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FIMIlla•••111.211a.
o broed, said re:.
three to extract it.
of Londesboro,
enitobas and Iikea
urchased 640 acres
out two of the
nag Ady and Rn
outthree thousEund,
b, Mr. Jae. HowsOri
ler power of naort-
ferty, iu McKillop,
irtg of 371 acres.
-Ae the lead is
y lit.tieimprove.
dered&fl unusually
body of Mr. Wle,,
- to Clinton ort is
Deceased was for-
derich, but recently
au. on the Canada
On Monday night
ig in the engine of
liscovered to be on.
,ng the top of elle
• made a mistep
cars, whichpassed
erribly niatilating
afe ancl child,
ui Wecluesday,
Young, who with
niiy has resided in
ey for a number of
eide by deliberate..ke. She had been
'rse only about five
E;band was inform -
1 been_ taken from
Lila lady was about
vas subject to fits
• Export.
stistics show the
ieese shipped frozri
eut ports. in Great
Lo July 30, le81,
1881 1880.
1(12,,23 182,170
28778 17,361
19,887 4,952
5,997 2,451
.....246,450 206,934
!:eneent of the pres-
total exports
xes,-- against 206, -
responding period
increase of 39..
shows the num-
ter ahipped from
.ent ports ha Great
o July 30, 1331,
1881 1889.
. 1 I,S1G 32,177
• 13,513 11,855
!.... 1,18e
7 197 107
3 took an excar-
retitle a few days
sving the comer
la-terien Church.
:Grath, the Liver -
en found bamity of
_and seetenced to
s latter for life,
:eel), years.
ies of petroleum
anover, Germany.
'e of Pieine yields
--, 20,000 gallons.
to a speculation
3 eeighborhood is
/00 art acre.
e of robbery ocs
during Saturday
uce of Mr. Wm.
treat. After, Mr.
on Senday morn -
users, which, on.
found iLi the hall -
Le steirs, with the
,s, two or three
'ea making further
at and vest at
irs, but his geld
, with some small
}eket, were miss-
y, other jewelry
id was left an.dis-
lor or window in.
unfastened in the
to the belief that
)y one of the in
sad accident oc-
iinith's Portage.
th of Longford
.sr. As Miss E.
liter of Mr. Sae.
who was spend. -
e, was walking.?
ove the portage
ped out of its
corning between
leg was badly
le, necessitating
elow the knee,
accessfully per -
has borne up
t present is do -
possibly be ex -
e_
have been raging
tie and Maniton-
spread to the
t loss to the set;
a Expositor of
eellowina pattion-
rought r'by bush,
1 Sandfield : The
a to have been
of Lake Minde-
is a list of the
ye, beeu able to
11 his hay, oats,
n4es, and soma
reline, nearly all
;Cranston, some
'erep ; B. Bock,
Wits of hay on
grain crop; T-
wegon, harness,
and part of his
res of wheat and.
f. Alexander, all
stables; Jamee
his fences, hay,
David Johneton,
all his feaces
arshall, most of
; Henry Bock,
,LI over 5 tons of
hi a fences and
and a lot of the
deuce Bay Rota
David Vanhorne,
d fences, stable,
uel George and
ast part of crop,
wagons, cutting
; MoKendrick is
at extent is not
nd John Ander-
David johns'
ere scorched, and
e greatest axe'
learn none of -
d.
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FOURTEENTH YEAR
WHOLE NUMB . /
SEAFOITH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1881.
GREAT BARGAINS
—IN—
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
Men's Suits worth $16 for
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THE GRAND
CLEARING SALE
—OF—
GENERAL DRY GOODS
A GREAT SUCCESS.
WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL
FIRST SEPTEMBER.
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE,
ONTARIO HOUSE,
OPPOSITE
MANSION HOTEL.
SMITE[& WEST.
GREAT ATTRACT IONS
—AT—
WM. CAMPBELL'S
CLOTHING HOUSE,
—IN—
FUR HATS,
FELT HATS,
DRESSED WHITE SHIRTS,
REGATTA SHIRTS—all prices,
READY-MADE SUITS.
ALL FIRST-CLASS GOODS.
COME AND SEE,
AND YOU WILL GET ARGAIN B
WM. CAMPBELL.
Campbell's Block, No 1, Seatorth
REMOVAL, REMOVAL
A. C. McDOUCALL & CO.,
MAIN STREET,
BEFORE REMOVING INTO
THEIR NEW STORE I
WILL SELL OFF THE. WHOLE OF THEIR
SUMMER STOCK AT
Wholesale Cost Price.
SALE TO COMMENCE THIS DAY
And Continue for One Month.
ALL GOODS SOLD FOR CASH
AT COST PRICE.,
Any buying at this Sale on time will be charge d
Ten Per Cent. Extra, but the Goods will be sold
at Wholesale Cost the same as to Cash Cus to m-
ere,
'NIS IS A GENUINE SALE,
And &awe ask is a Call to Compkre Prices with
any other Dry Goods House in Canada.
Factory Cotton by the Piece
At 6 cents, Old Price 8 and 9 cents per yard.
• A. G. McDOUGALL & Co.
MAIN STREET, SEAFOBTH.
Canada.' 1
"The silver gate of iiake Superior"
is the name bestoweid on Prince
Arthur's Lauding by Lox'd Lorne.
P
t
—Hon. Alexander ackeDZ10 and
Mrs. Mackenzie will sail for Canada on
the 20th inst. He is much imroved in
health.
—Moir, Son, & Co., bakers, Halifax,
have suspended payment. Their direct
at between
i
liabilities are estimate
375,000 and $100,000.
—The celebrated Scot ish singEr, D.
Kennedy, accompanied by three daugh-
ters and two sons has commeneed a
tour of the Dominion.
—Mr. Pearce, a shoe dealer from
Austin, Texas, has arrri ed in Lo don
to purchase "Longwool ucks," o ross
with "Merinos," on his o n farm. -
—There is in the gard n of lir. Ban-
natyue, in Winnipeg, a atch Of spring
wheat sown last fall. t hasjattainsd
a magnificent growth and is nearly
ripe.
—The Rev. Dr. McKa , the E'orinosa
missionary, is now in M nitoba. Last
Sunday forenoon he prea hed ib Knox's
church, Winnipeg, and i the afternoon
in Kildonan.
—A local dealer in 0 tawaihas con-
tracted with the St. La ranee and Ot-
tawa Railway for transp rtation of 800
carloads of coal from S ranton, Penn-
sylvania, to Ottawa.
—Hartmann, the New ork Nihilist,
has left that city and is supposed to
have come to Canada. e don't want
any such mischief brew r in our fair
Dominion. I
—Prof. Brown, of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, and 0 lonel Taylor,
Adjutant General of Mil tia, have Icon-
sented to act as judges of thoroughbred
cattle at the Dominion E hibition.
—Mrs. Mulick, of Toro to,th mother
of the Vice -Chancellor, as resented
the Senate of Toronto U i ivers ty with
the sum of $2,000 for th pn pose,,,, of
establishing a scholarshiplor classics.
• —Mr. W. C. Scott, of Sulliyan, has
a colt from a four year ol mere, born
on the 27th of April las which 'Meas-
ures as follows: 14 inc es aprose the
pins, 4 feet, 3 inches hig , and: built in
proportion.
—The lowest tenderer for the con-
struction of the }fleundati n of the new
Parliament House at tie ec is Mr. W.
Peton, whose price bout $13,000,
and the contract has ben awarded to
him.
—The Toronto Dairy
hereafter supply the eft
bottled in hermetically s
and delivered in a paper
guard against the chanc
tion.
—Rev. E. II. Dewart,
Christian Guardian, p
amil ton , is travellin
health. When last he
Was at Guernsey island, i
Channel.
—The heat in Quebec o
intense. The thermomet
900 in the shade and 108
As woman fainted in the at
a horse fell dead in St.
both overcome by the heat
—At Wimbledon, on
July, in the competition fo
Prizes, open to all come
Mitchell and Private Mite
with Remington rifles, ma
each, and won 22 apiece.
—Secretary Blaine teleg
Washington to Montreal
night to Consul -General
strawberries for President
a supplyavas sent forward
Rhodes' farm at Quebec.
—The notorious Jack S eeha
was tried for the murder f El
has become a violent lunatic in
Point Asylum. He refuses
kept strapped down., to,pre
juring himself or others.
—The woollen mills a
shops at Paris, which
power from the water of
River, are working on
_owing to scarcity of water.
has never been known BO lo
—There has been a, good
wheat at the Ontario M
G-uelph, this year. On th
crop of the Diehl variety gro
acre plot was threshed. Th
255 bushels -51 bushels to t
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rn
IT
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111
ompeny will
with milk,
aled bottles
'over, so as to
of aclulteraa
f the
d in
his
m he
nglish
ditor
blish
fo
rd fr
the ,
Friday was
r r gletered
in he sun.
eet cars and
ohn Street,
he 2n4 of
the rthur
s, Sergeant
ell, ellooting
e 49 points
aphed from
last ridity.
ian
Sh for
arfield, and
om doloael
i, whockett,
I
ongae
food; and is
ent him in -
d michine
erive their
the Grand
hort time,
The river
. ,
ield df fall
del Farm,
28th the
n ilia five
yi el WAS
0 acre.
in Galt on
00 nifdles
last week
ashington,
xpenment
39 needles
I i
ved al con-
-A short time ago a lady
opening a. pin cushion found
imprisoned inside. One day
Miss Martha Wakefield, of
Blenheim, tried a similar
and was rewarded by finding
of all sizes in her cushion.
—A Mr. Hdlnaes has rece
tract from the Syndicate for c
on an area of three hundre
land near Portage la Prairie,
This will make a pretty larg
He has got several mowers
gang of men at work.
—A company has just be
to run a direct line of prop
tween Montreal and Duln
known as the Northwester
Company. Three boats will
on the route immediatel an
additions made next seas
VI
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ttin
an
hay
es of
oba.
hay field..
nd a large
n formed
ller be -
h, to be
Express
e paced
fu .ther
•
•
—G. W. Weisberger, of "heeling,
Virginia, is anxious to r w a ace with
Jacob Gaudaur, of Orillia. G udatir is
willing, -end will row three, fo i r or five
miles, on Toronto Bay, for -00 or a
$1,000 a side, within a morith from the
present date, allowing $200for epeeses.
—Several horses have died t Ottawa
recently from a very peculiar, disease.
The cause of the disease is \ nkn' wn.
The animal is first taken wit vielent
pains in the abdomen, whi h com-
pletely prostrate him, and deat follows
after several hours of terrible onye
—The other Morning John Darnell,
who met with in accident on t e 1st of
June last at Robertsville, near ngeton,
through the explosion of a n while
he was in the act of firing it, mider-
went a surgical operation,1 w icb, al-
though painful, was. atteed d ith
once in weight, piece of iron, full3f '
good results. an
a portion of th brroh
0
:
Is
thisi
1 of e un, Was extracted from under
the eye It! had ran:milled embedded
t vo inches eep below the eye for Over
t ' o inot ths ,
little ,irl, daughter of Mif. Sar -
g f Rap d City, Manitoba, nij7steri
i app ared some deys ag , an
t yet been found. Her p rents
t rails distracted, and the worst
I
nt,
ojttsly
h s n
a. el n
f are r entertained.
h il
ev. Professor Tor ance,
pal of the WoOdstock Li erary
te, di don the 3rd inst. afl Bob'
n. The reverend gentleman had
ling fee a year past, and Tor a
e there was little hope of his
, Ftict
c yge
eu
l.ngtx
• COV I
—Th other day a young woman, ou
h r from Montreal to Ottawa, on
t e etba er Maude, had her drees set
o 1 fire hy a Spark from the smokedack.
Sae Wa saved from a terrible death by
toe captain and some fellow passengers,
w o tbre away her burning clothe.
—Mr. Robertson Young, fourth son
• the late Hon. John Young, did on
1`, co; a night after two day's illnees.
r. Yodog was for sonie time in the
B 'nk ofhlontreal head office, and re -
c ptl appointed to the accountautship
o the branch at Almonte, where he
d ed.
—Tha exportation 'of horses from
ontrea,l to tbe States for the past
fizcal e r shows a falling off in number,
a cmpared with the previous year,
bt a,r ilicrease in value; the number
b iu4 7 093 costing $683,110, as com-
p red w th 8 267, costing $670,657, for
1,80.L
hitle driving in the Exhibition
P rk u Guelph the other evening with
hi sile and child, Mr, George Mears
w s in, into by some young men who
re a ing, Upsetting his buggy and
br,eakijug his leg. Mrs. Mears was
seiverqy bruised. The child escaped
u•nh 1
Offer of 20c. on the dollar from
M ss . ;Secord st Nicholson, the Great
West° n' Railway contractors, to their
w rks en almost created a riot in Thor-
ol r. Secard was afraid for hie life.
T e en weee finally induced to accept
the ca le payment with a due bill for the
balan o.,
v, Mr. Lowry and family, after
a resi. e ce of nearly a quarter of a
cettijy u Brantford, left on W dues -
day q3rt1ing of last week for thei new
h Trento. Their dep rture
w s taessed by a large numb&r of
th riencls, Who, assembled at the
st tiu to say good-bye.
Tie business men of Kingston are
ci u theg a petition for signature prior
tog pres nted to the Postmaster -
G e 11 It asks for a reconsider tion
of regulation authorizinga4 in-
ce oil the postage on routine locu-
m passedj between lawyers, i sur -
an a en, and others.
thor ughbred Jersey City cow,
of St. Croix, owned by
ab, of St. John, N. B.,
$1,000, died from the
ng, a quantity of hard
ca
an
eff
br
lat
ha
ye
re
2,4
fa
ab
wo
v7a
go
an
in
he
ly
Ga
it
thr
qu
ran
ha
ter
difi
int
tio
ho
Th
str
nea
ani
a fe
last
No
lea
bar
hor
eta
Th
a w
be
t i
as
e4;
n0 0
n
Pride
Vaug
ued a
of eat
The osv took first prize at the
hibitioin, and has always been
13;1 successful wherever exhibited.
•e tnunter of Canadian veterans
bk part, in the war of 1812-15 that
6en paid a bounty so far this
11006. They are given $25 each.
years ago there were 3,024 who
ed $20 each, and two years ago
he ;lumber is being reduced
w'll be seen by the figures given
ewly 1 arrived EnglishInan
lat Hay's factory in Toronto
ne a eticking machine and for-
e
ot the knives. The machine
,poo -evolutions in a minute,
knife flew out and buried itself
Orkimi,n's cheek. It was thought
dad, li:ut he recovered sufficient- c
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{ McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
Wrecked. The engineer held to his
post, and was taken out seriously but
not fatally injured, all other train hands
escaping. It is reported that the en-
gineer is to blame. This is the third i
'engine that has tumbled over the em-
bankment at this place.
—Duncan McEachen has :secured a
location in the Nepigon Channel, from
by whieh he expects to derive a fortune
eupplying all parts of the country with
an exceedingly handsome variety of
brownstone, suitable for residences.
The article is said to be of the very
fitounesstinquthalie quality. d.There are millions of
•
—One of the steadiest, most respect-
able of the drivers in the employment
�f the Toronto Street Railway Company
*as some years ago a Jesuit priest
well known in England and Ireland.
He says that a late conductor was
formerly a Dominican friar and in se -
red orders. Neither has left the Ro•
Man conamunion. Each is unmarried
nd a total abstainer from fermented
1 quors.
--The other morning about one
'clock an oil well at Sarnia took a sad -
en spurt at the depth of 560 feet. The
il flowed about sixty feet in the air,
bove the whole derrick, and the flow
1 ted about six hours, driving the men
from their work, but finally toiled
own so that the pumps could. be put
. The driller estimated the well at
twenty-five barrels per day.
—Mr. Vennor prediets now that we
may expect a great change in the
eather about the time the new comet
i in its perihelion, when it will be also
fearest the earth. This will occur
.n the 20th of the present
o onth. Durin this week (15th
to 20th) iustead of being burnt up,
s many expect. I think we shall be
•early frozen by frosts and strong, cold,
ortherly winds.
—Three Cornwall gentlemen, Messrs.
. W. Liddel, Donald McDonell and A.
. Ross, have leased for a period of 21
ears the three islands in the River St.
Lawrepce, about four miles east of
Cornwall and known as The Three
Sisters." Mr. McDonell takes the
northern, or largest, Mr. Liddell the
elouthern, and- next in size, and Mr.
Ross the centre one. They intend
fixing them up for their own private
80.
—On Saturday morning as the ex-
ess train on the Northern Railway
as crossing Yonge Street, about a mile
uth of Aurora, a young man named
amuel Alexander attempted to cross
e track in a butcher cart in front of
e train. The locomotive struck the
rt, crushing it to pieces, throwing the
young man out, and killing him
instant-
Hon. T. M. Gibbs, of Oshawa; ex -
Alderman McGee, Holt, Lees, and
Blackstock, of Toronto. One hundred
and fifty thousand dollars of the capital
stock has already been subscribed. It
will require 150 hands to perform the
work when the refiner is in running
order, and as it will be run day and
night a double staff of employees will
be required.
—The ravages of diphtheria in some
parts of NewBrunswick,areillustrated by
the case of the Niel family at Oak Point,
Northumberland county. A boy of the
family about raven years pld died of the
disease, after which a daughter, a young
woman of twenty-five years, also took it
and died. Then Terenee, the eldest
son, one of the ablest men of the parish,
aged about thirty years, died, i while the
only remaining daughter is at the point
of death. The only r maining son,
the disease.
e by sprrow,
ady, and it is
.
eek a young
Snell, while in bathing gotout
named
doo jofahrn,
and becoming tired gave up and was
drowned. Mr. Willie Carter sseam to
him, and caught hold of him befbre he
4
went down, but his (Carter's) b thing
suit becoming tangled with his et he
was forced to let go and save hinaself.
Young Snell was abopt seventeen
years old, and acted as 'clerk in the
Imperial Bank. He was the eldest
son of the Baptist minieter at Port
Colborne, who is at present hi Da-
kota.
— Mrs. Scott, who left Port Elgin
about four months ago to join her hus-
band at Winnipeg, returned last week
by steamer to Port Elgin in very poor
health. She had been ailing before her
departure from Winnipeg, but during
the passage back got rapidly worse, so
much so as to necessitate her rennoval
while landing from the steamer in the
arms of some of the passengers. 1 Her
decease took place on Sunday morning,
aged 22. She was the daughter Of the
late Mr. Eastwood, Division Court
Clerk, and is the fifth member of that
family who has passed away -during the
last two or three years.
— A man named Forbes, a meciianie,
who had been in Toronto about two
weeks, informed his wife that he was
going to the States in search of eraploy-
meat. The wife packed up their effects
in accordance with his wish, and they,
s together with their children, proceeded
to the Union station the following
t afteruoon. On arriving there the hus-
t band, under a pretext of getting tickets
c for the party, left them standing on the
y platform, but failed to return, and the
le. The horse escaped without a poor woman realised the ifact that she
scratch. ,was deserted by her husband, who had
—The death by drowning is annoanc- left for Detroit by the p. m. train.
i
ed of Mr. Thomas McKenzie, son of Her baggage had been s "pped to her
enneth McKenzie, Esq., of Portage la father-in-law's home at Bolton, where
rairie, Manitoba. The young man the unfortunate woman proceeded.
as engaged in buying and driving —For a genuine specimen of a good
c ttle from the American side into
Manitoba, and had with him at the
thale of the aceident a large herd of cat-
tiband some horses. He was drowned
w ile crossing Missoula Ferry, Mon-
t81,12—aThe Rev. James Robertson, late
pastor of Knox Church, Winnipeg, was
i ducted on the 26th July as Superin-
t ndent of Presbyterian Missious in
anitoba and the Northwest. He was
esented with several addresses and a
rse of $632 by the congregation. The
dies presented him with a costly gold
ain. The congregation of Knox
urch will now consider the advise-
ity of selling their present expensive
ifice and with the proceeds building
two new churches.
—The St. Thomas Gun Club has se-
ured a fine trophy for competition. It
o sists of a large silver water pitcher,
out eighteen inches high, two goblets
and glop bowl, together with a magnifi-
cent salver. The articles are beautiful
4n design and perfect in workmanship.
The chasing on each of the articles is a
grand specimen of the silversmith's art.
The trophy cost $70, and will require to
be won three consecutive times in
order to become the property of any
cotn—p*etsiatodr.
drowning accident occurred
.__
Thurso on Friday evening by which
es Daisy Bate, daughter of H. N.
tei of Ottawa, lost her life. She was
m ron's daughters, and venturing out
hitpg in company with two of Mr.
fer, got suddenly beyond her depth.
•e body was recovered in a short time,
d every effort made to resuscitate
S ap from sharing the fate of her
, ut without avail. One of Mr.
a ron's daughters had a narrow
°e-ilairpii°tiliable scene came under the
bseryation of the passers-by in Hamil-
on, the other day. On John Street
°Ali a respectably dressed woman
ea seen in an almost helpless condi-
&oh of intoxication, her two daughters,
he elder only about nine years of age,
David, is also. down wit
The poor mother, °vertu)
has also taken the mu
feared she will not survi
—On Thursday last
man, of Port Colborne,
'
moved.
wate in the Grand River at a
wer t the present time than
n fo several years. Two or
s Could drain it without
th' it thirst. The heavy
oint to the north of us must
gen merely local in their cherac-
1 they have made no appreciable
eite c in the water in the river.
TT eat laet week in Toronto was
nss nd several cases of prostra-
e repotted to the police. None,
hadl serious results. On
rs ey two herses, one on Gerrard
et est, an another on Queen street
alrliame t, were stinstruck. The
:ptlrEiithaef ast mentioned street died
o Mr. Chas. Parks, near
er it fell to the ground.
ing a ender storm on Friday
8011
Ugust , was riding a horse and
eothe from the field to the
th lightning struck the
vas iding and killed it in -
The other escaped uninjured.
oy was knocked -senseless for
, but gr dually recovered.
Wil iams' large cheese and
actoryf at Farmersville was
oe the 3rd inst. About one
cheeso were destroyed. Con -
1 f th machinery was saved.
t4nj lost, it being all stored in a
tiding forty feet •west of the
he 4re is supposed to have,
the r of from the smoke -stack
ine.
turday afernoon as an eleven
s n of Robert Porter, of Pus-
driYing a load of barley to
e slipped and fell off the load,
es loo e on the wagon. The n
came rightened and ran away, i
acr pass ng over tba boy. It was
' exanaination that niS ribs
brOien anal ortished into the lungs.
about half an hour after the t
occurred.
t 30 last Saturday morning an 1
witch at Brampton Station, t
d ten c
a cattle
he Origin°
ge,
't of a
of
4
10
bbutirtlieer
hunt
side
N
sma
fact ry
caught iia
of t e
—On
year old
lincl , vy
the arn
whi h ks
hors
the
foan
wer
He
acci en
a
1
in
Mi
ba
to
an
he
avin • hold of her hands, and a little
o3r p • shing a small carriage in front.
ihe f:11 heavily upon her face, and it
ae lo OA pitiable to see the children
ryine to raise her to her feet. The
o Tian was taken to her residence by
ome 1 cq Joshua
Winn,
nces.
.h
a farmer living
e r tee village of Hawksville, in the
ount of Waterloo, met with an acci-
e t on Saturday last of a very serious
atur He was assisting in drawing
gr: • , and was in the act of getting
oWn Off the mow, when it is supposed
e became dizzy and fell to the floor, a
istan e of nine feet, his head striking
he en of the hub of the wagon fractur-
ieg th skull just behind the eye. He
a ta en up insensible and since that
me has suffered from concussion of
e br in, and his recovery at last ac-
e nht;cwomaspdaonuybthfualsbeen formed in
.
_a
orpn o with a capital of $20o,00p for
e purpose of manufacturing grape
a ar and syrups. Among the share -
era: are Messrs. Stryker, of Buffalo;
open
cans
Rail
and
ban
of th b
the len
Bot
81of the Grand Trunk t
rain to leave the track
tP pitch down an em -
rt 25 feet at the verge
&land with the pilot in
Ain street sidewalk.
ine nd tender were badly h
husband Lower' Town, Ottawa, comes
to the front. This model husband has
not been known to do a hand's turn for
the last ten years, living on the hard
earnings of his loving wife, who takes
in sewing in order to support herself,
child and indolent sponee. She is
obliged to do his washing and buy his
clothes, and every morning she has his
boots shining for him when he gets out
of bed. She is obliged to help him put
on his garnients, which ' she always
keeps scrupulously clean for him. This
model wife is possessed of ;more heart
than brains, or she would I have made
her home too hot for him long ago.
—A charge of skimming and milk
watering having been preferred against
Mr. Benson Baldwin, one of the pat-
rons of a cheese factory in London
township, a meeting of the Board of
Directors was called for the purpoee of
holding an inveStigation. Mr. Baldwin
was present and acknowledged the
truth of the charge, when the Board
decided that he should forfeit his entire
month's milk (4,024 lbs.), said milk to
go to the benefit of the other patrons.
Mr. Baldwin signed an agreement to
this effect, when the matter was
settled.
—Last Sunday, as the collection
plate was passed around in Knox
Church, Ingersoll, a lady who had
placed her donation in the little enve-
lope supplied for that purpose, put her
hand in her pocket and put on the
plate what she supposed to be the en-
velope, but on her arrival home she
discovered that instead. of putting the
envelope on the plate she had put on a
prescription for sleeping powders which
she had received the previous day, and
which concluded as follows :—"Divide
in ten powders and take one every four
hours. The patriarch who passed
around the plate has not yet solved the
mystery.
—An exchange says: It seems the
farmers are growing the wrong kind of
wool. The statement is Made that
750,000 pounds of Canadian long stapled
wool is at the present momentunsaleable.
There is no demand for such class of
wool. The manufacturers want a finer
fibred and shorter stapled wool. The
country wants other breeds than Cots-
wolds or Leicesters. The Southdown
and Shropshire Down will 'give better
mutton and finer and higher priced
wool, or a cross of the native'sheep with
one or the other of these will improve
the quality of both flesh and. fleece,
and thus put money in the farmer's
pockets.
—The will of the late Joseph Mackay
bequeaths $130,000 currency to his niece,
Miss Henrietta Gordon, and $130,000 to
other relatives, and some $63,000 to dif-
ferent charitable societies. The Home
Missions of the Presbyterian; Church in
Canada, Foreign Missions of the said
Church, and Montreal Presbyterian
College, towards endowing a chili;
getting $10,000 each. The French
Evangelization Society of the Presby-
terian Church gets $30,000; the French
Canadian Missionary Society, $1,000;
Waldensian Mission, $1,000; Preeby-
-
terian College, Manitoba, $1,000; to as-
sist ch4rch building in Manitoba,
$1,000; Foreign Missions, Free Church
of Scotland, $2,000.
—An accident and heavy loss by fire
occurred at Rend Eau har or on Mr.
James Buchanan's place onl Saturday,
July 30th. Amos Anger leered 30
acres of land for Mr. Bucllianan and
was to have the first crop—and a good
one he had of fall wheat. Phat morn-
ing he Oonamenced threshi g and had
only about 100 bushels thr shed when
they were called to dinner. All hands
left, takipg the teams and hat wheat
was threshed and leaving o person in
charge ; 1 and it is said that t es, left the
fire scre n open. But be hat as it
may, when they had di ner taken,
some party saw the fire, nd by the
time the rnen could reach it the stacks
of wheat and machine were enveloped
in flamieS. Loss about 50 bushels of
wheat, Mr. Anger Rumble' machine,
separatOr and part of- the the riving belt,
Mr. Buehanan's wagon an rack and
several 1ags, pitchforks, etc,
—A s4idow lady just COMO to live in
Torontol was waited upon the other
eveningby two respectably -dressed
workmeF , as she thought,' who repre-
muting themselves to be Sent by the
landlord, began to examine the front
door lock which was tionieWhat out of
repair. Her suspicions being aroused
by the way in which they set to work,
she slipped out by the ba4k way and
brought in her neighbor' son, who
took stock of the strangers He saw
through their little gamei One pre-
tended to be fixing the 1o4 while the
other was taking an impre sion of the
key in wax. The young fellow stepped
forward to seize him, but n fortunately
tripping distuebed the m ii by the
noise. Seeing they were iscovered,
they took to their heels an vanished,
leaving behind them their w x and the
front door key.
—Twenty-eight years ago little girl,
Annie Halliday, six years of age, whose
parents reside at Chute's cove, Nova
Scotia, was missing, and sot4ae 300 men
turned out to look for her, b t she was
not found, to the great. grief of her par-
ents, and after all hope ha4 died out
her funeral sermon was pr ached. A
few days ago word was s nt to the
family that Annie was ali e and was
livipg With some Indian fa ilies with-
in a few miles of her for er home.
Two of her brothers probee ed to the
place, and found their long lost sister
the wife of a young Indian, nd mother
of two children. She went with them
to the old homestead, which she recog-
nized, and told how she wa stolen by
Indians. She refuses to orsake her
Indian husbarel, and her jarents are
troubled how to act to get h4 to remain
with them.
—An Ottawa young marl has gone
through an unpleasant ordeal at Mur-
ray Bay, where he has bee enjoying
his summer vacation. It eems that
some nights ago his room a the hotel
where he was staying was neereznon-
iously vieited shortly after idnight by
some perties who were disg ised, and,
s, he was
ducked in
an extent
o get over
ath. The
does not
e affair;
it is quite
an in the
to have
f the em -
may have
qualities
hose city
in one of
despite his strenuous effor
taken out of the place and
an adjacent pond to such
that it took him swipe time
the effects of the 'forced
letter bearing the intelligent)
give full particulars of t
but from what is written
evident that there was a wo
case. The ducking is sai
been administered by some
ployees Of the hotel, who
been jealous of the captivatin
of the Ottawa young man,
occupation is that of a teache
the publie schools.
—Mr. James Matthews,ja farmer
living near Wiarton, Bruce oniaty, ar-
rived in Toronto the othe morning
direct from British Columbi , whither
he has been to view the court ry. Mr.
Matthew a left his home on t e 26th of
May, and [arrived in Victoria tine 13th.
His observations extended ifor some
distance in from the coast. 1 On the
mainland in most of the loc lities ar-
able land is to be found in any uantities,
and also to some extent on ancouver
and acrose the lines in Washi gton and
Idaho territories. Mr. Matt ews' ob-
ject was tie secure a farm in some local-
ity giving promise of good aricuitural
advantage, and the result of 1is search
is that he intends returning, with his
family an4 locating in British' olumbia
as soon as, he can make the ' ecebeary
arrangem nts. He is well p1esedwith
that porti n of the country w thin easy
ere it far
th of the
distance oi the coast, and pre
to the American territories so
line.
—A farmer named McBride residing
near the village of Manotic, in the Ot-
tawa district, ieft his home on Tuesday
of last week for the purpose lof trans-
acting some business at the above vil-
lage. When night came there were no
signs of hie returning. No fn they at-
tention was paid to the matt r, as his
family thoUght, as had often appened
before, that he had met some • uaint-
awes at the village and ,wa enjoying
himself. Next morning came but still
there was no appearance of th missing
man. His family becoming s spicious
about his absence, made en uiries at
the village concerning him, en they
were infotmed that he had left for
home on the nignt previous. diligent
search wag immediately instit ted, but
no tidings could be ascertain. d of his
whereabouts until a few d s after-
wards when the body of the nfortun-
ate man was found floating in , the Rid-
eau River, near the Long Island dam.
—Mr. Wn . Elliott, one of th pioneer
i
residents o the township of ijwnfries,
(
Waterloo ounty, died at his esidence
near Galt on Monday of last week.
He was 76 years of age. The deceased
gentleman came to Canada in lithe year
1838, and settled down at once on the
fine property, then a wiIderies, where
be died. 1 Of the same in ustrious
spirit as characterized the ; Scottish
emigrants, who were the pioneers of
i
1
Dumfriesehe soon established a -com-
fortable home, whieh has 811100 grown
into the beautiful homestead where so
many of the last years of his life were
spent. About II years after settling in
Dumfries, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were
severely tried by the death in one week
of six of their children, through a visita-
tion of scarlet fever. In 1869 Mr. El-
liott very suddenly lost his faithful part-
ner in life, Mrs. Elliott retiring at night
in health and being found quite dead.
the following morning. There are now
living of the family, Mr. James Elliott,
merchant, Hamilton; Mr. Andrew
Elliott, hying on the homestead, and
Mrs. Andrew Telfer, of South Dumfries.
Deceased was an earnest, Christian
map, and long a leading member of the
United Presbyterian Church.
—A correspondent who attended the
Buffalo races last week writes as fol-
lows of the Canadian horses that were
competing there. He says It might
be as well to draw attention here to
the very favorable positions the Can-
- adian bred horses have occupied in the
meeting so far. There were only four
—Flora F, Amber, Luoy, and Tariff,
and they succeeded in placing to their
credits two firsts and two seconds, and
yet some croakers say we canna breed
horses in Canada to amount to any-
thing. This will discount for an aver-
erage in actual tests of speed in almost
any State in the Union. There was
another horse from Canada, Byron
Cole, but he did not start. Clear Grit
and Tippo stock panned out well, I tell
you, and the Canadian horsemen here
are proud of it. Amber won his race
with the greatest ease, and in the 2:34
class, if Eureka had been out, Tariff
could have shown his heels to the other
entries easier than the winner did to
him. Tariff was bred in the vicinity of
Cobourg, and was developed by Bob.
Reed, the well-known driver, after
whom he was originally named.
—Last Saturday evening as a train
was going west from Hamilton and near
the top of Copetown grade, a tall, fine
looking young man named Andrews
was thrown under the train Ana had
the top of his head taken off by the
wheels. Deceased was about 20 years
of age, a cigar -maker, late of Rochester,
and had a ticket from Hamilton to
London. The news agent, who was
close to Andrews, accounts for the acci-
dent as follows: Anderson, it appears,
was playing or fooling on the platform
of one of the coaches and was giving
specimens of hie dexterity by swinging
from the step. of 'one coach to the ether.
This was acconaplished by holding the
railing or guard firmly and then by a
muscular effort of the arms swing
across the opening from one step to
the other. The unfortunate youth either
rnieeed the step or else Ms foot caught,
and with a wild yell he disappeared.
beneath the train, which was going at a
conaiderable speed at the time. When
taken up the top of his head, together
with all his brains, were ground up anti
scattered along the track. The news
agent says he has seen many an acci-
dent, but never before witnessed a sight
so horrible.
—Cecil Cook, who has been passing
himself off as a captain in the army,
Was arrested in. Quebec, a few days ago
for obtaining money and other
valuables under false pretences.
He arrived in Quebec in com-
pany with a woman who passed for his
wife. He managed to get into the con-
fidence of some of the leading citizens,
one of whom invited him to dine, and
subsequently to remain at the house
over night. Cook -purchased various
articles in town, which he had sent to
him at his friend's residence, consisting
chiefly of clothing .from Morgan &Co.'s,
amounting to $106,and a g tin and ammu-
nition from Shaw & Co. for over $80.
It being after bank hours he requested
Mr. Shaw to oblige him with $20 in
cash, which he included in a check on
the Bank of Montreal. In the evening
Shaw se Co. discovered that the cheque
was valueless, and caused the ELIT434 of
Cook. Several Montreal pawn -tickets
were found upon him for articles pledged
in that city, and shortly after a couple
of Montreal constables arrived in Que-
bec with warrants for his arrest. The
woman who aecompanied him disap-
peared.
—The residents of the village of
Chippewa, on the Niagara River, were
startled at dusk the other evening by
hearing loud cries for help from the
river, which was covered with an i131 --
penetrable fog. It was soon learned
that John Lehman and his son and
John Greenwood, all residents of that
village, who had rowed over to the
American side in the morning, had at-
tempted to return at dusk, starting
from Port Day, about a mile above the
Falls, but they had been overtaken by
a sudden land fog coming upon them
as they were nearing the Canada shore.
Losing their course they were swiftly
nearing the rapids and were being car-
ried to destruction through the rushing
waters. The town bell was rung..
Some parties fired guns. No other ef-
forts under the circumstances could
be made to save the unfortunate men,
and those who had gathered on the
shore from hearing their cries stood
stricken with terror, knowing the
fearful death awaiting the occupants of
the boat. Greenwood., seeing his dan-
gerous position, let go his anchor. It,
fortunately, took hold of the rocks, and
he was saved. He kept shouting for
help at intervals all night, and the next
morning was found riding safely at
anchor. The Lehmans having me
anchor in their boat, clrfted down with
the rapids, shriekings frantically for
help. Almost by a miiracle the current
swept them against a projecting point,
near the Burning Springs, and they
were saved. They returned as quickly
as possible to Chippewa, secured aid
and waited until daybreak, and witk
great difficulty and daring rescued their
comrade.
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