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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-07-18, Page 1-r tUL 11, 187 - ,aaaa parents will take retorts Ise he education of these e 7i,Sit the schools oftener, ea Lae greatencourage T reame e_ and pupils to see theta ct The proceedings were ese 3arne choice pieces Of relate, , good style by the teacher 'The VaIsiOUS cia.sses were a the subjects 'usually taught els, by -their teacher, sisted by the Rev. Sae. atnia he tollowing teacher; tune Scott and Dicksen eta rdie, Shannoll, Hastie, Dee, Duff. Notwithstanding the este questions put to the pre strangers present, they ea, aiselves in. a very satisfae, E.r. The arithmetic ciassea tingles* good, especially 'when. , account that Air. Rartiley .. lar attendance of betweeu r I, eighty, and. thof n first to fifth classes ne- t the close addresses were v the Rev. Mr. Musgrave there present, all of whoia semselves well satisfied wins rey of the school and the pupils have inade elaneeg year. arr. Musgrave thea roceedings with prayer, ea U left for their respective i: Wao Was Tuna.e. owing report, based upon and good conduct, is tile tling of the pupils of the I for the mouths of May F,eiaior fifth class -13t Gee. rial John Henderson, nre ' Juniar fifth class — id a and John McIntosh., 2nd, kliart, 3rd Robert Gibson. 'es—lst Mary Henderson, Campbell, aril Bella Kerr. I- class --1t Robert B. Hogg, L , , liar- ceod, 3rdM , aggie Shea- . third class ---1st Matilda Wm. Govenlock3rd 1. Second class—lst Wre„ Fphed Grace McFaul, 3 -rd Jos. [tafirst class—lst Annie Lizzie McLeod, 3rd Mary imior first c1ass-1st Lydia nd Jas. Kerr, 3rd Robert t -GUILD FOUND. ---011 Thurs- . week, as Mr. Robert Me-. :f the 101 concessiort of ras hauling manure, and g his wagon, he found in the a rough box, on breaking, he ftsund the deeoraposed child. There was nothing ....ly but the skeleton. Au :!iehi on the remains byt ipbelL at which the follow - .e elicited in. evidence. 11 ; this farm was OCOliPjei. agaf by ft family muned L about two year ago a a connected with thisfana- i to an illegitimate child„ e child had disappeared . and noiae of the neighbors ;hat had. become of it. The that to the best of their ziathe evidence elicited; :aund were those of the hild of the girl Wadi?), er not it had died a na- :here was no evideuce to - to deternaine. The 8Nri- ea sent to the County rney by the coroner, but nut any further action in the matter, we do not 777: 777 DOUAI! & CO3 MER SALE OF Nbr GOODS 'have we had as many ines to offir agct the In every Departfizent Goods. Boughtat _Lem resale Cost Prices, ma r' the Stook RTL1 NG vC4r.A.I ITS 1 ' E GIVEN FOR THE . RIMY 15AYS. H irION .INVtTEDI MeDaikaLL iY DEPARTMENT ' Lnglish Crapes °tar stand the- Wet 'eather. NG BONNETS .the Newest English 'ack French, Cashmere rutattas for _Dresses in. Stock. a SpecialtY of all Gods. CDGCGALL & CO• 11 TWELFTH i.h.s.4R. INI[OLE NUMBElf, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1879. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. t -$.1.50 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE FOR ALE pSOPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that (sen- a-- venient and desirable residence On the c ruer of 'Ugh and Market Streets, lately oeetie4 by Dr. Vercoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 88 --•-oft—S.A.LE—.—For-r--Salo a first class PI Ding Mill, nearly new and in good running drder, situated in the flourishing Town of Sea prth, WM be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquiee of RECORD, COSSENS CO., Goderich, Out. rARM AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR S. LE, x PRICES TO SUIT THE TINIES.—Lo 17, on the Ilth concession, Atchallop ; price $49 per arse; Building lots in, different parts of the flown of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own terms of payment, at � per cent. interest. FAS. BEATTIal. 91 fallOICE FARM FOR SALE—Being L t 4, k) on. 7, Hallett, County of Huron; 100 a res; 80 cleared, well underdrained, and in a good -tate ot cultivation; buildings convenient and ood ; terms easy. For furt2ier par mu ars ap ,ly to Messrs. McGAUGHEY HOLMESTED, Sea orth, or on the premises to WM. E. COLDWELLICon- stance P. O. 55 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Y the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tuckersinith, County of Huron, consisting L 50 acmes, 34 miles from the Towu of Seaforth and eonvenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further partieulars app y to JAMBS PICKARD, opposite the promises, tar to Remondville P. 0. iT21 WARM AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SA -LE, x CHEAP.—Lot No, 24, Con. 9, McKilloa , 100 acres; north half Lot 30., Con. 9, Atclaillor , 60 ams; north half ef north half Lot 31, Co . 9, 31cRillop, 25 stores ; residence ocermied b Mr. Nalcolmsan on Gouinlock Survey, Seaf. rtli ; Wane lots on Janda' and F. G. 'Spending's Sur- veys. Apply to GRAY, YOUNG & PARL NG, Seaforth, i ARM FOR SALE.—Being Lot 14, Conee7sion 9, Township of Stanley, Containing 100 one, of which 80 acres are, cleared, well drained Bald having excellent fences ; the remainder is good hardwood bustle; there is a good brick house, good hem, stable end outlaonses ; never -failing well and, good orehezd ; is within. 8 miles of he v. Ilage of Vents, enel convesaient to other markets. IWM. L. KEYS, Vstrua P. 0. • 601x8 •- • FARM FOR SALE.—For Sate, the west pa t of Lot No.1, Cori, 17, Grey, eontaining 50 a r 81 85 of which are cleared, well fenced, and in a sta.- of gosyl cultivation. There is a good frame h use, good Orchard anti plenty of water. It is oi the gmeel-road leading to Brussels and Seaforth and adjoins D, church and ethoOl. It is also withia half sr mile of the Village of Walton. tApply oii the premises or to Walton Post Offiee. CHA. MIIRCHIE. LES 93 W ARM FOB, SALE.—That well-kn wn an fine- -1; ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con, 1, Hullett, ih the County of Huron, containing 100 acres, C0 of which are cleared; there are two frame clw lling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable sheep -house and driving house; also orchard and bundtMee of water. The farm is situated two en" es fro' the Town of Sea.forth, ori the Huron 11 ad. 1 r full particulars apply to McCAUGHEY at 110 ME - STIED; Seafoetle or to SIMON YOU vG, pr prae- tor, on the premises. ' 65 4x pROPERTY FOR SALE.—For 8 le, Lo 14, 4' en. 16, Grey; West ha.11 of. L 1 29, C u. 6, .. with chetse factory complete ; • Lot 11, Coe. 6, and south half of Lots 16 Paul 17, on. 5, town - 1 ship of Morris ; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township of Howitik, all good improved f rms, together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris, and houses and lots and vacant lots in the village of Brussels, Prices low, tame easy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Brus- sel& 1 674 W ARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Qui most tkesir- " able farm, being Lot a, Con. 6, n the town- ship of Hallett, situated li ranee from Kiuburn. and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including' a first-elass stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring creek rues through the foam; good Orchard, good fences, and the laud in an excellent state of cul- tieation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Me - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES 11. BENSON, Sea - 562 forth 1 -- • W ARM FOR SALE. --For sole Lot 17, concession " 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 cleared, well fenced and in a good state of eultivation, the balance well timbered with maple. Frame house !barn andsheds. Five aeres of good bear ng orchard, and two never failing -welts. Is on a good gravel road within 2 miles of Varna, 6 mile • from Bruce - field statical, Great Western Railway, andle pties from Sestforth and C.inton. For fa ther pa tica- Tars apply to the proprietor on the p enaises or to Varna 2. 0. JOHN REDMOND. 598 VARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Vest h If of " Lot 31, Concession 12, McKilloala nub. ning 50 aeres, 40 of which are cleared, well fenei and. in excellent condition; a good low aouse, s so a young orchard-commeneing to- bear and abund- ance of splendid wu ter ; is within ha -'f a rail4 of a good gravel road, and is convenient to elnutchos, achool and post °Mee ; is within 9 mires from S ea - forth and an equal distance from 131 essels. Apply to the proprieter on the promise.s, or Leadbury 0. ISAAC GRAHAM. 603r4x WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 26, Ctn. 2, " Tarkersmith, containing 100 acreof exeallent lend, about 70 of which are cleared a d a consid- r erable part of it well underdrained ; the balance is good hardwood bush ; f i sune hoase, frame barn, and stable ; an orchard, good well; convenient to schools, churches, &.e. Is sititated about 6 miles • bola Beate:1h and 1 mile from Bruce • eld..station, oa a- good gravel road. For fo.rtheit particulars apply to the proprietor ou the prenii 'es'or if by letter to Brucellehl 1'. O. TII0M4.-3 MUNRO, Tackersmith. 601 , paw FOR, SALE.—For Sale, Lep 2, Con. 11„ H. R. S., containing 100 acres, /32 cleared. and hi a first -Cows state of cultivation, the balance being good hardwood bush; log hoasp, with etonc cellar _under,- and well finished; !frame barn Web°, wish atone stabling undereeath ; jgood baealog orchard and 3 good. wells; convenient to chureh, school anti post °Mee - is situated 8 miles from Seaforth and 5 from kensell, on a igood gravel road. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor ou the promisees, or if by letter to Chiselliurat P.O. -JOHN C. STEELE. 608-4x FARM FOR SALE.—Foi Sale, La 22, Con, 3, Townslip- of Tockersmitb, L. R. S., contain- ing 100 (sures, about 70 of which are *sired and in a good ;.t ate of caltivatioa ; the b.liaa.lee is good hardwood bush ; good frame Weise, barn and stable ; exec llent water on the premises ; wdll fenced ; good young orchard, and every conceni- auce appertain/Mc ta a farm. Is situated about .7 miles. from aettlet cu, 2/ from Kiepen, anti 3 from Brumfield, on the London'Huron and lima Railway. The land is lirst-class elay loam. For farther particulars apply to the proptattor on the premises. or if by leittr to Buusetield P. 0. MILES MeMILLAN. t 601-4x FIRM FOR SALE.—South half of lLot 20, Con. 6, Morris, County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 85 steres cleared, balance hardwood ; 60 acres clear of stinting mid underthained ; soil clay loam ; 13 acres fall wheat; good bearing Orchard ; bauk barn 40x90, nearly new, and other entbitildingi; good big 'house, with new frame addition ; 2 wells; well fenced. Tho above farm' is catty two bailee from Brussels, on good gravel zuitdtr,, s;sehota honreonb e tWt. For further par - apply on the premistes, or to, C. rt. Cooper, Brussels I'. 0. ROBER'a 13ROAD FOOT, Propri- etor, Brueeels P. 0. 588 FARM IN aleKILLOP FOR SALE.—For Sale, " the North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 18, Mc- Killop, containing 112 acres; 'there are about 80 cleared., well fenced, underdralued, tiad in a high state of eultivatien, the balgnee is well thebbied with lutedweod; good dwelling, new bank blame ham 50x57, with stabling underneath, and other outbuilding, also a aeoti young orchard. !anal plenty of Water. Is 10 ales from. Bruesels, 5 roni Walton, and 12 from Sealorth, with good gravel roads to each place; convenient to eharcla end achoole; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, O r will be exchauged for a wadi farm. A,pply to Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the premises. WILLIAM DYNES. 593 ITALY'S MISFORTUNES. i YEAR OF *DISASTERS L- EARTHQUAKES, ' VOLCANOES, FLOODS AND THE PEAL- LOXF.RA—A DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF TWE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA. Rome, June 7, 1879. Disasters of all kinds afflict this beautiful land. The evil spirits of lire and flood are abroad to destroy the fruits of man's patient industry. Etna in the south and the Po in the north of Italy cover fields and vineyards with lava or with water, while the dismayed proprietors look helplessly cm at the de- struction of their possessions. Even before thee two great disasters which have marked the latter half of the month of May, the year 1879 seem- ed destined to be one of disaster8. Ramn. fell almost every day for seven months, and in many parts of Italy the peasants were unable to sow the fields with grain. To crown all, a vine -grower near Bergamo now thinks thet he -has discovered -the dreaded phyllcfrera vas= tatrix in his vineyard. The Isuspected plant has been examined ana burned, but the mere notion that this prolific and terrible insect, against thie ravages of which no sure remedy has !yet been discovered, is in Italy is alarming. MOUNT ETNA BELCHING roans FLAME AND LAVA. Time was when such a combination of disastrous events as this would have aroused the superstitious fears of the people, who would h.ane conSidered it the work of evil spirits. But faith even in the mysteries is dead among the ma- jority of Italians. -Enough superstil tion, however, liugers to iuduce the peasants of Catania at the fo t of Etna I to hang images of the satets lad apos- tles on the trees and vines in he track of the lava. They hoped in this way to save their fields and houses l from de- struction, but the lava, would I not stay its majestic course for these lidols. It advanced slowly, and touched the trees aud the vines, the houses and cabins and 'barns with its fiery fingenand they blazed up with a white heat and were destroyed. 'At Randazzo, a town at the foot of Etna threateued by the, lava, it is, related that toward. eveng a priest dressed in the garb of penitence led a procession of other priests and. , men women. and children, with lfahted _ _ candles in their hands, toward thle ad.- va,ncing mass of fiery lava. The riest carried an image of the Madonna,ftaken from the village church, and held it up before the burning flood, whin the kneeling people called out in anguish, "Have pity! have mercy upon us !" The lava, however, did not stop, but covered the national road, which con- nects that town with Messina and the sea as well as with the 'ether towns near. Its trade is ruined by this cut- ting off of its cornmeeications, and the people are awe-etrui‘a and depressed. THE WHOLESALE DEs HCTION OF Hones, VINEYARDS AND CATTLE. The full accouuts of the destruction caused by this terrible eruption of Mount Etna are heartrending. Cataaia was one of the provinces of Italy where there was a promise of a good harvest, but now the green fields and vineyards are buried under a heavy weight of hard, grey lava. The possessions of the Sicilians living on the sides or at the foot of the mountains are destroyed, and many a proprietor who in May was rich, in June is as poor as the humblest of his servants. The story, only one of rea,ny,is told, of a proprietor, the father of nine children, who yester- day saw everything hepossessed,houses, barns, cabins, olive trees, corn and wheat fields and vineyards, all destroy- ed. The inhabitants o the towns and country houses near the course of the lava are discouraged at the eateut of their misfortunes. Thy remove all the household goods that can be trans- ported; the cattle, the wine in the cel- lars, and even the tiles on the roofs of the honses. The roads near the ad- vancing lava are like a battle -field. Wagons laden with goods, herds of cat- tle, crowds of weeping women and ohil- dren fleeing from their homes. In- numerable strangers from every nation, on the contrary, go forwarNan the roa4 and advance so near the lava that the guards are obliged to send them back. Although they can advance sa. near as to light a cigar at the stream of lava, it is dangerous, as the lava, which at one moment looks dark and dull, is liable at the next to burst open by its own weight and make a new path for itself where it is not expected. Reginsents ' of soldiers are stationed all along the roads to keep order, and lines of them guard the edges of the stream. A cols responcleut from Kandazzo describes how the inhabitants of that town and of Linguagrossa stood on the national road watching the lava slowly advance, and as it began to cover the road they sadly shook hands and said farewell when the fiery stream separated them. There was a cry of despair _from' the people at this point when the bridge of Piciare was burned; and , the lava fell from a little height into lovely vineyards . , and tilled them up.. PECULIAllITIES OF TUE LAVA—ITS SPEED, COLOR, VOLUME, IlEAT,, ETC.'' The rctountain has been disturbed for five months. On the 22d of May the crater threw out with a great noise a Vast quantity of dense,salt and, smoking mud. This -made an intermitting foun- tain rising sometimes twenty-four feet above the level of the soil. Occasional,. Ty great balls of mud filled with gas grew 1 rger and. larger until they burst. The ri -er of mud constantly fed from the crter descended .-the sides of the mount in, and for a distance of four miles 'lied up the cenals used for irri- gation. The frightened country people. uncon, cious of the worse ills that were comine upon them, sought to defend their elds from the entrance of the enemylby building walls of stones. Ou the -afternoon of the 26th of May the eruptiOn began, which is said to be the most violent of this century. The peo- ple were startled by violent and re- peatedl shocks of -earthquake, loud thun- . • der, high wind and a heavy rain. Two new craters were then seen on the northwest part of the mountain, which vomited lava, smoke aud fine ashes. The next day three columns of smoke were seen on the back of the mountain, and the lava began to. descend. The movement of this incandescent stream was at first rapid, but as it increased in size and spread out over the lower parts of the mountain and the plains it be- came slower. Its advance is now esti- mated at forty-five feet an hour, and th widths of the three treams into wl4ich it is divided are variously esti- na ted. That which threatens the toivn of Moio, with two hundred in - ha itants, and the river Alcantara, is said to be fifteen hundred feet wide, and this width continually increases on account of the height of the stream. If th river Alcantara, which is one of the pr ncipal streams of Sicily and supplies se eral large towns, gardens and mills wi 1.1 water, is filled um; the calamity wi 1 be incalculable. The lava is al - re ,cly within a few hundred feet of the sh re and slowly advancing; but it is ho )ed that it may turn and run along th bank or not have strength to reach thi water, the violence of the eruption ha ,ing beeu diminished. One of the st ea,ms of _ lava has travelled a dis- ta ice of thirteen miles from the crater; • it s estimated that in less than four da s more than two hundred and thirty nallion cubic yards of lava have been th own out. he spectacle of this tremendous con- sion of nature is wonderfully and vu fel rfully beautiful. It is especially im- pr ssive at night, when the fiery cur- rent often throws up in its progress great masses of molten stone. The columns of smoke and fine- black sand' Which follows the lava reflects the red tint of the fire and looks like an aurora borealis. From the craters on the 'top of the mountain rise dense masses of smoke, now very white and again densely black, and often pierced by sharp streaks of electricity. The travel- lers who have flocked thither viewl these wonders with ecstasy, but the poor contaclini or the rich men reduced to beggary weep over the ruin of their homes. Id the daytime the cloud of smoke audisand is so dense that the sun is invisible, and the day seems to be -al- most like night. Spectacles and um: brellas are necessary protections for whoever walks out in the neighborhood -of the mountanafor the fine sand covers everything with a thick, heavy coating and blows into the eyes. The erup- tion is accompanied by constant rumbling noises like the booming of ar- tillery ; the earth trembles, the sky is leaden. The mass of lava is from fif- teento thirty feet high, and adcoeding to its height or the time of day varies in color from a brigbt, fiery red to a dull, leaden shade. If it were not for the jets of smoke which issue now and then from thismass,it might be thought dead lava of half a ceutury ago, but when it -moves its waves slide over each other and emit jets of fire. The Government has sent three dis- tinguished scientific men to Mount Et- na to study the geological and volcanic phenomena of :the eruption. It has. also appropriated one hundred thou- sand dollars for the relief of the suffer- ers by the eruptien in the south and by the inundations in. !the north. Private subscriptions in aid of the unfortunate people who have lcist all their posses- sions will also be natide in the various cities of Italy. MOUNT ETNA'S BAD HISTORY. Mount Etna is terrible in its wrath, .but the Sicilians call it the Mongibello, or, the "Beautiful Mountain." Not even its periodical outhurSts can per- .suade them to forsake it. They culti- vate.. its fertile slopes between the periods of eruption without seeming to fear the ahnost certain destruction of their wealth. .It is the highest volcano in Europe, and the highest mountain, except the Alps, in Italy or Greece. Its height_ is 10,171 feet. It is divided into three regions, according to the zones of vegetation. The vineyards lie as high .as thirty-nine hundred feet; then the forests of oak, chestnut and pine trees reach to six thousand feet. Above this point there is only sparse vegetation, as even the .Alpine flowers cannot grow there among the smoke and cinders. Net more than twenty species of plants. in all ca -n eaist-in this desolate region. Among these are the juniper, the wild plum and the delicate violet- No ani- mals are found in thiS desert burned by She sun above and by'the lava beneath, but in the fourteen forests that adorn the lower zone there are wolves, hares, rabbits, boars and porcupines. History records seventy-nine eruptions of this . volcano, beginning in very ancient times. The most terrible of theee was in A. D. 1669, when , the Monti Rossi were formed and twenty-seven thou- sand. persons were driven from their Mantua and lodgecl in the Ducal Palace. The right bank of the Po here was broken for a distance of nine hun- dred feet. But the breach near Ter- rara, which occurred in the -night, was far more disastrous. The inhabitants fled from the valleys and took refuge on the banks af the Po. Thanks to the courage of the soldiers and engineers, few deaths occurred where many might have been expected. The same day— the 2,65h of May—upon which occurred She eruption of Mount Etna, was mark- ed by this inundation, said to be the most terrible remembered by the oldest inhabitants. The Po rushes along, car- rying with it trees, houses, furniture or the dead bodies of animals surprised in their sleep by the flood. The. Minister of War, tne Director of the Hydraulic Works, and a great number of public officers, engineers and soldiers are on the spot striving to aid the unfortunate people and to stop the breaks in the banks of the river. The soldiers work here as at Mount Etna, with extraordinary courage and pa- tience. When the panic was at its height at Alexandria, on account of the sudden rise of the river Tanaro and the breach in the dike, the people exclaim- ed; "The dike has disappeared. There is no other protection for us but the breasts of -our brave soldiers. Long live the army 1" For two days and two nights several regiments labored there incessantly, making bridges of boats, sacks of sand to fill the breach, saving She people and their homes. This is_ said to be the greatest misfortune of the kind. which has taken place during She last thirty years in Italy. The chief impression that seems to have been made on the inhabitants of She devastated country after the natural grief for the loss of property is an en- thusiastic admiration for the unselfish- ness and courage of the soldiers who have aided them, Their cry is Viva - viva, l'esercita tatiano." S. B. • Canada. Several cases of sunstroke have occur- red in and around Toronto. —Immense caves have been dis- covered in the rocks on the Upper Ot- tawa. —The Mechanics' Bank bills are selling at from 70 cents to 72 cents on the dollar. —A studio for Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise is being constructed at Rideau Hall. —The Charlie Ross excitement got up in Quebee turns out to be a hoaxper- petrated by a student. —Grasshoppers- are doing a great amount of damage to the crops in the country back of Cobourg. —A woman made application to be taken on the detective force of Ottawa, but her services were declined. —Ancaster sulphur spring water is now regularly shipped to New York to a man who has secured the sole right of its sale in the United States. —Mrs. Thos. Everett, of Andover, N. B., a widow lady, got up in the night on hearing a noise in the barn and fell down stairs and broke her neck. —The bodies of two of the party of six young men who left Port Colborne for Buffalo, in a small sail boat, on the 3rd inst., have been picked up and taken to Buffalo. —At a meeting of delegates from all the temperance organizations_in Water- loo county, held iu Galt last week, it was finally decided to submit the Scott Act to the electors. At a Guelph church festival re- cently there were sack races and a washtub regatta, in which four adven- turous navigators came to grief and moisture by the upsetting of their cir- cular craft. —A four months old child at Wind- sor pulled a cloth from the table Sat- urday, and. a pair of shears which lay on the cloth came with it, striking the child on the head, penetrating the skull, and causing instant death. —Rev, R. J. Forman, lately appoint- ed to the circuit of Burford village, drove from Kincardine to his new ap- pointment on Wednesday, 2nd July, a distance -of 120 miles. He reports crops as magnificent all along the route. —Col. Walker and Mr. G. B. Harris, of London, caught 64 salmon, ranging from 10 to 30 pounds each, and a large number of trout, weighing from three to five pounds each, while on a fishing excursion to Grand River in the Bay of Chaleur district. —A terrible hailstorm passed over She township of Westminster last Fri- day morning. One of the hailstones picked up moasured 21-: inches in di- ameter. Many of the icicles were shaped_ as if several hailstones the size of cherries -had frozen together in their passage to this region. —It has been Ordered that the waters of Rice Lake and tributaries, together with the River Trent down to the Bay homes. .The inhabitants expect an of Quinte, and also that portion of the eruption about every. ten years; the Otona,bee River extending from its in - last, however, was in 1874. let at the said lake to Lock's bridge, Peterborough, be set apart for the natural and artificial propagation of fish during the space of three years from the lst of May, 1879. —Last Friday afternoon at Coiling - wood a party of five went for a pleasure trip itt a sailing yacht, and when about five miles out a squall came up, cap= sizing- the boilt, and Robert Wardell, engaged to work on the Georgian Bay branch of the Canada Pacific Railway at French River, who vas in the boat, not being able to swi , sank immedi- ately. The other fo r were rescued. 'The drowned man leaves a wife and four children. —One of the largest shipments of sheep that was ever made from this country to England, within the same space of time, Was made by D. de J. Coughlin, of St. Thomas, and the Coughlin Brothers, of North Middlesex. The total number of sheep shipped by She firm between the 1st and 10th of July, was 7,300-3,300 goes by way of, Montreal to London, and 4,000 by way THE INUNDATION OF. TEIE PO. The rivet of fire in the south, ter- rible and dramatic as it is, will not be so disastrons as the swelling. of the e rivers of water ia the north. Theinun- dation caused by the Po, the Tanaro, the Tiano, the Mincio and other rivers covers thousands -of acres and destroys the last hope of a harvest in that part of the country. The Po was already very high -when its many tributaries poured new floods into it, and the dykes were broken by the weight of the water. The inhabita,uts of a large district wait- ed for several days in anguish, fearing not only for their property, but for their lives. This rise of the Po is higher than that of 1872,and the ruin will be greater. The river is like a sea, and in some places so high that only the top- most boughs of tall trees aie seen. Alexandria, Mantua, Asti and other towns have been under water, and the population in the country are in danger of losing their lives. Five hundred people were driven from their houses in • • of Boston to Liverpool. The total cost of the sheep, including ocean freight, was $70,000. —Mr. Lamont, of Walkerton, is daily expected to establish a saw and, grist mill in Alexandria, Manitoba. —A worm or grub, which is neither midge nor weevil, has appeared among She wheat in the neighborhood of Dres- den. —A father in the township of East Whitby was last week made happy by the birth of his 17th child, and tenth son, all ten living. —A young man in Berlin, named Charley McDonald, died on Saturday morning at his boarding house from the effects of sunstroke. —A street row occurred last Friday evening in Montreal, between several young men, over an Orange lily, the result of which was blows, cuffs and some smashed window glass. —Mrs. Duval, of Westminster, was recently fined $25 by the Police Magis- trate, upon the information of Detective Smith, for practising midwifery without She necessary qualifications. —Four of the Grey Nuns have left St. Boniface for Lac la Biche. Two of the Sisters, after spending the win- ter at the post named will proceed to Providence, on the Mackenzie river. —His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales purchased -a Canadian saddle from Mr. R. Maleolm, Toronto, and a Canadian lawn mower from Mr. James Smart, Brockville, both exhibitors at the Paris Exposition. —Constable Roy, of the Quebec city police force, has become insane, and been sent to the Beauport Lunatic Asylum. Cause, inability to keep his family on the four shillings a day to which the men have been re- duced. —The telegraph construction party reached. Emerson on Wednesday of last week with three or four cars of poles and telegraph apparatus. They will push the construction of the line along the railway to Winnipeg as rapidly as possible. _ . —The Miss Allison mentioned as hay- ing made the balloon ascent in San Francisce, on Saturday, with Prof. Col - grove, is a native of Grimsby, and the same person who attracted. so much at- tention at the Centennial at Philadel- phia as running the stearn engine in the woman's pavilion. —Chester Munro, of Mansfield, Sim- coe county, the man who shot and kill- ed Thomas Cook while he was taking tea with him aud bis wife on the even- ing of the 21st ult., has made- a state- ment of his act, and says he shot Cook in self-defence. Liquor is supposed to have done the mischief.. —It is ordered that mail steamers navigating the canals or passing through any of the locks of the Dominion, shall have priority of passage over all other vessels, and that any violation of this order shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than four dollars and. not more than twenty dollars for each offence. —A Cranaahe farmer docked his teamster's wages $4.40 for damage to buggy by the horse running away. The teamster sued, anddefendant urged gross negligence on the part of the dri- ver, but he proved. "that the 'boss had told him the horses never ran away, and that he needn't tie them while around home." Judgment for plaintiff. —A little seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Henry Callaghau, af Lindsay, died on Thursday from the effects of Paris green she had swallowed a couple of days previous in eating lettuce in the garden. The Paris green was put on some potato plants, and must have been blown off on the lettuce by the wind... The little girl suffered intense pain for two days until death relieved her. —The following birth notice appears in the last issue of the Huntsville (Muskoka) Forster: In Chaffey, on the 13th inst., the wife of Isaac Hop- kins, of ti daughter. By permission of the parents we intimate that any who desire to see a 14 pound babe, two days old, may zall at the residence of Isaac Hopkins, Chaffey. How, is this for Muskoka? —Rev. A. Grant, late pastor of the Baptist Church, Kincardine,- has re- moved to London, where he succeeds Dr. Cooper as pastor of York Baptist Church, in that city. His ministry dt Kincardine has been eminently success- ful. During the,two years he labored.. there, from a mere handful the congre- gation grew to upwards of 300, and a commodious church was built. —During last Friday's storm, at Strathroy, a saw mill, just north of the town, was blown down, and is a com- plete wreck. Two men, named La Page and. McKenzie, who were in the mill at the time, :eating their dinner, were injured by falling timbers, the former severely. A good deal of damage has been done 'to growing corn, etc., and a number of COWS were killed by falling trees. —The Rev. Mr. Inglis, of Ayr, for- Merly of Kincardine and Pine River, delivered a lecture in Kincardine on Monday evening, 75h inst., on Zululand, where the reverend gentleman was one time missionary. The lecture is spoken of as being one of the best ever deliver- ed in the town. Mr. Inglis promised to return before long and give a lecture on Livingstone, with whom he was very intimate. —The other day a gentleman. in Hamilton being troubled with a slight cough, got a bottle of cough mixture from an old. woman, who is famed for her oures and herbs. Almost before daylight the next morning, the woman knocked at the door of her patient, and. asked if he had taken any of the medi- cine. Upon his answering in the nega- tive she gave a great sigh of relief, and. said: "Thank heaven, for if you had you would have been a dead man in five minutes. I made a mistake and gave you a bottle of poison." The gentle- man's feelings can be more easily illl- agined than described, and it is need- less to say he discontinued. the advice of the medicine woman. —One day lately a bridge on the coun- ty line, between Kent and Elgin, fell down. Mr. R. Sreale, of Oxford, had just passed over, and was not ten feet from it when it fell. Loss out $1,000. —A man named Faulkner, of Brat - ford, went bathing last Sunday evenin at the s Holnaeiale Dam," some dis- tance from the city. He got beyond his depth and sank. The body was found on Monday. —Mr. McDowell, of the well-known theatrical company which bears bis name, while enjoying a sail on the dam at Galt, was upset in the water. He escaped with nothing worse than a good. ducking. —A blind lady in moderate circum- stances, residing in Montreal, devotes a large portion of her time to fine sewing, and. still finds time enough to donate articles of needlework to some of our charitable institutions. —A farmer mimed Ads.in Smith near Pans, had a quantity of cured hay burn- ed in the field. The stubble by some means caught fire, and being very dry She fire ran along, soon reaching the hay, with the above result. —One evening lately, as Mr. Duncan McLellan, fanner, near 'Tiverton, was digging a hole to bury a large stone, the stone suddenly rolled over into the hole where he was working, and struck him a, severe blowwhich caused his death. —The earliest load of new fall wheat ever brought into Parkhill market, was delivered on Tuesday, 85h inst. 15 was raised. on lot 16, concession 16, Mc- Gillivray, by John McVicar. The wheat was, of the Clawson variety, and -very .plump and large in the grain. —On Saturday evening last a young man named James Lund, son of Mr. James Lund, of East Oxford, was drowned while bathing in. Hill's Pond, a few miles south of Woodstock. De- ceased was about 18 years of age, and his death is felt very keenly by his par- ents. —A'strange case of somnambulism is reported from Montreal. The wife of a hotel keeper on Notre Dame street walked along the projection of the second storey of the building several yards in the presence of quite a num- ber of people the other day, then fell to the street with a scream. She will re. coyer. *—While Mr. John N. Bigelow, of Osnabruck, was cutting hay on Wed.- nesday last week with a mowing ma- chine, his son—a lad about four years old—who was laying in the grass unob- served by the father, was caught in She knives. One of his legs was cut off entirely, and the other was badly mu- tilated. —A couple of Mormon missionaries held a meeting at the emigrant sheds, Winnipeg, which was largely attended by Icelanders. The preach -erg and the listeners not being in accord in their views, the latter turned out the for- mer. The missionaries then applied to the police, but not having been in- jured, no action was taken by the au- thorities. —A sad accident happened in Galt, on the afternoon of the 8th bast, where- by an old. resident, Mr, Isaac Martine:net his death. He was collecting sioine hay cut on the Central School grounds. In (hiving out there is a sudden descent from the sidewalk to the ground, where it is supposed Mr, Martin was pitched off the load to the greund. When found his neck was broken and life ex- tinct. ,Last Friday morning a party of Americans, who were stopping at Col- lingwood waiting for the boat for French river, went out on the bay in a small sailboat. While . they were off Nottawasaga Island, the boat was cap- sized. They were seen by Capt. Collins, who immediately went to their assist- ance, and succeeded in 'saving five of the party, but one, named:Robert Wad- dell, bad. sunk to rise no more. —A man named John Bee, of Rom- ney, Kent county, was last week brought to the London lunatic asylum, driven crazy by the treachery and dis- honest dealing of his brother-in-law, one Thos. Stobbs, who was editor & of the Leamington Post a short time ago. Stobbs forged a mortgage of $2,000 on Bee's farm. The forgery was discover- ed and Stobbs arrested. He is now in Chatham jail awaiting trial. This un- fortunate affair seems t� have weighed heavily on the mind of John Bee, and he settled into a state of profound mel- ancholy. From this state it was found impossible to revive him,and his frieude were at last compelled to bring him to the asylum, where it is expected that he may soon be restored to health and strength. —A terrific storm passed -over the western part of Ontario on Friday last. The storm raged with great violence in Sarnia and vicinity. At Newbury, Pe- trolia„ Colchester and other places a great deal of da-naage was done. At Sarnia nothing like it had ever been seen before. and some imagined that the world was coining to an end. The fury of the storm la8ted about twenty minutes. It was accompanied with thunder and lightning and cataracts of rain. When everything movable had been carried. away,tlae tornado attacked the houses and brick blocks on 'Front street, which is more exposed than any other part of the town. Hats went flying first, then packing boxes, sign- boards, trees, wagons, verandahs and roofs in succession. One team was twisted round and round like a top, and then carried away. The most fearful crash of all was when the roof and third story Of RL. & H. litackenzie's brick block was carried. across Front street and. precipitated. into Mr. Charles Mackenzie's hardware store, totally de- molishing the roof and front qf the lat- ter. A number of chimneys were taken off the Belch -amber Rouse, and the roof of the Bank of Coixonerce was lodged. in a back yard. Fences -were levelled, trees blown clowie, roofs strip- ped of shingles, potatoes blown out of the ground, lumber piles demoralized and peanut stands gutted. The river was a fearful sight to look at. It re- sembled a boiling sea. The wind car- ried off the tops of the waves in sheets of blinding spray, which whirled over the docks and intensified the rain, —The 188th anniversary of the bat- • tle of the Boyne, was -celebrated in many parts of the Donainion on. Satur- day. In Toronto over 3,000 took part in the procession, -which took 35 min- utes to pass a given point. The ablates in St. James' Cathedral played popu- lar and appropriate airs, and at many places the procersionists were cheered,. There were 25 bands of music and 120 banners in the procession. At St - Thomas, 10,000 Orangenien took part in the celebration. ---The barns and outbuildings of Mr. John Campbell, Osnabruck. near the village of Farran's Point, were struck by lightning during the storm on 'Wed- nesday, 9th inst. The lightning set fire to the buildings, completely destroying them. Wm. Campbell was unharness- ing a team of horses at the time, the lightning striking the animals and kill- ing thena. One of the horses fell on Mr. Canapbell, dislocating his knee. He was unable to remove himself until as- sistance arrived. —A queer goat story is reported from Yarmouth, Nova Scetia.: A Mr. Peter- kins owned a pair of goats. He left his pocket -book, containing three ten &i- liir bills, one five, and $1.50 ha silver, near where the goats were confined. During the night the female goat eat the $35 in bills and the silver. Next morning Mr. PeteliciTIS killed. her, hoping to regain the bills, but the rem- nants were mangled to such an extent as to be useless. The silver was recov- ered intact. —Colonel Austen, who came over with the Brooklyn regiment to take part in the Vice -Regal review at Mon- treal, says he karned., while in Canada, Shat all their street parades end re- • views are worthless ; that the Canadian militia, so far as practical skill in the field is concerned., are far ahead of the American militia; and that in case of hostilities the National Guard weuld have the rudiments of soldiering to learn before they would he equel to their ri- vals of tbe Dominion. —On Sabbath, 6th bast., there was an immense gathering of Presbyterians at Glanamis, in Bruce comity, the oc- casion being the communion service in the Presbyterian church,. The pastor was assisted by the Rev. Messrs. j. Scott, of North Bruee, A. Sutherland, of Ripley, J. R. McLeod, of. Sault Ste. Marie, and Dr. McVey, of East Pus- linch. The Gaelic portion of the con- gregation net in Mr. Rowan's big frame barn, and Dr. McKay conducted the Gaelic services. —Every day accidents by drowning are reported. On Saturday, at Ottawa, two young men. E. 0. Bottell and Henrie, S0138 of prominent citizens, Went fishing in the Ottawa, where the cure rent is very swift. Their boat was drawn int el an eddy, and became uncon- trollable. It finally capsized, throwing them into the water, and before assist- ance could be given, both were -drown- ed. The same day Mr. Shaw, bailiff, Port Perry, was drowned while bathing in the lake. He became entangled in the weeds and, was unable to extri- cate himself. —One day lately in Owen Sound four ladies, the Misses Dowsley, Mrs. O'Neil and Miss Spencer were taking a pleas- ure drive around. town, when the horses becoming frightened at some disarrange- ment of the harness, ran avvay, over- turned the vehicle and threw the oc- ucuppiannstesns°illbtle atirdisasiSmpoeslitcebrle7ras takinttisle face. She was carried under shelter, when she gradually came to so that she was able to be carried home the same night. Miss Adelaide Dowsley had both her ankles badly bruised. —Mr, James Hazelton, who formally years carried on a successful furniture business in. Guelph, committed &del& on Monday by hanging himself with a rope, attached to a sill of the window in his bedroom. Deceased retired from business about eight months ago, and shortly afterwards became unsound in his mind, and was rereaved to an asy- lum in Buffalo, where he remained tm- til some two months ago, when it Va8.13 thought prudent to bring him to his home where he was well cared for. Monday naorning he was missed for about half an hour, and on proceeding to his room he was found hanging by the neck quite dead. He leaves a wife and. family of grown up sons saidIaugh.- ters, —Conductor Haskell, on the Midland Railway, had a narrow escape from death on Saturday afternoon. While assisting in making what is termed among railroad Men a amble shunt," by some means Haskell lost his footing and fell from, the top of a car to the track while it was in motion. He, by wonderful presence of mind, succeeded in keeping himself clear of the wheeb and breaks while four ears which fol- lowed passed over him. The brake rod, of the fifth and last car of the train, however, caught him and partly forced - his body on the rail. Three fingers of the right hand and part of his right foot were taken off by the wheel, and his left arm was broken in two places. The injured man resides at Port Hope, and is the only support of aged. par- ents,. He was making his first trip as conductor when he net with th.e ne- eident. —A Kitchell butcher was nearly choked last week by a piece of beef sticking in his throat while eating din- ner. By the prompt administration of cayenne pepper 11,Ba water the obstruo- then was removed and the man's life sated.