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nBearra Comas," U riumbers; also
a complete stock of school book, slates, ink and
-- /omits ; all the latest educational .vorks for teach-
' era and scholars always on- hand. A. liberal dis-
count. to parties buying lin quantities. Lumsnr.s.
'VERY Fine Green and. B.lack Teas, about 12 o'clock and the excursionis
&Wristee. 558
Tnre Cream Tarter and Baking Powder, Pure i had from that till four o'clock to
Grocery. .)57 the water had become comparatively
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more or less affected. Oi course /some
were worse— a great deal wotse than
others—but how sick they -were, and
how bad they felt, personal experience
one could exemplify. The scenes
hich followed oan very easily be im-
agined, but are difficult of description,
suffice it to say that when the boat ar-
rived at Kiiacardine it must have been
several tons lighter than avhen it left
Goderich, and. what it lost the little
fishea gained. Kincardine was reached.
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Spices a all kindsi extra. fine Laundry Soaps and "do" the town, On the return trip
very cheap toilet soap at D. 1). RosE's Family
Tata—Next-door to the Post Office—
laceived this week, the finest English Breakfast
Tea ove-r imported into the country, also very fine
Young Ifyson ar.di Japan Teas. D. D.OSE. 557
T1 rue -a — No adyertisement
-ier a couple of weOgartill the OM Country Goods
arrive.. In the meantime we are offering goods nn- I
1 of the trip.
was» ;low. -Ruisses &BLEAsoEr..n. 556
1 ,
the lsill boards a,nd vacant walls m
as
smooth, the sail wa,selelightful an w
enjoyed by all. The excursibnists re-
turned to Seaforth about ten o'clock in
the evening, no accident or other unto-
ward event save that alluded .to ebove
having occurred to max the pleasores
Trrs Gracus.—For several clayspast
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR'
10 o'clock, and wheat they went to the
house to get in they- found the doors
'locked. 'In view of the fact, that they
had. frequently, on other nights werked
until after that hour, they considered
that he treated. them unfairly by lock-
ing them out on Sunda;y. We make thie
explanation at the request of the yoang
men interested, and in justice to then.
Stephen. .
DOINGS IN COCIL.—At the last meei-
ing of aim Stephene, township Council,
held oti the 5th inst.,the principal busi-
ness tnansacted was the passing of az-
coimts, a large number of which -were
disposed of. Mr. S. Lewis was re -ap-
pointed. collector at the same salary as
last year He was instructed to have
all the taxes collected not later than the
14th of December. The next meeting
of Council will be held. on the firatMon-
dae in September.
Exeter.
Feax.—The flax crop is nearly all
harvested and. a, geed deal of it housed.
It is a very good. crop. . •
BASE BALL.—Crediton beat Exeter at
base ba,ll on Thursday last, by a score
of 11, to 14. Exeter visited. Limn on
Wednesday for a frieudly game.
CONJUGAL FELICITY. — The woman
who smashed Atkinson's bar -room
winc-
dows and n punched" her husband's
head, on Saturday evening, is dubbed. a
vixen by all who witnessed. the row.
FINED.—A professional gentleman of
this village was fined $5 and. hound over
Lo keep -the peace for threatening a hotel
keeper's life, and using a evolver too
freely. The hotel -keeper was fined 51
end costs, for forcibly ejecting the afore-
mentioned party.
• Hensall.
RUNNING RACE.—A running race of
100 yards has been arranged, and is to
take plea() on the Exeter driving park,
on Saturday, August 24th, between B.
Balkwell, of Exeter,a-nd A. Murdock, of
Hensall. Considerable money is putup
on the race, and: both men being profes-
sional runners quite an excitement is
created. ,
QUOIT MATCII.—A, match game of
quoits was played in Hensel]. last Sat-
urday between six Players each from
Hensalland Exeter. The games through-
out were very intereStine, and resulted
in a defeat -to the Exeter men by 26
points. -Below will be found the result
of each game:
EXETER.
HEN SALL.
ojhBeilraisrs 19.1:Judson. 8
21'; Hyman
Piekard 21'Westcott 21
161E41111)50n 10
2111iodkins 21
20
Petty. 21 Bissett 13
NOTicE.--Xt parties indebted. to L.
StroxsoN by c pen, account or note will please hand
in the amirant to'rHickson Bleasdell's drur, store
-
town have been decorated\ With showy
sae ne eats lc -weal incurred.
and attractively printed s
ARRIVED TIIIS "WEEE AT A. G. McDou-
cing the coming of Hilliard &Hunting's
alrnoul
*festal ulnae neasnateatta data from London, circus company, whicb. will give two
11,ALL & the First Shipment of those cele -
England. 556 - -entertainments here on Tuesday next.
Gnu WAN#D.--Wattted immediately The circus is highly spoken of by the
a good ser ant. girl. Apply at the Expositor ' press of the American. and Canadian
Office, Seaforth. 557 towns where it has been. There are a
Exar-t. FaMily Flour, Oat and Corn large number of actors and, actresses,
IdeaI, and Cracked Wheat at D. D. Ilo is Family a,nd several very handsome performing
oreeere. 557 horses and other trick•animale. The
Powell, performances Will commence at 1 o'clock
In the afternoon and 6 in the evening.
As :there has not been an entertainment
of this description in. the town for a
long time, that on Tuesday will likely
be well patronised. The managers say
in their posters:) "We de not pretend to
dazzle the eyes of the public wi.th out-
side glitter, but to please the feelings,
•satisfy the expectations and deserve the
approbation of out patrons by .the real
merits of the interior circus, Where all
the ,requirements that ingenuity can
suggest for the comfOrt, safety and. en-
joyment of the audience is put in re-
quisition to a greater extent than in
any other circus i11 the world."
• .--e---
BASE BA —On Wednesday last (the
civic holiday) the Star base ball club
visited London and played. a match
•with the Atlanttos of' that city. The
match was played en. the Tacumseh
Paak—grosmcls which axe well adapted
for 'ball playing, and. are equalled by
few on this continent.f; With the excep-
tion of a shower about noon the day
was as ftne as eOuld be -wished. for: The
game was called about 2:30 with the
Staxs to bat. The game was finished
about half -past 4, when the score stood
12 to 0 in favor of the Atlantics. Some
excellent playing was done by both sides
SUDI.EN DTII.—Mr. Simon
one of•Seaforth's oldest reside
at hie residence on Thursday
last. -When!he retired to bed.
uesday evening he seemed to b
-enjoyment of his usual health
witafound dead in his bed on
morning.
Tan HANSARD.—Mr. Hera°
al. Pr, has very kindly pros
Seaforth Mechanics' Iustit
_Ho
- bound copiee of ward. A
t wiehing to .cionsult the sayin
legislators can do sq anynime
' reading rooin is open. The.
-Will be quite an additional i
our library and will be very
for reference.
•TIIE FALL Snow.—The a
Show uodee the au.spices of
Huron Agricultural Society
year, be held at Exeter, on M
Tuesday, October 7th and
'porta,nt additions have bee
the prize list, and we may lo
for one of . the most succes
-ever held under the auspices of the So-
ciety. The printed. lists will be in cir-
culation in a few days.
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A,CCIDEN't.—A fevi day's tie o young
lad, a,bout 8 years of age, . on of Mr. on the field, many difficult fleece, c es
Thomas Holland, met with verapa.in: being captured there. The pitching
ful accideet. He was A ng pia the was very effective on both sides. The
horse power used for pumping water in- Atlantics owe theirvictoey chiefly to the
4- when his pitching of Devlin, Who pitched last year
for the'°Louisville club. Some sharp
plays were also made at the basesewhile
the catching was also good. The Stets
did well considering the fact that they
were unaccustomed to sueh a style of
pitching. With e little more practice
on their part, antther match with the
Atlantics, which we hope will soon
take place,will be more evenly contested.
The follOwing is the scores
STARS. 0. R. ATLANTICS: 0. R.
A. Cardno, c 4 0. Reid, 2b 4 1
Catneron lb. 4 0
G. Sills, If ..... 2 0
A. Sills 3b ' 4 0
Lamb, as . .. 1 0
Baird, p
1 0
Greens, rf 3 *0
McLennan, of 4 0,
W. Cardio, 2b4 0
•ts, died
morning
n Wed -
in the
but he
hursday
Horton,
ntedthe
te with
v perSons
s of our
when the
reporta
te-rest to
onvenient
nual Fall
he South.
will, this
nday•end
8th, Lie-.
made to
k forwaxa
ful, shows
amities to I the amoure•e of $12,000, for
the due performance of his duties as
Collector.--I-Carried. Moved by T. M.
Kay, seco-oded b y D. Millar, that la
mills on ithe ....Lollar be levied on the
ratable pr6perty of the municipality in
order to raise. the sum of $2,930, for lo-
cal purposere, that a by-law be drafted
accordiseglne, and that the Roll be deliv-
ered to tae collector by the middle of
October, ' Carried. Moved by T. Mt
Kay, seconded by D. Millar, that Alex.
Carmichael receive $5 for relief—Car-
ried. Moved by D. Millar, seconded by
• a. Halls, that Joeeph Hewitt receive a5
for reliet—Carried. Moved by D. Mill-
ar, seconded by J. Hallathat the Reeve,
Mr. Shiers and Mr. William Brock be
appointed as Commissioners from this
Council to examine the road running be-
tween Lot E, on the 7th Concessiou,
and 11 and 12o" South West Boundary ;
and between Lots E and F, Concession l
8, so as to take steps toavertit opened.
—Carried. On motion Council ad-
journed to first Saturday in October, at
11 o'clock A. M.
to the street watering tan
foot slipped and one of the
over it crashing it badly.
charge of this machine sac,
careful to prevent little bo.
it, -a,nd audengering theie
liven
DEATH te• A STALLION.—T
ported caariage stallion "P
land," the property of M
Carter, of!Tuckersmith, die
- parelysls. Ile became
eral weekp ago, just about
the season., but for a time
eritertained that he would
lost the power of his hind 1
so bed idlest that he coul
-up alone nor stand when
He was -a valuable ani
death is heavy loss to hi
ha,s only.ha.d. him one sea
Ctneceiar.--Whet promi
leery aiteeesting entertain
tised to take place in Car o's Hall on
—The Fire Company have
Monday evening next, an -will consist
eocepted the chellengenf Rescue Hook
of vocal and instrumental, music by'
& Ladder Company to play a friendly
couple o' young lady st game of baseball. The match will take
Brantford. Blind Asylum. place next ,Thursday an the Driving
dies in titiestion are not o Park.
Loc L BRIEFS.= -It iS rumored that
Messr Coleman & Geminlock intend
leasi Mr. Cull's aew building, now in
ogs passed
Those in;
id be more
s riding on
limbs and
he fine im-
ale of Eng-
. Jonathan
last week
filicted aev-
he close of
hopes were
ecover. He
gs, and got
neither get
he was up.
el, and. his
oevnee, who
011.
• •
'OS to be a
ent is &dyer:.
" vamose the mint*" and return home,
but, oh ! dii e •• 'shop ! imagine this
young man's feeli gs wheu he went for
i
his.pail to find t mpty ! A respectable
and sober looluno cow was standing
with her head. ver the pail, having
just finished the ast mouthful. There
was a look of cal content overspread-
ing her count mance, evidently as
though she thoinht she had "struck
ie." which con rested very strangely
with the too of chagrifl that
beamed in his f e. Clubs and. inter-
jections filled th air for a brief space.
It won't be healt y for cows to show
themselves in be etches after this,
unless they Waatu some of -the poetry
knocked oat of hem, especially when
that young man s around.
1
llriPROLIFIC.—T epeoh. pulation Of this
I
place is on the ji crease. Three births
on Thursday la -t within three hours—
all females. ach of the mothers
believes her's is the youngest and. pret-
tiest;
T
E PAINTIN CONTR.A.CT.--The con-
tract for painti g the new church was
let on Saturda, to Mr. Henry Wese-
loh, for $118; spirited bidding having
brought it dow from what was con-
sidered allovv ft re—$16.0.
, LOCE-UP.—A subscription list evas
being circulate a short time ago, for
,
the purpose o establishing a lock -tip
here. Where 'al the list now? The
lock-up is occ sionialy needed for of-
fenders of one nd and another.
WANTONNESS --On Sunday afternoon
some boys, old. enough to kno-w better,
congregated in front of the new Luth-
eran church a 'fused themselves by pelt-
ing stones at t
owned. by Mr
breaking nearl
tensed. We learn the same amuse-
ment was in ulged in at the school
house on a su sequent evening. This
practice must be discontinued.
THE NEW 11411C11.—Tbe new -church
has now got t saaoof framework 011 it
and will soon elenclosed. It is a, hand-
some building of white brick, situate onl
the ',west side •fl Goshen street, fronting'
eastwaed. It is in size 37 feet by 571
1
feet, and the ower will be • surmounte
by a spire, m king in height, 105 feet.
The tower w erem the clock will be
placed is 14 eet square, and. the mari
ble dials are our in numbei, each 5 feet
in diameter. The weight -which is to
drive the elo k weighs about 1015 lbs.
The clock ha: been made by Mr. Geo
Hess, whose .idely known skill in sucle
work is a gu: rantee of a perfect piece
of mechanise . The interior Of the
church is ar anged ins, very convenient
manner, and a coramodious gallery has
been erected It is to be ready by the
beginning of October. The, cost of the
building w be about $3,000; teamin '
etc., extra. .Reflector-.
MOCill op.
COCNCIL DOINGS.—The last meeting
was held at O'Brien's Hotel, Dublin,
August 3rd. Members alt present. The
Clerk presented. the County Clerk's let-
ter, requiring $4,175.66 for County pur-
poses and school equivalent. Moved by
Alexander Kerr, seconded by James
Hillen, that a rate of 5i mills in the
dollar be levied on all the ratea,bleproP-
erty in this township, both for County
and. tranship purposes, the Clerk to
draft alby-law accordingly ; andthat the
apalications from the different school
trustee's to leyy and collect the amoimt
they require be received.—Carl. The
following accounts were •ordered. to be
paid : $6.36. to Widow McInzie, for
gravel;, $7.20 to Wm. Boren, for grevel.
The following sums were paid to the
following • parties for charity: a5 to
Wide*, Cahill, a5 to Widow Toole, and
$5 to Amos Robinson. Moved by James
Hillert, seconded by Wm. Evans, that
John Q. Morrison be appointed. Collec-
tor, and to furnish proper security at
next Meeting. — Carried. IVIoved by
William Evans, seconded by Alexauder
Kerr, that with respect to Mrs. Mc-
Ewen.'s letter, relative to a ditch near
his property, 12th and.. 13th concessian
live, that Mr. Grieve be authorized to
get the work done.—Carried. Moved
by William Grieve, seconded. by Wil-
liam plans, that the. reeve and treasurer
be authorized to borrow the sum of
$3,000 from the Consolidated Bank,
at Seaforth, to pat for the public works
now iperfoinied iu the township, and if
• required, to pass their note therefor in
behalf of this Corporation, said inoney
to be paid_ evhen collected in taxes this -
year. --Carried. Next meeting to be
held tat Davis's hotel, the first Saturday
in September next.
Steeda, 3b 4 0
McLean, lf. 2 2 -
Devlin, p 3 2
Bose, cf 1 4
Smith, lb 4; 1 .
Ernalie, rf ..... ... : 4 0
Walsh, ss. 2 1 -
Thompson, 0.., 3 1
— —
Total• 27 0 , Total 27 12
Innings. 1 2 3 4- 5 6 7 3 9
Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0
Atlantics 1 2 , 3 0 0 1 3 '2 0-12
Umpire, C. .4 -Moorehead; Scorers, Watson,
• Stars • Stanged, Atlanties.
dents of the
As tlee hie
ly deserving
of symaathy and encos. ragement
their efforts to maintaite theraselves
no.t3,vithttanding their s a. affliction,
1.
-but also- give an entert intnent well
worthy of email° patron, ge, we hope course/ of erection, and will.. open
they will be. met by a larde audience in tthereiri a banking and broking office.—'
Seaifortle.
Mr. A ex.,Devidsoa of the Commercial
peasanen_ane J. an atedaegeet ee hotelehas gone off On a trip to the old
country for the benefit of bis health.
the Manitoba Free Press, is at present
on a vitit to friends in his neighbor- AB is accompanied by Mr. John Mc -
until, et Hibbert, and other gentle -
hood. Mr. McGregor ha' been anresi- Co
men. A number of ladies and gentle -
dent oftleo Prairie Preen co for neiexlv -
, six. years. He .says hat prospect's
- never ;looked more pr :liaising there
1 than they do now. Far ees this year
ihave splendid crops, the lands are be- ,
ing rapidly taken up, a d the settlers camp on: shore at night.—Mr. F, L.
Ha,miltoa, of Cromarty, lost a purse
generally are contente and hopeful.
containiag $24, on Monday evening last
_ -The Wiunipeeers expec to hey° rail- ,
between Seaforth and Cronaarty. The
way celnnectiois . tvith tl e outer world
flatlet: will be rewarded on restoring .it
by next season. . This Neill be a great
• • 1 to the owner. — The return baee-ball
UGUST 16, 1878.
-1
-a
h was confined to the house for several
days. The pain was so great that Mr.
Itissett spent three days and three
nights -without sleeping, and when he
ventured. out last week he was quite
weak, but is iltow gradually gaining
strength.
—Owing to the _scarcity of hands for
the flax harvest, Messrs. Patton et Dor-
ard, of Exeter, had. a number of the
ale " Arabs" from London conveyed
that village to accelerate affairs.
After initatioia, however, they did not .
take kindly to it, and, the next day the •
Majority of them took down the rail-
way track towards London, e' blessing"
the flax crop.
—The result of the revision of the
voters' lists in the municipalities com-
prising South Huron, excluding the
orrection of errors in description,
Ethel.
Does.—The cabbage _Worm is doing
great daxaage this season to the cab-
bage. No more " saur krout.".—Mr.
Wm. Simpson, dealer in general mer-
chandise, is doing a good business at
his stand near the station. He sells hie
goods cheap, end his stock is first-class.
—Mr. Spence has returned, and may be
seen at his post of duty. His health
has improved somewhat during his
absence.—The first grist of new wheat
of the season was ground at Milne's mill..
on the 31st ult.—Mr. Lawrence Dobson
threshed on Tuesday one hundred and
eighty-five bushels of wheat off five and
a half acres of ground.—The daughter
of Mr. Scott Milne, reported eiek a few
weeks since, died at Elora, on Wednes-
day, the Olsteult—Mr. G. Walkey end
family Etae about leaving for Newry,
where they intend to locate. The fur-
niture business is now conducted by
Mr. James Laird, late of the hotel now
owned by Mr, Egger.-1VIessrs. John
and. William Milne started On Monday
me ing for Muskoka where they ex -
pec to tarty for two weeks. The mill
is B ut down during their absence.
men left town on Tuesday on a coasting
e.apedition. along the shores of Lake Hu-
ron. They chartered a tug -boat at God-
eriela and will sail during the day and
- boon tO the cousin -rand
the pattlere securin
more made- Market for
Mr. MoGregoe intends
in about a week.. He
venial by Mrs. McGreg
who Lave beeu here
over ar month.
Civic Hoe' II AY .,—Wei
observed in Seaforth as
The places of buSiness
evee deeo it before. It was nearly de -
t
sorted. _Many took ae vantage of the dil
cheep trip to Toronto, 0 at/ _ there aud bei
, do business, e bane i um°ber went to wal
Louden to wituesahe I ase ball mateh, -, Ray
wane not a few went t , Bayfield to en- UOS
joy the bettatiful breeze, - of Lake Huron, • for
boa els aud laying down new nod got quite
. and ravel, in the et Ma, ifieent scenery '•
et:distance finished. ---The Public: Schools
for which that ancient l own is so elated.
ranien after the. mid -summer bola
The }anon nabinth Sc -ool excursion to wit
Goderich end Kincardine was, howee ei ,, l, a ., s oil! Monday'next, ninth to the re -
i gret of seholars and to the relief and joy
the principal, _attraction. Long before
parents.—A later from Mr. John
tbe appointed time, a large crowd of i- of
li', station, wait- ! Merriam of Varna, in reply to that of
1 Mr. Thompson, en the Orange I roces-
,arry them 21.Way
•sio question - will 'appear uext week.—
• toils and labors
hee- knew not of. i II event operations, in this vicinity, will
neatly over this, week. • The most -of
crop has been-gatbered in excellent
ler.—We have ebeen requested to
te that- there will be gospel preach -
hi the- Foresters' Hall, Campbell's
. mu •
metch between the hardware and dry -
a bettor and
heir product. good § clerks was played on Monday last,
home resulting in e second victory for the for-
eturning
vill be accom_ mer: The first Wheat of this season's
grewth, sold on this market, was sold
r and family,
oa a visit for by
150
at •
lesday last wee etre
public b.oliaav. eve
were all closed, wee
and the town was qmetsr than we have thei
rOy neighboring iarieus.—Thcold
Ir. D. D. :Wilson, 'who delivered
ushels of fallwheat to Mr. Pringle
7a cents.—Several of . the back__
te and many Of the Vacant lots are
OW11 with thistles and other foul
s, The authorities should • have
cut before they go to seed and
mere the names of deceased persons and one
Woman struck off, and parties 'added. towel has extended. the tune for rt.,
Who -were claimed by both sides is as fol- moving bodies from the old grave Nan
lows : Total Reform gains, 100, total at the east end of -the town till the 15-th.
:Conservative gains, 17. Net Reform of September, .after which all bodies,
:gains in -the Riding, 83. not renteved will be taken to the cern-
, —The 'fall wheat in the vicinity of etery and interred in one general man,
Dashwood, -which is now harvested. and —The Rev. yr. Christopherson, et
partly threshed, is one 'of the best yields alitchell, has gone 011 a trip to the
known in this neighborhood for many Muskokttedistrict, where he intends to
years. The span(' -wheat, however, spend a few weeks for the benefit ens'
does not look so well. Sorae of it is health. Rev. Mr. Ford, student of
badly damaged by the midge, and will Montreal Theological College, hat been
scarcely be an average crop. Oats and appointed to fill his place duriag his:
peas look well, so that upon the whole absence.
farmers have reason tO be thankfal. • —A horse belonging to Mr. 3.A.Tnes.
—Last fall Mr. Thos. Shute, °of lot Kenap, near Anderson, fell dead while
14, concession 5, Usboriae, obtained being driven, attached to a buggy,along
seed -wheat of the gold medal and the road.. ,Oue of the shafts of the
lila,ussen. varieties from the United. buggy was smashed, and Mr. Kemp
States. The crop was threshed on experienced sonae difficulty in disen-
Ttiesday of last week, and yielded. over tangling the deed animal from the con-
veyance.
—The attendance at the 'Andersoa
school has increased so much that Xr.
Koran, the Inspector, desires the trus-
tees to engage a second teacher. Two
of the trustees oppose this, while the
third, Mr. Hardy, very wisely thinks
the directions of the Inspector shouldbe
carried. out. 1
--Ma. R. W., Currie has sold out his
interest in the oatmeal and grain
business in. Mitchell, and intends mak-
.
his own„ with the name of George,
Armstrong on it. He was recognieea as
a frequent,traveller on the road, and a
is said he ,has tried before to get inf
trains while, in naotion. He was rernaud-
ed. to the gaol till itie friends!, could! ao
comnItinicated with. -
—George .Arrastrong, aged 14., apnea
of the Milbank School, passed. creditab-
ly at the recent examination for thirn
class teachers. This young lad deserves
honorable mention, as does also th
teacher wins has trained leans° success-
-Rev. *. alcAlpine, of S. marys,
has gone on a three mouths trip to mit-
aim At a farewell party given by the
ladies of the congregation, in honor en
the Rev. gentlentan'e departure, the atun
of $50 was realized for thehenefit of the
congregation.
—Tlae cemetery committee hi. Lis--
.
40 buehals to the acre. This gooa,
e windows of a building
considering the shrmkage in the wheat
Deichert, opposite,
crop throughout this section this year.
all the glass they con-
. —Mr. W. G. Smith, Great Western.
Railway track inspector, London, for-
merly of Brussels, has had severe afflic-
tion since he removed to the Forest City.
A few weeks ago the eutire familyecon-
sisting of himself, wife and tevo child-
ren, were prostrated by scarlet fever,
and the younger child, a little girl,
▪ 1 t
Blyth.
.1.4PROVEMENTS. — Mr. Geo. Groscle,
dealer in boots and shoes, has greatly
improved the appeara,nce of his store on
Queens' street, by adding another story
anal& half.
Maaeles.—Treadwell, 97c to $1.05;
Fife, 93c to 980 • red cbaff, 85c to 880;
barley, 50c to 55c; oats, 27c to 30c;
peas, 58c to 620; new hay, $12 to $15 ;
butter, loose, 12c, tub, 13c; eggs, 9c;
new potatoes, per bush., $1; new ap-
ples, 75c to $1 ; wool, 22c to 2c; sheep-
skins, 5Qc to
PERSONAL.—The Rev. Joseph Philp
and wife, of Holmesville, were in, toavn
on Monday. .
—Sir W. H. G. Colles, " 'Knight," left
for Toronto last Friday, to be absent
for a, few weeks.
—Mr. ArchienTaylor, who has been
ill for seine time tvith typhoid fever,
had another relapse on Saturday. This
being the second relapse, it has left him
very prostrete.
I Mr.P.J Foy who left for New York
•
City a few 'weeks ago for the good of his
health, returned on Saturday, looking
'Much the better of his trip.
CMG HOLIDAT.—The civic holiday
passed off quietly here on the 13th inst.,
themajority of our Citizens taking ad-
• vantage of the cheap trip to London and
Pert Stanley. The band. accompanied
dee excursionists and. discoursed some,
'fine selections during the day. On en -1
tering the train the band boys left their
bass drum lying on the wood -box in one
coach, while they themselves took seats
iia the. next. Wheel. near --Hyde Park
junction, . a, couple of Would-be high
toned young men from ;Winghana poked
their walking canes through the head.
- of the drum. Before they reached Lon-
don the band. boys discovered what had
leen done. They informed the Wing -
ham swells that they must pay the
damages, -which, after censiderable
talk, they were convinced the must do,
end accordingly agreed. to forward the
cash Saturday evening. .
Brussels.
aeon TO W11031 HONOR is DUE.—
An operation perforpied on a horse
bel ging to Mr. R. MeNaugaton, of
Bru sels, by Mr. johir Nott, veterinary
sur eon, in this place, should not go un-
noticed,: Mr. McNaaighton bought the
thoiinhe question about a year ago, and
wh n he ,commenced to work him dia-
1
coy red that- he had. a fistalar. open-
ing aa. the interior part. of the abdomen,
which .allowed the contents of - the in-
testines to pass out. He tried to work
the:animal, but found him of no ser-
vice, as the horse received but very lit-
tle i nourishiaent from either food or
water. Being of no. use to him, Mr.
McNaughton had made up his mind -to
have him destroyed, or give him away,
hating learned that the horse had been
, in that condition for six or seven years.
Before doing so, however, he consulted.
with Mr. Nott, as to whet that gentle-
man thought of the case. Mr. Nott at
0110e made an exerniaation of the hoese,
and. said such case 3 were generally in-
curable, but thought that if he had the
horse in his own hands, he could. Snake
a peemaneut cure. • Hexing every con-
fidence in Mr. Nott, Mr. MeNaughton.
at once gave him -charge of the horse,
and on the 18th of May lest he perform-
ed. a,n operation evhich proved to be a
success. By good treatment, and a
thorough understending of the nature
of the case, Mr. Nott succeeded in
bringing about the recovery of the horse,
which -is now in good conditio-n, and fit
•
idated side -Walk on Mem Street is
g replaced by a substantial new
• 'of Georgian 'Bay pine. Taking
ntage of the civic holiday on Wed-
(tonsteble Dunlop had a large
e of menet work tearing up the old.
- people congregated at
-Mg for -the train to
from taescelle of thei
to joeeeend woes that
The team arrived p omptly -on time, .bo
and awn. ten passenter coaches were th
crowded full erith old and. youug, grave or
and gay, man and Woinen, - boys' and 1- st
•
girls. The care were ivory comfortable, 1
and the weather beiuig! cool, the ride to 131-ak, this evening, wheu all are cor-
Goderich was pleasant. Arrived at di lly invited.
Goderich, all embarked ,on the magnifi- •
cent steamer Quebec of the Northern
'ransportation Line. Th ere Was a, stiff
breeze blowing on the lake, and the
boat had not gone faij froni the wharf
wheu a pale face wast visible here and.
there among the crowl, and a feeling of
'sqUeamisliness " ovefreanae mare than
one. Sea,- sickness a. disease
which is usually sickness,
infectious,
ai
ld it was it long until
nearly every person On the boat was
uron. Notes.
The Go rich Board. of Truste s
haa engage Mr. Donald McDonald, f
Bradford, a •second. assistant in t e
High Schoo
—afr. E ;jah Martin, of Goderic
sold two pi s, ten months old,to Mr.
McLean, at 53.75. per • 100 lbs. They
weighed tog ther 850 lbs.
—One da, last week, while engaged
in threship ,Mr. D. Shanahan, of Hal-
lett, receiv d severe kick in the breast
from one of the.horses.
—Joseph Frain and James -McDou-
gall hound. na stocked 7 acres of wheat
after a re per in ten hours, on the
farm of th fernier, lth concession of
Grey.
aged about a year and a halt,
week. The body was brought to Brus- ina his home in Colorado, where he is ,
sels on Thursday, and interred in the aepresent with Mrs. Currie. He in -
cemetery. tends returning to Mitchell in a few
1 --The board. of the Howick Farmers' weeks to settle up his affaire, after
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, met which he will Move out west with his
in Genie, on Saturday, 27th July. 147:- family.
;
• 1 1 —Mr. Win.I0liver, lot 17, concession
applications were passed, covering r
to the amount of $146,560. The loss of
John McICee, of Howick, whose barns
and house were burned a, few weeks ego,
was considered, and. $500 awarded. him.
This'company pays its losses promptly,
6, Hibbert; had two barns burnt by
lightning during a thunder stone' on
Tuesday 6th inst., about 3 a. 1-. There
were 10 acres iof fall wheat, 1-0 acres of
peas and 20 tons of hay and. several
im lemetits in. the barns, all of -which -,
is conducted economically, an e s
were consumed. Mr. Oliver's loss is
membership is increasing very rain y.
The membership is now so large that a,
Olen loss such as the above is scarcely
felt.
—The _Reflector says that a young wo-
Man from Hay township, who owned a
ehild resembling a yotmg man who
sometimes resides in Exeter, left her
home on Thursday last, acconapanied
by her parents and carrying the off-
spring, for the purpose -of fastening on
the young man the child's paternity by
its general similitude. It appears that
the infant, whieh -was about three
Months old, lied been ailing for some
time, and while the party rested at
Rodgerville, the little unfortunate
breathed out its life.- They did not re-
trace° their footsteps, however, but
drove to Exeter, where the dead body
of the infantwas shown to the friends
of the young man, after which they re-
turned to their home. The child was
buried on Friday.
,
-
—The B acefield Cricket Club played
a match th the " Pickwicks," of Len -
done -on F day last, on the grounds i of
the latter. The Brucefield team came illness.
1 —Mr. Cha,s. Walker', of Milverton, should. be inserted in the Siath Resolut
off victori as by 5 wickets.
—T. M. eet, Esq., of Wingham has shipped from that place for New York, tion, and the words of Ministers in tin-
iest column. Did he deny that the .
-been appo nted Manager of the Britsh .
Pne —A shark or sOnaething else that Resolutions wereadopted.in the House
20 larabs last week._ •
Mortgage Loan Company, at Lond
booked like one, was caught in the That he was sitting there, and therefore
and will r Move to that city in a short
voted for them t That they added. $3001 -
time to e er upon his duties. Milbank pond the other day.
—Mrs. . 0' Gingericht of Dashwood, 000 to our annual expenditure, making
atterapte to comnait suicide one even, one and a half millions of dollars paid
ing latel , by taking strychnine. A. away in the lest- five years as mimeses
physician. was summoned, and. succeed- on good salaries already existing? He -
can't quibble out of these facts. I re-
ed in sa mg her life. She has siace
atternpte to hang herself. She is ithe
Perth Items. .
Mr.. Stewart Campbell, county
clerk, has been confined. th his house by
over $2,000; insured for $1,000.
—One day lately a man snereted
Holmes, residing near Milverton, had a
narrow escape from poisoning. He was.
by a neighbor to drink a tea
made frora a certain wild. herb which
,was represented to him to be highly
beneficial, hence the consequence. Al-
though, endiag without# any serious re-
sult, yet this case certainly conveys an
important lesson.
—Many of the bodies from tile grave-
yard,. adjoining the old Catholic church
in Stratford, have been remoited to the
cemetery. The old -church building
which. was for some tinte used. as a
school has been torn down, and a hand-
some new brick school is being erected.
on the spot. The main part of the old
church was hnilt forty years ago, wheit
Stratford was in its infancy.
•
To the Electors of North
Hur031.
GENTLEMEN : Mr. Farrow wanted
a meeting called to prove twenty false-
hoods in ney last Circular. What :did
he prove? That the word "County "-
THE OTHER Sine. -We have been in -
famed by Messrs. Beattie and Morrow,,
the young men who were fined. • by Mr.
Braithw aite, for leaving the employment
of Mr. A. Watt without notice, that
their reason for leaving was not because
t ey had been offered better wages from
o9ier persons,' lent because they weile
locked out of Mr. Watt's house. 04
Sunday night they reinained out until
-
to work every day.
i. • n
Vsborne.
- CoL'INcir PR 0 CEED IN GS .—COUll cil met
on the 3rd. inst, at the Town ItlalltElim-
ville. All the members present. Min-
utes of previous meeting read a0 con-
firmed. Meted by J. Halls, seconded
by D. Miller, that the sums leeally re-
quired by the Trustees of each ° schoob!
sectiou to be levied by thi's Council be :
entered on the Collector's roll, and col- I
lected. with the other rates; and that al
by-law be drafted in accordance there-
with.—Carried. Moved' by T. M. Kay,:
seconded by J. Shier, that the sum of,
t1,546 be raised by special ratefor rail-
road purposes, and that & by-law be
drafted accordingly.—Carried. Moved
by D. Millar, seconded by J. Halls,that.
the Brine of 5125.40 be levied. on Lots4,-
,5 and 6, on the 4th concession, the west
half of Lot 3, Lots 4, 5,6, 7, 8 and, 9, on
the 5tb concession. to provide for inter-
est and sinking fund to redeem. de-•
L
bentures issued on . the 5th Concession
water course, and th t a by-law be
drafted accordingly.—Carried. - Moved
by. J. Sheir, seconded by T. M. Kay,
that -Williana-Smillie receive $5 for re-
lief.—Caaried. • Moved by T. M. Kay,
seconded by J. Shier, that the clerk no-
tify the collector to furnish for inspec-
- tion by this council, bowie executed. by
himself and two good and sufficient, se -
Stanley.
GOOD Worac.-111r. Thos. Vine bound
at acres of heavy wheat on his ferm, on
2nd concession, half' a day. This
was good. work. If there weremore
men like this in the country, there
wouldn't need to be such a hunting for
harvest hands.te, .
HARVEST..*— Farmers are still budy
with their harvest. A great number
rivill'finish this week, which i exceed-
ingly early. The fall. wheat was very
heavy, but the :spring crops are . not so
good as ,were expected. at one time.
Spring wheat is badly .broken down in
some parts and not very well filled,
having ripened too fast. Barley, peas
and oats will te average. •
• HEA.TY Cnor.-eMr. David. -Reid. had
on a 7 -acre field 643 shocks of wheat of
12 sheaves each: This was the heavi-
est crop of wheat he ever harvested and
speaks well for the. productiveness of
the soil of this section. He expects to
have at least .50 bushels to the acne.
The above gentleman has also a °(Irene
vine which has a branch 63 feet long.
The vine has borne heavy crops each year
- for the last nine years. -
--A. grant of $100 was made by the
Listowel council in aidof the Elmo, and
Wallace agricultural society.
—A boat race at St. Marys, resulted
in a broken oar for one of the contest-
ants, and an easily won race for the
• —Mr. T. Matheson, dx-raayor, is not
improving in health so rapidly as his
friends would wish. He is still confin-
ed to the house.
--Mr. Joseph Harrison, one of Strat-
ford's inost respected citizens, is now off
south, revisiting the State of Virginia,
-which he left as a slave some 40 years
ago.
e
main, yours truly,
mother o five children. . other.
--011
, aturday last, as the son
Mr. Tho as Smith, 5th Conccssiorl of
Grey, w re cutting peas, they ceme
across a sage snake, and immediately
killed it and forty-eight of a progny.
The rept le was of un.usual size, and
the num er of young ones was remark-
able.
—On o daymorning, as Thomas,
son of M enwick, of Exeter, Washer-
—The cabmen of St. Marys, hav
neesing lase horses, one of them, hither- : made arrangements to go to all night
4
to quite eittle, kicked. him on. the face, train d of the Grand Trunk railway in
travellers.
. future. This will be appreciated, by
incapaci ate him for a few days, but it
bruising hi severely. The injury Vill
is hoped that no permanent disfigure- —The Ellice swamp has not produc-
tion w ensue. • ed its customary modicum of berries
—TA: blinding in Exeter south of this seeson. Parties -arriving at what
Thorne Farmer'seStar Grocery, late- was wont to be " rich pastures" now re-
ly owls lia41, as a store by Mr. Th rasa turn disgusted. at nature's parsiraony.
Greenwey is beina fitted up for a i a,nk, —Mr. James Phipps, of Fullarton,
the Ex nnge Bail of Canada h , ving has sold his farm of 100 acres to Mr.
john Jamieson for $7,500. Mr. Jamie-
determl
Ilastin
of
A. BERRY-PICE.ING INCIDENT.—Berry
picking is now over. The season has
passed. without any serious accident;
but replete with its usual number of
amusipg . incidents. An industrious however, progressing fitvorably. ' to sustain the call from Milyerton,,
picker from one of our flourishing vil- i —Mr. Thos. Bissett, of the firm of the Rev. John Kay, appointed a depu-
lages having repair& to Dixie --the 'Bissett Brothers, of Exeter, when out tation to advise with the congregations
field of berries—anti -worked with such on a shooting expeditiora some fourteen as to the best course of action.
ardor that he had his pail full of this years ago had a grain of fine shot aeci- —On Thursday morning of last week
most delicious fruit by the time others = dent4fly shot into one of his fingers. a man was seen endeavouring to jump
of the party got a fair start. Withan Mr. issett experienced. no pain in the off the the Toronto express train, be -
air -of conscious pride at having out- 1 fingez until a, short time ago. He was , tween Hamburg, and Stratford, and.
stripped his mates in the pick, he care- 1 shaking hands with a friend. at the sta- ' as he appeared not to be in full pos-
fully placedhis full pail under a cool tion, which caused the ring which he 1 session of his senses, he -was taken in
and shady bush while he went to as wore on the finger to press on the spot charge and given to the police at Strat-
sist some others of the party to "fill where the shot was imbedded, causing ford. He bad on his person some 1350
up." All having got a. goodly share of intense pain. Mr. Bissett had. the shot in money, a railway ticket from St.
the sweet things, they ;determined to extracted, but inflammation set in, and Marys to Berlin, and a card apparently
• 1
ed to open a branch there. Mr.
acoer. rtsh, late of Telford, is the Man- son will some be one of the inost ex -
e
eter. the second bana fori Ex- tensive land. owners in the township.
•—Mr. Moore Armstrong, 'who teaches
I—Mr John McK
is erapl yed in the tailoring establish- in obtaining a first-class certificate at
innon, of Blyth , whe on the Base Line, Blanshard, succeeded
ent o ogerson ca Trewiu, met -with the recent examination held in Torten -
pia
a, some at painful accident on Thurs- to. Mr. Armstrong is an energetic and.
d. y las ,-ler accidentally falling through successful !teacaer.
a' pane of .glass. His face was slightly —Miss Jessie McIntyre, Waterdown,
cut, an leia wrist was badly lacerated. holding a second-class certificate, has
the co d of the middle finger being en- been engaged for one of the vacant - de-
iaenhoirrsoem, btehge- partments in. the Mitchell public
school . a t a salar-
y of 5275 per
ttrely ev red.
I —13 arridnaeYssniwghertelasstto
gy and t
stable f r. La,wrason, St. George, by —Fall wheat in Fullerton, turns out
it shor Englisb boy. The horse is a from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre, with
bay, a d. the buggy black piano box. straw,enough for 65 or 70. The spring
Mr. L . wrason was in Clinton en Wed- crops are -good. The crops in general
aesda.. 'having traced the thief to a are betterthan they have been. for a
ehort stance north of Seaforth. number of years.
l —0 Friday afternoon two boys nam- —A chimney on the house of Mr. S.
0a H ltzmart and alotz, employea in Henry; in:Ellice, was struck by light -
i
Sohn rr a Wilker's flax mill, Crediton, ning, during one of the recent storms,
Were aught in a shaft, and bele& the beyond demolishing the 'chimney and
inac nery could be stopped each had tearing off some shingles from the roof,
e
an a.. broken, the latter in two places. no herrn was done. ,
He w s also terribly bruised about the —ThePresbytery,of Stratford, which
'feet a d. injured internally. Theyare, met on the 6th instenot seeing its way
WILLIAM SLOA.N.
Cl- •1•1' TT
sEM1-ANNUAL
CLEIAR1NG SALS
I
-
THREE 1:
—A.T—
c..1kliCDOUCALL. &
Great :Reduction in every De-
partment.
The Balance of thisSeason's
Stock Must be Sold.
All Masses of Goods Marked'
Down in Price.
This is No Humbug, but a
-When we 'advertise a dlearia
Salewe Mean it.
Call and Examine fo
yes.
Remember the Next Three WeekS et
. G. MCDOUGALL
SIGN OF THE THREE SEVEN&
Highest Price Paid for
Class Rutter.
EI;EVE
WBODE
BEAL ES'i
'von SALE--roxt
nearly ne
ultuated. In the fick!
Will be sad cheap;
SECORD, COSSENS
VA.Bal n'Oft SALE
-I: of 160 acres, ton
'12th concession 'of
e• rms easy. Appli
Bo% 51, Milton P. 0.9.
vAzzu MaILI
▪ Lot V,,Con. O
(floored and NM»
oungerchyrd ; Boil
tine; price $5,000.
torth.
_
IR
SALE.—The
Acre lot in the tow
1117.ron, 20 acres ate •
timberedwith heed
will be sold cheap.
Solicitor, Seafertb,O
VARM FOR SALE
=I: field Concessin
tattling 85 acres,' 50 <
good stat ila of tulava
the 'village of Ilnyiel
on favorable terma;.
-41011N GOVENLOCI
B SALE -CCIVA
the Countrya
of Harputhey.
arge garden fIlled7,
'eriptions ; good wel)
R. WINNE, oxt the;
Land Agent, Soafort
VArtm FOR SALII
31, in the 5th
3.00 ares, gooa 130i
urn 56t36, good st•
cleared, good hen:se
pump. Apply to
*.place, or to Westfiel
.rl.110ICE - FARM
Coa.7, ilullett,i
.86 cleared, well und
ot ettlOsution; bui
. terms easy. For
tnessre.-3,..u.cmIGEaJ
Or on the premises t
atame P. O. '
VALUABLE p.,k
• V the east 194f ,‹
TueltersMith, Conn:
acres, 3. 'miles fres
convenient to sell
best quality. For
IAMBS PICKABD
Egraondville P. O.
UOTEL Reft 1
43-1- Rotel eat'am
the -Clyde Hotel et
is IN Artitr-ObSig blIS
19.11d illaa a gocid ft;
all of which
Mersa, Vox- 'fart
F. LINO-, Blu,zvul
1?AR3I FOR ;SAI
cOnta
Cleared and
. dwelling house vif
frame barn enil
a small erase.
of 'Clinton Ann ab
ply at TI1E EXPf.
*VALUABLE Pf,
Lot 29, Con. #4
85 of which aro
there is a log Awe
and*stables, plenV,
_ is within vi
tioulars apply on
Min:, or by lett
1)1t0PE1tTY 'Ft1
CAM 111,-Gre!
exeenentiot.
Con. 0, Morris
sols, 50 aeres, 33
maehinery cork):
Iota, and a largen
all the property 45,
her of Unproved fi
ties. .TOENLE
VA.= FOE SA
slant -ea a
County -of Her(
which irre clea'rei„,
houses, barn, inn
and drivinghousl
water. The tarl9
Tevni of Seafertl
particulars up )
8TED, Scafort
• tor, on the premr
Arlo-MAME
west half of
taming 50 aties„:
lam 16 Si:Unita
Ssaforth. The ?,
There is a 112,1,4
nags. The farni
namental trees;
fenced. It is al
tleman,
easy. This pre)
to A. sTnoNo,..
;
clear n
lugs .a 1 goul It
_
chart i id plea
be Bold Withiam
12 from Seafortl
gravel road leadj
of -excellent buil
Apply to Waltor
premises. SAM
.ITALUABLE
'w Lot II, Cq
taining 100 acre
11 good state of 7
ea, the balano
stone honae,lx4
a,nd good heal
1- miles from Seal
Kippcn. Scho•
enees. For ftn
MOORE, on 1
MMsFoit
,10p, 56, -atm)
freur SettfOrth
West. half Lot
cleared, frame
frOIR Seoforth,'
20, Con. 12,.sX
barn, Epleridi:'
Tackersolith,
fair buildings, -
the farnv•
STRONG,
smal
'th over
Eround, we» s
coacjl house,
fowls's-ell fen
is• arranged ft
store is rented
YetT the oti
bunenee vm
be tune et b
moving to Wi
Offered ,at A
WILLI AV
vm FOR
/40 urea are
and In agood
is thnhe
an inch of
isPring -creei
buildings all
and pumps, a
IS with:WA ria
waf between
*low, also co
°Moe, T
twepatti
Walton Post
the premises.