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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-02-24, Page 1MARY. 11,1" ARR1 vALs --AT— FirliBENTM. YR*. WHOLE NUMBP4R,1 742. s. week received a lama stook of FA AMERICAN COODS RISING: Denims,. Skirtings, Cot ons, &c. t Goods were -special lines, telow the regular price, and 0.41 at a, smelt advance on coat- DIAN TWEEDS it43 Pieces te Hand.) YLE, QUALITY AND PRICE 4 Goo rin cannot be beaten. tee that we are offering the balance of our TER STOOK T COST PRICE. • NOAN & I5LINCAN. le—Speeial Itiducements offer - riles going to Thinitohe. lead,'" which wilt add. materi- le security of the members, protect them ageinst operas- tesemeets ia case of heavy while claritig the liret yeara of pauyet exietence *your Directors to the theuretic illy correet a thee We eh011id not levy an- aore than the actual amount o meet the past yearei losses eases, but experience has taught at a. smell caeli reserve fund is "practieal safeguard for the et year o kmpany," We h%Ve able to get a net of the officers but we understand thtt Mr. ova was ie elected President e Henry Either, Menager and et of the company. MOIEWD the following remarke ah Globe of Saturday to onr ere, with tite remark that hey permit the present session :Without makiug s nue provision a suitable puuishment of 'et:duals- referred tti therein. _11 prove retnies in their et shined be held to a strict %e- V the people: "The Char- m, Prince EdwardIsland, Ecommns furib1y upon a re - ie white). hes Imiught, home to pie of that city the cattei feilure laws to provide an adequate' tient for the vtihhi who ruina a e life and reduces her to the ef a degraded ourcaat, uuder it terrible temptation te the on of murder. The poor vie - erne deetreyer gave birth to a .the houati of otie who had given tter and hadnu suapicion of her and left it te periah on the -Sooiety wi I rightly shudder t'ror et the crime of the anuatu- Mier, and probably punish hex tr deserves. But what punish - ea it provided for the one WhO ig :a partner in her guilt, and. teartIese betrayed and desertion !ely drove the poor girt to the dietraotiou? Simply none at any oeses, and at most bat a few paltry dollars. A brother Torouto Mae other day and ! long -lost sieter in a hone of ition, driven to thee dreedful ?-eF the consequencee of the un - d basenese of the mail who el to love her. And se the etee, on freueday to dey. As the 'eeys, if the ectiuudrel had stolen Or bet fife to a bane the law tet• accept a innuey cenapensa.- would eubject him to a peenligraceful puniehmeut. Hew fire publio opiniou will be :to a proper smite) of -right and regard to the crime id Bedew- teow loug befere it will demand. !tech wilt brand the male crim- 1. e stimuli, in sitne Meeseire niding te that tasting shame teay which are vieited upon_ the „eartner in guilt? How long ,Ilaws which imprisou the man ites to robbery or violeace re- teadequete protectiou to weak ereut girls against the mechina- .; fiends in human forrnewho de - luring them to ruin ?We b other case in which a foul 'net the person and happiness dividuaj aud at the same timer the very foundations of somal ad virtue, may be committed enmity by any and every mete ho can find a, victim.. y. EDWARD MCFAUL IR OPENING- UP A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT :--OF— THE LEADING MAKES —OF— 'AF'ORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882. Matters an Things in the Old oun#y. To the Editor f the „Huron Expositor. DzAz wrot: certain letters for your paper ast su mer, giving your readers soine a "ght idea of my impres- sion of certain matters and things as I found. them a n my reoent visit to the old country. n one of these letters I gave it as my o inion that the working men and the anufacturers and the mercantile in rests I were almost a unit in favor of a free trade policy, and that a return t protection was almost, it seemed to m , an i possibility. For this, you wig r cone° , I was attacked in your column by a4 anonymous cor- respondent sig ng thnse11 "Careful Observer." hile efending myself as best I could gains certain insinua- tions and char es m de by the said correspondent, ot at all pertinent to STAPLE GOODS, cliF eae ltoTgreatdheer vso. Pdirscus with him or ny other, unless the conditions wer som what equal, and above all, that e, or hey, should sign their own prop r nar4e to their com- munications, as I did I have waited long and pati ntly, thinking -that a' gentleman of y r quondam correspon- dent's apparent ability would have the courage of his convictions and give your readers hs name. It appears, however, for r aeons , best known to himself, that h 16 either afraid or ashamed to wri e over his own name, b and therefoee I ave dpne with him. It p -appears to me, owev*, that it is due s to your readers nd also to myself as t well to give some reascne for the faith a that is in me, aid with your permission v I will attempt t do sor When in Brit in last June I noticed in the nowspapes thee some of the outsiders of t ae Conservative party w were going in st iong against what they called the "econsmic fallacies" of free trade, and pro toun.diing with much skill and many ords d new theory or dootrine which hey were pleased to terra or style "F ir trade." It was so plausible and rii ely pue that it caused quite a stir in th rank e of the Conser- vative land • wners ! and fanners. Those who stud the old country press, will have note ed that this "fair trade" agitation has !gradually died away—in fact is ead. The hesitatien and the exabiguo Ds language used with reference to the t iing by the leaders of the Conservative .arty killed it, and I almost conclude t I at they have found out their mistake in trying to animate the dry bones of proteetion—a system that the nation s decidedly discarded as hurtful -to its •est ieterests. Still, the agitation agei st free trade, though dead at present, I am afraid is only ap- parently so for ant of opportunity, and if a good •pportunity presents iteelf in the near ature,, the Conserva- tives will, 1 thin , make it in some form or other the occasion of a des- perate party st leggier That party, „ indeed, is in a gre ter dilemma than it tir has been during tie lastlhalf century. At all previous refprnaing periods in the -am history of the British nation there was dra AS FOLLOWS: Factory Cottons, Heavy Blue and Brown _Denims, Plain and Fancy Skirtings, Heavy Brown DUCIES, Fancy Ducks, White Cottons, Fancy Denims, Sheetings. NEW PATTERNS OF COTTONADES. NEW LINES OF PRINTS (A BIG LOT TO MR FROM) .1 AT CLOSE - PRICES. LOOK FOR TEE -SIGN. E. McFAUL. The Starr Kidney Pad not a "patent medicine," but a healing power, on the :natural principle of absorption. Hon- est, efficacious Mid harmless; safe and comfortable, and easily applied. Prices —Child's Peat $1.50 ; regular pad., $2 ; special pad for' chronic diseases. $3. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Cardno's Blook, Seaforth, The Starr Kidney Pad. —The opinion of all who have tried it is, that it is the universal remedy for Kidney Dis- eases, and only sure cure. For sale by J. S. Reberte, Cardno's Block, Seaforth. Treatment by abaorption has for some time been recognized by medical men to be the most simple and effectual means of conveying to diseased organs curatives, and in the case of kidney disease and complaints attendant there- on, it is especially applicable, and is immeasnrably more deoisive and effec- tive than any quantity of ,internal niediaieal dosing. Worn imneedietely over the seat of disease, the curative properties of the Steyr Kidney Pad be- come absorbed by the diseased and enfeebled organs, continuously and directly, as required, to insure in return their healthy Diction and original vigor. It is comfortable to the patient and pleasant in its effects, aiad _cures where nothing else can. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Cardno's Block,_Seaforth. A. sure cure for Diseases of the Kid- neys, Bladder, -Urinary and Sexual Organs. No poisons used; contains abeorbtive vegetable ingredients. The $tarr Kidney Pad not only relieves but Positively oures. For sale hy J. S. Roberts. Larne back, undoubtedly a syroeitom of kidney affection, more or less danger- ous, cured by the Stare Kidney Pad. For sale by J. S. Roberts. Thilammation of the kidneys, bladder bed urinary organs, causing lame back, pain in the loins, sides, &c., swelling and general derangement of the urinary system, cured by the Stare Kidney Pad. For sale by X. S. Roberts. Gravel, causing retention pf the urine, diffictilt and pedant rnicturaMon, eto., etc., cured by the Starr Kidney Pail. For sale by J. S, Roberts. Diabetes, an unnatural appetite for accompanied by corresponding excessive flow. of mine. The Starr Kidney Pad is the only taire for this disease. For sale by J. S. Roberts. Beight'a disease of the kidneys, ca- tarrh of the bladder, non -retention and suppreasion of urine. bed-wetting in Persons of advanced age and children, eared by the Starr Kidney 'Pad. For Bide by J. S. Roberts. thing to lessen the evil con equences•of much rain and little sunshi e, and ren- dering agriculture fairly , profitable. The question is: What changes are to be made to meet the ince ising diffi- culty? The manner ani1 spirit in which the two parties in ritain ap- proach the land question axje naturally very • dissimilar. „ The onservative party had its 'origin in pi 'lege ; it re- presents in the first degree the great land owners whose rights e based on privilege, and it is theref re strongly opposed to the diminutio of these rights. Lord Salisbury's u terances on the Irish Land Bill define t e attitude of the Conservative party o the land. He is unable to see the qu stion from the side of the people, or to admit in relation to it the necessities of the peo- ple or the country. The Conservative party hold with Lewd John Manners, that the old nobility are of more worth than laws and learning, and; they are averse to any change that Widald take from the land any of its privileges. Bat- they are also conscious that the tendency of the times is , towards the curtailment of these privileges, and having stigmatized that tendency as revolutionary and communistio, the Conservatives set themselves to find a cure for the evils °real d and aggra- the country, if possible, ewaY from the iie vated by bad harvests a d fom reign co - petition, and to draw t attention of dea of meddling with !the pri oin rights of, the land. 1For thi ose movements against free .tra tatted ever and anon; and donsi he end and motive' of the agitat m indin.ed to think that tI4e C atives will not allow thein easi ubside. 31 lists to trifle with and barter away their best and dearest rights. Yours respectfully, Reen Lovz, HTTASI GREEN, February 8th, 1882. Canada. The. Western Fair Board, which met in London last week, have decided to offer $15,000 in prizes next fall. —A bread and butter social was held at Invermay the other evening. Cheap! -providing you did not invest too deeply. —Str ng indications of petroleum have be n found near Invermay. A well will be drilled as soon as spring opens. —AEr. Wm. Ramsay, carriage maker at Orillia has received the contract for four hundred wagons, from a Winnipeg firm. —On Sunday, the 5th inst., Mr. Titus Sheard, an old and much respect- ed resident of Wilmot,passed to his rest, aged 82 years, 8 months and 26 days. —Mr. Taylor, of New Dundee, had a runaway at Baden the other day which resulted in his _buggy being smashed into kindling wood. —The life and speeches of Hon. George Brown, edited by Hon. Alex. Mackenzie, will be ready for distribu- tion in April. —Mr. Charlton is preparing a Bill to be submitted to the House of Commons whereby iseduction will be made a crim- vilege: nal offence under certain conditions. s pur- —Rev. Father Burke, at Quebec, on de are Sunday, denonncedi promiscuous dano- dering ing assemblies and round dances. The ions I prohibition has the Race of law in Que- onser- bee. ly to —Mr. John Watson, of .Ayr, is pre- paring a mammoth sign for his im le - eh 1 wrtawi si oie greatnot ed a and weighs over 1,000 lbs. mustard plaster remedy for reflentory Hervey Institute, Montreal, whose " sign is 100 feet long and six feet high, ment warehouse in Winnipeg. This —Mrs. Mackay, the matron of the children occasioned so much comment, other I has resigned her position. OW a —Great Western traffic returns for now the week ending February 10th show saciunree, the receipts to be $90,727, or a decrease 1 of $2,799 under the corresponding week (3, iPi° of 1881. Ing8t —The traffic returns of the Toronto, r'avbie. Grey -and Bruce Railway for the week The "rights of property" is p , bide indicates what ineY be call octrinal divergence bet Be the political parties, and, if I mi tke it is around this phrase that it e political struggle of the near fia ur take place. Certainly, len t e hand, "the rights of man' is tot n mockery and a by-word—et isleot tnerely associated with aome , ob and theologically -damned Tont 1:,' but has been proesd to be a prin inherent in the cOnstitutien cle th towards which all Governments they monarchial or repieblioitn, g tate as they improve, It is on that point the two parties so radioally di- verge, and the vital questions it r will keep the two parties sepa and give the Liberals as large a jority in the country as the threat encroachtnents of the Cr 'wn aid a one —it is, presumably, for' and •Iby i earlier period in British istory. British Government is a preeenta people; but there are still, many 1 toms and privileges falndardent agonistic to that principle. For nee, there are miles Neon miles it° land, from which peacee, le sperm:is families were ' vic nopolized by. the privileged al. es, purposes of mere please e nsement, while human beiln s gging along a miseia,ble life ase and --poverty at the ofitskirt m that fact slime it iii Beata t ough the theory of government people and for the people has b blished, it has. not yet practice, eted the stupendoue iinorn the land necessary t t e s sistence of the people, next to ir a water, is monopolized and mis sed mfew men whose only right to it, if ack far enough, will be found to on that ancient enemy of the peo- the sword. 3. The Liberal' , party pledged to sweep away all tholie un- verieh and conntry— ending February 11 show an increase of $1,570.43 over the corresponding week of 1881. rate, I —S. A. Marling, M. A., high eehool inspector, died very suddenly at his Mi.; residence near Toronto on Sunday en°' night. It is supposed he was injure te a,11 internally by a fall on Saturday. 'lie —Nineteen car loads, °et about a t itheytlbought up in Mount Forest in the last 16,000 bushels of potatoes have been , few weeks and shipped to a firm in aletY Buffalo. Init —Mr. James Dalziel, of Chesterfield, of sold a few days ago his very fine two and. ted, year old: Clyde colt to Mr. Wm. Bell, for of Blandford, for $1,600. The colt is and pronounced one of the hese ever impor„- ted by Mr. Dalziel. - are of —Mr. James Swanston, of Egre- mont, sold the other day in Mount Forest, three pigs nine months old, weighing ten hunda red nd twenty-four 0118S ant sta feet pro ground for eompromise between the two historical par ies in the State—the reforms, although targe and important, alth the were essentially reforms of detail, re- , suiting in the extension of social and esa political privileges; they did not touch' t ahIIaet or if they did, they only touched the skirts of what we are in the habit of milling the fundantental principles of the constitution. Therefore, as I have said, there was always room for nom- go b promise between the two parties', and rest for that reason, what the Conservatives opposed one one gener ,are ' defended in the problem has now lish politics—the I question, with all cations, on whiz bY pounds, at 8ec per pound. Receipts, elein $87.04- -Toronto had a formal opening of ae•Y her first coffee house the other day b - Ion they naturally next. But a vital en reached in Eng- nd, and that is a ts intricate compli- the Conservative party, so long as it remains a party, can admit of no com, promise. That, as I apprehend it, is the peculiar circum- stances of the ti e, and out of the sed the question of also, the agitation It is manifest to rvative alike, that uses the conditions national life are and permanent t change will ne- ding change in •the of the cone -try. •ing, while the pro - as decreased, and is no nightmare rcised by o plitical SS events that have ra the land has arieen against free trade. Liberal and Cons from a variety of c of commeree and undergoing a vas change, and that th cessitate a correspo internal organizatio Population is increa duce of the land foreign competition which can be ex feticism—it is a factor which must be taken account of fo all future time, and which, growing early ie strength, cannot be get rid o by any merely temporary expedient No caudid per- son could suppose t at the country is . in the fearful state escribed lately by Lord Randolph Oh rchill and other lieutenants of the 1 oneervative party, when, in their usual intemperate man- ner, they say', that nder Gladstone's Government the con 1 try would soon be within measurable d stance of the day when the empire w uld be . tottering, commerce waning, in • ustries decaying, and when the nation would be depend- ent on the heunty and cupidity of foreigners. That wodd indeed be a sad and dreary outlo k ; but happily it bears on the face of i the exaggeration of the partizan, and although serious difficulties heve ari:en, there is no reason to anticipate tie tottering of the empire or any decay Si f its vast com memo. But without any exaggeration at all, the new conditions of modern woods life have brought piliticians face to face with this great uestion of land tenure, which question, I believe, lies at the very root of th future politics of England. That the c nditions of land tenure affect the ge (teal community there can be no doubt and as in th”ild land they are only me ing to saWmore dearly how imnaensel a series of bad harvests infinenbe t o trade of, the country, politiciant3 o all shades are admitting the necessit of doing some - The Lieutenant -Governor, the Arch- nd1 bishop, the Mayor, and other prominent bY gentlemen were present at the opening WO and made speeches. —Some fifteen carpenters, bricklay- ers', and laborers returned to Toronto from Winnipeg last week. One of them saythere is as good if not a better chance of getting employment in Toronto than in Winnipeg. just privileges that imp cripple the industry of th not to confisca,te the prop re -arrange the laws of land that the rights of humanity entirely at the mercy of ar interested judgment, and th possible, produce the great st good to the greatest possible number. But on the Conservative side, all the interests and monopolies, all the effete stepidi- ties and decaying gentilities that were the product of a degenerate aristecracy, are preparing for a supreme effott to maintain the privilege, ease and ( idle- ness which they inherited from their worthy forefathers. And for such pur- pose they will use, as decioy dicks, "protection," "fair trade," or any ether possible cry, desperately, to wile, way the people from considering the reat and vital questions really at i sue, which must and shall be fairly settled sooner or later. If any of your reAders doubt this, let them study up the ut- terances of,Conservative spokesm in Britain during the past sex months rty, bet tenure so will not be itrery and s, as far as to Mr. Editor, in view of the inapen ing struggle in the old land, have the far- mers in Ontario done, or are they ding, their whole duty? We starteie in this new land with a comparatively lean sheet. The few monopolies we had would soon have died out. We had see cured -civil and religions liberty, e nal rights to all, responsible government and a heir systerci of education. Are we guarding these precious rights and liberties with that eternal vigilence necessary to maintain them? Or are we not rather, by our supineness, allow- ing monopolies of manufactures,' of land, and of politicians to encompass us, and to sap the foundations of that freedom and prosperity which we should transmit to our children along with and as well as the dearly bought homes we have hewed out of the wild with strong hearts and arras? Will generations yet unborn not rise up and curse us for quietly and foolishly allowing fetters to be welded upon us which may cost them toil, treuble, end agony to remove? In my ltuhable opinion, these are questions of the deepest import to every cultivator of the soil in Canada, Surely the 3,000,- 000, more or less, owners of the happy, pleasant homes of Canada will not lightly' allow crafty politicians and Un- scrupulous • speculators, and monopo- —A despatch from Ottawa says :— About six thousand tons of phos- phates are lying at Buckinghena sta- tion awaiting shipment. It is expected that two thousand tons more will be taken out this winter. —The committee having in hand the raising of funds for the establishing of coffee houses on temperance princi- ples in Montreal, is about to make a vigorous effort to raise the balance of the amount required—about $15,000. —At m wood chopping match at litun- ceytown a few days ago for a purse of $25, an Indian named Eli Deleon ohop- ped four cords and nineteen feet • in seven hours, and offers to chop against any white man for $50 a side. —A street -car driver in Toronto named Carswell was run over and killed on Friday night while trying to remove a large blook of ice from the track. He leaves a wife and five chil- dren. —A man named David Thompson, whoresided near Ancaster village, lost his life a few days ago by a sand pit caving in on him. He is the second man killed in the same pit within the last eight months. , —There are 784 Granges distributed through the several Provinces as fol- , lows : Six hundred and ninety-two in —A Ontario, eleven in Quebec, sixty in Montr Nova Scotia, sixteen in New Bruns- haoeleetipe five wick, andve in Manitoba. —Patrick Whalen of the It m was e the es in returning. The night was dark, and as they were driving to what they thought waS glare ice it proved to be open water. Murphy was drowned. Johnson, who is. a good swimmer, suc- ceeded in saving his wife and two chil- dren. Johneon'a horses were both lost. —Mr. David Maxwell, Paris Foundry and Agricultural Works, has shipped to Oddessa, Russia, the following; 150 Maxwell Reapers, 25 Maxwell Mowers and 5 Maxwell Hayrakes—in all 180. This is the largest shipment of reapers ever sent out of Canada. —The Mounted Police at Fort Mc- Leod and a band of Blackfoot narrowly escaped having a bloody conflict on the 8th ult. The disturbance arose out of the arrest ' of Ball Elk, a Blackfoot chief, for firing at a number of whites at Blackfoot' Crossing. —Mr. P. Erbacb, of Baden, purchas- ed a section of land in Manitoba in August last for $5 an acre and aold it the other day for $10 per acre, a clear profit of $3,200. This land is 40 miles from Emerson and in the very heart of the Mennonite settlement. —A plasterer in Toronto at work and earning two ' dollars and fifty cents a day, has for some time been receiving aid through his wife from three char- itable societies and more than one church.. He may be prosecuted for ob- taining aid on false pretences. —Ie October last as Mr. James PIA°, Egremont, was passing through his fields he noticed a strawberry vine in blossom and out of curiosity dug it up and placed it in a pot in the house, the result being that there are now on the vines two fine ripe, strawberries. -1-Mr. F. Woods, son of J. F. Woods, he Ilamilton, Ont., millionaire, pur- based $80,000 worth of Kildonan prop- rty a few days ago. He intends start - ng a large planing mill as soon as he ets the machinery from St. Paul. —Mr. Thomas Todd, commission merchant of Galt, recently purchased rom Messrs. J. G. Wing & Co., New undee, nearly ten tons of dried ap- les. The value of the purchase was pwards of $1,200. The apples were hipped for the Maritime Provinces. —Considerable comment has been aused at Belleville by the burial of a et dog belonging to a lady in her hus- and's grave in• the cemetery. The ody of the animal was encased in a andsome coffin. There are some fool ft in the world yet. —A few days ago two children of a idow named Moore 'residing in Ayr, oke thrimgh the ice on the river d would have been drowned had it t been for the heroic conduct of Mr. mes G. Watson and others who risk - their own lives to save the little eS. —Mr. Alex. McPhail, of North Dam- es, has lately sold one bull, eleven ontles old, to Mr. John Sault.'near espeler, for $100, and another eleven onths old to Mr. Hagey, near Preston, $100. These were both Count lmer stock. —The estate of the late Wm. Work - n, of Montreal, not having realized large an amount as expected, the cutoes have offered the House of dustry, to which /30,000 was left; a mpromise of, sixty per cent. The ernors have declined the offer, and mend payment in full. —To meet a long -felt want as to send - messages relating to deaths, sick - s, and other extremely urgent mat - the Great Northwestern Telegraph mpany has arranged for all its er offices to be opened at certain rs every Sunday morning and even - commencing the first of Match. ' le br an nO Ja ed on fri for Ay ma ES exe In 00 gov de ing nes ters 'Co larg hou ing, —A revolt of the inmates of the fe- male jail in Montreal took place last Sunday evening and was only ended by the presence and exertions of a force of police from the city. The prison is in ()barge of nuns, and is said to be terri- bly overcrowded, and the inmates are badly demoralized in consequence. —Chatham is getting notorious for pugilistic encoutiters. On Sunday, the 12th inst., sixty young men adjourned to the race course, formed a ring, and allowed ewo of their party to pound each other till they were all over blood. The fight lasted one hour and twenty minutes, and was all about a girl. —An amusing !incident ocourred at the Great Western Railway waiting - room at Hamilton, the other day. A richly dressed lady put her hand into a side dress pocket of her dolman to get her purse to pay for a ticket, when a brandy flask dropped therefrom, the contents being distributed over the floor. —Professor John8ton, ex -Principal of Guelph Agricultural College, deliver- ed an excellent and interesting address before the Domiuioti Grange, which met last week in Toronto. He made the statement that there are 720,000 heads of families engaged in farming in the Dominion, and the production of these workers is twelve times as much as that by all the ethers. horrible fatality occurred at eal on Saturday. A man named te attempted to force off the man late of a boiler before the steam xhansted, with the result that caping steam and water literally led him, from which he died y after. A. man who rushed to istance was severely scalded. Line. Biddulph, was buried on the 15th inst. He had been ill for a month. Deceased occupied the farm opposite 1 the Donnelly hemestead, and it was to his house the boy Johnny O'Connor fled after the terrible tragedy. t —Alex. McKay, one of the represen- , tatives of Pictou county in the Nova, who p Scotia House of Assembly, ie at being o his residence in West River on Thurs. transfe day of last week. He had been atten- man re , ding his legislative duties a few days 320 a,cr . —The other night Archy Johnson, , ago. vthwauta dy with his wife and two children and a , farmer named Murphy, all residingdn 1 Harvey, Peterborough County, were re- turning home' in their sleigh. They attempted to °rose Buckhorn Lake on the ice. Having crossed it in the morn- ing they bad no doubts as to its safety parboi shortl his ass —The land in the Proposed. temper- ance colony in the Northwest is being eagerly sought for in Toronto, Those ut their names down first are ffered premiums on the acre to r. The other morning a gentle. fused$1 an sere premium on es, saying he had been offered mount by three other parties pre- -The Galt Reporter, which comes from an extensive fall wheat growing centre says: The open weather ex- perienced so far this winter has led many to believe that the fall wheat must have received serious injury: from the absenoe of • its usual oovermg of emee- McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. snow, and alternate freezinge and thawings. From enquiries made, how- ever, we are pleased to learn that so far the plant has to a great extent escaped injury, and that it is only on heavy and low -laying lands that it ap- pears any the worse. —A fine venerable old gentleman, Mr. Alex. Hall, of the 6th conceseion of South Dumfries, has been called to his rest, at the great age of 93 years a months. He took up his residen the farm where he died over 40 yeare ago. The very large funeral testified to the esteem in which he was held by the pepple 'of that neighborhood. He knew not a sorrow nor pan. —Mr. A. R. McNichol, who for sev- eral years kept a general store at Clyde, a few miles below Galt on the Credit Talley, and about a year ago disposed of his business to Mr. E. M. Sipprell, has made a few thousand dollars by the Manitoba boom. Five months ago he purchased a piece of property at Bran- don for $2,000, and from it he can now realize $150,000. He don't want to go back to Clyde. ' —Mr. John Watson, manufacturer of agricultural implements at Ayr, has with his usual large hearted generosity, signified his intention, through Mr. Cockburn, M. P., to contribute ten of his imprdved "Black Swan" plows for the benefit of farmers in Muskoka, who lost their fanning implements during the ravages of the bush fires of last time at his disposal, which he employ- ed in getting out his book the "History of the U. E. Loyalists." In theetarly years of his ministry, he was employed as a missionary, and did good service among the Indians of the northwestern portion of Upper Canada. —On Wednesday a man 60 years of age, named John McGuire, was arrest- ed near Pembrokeon a charge of biga- nd 11 my. He took the matter very quietly ce on and confessed to hexing five wives summer. —The steamship Bahama, of Que on a voyage to the West Indies, lost on Friday last in latitude 8 north, and longtitude 72.15 west. passengers and crew abandoned vessel taking two boats, one of w was swamped and all the weave, land in the Smith Saskatchewan dis- consisting of the captain and nine others, were drowned. The occup of the other boat were picked up passing steamer. —Wm. A. Harris, stationmaster Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia, on Intercolonial Railway, was arrested Friday, charged with manslaughte connection with the death of Firem Cameron, who was killed by a collie a short time ago. The collision, i alleged, occurred through the neglige of Harris in not detaining one of trains at his station. —Mrs. James Crow, of Minto, ca near receiving her death blow a f days ago in a rather singular mann Mr. Crow had brought into the hitch two large turnips. A little boy playi around picked one um and the cel door being open threwie down, striki Mrs. Crow who -was in the cellar on t temple,. rendering her insensible nearly half an hour. It was feared f some time that the blow had. prov fatal. --An 80 acre farm, good log hous small barn, root house, and 10 acr under improvement, good soil, and on good road, six miles from Sault St Marie, was sold for e600 cash last fall One hundred and sixty acres, house acres improved, good eoil, in a good settlement, for $600, and plenty of other good bargains even better than these, are open for sale. There are 43 post offices, some of them money order °MIL -eel's]; ienoAthlegrday five young women made application to an iramigrant agent in Toronto to he eent to Wianipeg. They stated that they had. zecently im- migrated from Scotland, and having heard. of the scarcity of female labor in Manitoba had determined to go thither. They had no money, but they were in- tent upon seeking their fortune where it might be more easily earned as domes- tics. Much to their disappointment the agent stated that he only dealt in man -servants. bee, was than the Grand Trunk. To compel e nts I Th2.30 efarthe. amalgamation would be going -too the —The Dominion Government bee hich agreed to grant two million 'acres of teen trict to the Temperaece Colonization ants Society for settlement. The land will by a be surveyed in the spring, and the pro- moters of the scheme say that already. at they have about 4,000 inamigraets the ready to go up. Their application for a on charter will soon mite up before Par- r in liarnent. Under it they will ask to an be empowered not only to send inuni- ion gration agents to Europe to secure col- t is onists for the Northwest, but to arrange noe to take the lands of people in Ontario the in exchange for Northwest lands, and to sell Ontario lands to immigrants from Europe. The capital of the com- pany will be $2,000,000, with 10 per cent. paid up. The land is held under lying. He was put on board the Can- ada Pacific Railway train to be taken to Aylmer jail. He complained of being troubled with diarrlicea, and was al- lowed to remain emhandcuffed. When near Ashton Station he jumped from the train, which was going at the rate of 35 miles an hour, and made good his escape to the next village,where he was captured the next nionaing, and lodged. in jail. He was badly injured by his - fall from the cars. —A large and influential deputation from the county of Grey and tile muni- cipalities along the line of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway waited upon Messrs. Mowat and Pardee on Thurs- day of last week, to urge them to ratify the agreement of the amalgamation be- tween the Grand Trunk and Toronto, Grey and Bruce and not to consent to a combination either with the Northern or the Ontario and Quebec. Mr. Mow- at said the Government would not take awayithe protection given last session requiring the consent of the Executive Council to any amalgamation other me eW er. en, plan "A" of the land regulations, which ng I provides more stringently than the lee I others for settlement. G. M. Rose and ug i the other promoters declare that the he 1 intention is to settle the lands as soon for as possible. -- - —The report of the Commissioner of or 1 ed , Crown Lands of the Province of Ont 1 tario for the year 1881 shows that the , e, sales of Crown Lands during the year . I i es were 88,543 acres; the sum realized a 1 amounting to $51,977, and the collec- 6. : tions to $68,425. There were sold of the Clergy Lands during the year 1881, ee 7,126 acres. The sales amounted to $7,501, and the collections to $19,676. Common School lands to the extent of 1,292 acres were disposed of, the sales amounting to $3,546, and the collections to 037,977. There were sold of the Grammar School Lands,. 1,295 acres; realizing $1,483, and the collections amounting to $5,985. The following surveys have been performed :—The townships of Bonfield, Boulter, Calvin, Hunter, Lauder and Wilkes, in the Huron and Ottawa territory, have been subdivided into farm lots of 100 acres each, and the townships of Ba,clgerow, Cobden, Field, Long, Mack, Patton and Striker, on the north shore of Lake Huron, into lots of 320 acres each. —Several farms have changed hands in the township of Dumfries lately. Mr. James Scott, of the tenth conces- sion has sold his farm of 100 acres to Mr. John D. Moore for the sum of $7,- 500. Mr. Peter Marshall has bought that part of the Walker estate directly south of his farm, consisting of 150 acres, for $6,000. Mr. R. Dodds has sold his farm on the sixth concession to Mr. Hogg, for $4,000. ---Mr. Robt. Ren- wick has sold his farm near Ayr to Mr. Potts, from near Hamilton, for 05,000. On Wednesday evening last week the members of the Emerald Quadrille Club of Montreal, hired a large express sleigh, harnessed six horses to it, and loaded it up with twenty pairs of hu- man beings. They were bound for La- chine, where they were to have a hop, but when they were yet two miles and more from their journey's end—the vehicle broke down. The road was very bad, and, though the gentlemen politely yielded their overshoes for the protection of the ladies' ball room slippers' neither party enjoyed the rest of the journey to any great ex- I tent.mr Thomas Inglis and his eguid I wife," celebrated their golden wedding at their residence in Glenmorris on the I 10th inst., having been married '- in Roxburglashire, Scotland, in 1 1832. This worthy couple came to Canada in 1857, settling at once in Glenmorns, where they have remained ever since. Mr. Inglis is well known throughout the counties of Waterloo and Brant as a dealer in all , kinds of peltry, and he has made such i! a reputation for straight -forward deal- ing that the name of "Old Tom Inglis," is often used as a synonym for an 1 honest man, where he is best known. 4—Rev. Dr. Ryerson, father of the t Ptiblic School System of Ontario, died t at -his residenee in Toronto at seven , 1 o'clock last Sabbath morning, aged 78. t He has been ill for several months, but d his friends had strong hopes of his re- o cover y as the spring approached. Cod - sequently his death was a matter of t some surprise. The deceased gentle- man was placed on the superannuation list on full pay when the Hon. Adam Crooks, became Minister of Education, and he had consequently his whole —One day last week a, man was driv- ing a very spirited team of horses up the London Road, near Clinton, when the whistle of an approaching train startled them, and they bolted; the driver realizing his danger of collision with the train, did his best to prevent the team crossing the track: The loco- motive just strack the end of his con- veyance, but, singularly, did not break anything. Had he been a quarter of a second later, a different report to this would require to be written. —One day recently the workmen in Mr. S. Davis' shop, Clinton, were dis- turbed by the sinell of cloth burning, and instituting an investigation, they discovered a piece of waste cotton, which had been partially saturated with oil, as the cause of the odor. The rag had been thrown aside, apparently, after being used, and was a practical il- lustration of spontaneous combustion. It had not burst into flames, but was smoking, and was so hot thitt it could not be held in the hands, and if it had. not been discovered just when it was, would certainly have started burning, perhaps at a time when the shop was closed, with results that -cannot be told. All should remember that any combus- tible cloth, saturated with vegetable oils, will take fire spontaneously. —One day last week, Peet as a couple of ladies were entering Craib, Macwhir- ter & Co.'s atore, in Clinton, one of them dropped her purse and a small satchel, which she did not miss until after she had been in the store some time. Coming out to look for it, a boy informed. her that he had seen two men pick up the articles, and gave a descrip- tion of them. The ladies then started on a hunt over town to find, if possible, the persons answering to the descrip- ion. Just as they were about giving up the hunt as hopeless they espied the wo men coming from the direction of he Western station, when one of the adies boldly asked for the return of he articles they had found. The men enied all knowledge of the eaffair, but ne of the tassels Of the satchel, stick- ing out of one of their pockets, gave hem away, and they, then owned u to finding them, mar statea that they had intended leaving them at the Post office, but that was "too thin," as each 49 had one of the articles secreted about his person. , •