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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-05-16, Page 1MAY 9, 1879. 11•11111101=11=10 Islam t least 33 per cent. on each d at least,50- per centon the astions. Hoping tbegie fel* ie of service, I itirt, Sir, yours C. Cretaxsc»r. see/rotten,'May lst, 187g. re -The Prices tell,and every - lie price, That is the secret all's success. Oak Hall is kith customers every day. or the Oale Hall suits is tre. We are complimented every numerou$ customers in re. st(Xk, The Oak Hall keep ely trade, land intends in the n the pest, not only to keep their honorable competi- ) pass the& all (If we canyon a Arrived this week the - de Voyage Silk Cap, these E'St out, ani so small that you 'hem in your vest pocket. tienaan contemplating travele d have one of there with hinzte ',test novelties in Felt and imported direct from the ,market. We have also re - age lot of straws, in ail the et, at tremendous low pricea. something new, neat and. will be sold at old tariff feeler & ANDERSON, Oak Han, )ntaaio. pADI HIS -777 WILL FIND _ARCM VARIETY OF THE ST NOVELTIES AT THE MODERATE. PRICES .IIILLINERY AT neDOLICALL & C0.3 EXPRESS nem Europe This Week rETKING NEW _Flowers, French and Eng- 3hapes, Ornarnents, Grtistala lets, Ribbons, Laces, NOts, MCDOUGALL & AMPS IN WANT OF 0 DRESS GOODS e Priced Dress Goods tad Low Priced _Dress Goods • Ind the, Largest and Bait Assortment at itiCDOUGALL & CV& EN'S, MISSES' MD LADIES' HATS the various qualities, itS ed in New York,in Greer tt at MCDOUGALL & GOA THE BEST VALUE urenone3r, to find the beat Manufactured, to find tit variety to select frOgtelb SsarY to go to MCDOUGALL & 004 Importers and DeaIerigiii -Dry Goods Only. EER Taken in EXch )ds on and after the 1. ExtremeR SALE1.. • • nIun '1k 377110LE NUMBER, 597. TWELFTH YEAR. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, M4Y 16, 1879. { . McLE.AN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a. Year, in Advance. BBA.L ESTATE FOR SALE. ..--- DBOPERTY FOB SALE. -For Sale, that In - X Lenient and desirable residence on the col er a Nigh and Market Streets, lately occEpied !by In, Vence.. Apply to DR. VERCOE- 488 eeLUEVALE.-NBW Dwelling Irons° in Bluevalo for s attached 14x18; extra well finished; one quarter lot well -I/ ale ; story nd a half, 18x26, w,750k0i.tch4cvn. ply to JOSEPH BURGESS, BluelDvalricee. 589 sere fenced and pump. ,-Te, 4 rOR SALE.-Fo Sale a first class Planing .1: WU, nearly new and in good running order, satiated in the flourishing Town of Seaforth I will be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquire of GORD, COSSEN-S & CO., Goderich, Ont. VAR.11 AND TOWNN PROPERTY FOR SALE, ✓ PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. -Lot 7, clothe lith concesEdon, McKillop; price $40 or ore; Building rets in different parts of he tom of Seaforth; purchasers can make their o vn terms of payment, lt 8 per cent. interest. JAS. wax- FOR SAT. -For SalLot No. 5, I By- TATTIE.59 -I: field Concession, Goderich Township, e a- libiing 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and i a good state of cultivition. The farm is adjoin ng the village of Bayficld, and will be sold cheap a d on favorable term . Apply to the propriet r, 1 JOHN GOVENLOCK. 52 ‘ 1 (TOME FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4, V con. 7, Hallett, County of Ettron ; 100 acre s; 80 cleared, well underdrained, and in a good state of cultivation; brildings convenient and good; fertile easy. Fogr_.hY IE farther particulars applyto essrs. McCAUG & OLMESTED, Seaforth, or on the premises r WM. E. CLDWELL. C4n- O nce P. O. 555 VALUABLE FA ✓ the east half Tuckersmith, Coun saes, al miles fro convenient to sch beet quality. For JAMES PICKARD Egmondville P. 0. M FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot N. 4, Con. 4, H. R. ., y of Huron, ;consisting of 150 the Town • of Seaforth, and ol. The land is of the very further particulars apply 1to opposite the premises, or to 52 VARM AND TON PROPERTY FOR SALE, CHEAP. -Lot o,24, Con. , 9, McKillop, 100 acres; north half ot 30, Con. ;9, -MeNillop, acres; north half of north half Lot 31, Can. 9, licKillop, 25 acres residence occupied by -Mr. Ifalcolmson on G ninlock Survey, Seaforth; bulling lots on s' and F. G. Sparlinces Sur- veys. Apply to G Worth. AY, YOUNG & SPARLING, 595 VARM FOR S .-For Sale, the west part of L Lot No.1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres, 5 of which are ole ed, well fenced, and in a state cd good cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orchard and p enty of water. It is on the gravel road leading to Brussels and Seaforth, and adjoins a church d schol. It is also within hall a mile of the V Rage of Walton. Apply on the premises or to Wa ton Post Office. CFARLES IIURCHIE. 493 FARM FOR SA .-That well-known and fine- ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Ilullett, in the County of Baron, containing 100 acres, • 90 of which are cleared; here are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheephouse and drivnig house ; also orchard and abundance of water. The farm issituated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, op the Huron Road. For full particulars apply t McCAUGHEY & HOLME- BTED, Seaforth, or.to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises 553-4x PROPERTY F01 SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, Con 16, Grey; Weat half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese faeLorr complete; Lot 11, Con. 6, and Booth half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Morris; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township of Hoick, all good improved farms, together with sever41 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris, and house and lots and vacant lots in the village of Brass le, Prices low, terms easy, and title good. Ap ly to JOHN LECKTFI, Bra- ees. 574 VARM FOR SALE a able farm, bein ship of Hallett, situ and 6 miles from S buildings on the pre stone house, two sto creek runs through fences, and the land tivation. Apply on miciTA-Fi, or to forth. -For Sale, that most desr- Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town - ted 14 miles from Finburn, aforth. There are excellent ises, including a first-class rey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring he farm; good orchard, good in an excellent state of cul - he premises to JAY -FIS Me - JAMES 11. BENSON, Sea - 562 TIESIRABLE PR PERTY FOR SALE. -For J Sale, a comforta le brick Cottage with 8 acres d choice land, in Ro boro, township of McKillop, within two miles an a half of Seaforth. There is afine orchard of eh ice bearing fruit trees, also well, stable, blacks sith shop, and all necessary conveniences. It is pleasantly situated, and is a most desirable prop rty for a retired farmer or a market gardener. It will be sold cheap and on *my tenns of payment if desired. Apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Seaforth P. O., THOMAS HYSLO P. 593 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale the west half of Lt 27, Con. 3, McKillop, con- taining50 acres, knOwn as the Daigle estate. This fermis situated within one mile and a quarter of deaforth. The land is of the choicest quality,. There is a handsome residence and good outbuild- ings. The farm is well planted 'with fruit and or- namental trees, is in excellent order, and well fenced. It is adirdrably suited for a retired gen- tleman, a dairy -man or market gardener. Terms easy. This property must be sold at once. Apply IQ A. STRONG, Seaorth. 539 pAitm FOR SALE -South half of Lot 26, Con. 6, Morris, County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 85 acres clea ed, balance hardwood 60 acres clear of at clay loam; 13 aere, orchard; bank barn outbuilding% ; good addition; 2 wells; us only two miles fro reads; school house ticulars apply on the Brussels P. O. ROB -etor, Brussels P. 0. ps and underdrained ; soil fall wheat; good bearing 0x60, nearly new, and other log house, with new! frame ell fenced. The above farm Brussels, on good gravel n the lot. For f nrther par - remises, or to C. R. Cooper, RT BROADFOOT, P ropri- 588 VILLAGE PROPERTY .2011 SALE. - Being Dwelling house and two lots, containing one- half acre each, in the -Village of Varna situated on the corner opposite the post office; which makes them suitab e for building for business 1 Purpose. The hous contains 5 bedrooms, sitting zoom, dining room nd kitchen, with, woodshed attached, sat water cistern and every other con- venience to make a comfortable and commodious dwelling. On the lops there is a good bearino orchard- of various kinds of fruit, and a quantity °lgrape 'vines. Thete is also a well and pump, and good stable anddriving shed. Terms easy. Possession given on the let of October. For fur- ther particulars apply to the proprietor. S. A. MOFFATT, Varna P O. 593-41 }'ABX McK1LLOP FOR SALE. -For Sale, the North part (1 Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Mc- Ifillop, containing 112 acres; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, underdraiued, and in a high wisttte hofaredittoiovadt;gioncothe balmace is well timbered baoutlibti5i01dxi5a7g.,w,italilssota ling underneath, and other dwelling, new bank frame good young orchard and Plonty of water. Is ib miles from Brussels, 5 from Walton, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel road5 to each place; convement to church and schools; will be sold as a whole or in two part, or will be exchanged for a small farm. Apply to Walton 1'. 04 or to the proprietor on the premises. 'WILLIAM DYNES. 593 PARM F011 SALE. -The subscriber offers feIr sale Lot 22, Con 12 of the township of Stan- ley, containing one h indred acres, 83 acres clear etl and in a good. state of cultivation, and good fences, balance 17 Cres good hardwood bush; one half of clearing g eded clown, there will be 13 84rs of wheat put i this fall, there is about 8 sexes of a thriving o •chard on the premises and a Truiety of fruit tree • all now bea.ring. The farnn 'ell watered, a. never failing creek runs through the far, also two good well, largo bank barn 86 by 60 feet with good stabling under- neath the barn, and a log dwelling house. The term is situated wit in two and a half miles al the village of Bayfie d. For further particulars apply to S. MeLEA.N, proprietor on the premises sr to W. Connor,- Bayfield P. 0. 672 Mr. Pringle on the. Local Elections. 1'o the Editor of the Huron Exposior. Sir, -Although the people differed at the general elections in reference to the best trade policy tot be pursued, and pronounced strongltr in favor of Pro- tection, whereby the Mackenzie Gov- ernment was upse, it does not follow that the same cry should be used against the Mowat Government, who have nothing whatever to do with questions of trade and commerce. There being no political differences of opinion in connection with the Local House, but simply a fight for place and power, I would ask, would it be in the interest of the country -to reject Mr. Mowat and his followers at the coming elec- tiona? It seems to me it would not. Mr. Mowat is the only solitary Premier whose revenue exceeds his expenditure. His troubles have been caused by hav- ing more money than he knew what to do with. Although he has given 02,- 270,000 beards the construction of new railways in the newer sections of the Province, and opeued up new settle- ments, which has greatly increased the trade of the: country, still the more he gives, the more he seems -to have to spend. An1 effort has been made to cook up fighres to show how extrava- gant he has been. His extravagance consists in giving back to the country 3,225,378 in cal and other public im- provementsthat will return the money with interst. Granting that Mr. Mowat, like: the people themselves, has been a little extravagant, now, when hard times have set in, has been the first to set the example of reducing the expenditure of his Government, al- though he can boast of having a sur- plus of .55,000,000 in the treesury. This, certainly, is quite .a contrast to. what Tory rule has accomplished. in the Province of. Quebec. Instead of fight- ing over surpluses like Mr. Mowat, they have had the unspeakable pleasure of running into 013,000,000 of debt, which is surely nothing to boast of. What advantage would it be to this county to supersede the present mem- bers for Huron by electing Jackson, Kelly and Holmes? On personal grounds there is no comparison. Our present members are all old settlers, who went into the woods and under- went all the trials incidental to a new country. Two of them represented their townships at the County Council ever since they were represented, until they went to Toronto to represent their respective ridings. Twenty-five years' experience in public life ought to be quite a recommendation. Besides be- ing farmers, they are the right stamp of men to represent agricultural inter- ests in the Local House. President Hayes has not got three better looking men in his Cabin: t, and taking them morally, physiceily and intellectually, they are a credit to the county they re- present. It seems impossible, that Jackson, a wholesale dealer in "evil spirits," could take the same interest in the prosperity of the farmer that the good Bishop does, who is One of them- selves, whose own interest is their in- terest, and who knows what it is to clear a farm and live on it besides. Irrespective of the name he bears, he is the right man in the right place. Neither is there any comparison be- tween Dr. Holmes and Mr. Gibson. While the Doctor has been stUdying medicine, Mr. Gibson was studying either the interest e of his township or his country, and is thoroughly posted in all municipal affairs. It would cer- tainly be much better for the riding to alloiv the Doctor a chance to complete his studies; then, perhaps, like all great and good doctors, he will discover that the less medicine he gives his patients the cheaper it is for them, and themore likely they will be to recover. This would far more than comaterbalance any good the worthy Doctor could ac- complish in Toronto. Mr. Gibson is in- terested in seeing the country healthy and prosperou. The Doctor's interest scarcely lie e in that direction. Besides it is wonderful what an amount of legi lation doctors have already got at the expense of the country. Again what comparison is there b tween A. M. Ross and Pat. Kelly. Mr. Ross has filled the most responsible office in the gift of the people for the last twenty-five years, and has been one of the most public spirited of public men. In times of danger he was one of the first to offer his services in de- fence of the country. When the Fenians were supposed to have landed near Bayfield, he was the ,first to receive them with his rifle and twelve inches of cold steel. It was no fault of his that they failed to put in an appear- ance, and that he wes not killed in de- fending his country. The will, in his case, should be taken for the deed. If Mr. Ross had had the good luck to be killed, he would have had a monument erected to his memory to -day equal to that of General Brock's, and been wor- shipped. not only by West Huron, • but by the whole Dominion. Why, then, supersede such a man with -nobody? Mit. Ross has made his mark in the House apart from his other claims. The Reform Government havina°spoiled Mr. Kelly's favorite occupation of being a Parliamentary agent when eMoney and. whiskey ruled the country; ib is quite natural he should want to become an M. P. If elected and his party gains power, Mr. Kelly being an accomplished schemer, he is almost certain of having a seat in the Cabinet. If the Ministry should follow the example of their patron saint, John A. Macdonald and i get their likenesses taken at the ublic expeese, and should Mr. Kelly be end - d down to our children's children as the member of Centre Huron, it would certainly give them a miserably poor opinion of their forefathers. Let the farmers of the county see to it that they honor themselves by returning the present members by a large majority. The good. Bishop naturally directs his attention to the education of the young. Mr. Ross, being a banker, watches closely the finances of the country; and Mr. Gibson has made it his busi- ness to see that equal rights and fair play are given to rich and poor, and that large corporations, such is the Grand Trunk Railway, shall not im- pose on the people. The great interests of the county could not be in better hands. Yours, &c., JAMES PRINGLE. Friendly Advice. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. DEAR SIR, -With your kind permis- sion, I wish to speakea few words pri- vately with your able contributor who got that unfortunate seedsman in the pillory, on condition that you tell no- body about it, for if you do, they will call nee a Granger and several other hard nam es. Mr. Pringle, you , struck . the right key but not the right man, for be- tween you and me, he is not so much to blame after all. You are unwittingly following the precedent of certain legal functionaries who punieh any high- minded gentlenian who would resent a mean assault' of sling -slang from the fish market dictionary, by giving the offender a slap on the ear. The gentle- man is punished and the miscreant pro- tected. It must not be inferred that I intend to excuse or palliate the offence which brought downyour lash, but what an impartial bystander would say is that you should have given both par- ties a taste. You know that two par - tie S are needed to a contract, that the • accessofy before the fact is guilty with the principal, that the farmers are cul- pable in the case, that weak minds are unstable. By way of illustration, let us suppose that you were a man of small mind and little force of character; that, there in a pool of limpid water, lies basking a shoal of beautiful fat fishes which you know to have been taken a thousand times, and, from the avidity withwhich theyseize everyfreshbait,they mut richly enjoy the operation; could you or any one n•ot blessed with a plen- itude of supernatural grace, resist the temptation of sliding a hook under their gills? This has become a professional scientific game of late yearn, and, to the careful observer, quite interesting,which we may watch with profit. Behold that polite sportsman at the head of the pond, a full fledged Politician, with silken line, gilt hook and perfumed bait, professing his utmost regard for all aquatic tribes; their every wish shall be his pleasure, will move when and how they may dictate. Delusive tinsel. Now, they learn that the animal that takes the bit must obey the line. Next comes the lightning rod chap, who will protect them from fire, but not from hot water ; he hauls some of the fattest, when up steps the fruit tree broker with his , standard tree strawberries, and strings up a few score or more. Now comes the prince of anglers, the patent right man, with like success; in his. wake is the patent medicine man, with ten harks to cure the five senses, a bot- tle of angle worine from Asia, a phial that will kill them, sure dose for worms, and pills that will " lay " on the liver, when, immediately behind him, is the travelling quack doctor, from whose presence death must vanish; his take is simply immense. The next on the list is an amateur, who disdains to use ordinary bait, but whips the pondwith the aristocratic fly, the glitter of whose plupaage dazzles all eyes. They are ac- tually offered at public auction, any sum from $5 to a hundred, for 50 cents, besides a thousand and• one patent no- tions, mitable among which is a plaster that will extract hilarity without pain. The thing sticks, and, 30 days from that date, the shortest face in the com- munity is 18 inches long. Now, Sir, this is a serious state of affairs; but one mut cut off with an et cetera, for a whole column would not contain the list which comes like the clown's an- nouncement' that the next performance will be "something else," while one part remains the same-. The farmer is con- tinually bleeding at the gills. Now, Sir, you will admit that your conduct was uncharitable. Here is a lot of strange adventurers allowed to practice their little games, while our own man cannot have a nibble in peace. The great danger is in your not know- ing the strength of your arm. When you wish to test the tension of your thong, lay it round .transportation and railway corporations, whose hides are so thick and souls so small that serious injury cannot result, and just once. round the hips of some of our rubicand farmers and if that does not arouse them from their lethargy,- all other medicines must fail, but never strike a small, thin man, or you will raise in- curable blisters. Your idea .of supplying seed grain through county agricultural societies is very good, but would it not be better to import some choice stock, say a few Norman colts from France, and some good calves from the Channel Islands, that our horses and dairy cows may be improved, since there is already a vast agricultural society covering nearly all North Arnerica, through which any seed produced on the continent can be got directly from the producer. As you and some other readers of this paper may not know how this has been, may, and can bedone, I will tell you. The Patrons of Husbandry are now organ- ized, and spread. from Halifax to Ore- gon,lfrona St. Paul to Galveston • we have a weekly paper, published in Wel- land, which is read in about 800 Granges in the Dominion, and, as an echanae, in every State of the Ameri- can I Union. The advertisements of farms, stock, seeds, &c., are inserted twoweeks gratis. Si complete, reliable and expeditious is this medium that, within four weeks, any seed, stock or information can be got which is to be had in either country. This I know by exprience, for some time ago I got an order from some farmers near Lake Erie for a. carload of seed peas; know- ing the in ected state of our gram it could not le filled. This would not ac- cord with some seedsmen's prineiple, but agrees with ours. As it seemed impruden to sow peas and grow bugs, I propose to try corn as a substitute, and asked for information on its culti- vation, an in two weeks got three ex- cellent m thods, one from county', On tario, fro Kent, arid Southern Ichi- gan, and this week from Ypsil nta. Very man of our farmers who are so easily swill died know nothing of this, and will not try to learn. They remind us of a :ertain hypochondriac, Whose malady consisted in believing that he was made of butter, and that if he 4ame into a hou e or near a fire, he ould melt and an away. Notwithstanding She entrei ties of his physician i and friends, h : staid outside and diel of cold. I eely confess that this s a serious ohm° ; the only objection hich can be pr Tarred against it is that 't is too true, .ut, if brought against u by any one b ta farmer, I would b ob- liged to ray my prayers or loos my temper, t ough, in candour, we ould be foroed o accept the situation fter- wards. • ours respectfully, M. McQu u. TIICKBESSI TII, May 2, 1879. Canada. -Mont eal uses 10,000,000 gallo s of water daili -A sal w▪ ell has been discovered in Port Hop:. -The • opulatiop. of the Cit of Guelph is 10,072, --Chat am High School boys ar in- structed i military drill. -Artes an wells are being sun in Winnipeg, where good water is lladly wanted. -A Mo treat tavern keeper has been fined 50l arid costs for allowing a three -car -monte man to fleece his cus- tomers. -An 0- tawa paper says that there are hundreds of men lying aroun Ot- tawa who e services can be had a 80 centsaday. - A ne silk factory is being e tab- lished in Montreal. It will give em- ployment to 150 handseising 300 po nds of silk per week. --.- -James Howard, who stole two ows from a McGillivray farmer, was found. guilty, and sentenced to three yea s in the Penitentiary. -DunbL• Brown and the Hoch :lege Bank Manager, Paquet, have each leen sentenced to five years' imprison ent in the Penitentiary. -The order prohibiting importation of American cattle into the five (Ahern provinces of Canada has been exterided to the 6th June next. - A Torenta official assignee named Edward W. Evans has absconded ith, it [is said4 funds belonging to ome estates he aad charge of. -Six of the ringleaders of the strike on the Cailiada Pacific Railway have been arres ed, and the remainder o the men have teturned to work. - A co respondent of the Eine son, Manitoba, Journal says that Louis Riel is still soj urning at Gingras, an he will go on the prairie this summer. - Two boys from Ontario, abou 14 years of ag , sought the protection of the Whim eg Police Station the other night. T • eir united capital amounted to 25 cent - ew: belonging to Wm. Hume, Puslinch lams, Waterloo county; aye birth to t o lambs Six weeks ago. The other day he same evict dropped anth- er lamb. -A Ne Dundee shoemaker, named A. 11. Bie ler, has been fined $12.70 for desecratin: the Sabbath. The act for which he as punished was shooing gifm.e on t e Sabbath. -The t ree year old filly, sist r of the celebr ted trotting horse "St. at - rick," belo a ging to Mr.Banfield Caron, Paris, an4 valued at $500, was k4lled She other 4ay, having staked itself b dly while jumping over a fence. -The fine mills at Whitevale known as the Mair Mills, belonging to T, P. White, weie destroyed by fire. on Sat- urday moFning, togetl4er ' with 1,500 bushels o wheat and» some flour. The Town Hall was also destroyed. Loss, $15,00; insurance, 08,000. Un- doubtedly he work of an incendiary. -Some bed of a P Convey. girl of the called her her. A st the scene Convey go which refu ts now in o -A far undertake by Messrs. nections of pose brea and the bought six ploughs f Westover, farmer fro ody put red pepper in the rt Hope hotel clerk named he victim accused a waiting ffence. She denied it. He hard names, and assaulted lwart boarder appeared on d knocked Convey down. up and drew a revolver, ed to explode. A law suit der. on a grand scale is being in St. Norbert, Manitoba, elburn and Benyon, con - Sir Hugh Allan. They pur- ng up 1000 acres this season, merson papers say have ' sulky " and eight common the purpose. Mr. Asa well known as a practical the Eastern townships, is to join these gentlemen. -One d y lately, Mrs. Egener, wife of Fred. E eller, hotel keeper, of Ham- ilton, on h aring of the r fusel of the License 0 mmissioners 50 grant her husband a license, was suddenly seized with dizziness and died a few hours af- terwards. Mr. Egener had held a li- cense for t e past twenty-four years. It is supposed that Mrs. Egener took the disappointrhent so much to heart that it was the immediate cauee of her death. -On the Canada Southern Railway, Il on Sunday morning last, a conductor was compe led to put a man off who re- fused to pay his fare after leaving St. Thomas station. When the train was starting, after ejecting the dead. beat, that person drew a revolver and fired twice at the conductor. A brakeman sprang upon the would-be assassin, kneeked him down, took the weapon from hinat and by the aid of a couple of passengers, he was lodged. in gaol. He gave the name of Worthington, and appears to have alternately practised. the professions of exeacher, temperance orator, sneak thief, and dead beat. -At a late session of the Kingston City Council the members kept at it until 2 o'clock in the morning. -A grain elevator in London, owned by Messrs. Chas. Hunt & Co., was de- stroyed by fire on Wednesday of last week. Loss about 010,000. -A bet of $200 has been made be- tween Messrs. W. Burdick and J.- Mc- Kay as to whose horse travels in the shortest time between Embro and Ham- ilton and return. -A Lindsay youth named Wesley Forrey, about 15 years of age, while fooling with a revolver shot his little brother in the head. The wound is not expected. to prove fatal, -but the lesson to Wesley should prove sufficient. -D. S. McDonald, cheese buyer, of Ingersoll, died on Sunday evening at 8.30 p. m. from an overdose of tincture of aconite, which he has been in the habit of taking for headache. De- ceased was well known and universally respeted. -.A petition largely signed will be presented to the St. Catherines City Council at its next regular meeting, asking that Monday, 'She 26th, be ob- served as a public holiday instead of Saturday, the 24th, Saturday being one of the busiest market days. - A black Spanish chicken, only hatched out at the end of last July, the property of F. W. Richards, of Mon treal, surprised him the other day -with an egg whose circumferences are 8 inches and 62- inches respectively. The egg balances the scales at four ounces. -Intelligence has been received of a serious strike of the men employed on She Canada Pacific Railway near Cress - lake, Manitoba. The men number some fifteen hundred. The military at Winnipeg have been called out, and a detatchment were to leave for the scene of the strike on Wedeesay. The men demand $2 per day for all hands, and board at 04 a week. -Mr. C. F. Dunbar, of Amherst - burg, consignee of the vigorite powder which caused the Stratford disaster, handed Mr. R. Larrnour, superinten- dent of the Grand Trunk Railway, a cheque for $100, to be applied to the re- lief of the sufferers. Mr. Hawkins, who was wounded, still lingers, but his re- covery is impossible, and Humphrey is not expected to recover. -According to a return just brought down it appears that the number of In- dians in Canada is 99,690, distributed as follows: Ontario, 15,731; Quebec, 10,947; Nova Scotia, 2,122; New Brunswick, 1,459; Prince Edward Island, 306; Manitoba and Northwest Territories, 27,204; Axthabaska Dis- trict, 2,398; British Columbia, 35,153 Rupert'sILand, 4,370. -A somewhat peculiar accident oc- curred in Yarmouth, Elgin county, a few days ago, by which Mr. Wm. Say - well lost a valuable milch cow. The animal was standing by a stall adjoin- ing a horse, and there being an aperture between the stalls, she kept licking the hay in the adjoining manger, and the horse bit the poor animal's tohgue com- pletely off. The cow had to be killed. -An infant child, about eighteen months old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman of Berlin, got hold. of some matches, during the temporary absence of its parents en Tuesday evening of last week, and eating the ends off them became deathly sick. Medical aid was called in and everything done that pos- sibly could be to save the child's life, but all in vain. It lingered until Wed- nesday forenoon when death put an end to its sufferings. -They have a fairy in Sinclair, a set- tlement in the Muskoka district, that travels through the woods and leaves tiny boot -marks all over the snow, where no child could possibly have been. So frightened are the shanty - men that it is with difficulty they can be persuaded. to remain at work. Mr. Peter Cockburn, general manager of Ross & Co.'s lumberina operations, and Mr. George McCormac°k vouch for the truth of the boot -marks and acknow- ledged themselves completely puzzled by them. -At Teeswater, on Monday night of last week, an unoccupied building in the south part of the village, owned by Mr. McChane, a former resident of the village, was discovered by one of the neighbors to be on fire. An alarm was made, which soon brought a number of persons on the ground, and who, by a determined effort, succeeded in sub- duing the fire and saving the building. That it was set on fire there cannot be the shadow of a, doubt, as it had been unoccupied for over a week, and. the shavings, old rags, &c., saturated with coal oil, were quite visible after the fire was put out. This is the first case of deliberate incendiarism ever attempted in the village. -Mr. J. A. Montgomery, a well known jeweller of Port Hope, has ab- sconded, leaving liabilities to the amount of 010,000, to offset which his assets are under $2,000. One of the worst fea- tures of the case is that it is now dis- covered he has for some time past been freely using other people's names on his paper without their knowledge or consent -or in plain words he hasforged notes to the amount of nearly 05,000. The authorities learning he was in Stratford telegraphed to the police to arrest him, and they accordingly ar- rested a man giving his name as Jas. A. Montgomery, of Port Hope, but who subsequently turned out to be a brother of the defaulter, a shoemaker by trade, who resides in Princeton, and who was under the influence of- liquor at the time. From all the facts so far elicited, the transaction appears to haye been premeditated. The defaulter is still at large, but it is expected the brother will be arrestedasan accomplice. He held a high position in social circles, and was looked upon as a good citizen, and a safe business man. He was a promi- nent member of the Young Men's Christian Association, a teacher in the Methodist Sunday School, and • a con- stant attendant at that church, which doubtless had much to do with the for- mation of the public estimate of him. -An eccentric individual named William Southergill has died in Mon- treal under peculiae circumstances. He had been ill for some time, but refused all attendance. He kept a loaded re- volver at his bedesideato shoot either doctor or clergyman who might be tempted to visit him. He was in a dis- gustingly filthy state at his death. -The Huntsville (Muskoka) Forester says: The new township of Bethune consists of splendid land; and is going ahead at a marvellous rate. It is common thing to see from 20 to 50 acres chopped inne fallow. There is very little stone, and the surface is level enough for farming operations. The next township to the east, as yet un - surveyed, IS said to be equally good. There is a splendid future in store for this section of the district. -Temperance, and even prohibition eentiment, must be strong in Prince Edward Island. The Scott Permissive Act has -been adopted in every county but one on the Island, and in the re- maining municipality (Kings County) the Canada Temperance Act is to be submitted to the popular vote on the 29th inst. If adopted. in the county named, then the Island will present the unique spectacle of a whole province - if only a small one being under the operation of prohibitory enact- ment. -We clip the following from a Ber- lin paper: "Brock Markle, a mon well- known in this locality and at one time highly respected, passed Berlin Wed- nesday afternoon O11 his way to the Kingston Penitentiary. He was sen- tenced at the late Assizes in Goderich to a number of years' servitude for crimes that are well known to our readers. He was met at the station by his wife bearing an infant in her arms. She appeared anxious to get a glimpse at her husband as the train brought up along the platform. She had time to speak but a few words ere the train moved off, and the grief -smitten wife and mother threw herself upon a bench in the waiting room and sobbed. bitterly for half an hour. It was an affecting scene." -During Hammond's evangelistic meeting in the Guelph drill shed, on Friday evening, somebody put a quail tity of cayenne pepper on the stove, and iu a few minutes the building wasper- meated with the strangling smoke. Those sitting near the stove were near- ly choked, and. coughing was general all over the building. Ladies became excited. and some even wilcl in their terrior, and many crowded towards the doors,and windows were speedily opened. The ministers on the platform remain- ed calm, and entreated the audience to keep quiet and all would be well. The audience was finally quieted, but the dastard who perpetrated the outrage should be found out and sent to the Central Prison. -A daring attempt at jail breaking was made at Woodstock, on the after- noon of Thursday of last week, by three • notorious men, named McCabe, Moore and Pingston. The latter is awaiting his trial for grain stealina Moore for kicking Smith to death in Kgersoll,and McCabe for poisoning his wife. They were all in one cell, and upon John Payne, the turnkey, visiting the cell he saw some mortar lying on the floor. Upon investigating further, he discover- ed that all the bricks around the regis- ter had been loosened and prepared for removal, by which the men could de- scend into the cellar and easily escape. It was afterwards ascertained that Ping- ston had been down in the cellar and viewed the surroundings, and made ar- rangements for their departure as soon as dusk came on. -It ia reported that Mennot Eby, Official Assignee, Treasurer and Asses- sor, of Berlin, Onteand favorably known in Western Ontario for many years, has departed, leaving no trace betind. The Town Council appointed a com- mittee to investigate the accounts, and on Monday night they reported the as- sessment incomplete and the cash 1,000 short. The condition of the as- signee department of his business isnot yet known. Some painful rumors are afloat, suggesting a woman in the case, but in the absence of definite informa- tion it -will be well to forbear mention- ing them, hoping they may turn out ex- aggerated or baseless. It is hard to imagine why a man whose various of- fices furnished. him a pretty comfort- able living, should run away With a few hundreds of dollars. -On Erie's banks, "where tigers steal along," to quote the language of the poet Campbell, and directly south of Simcoe, the county town of Norfolk, lies the snug little village of Port Dover. Near this place is a cape known as Long - point, and this was selected as the scene of a brutal encounter between two American pugilists, Dwyer and Elliott, Thursday morning of last week. The promoters of this scandalous exhibition evidently stole a march on the authori- ties, as the news of the approaching fight threw the village in a ferment. However, a, special train arrived by the Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway, and afterwards a boat left the wharf for the scene of the encounter. About 700 spectators were present, for the most part Americans, many ofwhomhad ar- rived by four steamers with row and. sail boats in tow from American ports. About 8 a. m. the fight began and end- ed in Elliott having five of his ribs frac- tured and Dwyer sustaining a severe gouge in his cheek, while both men were inuch exhausted and bleeding freely. The men bit and scratched each other, and the fight was so fierce and sickening that some who had come to see it turned away in disgust. As Canadian soil is being chosen from time to time for these brutal conflicts, our authorities should make 'spcial pro- vision against them. Had. Port Dover been in a position to have turned out a company of volunteers and put a stop to the conflict, promoters of prize fights would in future hesitate before polluting the Queen's domains with -their pres- ence. Thomased Treasurer of Mitchell pro tsst. Matheson has been ap- The sum of $434.20 was paid over to him by the late treasurer, being the full amount of money that was in the treasury. -At Harriston, one day last week, R. Dowling, While carrying a large piece of furniture from one machine to another, fell through a belt -hole in the floor, alighting upon the small of his back. The sudden shock was nearly too much for Dowling, as he had. te be assisted to his house. Upon examina- tion, it was found that one of the short - ribs had been broken and his back in- jured. He is about again. -The Grand Trunk authorities have discovered, a car with several cases of the so-called blasting powder at Brock- ville station. They have had it shunt- ed on what is called the Manitoba, sid- ing, a couple of miles -west of be sta- tion, and. Mr. Spicer has requested Dr. Volney to unload it, Volney's man ex- amined it, and says the glycerine is leaking through the cartridges, and. they are afraid to remove it, but are do- ing 80 111 a spring wagon. 15 18 to be put in a magazine. -A railway accident of -a very serious nature occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Credit Valley Railroad, near To- ronto,. It appears that the directors' of the road, with a few friend, proceeded to Carlton to inspect the work lately done there. While the car in which they were was standing on a sidig, waiting for an engine, the switch was turned, and a locomotive came dashing down at the tate of eighteen miles an hour, running into the oar and knock- ing it into fragments. Among the number wounded were ex -Mayor Mor- rison, Alds. Blevirts and Scarth, Mr. James Gooderham, jr, all of Toronto, and others. Mr. Gooderhain was so seriously injured that he died. at mid- night. -On last Saturday afternoon, about a mile from Craighurst, the Penetan- guishene mail stage caught fire. As the driver was alone, he did. not notice She fire until his attention was directed to it by parties on the road, who came to his assistance. He was unable te let go the reins, as the horses were by this time much frightened. and ready to run away. The wind had been fanning the flame while the driver was uncon- scious of its presence. A woman had presence of mind enough to seize the mail -bags, which were considerably damaged. Much of the mail matter -was scorched, but happily none actnal- ly destroyed. The stage -box is con- siderably the worse, -An Egremont farmer, while in Harriston the other day, did not have the fear of Harriston tangle -leg before his eves, and filled hinaself up to the muzzle and started home. After driv- ing about half a mile he took a tumble to himself, and landed. melds head in a mud -hole. A number of charitable young men went to his assistance, dug him out, put him on his horse and escorted hire back to town. He was so proud that he required three men fl each side as footmen. The only dam- ages were a broken wheel, a smashed dash -board, two badly -twisted shafts, a broken spring, a torn buffalo robe, , and a pretty sick man. The "ftm" of the thing is, this little amusement only cost him $25. -A most daring piece of business in the horse thieving line occurred on the 4th concession, Westminster, Sunday night or early Monday morning. It seems that Mr. James Bruce, of the 4th concession, Westminster, had put his horses in the stable all right before re- tiring to rest, and awoke in the morn- ing to find that he was- minus both of them. A search was instituted, and it was discovered that a \petit of harness had also disappeared,. A short time afterwards one of the animals was found a short distance down the road from the house. It was then found out that the thief (there appears to have been only one) proceeded, in the direction of London, and when this side of Mr. James Walker's, tied the stolen animal to the fence and returned to his blak- smith and. wagon shop and stole there- from a buggy which bad been placed there for repairs by .ffr, Robt. Bettie, of the 3rd concession, Westminster, and from thence to parts as yet unknown.. The detectives are on the miscreant's track, and it is to be hoped that he may be captured and get the punishment he so richly merits. -This from a Winnipeg paprshould be a source of consolation to husband - seeking lad-ies: "It is a evell-known fact that the female portion of our po ulation is much in the minority, and; accordingly, the chances of a young lady °Staining a good husband without difficulty are very good. This fact has been recognized. by quite a number of young ladies in the Eastern Province, -who have, from time to time, adver- tised. for chances to go to Manitoba in order, of course, to get married. On Wednesday evening a servant girl from a city in Ontario, arrived in totem and applied for a situation at a prominent boarding house on First street. As ser vants are scarce, her application was quickly accepted., and the new arrival was engaged at V.2 per month. She did not returnehowever, and. enquires elicited She fact that the girl, shortly after leaving the house, received a pro- posal of marriage from a young man, who -was prepossessed by her appear- ance, and who promptly "popped the question." Next day was appointed for the ceremony, and Miss -, oneday after her arrival in. Winnipeg, found herself the wife of a loving huband:' Girls, go to Manitoba.