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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-04-04, Page 11" MARCH 28, 1879. ad French tweeds, French eh worsted coatings, Scotch_ serges. Hats and ceps anet •lishings arrived this week. •louse ties, new Lorne scarfs new shades, new Japanese the latest stylea in linea collar -attached white shires er of prices. Our assortment department has never- ualled in any former Ld cannot be found, else. To have a few of those tat eaU aud see them. Renee Oak 1ILU Seaforth, Ont. 777 ALL & CO. [aaatire• in Announcing 'Numerous Friends and 4's th.at they have add-, lieir already Extensive cl.s Business a :•Y DEPARTMENT Engaged an Expert- :ffliner to take Charge Depa.rtraant, we have nfidence in recommend - to the Ladies of See- d vicluity ST -003K uprise the Latest NOV- the Season, Purchased 'west PrIces, from the. Houses in the Trade. dICE STYLES - Constantly Added to. k frora all the Leading - Ind English Fashions, personally by our Mr. aI1,. who is now in Eu -- (THING• NEW. repay Every Lady to Oooda before making. -ng Purchases, as. the. e all New, LO .STOCJ<I, archaser can rely on. e Latest Styles out. HOW ROOM 43 NClitif OPEN, .ost cor , an IN ally ask fropl PECTION of CDOUrALL. & cat orters 4n,d Dealers Goode Only. simiall11±1S112_1119MSPINSIIMMIN TWELFTH YJiA WIEOLE NUMBER, .591. ' • SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1879. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. t $1.50 a Year, in Acivence. BROADFOOT & SEAFORTH, UNDERTAKERS, FUNERALS ATTENDED 0 S.TIORTEVT _NOTICE COFFINS AND SHR ALWAYS ON HAND. HEARSE FOR AIR REAL ESTATE FOR SA E. 110ROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sala, • venient and desirable residence on t of High end Market Streets, lately oc D . Verdoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. lftlidEVALE.-New Dwelling House i -L.' for sale; story and a half, 1826, wit attached 14x18; extra well finished; onp quarter &ambit' well fence(l and pump. Price, ifI500. Ap- ply to jOSEPII BURGESS, Bluevale. 589 F -OR SALE. -:-For Sale a first easf Planing MW, nearly new and in good runnijig Order, situated in the flourishing Town of!, ea -forth, W111 be sold cheap. Terms easy. Ei qui:re of SEOORD, COSSENS & CO., Godei•ich,•0 it., .• volt SALE. -The subserib has for 4 -a -le a 50 „ -A: acre lot in the township of McKillop County of Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the b nce;51w7ell ! ENSON, timbered with beech and maple. The prOpereY will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. -Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. _ THE VOLLMAR COOPERAGE FOR -I- That lot of land, with shop, stable, 1 oiler and engine, heading turner, ctave jointer ' planer, swing, saw frame, &c., as left after the 're, to be sold cheap. These machines, with sma I outlay, Office. equal to new. Enquire at THE EXI: SI,5`18‘09 R -WARM FOR SA.L1.1.-For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay - held Concession, Goderich Towns ip, con- taining 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared. nd in a good state of coltivation. The farm is djoining the Tillage of Baylield, and will be sold c eap and on favorable terms. Apply to the P spri.etor, JOHN GOVENLOCK. 524 ei_HOICE FARM FOR SALE-Beinc, Let 4, Con. 7, Efullett, Conn•ty of Huron.; 1 0 acres; 80 eleared, well underdrained, and in a g odistate ,Of cultivation; buildings convenient a d good ; terms easy. For further particulars apply to Messrs. MCCAUGHEY &HOL3IESTED, eaforth, or on the premises to WM. E. COLDWE L. Con- Atanca 555 AVTTABLE FARM FOR SALE.- or Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tnekersmith, County of Huron, consisti kg:of 50 acres, 3. miles from. the Town of Seal s rth; and convenient to school. The land is of he very best 'quality. For further particulars pply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premis s, tr to Egmondville P. 0. , I 24 11 - OUSE AND LOT IN -SEAFORT IFOR -1-1" SALE. -For Sale, a comfortable fra e 4 -well- ing house and a quarter -acre lot, on th ciorner of -Market and Louisa streets; there are six rooms and a kitchen, 3 up -stairs and clown ; good well, stable and wood -shed; the •anise is ivell finished, and the lot well fenced; pp y on the premises. PETER DALEY. ° *585 that con- e !?(vriaer upied by !988 Bluevale kitchen ne. eloasmem SHOP FOR SALE. --1 or . 'ale, -1-' in the Village of Jamestown, a good Mk clutmith shop, with three quarters of au acre of land at- tached, in which are a number, of cho ce fruit trees. Tilde is also _ a stable on the rei4isos. This property is situated ha a good lo -s. ty1, and will be sold on terms to suit purchaser. pp y on the premises to JAMES LYNN, - J es own P.0. 584 -. 'HOUSE AND LOT IN SEAFOR. ,T -For IIOUSE the house and lot formerly oec pied by Mr. C. Friel, on John Street, Seaforth ; t1ie house is new, and contains seven rooms; thee is also a stable on the premises ; the propert • is j con- veniently situated to the business pa.r1 or the town; $350 of the purchase money ,• cash the balance to suit purchasers; apply to A. STRONG; Land Agent, Seaforth. 589m4 WARM FOR SALE. -Lot 22, Con. :8 township J-- Hay, County of Huron, ,.aboat one. e from the flourishing village of Hensall and the widen, Huron and Bruce Railway; comprising il 0 acres, 80 cleared, soil clay loam, in a good state of ' cul- tivation, good buildings mac' fences and a good orchard, three never failing wells; the s'tuation as regards neighborhood, seknols, chnrche , reads, markets, &c., cannot be surpassed; Fatt • rnis apply_on the premises, or address JAS. W IR, HertsallP. 0„ I 589x4 FARM FOR SALE. -That well-kaowri nclifine- ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hullett, in the c welling County of Iluron,! containing 100 aer6i 9) • of which are cleared; there are two frame houses, barn, horse 'stable, cow stable, sheep -house and driving house ; also orchard and ab &lathe of water. The farm is situated two miles livid the Town of Seaforth, on the Enron Road. !Fot full particulars apply to McCAUGHEY & liOLIME- STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tpr, on the premises. . 55344x rollOPEUTY r'OR SALE. -For Sale, Loi 14, -A- Cork 16, Grey ; West half of Lot 29; Con. 6, .with cheese factory complete; Lot 14', Con. 6, and south half of .Lots 16 and 17, Con.. 5, town- ship of Morris i • Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township ofllowick, all good improved farms, together with several 50 sere farms in. G-rey and . Morris, and houses and lots and vacant lots in the village of Brussels. Prices low, terms dasy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Brus- sels. - 574 FAB M FOR SALE. -For Sale, that mbst desir- able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the Own - ship of Hallett, situated 1 miles from Kinb4rn, and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class stone house, two storey; 80 by 40 feet. A spring creek runs through the fan; good orchard, good fences, and the land in an excellent state1 of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES; Mcr MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENS N, Sea - forth. 1 562 TOWN PR0PERT3C F011 SALE. -The ,prOper-. .- ty at present oceupted by Mr. Ad • • i Gray, situated in Coleman's survey, one -halt acre of ground, on winch is a comfortable and,c =nod:i- ons dwelling house,-ij. storeys high; the e are 8 rooms in the hotme, two lire votes, was rOOM, wood shed, hard and soft water; and goo ' cellar, .. and the Muse isons of the finest fin'shed in town; there is a choice, bearing oichard, umd the property is situated on elevated ground From 250, to $500 cash, balance on easy tenns.l Apply - to A, STRONG, Laud Agent; Seaforth. - 590X4 VALUABLE FARM Ion S•AT,P.-For-610. the - '' west half of Let 27, Con. 3, McKillippeon- `aining 50 acres, known as the Daigle estate. This ,, arin is situated within one mile and a quarter of . Seaforth. The land is o the choicest qufflity. - There is a ha-ndsome resid mes and good! ontlmild- inga. The farm is well pia Acid with frnit ane or- namental trees, is in eS client order,land I -w -ell fenced, It is admirably s • ited for a retired gen- tleman, a dairy -man, or mi rket gardener. I Terms easy. This property must e sold at oucei Apply to A. STRONG„ Seaforth. 589 ' WARM FOR SALL.-Set th hall of Let 26, Con. '-a-: 6, Morris, County of luron, containiu(i 100 acres, 85 acres cleared,. balance hard oodi 60 clay loala aeres fall wheat; goo. hearing l acres 'char of stumps and underdr 'aiea ; i'soil n)* -orchard; b'ank barn 40x60, nearly new, and other outbuildings; good log house, with now frame - addition ; 2 wells; well fenced. The above farm ia only two miles from Brussels, on gond gravel roads; sehool house ott-the lot. For further par- tieulars apply on the premises-, or to C. It Cooper, Brussels P. 0. ROBERT BROADFOOT, Prcipri- etor, Iirnzsels-.P. 0. 588 WARM FOR SALE. -The subseriber offers i for sale Lot 22, Con. 12 of the township of Stan. - ley, containing ono hundred acres, 83 acres clear eti and in a 'good state of cultivation:, and good fences, balance 17 acres good hardwood • bash; one half of clearing seeded down, there Will be 13 aeres of wheat put in this fall, there ia- about 3 aeres of a, thriving orchard on tbe premises and. U. vatiety of fruit trees all now bearing. The farm rs- well watered, it never failing creel, rims through the farm, also two good wells,larg honk barn 8.6 by 60 feet with good 'stabling • under- neath the barn, and a log dwelling hous - The f arra is situated within two and a half wiles of the village of Baylield. For further part'eulara apply to l4..31eLEAN, proprietor on the pr raises or to W. Connor, Bayfield P. 0. . . 672 TORONTO CITY SKETCHES. _ ST. JAMES' CEMETERY./ . . Those of our countrymen' who are cherishing the- hope of .bililding up in Canada a genuine national ,fe ling, and of Uniting into one harmoio1ns whole all classes of the Dominion, frequent1y complain of the absence of an Ehistorical past. No national flag, say they, bat- tered and torn With the storm e and the strife of centuries, floats over our cita- dels. No triumphant array with a hundred victories inscribed en its stan- dards, and roused to actoi by the memory of the deeds of its 4noesors, awakens the enthusiasm or k ndles the patriotiern of our citizen. ew mar- tyrs to popular liberty or, ,feeedom,of conscience have come forwar to offer their services to their country and sac- rifice theie lives on her altar s Unlike our neighbours, no ba,ptis 1 of fire aadisworcl, no personal hard hips, no memory of brothers or hus e ands or fathers, deadi on the field' of honour, sweetens 6ur existence as a u tion and sanctifies our being. Without entering into any scussion of these arguments, which is not the purpose of this paper, it may b remem- bered that if those who indule - in such rhapsodies woaldcarefully l.1k about them they might find - that ,perhaps 'alter all we are not so deficien in some of these matters as they ima e.. One thing is certain, the end they rofess to have in view will not be at &Med by • oste-ntatiously parading thes defects without any counterbelancin circum- stances, before the public view It may be true, as they say, that separate nationalities andreligions exi t in our midst, but so did separate n.at onalities and religions, exist in the E gland of the 16th century, and the ra,nce of Henry the It. And yet the England of to -day is one of the greate t powers the world has ever seen, an France, triumphant and united, has i seen the mightiest armies of Europe scattered before her terrible onset. Ark so it will be with us. Catholics and Protes- tants are realizing more and more that the tenets of their respective b liefs can never be spread by placing Chastiaotiy at .defience, and refusing to exercise that charity towards each oth ir which _ they strenuously extort their disciples to display to all the world. ' ime has deadened and will continue . o deaden the animosities of the pas Inter- marriage, a union of interests, and ad- vancing intelligence must do the rest, and from the speed with whi h these are taking place we have everr reason to augur well for the future. M mentoes of the past, will increase in number end ta,ke a firmer hold of the . ections as the years roll. on. Already we have several. One looks down o half a century from Queenston Heigh s, where it has stood the proud record o bravery in war, and a standing refu ation of that theory which maintains t a at dan- ger cen not unite our people. Another in the Queen's Park, Toron o, bears testimony to .the alacrity with which our youth can Spring forth ivhen oc- casion demands, to defend the hearths and homes of Canada. On thqt bright i June day, over twelve years ac, when the news of the Fenian .ra,id flashed over the land, there were few C padierts of any faith or any nationaflity who flinched from their duty. Mjafty his- torical meMentoes are lying a1j around us. Every church yard. is full lof them. From a score of graves in eve plat, a ta,bulated finger is pointing to t e past. And chief, perhaps, among s h spots may be placed St. James' C rnetery, Toronto. It is not the burial place of course of Westminster Abbey There are no records . there which arry us back to dawning history, an onward through wars •and persecuti ns, and. struggles, to our own day. B t there are names on its tombstones dear to all true Canadians, and there re ashes mouldering below its mound, once in- - spired by spirits, keen and. dau tless to which we owe much of our pres bt liber- ty. The place itself, were it o ly from its artistic beauty, is well iyorthy a visit. It consists of a large eri °sure - apparently some acres-situa H in a retired part of the oity. It is ounded on the east by Parliament Stre t, while a deep wooded ravine bends ar und the north and east sides, throu which runs a small creek. On the soh is an open space, upon which the i reasing prosperity of Toronto is const tly en- croaching, but which as yet, - some measure,preserves the home of tlhe dead, its secluded aspect. Inside the en- closure is thickly planted wi h trees, chiefly of the hemlock, spruce maple, , cedar and sycamore varieties. 1 These, either placed artificially or thin ed with care from the original forest st4id with considerable regularity, and 't effect is quite pioturesque and pleasirg. On a bright summer day the view is 'very beautiful -the deep green of t e trees contrasting with the pearly hite of the tombstones in a manner to awaken the enthusiasm and arouse the admira- tion of the most callous. 01 many graves grow flowers, and these, in full bloom and waving lightly in th breeze, which almost always is felt on the ris-, ing ground, exhale their agrance round and give even' death an pect of beauty. One finds, almost unco scions- ly, in his ears those words of ,S elley's, uttered in reference to a more istoric seene and a more historic name e : "It might make one almost in lo e with death to sleep in so sweet a plate." The first part of the ground passed . enter- ing is the " Potter's Field." Ling rows of graves heaped almost indiscr ininate- ly together -some those of or minals, some of paupers, some those of un- knowns;Who knows Wheth.er, after all, auy of such is the scene pr sented. these will not be quite. as inuch re- spected in their new sphere ss those whose mortal remnants rest ' eneath the large monuments a fewf et dis- tant. This Portion of the gro Inds is filling up so fast thattalready th ques- tion of enlargement has been mooted. I • In the spaces set apart for the wealthy (for even in death the vanity of wealth shows itself), no one is allowed to erect a monument unless on a foundation six feet high, and all posts enclosing family plots must be of iron. These are wise regulations, intended. to secure uni- formity in the decorations. On passing round the eastern boundary, historic names begiu to meet the eye. Here are the Duggans, the 13eattys, the Moores, the Sherwoods-all families of considerable prominence in the early days of Toronto, and some still remem- bered beyond her borders. Still further on a simple cross on the sloping bank catches the eye, and.,Ceae is drawn towards it by the neatness and trimness surround it. A small circle of flowers runs round the mound, and at the head, upon the cross jut 'mention- ed, are inscribed. the Words: John Hillyard Cameron." That is all, ex- cept the dates of his birth and of his death. The relatives of the great ad- vocate knew well it needed no more to attract many feet to that spot. They could well atford to dispense with all the vanity -and boasting displayed on the tombstones ofanauy lesser men around. The political annals • of Canada may not place that name among her great- est statesmen, but at the Bar of On- tario, where he who bore it has left few equals and. no superiors, it will not readily be forgotten. Next comes a vault bearing in large capitals seven well knewn letters-" Baldwin." With- in reposes all that is mortal of that truly great man, the staunch friend of liberty, the unwaverinabadvocate of re- sponsible aoveroment, the _ uncom- promising, t'foe of tyranny in all its forMs. Much has siace been done in his'iaame of which he would never have approved, bit that cannot prevent the reverent pause which every true Cana- dian makes beside that grave. Within hearing distance lies his kinsman and opponent, Robert Sullivan, the brilliant young Irishman, the lawyer, the orator, the statesman, whose abilities placed him by common consent in the fore- most rank of the men of .his day, but whose acts can never ensure him the grateful place Robert Baldwin fills in the hearts of his countrymen. Not far from Sullivan's grave rises a modest monument bearing the words, "Wil- iia,m Ramo Blake, First Chancellor of Upper Canada." As in the case of J. H. Cameron, there is no necessity to chronicle more. The deeds he wrought, the offices he filled are graven in the memory of everyone. While a Cana- dian lives, while a love for justice pure and Unadulterated endures, while lofty integrity and commanding ability ex- cite the admiration of mankind, that name is sale from oblivion. .Even now rush back upon the mind. sone of the incidents of that noble struggle, in which he bore such an earnest and manly part. Again over the gulf of years come surging to our ears the words: "-Shall any man dare tell me that I must hot ask the people of this Provinee -whether they are prepared to relinquish that control over their ser- vants which the reason and justice of England has conceded, and to accept in its stead a responsibility to the people of England, of whieh we have been considering the baneful effects? Did I believe that the people of England would hesitate for ono moment on the alternative, sad indeed would be my forebodings. But it is because I ain confident that the mind of this people is fixed; it is because I am conscious thatthe demand of this sacrifice is not the demand, is not the language of the people of Engloncl, but of mon resident amongst us, traitors to their country and their rights, that 1 am full of hope." Is there not much truth after all in the contention that we have no orators now like those of the early day . of Canada? The surroundings of this grave are simple and in. exquisite taste. A plain iron railing encloses the plot, and there is nothing laudatory upon the stone except the simple extract: "Weaning through all this tract of years The white flower of -a blameless life." But this sketch is already; too long. In conclusion, then, allow _me to add, the readers of TI1E EXPOSITOR will find themselves well rewarded by, a visit to this spot at the earliest opportunity. • GEO. W. FIELD. SEIFORTEL, April 2, 1879. I Canada. -Whitby pays for fire purposes $175 to 5 men aud $1.25 to the engineer, au $72 to the stoker of the steam fire engine: At Windsor, last week, James Scar- let was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary' for making counterfeit money -A ve.rdiet of "manslaughter" was returne by the coroner's jury at In- gersoll ateinst the man Moore, who kicked an old man named Snaith to death i a, hotel in that town. -Th Western Fair Association has decided to hold. the next fair at London the wee after the Provincial at Ottawa, and to i vite His Excellency the Gov- ernor -G neral and Princess Louise to -be present at the opening. -A aluable mare of the famous " Hero " stock, belonging to Mr. Max- well 5 •• ith, of Arva, London township, died. las week. It was nearly 35 years of age the time of its death, and had never ben otherwise than well during its long llife. -Ale -ander McDougall, an East Flambo o' farmer, recently went to his bush wi h a team for a load of wood. After lo ding he got up on the wagon, -and ha gone buta short .distance when a boy'w o was with him observed him fall bac , and on examination foand that he 'as dead. e .-A ieeting o the Committee ap- pointed at the general meeting on the t. was held at Mono nMills" on 15th in ThursdE y of last week in the interest of the p °posed railway from Padgrave . to Oran eville. The several members made eery favorable reports as to the feeling is the interested localities. The Secretaly, Mr. John Allen, was in- structe to make arrangements for ob- taining a preliminary survey of the route, zetting the .necessary informa- tion req ired ha locating the bonuses along t ie route, and the transaction of general business in thb interest of the scheme. -Th rived a last. has sol Kilbor -Mr liams, pails of -Th ed in Stormo votes. -Th bonusi tion Ra a mai o -Ho Superio in Mon He is i -Ca W. B. Prittie em grant party ar- Winnipeg on Saturday evening . T. G.La.ckeY,- of McGillivray, his 100 acre farm to Mr. Alonzo e, for $6,000. James Reggs, of West Wil - oiled, ohe day last week, 120 sap into sugar, and syrup. Dunkin Bill has been sustain - he townshipi of Roxborough, t county, by a majority of 68 Arthur tbwnship by-law g $10,000 to the Arthur Juno- lway was parried on Friday by ity of seven. . Mr. Justice McKay, of the Court, fell down on the preet real, on Friday evening in a fit. a critical condition. ada's great sheep raiser, Mr. fills, of Arden, had during the cold we fther this yea , 157 lambs from 127 ew , and all of hem are growing finely. -An agreement has been come to be- tween t e merchants and clerks, where- bythe ry goods storee of London will be close at 6 o'clock ithe year round,- Saturd ys excepted. -Th wife of John Morgan, Reeve of Adelaid , died suddenly on Wednesday mornin of last week, from injuides which s e had received by a fall on the road in he afternoon. -Fo r TorontO ladies started on a two mil s and a half walking ,match for hal a dozen pairs of kid gloves, but en route one jostled one of the others, and th match was nOt completed. etition from ,1,428 electors of the cou ty of Lanark is 'published ask- ing for he submittalof the Canada Tempel ance Act ia that county, polling to take lace on the 24th of April. --At Montreal the ether night,during the we e scene in the ,Shaughran Com- pany's play, the gallery boys threw every nd of Vegetables -at McDowell and his company on the stage. The curtain had to be rung down. -On Friday night the barn of Dun- can sW irs, South Dorchester, was struck by lightning, which set the barn on fire, coMpletely destroying - it with th entire contents, consisting of three h rses, agricultural implements, &c. L ss, about $800; no insurance. -D. Hannel, Professor of Science, in Viet ria University, at Cobourg, has been p esented , with a concert grand piano, alued a 6l,500p by Decker Bees., New Y rk, in reeognit'on of a valuable scientifi criticism of 1heir instruments he sent hem some tin4e ago. It is said to be o • • of the finest 1pianos in the Do- -minion. i not generallle known among mercha ts and' others who have oc- casion t send circulars through the post offi e, that ?there these are in- tended lor local delivery, that is, where they ars to be delivered at the same post offi e at which they ere mailed, the post: ae for each circular is only one -hal cent. -Th other day a Dundas magistrate fined a licensed 'grocer named Aitchison 20 and costs for de1ivenirg liquor at the resi ence of his customers, it being held th t the law did not permit such delivery and that thoee who purchased liquors 1 ad to carry them home them- selves. An appeal is to be entered, when this important point will be defin- itely set led. -Gu 1ph's fine, blue-eyed, golden - haired carporation boy has found a pro- tector. Mr. Daniel Campbell,of Green- ock, is t e happy father, and he took the chil home on Monday last. So pleased vas he with his charge that he paid do ble fare to the cabby who drove hi • . out • to the Great Western station. The child had been called " Frede ick" by his foster _mother. He will be nown as Frederick Campbell hereaf te -Th thrifty village of eTilsonburg, .in the S uth Riding of Oxford, with a populati n of 2,000 souls all told, em- braces a municipal area of 1,900 acres, , or nearl r at the rate of an acre to every man, woman and child in the place. The pe. ple of the village facetiously contem late the further enlargement of the munCipal limits,with the inevitable increase of the population, so as to keep up this roportion of the acres to the unit of t e inhabitants. -The following is guaranteed as a fact by respectable Peterboro con - tempora y "As a small boy was standine in the Market Heim chewieg tobacco t a furious rate on Monday, a gentlem n approached. and asked him if he ha not promised to stop the filthy habit. he boy replied that it was mighty ard for a fellow to quit who had che ed tobacco as long.as he had.' On (emu ring his age, the lad said 16 years, h w long he had • been chewing, 7 years.' -On uesday Mr. and Mrs. Rendell, who live on the 85h concession of West- naiester, went to St. Thomas, leaving the hire man, James Mills, at home in charge o the house and premises. On their ret rn in the evening the man was not to b found, and on an investigation being ne de, Mn Reu dell discovered that a leathe valise, a valuable suit of cloth- ing, a, w tch and $26.16 in money had been tak n. It is supposed that Mills, who is o medium height and speaks broken anglish, has gone over to the e. -a-The demise is announced. of Rev. John M Donald, of Lancaster, the old- est pries in the diocese of Kingston, and ,som time ago mentioned in these columns as the oldest priest in North America, familiarly known as "Father John." He passed from earth on Sun- day, age 98 years, for nearly 70 of which h was a priedt, having been one of the hurch's pioneers when few, if any, of t e present priests of the diocese were.bo n. He lived for a long time at St. Rap ael, an.dd many years ago labor- ed in K gston. When he entered the priesthood the church work was as ar- duous as any other kind of employment, and at one time his mission lay from Quebec to Sarnia. -Deer is being killed by the dozen at Hepworth, Owen Sound, by par- ties of hunters. The constables are on their track, as the fine is very heavy for killing out of SE9.S0/1. -Mr. G. W. Martyn, a farmer Hope township, Durham county, sowed last spring half a bushel of a new variety of oats (English .Centuple), which yielded. fifty-one bushels. -The iron ore shipped from the Seymour Mine, Madoc, is an experi- mental lot, which will be thoroughly tested at Buffalo. If the ore proves to be what is anticipated, the proprietors of the mine will ship largely to the United States. • -At Brockville, on Monday, George H. Westlake was sentenced to five years in the Penitentiary for burning his own dwelling house to defraud. the Isolated Risk Insurance Company. Andrew Bowman, chaaged as an . accomplice, was acquitted. -A terrific thunder storm passed over Petrolia last Saturday night. The lightning struck the south end of the Anderson House, and passing down the chimuies in the kitchen and dining-roona, shattered the wall badly. FOr- tunately no one was injured, , -The body f a baby, supposed to be about thirty-six hours' old, was found near the Great Western Railway,Wood- stock, on Saturday evening. Upon ex- amination it was found that the eyes had been plucked out and the tongue cut off. It is hoped that the party guilty of such a horrible crime may be brought to justice. -Rev W. H. Audrews, D. D., for the past three years pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, in Galt, died- suddenly last Sunday afternoon of heart disease. The de- ceased was in his usual health up to 8 o'clock in the foreonon, when he sud- denly became unwell, and died at three in the afternoon. -At the Berlin Magistrate's Court, Mrs. Litzou, of Winterbourne, charged Mrs. Millard., a neighbor, with assault and battery. The difficulty arose aboht. a cow. During the quarrel Mrs. Mil- lard took a picket from the fence and gave Mrs. Litzon a sound thumping. Both complainant and defendant were fined -$6 each, inclusive of costs. -Whilst a wedding party was driv- ing through Berlin, on Tuesday of laet week, they were stopped a number bf times by ropes or chains stretched across the road, and compelled to hand over the price of a treat to their tot - mentors. One of the company drew a revolver to clear the way, and for this was fined $20 before the Magistrate next morning. - The tormentors were mulet- ed in $2 50 each. -A marriafie was arranged to take place between a loving couple of Bale linafad, a few days since. On the even- ing preceding what should have been "the happy day," however, the bride- groom seems to have reconsidered the question, for he visited the railway sta- tion at Acton, and after the midnight train had left, he was minus. An interesting scene was the conse- quence, thepriest and all the guests having arrived ere his absence was dis- covered. , -The prohibitory liquor law is effee- tively enfcrrced about Battleford in thle Northwest. Although new settlers and a number of those engaged in the hills or as trappers -complain of the law, there is a general recognition of its Bala - tory influence. Along the frontier nat- urally there is considerable smuggling and infringement of the law, but in the interior, where the facilities for enforo- Mg the law are better, its operation is unchecked, and drunkenness indeed. a rare social crime. -Jones alias Williams, the Nairn sewing -machine forger, is now being en- quired for by a woman in Londoa, whom it appears the miserable man has misled and ruined. He -wrote to this woman inthe Old Country, telling her his wife was dead., and if she came to Canada he would marry her. Jones has a wife and two children at Nairn un- provided for. The poor woman in Lon- don has of late been writing to Mr. Bell, the Nairn. postmaster, who, of course, can- furnish no particulars regarding - Jones' whereabouts. -Rumor states that the stock owned throughout the northern part of the township of Carden' and the whole of Dalton, Victoria county, are famishing on account of the scarcity of focIdenand the prices of hay and straw range won- derfully high and. scarcely any to be found. Browsing is resorted to in many cases, but should spring open late it isefeared many cattle will starve. Mr. L:Long,of Sebright,passed through Dalrymple with a; jag of straw which he had brought from within ten miles of Lindsay. The unusual briskness of the lumber trade is partly the cause of the scarcity of fodder. -The ice -bridge all Niagara Falls was mostly composedi of snow, and nothing but the seve4e cold weather that we have had kept it together so long. It is estimated that about eighteen thousand people. have crossea this bridge. Mr. Convey, the well- known guide, was the first to cross the ice -bridge on December 30. The last to cross was a boy, accompanied by a dog, Wednesday afternoon, the 12th. ult. Although there have been a greet - many dangerous places about the falls 1 during the winter, and so many thon- sands of people have gazed upon the grand sights and superb scenery, it ia. pleasant to know that not a single acci- dent has occurred. For a week it had been - gradually wearing away, and seemed on, the point eof breaking up completelye% but it has taken a- new lease. Inali mense quantities of ice have been com-f ing down from the lakes for se-srerali days, and are now piling up on thej rem-nant of the old ice -bridge, bidding , fair to form another bridge, stronger , and more picturesque. On May 8, 1877, an ice -bridge forrneI just below the American falls, whil grass was be- ing cut in Prospect Pjark. People crossed the bridge at that time for two or three days; it broke a d went down the river on the 145h. -The farming popul 19th concession of Mc ship, have been badly gul pedlars. Never within t the "oldest" have so ma, tion on the illivray town - ed by shoddy e memory of y vendors of rotten black cloths and ibogus tweeds been seen along the cahcessione and town lines. They fairly swarm. Qiie victim gave a $47 note fit six months, . for about $23 worth of aubbish. The goods were bought by his wife during his absence. -An Owen Sound exch enquiring into matters e the County Tail, and find male inmates receive -by soriptiou-about a quart f whiskey per day, and the men about 3 fluid ounces, while the smokers are fn Mailed about forty plugs of tobacco ev ry week. It then says: " Our jail ree ives its tonic by the gallon, and incens Is it any wonder we have of vagrants and tramps in -On Tuesday of last noon, John Howitt, a ri h gentleman who lives near Guelph, w s proceeding home by way of the roe which runs parallel to Gow's bus When he reached Wet spot,two you g men,whom he did not recognize, spra g out of the bush, and stopping his h rse, pplled. a salt bag over his head. ne of the two held Mr. Howitt, while t e other rifled his pockets. They secur $50 by this daring transaction, and h d escaped be- fore Mr. Howitt had reco• ered from the surprise. • -A letter was lately .r ceived at the Walkerton post office fo John Chil- cott, informing him that 4 rich relative in England had died. and eft him. £10,- 000 sterling. Chilcott !eves a cattle buyer and had a fondhess for fast horses. Racing last su eer on the Durham road at Maple his horse turned suddenly into a driving shed, of the posts, es as result- ral expenses hip Council. late. le the Con - of the old e at work in a vault con - claimed. gold posed tohave ourt for safe - re the fire in Mr. Murphy, ached since. ke charge of -ctors refused. vice of their be submitted ange his been nnected with that the fe- medical pre - by the caddy. nail an army our jail?" week, about • • 4 • • his sulky run against •?iie and he received such ihju ed in his death. His fun wee paid by Brant Town Hie good fortune came to -One day last week, w tractors for the demolitio couirt house in Quebec we the :ruins, they discovered :aiming about $1,000 of u watches, jewellery,&c., su been placed there by the • keeping. These goods be 1871 were in charge of bailiff, and could not be r The police attempted to t the goods, but the contr to give them up on the a la-wyer. The matter Will to the Government. -In Victoria county, w tion of about twenty-two sehedule of conviction magistrates for the last shows only 28 cases. I understood that the Ca Men is over one-fourth of !the names of only three C in the list. As these ma are in a majority of instaij directly or indirectly with onstoms of the people, stances mentioned speak the sucoess of Father St in the temperance cause. a -Wednesday morning Thomas Walker, of Hami dead in Benjamin Lewis' It 'appears that Walker, Ma. Campbell's wagon sh east, went over to Mr. L get some wood cut and ot He was just opening the when he fell back in a fit almost iranaediately, be ore medical aid could be obtained. was an old man, betwe seventy years of age, andl and. one sen, a machinist is also married. -Twenty cents in the that is offered by Mr. F. - a brewer and tobacco ra Hamilton, and once con from $20,000 -to $30,000.. in 1874, 5 and 6, deplete and in spite of struggles fortune, he feels unable than we have indicated succeeding in disposing o he tried a cigar store, bu peat the successes of earl even the brewing busin coosidered a profitable seemed to prosper in his -The Lottery of the S scheme projected not long &eel, and of which one is Secretary, is an iniquit scheme with a religious sundry postponements of the official mentioned no it cannot take place till t summer, or still further He likewise coolly stat nioney he received from t is all spent it'a, advertising missions, two big book other expenses. Besides his agents outside.of the c ty " have not sent in their returns." - -A young girl named ary non, who describes herself as a servant, and says she is 19 years o age, was ar- rested at London on Mon on a charge of concealing child of which she had delivered. It appears t time past she has been Bathurst street below Rid been noticed. by the nei mit/tide. Shortly before the girl was missed by t and was not seen for some she again appeared, ha been confined in the me seeing or hearing any house, the neighbors' susp aroused. and the case - was menbed upon. The talk a the ears of the police, ani • a • th a reptile - thousand, the before the quarter year is generally olic popula- he whole,and tholics figure istrates' cases nes connected. the drinking the circum - volumes for fford's labors f last week ton, dropped. planing mill. ho worked. in p, King Street wis' mill to er work done. °or to leave and expired Mr. Walker n sixty and ayes a, widow y trade, who dollar is all chwarz, long nufacturer in *dered worth Heavy losses his estate ; with adverse to do more above. Not his factory, could not re- er years, and ss, ordinarily ne, has not ands red Heart, a ago in Mon- . X. 'Cochue • gambling title. After he drawing, states that end of next the future. s that the cket holders agents' corn - ($100) and. his, many of ay morning he birth of a een recently at for some .residing on tit, and had hbors to be he 175h ult. e neighbors, days, when ng evidently ntime. Not hild in the cions became much corn - 5 last reached a warrant !I was issued for the arrest of the girl, which was executed as above stated. Upon searching the place the body of a female child was discovered in the 'straw with which the mattress of her bed was filled, where it is supposed. it has renaained since the woman's con- finement. An insuest was held and a verdict of guilty rendered, and the ac- cused held for trial.. -A marriage .ceremony was per- formed. in a hurry at Brantford the other day. A carriage containing two ladies and. two gentleman was driven. rapidly to the Grand. Trunk station. All alighted but one, and he drove for the Rev. Mr. Lowry, who proceeded. to the station, and performed a marziage ceremony in the dingy waiting -room. aTust as the vows were taken, the train rushed in, and in a trite two loving hearts began a life-long and a railway journey at the seine moment. -The McCabe trial terminated. at Woodstock on Saturday. His Lordship from the commencement of his charge to the jury, which occupied about two hours in delivery, leaned very strongly against the prisoners -so strong as to cause it to be remarked by outsiders that it was the stroagest charge deliver- ed for some years in that courthouse, and that in many particulars he ex- plained the points against the prisoners stronger than was explained by th.e Crown Counsel. His Lordship exon- erated the medical witnesses for the prosecution from having any personal interest in the case. The Jury retired at our o'clock. After being out some time they returned. and said they were all satisfied that they could not be agreed, part being for convietion and. part for acquitting. His Lordshipsaid he was sorry they could not agree and. discharged. them. McCabe and Bowers were remanded back to jail to -stand their trial before another jury at the Fall Assizes. -Mr. R. W. Cowan and C. Page, merchant and engineer respectively, of Montreal, have just completed their in- vention of an aerial car, with. paddle wheels attached, for propelling the same through the air; and Prof. •Grim- ley, the aeronaut, of New York city, has also finished a MaInMeth balloon, with which he will make an experi- mental ascension from Montreal in this new car in the early part of the coniing summer. The capacity of the balloon is nearly seventy thousend feet, or four times the dee of Professor Griraley's own balloon, the "City of Ottawa" The Profess()); has been engaged the naosii part °tithe winter in making this air shipIt will be the largest balloon on the contirent, with the single ex- ception of the, great " Buffalo balloon, which was built in 1873 or 1874, There are four miles of stitching in the bal- loon. The 14ing capacity of this great aerostat, with coal gas of a suitable density, will be over 2;500 pounds. -On -Saturday night, as the out- -ward. bound train on the section of the Grand Trunk Railway between Port Thiron and Detroit wa.s nearing Smith's Creek, the engine jumped into a ditch, followed. by the two forward. cars,which: were somewhat smashed up. The passengers, though somewhat shaken, were found to be uninjured; but fire- man Cowan and brakesman Wilson, both:of Port Huron, were fatally in- jured, and both have since died. The driver of the engine stuck to his post, and. was scalded to some extent, but not fatally. As soon as possible ar- rangements were naade for the comfort of the passengers, and the officers of the road set about ascertaining the cause of the disaster. It was found that two rails had been removed from the track; and the tools used by the miscreants who perpetrated. the deed. were found near by. The men who drew the bolts and lifted the rails must have understood their businessthorough- ly. They must also have known . the premises, as the tools used had been stolen from the cabin of one of the :- tion men. It is hinted that the das- tardly act roust have been promptod by a desire for revenge against the Company for some real or fancied 'in- jury to the perpetrators. Two men named Henry Hines and Michael Shannon, formerly in the employ of the Company, have been arrested and lodged. in jail, charged with loosening the rails and removing the fish plates. -Some days ago a young man named Frank McEvoy, while cutting down a small cedar tree near the Grand .Trnek Statidn, Pori Hope, discovered at the roots a leather pocket -book about four indhes thick, which when opened. was found to contain a large number of $20 bank notes. The wallet also contained an ivory handled. pencil. The pocket- book and money appear to have lain where found for a number -of years, and many and. various are the 'speculations indulged in with regard. to the mysteri- ous placing of so much wealth in this strange resting place. McEvoy fool- ishly placed the roll of bills on the stove to dry, and. the consequence was that from being dried too quickly in this manner they were completely de- stroyed. Had he been a little more careful with them he might have bad a bonanza. The remains of the pocket- book are still in Mr. MeEvoy's posses- sion. It is of dark Russia leather, with divisions of a like material. There was in it also a metallic writing pencil, but no mark of any kind. to show to whonn it belonged. The finding of the pocket- boOk in this hiding place is a mystery. Could it but speak, it might have a strange story to tell, -perhaps a tale of miirder most foul, or daring robbery. It is evident, however, that no person, unless crazy, would put it in such a place for any honest purpose. It may have been aroll of counterfeit bills, de- posited there by some tramp -while he went to town to ehange one, and who was unable to find. the hiding place when he came back. However, this is a speculation, as nO light has as yet been thrown on the mystery.