advance, while our coarse grains cannot fail to be as largely enhanced in value. This argument may fairly be met, in the first place by the assertion that the prohibition of the importation of Western wheat would not add to the value of Canadian wheat, as, in ordinary seasons; we are exporters Of bread stuffs, and the foreign market in which we sell must determine the value here. In the secon.d place, it is evident that a stoppage of grain imports from the United States woala be a very heavy if not fetal blow aimed at our immense carrying tracle,and would real- ly lower the price of grain held by the Canadian grower by destroying that competition amongst the movers of freight which undoubtedly secures to our farmers the top price for all they raise. And it might be fairly urged, as an additional reason for ceasing the et - tempt to bring about a change of policy that any leg,iaation tending to a sup- posed inorease in the price of flour would not be acquiesced in by Qaebec and the Maritime Province—as was markedly illustrated by a vote upon this point, when. only 28 votes were re- - corded in its favor, and 148 against it— and that no equivalent, acceptable to Ontario, could be offered to them Which woulcl secure their consent to its adop- tion. These arguments, we think, are irrefuta,ble, but they are not so convinct in, after all, as the demonstrated fact that the introduction of American grain into our markets has not tendeci to lower prices over the whole ,country, even if it can be shown that it has a tendency, for a temporary period, in two or three peculiarly circumstanced. localities. " We import largely of Westerii wheat far the use of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, where, in comparison with Ontario, a sinall crop is raised. In 1876 and 1877,—and we couple these years because the deficient crop of 1876 affords no data for -fair comparison—we brought into Canada, ` from the United States 10,427,180 bushels of wheat, for which we paid 510,916,925, or a little over 51.04 per bushel. In the same year we exported 12,807,465 .bushels of wheat, worth 514,518,846,er a little over 51.13 per bushel. In other words, the introduction of the eheaper United States wheat enabled us to -export nearly thir- teen million bushels of our better grain. to the old country market, Where the highest rates' were procura,ble, iesteael of tiending only 1,890,560 bushels. The advantages of this state of things are se obvious that we need not dwell upon them. In flour there 18 110 marked_ dif- ference, arising from the facts that the quality of the chief bulk of the impor- tations was high, as demanded by the taste of the Maritime Provinces in which it was prineipally ,consumed. In 1877, we imported more largely of. Lidian corn, on the free list, than in any previous year, end there ie little doubt that the ' discussion through the press of its value for feeding purposes had much to do with the increased de- mand for the article, ocetisiouing, as it did, at a time when our beef trade had materially develop,ed through the old. cotintrY market. .tVe brought in 8,260,- 039 bushels, at an outlay of 44,259,496-, Ontario alone being charged. with 52,- 236,910 of this amount, and Quebec within40,003e But we more than paid for this "corn with our exports of 6,845,- 697 bushels of barley, which netted N5,- 666,951. A pound (4 mai= meal being, admitted equal to a pound of barley for feeding purposes, we thus gained uearly onelunctral and fifty-eight million pounds of meat proclucing food, and a miterter ef a million of dollars in cash, by our trade of barley for corn. Had the cone been kept out by a high duty, our barley would, not have risen a cent in price, and we should have lost the enormous advantages of the exchange,. Of oats we imported, in 1877 from the -United States, 1,697,706 bushels, costing $610,- 491, or about 36 cents per bushel, which, of ceurse, displaced that quautity of Canadian oats. Now we exported that year 2,970,284 bushels of oats which we value at .41,247,160, or about 46 cents per bushel. It was certain- that we were enabled by the importation of the United States oats to export 1,6'37,706 bushels more than we could otherwise have doue,and,at the difference of price, realized oyer a hundred thousand dol- lars by the transaction. And yet there are men who think themselves wise when they advocate a policy which would put an end to a traffieso marked- ly to our benefit! Another of our free imports consists of beans and peas, which, we brought in from the United States, in 1877, to the amormt of 1 105. We expbrted to the United States alone, of beans to the extent of $117,- 920, and of peas to the amount of $379,- 841, or "a. balahce of trade," in our vat, of nearly half a million of dollars. Will,.,nybody contend that the imposi- tion bf duties would have raised the price in Cana,da, of either beans or peas ? Rye is another article with "a balance" on our side; we imported, in 1877, to the value of543,632, from the United. State, and sent them in return our own eye to the amount of $65,163. Di the Pree aamission effect the price? Flout of rye came in, duty free, to tilt extent of 49,586, and Indian meal, ase almost entirely in the Maritime _Pro- vinces, to that of 4878477. This cot taialy influenced the price of no sinail product in Canada. Oatmeal was im ported to the- value of $20,290, goin nearly altogether to Quebec and. Britis Columbia, while our exports of the ar- ticle Were $151,351, of which 548,753 went to the United States alone. we had put a, duty on this article,' vithila it have advanced. the price of -bete in any section of the'Dominion ? The Canada Pacific Railway. The Premier's explanation to th House on Saturday, contained a com- plete history of the Pacific Railwa from the time of its inception to th present, as well as a clear declaretio of the Governinent policy in regard t the future of the enterprise. With ti exception of the section between La,k Nipissing and Thunder Bay, the en gineering difficulties in the way of con structiou, on this side of the Roc Mountains, have not proved to be of a very serious nature. A favorable lin was located from Thunder Bay to Ea Portage, and from that point westwar to the Rocky Mountains the line tra versed a prairie country offering leu few impediments. - These enfortunatel were found to exist at points in Mani toba wh.ere settlement had. already bel gun, .and. where the introdUction of rail' way facilities was greatly to be desired The impossibility of securing a suit able site for bridging the Red River a or near Winnipeg, forced the railway t a point about 23 miles` north of tha city at Selkirk. The presence of a net work of small strearas flowing south ward from the Riding Mountains int the Assiniboine, also necessitated a unusually large amount of bridging o more than ordinary magnitude. Th increasedi cost which this would enta,i1 together with the inorea,se in mileag resulting from curvatures to confer' :with the eourse'of the river, led the en giueere to select a northern route, run ning from. Selkirk to the Narrows o Lake Manitoba, and thence northwest ward to avoid the Duck Mountains, af ter cleering-which it ran due west t Battleford and Edmonton. The selec hen of this northerly route has been great disappointment to the settlers a Portage la Prairie a,nd other. parbs o Manitoba, but the Premier looked t the future of the road and of the whol country in selecting the route, and therefore, felt Velma to decide in favo of the cheaper and shorter line. The crossing of the Rocky Mountain and. the Cascades in British Columbia proved. to be the great stumbling bloc in the way .of a Canadiani Pacific Rail way. Here, in a region uninhabited and unknown, surveying parties wer put to work to solve the mysteries of it untroaden passes and water -courses and. endeavor to discover a feasible lin to connect with one or other of the has bors on the Pacific coast., After si years of labor, the loss of some 40 live by 'accidents in navigating the rapi mountain streams with -which th.e re gion abounds, and the 'expenditure of million and a half of dollars, the wor was so far completed that the Govern meat were in possession of the result o explorations over ten or eleven differen routes. Out of these, after careful con sideration of all the facts, three wer selected as offering the best facilitiee and the choice between these was on1 arrived at after mature deliberation an the fullest information on all essentia. points. These lines were: from Yel lowhead. Pass to Dean Inlet, an from the sarae Pass to Waddingto Harbor at the head of Bute Inle and. to Port Moody, at iturrard Inlet The choice of the Government fell tmo the latter. The original estimates o the cost were: To Dean Inlet, 429,000, 000; to Bute Inlet, 533,000,000, and t Burrard. Inlet, 35,000,000. The Dea Inlet terminus was rejected for climati reasons, the ice closing the harbor fo a great period of the year. The selec tion of Bute Inlet would necessitate th construction of an extension of the lin to Freaerick Ann and the bridging o the channel, as well :its the building of road on Vancouver to Esquimalt, at cost of 552,000,000; or, leaving out th extension and. bridging, the selection o this point would require the mainten =co of a, ferry transfer, of fifteen miles, and the accompanying trouble and ex pease of loading and unloading at eac end. There were, besides the advan tag° of a good ocean harbor at Burrar Inlet, the additional ones of low grade and few curves on the route from Yel- lowhead Pass lie the head of navigation. The °ply objection to it was one of a militate, character. Shipping; in order to reach it, would have to pass within range of the American batteries on San Juan, and it was feared. that in case of war, ships trading to and from that port would be ,sbut off. The Premier showed, however, that there w sre other routes out of range of hostile cannon, and farther that the navigation of the straits would always be in the hands of the Power that mustered -the strongest navy. Having bo fear of injury om hostile attacks, and all other points"be- ing in fever of the selection of Burrard Inlet, it was decided Ito adopt it. The difference in fever of 'the Canadian Pa- cific route from Burrard Inlet to At- 1 lantic ports was shown to be: To New York, 305 miles shorter; to 'Montreal, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1878. 521 miles; to Boston, 335; to Portland, 521. The entire cost cf construction is estimated at 5100,000,000. This is an enormous undertaking for a young country like Canada to assume. The policy th.at bound the Dominion to its completion within ten years stands forth, in the face of the, actual facts re- sulting from six years' xpenence of the. magnitude of the ta,s most, reckless pieces that any country was to. People who are c the Government for n rapid. progress will do views now that the undertaking, its eno 'and immense cost That there may be di the scheme in parts of IN couver Island is onl human nature to be failure to coerce the adding millions to the so that particular plac fitted is stifficient to a verse criticisms of the and those for whom , as one of the - f statesmanship ever committed. spesed to censure t making more btless alter their nature of the moils diffictaties e made known. satisfaction with anitoba and. Van - natural. It is selfish, and the oyernm.ent into cost of the road s might be bene - Genet for the ad- Bunsters, Ryans, hey speak. But the country, in whose. interest Mr. Mac- kenzie acts, will ackn wledge tliesounde ness of the Premie 's judgment and praise his unswerving determination to prosecute the work ec nomically ancl no faster than the revenu of the country will permit. 3 1 Rev. Father St affor d. It is the fortune of eacemakers to be misund.erstood. andm ligned. For this reason it requires a in ch bolder man, and one with deep r coavictions of duty, to be a cenciliater of rival parties or factions, then. to . ide with one of them. The partizan as only to fear his enemies' hatred ;• the peacemakers, always in a minority, 11 ust risk the en- mity of both sides, a • d. thus, unless un- usually fortunate, wi not get off un- scathed. It is foram te, however, that there are some men w o will risk this i danger and amongst ihem is the Rev. Father Stafford, of L • dsay. He is a man of commamiling stature and com- manding talents, of eat zeal, earnest- ness, energy and p rseverance. His presence for any le gth of time in a parish is invariably accompapied by good results in the °atter of worldly prosperity, -education and good feeling amongst all classes o the corannmity. He is known through ut the country as the " Father Matthe v of Canada ;' he might also, and mar feverably than that even, e known s one who is re- ceiving an shall ob ein the benedic- tion, "Bi seal are he peacemakers, for they sh 11 be call° .the children of God," an h nor more o be desired than the fulsona plaudits af public disturb- ers or the rominence gained by agita- tors, who re always .arefill to take a very good are of t eir own safety. Father Stafford is a ative Canadian, his parents having ome .frein Wex- ford, a,nct settled in the township of Drummond, Lanark County, on the banks of the Missis ipi, about eight miles from Perth, wh re the subject of this sketch was born. It is =interest- ing coincidence that t e late Hon. Mal- cohn Cameron in his early years lived but a mile away, an when first run- ning for Parliament r ceived th.e hearty support of the filter priest's father. Father Stafford atte ded the country school in the vicinity of his 'home uu- til he attained. to the age of fourteen, when he spent two ye rs .at fthe Perth High School, then on at (thambly Col- lege, where he karat thel French lan- guage, after which he spent six years at 1St. Therese, where he finished his course in arts. He ext entered upon a theological course o four years under V. G. McDonnell, at egiopolis College, Kingston., and. while 1 ere was appointed to attend the Catholi convicts at the Kingston penitential.. He had. thus an opportunity of in.v stigating the inti- mate relationships etievi ;ten drunken- ness, crime and imp. so ihent, and as a result thereof began to take very de- cided views on tb.e II atter of temper- ance, although it w: s not tintil some years afterwards that he became a total abstainer. After his ordination he was appointed rector of egiopolis College, and made Professor o Logic, Metaphy- sics and Ethies. Hi health which had always boon delicate, shortly after this failed him, and he w s sent by Bishop Horan to Cuba and South Carolina. During his leave of a sence he also vis- ited. Ireland, Englanc and France. On his return to Can ad he resnmed his former duties in the College, but shortly few months .to quently to Pictou of priests, who ill health.. • His tment was to the nd., where he in- s, ministering to a in Catholics. who iners for twelve ue so to the pres- 68, on the removal the township became a model to its neighborse In 1869, through his in- fluence, the Educational department of Ontario introduced into their Deposi- tory a supply of books for Roman. Cath- olic schOols, their libraries and. for prizes. Two years ago he was offered. the posi- tion of head master of the Ottawa Nor- mal School, but declined it on , account of his health, with which a sedentary employ-ment would not agree. About the same time he visited England and Ireland, and frequently addressed meet- ings on total abstinence, one being in London, at the request of Cardinal Manning. It -is hardly necessary to say that everywhere he was loyal to the country of his birth, and. never lost an opportunity of saying a good. word. in its favor. On the principle referred to in the opening sentences of this, brief no- tice, it would , be remarkable if such a man should escape attack by enemies, and he certainly has not been an ex- ception bathe rule. The latest occasion in which he came prominently before the p-ablicavas his remonstrance against the spirit of evil which threatened the public peace on the last 12th of Ally, . and. which has not since been allayed. He, -at thaeetimeavae attacked by the " baser sort" of his tellow religionists, and. the True Witness, for which in its more useful days he had been a contrib- utor. But his honesty and desire for the good of all was too evident for any such efforts to affect him, and by peace- lovina Protestant and Ro after was sent- for Kemptville, and subs to supply the place were absent through first permanent -appoi mission of Wolfe Isl mained for seven ye cougregation. of Rom had been total abst years, and who conti ent time. In May, 1 of the Rev. Ranee Farrel, he was !T- here ministra- very much good At that time his and in the neigh - re poorly housed, o means for ac - 14 poiated. Lindsay, N hens have resulted. ir being accomplished. charge -was a poor on borhood the imple w poorlt- clothed, and t quiting an education very limited. Father Stafford's mi arly adapted. for such d. was one peculi- a positiou. as he now occupied, and is, experiences in Kingston and in Wolfe Tsland were of great a,dvantage to him in prosecuting the advocacy of total abstineuce which he at once entered upon with all hie earnestness and ability. the condition of the neig revolutionized; nine bun gregation had taken the pledge ; farms which had been lost through the in- fluence of drink had been redeemed ; comfort, if not luxury, reigned where dace indigence had 'found its habitation; school thouses sprang up in every sec- tion in the township; the taverns de- creased in number and respectability t education and wealth increased, and n nine . years borhood was red of his con. - P. peace -loving- Mall Catholic, both, he is honored. for the manly stand taken on that occasion one well worthy of being followed. all the country over by clergymen and. priests.—Iliontrecti Witness. Canada. A porpoise wits seen in the St. Law- rence opposite Montreal the other day, being the first noticed: near the city for 25 years. 4 —A three-year-eld child, daughter of Mr. Win. Gra,hana,collector,.Blanshard, was drowned in a kettle of soap a few days ago. —A party of 65 left Ottawa for Mich- igan last Saturday morning to work at lumbering. They only get $14 per month and board.. . — Mr. C. 3. Brent has been removed from the bank at Berlin, and has been appointed manager of the Consolidated Bank at New Hamburg. — G. McKenzie, lot 33,6 al concession, West .Zorra, is the -proprietor of two ewes which gave birth to seven lambs, one havitag.four ana the other three. —The Orangemen. of Montreal have declared their intention to walk in pro- cession next ,12th of July, notwithstaud.- ing havingbeen urged. by the Protestaut clergy of the city to give up the proces- sion. ' —Mrs. Wm. Bradley, Of Foresavehtle 1 about to milk a cow the other day was ' set.upoie by the anim.al, and seriously injured. Besides having her collar -bone broken she was badly bruised. about the body. —Counterfeit ten dollar bills of the Ontario Bank are in circula- tion. Some have been taken at London -without detection. The counterfeit is an unusually good one. Look out for them. . . —Colligaia, the victim of the recent attack on the Orangemen at Point .St. Charles, was buried. on Sabbath lest, the funeral being attended by a large , 'number of Catholics. There was nO disturbance of any kind. , —Mr. Thomas Hatt, of Dundas, who has kept bees for the last 45 years, and has never known them to swarrn earlier than the 28th of May, had 'a swarm at his place on Sunday, April 28thaind the bees have settled down admirably. .—It is proposed to have an excursion under the auspice of the Order of Gran- gers in. Canada to the Paris Exposition'. This wffl be one Of the cheapest and best excursions across the ocean this season, if the terms anticipated by the origin- ators can be obtained. _ —A rooster belonging to Mr. James Horning, North Norwich, was by 801318 nacelle buried itt a haymow on this gen- tleman's farm on the 2nd of April. On the 17th,15 days after, the fowl was dis- covered alive and well,haaitig lived that period withont any food -whatever. —Wm. Colenso builder:aged 80,diecl in Toronto last ifiliday. Ile was owner of a large amount of property on Duro.- mer street, and was a well-known char. acter under his nickname' of Bishop Coleus°. He. lived in a amalllhabby- looldrig house on his own estaieand. is believea to have died very wealthy. —Dr. Thomas Henry, aged. 70, died in Toronto on Saturday from an oyer -.- dose of morphine, which he had been in - the habit of taking. He IV138 one of the oldest praetitione s in Canada, and pre- vious to coniing t Toronto, pursued his profession for 20 years in the County of Peel,where he was well known and high- ly respected: —Li the fall of 1826, Mr. Jesse Stover of North Norwich, planted a sapling of the black oak species on his farra,which he raised with great care and attention. As a consequence the growth of the tree was very rapid, far beyond Mr. Stover'e expectations. Recently it was cut down and when taken to the saw mill made 781 feat of lumber. —A young lady in Sarnia returning home from a concert the other night was set 'upon by a cow, and would have been severely mauled but for the pres- ence of mind. she displa.yedin defending herself with an umbrella. She just jerked her weapon down its throat, and effectually choked. the animal off until it was glad to beat a retreat. - —Last week a young man, who gave Itis nam.e as Patrick Wellibam, and who had been loafing about a livery stable in New Hamburg, suddenly -disappear- ed, taking witb him a h.orse and. cov- ered buggy, besides a set of silver - mounted. harness; baffalo robe, oil-clotb coat, whip and. five umbrellas. Detec- tives were started on his track who traced. him to Berlin, and. -funny sue- t i ceeded in capturing him at Preston, also the stolen property. Ile was lodg- ed in Berlin jail. —Mr. Alex. Robertson, Manager of the Bank of British North America, in Brantford, was presented last Friday eveniag with an illuminated address and a beautiful silver dinner and. desert ser- vice valued at about 51,000. —Last Saturday monaing an olden= named Abram Diamond, aged. 80, and. a resident of Belleville, was run over and killed. by a single engine going west on the Grand Trunk line. No blame is at- tach -ed to the Grand Trunk employes. —Aman n amed. W. B. Lounsbury who belongs to Paris, Ont., was badly injur- ed. by the fall of a floor, -while lie -was at work on a buildina in St. Tan, New Brunswick, and died. subsequently. He 'wax/ to have been married in a few weeks. —Mr. J. K. McLean, of Mount For- rest, son of Mr. McLean, Collector of Tnland. Revenue, Guelph, has been in- strueted by the Ontario Government to survey Baxter township in Muskoka, lying between the Severn. river and the Georgian Bay. —The bird's Parliament, as it is called opened. last Saturday at the capital, by the arrival of a great al_may of swalloWs, which annually .visit Ottawa and take up their residence in the towers> of the pub- lic buildings. The tumult raised. and. their enormous number attract great attention. —The trial of the prisoners Burlearel Macdonald, charged. with outrage, and murder at Pickering in July last, com- menced at the 'Assizes at Whitby on Friday and occupied. the whole day Alter an hour's absence,the jury brought in a verdict of "guilty," and the prison- ers were sentenced to be hanged on the 14th -of Juno at 10 o'clock. —From th t Presbyterian. we learn that Dr. Donald Fraser's congregation at Marylebone, London, has become so large that it is found. necessary to issue tickets of admission to strangers on the • same plan as in Mr. Spurgeon's Taber- nacle. The Doctor's many friends. in Canada will rejoice to learn of his wide popularity and. great usefulness. --Through' the running. away of a span of horses on Sahirday, in Guelph, Mr. Alex. Loghrin, of Eramosa, township, was thrown from a wagon and dragged. a considerable dis- tance, sustaining serious injuries princi- pally about the head. His lower jaw is literally smashed to pieces. He is now at the General Hospital audit is doubt- ful if he will recover. I —On Wednesday, 24th. ult., a violent windstorm passed. through Markham and Pickering, demolishing fences, un- > roofing barns, ancl causing a general' scare. In Pickering a brick school house was unroofed and. the side blown in dur- ing school hours, while inspector, teach- er and children were at their exercises, and strange to relate no one was seri- ously hurt. —The steamer Swallow, corning from Selkirk, capsized in the Red. River, just below Winnipeg, on Thursday morning of last week; 24 passengers were saved; one, a, Norwegian, was drowned; cause of the accident—a squall. The vessel carried. no boats or life preservers, and. there would. have been a serious loss of life but for the fact that she had. in tow a. York boat destined to Winnipeg, by which the survivors were saaed. —Early on Monday morning of last week two commercial travellers, R.Rob- inson and G. Tinn, were thrown over a dangerous embankment on the road be- tween Kincardine and Tiverton, by the breaking of the harness on the horse they were driving. Men, horse and buggy were thrown down into a ravine some 20 feet from the roadway. Robinson was considerably shaken, tinn leas seri- ously injured, and. the buggy smashea to pieces. Such embankments should have a rail on either side, —The Bible class and other friends of Rev. D. Mann, of Graniois, net at the manse a few days ago and presented him -with a superb album, silver mount- ed, and. Mrs. Mann with a handsome silver basket and. napkin rings. Tbe. presentations were made by several yonng ladies belonging to the congrega- tion and. Mr. Mann replied very feelingly alluding to the Bible class work, which he hopea had. been profitable to the young people. —A very sudden death occurred in the neighboring village of Belmont on Saturday evening. Mr. Robert Millar, tailor, was in his shop waiting on a cus- tomer, who, after going away, returned in about fifteen minutes, and finding Mr. Millar absent looked into his bee - room, when he discovered him lying en the bed deed. A physician w4s at once brought in, and every remedyeapplied but without effect. The cause of Mil- lar's death was heart disesee. Up to a few weeks ago he kept a shop on the - Hamilton road in London East. —During a recent thunder storm the house of Mr. Joseph Wheaton, Nissonri, was struck by lightning end Miss Wheat- on received a shock from which she is still suffering severely. She was sitting in the front room of the house when a deafening clap of thunder was heard,fol- lowed by a vivid flash of lightning. The fluid came down the chimney till it reached the stove -pipe, -vrhen it separ- ated, going off to one side, ope portion forcing the bricks from the 'Wall. The other struck Miss Wheaton, knocking her insensible, and up to the preset tune she is ip a precaaious state. —The Secretary's report read at the fifteenth annual meeting of the institu- tion known as the Girls' Home,in Ham- ilton, recently held, shows the home to be in a highly flourishing condition.' During the past year 90 children have received instruction an'1 passed. throngh the school, and. the number at present on the roll is 74. Within the last eight years, 37 girls have been placed. in fame flies by- adoption or indenture—chiefly in the country— and. as eaeh family itt whose care they are placed is required to deposit annually the Burn of 54 for In their subsequent benefit, the arnount thus accumulated becomes by the time they conae of acre quite considerable. -aA female Alla placed itt a tin pail was found in the river, at Chatham the other day, by two boys while fishing. —Mr. W. Ford, for some time a resi- dent of Galt, has removed to Jolliette, Illinois, where he is engaged in erecting a large oatmeal mill. —,At the examination of the Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, Mr. A. - A. Bowers, Kincardiee, took the Mc- Kellar prize for the junior year. —G. W. Moloch, Esq, of Paisley, has been presented with a handsome Past Master jewel by his ' Masonic brethren of Aldworth Lodge, Paisley. — be cengregation of -Knox Church, 1 Kale rdine, have unanimously d.eciaed to ex end. a call to Rev. 3. L. Murray of Woodville, Ont. The salary offered is $1,200 a year and free manse. —The treasurer of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, London, has re- ceived. from a generous member of the congregation a check for $350 to be de- voted to -wiping off the debt on the church. -Sincethe first of December Mr. Allan 1-Cirkwood, living near Chesleye has chopped fifty acres of heavily tim- bered hardwood bush. Previous to this Mr Kirkwood has chopped as many .as sixty-four acres in a single season. —A cow eight years old, owned by Mr. C. W. Wilson, of Ancaster town- ship, has given birth to 13 calves—six of them within the last seven months— two in December ana four on the 23rd of April, the last ones not having came to maturity. —Another of London's oldest inhabi- tants has been called to his long home, Mr. Marcus Gunn, who for years has been kaown in the city. Many years ago he was connected with a newspaper there, but of late years he has followed no occupation. —On Sunday, 28th -alt., a child of Mr. Norman McKenzie, of Teeswater, a lad of about ten years of age was found drowned in the old. mill pond about one and a half miles west of the village. He was missed. on Friday, but it was supposed he was at a friend's house. An inquest was hela on the body, a verdict of accidental drowning was the result. —One day recently Mr. Andrew Mc- Gregor, living on the town line between North Dumfries and. Puslinch, on going to his bara was surprised to find that an attenapt had been naade to sot fire to ib, a lot of burnt matches being found underneath a quantity of splintered boards, etc. No clue has been obtain- ed. to the perpetratot of the act. Mr. McGregor offers $20 reward for his con- viction. —The clock for the lower tower on the Parliament Buildings arrived. at Ottawa on Saturday. It is from the establishment of Mr„, M. F. Dent, Lon- don, England, and is a marvel of work- manship. It is what is termed an eight day turret clock to strike the hour e only on a bell Of about a ton weight, and to show the time on four 7 ft. 9 in. dials. The figures are gilt, as are, else the rainlate marks, the hands, and the outer circle. The ground. of the dials is blue. —C. Higginson, a young Englishman who has been putting on considerable style and playing the confidence game generally, at Princeton and. Woodstock for some time past, representing him- self toebe very wealthy, lately bargained. for a farm, fancy horses and buggies, together with all kinds of farm Maple- thents, and was to be married in a few weeks. Saturday he went to Paris to draw some 518,000 he never had, to, pay for the farm and other in- debtedness and forgot to return, leaving all manlier of unpaid bills. --The Napanee Beaveraarrates : Jas. McIlwains a farmer near Selby, had. a 4aughter about 12 years old, who im- portuned him to buy lier a pianoforte. -He compronaised by promising to give her a ewe lapab and •her progeny, and provide care and keeping for them. Three days al -Writhe ewe dropped three ewe lambs. This spring sho gate birth to threo more lambs, and the yearlings each dropped two lambs. Thus in less then a year the little girl was the pos- sessor of 13 sheep. If the father keeps his promise and this astonishing rate of lacrosse continues, he will be sorry ina year or two More that he did not give his child'two or three pianos. —Ibis an old saying, "that /misfor- tunes seldom conic singly." On the 16th ult., Mr. Johnsen, residing near Courtvrright, lost a splendid mare, heavy with foal, by a fork being care- lessly left leaning to the wall of the stable, which by sonao means ran into her side, in such a way as to cauSe her death. Mr. Johnson hired another horse from a neighbor, to enable him to finiele his spring work. ,On the 24th ult., in taking him to -water, he happen- ed -to step on the end of a stake in such a way that the other end sprung up with such force as to penetrate the bowels, so that the animal died next day. . —On the night of Tuesday, 23n1 of April, an infantiabout four or five weeks of age, was left near the residence of -W. Peter R. Young, near Sarnia. Peter Young's son was corning home about 1 o'clock A. M. from a plowing bee held during the day, and where he had been also spending a few hours of the even- ing in merry -making as it is frequently sp nt on such occasions; and on corn - in home discovered. the child, and had it taken into the house immediately, and properly bared for. Rad it lain in tina conditiOn it as found till morning, it is hardly possible it could have sur- vived, its clothing being only of cotton; though a cape or tippet of a well worn water -proof cloak was -wrapped around its body. It was left about eight rods frora Mr. Young's house on the steps inside the fence leading from the road. to the hotise. The child is a 'bright, - licLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a. 'Year, in Advance. healthy looking little girl, and hail the .appearance of being well .caredi for up to the time of its desertion. A well filled nursing: bottle was Wrapped up with it. Efforts to discover its heart- less parents have so far proved unsuc- cessful. —A new mode of destroying caterpil- lars has been discovered. by accident. A piece of woolen rag had been blown by the wind into a currant bush, and when taken out was found coverea With these leaf devouring bisects. Pieces of woe], -en -eloth were immediately placed on every bush in the garden, and next day the caterpillars had universally taken to them for shelter. In this a ay thous- ands were destroyed every morning,. . —A phila about five years of ageebe- longing to Mr. Geo. W. Humphrey, of , the 211d concession of Huron, was nearly killed. by . a ram lately. The 6 Chilit had ,strayed into it field near the house, where it was attacked and had. both its -collar bones broken.. CM the child:being missed search was institu- tea and it 'was found lying on the ground. insensible, the rem being not - far off. Medical aid was sent for alia the young sufferer is improving rapidly. . —Mr. T. H. McKenzie, of Dundas, wool and general commission merchant, . has returned from a five "months' trip, -Which included a special visit to South Africa. From Hamilton he went to Liverpool, thence to .Plyinouth„ and thence to Port Elizabeth, visiting -Cape Toweeavhere he met a number of for- - liter eesidente of Hamilton. One of them (Alr, E. Be Biggar,) Who .was several years ago 'connected with the Hamilton press, was found -oegageti on the staff of the Cape Town Argue.. —Quite a scandal has lately taken place in connection with. the High ' SehooLin Owen Sound.. A number of the pupils of both sexes • from the ages of 10 to 17 had been in the habit of play- ing. truant and assembling in .an old rail- way eitt where it .swing had beep. pro- vided. Liquor, cards and eigare had. also been used, andreport says some of them were intoxicated. The pupils be- longed. to :some of the wealthiest fame - ince, and were Suspended from school antil an investigation was held and apel- ogies offered. —AbOut 11 p.m. lad Friday night, four men entered the residence of J. Johnston at Brockville„ and demanded his money, which johnston refusea. They then tied hire to the bed, beat- him very se- verely about the . faeo and head, floura ished a razor across his -throat and threatened to kill him if he didn't tell where hiS money was. He still refused. They ransacked the house and fetnal only 51. He afterwards got loose and reportedi to: the police station.. Four young nape. named.Conners, FeatonDenat lay and 'Green were arrested during the night, and blood was found on .Green't clothes. The prisoners were xeinseaded until Tharsaay as johnson lies in a :critical state and ,cannot appear. —Mi. FL Hatch, of Barrie, has just returned from Kansas, whither he went a few weeks ago with the intention. of selling out here and settling in - that country. Ho stoppea there six weeks,. p.rla awing that time Made himself •oon- irersant With the ways a.nd means of the country.- 'The picture he draws is a very -interesting one. He stayed with a, brother in what is called. the City of Hiawatha' . about half th:e .size of our village ofAllendale. In the winter, corn, the chief product of the country sells from eight to ten cents. lie BaNV railway ears laden with fat live hogs at 23 cents a pound, an•d-fat •cattio at the same price. He says if any man grumbles about hard times in Canada, let Jim try Kansas for six weeks, and if that . don't care him nothing will. instead of :selling °tit As was hie inten- tion, Mr. Hatch it now building .a.adie tions to hie dwelling, evidently thirdriag that there is ne place like Canada. —An eccentric character named Rob- ert King - died in Hamilton • last Sab- bath evening, be was a bachelor, and by trade a baker. - About_ 22 years ago be purchasea the premises now No. 66. :John street south, and has lived. there in solitude 414 misery up to the time of his death.;-! he was :generally consid- ered a Miser of the worst kind, lived in :absolute dirthaving no bed to sleep on—and was a 4.vorearehater of the most pronounced type. For twenty years he would allow nONVOMaXi. to COMO near him, and held little cora-ninnies- , Von with his neighbors, cooking his own Meals and eating them off his Store •coanter. 1. Those intimately -acquainted with hien, however, say he was not at - all so raiserly aswas generally supposed. He is said to have left between forty and fifty thousand. •dollars., but of this we have no proof. No matter what the :amount is, however, it all goes to a mice of hie in the City of Norwich, County of Norfolk, England.. Ho. leaves no relations. in :this country, and :die& cared for oily by stranger. , ,—A man named James B. S:haw, last Monday night wanted to throw himself into the bay at Toronto, and would in all likelihood have done so had-. not his. foolish intention been frustrated. • by a policeman, who took him in charge on. the plea of diaiiikeeness. In Shaw's pocket was found A letter addressed. to his brother, Henry, who resides at • " 13elle. View . 'Villa, .Mbehead Road, Peckham, Rye, London, England," ac- .tording to the address on the -envelope, in which the letter was •enclosed, The letter itself, which is written in a good • , business head, reads at follows: 44 Tor- - onto, 29th April, 1878. 31y dear Henry, e --By the time you receive this I shall • be gone. I forgive you and all for your unkindness; but for nay sake run -down and. see my dear 'widow and dear -ehil- . area, and. tell them tlieir papa has gone, afs he hopes., to heaven. Do, dear - Henry, :cheer them up. You know - haw ray money stands; therefore, 1 Bay no more. `Your 8incere and. un- 1 happy brother, JAMES." When. arreete ed the unfortunate man had not a tent • about him.