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The Huron Expositor, 1879-08-29, Page 1k.uGusT 22, 1879 1 ou a train before, although a couple a miles of Cliae e. Carrick 'Profile f ra, 0 stat Ise:tam grew 16 1 hue -bets of 60 Ila. of seed. are :125 duly qealialed voters ors in the village of Illyte as the voters' list of this year. Aixton, of Clinton, has hem teacher in School Section.. Nickerstnith, at a salary ef ,r. , J. Cartwright has coutribut- dsome sum of $10 toward& et of a, uew Methodist Episco- h iu Brussels. t. Kelly, of Blyth, intends ip to- Mauitoba and spending ?ks in the -Prairie Provinee, businese with pleasure. . .•Campbell, of Clintou, has teulding a barn on the farm . Cadmare, Tuckersraith, to one teemed last week Attrill. Esq, of Goderich, Sa $35 to the West Riding - el Soeiety, to be given ia eade cattle, carriage horses, tultry. n any friends of Mrs.. Jahn, Brussels, will be pleased te It -the has sufficiently recover,. nd`in her cart:age. late severe illuessto lee able '-e•ter Thomsoe, of Brussels, e steamer which he owned lias been run on Rice Lake, to be used as a ferry boat keeito and the island. rtrang'of Usborne, and Alin Jor have been engaged as the Exeter Public School' iainder of the 'year, the for- A4111T of $100, and the latter ther of Exeter Ninarods, with ails, started out to the big Hay one day last week to r, which was seicl to have here. They had the hunt, Jul get the bear. last week Mr. Leathona, Leathoru & McCoubreyt of tie at work in their store, yrt11/111te as to fall down the 'a striking at the bottom ss preserve jar, eating his tea- severely. lays ago, as Mr. Bell, baker, as delivering bread at the f the village, his horse be- teued and. ran away. Mr. m collided with a, buggy tending- on the side of the oud this little damage was MeNaughton, son of Hr.' ;aughton, of Brussels, while i his mother on the farm of Ifoot, Merris, received a set ein a colt, inflictina a, pain- t below the temptle. Had an inch higher, death would little fellow is progresaitig ' as could be expected. nvs ago a young sou of Mr.- :, of Rodgerville, aged four :ears, went out to see the ming in from work, whet/ a which -they were pessma epon him, fracturing his The broken limb has been little sufferer is doing as I be expeeted. s the list of pupils of Cline nool who were successful in intermediate examinations, de taken t Miss Elliott, B; ne, 13; Miss M. Corbett, A; 13 ; lifr. Jackman, A, Me- : G. Buchanan, Be tey, 13; Mr. T. Sloan B; loch, B-; Mr. F. Whitting- 7- Green, B. alas- night of last week; rere'd Ross Brothers & Tay - r,. mine, Exeter, and turned 1-, oil barrel, which had only a few days before, and left rmorniug, on entering the inployees found the floor v oil, which was still run - the barrel, and the barrel than half drained. The et $7. lday last, as an excursion 1Weedstock and Ingersoll Goderich, a -serious ami- d at the station. A. young 1Mclamald, a former resi- oriole but ROW of Wood- eupting to get an the cars mn, slipped and fell, his li,vra actOSS the rail and the, over it near the tvrist. vas precured- and the fet- ed to be amputated. The .,vering. . elude, of the Centennial li, seems determined to do xtencling,- the importance rising town. He has al- a large flouring milf, also , commodious hotel which les, and this seasoa he ew and handsome brick street. This block it d is 59 by 101 feet. It is hree spacious stores, oner -ay euclosee the building Jackson Brothers. The be occupied. by Mr. Pick- oubt not but that a tenant tin soon be found. This end handsomest block in U is a fitting monurneat'of energy and enterprise. •terly meeting of the Dean - was held iu St. Peter's 110W, 011 Wedaesday last, idea by the following ' ev. Rural Dean Deetiso. icks, of GodericlaRaceet, atthew, of Clinton., and ebent of the parish. Da ; a 10.30, regular mornio` g ehl and the Holy Cola- esed, the sermon on the ... preached. by Rev. gr - item other clergymett the services In the d- taitery meeting was het& i. net it i a. t ters cennected. erk were litentseed. Ia 'a puhlie meeting teak vas lz.titedv at tended. ensisted of adlresses by etymen and singing het eetether the first Deaaery tt Litelcuow_ WOES fa ma- , doubt be productive of 'al of Pall Goods arrived Oak Hall Clothing . A very fine lot of Cat S suitable for fall wear. s at ale, $15, $16 and are extra. good wa11e. orders elsewhere, please hie our stock carefully hem with goods from n our line. Mama!' & TWELFTH• YEAR. Vat•OLE ItTUNMER, 612. i • SEAFORT4, FRID ,REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that aort- eenient and desirable residence on the corner of High and Market Streets, lately cent ?lad by Dr. Vereoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. gee F°B Stil;E—Fot Sale a firet class Planin • Mill, nearly new and in good running order, situated in the flourishing Town of Sea -forth, WIll be sold cheap. Terms eltsy. Enquire of RECORD, COSSENS &00., Goderich, Ont. , 1 'VARA AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, X PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMEs.—Lot 17, on the lith concession, McKillop; price $40 per sore; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; purehasers can make their own tam of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE. ' 691 117AI•UABLE FARM. FOR SALE.—For Sale, the east half of Lot Nil. 4, pen. 4, H. It. S., Tackersmith, County of Huron, Consisting of 50 acres, 31 miles -from the Town Of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further particulars apply to PI0KAR10 opposite thei, premises, or to Egnuniclville P. 0. L -vARm AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, X CHEAP.—Lot No, 24, Con. 9, McKillop, 100 aeres; north half Lot 30, Con. 9, MoKillop, 50 saes* north half uf north half Lot 31, Con. 9, ,moreilee, 25 acres; residence occupied by Mr. Malcolmson on Gouirdock &arms, Seaforth ; building lots on Jarvis' and F. G.1Sparling's Sur- veys. Apply to GRAY, YOUNG & SPARLING. rstaAggrtli.595 i‘OR S A T,E.—Being Lot 12, Concessien 4: 9, Township of Stanley, containing 100 acres, of which 80 acres are cleared, well drained, and having excellent fences; the remainder is good bardwood bash.; there is a good brisk house, good, burn, stable and outhouses ; never -failing well; and good orchard; is within 3 miles of the village of Tarns and cenvenient to other markets. WM. L. KEYS, Varna P. 0. 603x8 52 •LaAttat Fon SATaa.—For Sale, the west part of •E 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 ancl Seaforth, and adjoins a church and school. It is also within half a mile of the Village of Walton. Apply on the premises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES MURCHIE. •493 VARAL FOB, SALE.—For sale Lot 2; con. 10 Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance well timbered. There is a stone house and good frame barn, is is well fenc- ed and underdramed. There is a young bearing orchard. It is about seven miles from Seaforth and four from Hensall, and is convenient to wheel. Two good. wells , of water. Possession given at any time. .A.ppiy at the EXPOSITOR office, Sea -forth.. 610 VARM FOR SALE.—That well-kn.own and fine- ly situatedfcirm, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hullett, 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 drivinghonse ; also orchard and. abundance of water. The farm is sitnated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full particulare apply to bloCAUGH KY & HOLM_E- SPED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises. 553-41 PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, tot 14, Con. 10, Grey; Weat half of Lot 29, Con. 6, , with cheese factory com.plete ; Lot 11, Co. 6, and tenth half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Morris; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township of Howick, all good hnuroved farms, together with several 50 mere farms in Grey and Morris, and -houses and lots and vacant lots in the village of Brussels. Prioes low, terms easy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Bras.' leis. •574 peak FOR SALE.—For Sale, that most desir- able. farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated 11 miles from. Kinburn, said 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring creek runs through the farm; good orchard, good fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mc - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - forth. 562 "WARM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 17, C01:1C9SSi011 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 bearing orchar d, and two never failing wells. Is on a good gravel road within 2 miles of Varna, 6 miles from Bruce field. station, Great Western Railway, and 12 miles from Seaforth and C•inton. For further portion- /ars apply to the proprietor on the premises,or to Varna P. O. JOHN REDMOND,. , 598 WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale 'west half of Lot 31., Concession 12, McKillop, centaining 50 acres, 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and in excellent condition ; a good log house, also a young orchard commencing to bear and abund- ance of splendid water; is within halt a mile of a good gravel road, and is convenient to ehurehes, school and post office • is within 9 piles from Sea - forth and an equal di4tence from Brussels. Apply to the proprietor on the promises ; or to Leadbury P. 0. ISAAC- GRAHAbli 603-4x FARM FOR SALE.--L-Fpr Sale, Lot 26, Con. 2, • Turkereinith, containing 100 acres of excellent lend, about 70 of which are cleated and a consid- erable part of it well underdrained ; the balance is good hardwood bush; frame house, frame barn, and stable; an orehard, good well; convenient to schools ettarcbcs, &e. I Is situated about, 6 miles from Seaforth and 1 mile from'Brueefteld station; Oita good gravel road; For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises'or if by letter to Brucefield P. 0. THOMAS MUNRO, • Trickersmith.- . 601 • lk-NARK FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 11, • H. 11.8., containing 100 acres, 82 oleared and la a first-class state of cultivation, the balance being good hardwood bush; log house, with stonc cellar under, and well finished; frame barn 36100, WiLh 8toue stabling. underneath; good bearieg orchard and 3 good. wells; convenient to church, school and post office; is situated 8 miles inua Seitfoith and 5 from liensall, on a good gravel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Chiselhurst P. O. JOHN C. STEEL/E. 603-4x - PAM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 2, Con. 17, Grey, and.part of Lot 1, Con. 17, containing in all 129 acres, about 9u of which are cleared, and under good cultivation. The balance is well timbered with hardwood. There is a hewed log house, and frame barns, sheds and stables. There is a good bearing orchard and good water. Is situated on a good gravel road within half a mile of Waltonvillage; five miles from. Brussels, on the Great Western Railway; and ten miles from Seaforth, on the Grand Trunk Baila-ay ; with a choice of markets. POT further particulars a.ppli to the proprietor on the premises or to Walton P• O. JOHN bleFADZEAN. 610120 -PA.Rm FOR SALE.—Foi Sale, Lot 22, Con, 3, ▪ Township of Tuckersmith, L. R. S., contain- ing 100 acres, about 70 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation ; the balaiaco is good hardwood bub; good frame hens°, barn and etable; execllent water on the premises; well fenced; good young orchard, and every eon ate - (nee appertaining. to a farm. Is sitaatcd abo t 7 miles from Seafiarth, 2i from Kippen, an ' 3 fora rueeheld, on tite London, Huron an B4uoe Railway. The land is first-class clav loa 1. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor en the premises, or if lir letter to Brucefield P. 0. /IMES 310IILLA&r. •6 ais PAM IN McRILLOP FOR SALE.—For Sale, the North part of Lots.8 and 9. Con.. 18 Mc- • op, containing 112 acres ; there are abo t 80 cleared, well fenced, nuderdraincd, and in a high state of cultivation, the balgnce is well. timbered 'with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame lam 50x57, with stabling underneath, an& other outbuildings, also a good young orelmrd and Plenty of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Waltonaand 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel roads to each place; convenient to church and lohools ; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, wfil be exchanged for a small farm. Apply to Walton P. O. or to the proprietor on the premises. WILLIAM DYNES. 593 THE INDIANS OF THE NORTH-WEST. SITTING BULL AND HIS BRAVES — HIS CAMP AT WOOD MOUNTAIN --THE SUN DANCE, &c. • Mr. Ritchie, whose terra of enlist- ment in the Canadian Moimted Police has attired, arrived at Wiimipeg from Wood Mountain, Ma,nitobil, the • head- quarters of Sitting Bull, a few days ago. This eentleman had been stationed at Wood Mountain post for three years. He left there on the:13th inst., and gives some interesting particulars respecting the present condition of Sitting Bull and his followers, their probable inten- tions and some of their peculiar rites and ceremonies, especially that known as the "Sun Dance." On the road, -and when three or four days out from Wood Mountain a herd of twenty-one buffalo was seen—a rare sight now -a -days, al- though only a few years ago the buffalo int countless thousands swarmed all through that part. Mr. Ritchie report- ed that allwas quiet at Sitting Bull's camp when , he left. There were be; tweet). 800 and 900 lodges of Indians, and Sitting 1 Bull, he thought, could count upon 2,500 fighting men in case they were wanted. They were well armed with the latest improved weep-. one, and they had a plentiful supply of ammunition. There was, however, a painful -lack of food, and the camp had been living on wild. turnips and what game they eould sectne for some time past. They had. been holding their great Sun Dance, and it Was told Mr. Ritchie that at its conclusion they were going after buffalo in the Milk River couutry ; if General Miles attacked -them they would fight, but if he did not inter- fere with them, they would not with him. But go they must—to get some- thing for their squaws' and papooses to eat. Sitting Bull is described by Mr. Bit chie as an ordinary Indian, with a large head, firm mouth and pointed chin— but nothing 'th distinguish him from the average red -man. Although not a chief, he occupies the position. of " head sol- dier," and is omnipotent in the camp the prestige he hes earned by the atten tion paid him by the police and the Americans, as well as his general level headedness, materially assisting him in keeping the position he occupies. There area number of chiefs in the camp, among them Spotted Eagle, a, fine speci- men of the noble red man, Little Knife Heir -on -the -Chin, Black Moon, Broad Trtil, &c.' There need be no trouble an ieipated While these men hold sway, as bey did not desire to disturb the ami - ca le relations with the police. The yo ng bucks, however, were hasty, and on several OcettsiODS collision was only avoided by the good sense of the chiefs who have the greatest regard for the police, a-nd especiant ler Major Walsh, whom they have eta • found a man to be relied uFpon. 210DEST Si I 11NG DULL. Mr. Ritchie tele, f a photographer ographer from Wisconsin, who offered Sitting Bull gifts to the value of $100 to allow him to take his photegra,ph,but without avail, and although other chiefs were only too .glad to have the "shadow grasped before the substance fades "— the old veteran said. it was "bad medi- cine," and firmly decliued to have his phiz taken. Tempting offers to Sitting Bull, one by Mr. Ritchie himself, to come eastand see thecottntry were also politely refused—and so .a big bonanza was lost. • now e. NEWSPAPER MAN WAS SCATtED. It will be rern.embered theta Chicago paper sent Mr. Stanley Huntley, (form- erly editor of the Bismarck Tiribune,) to o interview Sitting Bull. Well, he went, and while there are many who elieved that his accounts were written n the back office of the Chicago news - aper, Mr. Ritchie bears testimony to he fact that Huntley was there. He isited the Sioux camp with an inter- reter and Mr. Allen, a trader, formerly -with the Mounted Police. The Sioax t once detected him as an America,u, nd suspected him as a spy. They ranced around him, gave the war - hoop, shot over his head, and swooped own. upon the lielf scared to death cor- espondent, whose interpreter was also lmost half dead with fright. Allen, ho is very friendly with the Indians, hielcled the visitor as well as he could; but Huntley firmly believed that he was a goner, and begged the . other two to eave him to his fate and save them - elves. This Mr. Allen refused to do, nd the result was, as he a,nticipated, hat after giving the newspaper man a acket, they ceased their devilish cavort - ng with knives and guns, and Huntley as after ell rewarded with a talk with he big Injun—Sitting Bull. THE SUN DANCE. The Sun Dance—areligious rite most eligiously observed by the reds—is a reat event; and the one held just be - re Mr. Ritchie's departure was largely ttended. The ceremony took place in large lodge, about the size of an ordi- ary circus tent, and which was erected specially for the occasion. The first ay of the ceremony the children were rought in and their ears were pierced y the " medicine mane" it knife being lunged twice through eaeli ear, after hich rings already prepared were in- 1 rted in the slits made. . For this job, 1 father propitiated the fatee by giving a orse for each child operated upon. As e ceremony proceeded, young maidens bit pipes of tobacco held outstretched, mmenced early in the morning, and llovted. the sun in its course, in mono - nous dance accompanied by the even ore monotonous " lii-yi-yi, hi-yi-yi." elf -torture was practiced widely. Brave cks lacerated. themselves fearfully, d. stoically stood the pain. They thered the flesh of their. breasts be- , 1 fo a a se a li th wi CO fo to 5 bu an ga tween the fingers, so that .they could pierce clean through with a knife, and the operation being performed on each breast, sticks of wood were inserted through the incisions after the manner of a butcher's gambrel. To this, a lar- iat is tied, and throwing it over a pole overhead, the victim would pull him- self clean off his feet, and being there suspended till his weight tore the stick through the flesh and freed him from his 'painful poeition. Others again would have sticks inserted cross -wise in incisions in .their backs, and capping the sticks with' heavy buffalo heads, would dance and sing, till by the weight of the heads, the sticks would tear through the flesh. Should the self -tor- turers feel faint, or show signs of weak- ness, their friends would stimulate them, by shaking the trophies of war—dang- ling scalp-locks—in their faces, which cheerful act would instantly revive their drooping spirits. And during the painful operations which. we have men- tioned but not pretended to describe— not even the severest sufferings would bring a 'tear to the eyes—nor a cry from the lips of the martyrs, who, with the proverbial stoicism of their race, suffer- ed their pangs in silence rather than endure the iesufferable disgrace which the extortion of any expression of men- tal or physical torture would entail. Canada. —New oats on Guelph •market Monti clay at 34 to 35c. per bushel. . —A manufactory of window glass is soon to be established. in Napanee. • —Buildings to the value of $100,000 will this year be erected in Chatham. —Chatham has separated. itself for municipal purposes from the county of Kent. —Prayers were offered iu the Angli- can churchea of Quebec, last Sunday, for fair weather. —There are some 70 widows on the last assessment roll of the town of Am- heratburg. —Over three bundred families have settled on South River,Lake Nipissing district, during the year. —Duncan Love aud B. Dignan, of West Williams, cradled five acres of grain in three hours last week. —A team of Irish gentlemen cricket- ers, captained by Lord Colthurst, in- tends coming to Canada this fall. —Ottawa claims to have the oldest man. His name is James King; he is 101 years old, and is quite active. —A son of R. N. Mathieson, Co- bourg, aged three years, fell into Routli's mill pond and was drowned. —Considerable threshieg has been done in the vicinity of Galt, and reports indicate a yield of1,5 to 16 bushels an acre. —Mary Ann Harris, of Malden, has just finished a quilt of 4,007 pieces. Fortupate will be the young man who gets it. - —Burglars broke into the Globe office, Toronto, between Saturday night and Monday neoruing and stole $250 from the safe. —Frank Gingras recently sold a piece of his property on Main street, Winni- peg, for $5,000, which cost him $250 nine years ago. —Mr. Todd, the Parliamentary Librarian, Will not complete his new work on Constitutional Law till the be- ginning of 1880. —The Warden of the • County of Grey has had the County Judge before a magistrate for striking him on the head with a cane. —Mr. C. O'Malley, of Wardsville; has sold a splendid thoroughbred Ha.mble- tordan mare to W. M. Boemer, of Windsor, for $240. , —About 800 American excursionists arrived in Toronto in one day last week. They were principally from New. York - and Pennsylvania. —Lee & Boyd, of Walkerton, sold 10 tons and a half of butter last week to a gentleman from Harriston, who shipped it direct to Liverpool. —The three year old son of Alfred Virattie, a carter, of,Cornwall, was kicked on the face by a horse, -which resulted in his death an hour afterwards. —A,Minto man lately lost a valuable Mare, through the animal's eating too *largely of fresh clover. . A short time ago he refnsed $160 for the mare. —On Sunday Mrs. Donald Wilson, of East Williams, while climbing a ladder in search of eggs, fell, breaking and.dis- locating her arm just above the wrist. —You -ng Mr. McAllister, of Lobo, un- der 18 years of age, challenges any one in the Province under that age, to bind more oats than he ca,n, for a stake of $50. —Mr. Hallager, of Philadelphia, se- cured fifteen magnificent horses in the vicinity of Ottawa last week, and ship- ped most of them off for the American market. — Murdoch Mackenzie, a St. Thomas bartender; has been arrested for pur- loining money from his employer. He was detected by means of marked money. —A heavily taxed township is that of rock, Ontario County, which this ear raises for county, township and ailway purposes about $8,000, or 30c n every $100. . — A new bridge is to be built across he Red River at Winnipeg. The sum f $200,000 has been voted for that pur- ose. The work will be pushed on as ast as possible. —Mr. Denison, formerly agent of the onsolidated Bank at New Hamburg, as opened a private banking house here, with Mr. Crease, late of Chat- • arneas a partner. -a-A men named Eustace, at Fingal; n a wager of $10,1ast week, bound after _ • Massey reaper 308 sheaves of wheat n an hour. He carried a rake and did he work well in every respect. —As an indpiement to excursion- ' ts to visit Kincardine, the Reporter uggests that some one build or pur- hese a pleasure steamer to be kept at hat port. It would be a paying invest- ent. —Step § are being taken to have the township of Luther divided into two municipalities. The township is cut in two by a large marsh, and as the inter- ests of the two sides conflict materially, there is always wrangling in the Coun- cil and unpleasantness generally in the tI • Y, AUGUST 29, 1879. township. It is herefore thought ex- pedient that the theirs of the east and west should be g vented by two inde- pendent councils. - Two of the'embers of the Glencoe band skedaddled taking the best in- struments with t ern. These- were af- terwards recovere in Bay City, Michi- gan. —Thomas RoCla, of Woodstock, who sail- he was 102 years of age, was charged at the Police Court, London, on Monday, with vagra-ncy. He was sent to his friends. —Rev. Mr. Tillinghast, a Detroit clergyman camping at Fox Island, op- posite herstburg, was accidently shot and killea by a young man named James W ght; on Tuesday. —The shipments of strawberries from Oalifrillo the past season, aggre- gated 2001 tons. The number of quarts -was 216,000, which at a cent a quart means $2 160 for the pickers. —Mr. Dewe, Chief Inspector of the Post -Office Deparent, has left Ottawa for Manitoba to select fitting localities for a number of new post -offices, neces- sitated by the growing wants of the country. --Accidents from Paris green are get- ting to be much too common. Thomas Swallow, of Mount Forest, last week got some into one of his eyes, and. it is feared he may lose the sight of the in- jured optie. , —David Wa as. '- le ge ers, East Williams, h corn from 16 td 18 feet high, and. thic as a man's arm at the grouud. The a titude of this corn is propably a litt exaggerated, but the Strathroy A ells the story. —Whiskey -informer Donaldson was. badly beaten in London, on Monday, by axle Charles Walsh, the son of a grocer. He claims to have been hit over the head with a club, and he received a ery severe blow. —The kindergarten school system as been tried in Guelph, and has be - °me exceedingly popular. The school e -opens next week with an accom- lished kiedergarten teacher from New ork at itsbead. —Some idea of the extent of the po eto trade in Nova Scotia, can be had by oticing the fact that 60,000bushels of otatoes have been shipped by one man om Folly, Colchester county, during ine weeks ending 26th June. —School teachers are not very scarce, i we may judge from the following: he Milton School Board advertised for t 1 ee teachers, for two days in a To- ronto daily paper, and the Secretary re- cleived over sixty applications, 22nd Credit -Valley Railway con- -sruction train arrived in Ayr on the inst. •There was great rejoicing, as _the people of the village have long looked for the coining of the locomotive The men were treated handsomely. —Mrs. McKay, widow of the late Hon. Thos. McKay, died on Friday last at Ottawa. She -was immensely wealthy. Among other valuable prop- erties she owned Rideau Hall and grounds, where she formerly resided. —There are four or five hundred. dol- lars of Exchange Bank bills in the West Williams township treasury. This money was on hand to pay school teachers, who will now have to wait for their pay until the collector goes around. —On Wednesday afternoon ' the fly- wheel of a threshing machine which was at work on the premises of William Cocking, near Belleville, burst. Alarge piece of the wheel. struck Mr. Cockins on the head, injuring him to such an extent that he died the next day. —A well-to-do farmer of Norwich is -the possessor of ,a, cat -which has lately exercised maternal care over a brood of motherless chickens itt. his barnyard. Puss rarely leaves her charge, and at night stretches herself out and permits them to cuddle cosily into her warm fur, where they dream the happy hours _away. —The harvest is about two-thirds over in Manitoba. There has been 'good weather and the crops are garuer- ed in fine coudition. The estimates from the different settlements make the average yield. of wheat 30, barley, 40; oats, 60. The area sown this year is 50 per cent. great r than any pre- vious year. —A. novely at the nion stonk yards, ' Chicago, Ill., is the arrival of 300 steers from British, Columbia. Two years ago • they were driven to Evanston, Wyom- ing, 2,400 miles from there. They have now came by rail. They are believed to be the first importation of the kind from that far-off region. They are rough heavy cattle, with plenty of opportunity for improvement by feeding. i —Mackerel has been plentiful in Pleas- ant Bay, Nova Scotia, during the past few days but they were -not of a large size. A few American mackerel men have been fishing around the Islands dur- ing the past week, the first of the season. Codfish continues scarce. - All lobster factories have „closed in accordance with the Order in. Council to that effect. - A pretty good canning business. has been done the past season. —Suit has been entered against the proprietors of the propeller City of Montreal, plying between Cleveland and Port Stanley, for $5,000 damages. The plaintiff is Eliza Riper, who al- leges that while having a ticket to Port Stanley she was ordered. off the boat . and fell into the Cuyahoga River in consequence of the gang plank being rudely removed before she reached the wharf. She was nearly drowned, and lost several valuables. t —Roderick W. Cameron, of New York, whose firm of R. W. Cameron & Co. have been so many years indentified with the promotion of the direct trade with Australia, wpa in Toronto last week. Mr. Ca,m4ron is a native of Canada, who wen i over to New York something over tw?enty years ago, and has been more thki ordinarily successful in accumulatingiaerge fortune, achiev- ing a position of /treat influence in. New York. His genorosity to Canadians is well known and his hospitality has be- come proverbial. It is understood that he visits Canada in some connection with the Australian exhibition of next year. —Mr. Walter Markle, a South Duna - fries farmer, has bought 1,100 acres of land in -Manitoba, and placed two of his sons upon it to work it. Mr. James Anderson, South Dumfries, and Mr. Alexander, of Blenheim, have also bought farms in Manitoba. —Exchange Bank bills are selling in Montreal at 960. on the dollar, Consoli- dated at 95c., _Ville Marie at 88c. and 89c. and Mechanics at 50c. In the three first -named there is comparatively little doing, as holders. of bills explt soon to be paid in full. --Five respectable -looking young men, hailing fro -in New York state, were committed for stealing passages on the Canada Southern Railway fromVictoria, westward. They said they were mekint their way to Detroit, and being without money took this plan to get along. - —Two gentlemen, the Messrs. Leem- ing, Brantford, arrived. in Simcoe last Friday on bicycles. They made the trip in very fast time, averaging 12 miles an hour. Their fastest time is a mile in 4.10. They are taking an excursion around the country and stetted for Buff- alo in the morning. —Twenty-five mules were shipped - from Montreal for Liverpool by gentle- man having connection with a street car company in England. The mules were valuable, and were purchased in Kentucky. The total shipments of live stock from Montreal. last week reached 1,271 head of cattle, and 5,080 sheep. —An American has been in the vicin- ity of Brantford collecting a pen of Southdown sheep to compete fer the $200 prize offered at the St. Louis fair this fall. He bought six from Mr. Tames S. Smith of the Burford and Brantford line. Five were ewes at $15 each; end one a yearling ram at $25. —Geo. Munro, the New York dime novel publisher, also known as publish- - er of the "Sea -side Library," has en- dowed the -Professorship of Physics in Dalhousie College, of Halifax, with a gift of $2,000 a year. Mr. Munro is a native of Pictou county, Nova Scotia, and taught school there twenty-five yeaas ago. —Mr. J. R. Miller, SchoolInspector of South Huron ; Mr. P. A. Switzer, In- spector for the districts of Parry Sound and Algoma; Rev. T. McKee, Inspector for the district of Algoma, have been holding a Teachers' Institute in Parry Sound during the past week, and. an ex- amination for granting teachers' certi- ficates. —Hiram Walker, of Walkerville, county of Essex, bought four Vrench horses of the Percheron breed — one stallio tnek.nd three mares—from M.. W. Dunhaipa, of Wayne, Mich. Mr. Dunham has just returned from France with 36 hoitSes of that famous breed, and Mr. Walker was fortunate enough to seeure the choicest of the lot. —14.. lately. arrived. Englishman, at Ailmt Craig, named Foster, lately got into a controversy with a fellow sera vant, and undertook to beat conviction into his skull with a pair of .heavy hob- nailed shoes. Being arrested and fined for his diversion, he complained loudly at the amount of the fine, alleging • that he had. not given the man the value of the money. • 7 -On Tuesday evening of last week, Rev. Mr. Starr and his wife, were wait- ed on at the rectory by a number of their parishioners who formed a sur- prise party. It was the tenth anni- versary of the wedding of the reverend gentleman, and itt honor of the occasion the visitors carried with them tinware of every description, from a flower -vase to a coal -scuttle. —Persons in the neighborhood of Tilsonburg who have sowed sugar beets on trial state that they are doing well, and that there can be no doubt of the adaptability of the soil of Canada to raise large and profitable crops. New Hamburg papers also state that the beets look well there, and promise a large yield, and the farmers are anxi- ously looking forward to the establish- ment of a beet sugar fettory. Wallace,• —Mr. George Sr., father of Mr. Geo. Wallace, High School Master, Weston, was found. dead in bed on Mon- day morning. He was in the 74th year of his age, and though lately somewhat feeble, was in his usual health on re- tiring Sunday evening.—Mr. Hugh Peers, also of Weston, known as an ex- tensive operator in the cattle export trade, died from injuries received dur- ing an ocean voyage, by falling down a hatchway. • —A sad ease of death from lock-jaw occurred in. Barrie on Sunday. A lad nine years old,'named Rainer, had the ill luck to stub his toe 'while running barefoot on the sidewalk eight or nine days ago. His parents dressed the in- jured part and thought nothing More of it until list Friday night, when the lad showed symptoms of lock-jaw. Medi- cal aid was immediately called in, but he rapidly became worse and died on Sunday at noon. Some people die very easily. —The Napanee Standard, published in the Bay of Quints region, Pays the barley crop in Canada is an average one, but the color is not "bright." It thinks the -United States is pretty well supplied ..with barley and. that in all probability a large ehipment from Can- ada to England will take place, and for that market it is important that the grain be thoroughly cleaned in order te realize the highest price. The excise in England is by measurement and not by weight, consequently the price. in thilt market is ranged according to weight. In other words, the more pounds the ntialtster can get into a measure theless the. duty, so that every extra pound the barley can be made to weigh adds so much to the price. Our farmers should prepare for this by cleaning their bar- IiiclIBAN Publisher8. $51.50 a Year, in Ad:vs:mice. ley thoroughly, so that all beards, chaff' straw, etc., are removed, as the prices given by our buyers this year will be to a certain extent graded by the number of pounds to the bushel that the barley weighs. The Standard further advises farmers to sell early, as the prospect for high prices is not good. —Hanlan has not yet received the challenge from Trickett, of Melbourne, Australia, who holds the championship of the world, but if it eltantrIturn out that the Australian has sent one, there is every probability that the champion will accept it, and, with his wife and child, spend the winter ill Australia. —The Quebec labor troubles, which culminated in the riot of the 15th, were brought to a settlement last week. Through the good offices of the Arch- bishop of Quebec and a number of other gentlemen the opposing factions were induced. to accept a compromiee, and now order once again reigns in the ancient city. —At a meeting of the oreditors of D. McInnis & Co., of Hamilton and.Mont- real, held 111thelatter city on the 19th inst., an offer of 45e -cash was made and favorably entertained by the creditors present, and a deed. of composition and discharge on this basis if being prepared. for signature. Direct claims of $390,- 000, with. • assets $286,000; indirect claims $580,000 —On King street, Toronto, last Sat- urday night, a policeman noticed a blaze spring from a lady's hat. In an instant he snatched the burning hat from her head and put out the flame. The lady's hat was slightly singed, but otherwise she was ' not injured. It is supposed that a lighted match or cigar was thrown in the hat by some evil - disposed or careless person. —Judge Marshall; of Nova Scotia, al- though near the close of his 93rd year, is vigorous enough to write a book, which has just been published, on the public proceedings and events which he has witnessed in his time. The Judge has been a most indefatigable 'writer in his day, and has written more and longer letters to the Halifax press than any other man in Nova Scotia. —The rapid_ development of the Cana- dian export trade in live stock attracts' attention. It is estimated that 51,000 animals, worth $1,000,000, were shipped durinabthe la,st three months. At a, rough estimate the steamship compan- ies, independent altogether of railway • comtections received. upwards of $300,- • 000. The increase of trade over that of the same period last year is threefold.. —Last week a little daughter of Mr. Thomas Wood, of East Garafraxa, was so badly scalded by falling into a pot of bailing water that death ensued the day following. While Mrs. Wood was about to scald her milk pails the baby in an adjoining • room commenced to cry. She went -tit attend to the infant, and during her absence the elder child either stumbled into the boiling -water or was knecked in by the dog. —Unfortuuately quite a number of ladies, some of whom have little other property to depend upon, were share- holders in the Consolidated Bank. A number of these residing in Montreal held a meeting on the 27th inst., to consult among theinselves as to what steps, if any, should be taken by them to prevent their being asked for any further calls on their stocks, and to die - cuss generally the situation in their own interest. —The Ontario Ladies' College is sit- uated at Whitby, and is under the aus- pices of the Canada Methodist Church. Rev. J. J. Hare, M. A., is Principal. The buildings are those erected by Sheriff Reynolds for a residence, and stand in a field. twelve acres in extent. The original buildings are modified. by additions to adapt them to the work of instruction. The Principal is an active man and zealous in his work, and is assisted by an. efficient teaching staff. —Mit James Langton, who owns nearly 1,000 acres on. the Pembina River, seven miles west of Emerson, is said to have 110 acres of as fine look- ing wheat and oats 'as one could wish to see. The seed for the wheat was grown on Mr. Bradley's farm, in the suburbs of Emerson. The case of Mr. Langton is an example of what energy can ac- complish in the Red River Valley, Formerly in business near Peterboro, Ont., and unfortunate or unsuccessful, he concluded to try his fortunes in this country, and bringing his family with him, came here one year ago, and by homesteading, pre-empting, and other ways, secured about 1,000 acres of val- uable land. on the Pembina. River, and went to farming in earnest. Next year he expects to have 250 aeres in crop. —Last week there was reference made in those colunansIto a mnle owned in the township of Ope by a Mr. George Calvert, and which, though 40 years old, was still capable of remarkable per- formances. It seems that the papers in that region, not being acquainted with the serviceable qualities of mules, have been trying to cast doubts upon the good qualities of Mr. Calvert's mule and ridiculing his personal appearance. Mr. Calvert, therefore, writes to the Lindsay Post as follows: As mules are the order -of the day at present, and. news being not plenty, I can tell you that I drove, I suppose, one hundred or ' more horses in my time, and I am per- suaded that' my mule will kill any two horses that I ever had. !and will live on half the food of one horse. I don't mean to say that I can go as fast as a good horse, but I can go as far in one week as any horse and half as far again, and I can have more admirers than any man with stylish horse. When I leave home every one admires the mule. Theeditor of the Fenelon Falls paper thinks the ears rather long. Well, sir, it can 'ear a great deal sharper than some of his debtors that are owing him for the paper. I have not to speak to it more than once be- fore it will do anything that I want it to do, and I hear it speak very often be- fore the answer. • The Post says A ought to be respected for its age. Well, sir, I am persuaded that it is much younger than when I got it, or other- wise it is much better. I frequently drive it to Peterborough and back with 1,500 lbs. and when I drive a horse the same diseance he seems not so smart lie the mule the day following. So much for the mule.—Gao. OALVEB.T. - —At a meeting of the Demonstra- tion Committee in connection with the Dominion Exhibition it -was announced that Hanlan had. refused to row at Ot- tawa at all during the Exhibition, and' the project of having a regatta was finally abandoned. The original pro- gramme as already published will be adhered to, with the addition of a • trades procession, if one can be got U. • —An observant "Oxford Farmer" writes that every well regulated fanm. should have at least ten acres of wheat sown each fall. In passing through the country a marked differente is • cernible in favor of the wheat sown Oia a slimmer fallow. The straw is heavier and the berry plumper, and ha ninety- nine cases out of a possible hundredthe yield. is from ten to fifteen bushels per acre better. •i —Rev. Dr. Willis, for many years Principal of Knox's College, Toronto, died in London, England, on the 19th inst., aged 80 years. He was ordained as a, minister in 1821 and was after- ward stationed. in Glasgow. He came to Canada in. 1847, and from thab. time until 1870 he occupied the professorship of systematic theology in Knox Colleget Quite it large proportion of the present ministers Of the Canada Presbyterian • Church received their theotogital train- ing -under Dr. 'Willis. --Last Sunday morning a fire broke out in Brantford, in it buildingoccupied in the lower flat as Knowiton'e billiard. room and in the upper flat as the don- servative club room. The fire was con- fined to the building where it originat- ed, altb.ough the post office en 011e side and the Expositor office on the other were considerable damaged by removal and by water. The _building was in- sured for $3,500. and the billiard TOOD1 for $1,800. The hose was of such poor quality as to be constantly bursting, BQ that the firemen could not work to ad, vantage. —The city of St. John, N•. 13., is vir- tually bankrupt, and the worst feature is that the people do not seem to -realize it. The half yearly interest on its ' school bonds became due on the first of this month and no provision had been made for their payment. The cause of this is yid to be the failure to collect the taxes, and the result is that the teachers Were not paid their wages up to their vacation. time. Indeed., the secretary is reported to have said tb.at if the money was not forthcoming, it is doubtful whether the Board would be in a position to re-engage them for the fall session. —On Thursdey Morning an Eclipse portable steam engine, driving a thresh- ing machine upon -Gunning's faxm in Gosfield, exploded. The engineer, Charles Allison, was slightly injured.; John W. Myles was badly scalded and cut with pieces of the boiler, wellies in a serious condition, and D. Fraser was wounded in the back. The machine was completely wrecked, one horse killed, and it stack of grain fired, An investigation is to be made by Messrs. Haggert kt Cochrane, who sold the 1:1111e chine, but the accident is no doubt at- tributable to the ignorance or negli- gence of the engineer. —Robert Hay & Co., Toronto, have just completed a set of dining TO0111 fur- niture for M. T. Bass, M. P., of Eng - lard. The set consists of thirty pieces -ea sideboard, two dinner wag- ons, two side -tables, dining table, and twenty-four chairs—and is made en- tirely of black- walnut. The sideboard, which is 12 feet 6 inches high, and 9 feet 6 inches wide, is a magnificent piece of furniture. The panels are •filled with beautifully carved designs in relief; all symbolical of sport on the moor and on the mountain-, Mr. Bass . being a keen shot. The set will cost $3,500, the sideboard alone being worth $1,000. It will be sent to England about the middle of September. Mr. Bass is of the famous brewery &MI, manufacturers of Bass's ale. —A'learty of Americans are exam- inhig a quarry of lithographic stone, about four miles from Bobcaygeort vil- lage. The stones required are such as measure over 20 inches in width by not less than 30 in length. Such a stone, if without any crack, and of the BM° quality 9.8 is now being quarried, would be worth twenty cents a. pound in New - York. If the quarry yields no better stones than those taken out up to the present time, it has no real commer- cial value, but if on 'either excava.tion the stone ceases to be -shaky, and turns out a sound material without flaw-, then Bobcaygeon may eonsider that it possesses a very neat thing in lime- stone, and. may look forward to its lithogra.phic deposits furnishing the raw material for a large, important and remunerative industry. sfl —A very sucees cattle fairwas held. at Chesley, 011 8 turda,y, 16th inett Early in the morning the streets were - alive with droves of fine looking tattle, and during the forenoon a lively busi- ness was done. It is estiniated that there were 300 head brought in, and of these 150 or 200 head were purchased: Two year and three year old steers sold at from $40 to $60, and oxen bronght, from $90 to $125 per yoke. Fat cows sold at from $25 to $35. We were not able to get a full list of the Sales made, but might mention that Mr. J. Max- well sold 24 head, of choice cattle at . $60 per head, Mr. James McEwen re- ceived $720 for twelve head, an a. M. James Shouldice disposed ,of ten head for $500. Some other good. sales were made, and Altogether there must have been between $4,000, and SMOG paid out for cattle. We understand quite -II number of the animals purehased were intended for the English market.