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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-08-22, Page 1--- AUGUST 15, 1879 pa being constructed, ie the mid he found to be lest thee tee eget imate, the township of. Grey eeeR7: refundetl the surplus, en pts the amount contributed foe theopetilettat Dere 3e. -One evening last week a hand an of horses belonging to Att. anahart, of the ard coucessioa ot 'nett, that had been tied to a taxa a few moments, broke away an/ ,rted running wildly. The vehicle to they were attached was sooade.. and badly broken, the lore )ran after being caught. --On Wedaesda.y- evenieg of lest A, Mr. W. Weir, of Bayfield coa. sloe., was unfortunate enough ter mk his collar bone, while getting iote intggen. It seems that la few clan aeausly, in lifting a horSe powers he I cracked the bone, (though not are of it at the tae) aucj the eree, :i of getting into the waggon own. led the fra,aterm -Last week Mr. Thome /3a. Elliott Porter's Hill, drove a load ofr t1i0jando the barn, it being liner time, 'was just gettine off the agoa Tanen horses took bfright and ran oat, ttering the load Pell-mell r tilde ;J. career they ran over a new reaping nhine, almost totally destroying ia ev then ran over a Picket fence, an ate, and finally were stopped by eaa., jr witli a tree, .which broke the qeyoke: The wagon, and rack were liv damaged. e -Late on Saturday night or early oe aday moriaing, a most dastardly act s perpetrated on the farni of Ala ooh Stevens, lot 6, cone ssion 6, Ug.. lie. Some person or p rsons went s. pasture, field on the ab ye -mentions, farm, and with a knife or some other instrument sheared the tails of herses and attempted to cut tha oat of a two-year-eld colt, belonging 'Ir. John Spicer, of Exotier, which ie tiring at Mr. Stevens'. A set of •d harness was cut to pieces so that y cannot be repaired. Parf, of aa. er set of harness was found lying in lane. Mr. Stevens raised the wir of his room about 12 o'clook, ana inks the cowardly villains were ming them. to their btiggy, which -.7- v had left tied a short distance away, en the noise of the windOw frighten - them and they threw t10 harness n. The slight woundextended tr across the colt's throat. It is jectured that thaknife vas dull, or they were frightened aWay before y had time to carry out theirs. inks- r -Firat arrival of Fall. Go ds arrived r. week at the Oak HaJ1 Clothing ablishmeut. A very fin lot of Cl&- ian, Tweeds suitable fOrI fall wears y cheap suits at $13, $1 , $16 ana Thesegoods are extra ood valna. ere placing orders elsewlaere, please - and examine (aur stocs carefully compare them with goods from r houses in our line. 1TAT,Iin4 Ensox, Oak Hall. 7 777- C. MODUCALL Th SUMMER SALE OF W DRY -GOODS time have we had as many ecial Lines to gfer as at tis esent. In every Deipairtment have GoodBought a an Wholesale Cost Prices, Reduce the Stock &TARTLI NO WILL BE GIVEN FOR NS HE XT THIRTY iAY& - E CT 10 N IN rrEa filoDOITGALL & CO3 LINERY DEPARTMENT Best English Crapes asecl, which stand phe Wet damp weather. 1:1ZNING Bat. NETS `gl gloat ' 3 frOne. the NeWest erns. Rtst Black French qadonal id Paralliattas for _Dresses Always in, Stock. 5 Make a Specialty of SO 'fling Good. sn Co= G McDouGALL TWELFTH Y_b.,AR. WaOLE NUMBER, 611. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1879. RAL ESTATE FOR SALE. lallItOPEIITY FOR SALE. -For Sale, that con- ,- lenient and desirable residencee on the oorner gh and Market, Street, lately °cot oied by i. Vereoe. Apply to DR. VERQOE. 488 4 f'" na.LE.-For Sale a first class Planing Mill, nearly new and in good running order, aitaated in the flourishing Town of Settforth, Ca be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquire of BECOED, COSSENS & CO., Goderich; Ont. FAB' AND TOWN PROPERTY 17, cox the Ilth concession, MeKillop ; price $40 per sere; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own terms of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE. 591 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sate, v the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tnokarnmith, Cqiutty of Huron, consisting of 60 soma, 31 miles from the. Town of Seaforth, and oonvenient to school. The land is of the very 'beet quality. For further particulars apply to TAMES PICKA.RD, opposite the premises, or to Egmondville P. O. 62 11101 AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, • oRear.-Lot No, 24, Con. 9, IIcKillop, 100 acres; north half Lot 30, Con. 9, moroonop, 50 acres; north half 4 north half Lot 31, Con. 9, McEillop, 25 acre.; residence occupied by 11•Ir. Maleolnison on Gm:Milo& SurVoy, Seaforth ; litulding lots on Jarvis' and F. G. Sparling's Sur- veys. Apply to GRAN, YJUNG & SPARLING, • Seaforth. 595 'L'IARY FOR SALE. -Being Lot 12, Concession J. 9, Township of Stanley, containing 100 acres, cif which 80 acres are cleared, well drained, and hiving excellent fences; the remainder is good hardwood bush; there is a good brick house, good barn, stable and outb.ouses ; never -failing well and good orchard; is within 3 miles of she village of Vtiba and convenient NJ other ntarkets. WM. L, KEYS, Varna P. 0. 603x8 - - 13A- R3l FOR SALE. -For Sale, the west part of •A: Lot No. 1, Con. 17,Grey, containing 50 aures, 85 of whieh 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 13russels and Sealorth, and adjoins a church and school. It is also within ' halt a mile of the Village of Walton: Apply on tho premises or to wawa.) Post Office. CIIA.IILES MIIRCHLE. 493 'WARM FOR SALE. -For sale Lot 2; con. 10 Tuckersmith, containing 100 item, about 80 cleared, the balance well timbered. There is a stone house and goodframe barn, it is well fenc- ed and nuderdroaned. There is a young bearing orchard. It is about seven nillea from Seaforth and four from Hansen, and is •convenient to 66001. TWO good wells , of water. Posse asion given at any time. Appiy at the EXPOSITOR officeoSeaforth. 610 VARM FOR SALE. ---That well-known and the- ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, 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 drivinghouse ; also orchard. and. abuuclanco of water. The arm is situated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For frill particulars apply to MeCAUGELEY & HOLME- 8TED, ffeaforth,or to SIMON YOUNG, proprio - tor, on the premises. 553-4x pROPERTY ?OR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, Oon 16, Grey; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese faetory complete; Lot 11, Coo.. 6, and eolith half of Lots 16 aud 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Morris ; Lot 22, Cou. 13, and Lot 28, COIL B, township of Howick, all good improved farms, together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and. Norris, and hopes and lots and vacant -lots in the village of Breese's, Prices low, terms easy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Bras - lets. 574 PBM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that most desix- a able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated et miles from Milburn, and &miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class • stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring ' meek runs through the farm ; good orchard, good tenees, and the land in an excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES MO - MICHAEL, or to MR,. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - forth. 562 FM FOR SALE. -For sale Lot 17, concession 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 cleared, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation, the balaneo well timbered with maple. Frame house barn andsheds. Five acmes of good bearing orchard, and two never failing weEs. Is on a good gravol mad within 2 miles of Varna,16 miles from Bruce - field statiou, Great Western. Railway, and.12 miles born Seo.forth. and C.inton. For further particu- lars apply to the proprietor on the promisee,or to Varna P. O. JOHN REDMOND. 598 t• FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale West half of FEATURES OF SCOTCH LIFE. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, 1n Advance. SCOTCH COS TUME S -AMUSEMENTS - SPORTS AND CHARITY - MEAN'S OF TRAVEL - THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC --- STREET CRIES. EDINBURGH, July 10, 1879. The day is well past for any one but a, Cockney to come to Edinburgh with the expectation of finding men attired in the barbaric kilt as an every day garb. And yet a stranger might be forgiven if he 16-Oked here for some warrant for the fantastic dress in which upon their na- tional high days and holidays, the Low- land Scotchmen abroad are *out to ar- ray themselves. .He would, however, fail to find it, and would be driven to ezek some other explanation of a .usage based neither upon the facts of history nor upon the customs of the travelled , a.ncestors. Apart from the military., I have seen only one kilt in Edinburgh, and the wearer contrived to make of himself a guy of so pronounced a type that there cannot be' many held enough or foolish enough to follow an example so comical, or, to put the mat- ter conversely, to neglect a warning so impressive. In regard to the more general costume, while it cannot be said that Scotchmen dress badly, it cannot be said that they dress well. There may be some subtle harmony between the climate! the gen- eral gaunt and bOny figures and hard features of the men, and their slovenly, ill-assorted, ungraceful attire, but cer- tain it is that the male population gen eraily lacks style. The art of dressin well is, to all appearances, unknown. The defects of nature are emphasized by the tailor and the shoemaker. There is an utter lack of finish, an inability to comprehend the infinite capabilities of costumery, and the result is that, even where expense is least considered, men have the unfinished appearance of what country folk 'here call a "a dry stane dyke," which wants lime to give it co- hesion. The fact is all the more sur- prising when one considers the beauty of the Scotch fabrics in which men con- trive to make themselves look so un- comfortable and so eminently unpic- turesque. As to the ladies they are sat- isfied with keeping the gentlemen in counten,a•ncenand they succeed wonder- fully. Rich dresses are worn , as if in designing them the individuality and individual requirements of the wearer had been entirely ignored. The only re- lation between the dress and the dress- ed is that the one carries the other. g The best -dressed. women aun at sim plicity, but they evidently know noth- ing either of unity -by which the wo- man:and her attire seem one and in- separable -nor of the happy combina- tion, Whiph Horace praises, of simplicity and. neatness. Of fashion there is plenty, but as in the case of the gentle- men, of style there is -none. Walk along Princess street any afternoon in winter and you etedl see gentlemen wearing their ulste. e with not a tithe of the grace with which au Indian wears his blanket, and ladies whose rich robes of silk, fur or velvet have the appear- ance being' pitchforked upon their shoulders. One is• disappointed, on looking in Edinburgh for taste, to find the people all abroad upon the impor- tant subject of draping, and manifesting a carelessness savoring of contempt for attractions that are, neverthelees, in the best sense womanly. The means of amusement are not 'very abundaut, but they are fully taken Advantage of. It is singular that in a city of Edinburgh's reputation for in- tellectuality, the chief regular public amusements for six or seven weeks af- ter Christmas should have consisted of wo pantomimes and a circus. And yet the theatre -goers of Edinburgh are said o be so critical that if an actor meets with their approbation he .need have no fear of not succeeding anywhere else. There were, by way of compensation, several excellent concerts ; and ballads, oratorios, operatic and instrumental are received, with almost equal satisfac- tion, although listened to by admirers of widely different characters. At a ballad. concert, where the programme was restricted. to the songs of Burns and recitations of a few of his poems, the Music Hall was packed with an audi- ence of at least 3,00& -people, and among them none was more. demonstrative than the venerable Professor Blackie. The musical talent of the performers was not of a high order, but their Doric was rich and broad, and compensated to their Scotch auditors for any defecth in voice or style. This is part of that strong belief tn and attachment to their own country, and. everything belonging • to it, that is one of the most marked characteristics of both the Scotch and English. •, • In America travelling is a luXury of which the Scotch have not the most re- mote idea. The first-class cars will not bear comparison with those of America, ad the third-class have been designed sith. a view of applying a crucial test o the endurance of the unfortunate -aveller. It is to be noticed, however, hat its a rule the shareholders receive good dividends, and the roads are prob- ably made to pay by sacrificing ths pas - lager's comfort. Or, to put the matter a light more favorable and more just the directors and management, by a ase calculation of expenses, a definite inclusion cau be arrived at Loth upon the rates for carrying freight, and upon the amount of comfort that can be given the passengers in return for their money. As to the speed at which_ the cars run, has been greatly over-estimated. An aggerated idea has been forme,d. of it its having been very generallv as- med that the exceptions are the rule. n the longer route -that, for example, tween London and Edinburgh -the te is certainly sometimes, terrific, but the shorter routes the rule is revers - The early train from Edinburgh to Carlisle runs the distance, fully ninety- eight miles, in eleven minutes less than five hours. The day express reaches Carlisle in two hours and thirty-five minutes, and the afternoon train in five Lot 81, Conceseion 12, cantaining t 50aeres, 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and in excellent condition ; a good log house, also a young orchard commencing to bear and abond- t Ince of eplenclid 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 Leatlbury P. 0. ISAAC GRAII A M. 603-4u PARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 26, Con. 2, Turkersmith, containing 100 acres of excellent land, about 70 of which are cleared and a consid- erable part of it well undertirained;- the balance is good hardwood bush ; framehouse, frame barn, and stable; an orchard, good well; convenient to schools, churches, &a. Is situated about 6 miles from Seaforth and 1 mile from 13rucefield station, Dna good gravel road. For further particulars Talettekerertsom apply to the proprietor ou the premises, or if by Battu. ceftent 2. 0. THOMAS MUNRO, 601 wear FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 11, B. R. S., containing 100 acres, 8'2 cleared and in a hrst-clasa. state of cultivation., the balance being good hardwooa bush; log horse, with stone cellar under, and well OLIO:deed ; • frame bean x6t), _with Kone stabling .tukrueutle ; good bearieg ordisrd and 3 good wells ; eenvenittut to :oanirchs,esitefooe:toht sannaaptr,,stf °thee ; situated 8 utiles -ram Hensall, a ;.-focal gravel road. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor ou the premises, or if by letter to Chiselhurst P.O. JOHN C. STEELE. 603-4x PIM FOR SALE. -The undersigned has. ale eided to dispose of the north half of Lot 6 i the third ccnceesion of Mc Killop, reasonabl Yrnos. The lot is of the very best desciiption an is not intrsape ed by any in the township. I attested mile.s from Carronbrook.and the sam distance fro:n the Catholics Churoh at Irish town There is OM excellent hewed log hone on th Preraisee, together with two or three good stables There is alto u first ease -a ell of excellent water This is a rare ehance for intending Phirchasers archer tartieulars apply to the proprietor, JEREMIAH RYAN. 608x3 Mu FUR SALE.-Foi Sale, Lot 22, Con, 3, TowntLip of Tockersmith, L. R. S., doutain- 93100 HertS about 70 of which are cleared and to , a goo O state of ealtivation'; the balance is good , no -Aimed bush ; good . frame house, barn and el 'table ; exee Ilent water -on the premises ; well et , good Tomo; orchard, and every conveni- e!t!e aepertalatia tJ a farm. Is situated about 7 .Loalis t.rom Semen cu, 2i from Kippen, and 3 from teleaold, oo the Lundell, Huron. and Bruce 4•1xttr tilottodte,a clay loam. For nei particulars appy to LA.:proprietor on the ,t Iremises, ur if by letter to Bruoefield P. 0. 5ll-F8 MeMILIAN. 60114x byex FARM MeKILLOP P'OR SALE. -For Sale, Ole North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, ale- SU containing 112 acne; ; there are about 80 0 earttl, well fenced, uptlerdraiiied, and in a high be "g• o of etiltivatiou, the balgnce is well timbered With Itarclivot,t1; good. dwelling, ucw bank frame ra be'rn 50x57, ith stabling underneath, and other On outbuildings, also a good young orchard and ed • tan of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels 5 from on, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel roikds to each place; convenient to church and *hook; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, atinbe_ .exehangd for a small farm. Apply to wittilx0D.ItnxttEnst.he proprietor on the premises. 598 • hours and. fifteen minutes. The former thus attains au average speed of 37 9-31 miles per hour, and. the latter of 184. miles per hour. Between Edinburgh and. Glasgow the fast trains travel at the rate of about 30 miles per hour, and the slow trains at fully 18. Ihave trav- elled in England and Scotland both faster and slower than I ever did in America. One thing that might be improved by change is the liquor tra,ffic. Scot- land keeps " boosin' at the nappy " under restrictions which have augmented the very evils they were designed to lessen. The Forbes -Mackenzie act is, I am sorry to say, a, failure. I have before me a re- port in which it is said : " The remark- able improvement in the outw-ard. ap- pearance of many parts of the citythat followed immediately on tte passing of the Forbes -Mackenzie Act encourages social reformers to value _good laws, while they do'not trust to them alone." Now, it is netemuch to claim for an act that it has improved outward appear- ances. Of real improvement there is none. The city has 879 licensed liquor stores, and of these ninety-three are on the single street between Holyrood and the Castle. Of this thoroughfare, which embraces the Canongate and High street, and. of the Cowgate, Mr. David Lewis, treasurer of Heriot's Hos- pital, Bays that in none of the lower quarters of any city upon the Continent or in England. has _be wituessed simi- larly gross debauchery and brutality, or equally shameless debauchery: As that of a close, and, in a measure, a professional observer, Mr. Lewis's testi- mony is entitled to full weight. The following statistics apply to the whole city: In 1871 there were 5,400 commit- ments for drunkenness ; in 1876, the number had increased to 7,114. These figures are eloquent of the failure of the statute, and the fact appears to be that the law is too easily evaded., The re- port already quoted says boldly : " Illicit traffic is known by the police to be carried on iu at least 108 places." These* places . are patronized by men • who are not above breaking the law, but who weld. feel themselves dis- honored if they were to be gdilty of a breach of confidence toward the keeper of a " shebeen." This is one of the pe- culiarities to be met with in the study of Scottish character. Such isone way of violating the law. A second is made ' feasible by the bona -fide - travellers' section. Men used to be received as bona fide travellers who took a Sunday afternoon's walk of three miles to Port- obello: The guests at hotels in town can on Sunday drink until they are " as foo as the Baltic," as the Shepherd has it. They are bona fide travellers. Country places simply exchange their thirsty residents on Sunday, who, with- in -walking. distance of their respective -homes, are bona fide - travellers. The act says that public houses shall close at 11 o'clock at night. Men merely driuk, the header after 10, and if the hour comes when they must leave be- fore they have had enough they carry away a bottle or two in their pockets and finish the debauch at home. • All this is merely reducing legislation to an absurdity, and the authority for. the above statements is far above question. It is strauge that in France where it might almost be said there are no re- strictions, sobriety should be the rule, and that here where the most -stringent measures appear in the statute -book, drunkenness eliotal be so prevalent. To turn to -a pleasanter theme, the street °net of 'Edinburgh, or at any 1 e, rate those of the fisheries, are remark- I able and very beautiful; It is a sight to see one of the sonsie -and much -be -flan- fi nelled. fishwives of Newhaven trudging sturdily along the street under a heavy o load of haddocks. The latter are car- ried on the back in. a basket supported a by a strap passing around the chest -or h forehead. Above it is a wide, shallow i basket,.or "creel,'' in which the larger sh are exposed. As she passes along f he halts eccasionally, e wings round, e and in a full and musical voice awakes -a he neighbo bood to the fact that she / selling " eller haddies, caller !" But lt r better it is at night to hear the oys- s r woman s she fills the air with the usic of her -wild. cry, "Caller ou." he voice dies away upon a high note, Faintive and clear as the tone of a sil- s er bell, then again bursts out in repe- n tion of the cry, and again dies away. is rather incongruous that such music t ould be associated with the sale of li oysters. BURNSIDE. The former rushed forward and the ' latter drew back. The deceased ran right in the course in which the tree fell, and was crushed beneath it. -A quack doctor named. McLeod, was fined $40 and costs by Mr. Free- born, Invermay, for practising without a license. --Fourteen hundred and seventy Champion reapers and mowers were shipped this ,season by the Joseph Hall Works, Oshawa. -Oraugeville is now a county town. Mono, Amaranth, Garafraxa, Melanc- thou and Mulmur are the townships forming the new county. -The first load of new barley in the' Belleville market brought 50 cents a bushel ; a load of rye brought the same price. The grain was of first-rate quality. -The Merchants' Bank will establish an enemy in Ayr, instead of the Con- solieated. It will be under the man- agement of Mr. John Wyllie, late of the • Consolidated. • -Daniel Mullen, working at the city ;water works, in Guelph, received such 'injuries on Saturday by the caving in lof part of an embankment that he died on Sunday. -Ws. Eaton, an old lady who has been residing in St. Thomas for many years past, died suddenly lately. She was in the act of threading a needle whoa she fell backwards aud expired lius-tarn.t1y. Lowell, Galt, lately sold and de- livered to Mr. Lorillard, of New York, two of his blooded brood mares. They are of the same strain of blood as that of Lorillard's 'Parole," and were sold for a good figure. • -A quoitiug match took place in ,Galt last week between James Dobson, he present champion of Canada, and Walter Reid, the former champion. The result was in favor of Dobson, he scor- tug 61 points to Reid's 50. -The York Pioneers are to have a log house OA the Toronto exhibition grounds, to illustrate to the young and rising generation, who are supposed to know nothing of log houses, the way their grandfathers lived. 1 -In the free grant districts of Mus- koka the crops are unusually large, and the condition of the settlers is that of general contentment. There is much less complaining iu Muskoka than is usual in pioneer settlements. -Rev. Father Macdonald, of Mon- treal, arrived in Guelph on Wednesday to occupy a position the Church of Our Lady, in room of Rev. Father Ryan who preached his farewell ser- mon the same church last Sunday. -Mr. Daniel O'Neil, one of - the old- est farmers in the neighborhood of Paris, and one of the earliest settlers, celebrated his 82nd birthday one even- ing last week. A number of his friends m.et at supper and a pleasant time was had. • -The Teeswater creamery of Hettle & Inglis, shipped gar of butter last week for the Glasgow market, Messrs. Waldo & Midford, of the sarne place, sold one hundred package:, each of choice dairy packed butter for the Euro- pean market. -The Secretary of the Bradford High School has received 40 applica- tions for the position of assistant teach- er in the High School, nearly' all being graduates of the University. The salary asked by these gentlemen rages from 5350 to $650 per annum. -The Owen Sound Advertiser says a rich half-breed Indian who is encamp - d at French River, has two " very fine boking daughters " who are " real Models, with perfectly proportioned. gures, ami what is better, he, offers 6,000 to any white man who will marry ne of them." -The statistics of the High Schoole lad Collegiate Institutes show that the ighest expenditure for teachers' saiar- es was Galt, with $7,300; the lowest was Belleville, with $2,250. Brant- on" employs 9 and Belleville 3 teach- rs. The average cost per pupil was bout $27.57. -The Canadian Bank of Commerce issued• a new $5 bill, and in its de- eription of it says : "Photo of the resident, Hon. Wm. McMaster in the c ntre, takes the place of the Queen." ow, isn't this rather ungallant, not to y disloyal, in the Hon. Wm. ?-De- nit Free Press. -A. gentleman from Sherbrooke in - ends to establish a spool factory on the ne of the Quebec and. Lake St. John Railway, about 30 miles from. Quebec, for the purpose of utilizing the large quantitiee of white birch which grow in that district. The euterprize will employ about 150 meu. -A. large barn on the 4th concession of West Zorra, the property of Mr. Thaddeus Tate, was struck by lightning on the evening of the 13th inst. The centents, being the entire crop of the rm, were itt half an hour a smoulder - g mass. The -loss cannot be less than 1,800 or $2,000. The policy of insur- lace had expired only a few days. -At a private meeting of the share- olders of •the Consolidated Bank, it as decided to send circulars to all the areholders, asking thein to forward eir proxies to the shareholders' ad- sory committee, to be used at the neral meeting on the 18th September. is now pretty well ascertained that e shareholders will lose their entire ock. -The storm on the night of the 13th t., was terrific in the neighborhood Loudon. The barn of J. Crockett, of orchester, was struck by lightning d burned •with all its contents, ins uding wagons, buggy and the season's op of grain. Messrs. C. W. Watte, . Hoare and A. Campion were on their ay to St. Johns with a steam thresher hen overtaken by a storm, which they port as the worst they were ever out .• They stopped. 011 the road and held e herlses' heads, but the latter reared wildly that the machinery was all st into the ditch and broken up. ne of the horses plunged with such ‘tt fa sl is fa te m p v ti It sh Canada. -Mrs. Cool Burgess is suing for a di- vorce in New York. speckled trout sixteen inches - in -length, weighing one pound six ounces, law:brought into Chesley last week. --Eight hundred bushels of oats, the first of the crop of 1879, was sold. in Winnipeg, on the 14th inst., at 68c per fa bushel. in -A convention of Wardens is likely $ to bo called tog ther to discuss the a question whether it isnot advisable to reduce the number of county couucil- h lors. NV •-William Balfour, for fourteen years sh village clerk of Mount Forest, died on th the 9th inst of heart disease. Much vi regret was fel at his death, as he had go been a useful Jcitizen and much valued It both for his ocial qualities and as a th. business man st -There was a terrific storm in the neighborhood of Georgetown on the in night of Wed esday, 13th inst. About of eight o'clock t barn belonging to. James D Reid was struck by lightning and to- an tally destroyed. The barn was said to el contain three years' crops. cr -A young lady, daughter of Mr. H W V. Adams,. of Hauover, was killed in- w stantly by a tree falling on her, which w was blown dowel by the wind. The de- re ceased young la,dy, with some friends, in were on their way to the Blue Springs tli to hold a pic-nic. The deceased was so walking with Rev. Mr. -Corron and ca. Mrs. Carson when the tree cracked. 0 • force against the engine that its breast _was cut open. The damage, including the loss of the horse, will foot up to $400. -James Lynch, one of the oldest settlers in Guelph, and who occupied a position in the sheriff's office for the last thirty years, died on Saturday. -At a.meeting of the congregation in Rev. Dr. Proudfoot's church, Toronto, last Saturday night, the worthy pastor was surprised by the presentation to him of a beautiful silk gown, specially brought from England, and a purse of $100 to Mrs. Proudfoot. • • --The shipments of dairy produce from Montreal to Great Britain for the past week amount to 14,069 boxes of cheese and 3,318 packages of butter, as compared with the previous week's shipment of 14,529 boxes of cheese and 2,819 packages of butter. -George Saudfield Macdonald, youngest son of the late John Sandfield Macdonald, Cornwall, lately passed the examination to the London University with first-class honors. He went up as a graduate from Stoneyhurst, the _famous Catholic College in England. " -There is a rumor abroad that Mr. C. J. Brydges is to be the new manager of the Bank of Montreal, and that he • will be succeeded in his Hudson Bay post by Mr. W. F. Forsyth, of Montreal, who came very near obtaining the 'ap- pointment when it was vacated by Mr. D. A. Smith. -"Sensation" preaching, now getting to be at a, discount at its original home in the States, seems to be corning to Canada. We find the following, " re- ligious " notice in a Brantford paper : "'A compauy of horses in Pharoah's chariot,' will be Rev. Mr. Barker's sub- ject on Sunday evening. Sporting men specially invited." the night of Wednesday of last week, during a thunder storm, the barn of J. B. Conboy, West Caledon, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, with its contents -about ten tons of hay, a small quantity of grain and a number of implements. Insured in the Isolated Risk for $750, which will about cover the loss. 11 -There is a mule in the township of Ops which is 40 years old.. It is owned by a Mr. Calvert, who bought it from a Yankee at the close of the war in 1865 and paid $80 for it. He says that it is as. capable of enduring a hard day's work now as when he first got it, and he has no hesitation in saying that he can now drive it one • hundred miles a day. -A man named John • Ball, of Lon- don East;rna,de a determined attempt last Saturday night to take his life by swallowing Paris green, being depressed from over -drinking. He took a tre- mendous dose of the poison, so much that it produced an effect opposite to that intended. Medical aid was prompt- ly called, the proper antidotes adminis- tered, and the man is now considered safe. • '-Durink, the storm on the night of the 13th inst., a barn and stable, owned by Mr. Angus McFadden, in the second concession of Fenelon, was struck by lightning and totally consumed. The barn contained nearly all his crop and a large quantity of fall wheat which had been threshed only a few days pre- vious, and nearly all his farm imple- ments. Loss about $1,000; no insur- ance. -The wife of Rev. Mr. Mirkle, of Chester, Nova Scotia, who was badly burned on Tuesday while in a carriage with her husband, has since died. Mr. Mirkle was smoking a pipe, and. a spark from it ignited. her dress. His hands were so badly burned •while trying to extinguish the fire, that the flesh has been cut from them with scissors. This is a solemn warning to smokers -and. especially to smoking ministers. -Two attempts were made on Mon- day afternoon to wreck trains on the Canada Southern Railway, a few miles west of Stevensville. The obstructions were first seen by the occupants of •the pay car. A German, giving the name of Sissler, was arrested at the place where stones were placed on the track, and a section man says positively he saw the man place the obstructions on the traek and did not lose sight of him till arrested. -Mr. Angus, manager of the Bank of Montreal, has resigned, but will retain his connection with theBank till the close of the half -yearly accounts at Septem- ber 30th. Mr. Angus intends to as- sume the management of the St. Paul and Manitoba Railway. It is stated • that Mr. Geo. Stephen, the President of the Bank, intends to resign and join Mr. Angus in the West, but this step will not be taken until the new general manager has been firmly established in his position. It is also stated that Mr. Angus and Mr. Stephen, in com- pany with Hon. D. A. Smith, have amassed an im mense fortune, es- timated at from $2,000,000 to $3,00%- 000 in railway speculations in the United States. -The 110W town of Emerson is on the Red River, just north of the Min- nesota boundary, 65 miles from Winni- peg. The town is laid out in a square containing 800 acres, and its high posi- tion, being elevated on a plateau 40 or 50 feet above Red River, is likely to render it a healthy location. There are about 1,000 inhabitants, which are made up of almost every civilized na- tionality under the sun, the Ontarian element predouainatiug. The town al- e ready boasts some 18 or 20 stores doing t a general business, six botch, a grist mill, furniture, carriage and black- smith shops, and two weekly newspa- o pers. Emerson traneacts the mercan- s tile operations for a large section of s country surrounding, taking in Nelson- ville, Rock Lake, Monis and the Men- nonite settlements. The Mennonites have a large$ reserve about ten miles froth the town, and are an industrious and thrifty people, having already con- structed, in a co-operative way, many excellent roads. The land itt this dis- trict is unsurpassed. for wheat -raising and general fertility by any section in • Manitoba or the Northwest, and its comparatively excellent facilities for the sending to market of grain and other farm produce, renders it at pre- sent a superior location. Land in the vicinity of Emerson sells for about $5 • per ajettlire.0 s Badke, who served his time as printer in the Berlin Journal, and afterwards worked in Chicago and oth- er places at the printing business, preached in St. Paul's Lutheran church, Berlin, on Sunday of last week, to a laree and attentive atilience. Mr. Bathe gave up the printing business some years ago to study for the minis try. -Charles Brooks, a young man in Kinston, committed Suicide on Friday last. He had been drinking, and. at his own request was shut up till he should recover from the nervousdepression into which he had. brought himself. When itt the cell he took his braceand. necktie and. tied one end around the grating in- the door and the other around his neck, and thus hanged him- self. -A Galt gentleman, while swim- ming in the Grand River a few even- ings ago, accidentally swallowed some water which caused a fit of coughing, and ni the " guggle, guggle, gaggle" which ensued, his set of false teeth flew out of his mouth, and. went to the bot- tom. A. reward for their recovery was instantly offered, and a number of boys essayed by diving to find them, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The water is quite deep where the mishap occurred. -Two ladies with considerable liter- • ary reputation, Lady Duffus Hardy and her daughter, Miss Ida Duffus Hardy,, arenow visiting Ottawa. Lady Hardy is the author of a number of novels, emot:, them "The Two Catharines," "A Hero's Work," and "Daisy Nichol," Her daughter, a young lady not long out of her teens, has published "Not Eeasily Jealous," " Glencaina," " Only a Love Story," and " A Broken Faith.' They visit Toronto in a few days. -Montreal *despatches give indica- tions of a slight revival in business, and au improvement especially ill the whole sale trade. Travellers for •dey goods houses have been sending in orders more freely, although in most cases they are still small in amount. Hard- ware continues quiet, as also does the grocery trade. In other branches there has been a little chauge. Merchants are still acting very cautiously, being apparently determined that the13ais- mtakeseof the past shall not again be aa. -The coroners' jury in the inquest on the McIunes fire in Hamilton, re- turned a verdict that it occurred through cause unknown,that it origi- nated in Punier, Livingstone & Co.'s packing -room, and that the presence there of a large mass of 4ombustible material, consisting of broken packing cases and loose papers, contributed to make the fire burn rapidly and intense- ly, and that the presence of said com- bustible material was an indication of great negligence on the part of Furner, Livingstone & Co. -Every harvest we here of accidents immuring from the careless use of mow- ing and reaping maehines, some of them fatal. These implements, safe enough when properly handled, are too dangerous to allow inexperienced persons and chilclrensto be about them. Some men and boys act very foolishly in jumping from their seats on the ma- chine itt front of the Ceethwhen driving. A stumble, the starting of the horses or other mishap at 01106 exposes them to imminent danger of losing, their lives. -Gordon Bedford was drowned in Toronto Bay on the 1th inst. Re with a number of other yoeng men had been camping for the summer on the Island. On the day of the accident he crossed to the city in a sail boat. On - his return it became stormy and the boat was caPsized. Although a good swim- mer Bedford was unable to make the shore and was drowned. The deceased was aged. 31, and was unmarried, but was shortly to lead to the altar a daughter of a prominent citizen of Toronto. -Some of the American papers are trying to account for the fact that hun- dreds of American lads attend Cana- dian schools and colleges. One 'writer says the reason is that Canadian col- leges have better instructors and a higher curriculum. Another says : " A proof that Canadian colleges, in regard to learning, are better than American institutions, may be found in the fact that all students going to Canada are invariably placed in classes lower than the ones they attended while in the States, and there, instead of becoming shining lights, they are frequently found at the end, and are regarded as exam- ples of polished ignorance." On the whole, the disputants agree in com- mending Canadian colleges. -The embarrassment of the whole- sale dry goods house of D. McInnes & Co. is the most important among the matters now claiming attention in the commercial world. That heavy losses had impaired the capital of the house of late yearawas known, says the Mone- tary Times, and also that, in common with other large importing houses, it hail required indulgence in the depress- 1 dstate of trade. When, in addition, he fire occurred, which is understood' o have originated in the cellar of an- ther firm, and caused the house a loss f perhaps $100000 on • stock over in- urauce, besides deranging the whole eason's trade, and destroying the beau- tiful warehouse, it was not to be won dered at that a suspension should be contemplated. The direct obligations are stated at $365,000. The most large- ly interested bank is the Ban.k pf Mon- treal; and. although Mr. Mcbittes was President of the Bank of Hanailton, that institution is stated to be fully se- cured for any indebtedness of the firm. If it should be decided by Messrs. Mc- Innes to resume the dry goods busineas, it will not be long before the -energy and. enterprise of the senior partner will again make itself felt, whether -hi Ham- ilton or Toronto. --Intelligence has been received in Ottawa of the sad death by drowning of Mr. H. J. Duffy. of the Public Works Department, at ma Orchard Meade Maine, on Monday. It seems that he was swircaning at the time some dis- tance from the shore, and was seen to be floating on his back, when all at once he threw up his hands and sunk like a stone. This was ai 11o'cbockin the morning, and the body was recover- ed about five hours afterwards about three-quarters of a mile from the epot where the accident occurred, ,having been carried out by the current. The remains were brought to Ottawa for in- terment. The deceased was very well known andrespected in the city. To make the accident additionally sad, it is said that he was engaged. to be mar- ried to a young lady in that city next hasreceived.F. . d.a livaererliankinci of Guelph, letter freen Earl Dufferin, in which particular re- frence is made to the loss sustained. bye Mr. and Mrs. MacMillan, by the death of their little daughter, with whom the noble Earl was highly pleased when he sew her with her parents at the Citadel, Quebec, when the municipalities pre- sented their farewell address. The let- ter is dated. at the British Embassy, St. Petersburg, 21st July, 1879. Earl Dufferin expresses -his deep concern at the death of the little sufferer, and in a very felicitous manner sertds comfort- ing words to the parents. He concludes by stating that the photograph he has of the little girl be will hand to Lady Mittenu to take care of it for him. He slso states that he intends to go to Eng- land_ for Her Excellency and. family, and that they will arrive in St. Peters- burg in November to remain penman- ell-tlYB.inding matches are now in order. On a farm near Dundas Henry Owens matched himself to bind eight sheaves in one nainute, whieh he accomplished with a second and a half to spare. The same day, at the same place, Owens, who is a youth of 21, made n. naateh against G. McCulloch, aged 46, to bind 100 sheaves. In this contest the older man was the winner by three sheaves, the time being 16t- minutes. This race was quite exciting, and was witnessed. by a large number of farmers and fare mers' sons. --Another fast binder John E. McIntyre, of West Williams, who raked and bound 1,345 sheaves of grain in six hours, about 8.83 sheaves a minute, on the farm of Mr. John. Me- Doneild.-A man named Hickey, last week, on a test, bound ten sheaves of oats in one minute, on the farm of Mr. Henry Wade, on the :Cobourg rad, township of Hamilton. This is the fastest yet. Let us hear from anyone who can beat ten sheaves in one ute. -Miss Julia Emma Helena; the well-known actress, died in London, on Sunday night. Some nine weeks since she was taken ill with jaundice, and towards the end her condition was such that her friends dared scarcely hope for her recovery, although medicalskill aed attention of the highest order were em- ployed. She was unteoneeieUS for about thirty hours before her death. Since her childhood she had been on the stage, audio' her professional career had visited almost every portion of the United States and Canada. Her 'per- formances brought her before thousands of people, and she was always a favor- ite. She never played with any ether company but that of her parents, and se was not subjected to the vicissitudes that often fall to the lot 4f the people who follow the stage as a profession. In private life she was highly esteemed, and secured the good opinion of all with whom she was brought in contre,et. The afflicted. family will have the deep sympathy of the community in their trouble. -On Friday last a serious riot occur- red. in Quebec between the French- Canadian and. the Irish ship laborers. It seenas that the laborers of the twa nationalities formerly belonged. to one union. The French laborers became dissatisfied, believing that the English- speaking members managed to secure to themselves rnost of the work, which at best was scarce. The French seeed- ed from the joint union, and formed an association of their own, which they called the " Union Cattadienne." The new society reduced the rate of wages from $4 to -$2.50 a day, and were begin- ning to secure the Meet of the wrk. Being elated with their success, they made a procession, to sh-ow their nu- merical strength, and marched into the Irish quarter, through Champlain- street, where most of the Irish ship laborers live. It was not in the Irish- men's nature to allow the " tails of their coats to be '4 throd. upon in this manner, so they attacked the pro- cessionists with guns and pistols and even cannons were at hand, although. it • does not appear that they were fired; The result of the "scrimmage"was the wounding ot about 30 persons and the killing outright of three or tour. About 3,000 Freia-ch were in the procession, but the number of the Irish was much ess. Nearly all were more or less armed, and the wonder is that so little harm was done. The French retreated from the Irish -quarter to their own neighbor- hood. During Saturday, Sunday and Monday, a sort of armed truce prevail- ed. There was no general fighting, but when one of either party -was found within the lines of the other, he was beaten and compelled torma for his life. The Government was appealed to, but refused to interfere, throwing the re- sponsibility on the city authorities. The Mayor showed_ Inmself to be quite incompetent to grapple with the &fa- culty. 1-14 'tf