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The Huron Expositor, 1882-03-31, Page 124, 1882. mifiu.sent *TRY GOODS is onstantiy arriV.ingt et Ueit week •we Wean our castoMera the FIOEST, ASSORTZD: HAND -- GI- 0 0 13 S ffered in Huron.. FOR NEXT WEEK'S, RTISEMENT, Atitlinery Opening be Given. 84. DUNCAN, :MPGRTERS. - Eackney, J. Allison, i therell, W. 1fritihm, W. Lwon. Thiy expect to _wo, or three tewnships. De selected hy two mem- ety, assisted by an ex- syor, and will probablya ween Fort Pelly and the eawan.—Tates. , e I Hay. • ETING.—Tha Couuofl Met arch 7th. The members Moved by Mr. illiinitz, Mr. Efeyrock, that the i;. exameeed the auditor' e very satisfactory and a Clerk to get 100 cpig d statenaent printed ea for distribution a ong .a.—Carried. Movea by woonded by Mr. Su arus, dug persons be appcinted viz.: J. Gichri8t, A. loTaggart, J. Whits, W. MoMendie, E. Case, T. 'sell, G. O'Brien., D. Tap' W. Buchanan, R. Car - mon, J. MeMartril• ; i p on, I. Dick, D. Ma k, Ir. Howard, C. Alds orth, vi W. Caldwell,. H. D tars, ilcShirra, O. Solda , H. t Troyer, J. jarrot , E. War 11. Sti3vart, D. ild- rer, A. Resenberger, W. eh, EI. Saner, P. 'Other - rig, P. Haugh, J. Krein, D. Zimmerman, H. Otto, Johnaon, II. Gie , Fe 000000•01•0000.0000010000.......?„ Holbeia, A. Lehma , G. iger,J. Oesch,W.S arffe, 'dighoffere Ds Geig IL r, HOBS, G. Deneney, Nel- Spencer, R Janusn, le kpplernan„ W. Turhbull, ',1.. Schoch, W. Snell, C. hrader, 3. Schrader, J. name, D. Hoatettler, W. tty, Sr.,. T. Johnson, He bean, H.. Mapped, Ai Bos - ed. Moved by ded by Mr. ' H/rook, ng poundkeeper and •a appointed for 18821 ' e.T. White, R. Reynolds, IcAllieter. R. Broderick, .Orth, M. Kaerch r, D. see R. Turnbull. ence- adman,. R. Fergus zi, C. air, 3. Petty, H. auer, Decker, S. Treffel J. d, S. Bean, W. ed by Mr. Surarna, $ee' -Rennie, that H. Cook, he upply W. Price and old . indigents, with 100 Ibse ;arried. The follbwiag nted : . H. Cook, repair - .14 ; F. Hess, repairing J. Deieherb, repairing nal; S. Rennie, charitY 50; S. Foster, reglistra- marriages , and deathe, techanen, money rafrinde work aerie on road, $3 -iparing culverts, $2.38; kiting and adver iglu& error m taxes, $ 1.65; cting itirors, $2. Zie_ -ed to meet on Tu daYa Graaett, 13. D., eau ose demise has been - for BOUlet time,did on at hia residenCe in - _Dean was born at Gib - He came to Torouto in the position of soda. st. James' Cathedra; ip from 1847, an4 the 867 until his death.kiiii' St. k3i ties Cave mane Minn connection wit lesrcle grew rapidly, moat prominent p ehurchesifl -a. libera:. minded important C uer Protestant den EtBril leaves behin t Iii six chirdrem, four en tars, Mrs. F. Kings tO and 2rs. Strathp „ FIFTEENTH. YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 747. EXTENSIVE MILLINERY OPENING MpFAUL'S, —THIS— FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED. Cite REMEMBER THE SHOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1. E McFAUL. Diabetes Effectually Cured. Toronto, May 30th, 1880. G-entle- naen,—In July, 1878, I was seized with a disease known to the medical profes- sion as Diabetes insipidus. My thirst W. simply iniatia,ble and I voided nearly six times the natural quantity of Urine every twenty-four hours. I lost flesherapidly, and my friends feared fol. the worst, my family physician resorted to every means that e medical skill could devise, but to nnpurpose. A friend ad - me to try vshat is now the "Stan Kidney Pad," and I procured one with- out delay. Its effect was simply a on- derful ; within one week I could lie all night without a drink, or rise to void urine. Intwo Weeks the quantity of fluid taken and voided did not exceed the ordinary amount, and in four weeks I was completely restored to health. No medicines Were taken interually after the application of the Pad. Since. that time I have been in perfect health, ancl am here to speak for myself.— Louis I'. SEIB±. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Druggi t, Seaforth. It was f43 Well Spent. . Toronto,NoveCciber1Oth,1880 Gentle- men, —Some time since I caught cold, whil became settled in my kidneys, I purohased one of your Special Peale which has entirely cured me. It -was Three Dollars well spent and I, having tried it, can recommend the Pad. Very truly yours,—A. 0. ANDREWS, Auctioneer. For eta() by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. The Result was a Complete Cure. Guelph, March 6th, 1880. Gentle- mem—For four years I suffered severely from Kidney Disease. I took gatione of raedieine internally, and applied all sorts of embrocations and nostrums ex- ternally, but tie no purpose. Two leontlis ago I heard of Starr's Kidney Pad and through My physician pro- cured elle, the result was a complete cure, lead I am DOW as well and as free from pein as I ever was.—W. M. TODD. For sale by J. E. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. Rescued From_ Decline. Toronto, August 15th, 1880. Gentle- nien,—In the spring of 1877 I took a 'severe cold, and as a consequence had Inflammation of the Kidneys, which caused me to loose health and spirits, Day rest was broken, my urine loaded with deposits, and the general supposi- tion was that I was going into a decline, in spite .of all my family physician eould do to check the disease. In July, 1878, I procured one of your Pads, and discontinued internal medicines, and wore it two or three weeks without mach apparent benefit, but Abe second two months I was another man, and Iny health has been excellent ever since. Yours truly,—A. J. FITZBIMMONS. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Sea - forth. , A GLIMPSE OF THE AMERICAN CAPITAL. BY A CANADIAN LADY. For very substantial reasons, there is no month throughout the year during which the throng of viol •rs is greater at the National Capital t an in March. However cold and forbid mg the month may he elsewhere, it is c arming here. By the first of the month crocuses and snow -drops are in bloom; rose trees are leafing, and the few brav singing birds that have not been drive away by the English sparrows, are riling their spring songs. Ventures° e young peo- ple sit on the front -door steps in the mild, sunny air, the leisu e of the Lent- en season has come, ad society as: sumes a more generous and genuine quality. Dinners and 1 noises, recep- tions, literary and artis lc gatherings continue in vogue, and at the White House the doors are o en daily, and, except on Mondays, the President re- ceives informally betwee twelve and one o'clock. Whatever rumors ratty have had currency concer ing the non - republican ways that Pr sident Arthnr would introduce, nothing f the sort as yet has been inaugurat d. There is 'nothing to prevent the butcher and baker, as well as the ,scull ry maid and the market woman from ropping in at the Executive Mansion fi e days out of the week and taking the President by the hand, or nursing the r -aspirations in one of the fauteuils.of t e East Room. There is not much in it t look at be yond the chandeliers and he full length portraits of the Father of his Country and Martha Washington, who, for the -sake of euphony, and bec use no one else had been relegated te the place, might be called the Mothe of the Coun- try. She looks calm and eternal, and although the artist wh painted the picture drew the arm wit a roundness that modern anatomy doe not justify, he clad her in a pretty white :,gosvre opening over a red petico t that looks well on the canvass, so th t, all in all, the portrait is rather attr ctive. Therei are mirrors at intervals i the walls of the room, end the woo work is in white and geld. like a rench apart- ment. The floor is cover d with a car- pet of excessive ugliness; a red grouud in which are set geome rical figures which torment the eyes o even com- mon -place people who ha e never tried to live up to the altitude • blue _ china. Visitors continue to arrive until after a noon, and at a signal 'fro dent they hurry to fait in presented to the Presiden to imagine the Chief Magi ing from his work with t "Now bring on your bea tiouing himself good-natu small room adjoining the consent to be gazed at crowd" for ten minutes, perhaps. The crowd, however, is not all "vulgar," e plain visi- ck cashmere e President. occasion is m it is the ornething to come. The ee ; a plain, , in a buei- 16 IS an attend - o line to be . It is easy trate escap- e ejaculation, s," and, sta. edly in the abinet room, the "vulgar and even the plainest of t tore have brurilied their bl gowns out of respect for t It is only to such that the great; to the most of th event of their lives, and be ticked about for years t President is not much to conamomplace looking ma nese snit that is too small for him, as if he were an over -grown 1 oy trying to utilize his last year's g rments. He stands alone at the left of the filing in crowd. takes each one by he hand, and the affair is quickly over. There is me- doubtedly a sense of relies on the part of the President, and an umistakable one of disappointment on the part of the visitors. If the Obi &I Magistrate had been in any way distingue in 'ap pearance- if in feature there had been anything characteristic—there won more pith in the oecurre like coming for wool and shorn -of illueions. The of choice flowers in the ro and then one lingered eve But everywhere one h things of President Arthur, and the re- mark that be is daily gro I am assured that he is q and scholarly man, and t was a veritable abookwor of iauguage in particular, thor of a work on etynaolo be found in the library Office, Next to the President, White House wish to see Mrs Hayes ; and after b ously conducted through finally come upon the p rests upon the floor of w is called the 'Green Roo to be a sort of elephant to of the Executive Mansion shall we hang it IP" is still ed question. There is p1nty of space - Mrs. Hayes haps, all the hite House" nors. No; it at prececlen t, ight be. In ✓ expression 'ndividual or d have been •ce. It was going home was a vase m, and now that. ars pleasant ing in favor. ite a literary at his father 71—a student and the au- y,which may f the Patent SI isitora at the he portrai t . of - jog mysteri- arious rooms rtrait, which sat I believe ." It seerns the guardians and "Where an uniniswer- SS iu the East Room; but i is betig there, then, pe other "Ladies of the will come in for similar h would not do to establish t interesting as the result painting thee portrait of M s. Hayes Me. Huntington has not added to hislaurels as an artist, and the carved wooden frame from the Cincinnati School of Wood -Carving, although a fine piece of work. serves to exaggerate the unpleas- ant features of the portrait. If Mrs. Hayes had chosen a white frock for her portait-dress in lien of a red oue the effect in neerly every particular woul4 have been better. ,The artist has given the lady altogether too much of the air of a so- ciety woman in pose, while the drawing of the arm and hand that holds the nosegay is inexcusably bad. The re- gret expressed by a great many women that the painting of the portrait was not given to a woman is enhanced by the unsatisfactory achievement of Mr. Huntington. The street life of Washington is an unfailing source of _interest, especially if one is fortunate in having a corn= panion who "knows eyerybody," as in a week's time one may see more note - It -0 SEAPORTH, FRIDAY-, MARCH 31, 1882. bilities than in half a life tiscie else- where. Caroline Dell lives in Wash- ington (Georgetown) ; Gail Hamilton is with her cousin,_ Mrs. Blaine; Vinnie Ream -Hoxie still works at her art and is still very pretty; Mrs. Hodgson - Burnett is a very young looking woman, and her husband, Dr. Bur- nett, is quite as popular as is she. Mrs. Mary Clenamar has a charming home on Capitol HilI—a oozy brick house, with rooms on both sides of the hall, like that of the home of the Carey -sisters in New York, where Dr. Emily Blackwell now lives. The parlors are not of the conventional pattern, but pretty and home like, elegant and taste- ful, and with the walls covered with fine print. Mrs. Clemmer is & hand- some,somewhat English looking wo- manperfectly eta poised, and with excellent social tact. She has a good memory of faces and names,and during a year's time a great many eminent men and women are to be seen at her receptions One of the most conspicuous figures in the str.et at Wasaington is the well kuown attorney at law, Mrs. Belva Lookwood. She rides a tricycle from her office to her various places of busi- ness, which she finds an expeditious and convenient mode of travel. It is an English -made machine, and Mrs. Lockwood propels it with ease and skill. It requires from her no ungrace- ful movemeut or peculiarity of dress, the operation of it being much the same as that ole 'sewing machine. The fact that she is the first woman to make use of the tricycle publioly naturally at tracts attention to her. She ia fortu- nate in living in Washington, which, with its smooth, broad streets, is a par- adise for the bicyclists, who are seen at every turn, and tend to make her less couspicuous tha,u she would be else where. Mrs. Lockwood has an uncom- monly handsome face, her profile beiug very fine indeed. She Pas dark, bright eyes, and an abundance of snow-white hair. She is direct and frank in her manuer, thoroughly business -like in her profession, and as a lawyer is uni- versally well spoken of, and stands well iti the courts. She makes govern- ment claims a specialty, and has a good business. She studied law in the Natiouai Law School here, but it was six months after. she graduated before she obtained her diploma, which was withheld on acc.lount of her sex. Be- coming exasperated with such treat • mew', ehe•wrote a sharp letter to Presi- dent Grant, who, by virtue of his office, was President of the TJniversityde mending her diploma. The letter was not answered. but a week later she re ceived the desired document. She was formerly al. teacher, but, finding her • voice was wearing out, she oast about her for a new vocation, and chose the law, for which she had a special liking. Her husband is dead, and I am told that she has a daughter who is well married. And there is a good authen• tio story of her; She had an occasion to go to Chester, Pennsylvania, to try a case, but upon reaching there was de- barred by the court from doing so be- cause she was a woman, and no w� man is allowed to practice law in the great Common wealth of Pennsylvania. Some time after her return to Wash- ington she was In court one day, and it chanced that a lawyer from Pennsyl- vania was there to plead a suit. As is the custdin in the District of Columbia, the judge put the usual question, if any oue objected to the sada lawyer practic- ing in that court, when Mrs. Lockwood said she objected. Upon being asked to state the reason of her objection, she related her experience in Chester. The judge smiledand sustained her objeo tion, and the Pennsylvania, lawyer re- turned home a wiser, if not a happier man. a Mrs. Lockwood is not a mascu- line woman, but she is one of -those women who are not troubled by public opinion. Sense, and not sentiment, is leer guide, laid in outward sensibility she may have lost something in the hard battle of existence that she has had to fight. The first time I saw her she was stepping into her tricycle in front of Le dwelling where she had been to carry a girl's school book which she had seen in the street, and had dis- mounted to piek up—an act of kindness not every busy person would have undertaken. At the Capitol, old-time visitors in the Senate Chamber find the sessions dull. Greatness has departed and the common -place reigns, possibly perhaps to national advantage. Senator Ed- munds is easily the leading man of the Senate, and. is generally conceded to be the ablest member. His appearance at once commands respect, and his manner befits the dignity of hisof- fico. Senator Sherman looks more 'like his brother, the General, as be advances in years. Senator Morrell, of Vermont, bears a striking resemblance to the late Charles Sumner. Senator Wade Hamp- ton looks grim and warlike. Mahone, of Virginia is a wisp of a man, long iron gray hair and full beard, and some fine black broadcloth clothes that look half tenantless. There is a delicate featured face to be seen, however, and very small thin hands and feet. Sena- tor Plumb, of Kansas, is the ydungest looking Senator, possibly; smart, but not handsome. legal's, his colleague, looks like the perpendicular pronoun in costume. The extreme Southern Sen- ators talk like parsons. Brown, of Georgia, is distinguished by „ a white beard, which flows in a straight line from his face like a waterfall. Hoar, of of Massachusetts, ie hoary -headed and handsome. Logan, of Illinois, is sick in bed, and the great object of devotion of his *handsome, white-haired wife. His own raven -black hair does not Yet show a threal of grey. Mrs. Logan is credited with being the most popular woman in Waslaingtom She has po- litical tact. and a genial, friendly, man- ner that is, captivating. She is a wholesome, healthy -looking womau,and grows in attractiveness as the years go by. The facility with which people of all classes make their way into Washing. ten Society has so long been a source of annoyance to leading political parties here that an effort, is being made to create what in foreign parlance would be called a courtvirole, into which ouly the favored few should be admitted. That women are heertily- tired of dis- pensing hospitality year after year, to persons of whom they know little or naught, and for whona they care less, is readily understood. That some of the Mesclaanes M. C.'s are flattered by the numbers of people who throng their re- ceptions, rather than by their quality, cannot be denied; but there are others, anxious to do their full duty, who be- grudge the time and money these de- mands make ppon them, and. are now ready to do battle for their freedom. If they accomplish it without offense it will only be the result of the neatest diplomacy and shrewdest tact. People who rise or fall by the votes of the populace-- must sometimes be guilty of what George Eliot has. called "unpre- meditated. sincerity." 'WASHLTIS TON, March8th, 1882. There were 24 mites of paper used in"prieting last Saturday's issue of the Tpronto Telegram. —There are twenty five applicants for the vacant position of Inspector of Prisons and Asylums. No choice has yet been made. ---Dr. Moutgomery, of the Rockwood asylum, and Dr. Claik, of the Hamil- ton asylum, will ohauge places in a few days. —A fire at Essex Centre on Friday morning destroyed Thorn ton's agrioul- tural implement warehouse and a quan- tity of impleineute. —A despatch from Winnipeg on Sunday hot says: • Twelve hundred people have arrived in the city within the last ten hours. —The various lots erid lands belong- ing to the estate of the late Wm. Dickson, of Gait, are advertised for sale. —Mr. Taohe, Deputy Minister of Agriculture,' slipped on -the street ii Ottawa a few days ago and feactured oue of hie legs • • --Fraucia Xavier, a French Canadian veteran of 1812, who served in the Glengarry Fent ibles, died at Belleville last Friday uight, aged 93 years and 7 mouths —The Pictou coal miners are making vigorous efforts to inorease their pro - &lotion, aud the output daring the com- ing summer will probebly be very large. —A man named Ambrose French, formetly a teacher at Prioceton, but lately a merchant in Woodstock, was frozen to death in the Northwest.during a recent blizzard. —Two hundred and forty emigrants, chiefly from Lalcashire, Englaud, ar- rived at Montreal in the latter part of last week. en route for Ontario and the Northwest. —Mr. John MoAvoy, proprietor of the Belchamber House, Sarnia, died Friday afternoon rather unexpectedly. He had been ailiug for some time from sitseatie of the luugs. — Some one who took pains to count says -there were 846 advertisementsin last Saturday's Telegram, 591 in the Globe, 161 in the News end 531 in the Mali. — Mr. Joseph MeAlthur, of Fenelon Falls, left Last Wednesday morning for Manitoba With sixty ead of cattle and two hundred hens a d roosters. The latter venture is a ne departure. — Thief. Robinson and the lady bicyclist whu made s ch a remarkable score ate St. Louis, IL e in Toronto at presentaand will shor ly give an exhi bition of their skill. —It iS a curious fa t that the city of Halifax is tormente by the depreda- tions of wild cats. he animals are very fond of hen c ope. One of the cats killed the othe day weighed 35 pounds. 1 -r-Dr. Daniel Pears who has been practicing medicine i Essex Centre for forty five years, was mod $25 and costs before Justice Morga. a few days ago for not being register &d. --A deputation nm Western On- tario waited on the inister of Finance and Customs a secou time on Satur day to urge the impo itiou of an export duty -on elm, basswe • d, and red oak, bolts, bolt logs, and sop logs. —Michael O'Rour e, who murdered Patrick Maher, aged 84 years, and his daughter Bridget, at elson village, in the county of Halto ,on January 20, has been faund guilty and sentenced to be hanged on June 9. —A despatch from Sb. Johns, New- foundland, on Monday, says: The most terrific snow .storm for many years has just ended. The drifts in some places are ten feet high. Roads are blocked in every direction. —A large consignment of seed pota- toes was sent from St. Johns. Quebec, to Winnipeg last week. Supposing they were caught in a blizzard and had to stand on the prairie for a couple of days, in what condition would they 'arrrie at Winuipeg ? —The emigration movement this spring is particularly heavy from the older parts of Canada to Manitoba/ and the Northwest. The Michigan Central Railway alone since Marcia 1st has carried over 4,000 Canadian emigrauts. —John Horner, llth concession, Arran, is the owner of a ewe which gave birth to two lambs on Sunday last, one of which had two bodies, eight legs and but one bead. The bodies of this peculiar phenomenon were joined at the shoulders. —The mangled remains of a man were discovered on Sunday morniug scattered along the Great Western Railway track near Hamilton. His pocket's were turned inside out, cuts as if made by a sharp instrument were ry found on his body, and a dark lantern was discovered near by. The remains were identified as those of a toll -gate keeper near Dundee, named Poole. The unfortunate man is supposed to have been foully murdered. —A movement is being made to- wards endowing a mental and moral philosophy chair in Victoria University in commemoration of the late Rev. Dr. Ryerson. Among the subscriptions ob- tained is one of $1,000 from Dr. Schultz. —A young lady created a marked sensation in the American Presbyterian churches in Montreal on Sunday even- ing by taking her seat in a pew attired in a gorgeous ball costume, with low neck and 'short sleeves, and covered with showy jewellery. — It is said that the Government is in possession of a great DIf188 of cone- spondenee from .Northviest settlers, complaining of the outrageous nature of recent land jumping operations, and demanding recognition of settlers' rights, or there will,be bloodshed. — Notice is given that an application will be made to Parliament at next session on behalf of Peter Nicholson, of Prince Arthar's Landing, Collector of Customs, for a bill of divorce from Rosetta Nicholson, his wife,- on the ground of adultery. —Lady •Frances Balfour and Ur. Balfour left on Monday for Niagara and thence to Halifax, to sail for England on the 1st of April. Much regret is felt in fashionable circles over the departure of the party so much sooner than had been expected. —Mrs. S. T. Davidson, of Toronto, has recovered $3.000 damages from the Street Railway Company. lgrs. Davidson was getting off a Church street car in September last, and had one foot on the ground. when the car started, throwing her to the ground, and injuring her ankle very severely. --Lieutenant-Colonel .E. F. Byers° died at Port Ryerse, in Norfolk county, on Monday morning in the 82nd year of his age. Deceased was the yougest son of Colonel Samuel S. Ryerse, the origi- nal settler of that place, and a U. E. loyalist. The deceased was a cousin of the late Rev. Dr. Ryerson, of Toronto. — The other day a farmer named Alex. Esson, aged about 80 years, resid- ing a few miles from Peterborough, took a heavy dose of Paris green; he hngered a couple of days, when lie died. He was wealthy and highly re- spected, and no cause has yet been as- signed for his rash act. • —A colporteur named John Lowry died in Toronto last Sabbath. The deceased, who was 75 years of age, has been a colporteur in the services of the Upper Canada Bible Society since 1863, and during that time he has cir- culated in the city and Province over 20,000 copies'of the Scriptures. —The Corporation of Toronto owns three millions worth of property, from which tbe sum of only $27,000 is annu- ally reoeived, but in consequence of the leases on nearly all this property run- nieg out shortly, it is expected that the income on the increased rate will amount to about one hundred thousand dollars annually. —Last Friday morning Mr. Josiah Blackburn, of. the London Free Press, accidentally stepped into an open trap in the sidewalk. and in the fall had one of his shoulders dislocated. His sys- tem also received a_ severe shock. He was conveyed home and his shoulder plaeed in its proper position. No seri- ous injuries are anticipated. —It is so difficult to get a servant girl in Manitoba that the advertisers of this feminine commodity must needs insert their "ads" "till forbid," and the chances are that they are not forbidden for a month. Girls with , muscle and who do not want to get married, that is theirplaze for you. —Mr. George &obey, of East Zorra, near Tavistock, hied his barn struck by lightning one day about two weeks ago and everything destroyed except one very valuable horse. Mr. StoLey would have lost everything had not some woodcutters seen the smoke and has- tened to aid him. Even the horse was considerably burnt, but is on a fair road to recovery. No insurance. — At a reoent meeting of the Elgin Teachers' Association one of the mem- bers summed up the fostering causes of oraniming as (1) our system of exam- inations, (2) excessive home lessons, and (3) frequent changes of teachers. The list is comprehensive if not exhaus- tive, and the second Guise specified is undoubtedly the most effective anl per- nicious of the three. — Notwithstanding the blizzard raging at the time a public meeting was held at Portage la Prairie on Sat urday night, at which speeches were made and resolutions passed condemn- ing the disallowance and land policy of the Dominion Government. The meet- ing was largely attended by the leading men of theyortage and vicinity, both Coneervative and Reform. —The Princess Louise, wife of our Governor General, who attended a re- cent concert at the Royal Academy of Music in London, attired in a gown of red satin broche, cut square at the throat and made with a train, over a' petticoat of gold brocade with colored flowers, and wore long Mousquetaire tan -colored gloves, was agonized bybe- ing aeked to sit on a pink satin couch with plentiful gilding. —Andrew Perrin, of Mount Vernon, was found dead on Thursday morning with his head fast between the slats of his bedstead. He had gone to bed drunk; but how he got into the pceition in which he was found no one knows. A few years ago Perrin had a splendid prospect before him, but he gave way to temptation, drove his family from his desolate home, and finally died the death of a drunkard. —"The richest mageetic iren mines in the world," is the way the Kingston News speaks of the mining property in _ Ifl 31 a a-- J ' McLEAN BROS., Publishers. 1 - $1.50 a *Tear, in Advance. i Hastings County owned formerlY by Mr. Coe, of Madoc, and now three fourths sold- to Messrs, McMullea, of Picton, Ont., and S. J. Richie,i of Aiken, Ohio. There are 15,000 acres the veins of which are 1,500 to 2i000 1 feet wide, and said to be reported. by Prof. Chapman to contain 66 per cent.- me_mtallincTirhounrs. day last week the Feast of St.. Joseph was celebrated at Mount Hope Convent in London, by the sol- emn reception to the Sisterhood of St. Joseph of three young ladies—Miss Boyle, of Wawatiosh, in religion Sister Mary Isidore;. Miss Mugan, of Norwich, in teligion Sister Mary Clare; Miss Kennedy, of Orillia, in religion Sister .dlary Margaret. Bishop Walsh, pre- sided, and Fathers Tiernan and Walsh a!sisted --Adespatch from Winnipeg, says: Sister Lafrance, who thirty-eight years ago came here with Other sisters to open the first convent in the Northwest, is dead, at 67 years of age. These early pioneers in the cause of religion per- formed the journey from Montreal in a birch bark canoe, coining by the Otta- wa River Georgian Bay, Lake Superi- or and the water stretches to Winnipeg in two months. ' She was Lady' Supe- rior from 1861 to 1864. , —The Great Western Railway_oom- menced ou Monday to run a daily train which leaves Niagara Fills at 6.30 a. m., passing Hamilton at 7.45, London . at 10.15, and arriving at Windsor; at 1.10 p. m. This tram will not make any stoppages on the road except tilos° named, being for the accomniodation of through passengers between New 'York and Chicago. The train will leave New York at 5.30 p. m. and arrive in Chi- cago at 10.10 the followieg night. I —Last year Charlea M. Anders4, a Swede, from the vicipity of Stockholm, went to the Northwest and invested in 800 acres of land at Clear Springs, near Winnipeg. He had 840 bushels i of wheat and oats last year, out of the ale of which he realized enough to pay . for the land. He went back to Sweden halt whiter, and engaged. ten heady countrymen to come to Canada and work on his farm. He passed through Toronto on Friday last en route to his home ie the Northwest. —Miss Lizzie S. Fitzgerald, a peipil of St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, after passing her second year examina- tion in the University of Toronto, ap. plied for admission to University ol- lege in order to better prepare her third and fourth years. Her application Was refused by the College Council as that of Miss Sheff was last year, and in con- sequence of the refusal Miss _Fitzgerald has gone to Queen's College, Kingstan, where there are several young ladies taking the Arts course. —Some time ago Mennonite butter was at a discount in Winnipeg, and was. forced by public taste to retire from competition with the productiOns of other makers. The Free Press now states that the art of butter -making has been to a great extent revolution- ized in Mennonite households, so that the women now make butter which is net distinguishable from the best Can- adian butter; and that no small amount of the butter used in Winnipeg now comes from the Mennonite re- serves. Te Episcopal Church minister officiating at Burford village, countof iBrant, has been deposed on account of his indiscreet attentions to a certain married lady in the village. The in- discretion was diseovered by means of a clandestine correepondence carried on through the medium of a friend, the said missives being filled with terms of endearment, loving protestations and intimations of his willingness to share his lot with hers. The name of tlais recreant missionary is Gardner. —The Peterborough Examiner says : —A little more than ensile beyond the Burleigh rocks is a stneAl settlement of three families, whose farms acljoi — Harvey, Bolton, and Stone. Some tjvo months since diphtheria was brou ht by a visitor, and in six weeks nine children were buried, three of Harve i's, three of Stone's and three of Bolton's. This week Mrs. Bolton has passed away, making the tenth out of tliat littlecommunita in two months, lier death being indirectly caused by the same disease. . —Early Thursday morning last week a collision took place ou the Great Western Railway at Mount Bryd es between two freight trains. A brakes - man named Carney was so seriously in- jured that his life is despaired of. All the other officials saved themselves by jumping. A horse was killed belonging to Mr. A. Munn, of Wellington, who was en route to Minnesota. A car load of eighteen horses ' were badly shaken up. Among the freight on the regal r train was a quantity �f househo d effects, consigned to immigrants at Emerson and Winnipeg, a large por- tion of which was smashed. —In Toronto on Monday a farm r tied his team on thestreet while he went into a lawyer's office. Presently a man drnve up in a light rig, got out, and left his horse standing behind the _farmer's wagon, and in close proximity to some hay which it contained. Tbe animal began to nibble at the hay, and got the reins entangled in the bolt of the tail board. The farmer walked out, supremely un- conscious of this fact, and. drove off, dragging the other horse and rig after him, amid the laughter of the specta- tors. He was at length made to under- stand that he was unconsciously cons- mittitting grand larcenoy, and the rear hoerseamwenastreleased from its curious pre- th—There are many victims of railway thieves and pick -pockets on the Web - tern and Northwestern roads. One Of the latest is Wm. Fitzgerald, who hails from 25 miles north of Ilingston,seed was en route to Grand Forks, Dak_ota, where he proposed locating with other of his countrymen. He carried $200 in currency and$50 in gold in a small bag which he: placed in the inner pocket of his vest. Shertly before midnight he was engaged in conversation with some "gentlemanlyelookiug fellows," to whom he unfolded his plans kr the future, where he was, from, etc. Shortly after- wards he went to sleep, and upon awakening diecovered the loss of the $250, the gentlemanly looking fellows having relieved him of his wealth. Fitzgerald fortunately, had a draft for $700 in his pocket which the thieveS did not get. - —A. young girl named Maggie Mer- rill has myeterionsly disappeared frem Cobourg to the great distress of her re- latives. She ' left the residence of her brother, Mr. ohn Merrill, of Cobourg, on the 27th o February intending to go to her uncle's, James Clarkson, two miles east of Baltimore village, BillOO which time n4 trace can be found of her. Miss )N erral is 29 years 013, above the aveiage height, and ha e black hair, black eyes and dark complexion. When she left home she wore a navy blue cloth dress, a black beaver jacket and a black English walking straw hat, trimmed with black velvet, black feath- er and black !bugles, she also carried a pled shawl of different colors and a small parcel.i —The Moaetary T Thomas Kin genera storekeeper in il iressays: Mr. i Dublin, has ben the r cipient of a good I deal of favor et the hands of his credi- tors. In 1877 he claimed a surplus of $9 000, but Could not meet his bills, and was given one year more time to pay. This arrangement he carried out, but in Mandel 1880, found it necessary to assign with liabilities of 1815,000, which he settled by paying 4b per cent'. In January last he again plead- ed for time, but some of his creditors thought they had been lenient with him quite long euougb, and so he was com- pelled to asslign, with liabilities. and assets about equal -49,000. Mr. King has certainly Worked hard to do justice to all parties, and so far as we know doe a not dese ve any censure. . —One of he most exciting sawing matches of ' be season came off at Glanworth. in the County of Middlesex, on March 22nd, in the presence of abaft 200 people. 'There were eight saws entered, and five prizes awarded: 1st, .Messrs. War* and Flickenstein, time 42 seconds ; 2nd, Happer and McColl, time 45i- secohds ; 3rd, Dunn and Kim - bel, time 44 seconds; 4th, Tolls and. McKillop, time 49i seconds; 5th, Misa Donald and Cameron, 54,1 seconds. The log wasof maple, 16i inches in 4t, diameter, an two cuts constituted a heat. The olio and Williams war- - riors, Mesa. Happer and. McColl, carried off the medal, and the time oc- cupied in this! trial was 22i- seconds for one cut. Th4 saws used were: 1st, . Diamond; 2 d., Lance - Tooth; 3rd, Diamond-; 4t . Toll's Dominion, 5th, Nimrod. Th Lance Tooth saw came off victorious. —The worst blizzard of the season raged in Manitoba on Friday and Satur- day last. On Friday a train was snow- ed up on the Pacific Railway near a place called Reaburn, west of Portage la Prairie, hinting 150 passengers -who had only one meal that day. Their provisions we e gone, and the fuel had given out. T e railway company sent all the provisi 118 it could get at the Portage, but t e relief train was also blockaded witiiin two miles of Reaburn. -There was pleiity of wood two miles east of Reabura. but the men sent after fuel comet not face the atom 'back. There are no houses at Reaburn, and only one farm-hoese in the vicinity, and as the provisions in that house were eaten up, the passengers had togo hungry till some time Saturday, when the storm reached them. of settlers wit aving Subsided relief There were a number their families on board, who must ha e suffered considerably from cold and 1hunger. —Another s d accident .ocourred a few days ago iu Toronto from the care- less handliug of fire arm e by boys. Rupert H. Ross, aged lb, was excident- ally shot by a boy, nine years of age, named Thompson. The gun was loaded with a pharge of powder and a common stone, but it appears the boys were not aware of this. Thompson raised the hammer as he pointed the gun at ROSS, who laughed, little think- ing that all witain the space of a min- ute he would pess from life unto death. Thompson pulled the trigger, and was naturally greatly startled at the dis- charge of the gun which followed. Ross immediately fell _dead, the stone had pierced his, right bang. He was son of the late Mr. James Ross, of Winnipeg, and was a boy who found great favor with his companions, and was altogether a popular lad with all who knew him. The lad was brilliant and full of promise, and in his dead father's place would have been his mother's stay. —The Advertiser says :—One hun- dred and thirty,three games had been played in London by the "Herd Lad - up to 10 oi"elock, Saturday night, ten only of which have been draws; according to Mr. Wyllie's account. According to t1-0 gentlemen who play- ed, however, over twenty draws have been secured. This is the way the Laddie "coonts" Up as he terms it: "MacNob twee an' yon mon ths.t is coonted as guid as MacNob twa. Yon MOD Ira that teen that Simon Mac-&- Lood comes fra I wi' the red heed, whativer iis mane is (McGlad- day, no doubt);lhe got twa draws as woel 1Then there's thob skule Insister frae the eastern limits o' the tome (Principal Eckert); he got a draw, au' Insister Morrison fra Soothomptou, he got slather. And there's that :auction mon, fra the chief " toon 10 Biddalph— Maclean or Bliicklin they calhim—a mighty smart chap, he got twa draws forby, however.!' _ 1 _