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WINTER GOODS.
NUMMI & CO4
TODAY ( FFERING
)IAL BARGAINS
Department cf their Rouse:
was Nerer Bette. As -
d than it is to -day.
of Silks, Dress Goods, Man-
fillinery, Hosiery, Gloves,
a, Trimmiugs and Staple
seals is unequalled in
the County.
iERY—New Trimmed Hats,
Its, $1, $1.25, $1,50, and up.
Beaver Bonnets and Hats
a2,50 up.
ES—Warm Beaver Mantles
2 up, Illsters from $2.50 ep.
6a Pattern Mantles positively
ice. Wrap Cloaks, Dolmans,
&c.
are dealing
entire stock at prices which
ce everybody that "We carry
r advertiseineuts to the very
fl(—Most complete Stock we
Lrried, and at popular prices
:ye in this department amply
his.
— Warm Winter Gloves,
ee., in great variety.
ELS—Faucy Wool Goods,
cheap.
'arel YOUR CLOTIIING
FROM
;CDOUGALL & CO
-
the largest stock to select
l.teir goods are thoroughly
ad fluished, and their prices
per cent, lower than those
iteuse..4
T OUR SALE,
harked down the whole of
s stock of -Men's, Boysand
„
slung.
ew Style Overcoats, beatiti-
eud finished. This is the.
'1 town. Price, $4.75. ,
Kew Style Tasters, newest
We know this to be excel-.
Price, $7,50.,
ID WINTER SUITS.
ivo hundred Suite to select
the 'lowest and best ma-
tte, from ;,:9.„50 up.
AND YOUTHS'.
siiited Boys' and Youths'
our establishment. MI
tts in stock, and the prices
most economical. Call,
e for yourselves.
_Yu biscoultts. Nai7Z
(Intl Net Prices Only.
tDOUGALL &
t and Dealers in DRY
OODS Only,
ed by the organ. The
ctupied by T. Farrew M. Pe
he evening $.3a.
aerixe--The members of
age held their annual jabi-
e-esters' Han, mi. Friday
['here were about 200 pres-
eposed of the farmers,
,ns and daughtene Din -
at 2 o'clock, Their au -
Led iustallation of officers
r. Rulet. Currie, of East
elected chief; Mr. J.W.
tLu.; Mr. 1). King, Seere-
Los. Ilislop, Treasurer, &e.
coesidera)jle time over e
e!rforinanco, the following
re called on to address
e agricultural subjects,
erew, M. P.: Mr. Samuel
Turnberry ; Mr. Currie,
d others, AViliCh C011tintlea
There being a
atteudauce, composed of
h;ey with. violie, Robert
est violin. and Mr. James
t did honor to the occa:-
y strains froze the organ,
uoticing the splendid
4 its sweetness ou the
e way te the young peo-
d it ou the light Fames -
the "wee sum hours."
-
ear attsettiod is direct-
faeltienable fur caps
the Oat: Hall Clothing
eisisting of Sea Seal,
'ek and Otter, with
peaks. Fuji lines in.
LWI Ceney. Also, a, full
aisle iu imitation, Seal,
:Hair Suals, Plush mad
ilets a very large variety
fetle-in all style:, with or
The abott goods are
eed onle to be se eu to be
1.Geutlemen about to
fail to inspect there
ine elsewhere.
THIRTEENTH 'YEAR.
IIVHOLE NUMBER, 631.
A .HAPPY, NEW YEAR TO Ail.
Iiiii BROS.
A Hunaorous Address.
The following uniqile address was is
sued by Mr. Fergus 'Anderson to th
electors of the township of Blenheim
It will well repay perusal:
To the Electors of the Township of Blen
helm:
GENTLEMEN,—IU coming OUt to SO
lioit your 'suffrages as a candidate fo
ithe Sequa Deputy Reeveship of the
township of Blenheim, it is customary
under the system of Responsible, Gov-
ernment to make one' a views known by
either speech or address. I prefer. the
latter. I will commence at the head
of all Governments, Great Britain.
In regard to the foreign policy of
Lord Beaconsfield, I agree With it. In
taking pessession heathen nations
SEAFORTH g - ONTARj0. and establishing lawsof for the protection
of life and property throughout the
world, he is only carrying out on a
large scale the plan of his forefathers
followed on a smaller. When Moses
• and the children of Israel left Egypt,
• crossed the wilderness, and came in
sight of the Holy Land, the whole
country was promised to them from
T-111-41, BRCf S. are still in the front with Dan to Beersheba if go they would oply in and take possession of it, and sub -
heap Goads for
due the Philistines, the Amorites and
' the Jubusites, and establish laws
amongst them. Where life and prop-
erty are protected, civil and religious
liberty follow, and old D'Israeli, the
Jew, is only carrying out the programme
• of his forefathers in his
foreignto OMboesye—
s,
THE HOLIDAY SEASON
aond ""Tusa, , "says the
Lord" to D'Israeli.
In their home policy I would be in
favor of gran tilpes a Local Government
d
to Scotland anIreland, so that they
could manage their own local affairs
as we do in Ontario. I am .greatly in.
favor of a confederatioe of the British
Empire, when a representative from
every colony under her protection could
Meet every two years ineLondop, Eng-
land, and. discuss the wa,nts of each
country, not itb mucli from a political
as from a commerceal point of view, so
.that we could know the_ wants of each
other in regard t� trade and commerce,
and devise a scheme for the free ex-
change of goods and produce throughout
the whole Empire. Andi when any coun-
try like the United States goes for pro-
tection, I would favor the policy of
• meeting her with her oWn duties uutil
she learns to trade upon equal terms.
Nations, in this respect, should be
_Dress Goods in, the Veirest Shades treated just like individUals.
In regard to the Dominion of Canada,
Selling at Cost.
the -whole of our country lying in a
northern latitsele, farmers having to
contend with s ; e month ia of winter,and
they not ovei wealthy; either, I am
strongly of tee opinion; that we are
over -governed. We have five different
and distinct Goveruments to support,
lst the Senate, 2nd the Dominion, 3d
t • ,the Local, 4th the Country Council, and
NO ADVANCE IN OUR COT1ON COODS f5th the Township Council. I am in
avor of dome away with the Sena,te al-
together, and having the County Coun-
cil composed of Reeves only. I believe
in universal suffrage. • I' can never see
in what way a man with an acre of
land and a house -upon it is more intel-
We are still Selling at Old Priceand ligent to vote than a man without house
s
or land. Between man and man there
• showing the
is no justice in making 1 a law which
will compel Infra to fight in time of war
while you refuk him his share of gov-
erning in time of peace. Give every
• young man a vote and make him feel,
• as the peoplesay, that "This is my
own my native land."
CHEAPEST GOO DS IN TOWN I 1; elieve in the National Policy only
in so far as it applies to the States,
and any person in Ca,nada, who believes
that American statesmen have been al-
lowing their people to pa 20 per cent:
,
ore for their beef on aceount of taking
t out of us Canadia,ns,in My opiniontbe-
ongs to an exceedingly Stupid rade of
people. I am in favor , of having a
school esta,blished in Ottawa to teach
political economy and statesmanship,
the country
fault -fin ers,
hen elec ions
ery oounijr in
the Dominion is over -run with poli ical
tramps from cities who only amuse the
people by pouring forth upon one an-
other a large amount of Billingsgat in-
stead of common sense. Any co nty
like North Oxford, that has sent on-
. • resident members to Parliament fo 27
years out of -38, I should allow to go
- unrepresented until a resident candi-
date could be found to fill the position.
0 V E RC OATS. Should I be elected to the Couucil this
siemmilma
SEA
F
body and the mind of man co le b h
to maturity about the same i , nd
to weaken either of them_ bac, tlJi4t
time by over -work destroys the b t
• to a great extent. I should favo tax-
ing neither of them to any extent until
- 10 or 12 years of age.
• Since we have a free system o edu-
cation for rich and poor, from th day
✓ school to the college, I am in fa 'or of
mat -
doing away with sects in religioters. In villages like Ayr, Druin o, or
tra \
Princeton, I would have oue preacher
only. If the peoplel in and around
Drumbo, for instance, are not converted`
by hearing the gospel preached by one
minister, then they are not convertible
people, and ten ministers won't have
any effect upon them. I am of opinion
that too many Ministers in small towns
like Galt, Paris, and. Ayr, instead of
being the means of converting people,
are often the reverse. By differing
among themselves they make the
preaching of the gospel appear ridicu-
lous to people of common sense. Then
again in Ayr, for instance, there are
four, sometimes five, preachers, andthe
annual cost of sustaining these with as
many different churches is between
$3,500 and $4,000. Now, if instead of
the four or five we had' just one—and
he should be amply sufficient—we could
send the other three or four away as
missionaries, and between $2,000 and.
$3,000 a year along with them, to help
other districts.
ell
And Buyeris are rushing in for
thle Bargains.
Shawls, Mantles and. Millinery a
and under cost.
Mert's Shirts and. Drawers at 35 cents,
best line in town.
so that we will not hay
governed, as at present, b
back 'biting each other.
•Flannels in Grey, Scarlet, *lute and take place now, almost e
Cheek—a large steak, extra good
value.
CHEAP
year, I don't intend to advocate, the
above ideas there. I merely throw
• them out as suggestions for the due con-
sideratiopi of Her Majesty the Qu eu,
the Governor General, and Sir John A.
We have a few of those Cheap Over -
Macdonald in the future.
coats still on hand, going at cost.
4
GIT'E US A CALL and be convin-
ced that Our Goods are
the Cheapest.
Remember the Place —Opposite the
Commercial Hotel.
• t
I am in favor of doiug away a ith
school trustees, making School Ins ec-
tore responsible for the appointment of
all teachers,' and I would. have Town-
ship Councils attend to the wants of
the different sections. In Blenheim
there are, say 24 schools. Suppbse
each require 10 cords of wood. Let the.
Township Clerk advertise for tenders,
freen 1 to 24.- After being certified, to
by the teacher to the Commil, let it be
paid by the Treasurer. This would
aye 72 trustees a large aanount of time
and trouble for which there is no pay;
and often times men are elected as
trustees who are not ; intellectually
adapted for the office, and are frequent-
ly an annoyance to both teachers and
parents. I observe that the Minister of
Education, in recognizing the necessity
of some such change as I have alluded
0, proposes the establishment of
Township •Boards of Trustees. I op-
pose this schenad on the ground that it
is simply establishing a new office with
additional expenses, whereas we have
far too many already. If the to n-
HILL BIROTHERS,
ship • councillors are not the proper
ties for such business, then it is evid
that we have none properly qualified
it in the township.- As to the age
which children should , be sent
Main Street, Seaforth. school; I am of the opinion that
ar-
for
at
to
the
I should favor an alteration in the
election of Councillors. One year in f
office is not sufficient to give a -Coun-
cillor a chance to lay out money to the
best advantage. Elect , the Reeve for
three years, the Deputy Reeve for two
years, and thel Councillors for one. I
think money could frequently be laid
out to better advantage if. the Reeve
were longer in office.
In regard to township affairs, I have
no fault to find. The different jobs set
by the Council have been well finished,
especially bridges.- But now, since the
surplus fund is nearly exhausted, rate-
payers may expect our taxes to in-
crease. If elected, I shall endeavor to
keep the taxes as low as possible, to do
justice to all, and to serve township.
county and country to the best of my
ability. Yours truly,
PERGUS ANDERSON.
•
Canada.
Rine is talking temperance in To-
ronto.
—The town of Cobourg has an eight -
cent store. _
—A road is being made across the
St. Lawrence on the ice at Montreal.
--:-The Grangers of Cornwallisri Nova
Scotia, are shipping 9,000 bushels of po-
tatoes to England.
----Subscriptions are asked' in Mon-
treal to help defray the statue of Bruce,
at Lochmaben, Scotland.
—This past year 3,500 homestead en-
tries have been made in Manit
twice as many as last year.
—The inland revenue returns fo the f
London District in 1879 are less ftban r
the returns of 1878 by nearly $22,000.
—A man named John McNeff is un-
der arrest on a charge of fraudulently I
collecting taxes in London townahip. t
—.kluge number of the mechanics a
and laborers who were recently dis- 8
charged from Rideau Hall have been a
reinstated on half time.
—The Hamilton Tool Company, of
Hamilton, has been attached by Messrs.
Burrows, Stewart & Milne, of Hamil-
ton. Tie amount of the liabilities C
not yet known.- fi
—Elora, it appears, is determined to
dispose of its carpet factory.- It was
offered for sale by auction and with-
drawn for one month, fdr the want of
bidders at reasonable prices. I
—James Taylor, a collector of .xes,
pointed a pistol at Mrs. MeNutt, of
Dummer, and Norwood inaeistrates
want him to pay a fine of 120, with
$5.50 costs. Taylor appeals.
At, 'JANUARY 9, 1480.
of bliirgh4s *he; are operating in the
The Doreinion Parliament meets
oforeehbuy
erd Srp.at,cli'of bus TO on the 12th
iF
iltop People db not like their
pi emit elPetorn house buildiug, and are
agitaiug a new one ,
!p3 "firm of Messrs. E. ' Ho per &
Sons,, dry goods merchaiits, N panee,
sspended on the 2nd of January.
'The.Ville Marie hank, it Montreal,'
is said to have COlUe to grief because oil
it advancing money to. Stock gamblers.
—Bryanton's furniture store in Lon-
don was destroyed by !fire on Friday
evening. Loss above insurance, $1,000.
—efount Forest now - enjoys the
luxury of a Mayor and a Reeve, having
been iucorporated as a town on the 29th
ult.
—Mrs. John Cook, a wido- w living
alone about a mile from Alviston, was
found dead in her bed New Year's
afternoon.
—As an instance of the gold fever at
Madoc, it is stated that a farmer has
sold 50 acres near where gold was fonnd
for $20,000. ,
=Several enterprising persons in
Omemee believe salt or coal oil is to he
found, and are going to digand expei?..
ment. Nothing Eke enterprise.
—It is understood that negotiations
are in progress for securing the right of
Edison's patent for lightipg Toronto,
Hamilton and London by electricity.
. —Jacob Ellis, of Dresden, Ont., wa,
instantly killed by a falling limb, r
cently, while felling a _tree. He leave
a large. family in moderate circum
stances.
—A new weekly paper, to be calle
the Canadian Republic, is to be shortl
started in Toronto. It will advocat
annexation and the national currenc
question. •
e --Mr. Stephen Ellis, of Tweed, Ont
was _found dead in his barn. on Sunday
He went opt to feed his cattle, as wel
as usual, and a short time after wa
found as stated.
—The agent of a Glyndon, Minnesota
firm of buyers is offering 75 cents
bushel for wLeat at Portage la Prairie
from whence it would be brought b
boat in the spring.
—They have been discussing th
Township Sehool Board system in sev
eral sections of North Dorchester an
Westminster, East Middlesex county
It did not seem to "take" very well. •
—The barn belonging to George LtIll
stead, third concession of Maryborough
Wellington county, was consumed b
fire, together with its contents, laSt Fri
day night. The loss, which is heavy
is covered by insurance.
— Me: Seymour Sage, of East Ox
ford, has a cow six years old nex
April which has had seven calves, fiv
of them in less than two years. Sh
has had twins twice in succession. Th
whole seven are living.
—A reward of $500 is offered by th
Canada West Farm . Stock Assoeiation
or information that -will lead to the ar
est and -conviction of the party Or par
ies who set fire to their -barns at Bow
Park on the 2nd and 25th of Decembe
ast.
—A comparison has been made be
'een the sal ries of the Presbyterian
nd Methodis ministers, and the re-
ult is in favo of the former. The aver
go salary pai the Presbyterian clergy
s $850, while that of the Methodist
ministerial bo y is $550.
---The Par s Transcript says that
ome of the articles sold at Hon. D.
hristie's sale were lamentably sacri-
ced. Fancy reapers at $8, hay at V
per ton, valuable sheep at $3 each, sil-
ver moinited harness at $2 to $4, and
other things in proportion.
—Mrs. Mayor McIntosh, of Ottawa,
has been Presented with a silver cradle
by the members of the Council as a
mark of respect and in accordance with
t.me honored custona, to commemor-
ate the birth of a son during the term
of office of her husband.
—The Manufacturer of Johnston's
Fluid Beef at Point St. Charles and
Rouses Point, who has for some time
past supplied it to the British Govern-
ment for the use of the army, has re-
ceived a large order from the United
States War Department for their
soldiers.
—Headless fowls are the rage all
over ther country just now. The latest
is from Burford. village, a Mr. Silver -
thorn being the owner. In some cases,
exhibitors of these monstrosities have
been arrested and punished for cruelty
to animals. The more examples made
the better.
—A little colored boy was stabbed on
Saturday night, at Kingston, under the
ight shoulder. The assailant is un-
known. The only information the boy
an give is that he met a tall man, who
tabbed him because of his refusal to
ive him a chew of tobacco. The
wound is not serious.
—On Tuesday of last week Mr. John
Regan, of Harwich, met with a very
ingular and ,dangerous accident. He
was chopping in the woods, and had
ust felled a tree, which sprang back
ni caught Mr. Regan under the chin,
hrowing him several feet in the air
nd cutting his throat from ear to ear.
doctor was sent for, who sewed up
he wound the same afternoon, and the
ufferer is now doing well.
—A suit was decided at the recent
ondon Assizes which is of consider-
ble interest. The plaintiff was a far-
er. In January last he effected an
nsurance with the Reliance Mutual
'ire Insurance Company, for $600, re-
l.
eiving an inter'm receipt for the first
ayment. The property was burned
own before th policy was received by
he plaintiff, and the Company denied
hat they were liable for the $600, on
he ground that the claim was not valid
nlese the policy was actually held. by
he plaintiff at the time of the destruc-
ion of the property. Mr. Justice Bur -
on held that the acceptance of the
rst payment was sufficient evidenee of
ability to insure the payment of the
—Mayor Lewis, of London, has do-
nated his two years' salary, $1,200. to
the city, for the benefit of the poOr.
Acts like this among public men te
like angels' visits --few and far
tween.
—Wm. S. Smith and Wm. Fres ,
who have been exhibiting a headl Cs
chicken in Toronto for the past f
days, were arrested last week by Co p-
er, of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.
—One evening lately, in St. Thom s,
the sun focussed through a large color d
show bottle ie Mitchell's drug sto e,
setting fire to a bathing towel °which
hung °behind the bottle. The towel
was almost consumed.
—Sheep in considerable numbers r
have been shipped from the .Maritime
Provinces to Britain and, the States. c
It is stated that 27,000 have been s
shipped via Point du Chene, mostly g
from Prince Edward Island; apd some
from Charlottetown, direct to Britain,
also from Westmoreland county, ATew
Brunswick, for Boston. I s
—Anew banking institution has been
opened in Hamilion, to be known as j
the "Federal Bank," under the man- . a
agement of Mr. J. M. Burns: This t
gentleman is well and favorably knowe a
as manager of the Consolidated Bank ie A
that city. The premises occupied are t
the same as those of the old Consoli- s
dated Bank, but have been thoroughly
renovated.
—The store of T. Stephenson at a
Omernee was broken into on New Year's in
night, the safe blown open and notes, i
mortgages, &c., were taken, therefrom,
valued at twenty-five thousand dollars, c
The burglars broke a pane of Oats in p
the front door and. thus obtained access. • d
The safe was rolled from the 'front of t
the store to the rear, and was thrown ' t
upon four webs of eotton cloth so as to t
lessen the noise caused by the ex- u
plosion. The door handle was then t
taken off and it and the key hole Were j t
filled with nitro glycerine. The lock t
was shattered:to atoms. It is believed 1 fi
that the burglary is the work of a gang li
Mc EAN BROS., Pubilishera!
401 50 a Year, in Advance.
amount insured for, and accordingly in
structed the jury to bring in a verdic
for the full sum claimed, which wa
done.
'Au aamouncement that a, list of th
[Mo treal defadlting taxpayers would b
1:30iib 'shed at the beginning of the yea
has lhad. a most salutory effect. 0
We eaday about $70,000 was collected
—a citizen of Guelph, aged 45 years
dropped dead while sitting in a chair
at his house last Thursday night. II
had been suffering from heart disease
for some time, Which is supposed to
hve cansed his death.
—The vote taken at Oakville on Mon
day on the by-law for issuing deben-
tures for $1,400 for the purpose of buy
ing grounds to be used as a park and
for the use of the Agricultural Society,
&c., resulted in favor of the by-law by
a majority of 44.
— The St. John, N. B., custom
officers seized and sold" George Baker.'
a Boston trotting horse, with a 2.20
record, that has been" doing" the pro-
vince as a green 2.50. The owner
failed to pay duty' and the animal was
sold for $150.
—The Inspector of Prisons is at pres-
ent making an official visit to the St.
Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. Itt
connection with this fact, it may be
said the convict population of the Do-
minion has nearly doubled during the
past year.
—A man has been fined at Ottawa $5
and $2 costs for neglecting to put up a
card in his window stating that he had
small -pox in Ids house. The health
officers of the capital experienee
great difficulty in enforcing the by-
law providing that cards shall be so ex-
hibited:
—Among the pranks played in Ot-
tawa on New Year's day appeared the
cruel one of placing a small pox card at
the gates or doors of several private
residences. It was not until callers
walked up to the gate and suddenly
departed that the inmates of the house
began to suspect that something was
wrong.
—Messrs. Cossitt 8s Son, agricultural
implement makers, Guelph, have made
an assignment. A meeting of creditors
was called on Friday, the 26th ult.
The total of unsecured liabilities is
$39,660.36; secured $55,964.07; pre-
ferential, $2,291.87—making a gross
total of $97,915.30.
—A small gang of men have been
engaged for the last two Weeks in mak-
ing an opening into the Paxton iron
mine, situated in the township of
Letterworth, about five miles from Kin -
mount. In the pit now opened good
ore has- been taken out, showing a
thickness of about eight feet, and
about twelve feet in breadth, with ore in
the bottom of the pit.
—Some time ago one of the tax col-
lectors of Wellesley had his house en-
tered by burglars and a large sum of
money stolen. No clue could be got as
to who the guilty party was, or where
the money had gone. A few days ago,
however, the stolen property was re-
stored to the collector by a Roman
Catholic priest, he having received it
through the confessional.
—There is a custom of the Indians of
North, America on New Year's day,
which they call the "shooting day"
because firearms are carried by some of
the parties, and are discharged at every
house they come to as a mark of honor.
Old and. young march to every house„
where the wife or husband will kindly
give a cake to each person. Several
groups on the Onedia Reserve had a
great time on New Year's day.
—A few days ago it was reported
that a man 'named Thomas Mulligan
was burned to death in his shanty in
Compton county, Quebec. It now ap-
pears that he was mnrdered by a
neighbor for a trifling sum of money he
possessed, and that the body was burn-
ed to hide the crime. The murderer, a
man named Wm. Grey, has been ar-
rested, and the money of lfis victim
found in his house. His wife is also
under arrest as an accomplice.
—A rumor was in circulation on Fri-
day that tne Hon. Mr. Letellier,s health
was manifesting a change for the worse. -
It is however learned that while he is
certainly in a critical condition, there.
is no more serious cause for alarm than
there has been for some time past. It
most earnestly hoped that with the
turn of spring and summer, although
t distant,his physique will be restored
a condition of health thoroughly con-
nant with a mind so vigorous as his.
—The trustees of Mapleton school, in
gin county, are in a quandary as to
e whereabouts of their secretary-
easurer, Mr. George Durdle. He
me to - St. Thomas about the llth
t. and withdrew the money he had in
e Imperial Bank. Afterwards in his
cial capacity he raised $420 of the
hool funds, and since that time
thing has been heard of him. For
e last twenty-five years Mr. Mardi°
s been looked upon by all Who knew
m as a thoroughly honest I and up -
ht man.
—A lively scene occurred at a meet -
of the Ridgetown village council
the 23rd of December. Mr. BroWn,
e new treasurer, was in the act of
ing up the debentures, when Mr.
ody.made a grab. at them. While
e clung to them the other tugged like
ary, and at length a number of the
ctators joined in the melee. The
shot was that Mr. Brown came out
the struggle with an end. of the papers
each hand, while Mr. Moody held
session of the centre.
—Last week Mr. Walter Laing killed
even. year old cow, which he pur-
ased ' from Mr. William Laing,
ssagaweya, and on opening the
mach found 48 nails, a screw, a pin
d a button • marked "Shaw & Mur -
Guelph." Some of the nails were
o and a half inches long. Some
time ago he bought a cow from Mr.
Thomas 'Locker, Nassagaweya, and af-
ter killing the animal found 53 nails,
two pieces of the knives of a cutting
- box, and , two brace buckles in th
t stomach. The aeirnals when kille
s turned out extra *ell. -•-
` —The town of Farnham, Province o
e Quebec, on Monday last voted on th
e by-law taking $25,000 stock in a beet
✓ root sugar company, and not one trot
n was registered against it. The paris
. have taken $10,000 in the same_ enter
prise, and. will vote on it shortry.
—Mr. Dingwall, County Attorney, ha
e notified the magistrates that in hi
opinion the evidence elicited at the in
vestigation recently held at.West Win
cheater, is not Sufficient to warrant there
in committing Mrs. Brown for trial o
the charge of complicity in the Brown
tragedy. She has been discharged-
-Mr. J. M. Grantof the firm of J. -8c T.
Grant, while on business at the ne
central school, in Guelph on Friday
went up into the garret, the entrance to
which is by a- ladder and trap-door
By some accident in coming down ho
m
gras Were sent to all points, but up to
,
d the present no trace has been diecover-
' ea of the fugitiVes. It was amost heart -
f less case. The doctor is about sixty
e Years of age, and. the truant wife about
twenty
-fiea
o vedlys ago Henry Stewart, of
h Downie, undertook fot a bet of 45 to.;
- Clasp through a log of hardwood, one
iodt diAllleter, ill one minute. The
s feat was acComplished in 55 seconds, '
s and was done on Mrs. S. bunseith's
- farm in Downie Mr. John Dawe and 1
- Mr. J. A. King being judges. Mr. H.
Duperow offers $5 to any man who eon -
n beat it.
—On Tuesday morning of last week,
_ _Mr. Joseph Pullman, of Hibbert, was
. driving along the Huron Road east end.
w of Mitchell, when his horse fell into a
, drain which -was 'opened. across the
street, breaking the poor brute's neck.
. As the party who opened the drain had
e no permission from the council to do so
5 it is likely he will have to Make good
. the loss.
✓ —At the call of the Assignee another
e meeting of the Inspectors -of the A. M.
-Gibson estate was held at Stratford on
e
Saturday the 27th ult. Two offers were
, received for the buildings, plant, maim-
s lectured. work and good will of the
s business, one for the safes, and one for
- the safe works and safes, but none were ;
- for the present entertained. One of the
persons who sent in an offer for the
whole estate being given time to arrange
with the town of Mitchell as to its claim,
—II, 0, Kennedy, Esq., of the Morris -
burg Courier, had a narrow escape from
fire the other -night. He had been out
t to Winchester looking after the Mrs.
, Bown exataination, and returned late
at ei-m
ght uch fatigued. In the morn-
ing he and his family were awakened
by smoke and on ,examination it was
foinad thal the house had been set afira
from the furnace in the basement
Active work soon extinguished the fire,
and the printing office, under the same
roof, was found uninjured.
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harris, of
Logan, celebrated the tenth anniversary
of their maxriage on the 29th ult., by
having a tin wedding. There were over
thirty of the relatives present, who
partook of dinner- and tea. In the
• eveniug they enjoyed theniielves itt
various plays and games. About 11
o'clock the party broke up, each one
heading for home, much. pleased with
the evening,s entertainment, wishing
that Mr. and Mrs. Harris. might live
long to enjoy married life.
—Mr. john Livingstone, Sr., of
Listowely brother of the late Dr.
Livingstone, the -celebrated African
explorer, has in his possession the
assegai which was -thrown at the'
Doctor by a native while travelling
through the Mannama cetmtry on hit
way to Uggiji, The Doctor was
mistaken for an Arab slave trader by
the natives, who were in ambush 'when
the assault was made. Two or three of
the party were killed. And the Doctor
narrowly escaped. being pierced through
by this identical weapon.
—Last Saturday night Mr. and Mrs,
3. Burbank, of Dundas, retired for the
night, with their child sleeping in the
same room. During the night Mrs.
Burbank had occasion to go down stairs
and on returning left the lamp burning
and. fell asleep. Shortly after Mr. Bur-
bank woke with a sense of suffocation
and discovered. that the on inside the
lamp was buening. He instantly wrap-
ped some bedclothes arouna it and
carried it outside. The escape of the
family from most 'Serious injury by fire
was miraculous, as the lamp might have
burst at any moment.
—A. tramp hostler, working at a ho-
tel Springfield, eaused quite a com-
motion recently: The fellow has only
one natural arm. The other is of iron,
with a hook, and some kind of patent
jerking power invented by himself.
With this arm he can split a two-inch
plank or tear off seieral yards of lath
and plaster at one sweep_ of his Leek.
Last Friday he became rampant, stuck
his hook ip a young man's face, and the
result would no doubt have been seri-
ous, but the landlord knocked him
down, and help arriving, e. few hard
kicks brought him under subjection.
—A young girl wearing the eosturne
of a repentant of the Good Shepherd
applied at the Hull Police Statioa on
Sunday mornnig, for irelief. She gave
her name as Da.vis, and said she had
- neither friends nor relations in 'Canada,
and had run away from the Geod.
Shepherd's Home in Ottawa. The po-
lice left her in the station, and on their
return a few minutes after, found her
in an epileptic fit, which. lasted nearly
three hours. A doctor was tailed in,
who attended to her. In the evening
she started for Aylmer, hoping to be
taken into jail for the winter.
—At the last meeting of the Saugeen
Presbytery, the Arthur case, which had
been before the Presbytery at .a pre-
vious session, was brought forward. for
further consideration. This was a ease
wherein a woman married in Canada
had obtained. a divorce in the United.
States and was afterwards married in
Arthur, the woman and the second
husband being members of the Arthur
congregation. The Presbytery, after
due consideration., agreed to refer the
case in all itsdetails to the next meet-
ing of the Synod of Toronto and Kings-
ton, for decision,.
—A decision of interest to newspaper
publishers and the public Wall rendered
the other day by Judge Stevenson, ofm
Haldiand. A merchant named Boyle
inserted an advertisement in. a Cayuga
paper to run a year, which was duly
tpaid for. Boyle aia not give any
further instructions about the saver-
:seinenti which was, however, 00a -bl-
ued by the publisher, and the paper
axefullysent to the patron. At the
end of three years he sent a bill for the
last two. The merchant refused to pay
on the ground that the card was left
as he supposed, to f11 up. Judge
Stevenson decided that the advertise-.
meld must be paid for.
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his injuries are serious, as they ar
chiefly internal.
—A heavy rainstorm passed over th
section of London on 'Sunday morning
continuing some hours. The effect ha
been to create one of the largest flood
in the river that has occurred for sev
eral years. Kensington was partly sub
merged, and many of the houses were
isolated. Several valuable bridges were
swept away. The new bridge in
course of conetruction by the Toronto
Bridge Company, near Delaware, is a
total wreck.
—A dariug and successful attemp
was made on Friday night in Truro
N. S., to liberate Simon -Fraser from
jail. He -had been confined for seven
weeks for illegal liquor selling. _ Six
men called at the jail, ostensibly to
transact business with Fraser. After
they had been iu the prisoner's cell
for some time, the , jailer opened the
door, and the six visitors surrounding
Fraser made a rush and fought their
way out. -
—The Shaughraun company is ehort-
ly to produce a political burlesque Pina-
fore opera. It will be produced for the
first time in Toronto about the end of
January. The operetta has been writ-
ten, and is said to be very clever. The
characters to be introduced are Sir John
Macdonald, Hon. Mr. Mackenzie, Hon,
George Brown, Sir Samuel Tilley and
other members of the Administration,
and the representations will be as cor-
rect as art will permit.
—The members of the Young Men's
Christian Association in Montreal ini-
tiated rather a novel idea on New
Year's Day. Their rooms were opened.
from three to ten, lady friends being
present in the afternoon to "'receive"
members and young men who were
strangers to the city. About ninety
called during these hours, and enjoyed
the hospitality of the Association. In
the evening a large number of curiosi-
ties from India, China, and South
America were on exhibition, as well as
a great number of illustrated works and
engravings.
—A dissipated man in Manheim,
named Seibert, who had been for about
three months on a drunken debauch
on Saturday put a sudden end. to his
miserable existence by shooting himself.
He had repeatedly said that he intend-
ed to fmish up with this last drunk,
and therefore his neighbors were in a
measure prepared for this event. The
other day he took his gun and took the
stock off; on Saturday he loaded up
the old barrel, put a cap on, placed the
end to his mouth, and tapped the cap
with a hammer. The ball went
through his head and lodged. in a rafter
of the house.
—New Year's Day was appropriately
observed among the elite at Ottawa.
The residences of the Cabinet Ministers
were particularly well patronized. His
Excellency the Governor-General, re-
ceived visitors in the Council Chamber,
where a number of the members of • the
Ministry were also assembled. On
New Year's Eve the servants' ball at
Government House took place and was
opened by His Excellency, who danced
out the, old year, and on taking his de-
parture shortly after midnight wished
those present "A very happy New
Year." His Excellency danced with
three of the domestics during the even-
ing.
—The Western Advertiser Annual for
1880 (given to each subscriber,) besides
containing the usual almarta,ck matter,
will give the Complete Election Re-
turns; Record of Events for 1879:;
Postal Guide; Rural Hints for Every
Month, by W. F. Clarke; The New
Tariff Complete; Map of Manitoba and
the Northwest; and the Political His-
tory of Canada since Confederation, a
brilliant piece of descriptive and his-
torical writing, by a leading member of
Parliament—the only complete, 0011-
nected and independent resume, it is
claimed, yet given of the period men-
tioned.
—A couple of weeks ago it was atated
that a Dr. Turner, of Baltimore village,
near Cobourg, had left his home hur-
riedly for Toronto, and that no tidings
of his whereabouts had since been re-
ceived. He had on his person a large
sum of money, and it was supposed he
met with foul play. It now turns out,
however, that the old rascal has desert-
ed his own family, and has decamped
with another_ man's wife. When leav-
ing home he bade a niore than usually
affectionate farewell to his wife and
family, and said he 'would soon return;
but shortly after the doctor disappeared
a married woman from the village of
Bowmantown, of whom more than ru-
mors of improper intimacy' with the
doctor had been afloat, was also missing.
She left home about the, same time,
ostensibly to visit a brother, and it was
not till several days afterwards, on her
husband going to Cobourg with a load
of grain, that he discovered that the
guilty pair had decamped together.
Search was made. in Toronto, and tele -