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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-08-15, Page 1AVO:ttt 8, 1,81k ahead ou every point, viz., dame . evenness of cut, delivery of 11eaP ability for taking up lodged lese of draught, and general cee: C. :arly on Saturday morning lase it ,er (4 people, obieflY residents at hare, repaired to a house of ill.. 0, in that town. known as. the eede ad made a, fierce attack. oe ee ;tames- and sticks. The horsee te 1 by Mr. J. Anderson, of Bellmore vas occupied by a yourtg woreair herself Mollie Moore, who gene nail two or three " assietannen 'e‘ time of tlte attack, there were -,,trle and several men in the house, ief whom were struck with the a Every pane of glass le tee ; was broken, the window sane Sedthe doors broken off, aria ruiture badly damaged. A ranee the parties committing the as. - 'were knowu to some of the na . awl Afollie had warrants issued air arrest. After trying several' iocal magistrates, she weut .re, and succeeded in gettieg lesq, 3. p.,- to take the ease, whom four of the party were med on. Tuesday. The cage; er, was not allowed m to come up - erring, the girl settling it time easing her 475 and the costa/. hiterest was taken in the nesa, IRt a -large number of people went nigh= to witaess the proceede ,he business men of Exeter seene ,e away the hours these clull times 'it:aging in feats of pedestriartisna iturday a trial of speed between IZ. Abbott, L. D. S., and, arn r:rhompson, of the Exchange Bank ,.lace on the Exeter Driving Park. ttendance was good, and while qme actors were dressing, several took place wad considerable money staked on, the result. First vas run by Mr. Geo. Mace, and lIyailinan, which was won e former. Next, Messrs. A, nia- [de and W. Tomlinson stepped the the latter coming out ahead. Mr. Jelin He -adman, - distance(' uuer Duriug this time betting e principal raee was going on At 7.10 the runners took their ..and- amid much, excitement, after eirtpts, got started, in good' shape, t who expected a, nee& and neck vere quite disappointed. Abbott rs were agreeably surprised to sea ead out frurn the- start coming in vards ahead amid loud cheer- - 'fret arrivarof Fall Goods arrived ecek at the Oak Hall Clothing liehment. A, very fine lot of Ga - a Tweeds suitable for fall wear. .-:Iteap suits at $13, $15, $16 and These goods are extra good value. placing orders elsewhere, please nd examine our stock carefully .,inpare them with goods from houses iu our line. Ileum de :eon. Oak Hall. ...ases•no•••11MINIMIN 777 777 MigUittUCALL SIJWIMER 'SALE OF, W DRY GOODS, time have we had as many LEM'S to giAr as 60 ars ,sent in euery Departnaot have Good s Bought at Less il Wholesale Cost P1 -ices, and !lettuce the Stock STARTLING :R&AI i\TS WILL BE GWEN FOR THE XT THIRTY DAYS :PECTIaN INVITED G. McDOUGALL & 00.1 LIN ERN DEPARTMENT 1Best English Crapes 0111Y sec, which stand the wet elamia -weather. NI.NG BONNE 3 from -the Newest Black French Caslagerd. Paramattas for Dresser Always in Stock. 9 Make 8, SpeoialtY Of 01 ming Goods. MCDOUGAL/1e -SC TWELFTH YEAR. - WHOLE NUMBER, 610. . SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1879. McLEAll BROS., PulaiislierS. 431.50 a Year, iti. Advalree. REAL _ESTATE FOR SALE, pROPERTY FOR SAT:lila-For Sale, that con- renient and desirable residence on the corner .f ifigh and Market Streets, lately OCCE pied by Dz. Vence). Apply to DR. VERCOE.VOB 488 SALE. -For Salo a first elass Planing X Mill, nearly new and in good limning order, situated in the flourishing Town of Seaforth, Will be sold cheap. Terms easy. • Enquire of Mow, CpSSENS & CO., GOderich, Ont. VARA AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, -a: PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. -Lot 17, so the iRli concession, McKillop; 'price $40 per wee; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own teems of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. BFLATTIE. 691 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, - V the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. Tuoltersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 3i miles from the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further particulars apply to IAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Igmendville P. O. 521 WARM AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, x CHEAP. -Lot No, 24, Con. 9, McKillop, 100 serer; north half Lot 30, Con. 19, McKillop, 50 aeres • north half vf north half Lot 81, Con. e, Nexiiiop, .25 acres; residence occupied by 'Mr. Malcohnson on Goninlock Survey, 66:U01th ; bitilding lots on JarVite and F. G. Sparling's Sur- leys. Apply to GRAY, YOUNG & SPARLING, Bealorth. 595 FARM FOR SALE. -Being Lot 12, Concession 9, Township of Stanley, containing 100 aerate of -which 80 acres are cleared, -well drained, and having excellent fences; the remainder is good hardw,00d bush; there is a good brick house, good barn stable and 'outhouses ; never -failing well and good orchard; is within 3 miles of the village, of Vernaand convenient to other markets. WM. L. KEYS, Varna P. 0.. 603x8 IBM FOR SAT;61.--For Sale, the west part of Lot No.1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres, 85 of which are cleared, well fenced, and in a state of good cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orchard and plenty of water. It is on the gravel road leading to Brussels and Seaforth, and adjoins a church and. school. It is also within half a mile of the Village of 'Walton. Apply ou tho premises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES MURCHIE. 493 rARM FOR SAT,Tr, -For sale! Lot 2; con. 10 Tackersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance well timbered. There is a stone house and geed frame barn, it is well fenc- ed and underdrained. There is a young bearing orchard. It is about seven milee from Seaforth and four from Hensall, and is convenient to school. 'Two goiid wells ot water. Poeseesion given at any time. Appiy at the EXPOSITOR office, Seaforth. 610 VARM FOR SALE. -That well-known and ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hnllett, in the County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared; there are two frame dwelling, houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house' and drivirighouse ; also orchard and abundartce of water. The farm is sitaated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full particulars apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLME- BTED, Seaforthaor to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the prereises. 553-4x PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, Con 16, Grey; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese factory complete; Lot 11, Cou. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 6, town- ship of Morrie-' Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township ofHoick, all good improved farms, together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and ?Orris, and houses ad lots and vacant lots in the village of Brussels. Prices low, terms easy, and title good. -Apply to JOHN LiCKIE, Brute N eb. 574 FWARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that most desir- able -1- farm, being Lot, 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated 1 miles from Kinburn, and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, ineluding a first-elass g ame house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A. spring seek runs through the farm; good orchard, good fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Me- MICHART,, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - forth. 562 FARM FOR SALE. -For sale Lot 17, concession -a- 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 cleared, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation, the balance well timbered with maple. Frame house barn and sheds. Five acres of good beering etcher d, and two never failing wells. Ie ona good gravel road within 2 miles of Varna, 6 miles from Brace - field station, Great WesternRailway, and 12 miles from Seatorth aad C,in ton. For further particu- lars apply to the proprietor on the premises,or to - Varna P. 0. JOHN REDMOND.' 638 Fm FOR SALE. -For Sale, West half of Lot 31, Concession 13, MeXillop, containing 50. acres, 40 of which are cleared, well feinted and in excellent condition; a good log house, also a young orchard commencing to I bear and abund- ance of aplendid -water; is within half a mile of a good gravel road, and is convenient to churches, school and. post office; is within 9 'miles from Sea - forth and an equal distance from Brussels. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, or to Leadbury LO. ISAAC GRAHAM. , 603-4x "FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 26, Con. 2, Tarkersneith, containing 100 acres of excellent land, about 70 of which are cleared and a consid- erable part of it well underdrained ; the balance is good hardwood bush; frame house, frame barn, and stable; an orchard, good well; convenient to schools, churches, &c. IS situated about 6 miles from Seaforth and 1 mile from trucefield station, on a good, gravel road. For ferther particulars apply to the proprietor on the iprernises, or if by Tetter to Brucefield P. 0. THOMAS MUNRO, Trickersmith. 601 FAilig FOR SALE. -For Sae. Lot 2, on. 11, H. R. S., containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and in a first-class state of cultiv then, the balance Vaing good hardwood bush; log hoase, with stone cellar under, and well finished; frame barn 116x60, with stone stabling Underneath ; good bearing orchard and 3 good wells; convenient to church, sehool and post office ; is situated 5 miles from Seaforth and 5 from Hensall, on la good gravel road. For further Partieulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Cbiselhurst P.O. JOHN C. STEELE. 603-41 ••- - - _ WARM FOR SALE. -The undersigned has de- ' cided to dispose of the north hall of Lot 6 in de- - third coacession of Mc Killop, on reasonable turas. The lot is of the tery best description. lima is net snrsapred by any in the township-. It &Wetted 24 miles &era Carronbrook.and thesame distance front the Catholic Churoh at Irisittown. There is au excellent hewed log hone on the Premises, together with two or three good stables. There is also a arse elan well Of excellent water. This is a rare chance for intending purchasers. For further particalars apply to the proprietor, JEREMIAH RYAN. 608x3 -palm FOR SALE. -Fol Salle, Lot 22, Con, 3, a- Township of Tnckersmith, L. R. S., contain- ing 100 atres, about 70 of which are eleared and In a good state of cultivation; the balance is good hardwood bash ; goad framej helm, barn and Stable; excellent water on the premises ; well fenced; good young orchard, dud ever3- conveni- ence ap.peetaholiee ta a farm. 18 situated abent 'lodes from Seato Ili, 2i from Itippen, and 3 from. Brecetield, on the London Huron and Bruce Railway. The land is tirst-claSs clay loam. For further particulars apply to the:proprietor on the premises or if -by letter to! Brucefield P. 0. MILES ileMILLAN.- 601-4x FARM IN MeKILLOP FOR SAT.R.-For Sere, the North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Mc - Mop, containing 113 acre ; there are about 80 eleared, well fenced, underdrained, and in a high state of cultivation, the balgucei is well timbered Irith hardwood; good dwelling', new bank frame barn 50x57, with stabling underneath, and other outbuildings, also a good young orchard and . Plenty of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Walton'and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel reads to each place; corevenieat to church and Schools.- will be sold as a whole" or in two parts, or will 1;e exchanged for a small farm.. Apply to Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the promisee. WILLIAM DYNES. 593 Harvesting 17Thea. In Kansas. BY FRANK WIL MOW. The sharp rattle of the harvesting machinery fills the air on the Kansas plains. Kansas is in the midst of the harvest of her wheat crop. All males over 12 years old are to -day engaged in the savingief the wheat, and wheat is never saved until it is in the bins. The harvest of a crop of one hun- dred acres of wheat in New York is not a common thing. But on the Western plains, where the growing of wheat is a regular business, and in some sections, nota.bly in the so-called Golden Belt of Kansas, it is almost the only industry followed, many men have fields of 600 acres. Fields of wheat of 2,000, 3,000', and 4,000 acres are not uncommon. The handling of these enormous crops is so radically different from the method. practised by the Eastern farmers of New York, Pennsylvania, and New England, who in many cases still use the cradle to cut grain, and thresh it with. a flail, they will read with, interest of the saving of a crop where the inter- 4 job of threshing in the summer is est and capital of the land are entirely dreaded by all men; but the work has 'devoted to the rafting of it. to be done. The cheapest way to do it The wheat having successfully run is with a separator, driven by ten or the ga.untlet of locusts., hail, rust, and twelve horses. These machines will chinch bugs, is ready for the sickle. thresh and clean from 400 to 800 bush - The straw is still greenish, but the els of wheat per day. The horses berry is in the "stiff dough," and Ma- march around in a circle. The driver, chines known as "self -binders and bar- standing on top of the power with a. vesters " are set up, and soon are at long whip in his hands, keeps up a con - work in the fields. In some fields five stunt yelling at the teams. The circle or six self -binders can be seen - at work. the horses march on. becomes hard and Thew machines are drawn by three dusty. The dust rises in vast clouds, horses, driven by a man who rides on a and is swept by the strong winds, that high spring seat. The constant clang, blow constantly in Kansas, to the ma - clang, clang of the steel springs of chine and stacks. The feeders, two in these Machines, as they deliver the nurnber, alternate in 1 feeding the un - tightly -bound bundles, the quick jerk- threshed straw iuto the separator, The ing of the bundles through the air, the man who is off work oils the machine incessant revolving or rising and falling and keeps it in ruunine order. The of the iron binding arms, the straight other, standing on a platlorm iu front rows of bound bundlers lying on the of the cylinder, grasps a bundle, and ground, the fen, men seen in the fields with, a deft movement shakes it up and (only one man being allowed to each starts it into the iron -toothed cylinder. machine to shock the grain), strike the A steady stream of unthreshed traw is unaccustomed observer forcibly. In kept going into the machine. At the other fields "harvesters" are at work. other end of the separator a loose mass Th,ese machines are drawn by three of chopped straw is climbing up the straw horees. The men who bind ride on the carrier, to be dropped on flie straw maehine, and bind the grain as it is de- stack. Men pitch the bundles to the livered to them by sn elevator. Some machine. They are warm. The air is of these machines ,have cotton cloth dense with dust. The heat of the sun str tched over the binders, so that they is terrific. Rapidly the men become are protected from the direct heat of black with dust. They speak only to t tie. sun. The self -rake reapers are out demand water. They work silently, of ate in the.West. The cradle is al- steadily, tintil the machine stops for mo t unknown. The.young men of the some trifling repairs. Then they throw pa ns are unable to use this tool. themselves down to rest, but in an in- s the harvest progresses the straw - staeat the voice of the driver is heard, get drier and drier, and the harvesters " Get up! get up !" The horses strain, an self -binders, if _the weather looks the cylinder turns, hums softly as it fav6rable, are laid aside, and, . the ,gets speed, then roars loudly as it "headers" are called on to save the catches thefull motion. Again the air crop. This machine has the siekle-bar is thick with dust; again the straw is directly in. front. The tongue sticks being rapidly fed into the hungry iron - out behind. At the end of the tongue, clad month of the separator. A man is where the neck -yoke ought to be, is a seen to staggerl Dropping his fork, he wheel that runs oe the ground. This clasps his head and falls -melted with wheel serves as a, rudder. 'A small the heat. He is instantly grasped and platform is built above the wheel ou the carried to the shade; his head is cooled tongue, and. the helm of the header off, his shirt opened, and the work is stands some 18 inches above this plat- resumed. As night comes on the men form, higb enough for the driver to are tired out. Their skins are on fire, straddle it and get a good grip on it so dreadfully he.ve they been irritated with his legs. Four horses are hitched by the dust and cheff of the grain. to this machine, the whiffletrees being Their eyes ar bloodshot; they -are at the end of the tongue. The team is hungry. Soon fter supper they all go whipped up, and they start, pushing to sleep -some fin the barn; ethers on the machine in'front of them, cutting a the floor of the bouse ; still others, care - swath from ten to sixteen feet wide, less of any comfort, as they smoke out the grain as cut filling into an endless their pipes, lie down on the ground and canvass apron that moves rapidly from sleep there. . right to left. This apron delivers the Where do the imen come from that grain to a wide elevator, formed by two help handle thee large crops? We de - endless canvas belts that revolve rapid- pend, first, on Ale emigrants, who flock ly. The • canvas has oak Wats nailed into a country ubject to homestead; across it every few inches, so as to pre- second, on what harvest "tramps." vent sagging. The straw as cut is car- , These men star in Texas and. follow ried to' the point where it can be firm- the harvest nor Some keep on the ler; grasped between the two belts of the line of the rivera They work in Texas elevator. These elevate it, and it is until her harvest is saved. Then they discharged in a steady stream in the strike for the Mississippi' River and header boxes that are placed on the there take boat ; for the North. When common farm wagons. These boxes they reach a point where the wheat is are sixteen feet long, eight- feet wide, not cut, they disembark and go to work. and three feet deep. As one is filled Finishing there, they go further north, the machine stops for an instant, the and so 'keep on nntil Minnesota is reach - wagon with the full box is drawn away, ed, ced.sing, work only when the great another one with an empty box is fields of wheat en the Red River, a.nd driven under the elevator spout, a crack Dakota plains ere cut. - Other men get of a whip, the voices of the drivers, and in their wanonsiand drive north. These the header moves on. Three wagons in hundred's of vehicles, can be seen go - are required to tend a heacter, and seven ing north to -day. They have cut the me4 are needed -four drivers, a loader, crop of Texas.; The crop of Southern an two stackers. It is the cheapest Kansas has been saved by them. The way known of cutting wheat. When a farmers of N,dbraska are looking to - field is cut the grain is all stacked, and ward the south ria'horizon for the white - the stirring plows can ptart at once to topped wagons o roll in. sight. Soon prepare the land for fell sowing. ' The they will be a ong the hills of the Da - only drawback to the nse of the header - kota plains. T ese men are the hest of is in the great difficulty of building harvest hands. But some of them have stacks of this loose straw that will turn very imperfect deas of the rights of ,per - rain during the fierce, driving thunder- soiled property, and are especially loose storms Kansas is subject to. in morals in re ard to horses. In the harvest fields of the West the The larger p, rt of the wheat sold in men are expected to work. There is no the West, is mil to buyers in the little whiskey, no 10 o'clock lunch, nothing villages along the Western railroads. but water to keep them up. They be- The buyers, th ee or four in number, gui work about sunrise, and work club together. Almost daily they meet steadily until noon. Then they get a and. agree upon the price they will pay wretched meal of bacon, bread, . and for wheat, and how they will grade it. coffee. If the drought has spared the Their purchas s are pooled and the , garden, they also have plenty of vege- profits divide4 pro rata among the tables; but generally the - garden is members of tla pool. dead. The hands get the same food the , Though the heat is free from rye, is proprietor's family live on, and that is round, plump, nd weighs • 63 pounds bacon, coffee and bread. Work is re- per bushel, it is never No. 1, seldom No. sumed as soon as the horses have eaten - 2, but -generally No. 3. This system of their corn, and all through that hot I organized plun er on the part of the June afternoon, with a brazen Western buyers is know to the wheat glowers; sun pouring down on them, the men but they can do nothing. The railroad stagger on. Men get melted by the refuses to furnis them cars if they wish heat and drop from the machines or in 1 to ship their own wheat. Or if they do the field. They are dragged' into the I ea cars and ship, something is apt to shade and. left there, - the work not bappen to their car. It leaks, or the stopping for an instant, There is not ,wheat thieves ake a raid on it, or the much mirth on a wheat farm after the grain commissi 11 men of Kansas City first day's work has been -done. All the swindle them, or the grain inspectors of harvest hands are ready to rest their Kansas City or St. Louis make fraudu- half-broiled, aching heads as ' soon as lent inspection in the interest of the supper is over: ,and the women are ut- commission man, who own them. So terly fagged out, cooking in the small-, the venture res lts disastrously to the hot kitchens that are universal in Kan- small grower w o struck for freedom, sas. They getcros`S and half sick, and and, with his hatred. of railroads and are apt to wag their tongues angrily' at middlemen strengthened, ke swears the rtuen of their choice, as it seems to profoundly, and returns to his farm to relieve their feelings. I never blame load his Wagon with wheat to be sold them for it. to the local po 1. These men look at it, When the grain is cut the Kansas say it is mu ty, damp, damaged, rye - farmers show great differences in the handling of the crop. Some stack the wheat, allowing it to thoroughly sweat in the stack before threshing. Many others, eqnally well informed, allow the gram to stand in the shook until per- fectly dry, and then thresh from the shack. Still others thresh from the beads if the weather be favorable. The millers prefer grain that has beeu sweated in the straw, claiming that the wheat has got to go through- this pro- cess either in the straw, in the bin, or in the flour; and they prefer to have it sweat before they grind. it. The ever& "sweat" is used to denote a peculiar process'. The straw on the stack be- comes damp, and the wheat that was "off color," or bleached before stacIdne, has its color restored. Shrivelled wheat becomes plumper. In about four .weeks after stacking the wheat is through the sweat, and isready for threshing. If it sweat e in the bin, the grain feels damp, and in unfavorable weather heats. J mixed, off color, not through the sweat, and so beat the price down. The lar-. mer, knowing the grain to be sound, plump, well -sweated, and overweight, can do nothing. He sees it graded No. 3, takes the price of No. 3, and knows it is No. 1. And he wonders if justice will ever govern the affairs of the world. And Lwonder that he preserves any of the sweetness of human nature in his soul. Canada. --They have match games of croquet in Paris. -A Masonic lodge is about to be start- ed at Gladstone, Manitoba. - -The hay crop about Platteville this year yielded two toes to the acre. -Mr. Arthur Sullivan, the author of Pinafore, has gone to Switzerland for his health. -Mr. J. H. Metcalfe, M. P. P., for Kingston, now in London, Eng., is re- ported to be seriously ill. -Canary thieves have been operating extensively in London lately, stealing birds from cages hung out. -A number of horses have suddenly become stone blind, in. different parts of Essex, without any apparent cause. At a rough calculation it is estimat- ed 200 bank clerks will be thrown out of employment by the recent bank sus- pensions. -The speed of the lightning express on the Grand. Trunk from 'Detroit to Buffalo, which is now 40 miles an hour, is to be increased. -Hon.,13. Flint, of Belleville, is ex- hibiting:, a sample of very rich iron ore taken from a deposit on the York River, in Hastings county. -Mr. Livingstone, M. P. P., of Baden, has threshed out his fall wheat, and. reports a yield of 1,800 bushels of wheat from 50 acres of land. - Wheeler Ogg, of Guelph, stood fourth among the Canadians in the competition at Wimbledon for the Kolapore Cup. He scored. 81 points. -Mr. James Hastings, living on the Elora Road, near Guelph, recently sold a fine looking field of spring wheat for 41 50 per bushel. The wheat is intend- ed for seed. -In one family in Huntsville, Coun- ty of Victoria, there are four sons whose birthdays are respectively Christ- mas, New Year's, Queen's Birthday and Dominion Day. -The widow of the late Rev. Dr. Fyfe, President of the Canadian Liter- • ary Institute, has presented her hus- band's library,comprising 1,500 volumes, to that institution. -The- emigration to the vicinity of Rapid City, Manitoba, this season, has been immense. There is scarcely a vacant quarter section of land within a dozen miles of that place. - Mr. Cassidy, Treasurer of West Garafraxa, is now in Guelph jail, hav- ing been committed to stand his trial for alleged crooked actions connected with the funds of the township. -A farmer residing at Winterbourne, on beariug- of the collapse of the Con- solidated Bank, went to examine his "pie," when to his astonishment every bill of the $200 in his possession belong- ed to the condemned bank. -Guelph social circles rejoiced on Wednesday of last week in the marriage of Miss Kate Ball, eldest daughter of Rev. W. S. Ball, with Mr. Kenneth Mc-, Lean, barrister of that city. The bride was givdn away by her uncle, Senator George Brown, of Toronto. -t-Mr. Wm. Goulding, of Guelph, has leased. an island in Puslinch Lake from Mr. John Davidson, of Guelph, and he purposes opening a first-class restaur- ant; also improving the grounds and keeping several good boats for kire. The location is a beautiful one, and will no doubt attract a large number of visitors. -It is reported to be the -intention of Messrs. D. McInnes & Co., of Hamilton, to remove their wholesale dry goods business to Toronto, and not to rebuild in the former city. It was the wish of the principal of that firm to remove hither several years ago, but for the fact that the firm had such expensive premises in Hamilton. ---Enterprising Canadian fishermen have been engaged in shingling the river' near St. Clair,ln order to driee the fish over to the borders of the Land. of Lorne. The process of shingling is to anchor shingles near the bottom of the liner by a few feet of line. The shingles dart about in the current and scare the fish. Enterprising Yanks tried it near Detroit a fete years ago with great success. -One evening last week, a lady and gentleman were out canoeing on the lake, et Lakelield, near Peterborough, when by some means the frail craft was upset, the lady was a good swimmer and had to assist her gallant compan- ion, who had neglected that part of his education, until assistance arrived and they were taken ashore. As it was, he had swallowed more lake water than was agreeable to his health. -The grain buyers in the counties of Wellington and Waterloo have adopted. the following scale by which they in- tend to stand. `It is said to be very satisfactory to both buyer and seller, wheat sten ling full weight of 60 lbs. being the standard : If only 59 lbs. to the bushel lc off; '58 lbs. 2c off; 57 lbs. 3c off ; 56 lbs. 5c off; 55 lbs. 8c off; 54 lbs. 11c off; 53 lbs. 15c off; 52 lbs. 20c off; 51 lbs. 27c off-; 50 lbs. 35c off. -Miss B. Reidy, e young Canadian lady of pronounced musical talent, has this week made her appearance before the Torontoniaus. Miss Reidy, who is a native of Simcoe, first came into no- tice about two years ago, when she ap- peared one evening and. sang- in the part of the Queen in the drama Queen Esther." Her hearers were charmed with her effort, and an English gentle- man who was present took such an in- terest in the young singer that he had her placed under the care of the best teachers in New York. She has sung in public in that city recently, and has been accorded a most flattering recep- tion. Miss Reidy's voice is pure and' sympathetic in tone, and of extraordin- ary compass. -Mr. Henry Reynolds, �f Minto, lately lost a valuable mare, caused by eating too largely of fresh clover. A. short time ago Mr. R. refused $160 for the mare. -The sugar beet crop around Ham - Mug is looking well, and promises a large yield, which augurs well for the establishment of the sugar beet manu- factory this fall. --Inlet Saturday a thirteen -year-old son of George Roberts, living near the village of Scotland, caught his clothes on the tumbling rod of a threshing machine and. was instantly killed. --The Women's Christian Associa- tion of London have ,had an excursion to Cleveland. They report being very pleasantly entertained by the Cleve- land Association, and passing an enjoy- able time. -Last Saturday evening Mr. John English, a farmer of the township of Sydenham. whilst on his way home from Woodford, was thrown from his wagon and. received, injuries from which he died in a few hours. -At `a. recent sitting of the Divisioa Court at Napauee the wife of a con- firmed drunkard sued a liquor -seller for having supplied her husband with liquor, after having been notified not to do so, and recovered 420 damages. -Helen Blye, the Canadian actress, has accepted the position of leading lady at the Broadway Theatre, and to. place herself under the management of a celebrated actor for three years, going to Europe as a star for the third year. -The valuable trotting mare Eva, with a record of 2.28, was gored to death by a bull at Mount Clemens, Michigan, on Wednesday of last week. She was owned. by Vr. Walter Fanning, of Belleville, who refused 44,500 for her a short time since. -Mr. Walter Lawrence, the missing taxcollector of Petersville, has been traced, as far as Centralia, and. it is sup- posed that he made his way to some friends in the township of MeGillivray. Opinion is divided as to whether he is demented or a defaulter. -An attempt was made at Orchard Beach, Maine, by a confidence man, to swindle a prominent Toronto gentle- man, at present residing there with his family. The Toronto man was notto be gulled, however, he saw through the game, and the trick didn't work worth a cent. -His Excellency the Governor- General and the Princess Louise have shown their sympathy for the poor and distressed. of St. John by sending a joint gift of poo to the Mayor of the city, to be by him distributed for the relief of those most in want. -There is said to. be great fatality amongst the herrings of Lake Ontario. Thousands of these fish of all sizes are daily seen floating on the water. It is suggested by some that the cause is that all the filth of the city of Buffalo, with its chemical, gas, oil and other factories, goes directly up this lake, and that this, with Toronto and Hamilton, may be the cause. -Mr. F. Langelier, Provincial Treas- urer of Quebec, has expressed his inten- tion of making a grant to the Canadian School of Medicine at Montreal for this year, as he was asked to do at the time of the passing of the .educational esti- mate, but said that next year the Gov- ernment aid would be given to only two • medical schools in Montreal, one Protestant, the other Catholic. At present there are four such receiving grants. -Mr. Archy McDonald, of Burford, has recently returned. from visiting Manitoba. He also visited the cele- brated Dalrymple farm in Dakota. Ninety-two self -Linder reapers were at work in a field of wheat; 184 men were shocking the grain; five steam thresh- ers were humming, and two boats were being loaded. On one farm in Manitoba sixten self -binders were at work; thirty-two men were shocking. The field contained 2,800 acres of wheat. -The Canadian Bank of Conarterce has issued a neat new $5 bill to take the place of the one counterfeited. A photo of the Hon. Wm. McMaster oc- cupies the centre, instead of the Queen in the old. The new bill has the signa- ture of the President in the left hand. corner instead of the right.- A border surrounds the whole, with the figure 5 in each corner, with the words "capi- tal $6,000,000." The reverse is green tinted, with the Dominion coat of arnas in the centre and the figure 5 on each side. -The tax collector of Petersville, Mr. Walter Lawrence, who absconded last week, was arrested at Parkhill Satur- day evening. He gives as a reason for leaving that he lost $270 a few weeks ago while suffering from sunstroke, and. had no way of making it up. He be- came depressed in consequence and wandered off, taking the books with him. Had he represented the matter to bis sureties they would. have made up the amount. They are good for all he may owe, so the village will lose nothing. Sympathy is felt for the old man, and he will hardly be prosecuted. -The Western Fair, under the aus- pices of the East Middlesex and City of London Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, Will be held in the city of London, on September 29th, 30th, and 'October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, =1879. An extensive prize list has been issued, ar- ranged. in forty-five different classes, with prizes amounting to 412,000. As the 20th of September ; all entries made after that date will be charged 50 cents extra, and no entries received af- ter the 97th of September next. --Rev. W. W. Carson, of Woodstock, with all marmer of threats, and Mrs. Hepburn finally paid them $70, the prospect of a law suit scaring her out of all further resistance." -Mr. G. A. Stewart and his survey - delivered an able lecture ort "Self Con- 1hag party arrived at the Riding Moun- quest" before a large audience at the Thousand Islands Park on Friday evening, and preached in thepavilion at the same place Sunday Blaming: -A fearful hurricane passed up Buc- touche River, New Brunswick, and vicinity of Moncton; last Thursday night about 5 o'clock, doing much damage, and buildings. destroying 80 Three people were killed, and many were very badly injured. -Some time ago General Miles cap- tured a number of half-breed Indians from Canada, who were suspected of selling liquor and ammunition to In- dians on the American side of the line. By orders from Washington, these In- dians are now set free. -Bush-fires have been raging in the county of Addington and the northern part of Frolatenac. Some setiiks back of Cross Lake, in Kennebec, have not been heard from for a week. The fire in the woods prevents communication. Their fate is notknown -Professor McEachren, Dominion Government Inspector of cattle at the tains an the 23rd of -July, and expected to reach Shoal Lake apd enter upon _. their survey of townships for the Do- inithon Government a day or two later. -One day last week G-eorge conductor of freight train No. 23, Cana- da Southern Railway, attempted to get into the caboose when the train Waft ill motion, and was thrown under the car. He received such severe injuries that he died shortly afterwards. -The Hanlan-Club has been (ligu solved-, the object for which it was started having been accomplished. The champion wili be allowed hereafter to padcile his own canoe," in every sense of the expression. The dub was not a speculative enterprise, and beyond the 250 orighially put up by each member being refunded, there was no monf3y to divide at the dissolution. -The family, of Lieut. -Colonel Hugh Richardson., Stipendiary MagiStrate of the Northwest Territories, has reached Ottawa city, making the journey from Battleford in thirteen days. The trip to Winnipeg was made in six days by port of Montreal, estimates that 4948,- the litia.B011 Bay Company's steamers, 464 have been received by Canadian far- three changes only being neapssary be- mers for cattle exported during the past tween the two points. Lieut. -Governor three months, and that the steamships Laird' s family acconapanied them. alone have -received $316,374 far carry- ing them. -A man name William Webb, of Hope Bay, township of Eastnor, in the Bruce peninsula, left his house on Sun-. day evening, a week ago, to seek his cows. He has not been seen or heard whom three retired, leaving thirty-six. of since. Over 400 men have been Seventeen of these were suncessful in searching for him, but up to latest an- obtaininn the percentage of marks counts they have not been able to find which enetities them to registratioia, hirn. -The watcb carried by the Isle Mrs. -The contests of e barn belonning Colonel Joseph Brant is now in the to Wm. Forsyth, Mountsburg, Went- possession of a gentleman in Hamilton, worth county, were recently seized on Mr. John Hardiker. The wateh 18 cer- an execution by a Hamilton bailiff, and tified to be over one hundred years old, a couple of constables left in charge,. has gold cases, nanufacturecl by Robt. Next day a, body of men overpowered Roscoe, of Liverpool, and is known as the constables, threshed. ont the grain, a rack and pinion lever. The wateh and removed it off the premises- was obtained from the late Simooe 00- Kerr, a great-grandson ef Chief Brant. V - t -A very ea;A and. fatal , accidert -Several changes have lately been caned near the village • Hanover, Grey county, by Which a 'Miss Adams =dein theexcise department. Deputy-- lost her life at a pia -mo partyAfter Collector of Inland Revenue Fortier, of . tea, while enjoying a walk in the Windsor, has been appointed. acting . woods, a tree fell, instantly killing Miss Collector /gee ColPatton, superannu- AdamsIt has cast a gloom over the ated. Messrs. M. Keough, George . entire village, as she was beloved by all W. Mackay and Adolphine Egener have - -who knew her. been made temporary excise men. The -MrLeonidas Burwell, of port services of Messrs.- Arnott and jagoe . have been dispensed with, and Mr. Burwell, died. on the 7th inst. He was a son of the late Colonel Burwell, for Dickson takes Mr. Romaine's place, he raany years member for Middlesex, in havino also been superannuated. the Old Parliament of: Upper Canada. '41- Rankin, of Windsor, has &B. - covered a supply of stone, well adapted Mr. Burwell represented. East Elgin as a. Reformer for ten years in the Parlia- for building purposes, on hi.s lands at Sault Ste. Marie, on the Canadian. side. merit of Canada, prior to Confederation, The stone is a species of marble, with being defeated in the general election grey, green and. lilac tints in wavy of 1867. He then. retired from public lifelines, and. when poliehed lia,s a beiteiti- appearance. Good. judges think eaLast Saturday Mr. Matte, of Wail- 101 that this stone will make ve.ry nice bashene, was heating varnish on the mantle -pieces, colnmns, pilasters and stove, when it caught fire, setting fire ration returns for to his dauehter, Mrs. Bisson, who had other ornament/31 work. e a 'child in0 her arms. Before assistance -So far the immi could be given both mother and ohm the present season indicate the arrival had their entire clothing burned off. of a much larger proportion of the ag- MrsBisson died soon after, and the ricultural class than for may years pre- . - vious. Most of them are English, who cctne to our shores with a small capi. tal. They have settled principally in Ontario, quite s, number having located in the Ottawa Valley, where they fill the homesteads vacated by those who caught the Manitoba fever rend went west. A number a female domestics were also encouraged to ceeree to ania- da, but no inducements were held out to mechanics. -A very sad accident occurred at a barn raising On. the farm of Thomas Mighton, in the township of Bentinek, about three miles from Durham, last Saturday afternoon, by which two men, Mr. Joseph Mighton and. Mr. Wm. Richardson, were instantaneouslykilled, and nine others injured -several of them very seriously. Greatexcitement has been the result of the catastrophe, and much Sympathy is expressed for the unfortunate victims, all of whom are well known and highly respected in that vicinity. Migbton was married, and leaves s, wife and large family. Richardson was also married only a short time ago. -The Industrial Exhibition of To- ronto, which will be opened on Septem- ber 1st by His Excellency the Governor- General and the Princess Louise, promisees to be a magnificent success. The buildings are on a splendid settle, 420,000 will be awarded as prizes., an& competition will be open to the whole world. Live stock and poultry, dairy, agricultural and horticultural products, - implements, machinery, manufactures fine arts, ladies' work, dco., will all be represented, and the exhibition 'will re - Main open during a period of three weeks, in order to afford. exhibitors the amplest justice, except in the case of live stook, dairy products, &viers, fruit and vegetables, the display of which will be confined to a more limited time. Entries for live 13tock and poultry have been extended to the 16th Met.. -The seventeenth semi-annual ex- amination of students attending the Ontario College of Pharmacy at To. ronto was held on Tuesday arid _Wed- nesday, 5th and. 66h inst. Thirty-nino candidates entered their names, of child cannot recover. Mr. Matte was badly burned about the head and arms, but not dangerously. -Mrs. George Findlater, a widow lady living near Ayr, met with a pain- ful accident on Saturday night July 12. Mrs. Findliter on the night in question becaane frightened during the storm, and arising from bed went about the house searching for alight. . In doing so she accidentally stepped into the cellar - way and fell to the bottom. She was so badly injured that she died the follow- ing Monday. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of that neighbor- hood, and was well known and much re- spected. -At a quarter to. four &crock on Monday afternoon, 4th inst., the vener- able Dr. Barrie breathed his last. The deceased clergyman was born in Fife - shire, Scotland, in the year 1798, and was consequently in his eighty-first year. He was ordained in the year 1843, and in the same Year took charge of the -United Presbyterian Church of Eranaosa, of which place of worship he remained the respected pastor until old age compelled hiin to resign his post some short time ago. Few men enjoyed the respect of their fellow creatures as did Dr. Barrie, e --Last Friday the boiler of the 'lag- ged agricultural steam engine, working on the farm of George Keiller, Lake Read, near Port Stanley, exploded with terrific force. The -boiler was thrown he air, and the con - of and. tore off two he barn. The en- gineer from the wo ks running the en- gine at the time f the explosion is totally unable to a count for it. It is reported- there wa ninety pounds of steam pressure and. two and a half inches of water i the gauge. Most miraculously no on was hurt, though there were several iarrow escapes. -Some time ag a couple of light- ning rod peddlers rom London, called at Mrs. Hepburn's, near Port Stanley, whose house was r cently burned down, and asked permissilon to pat conductors on. her new buildin , offering to do the work for $30. Sh refused, but was at length prevailed u on: to have it done at the reduced price cf $24.40. When the job was finished t1iey coolly presented an account for t91 which she, of course, refused to pay. S e reminded. them of the bargain that al.aa been made, and it is later than the Provincial and To- offered to pay the amount that had. ronto exbibitions, there is no doubt but been agreed upon. They declined to it will be the best ever held in Western accept it, and dee area that the extra Ontario. The Board of Management is composed of the most prominent men in the city, and exhibitors will find that nothing has been spared for their con- venience. All entries should be sent, post paid, to the Secretary, William over twelve feet in cussion lifted the r siding boards front price was account ork. She, say, d for by additional the Journal, had given no ihstructi ns further than were contained in the original agreement, and. told them that they might take their lightning rods away with them if -A sarcastic correspondent. of the Galt Reporurr writing from Manitoba says: I know of several persons from Ontario, who came to this country, went 5 miles west of Winnipeg -not far enough to see agricultural country- and. hurriedback home. I know one who paid his pas- sage to the Potase, got a few miles on the road, juin -edt' from his conveyenee into another, ent back to Winnipeg, thence to Ar, into the bosom of a large circle of sorrowing friends, wb.o . heartily sympatletsed with him after all the hardships honi. had gone through. Our North Dumfries friends wentas far as Big Plains, but they were rather dis- couraged. by the bad wads, and when they got there, found the land hail to _ be broken and fenced, and there would have to be some buildings put on it,so they preferred the easier work of going MoBryde, Esq., London, not later than they were not satisfied. They replied. back. •