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THE HURON_ EXPOSITOR.
AUGUST 15, 1879.
- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To the Rescue—Stanley Day.
Farm for Sale—john McFadzean.
Farm for Sale—Huron Expositor Office.
Photography—Ai drew Calder.
Plows—Thomas Meths, Kipper'.
Great Bargains—Hoffman Brothers.
Special Notice—C. W. Papst.
Poundkeeper's Notice—H. Tyerman.
Oak Hall--Hally & Anderson.
Flour and Feed---sG. R. hionkman.
Auction Sale—George Biddle,
Postponed Sale—Horace Horton.
Sale by Tender—C. R. Cooper.
$25 Reward—W. S. Robertson.
To Contractors– James Johnston.
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SE APORTH, AUGUST 15, 1879
•
The Return of Grant.
It is expected that General Gra
will bring his fo4ign tour to an e
and arrive in San Francisco about t
middle of Septebaber. For politic
-
purposes the General's corning ho
will be as timely 9,3 was his going awe
When his tern can:Le to a close it w
a happy thought, to withdraw for
time from political complications. .11
he been at home during the past thr
years', he would hardly have increas
• his circle of admirers, but the -succe
of his tour abroad, the admiration a
flattery with which he was met
Europe, have placed him in a high
position in the hearts of his party th
he ha e occupied slues) he was the po
ular idol at the cloSe of the war. Doub
less, there is a _strong suspicion, amoun
hag alinost to a certainty, that h
brilliant reception abroad was entire
manipulated, "got up," by himself an
his friends, the American Consul
agents, and ministers in the countri
which he visited. Still, the gener
public, the great mass of his supper
ers, know nothing of this, ancl perha
they would not care if they did. IT
comes as a fresh man and a strong ma
into the arena of politics when such
rnan is badly wanted. We do not fo
get that it is always held by Grant an
his friends that he does not want offic
that political position is repugnant t
him; in fact, that he is a very modes
man indeed who has to be thrust int
positions of honor which he woul
rather not occupy. But we also re
member that he never refused anythin
which was offered him—that he wa
anxious for a third term four years ago
and. there is no doubt that though no
he may assume to prefer the retiremen
of private life, such predilection wil
be very easily overcome.
American politics are ;very complex
A great variety of questions, politica
and financial, local and national, con
stactly iiresent themselves. On marl
all of these the leading parties do no
divide unanimously. There are Re
publicans who are free traders and Re
publicans who believe in protection,—
there are hard -money Democrats and
soft -money Democrats,—and so with
most other questions. But there is one
question which is the test of party, and
on either side of tehich every public
man and, to a certain extent, every
citizen, must array himself. That is
as to the powers of the Federal 'Governs
ment aud the rightl of the individual
States. This question is almost as old
as the United States Government, and
it has always been the dividing line of
parties. It was on either side of this
question that the North and South ar-
rayed themselves in the civil war, and
it is as to the proper,adjustment of the
balance between the central power and
the State Governments upon which the
Republicans and Democrats aro now
divided.
There are some Republicans so vio-
lent and foolish as to say that State
rights were settled by the war and that
now there is no such thing. The mass
of the party do not go this far, but they
claiin the right of the general Govern-
ment to control the elections in the
various States, when:these elections are
for the selection of members of Con-
gress, who compose the popillar branch
of the general Govereameiit. In other
words, they claim the right to place
United States soldiers at the polls in
the Southern States, in order, as they
say, to prevent intimidation of electcirs.
The Democrats deny this right, and
claim that in time of Peace the central
Government has no power to 'send
troops to any State without consent of
its Governor.
•
The Democrats have now a majority
in both the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives. They attempted to pass
a measure forbidding the presence of
soldiers at polling places. Hence the
conflict between President Hayes and
Congress. The last two sessions of
Congress are fresh in the recollection of
everyone. How Coegress presented
measures which the President vetoed;
how Congress then refused supplies;
how this being repeated in an extra
seseion, Congress at length gave way,
under the firmness of the President,
and the threat by him of continued ex-
tra sessions, does not need to be retold.
The last two sessions of Congress have
more than ever enabittered the opposi-
tion of the two parties a,nd brought into
bolder relief the main dividing ques-
tion, centralization or State rights.
The pushing of centralization to its ex-
treme would result m imperialism,
while the extremity of State rights
would be auarchy. It is only the
proper balancing of the forces which
can produce geed government. It is as
the especial friend and champion of
centralization that General Grant will
•be welcomed home. His policy during
his two terms of administration was to-
ward a total disregard of State rights, --i
he never hesitated to use the army
when it suited his purpose. His norniei
nation and election would be regarded
by many as almost a death -blow to the
federal principle in the Government -
and the setting up of a sort of imperial
oligarchy in room of the Republic.
But it is by no means a foregone con-
clusionehat Grant, popular as he may
be in some quarters and with all his
shrewd management, will be the next
President. •He has, first to obtain the
nomination of his own party and next
to. secure the election of the people.
His principal rival in his own party at
present is John Sherman, of Ohio,
Secretary of the Treasury and brother
of General Sherman. Mr. Blaine, of
Maine, who was a prominent Candidate
in the convention which elected Hayes,
seems to have withdrawn his • preten-
sions. Sherman is an able financier and a
good speaker, neither of which is Grant,
but he is thought to lack the personal
popularity and power of exciting en-
thusiasm which ought to characterize
a strong candidate. Possibly neither,
G -rant nor Sherman may be the nomi-
nee. It often happens that some one is
pitched upon by the Conventidn who
had not been looked upon beferehand
as a probable candidate at all.
The probable Democratic candidates
who have been mentioned so far are
Tilden, Bayard and Thurman. •Tilden
was Hayes' opponent, and his principal
claim to a re -nomination is the plea
that he was properly elected before,
but "counted out" by Republidan re-
turning boards. Bayard is a very able
and respectable man, but he comes
from a small State, Delaware, and
he is much too clean and honorable
a man to have much chance of the
Democratic nomination. Thurman is
from Indiana, and has been long prom-
inent in politics. The principal objec-
tion to him would be that he would not
be acceptable to the East on account of
his soft -money proclivities. It is thus
possible that a " dark horse" may be
the winner iu the Democratic as well
as in the Republican National Conven-
tion.
The corning political struggle in the
States should be watched from this
side of the line with more interest than
is now given to it. Much the same
problems engage our neighbors as our-
selves. The same questions may not
come up with them and with us at the
same time, but they are the same never-
theless. Our governnaent has the fed-
eral principle incorporated into it as
well as theirs, and the late Quebec dif-
ficulty is an illustration of how the cen-
tral and the local authorities may
come iuto conflict, or rather into com-
plication.
- The Bank Panic.
On Thursday last week the Directors
of the Exhange Bank of Montreal
failing to make satisfactory arrange -
merits' with other banks to tide their
institution over its troubles suspended
payment. The closing Of this Bank so
soon after the suspension of the Consol-
idated created quite a panic among de-
positors in Montreal and vicinity. Ac-
cordingly a run was made on several
other suspected institutions. A small
French bank known as the Ville Marie,
was the next victim, and was forced to
suspend. A fierce run was next niade
on the City and District Savings Bank,
which held a very large amount on de-
posit, mainly the savings of mechanics
and working people. Throughout Fri-
day this bank was completely besieged
by depositors all eager to draw their des
posits, but fortunately the bank was
able to meet all demands, and even
kept its doors open until six o'clook in
the evening to accommeciate those wish-
ing to withdraw their money. On Mon-
day the "run" ceased, and several who
had withdrawn their funds on the pre-
vious Friday retureted on Monday to de-
posit them. again. This institution
seems to be on a thoroughly sound basis,
and after coming through its trial so
well, will be more firmly grounded in
the favor of the people than ever. The
Ontario, Hochelaga and other banks
were rumored to be in- difficulty, and
each had to stand a considerable "run,"
but all seemed able to withstand the
pressure brought against them. Things
have now quieted down and confidence
in all seem,s to be fully restored. It is
to be hoped there will not be any more
• failures. - There will be a meeting of
the shareholders of the ConsOlidated
on the 18th of September. Until then,
we suppose depositors and bill -holders
Neill have to possess their souls in
patience, as no ieformation can be given
as to what course the bank will pursue
in the future. There is a hope that the
suspension of the Exchange Bank will
be only temporary, and. that a new
start will be made shortly. However,
nothing definite on this score will be
known until the meeting of sharehold-
ers which is promised at an early date.
The management of this institution
seems to have been much. less objection-
able than its sister in misfortune, the
Consolidated, and had it been able to
make reasonable arrangements for ac-
commodation with other banks, it
would have, most likely, withstood the
unexpected " run" made upon its head
office. - The suspension of the Consoli-
dated was the first blow which sliook
public confidence in the Exchange. It
would seem that banking, like many,
other branches of business, is very
much over -done, and that even should a
few of the weaker ones be forced to the
wall, there will still remein a sufficient
n umber of the more stable to do the
legitimate 'business of the country.
Items Political and. Otherwise.
—Ex -Lieutenant Governor Letillier
• is dangerously ill, so ill that he cannot
be moved from Quebec to join his family
at Riviera Auelle.
—Henry Ward Beecher has very hap-
pily illustrated the absurdity of the
idea that a Government can make useful
money simply by setting the printing
machinery to work. He put it down
in this form : If the government can
make money in this way, why not make
all they want, and cease to impose tax-
es on the people ? The question is un-
answerable. If an irredeemable, paper
currency is the correct thing, the Gov-
ernment should make all that is need-
ed—first for their own purposes, and
then for the requirements of the public.
It would be a great shame to keep the
people poor when they could be made
rich so easily.
—The new regulations issued from
the Department of the Interior, con-
cerning lands in Manitoba, seem eu-
tirely to sweep away the provisions of
the Domintou Lands Acts, and virtually
to shut the Province off from settle-
ment. We can presume, saye the Port-
age la Prairie Review, that the Ministry
at Ottawa have some good reason for
the measure ; but as far as we can see
at the present, the new regulation is
simply going to benefit those who have
large tracts of land. secured; and will
prove a serious disappointment to those
persons who, under the impression
that they can obtain free land, find by
far the greater portion locked up from
them.
—It is quite likely that Lord Dufferin
is to be transferred to Constantinople,
for he has succeeded in establishing con-
fidence its himself at St. Petersburg,
and bringing about a more harmonious
feeling hetween Russia and the British
• Governments. The appointment to
Turkey calls for both administrative
and diplomatic ability, and his possess-
ion of these Lord Dufferin has already
demonstrated in Syria, Canada and
Russia. Should he go to Turkey, and
be able to stir up the Sultan to a seuse
of responsibility under the Treaty of
Berlin that will result even in a partial
fulfilment of these obligations, he will
justify the choice of Lord Beacons-
field in selecting him, a mild-mannered
Liberal, over all Jingoes, for the mission
which is now the most exacting of any
under the British Crown.
—We see it reported that Mr. Charles
Belford, ex -editor of the Mail, is about
to secure an appointment as As-
sistant Parliamentary Librarian. It is
also reported that Mr. Rufus Stephen-
son, of the Chatham Planet, is shortly
to retirefrom the representation of Kent
to take the position of Collector of Cus-
toms at that port, and it is further said
that Mr. Kitson,Collector of Customs at
Hamilton will shortly retire, and thet
a prominent newspaper man will get'
his position. "To the victors belong
the spoils," says the Dundas
" and if the newspaper - Men we have
referred to can be advanced to such
positions without the perpetration- of
any dismissal or superannuation mit-
rages, wehave no fault to find. As a
rule journalists wear themselves out
working for their party, and are seldoin
if ever thought of by the politicians ex-
cept when they can be made use of to
further their own ends."
—In a lengthy speech in the Quebec
Legislature a few days ago, Mr. Chap-
leau, the opposition leader, made a bit-
ter attack on the ex -Lieutenant Gover-
nor, in which he again alleged that his
onduct in dismissing his ministers was
nconstitutionale /Client this charge
the Montreal Witness very aptly re-
marks: This 'question cannot now be
argued over—it is too well known;
ut any law student of six months'
tending, in whose hands had been
laced a copy of Blackstone, who would
enture upon expressing such an opin-
on seriously, -would be considered by
most lawyers as anything but a promis-
ng clerk. It can, therefore, be readily
magined how imposing the sane -opin-
on sounded issuing from the lips of the
x -Solicitor -General. It seems now to
e admitted by everyone that there could
e eo question as to the constitutional
ight. otherwise the cause -of dismissal
ould hardly have been the far-famed
act that his "usefulness was gone."
—A contemporary very correctly re -
arks : Considering the amountbf work
hey have to do, the importance of their
ffice, and the degree of intelligence re-
nired to the effieient performance of
heduties, and the large amount of re-
ponsibility entailed upon them, muni-
ipal clerks are about the worst paid
lass -in the whole commpnity. Con-
tent changes and fun.endments of the
unicipal laws add immensely to their
ork which goes on • increasing from
ear to year. Indeed no session of the
eielature is allowed to pass without
terations of some kind being made,
Posing in one way or another edition -
duties upon the municipal clerks,
ith the addition of heavy penalties for
n -compliance or neglect in making
turns, &c. Our legislators never seetn
consider the position of the clerk.
ppointed at a small salary when the
ties were comparatively light he ac -
pts the position believing he can at-
nd to it without withdrawing him
ona his other avocations. With the
arly increase of his duties however he
ds all his time taken up—the proper
scharge of the business of the office
quiring, his almost undivided atten-
n. The salary remains the same.
. if increased a trifle, it is with that
udging reluctance characteristic of
unicipal corporations. It is seldom
sed willingly, and /weer to a figure
at would be anything like adequate re-
uneration for the services rendered.
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—William Anderson married the
widow Hesling, of Rama, on the 14th
of July. They were married at Upton
grove, Mara. Anderson is a Nor-
wegian and the widow a Canadian. He,
is her third husband. She owns a
farm, has a fairly comfortable home, 1
and is a fresh looking woman of about
fifty. The couple were married about '
three o'clock in the afternoone. and
started on their way homewerds iinme-
diately after the ceremony. When
about twenty minutes on their road,
seated lovingly in the buggy in which
they drove, the newly -made wife, it is
alleged, all at once became stark star-
ing mad, and tried to kick Anderson
out of the buggy. The couple got home
somehow. There the woman tried to
hang herself, and to cut her husband's
throat with a reaping -hook. She broke
the pots and pans, and made the house-
hold furniture a complete wreck. The
The husband, alarmed for his life,
lodged an information before James
—Another lawyer Mr. McMillan of
McPherson, J. P., of Rama, and the
Whitby, has put up his shingle in 'St.
Marys.
—Mrs. James Shearer, of Elma, who
was injured by falling into a well, died
on the 7th inst.
—Four candidates for the ordinance
of baptism, were recently immersed in
Maitland river on the 14th coucession of
Elma.
—The excise officers have got scent
of eome illicit still works in or near St.
Marys. Further developments are
looked for.
—The firm of Mcllwraith & Austin,
of the Listowel foundry, have dissolved,
the business to be continued by Mr.
McIlwraith.
—One night last week burglars enter-
ed the store of Switzer Brothers in
Mitchellsamt made off with a quantity
of goods. No clue to the thieves.
—Mr. John Doupe, who resides near
Eirkton, has lately very much improved
his premises by erecting a picket fence
along the entire front of his farm.
—Mr. C. 11. McLauchlin made the
first shipment (two car loads) of new
fall wheat from ‘StratfOrd last week.
The grain was said to be an excellent
sample.
—Mr. Thomas McDonald, of Mitchell,
recently purchased the Park property,
Cromarty, for the sum of $365. A
couple of days afterwards he resold it
for $600.
—During the thunderstorm which
prevailed in that section on Saturday
1st inst. a Mitchell teamster was
knocked inst.,
his wagon and rendered
unconscious.-
—The barn belonging to Mr. Thomas
Shaw, 10th concession, Logan, was de-
stroyed by fire a couple of weeks ago.
There were in the barn a reaper'mower,
buggy, and a quantity of hay. All-svere
destroyed.
—The Listowel butchers have peti-
tioned the town council not to allow
parties from the suburbs or country to
sell meat, and suggest that a license of
$25 be taken out by all who sell within
the corporation.
During a recent thunder storm,
the residence of De. Harrison, St.
Marys, ,e-evas struck by lightning. No
great damage was done. k dog lying
on the front door step was "fouirci dead
after it was over. •
—Mr. G. Eellodgson, B. A., who has
been Head Master of the St. Marys
High School for nearly four years, has
just been appointed. Principal of the
Brantford *Collegiate Institute at a
argely increased salary.
—During the thunder storm, on Sat-
urday, 2nd. inst., the house of Jos.
Harrigan, Bornholm, was struck by
ightuing, the current passing down the
himney, displacing the bricks and
therwise injuring the building. No
erson was hurt.
—The first load of new grain was
rought to Listowel by Mr. George
Sangster, of the township of Elma.
The wheat was of the Clawson variety,
nd was sold for $1.03 per bushel. The
wheat -was a first-rate sample, and. will
verage thirty bushels to the acre.
—Seven Palmerston men were
veighed the other day, and the figure
eached 1,252 lbs., as follows: Georae
ohnston, Sen„ 245 lbs.; Hugh Mc -
wing, 257; Enos Shaw, 224; Wm.
ean, 217; G. S. Davidson, 214; Geo.
Gregg, 213; Geo. Johnston, Jr., 212
bs.
—A new reading and recreation room
or the use of railway employees is
bout to be erected at Stratford. • The
uilding will comprise reading riciona
ibrary, &c., and will be so cons
tructedhat the whole ground floor can be
hrown into one room for concerts, &c.
t is to be erected by the railway corn -
any and fitted up at the expense of
he men.
—The August cattle fair held at Lis-
owel was fairly attended, considering
he season of the year. The majority
f animals offered for sale were young
ttle and cows. There were abcnie
alf a dozen buyers on the ground, and
hough the prices offered were not con-
dered good by those who had cattle to
spose of, yet few of the animals offer -
d for sale were taken home. The
rices for young cattle ranged from 21
3 cents per lb. live weight, and cows
nged from $18 to $30 each.
—On the 28th of May last Mr. An-
ew McCormick, of London, lost a
aluable mare and colt from the pas-
ure field in the Gore of London. A
uple of days elapsed before he became
ware of their absence, and he traced
em to the town line between Blau-
ard and Nissouri, but lost track of
em there, and has not been. able to
ar any tidings of them since. He
ers a liberal reward for their return.
he mare was a bright bay, with a pc.
liar white face covering the left eye.
he colt was a bay gelding, with a
ar on its forehead.
which three had died, and forbade the
sale of milk by their owner. The state
inspector expresses his opinion that the
'disease is increasing. He says that if it
once spreads beyond the Alleghenies it
will devastate the entire west.
, DIVORCE OBTAINED. — Rev. Newman
Hall has obtained a divorce from his
wife on the ground of adultery. The
counter -charges set up by the woman
have been proven to be unfounded, and.
the reverend gentleman comes out of
the trial with unblemished character.
Perth Items.
woman was committed to the county n
gaol at Whitby, where she now lies.
She was examined by the county
judge and by the gaol surgeon, and is
kept under restraint as a dangerous
lunatic until she eau be sent to the
asylum. She has become dangerously
violent since her incarceration, and the
gaol authorities are abliged to use the
straight waistcoat to prevent her doing
injury to herself and others.
News of the Week.
DIPHTHERIA. IN RUSSIA .—Diphtheria is
raging in epidemic form in Bessarabia
and other Russian Provinces.
CHOLERA. The cholera is raging
among the troops and natives in Canda-
har, British India, and is spreading
towards Herat.
STRIKE.—Teu thousand miners in
Silver Dale, North Staffordshire, Eng-
land, struck against the increase of
hours or reduction of 10 per cent. in
wages.
CROPS Ierunim.—Much damage to
crops in Lancashire and Cheshire has
been caused. by an overflow of the river
Mersey. Some loss of life has also oc-
curred.
FISHERMEN POACHING.—Th0 Collec-
tor of Customs at,Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
reports the seizure of numbers of seines
at the mouth of Niagara River, set by
intruding Canadian fishermen.
YELLOW FBVER.—The yellow fever
scourge in the South .still claims its
victims. It is declared epidemic at
Memphis, but only a few isolated cases
have occurred at other towns where it
proved very fatal last season.
DUFFERIN FOR TURKEY.—Lord Duf-
ferin, British Ambassador at St. Peters-
burg, will shortly be transferred. to
Ccastantinople, with instructions to in-
sist upon the speedy execution of the
required administrative reforms in Tur-
key.
Deen Smes.— The United States
Consul at Lyons, France, reports
that the statistics of silk crops from
France, Italy, Spaiu and Portugal,
show an immense deficit compared
with the previous year, and Asia, will
furnish only a reduced crop.
THE QURER.—Seeret Service officers
state that the business of making coun-
terfeit money has heal increasing con-
stantly since the resumption of silver
coinage, legal tender notes being coun-
terfeited in Canada. A dangerous five -
dollar counterfeit has been received. .
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS.—A Russian phy-
sician, M. Malarevsky, struck by the
prevalence of shortsightedness among
literary men, proposes that books should
be printed in white ink on black paper,
and he has made experiments with
fifty persons which tend to confirm his
view.
UNSTABLE.—Father VaDdermortel, a
Chicago Jesuit priest and au orator of
some note, who recently abjured
Catholicism end joined the Episcopal
Church, found himself uncomfortable
in his new faith, and has now recanted.
and returned to his first love.
STOPPAGE OF FREB CIGARS. — The
Minister of the Spanish Colonies has
cabled- an order to cease sending cigars,
hitherto shipped monthly to the private
use of the Ministers at Madrid. These
cigars yearly represented an expense of
$23,000 gold, which the Cuban treasury
will hereafter save.
DA.RK CLOUD FROM THE SOUTH.—
Governor St. John, President of the
Freedman's Aid Association, Kansas,
writes that the tide of colored immi-
gration northward eoutinues in an
most unbroken stream, and unless
checked by quarantine regulations on
the Mississippi River there is no telling
when it will stop.
INCREASING BUSINESS.—The imports
at New York during July reached
twenty-seven millions, a gain over the
previous July of two and a qUarter mil-
lions. The exports reached twenty-
nine and a half millions, a total exceed-
ing by about half a million that of July,
1878, which was then without prece-
dent.
MORMON MrssioNiser.—It is stated at
Washington that the Mornaon question
is assuming. international importance.
Protests have been sent to United
States diplomatic representatives in
Europe against allowing the subjects of
European countries to emigrate to the
United States as Mormon converts.
EXPLORER DEAD.—The British Con-
sul -General at Zanzibar writes that
Keith Johnson, the leader of the expe-
dition to explore the head of Lake
Nyanza, died on the 28th June, at Bero-
bera, 130 miles inland from. Daressa-
loam. The expedition will be continued
by Thompson, his scientific assistant.
UNHAPPY - BULGARIA. — It is stated
that great discontent prevails among
the Greek inhabitants of Bulgaria.
Thousands of the most wealthy and in-
telligent classes have formally enrolled
themselves as Hellenic subjects, while
the poorer classes have joined the Mo-
hammedans, who are creating distur-
bances against the Bulgarian regime.
FIRE.—The city of Serajevo has sus-
tained tremendous loss by fire. Several
lives and an immense amount of
property have been destroyed. A Vi-
enna despatch says that 1,000 houses
and 800 stores have been burned at
Serajevo. The Emperor of Austria has
forwarded 10,000 florins in aid of the
sufferers. It has been definitely ascer-
tained. that the fire was caused by an
explosion of spirits.
WESTERN WHEAT MARKET. — The
Chicago Tribune says orders have been
received in St. Louis for about 1,500,-
000 bushels of wheat to export to Ger-
many, "which is a new feature," as
Beerbohm puts it. The German rye
crop is understood to be fearfully defi-
cient, ,which will largely increase the
demand for other grain in that country.
The winter wheat trade in Chicago is
already alive, and promises to continue
SO.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.—There is consid-
erable excitement at Paterson, N. J.,
over the report that pleuro -pneumonia
has appeared among the cattle there.
The authorities quarantined a drove, of
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—Some months ago Mr. D. H. Dor-
man, of Mitchell; had a young New-
foundland dog sent to him by express
from Strathroy, a distance of seventy
miles. After having the dog several
weeks, he suddenly disappeared, and as
he was much admired. for his immense
size and beauty, Mr. Dorman thought
some one had. stolen him. Nothing,
however, was heard of him from the
day he disappeared until afew days ago,
when Mr. Dorman received word from
his friend at Strathroy that the dog had
returned home. The animal was
brought to Mitchell in a box, and must
have returned to his old home on foot.
The question is, how did he find his
way?
—It will probably surplrise some peo-
ple to learn that a, demand in insol-
vency has been issued against the A.
M. Gibson Manufacturing Company of
Mitchell. This concern, which has so
recently started under fair auspices,
that it seems incredible that it can be
insolvent, or anything like it, has, it ie
claimed, assets of $105,000, against lia-
bilities of $42,000 over and above a lien
taken to secure $10,000 bonus given it
by the town of Mitchell. The main
difficulty, however, is, according to the
_Monetary Times, that certain gentle-
men who bought the stock of Messrs.
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McClung in the Company, and promised
it all sorts of assistance, have not kept
their promises as to ready money, and
the Company has been driven into a
corner.
General News /terns.
— The Chamber of Commerce has
adopted resolutions establisbina a new
grade of barley, to be called extra No.
3, which shall comprise barley slightly
unsound or too much stained or shrunk-
en for No. 2, but otherwise meeting the
requirements of the grade.
—It is said that during the approach-
ing winter three of the Royal Mail
steamers, plying between Montreal, To-
ronto and Hamilton, will be nut in two
and lengthened sixty feet. They w
then go east only as far as Prescot
their passengers and freight being tra
ferred to river boats, which Will ply
tween that port and Montreal.
— The drawing room reception h
by the Marquis and Princess Louise
Frederickton, N. B., was attended
about two hundred persons represe
ing the wealth, beauty, fashion and
telligence of the city, and many. fr
St. John. The toilets were rema
ably fine, and no two .were notic
alike. The Prineess wore a wh
brocade silk dress, with a gold. thre
running through the front, trimm
with white satin lace and gold and s
ver Russian braid; head-dress, a wrea
of gold, marsh myrtle; orders, V
toria and Albert, and. Indian ord
The Marquis wore his Windsor u
forfon
e day lately, as two young 111
named A. Hinds and Geo. Randal we
working in a hay field. in Bosanqu
they came upon three large snakes
the blowing adder species. The, fir
intimation they had. of their presen
was Randal discovering one of the
making straight for him, with op
mouth and head expanded to about t
size of a dozen snake heads. The u
expected eight was rather startling
Randal, who jumped. out of the wa
and in doing so tripped over Hind
scythe, cutting his ankle badly. Th
afterwards killed the snakes. The bi
of these reptiles is said. to be ve
poisonous.
—Sitting Bull has returned with h
followers to Canadian soil, but the D
partment of the Interior has been i
formed that he has no hostile inte
tions. It is presumed they are folio
ing the buffalo. The American Go
erument were recently alarmed ov
the report that 5,000 Canadian India
had crossed into Montana, but th
were at once informed by the Dope
ment that their motives were not ho
tile. They want to kill the buffalo an
not American citizens. For some tim
past the Government have been co
siderably alarmed over the condition
the Northwest Indians. Advices we
received by the Interior Department t
he effect that the bliffalo had crosse
nto American territory, and that th
p
arospect for laying in the customer
upply was very poor.' In view of thi
rrangements were at once made for th
orwarding of supplies to put the
hrough the winter, which if i'; was n
essary to carry out would. have en
ailed a heavy expenditure of publi
inoney. It is gratifying to know, how
ver, that recent advices are of a mor
hopeful character, the Departnaent hay
ng been informed that the buffalo hay
eturned to Canadian soil.
—Adam Donaldson„ well known i
IcGillivray, and who lived seven o
ight years in the neighborhood. o
West McGillivray Corners, emigrate
o Manitoba last spring, taking wit
ina about $1,000. He had taken e
and and had about twelve acres i
rop, and on the 16th inst. had starte
or Emerson with his team to brie(
°me lumber to build a house for him
elf. He must have had a long dis
ance to go, for on the way he had. t
ross the Pembina river, which had t
e done by small boats, the river bein
igh. In order to get his horse
cross they were made to swim in rea
f the boat. It appears that one of th
orses got loose and was losing its wa
own the river, the stream beingfull o
j
shes and weeds. Donaldson umpe
to the water and swam after th
orse, catching him and gettiug on hi
ack, but in trying to land he also los
is way among the weeds, and he an
he horse sank and were drowned. Th
eceased was a relative of Mr. Wm
raeer, Township Clerk, and Mr. Wm
right, McGillivray. His father aril
other are still living in the old coun
y. Deceased. was unmarried.
—Mr.Reide, of Owen Sound, the purser
the Northern Belle, received $100 in a
tter, from a gentleman, to be delivered
a customer at one of the ports at which
o Belle calls. In some inexplicable
ay the letter was plazed on a table
th worthless scraps of paper, which,
ter the boot had got well under way,
r. Reide scooped up and threw out
the window into the lake. Ob-
rving a letter float away among the
raps, Mr. Reide immediately recol-
cted the money letter. In a ;moment
ore it was decided to attempt a recov-
y, and the vessel was turned, when,
veral hundred yards back, a gull was
served to settle upon something
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it appeared to be devouring. A
ass which was brought to bear upon
e scene revealed the fact that the bird
d actually settled upon the envelope,
rn it open, and, in the rnost profes-
nal way, was counting out his cash,
t as he appeared to read upon each
1 the words e Consolidated Bank of
nada," he shook his knowing head,
d threw it aside, with the seeming
mark, "Can't gull me that way," un-
it was all shaken out, and repudi-
ed, when he lit off in apparent dis-
se while Mr, Beide, descending in a
all boat, strange to say, secured. his
asure—every dollar.
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Grand Reaping Match.
Throughout this harvest season there
has been a grand trial of nearly all the
leading reaping machines manufac-
tured in Ontario on the farmsof Messrs.
George and William Stanbury, two and
a half miles south ot Clinton, on the
London Road. These gentlemen want-
ing a reaping machine, having some
ninety or a hundred acres of grain, in-
cluding wheat, barley and oats, to har-
vest, proposed to the different machine
agents that they bring their machines
to their place for a trial, and they would
purchase the one that gave there the
best satisfaction, irrespective of price.
Of all the agents who talked the loud-
est about the coming match, was Mr. S.
Moffatt, agent for the Kirby, of Brant-
ford, but when the time arrived to
enter, Mr. Moffatt failed to make his
appearance. The first 'machine in the
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of Usborne, and Mr. Taylor, et
Clinton, agents. The draft of this ma -
;chines. Mr. McLean had. barely cat'
one round before the superior qualities -
best sheaf of all its eacanodtinoptreheteimirtooalist::
spoiled the chanes of Thomson. .&-
tamwiarn.enhTiiitgyel.otra,Tewwalaesunraeoliiyiis after caito4
of this machine were plainly manifested,
is of very lig-ht draft, and throws the,
Williams' wrought iron harvester of
factured by Noxon 33rothers, Ingersoll,
It withstood all criticizing, cuts cleate
chine was not satisfactory, arid altsehe'
threw a, very uneven -sheaaly, ITvItheeyrui
3wTerr.ewounitt.inIaLbeoaunt, ohfaltfhias iils48, agent ,
for Noxon's Standard Harvester, mamai
introdueed one of these eplendid nue
Bradley Harvester, manufactured by;
L. D. Sawyer & Co, Hamilton, George
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not throw a good sheaf, and when eut-
ting oats theknives would get choked.
in the guards, causing a great deal a .
trouble and loss of the. The next
machine in competition was the Max-
well, manufactured by D. Maxwell, of
Paris, B. Newell, agent. ThiS Ma-
chine's work was unsatisfactory, ana
inside of a, few hours the Messrs. Stele
bury told the agent to remove his ma-
chine. Mr. George 'Weston, agent for
the Lion Reaper, manufactured by
John Watson, Ayr, was invited to
enter his machine, but he did not seem
to be flattered with the attentionshown
him. Therefore, the Lion reaper did
not compete. Last week the Sunbury
Brothers rendered their decision by
purchasing the Noxell Standard, -which
proves beyond all doubt that it gives
the hest satisfaction in nearly every
particular. They all had a fair field
and no favor, there being some eix or
seven binders in the fielewho ga-ve their
decision unanimously in favor of this
machine. Mr. Wm. McLean is to he
congratulated for being the agent of so
successful a- machine as is manufac-
tured. by the Messrs. Noxon Brothers,
of Ingersoll. L. C.
KTPPEX, July 11, 1879.
A Few Useful Hints.
Mr. Chester Prouty, township Clerk
of Stephen gives a few useful hints
which will apply to other townships as
well as his own. He says: Parents,
doctors, and ministers are negligeut
about sending in the necessary returns
of births, marriages and deaths. If
they look at their assessment notices
they will find that they are requested
to send. itt such returns. Their failing
to do so not only renders themselves -
liable to be fined but also leaves clerke
who know of such negligence open to
law. Clerks are frequently being re- .
minded of their duty in' this respect, ;
but it appears that some people will
never perform their duty until 831
ample is made of some one. I observe
frequently by the papers that deaths
take place in the township, of which
ha-ve no official return. A certeiu lady
living near Toronto saw by the daily
Globe that a person bearing her son's
name had aiea suddenly in. Stephen.
She did not know the whereabouts of
her son and. at once concluded her son
was dead, and consequently was in
state of excitement. She got some
official to write me for information. I
had. not received. any official return
so my books were of no use. In order
to get the desired information, I had to
travel over ten miles th-e same night I
got the letter, knowing how anxious the
poor widow would be to hear. Even
yet I have had no official return. 11s4 -
the proper return been made at the
proper time, I could have eased the
woman's mind a day sooner. I expect
daily to hear from the official who
-wrote me, requesting the names -of the
parents of the deceased young man and
the offi*ciating clergyman, for the purpose
of enforcing the laW relating to such
negligence. I see in the papers fres
quently advertisements of stray cattle. I
Now if people would also notify the Clerk
of such cattle, as they are required bylaw
to do, a note would. Named° in a book
kept for the purpose, and information
could readily be given iequirers as to
the whereabouts of such cattle. People
do sometimes advertise stray cattle but
generally not, and never notify the
Clerk. Often. the aninaais are never
called for and are sotnetirnes killed for
home use or sold. Will some legal
gentleman tell me in what Statutes the
law regarding isucla a crime may he
found.
• Letter from a gigh Bluff Settler
It has been very wet here since the
first of June,—raining more or less ev-
ery other day; but the weather eeenas
to be more settled now. Still there have
been no severe gales, causing datnage
to crops and buildings as I hear there
have been in Ontario. The roads in
most places are in a bad state and the
irnmigrasats that are flocking here in
great numbers find it a, difficult task
travelling to their new homes in the
West. The farmers are now busy saving
their hay, whieh grows in abundance
here. The cattle here are all fed luty
and I have heard many of the old set-
tlers say that this prairie hay is better
for them than tirxiothy. The grain
is all stacked in the fields and when
threshed the straw is burnt, The crepe
with the exception of 130131e on lowplaces
look excellent, and a yield of not less
than 35 bushels of wheat to the acre is
expected. Manitoba is no doubt a fille
country for both agriculture and graz-
ing. The land cannot be beat any-
where, but like all other countries there
is some bad land too. The lame ih
Manitoba proper is about all taken u.
There are numerous towns and villages
springing up throughout the province,
besides the city of Winnipeg, which iS
a large and enterprising business ceu-
tre. Manitoba is 100 miles wide and
120 miles long, and is but a garden
compared with the vast and fertile
prairies to the north and west known
as the North-West Territories. The
lan a there is getting settled up very
rapidly, but there will be plenty for
many years to come. Immigrants an
coming here from all parts of Canada
and other countries,. Most of them -
like the country well, but there are
some who do not. Some hays consid-
erable property, and some have not. A
man requires about five or six hundred
dollars to come here and go right on his
place; but there are many who come
here penniless and work a while and
then go and get a homestead and live
on it part of the time and. hire out the
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