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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1880-03-05, Page 1. :exe /kr iY AND WHITE COTTONS ijI Hifi SleiPlinqR, !ore the GREAT ADVANGE 'end will be sold at T FVHLL PRICES I ,E 1)1 ECE. VICDOUGALL & 00. iJL'st Ikautical As- .01.11ilent of • RETONNES k st.keeper ,shotfid see them— . VERN (ilEAP. iICDOUGALL & 00., v and )ealers in DRY Onlv.. ;:it. If any or our cotem- eve an individual who earl ,vin g resided iu the canuf,ry ). this one, they should: trot L. Moore. of BlYth, got iY fri1itexed a. few days ago_ ssine by the INfausion House, relaud street, and was about comer, when a horse, whiCh bY the side of the hetel, op at him, and seizing him e of the coat, hfted him off tieyond beiug rather badly and getting a ,:}oti shaking mit seriously hurt. reintreal Witte e.; says: "Hr. :idd, who hulas the respousi- :: of Principal of the Mackay ' ter Deaf Mutes, has pro- xceedingly interesting and Ut pamphlet, gieing the his rt for the benefit of the deaf during 150 years past." Mr. s kn-iu-Iaw of err. Tituathy Grey, aud is highly thought', 40 have the pleasure of his (te. zday eveniug last Alexander son of Mr. Rabe Ross, iessilku Grey, died of fever. had Ikeeu in moet robust t the time of his illness. He with the ceremonies of the teperauce, of which order he ulker. About forty of the .',.ipeared in full regalia., and i the obsequies. A sister of aeed eeven, died a few ennui tinnier of the East ekericultural Society held at Belgrave, laet week y 14 t aud successful kit 100 perskis sat down to c:tairmanaIlkted teenew e kedueting the ineellec- f the entertaiument. Toasts I, with, and. speakers were esenk otsl. from the company --tlikettselves (ku ahy subjea ' This brought forward cin - lit awl several gold prac- 'ete. .ty Itet week a merchant, eises are on the Curt Gederich, happened into ihment of another, and leinees was pretty slook, bk swap yesterday's sales ..Done," cried the other, ly tikeeght it was impossi- /ythire'!:itt ench a transac- alee if the day were to- ee of merchant No. 1 1.25, while No. trsreathed :Lteun. of Jet:. IItItji receutly eeistiug ;1',-Inekre cheese and butter Thetnas 1;allameyee, M. the 'er, Stratfeel, has ted. after the parties t e‘pensee ek the. amount 'Fite difficulty' referred et a !--tippesed agent or t eokneeny haying said Pkalhantyne`s their h!t kler make (kf cheese, (k ktepany and their ea, smelt ebjected te, and releteed to deliver said hien.- t do ee by I Ian- wl.i(11 tees aa action' eein-eth c:enpany for •eepany, repre- ' jetet Jeltee_el and. .kted to Strat- entisiere keeeninati,kn, at ldlau- , hi., tterney, Le ti;ellantyne) tteCeee te abeut ieey .eoe year r al *vas ac- . etaeliees were • (eee Bail cloth- e! re, 'tenet- English kext : aise. nekti'e and I te.• cellar at- : e,•hke-t : ale k a full stock :re.:Atitee. A very large - • !'eatrt's in all the new - e' AN:Leer-ix, Oak MeLEAN BROS., Publii3hera. T I RTEENTH YE AR. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1880. Wiel.OLE NUMBER, 639, $1,50 a Year, Advaneee SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. THE DONNELLY TRAGEDY. Having determined to clear out our present Stock to Make room for our large Spring Purchases, we are offering _ GREAT INDUCEMENTS To Cash Buyers. Come along with the Money and we will show goods at • SUCH LOW PRICES That the very Closest Buyer will be perfectly satisfied. that our house is THE RICHT PLACE TO BUY COON. CHEAP DRESS GOODS. We are closing out a few line e of Cheap Dress Goods less than Cost. OUR MANTLE STOOK. The balance of our • Mantle Stock must be sold during the next two weeks. -1 HATS, FLOWERS AND ; FEATHERS. Ladies' Trimmed. Hats, Flowers and, • Feathers very cheap. _ ORDERED'OLOTHING Selling Fast. We take the Lead in Ordered Clothing. Every suit guarani - teed a Perfect Fit. R EADYMADE 0 LOTH I N G CHEAPER THAN EVER. A Fresh Stock of roceries Always on Hand. Remember the Place—Opposite the Commercial Hotel. HILL BROTHERS, Main Street, Seaforth. THE CANADIAN )3ANK „OF COMMERCE. 1.SEAFORTH BRANCH. TH-F1 OFFICE OF THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN M M 0 V To the premises lately occupied by the Consolidated Bank, First Door South of the Com/mere ial Hotel, Main Street. A. H. IRELAND, - - MANAGER. SEAFORTH FLAX MILLS. Tundersigned is now prepared to m ake !arrangements with Farmers for the corning season FOR LAND TO BE SOWN. Arrangements will be made either by the acre or by the ton. GOOD CLEAN SEED OAT HAND And will be furnished on application. JOHN BEATtlE. N. B.—The Mill Property will be sold on rea- sonable terms to a suitable person to run the b118i13.68B, or will be exchanged for fdrm prop- erty. Apply to JOHN BEATTIE, Seaforth. 638 DO ST SEED WHEAT. THOSE wisbing to proctus wheat of the above -variety should apply to the undersigned at GUM; at his Mill, 4.1. miles north of Seaforth. ANDREW GO VENLOCII, fi39-4 Winthrop P. O., Ont. • OLD MRS. DQNNELLY Was a woman quite advanced in years,' with a strong will and her share of the natural ability charac eristic of the fam- ily. At the time of liler death she was, with her husband, u der a charge of arson, brought again t her by a Mr. Ryder, who was arrested as being impli- bated in the mil rder,bu t since discharged. JAMES CARROLL. Ile is -a young manebeing only about 27 years-- of ae. te although his beard makes him lool, older. His father was a farmer in the towuship of Stephen, Huron county, but when he died James removed to ,iliddalph along with his younger Lrothere William. Ho follow- ed. the occupation of a farmer, and also acted as agent for agricultural machines. Thus engaged, he lived a quiet life un- til about two years, ago, when he fell foul of the Donnellys. Oee quarrel led to au -other, and by-eald-bye a bitter en- mity sprang up between Carroll aud the family, which was intensified when Car- een received the appointment of coun- ty constable. The Donuelly's claimed that he used his power as such to harass them, being ever ready to receive in- formation and execute warrauts against any member of the family, while slow to move against others. Carroll be- came an active member a the Vigilance Coin mi ttee, whose format ion c ul m in at - ed in the inhuman destruction of five members of the hated family. Thefirsb to be arrested as one of the guilty par- ties wie the subject of this sketch, who is elle:ged to have been the leader in the murderous attack. FATHER CONNOLLY. The above cut is taken from. a photo- graph of the Rev. Father Counolly, whose name has been prominently spoken of in conuection with the Vigil- ance Committee. He appears, judging from hia appearenee, ,to be fully 50 • years of age, and is rather above the av- erage height and well built. He has a benevolent looking countenauce, gener- ally illuminated by a broad Dish smile. His Accent plainly bespeaks his use tionali tyethe reverend gentleman hav- ing been born in the Emerald Isle. He is a well educated man. He came to Bid.dulph about a year since from Que- bec, where he was much liked by his parishioners, his genial fatherly minis- trations having won their highest re- spect and esteem. It was for these special traits of character that he was especially selected by the Bishop of London for the purpose, if possible, of healing the differences and quieting the troubles that had made that part of the township notorious. ,His first act was to form* the Vigilance Committee, and he used his utmost endeavors to obtain the signatures of all the male members of his flock.The Donnelly, among others, refused to sign this document, and Father Connolly from this feet came to regard the family with sus- picion, which was increased by the re- ports from time to time brought to him concerning them. A misunderstanding between Father Connolly and the Don- nelly boys was the result of the Vigil- ance Committee deviating from • the course which they at first pursued, and arraying themselves especially against the Donnelly family, the younger mem- bers of which were of the -opinion that Father Connolly was the instigator against them. • The Wheat Requirements - What Has Been Done, and What There is Yet to do to Feed Europe. The latest estimates of the require- ments of the wheat markets have re- cently been summed up and placed to- gether in tabular form, and. the follow- ing are the results: The wants of Great Britain are shown by the general average of the following estimates: Estimate of J. B. Lawes. 149,336,000 " of London " Times " 129,280,000 of Statist, England 144,000,000 t t Average of above estimates 140,870,600 Further requirements 72,220,912 Probable further requirements of France from Feb. 1, 1880 40,000,000 'Probable farther requirements of Bel- gium and Holland for their own con- sumption to close of year 12,000,000 Probable requirements of Spain and Portugal from Feb; 1 5,000,000 too. for !Italy • . 8,000,000 Do. for Switzerland 2,000,000 Total wants for balance of year.. 139,220,000 The summary of the amounts of wheat shipped from the four United States ports July 28 te January 2, 1880, of New York, Baltimore, Phila- delphia and Boston ate- summarised as follows,: To the United 9:kingdom of Gro!t Bri- tain.. .1 33,929,204 To France.. 22,878,983 To other Oonntries 14,365,744 Total Corresponding time -of 1878 71,178,937 53,641,884 Ille:CEIE0 of 1879 17,532,:153 According to these Statistics G-reat Britain has received about half the amount of her requirements of the above estimates. France has received not over the third of what she will need ; other countries have received about one- half of their requirements for the year. Thereis still from six to seven months during which there will be no help from the new crop, and all mustdepend on the surplus crops still left in haud. To meet these wants we should. now ship at the rate of about 23 million of bush- els per raonth, but allowing for sup- plies from other sources than the Unit- ed States a fourth off, and. our exports ought to be enough to clear off over 17 millions of bushels per month, or about four millions of bushels per week. In- stead. of this amount, we have °lily shipped 8,099,277 bushels in eight weeks, or at the rate of one million bushels per week instead of four millions per week. Yet we are told there is great doubt about the markets. We begin to be- lieve there is some met od in the mad- ness of Keene and his yndicate in the grain question.—Alich,V an. Farmer. Perth It ins. There were 63 oasts disposed off at the Division court hel intListowel last week. —Twenty deaths h ve occurred in and about Milbank wit 'n the last two mouths. —A very creditable abbe library has been established in the little village of Kinkora. —A. goodly sum—$2C0—was collected. itt th.e St. Marys Catholic Church for the relief of the starving in Ireland. —Mr. D. P. Clapp, B. A., of Stratford, has been appointed Inspector of Listo- wel Public Schools at a salary of thirty- five dollars. —A sawmill belonging to the Messrs. Grupp, of Brunner, was burned to the ground with a quantity of dry lumber on the morning of the 24th ult. —A valuable young horse belonging to Mr. Charles Courtice, of Fullerton, took inflamation and died in a Mitchell livery stable one day last week. —Miss Beith, a popular teacher in Listowel Public School, has resigned. She goes to fill a more advanced. situa- tion in Windsor Public School. —The Bible class conducted by Dr. Dunsmore, of Mitchell, now numbers upwards of eighty, of all denominations. The worthy Doctor is himself a Presby- terian. —Dr. Johnson, of Millbank, had a runaway lately.. His horses broke loose and, ran, completely demolishing the buggy but fortunately not injuring them- selves to any extent. — Mr. G. A. Hilton, a highly respect- ed citizen of &rather& died suddenly a few days ago. It is supposed over exertion was the cause. Mr. Hilton carried on the tannery business. —A few days ago Mrs. Samuel Doupe, of Kirkton,--accidentally stepped backwards into the cellar way falling to the bottom. Her injuries were severe and painful, but she is recovering. —Foxes have been unusually -numer- ous .in Logan this winter. John Ingrain and a man named Robertson have killed no fewer than fifteen so far. Eight of which were killed in one fore- noon. —A correspondent of the Beacon in- veighing against the high heeled boots worn by ladies says: they injure the spine, cause headache also apoplexy, cripple the walk and destroy the natural gracefulness of the gait. Ladies be- ware. —Information was laid before a St. Marys magistrate a couple of, weeks ago by a man named Dunbar against kr. Tibbitse teacher of Sch.00l Section No. 2, Downie, for having used the "birch" too freely on his (Dunbar's) son, a lad of seventeen, and six inches taller than the master. The case was an exceed- ingly interesting one, and occupied nearly the whole of Saturday afternoon. The magistrate dismissed the case, each party to pay his own costs. —The Stratford council have limit- ed the number of hotels to twenty and. shops ten. Licenses for the former are fixed at $150, and for the latter the same as hotels. The bagatelle tables pay a license of $15 each. —The semi-annual meeting of the North Perth Teachers Association took place at Listowel on the 20th and 21st ult„ there being a good representa- tion of teachers' present. On Friday evening the teachers gave an im- promptu entertainment in the Town Hall, to which there was a large turn- out of the townspeople. —On Saturday the 21st ult., Prof. L. B. Arnold, inventor. of "Arnold's Process of Cheese -Making," left London to visit Mr. Ballantyne of Stratford. He was met at the Grand Trunk rail- way depot, Stratford, by a horse and buggy sent by Mr. Ballantyne. On the roadhome the horse ran away and upset the vehicle, throwing the profes- sor but, and putting one of his fingers out of joint. He returned. to London and. had the injured limb set. On Monday the professor left for Kingston. • Canada. Dr. Locke, of Hamilton, died. sud- denly last week of congestion of the brain. —Mr. A. G. Mortimer, of the Kincar- dine Standard, received. a severe bite on the hand from a savage cat, a few days ago. .—S mall -pox has been prevalent in the township of Markham for some time. There have been in all 20 cases with four deaths.; —A' class for the purpose of teaching music is being orga,uized at Gladstone, Manitoba. Miss Leach is to be the teacher. • =Rev. Mr. Hammond was on Friday last presented with $250 as a thanks - offering for the good work done by him during his stay in Belleville. —A special fast train is intended. to be despatched by the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal -every Friday, With through cars for Manitoba. . —Mayor Rivard, of Montreal, was last week elected to fill the civic chair for a second term. He appears to be popular among both English and French citigens. • —Mr. E. M. Proctor, of Sarnia, has received the appointment of Registrar of Larabton, the vacancy in which was caused by the death of Mr. John Sinclair. • I --The 43rd anniversary of the Sab- bath School in connection with Knox church, Hamilton, (Rev. Dr. James, pester), was celebrated last Friday evening. -e-From England. comes the report that Mr. Brackstone Baker, who has for 26 years been Secretary of the Great Western Railway Company in London, ha S resigned the position. —Malcolm McLeod, one of the first settlers of Huron township, died unex- pectedly on Thursday evening, 26th ult., highly resnebted as a. neighbor and a citizen: He leaves a wife and family to mourn his loss. —Book packets up to four pounds Weight may now be forwarded to Win- nipeg, but to other points in Manitoba, Northwest Territory or British Colum- bia the present weight, 2 lbs., 3oz. can- not be exceeded. —Owing to a severe snow blockade in • Manitoba, the people of Winnipeg were without a mail for eight days ending on Tuesday last. If some of Manitoba's snow could be distributed through On- tario, it would be thankfully received. —The Government has been sustain- ed in their Proposals for new Parlia- mentary and departmental buildings by all their own supporters, the two Tor- onto Conservative members and the two Independents, Messrs. Mack and 'Lees. —Some thirty farmers ia Derby town- ship, near Owen Sound., intend next sunaraer to make an attempt to grow what is known as the Early Amber Sugar Cane, with a view to the manu- facture of sugar and syrup therefrom. The plant is a native of Minnesota, and can be grown wherever Indian corn will grow. -- -The Waterloo Sal* th School 4Con- vention, held in Ay •st week, was quite successful. The leuretary's re- port included reports from 58 schools: 669 teachers, 4,974 pupils, 8,756 library books, 11 schools -reported collections for outside purposes amounting to 4298, and twenty-five schools $827.50 for expenses. —On Sunday Wm. Ellis, in company with his wife, son and daughter, and Miss McLean, were driving along the lake shore within a few miles of Kincar- dine, when the horses ran away and threw the party out with considerable violence. Mr. Ellis and. Miss McLean were rather seriously hurt; the others escaped uninjured. ' —On Thursday morning last weeke a son of Mr. D. McCallen, Woodstock, aged ten years, while playing in Park- er's grain elevator at the Port Dover and. Lake Huron Railway, by some means got into one of the large wheat bins which was being moved, and be- fore help could be obtained was drawn to the bottom and smothered. No blame can be attachedto the employees, as they were not aware of the boy's presence. —About a year and a half ago Mr. DI. Burgess; of Woodstock, bought a Jersey heifer in Pennsylvania. • He raised two calves from her and has now a head of four pure Jerseys. To give an idea of the valuable qualities of this breed Of cattle for dairy purposes Mr. Burgess one day lately saved one day's milk from his cow for the purpose of making butter, and the result was one pound and seven ouno-es of first-class butter-, which for quality cannot be surpassed. The cow is not yet three years old. —A Galt firm has lately received an order from Mr. Ashdown, of Winnipeg, for 60 wheel vehicles. —Four young men, brothers, received the rite of baptism in the Baptist chapel, Mount Breedges, on Sunday week. —Mr. Duncan McKinnon, of Nor- manby, brought into Clifford the other day an 18 months' old hog, which weigh- ed. 596 pounds. • —Mt. Joseph Hunter, of Brant, re- cently purchased. 30 head of cattle, said to average 1,700 pounds, from Mr. Pim- perton, of Paisley. —The tristees of Walkerton High School have engaged a Mr. Kaiser. an undergraduate of the Toronto Univer- sity, as assistant teacher. —Messrs. R. da N. Phippen, of Park- hill, are about to ship a carload of furniture to Manitoba as a trial lot. They will probably feed a good. market for it. —The Credit Valley Railway Com- pany have agreed to erect a station on their line in the neighborhood of Clyde, for the convenience of the • Beverly people. --Mr. and, Mrs. Angns Falconer, of I Port Elgin, celebrated their golden wedding on the 25th ult. Four gen- erations were represented on the -happy occasion. —Several deer antlers have been dis- covered in the Wallbridge iron mine in Madoc, from 12 to 15 feet below the surface. They are supposed to have been left there by Indians digging for war paint. —Reports from the Madoc and. Mar - more iron -end gold mines are of a very satisfactory character, work be- ing carrlied on vigorously and ec.)bd yields generally reported at the Sey- mour mine. —A match of checkers, by wire, was played the other evening between Mr. J. G. Treleaven, of Iducknow, and. Mr. McKenny, of Bervie. Two games were played, the first regulting in a draw, and the second in a victory for Mr. Treleaven. —Port Hope has the youngest in years) Councillor in the wide, wide world. On-Sundayethe 29th of Feb., he was just nine years old, that is, ening by the naraber of birthdays he has had. Of course he has a slight advantage over most other mortals as his birthday occurs only once in four years. —The induction of the Rev. David Mitchell, late of Toronto, as pastor of the John Street Presbyterian church, Belleville, took place last Friday night, with the usual ceremonies, in the pres- ence of a large congregation. • Before leaving Toronto. his congregation there presented him with a purse containing $300 as a farewell gift. —There is a sharp and bitter conflict now existing between the Presbyterians of West AloGillivray and those • of Liewry touching the location of a new church building. McGillivray people say that if the edifice goes up at Liewry they will go to Ailsa Craig to church, and the Liewry people say that they' must have it there, as it is the most central place. —A few weeks ago we published a paragraph stating that about New Year's a certain John McRae, of Kinloss, had. left his house, axe in hand, and. had not been seen since then. It now turns out that he neither committed suicide, nor perished from exposure, nor was crush- ed by a falling tree; he simply "sloped," and has been seen alive and well in Manitoba. —About 8 o'clock on Thursday night of last week, as Mrs. Arch. McTaggart, of Kleinburg, was returning from. put- ting her children to bed, the lamp she was carrying exploded, and the burning oil flowing over her clothes set fire to them, burning her in a frightful man- ner before the flames could be extin- guished. She lingered in agony until next morning when she died. —A young fool in East Williaras, old enough to know better, burned a horse whose hair was rather too long to suit him. To shorten it he applied coal oil to the hair. Of,course the horse was • put to considerable pain, and it was only after the horse had been badly burned that the fire was quenched-. The next experiment of this kind which the young man wishes to make he should practice upon himself, in which case we trust the fire will be allowed to burn. —A sad and fatal accident occurred at. the cabinet factory of Messrs. McKee Bros., Peterborough on the morning of February 26. A young man about 19 years of age, sou of Mr. John Fowler, of the township of North Monaghan ,who was in the employ of Messrs. McKee Bros., while oiling the wheels on the main shaft, caught his apron in the pulley, throwing him around. the shaft at a great rate of speed. He was in- stantly killed, his body being fearfully mangled. —Chief McMann, of the Thorold po- lice, arrested a man named J. W. Lang- ford in that place on Friday, who stole a team • of horses, a double and single set of harness, cutter and buffalo robes from Rev. 5; L. Mead, of Forestville, N. Y., on the night of the 9th ult. Lang- ford broughl all to Hamilton, and left them with a farmer a short distance out of Thorold. After his -arrest he con:. fessed. He said be sold one of the horsestoa man in Stonebridge. Chief McMann receives a reward of $125 for the capture. —A few days ago a farmer residing in the neighborhood of Harriston drove into that village, and while transacting business in several places' left his large Newfoundland dog with the wagon and horses in a hotel shed. When Mr. Dar. roch was ready to go home, his dog was not to be found. He made enquiries, and was informed by one that he had seen a couple of Young men leaving town with such a dog attached to their wagon. • Mr. Darroch at once procured the assistance of Constable Clegg, and proceeded to Fordwich, where they discovered the dog shut up in a stable. The two young men were found, and. made tio pay all costs, which was slight enougli punishment for them. —A new Baptist church has been opened in Brigden. Rev. Jas. Coutts,of Guelph, preached on the occasion to a .crod dehouse. —Mr. Marvin Knowltoneof London, , has sufficiently recovered to enable him to resume his duties as an advotate of the temperance cause. • —It is announced that Prince Leo- pold will visit Canada during the com- ing spring, leaving England in: April. He will make a tour through the Wes- tern States and probably engage in a • buffalo hunt on the plains. He expects to be absent about a year. —An oil well has ben accidentally struck in the neighborhood of Leaming- ton. Wfr. Fox, a farmer, residing about five miles from the town, while drilling a, well for the purpose of procuring water, struck oil at a depth of 120 feet. it is reported that the well flowed for 15 hours before stopping. —Mr. John Parker, for 27 years in the einploy of a &Jae in Sarnia, bas sold out his property in that town -with the intention of re- moving to Southern Dakota. Mr. Par- ker has been a worthy citizen and his departure will be regretted by a large eircle of acquaintances who wish him success in his new home. —On Monday of last week, two far- mers of Sarnia Township were having a convivial time when one of them con- fided.$17 to the care of the other. Next day his companion denied having receive, i the money. The services of a •coastalwere secured, and in a short time he convinced the unfaithful friend that it was better to own up and return the cash. —The man John Walker, who posted up the bills announcing the visit of Mrs: •Scott Siddons to Galt, was at- tacked.by apoplexy, which proved fatal. When Mrs. •Siddons and her escort reached Galt, the circurriStances 'Ne -ere explained. to the party and the bill pre- sented for the work -poor Walker had done. This •amounted to $4.50, but Mrs. Siddons at once -directed that a $10 bill be handed to the family from her. This was a kind and generous act: —Me. Angus McCallum, who lives alone one and a half miles west •of Avon, near London, was away from home for a few days, and his house was entered and $320 in cash, and notes to the value of $240 stolen. He had just -received the money a short time previously and placed it in a small safe, which he covered with clothes. The burglar -seemed to know where the money was kept, as 'he removed the safe without disturbing anything else. —One Sunday evening lately Rev. W. C. Henderson, of the Canada Methodist church, Sarnia, delivered an eloquent and practical sermon" on " Gambling and Card Playing," to a large congrega- tion. The Rev. gentleman took for his text John xix, 23-24, having reference to the casting of lots for the garments of the Saviour. Gambling was denounc- ed as one of the most ruinous of vices. The sermon throughout was impressive and C01117inCillg. —Rev John Scott, Presbyterian 'Min- ister, writes from Emerson to the effect that "the Lidians of the Rosseau are almost starving. The severe weather of Decern.ber affected their fishing, and as for hunting there is very little of it. To get food to keep them alive, they • 1 m 6 are cutting pos s and trying to sell the to settlers'3for or,even 2i cents .apiece --$2.50 per : They _are offering posts, rails ,and firewood for very little— trying to trade them off for flour or any- thing that they or their wives or children can eat. — Mrs. McKay, relict of the late Mr. Angus McKay, died at Wallacetown on Friday the 20th inst. aged 88 years. Deceased was one Of Lord Selkirk's Scotch settlers who went to Rea River settlement many years ago. She after- wards, in 1818, carne with her husband overland, along the north shores of lakes Superior and Huron, and. took up land. in the townehip of Aldborough, where she lived till about a year ago. She hasleft several of a, family who live in Aldborough and Dunwich. —A nnmber of 'Scottish Highlanders in Toronto have formed &Gaelic -Society, whose motto is " Clan nan Gai,dheal ri guilleadh a cheile,"- The proceedings of the society, so far as practicable, are to be carried on in the Gtelic language. The meetings are to be held monthly or oftener. The following gentlemen were chosen Officers for the current year; Patron, Hen. Alex. Mackenzie; President, Mr. Patrick McGregor; 1st Vice -President, Mr. David Spence; 2nd Vice -President, Mr. Robt McLean; Secretary,Mr. Donald McEwen; Treas- urer, Mr. james McCuaig ; Executive Committee, Messrs. Wm. J. Mackenzie, John. McPherson and John Campbell. —The particulars of a sad case have been learned, by which it appears that small -pox made its appearance in a family on Richmond Road, some- dis- tance from Ottawa, about a fortnight ago. The man of the house positively denied the presence of the disease, and refused to -allow the approach of neigh- bors to his dwelling, although he went among them. On Thursday of last week he was stricken with the disease, and on the Saturday following his -wife was confmed and died, with her child, from want of attendance and the neces- saries of life. In one part of the house lay the dead mother and her babe, in another was the heartless husband cov- ered with the loathsome disease. A physician of the city heard of _ the ease on Saturday, and went out to the scene of distress. He found the woman dying, and had the husband brought to the civic hospital, where he now is. To make matters worse; there are six chil- dren who are ahnost helpless to do any- thing for themselves, and for whom the dead mother found. the necessaries of life during the past winter by her own exertions. 'The conduct of the husband all throughqs said to be naost heartless, ' ' • , as be refused to the la,st to send foras- sistance, although aware of the condi- tion ofhAnaldse wiefrei Tcan embargo on Ameri- can cattle, in operation sine,e the first of December has been removed. —A boy named Thomas Gillespie, about 13 years of age, son of Mr-. Wm. Gillespie, was killed in the 'township of Lanark a few days ago by a failing tree. —A. -number of the members of Perlis,- ment at Ottawa, instead of going to church, now visit places which are coniaected by telephone with Dom - ion Methodist or some of the other -city churches. This is what is sailed tele- phonically moral. —Ou Wednesday last Miss Emeline M. Fraser, niece of Hon. Wm. Mammas - _ ter, of Toronto, was married in Bay City, Mieh., to Geo. T. BIackstock, barrister, also of that eity, by the Rev. Dr. Castle. The reason of themarriage taking place in Bay City, Mich., was owing to the fact that the lady's father was the founder of that city, and her • mother being an extensive property ow_neLatryAhere. nn Sutherland and her daughter were apprehended at. Lyndon a few days ago by tonsta,bles from Brantford, for the serious charge of leaving an infant -child to perish on the • roadside abbutthree miles from Brant- ford, on the night of the 24th ult. In- fant belonging to the daughter. The • little creature had lain in theooia. • fifteen or sixteen hours, and when feund it was nearly dead. —The other evening one Edwards, an apple -tree agent from. Port Perry, • left the village of Bethany about seven o'clock with a friend named Lewis Kelly, to drive home. While passing a dangerous place in the road, the night being very dark, the buggy upset and the occupants were thrown into the • ditch. Edwards fell underm.ost, strik- ing his head against a stone and was • instantly killed. Kelly escaped witha • few trifling bruises. • —A company has been formed in. Halifax with a capital of $15,000 for the • purpose of exporting Neva, Scotia, cat- tle to England, and arrangements have alreadY been made for shipment of 1,600 • head of cattle and 200 head. of sheep. Great difficulty was -experienced itt • securing -space in the steamers, the Allan - Company, having for some time to come, the whole of their carry- ing capacity engaged by Ontario ship- pers of freight previously engaged. at • Baltimore or Boston, the same being • the case with the Dominion line. —On Tuesday last, Mrs, James, of • Brampton, celebrated her 100th birth- day. MreJames, with her husband who died a few years ago, resided.,- in .Chinguabousy for Over half a century. For a few years back Mrs,. James resid- ed With her son in Brampton. On the -above day members of the family *to the number of about forty, assembled at her son's residence, where a very pleas- ant time was spent. Those present represented fonr generations. Mrs. Jhaeath. mieshas until -recently enjoyed good —Adam Espaugb a farmer living in the 9th line of Wellesly township, has lost all his cattle and some sheep dur- ing -the past week understrange circum- stances. - Some of the cattle were fettled dead on Sunday morning and the rest on Monday morning. They had been fed. at the usual time ba the evening • and no symptoms of disease whatever appeared in any of them. The cattle were examined after -death, no trace of injury or disease could efound.. Many suppose that some evil disposed person had given theft poison, but so far the case is wrapt in mystery. Mr. Espaugh is a farmer in good. circumstances, has been one of the assessors for that town- ship for the past 35 years. He is a person that is quiet and inoffensive,and well respected by all who know him,and he did not know that he had an enelk ha the world. —One of the -oldest remaining early settlers of Waterloo county died in Preston, on Monday, February 23rd. tilt Mrs. Andrew Swartz reached the great age of 93 years before her death, -which took place at the residence of her son- in-law-, Mr. Henry Hagey. There were five generations represented in her de- scendants at the time of her decease. She was the mother of Mrs. jamb Hagey, Mrs. Henry Hagey, Mr» Jesse Swartz, and: others, all of whom are very old people, belonging really to the most aged citizens of the county. What won- derful changes must have taken place in this life time, only seven years lest than a centnry. At the time of her birth the whole of Upper Canada was One dense -wilderness. Sbe was 13 years old before a single white man set foot la what is now this famous old and -wealthy County of 'Waterloo. —A case of eonsiderable iraportanre to these engaged in the cattle trade with England has just been decided, so - a private eable says, by Lord justice Field in England.. Th. George Wright, of Watford, Ont., and several other shippers, shipped a deck load cargo of live stock in the summer of 1878 by the steamer Glattus, of the Grinvvecel Line. In mid -ocean the captain, believin that a storm was imminent, jetison the cattle, and afterwards, instead of landing the men in charge of them at Southaxapton, as agreed _upon, carried them to Antveerp. The cattle owners sued the vessel Owners, and a Belgian court awarded. thena damages to the amount of 100,000 francs, but this de- cision was reversed. on appeal to thie higher courts at Brussels, the captain, having suborned enerabers of the crew to commit Perjury The suit was then brought to England, and Mr. Gordon, barrister, of Fergus, Ont., went there to conduct the case, -which was tried be- fore Lord Justice Field and a special , jury. A cable despatch says a verdict, in favor of the CIMEL-aiar shippers for the full amount of their claim, viz., $15,000, with -costs, was rendered on Saturday, 21s1 ult..