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A Great Calamity—Thomas Kidd.
Auction Sale --James H. Benson.
Medicines -Hickson & Bleasdell. _
Bargains—Hoffman Brothers.
Announcement—Wm. Hill & Co.
Voters' List—Township McKillop.
Bran—A. W. Ogilvie
Estray Colt—John Grey.
House to Rent—Expositor Office.
Auction Sale—James H. Benson.
A Good Chance—G. & H. Jackson.
Teacher Wanted—Robert obert Pirie.
ElectionExpenses—Jorhn-Beattie.
Legal Card--S..Malconmon.
Estray Cow—Wm. Callender.
-Estray Heifer—Wm. Whitesides.
1tron.: r r toll.
SEAFORTH, AUG -UST 8, 1879.
The Consolidated Bank.
Two weeks ago we referred to the un-
satisfactory state of the affairs of this
institution. At that time there was
not thought to be any serious danger.
On the contrary it was believed that,
With a change of management, and a
curtailmentof -discounts, the difficul-
ties in the way could be overcome.
But, subsequent events have proven
these hopes groundless. When the
public lose- confidence in an institution
of this kind, it is very difficult to keep
it afloat, even- under more favorable
tireumstances than those surrounding
the Consolidated. The bank suspend-
ed payments, and its Moors were closed,
for business on Friday morning last.
This event created much Tess excite -
went in this section than might be ex-
pected, asits circulation had' recently
been much curtailed, and at every
agency only a deposit business has been
done for some weeks. The events
r which were immediately responsible -
for the suspension at the present time
were, -a run on one of the agencies, and
an expected withdrawal of a special de-
posit of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars held for the Credit Valley Rail-
way company. Whether or not busi-
ness will be again resumed, is not at
present known. The principal losers
will be the stockholders. Depositors
and. bill holders will, itis almost cer-
tain, be paid -in full, although there may
be some delay. The shareholders are
responsible for twice the face _ value of
their stock, and the stock evil? be more
than suffrent to cover all liabilities, to
say nothing of other assets. This be-
ing the case, there is no cause for un-
easiness or alarm on the part of those
holding bilis or deposit receipts. The
only suspensions caused' through the
failure of the bank are those of a few`
bankrupt firms in Montreal which have
been bolistered up by the bank for
months, if not for years, and which
should have gone into, liquidation long
ago. It is reported that some of the
shareholders intend bringing civil ac;
tions against the late manager and the
direotorsfor the amount of their stock,
as they contend that .the directors by
their reports deceived the shareholders.
We sincerely hope this report may
prove true. If ever bank officials de-
served punishment, the manager and
directors of the Consolidated do. They
have deceived and robbed the share-
holders iu . the most Systematic, man-
ner, and have also destroyed one of .our
best and safest banking institutions.
It would be almost criminal on the
part of the shareholders to permit such
conduct to pass unpunished. We there-
fore hope, that in this instance an ex-
ample will be made of those who'liave
so shamelessly betrayed the trust - re-
posed in them,. 'It would have a bene-
ficial effect upon others iu similar posi-
tions who may feel disposed to act in a
like manner. If their persons can not
be reached, their pockets, at least,
should be tapped.
Lieutenant Carey's Case.
The English press, and some Can-
adian papers as well, animadvert very
severely upon the conduct of Lieutenant
Carey iii deserting," as they
Prince Imperial. It will be member-
edd that this officer accompanied the
• Prince on his fatal mission when he
was surprised and killed .by the Zulus.
Lieutenant Carey, instead of waiting
to share the fate of his, less fortunate
comrades, made good his escape, and
_ succeeded in reaching his camp with a
`whole skin._ Had those killed been
only common officers or soldiers, it is
not Iikely the conduct - of Lieutenant
'_ Carey would have attracted particular
attention. But as tliePriuceImperal was
one of the victims, it was deemed expedi-
ent to lay the blame of the misfortune -
which overtook him, and for which he'
by his rashness and: impetuosity was.
alone responsible, upon some other per-
son, and the unfortunate officer who ac-
companied him on the expedition is
made the scapegoat. He has beep sent
home, in disgrace, for trial, and the
press, both of England and Canada,
judging hum in advance, accuse him of
cowardice, &c., and pronounce all man-
ner of severe sentences upon him. They
say that he should have stood by the
Prince until his death, and that he
should have even sacrificed his own life,
as well as the lives of his other com-
rades, in attempting to save him, no
matter how useless the attempt might
be. Of course; it is very easy for news-
-
paper writers, sitting safely and quietly
in their sanctums, to assume very brave
and lofty airs, and in .order to tickle the
vanity of their bluelblooded readers,
pronounce a verdict of cowardice
against the officer in question, and urge
that he be court-martialed and shot.
These.same writers seem to forgthat
self-preservation is the;first law df na-
ture, and that in all probability the -life
of the young Priuce was not one whit
more dear to him than was that o4 the
humblest soldier who formed his arty.
In view of the circumstances, as r fated
in the various reports of the affair
which have been published, we cannot
. see why Lie}itenant Carey should be
even blamed, much less punisheci, for
what he did. In the first -place, -he was
not in command of the party, and in
the second place, he, in common : with
the other members of the party, *as in
au utterly defenceless condition, their
ammunition being exhausted; • Hied he
remained behind, hecould not possibly
have done anything to save the liife of
the Prince, and would most assuredly.
have sacrificed his own. Why, then,
should he be punished; ok even blamed,
for saving his own life, when by sacri-
ficing it he could not have accomplish-
ed any good? Had he been in a posi-
tion to beat off the enemy and save the
life of his leader by remaining, and had
he fled then, he might fairly be charged
with cowardice, but to foolishly rush
upon certain death, in -the absence of
even a remote chance of doing good, is
not bravery but criminal recklessness.
This, at least, seems to be the common-
sense view, whatever may be the ideas
of the military authorities or those
newspaper writers who love to pandei
to English e nobility," so-called.
Items Political and Otherwise.
—A rumor is current in Ottawa to
the effect that Senator Macpherson will
be appointed Lieut. -Governor of On-
tario when the term of the present in-
cumbent expires, -on the 18th of May
next, and that Mr. Goldwin Smith will
be offered the seat thi) s vacated in the
Senate.:
—A motion by Mr. Joly for a repri-
mand upon the member for Terrebonue,
Mr. Chapleau, was defeated in the
Quebec. Legislature, on , Tuesday night
by a vote of 27 to 25. Thirteen mem-
bers were absent. Of course such a
vote is not one of want of confidence.
On a direct vote of confidence taken on
the following day the :Government were
sustained. by a majority of ten in a full
house.
—As the Prince Imperial's body was
found there is no danger of a claimant
ever conning forward, as there did years
after the death of Sir Roger Tichborne.•
But although the difficulty of a claim-
ant has-been avoided, there is said to
be another difficulty to be met, in the
shape of a young widow. It is proba-
bly only a story, and will do for a com-
panion to the story that the late Prince
was in love with the Princess Beatrice,
and went out to Zululand to win honour
and glory before asking her hand.
—Tho Sarnia Observer satirically re-
marks se -It has ' been a long stand-
ing and grievous complaint with the
Toronto Nail tbatlLieut.-Governor Mac-
donald has failed in hie duties as a con-
stitutional Governor by not giving pri-
vate. theatricals at Government Rouse.
This is certainly very it unwise," to say
the least of it on the part of His honor,
and it may become the painful duty- of
the Dominion Government next session
to ask the House to solemnly declare
that Mr. Macdoizald's usefulness . is
gone," and thus compel the decapita-
tion o a tyrant who refuses to recognize
prism e theatricals as part of the British
Const'tution.
—I�i referring to the management of
the Consolidated Bank - at the head
office; the Montreal Witness says : A
curious fact brought out in this connec-
tion is that the late manager exerted
his influence in avor of firms continu-
ing operations, -yen after the firms
themselves felt hey should cease. It
appeared to be only necessary under
the peculiar sys,em of banking carried
on in this institu ion for . a thin to be-
come debtor to t e amount of a hun-
dred thousand d liars or so to secure
from the manage ant the greatest con-
sideration in its tura operations. The
mere fact that a an's liabilities to the
Bank were stea ily 'increasing - seems
to have been in itself a sufficient guar-
antee against any danger of insolvency
while the same regime lasted. '
—The Toronto Telegra i remarks :
The feeling in favor of Ii utenant-gov-
ernors being elected by t e people, in-
stead of being appointed b the Gower-
nor -in -Council, seems to be growing.
Several letters have apps red in t e
public prints upholding that view. If
we are to have lieutenant- overiiors at
all, there does not appear to be a y
sound reason for depriving` the peo ale
of a voice in saying who the incumbe is
of that high office shall. be. The Gov-
ernment is responsible to the peep e,•
and when the people p ease they c n
turn the -Government put. But th+3y
have no check upon lieutenant-gove
nors at all.. The idea that these digni-
taries should be elected; by the peopl
after the manner of State' governo
across the line, is worth discussing.
—Iu referring to the dismissal , f
Lieutenant -Governor Letellier, and t e
cause assigned for the . dismissal a
Quebec journal remarks : There is,ho
ever, we fancy, a point; on -which a 1
can agree : the reason Resigned is a p 3
culler one, it is that after the vo 3 e
of the House of Commons during la -:t
-"session. and that of the Senate duri.g
" the previous session with relation ,o
" your course as Lieutenant-Governo
" your usefulness as such was gone.
Our French-Canadian fellow-countr
men are fond of priding therrnsely:
upon their logic? What do they thin.
of this as a specimen ? Mr. Letellier is
here confessed to have done nothin
that can be alleged worthy of punish
ment. He is dismissed not on accoun
of his own acts but by the vote of parka
went. It would have been straightfor
ward had it been simply stated that h
was dismissed because he had a partite
mentary majority against him. Thi•:
story about is usefulness is pure non
sense. In the meantime! a death-blo
has given to the autonomy of th:.
provinces. One of the most promisin.
young men in the Liberal party, and
member of the provincial Cabinet, nn
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
clerstood very clearly the consequences
which are likely to result from this
itifringment on the constitution, and
remarked that it would perhaps be well
for tlep French-Canadians seriously to
consider on what conditions they would
be willingto accept legislative union at
once, rather than have it thrust upon
them by outrages of.this -kind.
—" I have no sympathy with these
" Sunday excursions, and I am thor-
" oughly convinced it will be to_the ad-
" vantage of both the public and the
railway companies themselves not to
" introduce the system into Canada."
This is Mr. Hickson's opinion, and the
General Manager of the Grand Trunk
Railway must be considered one of the
highest authorities in this matter in "re-
gard to the advantage of the railway,
companies; if not that of the public.
We are pleased to be able to quote this
manly expression of opinion, and add it
to others quoted in these columns dur-
ing the last few weeks, in thehope that
ere long Sunday excursions, Sunday
sports; Sanday circuses, Sunday politi-
cal addresses andother methods of Sab-
bath desecration, will, in this province,
at least, be simply memories of the
past. So says the Montreal Witness.
—The outlook in England is by no
means cheerful. The crops will be
more or less of a failure, and the taxes
will be heavy. The worst of it is that
the taxes are not to be spent in meeting
the necessary expenses of government,
but iu meeting the demands of what is
now universally looked upon as an un-
necessary war. Tho Chancellor of the
Exchequer calculated upon a surplus at
the end of the year ; but the Zulu cam-
paign has as effectually ' knocked the
surplus into a cocked -hat, as Lord
Chelmsford seems to have atlast knock-
ed Cetewayo. A new credit has been
asked for to the extent of £3,000,000.
This briugs the- expense of the Zulu
campaign up to £4,500,000, or $22,500,-
000. But it is extremely unlikely that
even this is all. The estimates of the
;Dost of war are never - reliable. When
the Abyssinian expedition was sent out,
Lord .Beaconsfield --mor Mr. Disraeli as
be was then—answered an enquiry in
the House of Commons by saying that
the cost of the affair would - be 12,000,-
000. But it turned out that it cost
£9,000,000, although there was not a
shot fired. The money was spent in
fitting out the expedition, and not in
overcoming the resistance which every-
body calculated upon. In Zululand
they have had fighting, and hard fight-
ing too, and the cost of ' transportation
has been startling.
•
News of the Week.
RESIGNED.—Lord Chelmsford has re-
signed and is returning to Durban.
SURRENDERED.—King Cetewayo's bro-
ther with several prominent chiefs has
surrendered. to the British.
Pnorrrs.—The eecess of earnings over
expenditure at Sing Sing Prison; New
York, for July amounts to $3,580.
RAVAGES of I{ 'AMINE.—Itis stated -that
the city of Serinagur, the. capital of
Cashmere, which ordinarily has 200,000
inhabitants, has only 30,000 since the
famine. -
LIEUT. CAnnr.—It is learned. that the
Queen will be advised to allow Lieut -
Carey to return o duty, as the authori-
ties merely find him guilty cif indescre-
tion. .
BAD OFFICIALS. — Gloomy accounts
come from Jamaica in reference to the
extravagance of the officials, and the
oppressive taxes laid on the people to
make up therefore.
EPIDEMIC. --A sort of epidemic is re-
ported at Lima, Peru, owing probably
to the variable character of the season.
The disease =assumes the form of in-
termittent fever, which in a short time
is :fatal.
DzATII BEFORE BEGGARY. -- John
Schauerman, aged 60,committed suicide
in the. Central Park, New York, by blo-w-
out his brains with a pistol. He suffer-
ed with - rheumatism, and feared he
would be driven to beg. -
SUDDEN AND CERTAIN.—Five young
men were_. playing poker at Ashville, N.
C. One 'vas=detected hiding an extra
card in his breast pocket. The dirk of
another was `instantly driven through
the card and into the cheat's heart.
AN OLD BIBLE. --One of the Iceland-
ers who arrived at Castle Garden, New
York, on Monday presented baggage -
man Dolan with and old copy of the
bible- printed in 1747. ' The large book
is bound in dogskin, and. is in the Danish
language.
COST OF THE ZULU WAIL ----The English
Chancellor of the Exchequer is about
to ask Parliament for a vote of C3,000,-
000 for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses of the Zulu war. This will
make the 'cost of the war, up to the
present time, £1,500,000.
MAIL ROBBER. -=James W. Walsh, for
seven years a letter -carrier - in Detroit,
was arrested on Saturday, charged with
robbing the mails, Walsh made a full
confession, acknowledging that lie made
a practice of rifling registered letters,
etc.; -during the last two years.
. DEATH or A MASTER MASON.—James
Madison Porter, a veteran grand master
mason, of Pennsylvania, died Satur-
day morning.:Porter had attained the
highest honors in Masonry to Le ob-
tained iu the country. He was son of
the Secretary of War, James Madison -
Porter.
FINAL DECISION.—A. Rome dispatch
says the final decision ' of the German
, Government' on the religious questions
s at issue with the Vatican is as follows :
All of the exiled clergy who ask permis-
sion will be allowed to return to Ger-
many ; the May laws will be tacitly
suspended provided the clergy obey the
common law, and all fresh nominations
are to be submitted to the Government.
The Pope is.satisfied with these terms.
TEE UNITED STATES CONSUL THREAT -
E -ED.—The London Globe says a letter
was - lately received by Horatio J.
Sprague, -'United States Consul at . Gib-
, raper, demanding that $3,000 be de-
posited in a certain spot on pain of
- death to - himself and family. The
s Spanish authorities investigated, and
arrested fourteen persons on suspicion.
Sprague has since received a letter con-
taining still more audacious threats.
Meme TWAIN Com/co.—The Parisian
of July 17 says : Mr. Samuel L. Clem-
ens (Mark Twain), who has been living
a busy retired life in Paris for the last
four months, left Paris last month
for Belgium and Holland, en route for
England, where he is the expected guest
at one of the magnificent English coun-
try seats. Mr. Clemens will sail with
his family for America about the lst of
September, and immediately on his ar-
rival home will give his attention to the
publication of a new book he has writ -
ten during his last visit to Europe,
illustrations 'for which have been
signed by Walter F. .Brown, in Pa
under the supervision of the auth
THREE MILLIONS FOR TUE ZULUS.—
:the House of Commons on Mond
after a protracted debate, the vote
credit of £3,000,000 for the Zulu w
was agreed to without a division.
BANKRUPT CLERGYMAN.—Rev. W.
H. Murray, a sensational Boston preac of the Talmage stripe, has made
the cut oft without having tergal and consti-
a�
de- tutioal cause.
ris, Premier.—Don't say that, your Ex -
or. cellency ; there is no telling what party
— In exigencies may compel me to ask you to
ay, do yet. Au revoir!
of
ar , " EIS USEFULNESS IS GONE."
When roared the fiery Frenchman
H. For Luc Letellier's head,
ch- There wasn't any legal cause
a Why his blood should be shed,
business failure. He was connec
with several religious newspapers whit
were unprofitable. -
T E HOSTILE SIOUX. — The hos
Ca adian Sioux who went south of t
border to hunt buffalo have now recros
ed thte line. It is now believed that t
apprehensions of the American autho as to their hostile intentions we
unfounded. .
BETTER PROSPECTS.—The iron - trad
of the United States is reviving. A
marked improvement has taken place
lately. Furnaces that had lain idle for
years are being put in blast, and the
rolling mills are running night and day
in some localities.
STORY IN ENGLAND. -0-n-' Saturday a
terrible storm of wind; rain and hail
passed over England, doing immense
damage. The loss by rain, hail and
inundation will be irreparable this sea
son, while the loss of live stock is seri-
ous; The storm was attended by a fall
of hailstones, some of which were lye
inches in circumference.
THANKS on No Tireic es.—On Monday
Sir Stafford Northcote moved that the
thanks of the House -be given to Lord.
Lytton, Viceroy of India, and the offi-
cers and men of the -Afghan expedition.
The Marquis of Hartington and others
supported that part of the motion in
relation to the officers and men, but,opposed the vete of thanks -to Lard
Lytton. . After a party debate the mo-
tion was adopted without a division.
POISONED BY PICKLES. — Another
pickle poisoning case has occurred in
New York. The victims are a family
named Moore residing at the Riverside
Drive. The pickles were purchased of a
German grocer, and after partaking, all
the family were taken ill. One of .the'
daughters has since died, and the others
are in a critical condition. A cambric
needle was stuck in one of the pickles
and allowed to remain a short time.
When taken out it was covered with
corroded copper. A coroner will inves-
tigate.
FOREIGN TRADE.—The following ship-
ments to Europe of live cattle and fresh
meat were made from New York on
Saturday, by the steamer France, for
London :-400 head of cattle and two
horses; Helvetia, for Liverpool, 143
head of cattle and 50 tons fresh meat ;
Anchorin, for Glasgow, 48 bullocks, 900
quarters beef, and 200 carcases of sheep;
City of Berlin, for Liverpool, 250 tons
of fresh meat and Australia, for Lon-
don, 260 head of cattle, 781 quarters of
fresh meat, and 283 carcases of sheep..
ted 'Twas then an inspiration
h Occurred to old Sir John,
And he coined that happy, artful
file phrase,
he " His usefulness is gone."
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This sentence is a treasure,
(All John A.'s words are such)
For it may mean just nothing,
Or't may mean very much ;
e There's will
hardly any circumstance
That Trial of Reapers.
To the Editor of the 'Huron Expositor.
Sin : Having noticed in your paper
report of a trial between the Harvel
Queen and Bradley Reapers, on the
farm of Mr. James Scott, Roxboro, for
the sale of a machine, we beg leave to
state that no such trial ever took place.
The following are the simple facts of
the case : Mr. Scott had spoken about a
trial of reapers on his farm, and, if
agreed upon, was to let us kuow. While
attending the Huron trial at Exeter,
Friday, we were told that Scott's trial
was to take place on Saturday. Ex-
pecting he had sent notice to our office
in Clinton, we went there via Seaforth.
On arriving there with the Bradley, we
found that Mr. Scott had sent us no
notice, was sati.`sfied with the Harvest
Queen, and had it in his field. How-
ever, when there we reaped a few rounds
to show our work. Mr. Scott stated at
the close that we were not beaten, that
it was no trial, and it would not be ad-
vertised as such.- Now, since the agent
of Jhe Harvest Queen has taken undue
advantage of this, we would challenge
him to meet us in any field in the
County of Huron, before three compet-
ent judges, composed of two farmers
and one mechanic, and test them on
the basis laid down by the Huron Far-
mers' and Mechanics' Association. ¶e
can with confidetce do so, having met
his machine at County trials before, and
having always been able to take a first
place, when his got nothing.
STEWART & MCCULLx..
CLINTON, August 5th, 1879.
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IMAGINARY CONvERSATIQN.
Persons :—The Dominion Premier and
the Governor-General.
Premier—By the way, your Excel-
lency, I forgot to mention that in the
opinion of myself and colleagues, back-
ed by our friends in the House, the use-
fulness of Lieut. -Gov. Macdonald, of
Ontario, is gone.
Gov: Gen. -Indeed ? And what am
I to understand—
Premier.—I have to request you to
dismiss him. -
Gov. -Gen. --What ! dismiss him ? 0,
come, Mr. Premier, this thing is going -
too far, you know. And, pray, why
should he be dismissed ?
Premier.—Haven't I just told you
that in my opinion his usefulness is'
gone ? .
Gov.-Gen.—O, well, you know, that
is a mere form of words, Have you any
cause to assign ? Has he done anything
illegal or unconstitutional ?
Premier.—Er-er—no, I don't know
that he has, but you dismissed Letellier
for me the: other day, didn't you ?
Gov.. Gen.—I did, certainly—but that
was for cause.
Premier.—For ill+egal or unconstitu-
tional conduct, was it ?
Gov.-Gen.—Well, really, I can't say
his conduct was illegal or unconstitu-
tional, but, um,, ur—it was unwise, you
know.
Premier.—And suppose I say Mac-
donald's latest .official act was, in my
opinion, unwise ?
Gov.-Gen.—Ah, but do the people of
Ontario say it was ; they are the judges
of that.
remier.—Well, the people of Quebec
seem to approve very heartily of Le-
tellier's action, and yet you dismissed
him.
GoveGen,--Well, as you say. Hand
me a peu and I'll sign Macdonald's
death warrant, as I can't very well
avoid your logic. But, mthd, I don't
like this sort of work, and this is
the last provincial head I am going to
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'Tie a universal coup 'de. grace,
" His usefulness is gone."
For instance, hete's a lover
Whose courting don't progress,
He'll neier pop the question
Though you're ready with the Yes.
Now, could such a sorry laggard
In the race of life get on ?
No, you'd better up and. tell him
" His usefulness is gone."
Here's a modern man- of business,
Alert, alive and keen,
We thought him true and sterling
And everything but mean ;
Yet he one day compromises,
The next comes out bon ton,
He's proved himself a crooked knave,
So through the various ranks of life
The words of cute Sir John
Can be applied on every hand—
" His usefulness is gone I"
Perth Items.
—A new brick boot and shoe store is
being erected on Main street, Milverton,
—The annual fall show of the Lima
Agricultural Society, will be held at
Newry, on Tuesday, September 30.
—John Keelan, of Ellice, was fined
$10 and costs for being drunk and dis-
orderly in Mitchell, a short time ago.
—Quite a number of Shakespeareans
are preparing to remove to Manitoba,
Bird Tail River being the objective
point.
—The fourth general proficiency
scholarship at Toronto University, was
won by Mr. H. BODis, of St. Marys Col-
legiate Institute.
—The dinner to Mr. Trow, at Shakes-
pea,re, on Priday evening, 25th inst.,
was a splendid- success, and was largely
attended by enthusiastic friends of that
—Mrs. James Shearer, of Elms, ac-
cidentally fell into a well 18 feet deep.
Happily there was only a small quan-
tity of water in the well at the time.
Mrs. Shearer was severely ,bruised and
cut, but will recover. -
—Some viciously inclined creatures
destroyed several valuable plan tf3 around
the premises of Mr. B. Allen, Stratford.
One of his finest geraI/i111118 was destroy -
d by having salt strewed around. the
oots, others were broken or pulled. out
f root.
hell, has lately sustained the loss of
is youngest child by death. The body
vas brought to Mitchell, and buried in
he family plot. at Trinity church cem-
-Pulcher, of St. Marys, who was re -
°ruing, 27th ult., of small -pox. Some
ears since he was afflicted with varicose
eins, and inflammation froin the small -
ox a acked his legs, which gangrened,
eat resulting.
u Wednesday eight last week, a
ar with all its. contents, censisting
reaper, mower, buggy and a quantity
hay, the property of Mr. Thos. Shaw,
ncession 10, Logan, was, destroyed by
e. The property was insnred, but Mr.
aw's loss will be considerable.
—Mr. Jamee Dougherty, of Mitchell,
et with a serious accident lately.
bile engaged slaughterieg some young
ttle, a savage calf ran. at him and
uck him in the bowels with its head,
°eking hint down, and leaving him
a,ble to move. He has not yet quite
overed.
—One Sabbath evening lately, ser-
e in the Canada Methodist church,
tchell, was disturbed by a young men
deranged intellect walking up the
le to the pulpit, and gazing with fix -
stare and threatening attitude at the
nister, Rev. Mr. Christopherson, who
just commenced his discourse. The
r luiaatio was removed, and the ser -
proceeded.
Milverton village seems to have au
rplus of young roughs, who conare-
at corners on evenings and eun-
s, their principal occupation being
rting tobacco juice and making in.-
ing remarks on passers by, also in-
ing in such little pastime as moving
, placing loose pieces of wood or
ber across the track, scribbling on
buildings, &c. A village constable
dly needed in that place.
—John Rumford., confined in Strat-
ford jaileawaiting trial at fall assizes
for forgery, escaped. from jail last week.
He sawed the bars of his cell in which
he was confined, opened. another deer
with a chisel, and, placing a, board
against the outside wall, climbed over
and was free.. He had made an attempt
to escape before, and extra care was
taken with him, but he managed to elude
the vigilance of his keepers. A reward
of $50 is. offered for his capture.
—At the Perth county teachers' ex-
amination for third class certificates,
out of 117 candidates, 27 were success-
ful in passing the examination before
the county board of examiners at Strat-
ford. There were 1,275 marks, of which
638 were required in order to pass. The
successful ones were : John Lochhead,
Listowel, 839 ; David Hoskins, Strat-
ford, 825 ; Wm. Fleet Johnson, Mit-
chell, 775 ; James Robertson, Hamp-
stead, 768 ; Mary Bell, St. Marys, 740;
Hugh George Hamilton, Burns, 715 ;
George Harkness, Mitchell 714 - Mary
Ellen
Ross, St. Marys, 707 ; dames B. David-
son, Burns, 700 ; Kate McLellan, Strat-
ford, 691; Eliza Jane Barry, St. Marys,
684 ; John Wesley Henderson, St.
Marys, 674: Joseph Wm. Adair, Milver-
ton, 665 ; Wm. Allen Briley, Donegal,
659 ; Annie Margaret Hepburn, Strat-
ford, 655 ; Richard Reed, ltrillbank, 654 ;
Mary Adelaide McFadden, Strattord,
648 ; John C. Copeland, Woodham, 645 ;
Lavinia Huteehinson, 644 ;
jatnes Albert • Henry, Newry, 642 :
Annie Maria. Bax, Stratford, 642 ;
Pierce Alexander Somerville, Listowel,
ford, Granton, 714 ; bArchibald K. Must
tard, Staffa, 713 ; Catharine P. Fergu-
son, .A.vonbank, 654.
—Peter Walter, son of Jacob Walter,
Gth concession of Wallace, and. ae4
about eight years, had his right leg IsId!
ly broken a few days ago. About two
weeks ago a boy in this family, a year
or older, got his foot taken off by a
mower, and some friends having called
to see him on Sunday evening, on their
starting'home, Peter, in attempting to
get on their vehicle behind, -when the
horses were trotting, accidentally slip-
ped, and his foot being caught in the
wheel, the leg was broken near the
thigh. He had a narrow escapefrom be-
ing broken to pieces. As it is, he escap-
ed eith a slight wrenching of the body,
in addition to the broken leg.
Huron Notes.
sels, shipped, on Friday last, 12 car
loads of flour to Glasgow, Scotland.
—On. Tuesday, Mr. C. Aldwerth
threshed for Mr, Thomas China, Hay, a
field of barley averaging 50 busbliels per
—Mr. Themes Ainley of Brussels,bas
a, common hen which lays eggs measur-
ing Gi inches the one way by 8 inches
the ether way.
—Mr. Joseph Carter intends erectin
a large building in Blyth which he will
use as a livery -stable, he having deter-
mined to embark in that business.
--We regret to learn that information
eceived by his friends in Exeter, from
Mr. Wharton Hodgson, who is' now
taying with friends near Toront6,-*gives
ery little hope of his recovery. He is
ratlually growing weaker.
—Mr. A. M. Polley has asked permis-
ion of the Goderich Council to con-
truct a street railway in that town. A
treet railway from the station to the
harf would be a great convenience and
ould, DO dOUbt, pay its promoter.
—On Monday last a boy who lives
ear Dyer & Howard Bros.' planing
ills, threw a brand on the top of a
le of lumber in the mill yard. The
mber was just beginning to burn
hen ORO of the workmen came out of
e mill and -observed it.
—As soon es arrangements can be
nveniently neadit the family of Mr.
homes Ritchie of Blyth, contemplates
moving to Manitoba, in which Pro -
nee Mr. Ritchie has for some time
st been, and has taken up land.
yth will thus lose the reputation of
ing able to class amongst its inhabi-
nts the most ponderous lady in the
Minion. -
—Mr. Wm. Armstrong, who resides
ar Brussels, was the victim of a pain -
accident a few days ago. He was
ving a reaper, and. his foot got be-
een the wheel and the body of the
Chine, where it was badly mangled.
d not the reaper snapped hie leg
uld have been broken. We hope to
ar of our eld friend being about again
a short time,
—Last FridAy evening some strangers
aged a double rig from- Howson's
ry stable, in Wingliam, and drove
house of not very good repute, nea,r
ashery. The horses were.left stand-
in front of the door, and becoming
htened, they ran away, smashing
buggy considerably. The horses
e stopped in front of Hutton's hotel,
On Saturday, 19th ult., John Mc -
I, an employee of L. X. Brace,whilst
g eomething to the machinery. in
e's saw -mill. at Camp Brace, got
hand caught. taking off one finger
badly injuring the hand. On the
at the same place, James Lock-
e, whilst putting on the feed -belt,
caught in the main belt and was
wn around the pulley, smashing his
ust above the knee.
Mr- T. S. Brandon, of East Wawa-
,. has bad. a barn 86 x 52 feet and
el 26 x 50 feet raised this season.
he raising sides were -chosen by
rs. Isaac Nicholson and Ambrose
or, and the work of raising was
eneed. in good earnest, but both
es quit about the same thne, so
ontractor gave it in a tie. About
en took part in the work.
trG ti st 8, 1879.
las! Yileyare.ung man, named Alex. Pair, a
afternoon. This is much earlier that).
The freitht t stem araoutted to about
his harvesting operations, he havinggot
cession of -Stanley, is the first to Anieb
glues, and a hgrse power to Manitoba.
threshing machines, , three steam see
plier80/1 & CO., Of CliIlt011, shipped four
starting a wagon Shop in Ilelmesvilie,
on the •Huron Road.. We understand
Mr. Potter's son, of Kippen, intendt
property in Holmesville to Mr. Potter '
ea-eellearrt.aWsBallaltreYr°hfat5eMold his store Ana -:
SSctahaolelYS aeciltdioMn rNoG.e1o,r4:')1feer BthaeitycleaStri880' 111. :
engarted in School Seetion Net, IA
ThtoalLe lattTn. tGheaotrgsheeBahiarsa,sjorm,
phr—eyTIsienemniaonfyllfrutatts, wofinlileKrTtraeci
eight car loads -1,000 head—of sheep, .
intended for the English nihwaihskaebtt.ereet:.
for—typ-tvcewneatimpneeZcl
are 49 persons qualified to serve et
seareidc,t,fetlhietrobpaigeefeaslioiningbeiangwa:
from about it. The chairs, toe, it it
—tti. Hugh Gilmour, of the 3rd eot-
-On Tuesday Messrs. Glasgow, Mac.
eserhintipte aTintonl Eze
1:nbe ads, t,11:t
viesv him on money matters prior to hie
aperaedn Wbelerasaiutesodeeirway:
ae---PaOttwilir:g. to the former incenveniett
position. of the post office at Porter's
Hill, it hes been taken from. Mr. Mc-
Dougall and given to Mr. TeElliott,
whit has established it in the store of
Mr—. TEhvearensw. as a trial last week on the
farm of Mr. J. A. Varcoe, Colborne, of
a self -binding reaper. G-entlenteza. who
were present inform us that the 1311 -
chine works' admirably, gathexing the
_stalks eleaner and binding theta far
more speedily and influitely neater
farmers have- threshed their fell wheat,
and find the yield to be beyond their
expectations. Mr. David Cantelon,
whose farm ie on the 9th concession of
Goderich township, comes to the front
with' about 50 bushels to the acre. from
6 acres. Mr. Arnastrottg, of the Goshen
line, Stanley, has 43 bushels tothe acre,
and Mr. James Fair, of Clinton-, has
eek a valtable horse belong-
ing to Mr. II Cook, of the 9th conces-
sion of Goderich township, died sendere t
ly. It had become quite a pet, and en
account 4 its valuable services, -Mr.
Cook had christened it e Doxy" It
Was 13, general favorite in the family,
and its death cast quite a gloom over
the household. Their spirits, however,
rallied the next day by the .aelditioa of
representing the firm of 13roadfoot A
Box in Clinton, received a telegram
from Seaforth to attend a funeral there
with the hearse, at 2:30 p, re. It wee
1:45 p. in. whett he received the tele-
gram, and he had, to go to a liv0ry and
get a team, hitch up and. change his
clothes. It was five minutes to two
when he mounted the heerse, and he
arrived at Seaforth at 2:40e -having
driven the eight -miles ni. less than 50
minutes, the horses being in good MP.
diti.011 on their arrival there.
—At a meeting, on Saturday, of the;
West Riding A,gricultural Society's di-
rectors it was decided to ehangee the
date of the fall show from September
17th and 18th to September 22nd an0
23rd, to accommodate stock breeders,
and also to avoid chtehing with the
stock week "at the Industrial, The '
board. also decided to oharge 25 cents
s,draission to the show, and to give
every member four free tiekets. The
prizelist has been considerably advatic-
ed. since last year, and a large advance
in competition is looked for,
—Detective Smith, the detective en-
gaged by the Ontario Medical and Den-
tal Association, has recently been mak-
ing a raid on -the mid -wives of this
&flinty: -We understand he has en his
list two in Usborne, three in Zurieh,
and two in Crediton, One of _the Us -
borne victims has been fined twenty
dollars and costs. The way Mr. Smith
finds these ladies -out is very itagenious.
He goes to the Clerk of each township
and examines the register, and if the -
name of the medical attendant _dein
not appear in connection with the reg-
istration of births he goes to the delin-
quent parents and threatens to have
them fined for ornittieg the doctor's
name when registering the bitth, The
parents then impart to him the infor-
mation which he is seeking, when he
goes immediately to the suspected lay
and endeavors to secure her services,
and after getting her to -commit herself
he has her heard, and in this way makes
considerable money, as he gets the full
aracnnat of the fine.
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C. Currie was driving across the railway
track at the station, in Wine:al-am, on
his .way home, in company with Mr.
Henry Abraham, the horses took fright
and ran away. Abraham was thrown
out and sustained a bad cut on the
back of his head. The horses were
stopped opposite Brennan's tannery,
The wagon was considerably damaged,
and one of the horses was injured about
the legs.
---The managers of the cheese factory
Bluevale, and others, were thrown
into considerable ;excitement ever the
eudden disappearance of Syphers, who
decamped Wednesday morning. Ile
came to that place well recommended
from the' United States and Canada, as
a cheese maker, and was employed by
the joint stock company Bluevale.
He is a young, stately -looking gentle-
man, and made love to `naore than one
of the belles of the place. After the
evening train had passed Wednes-
day a lady with three young children
claiming to be the wife of Syphers en-
quired where he stopped, but found he
was gone. She says she lives in Til-
ieonburg, has not seen her husband for
over a year, and knows no particular
reason for his conduct towards her. He
denied. ever being married the day he
left.
—An exchange says that Miss Effie
Kehler, daughter of Mr. Kehler, and
niece of Mr. C. Aldworth, of Hay, was
so severely ipjured by an explosion of
coal oil, while kindling a kitchen fire,
on Sunday evening 27th ultethat the died
after great suffering, on Monday. She
had been livine in St. Marys for some
time past, anewas a general favorite
with acquaintances. On the evening
in question, the fire was slow to start,
and being in a hurry, she took the oil
can, and poured a qua,ntity of oil on the
blazing fuel,when the oil in the can explo-
ded with great violence, g her to the
other end of the room ha a mass of
flames. She was rushing out of doors,
when she was met by the proprietor,
who promptly extinguished the flam-es
by enveloping het in a blanket. It was
thonght that her injuries were not like-
ly to prove fatal, but the shock to her
nervous system was so great that she
died 11 hours afterwards. The funeral
took place on Tuesday. A eurious fea-
ture was remarked in the scene of the
explosiC:n. The furniture waa burned
General News Items.
—The hotels of Kincardine, Port El-
gin and Southamptom axe crowded. with
sumno.er visitors.
—Cherries were so pientifAll Balm
market last week, that it was difficnit
to find buyers even at 20 cents per
patent pailful.
—The wholesale store of P. M. Gold-
inea.u, of Montreal, was entered by
burglars on Monday night, and silk
and ribbons to the value of $1,700 car-
ried off.
—The wind storpa which passed over
London township late Oil Saturday
night, is reported. to have done consid-
erable damage to barns, fencs--and
standing crops.
—Senator WreMaster has offered his
fine residence and grounds ha Yorkville,
as the seat .4 a Baptist seminaay, be-
sides a present of $2,000. The semin.-
ary at Woodstock is to be reraoved to
for that city a 'hundred thousand in-
h.abitants, and a church for every
thousand people, For its size Toronto
hco
anstnainoernet. ehurches than any city on the
—Alexis St. Martin, whose open
stomach has furnished suoh. an abund-
ance of information to the in:Aim' pro-
fession regarding the process of diges-
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