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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-03-25, Page 1MEWT fk• • !TIL OT •• 2. IATS by ED Laces,. .1‘1ANS. equally ates of eailei1 their ere will citations Tspersed ex.t Fri - mien ar- ie mom - of the • Grey, ted that s would e affirm - RI Club. Wal- isted by eKenzie, Mr. D. 7 Messrs. , Black. . a great and it ca. AU present. Beiruet's :.‘turphy; a cow [i to three mile, and :ikel3r to horough- 1.1ag the 1.incs been. farmers Jas. sold to colt for took so ows last "right a Jr. John •Kt. Mr. for $165 OX, saw ilas more r had be- , mployed the time. ss,a new king- the -ing been ing loose by which and cut s oil my in use az 1 where 1 returned It was ved (?) it, removing oviug the !,Idiged to soon as tr. John , recently 11rown, of -aterloo, a Durham d. This I'.t purest ne will be thorough Mr. Mo- nt lather - we are his atten- sure that 1 in that r. Wm. • of Hui- aoh pur- I )urham Miller, of 1 animals. eady good valuable ranger re- am about y engaged ought up Aass ani - a& shows on in the Is -E3 enter - 's stamp - 4 -14 t.! --: 14 i 4 100111dly • ; • FOURTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 694. SE*FORTH, `11.IDAY, ; • ' 1 • { McLEAi 33R08., Publisher& $1.50 a Year, in Advance. HILL BROS. 1881 SPRING. 1881 WE ARE NOW BUSY E'VERY DAY OPEN ING UP NEW GOODS FOR THE SPRING TRADE. OUR GOODS FOR THIS SEASON'S BUSI- NESS HAVE BEEN 'SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE, AND PURCHASED IN THE VERY B -EST MARKETS; • OUR STOCK, FOR VALUE, EXTENT AND VARIETY, -CANNOT BE SURPASSED IN TOWN. WE SHOW A. LARGE STOCK OF STAPLE GOODS, ALL AT BOT.COM PRICES. WE SHOW A LARGE STOCK OF DRE GOODS IN THE NEWEST MATERIALS AND COLORS. SILKS 'IN BLACKS, GREYSAND ALL THE FASHIONABLE SECADEg. WE SHOW A LARGE STOCK OF GLOVES, HOSIERY, TIES, RIBBONS, LACES, &c. WE SHOW A LARGE STOCK OF CLOTHS AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS. WE STILL FURNISH OUR CUSTOMERS WITH FIRST - CLASS FITTING GAR- - MENTS, AND ARE DETERMINED TO KEEP UP 0•UR REPUTATION AS BEING THE BEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN THE TOWN. • , WE CONFIDENTLY EXPECT TO RECORD FOR THIS SEASON TSE LARGEST TRADE EVER DONE IN THIS OLD ES- TABLISHED BUSINESS. EVERY BUYER SHOULD SEE OUR STOOK.. LL MAIN STREET, SEAPORTS. SMITH & WE ST ARE CLEARING OUT PILES OF DRESS GOODS BLACK CASHMERES At Prices you cannot obtain elsewhere. RM 1\,/113 E3 I Tho Large Reductions made in price oi Goode will only last A FEW DAYS LONGER. We purpose either Removing the Stook or Clear- ing it all oat this month. NWT LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY To Get Bargains in NEW AND FIRST-CLASS GOODS. SMITH & WEST, MAIN STREET, SEAPORTS. 1-1.4r2S ! HAT'S ! LARGE IMPORTATION OF TR141 • NEWEST STYLES IN THE FAMOUS CHRISTIE HATS, AT • L'S Clothing and Furriiehing House, s. . itTAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. The Choicest Things Out for this Season: CALL AND CET YOUR RATS HERE THE COUNTY JUDGE. [FROM THE filetiAL.] The investigation of the alleged irre- gularities charged against Judge Squier, Senior judge of the County of Huron, began at Goderich on Wednesday of last week, before 2Emelius Irving, Q. C., of Hamilton. Mr. Garrow appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Idington, assisted by Mr. Seager, defended. The following is the list of charges against, the Judge In the matter of the complaints against Wilmot Richard Squier, Es- quire, Judge of the County Court of the County of Huron, about to be investigated under Commission, 2Eme- lins Irving, Esquire, Q. C., the Com- missioner in that- behalf appointed by His Honor the Lieutenant G-overnor of the Province of Ontario. 1. That the said Wilmot Richard Squier was when appointed to the said office, and has ever since continued to be so embarrassed financially as to render his retention of the said office improper in the, public interests. Among others to whom he was and is largely indebted are Daniel McDonald, Clerk of the said County Court, the estate of Wharton Hodgson; deceased, formerly a Bailiff of the Fifth Division Court, in the said County of Huron. James H. Benson, a practising Attorney in the said county; R. Carswell, who sold him the law library which he uses ; R. Hay & Co., who supplied him with the, furniture in the house which he occu- pies; John Kay who supplied him with carpets for the said, house ; Stovel & ii ness and capaeit Said office is at:a 11. From the habits he is nect-e the w'cked an designing especially when i toxicate , and the proper ad- ministration of justice in tl-ie County of Huron is in On ant danger from this cause. Moreo4 : there is great danger that his judicia1 iuuotious May be even nnintekitionallp1 Burped by those hav- ing no evil desik, who yet manago to intrude th nas Ilv s, owing to his drunk- en habits, into matters pending before him fur jndiciwl. onsideration. 12. It is a Mat er of frequent remark and p Mk re r ch that owing to the said Judge's lAii iicia.1 diffi ulties and hisaid habitunkenness that he has long b en and 11 is, under a species of voliintary gu dianship, both as to person and esta e, in which his guar- dian is his ohief editor and the Clerk of the aid Cotin Court, it is not in- tended to suggEIst hat the C erk has ex- ercised for air iiproper purp se the power he nnd.o .bedly possesses over the said J but it is a caudal and disgrace,highly preju icial to the properistration of jrkstiico in this County, he said JudgE should be subject aid, or to any similar influence, morally or immoral- ly exercise , Judge should control the Clerk, n lia the Clerk the Judge, as in he pres nt i, stance. edly d unk and: i capable when ngaged 13. he said!, j 'go has been repeat - in the discharge f his official dpties as such Judge o 4vh ch the followrig are : I • , instances. : : Then follow t.e specific , charges of which the folhiw g condensed 3/4ist will give an idea. 14. At : 1341h Court for revif4P 15. At Goer Crimi al Con i, gan w s on: tri ;1 16. At, Goderi Session of the Appeal case of 17. At ' Godo i to properly fill the n end. said Judge's said bad daily at the mercy of Armstrong, his tailors ; Broadfoot & Box; furniture dealers ; Daniel Gordon, furniture dealer, and many others. 2. In addition he still owes former clients of his considerable sums for monies received by him for them while a practising Attorney and. Solicitor in the sad County of Huron, which he failed to pay over. Among others to whom he is indebted are: Thomas McLennan, John Leckie, Alexander Hunter, the estate of John Barker, Benjamin Fralick, Anthony Dodds - worth and others. 13. In consequence of the said finan- cial embarrassment of the said Judge, he has been twice charged before a Magistrate with, criminal offences in the nature of fraud, since his said ap- pointment, namely, once by one Darius Doty, with obtaining Goods by false pretences, which charge was settled, and the other by the said Thomas Me- Lennan. with the fraudulent appropria- tion of money, and on which last men- tioned charge he was sent up for trial - to the next criminal court of competent jurisdiction. 4. He improperly and corruptly dis- missed one Benjamin Fralick, as Clerk of the Fourth Division Court for the said County, and appointed the peti- tioner against the said. Benjamin Fra - lick, one Alexan-der Hunter who was also then a large creditor of the said Judge, to the aidoffice of Clerk. 5. He improperly, knowingly and cor- 7uptly permitted one Wharton Hodgson, then a bailiff of the fifth Division Court for the said county, and • who had be- come a surety for 4 loan of $500 by one Coombs to the said Judge, after his said appointment, to sell his office of bailiff to one Ellis for a sum sufficient to M- cleranify him, the said Wharton Hodg- son, against his liability as such surety for the said loan. and the note given therefor was, after the confirmation of the resignation of the said Wharton Hodgson as such bailiff and the ap- pointment of the said Ellis as his sue- cessor by the said Judge, paid by the • legal representative of the said Whar- ton Hodgson who had meantime died, and the said Judge has not since paid the same. . 6. In the autumn of the year 1877 the said Judge obtained possession of a sum of money amounting to $64, the pro- perty of one Benjamin Fralick, under circumstances which amounts to the criminal offence of larceny, and he re- tained the same until criminal proceed- ings were on the eve of being taken against him therefor, when the claim was paid, together with a considerable sum for the Clerk after said County Court actors for the said Judge. 7. On the trial of Michael Hogan upon a criminal charge before the_said Judge, he improperly and fraudulently allowed the said Daniel McDonald, Clerk of said County Court, the stun of $8 witness fees for procuring some documents in the official charge of the said Clerk. The repayment of these fees was refused by the Government, and the County of Huron therefore lost the amount. 8. At the voters' lists courts for the townships of Usbome and Stephen, held in the autumn of 1878, the said Judge refused to obtain the clerks of the said Com ts their fees for serving notices u - the said Wharton Hodgson, although ;i less they would divide the same wi la he had. performed no feat after the ser- vices, and the said clerks were obliged - to pay, and did pay, the said Hodgs0: one-half of the amount allowed thein I for such fees. 9. The said Judge has for some years now last past been, and still is, in the frequent habit of indulgence in intoxi- cating liquors to an extent which makes him incapable of controlling himself, and utterly unfits him for his judicial tunctions, and he was unfit be- cause and is an habitual and confirmed drunkard. 10. From the said Judge's habits aiiid conduct since his appointment and his financial enabarrassment, he is stron ly . suspected of being frequently moved y improper motives in his discharge of is judicial duties, and whether the charge is correct or not, it is beyond. question that the county over which he is called to preside judicially has long since lest all confidence in him as an upright and capable Judge, and he is'usually spoken of contemptuously both by litigants and the legal profession, whereby his useful - June 1.3th. 187 18. At Bayfi 25th, 1879. 19. At Bayfiel. Revision of voters's - i list, Oot. 25t1, 18 9. 20. At Godeaic . -Adjourned !Session of Peace, Which c!•• menced on the 24th and ended Dec. 3 st, 1879. 21. At Goder .h -Session slf the County Board Audit in January, 1880. Criminal Court, an. 26th, 1880 22. t Goden h -•--County 1Judge'S 23. At Dunga a non -Division Court, Feb. 24th, 18$ 21. At Dungaurion--Investigation of charges a aiu b iliff of Division Court, Feb. 24t1i, 188 ' 25. At God tic 1 -During the County i Court holden in nne, 1880. 26. At i Seafotb-Division Court June 28ft.180. 27. At Clinton Division Con t, June 29th, 1880. , , -28. At Goderi h County Curt, in July, 1880. , 29. At Goderic • Argument in1 Cham- bers, July 23rd, 180. 30. At Gbderic Argument* Cham - hers of appea1sfr.rn town of Wingham. and village of Bo. ield, July 29th, 1880. 31. At Gorrie Division Cou t, Aug. 27th, 18 0 i 32. At nkruasel:-Division Cort, Aug. W. 28th, 1880. 4 his occasion suitor named R. :,:M chell, told tibe Judge he was drip] klan was comm. ted for contempt, but w • en brought to Goder- ich under i weirra t, the said judge on being informed of the matter ordered discharge of 03.id Mitchell. • : 33. Great dela s in the revision of the voters' lists f r the year 1879 occur- red by reason Of t e said Judge's drunk- eness and copse ueut incapacity. In the cases of BIyt and Bayfield, special messengerii had t , be sent for which lists on the eve 01 iinicipal elections, at which they were anted. 34. At Goder ch - Countyj Court, in the case of Hi lake vs Sowe by, the said Judge was almost continuously drunk. 35. On Janus. 22nd, 1881 at an 1) ing of the anions adjournm of the P or the sel tion of Judge was eo drunk Jurors, the of th while pres di l• at the otherjllmem- bersegeet.0 Oct. 5th, 1878, at of voters' lists h --County udge's •hen one Johnj Mulli- r larceny. -At an ad ourned eace, Jan.24l4i, 1879. ham vs. Haw ins. h -County durt, , - -Division Conrt, Oct. 1 • 9 nt sit a,ia :g• our jn on 36. On said Jndg iia the Co nt on the tri 1 37.;The]s presiding n 1881. 38. The s habit of eating liano elsewhere in -a J LJ • • s. ry 24th., 81; the unk while presiding ge's Crimin1 a, Court ,H 'olland. 13ge was drunk while hers on Al ch 4th, in the intoxi- rs, and for the alging in his said Cation, a habit well I persons, anas is cl,f alous and dire sceful dge has beo eal ng bottles of s ji his chaml the Court House, purpose of in habits of, ikibox known to man submitted 4 Scan' initeelf. 39. He hak dru4 at ft elsewhere in on other c judiciallyb charges new to preferrea.I 40.0n one obcc cannot be e actl at the dinrier gi erich circ.ui Justice 41. On an when din 1.1 tice Galt, a circuit. 421 He w ion Day Of large numb 43 Ona summer, t cannot b drunk in said town o 44, On h said Judge be Sad he sio cath IS repeatedly publicly town of Goderich, and aid County of Huron, s than when acting before and duce the be investiga d were • ion, the date stated, he w n to the B his Lordsh rich, and was seen by man persons in that condition. 45. In the month of Jun, 1880, the said Judge was drunk, and found lying helpless lin a public street in the said town of Goderich. I 1 16. The said Judge has kir the past two years and down to the prbsent time been in the frequent habit of indulg- in g publicly in the excessive use pf in- toxicating liquors, and has been re- peatedly drunk and incapable in public. It is im ossible to .be more specific a.s to dates but the petitioners allege and charge be is and has for two years past been a Common and notorious drunk- ard. 1 : Dated at Goderich in the County of Huron this fifth day of March, 1881. J. T. GARROW, I f Solicitor for petitiener. Some seventy witnesse Were sub- po3naed by the prosecutio 41 but after tL e examination of Messrs. D. McDon- ald, S. Malcolmson, A. M. oss, M.P.P., James4ddison, Court Crie , J'obri Reid, Court ouse care-takor,P. Ad413213011, County Clerk, Sheriff Gibbons:, and Ira Lewis, County Crown Attorney it was agreed by the conten mg Council not to call any more witn saes :but to let the case rest on the evi • ence given ba these gentlemen, and oiisequently the matter is now in the l• ands of the Commissioner, who has the power to report to the Govern II ant between the pre ent date and the is of Jialy. whicllu a drun at God - Chief occasion he NV, s drun his Lordshi 1r. Jua- erich, on his L rdship's licly drunk o Domin- in the pres eople. occasion in, .p rticular date en, he was fou ley s livery' stab olerich. th day of August, publicly drunk 1. • 1 •oe of a he same f which d lying at the 879, tlie t Gode- 0 • Canada. A gentleman 77 and a ady 72 were arriedl at Belleville on th 16thrl -Fort Ellice, North W st Te ritory, i to enjoythe luxury of a eeklt mail b nceforth. -The collections for t te benefit of t e new GeneralHospital, t Winnipeg, a ount to $16,500. 1 -Mr 1 W. J. Howes, o Strathroy, 1 tely wrote 1,300 words t a friend in a8t Williams on a postal ard. I -A flax -mill which will employ from 31 to 70 hands is to be add d to the in - d strial institutions of Th dfdrd. -Upwards of 200 brick makers and ick layers left Montreal his week for v rious places in the State , some going s nth to Geprgia. I -A man named Cain, ho acknowl- e • ges to being a thief,has be n arrested-ln ulamilton, after squander ng $800 in •issipation in six days. . is- thought t • be ptoceeds of a robbery -Mrs. Blasdell, of:I.JYnd n, was tried t Hamilton on'the charge of propuring n abortion on the p irson of laggie Mackay. She p1 add ,guilty te the charge and , was entenced to enitentiary for life. 11 11 1 -The Department of Agrioniture nd Statistics ,at Ottaw: are sending cut 50 I tone weight of st: tionery, con- ssting of forms, printed instructions, c., for the use of the C ,mmissioners nd Enumerators in takin the census. -A burlesque advertise agent appear. :d in a conspicuous place on the street i Lucknow the other which curd - 1 d the'blood of some of th inhabitants, i ran thus : "10,000 Ca s wanted - sr Dakota -apply at the o. ce of , Lucknow." -Thursday morning lo st week a omen belonging to a p rty of Poles n one of the :Mani oba special rains going West, beifore- ' ()aching To - onto gave birth to a chil . She was omfOrtably arranged in the car and roceeded with the train. -LA Parliamentary retu n shows that be amount of money s nt by Post- ffice orders to Great Bri ain and Ire - and during 1880 was $428 353, the cost f the same being $9,891. The amount ent to the United States in :the same ime was $495,434, at a co t o 17,211. -A shocking accident cctnaed to a ittle three year oldgirl •limed Scott, n Toronto a few days ago As she was assing along a street she :out:her hand hrough a knot hole in a ence, when a og bit her thumb off and lacerated the •id and second fingers of her left and. -A man named J mes ox, a , work - an in a foundry at S ay er, while uffering from delirilinstre commit - ed suicide about 5.30 Th rsdlity morn - ng by cutting his throat frolm ear to ar with a razor. He wa a resident of eaford, where his body as conveyed he same day. -After- -After a post mortem examination atelyi made on one Of th carcasses of oisoned swine be1ongin to Robert eadows, at London, 80» e et the re- ains were left in the ya d. : The con- eqeence was that three - thek valuable •igs, and ten or twelve fo «Is were pole- : ned by feeding thereon. -About New Year's, m. Haight, a tudent at the St. Cathari es Collegiate nstitute, was injured in his hip by a a4 on the ice while ska ing. He has never recovered front the effects, being unable to walk, andione tay last week left for his home in P ince Edward county, being escorte.d to he station by about 40 students othe i stitute. -Halifax - paper 73 I - sta e that the steamer Carroll, ,,hich sailed lately from that port to Boaton, took a cargo of fish, &c., valued at $35,010, ontaining besides other cargo, 1,790 MB, 200 -bxs., 200' half bxs. an 380 qtls. "dry fish ;" 3,206 bbls., 30 half do., mackerel; 330 bbls., 8 half do.; alewives 200 bbls. split herring ; 20 casks, 100 drums, 7 bxs. codfish, and 750 case: lo sters. 1 011 -The saddest-Rhase was noted in Montreal a Ann MCGravran, wife of lying drunk with a dying breast: and two other y five and three years old the house. Pieces of ra all the articles of food vi man removed the chil drunken mother to tb and upon emptying the $45 in gold and 90 cents cealed in the straw. It i she drew $190 from the a short time ago. Her left her, and is in the ew oh inf esp sa ibh He maae when leavi cent, and e -Mr., L ly lost five ing straw ter having -Messr Lucknow, Farm, Est i4ikeness days ago. Johnston nt on her children, ctively, in sages were . A police- , ren and the lice cells tick fomad silver con orted that le's Bank band has States ver his' bank -book- to ng, and she has drawn e pent the most of it in liq rd, of West Nissouri, rec head of fine cattle from om the beds of a famil diphtheria. . Cameron & Ca.mpbel have sold the Hetherin oncession,Kinloss,fifty a to Mrs. :Webb, of Harriston, for $1 -The trotting horse Bob Moore, ed by Peter Moore, of Barrie, trotting on the ice on Friday, at rie, slipped and. broke one of his above the nee. He had to be sho -It is stated that Alexander the Aylmer grain buyer who abscon left his 'heartbrokee wife $800, bu fixed it: tb at she is only enable draw the interest on the amount nually. I -Twenty-four cars loaded cheese lef Ingersoll per Gretit We Railway 1 st Friday and six more were adde Norwich. This i largest oh ese • shipment ever ma Canada. -Some unknown parties entere dairy she on Mr. Wm. Lidgett's f near Brantford, one night last week with a logging chain hung one of best tailch cows to a cross b1eam. animal; was dead when discovered. -Steel bridges are to be erected the east and west branches of the nipeg rivet, near Rat Portage, in s The brdgj material, which was factured bbr the Toronto Bridge pany, is a ready on the grclund. -The p operty on the corner of and: Yung4 streets, Toronto, has purchased by ex -Mayor Manning, has made contract for the erecti a $12,000 building. Mr. Bostwio owner of the land, purchased it years ago for $350, and now - d $120 per =mn for ground rent. -Mi. P. N. Switzer, Public S Inspector -for Algoma, reports that 18 months, ago there were in the sing district only one Indian an public ilchools, there are now fou dian and 41 public schools. The ships df McKellar and Christie adopted the township board s with satisfactory results. -04 Tuesday last week Mr. Vi Bayn, a y ung man living a few from $t. qatbarines, while fixing old gun a cidentally discharged blew the hole centre from his The guln be had: his it went off open, ;tak fingers. -Manit its presen have resol a cost of $ the city of money in is $10,000, tion of, th will be co ed in re AO hu ni of rs, 4 0. h le ar- legs th :t:rn rs he in • 11 looks hesithy. Curiously enough she has a deep sear on the right 1 cheek, Caused by the kick of a horse some time lg°- -Mr. George McLean Rose, of Tor - id Worthy Patriarohl of the mperance, delivered a stir - ss in favor of the tem erance onto, Gra qons of T iing adds clause in 4yr On the lith inst. I I -In the toWnship of Ramsay,:Lanark county, farmers are spreadinlg their fields of fall vuheat with sawfdtist, to 'prevent injur from frost. Th experi- ent was triotrie31 last year with Success. Gue1plt paper complains that who have skinhy fowl, o sell, are in the habit of uffing them 1UP with wind-' blowing t em" it ietchnically called. This is ar ected to s guilty o t ountry peopl eal or lamb ontrarY tdding s fine. -Mr. Qhristopher Latchaw, en, has ,patented an inventio ted to Prevent accidents whi almost daily on railways* this Hy work en being caught • in the frogs. he steel spring invention is designed prevent the man's foot from getting" enterprising contemp rary the aris Transcript has entered its twenty- seventh year. It is a first cl: ss local aper showing talent and goo@ taste in very colimn: of its -broad p es. If the financial return to the _worthy ditor and proprietor, Mr. And rson, is ip any degree'adequate to the amount f valuable information convey d to the atrons liis pockets will soo be run- ing ovci with honestly earne• wealth. -Some time ago the Ontario Govern- ent ca celled the contracts for stip- lying the Mercer Reformatory Central rison and Lunatic Asylum wi h meat, nd have since tried the expe 'merit of urchasing animals and killing them in si temporary slaughter house provided f r that purpose. I The plan was found th work So satisfactorily and meat was fiSund to be sp much better in quality, t at a slaughter house with improved arrangements will be erected ely. ark Garrett, one of the best sidents of the county of Mid - e law, and perso liable to be sub h occur country 1: b ng en ho n. of the Mine riles hool 21 n- own - have stem • cent Hiles p 1n ad aikd. as standing in the stock, and hand over the muzzle -hen The doctor split the is and ng out , one or two o the ba College having out: own quarters, the manage di ed to .erect new buildi 0,000 on a new site Winnipeg. The amou and to begin operations and it is -expected that e structure, costing $2 pleted this year. The of the site is $6,000. - Last Friday ,Joseph Paddo Kingston, while eating a piece of b dinner was choked to death. II about 61 years of age, and a shoe by trade.j He was a pensioner Royal Caradian Rifles. Many ago, at K ngston Mills, he atter suicide by cutting his throat. his reco ery ho had been s troubled bfr a choking sensation throat; • ent gs at members of the congregation ithin Methodist ch,Oach at Devzes, t of dlesex couny, owing to a with preached by the Superintende por- c rcuit a few weeks ago, and on ,000, minister came to occupy st sanitary iinmedia -Mr. nown r aliesex, 11 ed. at hi o3 residence, to wn line of London and Biddulph, onednes- clay a9th inst. In 1860 he moved into t e townehip of Biddulph, where he a quired c4siderable propert. He 1 ayes tWo sons, now young rien, one o whom is a tending the London Col - 14 ilistithto. Mr. Garrett was a nt in the Middlesex militia, a tive and a member of the giate I ienten onserv Episcopal Church., i -There is said to be some impleas- al tness between the minister rod the of the la Mid- sermon itoftahye, hen th mi the pulpit, be found the cushion of the seat stuck full of pins with the points up- ward, which made it rather ' uncom- fortable for huin when he sat down. This kind 011 practical joking should bs discouraged. -An exchange says: The farmers who stoop to deal in '-galvanized" but- t r are becorning more limner° s. Lato- ly several instances where this ub1nsh- iiIg fraud was perpetrated, haye been r ported. Itt one case a Mooretown b re every e tercel indication f being grocer bough a large lot of roll(, which p *as quality, and sold 80410 of them before t e trick was discovered. The O tside was found to be composed of fi st-cla butter, but this was ' only a t in coating the great bulk of the roll as lard, sheep's fat, etc., and of the orst qualityat that. -Several detectives and censtables om Hamilton made a raid on one of those dens of iniquity called cockpits, ultforturiately becoming entirely too n mermis in this country. The place o rendezvous was at the Rock Bay 'fo- l. Finding the doors guarded, the sports jumped through the windows f om the upper stories or any part of i e house, landing in the snow and ud ; and making their escape as best they could.- The party numbered be- t een 30 and 40 persons. Itt their asty exit the birds were left behind; s me of thein are said to be very valu- able. -The other day in Toronto, Honor- able Mr. Mri ood, provincial treasurer, accornpau1ied by Mr. Mills, Principal of the Ontilrio agricultural coll r. Watson librarian of the le , of ef at was aker f the ears Pted Since htly his ean.t tO a y de- , and rims d all, for dent Mr. f the n the resi- lte a the as a ther- y-five fam- ldren great scent n 8, dock thor- go to nship Sil (I - S nday some young misc entered th sugar bush belongin Mr. Harri , near Ingersoll. Th liberately Fired up under the kettl boiled everything up at such a f rate that they burnt sugar pans a and thie hole bush and clearing nearly a ile around became r with the mell of burnt sugar. Harris d esn't mind the 1ss sugar BO uch as the burning pans. --Ther died in West Zorra 14th inst., an aged and respected dent, Ann John Mat great age native of land, So years in ily of ten McLeod, relict; of t eson. She had attain f 90 years. Deceased he parish of Dornbch, S tland, and lived for Test ZOITft. She; had hildren, her grand -ch numbered 'forty-two and her i. grand-chdren :fifty -five -a total d of 107, -Mr. John Smith of concessi Huron toWnship,-one of the first breeders c!rf that section -sold a oughbred bull calf a few days Mr. Wm.Hoey, of the same to for $100. An offer of a similar amount he has reused for a heifer calf, nit four weeks ol. He is also the ow er of some fine horses. One team o four- year-oldslcan not be purchased fo $350, fused • • : n while a for a fine ih an offer 1,000,0 runningi sued by Raiway. are ! to railway ir construe and Owe ably be 1 -A r fore the week. Laking, ages for little d dant an gether a a chine passea, a ban. time, an girl's av folloWe at it. fracture girl's ski and 'Ail little gi • • ffer of $200 has been r two-year-old filly. tated on good authorit f 96 has been received O worth of five per cent. or twenty years, recen he Toronto, Grey and The proceeds of the e applied to rebuil as a wide -gauge, n bridge road, an grain elevators at T Sound. The road will asedto the Grand Tru her uncommon case- ca Assize Court at Bar rchibald Ferris vs. as in action -to recove injury done to the pia ughter, aged twelve. some others werestan ter dark waiting to com practice when the lit er head only beingvisible A dog barked at the the defendant thinki ite hat was a dog Whic him to church threw a. is aim was so true t the outer table of th 11. She was ill for so suffers .from headaches 1 is pretty and intellige • I# that .rthe onds, ly is- ruce wads the steel to ronto prob- • I . • Of e be- e last eorge dam- ntiff's efen- ng to- ence. le girl above. same g the had stone at he little time, The 11 • ge, and 'slature, aid a Vijslt to the education 1 deposi- t ry and museum for the purpose of akingiselebtions from the contents for the agricultural college, the parliament- ry library and other institutions. Some t ree thousand volumes, valued t $6,000, were chosen for the college, esides the better part of the collec- tions of insects and plants in the mus- eum. 4 number of books iter au tesnterrye lailhsroaryappropriated f -The township of North ninfries, [ , aterloo county, was a wild and rugged he sturdy Scotchmen, who Made the lace in theearly days of settlement by ho-wling wilderness" to bloss in as the rose. Amongst other amusng anec- dotes of those primitive tim s,, a cor- espondoent ' of the Paris ranseript yes the following : The goneral feat - res of I this township in these early ays is : aptly described in the exper- iences (as told by himself) of an old resident who died in the village of Ayr only a few years ago. "I had started northwards," he used to say in the onth of August when the weather as fearfully hot, and had travelled ome days without seeing any habits - ion or Sign of human life. And I had 4 last -peon to despair altogether when, ibent noon one day I thought I Could iscern; smoke in. the distance. So, on went and at last I reached a bit of learance where they were logging -as lack as sweeps about half naked and look," said the narrator, "and what IWP the fearful beat, the looks o' the people, an' the lay o' the land, I thocht I was pretty near Ih -1', and went back again." -A twelve -year-old boy named Rol - don, belonging to Eldon, township, committed uioide by hangingon Sun- day. No reason can be assignea for his act. : 1 -Nine himdred Canadian emigrants, filhng with their stock and baggage -R ninety-one cars, were snow -bound on the outskirts of Chicago from -Saturday night last to Thursday. -The Rev. P. Tocque, a superannu- ated English church mini ter of 1Tor- onto, claims! Sarah Bernh3. rdt as his cousin. His daughter relembles the great eared very much. -The performance of the world re- nowned, actress Sarah Bernhardt did not come up to the expectations of the Torontonians. Her audiences were not carried awa. by enthusiasm. -A it ewe elonging to Mr. :Alex. Rose, of the 8th . oncession, Pee township, . dropped a lamb on the 1 rooming of March 3rd, which was so remarkable for its size that Mr. ROM, With some of his neighbors, weighed it in the after- noon of the :same day, an found it to weigh sixteen pounds. -A Newfoundland dog Mr. Harry Sheldon, of St. cruelly ma treated the o some inhn an wretch, quantity of oiling water ov of the poor rute. The hair and even portions of the skin came eff„ and the animal suffered terribly. -Mr. Janiee Shepherd, formerly of the 4th line , of Adelaide, but now a, resi- dent of Flynn township, Michigan, and a neighbor's boy were attacked :by a black bear, on the 26th of Febrbary, and after a evere battle sunceeded* killing it. This makes the fifth:that' has been killed lately in that fleCti011 Of the country. -Traffic as increased on the Pem- bina Brand , , and on the Eastern! and Western divisions of the Canada Pacific Railway, in such a degree as to neces- sitate from one to two speeial trains daily to meet the demand for freight transportatiMa, consisting of construc- tion material, railway .supplies,general merchandise, stock, emigrants' effects, fuel and hanber. -The late General Colley, ' killed by the Boers in South Africa, was in: Tor- onto three Iyears ago. - He came in search of information respecting s. brother who had settled in Aurora, said found that he had gone to California. The gallant :officer followed up the clue only to discover that his brother had died on the Pacific slope. -One Sunday lately in Amherst - burgh the Rev. Alex. S Falls, preecled a sermon on the "Great Pyramid of Egypt,'" taking for his text the 19th. and 20th verses if the 19th chapter of Taiais.h. He pointed Out that the pyramid had been built by divine inspiration, , and that its mysteries were only now being revealed to Mankind. -Wm. Linden, while engaged in chopping in Mr. Jacob Bricker's bush, five miles from Elmira, about two weeks ago, was struck and fatally in- jured by a dead limb, which hung sus- pended froM the tree he was felling. The unfortunate man remained -uncon- scious from the time he received the blow and died the following day. nd docu- r the par-, t and drenched with sweat. I tuk a good slanging to ona has, was her day by o threw r the back -A. man, or, "as a local paper calls him" a "brute" residing in the town- ship of Brant married a respectable widow a fewyears ago, and after squan- dering her Means abases her and her children, even threatening their lives. His favorite method of correcting refractory youths is to take a youngster by the hair of the head, one in each hand, and whack them against the side of the house. -The relatives of Connors, thelieroie Canada Sonthern Railway brakeman, who died at Amherstburgh a short time ago from the effects of an accident in the yard at that place, have instituted an action against the Canada Southern Company, Claiming 10,000 daages, and alleging that the fatal accident was due to the negligence of the conpany. They have -thus far refused all offers to compromise the matter and effect a settlement dn behalf of the company. -Honorale Senator Cochrane has already purohased seventy-five bnilsin Great Britain, and has made arrange- ments for the purchase of two hundred more. They are of the Hereford, Short- horn, and Polled Angus breeds. He will also send from this Province some thoroughbred stallions and one hundred half -bred mares. These are all for his rancho at Biaw Rive, and will be fur- ther supplimented by eight thousand head of cattle purchased in. Montana and Dakot . -Rev. Dr. McKay, of Formosa, preached ir St. Andrew's Presbyterian elanrch in ondon last Sabbath to a very large $Ingregation and deliver43d lecture in t $0 same place on Monday evening w $ en the large church was crowded to uffocation with an immense audience. At four o'clock Monday afternoon t e church was crowded with ladies, who assembled to hear Mrs. Dr. McKay. rs. McKay took a seat for- ward, and spoke sitting, -while Dr. McKay sto• d up and interpreted what she said, ad she spoke Chinese al- together. -A corr spondent of the St. Thomas Times writ ng from Lexington, Michi- gan, -says : This morning whilelooking over a Det iot paper, my eye caught this item: "So many of the mem- bers of to e Dominion Parliament were drun 1. on the liat that the Speaker as compelled to order the closing the House bar." After reading thi , I folded the paper with a flush of sh me npon ray face. A gentle- man, who as juet at hand, picked up the paper a • d, after reading the same item, said to me, "What about your country no ?" at the same time sailing "it seems f 0 look small" I thought the same, nd was whipped dumb. • if