The Huron Expositor, 1879-05-09, Page 1MAY 2, 1879:
organization. and the Object
a in view-. Mr, Hugh Catuie
appointed Secretery, and in.
)0 write for instruction, aa to
regulations usually adopted
organizations. The ineeitiae.
to meet again in. one week',
cers were appointed and the
Iperly organized.
ae—The prices teuiaza every.
the price. That is the secret '
Elell's success. Oak Hall ia
with customers every day.
for the Oak Hall suits is tree
We are complimented every
r numerous customers j ree
ir stook. The Oak Hall keeps
vely trade, and intends in the
in the Pest, not only to keep
th their honorable cempeti-
pass them all (if we can) on,
r. Arrived this week the
de voyage Silk Cap, these
eat out, and so small that yoa
hem in your vest pockef..
aleman centempleting travel -
al have axe of them with hina
test noveltiee. in Felt and.
imported direct from. the
market. We have, also re-
rge lot of straws, in all the
es, at tremendous low. prices.
e somethiug new, neat and
I will he sold at old tariff
=TALLY
S.': ANDEDsON, Oak Efell,
A_ DI 171.1.8 777
WILL FIND
ARCM' VARIETY
OF THE
ST NOVELTIES
AT THE .
MODERATE PRICES
.1ILLINER-17 AT
ICIIDUQALL 8L. cbs
E X P E S S
qm Europe This Week
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tapes, 02titaPle/ntS, Crygdg
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IODOUGALL & O.'S,
DIES IN -WANT OF
DRESS GOODS
Priced :Dress Goods
Low l'riced Dress Goods
the Largest and Best
p‘ssort me n t at
DOUGALL &
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a•-atfactured, to find the
trieter to select frona,
ry ta go to
GDOUGALL &
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NUMBER, 5961 •
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SEAFORTH
RIDAY, MAY 9, 1879.
• McDEAN Publisher/3.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
• BEAL E$
SALE.—For Sale, that (inn-
rve)eniPEeniltTandFCidesirable residence on the corner
filler. and Marks MtuketLStreet8, lately 000E pied y
Dr., Vercoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 48
VIATEVALE.—Ne Dwelling House in Bluevale
I/ for sale; story a d a half, 18x26, with kitchen
ached 14x18; ex a. well finished; one quarter
o re let well fenced nd pnmp. Prioe, ::3500. 4)-
5891
' ply to JOSEPH BU CTESS, Blaevaie. ;
FOB SALE.—For Sale a first class Planing
AM, nearly ne*
and in good running ord
m th'
j
situated e flor ishing Town of Seafortih,
will be sold chea . Terms easy. Enquire 1of
WORD, COSSEN$ & CO., Godericli, Ont. 1
rn
rOR SALE.—The subscriber has for sale a §0
x acrelot in the to ship of McKillop, Countylof
Buren, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well
&bared with beech and maple. The propeity
will be sold °heap. Apply to JAS. EL BENS ON,
5171
Solicitor, Seafortli, Ont. _
FAR -4A1'
'D TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE,
PRICES TO SUIT THE aieres.—Lot 117,
on the 11th -concession, McKillop; price $40 pier
sera ; Building lots in different parts of the
town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their on,
, terms of payment, et 8 pr cent. interest: JO •
Egan:0 • 591
VARM FOR SALE—For Sale, Lot No. 5, B
1 held. Concession, Goderich Township, oc
ggining85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and ini a
good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining
the village of Bayfield, and will be sold °heap and
favorable terms. Apply to the propriet4r,
:MIN GOVENLOC . 524
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.7 (11101GB FARM F01l SA LF, --Being Lot 4,
V Con. 7, Hullett, 'minty of Huron; 100 acres ;
80 cleared, well and rdrained, and in a good. st, te
of cultivation ; buildings convenient and goo
terms easy. lor urther particulars apply
Messrs. McCAUG Fl -Fl & 110LMESTED, Seal ort
or on the premises t WM. E. OOLDWELL. C
555
dance P. O.
1T—ALUABLE 11' P011 VOR SALE.—Far Sae,
1 the, east half o Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. .,
Tuakersmith, Count of Huron., consisting of 0
acres, 31 miles from the Town of Seaforth, a d
convenient to school. Tho land is of the veti
best quality. For iurther particulars apply
JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or o
Egm oudville P. O.
VABM AND T0W] PROPERTY FOR SALIl,
,
-1-1 CREAP.—Lot I\ o, 24, Con. 9, McKillop, 10
ewes; north half Lt 30, Con. 9, Mcliillop, • 0
acres ; north, half of north half Lot 31, Con.'
jcitillop, 25 acres ; residence occupied by
Malcolmson on Oa nlocsk Survey, Scafort
building lots onjar s' and F. G. Sparling's Sn --
ways- Apply to GR Y, YOUNG ft SPAItLIN9-,
flealortli. 595
ATE :FOR SALE. 1,
v
9
rARM FOR SALE
-A: Lot No.1, Oou.]
116 -of which are clear(
• ft good cultivation -
good orchard and pl
gravel road leading
—For Sale, the west part el
7, Grey, containing 50 acre,
d, well fenced, and m sta e
There is a good frame hou e,
nty of water. It is on t e
o Brussels and Seaforth, d
adjoins a church d school. It is also wit, n
half smile of the Vilrage of Walton. Apply on tl e
premises or to %Urn Post Office. 'OHARL S
493
li'ABM FOR SA TsTil —That well-known and fine -
ordaining 100 acres, 90
ere are two frame dwell' g
able, cow stable, sheep -hon -0f
- ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in trle
• Comity of Huron,
which are cleared.; t
bouses, barn, horse s
and drivinghouse ; also orchard and abundance
water. The farm is situated two miles from t e
Town of Seaforth, on. the Huron Road. For 11
particulars ripply to McCAUGHEY & H0LM
8TED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie-
tor, on the premises_ 553-4x
PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Salo, Lot 1
Con 16, Grey; West half of Lot 29, Con.
with cheese factory complete Lot 14, Coll.
and south: half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, tow
. hip of Morris'Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Co .
B, township ofHowick, all good improved farm ,
together With several 50 acre firms in Grey ai4d
Morris, and houses and . lots and vacant lots n
the village of Brussels, Prices low, terms eas ,
and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Bra.
eels. 574
'WARM FOR SALE.For Sale, that most des'
J-- able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the tow
.hip of Itullett, situated 1i miles from Kinbn
and 6 miles. from Seaforth. There are excelle
buildings on the premises, including a first-cla
sane house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spri
week runs through the farm; good orchard, go�d
fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul-
tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES MC -
MICHAEL; or.to Flt. ThMES IL BENSoN, Se -
forth.
forth. 1 562 .
nESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.— F4
'LI Sale, a comfortable brick Cottage with -8 aores
of choice land, in Roxboro, township of McKilloP,
within two miles and a half of Seaforth. There 18
aline orchard of choice bearing fruit trees, al4o
Wells, stable, blacksmith ..shop, and all neeessky
conveniences. It is pleasantly situated, and is la
most desirable property for a retired farmer or a
market gardener. It will be sold cheap and qn
4188yt-ernis of payment if desired. Apply to tIke
proprietor on the premises or to Seaforth P. 0.
THOMAS HYSLOP, 5931
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale t
T west hall of Lot 27, Con. 3, McKillop, co -
kilning 50 acres, known as the Deigle estate. T s
farm is situated within one mile and a quarter of
itleaforth. Tho land is of the choicest quality.
There is a handsome residence and good outbuild-
ing. The terra is w
namental trees, is
fenced. It is admir
, Osman, a dairy -man or market gardener. Terms
easy. This property must be sold at once. •Apply
to A. STRONG, Seal rth. 5391
I'keRm FOR .SALE —South half of Lot 26, C011.
•R• 6, Morris, Count of Huron, containbarr*100
awes, 85 acres cies -ed, balance hardwood; 60
sores clear of st ps and underdrained ; soil
clay loam; 13 acres fall wheat; good bearing
orchard; bank barn 0x60, nearly new, and other
outbuilding's ; good og house, with new frame
addition; 2 wells; w-11 fenced. The above faria
is only two miles from Brussels, on good gravel
roads; school house 011 the lot. For further par-
ticulars apply on the remises, or to C. R. Cooper,
Brussels P. O. ROBERT BROADFOOT, ProPrli-
etor, Brussels- P. O. 5881
LLA.GE PROPERTY FOR SALE. —• Be'
Dwelling house and two lots, containing on
half acre each, in thE, Village of Varna, situat d
en. the center opposite, the post office, whic
makes •them suitable for building for busbies s
purposes. The house contains 5 bedrooms, sitt-
room, dining room and kitchen, with woodsh'
attached, soft water cistern and every other co
lenience to make a conifortable and commodio s
dwelling. On the lots there is a good bear' g
orchard of various ki Ids of fruit, and a quanti y
of grape vines. Thereis also a well and pram,
and goodstable and driving shed. Terms eas .
Possession given on the lst of October. For fa --
i_
the r particulars ap y to -the proprietor. S.
I
MOFFATT, Varna P O. 593-4x
FARM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE.—For Sall,
the North part ( f Lots 8 and 9. Con: 18, M -
KilloP, containing 112 acres ; there are about 0
'leased, well fenced, inderdrained, and in a hio,
state of cultivation, be balgrice is well timbercid
with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame
ham 50x57, with stabling underneath, and other
outbuildings, also i good young orchard and
Plenty of water. Is iJ miles from Brussels, 5 from
Walton, and 12 froni Seriforth, 'with good gravel
roads to each place ; convenient to church al4d
aohofds ; will be sold as a whole of in two partp,
or will be exchanged for a small farm. - Apply o
e proprietor on the premise
593
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ARM FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers 1 r
sale Lot 22, Con. 12 of the township of Sta
ley, containing ono hundred acres, 83 acres ele
ed and in a good state of cultivation, and go
fences, balance 17 acres good hardwood bus]
oneshalf of clearing seeded down, there will be
acres of wheat put in this fall, there is about
acres of a thriving orcbaxd on the premises ar
a variety of fruit tre s aU now bearing. • Tho far
18 well watered, a, never failing creek rui
through the farm, al o two good wells, large lia
barn 36 by 60 feet with good stabling uncle
neeth the barn, and -a log dwelling house. Ti
farm is situated. wit lin two and a half miles
the villatsYe of Bayfield. For further partienlai
apply to S. McLEAN proprietor On the premis
or to W. Connor, Bayfield P. O. 672
r-
a -
Lt
11 -planted with fruit and
n excellent order, and we'll
bly suited for a retired gen-
^ ^
Walton I'. 0. or to tl
WILLIAM DYNES.
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A NITRO-GLYCERINE DIS-
ASTER AT S TRATF ORD.
THREE LIVES)LOST—THIRTY-SIX FREIGHT
• CARS DESTROYED AND SIXTY DAMAGED
—LOSS, HALF A MILLION—MANY PER-
SONS INJURED IN Tu14 TOWN.
The town of Stratford was the
scene of a very remarleable ac-
cident on • Monday raorning,. and
one of the trooet disastrous which
has yet occurred in the annals of rail-
roading in.Conada. The scene of the
o-ccurrence was the Grand Trunk Rail-
way yard at the south of the town, and
the cause a r -load of nitro-glycerine
or dynamite,' "Which was allowed to re-
main in a car on the track for several
nights. It ie fortunate that the yard
was a considerable distance from the
thickly -populated quarter of the town,
or the conseqrtences would have been
awful. • But, as it is, the
• • DEMI; PTION OF ROMAN LIFE
and property is lamentably great. It is
said that the explosive, of whatever de-
scription it I was, whether dynamite,
nitro-glycerine, or dnalin, was shipped
by Mr. Vanderbilt's agents from Que-
bec to Amherburg as blasting powder,
the rules of t e company forbidding the
shipment under any consideration Of
the three conepounds above-inentioned.
Whoever was at fault, or on whose
head the responsibility rests , th e authori-
ties are determined to discover, and. en-
quiry into feats will be at once insi-
tuted. On Saturday night a freight
tram on the Grand 'Trunk Railway ar-
rived at Stra ord, and was switched on
to a sicliiigin the yard. about three hun- - man. The -splinter was extracted, but
dred yards eitsbof the 'station. In one as it had penetrated the brain,no hopes
of the cars which made up the train of his recovery are entertained. Hawkins
at the rail w ay station here. Francois
Pigeon met
A. MORE HORRIBLE FATE.
His bodyeor at least the trunk with the
head, arms, and. legs gone, was found a
short distance from the cut which the
explosion had made in the ground. The
mangled remains presented a horrible
appearance. The most
REMARKADLE ESCAPE
was that of Wm. Simcock, foreman of
the yard. A few moments before the
accident he left the freight shed. to - go
to the station. On the way he met
John Hawkins, a porter, going in an op-
posite direction. When near the fatal
car Simcock heard a slight explosion,
and for some reason, he knows not why,
he threw himself -under another car
which was near by. As he did so the
explosion occurred. His coat was torn
from his back and his underclothing
and trousers were rent into ribbons by
.the concussion. He fortunately escaped
without any bodily injury. While lying
under the car he saw Dolan blown into
the air, and also saw Hawkins knocked
down. As soon ae the rain of timbers
ceased,he ran to where Dolan wee lying,
and found him dead. He then turned
his attention to Hawkins, who was
WRITHING- IN AGONY.
• An examination of his injuries re-
vealed the fact that a splinter about
three inct.es low and as thick as one's
Bawer had entered the left eye, along-
side the nose, forcing out and destroy-
ing both eyes. Dr. Robinson, who was
near at hand when the explosion oc-
curred, gave his, attention to the poor
were stored.
THIRTY CANS OF DYAMITE,
weighing 3,750 pounds. It had been
shipped from Belceil, Quebec, and con-
signed to O. H. Dunbar, of, Amherst -
burg, where it was intended it should
be used ie. Wasting in the Vanderbilt
tunnel,which is to be built under thei
Detroit River at that point. The train
lay in the yard matil Monday morning,
when an engine was sent down to make There were two other clerks in this de -
up the train. About 9.30 the train Was partMent, but they escaped with very
backed down to the car, and a young slight injuries. John. Flynn, a car-
Frenchnian named Francois Pigeon, checker, was in the check office when
known as "Frenchy," a yardman, :toed the disaster occurred. He was
at the buffer ready to make the -coup- , BLOWN OUT OF THE WINDOW,
ling. The cars came together with a and, fallina.amnia lot of broken tim-
bump, and immediately afterwards a • brs, wasbadly °hurt. In crossing a
has a wife and one child living in the
eastern part of the town. Andrew Por-
ter,first clerk in the freight department,
also had a narrow escape. He was 'on
the southern side of the freight office
when the explosion occurred, and Was
blown across the room and out through
the north window. He escaped the
falling building, and only- sustained a
few bruises and cuts of a trivial nature.
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION
shook the ground. - The yard was full
of freight cars at the time, aud for hun-
dreds of yards around they were tort to
pieces. The freight shed, a large brick
building, stands about 190 feet from the
scene of the explosion. At the west end
of the -shed was a wooden extension
used as a freight ofilce. The office was
blown down and the western end of the
freight shed torn cempletely out. The
roof was split in t.1'emiddle the entire
length of the builling, and the heavy
beams which traversed it were!
SNAPPED ASUNDER LIKE PIPE STEMS.
The windows were all shattered and
-the structure left almost a`wreck. It is
impossible to -describe the appearanee
of the yarct after the occurrence. The
ground. for a great distance was strewn
with freight of all descriptions, agricul-
tural implements, dry goods, groceries,
splinters of car -boxes, broken trucks,
broken wheels, lengths of rail twisted
in all sorts of fantastic shapes'brake
rods, huge pieces of iron, heavy beams
and large masses of brick work. Under
the car in which the explosion took
place was a hole resemblina an inverted
cone. Measured in the centre the cav-
• ity proved to be nine feet deep. In
breadth it was twenty-four feet and in
circumference seventy-two. The •ties
and rails had completely disappeared,
while all around the clay was thrown
Up in mounds.
• THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION
was so great that nearly all the houses
in the vicinity were rendered. window-
less, and in many cases roofs were'
blown off and walls thrown down. The
car -checker's office, .a small wooden
building, stood about 130 yards distant
from the place where the explosion took
place. All that remains of it now is
floor and the posts which supported. it. -
The books and papers of the company
were blown away from the freight shed,
and some of them were picked up a
quarter of a mile away from the scene
of the disaster. A portion of an axle,
weighing probably 150 pounds, was car-
ried through the yard and .landed in a
garden over two hundred yards away,
where it buried itself two feet in the
earth. A brake rod eight or ten feet
long was carried over the town a quarter
of a mile and fell in Queen street, but
fortemately aid no damage. A. twelve
foot rail was.liftod up and lodged in a
field 300 yards away, while a piece of a
car wheel was found. in a field nearly
half a mile from the railway yard. The
shock of the explosion ' was so severe
that the residents of the town and vi-
cinity thought that a violent earthquake
ha.d occurred. Shortly after the disas-
ter became known thousands visited
the scene. As soon as the alarm which
• the accident engendered had abated the
officers of the company set to work to
learn the extent of
THE DAMAGE DONE.
There are a half dozen or more sidings
here crowded with cars, and nearly all
of them hed suffered more or less. In
places there were trucks without plat-
forms or boxes, and in others the boxes
were in splinters: Between the station
and the fikight sheds the first comers
fouud Thos. Dolan lying dead of a
fractured skull. The deceased was a
widower, forty-seven years of age, the
father of seven children. He was em-
ployed as a porter at the •station, and and an excellent start was made. Han -
was passing from the station to the lan, pulling easily, drew ahead from the
freight shed when the explosion occur- first, and was never afterwards headed,
red. He wap
BLOWN MANY FEET IN THE AIR,
and if he was not killed. by the shock,he
met his death by falling on his head on
a sleeper. —The deceased had been in
the employ of the cOmpany for some
years, and his son now holds a position
field. behind the freight shed, about 100
yards from where the explosion oc-
curred, oue of the -workmen was hor-
ror-struck at finding a hunian limb
lyinabiu the ditch. Presuming it to be
part of Pigeon's bdy, it was also taken
to the room where the bodies lie. Sub-
sequently a foot and. part of a jaw were
found to the north of the freight shed.
THE LOSS TO THE COMPANY
in rolling stock is very heavy. Thirty-
six freight cars were totally destroyed;
twenty wee badly damaged, and about
forty or fifty will require very extensive
repairs before they are ready for the
road again. As many of the cars were
heavily laden, a large quantity of freight
has been destroyed. Ever since the ac-
cident a large gang of section hands,
numbering many hundreds, has been
busily engaged in collecting the goods
and storing them in the shattered
freight depot uutil better quarters can
be prepared. It has been calculated
that the loss will foot up to between
.$400,000 and $500,000, the larger part
of which will lie on the company. Just.
before the explosion occurred the east-
ern -bound passenger train drew out of
Stratford station and had just passed
out of the yard and. out of danger when
the awful shock occurred. It is a mat-
ter for surprise that a great many more
did not fall victims to the disaster, as
there were a number of workmen in the
yard at the time. Up in the town a
mile away from the scene of the late
accident, the sidewalks -were strewn
with fragments of glass from many
broken windows. Hardly a 'house
escaped.
THE EXPLOSIO.
Those who saw the explesion say that
a column of white smoke, Streaked with
bars of black and red, with fire, shot up
in the air with great velocity after the
dscharge. The sight is said to have
'been terrifying. The sound _f the ex-
plosion was heard in the country for
miles 'around. At the village of Milver-
ton, seventeen miles north, the shock
was distinctly felt, and windows in
houses there and four miles to the east
were broken. It is the opinion of many
that the explosion resulted from the
:shock made by cars coming together in
coupling.
• The Great Boat Race.
THE CANADIAN AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
Th.e long -look -ed -for single scull race
on the Tyne, Newcastle, between Han-
lon and Hawdon for £200 a side took
'Place on Monday, and, as was generally
expected, resulted in a victory for Hau-
led'. The weather was splendid. The
course was from HighLevel Bridge to
• Suspension Bridge at Scotswood, a dis-
tance of three miles three furlongs.
Hainan won the race by six lengths.
His time was 22 minutes and 5 seconds.
Hainan and Hawdon appeared at 1.28
o'clock, and promptly took their sta-
tions. The wind had changed to the
west, and the water was rather lumpy,
but the sun shone very brightly. To
provide for any accident that might
happen two ten -oared cutters were in
attendance, one for each of the compe-
titors, Wallace Ross rowing stroke in
that attendingbHanlan.. Betting at the
start was five to two on Heenan. The
Canadia,ia won the toss for choice of po-
sition. The starter said " go" at 1.47,
nor did he seem • at any time to be
pushed. hard. Indeed, his victory was
a remarkably easy one. He laughed
good-naturedly at his opponent from
time to time, and once stopped entirely
and baled the water out of his boat, and
then resumed his sculls with the ut-
most cooln
banks of t
great. Ha
ceived by
he has bee
ess. The crowds along both
ae river, were indescribably
nlan's victory is,very well re -
he 'Tynesiders, with whom
eine quite a pet. The win-
ner was not in the Mast distressed. at
the finish. As he came down the river
to Newcastle in • the referee's boat he
with tremendous cheering
me of the banks on both
e time of the race was 22
was greete
along the
sides. T
minutes aid.6 seconds, the slow time
being easily accounted for by reason of
the strong 'wind and rough water that
to match Hainan and Ross
d is refused. Hanlan is
row Elliott on the 16th of
00 a side, for the national
hip and cup, on the Tyne.
s have been signed.
Col. Sh w at a meeting held Monday,
a message from. the Marquis -
ongratulating Hanlon.
um of money was placed on
6 to 4.
Mr. Stirling has offered. to back Han -
Ross in America for $6,000
He also offers to back Boyd
s on the Tyne for anything
0. Neither offer lias been
to the present.
, .
Canada.
prevailed.
The offe
in Engla
matched t
June for £
champion
The articl
night, read
of Lorne
• A large
Hanlon at
lan to row
to $5,000.
to row Ro
up to $2,0
accepted u
—The r
been fixed
—A dail
between
line.
—Mr. J
elected De
fries, for t
year.
—A lett
burg Court
ssteant from
mq
• —The
Commissi
allowing t
12 o'clock
fore.
—On ac ount of the dullness of trade
Messrs. oldie & McCulloch, foun-
drymen, o Galt, have been compell-
ed to disc arge some 28 .of their work-
men.
onsta,ble Klippert, of Ber-
een appointed a Govern-
tive for the Provinco of On -
ng the position over 15 ap-
• elling of Mr. George Doug-
ndon township, has been
• e ground. Most of the con -
lower story and all in the
destroyed. Totalloss about
Warrn, the champion. lady
of Canada, challenges the
onds, of Loudon, to a 25 -
mg contest, ellowing them
e time between each to walk
te of taxation in Toronto has
at 18/ mils on the dollar.
line of boats is announced
innipeg and, the boundary
hn Wyllie, of Ar, has been
uty Reeve of North Dune -
e remainder of the current
✓ addressed to the Morris -
r, With four 50 -cent pieces,
California, had 22 oue-cent
ite a curiosity.
end= City Board of License
ners have adopted a by-law
e taverns to keep open until
instead of eleven as hereto-
-High
lin, has
merit dete
tario, sec
plican ts.
—The d
las, of L
burned to t
tents of th
upper wer
500.
—Laura
pedestrian
Misses E
mile wal
to diVide t
121 miles.
• —The s
over in 13r•
was imme
factory ass
commence
been recei
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cession difficulty has tided
ish Columbia. Parliament
lately prorogued upon, satis-
rances 9f the intention to
the railway this year having
ed from Ottawa.
ent df the Grand Trunk at
ok a couple of trunks as se -
ticket from one of the "fair
When he opened them,
ound to contain a plentiful
of brieks and fractured bot-
obd, the alleged. mistress•
atches," arrested at Toren -
t, on suspicion of picking
St. James' Cathedral, was
on Saturday morning, as it
e proved that she had taken
erns, together with three
agricultural implements, be -
Mr. John Nixon, near the
mei, county of Halton,
d on the evening of the 1st
about $2,000; insurance,.
Agricultural Mutual of Lon-
e of fire unknown. •
V
— Great • amage has been done to the
railways i New Brunswick, through
the sprin freshets. Late despatches
from the p ncipal towns state that the
rivers are lear of ice and the water very
high. Fe s are entertained for the
railway an other bridges, and the rail-
way tracks are flooded at several points,
and the r s washed away.
—The la e rich discovery of gold in
Madoc is a certained. to have been made
on lot 28 in the 5th concession of
Made°. r. Pusey is about to ship an-
other hundlrcd. tone of iron ore frdra the
Seymour nine, Made°. Preliminary
arrangeme4its have been entered into for
the sale of the Feigel dc Williams' gold
mines in 1armora to the representative
of a numb r of capitalists.
—At Br cebridge, on Friday evening,
a, man nan4ed Samuel Ramsay was en-
gaged in d4gging a hole in the Rev. A.
Finlay's g rden, with the object of
burying a 1 rge stump that was lying
beside it.[While in a stooping posi-
tion the tump slipped, crushing the
imfortunat man to death. When the
stump wasremoved he was found. with
his face be ween his feet buried in the
soft mud.
—The la
Stanstead,
10 cent
death to p
ing anima
The packa
until time
having th
two squar
was writte
block and
— A turt
by Dr. Na -
the villag
weighed 1
ing turtle
Doctor als
found on a plum tree last winter, which
he laid away on a shelf in his OffiC.
To his surprise, last Saturday, he
found cocoon and ehrysolis both open,
and separate, while a beautiful but -
est swindle has occurred in
Quebec. A xnan has sold
ackages, "warranted sure
tato bugs, no risk of poison-
s, as with Paris Greeli."
res were not to be opened
to use them. One victim
ee, opened one, and found
blocks of wood ; on one it
"Place the bug on this
ress firmly with the other."
e of unusual size was caught
h at the Lake Shore, near
• of Forest, on Tuesday. It
pounds, and is now supply -
up to several families. The
got possession of a cocoon,
: •
terfly was strutting about, which
measured six inches from tip to tip of
its whigs.
—Mr. Richard Hastings, of the town-
ship of Grimsby, killed 81 snakes the
other day.
—The ceremonies in connection with
the consecration of the Right Reverend
Arthur Sweatman, B. A., as Bishop of
Toronto, took place in Toronto on
Thursday of last week.
• —Two splendid. thoroughbred Eng-
lish horses have arrived, per steamship
Circassian for Her Royal Higlaness the
Princess Louise. The animals are adapt-
ed either for saddle or driving.
--AMormon Church is in existence
in Toronto. The congregation call
themselves "'Reorganized. Father
Saints." Their teachings forbid. that
one man shall. have more than one wife.
—Chas. Hamilton, a Hamilton white
man, couldn't find anything nicer to
chaw than a colored man's ear. The
Police Magistrate found the cannibal a
free boarding house at the Central
prison for six months.
—The London Cheese Association
was reorganized on Saturday last, with
Mr. John Wheaton as President, and
Mr. G. F. Jewell, Secretary. Weekly
markets will be held. every Saturday
throughout the season.
--J. C. Iler, Reeve of Colchester and
Warden of Essex, and Thomas Ferris,
councilor of Colchester, have been un-
seated on account of having received
contracts that were not completed be-
fore their nomination.
—Seventeen newspapers were repre-
sented in Guelph on the inauguration
of the Royal City," and now the n ew
City (the "intelligent compos-itor" will
please be careful to begin with a capital
C) has since received about $5,000
worth of gratuitous advertising,
--In the Superior Court at Montreal,
in. the Foresters' case, in which Court
Mount Royal sued Baulton and others
for 4981.22, on the ground. that they
had left the Court, and were not
the real body to which the funds be-
longed. Judgment went in favor of the
plaintiffs.
—An amateur farmer at Farmers-
ville, in Leeds county, recently walked
over ten acres of land with an improved
seeder, only filling the feeder but once,
When he get through he found. he had
the same quantity of seed. as when he
started, having 'forgotten to put the ma-
chine in gear.
—Jean A. Paquet, late cashier of the
Hochela.ga, Bank, was found guilty at
the Montreal- Assizes of embezzlement.
He misappropriated $80,000 of the
Bank's funds, which -he invested. in a
phosphate mine. Sentence has been de-
ferred, as well as in the case of Dunbar
Browne, the defaulting Inland Revenue
Collector.
—Last Thursday night Mr. James
England'sresidence, at Paris, was en-
tered by burglars between the hours of
8 and 9:30, while the occupants were.at
prayer meeting. One of the boarders
named Wm. J. Wilkinson, lost a gold
watch and $31 in money. Mr. England
lost a cash -box and 47. Suspicions rest
on a party that left town very suddenly
the next morning.
—Hugh McGinnis, Jr., an employee
on Mr. James Cowaia's farm, in Water-
loo township, met with a peculiar ac-
cident while harrowing the other day.
The harrow became fast, andin endeav-
oring to free it, his hold slipped, caus-
ing it to drop, one of the pins almost
running through his foot. Although
under careful treatment, it will be some
time before Mx. McGinnis is able to re -
Burne work.
—On Friday night Laura Warren
challenged any one torun 25 miles while
she walked 20. Two young men at St.
Thomas accepted. the challenge and
started at 8 o'clock, keeping a splendid.
pace until shortly after 10, when Miss
Warren, who had accomplished sixteen
miles;gave out, complaining of a severe
pain in her side. Young Pennington,
however, had. done his twentieth mile,
and had every prospect of beating her,
so the management awarded him the
money, $10.
—Winnipeg has several men of
weight. First is the Hon. James Mc-
Kay, exMinister of Agriculture, 39
lbs.; Hon. John Norquay, Premier and
Provincial. Treasurer, 299 lbs.- Joseph
Lemay, M. P. P., 315 lbs.; lion. Mr.
Gerard, Senator, 290 Ms.; S. J. Van
Rensselaer, Express Agent, 275 Ms.;
Walter Durant, 360 Ms.; W. R. Durant,
(father of last named) 320 lbs.; R. Mc-
Lellan, 235 lbs.; Miles McDerraot, 285
lbs.; T. Clarke, 2301bse B. R. Durant,
22011)s.; or an average of 293 lbs. for
the whole.
—F. G. Widdows, the ex -monk, has
been heard from. He lectured. in Dun-
dee, Scotland, on the 7th of Apil, and
was compelled to flee from the mob,
who pelted him with mud and stones.
While Widdows is meeting with rough
treatment in Scotland, his co -laborer,
Devlin, is getting hard lines in Canada.
At Perth, a- day or two since, he was
beaten nearly to death by two young
men, one of whom has been arrested.
However mach such men as Widdows
and. Devlin deserve contempt, it is quite
likely such treatment will only give them
prominence.
—On Tuesday of last week, Mr. Wm.
Johnston, farmer aed dairyman, who
resides on lot 25, 2nd conceeSion, West
Flamboro, about a mile past the rail-
way bridge on the York Road, near the
town of Dundas, left his boy at the barn
after dinner to attend to some duties,
telling him to come to the part of the
farm where the others were working
when through. While the boy was at
work itt the; barn, a tramp came in and
asked. for food, which the boy said he
could. not give him:' On coming out of
the barn the boy noticed. the man sitting
at the side of the road, and on looking
back after proeeeding some distance
away he saw the same man running
stealthilyalang by the fence, and a mo-
ment after smoke was seen corning out
of the barn. The alarm was given, and
all the stock consisting of over 20 head
•
of cattle and. horses saved; the barn,
fodder and some implements being de-
stroyed. Mr. Johnston made an effort
to trace the miscreant, but was not suc-
cessful. He came into town in the
evening and informed the • constables,
keeping a sharp look out for the rascal,
whom he describes as a good-sized
middle-aged man, with dark whiskers
and dark ragaed clothes. Tae loes
on the barn will be partly waked by
insurance.
—About 4 o'clock on Wednesday
morning of last week, the dwelling house
of Mr. falexander Armstrong, Sr., about
a mile from Newbury, was burned to
the ground, those who escaped, escaping
only with their lives. Yr. Armstrong
himself, a very aged man, and one of
the earliest settlers of the township of
Mosa,, unhappily perished. in the flames.
The house was occupied by Ins son,
Mr. Robert Armstrongeand there is
nothing savedi The origin of the fire is
as yet unknown.
—A prisoner named Efoggart, at Mon-
treal, had the following variety of arti-
des concealed. about- his person when
speculation, singtilarlY unwise, or un-
favorable to proper- business ethic.
Lawsuits are perhaps tinavoidable int a
business career of 15 or -20 yars, but
this firm had more than an average
share of lawsuits and. wrangles, and
they have left behind them a flavor
which all the perfumes of Arabia would
be needed to sweeten.
—The Rev. Dr. Tupper, of AyIesford,
father of Hon. Dr. Tupper, Minister of
Public Works, who is now over 0years
of age, a few Sundays ago harnessedhis
own horse, drove four miles, and
preached ill the morning and evening,
and. returned to his home on the fol-
lowing day. It is the reverend gentle-
man's intention, accompanied by his
wife, to pay a visit to his friends at
Avondale during the early part of this
month.. Avondale is about 70 'miles
from Aylesford, and he intends to drive
the whole distance there and back. The
Doctor is still remarkably •Inde for one
of his great age.
—On the afternoon of the 3rd inst.,
at St. Thomas, while a little fiveyear
old. son of Mr. Robert Hagarty, of that
searched: A penknife, a eniall saw with 1 town, was playing around the pony en -
teeth on both sides, a package of pep-
per, a piece of steel intended to unscrew
bolts, a file, a tooth -brush, a chisel, and
$14. The saw was concealed in his nek-
tie, and the file in his socks. Hoggart
was by no means willing to allow him-
self to be searched, but upon the officer
threateningto put a chain or twister
around hisheck, he desisted from mak-
ing further resistance.
—The Peterboro Review has been
shown a specimen of a- new insect pest,
whose ravages will probably soon spread
through Ontario. In the United States
the pea crop has been suffering from a
fly or beetle, which is supposed ,to lay
its eggs itt the pea blossom, the grub
occupying the seed when grown, and
there de/doping into the perfect insect.
The specimen shown came from near
Whitby, the pea having a perforation
almost through it, and containing the
destructive insect. In some paas of
the State, where this insect is preva-
lent, the farmers have had. to give up
growing peas.
—A robbery with a tinge of the mys-
terious about it, occurred in the Star
oftice. Montreal, between Saturday
night last and. Monday morning. It ap-
pears that upon the closing Of the office
on Saturday night the safe contained
several hundred. dollars, and on Monday
morning, when it was opened, it was
found. that some one had been there in
the interval, and. stolen its valuable
contents. The mystery does not lie in
the safe having been opened, as such an
occurrence is, unfortunately, not an un-
usual one in Montreal, but in its hav-
ing been found on Monday morning
locked and apparently uninjured. The
case has been. placed in.the hands of a
detective.
--Frederick Gibson, the ex -printer,
who, a while ago, fell heir to a large
fortune in England, and Ins wife are
living in Montreal much bbs outeasts.
They have squandered already a large
portion of their means in drink and
otherwise, and go from house to house
for refuge, as it were. The other night
about ten o'clock they were seen on St.
Antoine street, the old man with Ins
arms fau of clothing, and. his young
wife carrying the remainder of their
effects, and trying to urge him on (he
was half tipsy) to some place to stop for
the night. They had just then turned
out of a house on Richmond Square,
where they had been living in a rented
room during the past three weeks, their
conduct being too bad. for the sufferance
of the residents of the house.
—John Livingstone, the Ailsa Craig
forger, having previously pleaded guilty
to three indictments for forgery, was
sentenced to two years' confinement in
the Penitentiary on each indictment—
but the sentences to nm concurrently,
so that at the end. of two years he will
have served. the full term of Ins sen-
tence. Considering the systematic way
in which he prosecuted. his scandalous
work of forgery, and that it had covered
a term of so many Years, we think his
sentence an extraordinarily light one.
Had he not pleaded. guilty, and had the
full measure of his crimes been repre-
sented to the Judge, as it would hove
been had. his case been defended, there
is no likelihood that he would have got
off with so light a sentence.
—At Hamilton on Monday morning,
at about 10:45, as an employee in Prof.
Hand's pyrotecnie factory, named Chas.
Drew, was filling a rocket it exploded
in Ins hand. Dropping the rocket, it
set all the fire -works in- the building off,
causing a terrific explosion, demalishing
the building, which was of frame and
detached., and shaking the surrounding
buildings considerably. The fire alarm
was sounded; and the brigade turned
water on the burning building, and pre-
venting the fire from spreading. Strange
to say no one was hurt, Drew escaping
with a burnt hand. Haud's lees is
about $2,500; no insurance. This is
the second disaster of the kind with-
in a year, and is likely to injure him,
as he was preparing extensively for the —One day of last week the dwelling
holidayshouse of Mr. Lewis, on 'the corner of
—The remnant Of the stock of a once
well-knowii but never popular grocery
concern in Montreal, W. J. Shaw & Co.,
some $5,060 worth of goods, beingall of
a wholesale stock that was uncovered
by warehouse receipt or other lien, was
sold on Wednesday at 741 cents in the
dollar, and. bought in by a brother of
one of the partners. The book debts, Mr. Wm. Balkwill on. the head, cutting
some $10,395 in nominal value, were him severely. The wound, although
sold at the same time to a Mr. Cross
for 23 cents itt the dollar,and "so passes
the glory, &c.," if glory there was. This
firrais stated to have shown at about
gine of the Great Western Railway, he
fell and was run over, having both legs
mangled and. crushed to a pulp. Medi-
cal attendants were quiddy on the spot,
and had hina conveyed. to the nearest
house, when it was found necessary to
•amputate both limbs above the knees.
Recovery is very doubtful. The little •
fellpw appeared to be insensible to any
pain, never uttering a soutid, except
that he asked for 'his father, who
fainted away upon seeing his son's
mangled form. The engineer shed tears
upon seeing what had been done. The
parents have the sympathy of the entire
community.
Perth Items.
—Mr. W. Buckingham, late private
secretary to the Hon. Alexander Mac-
kenzie, removed. his family to Stratford
last week.
—Mr. James Perrin, of Elms, recent-
ly clipped two fleeces of wool weighing
281 lbs. from a yearling lamb and its
mother of the Cotswold breed. The
Wool is of excellent quality.
—Mr. J. Foster, of Fullarton, has
rented his faxra of 112 acres, situated
between the old and new Mitchell
roads, to Mr. 3. 0. Coles, for five
years, at 4300 a year. The farm is a.
good. one.
—A new post office has been esta,b-
lished in Ellice township, called Ros-
tock. It is situated on lot 20, concession
10, formerly known is Ellice Centre, and
has a mail twice a week—Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Mr. J. Kreuter is the
postmaster.
—Some time ago, a farmer in. Wal
I.ace had a quantity of wheat stolen out
of Ins barn. He is said to have blamed
one of his neighbors, a young man, for
the theft. • It has since transpired that
his own son, a lad about 17 years of ae,
was the culprit: While drawing saw-
logs to Listowel, he would put on a bag
or two at a time, laying a, quantity of
pea -straw on top, and, in. this way, he
purloined sufficient to supply himself
-with money fOrl present and. future
use. "Make money honestly, lint make
it anyhow."
—Mr. and. Mrs. E. Hill, of Newry
station, invited a large number of their
many friends to attend the tenth an-
niversary of their matrimonial alliance,
at their house, on Monday night" last
veeek. About 75 persons were present
to do honor to the occasion. This being
the tenth year of their co -partnership
in raatrimonial bliss, the celebration
was designated a tin wedding; and,
in concurrence with the name, many
of the guests presented. the happy pair
with tin gifts, as tokens of the high
esteem in which they were held by their
friends.
—On Friday night some parties broke
into the house of Mir. Attig, itt
Morningtop, township, about two miles
east of Milverton, and smashed all the
windows and doors, besides doing other
damage. Mr. Attig is of opinion that
there are some parties in the neighbor-
hood. who want Ids place, and are anxi-
ous to scam him out. He doesn't in-
tend to be driven away in that fashion,
however, but will sell his place if he
gets a flair price. In the meantime
he offers a reward of 450 for the dis-
covery of the parties who ransacked his
pranises.
—Mr. Louis Goodwin, of Fallarton...
township, was seriously injured bn.
Tuesday last week, while assisting sjb
Mr. Pridhams barn raising. As he Was
walking across one of the upper be 9,131S
he taught hold of a brace, which tame-,
out, causing him to fall to the gronnal
a distance of about 18 feet. He Rig-
soine severe bruises which will
-lay him up for some tune. Fortim-
ately, however, no bones were 43roken.
Captain Francis, deputy reeve of the
township named, had one of his eyes
badlY injured by _something into,
it. It is feared he will lose hie eight in
the injured eye.
the St. Marys Road, near Exeter, was
discovered to be on free the stove pipes
having ignited the roof of the kitchen, ..
a,nd before it could be got under eon
tad the kitchen department was de-
stroyed. During the fire some of the
workers accidentally dropped a heavy
water bucket from the buildieg, striking •
painful, is not considered dangerous.
—The ladies of Caven Presbyterian
Church, Exeter, have organized a
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mse
this time itt 1877 a surplus of something sionary Society. The officem elected
like $70000, which has gone into thin are : President, Mrs. 3Iartley, ; Treas-
urer, Mrs. Barnwell; Secretary, Mr
Gowen, li3t Vice -President, Mrs. Bow-
den, 2nd Vice -President, Mis.sMeLeod;
Assistant Secretary, Miss Kerr. The •
first regniar meeting was held. on Tueo-'
day of last week, at the residence ot thot
Bev. A. Y. Hartley.
air, or in part into the more substantial
form of real estate in the name of some
one other than the partners. There ap
pears to be a general consent to the
opinion that the operations of the senior
of thiafirm have for years been,whether
as personal venture, or joint account