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WEEOLE NUMBER, - 576.
REAL ESTATE -FOR 'SALE.
sa.L.E.-The subscriber has for sale a 50
.V sore lot in the toWnshba of MeKillop, County of
gown, 20 acres are bleared and the balance well
tkabEired with beech and maple. The property
spill be sold cheap. Apply to jA.S..H. BENSON,
flolicitor,Seaforth, Ont. 517
ftlE0I0E FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4,
sa Can. a Hallett, County of Huron; 100 scree ;
80,dessed, wall underdrained, and in a good state
as cultivation; buildings convenient and. good;
taw easy. For further particulars apply to
lifessrs.MeCAUGMVY &HOLMESTED, Seaforth,
se ext the premiees tee WM. E. COLDWELL. Con-
stance P. G. I 655
-ITABILABLE FARM FOR SA.LE.-Fer Sale,
the east half a Lot No. 4, Con. 4,
Tueltersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 60
saes, 84 miles from the Town of Settforth, and
cenrenient to school. The land is of the very
best qnality. For further particulars apply to
JABS PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to
regmondville P. O.
_ 524
FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, Con. 7,
Kellett, containing 100 acres, 80 of which are
cleared and free froM. stumps. There is a frame
-dwelling house with iatone cellar -underneath, also
frame barn and stable. Plenty of good water and
small orchard. Is: within eix-and-a-half miles
of Clinton and about 9 miles from Senior -ft. /ap-
ply at THE EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth.' 528-
• an FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 11, 'Con. 3,
x H.R. S., Trtekersmith, containing 60-- acres,
about 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and
under good cultivation. No building.. Is within
one mile and a half of Soaforth, on the Grand
Trtmk, and Smiles from Kippen on the Great
Western. A good gravel road ;ceding to each
place. Apply to C. it. VANEGMOND, Egrnoncl-
- 575
TrOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. -For Sale, a
L i frame dwelling house and one-fifth acre of
land. The property is situated opposite the resi-
dence of S. G. McCaughey, Esq., and is very pleas-
antly located. The house is convenient and corn-
fortable. A good well and cellar. The lot is a
corner lot, and has in it a few choice bearing fruit
trees. This property will be sold cheap. Apply
to the proprietor, JOHN ATKINSON. 560
'WM FOR SALE. -That well-known and fine-
ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in. the
, County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of
which are cleared; there are two frame dwelling
houses, barn, horse Eltable, cow stable, sheep -house
and driving house, also orchard and -abundance isf
water. The farm is situated two miles from the
Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full
particulars apply to McCAUGFIEI & HOLME-
SPED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, •proprie-
tor, on the premittes 553-4x
'WARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that rnoet deeir-
-1; able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town-
ship of Hullett, situated miles from Kinbarn,
and Smiles from Seaforth. There are excellent
buildings on the premises, includiug a first-class
stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring
'bred rens through the farm; good orchard, good
knees, and the lend in. an excellent state of eul-
thistion. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mc -
MICHAEL, Otto MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sett -
forth._ • 562
pROTPERTY F61/SATE.-Ft;r--Sale, -Lot 14,
"1" Con 16, Grey; West half of Lot 20, Con.. 6,
with cheese factory complete; Lot 11, C01. 6,
and south- half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town-
ship of Morris '- Lot 22, Con. 13, and Lot 28, Con.
B, township ofHoatick, all good haeoroved farms,
together with several 50 acr0 farms in Grey and
Morris, and houses and lots and vacant lots in
the village of Brussels, Prides low, terms easy,
and title good. Apply to JOHN LiCKIE, Brus-
sels. 574
'VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale,
✓ Lot 11, Con. 8, H. R. S., Tnekersmith, con-
taining 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared and in
a good state of eultivation, being well underdrain-
ed, the balance is gond hardwood bush. Good
Atone house, frame barn and stables; well -watered,
and good bearing orchard. Is situated About 6
miles from Seafortli and Brucefteld, and Bi from
Kippen. School (don by, and all other conveni-
ences. For further particulars apply to DAVID
MOORE, on the promises, or to Egmondville
P.O. . 543
ITATTIiii1"-LE FA RAM FOR SALE. -For Sa,le the
I west half of Lot 27, Con. 3, McKillop, con-
'aining50 acres, known as the Deigle estate. This
arm is situated within one mile,and a. quarter of
8eaforth. The land is of the ehoiceat quality.
There is a handsome residence and good oatbaild-
ings. -The farm is well planted with fruit and or-
namental trees, is in excellent order, and 'a nil
fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired gen-
tiemeaL a dairy -man, or 6aarket gardener. Terms
einty. This property must be sold at Once. Apply
to A. STRONG, Seaforth. 539
VARIE FOR SiLii.-For Sale, Lot 9, Con. 2,
='; Stanley; containing 100 acres 80 of which
are cleared, well fenced, free of stumps, and in
a good state of cultivation, A. never failing well
of water on the farm, also a good young orchard,
good frame barn and stable 40 x 611, also a frame
home.. On a good gravel road, within 22 miles of
Bracefield, and 82. miles from Seaforth. Con-
venient to schools churches, ete. This is one of
the best farms in the county of Huron, and will
be sold oilcan. For particulars apply to the pro-
prietor on the premises or to Brucetield P. 0.
COLIN SMITH, Proprietor. 576x4
kATEIS FOR SALE. -For Sale, two -splendid
farms in Ustorne, Huron County, being Lot
Si, con. 0, containing 100 acres, 85 cleared, dis-
tant from Exeter or Hensall 4 miles has good
brick house and good out -buildings. :Use south
half of Lot 32, Con. 1, London Road, distant from
Exeter 3 miles, and from Honsall 2i miles, (both
stations on the London, Iluruta and Brad° Rail-
way), go od frame house and good outbuildings.
Both farms are well fenced, well watered, have
Splendid orchard S, and are convenient to school
house end chu rhes. For particulars apply on
Lot 31 to RUSSELL S.-, ROSS, or to Roclgerville
P. O.
574x4
ARM IN McKILLOP Foil- SA.LE.-Far Sale,
Use North part of Leta 8 and 9, Con. 18, Mc-
Killop, containing 112 acres; there -are about 80
*area, well fenced, anderdrained„ andin a high
state of cultivation,: the balance is well timbered
with hardwood; good dwelling, now -bank frame
Darn 50x56, with atabling underneath, and other
outbuildings; also a good young orchard and plenty
atwitter. Is 10 =Dies fro.na Brussels, 5 frotu Wal- -
too, and 19 from Seatorth, with good gravel roads
to each. place; convenient to church and schools ;
will be sold as a whole or in two- parts. Apply to
Walton P. O.' or to the proprietor .on the prem-
. es. WILLIAM DYNES. 547
SEAFOR H FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 1878.
sitot
McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
A Second Letter From Mr.
Greenway on Manitoba.
Editor Easter Reflector.
DEAR SIB, -After writing you last, I
visited Selkirk and vicinity, the point
on the Red River where it is proposed
the main line of the Canada Pacific
Railway shall cross, greatly to the dis-
gust of many Winnipegers ; but Haney
any one Willing -to give , an impartial
opinion, would admit the wisdom of
thechoice, especially "as no one ac-
quainted with the country could con-
ceive of any government adOpting any
other route than that lying to the north
of Lake Manitoba. Selkirk, twenty-
four miles further down the river than
Winnipeg, is situated at the head of
deep water navigation, and has two
splendid natural harbors, is surrounded
by some very good land S and. plenty of
timber. Although a large proportion
of these lands are now in the hands of
speculators, the price asked is by no
means exorbitant. Dr. Schultz, M.
P., owns - Some good farming lands
here, which he offers at a reasonable
figure. On the western bank of the
river quite a little town has sprung up,
which presents a neat and clean ap-
pearance. Selkirk proper, however, is
situated about two =ilea from here, on
the eastern side of the, river, at the
point of juncticM of the branch with
the main line, on rising ground, a pret-
ty lacation for -a town. Thele is no
doubt in my mind thatat no distant
day Selkirk is to become the great dis-
tributing point for this. western coun-
try. As soon as the Thunder Bay
branch is completed, the trade of the
Red River Valley will undoubtedly go
this way, and the vast wheat fields of
this fertile region will seek an outlet'
here; and, indeed, I should not be sur-
prised to see our American cousins of
northern Minnesota and Dakota using
the Canada Pacific Railway, our lakes
and canals, to get their grain to the
sea board. Along the bank of the
river, on the western side, you have
what appears to be one continuous
town for the twenty-four miles, so
thickly is it settled, mostly by half-
breeds. Here arS some beautiful farm-
ing lands, had they not been spoiled by
. the miserable manner in which they
have been laid out. In the early days
it was thought indispensable to have a
residence on the bank of the river; the
consequence is that the farms are
found to be from three to ten chains
Avid, by from two to four miles in
depth; -by getting two or three of them
together a reason able sort of farm Indy be
formed. Along here I saw threghing
machines at work, and men were en-
gaged in taking the straw from the car-
riers and burning it as fast as it came
out. Others along the road were to be
seen carting away their manure from
the outbuildings and throwing it in the
ravines along the river. The question
naturally arose; should any soil -no
matter' how rich -be treated in this
manner? So far, however, its produc-
tiveness has been such - that such ura.
course has been repeated year after
year 'with impunity. Such a soil has
only to be seen to be appreciated. Re-
turning to Winnipeg on the following
Saturday, I took stage for this place, a
distance of 68 miles up -the river. On
some of the journey we saw some very
rolling prairie, but muels of it is rather
low and wet. Some idea of the char-
acter of the prairie roads may be form.
ed when I say that upon that day -the
9th of Nov. -we accomplished the dis-
ta,nce in a four -horse coach in twelve
hours, including stoppages. Some of
your readeis will remember when, in a
similar conveyance, it took much longer
to make the shorter distance from Lon-
don to Qoderich-so late in the season.
Arriving at Emerson, I found the little
town all'eaoitement; because the first
railway train was just making its. ap-
pearance. With a proper spirit of en-
terprise on the part of its leading -men,
and, perhaps, a little more liberality on
the part of the land -holders, and by
pushing its western railway interests at
once, it may soon become a good point
for business, and the population doubled
within a year. 1 Even now there are
good openings in many lines. Having
remained two or three days, and visited
some of the folks from old Huron,
among whom was our friend and neigh-
bor, Ii,obert Brown, formerly Reeve of
Hay, and Alex. Stewart, who ba,ve one
of the prettiest plaoes l've seen in
Manitoba, and. meeting a couple of
friends, who offered me a ride part of
the way, I started for a trip to the
Pembina Mountain oountry. The
greater portion of the road lies through
a fine level plain, comprising the south-
ern Mennonite reserve, with its num-
Lek of villages -I think about thirty -
each being known by some particular
name, such as _Rhineland, 'Shantzen-
fold, Bloomstein, etc-. In each of these
villages are to be found from 25 to 30
families, huddled closely together, by
cutting their land in long, narrow
strips. The very primitive habits of
those happy and healthy people; with
the peciiliar construction of their (Nei-
lings, dress andliving, would form mat-
ter enough alone for a very interesting
letter. The morning after leaving Em-
erson our company of three stopped at
one of their abodes to feed the horses
and refresh ourselves. We found a
family of eight personsfather, mother,
two daughters and four sons -seated
around a small table 3x4 feet, standing
upon. Nature's own floor, partaking of
their plain breakfast of buns and coffee,
without the assistance of such luxuries
as a plate, knife, fork, or spoon. The
cheerful and healthful appearance of
this family under their thatched roof,
inside their roothouse looking walls,
impressed me as a fitting rebuke to
many of our Ontario families, who are
surrounded by so many lUxuries, and
still grumble because they haven't
more. The family having finished,
my companions, who, I should say,
from the way in whicli they . applied
themselves, had been used to bacia-
ing it, set to work to get our
fast. By the assistance of my
little smattering of German I ma
host understand what we wante
with our eggs boiled, our meat
and our tea drawn, with the assi
,.of our pocket-knives, answering a sub -
with
de as
und-
Our
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'heat,
large
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pared
olt,en
cince
in-
dustrious and frugal habits, will soon
become wealthy. They are peciliarly
adapted to this prairie country, Lot re-
quiring wood for fuel. They make a
sort of peatin the manufacture of which
is manure. This is cut into pieces,
dried, and burnt instead of wood, in a
curiously constructed furnace m .de of
a kind of cob of clay and straw. built
through an aperture in the partition of
the house, and answers the double pur-
pose of heating and cooking. Many of
them are now putting up good substantial
buildings, the timbers for which they
whip -saw, and are conforming more to
the Canadian style of doing things. Of
those very interesting people I may
possibly furnish you some additional
particulars at a future time: Having
passed over this immense prairie of
forty miles without striking timber but
once, the nionotony is at last broken by
striking a number of oak bluffs, as they
are called here, and we near the 1Pem-
bina Mountain and a little town palled
Nelsonville, at which there has been a
land office recently established. t has
two storesigrist mill, and saw- ill in
connection, Some of the oak is
manufactured into very fair lumb
cost of $10 per thousand for at
Lealsing this place which .is ab -
miles from Emerson, in a short di
we strike the mountain proper, an
the most beautiful rolling ‚prairie
found in Manitoba, interspersed
numbers of bluffs of oak and Ii
This is truly a delightful part
province, sufficiently -high not to
footed by the wet seasons which
such a detriment in many places
myself, I 'call this the garden of
toba. A visit to this :part will
satisfy anyone as to the absurd
sometimes told by some of our
thies, who go to Winnipeg, spend
days in the city, and perhaps i
spring of the year when it is r
never go a mile from the city lim
turn to Ontario, and presume t
the public 'particulars as to the la
this vast country. I would say t
take a look at the Pembina, with
thments, the crops that they gr
though 3 years ago,a settler was a
to be found there, and then talk
,prairie province. In a few week
I return I shall be able to show
pie at spring wheat (Fyfe) grown
fresh broken land, weighing 67
to the bushel, that would do cre
'any country. Fall wheat has ala
successfully raised here. Ravin
so much that pleased me ,I dete
on going still further west. •T
the kindness of friends Patters()
Jones a. company of four wa
fdrined for a trip to Rock Lake; North
West Territory, and with a yo
oxen, a . wagon, tent and
er necessary camping u
shot -guns and rifles, we SO,On fon
satires on the way westward.
out on the' morning of the 19th
the weather being delightful. Tie first
evening found. us pitching our t nt in
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VAllif FOR SALE. -The subscriber often; for
sale Lot 22, Con. P2 of the township of Stan-
Oontaining one hundred acres, 83 acres clear
ed and in a good state of cultivation, and good
fences, balance 17' acres goodhardwood bush;
oue half of clearing! seeded down, there will be 13
acres f wheat put in this fall, there' is about 3
. acres, of a thriving orchard on the premises and
variety of fruit trees all now bearing. The farm
is well watered, a' never failing creek rune
through the farm, aiso two good wells; large bank
barn 86 by 60 feet with good stabling under-
neath the barn, and a log r'dwelling lama°. The
farm is situated within two- an;1, a holt miles Of
the village of ilayfield. For further particulars
imply to S. MeLE AN, proprietor on the premises
or to W. Connor,. Boa-fit:Id P. 0. - 678
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LARGE FARM FOR SALE. --For Sale, East
half of Lot 4 and Lot 3, Con. 13, Hullett, con-
- taining 225 acres of land, 180 acres cleared and
nearly free front stumps,- the balance is heavily
timbered with beech, maple, .elm and basswood,
and is first-ebtaa, not. having been called ; there
are 65 acres in fall wheat, Sc) acres newly seeded
down and is a- good catch; the land is of the finest
quality, being a rich, clay -loam; the lama lays a
little rolling, but not hilly ; it is watered by a
-never failing spring creek ; there are three and. a
half -acres of a young orchard, with apples, pears,
plums, pc -aches and cherries just beginning to
bear; the buildings are largo and commodious ;.
the barn is 58x60, and is nearly new; the driving -
house and stable is 40x60, and is also new; the
hoose is a large two-story frame, with good stone_
cellars under the ‚a -hole building,and is filled -be-
tween. studding with lime and gravel ; the farm is
situated 10 miles from Seaforth, 12 from Clinton
and 6 frorn Londesborough; there is a goodgrai-el
road from the place to all the above markets;
here ism school house and post office within half
i,
mile; a good part of the purchase money can
main on mortgage long enough to make it out
f the place. THOMAS A.TEINSON, Hai -look
ost Office. 567
stitutes for knife, fork and spoon
a piece of bread for a plate, we m
hearty a meal as if we had been su
ed by the usual fixings at home.
Mennonite friend showed us so
his fine crops -900 bushels of
besides oats, . flax seed, and a
_quantity of tobacco. He was lo
his praises of the country as co
with Rooshland, as they in their
English call the country from w
they hail. Those people, by the
being
r at a
wing.
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tance
find
to be
with
oplar.
f the
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prove
For
loan -
easily
tories
wor-
a few
the
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ts, re -
give
ds of
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when
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been
seen
ined
rough
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soon'
1011
-e of
oth,
ensils,
d our -
e set
inst.,
the Valley of the Pembina, wh
enjoyed ourselves immensely, an
a good -night's sleep we were aw
early next morning by the howl
the wolves, -which are , quite nu
along the high and rugged banks
Pembina River. By daylight w
on our wax again, and, after a lit
ficultY in crossing the river, our
having to fordove struck out
• other immense plain, having pr
ourselves with a paitil of water
little wood', as neither of these
saries could be found in the n
miles. In' the evening we campe
grove, alongside Crystal Creek, 03
tiful clear stream, as its name in cates.
We had url to this time secured -at lit-
tle game. ..On the opefti plain e had
the pleasurett seeing at. immense elk,
0
p.
an-
vid.ed
nd a
eces.
t 20
in a
beau -
but by no devioe could we induc
stand untq we came within rifle
Its great , running for miles,
sight, afforded us some pleasur
whiled away the hours- before b
with the pleasantries usual to
life, added to, very considerably,
jollity of our young friend, G. S
who acted as our cook.- Next
we took a look at the fine con
which we were surrounded, look
stakes and taking notes. In this
west corner of the Province t
still a limited quantity of the
Government lands, reserved for
settlement. A first-rate colony
still be forined here if attended
once, but 4uch lands will be take
a rush as I soon as the spring -
Some idea may be formed of ho
ly lauds are sought after, when
you that ie9ently a township be
to a reservie was thrown open, a
whole taken in a, day. Inithe af
we loaded :up and made tpward
Lake, -whiehawe soon sa.w, and,
a little better luck, we got a- an
prairie chickens. Camping, as
custom, alongside timber, our co
served up a capital dish df
chicken, and we made as good
as if we had been at the " Quee
Toronto. Having taken a good
the clear blue lake and vicinit
I0
it. to
range.
ithin
. We
dtime
camp
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.3wart,
bruin g
try by
ng up
south -
ere is
finest
actual
might
to at
with
opens.
eager -
I tell
waging
d the
ernoon
Rock
eying
ly of
as our
k soon
stewed.
meal
1.1
'8" in
look at
-, with
Cypress Raver, the next evenina found
us turning our faces eastward, ell sat-
isfied with our trip, returning "thout
a mishap or inconvenience, sx ng
slight snow storm, having been ix days
out from Alexandria. Now, :
tor, as I've finished my journeying for
the present, in this Province, I must
close, for fear I should tire yourself and
readers, but before doing so let me re-
peat my conviction that at no distant
day this mustibecome a populous and
wealthy country. That it has its draw-
backs no one will attempt to deny,
among which are the "reserves,' refer-
red to in my last; then each' individual
has been allowed to take too much land
(320 acres, half a mile by a mile) home-
stead and pre-emption-making the -set-
tlements too sparse. Timber, too, in
many localities, is scarce. Some of
these defects time will remedy; others
are anything but insurmountable, and I
conceive to be more than counter-
balanced by the great advantages to be
gained -the ease with which farming is
done, the very best of machinery being
introduced at the very start. I have
seen numbers of steam threshers at
work, and the most Improved kind of
mowers are brought into requisition up-
on the native prairie. I'm afraid our
Canadian manufacturers are not alive
to the importance of the trade in agri-
cultural implements. It is something
immense, and they shoulTsee to it, and
not be outdone by the 'mite Yankees,
who have a. number of live agents in the
country. in my travels I found scarce-
ly anything but contentment: general
satisfaction with the country, no
grumbling about hard times, such as"
you hear every day at home; no dispo-
sition to return to Ontario, from Whence
most of the settlers have come, and all
are looking forward to the spring for
such a rush as shall fill 'up many of the
settlements, and secure the remainder
of Government lands still open. I do
think hundreds of our young men and.
others would act wisely to make their
way here, where they can secure for
themselve's comfortable homes in a few
years. A word or two asto the climate
and I'm done. I have been in Manite-
ba six weeks, and during that time I've
seen but two days that might be called
really disagreeable; no rain, if I except
a very few drops which fell at this place
one evening -most of the time bright
and clear, frequently cold, but not in-
convenient ; weather to -day, clear and
sunshiny. Ferry still crossing Red
Rivsir, at this place. Take our last
weelfa camping experience. Four of us -
out for six days without contracting
even a slight cold. I'm told that it's a
very rare thing to have a shower, of rain
from about the first of October until
the following spring. I regard it as a
most healthy climate, and should think
it a good place for a person consump-
tively inclined, but not too far gone.
To any who may be a little incredulous,
and want to satisfy themselves fully, I
merely havelo say, "cone and see I"
TOUTS truly, THOMAS GREENWAY.
EMERSON, Nov. 30, 1878.
Canada.
Henry Ward Beecher lectured in
Toronto last week before crowded audi-
ences.
-The voting for the 'repeal of the
Dunkin Act In Bruce County takes
place on January 15th.
-a-The temperance leaders in Toronto
have determined to establish. several
new coffeehouses in the city.
-Wellington County Poor House has
now 42 inmates. There are eighty-two
who find a home in the Waterloo in-
stitution.
-James Livingston, of Baden, was
nominated for the South Riding of Wa-
terloo by the Reform Convention held
last week.
-On 1VIonday, flags on Public build-
ings in all the cities and towns in Can-
ada were at half-mast, Out of respect to
the memory of the late Princess Alice.
-A lady from Montreal was arrested
at St. Albans with $50 worth of silk
concealed. on her persOn which she was
trying to smuggle into the United
States.
-The man Costaf rolaz has suffered the
extreme penalty of the law. He was
hanged at St. Johns, Quebec„ last Fri-
day morning, for the murder of his
business partner.
-Their Excellencies the Governor-
General and the Princess Louise have
sent $500 to Montreal to be distributed
as charity. They have also sent a like
sum to Halifax.
--Three passengers on the train east
from Montieal, last Thursday- night,
complain of having been robbed on
the cars. One lost a gold 'Watch, an-
other a silver watch, and the third a
pocketbook.
-Col. Macpherson is at present en-
gaged in organizing a company of High-
landers at Ottawa. No man under five
feet 81 inches will be accepted, and the
calf of the leg mint measure not less
than 15, inches.
-A farmer residing at Hamilton, a
few weeks ago, scratched his thumb,
while placing stones for the foundation
of a turnip pit. He experienced no bad
effects until the following day, and be-
fore medical aid reached him, he ex-
pired. from lock-jaw.
-A young girl, 16 years -of ace, daugh-
ter of Rev. Wm. Irwin, of age,
eloped with and married a youth about
her bwn age. Miss Irwin was after-
wards arrested for appropriating her
father's property, consisting of wearing
apparel, but.was acquitted. •
-On Mr. Armstrong's farm, 6th con-
cession of Nottawasaga, a large area of
land on which the Hamilton and North-
western track was located, sank com-
pletely out of sight, giving place to a
small lake. It is impossible to fill up
the hole thus created, and which is ap-
parently bottomless, and the ronte of
the railway will have to be changed.
.One night lately, the driver of the
stage' from La Patrie to Spottstown,
Compton county, Quebec, took on board
a passenger from the former place, who
did not appear to be in affluent circum-
stances, judging from his appearance.
After proceeding some distance, the
passenger cut open the mail hag, under
the driver's seat, abstracted a registered
letter containing $150 in bank bills, and
then slipped off the stage and disap-
peared. He is thought to have witness-
ed the registering of the letter at the
La Patrie post office.
-The recent election disturbance at
St. Agatha, Manitoba, appears to be
more serious than was at first supPosed.
One man named McLane is reported to
have died, and a priest named Charboh-
neau is under arrest.
-James Somerville. Esq., Lucknow,
with his characteristic, enterprise, is
converting the handsome new Agricul-
tural Building into. a skating rink,much
to the delight of the lovers of- that
graceful and invigorating pastime.
-Christopher Rogers, a young man
connected with some of Toronto's most
respectable citizens, is under arrest for
stealing a gold watch from a companion
named Findlater: The watch was
pawned by Rogers, under an assumed
name.
-Mr. David Seibert, of Walkerton,
has offered to erect a manufacturing.
establishment to employ fifty' hands if
the Council Will exempt it from taxes
for ten years, and give a bonus of $8,-
- 000,the buildings to cost from $12,000 to
$14,000.
-Of the $500, sent, by the Governor
General and Princess Louise to Mayor
Beaudry of Montreal, for the benefit of -
the poor of the city, Roman Catholic
charitable institutions have received
$290, and the Protestant institutions
$210. '
-An old lady ninety five years
of age, mother of Mr. T. H.'
Cociper, Assistant Superintendent of the
Grand Trunk, fell down a flight of
stairs at her residence in Toronto, on
Saturday, and received such injuries as
caused her death.
-At Dorchester'New Brunswick,
after a trial lasting four weeks, on the
caseof the Osbornes, charged. with the
murder of Timothy McCarthy, the jury
failed to agree, standing, it is said,seven
fcir acquittal against five for conviction.
The jury were then discharsed.
-One of the wealthiest merchants,
Mr. Collart, of the firm of Johnson 4:k
Collart, Ridgetown, committed suicide
last Alondily morning by taking strych-
nine. Deceased was a general fa-
vorite amongst the villagers. No cause
for the deed is known at present.
-A woman died in fearful suffering
in the Hotel Dieu Hospital, in Quebec,
last Saturday. Some time ago while in
the country a small lizard got in her
eye and worked its way into her head, •
eating away the interior, &mains terri-
ble suffering and ultimate death.
- The other day in Montreal a man
entered the store of Mr. Gauthier, and
asked the 'boy in attendance to give him
a quart of molasses. ITpon getting it
the man poured it into his hat and
slapped the molasses in the boy's face.
He then grabbed $25 out of the cash-
box and fled.
- We learn from the Galt Reporter
that some dealers from Reading, Pa.,
have lately been in that neighborhood
purchasing horses for the American
market, and Some 15 very fine animals
were shipped by rail last week. The
prices paid were good, as high as $180
being paid for one animal.
•
hard to say what
quence. It cannot
er any damage h
eye, as it is-savoll
-probability there
plains of the pai
in the nose.
-A building in
the Mountain Vi
last Saturday.
was formerly use
cently. been • oc
house purposes, a
who had retired e
With their lives.
-C. J. Con
Der for Montreal
La Banque du P
into business e
indebtedness to
amount -to about
much more outsi
gotiations are per
setqement will b
ennis Sulli
pe ion Bridge b
RailWay po
Isillediby an engi
in the, Canada S
last Friday nigh
engaged in the
during the Feni
one Of the look -
Fort Prie.
-A man naps
ery, whq has for
terror to the co
iivcd,lwas shot in a row in a, tavern in
Peterboro, last S turday inight. Mont-
gomery was creaiting a disturbance in
the by -room, when the hotel keeper,
' -Last Monday morning in London
a long, lanky, seedy -looking individual'
was arrested for drunkenness. He
refused to give his name, and up to
three o'clock in the afternoon nothing
could be got out of him but the words
"I'm froth a proud Scotch family, and
-ain't to be trilled with."
-An interesting marriage in -social
life took place in Teeswater the other
day, at the residence of A. McLean,
Esq. The bride was Miss A. Pickard,
and the groom, Mr. 0. F. Toombes, of
Walkerton. The company numbered
over fifty, and comprised guests from,
Paisley, Walkerton, Mildmay and •
Wingham.'
-On Tuesday night of last week, the
stable of Mr. George Stevens' farm in
the township of Waterloo, near Kossuth,
was entered, and two valuable thorough-
bred colts stolen therefrom. The }ani- •
mals were tracked to within a few miles
from Guelph, 'where all traces were lost.
The matter is in the hands of the police,
and the thief or thieves will -find it hard
to escape.
-A man named L. Mock, who seems
to be very appropriately named, adver- -
tised in Clifford that he wished to buy
forty horses on Thursday. A. large
number of people with a large assort-
ment of horses flocked to the town,
when the man offered them less than
half of the value of the animals. The
farmers were wroth, and returned home
without selling.
-The father of the Tandy Brothers,
vocalists, died at his home in Kingston,
on Sunday morning, 8th inst., of in"flam-
mation of the lungs. He was nearly 76
years of age. He came to Canada from
Cheltenham, Engla.nd, about 27 years
ago, and settled in Kingston. Like
his children, Mr. Tandy took a great
interest in musical matters, and was an
enthusiastic supporter of the temper:
ance cause.
-The receipt from the sale of cattle
and. sheep exported from Toronto to the
markets of Great Britain during the
present year, as stated by reliable
authority, will approximate $3,000,000.
A very hopeful feature connected with
the Canadian Live Stock trade is the
order just passed in Council, exempting
Canadian and. American cattle from the
objectionable clause in_ the Duke of
Richmond's bill respecting contagious
diseases of animals. This clause re-
quired the cattle to be slaughtered at
the port of landing.
-A sad accident occurred at the
school house of school section No. 8,
Blenheim, one day lately. While the
teacher and boys were engaged in play-
ing shinty, the bat of the teacher, Mr.
Rueglass, came in contact with the
boy's nose, and cut the skin off one side
from top to bottom. A medical man
was called and dressed the wound. The
boy, a son of Mr. James -gall, is suffer-
ing very much from the effects, and
also being of a weak constitution, it is
may be the come -
be ascertained wheth-
s' been done to the
n so badly, but in all
is, as the boy corn -
in the eye more than
Hamilton known ad
w Hotel was burned
he buildhig, -which
v as a hotel, has re -
Pied for boarding
d some of the inmates
ly narrowly escaped
1, Esq., the men --
last, and a director of
uple, has been getting
barrassments. His
the bank is said to
5000, and about, as
e. It is said that ne-
ding and that some
speedily arrived at.
an, employed at Sus -
the Canada Southern
er, was accidentally
ne passing over him
tithern Railway yard
. The ' deceased was
Crimean War, and
n raid of 1866, was
ut part stationed at
d Willi in Montgom-
several years been a
Triunity in which he
whose name is
him to desist.
the Order, when
volver shots at h
ni-ght
-A man narn
in Toronto, on S
bigamy preferre
who alleges she
July last, at Suspension Bridge, N. Y.,
edding tour was de -
by her new husband,
170 of her earnings.
sequently discovered
married about seven
. N. Roddy, erdered
[e,aid no attention to
Roddy fired two re-
m. He died the same
a Potter was arrested
turday, On a charge of
by Mary McDonald,
as married to him in
and during the N
serted at Guelph
who earried off
Complainant su
that potter was
years ago to a M ss Marshall, of Toron-
to. 1
-A young man named Miles Camp-
bell, was killed by the limb of a falling
tree, in the lunibering woods of Michi-
gan, on the 21st ilt. He was a general
favorite with Iliel comrades, some of
wham accompan ed. his remains to Lag -
1
gan, Out., where he formerly resided.
He was buried b his brethren of Loyal
1, with the rites of the
ne of the number who
arry at Hackett's fa -
July, 1877.
as number • of the
mi -sea to be &mammoth
st paper ever issued
a It is the intention
to issue over 10,000
copies of this munber, and distribute
the Most of thein gratuitously. Ifis to
contain 72 coluMns of reading matter,
among which will be the first part of
the History of the County of Oxford, a
review of the evl,ents of . the year just
closing, and a 'Oerbatim report of the
speeph delivered, by 'Hon. Attorney -
General Mowat to his constituents last
week.
-George Tho pson, a Toronto sewer
contractor, has c eared out, leaving Ms
men two weeks 'n arrears for wages.
It is thought he has not • taken any
money with hird, as he borrowed $20
from a friend just before leaving.. He
had previously told his workmen he
could not pay thein until the job was
completed. The men, whose Claim
amounted to too, have however, been
paid out of a drawback Of $21000, which
the city held o
Thompson is 60
behind a wife an
merly filled seve
torily, but at a v
-The childre
great-grand-chil
Moore and wife,
wichimet at the
stead -lately an
, re-union,the occa.
Wm. Moore, M„
Orange Lodge, 9
Order. He was
represented Glen
neral on the 16t
-The Christ
SentinelReview pr
one,, and the b
from that offic
of the proprieto
the contract. Mr.
ears of age, and leaves
family. He had for -
al contracts satiafac-
ry low figure.
i., grand -children and
ren of the aged. Mr.
f Newark, North Nor -
✓ home --the old home -
had. a pleasant family
"onbeing aviiiit home of
., and wile,of Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin, who, after an absence
of 15 years, has r
the old homes
relatives were pr
teen great -grand
nine grand -chill
childhood days,
indulged in until
turned on a visit to
ead. About eighty
sent, including nine -
children and twenty -
en. Reminiscences of
ames, &c., were freely
night came on, when
all reluctantly se &rated, knowing that
they would neve all meet again here.
-I few days go one of the clerks
in the Canada P trmanent Loan & Sav-
ings Company's ffice in Toronto was
dispatched to t e Bank of Montreal
with a deposit of money, amounting to
sotnething over
money in his
with a bank -boo
it till he reache the teller's counter.
Upon that official counting the bills he
found $950 to b, missing. -The clerk
returned' and inf rmed Mr. lasson of
;
the disappearan e of the money, but
notwithstanding a, strict enquiry, the
disappearance of the nioney could not
be accounted for. The circuthstance
was not reported to the police.
-One of the most daring and sue- -
cessful robberies ever perpetrated in
St.John,N.Bswas executed on the after-
noon of the 11th Rust., when the pri-
vate office of Turnbull & Co. was en-
tered, and bonds1 stock certificates, and
other valuable
value of over o
dollars were c
days a plumber
gaged doing som
0
$2,000. lie put the
vercoat pocket along
and kept his hand on
opera,' in all, to the
e hundred thousand
ed off. For sonic
a carpenter were en -
repairs in the office,
but with this ex option no stranger has
had access to th :apartment where the
safe was kept. Neither Mr. Turnbull
nor any of the 'a employees can fix
on any exact li 't of time in which
the cash -box wa8 stolen. It might
have been or. ,Monday, Tuesday, or
Wednesday; but the fact that it was
taken during business hours is beyond
dispute, as the doorsof the vault and
safe are carefully looked every night,
and the safe combination known only
to firm members and their confidential
clerk. No suspicious persons havebeen
seen about the premises, and it is im-
possible to account for the robbery.
-At the annual Christmas Fair in
Guelph, on the 12th inst., there
were in the neighborhood of a thousand
lat cattle, mad half the number each
of sheep and pigs. There was a num-
ber of buyers present from all parts of
the 1)orninion1 and prices for cattle
ranged from $3 to $6 per cwt., the av-
erage being $3 75, choice bringing the
higher figure. A large number were
purchased for the Eastern markets, and
!wer,ei very fine. specimens. In sheep
and. Pigs, a proper estimate could. not
be obtained of the number sold and
prices paid, but two-thirds of the whole
tchanged hands.
-A sad accident happened to a little
year old daughter of Mr. John Lynch,
ef Peterborough, a few daya ago. The
thild was running about the house with
a pair of scissors in her hand with
the point turned upwards, when she
tripped. over. a mat lying pn the floor, •
and falling on her face, struck the
scissors and cause& them to run into
the corner of the eye and penetrate the
brain.. It was with some difficulty that
they could be pulled out.. TwO doctors
were sent for but they coUld do nothing
-to save the child's life. . Convulsions set
in and after suffering a great deal, :the
poor little thing died three days alter the
ac_Lcideanstt.
Friday, about 4 o'clock A. M.,
a sad accident occurred. at Harrisburg,
resulting in the death of. Wellington C.
Caniff, of London. He was employed
as brakeman on No. 35 freight, and
while the train was doing some shunt-
ing in a siding, the unfortunate man
fell *attempting to uncouple s. car.
The cars passed over his right leg and
arm, horribly mangling his thigh and
otherwise injuring him. After suffer-
ing fearful agonies, the unfortunate man
. died about five hours after receiving his
injuries. The victim was Well known
and highly esteemed in the city. He
leaves a. wife and four children to mourn
his untimely end.
-Stock to the amount of $26,000 has
been subscribed in New Hamburg for
the erection of a beet sugar factory, and
an. effort is to be made to obtain a
bonus of $70,000 from the Ontario Gov-
ernment, a similar amount having been
given by the Government of Quebec.
Mr. J. G. Renier, of Wellesley, has in-
terested. himself considerably in the
matter; and has obtained considerable
information from France and else-
where in regard to it. During the past
,summer several crops of sugar beets
were raised, in the county, all of which
did well and were found to be very rich
in Aaccharine matter. Such an indus-
try would. -be of great value to the
country at large, and ought to be en-
couraged.
-Mr. George Floyd, of Exeter, has
purchased the steam planing mill in
Exeter, now in• the occupation of
Messrs. Ross Brothers & Taylor, from
Captain J. N. }toward, for the sum of
$5,000. The present occupants give up
possession in about a year, when Mr.
John Brawn and Mr. John Floyd in-
tend. -fitting up the building as a cabinet
-factory, and, will run the business on an
extensive scale. Mr. Howard agrees to
erect two brick stores on the property
opposite Mr.' E. Drew's block, Main
street. One of these buildings is to be
used as a show room for the work made
in the factory. Tbe stores are to be the
size of Messrs. Samtvell & Pickard's.
Rods Brothers & Taylor have the e011 -
tract for the wood work.
-The General 'Sessions of the Peace
for the County of Welland, held last
week, have been of more than usual im-
portance. Deep interest has been felt
in the trial of a gang of notorious crim-
inal% who have for years been plunder-
ing that section of country. The trial
resulted in the conviction of John
Rhodes, who was sentenced to ten years
in the Penitentiary for a heavy robbery
of cloth from the St. John Woollen Fac-
tory, on the 23rd of last month. C. V.
Holcomb, notorious as Coon Holcorcib,
was sentenced to eight years for the
same offence, and John Sporback and.
Sylvanus Herrick, for the same offence,
five and three years respectively. Sev-
eral others, supposed to belong to the
same gang, are indicted and will be
tried for larceny of horses. It is trust-
ed that these convictions will result in
the breaking up of the gang.
-A few evenings ago a stranger drove
up to Mr. R. T. Cook's hotel, in Blyth,
and ordered his horse taken care of.
He stated that he came from wader,
ana was in search of a horse which had
been stolen. He took supper, and then
remarked that his horse was too tired
to proceed further, and engaged one
from Mr. Thomas Nickleson, promising
to stop at Dinsley'a hotel, Wingham,
and to either return or telegraph to Mr.
Miekleson, if he should go further. No-
word.having been received as agreed
upon, Mr. Nickleson telegraphed to Mr.
Dinsley to know if his horse was there,
and got a reply that it was not. Mrs
Nickleson immediately took the train
for Wingha-m, and after searching
through nearly all the hotel stables in
town, he finally found him. Leaving
the horse he returned, and awaited un-
til Monday morning, when he went and
brought his horse home, being some -$12
out of pocket. The horse left at Mr.
Cook's was called for on Tuesday, it be-
ing the property of Mrs James Turner,
hotel keeper, Brueefield. The horse
that was said to have been. stolen, was
found about eight miles from Wingham,
where it was found' by the owner, Mr.
Johnston. hotel keeper, Widder, in the,
bush, with the buggy and harness beside
the road.' He statist that the man who
took Mr. Nickleson,s horse, is one of
gang of horse thieves.
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