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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1880-03-12, Page 1MARCH 5, 1_88k PP) MCDOuGALL & CO 'ED OUT TO -DAY V LARGE SIIIMIEN'T EY AND WHITE COTTONS, ings and Shillings, fore the GliEAT ADVANCB and will be said at .rirr ritl ILL PRICES A THE PIEC_N. MGDOUGALL & 00. Most Beautiful As- sortment or CRETONNES ttekeeper &hada see them, VERY CHEAP. OTCDOUGALL & 00., of 0,14 Dealers in DRY GOODS Only., son in place of Wm. Elgie, t in place of Geo. Wilson, / uair ha place of Wm. Latta, ,--ating in place of Miohael Res. Danen in place of Wm: ea. Bale in place of Samteel Donald McKay in place of eson—Carried. Moved hy seconded by Mr. Nigh, that ng sums be granted in char- [verance. Thos. Downs, 11Irs. IsMre. McNamara $2 ea.ch, Iurton $4 for Edith McKay— Uoved by Mr. Hannah, sec- Ir..Mundell, that Wm. Ward 1 the sum of $1. paid, as dog g assessed to him having he - a, D. Wils'bre had beea as- Seaforth-sCarried. Moved igh, seconded. by Mr. Elgie, ouucil do now adjourn ta at Mrs. Knox's hotel, Her - Thursday, the 27th of May, - of 10 o'clock , Cromarty.. roe,—Sir: The pedagogue of sbert, has found his man the person of W. F. Robin - 7, Henceforth, we suppose, may be regarded. as one flesh Lev my back, and Pll claw .a.ra free to confess that Jus-- er has neither justice nor it if the system of ethics as in the last seateace of Mr. . reply be not the very absurdity. "We can scarcely airs of duplicity or deceit," We, "unless we rselves are On whet grortad, then, do [1., omelette Justitia ? eed to accept the legitiruate our own reasoning? If so, inow that you are handling a - Sword, the use of which re destraction, to yourself. other gem : (41f Justitia be y the motive implied in his otild scarcely suspect' others or deceit, unless he himself 01. iS so involved." In the sada Bacon and English wheet did justice and. du - me syuonymous• terms. By Sir, /et us heye a all expo - 0 new philosophy,. It will, prove a valuable contribu- iterature of the nineteenth r. R. tells -us, 'I set and ex - papers, and I acted purely' ipie of justice." May- I ask *•f his "ptinciple of justice ?" It be ou &par with his logic, , the examination need. not one, Mr., R. farther says, state that they had not these aforementioned sub - the preceding term." Will I us how many of the pue nd who? 1 a,sserted be - re -assert now, that the as the result of the exami- ao true indication of the be school, "I myself" to notwithstanding. Mr. R. the pupils examined in -d, hygiene aud Canadian late visit of the Inspec- e immediately adds, "If must have been a very nation." In other words, not examined, the in - right to form his judgs echool ; if they were ex- amination was a sham. e "Mr. R. would he "twin t:" Perhaps Mr. R., -ely anxious to throw light - et. would kindly furnish f THE EXPOSITOR with a elegant phrases which Tapers as comments. If illustrate his. peeuliar may at least serve as pure English.—jusetete. at the Oak Hall cloth - eat the latest English hat; also, men's and , 4 colored shirts, collar at- tacliedT-41-S0 a, full stock .,,i. iruishings. very large ,or Scarfs in an the new - ALLY et," A_. fa:issue, Oak --s Ross, daughter of Don- .. of Seafortle returnedast Wedue§da,y, atter art tee years. She was her brother-in-law, yr.. !ormerly of Clinton. They the climate of the West em. Mr. Miller intends , -ausas in a short time, but remain at home with her future., 011 9 .tatc-4. :•••••••• T H I RTEENTH JAB. / WHOLE NUMBER; 640. ID.L-CF1ss C4-001Ds —AT— SMITH & WEST'S. We have received a Splendid Lot of New Dress Goods, Figured Melanges, Fancy Lustres, Black and Colored Cassinaeres, with Trimmings and But- tons to match. EVERY LADY SHOULD SEE THEM Before pluchasing elsewhere. Also a "Line of Heavy Black Casei- ' mere for Mantles, very. cheap. OUR ASSORTMENT OF NEW PRINTS .Was never so Large, and the Patterns are pronounced beautiful. - - Dark and. Light Pompadour, Ameri- cam Pencil Stripe, with trimming. NOVELTIES IN FRILLINGS, LACES, RIBBONS, &e. KID GLOVES IN NEW SHADES. One Case White Handkerchiefs at 8 cents and la cents. GLOTHING ! CLOTHING! We have also received a Large Con- signment of Clothing which, for Style and Price, can hardly be equalled. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1880. See our SUITS for $8,89.$10 and $12. , A CORDIAL INVITATION To Gall and Examine Styles and Pricee extended our friends. Goods marked in Plain Figures, sold for cash, and at one price only. SMITH dz WEST. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. I-1 I 1_11_1 BROS. AN D TILE CLOTHING GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. GOOD TWEED SUITS, I Made to Order, only $13.00. GOOD WORSTED SUITS Made to Order, only $16.00. yINE WHITE SHIRTS, With COLLAR Attached, only ;$1.00. CHEAP LINES IN HATS AND CA PS. A Fresh Stock, of Groceries Always on Hand. Remember the Place—Opposite the Commercial Hotel. HILL 13ROTAERS, Main Street, Seaforth. THE BIDDULPH TRAGEDY. JOANNY CONNOR Is a bright smart boy, whose age has been stated variously at from 11 to 13. 'llewas sleepieg with the murdered father when the work of butchery com- menced, but boy -like he Scrambled un- eeen under the bed and rem mined there in hiding until the flames drove him to seek refuge at the house of a near neigh- bor. Had his preseuce in the house been - known to the couspirators he would, un- idoubtedly have been murdered iu cold blood, as the niece of the old people was. As it was," he had to make his escape barefooted., bareheaded, and only half dressed, through snow which lay deep on the around on that terrible night. His father lives iu the village of Lucan, and a laboring ina,n. Ever since the tragedy; , Johnny has been under the closest surveillance of the a uthorities,and most of the time he and his mother have been staying in Loudon. He will likely continue to have a good time until the final trial. As whether his story is en- tirely true or partially coloredlie is, with- out doubt, the most important witness on the side of the prosecution. • WILLIAM DONNELLY Is the second son of the ill-fated pair who were- subrutally murdered along with an- other son and niece in their own home. He is about 33 years of age, of medium height,with keen mental fa,culties,and a strong will,and is.possessed of undaunted courage, as is -manifest from the cool _carelessuess with which he travels about the locality filled with the friends and rela- tives of the men now awaiting trial in London gaol. He has strengly marked features, a high forehead, and long black hair .which hangs far down his neck in clustering ringlets. is wife is the sis- ter of Kennedy, one of tint men appre- hended for the murder. 11,., is personal- ly known to many of onr ictiders in the southern part of the county. He resided in Zurich for over a year. Ilo establish- ed the stage line between Zurich and Seaforth some three .or -four years ago, and frequently accompanied the stage himself as its driver. In this captrity he was exceedingly affable and obliging and was a general favorite along the road.. . JOHN 'DONNELLY - Is the son who was staying at Bill's house on the night of the tragedy, and was killed by the ,bullet which waS, undoubtedly, intended for Dill * hitnself. Hei was a strong, muscular young mare abdut 27 years of Age. He was at one time considerably addicted ta drinking, but for some time was leading an ordin- arily steady life. He worked at home with the old, man and was the favorite son of the old folks. •An. Old Huro3aite on the Northwest. Mr. R. Luker, lately of the township of Hay, writes to the Exeter Times as follows: I arrived here all right, and we have got all our stuff safely landed in the Northwest Territory, and up where Mr. McLellan says is the place where they raise plenty of wild ducks, but I think if he was up here now, he would not find fault with the place. We have water for our stock, while in other places, such as on the big plain, they have to melt snow. There is more land on 160 acres that is dry enough to plow, than any farmer works. in Hay or Stephen on their 100 acre farms, and then we have lots of pasture and lots of hay ground besides. There are some people who say that potatoes can't be kept from freezing here; but that is wrong, for the house we live in has a cellar; and the potatoes and vegetables have not frozen yet, and it has been as low as 52 0 below zero. It is vory cold and dry in the winter, but the wind blows very hard and sharp. You can wear buckskin moccasins every day, and not get your feet wet. There has not been a thaw since winter set in, which happened about the 10th of November. It has been a very steady win -ter; the snow is about two feet deep where the wind does not blow it, but where the wind has a chance to catch it, or where there are timber belts, it is all piled up in bluffs. There is one drawba.ck, how- ever, and that is the scarcity of timber for building purposes. There is plenty of good spruce lumber up on the Riding Mountains, which are about 25 miles from here. The lumbermen of Rapid City and Prairie City are up there this 'winter cutting sawlogs, which they will run down the Little Saskatchewan River in thespring. Lumber was $35 per thousand' last summer, and I sup- pose it will be the same this summer, but I think when we get the railroad it willbe cheaper. We have plenty of h stone for building purposes. Sor peo- ple who have travelled throu -this country say.there is no gravel in the Northwest Territory, but I think they must have had their eyes shut, for there is as much gravel as we want for roads, and there will be as good road heres as there are in Huron in a few years. When I came to Huron 27 years ago this spring, the roads were as bad. as they are here. I have seen the mail stage on the London Read With two span of horses, and the passengers would pay their fare and walk and carry a rail to pry the wheels out of the mud. Well, we have to do some prying here, but the Red River carts are the things to get over the mud. I think any young man that wants land had better come to the Northwest, where he gets 160 acres for $10, than to pay $14 for the culled laed in Huron, and have to borrow half the money from the hard shells, who spoil a fifty cent knife to split a cent. • • - • T-u.akersanith School Board. Mn. EDITOR,—Sir: I will give Wil- liam McConnell's statements; then let Mao ratepayers judge who is right. He gives the salaries in Brussels at $393, and in Tuckersmith at $391. Now, five teachers in Brussels teach 485 scholars for $1,950. Our five, by his statements, would teach 485 scholars for ten dollars lesS, making it $1,940, and leaving 430 scholars to be taught at the same rate would be $1,720, and added to the $1,940 would make teach- ers' salaries $3,660 for teaching his 915 scholars, against Mr. Dewar's report of salaries, $4,695, leaving $1,035 unac- counted for. The salaries of the as- sistants for 'nine months, according to the school act, would be $180. Sub- tract that from '$391 would be $211 ; added to the $1,035, it would be $1,246, whieh we are swindled out of each year, according to his own statement's, making in four years the sum of $4,984. Where has this sum gone to, Wiliam? 1800 he claims to be the brother of the father of lies. Perhaps he has divided the spoil. That must be the reasen they never have a jar. As we don't smell brimstone until it is stirred up, it must be they agree well. He says that he is "marked baith keel and tar like his brither. Now, as his state- ments are doubtful, I must examine his body for those marks to see whether he has the cloven foot and the long turn up tail. .11 he has not, yet "brithers are brithers for a';that." A PARENT., Right of Way. MR.IEDITOR,—Sir : 11fA he that Tuns may read, he who rides may think, and the result of thought has convinced me that there is seneething wrong in our practice of affording the right of way in driving on tioads in this country. Every teamster mast have noticed that in meeting tor passing e European driver he invariably takes the right or off side, while a Canadian will pass on the nigh or left hand side, and, if I am not mis- taken, we have a law sanctioning our procedure. Either we or Europeans are wrong, and though it is rather humili- ating to be obligedlto confess it, I think Mao following reasons will show that we are: The driver must sit on the right hand side in order to have full control of his whip, while the driver coming in the opposite direction must be similarly situated. Now, suppose, as is generally Mao case, that there are three persons in Mao front seat of both vehicles, there will be four persons between the two drivers, which will place them in a bad position to see the exact proximity of the approaching wheels. The only chance of avoiding collision, when the space is small, is mere guess. The practice which established and the law that sanctioned it must have supposed that we are a left-handed people, and that the dri4ers sit on the nigh or left hand side of the wagons. Seeing that we are right-handed and descended from a right-handed ancestry, would it not be well to change the practice of ,4•1•••••••••••• I MeLEAN BROS., Publiehees.. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. right of way, and pass with right hand to right, when the drivers would be enabled to see exactly the danger of contact. Yours truly, • M. McQuaes. TUCKERSMITH, March 5, 1880. Canada. Chief Justice Moss is very ill from an attack of hemorrhage of the —Mr. John McDowell, of Comber, had six sheep killed by dogs one night lately. Too many snarling curs some- where. —Rev.- Mr. Parsons, who has been called to Knox Church, Toronto, is to receive three thousand dollars per annum. —The barque Ebland, owned at St. John, New Brunswick, was wrecked lateiolyis. in Bay of Fundy, and seven lives —Farmers in the vicinity of Burgess- ville, Oxford County,have already made large quantities of maple sugar and molasses. —Freestone of a, quality equal to the Ohio stone is being quarried. from the quarry near -Milton, and. is having an extensive sale. —The Galt post office caught fire one evening lately and had a narrow escape from being destroyed. Cause, coal oil lamp exploded. —An extensive fire occurred in Chat- ham on Sunday morning, destroying a number of shops and stores in the central. part of the town. —Mr. H. A. Johnson, of the London post office, has been superannuated, and the vacancy thus created has been filled by Mr. C. Hovey. Salary, $1,100. —Fall wheat in Dumfries has been injured considerably of late by alter- nating frost and sunshine, and farmers are anxious about the weather of March. —Mr. Charles Little, veterinary sur- geon, lately of Walkerton, has gone to Manitoba. He intends locating and practising his profession in Portage La Prairie. --The graduates and under gradu- ates of Toronto University are endeav- oring to form a University boat club, the faculty and professors endorsing the proposal. —The Presbyterians of Princeton have paid. off all their iudebtness and have $200 on hand. towards erecting sheds for their teams. This is a credi- table record. —Among the members of the Nova Scotia Legislature now sitting, is Mr. Cutler, of Guysboro', who is ninety-six years old, arid has been a member for forty-two years. • —The Kaoke Manufacturing Com- pany in St. Thomas have been putting extensive additionsto their premises, and. expect to employ upwards of sixty hands during the summer. —A fire at Collingwood on Saturday destroyed two buildings. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, as several other attempts were made the same night. —Mr. Scott, father of Wm. Scott, Esq., Reeve of Culross, ss as suddenly killed on the 26th ult., by the falling in of a culvert he was ariving over, in the neighborhood of Limehouse. —A man named John McKay em- ployed in the lumber woods in Colches- ter North, was choked to death at dinner while trying to swallow a large piece of meat, a few days ago. —A.number of employees on dontract 15, Canada Pacific Railway, have ar- • rived at Winnipeg, for the purpose of suing Contractor Whitehead for over- due wages. Another strike is threat- ened. —The first sod of the Saugeen Valley Railway was turned at Walkerton on Thursday last week by Mr. McLay, Qresident of the _ Company. David Moore, Vice -President, chopped down the first tree. —Mrs. James, of Brampton, of whom we made reference last week, died on Sunday, at the age of 100 years and five days. She celebrated her 100th birthday on the previous Wednesday by holding a reception. —Rev. t'Mr. Falls, of .A.mherstburg, has sustained a severe bereavement in the death of a little son and daughter by scarlet -fever. Mrs. Falls and three other children were also prostrated by the same disease, but are likely to recover. • —At a sawing bee which took place on Monday, 1st inst., on the farm of Mr. Peter Crane, on the ninth conces- sion of Dunwich, two brothers named Joseph and Aliens McDonald sawed a cord of beech body wood in exactly 14 minutes. - —Mr. Charles Williams, residing about three mule t north ofWatford had his dwelling house destroyed by fire, on Saturday, 28th ult. The building and entire contents were totally destroyed; cause, supposed bursting of a lamp, while the family were out of the house. —Miss Abigail Barber, in religion Mother St. Francois Xavier, and. Miss Catharine Cote, in religion Mother St. Agnes, both Ursulines, died at Quebec on. the 2nd inst, at an advanced age. The former has been fifty-seven and the latter sixty years a member of the profession. —A resident of G -alt says he has had several fine peach and plum trees de- stroyed by a white grub worm which bores into the trees about an inclibelow Mac ground and eat, the tree beneath Mao bark around the whole circumfer- ence. He succeeded in preventing damage by digging up the soil in Janus ary and destroying the worms. —A few McKimions, as well as some others, left Tiverton and vicinity to go with the Manitoba party last week. Here they are: John McIntyre, wife and. four children; John McKinnon, Donald McKinnon, Donald Kennedy, Archy McKinnon, Archibald Cameron, Hector' McKinnon, Kate McKinnon, Mrs. McKinnon, B. McKinnon, Annie McKinnon, Daniel McKinnon., Lachlin. McKinnon, John McKinnon, sr., John McKinnon, jr., Hugh McKinnon, Annie McKinnon, Christy McKinnon, Hugh McKinnon, jr. —The grape islands of Lake Erie, American and Canadian, have 4,000 acres of vines, and the yield in 1879 was 16,000,000 pounds. • The wine production was 1,526,400 gallons. — A few days ago a man named L. H. Hovey, late treasurer of the town of Urbana, Ohio, was arrested in London for the purpose of being extradited on the charge of forging city debentures amounting to about $60,000. —Diminutive radishes made their first appearance on the London market on Saturday. They were accompanied by spring onions about the size of slate pencils. Maple syrup was freely sold for thirty-five cents per quart. — The earnings of the Great Western Railway for the last half-year have been sufficient to pay off the arrears of divi- dend on the preference stock of the last and the previous half -years, and in ad.- dition one and one-half per cent. per annum on -ordinary stock. —A Gaelic sermon was preached in Knox Church, Toronto, last Sabbath, by Mr. McLeod, of Knox College, from the text, Psalm xliii, 3: 0 cuir a mach do sholus agus t'fhirinni Seoladh iadsan xni, thugadh iad mi chum do shleibh naomhsan, agus chum do phail- liuna. —On Thursday last week a son of James Parks, township of Dun:timer, who was felling a tree in the woods, had his legs badly crushed. It seems the tree lodged in another and the butt swung off the stump, jamming him against a, log. One of his feet had to be amputated. —On the 27th day of February four Galt sportsmen caught with hook and line, in a small creek which runs into the Grand River a couple of miles be- low Galt, no fewer than eight hundred shiners averaging eight inches in length. This is an extraordinary catch for the month of February. — Mrs. John Adams, of Lobo town- ship, attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with a razor, It is said. that she had beerNuffering severely from neuralgia for some time, and that her mind had given way under her affliction. At last accounts she was still alive with a prospect of recovering. —The St. Catharines Journal claims that a great deal of good has been ac- complished through ,and by means of Mr. Hammond's ministrations in that place, and gives the increase of mem- bership to the various churches as fol- lows: Methodist, 200; Knox Presby- terian, 70; First Presbyterian, 54; Baptist, 50; Congregational, 10. —The wife of Mr. Thomas Spencer, of Burleigh, in Peterborough county, presented. him a short time ago with triplets, two girls and. one boy. The mother and children are doing well. Mr. Spencer has not been married. four years until next June, and has a family of six children. His wife had twins at one time and a single birth at another. Where is the county that can equal this? — The light -house keeper at Point des Mouton, Labrador, writes that the por- poises made their appearance on, the 10th February, and. that robins have been seen at different points along the coast. He says: "After so hard a win- ter we have room to look for an early spring, but these harbingers lead to the belief that we shall be so blessed, and in this opinion I am supported by the Indians." ' —The other day a brilliant wedding procession drove into Teeswater and proceeded to the residence of the minis- ter, tying their teams to the fence posts. l3ut while the interesting ceremony was being performed in the house, one of the teams broke loose and ran away. The event caused consideiable excite- ment for a few moments, but resulted in nothing worse than a broken buggy, which some ten or twelve • dollars will repair. —The Registrar -General's 'report shows during the year 1878 the regis- tration of 40,236 births, 12,729 mar- riages, and 17,808 deaths in the Pro- vince of Ontario. Of twin births in the Province, there were 425, as against 411 in 1877; of these 850 twin children, 456 were male and 394 female. The county of York returned 45 cases of twin births, the highest number from any county. Nine cases of triplets are reported. The number of illegitimate births is reported at 575. —Last Saturday night the first ex- hibition of the Canadian Academy of Arts at Ottawa was opened by His Excel- lenc-y the Governor-General, in presence of a brilliant company. The Dominion Government have manifested their de- sire to encourage art by placing a suit- able buildingat the disposal of the so- ciety. Its supporters already include leading men of all political opinions. The Academy has, moreover, been hon- ored by receiving an intimation from the Queen, through His Excellency, that Her Majesty will boa purchaser from the walls of the exhibition. It has received the general support of Canadian artists in the respective Provinces, between whom no boncl of union has hitherto existed. —A lady residing in Hamilton had a niece visiting her for a few weeks. Her name was Ada Bond, and she is the daughter of a wealthy and somewhat aristocratic -farmer residing not far from St. Thomas. Miss Ada placed her affections upon a young mechanic of London, and during the stay with her aunt had kept up a correspondence with him which was forbidden at home, although it is said the couple were in the habit of meeting each other clan- destinely at St. Tames. On Thurs- day last week Miss Bond kissed her aunt good-bye, stating that she had re- ceived a hasty summons to meet her father in London. She was seen off by Mac Great Western Railway. On reach- ing London she was met by the me- chanic, and in a short time thereafter married,. Miss Bond has a large for- tune in her own name, and feels per- fectly independent of, pater jamilias, further than that as a dutiful daughter, she would like to have had. his blessing. —We learn from the Parkhill Gautte, that Dr. Caw has opened proceedings against his fellow practitioner, Dr. Barclay, for libel, laying the damages at $5,000. It appears the latter circu- lated a rumor not altogether flattering to the former in regard to the sudden death of a girl in the neighborhood. Hence the action. —Mr. Patterson's special train with emigrants, which arrived at Winnipeg on Monday morning, required five en- gines to drag it through the snow to St. Vincent and thence to Emerson. Their engine was assisted bY four St. Paul and Manitoba engines pushing the train. They were also delayed between the boundary and St. Boniface by their engine breaking down, and then by an accident to the locomotive sent to re- lieve them. —Mr. John Riordan, of the paper mills at Merriton, has had his large • establishment lighted by' the new electric light, and the vast improve- ment on the old system of gas light is extraordinary, the minutest parts of the machinery being as clearly visible as at noon on the brightest day. This is the first time that the electric light has been used for the ordinary lighting of any manufactory in Ontario, and the venture reflects credit on the enter- prising proprietor. —We regret to learn that Mr. Thos. Marshall, Clerk and Treasurer of North Dumfries, has again been called to suffer bereavement in his family, in the death of a daughter aged. 21 years. During the last three years Mr. Mar- shall has been most severely visited, having lost his wife and two daughters. Universally known and respected, there is not a resident of that section but feels the most sincere sympathy for him and his family in their affliction. —By a collision on the Grand Trunk on Monday, at Bowmanville station, three cars were precipitated over the embankment and badly damaged. A car of wheat was almost wrecked. Both engines are badly danaaged. The acci- dent is attributed to the fad t that one of the brakemen, in the act of putting on the brakes, was thrown from the train. • The engineers and firemen, who jumped, escaped. with their lives most miraculously. • The passengers escaped without injury. —A. boy in Guelph named MoTague, who had. one of his legs amputated near the hip three or four years ego, in colt - sequence of a railway accident, has learned to skate, and the other day dis- played his knowledge of the art to the amusement of not a, few. He only uses one skate and supports the side from which his leg has been van:toyed by a sharp pointed crutch. Though his movements are not particularly grace- ful, he hops over the ice almost as quickly as an ordinary skater, and seems to derive equal amusement. - —From our Mount Forest exchange we learn that a committee of ladies consisting of Mesdames McLean, Win- field, Kennedy and Smith, wait d upoia the Council, requesting the use of the Town Hall for the holding of a leap year party. After a little good-natured. humor, the indulgent Councilmen passed a resolution panting the request of the ladies wishing to obtain the use of the Town Hall for thepurpose ofholdittg a leap year party for the benefit of all old bachelors and all others interested. —Guelph is becoming notorious for suicides. Another occurred on Friday night. A than known as Major John A. McMillan, aged. 54, committed sui- cide by hanging himself te his chamber door with a strap. He had been living alone for some time. His effects were found all carefully packed and labelled with the names of the persons to whom • m he iv'shed theto go. He had. been ill for some time and complained of a pain in the bead. He left instructions to have his body sent to Dr. W. T. Aikens of Toronto, for dissection at the Medical College. The letter expressed a hope that the 4issecton might result in such kaowledge as would be bene- ficial to persons afflicted as he had ! been. —A Wellesley correspondent tells of a young man formerly a resident of that village, but lately of Crediton, Ont., who hacl returned. to Wellesly on a visit, and attended a concert in the evening. He presented a one dollar bill on which the figure 1 was changed to a 4 to the door -keeper, who took it • for a 4 and gave back $3.75 change. Shortly afterwards the imposition was , discovered and traced to the guilty r , party, who, on being closely cornered, efunded the four dollars and took the I altered bill. He would not own having made the alteration, but said he got the hill in a bank in Lucan. He had told. several parties during the day that he had obtained such a bill in -the Lucan bank, Which is questionable, however. I Nothing but pity on the part of several • of the villagers saved him serving a , term at Kingston. • , —For the past ten years, Antoine ! Bernard, of Amherstburg, has been troubled with a gradual contraction of • Mac lower end. of the oesophagus or gul- let, and it has become lessened in size so much that its diameter is now little ' more than that of a penholder. This, 1 Of course, has considerably interfered with his comfort in swallowing his food, but had not endangered his life till Saturday evening, 28th ult., when, as he was enjoying a dish of musk -rat, he suddenly laughed, and a piece of the food about the size of a marble went down and stuck fast in the passage re- ferred to. His efforts to swallow this brought on Atronie contraction of the • gullet, and two of the town physicians were summoned. • These physicians, not having the proper instruments at hand, a case of this kind so rarely oc- curring, were unable to relieve hina after repeated efforts, and on Sunday they sent for Dr. MeGraw, of Detroit, who came down and finally succeeded in forcing a tube the size of a darning needle through the obstruction and re- lieved him. Th43 physicians say it val." require the daily use of dilating tubes for a month or six weeks to restore the cesopha„ous to the condition it was in before this occurrence. —The Irish agitators, Parnell and. Dillon, addressed an auditnice of about 500 last Saturday night, in. the Opera House, Toronto. Not much enthusiasm was expressed in the city, and the agi- tators appeared disappointed at the smallness of their audience. During their delivery there was an .occasional hiss, but nothing to signify any very serious displeasure at the sentiments expressed. Tcio or three dozen police- men were scattered throng -h the theatre and several were placed. at the entranee to keep the crowds frona assembling. So little stir was apparent that many people remarked that King street was exceptionally quiet, and as a =atter of fact, a stranger walking the streets would never have guessed that M. Parnell and his friends were in the neighborhood. The gentlemen after- wards proceeded eastwards, arriving at Montreal on Tuesday. Petrth Items. A woolen factory is about to be started at Millbank. --The contract price for the ne* High School just 'finiSh-ed Listowel. was $6,169. —The Mitchell council have made grant of $200 to the fire company and $50 to the town band. —Rev. Mr. Christopherson, of the Canada Methodist Church, Mitchell., still continues in feeble health. —A joint stock company has been formed in St. Marys for the establish- ment of a rope and twine manufactory in that town. —Mr. James Irvine, of Fullarton, has a splendid heavy draught stallion. The horse is not five years old yet, and turns the scale at 2,000 pounds. —Edward McAleer, a workman in the Grand Trunk shops at Stratford, was seriously injured on Tuesday of last week by a machine at which he was working, one et his legs being badly smashed. —The number on the roll in the Stratford _High School during February was 175 and th.e average attendance 147. In the public schools the nuraber on the roll for February was 1,14; average attendance 909. —Mr. Philip Kerr, who with his family removed to the Northwest, was entertained at a farewell supper ha the hall at Rirkton, on the eve of his de- parture. People from. all parts of the townships of Blaaishard and Usborne were present. --Two children came very near being drowned in the mill pond. at Millbank last week. They thonghtleesly yen - hired on the thin ice, whicb gave way. One of the children was restored tit consciousness only after very greet effort. —Mr. Joseph Dietrich, of South Easthope, was badly injured by a large tree which he was chopping dowi falling on him. It was feared at first that his back was broken, but at no serious symptoms have -occurred, it 10 hoped he may recover. —The Listowel Puelic School Board have engaged Mr. Wm. Climite whe holds a second-class certificate, Grade A, and has had a year's experience in teaching, for the munificent sum. of $300 per annuna. Rather light return for such acquirements. —Messrs. Walter Patterson, of Wel' lace. and R M Ha'penny, ef Mines left last week on the excursion train for -Manitoba. Both took with them horses and agricultural implements, with the intention of corcunencing farmingopera- tions as soon as they get eettled. —Mr, John Owen, a Stratford attistt has Bent to the New Canadian Academy of Arts at Ottawa, founded by the °ow ernor-General, two oil paintings Of maple leaves and morning glori These paintings ha,ve been much mired and are said to be worthy o prorctinent place on the walls of the Academy. —Two Fullerton experts performedeg remarkable chopping feat a few days ago. Messrs. Richard Wiles and Robt. Mitch cut a cord of stove wood in the extraordinary short time of eleven minutes and a half. • Tlae tree was felled, they started at the butt and cut off twelve cuts before stopping. Thit timber was a green beech, nineteen inches through. —Mr. and Mrs. John Zinkann, of Lisbon, in North Easthope, had the ples.sure of eelebrating their golden wedding on the 25th ult. Rev. Mr- Tuerk performed the interesting cere- mony, which Wes witnessed by a num. her of friends. Several handsome golden gifts were presented- •Mr, Zinkann has been postmaster ef Lifi. bon for a number of years. —The Stratford board are considers ingtithe propriety of trailing pupils ini attendance at the high school pay fees for their education. It is argued. that • this course will not only increase the revenue of the high schools, but will tend to benefit the public sehool by retaining lin it a good many who ought IlOt to be permitted to pass into the highs schools until at least they are more. thorou,ghly grounded. iu th.e funda- mentals. —On Friday the '27th nit., the eldest son of Rev. B. Clement, Stratford, a bnght little fellow of eight years, died, an on his way home from the funeral, which took place at St 'Marys, Mrt Clement learnt of the death of a bro. ther in the west. On Thursday of last week a little daughter, who had been.. ailing for some tine, accidentally fell off a settee and broke her St113. Mr. Clement has the hearty.sympathy of the community in the severe elle- tion that has befallenhim