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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-08-05, Page 4mearl TIE HURON EXPOSITOR.. AUGUST 5, 1881. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Builders Vardware-johnson Bros. Farm to Rent -Arthur Forbes. , Teaoher Wanted -John Shaw. Hotel for Sale -James McBride. Farm for Sale -D. Coleman. Store for Sale -A. R. Smith. Boots and Shoesl--Wrn. Logan. i Huron Presbytery -T. G. Thomson. New Dentist -M. Buggin. AnnounCeMent-H. Derbyshire'. Farm to Rent -Thos. Townsend. Great Bargains -Smith & West., Good Value ---Laidlaw: & Fairley. Clearing Ssle-Duncari at Duncan. Teacher Wanted-Thos.Ward. Steam Thresher -Boyce, Swan & Ross. Fly Paper -E. Hickson & Co. Property for Sale -D. McGregon. Farm to Rent -Donald McDougall. itrou eipooitor. SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 1881 The Dominion Census. The returns of the Census taken last spring by the enumerators have at length been made public. The result is very satisfactory, skewing, as it 'doe's, that our Dominion has at least made reasonable progress Within the last decade. The population of Ontario is given at 1,913,460, being an increase of 292,609 knee 18717 Quebec shows a population of 1,358,469, being )an in- crease ,of 166,953. The present opula- tion of Nova Scotia is If40,585, being an increase of 52,785 in the ten years; New, Brunswick's population is 321,129, an increase of 35;5.35; :Prince Edward Island has a population of 107,781, an inereaee of 13,760 over 1871. The population of Manitoba, that is the old Province before the extension of the boundaries, was 49,509; and British Columbia. has • a population of 60,000, being an increase in the ten years of 26,414. The total population of the Dominion is 4,350,933, being an increase since 1871 of 664,337. In the Province of Ontario there was a decrease of pop- ulation in 12 electorial districts ;* in Quebec 7, and in New Brunswick 2. In the other Provinces there were no de-. creases. The counties in Ontario which show a decrease are: Frontenac, 1,= 317; Lennox, 76 ; East Hastings, 261; West Northumberland, 347; East Dur- ham, 34.; West Durham, 759; Ni- agara, 248; Harldimand, 416 ; North Wentworth, 1,400; Halton, 676; North Middlesex, 8.76; South Perth, 362. We are glad to notice that our own county Shows a good increase. The population of the South Riding is put down at 23,385, being en increase of 1,- 873 since 1871; the population of the Centre Riding is 26,479, an increase of 3,688, and that of the North Riding i8 26,127, showing an increase of 4,265. It will be noticed that in so far as pepula- tionis concerned the three Ridings are very nearly the same, and the larger in- crease in the North and Cen‘re Ridings over the South, is due to the fact that portions of them were newer and more sparsely settled in 1871, and have con- ' sequently filled up since. The total population of the County is 75,991, and the increase in the decade is 9,826. We notice here that while South Perth shows a decrease of 362, the North Riding has added to its population the very large Immber of 8,851. The following table, which should, be pre- served, shows the population of each electorial district in Ontario and: the increase made by each since 1871, the year the last official census was taken : Electoral COLIsns District. 1881. • Glengary. . 22,227 Cornwall .................. 9,904 Stormont. ... - - ..... ..... 13,294 Dundas..20,593 Prescott 22,860 Russell 25,082 Ottawa City ........ ..... 27,417 S. Grenville. 13,526 N. Leeds and Grenville 12,929 Carleton ........... ...... 24,688 Brockville - .... ..... 12,513 S. Leeds 22,206 S. Lanark . - ... 20,0_34 N. Lanark ....... . . ... . . 13,943 S. Renfrew...... ........ 21,042 N. Renfrew. - .......... 21,126 Froatenac ...... 14,993 Kingston ... ... . .. . .. ... 14,093 Lennox........ 16,320 Addington .. 23,465 Prince Edward , . 21,046 E. Hastings - ..... .. .. . .. 17,131 W. Hastings .............. 17,402 N. Hastings.. .- . ....... 20,488 E. Northumberlan-a..... . 22,266 W. Northumberland.... .. 16,931 E. Peterboro'.............. , 23.879 W. Peterboro............... 13,311 E. Durham.... .. ...... .... 18,723 W. Dnrhara..... ... . . ...... 17,557 S. Victoria. ..... :..... 20,815 N. Victoria. .. . .. .......... 13,821 Muskoka- - ....... ....... 21.713 S. Ontario .. .. ...... ........ 20,388 N. Ontario. . 28,437 Toronto 86,145 E. 23,313 W. York. 18,891 N. York• - . . .. .... 24,514 8. Sixacoe.„ .. . ..... . ... 26,906' N. Simcoo . . ..... , ... 47,2581 Peel 16,390 Cardwell. - -- 16,773. Welland 26,155' Niagara.........- ..... 3,445 Monck. 17,146 Lincoba ......... .. . .. 22,976 Haldizaand 18,626 S. Wentworth 15.015 N. Wentworth 14,845 Hamilton City._ ... .... 35,965 Halton....... . .. .. . .. . .. 21,930 S. Wellington ..... 25,404 C. 1,Vellington22,272 N. Wellington ... ...... 25,897 S. Grey.. .. ..... 21,129 E. 'Grey ..... ... ... ,.:„ ... 29,658 N. Grey ............ .... .. . 23,317 S. Norfolk, ... ...... 16,859 ' N. Norfolk ........ ...... 17,232 S. Brent 21,939 N. Brant ........ .. . ...... 11,902 S. Waterloo.- ... . - 21,810 N. Waterloo 20,987 E. Elgin 28,157 W.Elgin .... ..... . .... 14,214 S. Oxford-. .... ..... . 23,746 • „ or .... ••r••• • • • • • f • • 25, 361 E. Middlesex ..... ........ . 30,621 W. Middlesex. ... - ..... . 21,606 N. Middlesex ' - 20,643 London City 19,763 S. Perth ......... • • , ...... 20,797 N. Perth . . ,. . .....i. . • • • • • - 84,288 S. Huron 23,385 C. Huron.. 1 26,479 N. Huron .......... • .... 26,127 , S. Bruce 4. 39,818 N. Bruc,o .1. 24,996 Bothwell 27,122 In- , crease 1871-81 1,703 790 1,421 1,821 6,213 6,788 5,872 829 • 601 2,919 2,038 '1,590 844 113 6,107 6.293 1,317* 1;686 76* 2,153 710 2614 3,087 3,831 -508 347* 5,173 1,544 341* .759* 571 Lambton Kent Essex Algoma • The following table don of several of the in Ontario and the4 each since the former same of the principa minion: Name. Prescott. 142'822 36 689 461,880 113,000 10,328 9,803 14,288 6,982 1,918,460 292;609 yes the popnla- principal tow as er ase made by ce sus ; also the cites pi the 1Do- . ! emus Increase Of 1881. 2 999 , 382 4,468 2,435 995 399 818 03 2,467 92 1,975 T70 2,684 1904 1 605 40 2,147 83 2, 75 014 9, 16 Xi 4, 57 15 6, 15 4,522 7 808 - 2,506 2,820 1,812 5,5S8 74 3,04 •40 5,p81 1,082 3, 2 ' -- 07 2,306 246 4, 8 1 619 4,:54 1.56 2,U1 1589 2,59 824 2, 7 37 1,1 1,94 9,.'2 11178 3, 10 75 1,08 12 9,.90 3, 12 2,.7 .E,:9 2,170 cu0 4,26 1,197 2,46 7 o 8,78 3 4,89 1, 2 2,68 2 4, 6 70 22 73 Cornwall .. Now Edinburgh • Merrickville Perth Carleton Place Ahoonte Renfrew Arnprior . Picton Belleville City Cobourg Peterborough Brockville. Pembroke .. Port IlOpe Bowmanville -Lindsay Oshawa Newmarket Coiling wood Barrie Orillia Thorold. Clifton Niagara St. Catharines,City Dundas Milton Guelph City Orangeville. Mount Forest Owen Sound Simcoe 'Paris Galt Waterloo Berlin St. Thomas City Ingersoll Woodstock Strathroy. St. Marys Mitchell Brantford City Stratford Listowel Clinton Goderich. Kincardine Sarnia........ . ; . ....... Petrolia Chatham Araherstbarg Windsor. Sandwich' e Snaith's Falls.. . .. . .... . Napanee Brarapton Welland Oakvijlo Montreal. Toronto Quebec, City Halifax St. John, N. B Hamilton Ottawa .. . London .. . Kingston The numbers marked* area. . .•• , 8, 4, 5, 3, 27 3, 2, 91 9, 26 8, 2, 2,6 4,5 2, 3, 3,4 7, 2,6 6,5 1,1 2,0 3, 2, 1,8 1,7 140,6 ,4 62, 36,1 26,1 35,9 27,4 19,7 14,0 • : 0 84 7 4 77 74 5 :1 3 7 : e 9 . oreases In looking over the above will be seen that of the raira palities the greatest incre+- .made in Muskoka, whieh sho fifteen thousand, while La next, being ten thousand th The city of St. Thomat tak in its class, the populati smart town having in ea ten yeers. Seaforth has from the list and cousequentl not give the figures for it. ee ed ee IT IS NOT a little anansing the etrenuous efforts tilt are being made by some plper, , people to believe that the p price of cheese in Carlad the National Policy. We n say that it is not argument but simply. assertion; n ith say that any sensible tper made to believe anythi Indeed, the person who to think that the price of cheese is -regulated even in tlhe degree by the operation s of tfae Policy, must be verdant 'lid ed. who profess to teach k that if the import duty ten times as high as it n here would not be aff Neither can it be pr National Policy does no has at any previous time production of cheese in Of course, we' know. th time when the most of consumed here was pure American neighbors, growth of manufacture h here since the duty wail plat the foreign article, bat,veil t not by any means prove that portant industry owes i s exi the protection it reeeive in -t of an import duty. If we h pend upon our own CODEi rrigtio for a market for our cheese, duction even yet would 4 very The demand in the for ign' combined with the n cessit change in our mode of ricp1 the sole causes which 1:d snir t4,3 from Ss her an 2 5 2 8 5 7 3 3 ;i 6, 1, 1,3 3,9 1,7 5 6 9 9 8 2,07 2,3 1 9 • 9 7 0 3. 1 5 6 9 6 7 8 1 5 4 e 8 7 4 7 4 0 0 6 33,4 80,3 2,74 6,52 2,677 9,24 5,87 3,98 1,68 '4 tables munici as bee s nearl on corne hundr 1 the lea of tha ,6,173 i • misse We Ca 18 11 • o notic ust no ts induc nt hig due t e scarcel h t isused ✓ need w o cam b f he kind be induce anadia smalles ationa Thos ow ery wel n eh ese wer I. w is he pric ete one iota ved hat th sti ulate, o stimu ated th this ountry. t the e was he c eese we aged rom our nd ts at the s bee greater d upon at does his irn- tence to e shape d to de - alone he pro - limited. arkets, --fer a ure are armers airying abroad woluld thing. anada. I urplus,, State ' ly and, hat it erence Cana - were a e they do we same e live re est - e nited nd canl nd we is the th Our tates, erican es • • • 142:78961,5 to embark so largely 1 466 business. If the deman 2,470 30,358 were to cease, the busin 8,953 2,631 252 3:52830 39 21 273 5,584 248* 2,390647 416* 377 11 soon be libaited to a ver smal Both the United State aql seek the same market fo their and prices both here an in the are regulated entirely.by the sup demand in that market. I So would not makathe slig est toto our cheese or dairyme if th 1,400* dian duty on American sheese 9,249• pxthousand dollars a pound,lbecau 1,154 do not want to sell to us, neitlae 12,,i5sueri want to buy from the de. Th 7,465 may be said with rept 4 to. t 4,809 stock business. We pro tine na tle than we can consume T 1,223 , 409 ' States now do the sa,ine. Engl 815 7si consume all we can prance 8,287 both sell our surplus the is, and i 1,418 68 European prices that resu'late b 8°2 prices and those of the United 5,566 411 For many years, alter he 876* 3,937 war, the Americans we e no supply their own wants i 1,873 and they afforded us a g 3,688 4,265 our surplus stock. But, 8,48° too have a surplus; and 7,815 1 6,421 ; afford us a market, the • • ble to • thisl rOspect. od market for o7 that they do not longer rice of cattle 10 • here would now be proportionatel low had the Eyropeitia demand not o ned up, and te thousand National P 'ides would not aelp to raise price,3 f hing. The position i very easily seen peo- lple will on y o a little thinking; but in this age of ustle and b sines4 and Oil. too Meny eople are w lling to let others de ehei thinking f r alien on these naatters and hence it is that demagogues ar now shopti g abotit the high pricee of heese and be f bei g due Co the Naeion 1 Policy. hey night just as reasona ly claim t at th Na- tional Policy i responsib e fo the large yield of b tiey or the 1.ght y eld of fall wheat we re likely ha''e this season. Sews f the W ;ek. 1 , SIGNED AT L. ST. -The convention be- tween England and the Boers has been finally agreed t. and signed. ' CROPS DEBT OYED BY DROUGHT. -A terrible d ought prevails in the fr ntier counties oi Tex s. The ero 8 in some sections ar tot 1 failures. HANGED. - e ilbert and Robe rans, murderers, wer hanged at Lea ville, Colorado, en riday. Thi ws the first legal eXeCII ion' in this lace. rt„ ANOTHER CO L DISCOVER .-A Vic- toria, B C., des atch states hat a rich ' vein of anthraci e coal has been dis- covered within ve miles of hat lace.. DISEASE AND RIEF.-A Woman D med Barron, living Grand Raids, , ad a *on whom ;she idolized. e di:d of diphtheria,j and wo days af rwar, the mother die1 of ...rief. 1 QUICK T1abler IRTATION OF IJIVE S OCR. --A live stock express coMpany has een formed in 44 ew York to brin live tock from Chic go in forty to orty- ight hours, in i e proved care. CHINESE MIN STERS. - The Ch•nese inisters Chin Len Pin and ung ring have been withdrawn from ashington, and will be su ceed d by single representative. Ttrao din - an Sates 03 pe sons uring the lEmieskrION.-There is an ry emigration from the Ger t is year, o feer than 77, left Brenenl for America rst six mo ths f this year. STORM. tel gram from a.st Lon - On, Sou h Africit, states tha a teliriblo °ma' ocurred there, duri g hich ree veal els were wrecked nd t irty ersons drownedi , A DEER DISEASE. -Throng out 1Jpper avaria a dangerous diseas has! ap- axed in bhp deer parks. H ndreds of er have pens ed. The iseasb is reading tq the attle. FREE SOI L inu DECEA ED. -pen. awes C,Bunt, a prominen offic r in •e late ,var, wh , died in he in azylum at Washington on edne . as one of the le ders of the Free p:rty in Kamas. A DISA TBOU FIRE. - n F hight a 1re1 swept almost he e ngth 01thmain business stree hiteha , 1Michigan. Ne rly iness Plaice w s burned; 1 ss s P 5. C• a A SUCCESS lie of tile nservatoire in Paris on ithe by a talented iss Harkness. A CITY 13L0W es have ;been ount of roperty destroy owing up df a powder maga' ine in the exican citi, of Mazatlan. 1• ane day, Soil 'day tire s o very 30,- FUL AMERICAN VI0LINI16.-: 'rst rizes award d at, the the violin c mpetition 7th ult., w s carried oung Amer can lady; UP. -Ove seventy lost, and a great d, by the E. a • 1-/ 0. J a MORTALITY IN 1 NEW YOR 378 aths occu red ii' New Yo ring 348 in the prey Ju1y, the past seve ths, 66 ip. the corr spon ing ly, agains d 22,958 i ainst 18, riod last year. EJECTING A P ✓ ilroad con ucto fo persisting in r. o the greurld th t e women in the t e act is to be te ENTHUSIASTIC a d Czarina of R oscow from the ey passed from thedral on foot m the crowd, a the troops. NCREAS NGBEISI ESS. -The kinds of busine s in New July has be.n remarka sit es of the Month were better tt y than in any dorresponclin since the panic. 4 CABLE BUSINESS RUSHING. dLlctiou from50 to 25 cents a t e rate for cable Messages, w into effect on Angpst 1st, cans crease of a, hundr a. per cen btisiiiess. k epsakes of the 1 te Lord INTERESTL. G K EPSAKE.-A as a spraY- Of white heather o Princess Louise broken by the bush at which the princes excites of Lorne lighted thei or BENGER.- . Georgia ejected a .asseijger ding with his coat off, t it was not polit to car. The 1 galit of ted in cour cspriou.- he Czar ssia arrived safe1r in apital on u.aturay. the Palac: \to the receiving al olv ion • d then hell a re¼liew ctivit ork ur- Ie. ¶he in q an - pe iod The re - 'word in ich went d an in - .in he ong the atherley the ift er fr m and he troth. IS PARNELL SUSPE DED.=Parrtlell was s spended ou Mo day in con equence of disregardieg the authority of the S meter. H p rs'sted in spe king of t a e po1itici ipr so ers' cases fter he ileaker hod a1je4 him_to ord r. SusPicioufJ10 CU!RRENCE.-A pack ge of dynamite a been discov red e - hi d the furnac s of the Hills de steel - w rks, Glasgow. It would b& insaf- fi knit to d et oy the whol wo4s. T 08 police are investigating th matter, b t it ie generally believed to io dyea- _ rn fie which is us d at the wo s, aed w 5 aooident11yj chopped there i ete,Dueuen ND WINNIPEG AILROAD. - he second in talment of si rveyiing in trumenbs f r he Duluth an. Winni- pe: Railroad bate been recei ed, and an surlier g party will 1),': organ- iz d at once. T iP party, to bi follow- ed as soon as Possible by a th rd, go into the ,fi°1(1, bout 150 mil es fr m D luth and Wor , it is thou d t, ea t - w rd. EARFUL erieu 'ITER.- The eavi st th eder sternfor years visited arb n - dale, Pa,., Friday afternoon. s. V n - was killed by lightning, ve er h s - ba I was knocked insensible,j an u - known man was dengerously 1 *njur dee an. 1 three others were seriousl hurt; on: is reported dead. A portid,i of the ca .ela of the car shops was " orn eff an. several reeidences damaged NFERNAL MACIEIINES ALARMING SHO o IlERS.- Thie shipment of 1 nfernal chines 'th England cona-derably tates the representatives of the Vino steamship lines at Ne» York r the poSsible shipment of d .nami their vessels. They say • ey a e rhising all the precautions i • the r ex. to avoid, similar possible ocouj 1 a IS eences, and the agents in charge of out- evard,bound freight to English ports ire watching all the packages, especially tliose shipped by strangers, that might oontain dynamite. Trz BEST YET. -There were 10,000 at the races at Belmont Park, Penn- eylvaeia, on the 28th ult., to witness the attempt of Maud. S. to beat her eecore of 2:10e. At the first trial Maud S. made a mile in 2:12 without a break. After, the second attempt she broke badly at the three-quarters, and finished in 2:1131. At the third attempt made the mare crossed the ene in 2:12e -the three' fastest consecutive heats ever trotted. Vanderbilt Was a spectator. Huron Notes. The new salt block at Brussels to be '90 by 122 feet, ar the pan, is be 22 by 100 feet. -the South Riding Shokv will held at Exeter, on day, October 3rd and -The amount levie assessment this year is dellar, being the eigh than last year. -Mr. Forrest, of the township Grey, had a grist giouiad from new f wheat at one of the rnillein Bruss last week. It makes splendid flour. -Messrs. Chrystal & Black, boil makers of Goderich, are putting in new pan for Mr. Joseph likdd at h salt works at Dublin. -Mr. T. S. Rudd, who has carried a mercantile business in Winghaan f some time, has rented a store in Du gannon, and intends removing to th village. Two men named Taylor, who li in West Wawanosh, 'near Nile, is Week bound ten acres Of fall wheat one day, and in five days they bound acres. • -Mr. A. Allison, of Gorrie, fell fro his buggy, a few days ago, while drivi to the station to meet a friend, and r ceived such injuries as will lay him u for a while. -Mr. Joseph Kidd is making a rangements for a branch of the Gran Trunk Railway to his works at Goide ich, and intends building another lar salt warehouse at his works soon. -Mr. Thomas Battens, an old res dent of Howick, died at the residen of his son in that township last wee at the advanced age of 80 years. Par lysis was the immediate cause of ddat -Mr. P. McPhillips, of Exeter, h sold his livery business and stock Mr. A McDonell, who intends adding number of new rigs and Emilia up thin generally. Mr. McPhillips has gone Manitoba. -Itis reported that the Rev. N thaniel Smith, formerly a Methodi minister stationed at Kippen, has joine the Episcopalians, and received an a Pointment at Highgate, in the county Kent. - -Mr. John Mason, Deputy Reeve Hullett, arrived home Joist Friday mor ing from Scotland, bringing with hi three fine stallions. He purchase them from a gentleman near Glasgow -Some evenings ago some parti broke into the Forelwich mill and sto three bags of flour which they pu through one of the windows, and . their haste to make off with their boot dropped one bag into the flume. -The ceremony of laying the corne stone of the Wingham Presbyteria Church tookiplace on Thursday. Sev eral local and foreign ininisters too part in the proceedings, whichwer very interesting. -Mt. L. ' Manning, son of Richar is to be of all els er a is 011 or 11- at ve St in 35 itt ng e- r - d. r- ge 08 a- h. BB to gs to a- st p. of of n- 111 es le Manning, Esq., of Exeter, leho is now P located in Manitoba, near Crystal City, has .90 acres under crop this season and expects to reap between 2,500 and 3,000 a bushels of grain. -Mr. H. Beamer, for some time op- erator at Exeter station, but who has recently been at Ingersoll, has been ap- 0 pointed station agent at Brussels. He a is highly spoken of as a thoroughly com- petent railway -man. -Mr. J. Carter, of Morris, is as good as a reaping machine. He cut five " acres of wheat in one day last week with a cradle. Perhaps - there were a 1 good many killed spots which did not need cutting, but could be skipped. -One day recently the eight year old s daughter of Mr. John McDonald, of i Porter's Hill, Goderich township, drove a a reaper and out in good order a Ctiln of acres of wheat. This was a ris ti business for one so young, but the team a was a good and a steady oue. -Wm. Armstrong, of Morris, near a Brussels, lost a valuable six year old s horse last Tuesday. The cause of his ti death can scarcely be accounted for. s Some suppose he was poisoned or bitten to by some insect or reptile. 1 -A. very wise man in Wingham, a few days ago, tried the experiment of t Walking on the water in the mill pond, and would have been drowned had he not been fished out by some men who were near by. He is now satisfied that he can't do it. a -Mr. Joseph Kidd met with rather a mishap the other day. He was inspect- ing a slide which had been erected on hicla to bring up logs from the Lake to his works at Goderich, when he lipped and fell, breaking one finger and ruising his face and shoulder. -The Howe truss bridge over the Maitland, on the Base Line, at Sum- inerhill, in the township of Hullett, is completed and presents a very fine appearance. Mr. Brace, of Wingham, had the contract. This bridge was erected at the expense of the county. 1 -We understand that Mr. Win. Dixon intends leaving Millburn and re- turning to Brucefield. Mr. Dixon's many friends in and about 13rucefield will be glad to welcome him back to that place once more. His successor at Millburn is to be Mr. Fred. Horton. ' -Mrs. Robert Coleman, of Tucker - smith, was somewhat injured a few days ago. While she was milking a onday end Tues- th. on the Exeter 11 mills on the h of a mill less find any clue to the donor. The letter, was dropped at S tford P. 0. but was few inches of the head of their infant rSinse.Yd is anxious to know who the sen e. not registered. -While Mr. an Mrs. Wm. Rookie, of Gorrie, were ta ing tea at the resi- deuce of Mr. Rooke, Sr., one evening lately, some young scamps of boys threw a large stone through the win- dow, breaking it and falling within a which was quietly sleeping in its drib. -As Mrs. Meerie of G-oderich town- ship, and a couple of children , were driving to Clinton i one day last Week, part of the harms* broke going ,down Pickard 's hill, near Holmesville, which resulted'in Mrs. Meers beipg thrown out and having at erm broken, which will lay her up for sem° tine. 1 -The pear blightj is cutting the pear trees down to the heart in end around Goderich. Scarcely an orchard is free from visitation. Tee twig blight on apple trees also prevails, and the young Island Greenings axe suffering most wood is sustaining great injury. Rhode severely from the latter cause. 1 -Mr. John Williams, who has car- ried on a private bank in Wroxeter for a year or moee, andiwho is well known throughout this couhty, he having beet one of the leading promoters cet the London, ' Huron and Bruce Railway some years ago, removed to Manitoba this week. We hope he will be one of the fortunates in th t country. -As Mr. Tlityde , of Colborne, was going to Auburn on the 24th ult., his horse shied at a w ggon on the road and capsized the b ggy over the em- bankment opposite the cheese factory, breaking one of th shafts and other- wise damaging th vehicle. The oc- cupants escaped With a few slight bruises. ; -Mr. W. J. 'Hunter, of Brussels, has a black Spanish hen which has a habit of laying eggs measuring seven and one eighth inches in circumference; five and a half inches in length, and weighing three and a half ounces. It would. not take many eggs of this size to make a square meal for an able bodied men, or woman either. -At the Chicago races last Week, the Goderiele trotting mare, Lucy,lwon the free for all pacer' race for a purse of $2.500, with $50 extra for the,win- ner of a better heat than 2.14 There were seven entries and her time was 2.161, 2.14, 2.18e, 2.18e, 2.18, 2.20e. She has also been entered for the: 2.30 races at Rochester and Buffalo. 1 -At a meeting of the inhabitants of the village of Cranbnook and vicinity to consider the advisability of procuring market scales, it wes decided to raise the necessary amount in shares at $4 each. The scales to be let out by auc- tion to the laighest bidder, and. the pro- fits accruiig therefeom to be divided annually among th shareholders ac- cording to their inve tment i . -Mr. Ardhie S ott, the Brtissels athlete, took six prizes at the Cale- donian games in Toronto last week. He took 1st in vauleing ; 2nd in run- ning high jump; 2n1 in running jump; 2nd. in run, hop, ste and jump; 3rd m tossing the caber an throwing the shot. The Globe speaks of him as the coming man. Archie won' disappoipt them either. , -Mr. John Gregory, of Wingham, has made a pretty good hit. About a year ago he purchased property in Win- nipeg, paying therefpr the sum of $2,- 200. Last week he sold this property o the Canada Pa ific Railway Syn- dicate for station an office grotmds for the sum of $14,000, ()Wising the snug rofit of n1,800. 311 . Gregory's visit to Winnipeg was a lucky one. -Mr. Daniel McKay returned to Goderich from the Nerthwest on Satur- ay morninglast. Hie was absent about wo months, and is perfectly satisfied ot to go back. Dining his stay he isited Emerson., Sel4irk, Winnipeg and ther points. He is pf the opinion that ny man who can get $1 a day in. On- ario is far better off than a man re- eiving $2.50 per diem in the North - est. -An old lady mimed Mrs. Splann ied last week at the advauced age of 07 yeers. She had been a resident of oderich for many Years. She was a emarkably active and vigorous portion. he completed knittipg a pair of stock- ngs just about a week before her death, nd walked nearly a Mile to church on he previous Sabbath. She was a na- ve of Ireland. Her husband died bout 25 years ago. -One day last week, a boy in Ethel, bout 10 years of age, annoyed at eeing his father spending so much me at the hotel, determined to put a top to his father's vieits, by setting fire the building. H ving gathered a hen. the proprietor 'happened to see arge bundle of shay' ngs in a suitable lace, he was just t aching a match im. He received a ecolding and was lowed to go. He shptild have set fire -. o e man. -The scribes of the Brussels Post nd the Goderich Signal are slinging oetry at each other. ' The Post says: The maidens of Goderich, I Ween Are ancient, high -cheek -boned and lean, They. affect giggles and curls, Thep stale Goderich girls, And yet not a bean's to be seen. He of the Signal replies: If that mendacious young Brussels scribe Comes hither, hisThealth to revive, He'll be set upon, quick, -By each girl, with a stick, And they'll leave him more dead than alive. -The following letter,the terms of which ca,nnot easily be nai understood, was picked up from the sidewalk in Exeter a few days ago, and is said to have been written by one ofthe fair daught- ers of that town: Eieter, April 24th. wigbetween you and me is at an end, J . The eegagement exist - and you are at perfect liberty to go with whom you desire, but irenaember I am not to be counted in that number. Yotir words are worth i nothing to me, for you have shown yourself as two- faced and deceitful as any person pos- p sibly could be. Yon said all you could w say against me to S---1- and all against y S- to me -at least enough to show w yourself in your trn character. So li after this keep your di tatice.-J. M. g -The Winghara Times of last week 8 says as follows of Rev, W. Davis, late 0 Rural Dean of Hurt)* Diocese: "In fe his eight years' incumbency of the 4 Rectorship of Wingham he has oxer- 137 cised with unflagging ardor every en- w deavor to benefit hie congregation 0 His zeal for the salvation. of souls is if amply borne testimony to by his own th flock, the other cler cl respective congregation as a citizen and a clerg period of his sojourn i ha* led a blameless an • t th old .6ow, a colt frightened the animal and it started off, knocking Mrs. Coleman over and slightly, but not seriously, in- juring her. -The South half of lot 30, conces- ision 11, East Wawanosh-, containing 100 acres, was sold at Chancery sale in Wingham, the other day, and was . pur- chased by Mr. John N. Greening for the sum. of $1,770. It must be a very oor farm or else it has been. sold very heap. -A short time ago Mr. Thomas neyd, of Goderich, received an enve- lope addressed to him through the post office, containing a nice little sum. of Money, but not a single word accdm- panied. the bills. Mr. Sneyd is in a quandary as to whii sent him the money o a,nonymously. He has made diligent Inquiry, but so fer has not been able to care,' regulatity and propriety. As peeaeher, he geed and energetic a* a eisitor to the members of his co gregation, exact and unremitting, an a an adviser, clear sighted and sag oi nsi In his new field, we sincere h pe that • his sincerity, aseiduty, an d voted attention to his tutored duti w11 he rewarded by an ample harves We wish hint every success, includi -h alth and longevity. 4 lawsuit growing out of a neglec to do!statute 'labor was held in Gorr la t week. fi appears that Mr. Joh D nley, pathmaster, had notified M Clark, cheese' maker, to do his wor which hesrefused to 0o, but when M Deplete/ took legal ,ste s to compel hi he sent a man to do the work. Ti man ,worked a shor time at the j gi en him by the pat imager and th le t it telling Mr. Cl k that it was a u rea onable place to ork in. As If Cl rk took no farth r steps towae. d iing his road work, Mi. Donley w coMpelled to take t e action again hi ,, which culminate a in the lawsui A the trial it 'was pro en that the wor s not objectionable, and after liste patiently to both ides, the magi tr te itnposed a fine of 1 and $5.85 cos U on the defendant, ho will still ha to do ehe road work. The Enterprise ve eoraectly remar s that this. de- ve opsionVone in a hundred arguments in fever of doing away with the present st tate labor system ntirely and sub- sti uting in its stead poll tax levy for ke ping highways in epair,-a system by which, it is a wel known fact, 750 wi do more than the wo days work as go erally put in. a they had raised sufficient feed for. horses before buying theme Cattle ee ne all kinds do remarkably well liere. Our d cows are getting fat, and giving good a- deal more milk than they us+tee. to eve ly in Ontario, and au the food they gee fl is what they pick up. The 'wild tares es said peas are two or three feet lege. L where there is any iicrub fo protect ngt tshor we .elanntd°11fotrtofriOenakdsitiniveSreat°fortlwlekareta ie think I never saw such fine land in -the n west as saw there. Not in smsji r. blocks but Mile0 and miles of beautiful k, rolling country, with here and there 1, bluff of poplar, and creeks every few m miles. We drove 40 milefi 'without iis en room here for gdoisgur s:leogutetshaain.sds. The general ob creeks with gravel bottoms. There is ds waded through Manitoba, mud for 150 as st whom i 1 e shhe i wantse Er. Winnipeg, and by the time he has wetting the tires of ourLerioegutnotnarinyyyingpelits:triletyt n eroigraait or land hunter gets off at t. th.e Assiniboine boat and get off at the k Indian MiBBi011 on the right hand tide n- as they go up and they might' shut s- their eyes and pick thousands of farms ts and not get bad one.. The settlers ve who are in there now are ell Scotch, direct from the old country or Quite diens. This place is only 20 miles from Rapid City, west,. After selecting tny lots' drove to Minnedosa getthem, but found that all the odd numbered fir railway sectiens were withdrawn from the market and will next be -open for sale at $2.50 per acre by the Syndicate as soon as they 111/Te their line running across the. Assiniboine, but the even nunabered sections are open for home- steading, and if any actual settler pre- fers an odd number section he tau squat and go on with his breaking and • From Rapi e. EDITOR -DEAR IR, -AB I hay ben a -little over two months in th co ntry and have got • own to biz wit th general run of thin s, etc, I though I ould drop yon fe lines to let yo kn w how this cou try and mor es ecially Rapid City are prosperin W all arrived safely with our stoc itt ood order on the 2 th of May, he in started on the 1 th, making th t ough trip to Rapi City, by boa fro Winnipeg, in two weeks and 071 da from Seaforth. e would hay m de it in five days le ca, ried eat his agree mied train right thr w ich when he got to afr el he would not m they hauled the whole the people with stoc to the laws of Min mist be unloaded once ao we were all run out stoek yards on Sat kept waiting until o'clock a. m. before with no hotel or place place was new and n charged what they pl fa collies were in Win for themselves. The a di not apply to any on were put in, whic an, fed regularly, but shi aped loose that coal wa erede Up to this far d well, but after th to he tender mercies o ap geared to take a sa see ng how hard they ca . In fact we had do n at one time from the jerking. The wea in I: anitoba had bee dry until we got there, rai s set-in and we ha fro.. the landing on th Ra id City, thirty nail our new home in rathe tio to say the best of i er nice and dry at bee for some time, wit thu der storm. The d some days going nee to 9 shade, but there is Mos whieh makes' the heat We Put in about 8 or e on shares with a man " breaking done. We barley and planted abo t half an acre of pota,toes, which are looking well. We have had good new otatoes at this wrieing. We put a win fence around the erops, which are locking well, only where they are eaten by Gophers, a small grey animal tha does a./ very great deal of harm to crops on new brealeing. We have ,als fenced in 20 acre e of th.e School Sect on which forme pare of this yillage, as to west side of the Village is built entir ly on it, and. , every person takes what he likes, fences it in, builds on it, dcc., and trusts to getti1ng it when it eome into market Of the 20 acres fence, in. we have broken about 15, all tha is fit to plough, as the rest is flats near he river. We have also broken a few hom sera to b for feed, conc of o City. h his right will be recognized 130 long as he ut etiAcklirs the land. .of Galt, with his fam. e ily and several well bred mares, one e Clear Grit ; also the trotting stallion, k (St. Joe) and 216 heifers and several v- bulls passed last week for Bow River, e where they have a ranche with &Wird t hundred more cattle and homes. M. e Geddes says his partner has been there 6 for three years, and their cattle do well d•enever need to be put in, althongh he • is providing buildings and cutting sev- f eral hundred tons of hay for fear of any s such calamity as happened to the if Colorado ranches last year. He also d says the better bred they are the bet - g ter they come out in spring as a general k thing. As WO are on the straight road 6, from east and west we see hundreds of e carts in trains going west and east load- ed with furs and taking back provisions n and freight of all kinds. Our bridge t, was carried off this spring and several e hundreds of carts were waiting at mice d to be ferried over, and the cattle ana horses were SWUM over in droves. Sone t scenes occurred there that would afford s a good deal of amusement to the in- s habitants of Seaforth. We have a3aege a band of Sioux Indians encamped on the k other side of the river, they live on a ✓ reserve down near the Anieriean lines, k but at present they are driven out with t water. ;They came over to the -city O last week for a "pow wow," asking n something to eat. I think all the dr - e cuees and side shows have ever -seen s was behind that Indian "pow --wow" for f originalityof dress,at all events. One tall g son of the forest had a few feathers in his hair, his face painted, and an old e shirt hung on loose with a breech cloth O made out of an old red jack.st. They beat drums, danced, chanted &c. When one lot was tired another party got up. _ They kept tolerable good. dine. They .., went round in a circle the Battle as the s parties who rised to give negro per- formances in Downey's hall did. When they quit some one would give them a little flour, or a loaf, or a 13i1306 of bacon, when ' they started again as fresh as ever. Mr. Editor, there is so much to tell I have forgotten what r started to write about in Rapid City, but I will wriee you shortly giving you a description Of,thlreocuirtsyt.raly, D. MeNerene. Notes from Norquay,,Manitoba. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. DEAR :-We are having beautiful weather here at present. By all ap- pearance the rein of this seasonis about over. The crops of all kinds are look- ing splendid -especially the wheat I think I never saw better spring wheat at this time of the season than what lies between here and Township 7, Raw° 12, west, a distance of 18 or:20 miles by the trail. *The root crops also look well, and there is great prospect of large yields this fall. The wild prairie hay crop ie plentiful, and the anxious and industrious settler is digging into it with all his Might at present -securing his share for next winter's feeding. We had a slight frost on July 9511, but it did not injure the beans nor potatoes. Some of the old settlers here after getting their patent or deed for their lands are now 1selling at a pretty good figure. One tqati named J.. Erie sold his hall faction for $2,000 cash. The land is inerea4ng in value very fast heie. The roads are very good at present. One, can drive over the prairie anywhere. Hien WATER. -The water in the As- einboine River has been .higher this summer than it was ever known before. The houses in Grand Valley had three feet of water in them, and owing to the sudden rising of the river two ferries were taken aveayethe -one at Smart's crossing and Tee at Hamiltoneacross- ipg. However," they were seen ey the officials onlionee of the boats and were tied up until the proprietors conld. get them. The cause of the high water is said to be heavY rains out west of here near Devil's Lake, -which eattsed the Lake to overflOw and etarted a channel to run into the river, and now the water of this Lake empties into the Assinboine, which it never done before. This will likely help the Northwest Transportation Company considerably, as they'will be able to run their boats much later in the season than they fornaerly could. OLD EBUIN.-1 As one of the naen em- ployed at MesOrs. Watts, Petch &Co.'s mills was on -13 way to the woods to cut some logs few days ago, he was met by a large brown bear quietly feeding by the side of the trail. man gave the elarm at the mill, when two or three of the men 'took after the bear with guns and Mies, but did not succeed in capturing DOMINI -ON DAY.-DOnliniOn Day ja Norquay was all that could he wished for, and a very pleasant time was spent in the way of /mining, jumping, putting the stone and severalother a es and s if Taylor ha ent- to run ugh, instead o t. Paul he wa ke good time rain, so he tol that, accordin esota, all- stoc in the 48 hour ve miles to th day night, an onday at to we could star to sleep, as th t finished, an ased, while our eg looking Oil ove regulation tock shipped a were watere only to Moo not be fed o oint our stoc t we were lef yard men wh age delight i uld shunt th ve or six horse the violence o er this sprin splendid and hen the Jun a very wet rid Assiniboine to a, and entered a damp condi , but the weath esent and ha an occasional ys are warm or 95 in the ly a nice breeze ore bearable acres of crop o had some wed oats aiad acres' of our stead near,the city but it is very by and full of oak oots and hard eak. I think natu e intended it stock farm', from t e amount of water and bluffs of n over it, and I ha usion after working en and a scrub plo on it, that the best thing the reater pert of it we h ve hired no help to i. wor besides hauling Istone kitchen to do for t If he weather keeps , from the landing you wi lots la the city, and prop up our buildings. I hav hard to keel) up for the out yoeaatrs, aasa hay iti cut and hauled, as they are very horse the first opport ity after the for t o yokes of oxen. I have still the best ors° left, and Thou ohhteaapMtoontraire ohnor.seIthweilolthaeorildayrayveroyt or cartadian a '13Itoh7sevesttarbaldeed off two of my horses year. After which we not een sitting round corn ence cutting hay thou h the hay land is theyi oertne c faernfonmthemo81. 25 t 0 $1.5 d as oats are twaotrkthawti,ta per bushel ou an me that your wo k costs Money henl done by horses, besides their abil ty to disease, and if you let them et p or_ and run down th y are almost tire to die the first wi ter, whereas, xen ve, work, and gro fat on the ed lone they can pie np, and will o m re breaking than h rses, especial - if tie ground is rough and rooty. I ou]4 advise parties co g here from nta io not to bring thei horses here they can sell them for a good. price ere, but if they are eap second - ass eood working horse bring them out and trade them for 0:011. A great many' men have told me they would have been a good many h tithed dollazs better off than they are if they had started with oxen and ke t them until timber she has O come to the with two yokes for a few days to do is to let emain, and -as do the above our goods up see we have ach. fine we will next week, al- ery wet this repose to get bought* seven se to build a e present and 68 0 II 18 •• C11 10 en and their m town. Both man during the la Wingham, he exeraplary life, performing the duties ef both with due tor v 1361n Brfo tbe Ont `162Bi. store a goo le S Balif loge eaeW - refl /31 the past 11- -. for would eeay wives Nall) JAV,OB toba- NOB 894beah.i-s rate 111 wel •J Eoni St, Nree4 :h11°77-18:eset11411 wh13:701011All late in hope -change ers in t] WhiCh engaget do bett, -Mr fitted. 14 packene ewe 1/1 1801i. (1 ty-fiVe -Th to the 1 nesdayl of Ellie riety being $; spendit tion wit who w - his you, eaid to numed , tf aBetutryashoredo seen ail 43Vening tveo pigt tm whie one dad thrown: potatoei and- the, them. funeral me fellow 11 belonge W43.8 in 1 wife in Stra as sixty mi planl to keep pensive be mad costing during t, -Mr. Argus, day jan the ooni rine 0118 tOV4 to Gode Sound. healthf -On trope s vicinit h.orses the pia letting first to The an perilou forirtee jured --.-Qu. certain other e hie:OW numbe was int panion conapan for the lady, w, visitor the fra ed. ---W eXalri3 t011 011 o a nab had. bee along t brake theta. 'the last them w of conr. ferent thrown catch t inches ecrarabl would i rible far a, brake grabbed the pia ear wi Se verai