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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-03-21, Page 1cn 14, 1879„ Erse coaxed to leave, b•ut. a, are any more christianizea church is & question yetto Coining events will add new subject. Opening a New Goods at UI Clothing Establishmeat. select and varied stock of has ever been our privilege ices ranging from $12 to 025. ea Coatings and New Freneh Goods. Arrived to -day, one of 13urlock Shirts. These nade of the best American ted for their purity) and the aueso In style, fit and finish_ , be beat. Just to hand, two serican Soft Felt Hats, in all s Styles. Wemake a special... am Areerica.n Hats, at varis Hater & ANDEIISON, •Seas .41Z01-1. 777 SE OFFERINQ 0-003DS cDOUCALL & CO3 ES, AS USUAL, WILL RE ND THE LOWEST. ;0; in_ large quantities, and fads, enables us to get the - and, our patrons the benefit. now offering of AN PRODUCTION'S f Grey Caottikis and Bleach - in all the most desirable DUCKS, SHIRTING -8, PILLOW COTTONS SREETINGS. DRESS AND SILK last week, we opened four veltiea in Dreae Goods, un lin value. Goods from 12tc. to 30c. lored. Silks cheaper than ever. isortment of Shades. T DEPARTMENT. C.1RPETS - A Large t Makes, at Jower Prices. ela Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Oil JG. DEPARTMENT. ion is repeatedly asked, lathing, quality considered, We answer that we L-Itase Our Clothing n the English Manufactur. the wholesale profit, and. stomers the benefit. D THIS WEEK : Assortment of sizes in g, to suit an ages frora 4 - at prices fr&ra $3 50 a i a auit. Men's Suits at ricea. st of those Extraordinary HoLLANDL are Lille's, at from 10 to- -ard---regular price 15 and i'very Housekeeper should- Arti QOODS partment at the Lowest s wilt be found at A. G. L &•- Seaforth. t See. for .Iourgely. POUGALL& Gar ›rters and Dealers in' Goode. Only. TWELFTH ThAR WHOLE NUMBER, 589. StAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCli 21, 1879. I /1°1 -MAN EROS., Publisher& $1,50 a Year, in Advance. BROADFOOT & BOX, SEA'FORTH, UNDERTAKERS, &C. - FUNERALS ATTENDED ON' THE SHORTEST COFFINS AND SHR _U S ALWAYS ON HAND. HEARSE FOR HIRE: REAL ESTATE FOR SA E. — VOIt SALE.—For Sale a first class Planing Mill, aearly new and in good runni g otdor, situated ir. the flourishing- Town of Seaforth, Will be scld cheap. Terms easy a E quire of SECORD, COSSENS & CO., Goderieh, 1 nt. -FOR SA1E.—The subscriber has for sale a 5.0 -1: acre lot in the township of MeKillop, oanty of Huron, 20 ecres are cleared and the bal nee well tinibered a ith beech and maple. Th property will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. EN ON, Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 57 THE VOILALAR COOPERAGE FOR SALE.— That lot of land, with shop, stable, toilerj and engine, heading turner, stave jointen, pl nor, swinr, saw !tame, &c., as left after the fire, to be sold cheap. These machines, with sind1 outlay, equal to new. Enquire at THE E OSITOR Office. 5189 TTOUSE AND LOT IN BUCEFIE Sale, a large two-storey house in Brucefield containing 4 rooms down stairs and 3 bp sirs. Good cella • and well. Also one quarbli ace of land- For further partioulars apply to J. E. 'Briggs, Br4oel.eid, or the propxietor E. BRIGGS, Varna. 1 582 'FARM IX it SALE.—For Sale, Lot Ncj. 5, Bay- field 7encession„ Goderich Town hip, -vet- waning 85,eres 50 of which are eleared and in a good state d cultivation. The farm is adjoining the Tillage f Bayfield, and will be sold- heap and on favorab .e terms. Apply to the p •oprietor, HN GO 7ENLOCK. 1 524 fi.HOICE •-1 Con. '7, BO cleared, of cultiva terms e Messrs. Me Or WI the g stance P. FARM FOR SALE—Being Lot 4, Hallett, County of Ilaron ; RIO acres ; well underdrained, ;and in a good state on; buildings conVeniene and good ; . For further partioulars apply to AUGWRY&IIOLMESTED, Seaforth, emises to WM. E. COLDWELL. Con- . - 555 VALUAI LE FARM VOR SALE.—For Sale, • the e st half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tuckersrui .h, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 3f iles from the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The Thad is of the very best qualii y. For further particulars apply to JAMES P CKARD, opposite the premiaes, or to Egmontivilte P. 0. ! - 524 S-AL- ing house at Marke rooms RR good well well finish the premi ANDLOT IN SEAFORTH FOR —For Sale, a comfortable frame dwell - d a quarter -acne lot, on t e corner itt and Louisa streets; ther aria six a kitchen, 3 up -stairs and 3 clOW11; stabfe and wood -shed; thei house is d, and the. lot well fenced; lApplv on es. -PETER DALEY. , r 585 - LACK MITH SHOP FOR SALE.—For Sale, in the illage of Jamestown, a good blacksmith shop, with three quarters of an acre of land at- tached, in which are a number of choice fruit trees. Th re is als0. a stable 0u the premises. This proi - is situated in a good locality, and will be sol oa terms to suit purehaser. Apply on the prem ses to JAMES LYNN, Jamestown •0. 584 pROPE TY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 14, Con 1, Grey; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with chee e factory complete ; Lot 14, Cra. 6, Id rris ; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28,Con. and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, tiown- ship of B, townsh p of Howick, all good improved farnaa, together with several 50 acre farms in Gat and Morris, a d houses ad lots and vamtnt I ts in the villag of .Brassels. Prima low, terms hasy, and title ood. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Dma. sels. 574- -FARM FOR SALE.a–For Sale, that most desir- able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in ,the own - ship of Hallett, situated. 1 miles from Ein,ourn. • and 6 milek from. Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the preraises„ including a !first-class tone hones,two storey, 80 by 40 feet. A spring meek runs. tirough the farm ; good orchard, good tences, and the land in all excellent stapes of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to J4ME Me - MICHAEL, or to MR. J.AMES H. BENSON Sea - forth. 562 vABarR SALE.—Tlatt well-known and fine- lysit atedfarm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in the (knutty o Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of which are leered; there are two frame dwelling houses, ba , home stable, cow stable, sheep-honee and driai • house; also orchard and abundance of water. T te farm is situated two miles from the Town of S &forth, on the Huron Road. For full particular apply to McCAUGREY & HOLME- STED, Se forth, or to SIMON YOUNG, pipprie- tpr, on th premises. 556-4x FARM I OR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 25, don. 5, L. R. ., Tuckersmith, containing 82 acres, 65 of which are cleared, wen fenced and. in good criltivatior ; the basenee is timbered with ard- wood ; log house and barn and frame stab e ; a good bear ng orchard and plenty of water; is within 5 • es of Seaforth and 4 from Briicelleld, with a oho ce of markets; a gravel road to each place; im -what° possession if desirell. Apply to Messrs. McCaughey & Holmested, Sepforth,„or to the pr qirietor on the premises. NDREW ROSS. 58Sx4 VALI' LE FARM FOR SALE.—Flr Sale the • west 1:511 of Lot 27, Con. 3, Mc. lop? con- `aining 50 ores, known as the Deiglo est te. ; This arra is sit ated within one mile and. a uarter of Seaforth. The land is of the choices :quality. There is a andsom.e residence and good outbuild- ings. Th& fermis well planted with fruit and or- namental trees, is in excellent order, and well feneed. 1 is admirably suited for a retired gen- tleman, a airy -mart, or market ga-rdener. Terms easy. Tiii property must be sold at once. Apply tp A. STR )NG, Seaforth.' 539 -14,ARM F )12 SALE.—South half of Lo 26, Con. 6, Mori s, County of Huron, comtaning 100 acaes, ares cleared, balance hard ood ; 60 acres clea of stumps and nnderdrah ed ; soil clay loam; 18 acres fall wheat; gooI bearing orchard; auk barna40x60, nearly new, nd other outbuildift s; good log house, with nsw frante addition; 4 wells; well fenced. The a ; ave 'farm is only two miles from Brussels, on go d gravel roads; se ool house on the lot. For fn her par- ticulars tap lron the premises, or to C. Cooper, Brussels P 0. ROBERT BROADFOO , Propri- etor,13 rns els P. 0. 588 VARM, 1.1 MeKILLOP F9R SALE. -a-•, or Sale, -": the North part of Lots 8 and 9, Co .. 13, Mc- containiug 112 acres; there are about 80 oteared, well fenced, underdtained, and in a high state of cultivation, the balance is well timbered with hardwood; good dwelling, new ba ksfrarae Darn 50x56, with stabling undernaath, ind other outbuildings ; also a goodyoang orchard a d plenty of water. Is 10 miles fromBrussels, 5 f om Wal- ton, and 12 from. Seaforth, with good gra el roads to each place; convenient to (lurch and schools; will be sold aa a whole or in two parts, oy will be • exchanged for a small Farm. Apply to Wal- ton P. 0. or to the proprietor on tlie prena- ises. WILLIAM DYNES. 547 mural FOR SALE.—The subscriber offer S for -"-; sale Lot 22, Con. la of the townshipof Stan- ley, containing one hundred, saxes, 88 ae es clear, ed and in a good state of cultivation, and good feriees, balance 17 acres good hardwo d bush; one half of clearing seeded clown, there ill -be 13 acres of wheat put M this fall, there is about 3 acres of a thriting orchard on the prei 'ses and variety of fruit trees all now hearing. he farm Is well watered, a never failing ere k runs through the foam, also two good wells, la ge bank barn 86 by 60 feet with good stablin under- neath the barn, and a log dwelling house. I The; farm is situated within two and a half miles of thevillaee of Bayfield. For further partiars apply to 8. MeLEAN, proprietor on the premises or to W. Connor, Bayfield P. 0. 672 Mr. Pringle Again Heard From. To the Editor of the Iiitroy,s Expositor. Sut,—I was pleased to see by last week's Exrosrroe, that Mr. Gibson, the member for East Huron, had called the attention of the Local Legislature to the unjust, discrimination in .rates of freight against individuals and places by railway companies. This is Certain- ly a step in the right direction. Al- though contrary to law, Manages have, taken the power into their own, hands, and either make or break according to their pleasure ; the law is a dead letter. Mr. Gibson's reason for calling for Gov- ernment inspection seems to be to see that equal rates and fair play is given to rich and poor. Unfortunately the powers of the Local House are limited. to local railways • they have no'control over either the Grand Trunk or Great Western; hence the great necessity for the Dominion Government taking up the same question. The country- has no idea, of the injurious effects of rail- way mismanagement. The sooner all are under Government inspection the better. There is no doubt that the general depression all over the world would naturallY effect this country, but the two great causes for the extreme de- preassion existing at present are, the discrimination in rates of freight in favor of American produce imported into the country, and the senseless, ruin- ous manner in which the produce trade is carried on. Our laws are perfectly good to regulate the carrying trade within the country'if enforced, but are powerless to prevent abuses in the car- riage of American produce. Mr. Gib- son does not state our grievances quite strong enough. Ile says the. Grind Trunk carried freight from Chicago to -Portland last winter the same as from Seaforth, and that a Montreal firm got their flour and feed carried at lower 'rates tha,n the grain dealers. Thefacts are, freight was carried. from Chicago to Portland for less than half it was from Seaforth, and the 'firm in ques- tion got their freight froth Seaforth and Goderich carried to Montreal and the Provinces from 015 to 056 per cat less than the regular millers t‘test of To- ronto paid, who were grinding Cana- dian wheat. This is slightly. changed this season. The firm has ;to advan- tage from Seaforth. The result has been that they have ground. over 300,- 060 bushels of Chicago No. 3, which has been sold in the Provinces as Cana- dian flour from Gocterich, aud carried from 015 to $30 per car Under the rates charged other millers. This "bonus" has enabled the firm to run the Goder- ich mill night and day, while the Sea - forth one has stood nearly all winter fall of Canadiau spring wheat. How absurd for towns to give bonuses to oat and flour millers to assist in building up their towns, when the railways that the country has built are giving to the Americans, or those who use their pro- duce, aa" bonus " to prevent either the growth or manufacture of native pro- duce in the country. I ask should such a state of things exist? The answer is doubtless, no. What remedy, then, do you propose? Some will say it is the fault of the railways; Other, that it was beyond IVIackenzie's control; but the grievance is admitted. Surely it is the duty of Government to deal with it. Some will venture to say, why don't the Goveanment prevent railways car- rying American produ3e less than Canadian. Unfortunately they have no such power. They can name a figure beyond which they cannot charge, but cannot prevent them carrying for nothing, if they choose. But .granting, for argument's sake, they had the power to compel railways to charge the, sarne rates, it would be unjust, and would nob prevent the grievance; it woul& only deprive them of the carriage. by caus- ing it to go by water. The only way to prevent' our country being flooded with American trash of every descrip- tion is to impose the same duties they impose on ours. The only way we can compete Successfully with the Ameri- cans, both at home and abroad, is to do so with the products of our own coun- try by adopting a proper system of classifying our grain and raising the national character of it. I have the Scotsman before me, a newspaper that don't lie. It gives the following quota- tions cf Perthmarkets : Oats weighing 40, 42, 44 lbs., measured bushels, 17, 19, 21, per quarter of 8 bushels--sdiffer- encea12 cents; barley weighing 52, 54, 56 lbs., measured.. bushels, 28, 32, 36, per quarter of 8 bushels—difference, 25 cents; wheat weighing 60, 62, 64 lbs., measured bushels, 31, 36, 40, per quar- ter of 8 bushels—difference, 15 cents. This is surely a contrast to the way grain is bought in this town. Buyers give a premium to the farmers who bring in the.poorest. and dirtiest grain, sometimes actually giving the .man whose wheat weighs 54 pounds per bushel a higher price than the man's that weighs 64 pounds. The same holds good with all grain brought to market. How ridiculous for us to pur- sue a system so contrary to the country where all our surpluses a6 disposed of, In Chicago No. 1 spring is quoted at $l.05; NO. 2, 95c.; No 3, 82c. to 85c.; rejected, 72c, subject to 3c. winter storage. How absurd, then, for us to pay the Americans a higher price for No.. 3, weighing 52 to 54 lbs., to supply our wants, than we can realize for Canadian spring, weighing from 56 to 62 lbs. per bushel. Also, how ridicu- lous that we should pay them just as much for oats weighing 26 to 32 lbs. as we do for•our own weighing 32 to 42 lbs. If you apply the rule of , three according to • the rule of buying :and selling in the English markets, you will find out exactly the depth of Cana - ;than simplicity-. In a former letter I 'floured out to you the height of !Canadian stupidity, which cost the country, directly and indirectly, 030,000,000 during the last four years. The opponents of Protection say that it is merely a piece of sharp practice to ,deceive the farmers, that it will do no good. They aroue that it will destroy the carrying trale, the lumbering inter- ests, the oat and flour millers, and will put an end to the feeding of stock, if duties on grain are imposed. Itis all clap -trap. They -forget the surplus to be carried to the English markets will be just as large as ever, and I defy any man to shear that shipping in bond necessarily I increases the cost. They forget, also, that lumbering is carried on in tEe woods, often several days' journey from railway stations, that oats could notbe teemed eso far; beSides, -lumbermen feed horses for the sake of getting work out of them, it would not pay them to deceive the poor horses by feeding chaff or American light oats. Besides, in the vicinity of lumbering districts, there are always new settle- ments that depend on the lumber shan- ties for their market, which is to them mutual benefit. We are told also that it will cause all oatmeal millers to shut down. I beg to ask the reason why they have been standing this winter? Oats were never cheaper, nor more plentiful. The reason is simply because it is impossible for Canadians to com- pete with the. Americans in grinding their oats. I saw a party the other day who owns a large mill west •of Chicago, his oats had only cost him 150 per bushel at the mill, and his rates of freight had been 20c per bushel less than from Seaforth. How, then, in the name of common sense, could Cana- dians pay 27c ,or 28c for the same oats and compete? Last year was a re- markable season. The oat crop was a failure in Europe, in thelJnited States it was the best and heaviest ever known. It is true Canadians made money grind- ing them, but where they made $1 the Americans made 03. It would have ,paid any Canadian to have removed his mill, to have saved the difference in rates of freight on the season's business. Last year the Englisls markets were supplied wholly by Camedian and Am- erican millers •' they had to use it. This year, however, Irish meal is all the rage. Their oat crop was the best ever known, and weighed 45 to 47 poundSper bushel. The tesult7is American mealaa,nnot be sold, unless for.feeding pigs. I defy any oatmeal miller to make meal out of oats 30 to 32 pounds, to compete iii a country where eyery. one are judges of porritch, with meal made -of oats 45 to 47. The only hope for Canadians run- ning their mills is to encourage the growth of good heavy Canadian oats, and pay the farmers the value of them. They would soon get all they wanted, and would 80011 raise the character of their meal So as to command much bet- ter prices than Americans. As to feed- ing. I ask the feeders of Huron if it is possible to compete with the•Americans with free corn. Certainly not. Their corn only cogs them 15c to 20c, how then can you pay freight and coinmis- sions on it, which raises the price to 45c and 47c per bushel? The rates of freight, on cattle are even in their favor. The catty way it can be • done, is to do it With the products of bur • own soil. Farmers don't require to be told that a crop of- roots that yield 1,000 to 1,400 bushel to the acre, is just as good, and betterithan any Yanaee crop raised. It is n t generally known that the pro- ducts jof our country are intrinsicly worth more than the Americans. Take barley for instance. Thera is more succu- lent matter in one bushel, than there is in two of theirs. The same holds good in roots and. grains of every kind. There ia a richness in our soil that imparts a value that the Americans do not possess, both in food for man and beast. How ab- surd, then, for us' to boast of our free country, if we cannot raise produce onougbt of all kinds to supply our wants, withott having to live on the husks that the Aiaericans send us. This letter is long eiiough, and as it is much easier to La. falult than to find suitable reme- dies, I will give my cure, in connection with 1fr. Gibson's, for the ills thaa the counbrly is laboring under. Mr. Gibson has taken hold of the railway grievance, and prrvides a euro; I will take the grails uestion, and do likewise. This is a qrstion on which farmers, grain dealer. and members of Parliament shouldi be heard from. Yours, stc., SEA/. RTH, March 17, 1879'3:AXES • AI Voice from Manitoba. To th Editor of the "Tamil .Expositor. 'DE4L SIB: I have been waiting until the wi ter was pretty well advanced, so that I could give ray opinion of the climat of this country in its two ex- tremit es. .1 have only to state that the winter is if anything the most delight- ful as iso the most healthful season of the ye r. From the time the winter set in (ab ut the 24th of November), we have ad no thaw nor any indication of One as yet, but -a clear, dry and bracing atmos .hero, which, though frosty, is perfec ly pure and healthy. I think the lowest the thermometer reached is 3e 0 below he freezing point, and that only on tw ) occasions, but here people not being ubjected to 86 frequent changes of tem erature ca,n, I think, endure a greate degree of cold than in Ontario. The o ly weather we have to fear is that called " blizzardy " which just means " stormy." When a blizzard occurs the wind blows across the prairie at a trenaendous rate, carrying the sn w with it, which, in severe Cases is almbst dangerous to encounter, but such fks these do not occur More fre- quentlla perhaps, than once in two or three ears, and are seldom attended. ny fatal consequences. The r season, although very warm is leasant, being always accompani- efreslining prairie breezes with fume of the thousand and one ted flowers which adorn the The land is all taken up near wayaancl in fact there is now a all portiou of unclaimed land Province of Manitoba, except s. Howeverahe sameprairie tract commences in this Province es westward to the Rocky with • summ -not ed theye yeas eg the rai very s in the reserv -syllich contin IS Mountains under the name ofthe Northi West T rtitory. The soil in this ter- ritory equally as good with more wood, c al fields ,near ils surfacea, and excellen water, also valuable mineral"; deposits -which with little labor may become ighly serviceable, and will, no doubt, aoon naake this place much sought Jiter by future settlers. There are low numerous settlements in that colony, nd with the proposed Western Railroa itsis expected to become the garden America within a compare- ively b i ef period. There is yet an abunda ce of unclaimed land in this territor , and as fine as ever lay to the sun, wh.ch just requires colonization to make it he fust country in the world. It is unwise for intending settlers to bring m ch -with them, except clothing and -per aps dishes, but all other things can be o tallied for much less than it would c.st to bring them here, as prices here are now very slightly in advance , (if at all) of those in Ontario, and .everythieg needed can also be got here without trouble. Farmers are the most de irable class, especially - thosei with m ans. The demand for clerks (tc., is entirely below the supply and many have t. 9eek a livelihood by other means. Laborers . are also in excess but wor is now provided for all who wish it )y. the railroads now being built.' -Prices i or farmers' produce average about a mubh as those in Ontario., Hay is heaper ; butter, eggs, &ea are: dearer ; oats, 45 to 50c; wheat, 50 to' 600; ba ley, 45 to 55c; wood, $3.50 to ;bee , 06 to $7, per. 100 lbs.; pork,' about ti e same price. I think that stock- ' raising ould form a very lucrative em -1 ployme t in this country, for as yet stock ai not plentiful•though much ail demand and nowhereaffords bettert chances than this country for such pur- suits. Now if NVQ compare ourselves with ou brothers across. the line we can predict brilliant future for Canada's fair Pro •nces ere a score years shall grow u on us. There were permanent settlem nts in Canada as soon as there were an in the United States, and the: populat one of thetwo couotries in- oreasecl about equally up to about 1830.; Now C nada has four and a half mile lions, nd the United States • some; thirty -s ven millions. This fact was due ta e United States settlers hav- ing Pier ed through the forest on the eastern part of their Republic, entered! the pra rie to the west, which required, no prepi ration but was naturally pre- pared for the seed. The result was I this pr Die was found to be fertile au very pr. ductive in all the staple plant and veeetables, hence was quickly settl ed and eturned most, bountifully to the hand o the cultivator; and we find such ci ies-as Chicago rising in the very centre • f a prairie country, which 40, years aao was scarcely known from the trackle s plain. Stich has been th growth of our neighbours in their ow prairie country. Canada has no pierced through her forests and reached an ilia lienSe fertile prairie land in the west, aid we safely predict for such ati . increas in wealth, .,., population, pros perity ad significance as charaaterize our sou hern neighbours, and. we hop to be : •le to look upon the Nort West a controlling the entire trade of this Dominion and of the contineuti with it extensive productions in a few er num ler of years than it has, take our neghbors to develop the grea wealth ontained in this unlimited -dept of soil he strength and durability ye remain untested. With the mos hopefu wishes for this country I n ponds" e,hoping I have not transgresse too mu h on your apace. I am yours, T. S. MENAREY. EM3tEs N, Feburary 25th, 1879. • The Other Scheme. To the clitor of the Huron Expositor. I Sin: Would you allow me a small space i your valuable paper, to expres ray ide s concerning a railroad that i under • iscussion at,present. The pro posed. oute commences at St. Mary and ru s to Exeter, Zurich and Bay field, t e terminus, My idea is this!, that it would be a more direct lin from S . Marys to run it to Kirkton thence to Chisellmrst, Kippeni Varna) and th n Bayfield. This is a direcali% touchi i g at all the above nained vil- lages, hich is easily seen by looking at She m p, and it is also shorter and Much aasier. to build, and by far the cheape t. -There are no swamps to con- tend ith in this line, and it runs throug the heart of a better country than ti e line first preposed. Taking it all thr•ugh, I am firmly convinced that the lin I have sketched would be a much etter- one, financially and other- wise. have heard a number of rate- payers say that they would. willingly give $1S0 apiece on the last named route. li some person in each of the above- amed villages would call a meetin of the ratepayers in their lo- cality, e would soon find out the opin- ion of the ratepayer; with regard to granti • opinio abler main, g a bonus. This is only my , and I would like to hear some riter discuss the matter. I re- mits, 8cc., RATEPAYER. HII3BE T, March 10, 1879. —B the Report of the Registrar Geuer we learn that the oldest man marrie in Onterio in 1877 was 88 years; is wife was only 48, there being the re arkable difference of 40 years betwee the couple.. Two youths enter- ed we ock at the early age of 17 years, marryi g girls of 17 and 20 respectively. Six gir s of 14 married youths from 17 to 20 a d 32 married at fifteen. A num- ber of emarkable instances are given of person marrying in old age. The great dissimil a-rity in the ages of many of them s noticeable. For instance in the co nty of Essex a man aged 73. naarrie a woman or girl aged 19, there being 5.0 extroardinary difference of 54 years b tweeu the two. In the county of Gre a man of 77 marries a woman ' of 25, difference between them of 52. In Nor 'humberland and Durham a man - s I 14 of 83 gets married to a woman of 33, a a difference of 50 years, andin Waterloo, a man of 82 was married to a woman of 42 a differenee in their ages of 40 years. Canada. —Hon. Mr. Mackenzie is expected to visit Manitoba in the summer. • --Harriston is agitating the establish- ment of a High &hoot- in that town. —One hundred old country immgtants arrived at- Montreal on Friday, 90 of whomwent west. , —The prospects of the fall wheat in the neighborhood of London are said be unusually good. —Several youngenen have left Orang ville for Texas, where they intend re siding if the country is what they ant cipate. —At a meeting of the Tomato bake s held on Thursday lastweekit was d aided to raise the price of bread ,on cent per loaf. —A Rebecca Degree Lodge for Od fellows' wives ahd daughters was ope ed in Oshawa last week with a menabe ship of 20. —Hay is worth 020 per ton in Mu koka, and very scarce at that. Unle spring soon opens it is feared m cattle will die. , —James McChlery, of London to ship, who recently died, left the sum f $1,500 as a legacy to St. Andrew s Church in London. —Negotiations tre proceeding in T route to get up ant excursion to Engle d. to see the Hanlan-Hawdon race at $ 0 for the round trip. —Waterloo village accommodated a small army of tramps with lodgings n thecells one Sunday night lately. The e were 35 altogether. ' --The I3owmanville curlers are tllie champions of Ontario, and. the pri e tankard presented by Earl Dufferin h s come into their hands. — Several sheep have died of worm n the head around. about Wiarton, Coun y of Bruce. Farmers take warni-ag a d attend to your .sheep.. —The Dunkin Act has been repeal d in Prince Edward County, by -a vote 1 562 against 52. Very little interest w s taken in the election. —The by-law granting a bonus f $10,000 for the establishment of a si k factory in Shncoe, has been submitt d by the ratepayers and carried. —Mrs. G. C. Smith Ravenswoo , owns a canary which brought out a brood of five young ones on the 25th •f February, the earliest on record. —Mr. Jas. Black, of Aberfoyle, is a enthusiastic sportsman. During 5 e past three years he has killed sixt five foxes, besides any quantity of oth i game. . —The Trustees of a school in Bra • t township, Bruce county, last week threatened to publish the names of all scholars who misbehaved in t e future. —Miss Maria Justine Lea, seco a daughter of Postmaster -General H n. Mr. Lapgevin, who had- been sick r four weeks, died last Saturday morm g at Quebec. , . —Mrs. Susan Campbell, a resideht of London for over thirty years, died. at the Protestant Orphans' Horne, in t at city, the other day, aged one hundr d. and five years. — One of the churches in Brant tov)n- shirkhad the names of parties owi4ig subscriptions published and distribut cl• in sheet form among the congregation -on a late Sunday. —The epizootic has broken out in the township of Cumberland, near Ottawa. lOne farmer has lost four animals, and the disease is causing great trouble among horse owners. • '• I —Mr. Duncan McRae, M. P. P. or North Victoria, died on the 125h ins., at Bolsover, Ont. His Wife died. on the 6th inst. of inflammation of the lungs, after an illness of five days. —Two Woodstock young gentlemen have been fined $4.80 each and costs, for cruelty te animals. The act com- plained of was that of tying tins to dog's tails. Rather dear sport. e --A young man in Hamilton gave a bosom friend a 'cheque for. $138.75 on. She Bank of Commerce to get cashed on Saturday morning, and the friend has skipped. for parts unknown. —Cleverly executed counterfeit five dollar notes on the Bank of Commerce are being circulated in London, Out., some have passed. through the hands ,of bank officers without detection, —Early Sunday morning Johnson Smith's steam saw mill at Elmwoed, Grey County, was totally destroyed by fire. Loss about $4,000; insured for 01,800. Couse of fire unknown. —Rev. A. B. Mackay, Brighton, Erg - land, has accepted the call from the Crescent -street Presbyterian Church, Montreal. The pulpit will gain very greatly by the advent of Mr. Mac- kay. —A telegram from Yarmouth; N. S., saysa terrific ram and hail storm, ac- companied. by thunder and lightniag) was raging there Monday- night. Hail was falling at the tinae the size of large peas. —A despatch from New York says it is stated that the Governor-General and the Princess Louise intend shortly • visiting New York, from which city the' Princess will sail for England to. visit She Queen. —One day last week two farmers of Haldimand township discovered a Iyax, and after an hour's chase their dogs treed him. They then killed him with two shots. Upon examination he Was found to be 22 inches high and. thee feet in length. • —A disgraceful circumstance is re- ported. from Ontario County, in -connec- tion with the late James Tighe, whose death by accident has been noticed. re- cently. The body arrived in Lakefield on its way to Douro for interment on Tuesday last week, those in _charge left the body in the sleigh in the shed. at- tached to a hotel (since closed) while they adjourned inside and spent two or three hours playing cards for drinks— proceeding on their sad journey in anything but a sober or mournful condi- tion. - —An exchange says: "The farmers in Lanark County have been victimized. by an individual selling them Egyptian -wheat at 010 a bushel." If that " nal" Comes this way our farmers will know what to•do. —Mr. R. F. Chapell, of Bradford, Ont., who is working with Mr. Capper - son of Sarnia township, near Mandan - min, out andplit in one day on the farm of.Mr. ,Strartgway, of Plympton, eight cords of hardwood (chiefly beech). —Adam Millard.,of Windham Centre, met with a miSfortune recently in hav- ing his foot mit with an axe while chop- ping. He has since die& from the effects of the wound and loss of blood. His wife is now dangerously:ill from the shock which the sad calamity occasion- ed. —In the village of Manilla, Ontario County, there lives a couple who have been man and wife for nearly seventy- six years. The husband is ninety-five, while the wife is ninety-eight, and they are just as likely to live for another twenty, being both hale and hearty. Now let us hear from any who can beat this. —A: school teacher at Parkhill has been summoned to answer several charges -of gross cruelty to pupils: Among the punishreents inflicted has been to draw a circle on a blackboard. inside of which the pupil is made to place his nose. The effect is to strain the eyes in a painful -degree and cause strabismus{ —They have been going for the horse 'thieves in Waterloo County. No fewer than three are jugked in the County jail at Berlin. One is a Guelph darkey named Lipscomb, another a young man from London, who was caught in Pres- ton, and the third is John Angus, whose permanent address seems to be Kings- ton, care of the Warden of the Peni- tentiary. —A case of extraordinary malforma- tion ocoured at Stayner lately. A cow belonging to Mrs. Holmes, of that vil- lage, having given birth to a calf pos- sessed of two distinct heads, joined. to- gether j ust above theeyes The strange animal has four eyes, and only two ears, and takes its food. with either of its mouths. Crowds of visitors have been to see the strange animal. —Messrs. Charles Nirsworthy and John C. Lindop, proprietors' of the St. Thomas Iron Works, have been com- mitted to stand their trial by the County Judge of Elgiu, for sending to one James MeSherry a “ dunner " in othe shape of , a bogus division Court , Summons. This should be a warning to business men not to use these docus meats in the collection of debts. —Albert Zing, Great Western Rail- way agent at Lucknow, suddenly dis- appeared on Thursday evening of last week. Rumors of the customary helps toward the ram of young men—women and cards—are extant. It is said that the company: will be pcuni•ary losers bi the escapade, and that Zing is large- ly badebted to the people in the town. His whereabouts is not yet known. — The Montreal shoe manufacturing concern of Leggat ds Johnson has failed, with liabilities of $140,000. The value of the assets is not yet estimated, per- haps wisely, for after the experience of the shoe estates sold on Wednesday, it is hard to say what the plant, stock and debts of such a firm will bring. We re- gret much to, observe the stoppage of a much less pretentious and more pru- dent manufacturer, Mr. Richard Smer- don, who has, we are told, a nominal surphis. • —One of Nature's freaks may be seen on the farm of Mr. Wm. S. Armstrong, of Eramosa. He has a two year pure bred Durham that carries its heart in its throat all the time, and thereby differs from those of the human species whose heart is said to fly to their throats only under extraordinary circumstances. The pulsation of the heart in kr. Arm- strong's animal can be seen quite plain- ly, as it is a little distance up in its neck instead' of being back of the front legs, in its usual place. —A youttg man named G-eorge Long, of the township of Sydenham, died. sud- denly at Cobean's hotel in Owen Sound, on the evening of Wednesday, last week. An inquest was held, and. the evidence went to show that he had procured a bottle of strychnine at a drug store, stating that he wanted to poison foxes. He was around the hotel during the evening, but nothing unusual' was noticeable in his conduct. About twelve o'clock he was found dead in his room. The jury returned a verdict of death from effects of poison administAr- ed by his own hand. —A desperate and avhat is thought will prove a fatal stabbing affray, oc- curred. in Merrickville, near Ottawa, be- tween two brothers named Thomas and James Mussel, residents of the village. The parties got into a dispute ever a; trivial affair whici finally led to -blows and in the melee which followed, Thomas drew a knife and stabbed his brother nine times, the latter's face and breast being terribly mutilated by the Wounds. The right lung of the injured man was pierced three times, and lais condition is such. that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Thomas Mussel was at once arrested, and. is now stt —An Indian of Oneida town named. Thomas Niehols; who, in 1871, together with another Indian, stole two horses from two Indian farmers on their re- serve,bas just been arrested by aLondon. constable. It appears at the time the offence was 'committed he absconded. with the booty to the other side, where he has been hiding up to a week ago when he returned, ho doubt thinking the matter had been forgotten. His companion was Sent to penitentiary for four years for complicity on the offence. He -was taken before a magistrate and committed for trial. • This is another illustration of the retribution that so often follows the wrong -doer. Some- times -a criminal may escape justice for a tire, but i'; is almost the ease that wrong -doing is sooner or later detected, and punishment inflicted. —At the inquest on the body of the little girl, Eliza Holland) run over and , killed by a street ear M Toronto, a ver- dict of accidental death was return- ed. and no blame attached to the* driver, who has been relieved from ens- tody. —The barn of Chas. Henderson, lot 74, concession 1, Sinless, was struck by lightning, during the storm the other Sunday evening, making a .big hole in the roof, destroying putloin plates, some of the beams, and making quite a wreck. —On Saturday evening Mr. T. W. - Cooper, of Guelph, attempted. to pass underneath a Grand. Trunk freight train that was standing aerosa the street. While under one of the cars the train started and. he was thrown down;and so badly injured that he died Sunday afternoon. • —A fire occurred last Friday morn- ing in Johnstoa's tannery, Fergus, de- stroying the engine house and splitting room in which a quantity of valmble machinery was kept. The fire is sup- posed. to have originated from the fur- nace. Loss about $4,000; partly covered by insurance. —A very sad. aceident occurred, one day lest week, to a. respected resident of Clifford. He attempted to tighten a nut ou a raouldina machine when his fingers were taught, pulling them all off at the knuckle Joints, and breaking his thumb badly. The doctors think they can save his thumb. —No fewer than 29 tramps songht shelter from the town authoities at Galt one night lately. They were al anxious (?) to work; but when they were liberated M the morning, and a sob of cutting wood or .shovelling snow was offered any of them, it was a caution how quickly they made themselves scarce. —During a playful 'squabble among the men of the Ontario Car Works at London on Saturday, one of the men , named Lowres, in a sudden fit of anger, seized a, chisel and threw it with great force among the crowd, striking a, work- man named Elliot on the head, and in- flicting a severe ...wound. The fallow ex- pressed no regreabut said he had intend- ed to kill some one. Gohene, Wm. KaIttsand Mrs. Kailas, mother of Wm. KaIas, were ar- rested at Uxbridge the other day, the two men on a charge of horse stealing, and the woman as their accomplice in stealine her husband's furniture and chatters. On the 10th inst., another Gohene was arrested. with a span of stolen horses. The pritoaers were committed for trial at Lindsay. —A bold. horse thief made off -with Mr. Dilman Kolb's horse and cutter from the front of the Commereial Hotel, Berlin, one -day last week. )1-a. Kolb sew his horse being driven off and with a coniita,ble gave immediate pursuit. The chase Male to an end in a swamp on the Petersburg road. The, thief proved to be a darkey who had. just come from Guelph. He was sent to jail. —Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, has issued a circular to his clergy, regrading the Papal jubilee. Each church in the parish is to be visited twice in the same manner as was done two or three years, ago, when rioting occurred. It is un- derstood that no para;cleavill take place on ISt. Patrick's Day. The day will be observed by services in the churehes in She morning and entertainments in the evening.- -Mn Wednesday last week, the special engine, No. 23, -with a snow- plow, when•crossing 30 sideroad on the track between Ripley and Kincardine ran off the track, breaking up the trade. Mr. John Levissey, Track Inspector, who was riding on the engine jumped off when he felt her going, and had a very narrow escape from death. Luckily he was enabled to attend to his, duty the next day althougb considerably shaken. —Samuel Harvey, a handeorae mue latto boy, about thirteett years of age, was arraigned at Police Court, Handl- ion, on the charge of having stolen on the 8th inst., one watch, two chains, one pair of boots, a pair of pants, and a hat, the property of William Cooley, of Glanford. The prisoner pleaded. guilty, aud elected to be tried by His Honour. It appears that the IA 103.088 mother is dead, has been entirely neglected by his father for: yeas past. The poor boy seems to be more the victim of an indifferent patent than of an evil dis- posed. mind, —A newaboy found a legal document on the street in Toronto the other morning, and was instructed to take the paper to Judge Mackenzie, who, upon examination, found that it was a valuable mortgage belougino to Jacob -Morden, of Richmond Hill. °The owner was tound,and rewarded the isa with the magnificent sum of five cents. The . conduct of the generous donor having been reported to Judge Mackenzie, he commented at some length on par- simonious people, after which a sum of money was subscribed, and placed in the hands of the Chief of Police to be given to the lad. —One is not prepared. to hear of the assignment which took place a fewdays ago, of Mr. Jacob Beek, of Baden, well blown for years past as a miller and founder. About the beginning of bit year Mi. Beck claimed a Esurf lus of nearly 0100,000, while he owed. but - $20,000. His assets were in the shape ef real estate, 8,000,0foundry, ma- chinery and patents which cost $60,000, valued. at 040,000; stearo. flour S20,-000; flai and other concern, 'fay $5,000, and other assets. The fat ap- peuachrs to have been that he was too m locked up," 944 with all his costly establishments he could not rea- lize to meet current -indebtedness.