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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1878-09-27, Page 1• • a AMER 20, 1$78, 1-{ MANTLES. GDOUGALL SHOW A HAIM- )-1E STOCK OF. 4E. IVIANTL. to choose from, and ELEVENTH Ylete.R. WEEOLE. NUMBER, 564. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, ALIRE-IN IHE ROLE LOT. are opportunity•for selecting Indsome PATTERN Mantle 0e, Inspection invited. DOUGALL 00 - FRENCH SILKS,. French Black Gros Grain tented pure, at $1, $1. 25, aud $2: per yard.. See pOUGALL &CO.'S -Leef1:1 HITS ees Yew rattern Tapestry cents per yard, worth 75 'eat bargain. See them at CDOUGALL & T__101-Zil\TG1- P.JARTIVIENT. This Week a Very choice Selection. in " WORSTElk, lul'-SUITINGS, • ' 4N-SIANS AND VELOURS, a HOME SKINS,. NCH CASHMERES, FRENCli -TWEEDS, &e. N STYLES IN TROUSERINGS. 11 continue to receive through- eason the Finest Qualities of pted to the Custom Trade, 94 LOWEST PRICES. L urnishinoss b 11ATS AND CAPS, tet Styles in Euglieh and American Makes. OUBLE TO SHOW' COODS GDOUGALL & CO.'S, 'FORTH. ONTARIO. Mporters and DoaderSmB Dry Goods Only. e ITER WANT.D.. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. SALE. -Nice Building Lots in Egmond- X vale a little west of the now church. Prices reasonable. Terms very liberal. Apply to A. ARMITAGE, Seatorth. 560 OR SALI- —West half of -1..Cit the jet =cession of Hullett, containing 50 acres of excellent land, all cleared. Terms to suit pur- chaser. Apply to MR. RALPH THOMPSON, 560x8 flaron Road, McKill_o_p. _ --A-Ra.-Tiolt*SALE.-For Sale, a splendid farm F • of 100 acres, composed of Lot No. 21, in the 12th concession .of the Township of Hullett. Terms easy. Apply to CHARLES MORROW, Box 51, Clinton P. 0. 553 VOR SALE .—or Sale a first class Planing Mill, nearly new and in good running order, situated in the iflourishing Town of Seaforth, W111 be sold cheap. Terme easy. Enquire of SECORD, COSSENS & CO., Goderiela . _ Oat - VARM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE. --For Sale, Lot 7, Con. 12, containing 100 acres, 60 acres cleared and well fenced; frame bank barn; good young orchard.; soil clay loam possession at afiy time; price ;,-1,- 5,000. Apply to A. STRONG, Sea - forth. 548 FOI' sAr-' '.-e. subscriber has -1C,i'iiale a 50 acre tot in the township of McKillop, County of F.turon; 20 acres are cleared and. the balance well timbered with beech and mo.ple. The property Will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON, Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. • • 517 - - - A -E- -I- — - ' -----r-B- - 'WARM FOR S L .- or Sale, Lot la o. .), ay- -1: field Conceesion, Goderich Township, con- taining 85 acres,.,50 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining the village of Hayfield., and. will be aold cheap and on favorable. terms. Apply to the proprietor, JOTS GOVEN OCK. ' 524 . ) Some Scotch Stories. TAM PLECK. - Tam Fleck was a flighty chieldbeleng- ing 1 to Peebles, and was the envied possessor of a copy of the works of -To- sephusethe Jewish historian. Not par- ticularly steady at his legitimate ccu- pationJ Tarn struck out A new lite of employment fpr himself by going about the houses of: the cotters and small weevers of the town in the evenings -with his Josephus, which he read to his hearers as the current pews Of the I day. It was his practice not to read , more than tw'o or three pages at a time, which he interlarded with very original and sagacious remarks of his ,own by way of foot notes; and in this way he contrived to sustain the interest of the 'narrative to !en extraordinary degree. Retailing theimatter With great equabil- ity in different households, Tam kept all at the same point of information, and wound them up -with a correspond- ing anxiety is to the issue of some moviag event in Jewish annals. " Weel, Tem, what's the news the nicht ?" one, I of his customers would say, as he appeared with his Josephus under his arm. "'Bad news, bad news," would be Tama reply.4 • "Titus has begun to be- siege Jerusalem; it's gaun to be a ter- rible -business," as he took his seat and proceeded to open his budget of intelli- geke. The, protracted and severe fereine which wat endured by the be- sieged Jews Was -a theme which kept several families in a state of agony for a week; and twhen Tarn, in the course of his reading, came to the final conflict and destruction of the city by the Ro- man general, there was a perfect paroxysm of agony. ERRIE VOR SALE C. EXP. -A.8 the owner is leaving the Country. a Haase and Lot in the village ofHarpurhey. *Frame dwelling, with 6 rooms; a lorge garden filled with fruit trees of all des- criptions • good welt and cellar. Apply to THOS., R. WINN'E, on the premisee, or to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Sea forth . _ 551 VARM FOR 5,E.-1Ieing north half of Lot 31, in the 5eli Concession, East Wawauosh, 100 sores, good soil, well watered, good frame barn 56±36, good stable and shed. 18x26, 85 acres cleared, good. hoese and orchard, good well and pump. Apply to JAMES MURRAY, on the 55:-x16 place, or to Westfield P. 0. eiHOICE FARM FOE SALE—dicing Lot 4, - _ _ _ t-1 Con. 7, aullett, Comity of Huron; 100 acres ; 80 cleared, Well underdrained, and in a good state ca. cultivation ; buildings convenient and good; terms easy. For further, particulars apply to lifessrs.MeCAUGHEY &HOLMESTED, Seaforth, _o_ri tih_e_p_retni_s_es_to_71. E. ._C_OL:12VEL.L.Ln- !tante P. O. 555 (7-ALUM:ILE FARM FOE SALE. -For Sale, V the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R.R., Tuekersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 31, miles from the Town of Seaforth, convenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further pal:tie-ulnas apply to JAMES PICKARD, apposite the premisee, or to Egmendville P. O. 524 Aeei -fleaefeedife- FO bALL—the under 'LL1 signed offer for sale their mills, situated one mile north of Varna, on the Hayfield river, comprising steam eave and shingle mill, also plating mill of two ran of stones, together with 15 acres of land, new hone and bank barn. For farther particulars apply on the premises or to MORLEY BROS , Varna, 561.*4 FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot la, can, 7, Hallett, containing 100 acres, 80 of which are cleared and free from stumps. There is a frame dwelling house with stone cellar underneath, also framearn and stable. Plenty of good water and a small orchara. Is within sia-and-a-lialf miles of Clinton and about 0 miles from Seaforth. Ap- ply at THE EXPOSITOR Office, Seafor_th._51_8_ VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, I Lot 29, Con. 8, Hibbeit, containing 100 mores, 85 of which 11170- elearea and free from stumps ; there is a log dwelling house, a good frame barn. and stables, plenty of water and good orchard; is within 7)1 miles of Seaforth. For further par- -ticulars apply on the premises to WM. ABER- EfART, or by letter to Seaforth P. 0. 542 deed as he tion of the trader as been." "Altt m was the gre of the -mini weel kenn' hie -day. eve a big diener party, till they were a aneath the'able but himsele and he would thenlgang into another room, call for the Servpnts of the house, and give them a disciourse, as well as if he had - never tasted dra,p. Ah, he's been lang dead and game noo ! Od, I believe, I've haen him Plax times in my hands since I pat him first aneath the yirthl Dell :care how Many rnair times I may hae to turn bine ower yet!" as with the living populaa arish of Greyfriars, the in - ad him "who that had la" 'quail Geordie ; " this t preacher, Dr. —, ane ,ters, of EdinbUrgh. He was to be a queer minister in e could drink glasafor glass John Go Banffshire remarkabl two yeats chanced. t of Tariff landlady, of the pat she used 33a,nffshir Among th close of h man, who cottage, man amp "So, m knit at one hund rare age!' " Diel's grand1athI seventy-tl corner o' On tin stranger MaDEAN BROS., Publishers. 51.50 a Year, in Adleanae. lively airs. No religious service we.s held at the grave, those present merely throwing in a handful of soil, awl the grave was then filled in. -Mr. Peter Temple, one of the old- est engieeers on the Great Western Railway, and his estimable wife, cele- brated their silver 'Wedding, with a host of friends, on the 19th inst. -H. N. Fillmore, of River Phillip, Cumberland county, Nova Scotia, has lost eight children, out of a family , of eleven, during the last two or three weeks, from diphtheria. Serious,loss has fallen upon some of the Halifax insurance offices, it is re- ported, through the late storm in the West Indies, heavy risks being held. by them on vessels reported wrecked. -A by-law granting a bongs of $8,600 for station grounds for the Credit Val- ley Railway was voted on in Ingersoll the other day, and was defeated by a large majority. 36 for and 152 against the by-law. -Mr. Arca. McDiermid, 2d. conces- sion Bruce,haa on his premises an apple tree which blossomed three times this season, having on its branches blossdms, apples of six weeks growth, and ripe apples at one time. • -Amongst other damage done by the recent storm and floods in the West on Saturday last; is that of a serious break in the Welland Canal, through which *traffic has been stopped for a few days, until repairs have been completed. -Last Friday two men went outon the lake from Whitby for a sail. When about smile west of the harbor the boat capsized and one of them named James was lost. The other man with diffi- culty reached the shore. -Last Friday night Mr. J. C. Flem- ing, city editor of the Montreal Evening Post, while, returning home was as- saulted by three ruffians. He was thrown and severely beaten. The as- sailants escaped. -Yennor's latest bulletin says: Af- ter an early fall of snow we shall lerob- ably have a beautiful" Indian summer get higher pH in the month of October, and Winter some of the will set in early in November, with an prosperity sh abundance of snow from the outse, . that the Libe -Of- the ship -weights and wharf -la- quiehea at th borers at Quebec, an exceptionally great shown by so number, are expected to leave that city ting. and spend the winter, in °the Southern -Tne Elo States. Charleston, Savannah and the good thin Pensacola are their probable points of from the regi destination. donald. Incr -New Brunswick journals state that lower prices all the logs on the Douglas branch of purchases ! the Fredericton 'booms had been rafted wood by le on the 16th, and that work was sus- pended for the season. The mills at and about Fredericton had. shut down, their supply of logs having been ,sawn. -Father Stafford, of Lindsay, es- tablished soma time ago a $100 scholar - 'ship to be enjoyed by each Roman Catholic candidate securing a first-class A certificate at the Provincial Exami- nations. The only beneficiary this year is Mr. James White, of Tren- ton. nd s uirrels are more nu - BORIS. HEALTHY FAMILY. don, who died neer Tnriff, some time ago, attained the- aae of a hundred and thirty age the travellers who call at the neighboring] inn ere uniformly directed by the Mrs. Wallace, to the cottage iamb, wherethey,would see, to say, the oldest man in or in the maid." visifors one day about the rvest, was a young English - coming up to the door of the ccosted a venerable -looking oyed in knitting hose, with - old friend, can you see to our advanced period of life? ed and thirty-two is truly,a i' the man, it will be my r ye're seeking -I'm only ree-yeel find him round the he house." ning round the corner the A certain young preacher, who was ncountered a debilitated old man, wh se whitened locks bore testi- very enxiette to show off his profound learning, Was in the habit of using mony to us having long passed. the me- " leng-nebbit " and cramp words in his at °nee cenclucled to ba John Gordon sermons. On one occasion he was preaching oa the existence of God; and himself. I "You I seem wonderfully fresh-, my making free use of the a priori argu- good sir, for so old a man. I doubt not tweet, he repeated the italicised words but you have experienced many ViCiSEd- so frequently that they seemed to form tudes in the course of your very long the burden of his discourse. After the life." " Wha 's your wull, sir?" inquired the the pers addressed, whose sense of hearing as somewhat impaired. The oaservat n was repeated. "Oh, e'll be wanting my father. I reckon e's the yard there." The ow entered the garden, where found the venerable old. man ployedin digging potatoes, and the ballad of the Battle of I have bad. some difficulty you, friend, as I successively red your grandson and son, hom Imistook for you': indeed as old as yourself. Your la- ther hard for one at your ad - FARM FOR. SALE. --For Sale, West half of Lot •A' 7, Con. 16, township of Grey, containing 50 sores, 42 of which are elearod, balance hardwood. There is on the premiSes a frame house, frame barn and stable, and a good young bearing orch- ard. The above property is only two miles off a good gravel road and 5f miles from Brussels ; pos- session thig fall, For further particulars apply to C. It. COOPER, Brussels or B. CAMPBELL, on the premises, Walton P. '0. 554 _ , 'When ,he stone naissed, he would, charge, recourse to the unwarrantable .-reousa AND LOT FOR SALE. -For Sale, a 4-1- frame dwelling house and 'one-fifth acre of Th iertv is 'aituated opposite the resi. sermon wa accosting knew to be asked. her bow she liked the discourse. " Likit the discoorse I" quoth she. "How Con d ony body like a discoorse whaer mai r than,half o't was ta'en up stranger wi' EPPle Rorie What had he to dae he at las yowling see neteckle about her that's e nd buried twa, years come aueeethe a little -worth hizzie she was Healaw. a sang aboat I" fmdi encount A CURLING- LORD. During ehe curling seasott the land- both of ) ,owners, *ye' manry and athletic 'males they see of the eon try -side meet on the "roar- ing rink." A former Berl of Eglinton was an enthusiastic curler, and when the ice was keen was seldom absent from the eetings of his club on the leeir Kilwinn in ,mer and i earl's part ing-stone rection, on would. exchum,_ besom over, a wag of a writer, n 'old woman, whom be a great theological critic, been dead Yule ; and to make si bor is r vanced "It is fu' ,that curling -pond. Con, a far- nkeeper, was director of the . When his lordship's curl-. vas moving in the right di - The amount y ear al overhead-- -. - - Jamie " Come on, Eglnton, my boy, I like . cation origin o ye • come former being hi one of the coun being connected liamsville, Bing and circulating is also charged the side robbery -One day 1 from St. Oath der to have an o the removal o Several Hamilt sent, and the 1 possible result however,- insist should take pl succumbed earn shock and str body was cony the following possible blame medical men d -A man fro E. W. Farley, Windsor, ' pu House, and, as given a ehak Bank, now v simplicity he r is about three, Lower Ferry wife's gold wa $460, e20 trifle e under hi the sleep of th up next morni one had take was not able t the police, an thief. party at the p -Since the an,d provision have remark Quebec are a for their stuff, ed when they find. that, in many cases, even lower p 'ices obtain. It appears that people h ve been educated up to the point of believing that with a) change of Go ernment they are all to es for their produce, and seem -to think the era of uld at once set in, now al party have been van - polls. The_einaple faith of these people is tiffec- a Express thus sums up s the electors may expect te of 'Sir John A. Mac- ased price of grain and for the merchandise he ncreased price for cord - no such a tax on. ceal as to cause a reeurn to wood for fuel I! Ten cents a bushel extra on oats11 I Ditto on bar ey ! ! 1 ! Twenty dollars a: head on. ho est! I ! ! A like amt.:milt on cattle, ad. 13c a pound extra on wool II! ! I The Maritime markets ex- clusively fo Ontario farmers.. Novel a citizea attacked him with an axe. Scotia and. ew Brunswick purchasing Still lailived, and a couple of police - our surplus wheat! Every elector should men then got at him with their batons, nd aste it in his hat, and lent it Yeas not until the skull had been e"" "replied John," but rmthanke I'm able for't, as the laddies, gs, are no vera stoot floe." united ages of the worthy trio d to upwards of :three hundred TRUTH TELLS BESTi accident Which befell daft learn -an' when following his eve - f cow -herd, is to be ascribed the a proverb very current in Bue right name. He Lis rfeiters charged with 'thethe gang at Wil - n, for counterfeiting 5c and 50c pieces. tlie 'th being implicated in at Centreville. st week a lady nes to Hamilton i oration performed three large tumors. n physicians were pre - the he, ion ant or - for y was warned. that ould be death. d. that the oper e, and bore it well, but time afterward t on her system. yeal to St. Catha ay. Not the slig an be attached. to ing the operation. East Saginaw, n axing occasion to the he test the ed sit up at the Crawford. it -was crowded, h&Was down bee. in MoSon's cant. With chareamg ised the window, which eet from the groun4 on street, and putting his ch and. cham,a check for oney, and some other head, he sweetly. elept good.. When he waked he: found ,that eerne all his property, He describe the wee* to there is no clue to 'ithe • efeat of the Government ills, many of the produce merchants of Montreal d that the habitants' of eady asking higher prices nd are much. disappoint - , He has not been in Canada for twenty years, and is astonished'at the wonder- fue progress the counery has made in t at time. Nothing more surprised , however than the stories told by p laicism of business prosperity in the U ted Stales; the circumstances of C nada, he says, are infinitely better; . Kirkland is a brother of Mr. Henry kland, of St, Thomas, and has been the grain business in Chicago for n any twenty years. ' -Some day % ago a report was current the effect that yellow fever prevailed a Port Burwell. It was said that the o erator 'of the Dominion Telegraph ompanY there was ill, and thatInspec- t r Marshall had refused to take charge o the office, alleging that the terrible ourge, yellow fever, had made its ap- earance there. Enquiries were set on f et at on e, but all that could be found. i tit was t et some time ago two South - niers ca re to live at the Port and that ince that time something closely re - ambling yellow fever has appeared in e village. One by one the residents ere brought down by it until a large o timber-hy some said to -be as many a &hundred -were affected by the epi - exilic, which from climatic and. other onditions- peculiar, to the locality and. Ountry can hardly be the Southern lague. 'A despatch from the Port says here is no yellow fever there, and the robability is that the epidemic is a ever having its origin in ' some local cause. ' -Last Friday morning, in Toronto, a crossing, when it turnedesuadenly, throw - savage bull dog made a desperate at- ina he children out and bruising them tack on alittle girl twelve years of age. b all T. The buggy was brokentopieces.. The child was playing on the sidewalk A suspicious -looking character • when thebull dog sprang upon her and. hire a horse and buggy frem Messrs. bore her to the ground. before the her- Hodges & Willis of Kitchell, saying rifled spectators could. realize what had happened. The unfortunate child screamed loudly for assistance, but the Mad. brute seized her by the throat and ehoked her so that for a time she was -enable to articulate. She was dragged hither and thither as though she were it bone, the dog all the time growling, enarling and worrying, as though he enjoyed his feast of human flesh. The girl, in her struggles, managed to free her throat, and her screams could. be heard at a distance of several hunched yards. But the savage brute, all, its passions thoroughly aroused, again i snapped at her throat, but caught her I by the cheek, neck and ear instead, and I here another horrible struggle ensued. I Finally several spectators took part and ' manage4 to rescue the girl, but not be- fore she had received injuries that, will in all probability prove fatal. She is frighfully torn and. mangled, and if she recover e will be disfigured for life. - A policeman was attracted. to the spot, and. , put four bullets into the animal. This had not, the cloaked effect, however, and I I 00 : If the etone made a *decided hit, chan : e The truth tells best. Flee he evened add, " Man, lord, that's man haP, in repelling the invasion of a &rend." corn -field by the cattle under his dance of S. G. McCaughey, Esq., anti is yen p eaand ine erd-like expedient of throwing tortable. A good well aud cellar. The lot is a "Dag met, Eglinton, ye've spoilt ae" stones. , One of his missiles, in an evil antly located. The house iki convenient and com- unable to, restrain himself, ea out, corner lot, and has in it a feiv choice bearing fruit moment, broke the leg of a thriving two - tem This property will be sold cheap.) Apply TIIE PULPIT AND THE AGE. year-old. Towards sunset, when the - to the proprieter, JOHN ATKINSON. 560 Tlie notion th'at the pulpit is getting hour oil driving the cattle home had ar- Face FOE SALE.-Sonth half Lot 29, Con. 3, amie was lingerieg by a .dyke- • a Morrie; 100 acres, 85 acres cleared and. in the vet y best af cultivation; is•ell fenced and water, ed. There Oere two feame houses and a: frame . barn,: all nearly new, and, two good bearing orch- ards.. Theabeve farm is only half a mile off a gra.01 road mut tIve-and-a-hall miles north Of Brussels. For terms apply to C. 1). COOPER,. Brussels -P. 0,, or to ALEX. INGRAM, on the • premises. 556x15 -PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 14, -I- Con. 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 acres cleared --an excellent lot. West half of north half of Lot No. 29, Con. 6, Morris, adjoining the Village of Brus- sels, 50 acres, 33 acres cleared, cheese factory and Machinery complete thereon. Four housee and lots, and a large number of recant lots in BrusseIC all the proVerty of the undersigned. Also a num- berof impreved farms, the property of other par- ties. JOHN LECKIE. 13ruesels. , 515 _ .• _ - 'PARR FOE SALE. -That well-kucavn and fine- -1: ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hullett, in the County of Miran, containing 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared; there are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse,stable, cow stable, sheep-lionse and drivinghouse ; also orchard and abunalance of water. The farm is situated two milee from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron 'load. 'For full partieulars apply to McCAUGFIEY & HOLME- STED, Setiforth, or to ',IMO YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises. 553-4.a VALUABLE FAIIM FOB SALE:a-For Stile the west. half of Lot 27, Can. 3, McKilloP, con - tabling 50 acres, known as the Deigle eetate. This farm is situated within one mile and a quarter of 8eaforth. The hind is of the choicest (nudity. There IR a 'handsome residenee and good outbuild- ings. The farm is well planted with fruit and or- namental trees, is in excellent order, and well fenced. It is admirably s•uited for a retired 'gen- t:lateen, a dairy -man, or market gardener.- Terms easy. This property must be sold at once. Apply • to A. seienee, liettforth. - ( 589 FARMS FOR SALE. --Lot 21, Con. *P., ;Mel -(11- -- lop, 50,1acres, on Narthern Gravel Rom X Miles from • Sea -forth; frame buildings and orchard. West half Lot -29, Con. 9, MeEillop, -50 aeres, 40 . Cleared, frame buildinas, good orchard 1 :5 miles 2froo,incleafie2r,th, on gravel road. South half( of Lot acres, 25 cleaved, frame Geor TauirekbeurisimanitgliT07,11c7::, 705 acres cleared, orchard, end tiering creek running, through barn, splendid timber. Lot 1, Con. a, fi. R. s., the farm'; 3 miles from Sea -forth. Apply to A. aPRONG, sensorth. - 543 behind Or age has long obtaane4 con- rived, siderable currency, and a young popu- side,, p lar preacher, at Newmilus, one Sunday tuned 1 dauntlessly homologated the sentiment. "I'll One day afterwards, one of his hearers, was lo a lady well advanced in years, while leg., expressing her -admiration of his see- the Mon, th' ught she had observed one did c blemish 'n it, as every sun hp.stits epots, and that in ais saying that the pul- pit was behind the age. " Ind4d," said she,'"he might him bitten the poopit alene for ae day, sae micht he. And really naebody could " on elrace say the poopit was ahint I0 anniug an excuse for the frac- nab of the unfortunate got. say," he soliloquised, "that he pin' a stank am' fell au' broke his a ! that winna, tell ! I'll say that wn stallion gied hinaa kick and That -whine tell, either! I'll say th t the park yett fell upon't. Na! that winna tell I'll say -I'll say -what will I `ay ? Od, I'll say that I flung a stale) nd did it! That'll tell !" "A , ay, Jamie," cried the laird, who had b n an unseen listener to this so- liloque ; "ay, ay, Jamie, the truth aye st!" WI the age, or its nearly a split new ane, tells b , it is't, and, cover% we brew red claith, micht please the best gentry in the kin- tra, it micht it." , 'Upon 'being shown that the meaning lea ea was thet ministers were not keeping up I Canada. ss Ada _Cavendish, the famous actress, ha e arrived in Toronto. on. John Simpson, an old- of - so far beaore their congregatiens as t ey f the Finanee Department, died should be, she replied -7- at -Ott wa on the 19ta.. inst. " That may be no -that may be aye; -Tie young man Goodman, injured but as tile ministers in my young 'days', in the, recent carding -mill accident; at Minden, died on Thursday night. r. George -Moore, of Waterloo Ishowed ox at the Guelph Cen- 'xhibition which weighed 2,510 urine' the recent storm a cow be- g to Mr. John McPhail, 3rd con - Bruce, was killed by a falling jr John A. Macdonald has been ed. by acclamation for Marquette, .oba;Luxton declining the nomi- . r. WmeHendiy, manager of the loo Mutual Insurance Company, turned to business after, an ex - d health trip. he fine county of Antigonish, in Scotia, has -for the first time in y years -raised wheat. enough to rt its population with our. n the election day a man in -Am- Nova Scotia, was robbed of a ox containing $250 and promis- otes to the value of e3,000 were ontreal Aldermen bays requested r Beaudry- to proclaim ,a half holi- n the afternoon of the 2nd prox., ay e of the Hanlan-Courtney boat -Bears• a q merous this season' thin they have been for many years past; and from this fact is adduced the belief that an early and severe winter is before us. Those who have made observations in nature, say that the near approach of those animals to the dwelling of man, in. early fall, is an almost infallible in learnthg with )(ether classes, and not fic-ial wad say among themsers, in a kin o a joking Way, they sood. joost 'draw up t'er backs ;' tho' as wurrin the moist o' the young men uoo are like as Mollie spiunle , it berm, an' hue Da° hainches _ to baud up breaks, it hinua they, an 1 , maun tie them up we strings an' rhy- 'Lane' cessi nies. But as oor young lad said -an' I tree. see the drift o't tae -they seed, as he wed l sit d, joost ' buckle up their sleeves ' n' luk wark like, it socel they ; for retur. . Mani natio here an a' whaues, it iraa." 1 .town, tral lbs. atweel, there plenty ce need for t bait SI kicked' fortun years the res -Co 28th encam inente pears their goner comp stalw UI ts owner on the knee. The un- -e man being far advanced in is as yet doubtful what may be t. onel Taylor, who inspected. the • attalion Volunteers recently, ed at Ste Mary's, cm:ph- the men for their soldierly ap- ce and the creditable state of ins and accoutrements. It was y conceded that the Blanshard y, for fire physique and able, rt appearance bore off the palm. uring the late political warfare in el, several young ladies attend - High School became so hotly d in a political argument that, a • settlement could be effected ace restored, the services of the aster had to be called into re- . Martin Smith, of St. Marys, 0 3 -D Listo ing th engag before and p head quisit met 7ith a severe 9,00.dent one evening last week, while driving around town. His hope was frightened by a railway train, 'becaniemenanageable and ran away. ' Mr. Smith was thrown hito the ditch beside the road, receiving a eevete cut o the top of the head and. being 11,1 othe velse bruised. Mrs. Smith, who was th her husband, was also thrown out and considerably bruised. • n Wednesday last week, while r. Aeon, of Stratford, was making a ssional call, he left his son and. ter sitting in the buggy. The started and ran east, along the t as far as the Stratford & Huron Rob prof deal hors stre that for Log low eve' cut this out judge. at t whether or await him. -Mr. Da telligent an East Zorn, Tuesday, th land owner, end of twelve montbs crushed in that the animal expired. ot gross -deception does not I 1 . id l Holmes, a wealthy, inli !- enterprising gentleman, o - -Mr. James Smale, formerly of voted •early and often o Mitchell, died in Muskoka a short time 17th. Being an exeensiv ago. I he had votes in four con ----Me. Thos. Skinner, of Fullerton, stituencies North Perth, South Perthi, sports 6, fine silk hat, the result of a i w and the two ridings of Oxford -and -be- bet on the election return -s. a ing determi ed to poll his vote in eac , -The family of Mr. Scott, of Donegal, art bright and early, an are all idown with fever. In ouch a case d the tesk comfortabl the aid. and sympathy of neighbours is a life-long Liberal, an should be freely given. -Tlie case brought against Mr.ltitee, atisfaetion of knowing th ed to swell the majority of the 'Recorder, by Mr, °We B. Davis, of e of his choice in three 6 ti l Mitchell, was thrown out by the Grand o-nstituencies. 1 jury, Who found no bill. -Rev. K. F. Junor, of St. Mary's orae Brown, of Londo lately p.ppointed. a missionary td For- mosa, has safely arrived at the scene of his eabors with his wife and family. ---M. W. Huxley, of Fullerton, won the firist prize of $50 at the Provincial Fair at Ingersoll, and. a speeial prize Of $65 fo cheese, colored with Mitchell's AHD& to. -Rev.Mr. Christopherson, minister of , the Canada Methodist Church, Mitchell, has so far recovered from his late illnese; as to be able now to resume his . e. pul-pihdeumtieitse. Mitchell Fire Brigade are get - a ting a bran new set of uniforrae. The `i f cloth or the jackets is diagonal worsted IS with !scarlet facines, and the caps a Perth Items. he was going to drive around town a few. hours. Ile drove up the n road instead, vat mr. Willis fol- d, accompanied by a constable, and hauled the fellow at Monckton, wh n he was compelled to give up a rig,which he no doubt intended to steal. - -At the opening of the fall assizes in Stretford hot week Chief Justice Hag - alai, who presided, saiA he could not 'help remarking the change that had co e over the country, when after a 1 clo ely contested election, the jails were quiie empty, and although party feel- ing haa run high all over the Dominion, no ases of breaches of the peace were rep ‘rted. This was a contrast to the rio mg that used to prevail, and. the co as an utry was to be congratulated on it, well as upon the absence of bribery corruption that formerly existed. MT. James Watson, who died. in F Baton, on the 9th inst., was born at La ark, Scotland, in '1788. He emi- grafted to Canada in 182e, and setteed . in [the township of Dalhdeisie, -county of L aiarkewhere he remained till 1814, w en he removed to what 'was then ea ed the -Huron tract, and settled in th township of Fullerton, -where by i ustryi and perseverance lie hewed , eu a comfortable home. He filled the ces of councillor ana reeve' for ny years, and made many -warm friends, both in. the township and nt councils. Ile was an extensive aer and had a -well Ina.turea mind, gifted intellect above the average, s of a retired and quiet disposition, a ver er unassuming in his manner. CO re a sign. . , he had to s -The village of Bracebridge, Mus- accomplish koka,•is setting in the matter of teach- Mr. Holmes ers' salaries a, good example to older and he has the -wealthier ,places. The salary of the his vote hal head master of the Public School there the Candida this year is $700, the largest paid in the of the four inspeetoral district to which it belongs, -Mr. includin half the county of yietoria. township, was killed. by lightmag du -. • . -.-Last nday morning, Guelph, ing the sterna of Thursday, 19th ins f' FARMS FOlt SAL -E. -For Sale, two splendid Farms Oil the London Road, near Brimetield. The one farm is Lot con. 1, L. It, S., Tucker- Containiug 100 , acres, 4;:i of which are cleared, well fenced and. underdrained, and in a high stat ° of cultivation ; 1.5 acres chopped, and the balance well timbered with hardwood ; there., is a good frame house, barn and other outbuild- ings also plenty of 'IN -titer. The second farm is lot No. 9, London Road, Stanley, eontains 97 mros, 80 of which are cleared; this is one of the fi.aest farms in the county of Huron, aud for :gill !letther farm can be surpassed; there ie 'good Darn sad stable aud splendid orchard; plenty of are w"thin id 8 the field 4x - water and good fences. o two and a half miles of 13rticefield atatiou miles from Seaforth or Clinton. Apply t aroexictor on the Stanley farm, or to Brim -0. JOHN ROSS. 562 VERY GRAVE DIGGING, . Wate Girdwood, the ancient grave- has r oc digger -of the Greyfriars' churchyard, ten was a 1 ternity drunke man, him, b burgh, profess church an Etas, - he had fortun fully- o not t friend was d conte - just u hand. 1143 W marke,ble member of hie fra- He was .an • unconamonle fey, -looking, withered, little old twen th sore eyes. R was said of supp the common people of Edin- - hat he had, in the course of his herst, onal duties, terned over the cash . died at need aae. Like Blair's sexton, 11 -ard seven times. , a great turn -for wit; but, un- tely, his conversation smelt woe- May the shop, and that smell was day e n'iost pleasing possible. A the •ne clay made up to him as be race gging a grave, and found him plating- a skull, which he bad earthed, and was holding in his Knowing that .Geordie was quite acquainted with the faces of the sory stole A F011 Itali acco a man named parker, a shoemaker, who had been: carrying on business there during the past 24 years, was found dead in his bedroom adjoining the , shop. He had been ailing for a week past with a dropsical affection of was riding. children in somewliat destitute circuri had stances, w ich. adds greatly to the so was row naturally felt at such a calamity. -The great debate of the Methodi of Conference, which held its sitting He was retarning from the house of neighbor with. a span of horses, 1 ridi one and leading the other when t on The lightning -struc n and. the horse which He leaves a wife and fo storm cam killing Bro the heart, but was abee to walk ab little during the day. Deceased hved alone °for many years, and uite temperate. stranae fuueral took place in To - last °Friday. The child of an n died on Wednesday, and it was nied to the burial place by IA -TheIavorite steemee Sarmatia the Allan. line, appears to have made Montreal last week, was that wit the three fastest passeges on record, gard to whether attendance at cla through the straits of Belle Isle. This meeting should be regarded. as a test ship is reported to aave left London- church membership. The debate w derry, Auaust 23rd, P. in., and .th have conducted all day Friday up to me a a four fiddlers and two harpists. playing arrived off Belle Isle Light on the 23 at 10.30 p. in., thus making the trip from continent to .continent in five -A destructive fire occurreden Thor- . old last Friday evening. The wind attendants from membership, and t blew a perfect hurricane, and erry one qaestion having come to a vote the c atticipated that tbel town would be laid seevative element carried, and the cl in ashes, but a few, minutes after the remains in the same relation ars befo fire commenced the rain followed in -The Central Exhibition at Guel torrents. With this wad the eiigine the last week was tolerably successful, c . 'bring the difficulties and drawba nicht Dr Ryerson,. Dr. Jeffery, a , others speaking at length. It was e dent that the views on this subject w about equally divided, some 'contend' that this. test excluded. the best char - -. dark blue with red. band. d -Rev. P. McF. McLeod., of Strat- ford, delivered 'au exceedingly interest- ing lecture recently on the somewhat peculiar subject, " How we have lost our hive for the beautiful." • -The trustees of Union School Sec- tion No. 1, Fullerton, have built an ad - s ditimi to .their school, 21 feet by 2e feet, . capable of seating forty pupils. It is h brickland cost nearly $400. n- —z. special meeting of the Perth COIII1- ty co ncil is to be held on Tuesday, 1st $7,000, covered pertly by iesurance, it had to encounter, owing to the eery' prox. to elect a, successor to the late will unfortunately fall on one man, Mr. date at which it was held au 4 the I ct Mr. etewart Campbell, county clerk. I that the elections claimed the ettent on Applicants for the position are said to be -A project is on foot to build a rail- of all and sundry. People co the k numerous. McKeague. way across the island of Newfoundland. and speak of nothing but the politi al -While in Stratford last week, Rev. The Newfoundland. Legislature has of- situation. The election virtually ki ed Prindipal Grant obtained from a few feral an annual subsidy of $120,000 to the fair on Tuesday and Wednesd y. . prominent Presbyterians in that town any company that will construct the An attendance of 12,000 on Thursd y, ; the handsome contribution of 02,000, to road. The road would do much to though a large one, could not make im the eielowment of Queen's College. shorten the ocean passage to end from for the loss already sustainede , -The St. Mary's_ Cricket Club are Britaiu, and would also develop the -Mr. Horsey, who has been statin- sendina two men to join the squad internal resources of thatalmost.- master at the Air Line. station, Tils which °jays against the Australians on burg, for about a year and a half, eft the 8th and 9th of October in Toronto. plored central portion of the island. -During the process of the Cale- rather suddenly on the A.7th of Aug donian games at Lucknowi Mr. A. and has not since been heard of. It Fraser, of Toronto, was streck by a quite certain that it was not his int wild throw from the light , hammer tion to stay away when he left and thrown by one J. McPhail. The ham- satisfactory reason can be given for mer fortunately only grazed Mr.Frazer, strange conduct. Although his ail who is not seriously hurt and will be were not left in the most satisfact around in a few days. He is being care- condition, they were not bad enoug fully 'attended. No blame can be at- account for his sudden departure. tached to anybody. - Frazer got too near went first to Brantford, and thence the hammer throwing, and was repeat-' Goderich and. Port Huron, -where edly warned not to do so. The Society was seen on the 20th. Since then n presented. Fraser with $20. ing has been heard from or of him. -A detective arrived at Napanee last -Mr. Alex.Kirkland, a Chicago Sunday morning by train from Strat- - buyer, has lately spent three week fork having in charge Roland Jackson, the barley growing districts of Out with aliases Wm. Jackson, Wm. Wil- making arrangements for the pure sou, Jno. Murray, Samuel Lindsay, the of barley for the American mar fire was soon extinguished. e loss, st, The !choice has -fallen upon Messrs. ! Crosthwaite and White. • n- --One day last week an employee in no Stiles & Tucker's carriage works, is Mitchell, named R. Gilhilly, had the irs misfortune' to get his hand caught in a circular saw, lacerating the to fingers. It will incapacitate him for e . work for some time. to -On Tuesday morning last week Air: he Thomas Stanley, an old and respectable th- farmer living a short distance fromMil- . verton, had themisfortuneto get one of am his legs badly shattered. The old.. gen- intlemau had gone to the pasture field for , in, purpose of catching the horses, and ase while putting the bridle upon one of, ets. them the animal wheeled around and -A daughter of Air. H. Doering, Milverten, met with a severe and pain - fa accident from a reaping maeldne la t week. The machine becoming eked, Mr. Doering etopped the team , a requested, his daughter to remove e obstruction, forgetting at the same ti' to throw the machine out of gear. _le hastened to comply with his re- q est, when the horses, becoming rest- s on account of the flies, sprang for- ward, and. before they could be stepped, aggea the ins -shine against the legs of • unfortunate young woman, making o fearful e,ashes, one on each of her gs. Surgieal skill being called in, the °ands were dressed and the patient at 1 test accounts was doing as well as o uld be expected. -Owing to the dismal state of the )eather the Caledonia games exliibi- t on at Listowel, last week, was not so ell attended as expected. Quite s, 1 ge number of competitors however, e terea the lists for the athletic sports, nd though tae ground was in rather a s ippery condition, the contests in run - mug, jumping &c., were well maintain-. The principal prize takers were Ir. D. C. Ross, and E. W. Johnston, f Hamilton, W. Dobson, of Galt, and. . Smith, of Bruce County, and in the ontest open to members of the Listo.- 1 Society, Mr. Re Climie and Mr. J. cott, were the most successful. The ancing and bag -pipe playing formed an Wresting part of the day's proceedings, he piping of Mr. Henry Ross, of Lucke ow, and Me. G. A. Smith, of Hamil- on, coming in for first and second re- pectively. In quoits Mr. Walter Reid, yr: received 1st prize and Mr. US. ontague of Galt, 2nd. -About 1,000 persons assembled et he Mitchell railway station a few venings ago to welcome Mr. James row, the Reform member for South 'erth. A procession was formed,head- d by the bana and also 200 torches, ne. escorted Mr,. Trow through the rincipal streets and thence to the own Hall, where able addresses were elivered by Mr. Trow and others. Afe r the speeches were ended Mr. Trow nd a large number of his friends re - aired to the Royal Hotel, where a /rand oyster supper was awaiting them, o which they did. ample justice. A ost enjoyable time was spent. ci a ti 4.. • A SI -On Monday of last week, while tarting out int; the country on an elec- tioneering tour, Mr. Isaac Carling's team rebelled against his authority, and kick - ad the tongue of the buggy otit of order, breaking the drawing gear. An on- looker remarked that 'the horses were honest and, would not consent to work for John A. • : . • 6 A )1 )1