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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-12-23, Page 1- '113 NTIt YEAR. 'PT= LIE UMBER,- 733 Immense Attractions IN - 1004401 0 E11604‘0, 01STERS Mtn ULSTERETTSI AT WM. ,CAMPBELL'S CHEAT ClAiTHINC HOUSE, SE ORTH. The• Public are Particularly invited to - look at This Stock Before Baying Elsewhere. _These are all Warranted to give satis- faction, and they are sold at close figares. The Stock is, iia usual, well assorted in all the Fart y Suitings for nobby 'snits. A large took of FUR CAPS, the newest thin out, in PERSIAN _LIAM% SEAL &C. Gloves of all ads and Winter Flan- nels in endless v iety. WM. CAMPBELL SMITH & WEST Have began th ir . Closing Salo. This affords the Public, one of the beet op- portunities they have ever had for - Reeurtug a supply of General Dry Goods, Ready-made Overcoats and !Clothing, at tar ely reduced prices. • SIVEIrls <SC W_I-'1STI TEACH - - — TEACH:KR WANI school section I. rie, and County of H -Orations with testi ta he lodged. with th 1.0. GEO: HOOD. RS WANTED. ED — - Teacher waned._ for O 5, in the township of or - on, for the year 1882. A 1 onlals and salary expect ed undersigned at Sunshine 73,-2 TEACHER WANT a third class c No. at Stanley. Du 1888. Applications December, ISSI. Blake P. 0. D—Male or emsle, hol ing rtificate for. School Section ies to commence Januaty 1, will close im the 15th of JOHN DUNN Secretary . 730 TEAkfilEit WANTED -.-A female assistant teacher holding, a 3rd class certificate, for school Section No 2 Hay Duties to commence On 214 January, A. .plica.tions stating salary with te;timoniala address to WM. CA MIPBELL,.., Sec- retary, Rodgervilb- P. 0, ' 730x4 tramottEas WANITED — Wanted immediately -L. pants and vest maker. Nene but first-ela s need apply, Address GEO. TAYLult, Cousta.nce 1-'. 0,, Kinburn, unt 731-2 - - A SSISTANT TE °HEE. WANTED.—Male or 4-1- female holdh g eecond 4.r tt ird cl..ss cef- -falcate of qua ific4Vou, for the Cranbr,‘ok Fehool Duties to cornm rice 1st Jauna.ry 1882 Appli- cat1ons, stating sal ry &sited until 24th D‘cem- bar. JACOB Kt•Atil Ell, Skcretary, Oritaibrok e1 P.O. . 7;12.2 ,a ssiinrrotT e E CU-Eli—For school section .." NO, 10, 1Iay, Tor 1882 applies, ions with teitimonials and sal try received by the under- higned, RoBT. PATE ON, Secretary, Hensa11,732-3 IMPORT NT NC/T.1.0E8o I _ _ (.TOCK ECE. SAL --The undersiped has two ". heifer:calves sir d by "Udoras xford;" and two yearling heifer sired by "Young Earl of Utyrehteas„" for sale n reasouabIe terms hey are all Cost -class. petVg-reed anitnals J.As DLca- $O, Tuckers -until. 732x4 i[f- •A grand Shooting Match, ft, J Turner's Hotel, Bruce- ecember 26th, 1881 A large Ind other fowl will be on sport should make it a point' Mut.. 732 SIHOOTING MAT will be held at held, on II uda.y, number of turkeys , hand, All lovers of to attend. R. J Ti . fiN CH r.11' FACTORY—The an anal. ' toecting of tin Shareholders and: Directors of the Iiiaburn Cheese Manufacturing Company wII( take place at B. ownlee's Hotel, Kinourn, on Wedne.mlity,Decentl.er 21,1.881,,at 10,o'clock A M, for the purpoe (.17 electing Director, and the, tratectetion of other butanes:: A meeting of ti,c 1.••••••••=•••••m1.6 SEAFO TH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1881. licLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, 111 Advance. • tsCs.liTITOBA AND DAKOTA CONTRASTED. A short time ago we published a very interesting letter by James Trow, Esq., M. P. for South Perth, descriptive of his travels through a portion of the Northwest. Below will be found an- other letter from the same gentleman, in which he contraets the relative merits of Manitoba and Dakota, and gives other interesting particulars of his trip through the latter country. He says : For the first hundred miles after en- tering the State of Dakota settlements are forming and villages pringing up rapidly. We noticed many extensive farms with large improvements. There is a sameness itt the general appearance of the country all along the route. The whole face of the country is denuded of timber, not even a Shrub within view. Settlements are confined to the neigh- borhood of stations. The crops were all harvested and in stacks dotting the prairie. The soil is MUCH lighter and evidently not so proauctive as in the northern part of the State or parts of Minnesota, and particularly in, Mani- toba. The blaok alluvial deposits in many places are only a few inches is thickness, while in the Red, River val- ley they are frequently found as many feet 'in depth. The subsoil further north is white clay of inexhaustible fertility, while along the Northern Pa- cific the subsoil is frequently gravel or approaohing to sand. SUOtt lands are more subject to summer 4roughts, and in a dry season the cropti, after years of croppirtg, may prove light. The lands along the Northern Pacific' are much more exposed to winter blasts and storms, having a much higher alti- tude than Manitoba or Northern Da- kota. Yet, notwithstanding these drawbacks, the country is fast settling up, and for a time, providing the sea- sons are favorable, the virgin soil will yield good crops-; but lauds with such a slight covering of vegetable mould can not continue to yield heavy crops without using some artificial means, while in Manitoba some of the old pio- neers, who settled under Lord Selkirk,' and their families, hav'e raised wheat year after year in succession for nearly half a century without returning any nourishment to the soil. Jamestown, a thriving place, is situated on James river, and about equi-distant between Fargo and Bismarck. The railway company have located their workshops at this plamt, which has given an im- petus to business. The surrounding country ie settliog up rapidly, and tile town is growing into a place. of consid- erable ituporta.nce. Towu lots have advanced iu priers during the past yer over 100 per ceut. SEVERAL FORMFR RESIDENTS •OF PERT5 are located in the roam and neighbqr- hood, who ieformed me that they were doing well, but complained bitterly of the severity of the waiter on accomittof the expotaire of the country. I hage no doubt the bleak winds blowing over KWh a wide expause of elevated prairie are very tryiug, and the scarcity of fuel must be a serious drawback unless coal can be freighted at cheap rates from western Dakota. Manitoba is several degrees further rural, but owing to its depressed and sheltered position the winters are not se severe, nor tbe sum- mer heat EiJ upgressive. Manitoba is noted by all travellers fur possessing an invigorating climate. In the slimmer mouths a current of pure air is coo- tinually waited across the prairies from northeast to west. The evenings and nights are refreshing. The winter months are cold, but uniform, not sub- ject to any sudden changes, no damp, drizzling days during fall or winter, and spring opens like a flower. The hus- baudneari cau commence his seeding when the surface of the . ground is thawed to the depth of three or four inches. I have daring niy travels con- versed with many who removed from Ontario, who informed me that they used the same or -Similar clothing they were accustomed to wear in Ontario, and were as comfortable working out, or more so, than they were in the older Provinces, with the exception of a day or two during severe storms or bliz- zards. At such times e,11 sensible men are expected to remain at home. EROM JAMESTOWN ,TO BISMARCK the general face of the country is undu- lating. Some parts are low and marshy, with several lakes. The lands within a reasonable distance of the line are mostly taken up by speculators. Many purchased Nerthern Pacific bonds at about one-fifth of their present value, and were allowed to buy lands without being subject to settlement at from $2 to $4 per acre. The bonds were always accepted at par, yet notwithstanding the enormous profits accruing to the owners by the rise in the value of their bonds. they are eta' asking extortionate prices—iu some casesas high as $10 per acre. Many find purchasers at that figure, and the railway company, who originally'reserved a large land grant of every alternate section for 40 miles on each side of the road from the Govern- ment, are tempted to put up their Pat -.will be held in the Temperance Hall lands conveniept to railway facilities to Iiiiibtern, on the saMe day at 1 o'clock P. M., for similar rates. The result is that many the purpose of recqvirg a statement of the east refer to locate outside the railway opsratioLs blid. making- arrangemeht-: for the lie\ t A full attendance particular- belt, and either homestead or purchase Ly dcNired. W. E. CoLownt., President. 7;*2 at a much reduced price. The country on the whole is but sparsely settled, anem r ORS NOtICE—In pursufzure of See- exceptiu the neighborhood of stations :ten,84 of Chaktt.r1lapf the Revisad St at ut s t.ft'r*ti,;c 15 hereby given that all ere.ii- or rising towns. The Troy farm and ta eg rizist the esate Steele term are noted- for the .fertility t d be.; ing claims ' of tbt late Blau A .n 13, rry, do:eased, in her - oi their soil. Thousands of acres are !Worn, if the tee -obit, of Hay, County of Huron, b rought under cultivation and cropped Alt/ 1 !cll.' ee of 01. ativ, wise of A d-tim Berry of with wheat. Only a few acres stir - tee :An e plsce„fa er, are requested to send them it: the u,, gbea executors, on < r befor& rounding the buildings are under fence me lea la3: of Mar .1.1, 1882, for adjastmet t;- as . Ian* 1;11 'Ind testament (4 the said Mary Ann night. I Saw but very few herds of cat- -term. will i i ocetd to distriate the a i,:.4ets, et the tie alone the route ; raising of wheat said c t c,ase4.1 amongt the parttes entitled thereto; apparently being the principal industry. and that the said 4.eenters will not be liable for the I -rad assets, or Ditty part thereof ta any peri.oci or atit-C'IM3. of whose claims notice shall not bave been received by the unden3igne4 as aforesttid. Dated at Bengali this 6th day of Deoember. 1881. Val. BUCHANAN lind THOS DICK, Exebutors. wq-4 ' art tiat date :he undeisigm d cxt eutors of the for the safe keeping of cattle over SETTLEMENT IN DAKOTA. The conditions uuder the homestead law in Dakota are much more exacting and stringent than in Manitoba. The necessary fee in the former is 1118, while in the latter only $10. In Dakota.it imperative for the applicant to co struct a house within six months fro the date of entry, and become an actin settler, and he must reside on his lam continuously for a period of five year before he can proctire his patent, unle he has engaged in military service d ing the rebellion; he then is allowed. deduct for the time he served his con try, but not iu any case to exceed fo years. In Manitoba the building of a house during the first six months is not imperative, neither is continuous settlement, but it Is expected the set- tler will reside on the lands a greater portion of his time and make certain improvements thereon, and he will be entitled to his patent in three years. Itistriarck, the county town of Burleigh, is beautifully situated on the Missouri river. The business part of the town is located a mlle to theeast of the great Missouri, aleng the eastern slope of a range of sand hills to the 'south and southwest. The low flat lands—thou- sands of acres in extent—stretching near to' the town are covered with water during spring floods. The town con- tains amopulation of about 2.000, and may become a place of considerable im- portance. The land office for western Dakota is located in Bismarck, and in- cludes within its limits seventeen or eighteen counties, in length about 250 miles and the same in width. Numeroue railroads are projeoted and chartered to this place. The only one constructed. up to the present is the Northern Pa- cific. Competing linea to the Northern Pacific will eventually be construct d. 13 Freight rate e even now are more r a- sonable than at points further eat. The Missouri, which- no ring can con- tred, will always be a competing fac or andtregulate rates during the suin merlmonthse Bismarck is in about tie sa,rae longitude as that of Fort 1 - lice, but about four l degrees further south. The coal formation of B s- marok is in the same range as that of Monsi river or the Souris, with the x- ceptiou that the lands in Dakota are more hilly and the coal more eas ly mined. I remaiued over Sabbath hi Bismarck and during the day took i a stroll to the river. Scores of workmen were busily engaged in preparing ma- terials and haulme the same on a tra,m is a- a roof of white clay projecting out many feet and leaning over as if ready to fall. The traveller would almost im- agine that hasaw many doors and win- s dows—soft clay spots worn away by time and exeeseive rains. Along the small creeks and rivulets petrified specimens of various kinds of wood are o found, of which. I made quite a collec- tioo. Many coal seams are still burn - ✓ in and smouldering, and the smoke as ending at night is often seen for miles. In all probability these coal de- posits have been burning for hundreds of years. Fire and water have been the chief elements and principal spa- oies that wrought out these wonderful mounds. Nature has raised them, but raffia are now reversing the order and beating them down. Little by little the sediment is washing down from the hill -tops and depositing in the valley below. The valleys are raised while the hills are lowered; The scenery is the most romantic in nature, and amply repays the traveller fpr the expense of the trip. We frequently noticed NUMEROUS ANTELOPES skipping along in front of the train, crossing the railwey and climbing the hill -sides. Many flhOtS were fired at them by sportsmen on the train, but that only effect they had apparently VMS to increase the speed of the ani- mals. After orossing the Little Mis- souri, a considerable stream, we steam- ed long past Sentinel Butter and ar- rived in the evening -at the town of Glendive, on the eastern banks of the Yei owstone River, at the terminus of the railway. The town is situated On the river flats, and is the growth of only a few months. I counted some 40 dwellings—one storey buildings—all, with the exception of two or three, con- structed of cottonwood logs roughly put ther, and out of the 40 some,35 are shops, gambling hells and dens of and immorality. We succeeded rocuring lodgings in a canvas shanty roggery and passed a restless night. es of navvies and boatmen were bling and drinking a greater part of night. Early next morning we ed to the river which in this hborhood is fully 35 or 40 rods in width—its course is to the northeast andi it empties its large volume of water int9 the great Missouri at Fort Bufford. During the day I made an engagement —Mr. John Orr, West Dumfries, had with an old Belgian hunter to convey a valuable ram worried to death by myself and son some 40 or 50 miles into gee& n the country ON A BUFFALO HUNT ' —There are ten inches of snow 100 , We miles north of Ottawa. Oh for a boa s, railway over over sand bars—others at wo sinking caissons for the great maw bridge now under constraction—t estimated cost of the bridge is a milli and a half of dollars. The length 1,452 feet and in addition on the west el there will be 2,800 feet of trestle wo making the total leugth of tho brid over 4,000 feet. All the piers are solid granite, the piers ha the river sunk fifty feet below. low water ma resting upon piles. Upon these four piers there will be 7,500 cubic yards of solid masonry, besides 9,000 barrels of cement, To complete this bridge it will require one million pounds of steel and two .million pounds of iron. The water is very turbid, absolutely thi k with sediment, particularly when t the water is low in the summer seas and numerous steamers plying up tt down. The river is constantly washi away its hankie forming islands a tog gro vic in or Sco ga the wal nei when we had arrived at the point indi- cated the buffalo were slowly moving along and grazing by the way. Having crawled over the brow of the hill? we saw the herd in the valley below, and three enormous bulls seemingly keeping sentry on the edge of the ravine, within 300 yards distance from our position. I said ti m3 son, "now is our time, you take' the middle one and I will pick out thea°ne in the rear." Just when we were about firing the old hunter tapped me on the back and said "don't fire at those bulls at present; cut across the ravine and surround the hill, and lay in ambueh till the COWS aPproacb. Don't fail to kill a cow, and in all probability the bulls may fight over the wounded or slaughtered animal and you can then Make havoc with the herd, possibly kill half a dozen," We took his advice, but before we had. surrounded the hill pointed out, the herd had disappeared and were moving off in the distance. We followed for miles, but never got sufficiently near to risk a shot. I would have musued the herd on horseback, but the ponies were not trained -buffalo hunters, and weie liable to tumble into badger holes, and further, the section cf country we were in was hilly, with deep cut galches often miles in length, that could be conveniently crossed on foot but not on horseback. An ordinary swift, well-trained home can outrun a buffalo, but a wounded bull may prove dangerous unless the horse and rider keep a safe distance. During the day we afterwards saw several small 'herds, but could not approach within range. Towards evening we chased three bulls that had strayed from the herd, and both my son and myself fired. The one my son ehot at was evidently wounded, as it kept hobbling along and getting gradually in the rear', but night came upon and it was with considerable walking and shouting we found the hunter and horses in the darkness. I regret I did. not remain a few days longer on the buffalo hunt, but the nights were so uncomfortably cold and frosty, and our outfit and provisions not what' we could desire. Canada. • Last Saturday a Toronto dealer shipped 25 000 pounds of dressed beef for Winnipeg. el we k, crossed the -river in a groan ridketY northern clime! , and had not proceeded far when —The Bishop of Ottawa leaves for beard a noise as of a female in great Renee this week to consult with the of die rem On examination among the Pope in regard to ecclesiastical mat- e hushes we discovered a poor squaw ters. weePing bitterly over the ashes of her ----Cochrane has 3,500 head of husband, who, the hunter informed us, cattle and 1,500 horses on his North - had been killed and his camp burned west ranche. The cattle are all doing to the ground about a year before. I well. but offered the poor creature half a dollar —The Messrs. Nairn, of Toronto, moving sand bars, making navigation very dangerous. It is stated that the Missouri river never gives up its dead, its muddy moving quicksands are con- stantly forming new currents, blockiog up channels. • A pailful of its turbid water if left standing a short time will deposit nearly an iuoh of sediment. to s tore mo pro For dist she paid no attention and continued lost a nephew in the Vienna theatre ream and wail pitifully in her own fire. His name Was Arthur Waddell. ae. The old hunter said that most He was studying medicine in the city. y she might remain for days —The other day near Kingston, a ming without food that in all 12 -year-old boy in failing, rap a thistle ability she had come from some in his right eye, from the effects of or reservation a hundred miles which he will lose his sight in that eye. nt and likely would return yearly —Mr. D. McDonell, of Cornwall, has while she could walk.. We had not pro- lost his three song, the eldest eight cee ed many miles on our journey years of age, by diphtheria during the until we met half a dezen Indians. • last four weeks. EQUIPPED IN FIGHTING COSTUME, ---The cost of the Gatineau Valley ted and tasslled. The hunterl ad- Railway is, estimated at $24,000 a mile, 4 myself and son to get behind a e cottonwood tree, and he would rtain- whether or not they. were Across the river is Mandan, the county 1 hos Lile or friendly—mostly all the na- seat of Martin county. The towu is tives in Montana are hostile. The situated on the river flats --probably ban half a mile from the river proper, but wh during the great jam of ice in the ho wino.of 1880, the whole town was flooded, the streets were piled with blocks of ice and the inhabitants we obliged to move up stairs for safety. noticed that many private residences under construction this season, are ;lo- cated on the hill side to the north of the town above high water of any ordin- ary flood. Proceeding west frorn Mai - Jan we run up the vaeley of THE LITTLE HELET RIVER that line crossing and. recrossing the streem, before we emerge out on to the open prairie probably 25 or 30 different times. It was a rnoi3t difficult road. to construct and very expensive to keep in repair, nearly all the bridges were swept away during the flood of a year ago. At Sweet Briar a number of par- ties are mining for coal which in this locality crops out of the hillside near the railway station. The coal is lig- nite of poor quality, but 'burns freely. It is not iu general use for the l000mo- Lives but they expect soon to use it. The only brea,kiug done or any attempt at settlement is at Pleasant' Valley. We noticed some good land in the neighborhood, but the general appear- ance of the country is barren and un- inviting. Numerous bluffs are seen of every conceivable shape and dimension. Their perpendicular sides are compos- ed of white clay, washed as smooth as marble. The face of the couutry is tat bald and bleached, and looks as if all vegetable life had been washed or burn- ed by volcanoes, or the burning of eclial deposits, and that nature had failedto put a coatiug of grass upon it. These mounds, usually called un. pal vis lar asc 24 res sho' eha res pas abl wit Th do and a land grant of equal to $6,000 a mile isto be asked from the Quebec Government. —Samuel Lindley has been sen- tenced to one year and eleven monthe was lead by a flue looking warrior, _in the penitentiary for stealing a horse , seeing the hunter, shouted "how, and buggy from John Kean, of Guelph ," which was repeated by all the township. , including the hunter. We also —Mrs. Suriol, of Montreal, who lost ted "how," and received a hearty her husband by a beam from a build - e of the hand trona the chief. The ing of John Ogilvie & Company's mill appeared sullen and sulky and falling on him, has sued the firm for ed along. Our seat on the miser- $10,000 damages. , rickety wagon or cart, was a board, —Two Englishmen were lost for sav- our legs dengling over the side. eral days on the prairie between Bran - old man diove furiously up and don and Oak River recently. They a hills, often at an angle of 45 were nine days in making the trip, a distance of 35 miles. —The hotel -keepers in Cornwall and other eastern towns have raised the price of liquor by the glass from 5c. to 10c., with the exception of rye whiskey and ale. —Rev. D. Ryerson, though recoveta ing slowly, is only able to leave his. bed for a short period daily. He is prohibited by his medical advisers from seeing Strangers. —Mr. Donald Graham, uncle of the late Peter Graham, M. P. P., who died recently in the township of Pittsburg, was nearly one hundred years old. He was highly esteemed and very wealthy. —Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise will spend the winter in the south of France on -the express orders of Sir William Jenner, who has visited the Queen since the Court returned to Windsor. —A most bare -faced silk robbery was perpetrated early in the forenoon of Friday last at the wholesale house of John Green & Co., London. The thieves were subsequently arrested and the'stolert goods valued at about $200 recovered. —Robert and. Frank Griffin, of Brant- ford, who were in some of the severest engagoments with the Boers in South Africa, have returned home. They took part in twelve battles, and. escaped without a scratch. —The town fathers of Galt are con- sidering the propriety of cedar block pavements, and it is suggested that Main street be paved by instalments, so that the expense would not be bur- densome in any one year. —The Montreal Teachers' Aesocia- tion last Friday night undertook to dis- deg, ees.-Far in the night we arrived at thelold trapper's tent, and how he found his Way at night was to me unaccomit- abl , for he had no trail. The tent was ma e of four or five untanned buffalo rob's against four poles, with both ends opo . We soon kindled a fire of buffalo chi )s and cooked a buffalo steak. After a a oke we retired to rest inside this ru tent, with a green, untanned robe for. Lir covering. It was bitter cold, an I never passed 'a more miserable nig t after the joltiug and fatigue of the pre ous day, holdiug nlyself on the niti arable caravan. The HOWLING OF WOLVES ke_ t awalae, and the trapper several ti es during the night got up and put more buffalo chips ou the fire. Early ne t morniu,g we started on the buffalo hu tt. We saw numerous antelope and several deer, but the o,d trapper would no allow time to be lost or ammunition sq andereclam such small game, and further, the report might scare the biz!- ). After .driving for 12 or 15 miles passed numerous buffalo carcasses, which the robes had been titken left to dry on the open prairie. The , ter acknowledged that he had killed fly 200 buffaloes wg,hin 30 days. We st have seen nearly 100 entire car- ses during the day.. Such indiscrirci- te slaughter and waste should not be rated by the Government. After ing from the hill tops in every ditection we noticed a buffalo calf alohg- side a carcass. Our comrade said that he had three days before killed ithe cow, and. that the poor calf was hanging around its dead dam. We could easily have shot the calf, but allowed the poor thing to canter away unmolested. Ulti- tely our guide espied in the distance mall herd grazing on the hill side, -out a dozen in number; we drove to dreds of thousands of acres; they are, w ,thin a mile of the herd, and the of all shapes—round, oval, many large la rater gave us instructions what direc- at the base, and sugar -loaf -like, tovver- n to take over the various. -coolies and ing up hundrels of feet; others muoh r vines. We walked along at a rapid larger at the top than at the base, with p , keeping well hid from view, and we fre alt ha ne aim BAD LANDiii present many different strata. The lowest is often white marl, hurdle:id. siaiohth, pulverizes with the winter frosts and wa,shes away with. rains easily—upon this a layer of ooal lying horizontally two or three feet ia thick- ness, and above the coal a layer of red cinders like pieces of burnt brick from 15 to 30 feet in thickness, which are considered good for baltastiug the road and much in use, and on top a thick covering of clay. These numerous clay bills and bluffs cover no doubt lean- : in tol ga WI m a and a resolution passed unanimously asking McGill University to make such changes in the curriculum as shall belie keeping with theadvancement in edu- cation. —The house - of Josiah Bartin, of Hillsdale, was burned Friday morning; loss, $1,200. Mr. Bartin is &blind man and lived alone, but he succeeded in saving much of the contents of his house before assistance arrived. —Mrs. Charles C. Geddes, of Mon- treal, has sued Sir Hugh Allan for £200 sterling due her under a will Of which defendant was one of the executors. The plaintiff oharges that the mouey was lent to a co-executor and never re-. paid to the estate. —Quite a number of the residents of Buckhorn, the colored settlement near Chatham have vacated their premises, and, withOut selling or otherwise dis- posing of their property, have gone to the American side. Cause, low wages and dear living. —While Mr. Humphrey Blunden, of Plympton, was riding to the meeting of the township council the other day, his saddle slipped mound, throwing him' heavily on the hard ground, and his right arm was broken above the, elbow. —The customs authorities in Mon- treal have made another large seizure, which will amount to seven or eight thousand dollars at least. The goods are watches and. jewelry belonging to a man named Patterson from Boston. --Rev. D. J. McDonell, of New St. Andrews' Church, Toronto, officiated -at insuperable obstacles in the way of a union of these two branches of the Methodist Church. Arrangemente were made for holding a convention in the town of Iroquois on the first Wed- nesday of January, when ministerial andlay representatives of both churches in the section will be invited to attend. — A little iboy, three years old, the son of Mr. Dimid Miller, provision mer- chant, of Saultdite. Marie, got hold of and eat a box of worm candies the other day, and while playing around on the floor, fell into Convulsions. A doctor was called in, and with con- siderable difficulty brought the child. round again. —Last Friday evening A. Lisette, one of. the caretakers of theParliament build- ing at Ottawa, on going to his tea walked over the parapet at the edge of the terrace in front of the building, and fell a distance of twelve feet on the frozen ground below. He was taken up insensible, and has suetained severe internal injuries, but ft is hoped he will recover. —A three-year-old colt, belonging to Mr. A. K. Thompson, of London, killed itself while being exercised last Saturday afternoon. A lad named Rombough was leading it with a single harness on, when the skittish animal reared up, and, coming down, plunged forward heavily on its head, bursting a blood vessel, from which it speedily bled to death. —Montreal butchers have not all given adherence to the new abattoir, and seven of them have been arrested the anniversary services of Knox for slaughtering within the city limits, Church, Elora, on the llth inst. The in contravention to the city by-law, collections on the occasion and pro: which virtually compels them to take mut& of tea meeting amounted to the handsome sum of $220. • .—Miss A. Young, who has taught in Berlin Central School for thirteen years, has resigned her situation in order to euter a more permanent and popular one. On retiring she was presented with a handsome silver service. —Owing to the crowded state of the Commons Chamber in the 'House at Ottawa, incident on the increase of members of late years, narrower desks are to be put in. The enlargement of the Parliament building was contem- plated, but has been abandoned. —The Grand Jury at the Wentworth Sessions m their presentment stated that they were of the unanimous opin- ion that it would not be advisable to abolish the Grand Jury system, while at the same time they considered there was room for improvement. —A lady had her pocket picked while making her exit from the Jarttis street Baptist Church, Toronto, other night. The rifled pocket -Book was found on the floor. Fourtee4 dollars in money and a diamond rtng were taken. —Mr. Cook, Manager of the bank of Commerce, Toronto, was brutally as. aaulted by three men while keturning home a few nights ago. Hie made a good resistance, but was throlvn to the ground, when one of the ruffians kicked him, fracturing his collar bone. — Henry Wright, of Fargo,eDakota, visited a house of ill -fame in -Toronto the other night. Before leaving it he found his picket had been picked of $60. He notified tlae police and had all thm their animals for slaughter at the abat- toirs, and pay for the work dime. They will contest the constitutionality of the by-law. —Hamilton Was treated to a horse- whipping episode on Saturday after- noon. The affair was brought about by gossiping damsels. The wife of a well- known businessman of the ambitious city horsewhipped. a prominent citizen for, as she alleges, saying naughty things about her. The horsewhipped gentleman, who was pretty well cut up, denies the charges, and it is not un- -likely that the ease will find its way in to court. —The Kingston penitentiary convicts will have a grand New Year's dinner at their own expense, and It has been de- cide,d that friends of the prisoners can send money to be used for this purpose —all to share alike. It is rumored that January 2nd will be a holiday, upon which OCCASi011 the conyiets can fra- ternize among each other as much as they like. —The applicationiof Samiiel Clem- ens (Mark Twain) for a Canadian copy- • right of his new book has been reftieed by the Department of Agriculture and Arts. Clemens has therefore no Cana- dian copyright, and cannot get one. The claim for copyright was made on the strength of Clemen's visit and domicile for two weeks in Montreal. The authorities decide that such resi- dence is not "domicile.' — Mr. T. D. Watson, lately of the firm of Watson & Gordon, grocers, of Woodstock, is alleged to have left that town, fearing a criminal prosecution by Mr. John Molvin, of West Zorra, who inmates of the house arrested. The $60 charges that he altered a note of hand • were found in possession of the lois; from one month and $100 to three tress of the establishment. months and $500. It is also alleged that the Attorney -General will be re- -Mr. Da,vid Patrick, of London quested to enquire why the officials al - township, who has been on a trip to lowed the accused to escape. Gravenhurst, Muskoka, has returned. While there he succeeded in killing a —Two silver cups have been given by 112 pounds, which lie brought home amongst the curling clubs of Canada, the Marquis of Lorne for competition fine doe, about a year old, weighing and sold in the London market Friday one for iron and the other for stone morning for $9. playing. Clubs competiug must play —The managing committee of Knox match games between the 2nd and Church, ill Ayr, having recently sold rd of January inclusive, and returns the old manse on account of its incon- sent in to Lieut. -Col. DeWinton not venient location, have purchased one later than 10th February, giving par - acre of land from Mr. Rubt. Deans, at ticulars of play, notices of the state of the west mid of. ithe village, pa,ying the ice, whether played with granite or therefor $500. - A handsome manse iron stones, and whether played on will be next in order. open air ice or in covered rink. ----The Directors of the Toronto, —A letter received by Jacob Y. Grey and Bruce Railway ,announce an Shantz, of Berlin, gives the following arrangement with the Ontario and statement of the amount of produce Quebec Railway Company, by which raised.during the past season by the the latter pay the four per cent. 30 Mennonites of the Pm:obit's. Settle - years' bonds of the former. Sufficient meet : Wheat, 211,343 bushels; rye, cash tol pay dividends to December, 13,097 bushels; barleye67,162 bushels; 1883, well be placed with trustees in oats, 115,174 bushels; flaxseed, 56,842 London. bushels; potatoes, 35,050 bushels—to- -The Hamilton Stamping Works is tal, 498,663 bushels. Calculating• the the unpretending name given to a fac- value of these products at prices quoted. tory ha that city which makes "milk- at Winuipeg they amount to the .hand- , can trimmings," balloon fly traps, tuba- some sum of $424,805.50. lar lanterns, "delusion mouse traps," —The South Waterloo campaign is bird cages, &c. So active is the demand being vigorously fought by the Reform - for its wares that it has'recently built era. On Wednesday, 14th, the Reform an addition 40 x 40 feet, three storeys Association met and organized with the high, to the prennses. following officers: James P. Phin, —A despatch from Owen Sound says: Waterloo, President; John Collie, The season of navigation which has just Galt, Secretary; T. Field, Galt, Trees - closed has been one of the best for urer. Officers were also appointed for years past. A greater quantity'of tim- wit municipality. The meeting -vdas ber has been shipped from this part addressed by Messrs. Young and. than any previous year in its history. Charlton. At Ayr the same evening Freights have been good, and no emu- Mr. Charlton addressed a large meet- alties of any consequence have hap- ing, presided over by Mr. John Watson, pened to any of the numerous vessels. of the Agricultural Works —The Picton Customs returns show —In the Freeholder we find a notice 486,000 bushels of barley exported from of tlae death of a very aged resident of Picton this season. Picton is the sixth Cornwall township, Mr. Donald Camp - largest port for the registration of ship. bell, {piper), on the the 9th iusti, at the ping in the -Province of Ontario, the edvaneed age of 98 yearn. Deceased. register showing 41 sailing vessels and was born on a romantic estate, on the six steamers with a net tonnage of -shores of Loch Glen Creran told Appen, 5,137. called Bercalden, Argylesbire, , Scot- -A new salvage and wrecking coin- land. Mr. Campbell in early life left pany for the saving of life and property his native hills for Quebec aud ira- in the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, as mediately upon landing in that Prov - well as on the great lakes of the Upper ince entered the Royalt'Ceneilian Fens Provinces, has been organized at Mon- 1 cibles. His services ' with his pipes treat. Active preparations for business I were in great repnte W,ith the recruiting next spring are now going forward. I staff, and be continued at the Depot of The company has the most experienced 1 the Regiment during the period of the cuss the question of McGill Normal men in the Dominion to conduct its 1 war of 1812. . After the disbanding of 1 School curriculum, and the School business. - the regiment he took up his quarters Committee refused to permit this to be —The question of Methodist "union 1 with his corinttymen in Glengarry. He done within the school buildings. was discussed at a meeting of minis- k was a true' Highlander, and extrenaely Thereupon the whole body arose and tars of the Canada Methodist and proud of his nationality. For some I adjourned to the senior school building, Methodist Episcopal Churches, held in i years past he was iu the enjoyraent ot where a paper by Mr. Rexford, PrPsi- Morrisbarg ou the 15th inst. It was a pension from both the War Office find dent of the Association, was discussed, generally admitted that there were no the Dominion Government. 1