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sip through Manito-
est. He is accosts-
7homits, Messrs. D,
Scott and J. Liva
1, and t.
of Dublin, haa
in a trip to the
orts seeing several
n different parts of
seem to be doing
iem will- ha-
Ithel, Funar,
hive of bees from
wing, after winter -
honey. From thia
since taken four
a Harris must una
a farmer lost, while
sO containing $5.
Powell found the
writteu notice of
:n the post office,
:lied it to the own -
apt to become
_ a
ars Notes.
for Argenteuil took
F, and tile pOnilig
Weduesda3r. Mr.
,ed by Dr. Christie.
3-eneral and his
0 la Prairie yes -
,0 Winnipeg. where
, formal reception.
dved by the last
utlenaan in Quebec,
accionaId iniormed
ss rapidly gaining
11 named Halle,
s in Arnprior, was
,10 endeavoring to
sad. He was about
;ray on the Main
reshed 800 bushels
Educt of 20 acres.
ood farmer as well
d Filiatrault, who
iv an accident in
vie's flour mill at
1 an action againat
amages.
ne, of the Military
Las presented 350
dwar y of the late
Theological Hall,
ay rate of interest
vestments and to
11 'University will
irte this year by
Chancellor, ex -
led to the friends
hundred and fifty
flake up for the
aysicians are said.
the continuance
. and if no change
Lee within twenty -
tions will be that
not omove the
:he wound is dis-
q the new open-
ritatiou does not
k eery serious.
aeired at Ottawa
Ialand on Sa.tur-
sed improvement
Hon. James C.
ine and Fisheries-.
ent of his illinesa
'whatever. and is
g to enjoy daily
Merit Canadians
mined their ma-
:ali Army, are
A. Cameron,
Hon. J. Hill -
apt. Vincent R.
he 16th Bedford -
of the 17th, or
hire. Both were
- boys.
. Thomas Patrick
ago on the llth
wnship. Deceas-
sxtraordinary age
e last 60 years
l4 of the township
g been one of the
dmost any num.-
ll be had to con-
rer final resting
lost of honor was(
ra.ndsone, -all fine
.f Nelson town -
Las just cut a
threshed out 10
e has not-finish-
lculates that he
bushels in all.
is in one day of
ThoLUA8 Widsoni
ushels off seven -
n average of
e acre. Hwas
r to make roona
'est of his crop-
ment to Ontario
d of even,.‘Ia.ni-
_Railway Land
ea in Winnipeg.
ride are notified
ars of their o0 -
Company will
se of a week or
r the purpose of
sitherto public
th a rebate of
Ir certain condi-
de public. Ape
inarderation 50 -
receipt. The
the present
on the maini
as sections in
asseusi or possi-
auda that may
- purposes, as
coal la,ads.
--power thereon.
, of StrathroY•
at can be done
round. He haa
quarts of straw -
raspberries,
• half acres and
rter acre of land.
remainder of &
realized nearly
` fruits of diffes-
-sibly more than
radred acre farna
lint Mr. Walker
ener, and does
erica' in expeota-
trawbeaiies and
‘im 10 cents s
he coat of picks
acre arid three'
keit% was extra
are and attea-
FOURTEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 715.
GREAT BARGAINS
—IN --
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
men's Suits worth $16 for $12
it _ cc cc 15 " 11 50
ft It it 14 cc 11
cc cc " 12 cc 10
tt CC tt 10 CI 8
8 et 6
THE GRAND
CLEARING SALE
—OF—
GENERAL DRY GOODS
A GREA.T SUCCESS.
WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL
FIRST SEPTEMBER.
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE,
ONTARIO HOUSE,
OPPOSITE
MANSION HOTEL.
SMITH & WEST.
GREAT ATTRACTIONS
—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 AR.GAIN S
WM. CAMPBELL.
Campbell's Block, No I, Seaforth
REMOVAL; REMOVAL
A. C. MONICALL & CO.,
MAIN TREET,
S E.A_T" f II,
BEFORE REMOVING INTO
THEIR NEW STORE I
WILL SELL OFF THE WHOLE OF THEIR
SUMMER STOCK AT
1
Wholesale Cost Price.
SALE TO COMAIENCE THIS DAY
And Oontinue for One Month:
ALL GOODS SOLD FOR OASH
AT COST PRICE.,
Any buying at this Sale on time will be charged
Isu Per Cent. Extra, bat the Goode will be sold
a Wholesale Cost the same as to Cash Cas to ni-
ers,
1
Tills IS A GENUINE SALE,
Aild all we ask is a Call to ComF
arlY other Dry Goode House in Canada.
v.re Prices with
i
. I
-flactory Cotton by the Piece
At 6 emits, Old Price 8 and 9 cents per yard.
A. G. MCDOUGALL& Co.
hum STBZET, SEAFORTH.
A COLORADO JO
II.—THE COCHRTO
The town of Saguache is
about a thousand people.
if it were placed in a cor
two mountain ranges, and i so sitna,te
with regard to several mountain passe
that a considerable portien o th
travel to the Gunnison and San Juan
regions must pass through it. ring
the past winter the Coch tope ass,
between Saguache and G unison was
the only mode of entratice o exit rom
the Gunnison countryrall the ther
panes being closed by snow. here
are a number of good stores and ome
neat private dwellin, and altog ther
Saguache looks as if - it might he a
pleasant place to live in no ,withstend-
ing the trouble a man' woul be ' to
accustom himself to the combinati n of
letters which makes up its o thogra hy.
It is expected the Deny r an Rio
Grande Railway will pass t roug this
coming fall, but this is no reg ded
with much exultation by th the eo-
ple. The moment a railwa real3hes a
town, good-bye all trade fro fr i ht:
era, stages and wagon road tr vel.
Railroads are regarded in the mountain
towns as necessary evils, whOla hi vit-
ably come to kill good times and high
prices. There is a newspap r to?, the
Saguache Chronicle, a pate t outaide
arrangement, which yet bo sts of tea
editor and an assistant eor, whose,
names are conspicuously posted in dif-
ferent parts of the paper. As the ori-
ginal matter is limited to atonS a
column, tne editors must have a g
time and plenty of leisure to o fishi
Still the Chronicle must be prospe 0
as it is comfortably located in a S
stone office and has a etes.m re
Evidently the proprietor believe '
that maxim of the trade cvlaich
"It don't pay to give a nonpareil p
to a small pica town."
The country about Saguache is
of the best farming regions I have se
in Colorado. It is a little too high lin
cold for corn, but wheat, oats and be
ley yield good 'returns. Potatoes a
grown here largely and are a profi ab
crop, as it is only in a few places a •• e
the mountains where they can be ea
ed. More or less hay is also grow
all the ranches. Perhaps I should e
plain we have no cultivated hay of n
acconet. It is extremely doubtf
clover or timothy could be grown
cessfully. Consequently, we are
pendent for hay on the natural gra es.
There is s,bundance of water for ir
tion. The surrounding mines furni
ready market for all that can be gr
at good prices, and the farmers
prosperous beyond the average of t se
calling in the West. While inside h
fences, where there is water for ir
tion, it looks fresh and green wit • on
on the prairie it is a desert where sin
can hardly find a green blade of g as
The great drouth has not yet aroke
the neighborhood of Saguac e. he
told me it was two years nd e h
months since they bed had a rain o
any account, and the country loo.e
like it. Nearly all the cattle had •ee
removed, only a few remaining taloa t
the ranches and within the enelosur a.
Leaving Saguache we take the Co he
tope road, a dusty, much trave le
highway, leading across the Coohet
Mountains and thence to Gunni
City. There are numerou frei
RN1Y.
E.
a plaCe of
It elooks a
er betiwee
SEA.FORTI-11, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1881.
timtla are very cheap and suit the
coutit#y admirably. There must be a
great and growing demand for wagons
in the North est, and now, while the
tariff is in t eir favor, Ontario menu-
Jacturers sho ld endeavor to get the
run Of' the tr 'de. If not, Americans
willIst p in, t riff or no tariff, and the
Bain, chuttl t and Studebaker wagons
will ' be as familiar on the Assiniboine
and Saskatchewan as they are on the
Arkansas. 1
1
There are in Migrants on the road,
too, as well a freighters. These are
all facing west ard, seeking homes in
some of the z49nntain valleys, or ex-
pecting to ma e money in the mining
camps. Some have the appearance of
being Well fixe '
mules and hi,
pointmants; ce
S011ioi3 have co
and OiSSOUri
the rOad. One
came from Ark
his wife, two s
.A11. ate provide
bedding,and ca
side. i Most of
inquiSitive, and
ly comdannicati
give a s etch of
with ph ir anti
and in eturn d mend quite a variet
persona information. There are
travelers on foot, some of them ca
ing tLei blankets, others provided
donkey to carry their baggage
are a independ nt set of fellows. Ali
provi io s. Th se are prospectors
men ee ing wo k at the mines. T
ere have a little money,
, having good wagons,
rses and camping ap-
hers are just the reverse. -
o from Eastern Kansas
ad have been weeks on
, old gentleman said he
nsas ; he had with hina
ns and -two daughters.
with provisions and
p at night by the road
he travellers are very
itt the same time equal -
e. They are ready to
their whole past career
ipations for the future,
alsoyof
rry-
with
1,
91
ood of t
ng- whet et "fixed' er "broke," rather than
1;189 take 1 W wages, they will tramp to the
ew , end o the worl
88. whacIj
in lazy o
Ys. ville
er villa
and Whose strings lie far below.
and *** * * *
heY,_ s3nutiatickti34 never rest and they never tire,
in rivers, in bays they flow,
08ti Till they reach their father, the world-wide sea,
but And are oat in the water's etem4y.
* * *
Some to he near Pacifle rush
By the olden Gate of a mighty land,
And so through forests' and prairies' lush
Wind sl ly onward, till, warm and bland,
•
The win comes up from a southern strand,
And the join the mighty and rneasured flow
Of theiss -Like Gulf of Mexico.
A. M.
Thompson, Gananoque, Ont., p... c."
Of curse, an enterprising people like
theiCanadiana are to be found every-
wh r
Ben a
Gunn
Dako
the ,lo
ble to, prefer their solid inducemeuts to
the, ore glittering prospects of the
r4
ore
regions. Some one, probably a
toter ing prodigal, was moved to write
the folowing warning, which has a
spice f humor as well as pathos in it:
"ioting man, turn back while your money lasts,
or, like me, you'll turn back ere long dead broke."
Ope
, and nO doubt they had repre-
ives who took their part in the
son "boom," but Manitoba and
a will be found more profitable in
g run; and Canadians are sensi-
young man drops into poetry
and qnotes the following to express his
feelings, but I suspect he was home-
sick aad only whistling to keep his
(tour e up :
H re's a sigh for those who love me -
11
re s a smile for those who hate,
An whatever "trail" above me,
re's a heart for any fate."
A little further and we are at the
sumpait. We stand on the great divide,.
On one hand the water runs to the At-
lantioaon the other to the Pacific.
Here ia a fit place for the indulgence of
sentiment, but being very barren of that
article myself, like my friend above, I
drop i to poetry, and I am glad I hap-
pen to have some lines at hand which
are ne and appropriate ;
"Where olorado's mighty hills
Uplift t pir crests of snow.
There le p to life a thousand rills
, One of them, wh
g along a very obstinate
key, tel a me he is from Le
is goin to Lake City. "Le
ot what ishe used to be,
says. h,Lead ille was the daisy; th
ne never w s anot er camp likeLeadvil
en there e er will ! be another like
d agin I' !But stil he thinks Leadvill
r- yet th best min ng town in the St
re .ida* from li- , there is an imme
le outpt4ot minera from the mines in
ng vicini ydbut they have got things do
B. to a b siness bit;ss, and are manag
on them n a quiet,. methodical way.
x- shOrt, L Ovine le more like a stem
y , going a tern manufacturing city, th
if : like t e wild, ri tons mining camp
Wall thtreo years o.
e- i The ranches b the way have
i ore or less acco modations for tray
a- ers. They sell bread, milk, butt
a 1 raina1n. hay. he prices Charged
n i lway Ligh and teadily increase as
O 1 et fur er west. It is interesting
ir ote tltte decreasi g purchasing power
e money. East of ,Saguache a twen
a- five cetntpiece ould procure a goo
t sized 1 af, but wi h each day's progr
e the Ioalf diminish s, until beyond Gu
s. nison i is hardly bigger than a biscui
n Other hings are , in proportion. T
y ranch eh seem to have prospered
t this so tiof traffic, for they have WM
f ly com (*table houses. and their plac
d are en lased by good fences. One
n the ne test placea along the way, wi
n en ext nsive meadow adjoining, is ow
ed by n old Englishman, who is know
- mong his neighbors as the "Major
d young man I presumed to be t
O Major' son rode along the road wi
n me for ome distance. He was a fin
t looking young fellow, with the unmi
g takabl air and speech of a gentlema
s Re tol the he had lived there eig
They raised hay and kept ca
t -years.
- tile. H Y had been a very profitab
s crop, b t now the railways were corn
' Mg in, e expected they WOuld soo
t have n other way of disposing of
than to feed it to beef cattle. The
had los but a snatl percentage of the
eattle i that neig borhood last *hate
but the e were only small herds kep
11 the large herd had been moved ou
s veral oars ago. The prices for ca
tie wer good. T ey could get $30 fo
any sor of an ani al that would do fo
beef ; a few years ago they could no
get over $20. He hought that, in th
mounta ns at least, there -would soon b
no large herds; people would only kee
what t ey could feed through th
vi'Antteire.rig
th we leave the river an
ranches 1 behind, and turn more directl
to the Cochetope range. It is a ver
loW range, compared with those stir
'gin of a little strzam which has it
rotmdin it, but here it forms the con
tinental divide. We ascend the mar
sonrce at the su e mit of the pass
There ate no rano. es here s the narrow
bottom has not • :en _thought worth
taking up. Soon 'he ravine narrow
til it be omes a ca. yon, the steep side
ri e almest perpeial order on each side
an we enter the Clichetope Pass. This
pa s is o e of the f w that are free to
pa senge a. The oad was made in
early ti •• ea by the overnment and is
still call -di the Go ernment road, but
whether the Gove nment still holds
suPervisi a over it nd hence no one
ha a been a owed t put a toll upon it,
or pther ie, I don't know. Two or
three mulea up the pass we reach the
"Stimini House," where there is a
grobery b aring the legend, "The Last
Chance," ptobably ai hint to passers-by
that here is the last chance for liquid
refreshm aat before Crossing the divide.
o is
and
ad-
ad-
' he
ere
le ;
.
Canada.
her oman named- Whitlow, now. in
e Hastm s county gaol, has been commit -
ate. ted 86 Imes.
nse —T classes for students at the On -
the tario V tennary College begin on the
wn 26th ofOctober.
ing —Mr. J. Potter, of Albion, last week
In out ten acres of fall wheat in five hours,
dy- with a axwell machine.
'. Wm. Sutton, a former Lon -
as killed by lightning the other
day ne r Brandon, Manitoba.
all —Th Greenock Agricultural Society
el- are to hold their exhibition at Pinker.
er, ton on Friday, 23rd September.
are —NeW steel rails are being laid on
we the traek of the Toronto, Grey and
to Bruce Railway as far as Arthur.
of —Messrs. Cant, Gourley SS Company,
ty- of Galt, have finally decided to men-
d- mono() the manufacture of bicycles.
ess —Mn Christie, of Brant, delivered
n- a Gaslie, speech at a social given recent -
t. ly in aid of the Baptist Church,- Walk -
he erton.,
by —The, Credit Valley Railway will
al- shortly have trains running over that
es road to , St. Thomas, its western ter_ d
of minus. Ca
th —FrOm the St. Marys Collegiate t
ra- stitute, eleven pupils passed the recent p
reatric ation examination in Toronto a
h.e" Iflivmeres:otry.
Fraser, Collector of Cus- th
th toms at River Ouelle, has been appoint- w
Al
an —M
it doner,
:
teams on the road, those going up bed*
heavily loaded, -while the returning one
are empty. They are carrying frei
from the end of the railway to Gnri
Hen, about 120 miles. Freighting
said to be "played out" and "dead fl
and the reason given is "too many a
it." But that is the chronic ondit-on
of freighting. I never knew a ti
when it was a reliable and steady b
nes& Notwithstanding the hard tiff
some of the freighters have fine tea s.
Among the best are some of Isix nd
eight mules, with trail wagons that is,
two wagons, one hitched behind he
other. The males are splendid a a-
.
mals of fifteen to sixteen hand. T •ey
go along with ears flopping, in swi gs-
mg walk, not seeming to realize ther
a load behind them. Ai good eam
this kind will haul from twelv to if
teen thousand pounds. The dri
rides the near pole mule an dri
with a "jerk line," another line passi
to the rear and controlling the brak a.
The "jerk line" is a single ram attach d
to the bit of the near lead male, a al
the whole team is guided by this sin4o
line. Of course, it requites both ,a
driver and a lead mule who andersta
their business, but these being grant a,
the "jerk line" is as safe and a, gre t
deal more convenient than a rein
each animal would be. The drivers a e
very skilful, and they have need to 0,
as the mountain roads are diffidult a d
often dangerous. One of them poas
to me that he had turned an eight.=
team with trail wagon in C.aestn t
street, Leadville, and I did not dou t
his word, although the mules and wa
ons could not begin to stand er sswi
in the width of the street.
The wagons are factory made, as a e
all the wagons used in the West. He
let me digress to say a word, wise
otherwise, on the subject of wagons, f
the benefit of Ontario manufacturer.
Why does not some firm or cornpan
with sufficient capital go into the ma
nfacture of wagons for the Canadia
Northwest? Nine -tenths of the w
ons used west of the Mississippi a
from the factories of Bain, Schnttle
or Studebaker, respectively of KOosk
Chicago and Great Bend. These wag
0I1El are shipped by the car load' fro
the manufactories to agents In all th
towns of the West, and one piece neve
sees another till they are put togethe
by the agent. They are of various size
from a light farm wagon to a heav
freight, and are sold in Colorado a
$90 to 8110, with bows and cover com
pieta. These wagons will perhaps no
equal those of shop make for durabil
ity, but they last with good care A lon
tvheeling a barrow with bricks, p
cipitated a distance of 28 feet to a h
floor, sustaining severe injuries, but
n o_w Arecovering.ccordingta
o the recently publis
voters' lists the township of Woolw
contains 1;025 ; the township of
e- the river Chaudiere on their return.
The river was high from the heavy rains,
is and when they were in the middle of
the stream they found their vehicle
floating, and being thrown out by the
current both were drowned.
:ea -Messrs. W. G. Edmiston and D.
K. Fair, of South Blenheim, bound
after the Maxwell reaper, in Oats, 1,190
sheaves in two hours and thirty min-
utes, and these boys could have naade
1,300 if they had been on time ; either
of them can bind his 10 sheaves in a
minute. They offer to bind with any
two men in the Dominion for $50 a
side.
—In Winnipeg, real estate still con-
tinues "booming." Regardipg late
ttansactione the Free Press says that
two lots on the corner of Main and St.
n, Mary's streets were sold on the 9th
of for $25,000, being $250 per foot front-
al age, by the Hudson's Bay Company;
oe faonodt.the Turner property, oppoaite the
customs house, was sold at $180 per
n —Miss F. E. Carroll, daughter of the
o- late Rev. J. Carroll, of Gananoque,
✓ who obtained the first place in the sec-
ond class honors in mathematics, a
e first class in history and geography, and
e passed in the other subjects for metric-
s illation at the recent university exami-
n nations, has been appointed. on the
staff of the Bishop Strachan school.
a, —Walter F. Chappell, M. B., UM-
& versity of Toronto, and a graduate of
Trinity Medical School, aed son of Mr.
1 Robert Chappell, Thorold, passed his
examination at the Royal College of
8 Surgeons, London, England, on July
, 20th, with flying colors. He was
✓ ond. ont of a, list of 214 candid
✓ which speaks highly for his att
g ments.
—The body of the missing yo
, lady, Miss Dolly Thornton, of Ha
O ton, whose mysterious disappeara
On the 27th June last created such
unwonted sensation, was found on
llth inst., floating in the lake n
Beamsville, by two meh named Bon
ner and Fleming. The remains w
O identified by Miss Stewart and Mee
Murray and Turner, of Hamilton.
—Col. William Brearley, after a 1
and eventful life, succunabecl to t
ays' illness, at his residence on the
roof Line Road, just outside the
minds of London,on Monday, afternoon.
eysas born in New -inn Hill, Stafford -
o hire, England, in 1791, and was conse-
quently in his ninetieth year. He re-
embered with great vividness the
attle of Waterloo -and many important
outs in the modern history of Great
ritain and the world generally.
—Mr. Thomas Woodside, for many
ars manager af the old city bank of
ontreal, in Toronto, and also the
ginal promoter of the Royal Cana-
dian Bank, died of paralysis on
day, the 7th inst., at his residen
Lake View, Kansas. He leaves a
and three daughters, one matnarri
one the widow of the late Mr. Jo
Michie, and the third the wife of
Rev. Alex. Campbell, of Selkirk, Ma
toba.
—On Friday last about two carloads
a of Indians from the Sarnia Italian Re -
ss serve left by the Great Western for
n Southampton, to take part in a camp
meeting with the Indians of the Sett-
le geen Reserve. Rev. Mr. Milligan and
Chief John Sumner were in charge of
t the party, which comprised Indians
flaws and papooses, dreased out
liday attire. The cars were attach
London to the train on the 1Jortdo
ron and Bruce, the route being
way of Wingliam and Palmerston to
Southampton.
—Mr. Gandet, chief factor of the
Hudson Bay Company at Fort Good
Hope, Northwest Territories, in writing
to a gentleman at Ottawa, says that
the weather during the past winter was
unusually severe. On the 3rd of Feb-
ruary the thermometer registered 61
degrees below zero. The leiter con-
taining this information was mailed on
the 10th of February, and only reached
Ottawa on the let of August, being
nearly six months on the way. In De-
cember the warmeat day was 31 de-
grees below zero, and the coldest 59.
In January the minimum was 23 de-
grees (which the chief calls mild), and
the maximum 50 degrees below.
—Messrs. Woods, Crerar, Lewis and
Cummings, of Birtle ; Ross and Mc-
Donald, of Rossburn ; Clenient and
McDougall, of Shoal Lake; Major Boni -
ton, of Shell River, and R.Nelson,town-
ship 17,r.25,were nominated to represent
Birtle Electoral Division in the Local
Legislature at a meeting held in Birtle
on Tuesday, 26th ult.,MaRobert Nelson
being chairman and Mr. J. H, Woods,
secretary. The various settlements,
such as Shell River, Rossburn, Shoal
Lake, North and South Oak River, and
Tupper Town were well represented,
some of those present having come a
distance of from forty to fifty miles.
—The Toronto Evening Nes says:
Mr. T. G. Robinson, a former Canadian,
but for some years past a resident of
Cincinnati, is at present in Toronto on
a visit to his friends. Mr. Robinson
was born in that city, but went to the
United States at an early age, and re-
sided mainly in Cincinnati where he
acquired considerable wealth. When
the war broke out between the North
and South he enlisted in the 83rd Ohio
Inlantry, and served through three
ears of the hardest fighting during the
War. He served under both Gtant and
herman, and was present at the fall of
icksburg. His father-in-law, who
erved in the 2nd Ohio Cavahy, was
killed at Shenandoah, and Ittr Robin -
on himself was several_times severely
ounded in other battles. He ex-
resses himself as astonished with the
rogrese Toronto has made during his
bsence.
—The Manitoba Mountaineer (Nel-
nville) has the following': Mr. Jas.
ke, cousin to our much respected
former townsman, Dr. Rooker arrived,
ere from Carroll City, Iowa, on Tues -
y. Mr. Rooke,acoompanied by his fam-
ed
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mot 959, and the town ef Water, oo
391 voters.
—St. Thomas beat Londen at rifle
shooting on the llth inst. gix men on
a aide shot at 200, 500, and 600 yards.
The total scores were, London 360, St.
Thomas 369.
—Robert Soott, a laborera was found
dead at Brampton MondaY morning.
He was struck by lightning, likely
early Saturday morning. His face Waa
perfectly black, and his boot a burst and
torn off.'
-- Rev. G. George, of Hamilt
has been appointed to the pastorate
the Metropolitan Methodist' Episco
Church at Ottawa, as succesSor to t
President of Alma College.
—James Gilmore, a painter, w
formerly lived in Toronto, was r
over by a train and killed or the
ronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, ne
Weston, one day last week.
--The Harriston Tribune eays T
flax crop now being harvested is t
most satisfactory both as roger
quality and straw that has ever be
grown in that neighborhood.
—The Rev. B. F. Austin, of Otta
has been appointed Principal of Al
College, St. Thomas, a new instituti
erected by the Methodist Episcop
Church. The building cost $30,000.
—Mr. Wm. Baker, of Ayr, h
bought a number of lots in 0.edburg
which formerly belonged to the Pip
estate. It is probable that Mr. Bak
intends using these lots for buildi
purposes.
—The annual picnic of Wellingto
Grey and Bruce employees will ta
place at Palmerston op. August 27ti.
One of the Walkerton bands will e
engaged to furnish music for the occa-
sion, ,
—Superintendent Atwater, of the
Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and La
Erie Railway, says it is the intention
the Company to have that road opene
to Chesley on or about the lst of Se
tember.
—Mr. R. C. Read, of Chatham, has p
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ates,
ain- mp Meeting has
been inaugurated this year with - the
ung most promising prospect of success. At
mil- the opening on Saturday evening the
nee attendance was larger than. at the cor-
an responding service for several years
the past. Proceedings were commenced.
ear and directed by Rev. W. S. Griffin.
gh- The opening sermon was delivered by
ere Rev. Jail, Masson, of Niagara,. an old
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ars. time camp service follower, in which
the President, Noah Phelps, of St.
ong Catharines, and several ministers and
hree laymen heartily participated.
—Mr. Myron Auies, of the Paris
Plains, who died latey at the ripe age
of 73, was descended from the linited
Empire Loyalists, his father having
taken an active part in the battle of
Lundy's Lane and Queensten Heights.
The family came to this country from
the States in 1804, aad in 1820 removed
to South Dumfries, Settling on the farm
owned by L. Sovereign, Esq, At the
age of 22 deceased ptirchased the farm,
near Paris, upon whiCh he ended his
days. Mr. Ames was widely known
and respected as a kind husband and
un- father and an obliging neighbor.
ce, —Shortly after tw o'clock on Satur-
wife day morning, No. 4 Eastern Expreas
ed, on the Grand Trunk an into a cow on
hn the track near Prescott, and the engine
the and forward. oars were hurled from the
ni- track. Engineer Hovaarth was instant-
ly killed. He died at the post of duty.
When his dead body was found his
hand was on the lever. Two express
messengers were senously, but it is
hoped not fatally, hurt. By a miracle
none of the passenger a were injured ex-
cept to the extent of a few scratches
and bruises. The only book found on
his body was a copy of the New Testa -
in ment.
ed —The Oakville Express says that a
n, shocking tragedy occurred on the Mid -
by dle Road in Trafalgar :on Tuesday last,
resulting in the death Of John F. Fryer,
the eldest son of a respectable farmer
near Bronte station. The young man
left home a few months ago, and re-
turned on the 9th lust. Aixiiing at
his father's barn he drank a strong
poison which he brought with him.
After a short time he entered his home,
and related the fact, and Dna Buck and
MoCrimnion were instantly summoned,
but notwithstanding all their skill and
care the unfortunate young man expired
after fourteen hours of l extreme suffer-
ing.
--Leo Hartmann, the Rusaian revo-
lutionist, was the chief -conspirator in -,
the attempt to blow up the train onss
which the late Czar i of Russia was
travelling. Hartmann fled to Paris,
then to Geneva, and lately came to
America. A week ago he mune to
Hamilton from Buffalo. He stopped
at Henderson's Station, Hotel till -tt day
or two ago, when he left, sayang he was
going by boat to Toronto, which he did
not do, but 'amply changed his board-
ing house. Hartmann keeps his room
rather closely, and a friend goes to the
post office and the telegraph office ; he
himself is kept pretty busy writing and.
answering communications. He is One
of the committee of the extreme wing
of the Nihilists who murdered the late
Czar, and keeps his son, the present
Emperor, in a state of terror. His ob-
ject in America is ostensibly to make
known the aims of the Nihilists, and
to raise money to forward their object.
IfcLEAN BRCS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in. Advance.
ily of wife and seven children, made the
entire trip of 546 ' es by mule team,and
milli
reports having acco plished the jour-
ney very satisfacto ly, the party enjoy-
ing throughout the best of health.
Coming through Minnesota, they found
immense tracts of land under water,
and a great many Settlers leaving for
Manitoba and elsewhere in consequence
of the damaging floods. A number of
old neighbors in Iovsa are also looking
hitherwards. Mr. 'R' ooke brought along
with him a number of fine heifers and
a thoroughbred shorthorn bull. He is
delighted with the agricultural pros-
pects here, and proposes to settle in
4-10. We almost forgot to mention
that accompanying the caravan was one
of those much abused animals, a don-
key, the fag ever imported into
this section—perhaps the first in the
Province. .
—The veteran harvester of the town-
ship of Blenheim is Mr. Andrew Laid-
law, of the 4th concession, three nailes
south of Drambo. A day or two ago
his eightieth birthday found him on the
field and keeping up his end with the
best of them. We venture to say few
in Canada can repeat such a record.
Well done the old generation!
—The lighthouse keeper at Bird
Rocks, near the Maiadalen .Islands, his
son, and an assistant were killed on
Saturday by the fog gun exploding a
barrel of gunpowder.
—The Georgian Bay Lumber Com-
ashene was entirely
the afternoon of
I was one of the
an lia.y country,
apacity of half a
pany's mill at Waub
consumed by fire on
the 14th. This mi
largest in the Geor
and had a cutting
million feet per day.
—The Grimsby C
accepted the position of general mana-
ger of the Canada business of the Sout
Bend Plow Company, of Indiana. T
Company is about establishing a suppl
depot at London.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Bairdsof Hain- b
ilton, have returned from a lengthened ev
tour to the old country. Mrs. Baird ia B
a niece of the late Thomas Carlyle, and
she has brought home some interesting ye
relics of the "Sage of Chelsea.!
- —The Customs returns for the month ori
ending July, 1881, show that tit
amount of duties collected in Manitob
was $49,322.03, and for the correspond
ing month last year $28,775.55, bein
an increase in favor of this year o
$20,546.48.
a—One of Ingersoll's oldest residents
led last week in the person of R. H
troll, in the 63rd year of his age. I
he heyday of his life Mr. Carroll was
rominent public man in local affai
nd occupied many positions of trust i
O town.
—Thomas Godfrey, of Fergus, whi
orkiiag on the Credit Valley track nea
ton, on the morning of Tuesday las
was struck by a locomotive and severel sq
njured internally. He was brought ho
ome, but died in the afternoon. _ at
—On Tuesday evening a spark Ha
from a passing engine on the Gran
Junction Railway ignited the larg
frame dwelling of Mr. Jos. Lynch
Douro street, Ashburnham, and burned
it to the ground, with a portion of the
contents and the stables and ontbuild-
ings.
—The Waterloo County Teachers'
Association will hold its neat semi-
annual meeting in Berlin, on the 9th
and 10th of September, when among
other subjects that of "Climatology"
will be discussed by the oelebrated
Moses Oates (J. G. Mowat.)
—Two young gentlemen, Messrs.
Taylor and Leslie, left London, nt.,
on the 1st of August for Detroit., They
paddled their own canoe all the way
and had a delightful time. The start-
ed with their canoes from the Rich-
mond street wharf and arrived in De-
troit on the 9th.
e- ed Vice -Consul of Sweden and Nor4ay
s- at that toort. \
n. —Mr., Hugh Miller, Toronto, ha
ht been elected President of the Ontari
t- Collegell of Pharmacy, and Mr. G.
le Hodgetts, Toronto, Secretary.
- —The heating apparatus of the Otte,-
il
n• wa Parlament buildings is being re -
it newed. Twenty new heaters have been
y placed ia the corridors.
ir —Rev -r Terence Anderson, a Roman
r, Catholic priest from Dublin, arrived at
t. the Rossin House, Toronto, on Thtirs-
t day of last week. 1
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—The new church in Walkerton for
the Disciples of Christ will cost about
$1,600, and will be completed by about
the 20th of next month.
—Mr. C «soros Cockburn, near Drum.
bo, had '60 bushels of Clawson wheat
16 acres. Mr. Rush threshed
e King of the West.
field of Michigan Amber
rown on Mr. Robert Fair's
nheim, an forty bushels per
autiful clean wheat.
county Of Wellington, by the
•8, has how a population of
against 63,289 in 1871, an in-
crease in ten years of 10,284.
—Dr. *son, Superintendent of Ed-
ucation, eft Halifax for Rimonski, on
Thursday of last week, en route for
Europe, o attend the great Methodist
Co—nferen tie.
Ahd
of tramps attempted to
plunder the freight sheds at Prescott,
on Friths last, but were driven to the
woods by officials assisted by the pas-
sen—gersr:
MJ. Servos, sheriff's officer of
Hamilto , is at present lying sick at his
brother's esidence in Niagara, having
ked with paralysis the other
P growno
e it with t
—One
u wheat,
Y Bl
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—The
late cens
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All thr ugh the pass, but especially
as we ne r the summit, the trees bear
the imp eas of hundreds of wanes
carved.0'- the bark, the smooth soft
surface of the quaking asps offering an
inviting eld for the exercise of the
penknife. iSome have simply, carved
their initi ls, others !have left their fall
naMes an !addresses, while yet others
haVe scra ed the bark off the dead
pines and have contributed sentiment
as ttrell as autographs to this album of
the road. ;The majority of the ad-
dresses ah * the writerto hail from
the old stern States, Missouri and
Ohio bein in the majority, but nearly
every eta is represeitted. I saw but
one name rom Canada, that of "G. T. _ on
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—The
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Lncknow Caledonian games
place on Wednesday, Sep-
th, and at Brussels on the
ing. There will be a grand
atheri
—Dr. viocfctexrheecilian)sl.a"te
Methodist
minister at Leslieville, near Toronto,
wa.s one o'" those confirmed at Grace
Church, , 'lm street, by the Bishop of
Toronto o Sunday last. -
—Ship ents from the Hematite
mine, says the North Hastings Re-
view, tak place daily, but consider-
able diffie ty is experienced in getting
it shipped from Belleville.
—The ev. A. Wilson has accepted
the call t ndered himbythe congrega-
tions of Markdale and Flesherton
where he, has been doing missionary
work for three itunimers.
—A 1a4 I named Wm. Blue, working
at the w nen mills being erected by
Messrs. G tilt Brothers of Campbell-
ford,ednesday lav;t, was, while
.s
,
,
—Mr. Gordon Hunter, who car ed
off the Prince of Wales' and 2nd p ofi-
oiency scholarship at the matriculation
examination in the University, is
a son of Principal Hunter, late of the
Blind Institute, Brantford. He ia a
promising young man and gives evidence
of careful training.
—The Sarnia Observer says The
steamers ot the northwest Tranapo ta-
tion Company have been crowded ev ry
trip during the past month with ca in
passengers, the rush from the inte 'or,
caused no doubt by the unusually iot
weather, being largely accountable or
the increased demand for peasages to
Lake Superior.
—Brant Township Board of Heath
have passed resolutions making yam a -
tion compulsory in that townshin and
appointing Thos. McLennan, James
Lookie, J. C. Eckford, James Brocel-
bank and Isaac Wright, vaccinatol.s.
This is generally considered a move in
the right direction, as it is the seco d
time that this municipality has been
invaded by small -pox.
—At a late meeting of the Executive
Council of the Manitoba Historical and
Scientific Society, it was resolved th,t
the thanks of the society be presen
to Lawrence Clarke, Esq., of IFo t
Carlton, for the donation of a sk1et4n
of a musk ox, also a skin of the (tame.
Donations from various contributars to
the ornithological department were also
acknowledged.
—On Wednesday two young m n
named Thibaudeau and Gagne, pf St.
Francois de la Beauce, Quebec's we
drowned; It seems they had been pur-
chasing goods, and undertook to eroas
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—The following is an abstract of the
new game law passed by the Ontario
Legislature at its last mission : None of
the animals or birds hereinafter men-
tioned shall be hunted taken or killed
within the period hereafter limited. 1.
Deer, elk, moose, reindeer or cariboo,
between the 14th day of December and
the lat day of October. 2. Grouse,
pheasants, prairie fowl, or partridge, be-
tween the lat day of January mad the
lat day of September. $. Wiid turkey
or quail, between the 1st day of Janu-
ary and the let day of October. 4,
Woodcock between the let day of Janu-
ary and the lat day of Anapast. 5.
Snipe, between the lat day of January
and the 15th day of August. 6. Water
fowl known as mallard, grey duck,black
duck, wood or Bummer r,duck, between
the lat day of January and the 15th day
of August. 7. Other duek, swans and
geese, between theist day of May and
the 15th day of August, 8. Hares, be-
tween the ist day of March and the
lat day of September,.
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