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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-07-25, Page 1JUL' 18, ler certificate and allow to the close of the ye h not g,ranted, spealto 'tit -ion will be kept by ant Tito of success and section O. 10, Ratvint, 1 bell on the school bonen n the towuship. It seems here are not more bells Is, when they can be halt,. dV. :ENT .1.1.E.VEUSIELE TAXPotlVto :est and Best a all. Zen co e, ancl therefore twice the -value?, ther single cellar. Arly sten, tie or bow cart be worn wane,: -s, with equal grace aatd Patent Reversible Litiette ath confidence submitted mem for inspection an nse. sible feature of this colla.riseastini reconainend it to all, ala tho jar shape and Olin% of foId [_ the points trona rolling Iv „tee ,roper size is Wern... The b.tt Will bear a strain of fiftent, . pounds weight before giving 6 will prevent high -preset% •ers frena losing their collar, alit tug the pleasure of a e, Call and see theta. atteta asots, Oak Hall, Seafortha ,sengarnalmoullnuturers"151(5mugclieminnlminsiciteratetiatanteleariate -777, MGDOLICALL / TWELFTH Y_EIAR. 1 WEEOLE NUIEI3ER, 6G7. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1879. McD AN BROS., Publishers. t $1.50 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. faBOPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, that oon- I- valiant and desirable residenoe on the corner of Iligh and Market Streets, lately • ocurpied by Dr. Vercoe. Apply to DR. VEROOE. 988 SALE. -For Sale a first class Planing 1011,nearly new and in good miming • order, i situated n the fienrishing Town of Seaforth, • inI1 be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquire of BECORD, COSSENS & 00., Goderich, Ont. -rag D TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, X PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. -Lot 17, on the lith concession, McKillop; price $40 per sote; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own terms of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE.591 • -- reErorGE 'FARM FOR SALE -Being Loh 4, V eon. 7, Hullett, County of 'Jaren; 100 acres ; 80 cleared, well nnderdrained, and in a good state of cultivation; buildings convenient and good ; terms easy. For further particala,rs apply to Illessrs.McGAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth, or on the premises to WM. E. COLDWELL. Con- stance P. 0. 555 ALUABLE FARM FOR, SALE. -For Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 81 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of th.e very hest quality. For further particulars apply to /AMES PICKA.RD, opposite the premises, or to 524 Egmendville 2. O. , _ Vali ANT) TOWN PROPER TY FOR SALE, CHEAP. -Lot No, 24, Con. 9, Mcjiillop, 100 issro; north half Lot 3d, Con. 9, 2feicillop, 50 saes; north half ef north half' Lot, 31, C. 9, )101CilloP, .25 acres; residence oecupied by Mr. Malcolmson on Gouinlock Survey, Soaforth ; buildinglots on, Janis' and F. G. Sparling's Sur- ma Apply to GRAY, YOUNG & SPARLING, 595 Worth . Fall FOR SALE.-Beiug Lot 12, Concessiou 9, Township of Stanley, containiatg 100 acres, of which tiO acres an cleared, well drained, and Jiving excellent fences ; the remainder is good hardwoosi bush; there is a good brick house, good bam, table SUId Outhouse$ ; never -failing well andglioJorchard ; hr within. 3 miles of elte of Verna, and convenient to other markets. 'WM. Is. ICEYS, Varna P. 0. 603x8 SUMMER SALE OF 'EN DRY GOODS w time have We kid as ma pecial _Lines to offer ..as esent. eveiy Bvwrtmet have Goods Bought at Lag an -Wholesale Cost Price,sog Reduce the Stock STARTLING - WILL BB GIVEN FOR WM EXT THIRTY BAYS. SPECTION Ii4VITEM .te G. McDOUGALL St CO.'S LLINERY DEPARTP101 Best English OrapeS s used,. which Stand the j. damp weather. • OUR:XING BONI Lds from the Newest B11g tterns. Best Bltick FrencA Ca, (Mt ParaiitattaS for Dresses Always in Stock. We Make a SPedati Durning Goods. A. G. McDogGALlit 1211131 FOR SALE. --Tor Sale, the west part of ▪ Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containin„o 50 acres, ofwhich are cleared, well fenced, and in a state of good cultivation. . There is. a good frarne house, good orchard and plenty of water. It is on, the gravel road leading to 13russe1s and-Seaforth, and. - adjoins a clinxeh and school. It is also within half a mile of the Village Of Walton_ Apply on the premises er to Walton Post- Office. CHARLES 493 VARII FOR SALE. -That well-known and Ane - i: ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, ITullett, in the Canty of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of whioh are cleared; there are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house aad drivinghouse ; also orchard and abundance of water. The farm is situated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full particalars apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLME- 8TED, Seaforth,or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises. 553-91 - - - TOROPEETY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, 'L Con 16, Grey; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese factory complete; Lot 11, Co a. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5-town- ehip ofMorris • Lot 92, Con. 13, and Lot 28, Con. B, township oliest ick, all good improved farms, together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and Norris, and houses aid lots and vacant lots in the vislage of Brussels, Prices low, terms easy, and title good. Apply to 4-,OHN LECKIE, Brus- mls. 574 Thum P013 SALE. -For Sale, that most desir- 1: able farm- being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Millet?, situated 1 miles from Kinburn. •and &miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring ereek rans through the farm; good. orahard, good fences, and the land in art excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply ou the premises to JAMES Me - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - forth. 562 NA101 FOR SALE. -For -sale Lot 17, concussion 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 eleared, well fenced audin a good Sttitu Of cultivation, the balance tell timbered with maple. Frame house barn sad sheds. Five acres of good bearing orchar d, and two never failing m ells. Is on a good gravel mad within 9 miles of Varna, 6 miles from Bruce - livld station, Great Westernito.ilwity, tun112 miles from Seatorth aud C into n . For fur tiler par ti c u - tars apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Yana P. O. JOHN REDMOND. 598 FIRM FOR SALE. -For Sale, West half of Lot 31, Concession 19, Melia -Hop, containing Weems, 40 of which are eleared, well feneed and Iii excelleut condition ; a good log house, also a pang orchard comineuting to boar and &bond - ante cf splendid water ; is within half a mile of a eat gtavel road, and is convenient, to churches, school and pos-t office; is within 9 iniles from Sea - teeth and an equal distance from Brussels. Apply to the proprietor on the prerniseg, or to Leoalbury ISAAC GRAHAM. 603-4x The Depression in Engla-n To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. S1R,-I notice the "trade question" is beginning to occupy the attention of all the nations of 'Europe. England at' last has been forced to grant a &mantis- sion to enquire into the cause of the present agricultural distress, and a mo- tion has just been carried in opposition to the Government, demanding the ap- pointment of a Cabinet Minister to watch the agricultural and coramercial interests. Not 1 ng eine° a motion in favor of appoint ng a Royal Commis- sion to enquire i to the cause of the. de- pression of trade was lost, the leaders of both political • arties having strongly opposed. it. Th ;re is no doubt but the old question of forty years ago, "free trade or protec ion," must be fought over again. Th :re has been far more agitation alread on the subject than the people of thi country are aware of, but the press of ( urscountryt, instead of showing both s des of the question, oint to quote extracts y papers, merely to wn ideas in reference to the questio as it affected our- selves in the conlict. have made it a from old , count bolster up their Lord Derby beaig opposed_ to protec- tion, or reciproci y, and in favor of emi- gration,_ has bee lauded to the skies by the Globe as a so ud. and. logical states- man, aud:his sp eches have .been all published, whertas the speeches of 111r. McIvor, the own' :r of the Cunard line of steamers, bein: strong Protection- ist, have not bee noticed, unless to be t unfavorably criti ized. Nov, I submit - the press should how both sides fully to the people a d let them be the judges. Mr. Me vor having made his ; immense fortune in trade, ought to be ',fully as ood an authority as Lord. Derby. sH.io hits grown immensely wealthy_ -erely from his rents. It standsto reasbn that a policy that has put so nanch mor ey into the pockets of • both Tories and Reformers, men like , Lord Derby would be slow to see - the necessity of a change. It does not follow, however; hat a chauee is not I needed. WheneRichard Cobden and. j. I Bright began the agitation of free trade, , they were looked on as mere fanatics ; but the arguments of Cobden and the • eloquence of Brieht, being favoredby circumstances, were irresistible. The , fact that the woild was just on the point of b• ing reaolutionized by the dist coverrof Fames Watt and the inven- tion of Ge rge Sttphenson, the country.. was just r pe for the chauge, and by taking UI4 start of other nations they at once beloame tile merchants, manu- faeturers, and carriers for the whole world.. e fact that eailways and -steamship , ou laud fuel .sea, could not be ma.def tst enough hi supply the de- mand, En land could uot help going ahead wit a grand b tind: The groat evils pred cted • by 1. ird Beaconsfield and the b te Lord Detby never showed themselve. until the other day, when Palliarae,1 t had to grant the C01311111S- • sion to eiquire into the agricultural distress. It is wonderful what time • dloes. Eneland's distress before free tte.de was aus..ed by low wages and dear bread; no it is catised by no work and too much cheap food. It appears to make o difference to a country tvbether b ea.d sti ffs are high or low, if the people have no money to buy pith. • Richard Cobden cannot be expected to rise from the dead tanct -renounce his old ideas, either need it be expected that J. Br ght, whose .ntind has run so long in th free trule grooveavill get out of it in his old age. It would be simply renouncin the work of his whole life and going ack or. his friend and pre- ceptor, Ri hard Cobden. But what is • to be said bout Lords Beaconsfield and. Derby, cvh opposed the policy with all their might and. with all their elo- . quence ? • t has been clearly demon- strated th y were wrong in the stand they took t that time, and it may be possible t ey are equally wrong notv. It stands ts reasoa that the pereeptive faculties )f Lord Beaconsfield intist have been ully better at forty than at eighty yea s of age, and nobody can deny thathe la „e Lord Derby was, not fUlly a . good. a man as his - son. Such bein the case, I believe the pre- sent 'Lord erby is making his first • mistake, a d Beaconsfield his second, on this al -important question. It is perfectly p ain a policy. may suit a .1 country- at one pe aod of its history and not at 'an° er. Lord Derby's mire for present tr ubles: is emigration. To trace this emedy to its logical results, it certainry would be a most radical cure. If t le Qom try is to be depopu- lated, the burdees must press more heavily o • those who remain. The great trou le is, the present powers . of producin manufactured goods of all kinds arel far beyoud the powers of con- sumption. In the same Globe that the noble. Lord's spet.ch is so favorably oommented mi. the description of an automatic machinc is giveu. that runs - continuously from Monday- morning till ' Saturday night and does all its own ' work. Th inventor is said to have • fifteen of ti ese machines running with- out any at endance whatever, but t a single girl o each to keep them 'clean. - These mac lines are said to turn out from ,$500 t $5,000 worth of goods each, at a Cost of $4 per week. If these come • into genera practical use• in weaving. cloths of 11 descriptions, millions of ; weavers wi 1 be , arced to leave the ! country, a d. millions who are depend- . eut on. the will have to follow. The upshot wo ld be, the tax. pavers would. all have let , e.xcei t the owners of real estate, wh coul 1 not get away. . There woul be oult- four other Classes left, 1st th Royal -Family and cOnnec- tions ; 2d, he ar •y with all its attend- • ant evils, s ch a pensions, half -pay officers; an fat • aid- officers; the es- tablished c mph, he supposed beacon that lights he peo le to heaven, --unfor- tunately gi at di eeences of opinion . have.crept nto all churches as tb the condition o thel ture stateebut ' there; FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 26, Con. 2, Turkersinith, contaioing 100 mores of excellent land, about 70 of which_ are cleared and a consid- erable part of it well underdrained ; the balance la good hardwood bush; frame house,.frame barn. &Able; an orchard, good well; convenient to schools, churches, &c. Is situated about 6 miles treat Seafottlt and 1 mile from Brucetield station, ell a geed. eravel road. For 1 arther particulars IPPIY to th'5e proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Brocetield P. 0. THOMAS MUNRO, . Tschersraith. '601 ; Fall FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 11, If. E. S., containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and 14, •k first-class state of cultivatien, the balance mug pod hardwood bush; log house, with stone • (*It under, and well finished; frame barn . ,_.. . with stone stabling underneath; good ,uearleg orchard and 3 good wells•; convenient to , ._'-uttreh, school and post office ; is sittiated 8 miles . nut Seaforth and 6 from Heusall„ on a good . gavel teal. For farther particulars apply to the TrIllietur on the premises, or if by letter to thiselhurst P.O. JOHN C. STEELE. 603-4x -- , - - - -filIal TOR SALE. -F0, Sale, Lot 29; Con, 8, ," TownsIdp of Tueltersmitb., L. R. S.,.contain- , !ABDO zeros, abont.70 of which are cleated and trf a me state ot ;cultivation ; the balance is good bartlweal bush ; good frame house, barn and !table ; tarellent water on the prendses ; well leacci i good young orehard, and every conveni- ne appertaining t: a farm. London, Heron end 1", situated ab ut 7.. • Bracellild, on the 'ruee- ii 'Irola Sus -onto, 2i from happen, and 3 from gailwaY• The laud is tirst-elass clay loam. For er partieulars apply to the proprietor oi the 411,ES ,i1cMILLAN. ilrelniits et: if by letter to 13rucetield : 0. 64-4x V‘11:1I FOR SALK-South half of Lot 20, Con. • - - --- , - - - .„,_. , X!2rrisCounty of Huron, containin* 100 64 acres eleared- balance hardwood ; GO - day "kres clear of stow ,s 'and udr nderained ; soil • . 1 orch ,. oaan; 1_;,, acres fall wheat; good bearing 4¢tbuillitt..;•;; i 4 log 1 • boa. barn UNA() n-arlv new, and other , .. .. , , • ilou to -use, la' nes, .'th - frame Ili .4, it a; 2 we s; well fenced. The above .farm t i • 'only twt, tulles from Brussels, on good gravel roads , .4.1143 atirif • , ,,._, ; 8(,:1,U1 1111lISV on the lot. For thrtheri par- i eto 1 u - I , • .1 , V. 0, ROBE RT BROADFOOT, Prop•ri- . r,E.ta..,:els P 0 i u toe wetuises or to C. R. Coe, ier • . . . • 688 • Fall IN: 3IeKILLOP FORSALE.-Fer_Se, . . . ._al _ tit the North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13,- Mc- oP containing 112 acres ; thcre are about 80 des en ‘; .., wen attat, underdrauned, omit in a ,high e ut celtivatien the balgace is well Watered Liti,si ltar_dwood; gt:oit dwaling, Wm bank frarine f,„--",„4.`;1,7, with stabling- underneath, and other '`ultIldhles, -also a good young orehard and 7,ututys »wti:m teher. Is 10 miles from Brussels. 5 from turit sail 12 froSealorth. with good gravel place; coovenieut to thumb' and okbc:at will ,be sold as a whole or in two parts, exchanged. for a small farm. Apply to - -wm.„4,14.Plr. OD. yorxtEost,he proprietor owthe prenoiisen, 593 can be no difference of opiuion about the dignitaries of the church. who are in receipt of from $1,000 to $50,000 per annum being in the enjoyment of heaven while on earth; 4th, there are the revenue and custom house officers, who -grow both fat and rich by holding the noses of the tax payers on the grind. - Stone. • It is plain unless these four classes go to work • and devour each other, like other parasites, it is a blue look out. If they were to do so, and such men as Lord Derby were not de- voured among the 'lave, then they could herd their flocks on their estates in peace and quietness. Perhaps this picture is considerably overdrawn. But, supposing,Englaud has to be depopulat- ed, say one-half, what use is there in sending her large surplus of farmers to Canada, A.ustralia and Africa to grow, breadstuff's, if there is no market in England? The power of producing breadstuff s can be overdone as easily as anything else. The fact is. unless Pro- vidence had not given us an extra crop this year, and enhanced. the value of it by depriving the nations of Europe of any • crop, brea.dstuffs would be on a par with cheese and butter -not worth raising. , Ten years ago, when England was at its height of prosperity, the nation got greatly concerned lest the Supply of coal and iron, should give out. It never entered into their minds that trade would fail, so long Its their supplies lasted.. Mr. Gladstone being good at figures, to .ease their minds -ou that score, calculated that the suPply mould last 2,000 years at the rate of consump- tion then going on. Strange to say trade has played out 1,990 years sooner than their supplies, and tha people can- not see the cause of it. The sooner the country recognizes that the present dis- • tress is uob an ordinary periodical com- mercial depression, the better; but is a regular readjustment of trade, capital skill and labor, caused by over -produc- tion. Thoy should also bear in mind they are no longer the merchants, manu- facturers and carriers to the Whole world, but that other nations are now com- petitors both, in their own and other 'foreign markets. England is no longer in a positiou to give free trade and get nothing in return. It was all right to take all that nations had, to send her, while they took the price out in naanu- facturedgeods of all kinds, but these times have gone by. There i now no help for it but to adopt • a policy to suit herself awl her colonies, by adopting discriminatory duties against the na- tions -that discriminate against her. It is a mistaken idea, so long as England is the market of the world, that a duty imposed ou the products of these na- tions would add to the cost of the con- sumers. By adopting such a policy she would be better able to- maintain her position by transplanting her wealth, power and. influence in her colonies. The colonies would then secure the emigration from the whole world and grow right ahead, and would soon be- come good customers in place of those England_ hail lost. It is true Canada has adopted the National Policy for self-' preservation against her big, selfish • neighbor, but the true and effectual ' policy should come from England her- self. If British conuection is worth having, it should be made a real con- nection. Colonial interests should be represented iu the House of Commons. English people would then know that Canada was a part of the Empire. As it is now, half of them imagine we are some distant relation of Uncle Sam. My idea is that forty years more of Free Trade, such as it is, will ruin England. Her wealth eveu now is flying fast away. Just to think of the Commercial failures that have taken place within the last four year, also the deprecia- tion of property on both land and sea, is frightful: Landlords have been forced to reduce the rents of farmers from 10 to 40 percent; they had no choice in the matter; farmers who had rented. at high rents for 21 years were just in as bad adix as the shareholders of the Glasgow Bank, simply ruined if forced to meet their engagements. Bad. as things are on land, they are worse in connection with -the shipping trade. There are millions and. millions of ves- sel property that is lying in the docks rotting and rusting itself to dust. Such being the ease, the agitation has not -commenced any too soon. Yours, etc.,. LP. SEAFORTH, Tuly. 22, 1879. Canada. - A gentlernaa who took a drive through McGillivray- one day last week says it is one of the finest townships in the country.; geed roads, splendid farms, with flue residences. The crops are very promising all through this township, and unless something hap- pens, which is imlikelyt there will, be an unusually large yield of grain, and in fact everything the farmer raises. - The death is announced 'of .Mr. Louis Duvernav, Registrar for the Eastern Division of Montreal. He was for many years connected -with the Minerve newspaper, which he inhe itecl from his father, the latter havint as- sumeci. the proprietorship of the ur- nal shortly after its establishnaen by the Hon. M. Morin in 1821. -Mr. Du- vernay's death at the early age of = 6 is much regretted:, t --A Hamilton gentleman, on his ay to London a few days ago, fell in ith two young and hardy Lancashire o er- atives, who with their wives were 'en their way to London in search of em- ployment. The gentleman infor ed them that there were no cotton manu- factures in that city, and that they should go to. Dundas. They replied that as they had bought their tickets for London, they meant to take adyau- tage of the journey, and were willing to work at anything. The gentlenaan was so much impressed with ithe 'straightforwardness of the party that On their arrival in that city he. imme- diately set about getting work for them on a friend's farm 'in London township. Entigratilte of this stamp always do • -Mr. J. C. Kilborne, of Beams- ville; has ripe peaches ready for mar- ket. . . -The Lieutenant -Governor, D. A. McDonald, left for Manitoba on the 7th. , e ---The Consolidated Bank closed their St. Catharines agency on Satur- day. • • 4: -Spring wheat in the vicinity of Belleville -has been alined ruined by rust, wire worm and 'Hessian fly. --The authorities at Prescott the other day made a seizure of $500 :worth of jewelry, which had been smuggled aeroes. -John D vidson, of Guelph, has purchased th largest island. in Pus - limb Lake, and will get it ready for a first -crass sin inter resort next season. -Harris Cohen, the alleged bigamist, under arrest t London, has been dis- .charged. by t e Police Magistrate, the prosecution f iling to put in au appear- . mice. • . -The Ha Tilton Forging COmpaaly are making 400 axles for 500 cars or- dered by two Canadian railway com- panies. The wheels and cars are made in London. -The Du se of Argyll sailed. from New York fo Europe on the 16th inst., in the Cun rd Steamer Scythia, in company witti his two daughters, Mary and La,d.y El- zabeth Campbell. -Overloading cars is again necoming quite annoying to railway officials, and most of the lines have commenced weighiug all cars loaded with grain when they rtach a point where there are scales. -The Toronto Industrial Exhibition, Association have appointed. a conanait- tee to confer with the railwaymanagers. with a view to makiug au agreement with them fox the conveyance .of visit- ors at reduced, rates. -A young lad named Colin McLean, son of Captatu McLean, near Clyde, was so severely injured by being acci- dentally struek with a base ball at Puslinch Lake on Dominion Day that he died last Week. -The number of failures in Nova Scotia during the past six months amounts to 112,• the liabilities footing up $1,674,950. The corresponding six mouths of., Iast-' year showed 96 fail- ures, with liabilities amounting to $1,- 235,000. -A. quoith g match_ was played in Galt last Sat irday betweenJas.Dobson, of Galt, the present holder of the gold medal, and Walter J. Reid, of Ayr, for the champio ship of the Dominion, re- sulting in f vor of Dobson, by one point. Score Dobson, 61; Reid, 60. - A good d al of complaint collies from Nova Scotia ship owners about • the difficulty of getting anything, like remunerative employment for their ves- sels. Mr. Doull, M. P., is repotted to have laid.up two ships in Baltimore, owing to the unprofitable character of the business. -James acdonald, who eloped from Brockvi le with a Mrs McCallum, was brought before a Toronto Magis- trate, on a ab rge of having stolen $100 from her. M Donald, it was shown, had enticed er from home, audebad robbed her at Guelph. He was mitted to the Central Prison for nine months. -A m.an iamed James Crane has been airested and lodged. in London gaol, on a :charge of attempting to forcibly enter he house of Coral Mc- Kinnon, of th township of Ekfrid. He is also char ed with assaulting a daughter of McKinnon. The offence took place on 1 hursday morning early. Efforts were ss ade to break in the door with an axe. barber n Windsor named Meech was late eorai a to work one morning lately, and so • e wag tied a piece of oor before he reached it. the crape conveyed the at Meech had departed hen he went home to d many tears and other funeral in the house be - crape on the An observer o word home t this life, and dinner he fou etceteras for for him. --t-Mr. Finle - Stewart, of East Wil - lianas, a weal hy farmer, was knocked don in his o n stable by a bull, and had his face r pped open from the chin to the ear. Aj doctor was quickly on hand and sew d up the fearful gash. Mr. S. fortun tely fell close to the wall, and the bull, 4wing to the angle, could not get at hini with full force. t ---The shov llers on the line of the Credit Valley, at .Barrie's Cut, near Galt, struck ork 041 Wednesday morn- ing last weekf r an increase of pay. The men were rec ivin,g a dollar a day, but think hey shciuldget more. The fore- mau refused t4 accede to their demands, when they thew 'down their shovels an left the w rk. The majority of the meii are Germans and Danes. A panic c used by an alarm of fire, whieh, fortun tely, passed over' without seri us resnits4 occurred on the steamer 1 Tr4isit, at BellaVille, last ...Thursday moijning. Th ti boat was loaded with excTrsionists, a number of whom be- came frantic with fear, one lady throw- ing her child ,from the boat • to the wharf, and a gbneral rush taking place for the shore. 1The alarm was quickly shown to be grbundless, and the steam- er proceeded op her trip, though Some of those who 1ad one on shore re- mained. 1I .„ -Twopersons, a ,Man and his wile, have been arrested at Rochester, N. Y., for making dounterfeit money. The woman gave her husband's name as John McIlvaine, and said they camel from Stratford, Ont. She is twenty- three years of age and. says shehas been engaged in counterfeiting from child- hood. She cl ims to have been mar- riedl but a sho t tircie. She exculpates her husband e tirelY, only, of course, as to the guilty knowledge of what she was doing. As shet said' at first, he is a painter, and alhard worker at his trade when he can find employment. She wanted all the blame to rest on her. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Ham- ilton. -A. branch of the Dominion Tele- graph Line has been opened in the vil- lage of Ayr. -Windsor merchants complain that smuggling from Detroit to 'Windsor is rapidly ou the increase. -Archbishop Lynch laid the corner stone of a new Roman Catholic Church at Port Colborne last Sabbath. -A child. belonging to Mr. W. J. Orser, of Blantyre, accidentally fell into the the cistern and was drowned. -The Rev. Dr. Jacques has been re- appointed President of Albert College, which position he resigned a short time since. -Mr. Lumsden, formerly of the Pub- lic Works Department, has fallen heir to $150,000 by the death of a brother in England. -Mr. Win. Baker, merchant, Ayr, shipped 60,000 lbs., about 30 tons of butter'this season through the Port of Paris, for the old country market. -The Rev. Prof. Murray, LLD., of McGill College, left a few days ago for Scotland, owing to the serious illness of his father, Provost Murray, of Paisley. -Prof. D. C. Bell, of Brantford, has given his services gratuitously, for a literary evening, in aid of the families of the men rowned in Lake Erie. A large number of tickets have been sold. -A Durham cow valued at $300, be- longing to Squire Fisher, Hyde Park, London, while being driven home the other morning ran against a splintered plow handle, which pierced her bowels. The animal bid to be shot. -Last Friday night the store of Mr. W. W. Crooker,Waterdowm, was forci- bly entered, the safe blown open, and $128 in bills, some silver and $1,000 in notes carried off. It is suspected that a,n organized gang of thieves is lurking about. -The colored. people of St. Cathar- ines and the surrounding country pro- pose to celebrate the 1st of August, the anniversary of the West India emanci- pation, in a becoming manner. Excur- sions will run from Toronto, Buffalo, Lockport, Hamilton, and other places, which are expected to take an immense crowd. -As Mr. Lipaitt, of Meaford, was re- turning froni Clarksburg Camp meet- ing lately, his horse becanae frighten- ed.°on a bridge, and backing too far, seut driver, horse and buggy into the. water, 14 feet down. Mr. Lipsitt was not seriously injured and is recovering. A young woman who was in the buggy had the presence of mind to jump out. -The accidental drowning of an In- dian near Bobcaygeon through being druuk is likely to result in conse- quences of the most serious kind to those who supplied the liquor. The friends of the deceased have determin- ed to prosecute, alai as the penalty is a heavy one, the Bobcaygeon hotel -keep- ers will probably discover that it would. have been cheaper to refuse to sell. -Mr. Thomas Cuthbertson, of As-. phod.el, last week, on looking through his spring wheat, found that in some places the stalks had already a ripening appearance, and seeing that the kernel of the grain was making no progress to- wards fillin t up, he made an examina- tion of the stalk, and to his surprise found that a small grub had been gnawing the inside just above the first joint, thus destroying, the vital part of the grain, and causing its premature decay. -Chas. Guest, of London township, was charged by Benjamin Jones with lion -payment of wages. It appears that Jones was hirecl at a stated sum for eight months' time, but at the end of a few moths desired to draw a sum of money proportionate to the length of time he had- been employed. This Guest refused to give until the whole of the time had been put ha. The Magis- trate recommended that a portion of the wages be given to the employee, but the master was inexorable. Decision was reserved. -On the 31st of the present month the town of Galt will pass a cheque for the sum of about $58,000, to redeent the debentures maturing in England on that day. The arrangements for the payment thereof have been made through the Merchants'1ank of Cana- da. A new issue of $45,0 0, bearing six per tent. interest, will then be placed • on the English market, bids for some $20,000 of which have already been re- ceived at par, and. it is expected. that the balance will be disposed of at the same rate. . -The following inspection districts have been made under the Weights and Measure e Act: Windsor -To comprise the counties of Essex, Kent, Lambton, Bruce, Huron and Perth. London - To comprise the city of London, and the counties of Elgin, Middlesex, Ox- ford, Norfolk and Brant. Hamilton - To comprise the city of Hamilton and the counties of Haldimand, Welland, Lincoln, Niagara, Wentworth, Water- ' loo, Wellington, Halton and Monk. To- ronto -To comprise the city of Toronto and the counties of Grey, Sixneoe, Mus- koka, Peel, Cardwell, York, Ontario ' and Algoma. .• -A melancholy yachting accident occurred last Friday on the St. Law- rence, opposite the village of Point -aux - Trembles, -whereby eight persons met a watery grave. A sudden squall was the cause of the accident. The follow- ing is a list of the drowned: Mrs. Oc- tave de Lisle, a young Married. woman, wife of the yacht's owner; Miss Emile Larne, aged 21, a wealthy young lady, , daughter of the Seigneur of Point aux Trembles, and a distant relative of , LieuteGovernor Letellier, of Quebec; Louis Lefebvre, 40 years of age, Princi- 1 pal of the Academy at Point aux; Trembles, who leaves a widow and. four I children, and his son, a lad of 14; I Louis Gauvin, aged. 49, a gentleman of I the same place, Married; Xavier Gar- 4 nea,u, unmarried, aged 29, naaster black- 1 smith ; Ferdinand Blais, aged 26, un- • :lr . n-titt t' married; the sailing master of the yacht, and Dr. Ernest de Lisle, aged 32, the villae°e physician, who leaves a widow and two children. --Three men died suddenly in Ham- ilton last week from the effects of the intense heat. They were David Hen- derson, a man named Duggan and an- other named. Taylor. -Mr. A. R. Davis, Guelphs, has re- ceived information from Australia that an old friend named. Hammond died there and left him his property valued at from £20,000 to 130,000. -Mr. Shantz. of Waterloo, recently conducted. a party of Russian Mennon- ites through on the Grand Trunk Rail- way for Manitoba. They had among them about $35,000. -Thickpenny, the murderer, bas been put to breaking stones at the King- ston Penitentiary; he is credited -with having said that he intended to work well and earn a good reputation for discipline. - -Monday morning, near Cartwright, a man named Julius Jock, with his two children, was burn -ed to death in his house, which took fire accidentally. Mrs, Jock was badly but not dan- gerously burned. -The employees of the Great West- ern Railway Air Line held their an- nual pic-nic at Cayuga on Thursday of last week, the affair being a decided success, and rather larger in numbers than in former years. -SenatortMacMaster has offered. bis fine residence and grounds in Yorkville as the seat of a Baptist Seminary, be- sides a prepent sum of $2,000 for Presi- dent of the Institute at Woodstock. Such generosity is rare in Canada. -3\11. Switzer, who has been com- pelled by ill health to resign his posi- tion as Head Master of Elora High School, has been appointed Inspector of Schools in Algoma and Parry Sound Distiicts, for the ensuing half year. -There are in theDominion 297 post offices which receive savings bank de- posits. The number ef depositors is 27,445, and. the amount, standing to their credit on June 30thwas $2,925,- 290.80, or nearly three Million dollars. -The Rev. A. C. McDonald, of In- verness, Scotland, is revisiting thewest- ern parts of Elgin County, after an ab- sence of about fourteen years. Large congregations listened to hirn at New Glasgow and Kintyre on the 13th inst. -Mr. 'William Biggs, latelyPI inci- pal of the Bridgeport School, h4s start- ed for the Northwest Territory. He expects to settle in Bird Tail Creek region, about 200 miles west of Winni- peg, and of course beyond the present beundaries of Manitoba. -A strange disease has 'broken out among the hogs in the slaughter yards at Winnipeg, and numbers of the ani- mals have died. The butchers agree not to sell any more pork till the nature of the disease has been found and the remedy effected. -The fast midnight train on the Grand Trunk Railway from Detroit to Buffalo makes the quickest time on record. Last Monday night, from Sar- nia to Stratford, 80 miles, was rtin in two hours. Two stopping places, Ailsa Craig and St. Marys. -Mr. A. A. Anderson, the retiring Superintendent of the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway, was presented. with a gold watch, chain and locket, and Mrs. Anderson with a gold brooch and pendant by the employees of the road on Saturday evening. • -Mr. Israel Groff, of Waterloo, has two spring calves which bring down the scale at a handsome figure. One, Young Aberdeen 2nd, was four months and five days old when weighed, is 502 lbs. The other, a grade calf, four months old all but one day, weighs 460 lbs. -Mrs. .'rederick,wife of a respectable and well-to-do merchant, in Ottawa, attempted to commit suicide the other night by jumping into the canal. She was rescued by two yonng men who happened to be out boatine°at the time-. She had been drinking too freely of late. -A man named Robert Dennison was captured at Portage la Prairie a few days ago, and eight stolen horses takeu from him, all of which have been claimed by their owners. Dennison was allowed. to go, by the sheriff, who had no warrant for his arrest at the time, but one was subsequently issued for his arrest, and search made, but he was nowhere to be found. -Toronto furnishes a nunaerous list of accidents, among which are the fol- lowing : Neman Smith, aged 14, has died from injuries received by falling - down a hoist in a biscuit factory. Last Sunday Daniel Tornpan had his skull fractured by a kick from a horse, whieh be was leading out of a stable on. fire on Duchess street. He died. on Tuesday. On Saturday, as Patrick McClouchy, aged 17 years, who was go- ing to atteud the shooting match, was lifting his gun out of his boat, the ham- mer caught on the side and discharged the weapon, the contents lodging in McClouchy's right arm. It is feared. the limb will have to be amputated. -There is at present in gaol in Mon- treal a man named Jos. Robineau, who is upwards of seventy years of age. His friends say that six years ago he went security for $222 in a law suit, which dragged on for five years before it was finally disposed of. A little over a year ago it was decided in such a way that B,obineau, who was previously a cap- tain on a barge, was called upon to pay the amount of his bond. Being unable to do this, on s.ceount of having lost his situation, he was taken to gaol on a contraint par corps, and has ever since lain there. After he had. been ther for a short time he made a motion' for the alimentary allowance of one dollar per week so long as detained in gaol. This motion was granted. His adver- saries have paid one &Bar per week for forty-seven weeks for the purpose of keeping- him imprisoned.E they choose to pay this weekly amount they • may keep him imprisoned. till the end of hia life unless he pays the amount of his bond, which is impossible. -A eouple of tramps broke into a bonded car at London, and had a free ride tat Walkerville, The _conductor -ltueerTsv' lle , had m. thearrested, and they were sent up for thirty days. A quantity of jew- elry waS found. in their possession -Join B. Binne„ son. of Mr. Sohn Min- nesota,• on -the evening of the 12th inst. He had gone in to bathe along with Binns, 'of Yarmouth, was drowned in. the Miseissippi River at Wabacha, ii some ot i. ers, and it is supposed that he was se* ed with cramps. -Mr. Clements, who lives in Mala - hide, near the Lake Shore, was milking a cow the other day when it was at- tacked ay another with such force as to throw the animal upon her. The shock rendered her insensible, and it war found talien she was discovered that het elbow Was badly crushed and her body much bruised. -A. young man is at present und.er going a sentence of six months in jail, at Lon on, two months of which only have e ired, who has fallen heir to the s of $165,000, by the death of an uncle i San Francisco,. This uncle left a f rtune of $494„000, to be divided among three nephews, of whom the prisoner is one. It is needless to say he aw- 'ts his liberation with imps- tie---neTel Journal of Commerce, Sir 13 ... Francis Hincks' paper, in referring to the Consolidated Bank affairs, he being Preside t of that institution, says: "The s ares which some people were almost empted into selling last week at 4”.8 t na $20, avill be worth -double thatfigure. At 30 per cent there would. 110 required assets of only $600,- 000. Even thould the bank go into liquidatiort, shareholders would realize much ore than the present market eao other day a gentlemen in p London, found a little bey, apparently two years of age, wandering around through the streets -with the unmistakeable air of being lost. The only answer the child. could give to questions asked him was that his name was "Henry." It was all he knew of himself or the world. at large. One of the fingers of the right hand had. been cut off near the top, and when found he wore a lady's hat. We trust the lit- tle waif may soon find his home. -It will be remembered that a party of six men started from Port Colborne July 3rd. in a sail boat, bound for Buf- falo to Spend tbe Fourth; and were drowned. The bodies of five of the un- fortunate men have been recovered.. Thursday - a, party of gentlemen. from Buffalo were fishing in the river neat Beaver Island and found a, ftoating bot- tle with a paper itt it, on which was written the following: "july 3, 1 p. xte. We cannot 'weather it any longer. Blowin a gale. Give up all. hopes. Good bt e. Six men from Port Gal - borne.'' -H. H. Rolf, a sewing machine agent, says he was overtaken by the storm on Thursday night on the via, dle Road, about ten miles from. Wind- sor, and sought shelter in the barn of a farmer named Symonds. While he was unhitching his horse from the wagon the rain begaix to fall in torrents, and just as he was - preparing to enter the barn a bolt of lightning dashed the lantern from his handl. killed the horse, and set fire to the barns which with' its content'was consumed. Mr. Roll was terribly frightened and ran away as quickly as possible, but, strange to say, he was aot hurt in the least. -A Chicago detective arrived at the Tecumseh House, London, last Thurs- day, inearch of a man named James Baxter, • ) formerly a resident of St. Thomas who appears to have been liv- ing in tie hotel about the time of the officer's rrival. It is stated that Bax- ter, whi acting in Chicago as an em- ploye of ,the United States Government, • converted some $30,000 or $40,000 of in- ternal r venue stamps into cash and then ab waled, and it is furtheralleged that the guarantee bond given by hire has beer discovered. to be worthless. The object of the detective is to make him diegorge hi's plunder. -A Man, name unknown, started from the neighborhood of the Little Saskatchewan River, for Winnipeg, on a. very rciughly constructed raft. When nearing iihe Bale St. Paul ferry, the raft became tnimanageablet and, in passing under th p rope, he was thrown into the water, where be struggled, maintaining his hold Upon the rope in -til assietanee arrived, which was promptly given by the ferryman and others, who hap- pened toIbe near. The strange part of the matfter is the man could not swim a etroke to save his life, as he stated, and came 150 miles on the same con- veyance,land actually went to sleep on the raft,3/4 1at night, and but for afriendly branch hie)]. caught his raft instead of himself, le would, have been drowned. -A most revolting affair took place on the Driving Park in Montreal some days ago Five horses were started on a race of twenty miles on one of the hottest days of the hot days of this summer, and two of them were nrged round th course to the cut of the -lash without a moment's stopping. One animal s aggered and fell just before accorap hing the last mile, and the other, " illage Girl," a noble animal, who did eomplish the distance, died. next day. The gasping struggles of the horses a they neared the end of the terrible ace were gazed upon with glee and dehght by several hundred crea- tures be; ring the shape of human vittbe- ings, went there to pocket a paltry bet, or else, as they would. say, 'last for the fun.1 The Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to AlliM2113 has takezx proceedings against one of -the pa...rt./es named 4angevin, the owner and driver otpof,op:otefillhntgiraeerypGield'f'oNrvhtw° aertyvemileftber al- tit should g t a few years in the Provincial It