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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-01-10, Page 4.1- THE HURON EXPOSITOR. - NEW AD VJiRTISEMENTS . Estray Steer --I3. O'Connell. , Notice—Peter Adamson, County Clerk. Notice to Debtors—John Ward. Great Clearing Sale—Smith & West. Insolvency Notice—S. G. McCaughey. Farrn for Sale—A.,Strong, leaforth. New Books—C. W. PaPst. ; New Cotton Shirtings--R. Jamieson. Special Bargains This Month—T. Kidd. Wooten Goods—Duncan St Duncan. Big Reduction—A. G. McDougall et Co. UtOn OAPPThiter. SEAFORTH, JANUARY1 10, 1879.- • South Huron Reforrp. Con- vention. On account of the stormy weather and the impassable state of the roads,the at- tendance at the Reform Crenvention at Hensall, on Friday last,was very small. Theta was, however, a suffi- cient number present _to 'organize a meeting, when it was resolved to " ad- journ the Cent -eat -ion until Friday next, the 17th inst. The Convention will, therefore, be held on that day in Purcly's Hall, in. the village of Hensel. We Understand that a notice to this effect has been forwarded to the chairrneu of the several local organizations. We need now only remind our Reform friends in. the South Riding of what we safely premise our readers that the in- telligent and spicy dorrespondent will keep them thoroughly posted as to the doings of our legislators. tareemetemeem.,..... Is Canada Progressive P The following excellent and instruc- tive article from the Toronto Trade Re- view will be read with profit and plea- sure. We commend it specially to theta) croakers who . cannot see any- thipg but ruin and decay in Canada, and who persist in believtng that, in- stead of progressing, our great and growing country is retrograding year by year. The -article is written itt reply to one which appeared recently in the New York Times. The facts it con- tains shoulci.affiard encouragement and hope to all. Our excellent contem- porary says : I "A paragraph in •the New York Times ott the debt, resources, and pros. peas of Canada, deserves an answer only on the theory of Lord Macaulay, that it is bad policy to leave unnoticed a letter, which calls for a reply, itt an obscure country paper. The rimes is not an obioure paper; but it under- takes to deal with a subject, in a flip- pant paragraph of a few lines, which would require a volume for its corn • plete elucidation. The resources of Canada, we - are told, • are far from abundant. It will not ,be denied that we own the richest and most extensive fisheries in North America; that our atenb wealth of timber is still, in pro- ortion to our obligations, the greatest f any country in North Aitnerica; that n the Northwest we have an extent of irgin soil capable of producing as much urplus grainsas the United States now ends` to Europe !and other parts of the lobe; that our coal mines are inex- austible ; while of our naeballic ores, old,ilver, copper, and many others, i e d not know either the richness or he e tent. It is true that these sources f wealth become productive only in roportion as labor is applied to their eveloprnent ; and in this respect, we aye no reason to be ashamed of the rogress we are making. Our debt, we eltold, is probably in. proportion to ur resources, greitter,then thee of the nited States to theirs. The compete - n need not be pursued, because it con - ins no point of importance. What is portant is that our debt, has been ainly contracted for Puolic Works; d that we are far -richer than we ould be if we were without the con- Mences and advantages which the bt has given us. Whet, for instance, tild the most fertile part of the set - d country be without railways and. nals? We should have been able to port nothing from Ontario', except ber, to Europe, otherwise than rough the United States; and we ould have had. to submit to such rms asher, carriers might have "dicta- . • AS it is, we Can compete with eriean lines for the transport •of estern produce to the seaboard. 'We are quite free to admit that the t of a country must bear some pro - tion to its resources; that we can - indefinitely increase our -obligation hout extreme peril. Our debt, a -Cured by the per capita test, which ot always correct, is less than that he United States; but it would be re folly to shut our eyes to the fact t the two countries are moving in osite directions; thee while the ericens are paying off their_ national t, we are increasing ours. The - di - ging lines, however far apers, will n meet and cross -one another. We still have the raoney's cost for our t, in our extending Public Works; we must take care that cost does far outrun present utility. If we d Public. Works in advance of the ssity, as we are accused of doing, hould feel the burthen before we ed the. benefit. To a certain ex - this must be the case with all Pub - Works on a large scale; but the g to do is to observe a wise mean, to let tlae burthea increase much ✓ than.it .will bring the correspond. enefit. We should not be above ng a lesson in wisdom from the un- dly criticism of a hostile writer. an one is less dangerous than the erer whose deception would lead us in. • ur canals yield an\ income, though qual to the interest on the cost of construction; But the indirect ntaee derived from them is much er °than- the difference between net revenue and the interest on cost—several times as great. Our aye, like many of the American, argely owned in Europe; and -if tunately they are not all good in- ents, most of them are very bene - to the country. . t may interest other foreigners, if ur critic, to know that Canada has miles of railway; of which a single nee completed 624 miles in a sin= ar, 0.873. We have 450 steamers, ich,58 were built in one year, at t of 01,160,000, traversing in direction the great lakes and ulf and the River St. Lawrence, other interior rivers. Of ocean- ers we have thirty of from 2,000 000 tons each; a fleet that has into existeece in the Short space teen years, during which there en as marked a decline in the er and tonnage of ocean steamships United States. e increase in the capitalecircula- . ad deposits Of our banks afford an to the state of that commerce' it which they could not exist. progressive increas.e in eleven. s shown in the following hgures : Circulation. Deposits. Paid up Cl. $9;000,000 $28,000,000 327,000,000 22,500,000 60,000,000 60,750,000 17,857,000 63,900,000 58,700,000 e progress of commerce is not less g : 1 said when,amaouncing the former meet- i ing. treat th.at each municipality V will be represented at the Convention , by its full quota of delegates, and that as many non -delegates as can make it convenient will also be present to ren- der their counsel and advice. With a full representation of delegates, a, good attendance of friends and sympathizers, and a unanimeus, hearty choice, the a success of tlae chosen candidate at the polls will be assured. • The Dominion Parliament. The Dominion Parliament has been summoned to meet for the dispatch of business on the 13th of February. Con- sidering that the last session of the present" Local Legislature has just open- ed, the date fixed for the opening of the first session of the '• Dominion Parlia- ment is probably as early as could rea- sonably be expeeted. Simultaneous sessions should always be avoided. if at all possible. The proceedings of both bodies are of the greatest inaportance to the public, and each should receive lin- divided attention. We are fully of the • opinion,- therefore, that the Dominion Government have called Parliament to meet at as early a date as it was pree- ticelale for them to do so. They have also, very wisely we think, taken ample time to mature their policy, that policy for Which the country is so anxiously -waiting. We do not mean by this that • the National Policy, whatever -shape it may take, will be approved of or will be satisfactory to all, neither do we mean. that the people are anxious for it because any very material blessings will result to them from' its operation, but they are anxious for it that the present suspense and uncertainty may be ended. Ever since the success of the National Policy party at the polls on -the 17th of September last, thepeo- p• le have been in doubt and uncertainty. They expect a radical change in our fiscal relations. No one outside the charmed circle knows what the nature of that ehange will be. This uncer- tainty has, undoubtedly, had a most de- pressing effect upon trade and corn- inerce of every kind, and, consequently, every person will now have a feeling of relief when they know that they will not have mach longer to remain in suspense. The sooner we know our fate the bet- ter, 'and we are sure that both Grits and Tories will join us in the hope that the approaching session Will not be inany days olcl before the _minds of all are'set at rest on this much vexed. question. If the National Policy be for our good, the sooner we can participate in the bene- fits which will flow from it the better. If it be for our injury, let us know the worst, which cannot be much more in- urious than the present suspense and uncertainty. NEW/Iiiia/ZoragelMINMEINANNMEMIME WE notice that Mr. Wm. Bucking- ham, who has recently been favored I with considerable notoriety through the press and otherwise, has been appoint- ed Manager of the. British Mortgage Loan Company, the hiadquarters of which will be at Stratford. We speak from personal knowledgewhen we say . that the Company have made a most fortunate choice. • Mr. 13uckingham is a shrewd, careful, indestrious and cour- teous business man, and is eminently qualified to fill such a position with credit to himself and prait to his em- ploy-ers. THE Locee Legislature met yester- day. Th,ere was no business transact- ar SO • ta im BAD. sh ate de WO ile ex tim th ali te ted Am • deb por not wit me ,is n of t me the opp Am deb 'e'er SOO shall deb but not buil uece we reap tent he thin not faste ing b taki frien Such fl -att to ru "0 not e their ad.va great their their railw are 1 unfor vestm "1ficial not o 5,700 Provi gie yo of wh a cos every the G and steam to 4, come of eigh has be numb of the " Th tion a index withot Their years i Year. 1867 1873 1878 "Th etrikin ear. ed. however. The " Speech from the 1868 $, Throne will be delivered to -day, after • which the House will likely adjourn • until Monday, when business will com- mence in. earnest, and there is nothing • to prevent its being pushed through rapidly. There will be no unnecessary • delay on the part of the Government, as tlaeytha,ve everything in readiness for the speedy transaction of business, and there is no reason why the session should be extended. much beyond. a month. Next week we will have our usual Parliamentary letter, and we can impiges • Exporth. 73,460t00 $57,560 000 Aggregate $131,020,000 t. 128,011,000 89,790,001) 217,900,000 1877 99,300,000 75,809,00-0 • 174,100,000 "When a city like ontreal, whose. total trade was $21,000,000 in 1860, in- creases it to $54,600,000 in 1.871, show- ing a gain of 98t per ceet. in five years, it looks not unlike progress, though 'it has'had its disasters int eonamon with the rest of the commercial world durieg this period, while our imports exceed. our exports, our total annualpreduction lex exceeds our total annual ccinsump- tion ; and the balance is our annual in- crease ot wealth. "The shipping of he Dominio•n amounted in 1874 to 1,18,363 tons; in 1877, it was 1,310,468' to s. And it has JANUARY. to, 1879. been well protected by the increase of lighting faeilities, fog whistles, &c.In the year 1868, there were but 198 light' stattons, and two fog bells on our shores. In 1877, they had increased to • 416, with 500 lighte shcivn, twentY- • h.ve fog whistles, and two automatic fog horns.; 't Material progress is not the only kind of advance Canada is making. In in- ventive' it genuity she has a respectable record, as her patent statistics_ show. In 1855, but 92 patents were granted in Canada; in 1869 there were 781, and in 1876, there were 1,548. Of these Can- adians secured no mean share: Canadian Other Patentees, Counitries. 1874. .1. 628 721 1875 621 797 1877 533 820 "There was a time when, foreign in- ventions being refused patents in Can- ada, many of them came out in the names of Canadans ; but there is no longer any motive for this evasion, and we ta,ke it for granted that all the patents obtained in the names of Can- adian e are what they profess to be, Canadian inventions. This inventive ingenuity aids material. progress.. And referrieg to the display made by Can- ada at the Paris Exposition, a French critic states, amid much more of a laudittory character, " It is abundantly evident that, as regards public education, Canada stands in the very front rank of all exhibitors. We think the charge that Canada has made, and is likely to Make, but little progress, is one which it is impos- sible to sustain." News of the Week. SING-SI.—Warden Davis repoits the profits of Sing -Sing Prison as $3,039 -for the last month. ' • A NEW MANIA.—Geography bees replacedspelling-bees as a winter am ment in the Western States.• - GENERAL GRANT. — Ex -President G -rant has been presented with the _freedom of the city of Dublin. VICEROY.—It is said that there is a probability of the Duke of Connaught • being appointed Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland. FAILURE.—Saunders' print wo Southbridge, .have failed, with lia ties to the extent of seventy-four th and dollars. FIRE.—Last Thursday night nea the whole block of buildings on Main street, Tuscaro, Nev., were burned. The loss is 040,000. ,EMIGRATIN OF Soma:terse—The Ger- man Socialist leaders are still emigrat- ing to Ainer_ca. Eighteen agitators re- cently sailed for New York.M AN EPIDEIC.—A Dpluth despatch to St. Paul says scarlet fever is deci- mating those living on Silver Islet, Lake Superior; of 160 there, 16 died in one nionth. SAILORS' STRLKE.—Australian advi to San Francisco, Cal., state that strike. of sailors continues at Sydn The men demand the dismissal of t Chinese. PETRIFIED.—A man was found. at e St.' Louis, one day last we frozen into a solid cake of ice, havi fallen into a small pond and be drowned. TARTAR OUTBREAK.—A despatch from St -Petersburg, Russia, says: The re- volt of Tartars at Kazan, has been sup- pressed. Two hundred rioters were pu licly flogged. ON flu DIGNITY.—Beca.US0 thought he used. too much tobacco a woman of Melrose, Mass., locked her husband up in a hen -house and horse- whipped. him. . A RIVAL TO rHE PARING Bs.-.-_" San age bees" are now the fashion in Ke tucky, young men and maidens gathe ing to grind a neighbor's scrap pork in sausage Meat. Gnu Buege.—An Ismid special say a 38 -ton gnu burst during the practie on board the British man-of-war Thun derer. The vessel's turret was destroy ed, seven men were killed. and fort wounded. ment. Prince Urasoff, instigator of these malpractices, has been fined fifty roubles. DEATIL—The Princess Caroline, wife of Prince Henry of Hesse, died on the 6th inst. • BISMARCK ON THE LEATHER TRADE,— Bismarck, in replying to a memorial from the members of the German leather trade in favour of protection, writes that he is ready to support their views as far his personal influence can avail. SERIOUS FLOOD s.—The recent sudden thaw has caused numerous floods in England and Scotland. At Notting- ham. the flood is the greatest known for 14 years. The country around Darling- ton and. Wrexham is flooded for miles. Much damage is reported at Berwick and Aberdeen. SHERIDAN'S Peucx.—During the burn- ing of the post -office, in Chicago, Gemt Sheridan entered the building despite protestations, and while fire -brands were falling about him placed such documents as he could reach into the vaults, and dashed into the fresh air just in time to avoid falling plastering and. scantlings. IN A QUANDARY.—A flood at West- field, Massachusetts, carried the house of Frank Ash, a large double tenement, a distance of a quarter of a mile, and landed it -high and. dry in a meadow without breaking a dish on the shelves of the china closet. The owner is in a quandary, since it would cost about as much to move, the house back as to build a new one. DIREFUL EFFEGTS OF TOBACCO.,--sTas. Blow, a. wealthy farmer of the town of Dryden, Lapeer county, Michigan, has been Wren to the asylum at Pontiac. He ia about 75 years of age, and has been a user of tobacco in enormous have quantities, which is supposed. to be use- brikl ous_ eepeal of the Bankrupt Act, as the fail- • Urea for the past quarter are much less riy •than usual. • HEAVY ROBBERY.—On Thursday, be- tween 11 and 1 o'clock, a thief entered the Government Printing Office, Waiih- • ington, and watching his opportunity took from the safe of the disbursing clerk a package of currency containing $10,000, intended for paying off the em- ployees and. for the purchase of ma- terial, and escaped without observa- tion. "The detectives immediately went to work." THE YEAR'S Ferrimuts.—The failures ces ;officially announced in Great Britain the and Ireland in 1878 have been 15,059, ey. of which 2,645 were in financial and he wholesale and manufacturing branches, and 12,416 in retail trades, professional ase persuits, beilders, publishers, working ek classes, inc.ragainst 2,172 and. 8,850 mi- ng der, the respective headings in 1877, en showing an increase of 4,057 failures last year over the preceding years. 'DEPRECIATION OF PAPER MONEY.—A further enormous depreciation of Turk- ish paper money has occurred. As a a_ consequence a number of bakers' shops have been closed. A despatch froin he Vienna says the reports relative to ar- bitrary plans for the conversion of pa- per money raised the price of gold at Constantinople last week to 420, but that Government purchases of proper s_ and police mterference reduced this to et. 176. r- THE STRIICES.—Five hundred coach to builders have struck in Liverpool against the increase in their hours from s 53 to 561 per week. Similar strikes o have occurred in many large towns in _ Lancashire a;nd Yorkshire. Five hundred shipwrights in Middleboro' y ship yard have struck against a reduc- tion of wages. The men are paid off k and the yard closed. The Britannia _ iroti works at Middlesboro' have been .the cause of his insanity. The muscles about the mouth are paralyktitl from ita effects. NEW YORR FAILURES.—Nine hundred and fifteen failures are reported in. New York city during the 'past year. the largest number in any year since the panic. The liabilities amounted to 063,958,40, an increase of twelve mil- lion on the preceding year. These amo-unts are mainly due to the MOURNING M ATERIAL much Islae silk has been ordered by dealers in Eng land for the meaning for the late Prin cites Alice, that an appreciable improve ment in this Grade of the South o France is felt. WORLD'S EximitrioN.—A great exhi bition will be held. in. St. petersburg Russia, next year. It being the 25t anniversary of the accession of the Ern peror of Russia to the throne, great fes tivities are expected. AMERICA. SUPPLYING RUSSIA.—A loco- motive shop iu Paterson, N, j., has re- ceived an order for seven immense elec- - tric lanterns from the Russian Govern- • ment. These lanterns are to be placed at the bows of the seven largest men-of- war. KILLED BY A POLICEMAN.—Jas. Petrie, of •respectable family connections, was arrested in Nevr York on Monday for supposed. intoxieation, and died on Wed- nesday in the hispital from a fractured skull, caused, as he alleges, by a police- man's club. • RIOTS' THREATENED IN TURREY.—Ow- ing to the depreeiation of values and the high price of provisions anonymous letters have-been•addressed to the Porte threatening serious riots. Military pre- cautions have beeu taken accordingly. MINERS' STRIEE.—A reduction of 10 per cent. in the wages of the miners employed by Charles Parrishee Co. at Wilkesbarre, Penn., took place on New Year's Day. The neen struck, and a committee has been appointed by them to confer with their employer. , ENCOURAGING NEWS.—The Mayors of several of the chief towns in England, in which distres.t, is said to prevail, have reported that their local resources are • equal to the occasion.. No Central Re- lief Fund will be established. Although there is said to b much distress among the working clas es, serious strikes ere • reported. A DESPONDENT VIEW.—The New Year has opened all ver- the kingdom of Great Britain in gloom and despond-. ency. The state of trade is exceeding- ly bad, and the t rents -of workmen to strike against wh t appears to be an ab- solutely necessai reduction of wages, excites much unfavorable comment. Lord Derby, in s eaking a* Liverpool last evening, too a very despondent view of. trade in vngland, and advised increased immigr tion to America and Australia. is his sole executor. The tank had an authorized iesue, of m th £49,0)O. , A des- patch froPlymousa a that the stoppage of the Cornish Ba k will cause terrible distress among the. traders Of West Cornwall. The imniediate cause of the suspension is the run on the bank during the last fortnight, r•Sulting from various fina.nicial rumours. A further stoppage of Cornish mines inevitab and the failure of many p vate fir must follow, It was Mr. Dawson's intention. left to remain there until the tion was removed, and to that end re- lays of men were arranged for. The early trains on that branch, however, will not run this morning. The section men at • Londesboro' yesterday cut through a drift on the track avera,ging ' when he the precaution to put what little mettsef obstruo- she had. into the bank Of all th mean, despicable attempts at robbery, this is about the most contemptible, as well as bootless, we ever heard. a. teijoe_nct.;arof. D. A. Robertson, Esq.; has been Mayor of St. Marys by acciarna- Perth Items. ms —Mr. lEacrett, who has occupied the le, tance of 500 rods. position of principal of the Zurich pub - from eight to ten feet in depth for a dis- Fred. A. Chapman- of M ition at d:1Zsesiurik:Pelloih-f8 ing the Huron Note . W. T. Bray,' an old. Winghara, has retuned to where he has opened a drug • —Deputy Sheriff Gibbo • Sheriff Gibbons, is prostrat orrhage of the lungs. We s to hear of his recovery. —On Tuesday last eveek -Treble was scraping snow o in the driving park at Ex his team slipped with both one bind leg into a, ditch, juring the animal. --Naming children in _hon intent is becomi Bluevale boaste of two you ers, recent arrivals, named after Mr. Mackenzie, and the christen;ng of both on the same Sabbath, was quite an event in the village. • —A. tea meeting under th auspices of the Church of England, viill be held in Walton on the evening o1 Tuesday, 14th inst., beginning at 7.3 . During the evening addresses will be delivered by Rev. H. Cooper, F. W. Campbell and W. Henderson. The pr coeds will be for the benefit of the Sun ay School. —The following are the o cers elect in Chiselhurst Loyal Orange odge for the next year: W. M. Robe Living- ston ; W. D. M., John Brithell ; Secre- tary, John Buchan; Treitsuirr, Jariaes Committee men: 1st,. G. Bolton ; 2d, T. Britnell ; 3d, R. Taylor; 4th, J. —A very successful temperance gath- ering came off in the yillage :of Varna, on New Year's night. Mr. David Wan- less, sr., occupied the chair. ikddresses were delivered by Mr. &meet Stark a,nd Dr. Campbell, of Seafortli. Choice music was supplied at intervals by fee choir, which is one of the be t in the county. —A very seccessful social as hetd in the Methodist Episcopal hurch, tof the 12th concession of Mc illop n Monday evemeg, the alth of riecember. Wm. Bell, Esq., occupied the chair. Ad- dresses were delivered by Revds. Fran- cis and Pryor, of Brussels, an readings by Dr. Campbell and Arr. 4 -os gins, of Seaforth. • —The Board of Directors of .1..1e HON47- ick Farmers' Mutual Fire easuranCe. Company, held theirDecembe meeting on the 29th ult. Twenty-two' applice- g risks alleher, burned, resident of that town, store. s, son of s d by hem- • all be glad lic school retired from that pos the end #!if the year. His succ Mr. Samuel Foster, township Hay. Mr. Foster is a clever an ar teacher, and the people of (I are to be congratulated on seem &vices f one so efficient. —Lail week while a wedding party was driving on the road about half a, mile west of Zurich,they met a team at - ached to a load of hay. The horses of he wedding party were pity decorated, nd so frightened the horses in the team s to cause them to run away. There ere two lads in the sleigh who were hrown out and seriously injured. s Mr. t the track t ter, one of a re legs and a riouslY in- w r of prom - g popular. 13, g Reform- 8 p.4 Hi -- tions were accepted; coveri amounting to 017,310. John of Howick, whose house wa was awareted. $860, his total lo; s is sup pesed to be over $1,600. The icause the Ere is Unknown. —We are pleased to notice that the recent teachers' examination hel in the Nokmal School, Toronto; Mesa - J. W. Hogarth, of Stephen and W. May, of &borne, were both, siccessful in obtaining second-class grade A cere tificates. Mr. Hogarth is engaged for 1879 in a school near Toronto, and. M. May in. one in London Township. 1 —Mr. Jeremiah Lynch, lot 13, con!. cession 7, .Morris, is selling out, and in- tends to go to Kansas ilex, month. has resided in Morris about 15 ears Mr. Pearce Clenuan will also go about abou —As the Bayfield stage from Seaforth eared the village one night lest week, cene party fired either at McPherson, the driver, or at the Rev. Mr. Moffat, Presbyterian minister, of the Old Kirk, who was on board the stage at the time. I Very luckily the parson had a carnal weapon for his own protection, but poor McPherson had none. Both men say they have enemies. —On. Thursday of last week, named Wm. M. Hough died in the Stratford jail. He came from Elina in June last ,suffering from consumption, and for leek of a hospital or County Poor Houite, was committed. to jail at his own request as a vagtant. He was a respectable man but unable to work,. and withent friends, so he had to sub- mit to thelignominy of being in prison for no crinee. - —An entertainment was given in the Presbyteriau- " church, Rodgerville, on. *Friday evening, 27th ult., under the auspices of :the Sabbath School. The Rev. Mr. Livi•ngstoiae gave an ad- dress in Ills usual pleasant manner. Owing to the -Unfavorable condition of the roads, the' attendance was .not as large es 'ilir8.8 anticipated. However, about 022 i was added to the funds. The Rev. ' A. Y. Hartley, pastor, oc- aupied the chair in a very able manner_ 1 —The annual tea meeting in connec- tion with : the Blyth Presbyterian. Church was held pn the evening of New Year's day.: Theattendance was large, and the arrangements for the occasion all that could be desired. The chair was occup'ed by; Sir Wm. Colles, and McLean and Geo. -Clark, of Blyth. An ii able addre ses were dehvered by the Revds. W. J. Maxwell, of St. Cath- arines, Jas.- Preston, of Goderich, A. excellent choir was in attendance, Miss Hawkshaw presiding at the organ. The occasion was one of more than ordinary interest, and was •enjoyed. by all pres- ent with a epirit suggestive that noth- ing was wenthag. 'Upwards of • five hundred dopers were realized through receipts at the door and. voluntary sub- scriptions, entirely liquidating the debt cin the pars nage. , —Some days ago Mr. John Dre Exeter met with a niishap which nearly a fatal termination. He Unloading anbundle of bedsteads an taking off a slat by which a amnber them were fastened -together, he p it violently, and the nail giving suddenly, it Struck him upon. the n breaking the bone and making a se cut, severing an artery. Medical was at once brought but not be t three pints of blood had been lost • treat, is at present training a eleas itt elocutiou Stratford. • —There were 209 births, 94 mar- riages, aria 63 deaths in. the town of Stratford, for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1878. —At a tea meeting at Bethel church, Fullerton, on Monday evening, 30th ult., the sum of fifty dollars was re- alized. —Mr. T. E. Case, teacher of Milver- ton school, has retired, meth to the re- gret of the people of that section; tfr. Case intends qualifying himself for a -- higher position. .-e-Mr. Wm. Porter, of Downie, has sold out his place, and is preparing to emigrate to Manitoha the spring. Quite s, number in that township con- template following in the same direc- tion. —A grand. ball and supper was given at Milverton, under the auspices of the Oddfellows' Lodge, on Christmas Eve, which by all accounts was a nearleed successenotwithstanding the incleftteney a mall • —Mr,. P. Bottrell, of Mitchell, h ot e weather. been an attendance at the Clifton Sul- phur Springs for some time, and ex- pressed. himself very much inaproved itt health, rheumatism having been the principal ailment. • __eter. and Mrs. R. W. Currie have re- turned to Mitchell, after a reeidence of a few months in Colorado. Mrs. Cur- rie's health did not improve in the Western climate, her conetitution be- ing too far reduced before making the experiment_ —A debate between the menabers of the Knox Church Literary Club and that of the Young Men's Liberal Club in Stratford, came off one evening last week, Messrs. Irwin, D. R McPherson, and A. Adair, representing the Liberal. Club, supperted the affirmative of the question—" Resolved, that works of fie.. tion are beneficial," and Messrs. James Henderson, Wm. Jeffrey and •Jeseph 1 Garden, supported the negative. The : decision was given in favor of the church ' club by a narrow majority. —On Saturday, December -28, -infor- mation was laicl. before the Stratford Police Magistrate aegainst one Pat Reddy, alias John. Donnelly, who was charged. with having broken into the house of James Ilearsnip, of Ki.nkora, and stolentherefrom a pocket -book con- taining $20 and a gold ring. Reddy had .slept in the house beforenand knew of its aera,ngement. High 'Constable Thomas B. McCarthy and. -Constable Arthur McCaffrey -started on the pur- suit on. Sunday last. The clues were faint, but they stuck to their task. First they went to Kinkora, theme through Logan. to Monckton, and Afterwards to Elma. Not being suecessful they re - w, ee turned towards affitchell. At Seebach's they got trace of the robber. Ile had iwas milverton. The constables once more gone north, and was supposed to be in ee retreced their steps, and found the tilled party they were after at Orange's hotel, wen Brunner- station. They knew he was a ose", desperado. and well armed,. Walking into the bar -room they saw their man verffore ridee as if .going to the bar for a think, C011 - sitting near the stove. Passing Min, the same time. Messrs W. Rowell eol-il ' and D. Ryan went thither a few week e the ago. Mr. Robt. McCall and family will thre leave Blyth for Kansas on Tuesday! piece morning. His horses, cattle and sheep up th will be shipped on Monday; als0 a stal- ed. lion belonging to Mr. James Johnston, the c d the surgeons sueceed in stopping hemorrhage. At last by inserting a ad by the mouth and drawing a of sponge attached up the passage e nostril, the bleeding was cheek - Mr. Drew is no* recoVering -under are of Drs. Hyndraan, Moore, and Grey. —At the conclusion of the eiamina- mark tions of the Blyth schools previons. to throu the holidays, the head masterellir. R. — H ;i Hutchinson, but is likely to bear the s of the unfOrtimate accident gh life. The Est Huron convention of Templars assembled in the Orange Fordevich, on Thursday, 18th ult. e transection of teinperance xnat- The general business having been uded, adjourameet was made freshmentS, after _which they, with. s, assembled in, ,the Methodist h for the purpose- of enjoying the tainmen provided. The chair w ied by j" . J. Sweetman. Temp addresses were delivered by Rev s. Pheasant, Grey, Husband. a •• also by Messrs. Heppinetall a , and. an anausitig recitation by as. Vocal and. mstrainental music upplied by the Messrs. Lickfold, t, joheispon. and Leech. Rev. Mr. sang one beautiful piece, which eservedly appreciated. The meet - oke up about 10 o'clock, after hay- . Dunbar, was presented. with* writ- _ closed, throwing 200 men out of employ- _ merit. ing desk, and Mrs. Dunbar with .a work HGoaolla, for th box, both accompanied by an address, been a, daily i crease in the popular Miss Janet Wilson, teacher of the in- cone' f Tu e POPITLARit DISTRESS.—There has to which Mr. Dunbar feelingly replied.. _ - distress in ever quarter in Great Brit tors, i; ' at Manchester, there were 3,000 appli 'Ili ,' ain daring the est week. On Friday, _ cations from heads of families, repro- _ ' senting 13,500 'per -sons, to the Relief ! Committee. Ote Sunday 4,000 applica- tions were made. During the week ! twelve hundredlfamilies were relieved I in Wolverhampton. •A considerable in - 1 ficreemasie of distrese is reported from Shef- - termediate 'department, was also • pre sented with a pair of vases end a ipocke t album, while Miss Lovett, teatther o the third • department, was presente with a silver cruet. The several pres entations were made by the sch4lars o the respective departments. —The annual meeting .of 11 ncrief Grange, Grey, for the election f offi- cers, was held on the regular night at 6 o'clock. After the euestuinagl routine business, the election w pro- ceeded. with, resulting as f llows Brother James Cuthill, mastete; Bro Wm. Fulton, overseer; Brother p. Mc Innis, lecturer; Brother George Fulton steward; Brother T. Shiel r ssist- ant steward. ; T. Shiel, jr., clia lain ; John McTaggart, treasurer; A. Stew- art, secretary, Cranbrook P. O.; ames Fulton, gatekeeper ; Sister M. Fulton, ceres ; Sister M. T. Avery, po ona ; Sister E. Shiels, flora; Sister J. F lton, lady assistant steward. The range met 24 times during the.past year The regular night of me ting is Tuesd y,' on following, addressed to the elect rs of j or before full moon. —Dr. Holmes, th Conservativ can- didate for East Huron, publishe the the township of Turnberry :' An rticle has appeared in one of our local papers to the effect that I have been " t rfer- ing in the Turnberry municipal I elec- tion. Now, gentlemen, I wish to con- tradict that statement in as positive and emphatic manner as the English language will permit. I declare it to be a, deliberate' lie without a shadoW of foundation of truth, and I challenge any elector of the township of Tuenberry or any other towaship to say that I ever wrote or spoke or gave the slightest hint or suggestion to any one of fhem about opposing any member of your present Council, or that I interfered in any way whatever with any of your Mu- nicipal affairs. —The London Free Press of 'Monday says: Yesterday morning Assistant.. SuperintendentDawson took •a large force of worktnen. up the line, of : the Loiadon, Huron and Bruce Railvvay, for the ptupose, if possible, of clearin the rack between Exeter and Clinton. The arty encountered several heav-y drifts etween this city and Exeter, but oteer- aine them, and proceeded north to Kippen, where they attacked the lax'gest drift on the line. At dark last night hey had succeeded:in clearing one Mile f the blockade, and at last acconnts ere hard. at work endeavoring to reach rucefield by aid of steam and shovel. AR3IY FRAUDS 1. courtinertial at charges of malpra Russian officers i army supplies dux - Turkey has sente dismissal from th captain attached t lieutenants to tw RUSSIA.—A miitary 'elf appointed to try tice against certain connection with the gthe last war with ced one captain to service, and another the staff and. two I `. AROUND T E WORLD." -- " Jules Verne's voyage eround the world in 80 (byte" say' Galignani, "has now been surpassed by Mr. Hars, American. 0011- E011 et Alexandria Egypt, who has clOne the journey:in 68 'de s It took 1)." ! days lo gofrorn Alexandria to San Fran- cisco, by Brindisi,. Paris, Lonclon,Liver- ! poet, and New York; 20 clays also to go 1 frone San Francisco to Yokohama, 6 [from this letter place to Ceylon, and 12 days to -reach Hong Kong, 10 to travel I WEARING MOURNING.—As for the de - .pressing days more to go,from Ceylon to Suez, 1 vwehryenfceewhdeagyost.,ba,ck to Alexandria in a fashion, • of wearing " deep moarning," a Philadelphia- clergyman, the • Rev. Mr. MacLeod, contends that there is neither herilth, sense nor relig- ion in it. He tells his hearers that a bit of black ribbon, worn in some way, i ill he story o bereavement just • I as well as a complete niourning suit. 'A bit of crape OD. the bell -pull gives the hint to these who pass by, and it is not .deeined necessary to cover the whole front with black drapery. Why, then, • will:not a bit of ribbon on cloak or coat answer the purpose, and a weight of useless expense and a costume that is always gloomy, and, in warm weather, raost uncomfortable, be taken from the shoelders of bereaved mourners? Alton= BANK FAILURE IN ENGLAND. ' —Advices from London. dated January 4, say :— A coiaespondent telegraphs from Truro, Cornwall, that great con- sternation was manifested this morning in consequence of a notice posted on the door of the Cornish. Bank, announcing that it was closed. Unfavorable reports had been in circulation for a few da s as to:itsstability, but the general •feel- t ing was one of confidence, although p th.ere was a slight run on the bank. b The Cornish Bank belongs to Tweedie, c Williams, di; Co. It was established about 110 years ago; has branches at Fitraouth, Penrhyn, and Redruth. Sir t Frederich Williams, member of Parlia- o ment for Truro, who died recently, held w B _ for re other chure d enter _ 000Up once Messr Eley Leech Dougl was S Elliot Gray was d ing br stable • McCarthy •suddenly• turned. around and grasped both of Ready's hands. He is a tall, powerful fellow, and was prepared for a desperate fight. Constable McCaffrey came to aid. his conarade, and the derbies put an end. to further resistanee. On being searched Reddy was found to have in his posses- sion a loaded revolver and $9 in money,. He had also some stolen goods, jack- knives, and a medal. • -Finding resist- ance was in vain, he surrendered. He is now lying in Stratford. jail awaiting his trial. This same Reddy is eup- posed to have robbed the cher-eh at Granton, and committed. a number of other robberies. -- 13russels. TRAFFIC Resteree.—Trains are now as. running regelarly on. this branch of the ere Great Western Railway as far as Luck - ds. . Phesnow banks in some places I iid are iramense. MI' • CATTLE.—The Great TVestern Bali.. It . way Company had a car load of cattle oaded at Brussels station for Toronto on the 2d January, the morning of the • storm, and as they could. not get them away had to have them unloaded and -i-tabled her six days: • POSTPONED. --On account of the 1 stornay weather the annual naissionary ng meeting to be held in. St. John's church. 11 on Tuesday last was postponed un.til Sunday evening next, when Rural Dean Cooper, B. D., of Southampton, will preach in the mornine and eventng. THE ELECTIONS.. — Te b municipal election's passed off very quietliaand the vote for all the candidates was very even. The following is the result : P. Thona,son, 146; P. Moore, 124; J. R. Smith, 123; P. C. Rogers, 117;- James Drewe, 112; W. II. McCracken, 108; Thos. Town, 90. There are two of the old Councillors elected, and. two new ones—P. Moore and P. C. Rogers. FIRE COMPANY MEETING. ---lit the a -yearly meeting of Rescile Fire h Company, hetet on Wednesdaylast, the - following officers were elected , P.Scottt o Capt.; W. Lawson, 1st Lieut, A.Scott, 1 2d Lieut.; T. Smith, D. McNaughton - J. McKee, and. A. Stewart, branchmen ; elt,. Cooper, lst engineer; W. Simp- son, 2a engineer; Wm. Ainley, bngler; F.S.Scott,See-Treas. The companyre- alized over and above all expenses, the surn of 032 from their ball. , ENTERTAIMIEXTS.--TheTandyBroth- ers, with Mrs. Kettle and Miss Barr, of Hamilton, who sung at the Ocldfellows' concert on the 1st inst., were stoma stayed until the 7th inst. They gave a concert on Monday evening for the ben- efit of the Mechanic's Institute. The programme was a Meat excellent ane and well rendered, but the audience Wetf3 not as large as was expected. ' Seneca, TRUSTEES. ---At the election of school trustees helcl on Wednesday last, the retiring menibers of the were W. G. Hingston and James Wilson. The following were nom- inated : W.G. Hingston, W. R. Wilson and James Young. A poll was de- manded on behalf of Mr. Young. At 4 o'clockwhen the poll closed. the re- sult was as follows: Hingston, 141; Young, 117; •Wilson, 37. Mr. months' imprison- a third of the concern, and his widow ing spent a pleasant evening. —About five o'clock on the mond of Friday, Jan. 3rd, Miss Cam.pbe who carries on dressina,k-ing near King- ston street, Goderich, was awakened by a noise in her bedroom. Upon looking up she beheld the stalwart form of what apparently was a man at her bed- side, something gleamed brightly inhis hand, whether; a pistol or knife siatban- 'not say, but he pointed it at her re- peatedly as he stood on guard, while an .accomplice searched the house, turning out the contents of trunks and. drawers itt promiscuons heaps upon the floor. For two mortalkhours did Miss C. keep her eyes fixed :upon this robber fiend, afraid to call her father, who is an old enan, lest the intruder should dispatc her and then her father. What a fear fill two hours those must have been t the terrified girl, and her presence o mind itt not ealliiag out, was in all prob ability the means of saving her life Not a word was spoken by. any one The accomplice searched the bed, under the ticks and under the pillows, occu- pied by Miss Campbell and although the terror of a dozen deaths must have thrilled her, she uttered not a word. They found nothing valuable. A very stronglravelling trunk resisted all their efforts to. open, and in this, there was a BUM of money belonging , to a friend. This was left to the last, and it being about six • o'clock the robbers were afraid to use much violence to open it; the neighbors might become aroused. As will be remembered it was a very stormy morning and no one saw the would be robbers leave, although parties were at work in Sturdy's bakery ad- joining. Upon exanaination it was found that entrance was gained by a window, a pane of glass was removed and the hand put through unfastening the sash inside.! The snow drifted so much it was impossible to follow the miscreants. Miss Campbell had taken kir 443% it r. the )40. " neti 1 4c tai re ;ear ipre lad etle Ian ate for UM. 311. the Te pre im eff the for