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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-04-07, Page 131, 1882, oi" a i ns1 WEEK AT Duncan's ,€1NDON 11 KED T, el Watered Silks, Lshionabie colors), (extra,. value), New sty/ea), iu Nun's ihmerettes, French rges ,-&c.. LEES n Hcnfton, Span. :alteese Laces. t1, --An immense Eefy competition. ,atest Designs' and i, the lowest prices GING OODS.-- tarnagks, Napkins', *thirtfngs:, Tickings,, OF URETONNES, thine Colors ).< tN [ HE GS:, y that our stock of as .never so coxa ►sent. White and errs, Ties, Collars, ik Handerehiefs at ea. ON INVITE. eery Opening on earday, April 6th D U GAN, [PORTERS. in favor of closed required to carry one or two other called tQ hold the bridge on: the second_ i1 eetoy. r.—Having of later ngh the carelessnesa trties holding public the tm( st punctual toh of the duties de- ist having also heard ipiaia, I have been such through a salt- ier from: a philan- view, tic reek°- a few it few suggestions for sof poirtmastera Home ?ire slightly tainted In the first place,. hat in some of our his wooded country, nknown to ins,. those :of a more suitable >me iustancess, oblig eats do, tack up old. Ed, in others, small, Emilar: sliding covers, iy opened; and, e not unfreciuently art of the shop as to g ransacked and, it , parties of so grovel -- as; to coro:mit said hick class, we must ow, there are a few prosperous Canada. h g fictitious or lanai - , ay the public: goner- having, themselves, her, noticed careless- robably, suffered in e effects thereof. And be a sad state of sily be remedied_ If' d a: lock cannot be advise having the ehtnd the conn:ter or .t safety beyond the as, through curiosity ive, they might aces- misehief„ nnprofit- es and injurious to point to be borne in rs is the reaponsibil- ions, and that there. usssea, sad disappoint- results accrue froxu u a post card to lie in e person for whom it •ailed, A. similar in my nota during the re are other errors 1 tion t0, hilt, not wish- all at Once.yet hoping arked imp_ ro-vement in ages eut of our post For cause for complaint; h, 1882. the neighborhood of :ste steers to Mr. Heal, the other clay. They at 3,050 po nide, but fy the. farmer and Ire m; Ina pocke : showing shed 3.150 pt ands at ra before. a deelar- 'ething wron, and to rge bipeds s pped on pare them a terwarde tf They tst ed the ds, and afterwards did the amasl s,ales, and --sed himself' wen him by the Mitt k, That a couple of rink 10 pounds be- Mitchell, a distance matter of surer sse,and tion. a9 4 FIFTEENTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER, 748. THIS WEEK AT McFAUL'S- WILL BE SHOWN A VERY LARGE; RANGE —OF— LADE CURTAINS; From $1.25 Per Yard Up. AT E.1 McFAUL'S yy THIS WEEK WILL BE FOUND A COMPLETE STOOK OF Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, - Feathers Ornaments, Rigons, Mantles,. Mantle Silks, Dress Silks, Dress Goods, .Parasols, Laces, Fancy Goods, dc. CALL IN AND SEE THE NEWCOODS NO TROUBLE TO SHOW THEM. EDWARD McFAUL, Successor to Mears. A. G. McDougall of Co., Seaforth. ...NEW GOODS. SPRING SU NGS IN ENDLESS VARIETY. A Large Instilment lust Received ti At W. Campbell's CLOTHING EMPORIUM, SEAFORTH THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN HATS, SILK SQUARES AND GENTS' FURNI'SHINGS. CALL AND SEE THIS CHOICE LOT W. CAMPBELL. AUCTION SALES. Tees : FOR MANITOBA.—Public Auction Sale Wm. Grassie, Seaforth, hating taken the Manitoba fever, is bound to be off as soon as he "an dispo,e of his present stock iu Seaforth. With thi. object in view ho win offer for sale by Public Auction at his shops, Market Street, Seaforth, on Saturday, April 29, 1882, commencing at 1 o'clock P in.,. the following; property.: Two stn e cover- ed buggies, 2 single open bue"gies, 2 Democrat wagon., 2 new lumber wagons, several second hand buggies, 1 set of light wagon wheels,1 plow, 1 blacksmith bellows, 2 anvils, 1 set of rollers for betiding tires, 1 vice, 1 wood vice, 1 tire re-etter, I shoeing bed for wheels; 1 large drilling machine, 4 ,et of stooks and dies, 2 large heating stoves, a lot of buggy and carriage springs, together with neel:yokes, whiflletrees and devices, 1 paint mill 3 boxing machines and a lot of other tools and Inkpletuents itgt.ally fount around a blacksmith 'hap. household F urnitnre-0ne organ, a full set of hair cloth furniture, also a lot of other hoaseltoldfurniture. The whole will positively 1+e NOW without reserve, and somebody will get bargain.. Terms. ---A11 sums of i$10 and under, cash ; over that amount 6 months credit will be Zi%en oil furnishing approvedjoint notes. A Ceouut at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed for cash on credit amounts; eecf . GaAssss, Proprietor. J. P. Brine, Auction - g' -.The dwelling house, blacksmith and. WO@t1 Working shops, occupied by the undersign - tis ill be teased on reasonable terms. They are located in one of the beat business streets in Se iforth, and a. goGeois.d mag can do a Iarge business itt them,; . 750 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, . APRIL 7, 1882. G EIGHTY -HOURS IN A SNOW -DRIFT. From the Winnipeg Free Press of March 28th. ` The passengers by the train from Portage la Prairie, which arrived yesterday morning; had a lively ex once of life on the rail. - From a versation -with a gentleman who on board we gathered the foliowing peg. general idea of the trip. The train the Portage on Wednesday aftern about five o'clock, only a few min behind the regular time. Then all calm, no sign of a blizzard, and e prospect of a pleasant trip toWinni All went well until "within -a little m than a mile -from Reaburn stet here peri - was left oon utes was very ere and was few e to oth sok- hat Ives tled ain. ked ttle ties ses and fel- dis- out nly hey dly the at the COB the run ed ere he rs- re- ro- or- er. nd gly ut. he er 88 to - is he th ay r - It 0 h en n th y CO Their names were James Johnston, of Strathroy, Ont.; Donald Kerr, Sel- kirk ; Thomas Kennedy and Thomas Jasper, of Oak River. Seeing no pros- pect of getting to Winnipeg within any reasonable time, and - becoming impa- tient, they started to walk down the track to the city. They got along tol- erably well till within five or ea miles of Rosser, when Jasper began to fail. The storm was raging furiously, and his companions had to help him along as best they could. The frost began to take hold of Jasper, and at intervals their only resourse was to burrow hole in a snow bank for protection, and then rub his limbs briskly until the natural heat was restored and the blood set freely in circulation again. This operation had to -be repeated several times. The last two miles before reach- ing Rosser they had almost to carry him, and in doing this the others suf- fered severely, Kerr especially, having - his face badly frozen. Finally they came to a shanty on the side of the track, a short distance from the station. They broke in the wine dow and lifted Jasper in. One of the party stayed with him to rub him and the other two hastened for relief. The storm was so blindiug that they could not see heti far they were from the station, but , fortunately it was onlia few hundred yards. Assistance wee soon received, and Jasper was carried. down to the station house, where he was taken care of until this morning, when he was brought down to Winni- peg. and was, we understand, conveyed to the hospital. Although pretty well used up, he will get around all right again in a few days, but we presume it will be some time before he venturea on such another tramp. The remaindet 'of the party reached Winnipeg on Sat- urday afternoon. The Inland Revenue returns for the month of March amount to 814,- 779. —A fresh cargo of boys is daily ex- pected at Miss McPherson's Home, at Gait. —Corporation laborers in Toronto are now getting from 81 to 81.50 per day. —Two stores were burned out in Parkhill last Sunday morning, involv- ing a loss of 811.000. —Great misery is reported as pre- vailing on the Magdalen Islands, pota- _toes being very scarce and dear. —The Provincial Government has appointed Mr. E. A. Grange,of Guelph, Veterinary Inspector for the County of Well ington. —It is estimated that the emigration from Eugla,nd for Manitoba aloneovill be at the rate of one thouiand a week daring April. —A Montreal rnachinist named Ray has been fined 820 or forty days im- prisonment f r carrying a pair of steel —James hitehead, of Blenheim, near Cannin , lately purchased 65 acres a.djoinin his farm, for which he paid 64.000. —The alte nating frosts and thaws of March hay hurt wheat .somewhat, and clover b dly on Bona° farms in Essex county. --Mrs: Ma whose husband was killed on one f the county roads gain- ed a vetdict of 83,000 against the 'town- ship of King, ounty of York. —Colonel A. Ian Gilmour has offered to' give $1,000 o the Ottawa Literary and Scientific ociety for the erection -of a suitable buil ng for its use. —The real e tate boom has reached British Colum ia, and heavy sales are said to have b en made of late to capi- talists from ot er parts of Canada. — The spire f St. Michael's Church, elleville, was struck by lightning dnr- g a storm on unday last. The only amage done as to the cross, which as split in se era,' places. —At the afferin Assizes, which pened at Ora geville this week, there ere three acti ns for seduction and e for breach f promise of marriage tered. — Mr. A. Ch rch, of Drumbo, bought e other day ne car load of dairy ws, numbed g 19, for which he paid 8680. Mr. Church has now 35 cows for his dairy. —Mrs. McKe oan has recovered 8500 from the corpo e.tion of the city of To- ronto for dama es sustained by falling on a defective idewalk in December last. The suit laimed $10,000. —Her Roya Highness Princess Louise has sig ified her intention of sending sorne of her own paintings to the forthcomin exhibition at Montreal of the Royal Ca adian Academy. • —Eleven students, of whom two were from the United States, passed their examinati ns and were licensed to practise by th Medical Veterinary College at Mont ead, on Friday. North Branch nd Blackfriar's Mills, has entered. e s it against the city of London for $10, 00 dariaages caused by tinhienw. ater works dam backing up on his —The strike pidemic seems to be raging through° t Canada at present. Strikes are of daily oco-arrence amongst laborers and na:ch.anics in Montreal, Kingston, Port ope, Toronto and other Brantford High School, has been ap- pointe4 to the p sition of -Inspector of High Schools for the Province of On- tario, in room of he late Mr. Marling, of Toronto. —One day la t week the evening train from Remit on to Toronto made the run in exact y 60 minutes. The distance is thirty nine and a hall miles and includes ei ht stopping places This is speedy tr yelling. —A span of ho es belonging to, Mr. Brandon, the Cen rat Prison contractor in Toronto, were arned to death on Sunday afternoon. The stable caught fire ou the inside, and no one being at home, resulted as above. —Proceedings gainst the Feheeley brothers as &mom lines in the Biddnlph murder case have been dropped because of the failure to p iocure additional evi- dence against the is . If further evidence is yet procured, h vreventhey will again be placed upon t al. —Lain Monday two little children of Mr. Alderdyce, in Kingston, drank some croton oil, and would have Idied MCLEAN BROS., Publishers. • $1.50 a Year, in Advance. but for the prompt arrival of a doctor. They are now out of danger. The boy was playing dootor,lwhen he adminis- tered the oil to his sister as medicine. new eatmeal mill, at Guelph, was g ted by fire a few days ago. Fortuna ly the fire was confined to the kiln, the loss would have been heavy, but ,it is there were about 500 bushels of p destroyed. —Mr. 3. W. Bengough, (Grip), Toronto, has met with a very warm ception at Winnipeg. His lean" averaged $10 a piece. The cartoon and Mrs. Bengough were entertained a supper at the Queen's hotel. —A cedar log Was the other d taken from thefarm of Mr. J. McConk near Peterboro, which measured feet long and 26 inches. at the top en It contains 790 cubic feet. It is t largest of over 15,000 pieces taken o .by the firm. • —Mr. O'Brien, the Canadian arti has completed his piettire of, Queb and it will be forwarded to Prince L 'told. The picture was painted at t request of the Marquis of Lorne, w intended it as marriage present Prince Leopold. 1 —One day lately one million and half young white fish were taken do from the Sandwich fish hatchery a placed in the lake atILeamingtan. 0 million more were ta4en down to Pel Island, in the_ weeterly end of Lek —The Rev. Gavin Lang, Minister St. Andrew's Church, Montreal, a leader of the noneamien body of t Presbyterian Chureb , has received call to West Church; Inverness, Sco land. He will likely,accept the call, his family are resident in Scotland. - —A circular has been seitt out by t Detroit' bauka to all 'oenntry bank warning them that Detroit is at prese infested with a desperate lot of ga tilers, burglars and bank thieves, wh are contemplating a raid, upon some the banks in neighboring towns on hot sides of the river. —The ice house at Collin's Bay, ne Kingston, is the second largest in th Proviuce. It has a capecity for 10,00 tons of ice, and already' contains 3;000 tons. About 70 men have been emplo ed in erecting and filling it. There i a great demand for ice, which is yet b tween 13 and 15 inches thick. —A storey and a half brick house o -Arthur street, Guelph, owned by Loui Simon, of Dashwood, and occupied b George Beavers, barrister,was burned t he, ground the other morning. Loss bout $1,200 ; supposed to lie insured i he Economical of Berlin. —Mr. A. Ross, of the firm of Sack Ross & Kennedy, of the Walkerto Marble works, in his recent- to -a hrough the counties of Halton an ork, obtained orders to the anionnt o 2,003, and purchased large quantitie f red and white freestene from quarrie ately opened in Halton and York. —Thomas _Allen, of Paisley, a brakes an on the Wellington, Grey & Bruce ne, met with a very severe accident a ew days ago, at the station yard, Kin - Ludlum While engaged. in coupling ars he slipped and fell; and before he oulcl recover himself a wheel passed ver a portion of one foot, crushing it in terrible manner. —Michael Mara, of Biddulphewho ad been committed for ,trial for stab- ing, has been admitted to bail by udge Elliott. The prisoner, who is an nmarried mem of 22, get into a dispute ver a bet, at Middleton'ia hotel, Grati- n, on the 28th inst., atid in the affray verely stabbed -Valentliae Mackay in e arm. —A lad named John Colwell, living th Mr. McDonald on the Hamilton ad near London, was the victim of a rious accieent last Monday night. hile playiug near a well the earth ved in, and he was completely buried. ter three-quarters of ati hour he was scued, but though resneoitated his re- very is doubtful. • long, and an inch and a half thick, from the thigh of a two year ola colt. Noticing the poor brute suffering from some.sore, he had been applying an ointment to the part, when the ut- wound opened and revealed to hirn the te- end of a stick, which he pulled out, or greatly to his' own astonishment, and as the animal's relief. eas —Sunday night two Grand Trunk freiglat trains collided at Maitland, be- ef tween Prescott and Brockvilleepwing re- to a wrongly turned switch. The men es escaped with slight injuries. Two horses ODB were killed by the concussion, and the ist road was blocked for four hours. The to engines and a number of the cars were badly damaged, entailing a consider - ay able loss. ey, —It is expected that the Indians will 24 kill more or less of the ranchers' cattle cl; on the ranges About Blackfoot Crossing he during the summer. An increased nt -number of police at• the Crossing is deemed necessary to plot/act the ranch- st, ers. The past has been. an unusually ec, mild winter on the plains through the en- entire territories, a circumstance much he in favor of stock raisers. ho --Thomas Kenny was tried at the to assizes at Guelph on Friday last for the murder of Mrs. Waugh. The evideece a showed that on the 11th of January wn last he went to her house in a state of nd intoxication, and getting into a dispute ne with her, struck her on the head with a ee chair, from the effects of which she e died about two weeks afterwards: The jury brought in a verdict of manslaught- of er, and Kenny was sentenced to seven nd years in the penitentiary. he A poor old mendicant who hap a been in the habit of visiting Innerkip, t and soliciting charity from the good as people of that place, wandered into the villtge 012 Sunday, and not finding a he very hearty welcome, repaired -to the s, river and plunged into the tide, leaving nt behind him a bundle of old clothes; in me, which were found a few cents and a o razor. No trace of the body has yet of been recovered. —The Ontario Agricultural and Ex perimental union, composed of officers ar end students, past and present, of the e Agricultural College at G-nelph, held 0 their annual meeting at the college on the 29th and 30th ult. .The meeting y- was largely attended by gentlemen who • take an active interest in all branches e- of Agriculture, in Ontario, as well arrby the present and former students.. Many n old students came from distant parts of 8 the Province to join in the very pleas. y ant annual reunion. o —At a meeting of the farmers of a passed appointing a delegation to wait upon the Fishery Inspector with re- , ferenoe to matters pertaining to fishing n in the Thames. It is asserted that all ✓ the dams in the river between London f ed so that fish cannot ascend from the - 8 lake. Legal proceedings,will be taken s to compel the erection of proper fish - ways. —rA well dressed young man called • at Hiscox's livery stable in London. one day last week and hired a valuable bay horse and covered buggy, saying he was going into the country for a few days on a collecting tour. Mr. Hiscox has not seen or heard anything of the man, horse, or buggy since. The value of the outfit is about 8340. It is thought the man has sold the horse and buggy and decamped. A later account says the young man has returned with the ani- mal and rig. He was detained in the country longer than was anticipated in consequence of sickness. —Two oars of excellent cattle were shipped from Woodstock last week. Twelve head were bought from Willard Kearns, West Oxford, weighing 15,160 lbs., at 5 cents per lb.; seven head. were bought from Scawktr, East Zorra, weighing 8,685, at $5.3Th per 100 ; six head were bought from James Lee, East Oxford, weighing 7,785, at 85 per 100 ; four head were bought from James Davis, East Zorra, weighing 0, at 84t- to 85 per 100 ; three head • bought from Wm. Carr, weighing 0, at 5ic per pound ; two head e bought from W. Duncan, Jr., ghing 2.910, at 5 to 51 cents. Robert' Taylor, a fisherman at Ni- ra, the other day captured a stur- n that weighed 150 pounds. The was eight feet long and was caught h a large fishing hook. 11r. Taylor ghs 132 pounds himself, and sno- ed in landing the fish alone. The th of the skiff in which it was ght into the town of Niagara is 16 - When dressed it weighed 71 nds ; the head weighed 31, the fat hed 29, the skin, fins, and entrails The fish was told in Buffalo,N. Y., t cents per pound, realizing $3.90. The number of emigrants who ar- d in Toronto during March were English, 165 Irish, 103 Scotch, 154 mans, and two Scandinavians. Of number 439 remained in the Prov - of Ontario, 197 went to Manitoba, 140 Germans passed on to the ern States. The returns for the °spending rnenth last year were uglish, 174 Irish, 23 Scotch, one an, and one Scandinavian. Three red and thirty-eight remained in rio, and twelve went to Manitoba. class of immigrants that arrived month were superior to tb,at of for - years. Many of the new arriyals ssed considerable means. A convocation for conferring de - in law and medicine at McGill ersity took place on the 31st ult., was largely attended. In the ty of medicine, the Holmes' gold for the beat examination in ary and final branches was award - real. The prize for the best final nation was awarded to H. V. Og- B. A., of St. Catherines, Ontario. rize for the best primary examin- was awarded to George A. Gra- of Hamilton, Ontario. The rland gold medal was awarded to Wyatt G. Johnston, of Sherbrooke, 1 na to Se th wi ro Ise ca Af re CO 5,30 —A joint stock colmparly is about to wer be organized in Toronto, with a Capital 3,70 of $10,000, under the Style of "The wer Ontario Poultry Breeding and Stook wei Association." The Company is said to. — have purchased severel acres of ground, aga in close proximity to one of the suburbs goo of the, city, and they intend erecting fish suitable buildings immediately. wit —A deputation of eeperts have been wei inspecting the iron regione in the peed neighborhood of Peterborough with a leng yiew of considering the desirability of bron establishing charcoal smelting works feet. there. All were much pleased with pou the appearance of the ore, and satisfied weig that smelting works can be catried 011 19. 'with prefit. at 5 —A novel scheme for making public — improvements has beeh adopted in rive London. The market equare, which 362 hag been in a very bad condition, is to Ger be paved with cedar blooks by public this subscription, the donors contributing a ince certain number of blocks at one cent and each towards the three hundred thous- West and required. COTT --A man, in Toronto -named John 149 E Findlay, on going to his cupboard for Germ something to eat on Saturday night hnnd was confronted by a burgler, -who point- Onta ed a revolver at his head, demanding The his money or his life. Findlay dashed last the man's hand aside just in time as a mer bullet:whistled past his ear. After a posse violent struggle the burglar escaped, — was captured and escaped again. grees --Some 300 English farmers, who Univ bring with them about 85'00,000 to in- and vest in land,left Liverpool for Winni- facuf peg on March 29th. Their familieswill medal follow in the autumn. On the same peim Steamer Rev. Mr. Brydger, emigrant's ed to chaplain at Liverpool, tvho is to be the Mont pioneer of the Churith of England cote- exam' nistmovement, is bringing out a large den, number of domestio servants for Can- The p ada. ation —A few days ago, Mr. Thos. Laurie, ham -, splinter of wood, over Oleven inches P. Q. The Morris scholarship physi- ology was awarded to Wyatt . Johm ston, of Sherbrooke. Professor'iprizes. —Botany, Edwin G. Wood, of ondes- bore' • for the best collection ofi plants, practicel anatomy, the demonatrator's prize was awarded to George Carruth- ers, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. —The scheme of the ship meal, pro- jected long ago, to connect the waters of the St. Lawrence at Montreal via. the Ottawa and French rivers, with Georgian Bay, is again being agitated in Northern Michigan. The Saginaw Courier states that Charles H Plum- mer asks from the Dominion qovern- and proposes to organize a comeitany of capitalists at once to construct the canal. He has been studying up the project during the past ten years and seems now to have it well in hand. He has ample assneance of all the capital necessary, and the Dominion Govera- ment will hardly fail to give the echeme all possible assistance. —The Department of the Interior have made -arrangements for the sur- veying of 18,goo square miles of land for actual settlement during the next twelve months, and 26,000 equare miles into townships. Five hundred colon- ization companies have applisd for lands. Twenty surveying parties will be put into the field before the Jet of May. They will proceed from the el- bow of the South Saskatchewa-n 'north- ward to the Touchwood Hills, and as far south as La Grande Coteau.; It is estimated that before the close of 1883, seventy thousaed square miles will have been surveyed. - —A most despicable .attempt to wreck a train was made Saturday night on the Air Line at Sharon's crossing. The obstructiefis were discovered by a fermer returning from London about half -past ten Saturday, night. Ire got off his wagon and went to work with a will to pull out the pieces of stove wood which had been &ally wedged in between the rails and the plank Of the crossing, but to no avail. He ran down to the section house and aroused Mr. Morrel, the section forams , and taking along some iron bars the were enabled to pry the wood out. This particular locality is becoming celebrat- ed for its lawlessness. ,—Some Inland Revenue officers, dis- covered, an Illicit still in the cellar of John Morkin's house, on the Roman Line, Biddnlph, last Friday night. The whisky making apparatus was in the form of a good sized still, having every appearance of recent use. Several grain bags were lying about, but no liquor was to be seen. Morkin was! at once taken into custody. He was remanded to gaol until Saturday next, when the trial is to come off. The penalties for this offence are heavy, being a fitie of not less than 8100- or morethan 8500, together with imprisonment and the forfeiture of several times the amount of the revenue ordinarily collectable in such a case. —The ladies will be interested to know that 'velvet, formerly exclusively reserved for winter season will be worn this summer. Very light velvets are manufactured for this purpose, some gu nedy's farm, and crossing over Moor street on to High Park, carae to a halt, the hounds being pretty well -blown and horses and men nearly exhausted by their four miles' run. About forty gentlenien took part in the meet; there being a few ladies also to grace the in- aguration of the season. —Here is an incident of the late blizzard related by the Brandon Sun: On Saturday morning last, in the face of that terrible storm, a young man, whose name I aid not learn, started from the spruce bush for his hoine, about twelve miles distant on the plain with a yoke of oxeu and a load of weed'. He lost his way, and, being unable to get his oxen farther, turned them loose and strtick out alone. Ile spent all Saturday, Saturday - night, and until near noon on Sunday, fightieg for his life in that awful ',term. On Sunday morning he struck the railway, and followed it east, and et last reached the west switch at this station. Conductor A. Hoag's caboose was standing there snowed in. The men in it happening to see the man, shouted to him. The sudden transition from despair to joy was too much for the poor man, and he fell senseless. They carried him in Slid thawed off his frozen clothes. His feet, hands, and face were badly frozen. —A step has been gained in solving the mystery surrounding the disappear- ance of James Watson, cattle buyer, of London Township. Four weeks have elapsed since he was last seen aiive, in company with James Ruddy, and in. that time no inkling of his whereabouts could be lesrned, The other day two little girls discovered a body in the Shallows near Blackfriar's bridge, and the remains were at once recognized as those of Watton. Up= the eight temple are traces of a heavy bruise, and a small cut exists ou the top of his skull. A number of other marks appear about the face, but nothing to prove that the man was foully dealt with. He had no money about 'him. An inquest was held on Friday, at which the evidence went to show that Watson was quarrel- some when intoxicated. He had been drinking the last "day seen alive, but was considered able to take care of himself. Several of the most important witnesses could not be feund and the inquest was postponed. —The ice bridge over the St. Law- rence at Montreal broke in front of the city on Thursday afternoon. A thrill- ing incident oecurred which was wit- nessed byja large number of people. A farmer with a team of horses started from the +fifty to cross over. When near the opposite shore a atove occurred, breaking up the ice and leaving a yawn- ing gap before him. _ Seeing his peril he started back for the city, but what was his horror to see, when about thirty yards from the wharf, that the ice had broken up there, too, and left an open space between hitn and the waarf. The people on shore discerned the extreme danger the man was in and called the police, who advised him to abandon his team and make an effort to reach the wharf. This he did. He scrambled across detached pieces of ice, and finally reached the shore safe. His team on a "damp" in the river was carried dowil by the ice opposite toLon- eml Ferry, where the "damp" stopped of which are watered, closely reiernbl- ing moire antique, and so arranged - that the light and shade prodnee. regular design, such as branches, light- ning flashes, &e. In making up siting and summer goods there is little change to mention. Skirts are short and round, barques and overekirts are Made as 13,,fore, only that overskirts are drap- ed much higher on the hips. Polonaises are still in favor, though for summer wear the basque will be chosen. The front?, of the neck may fits °hued, or left open V shaped. . —A reward of 8200 has been offered by Mr. Peter C. Poole for suola informs - tion as will lead to the arrest and eon - 'Fiction of the murderer of his Son, Joseph H. Poole, whose mutilated re- mains were found on the railway ttack between Dundee and Hamilton ,1 on Sunday morning. 26th ult. Handbills have been issued concerning the revrard. There is no doubt whatever but Poole was the victim of foul play. The cut was a clean, smooth one, as if dnne with an extra sharp knife or razor. A well known machinist says that from the construction of the wheels bf the locomotive or cars it would be impos- sible for them to make such a out. , —There died in the tbwnship of West patriarchial age of 95 years, Christ na Zorra; on Friday the 24th tilt., at he McKay, relict of Mr. Hugh Campbell. Deceased retained her mental faculties to the last. She was a woman of great intelligence and amiable dispositiOn, and endeared herself to all her friends and acquaintances by her many graces othead and heart. Two sons and a daughter survive her—John, an. old and esteemed resident of the townsbip, with whoin she lived ; George, a wealthy and enterprising citizen of Bay City, Michi- hotu3 gan, and Ars. Moore, of Cleveland vigor every from The 80 W trnn what taini harn quick leavi crow wards facto Hotel which owing Inge the b by co most of the 011a had i the fe have drifting, aud was held fast. Two car- ters volunteered for a consideration of 820 to cross over and bring the team to shore, and on their offer being accepted they accomplished their dangerous feat successfully, and the man departed with his team rejoicing. —A. London paper stated last week that Mr.' P.A. Kelly, the Reeve of Blyth, is staying , at the Grigg. House for a few days, when he leaves for the far Northwest, where he takes up 150,- 000 acres adjoining the Mnirhead ranch. Mr. Kelly is president of a large coloni- zation scheme. The syndicate consists of five, and the Reeve of Blyth sees his way clear to make $100,000. Part of the journey, he says, will have to be made in dog sleighs. —The iGorrie Enterprise gives- the following additional particulars of the fire which took plane in' Gerrie , last week, and of which brief mention was made in our Wroxeter items. It says: At about five o'clock on Tuesday morn- ing last Mn James Creskery, of this village was awakened by the noise of something falling in the house, and on arising to ascertain the -cause, made the startling discovery that the building was on fire. The family were at 0/100 arozased and the alarm sounded, which, in a very short time, drew a large crowd to the scene. The fire, which originated iu a lean-to on the south side of the building which was used as a workshop, was found to have gained so much headway that it would be use- less to attempt to save the building with the limited means at hand, so every effort was beet to removing the contents, and notwithstanding the dense smoke which filled every part of the e, the men worked with heroio , so that in fifteen minutes time thing moveable was safely carried. the lower floor And the cellar. upper story, however, did not fare ell, for with the exception of a few kg and a little bedclothing nothing ever was saved. The barn, con - ng a valuable horse, cattle, buggy, ess, etc., had in the meantime been ly emptied of its contents, so ng the building to its fate the d now turned their attention to - Mr. J. R. Williams' warehouse, ry and residence, and to Haskett's and Smith's tailoring -shop, were all in imminent danger to the intense heat and the de - fiery cinders which came from urning building, and it was only pious supplies of water and the strenuous exertions until the beat fire was passed that a very seri- onflagration was avoided; indeed, t not been for the heavy rain of w preceding days, nothing could saved theft, buildings. Ohio. The family settled in that town- ship in 1844, having come from near Thurso, Scotland. _ A brother of the de- ceased, Rev. Dr. McKay, now in his 86th year, has been the minister of the Free North Church, Inverness,for many —The Toronto Hunt Club opened the season on Saturday afternoon by an excellent afternoon's sport with the hounds. The meet itook place at High Park Hotel, the hounds beihg taken in hand by the master and cast off on Mt. Grant's property, on the north aide Of Bloor street. The course was somas -Mr. Wilson's property to the late Mr. Shedden's farm, and doubling (lite south, ran across Mr. Ellis' place,which taking the hounds and horsemen up a frozen acclivity, resulted in emptying la few saddles. One gentleman, whose horse stumbled with him, Was badly injured by his fall. The party stadd along on the north side of Carletoti Park, running straight for Mr. -