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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-05-05, Page 1APRi errs es • e AR Yaste da —AT— ee of our sena ••••••••• DUNCA ripe sais. ETS CARPETS I eime Designs in Axxima. IPESTRY MPERIALS eta e of UNIONS. TEST PATTERNS • curtains, Damasks, Reppst BS, Table Covers, &e. Large r -Sheeting% Pillow Cotton4 t Table Linens, Napkins, Stair - Windowr Hollsuads, Iowefl s wanting House Furnishings our stock complete, and at Lever before offered.. SHIRTs DUCKS, DENIMS,-COTTONt ,HOLLANDS, PRINTS and NS at a small advance on cost, emernber that we are maniac.. LOTHING in better style and rice a thau ever, and 'entire ion guaranteed. CAN & DUNCAN, IREOT IMPORTERS. Ore more attention to the im- nt of this hitherto far toa teglected department of stook The following is the prize oeses.—Heavy draught -3 en - St, Brooks & Colquhotuf* try" ; 2nd, Colquhoun's "Banker." Agricrilturai or • Drauglat.-1 entry—Brown houn's Prince Albertd' Road .entry,— Innis & Mo • Sorrel Cloud." Any breed tree years oId.-2 en & DOWS- "110120A TO171"1; quhourds & Dow's "Time of [iploma—Brooks & Colquhoun'S ry." Bulli.—Aged Durham, 1St, D. PifeLarenis Sir !' Calved in 1880.-2 entries—. oggartbds "Fairview Chien - S. -Mniadall's Oxford Lad." ri 1881.-1 entry—W. A. Allie rade calved in 1880,1 entry-- a 7tteLenrian. Calved die 188ie 33su Hoggarth'e 2nda Patterson. Diploma. — "Isabella's Duke" Jadgea-e Wm. Mills, Downie, Tama& aogerville, and Richard Wet- arton. Bulls — Wm. Sproek mtnings,tuokerernitlaand Wui aw, Hibbert. Bar.eaavz. Pril-lcr Show of East Wawa.- culairal Society was held in on. Thursday of 'last week... the shevv of East Huron being exeter on the same day the of entriea was small. The is the list of prizes tawardedt Heavy Draught, two years oa. Agnew, "Honest JohnRoad age—Robt. MeDonald, "Roy Best hone any age or olasat — Thos. Agnew, Honeliz Judgea--D. McIntosh. VW" Baucefield; Mr. Logan, Blyt ytack, CuIross. Thoioughbrialt red,—lat Wm. Webster, aLorti ; 2nd, John Bone, " Baron Askie, Under two years,—Ist, Potter' Lebo Chief', 2nd, Fenwiek "Gladstone" Best any sea Isbister, Diploma, "Lord Se& _ udgea—Wm. Snell, Huneirt anchard and Chas. Ilendersella ; torpas in The States. have been dreadful storms et n and hail in some of tialk and Southern States. DOI 'y afternoon, a, fearful torn ver Illinois, in the vicdni Buildings were unroofed LIIC own, loaded freight ears MOM track, and -seven persons bSaW Monticello, on on the Jackft* ',was visited by the cyclone,: 11 was completely destroy,edo ee houses being left. Not194 er was seen in that sectiofl. i.te and five colored people Nviige killed. Out of a populatelit ry few escaped without Mimi* tree was left standing. 'the storre was terrific and grew as done to the cotton crop. 01 mg of the 20th a cyclone swops a of Pennsylvania doing aul- ania,ge to buildings and 0yet thing. In Westmorelara crea of timber -were levelled t* ad, and Sp. number of lives lot* ecn..."• ,OCLIAL tr," slomessmemoiessalesmsamesaimmmoseese FIFTEENTH 'YEAR. ViT1101e41 NUMBER, 752. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 82. -McLEAN BROS., Publishers. It. $1.50 a Year, In. Advance. horses and other stock looked well when they artived at their destination. This was the result of good feeding and care whenever it was poseible for money to procure provender. Many cattle on the way literally starved to death because their owners either could not or would not pay the high figures asked for hay, and. oats. A yoke of oxen which lir. Aedrews had sent up with Mr. Pierson far his sons near Milford., started from Brandon with their load- ed sleigh on ; Monday.at 1 p. na., the day after their arrival at Brandon, and made forty miles by the next night at 12 o'clock. —The Drieing Park Association of Clinton have decided to hold their spring meetirig on the 24th inst., and have arranged several large purses for the occasion. In addition it is intended to offer good prizes for the usual sports and amusements, and the day will be celebrated in ,Clinton in an appropriate manner. —Mr. Dewe, Postoffice Inspector, is said to have reported Mr. Hargreaves, postmaster at Winnipeg, as incompe- tent. The removal of that officer is, in consequenoe, said to be contemplat- ed, but any move in that direction will be intepsely unpopular in Winni- peg, where Mr. Hargreaves is a great favorite. For over twenty years he has been in the postal service and is a first- class,. man in every respect. The gen- eral belief is that the blow is now aimed at him so as to shield the Government from the responsibility for the clisgraoe- ful condition of affairs in connection with the Winnipeg postoffice. —An old immigrant named Jamieson, and his wife, passed through Hamilton on the Great Westerm express, on Tues- day afternoon of last week. When they alighted frona the cars at Toronto they both burst into tears, and on being questioned, informed the policeman that they had lost their purse contain- ing sixteen sovereigns, (all the money they possessed,) between Suspension Bridge and Oakville. Conductor Fluke, who had charge of the train, telegraph- ed to way stations to see if the treasure had been found. An answer came that a purse had been pickedup, and the description of the one lost was for- warded. —Great progress is being made along the line of the -Quebec Central Railway. At the new village of Wedon station there are ha course of erection five stores, two blacksmith shops, one sad- dlers' store, one steam saw mill, one cheese factory, and sixteen dwelling houses will be erected in a short time. The new village is located on the road near St. Francis River. A latge extent of untouohed forest and fine farraing lands are opened ny at this place. Sev- eral lumber 4rms are aiding in develop- ing this hitherto neglected section of country, and much first-class sawn lum- ber and square timber will ere. long come to market from this place, which is only a fewl hours distance from" the port of Quebec. —One afternoon last week a lady in London was attending an auction i3ale of household, effects, when she had. the misfortune t� have her purse, contain. ing $80, stolen from her. It appears in order to make sure of her money she held it firmly in her hand all the time during the sale, with the exception of once, when he laid it down on the bureau for Ian instant to ascertain whether the icarpet was really all wool, as the auctioneer had announced, or otherwise. Finding the auctioneer could be depended on she dropped the carpet, advanced five cents per yard on the last bid, and turned to get the purse, when, bo! it was gone. She had not left it down thirty seconds altogether, when some thief, male or female, snatched it. The police have the matter now in hand. —A dreadful burning accident occur- red in the vicinity of Loudon last Thursday. A man driving along the road was startled by the loud screaming of children ia a grove near by. Enter- ing the grove in great haste he discover- ed three little children screaniing fran- tically around a small bon -fire, the old- est of the nnmber being completely en- veloped in flames. Procuring a blanket he, with great difficulty succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The child. burned was a little girl aged` six years, daughter of Mrs. Skelly, who lives near the bush. IThe three children had wandered off into the woods, carrying matches with. them, and in their play started the fire., The clothes up to her waist were cpmpletely burned off. It was found that her limbs, back and sides were frightfully burned, some parts of the flesh being completely baked, and the skin peeling off in large pieces. The poor child suffered dread- ful agony tintil she was released by deatia five hours after the accident. Too much caution can not be used in guard- ing children against playing with matches. --On the 27th tilt., Mr. Wm. Dyke, a single man, residing on lot 7, concession 7, West Nissouri, paid 5 visit to Lon- don, and while there drew a sum of money from the bank for the purppse of paying for some young Mock he had re- cently purchased. During the night of his return Ur. Dyke heard a rap at his door, and the name of a neighbor was given as the person seeking admission. Mr. Dyke, however, could not recognize the voice, apd refused to open the door, when the parties outside began an attack apon the windows. The dwelling is fitted up with double doors, so barred and bolted. as to be almost impregnable, Mr. Dyke deeming this precaution advisable, as he lives entire- ly alone. He fired two shots through the window at the attacking parties, which were returned by those on theont. side, and the attempt to effect an en- trance was abandoned, atter a couple of shots had been fired into Mr. Dyke's watch dog. The affair has caused con- siderable exbitement, as Mr. Dyke is regarded by all who know him as a quiet, reepeotable, hard-working man. MCFAUL'S COLUMN. HEAVY GROS GRAIN SILK AT $1.25—EXTRA VALUE. ' A NEW LINE OF DRESS GOODS • FROM 12t -C' 17P. PARASOLS &SUNSHADES FROM 250 UP. LACE TIES IN NEW PATTERNS FROM 10e UP. HOSIERY & GLOVES (Full Range) at all Prices. MILLINERY Complete in the Latest and Best Styles. E. MeFAUL, Seaforth. What Physicians Say About the Starr Kidney Pad. Treatment by absorption has for some time been recognized by medical men to be the most simple and effectual means of conveying to diseased organs curatives, but in cases of kidney disease and complaints attendant thereon, suc- cessful treatment was practicably im- possible until the hatroduotion of the, Starr Kidney Pad. It 'costs lesa than a single persoription, and is immeasur- ably more decisive and effective than any quantity of internal medicinal dosing. 'Worn immediately over the seat of disease, ita curative properties become absorbed by the diseased and enfeebled organs, continuously and directly, as required to insure in re- turn their healthy action and original vigor. It is comfortable to the patient and pleasant in its effects, and cures when nothing else can. The Starr Kidney Pact accomplishes positive, de- cisive results. A more valuable dis- covery as a true remedy for Kidney Diseases was never made.—elledicat Gazette. The following additional testimonials have been ;received by us without so- licitation. 'The below subscribers ate people of good standing in society, and will gladly be interviewed or answer correspondence on the subject. From many hundreds of letters receivedrwe select and submit the following : ' Ten Years Afflicted. Toronto, Deoember 21st, 1880.—Gen- tlemen—At the time of the Invasion in 1866, I was one of the advance guard at Germantown. Through exposure I got cold, which caused severe pain in my back from inflammation of the kid- neys. For the pastl ten years I have taken innutherable medicines, but never found much relief until I tried your Kidney Pad. From the first day I put it on it gradually did me good, and to- day, after wearing it two months, I am happy to state that I am completely cured. Please make this public, for the benefit of those who are afflicted as I was. Yours respectfully, JOEEN NITNX, cue of F. W. Coate & Co. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. Had Piles Four Years. Toronto, October 20th, 1880.—Gentle- raen,—I have been afflicted with piles for over 4 years, have worn one of your special Pads for two months and sin perfectly cured. Yours Truly, F. P. BBOTECERS, Track Superintendent C. V. R. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Scaforth. OUT ON THE B013 PRAIRIE. DLNSS The following is an extra t from a very interesting letter writte • by Mr. E. Holmes, of Clinton, des riptive of his experiences while pros ecting on the boundless prairies of the orthwest. He says: The past winter was a ratl er excep- tionally fine one till- the be inning of March, the cold not being ex essive,but few and slight blizaards, and the snow fall light, just sufficient for g od sleigh- ing ; but, as if to make up fo • past neg- ligence in not keeping up th record of big blizzards and stinging frosts, the Northwest winter let the aeople see that it had not lost it wont.d will or ability to give them a dose o blizzard, snow and cold that they -wou d remem- ber for some time, and let • ew-conaers see what they might expect 1 they in- tended to live there. The fa 1 of snow was the deepest in the memo 7 of the oldest inhabitant, and the bl zzard one of the severest; stables bein buried in the drifts, and the cattle left in them un -watered and unfed until the wind subsided. Many stables ha the ap- pearance of being undergroun , the pas- sage to them being like a cell e way,the snow being heaped around t m six ta ten feet deep. The waterin of cattle duriue winter is one of great labor and difficulty, the only means being by drawing it from wells by t e bucket full, pumps being out of the question; but it may be possible that owing ar- tesian wells will be sunk, a f w :Win- nipeg having already been got. -The water is not bad, only slightly tinctured with sulphur and iron. As far as Win- nipeg is concerned, if water, by this means is not procured in sufficient abundance for drinking purposes the direst results rnay be expecteal, for if it is not the filthiest city in existence, and the worst situated to obtain !water for table use, may fortune save de from be- ing a resident of the one thatica,n claim that honor, even...for the- shortest possi- ble period. Water in Winaipeg now costs from forty cents to one dollar a barrel, and, you must not ask questions as to where it came from. The great fall of snow, now that the melting 'time has come, has caused immense floods, great tracts of country being under wa- ter, and all kinds of traffic suspended. In places where the land. is level, the houses and stables of settlers are surrounded with water, and they are prisoners till thee -cater goes away,a great deal of it by evaporation, as it cannot escape any other way. Ow- ing to the mouth of the Red iver being to the northward, and conseq ently not opening till the floods from he south compel it by shear force, th country will always be liable to a rep tition of a like inundation as that to whi hit is iaow subject. We were in the last train that ieft Winnipeg just before the ;ntire sus- pension of railway traffic. he train was kept back for a couple of hours waiting to see if the grea ice gorge would move and carry th it the bridge, but as it appeared to ave form,. ed a blockade that would las for some time the train was started ov r it, hun- dreds of spectators being on t e bank to watch our hazardous pass ge, which was made in safety, and then we slowly journeyed to Emerson, whio we learn- ed was under water, and the • ew $30,- 000 bridge gone. From the a to St. Vincent—two miles—a good 1 eal of the track was under water, not b ing quite deep enough to extinguish th locomo- tive fires. Our train was fortunate enough to get through this lake, but was prevented going further ay a wash- out a little further on, over part of which a long freight train tood, and along the top of thistrain, wi h a good deal of labor and difficulty, a number of passengers clambered, with t e expec- tation that a train of passe igers that had come there in the mor n ing wbuld return to the first station south, dis- charge its load, and then ma e its way on the return trip. After in: ny hours consultation, and weighing ti e chances of a probability of opening t e road, it was at last decided to du s , and the train moved south at a very low pace, and what with a smash up o six coach- es that -was thrown from the track by a broken rail, and the constant switching to get past the great number of trains that we were meeting, it too us three times the length of time to reach St. Paul that it should have d ne. Here we had to wait about twentyihours for a train going east, and the city full of people Waiting for trains going west,and met our old friend Mr. A. Matheson and family, who had just arrived from Clin- ton. He was advised to take his stock from the car, clean it out, and make a house of it till the road was clear to Winnipeg, which advice he decided to act upon. From St. Peel eastward there is no obstruction to railway traffic and travel over the lines is therefore rapid. In consequence of the sno and large amount of pitmen the importation of provision material, &c., has been limit scarcity of food, especially in of fresh meat is being sev some of the butchers hating business, not being able to g lack of building material is drawback, many hundredsof out of employment in conse sides preventing the erectio dences greatly needed. Lu ers, who have a. small q hand, getting almost any pri It is not likely there will be for use till June, bat stone wi curable soon for cellars.. There is good grounds for the early and large influx of o eraigrauts, with their whol and small amount of capit chalices are greatly against being able to tide.over the firs in fact there have been ale number frightened at the app the country and turned back elsewhere: It is to be feare • • IS I blockade er trafac, , building d, and the the shape rely felt, uspended. t it. The a serious en being uence, be - of resi- ber deal- antity on e for it. ny brick I be pro - deploring d country , as the them of winter; y a large stance of and gone that ex - ISO aggerated bad reports will be sent back to the old country and the whole of Canada have to share the blame and suffer the loss. If the emigrants could be ind-uoed to leave their wives and families behind them till they had secured shelter and the means of ex- istence it would be much better. It is: not to be suOased that these emi- grants have much means, and at the prices all kinds of material for living now brings, it will soon be exhausted. Even if they get work on the railway a covering and fuel for cooking will cost considerable. • A sod house, the last re- sort of the poerest, is not constructed without much' labor and cost, as poles to bear the roof have to be brought mostly a great distance, and to obtain many other necessaries will cost more than -most will be able to pay. Notwithstandipg the vast volumes of information that have been wtitten and published concerping the land and. mat- ters pertaining to theNorthwest, in fact lefiving but little i more to say about it, theipublic appear to be dike Dicken's .e 011ver Twist, they want more, and , if nothing fresh lean be said, they want what has alreedy been told to be con- firmed or contradicted. la our travels through the colintry we ever kept this idea in view, a I determined. to make every reasons, 13 effort to arrive at a correct estim t of the country and its capabilities, ithout permitting any prejudice or f�ellings to influence as in that estimate To gain ocrrect infor- mation at the season of the year we passed through, it required very great labor and the endurancee of hardship's not pleasant to put up 'with. Even railroad travelliiag this year, which is generally pleasant in other countries, - was of a very trying character, as the road was bloc aded with snow in many places six an eight feet deep. On the 10th of April tolerably clear way was dug for train to go through to Bran- domand ther fore on the llth we pro- ceeded thithe e but the snow was so deep on the rairies nothing could be done or seen. On the 13th we, together with Mr. Si s, late of the West End cheese factors ,arid his brother set out on foot for a s ttlement about 25 miles south of Bra doe, where were located Messrs. T. Co y, late of Tuoltersmith,his brother R. S. an Joseph Townsend,W. 0. Fowler anc to or three others from Ontario. Aft r tramping all day, hav- ing lost our b ar ng, we were compelled to ask for lo gi gs with three young men who wer uaking a start on the prairie. The r s a-nty was about eight by twelve, h lf filled with sacks of tgrain, which hey had brought in for seed. After a Blight refreshment of pretty hard f re—the best they had— we all lay down on the sacks and rested the best -we could until dawn next morning, and then made an air line for the nearest slianty—two miles—where we could obtain correct information as to the route t6 reach our destination, which we fomihd was four miles dis- tant: Having started early we could walk on the crust of the EMOVV, which was over a foc4t deep. In due time we gladly reachd. our goal and met a hearty welco e. We found them all well and apparently satisfied with their settlement in hat country. . There are ao doubt many in this Province wholcontemplate going into that country to seek settlement " and their fortunes. Without intending to offer anything to discourage or dissuade them from their intention, we would advise them tO defer their trip till fur- ther information from there has been received. It is ! possible to get there personally w-thI great difficulty, but freight, cattle, re, cannot be got in, and there is nis use of being there with out these essential requisites. In fact there can be but little done this season in preparing for settlement there, as very shortly the rainy season will set in and then all locomotion will cease. Parties who intend going,but have not yet taken up laud, will be able to do that better next fall, when tlie weather will be pleasant, the land dry and passable, and all needful supplies abundant. Be- sides there is some difficulty in taking pp land now, as all, or nearly so, that • is surlryed, is located, and new -comers h ve to go on the unsur- veyed, and ta dicate or Go few like to rt culties of set e risk of locating on Syn- ernment land, and but a such risks. The diffi- lenient next year, if the present settle s have anything like good crops, will be nanch lessened and cheap- ened, and that ia of -some consequence in that expens.ve country. We genera ly found any who had been two or t11xe4 years or more in the country satisfied with it, and content to remain, 'but one experienced many privations andf hardsisips before becotn- ing acclimated, and Tad have left it if, they could. he Ian is good and will yield -heavy crops of vheat, barley, oats, potatoes and most all kinds of garden vegetables, but feint, except a few small kinds, will nosier be grown there, as the cold iel too intense anf. the seasons too short. A good deal has been said about the cold net being as severely felt there when the thermometer registers the thirties and forties below zero, as thesarne cold Would be experienced in Ontario, which may be true to some de- gree, but when, a man is in danger of having any exQcosed part of his person n. a frozen ife minutes it is quite cer- tain he must feel the cold, and we know frail experience 1 that twenty degrees below zero in 1\ta4toba is about as hard to stand as tWenty below in Ontario, and, therefore, think it prudent ' for those who are not able to bear comfort- ably the cold 0 Ontario, not to go over 400 miles north of this latitude; and we also think it Very unwise for persons who are over fifty years of age to mi- grate thither, leaving whatever comforts they may possess to suffer privatione for several years in the severe climate of the Northwest. —It is asserted that a serpent of immense length frequents that portion of the Saugeen call d "the bend." its length varies, accoiding to the imagin- ation of the behol er, from thirty to sixty feet. ada. n's College Students amination 78 were Oa Out of 10 Que who went up for e plucked. —Mr. Henry Aik at Windsor a few immediately burie —Fifty-six of the n died of small -pox days ago, and was 1 Hamilton street oar horses have been d but are now conval wacilentw.ith ink-eYe' —Fall wheat in the eastern part of Ontarie has been scrmesthat injured by the recent cold Weather. — The population of the town of Galt is 5,187, of whom 2,632 belong, to the Presbyterian faith. I__ —A pawnbroker' S establishment in Montreal has been 'robbed of § ,600 in cash and a3,000 worth of dia,m ncls. —The Catholics ' of New Hanbnrg propose building a magnificEieat new cherch, which is to cost upwards of $6_,x1 ,000.1 . Donald McIntosh, of tae Gore of Lochiel; has sold his far4i of 125 aores for $6,000, He will shor ly leave for Manitoba. . — Woods, the Galt runner, defeated Rogers, of Michigan, at Jackson, on Saturday last. The stake was §250 and. the distance five miles. - —Dr. Teethe, Deputy Minister of Ag- riculture, is in very poor health at pres- ent. There appears to be little doubt that he will be superannuated. —James Cowan, Esq., of.C1ochmohr; has removed from the farm where he has tspent the last fifty years, and taken up his residence in Galt. —Mr. Andrew S. Elliott, of North Dumfries, lately sold his handsome team of black heavy draught a to an American buyer for $400. —The queetion between the carpen- ters and their employers at Toxicant° has been satisfaetorily settled by adopting the principle of arbitration. — Rev. Dr. Sullivan, the present rector of St. George's. Chur h, Mon- treal, has been nominated as Bishop Of Algoma, at a yearly salary of 85,000. —Mr. A. Holman, a naember of the Rolman Troupe, was seized With par- alysis a few days ago, and died on Monday at a friend's hoese in London. —A little boy, son of J. Clayton painter, Hamilton, was , struol4 on the head witlaa stone thrown by school- fellow. His life is now despai ed of, aa he suffers from brain feVer. —Mr. Douglas Russell, who will be remembered as prominently cannected with the religious revivals in Galt some dozen years ago, is at present ,laboring in the good cause in and around Lon- don. —the clerks in mercantile and other offices in Toronto are agitating for an advance in theirsalaries, The majority of them only get $1.50 per day, and some of them as low as a dolla . —During the week jtist pa t nearly $15,000 was distributed amon the In- dians of the Brant reservation There are about 3,5100 Indians, ev ry man, woman and child of Whom receives $4.45. s —The other evening in ondon a Michigan lady, visitieg the ci, y, while walking along the street, accidentally dropped her babe from her antis to the sidewalk, and fraetured its skull. . —Rev. Donald. Tait of Berlin inteeds starting on a tour to Europe about the first of next month. The tours to ' be undertaken with the hope of b Mr. Tait's health which has b ing lately. —T..H.,Corrigan, the spec Whitemouth, Manitoba, lots, charged • with swindling 'parties in Icingstou, was arrested in Toronto on Saturday and taken to Kingsto , whero. the case will be tried. —At Union, near St. Tho as, on Thursday night; a man name Parker was so badly beaten with bottles and clubs that he will probably ilie. He was one of a charivari party that got to quarrelling am:mg themselves. i —The Senate of Queen's 11., iversity has conferred the degree of 1. D. on Rev. James P. Sheraton, Pres dent ' of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, Toronto. Prof. G-eo. Young, of Toronto, receiveid the degree ofIL. L. D. —It is officially stated ' that the Princess Louise will return to Canada tL about the beginning of June. In Sep- tember it is probable that H r Royal Highness will 4company her usband on a visit to British Columbia. —A warrant has been issuel. for the arrest of James Carroll,of iiddulph, for threatening o shoot Jams Ryder, Jr., at Biddulp . The excuse , it will be reniembered, was tried, witi others for the Donnell murder. —The trusteel Of the Canadi ary Institute at Woodstock by imous vote have appointed Wolverton as ptlincipal for a three years. The position of tute both financially and in at nefitting en fail- - - lator in who is is highly gratifytng. —Wm. Cuthbertson,son of„Rev. Geo. Cuthbertson, Piesbyterian mi ister at Wyoming, has successfully p ssed his third yearly examination at th Toronto Medical University. He inte ds com- inencing,practice at Brigden. —A new highway is propose3i to be built coming into Hamilton f ona the direction of Ancaster, whic , if con- structed, will greatly reduce t e grade as compared with, any other rciute from the south into the city. —A cow belonging to Mr. Bieerly, of Springford, county. of Oxford, recently gave birth to a thin which—at birth— weighed one hun,dred and thirty-three pounds, and measured six feet from tip, to tip, and was well develope , but it nevertheless did not live. —Mr. Jas. Black, carpenter, jof Aber-- foyle, has a Rouen duck which laid a curious egg the other day. The egg is medium sized with the form o & snake coiled inside in two distinct air les, with a well -formed head on the large end of en Liter - a unan- rofessor term of - he Insti- end ance the egg, a d looks as if the snake had crawled alt out of the egg then coiled itself around it. The same duck laid another e.g which measured 8 by 9.1 in. The duc was bred by Mr. C. Quirk, of Puslinch. —Mr. ames Grant, recently inspect- or of brid es and culverts on the Cen- tral Divi on of the Grand Trunk, has been app inted inspector on the Wes- tern Div sion between Kingston and Detroit, and including the Detroit and Goderich nd Galt branch. — Mr. James Rice, the well-known novelist, and the correspondent of the Globe, in London, England, died on the 26th ult. Mr. Rice wee comparatively a young man, and though already dis- tinguished, gave promise of greater honors in ithe future. —Mr. q. Roberts, a passenger on the Great Western Railway Pacific express a week a o, telegraphed from Toronto to Hamilton, that be had left his purse, containing $80 in gold, in the train. On search being made it was discovered and duly returned to the owner. —An American inventor proposes to utilize the water power of Niagara Falls to -8enerate electricity for light- ing purposes. By the use of under- ground cables he hopes to be able to, light the streets and residences of cities four or five hundred miles distant. —While taking a walk on Sunday evening Dr. Lightbody discovered on the railway track, two miles to the north of Hanover, a skull and part of the skeleton of a human being. He brought home the melancholy wrecks of humanity for further inspection and closer study. —The detectives have unearthed and captured a gang of thieves in Montreal. They appear to have been dealing principally in silks. These robberies have been going on for a long time, and. the total value of tlae goods so far re- covered is estimated at from $2,000 to $3,000. —An extensive strike exists just now among the brick laborers in the south and west sides of Chicago. The Union are issuing circulars in English and German, and circulating the same all through Canada and the United States, warning brickyard laborers to keep away from Chicago for the present. —The Paris Transcript describes the temperance lecture by Mrs. Yeomans in the Congregational. Church, in that town on Monday evening, as a decided SUCOO9S, From beginning to end the audience was rivetted bythe convincing arguments and powerful appeals of the lecturer. —Mr. Valancey Fuller, of Hamilton, has imported eleven head. of Jersey cat- tle from the United States, for his Oak- lands farm. Among them is Bertha Morgan, a fine cow, valued at $2,300; also a grand -daughter of Coomassie. Mr. Fuller has another importatien from the Island of Jersey on the way out. —Mr. Allan B. McDonald, who went from Alexandria, in the county of Glengarry, to Emerson, writes home to his friends that he is one of the unfor- tunate sufferers from the floods or in- undations in Emerson. At the time of sending the news his store was flooded to the depth of 7 feet and the outlook anything but cheering. — Jno. Purdy, of Cobourg,who wasthe cause of death 'to his own -child, two years of age, by reason of barbarous cruelty and ill-treatment, has been sentenced to seven years in the peni- tentiary. The judge in passing sen- tence gave Purdy a ten minutes lecture, in which was contained much whole- some advice. —A fire in 'Strathroy, on Friday last, destroyed the Knitting Company's store- - house, which contained raw cotton and fine wool worth -$12,000. Mansfield's grain storehouse was also burned. It neld 7,000 pounds of wool, 5,000 bushels of wheat, 2,000 bushels of oats, and about 1,000 bushels of barley. A portion of the wool was saved, but the gain isa. total loss. — The white fish in the hatchery at Petite Cote are hatched, and young planted in the following places: 12,- 000,000 in the Detroit river ; 1,000,600 off Leamington harbor, Lake Erie;' 7,000,000 in the North bay, Pelee Island; 1,000,000 in the Niagara river; and 1,000,000 in Lake St. Clair. This comprises the whole number of fish hatched for the year 1881-2. —On Thursday night last week a train passed westward over the Air Line Railway carrying thirteen car loads of Mormon proselytes, bound for Salt Lake. They were mostly emi- grants from Epgland and Wales of a low degree of intelligence. A number of elders who accompanied them occu- pied a special car in the centre of the train. , —The prospectus of a large carriage factory to be established at St. Cather- ines has been issued. It is intended to manufacture street cars, railway cars, wagons and bu ies, and to be called the St. Catheri es Manufacturing Com- pany. It will, 4mploy between 80 and 100 men on the start. Capital $75,000, in shares of 10p each. —On 13th J ne the 26th Middlesex Battalion, the 128th Perth Battalion, the 39th Water oo Battalion, the 30th Wellington Ba talion, the 33rd Huron Battalioe, the Wellington Provisional Brigade of Art'llery, the Guelph and London Field Batteries, and Kings- ville and St. Tiomas troops of cavalry go into camp o i Carling's Farm, Lon- don East, for t eir annual training. —A strange eak of nature occurred in North Dam ries lately. The Ayr Recorder says ! Mr. Adam Young, of this townshi , has a two-year-old heifer which a few days age showed signs of giving 'silk, and the owner, to satisfy his curi• :ity and surprise, at- tempted to m her, when, to his astonishment, a flow of .the lacteal fluid was induo:•, which has since been maintained to the amount of half -a - pailful a day. The milk is said to be excellent. Tha heifer not having a de' — calf, nor being in that condition, makes thia a freak of nature at least rare, if not phenomenal. Who will volunteer an — Application has been made to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to grant a charter for a company, corporate and 'oolitic, tinder the name of "The Alvi- Ston Oil Company." The operations of the company are to be carried on in the townships of Sarnia and Eaniskillen, with its chief place of businesii at Al- vinston. The capital stock of the com- any is to be $20,000 to be divided into 00 shares of $100 each. ' 1 —In the House at Ottawa , a day or two ago a return was brought down of the annual statements by the licensed druggists or vendors of liquors under the Canadian Temperance Act in the Several counties and cities in which it is in force. The name of each pur- phaser. of liquors, and the arciount and kind of stimulants given are furnished, and foe curious people make decidedly interesting reading. —The Club Cartier, a Conservative organization of young French Canadi- ans, in Montreal, passed a resolution ppro-ving the action of the Government n opposing Mr. Blake's late motion on ommercial independence, bap approv- ng of the conduct of the few Conserve- ive members who voted for it. A mo- tion was also passed hoping the leader bf the Conservative party will soon make the question of national indepen- dence a plank in the platform. —Mr. Henry Dechert, a farmer re- iding about a mile and a hall from .., inwood, was - returning home from. Crosshill a few days ago when he had occasion to pass a load of bay, and while SO. doing was thrown from the convey- ance alighting on his head, his feet at the same time getting entang ed in the wheel which took him aroued with it several times, resulting in serious injury to his spine. He is itt a very critical condition. —The Wellington, Grey and Bruce line Of the Great Western Railway is soon to be supplied. with new cars The new car is a decided iiaaprovement on the old ones. It is of the anee size, but it is of a lighter draft, and instead of wooden is furnished with iron seats, nickle-plated on the sides and cushion- ed seats, upholstered in red plush. The woodwork inside is an imitation of bird's-eye maple and. walnut; and out- side is painted a light yellow color, with brown and gold. The car is fur- nished with the Miller coupler and. buffer, and with steam brakes. —Mr. Robert Christie, ex -M. P. for .North Wentworth, jointly with Dr. O'Reilly, has been appointed Provincial Inspector of Prisons and Charities for Ontario. It was thought by the Gov- ernment to be desirable that one of the inspectors should be an experienced man of business, and Mr. Christie has been sekcted because of his high quali- fication and well known ability in this capacity. He will have charge of the Central Prison,the Mercer Reformatory, and ithe Reformatory at Penatangui- ehene. The inspection of the 'prisons and charities east of Toronto is also as- signed to him. —It ie understood that the -bursar- ship of the asylum for idiots, at Orillia, will be filled by the promotion of Mr. Mullen'from the assistant bursarship of the London asylum. Mr. Mullen held this office prior to tbe late Mr. Kennedy. He was appointed to the charge of the Central Prison industries, and when this work was be to con- tractors he was transferred to the Lon- don Asylum at a lower salary Having given every satisfaction before, he is justly entitled to the position,Inow that it is again vacant. It is likely that the vacancy at London will be filled from the present Civil Service, consequently a new appointment will not be made. — Scene in London market :—Five butchers, three aldermen, tw newspa- per reporters wain umbrellas, ne police- man and fifteen dogs gave ch se to an escaped pig on the market. The scene was lively beyond description, between dog nipping, pig squalling,men running, and boys yelling,the market Was upside down for a while. After running under stalls, upsetting flower pots and vegeta- bles and causing some of the Old market women to stand on,their chaits, the pig was finally seized by a large black dog, who held it by the ear till the owner came up. —Dr. Covernton, Toronto, and Dr. Youmans of Mount Forest, have visited the town of Sarnia and investigated the late outbreak of typhoid fever. These gentlemen are members of the Provin- cial Woard of Heelth, lately fermed by the Ontario Government. After visit- ing the water -works they Concluded that the fever was produced by the im- pure water that was pumped from Sar- nia Bay, and informed the health offi- cers that new works virould haive to be built where pure water coUld be ob- tained. This is something the local authorities should look into at once, as they will now be held responsible should any deaths occur from tpidemics in _thme rt.Armstrong, . an old! English , soldienwhe lives about three Miles from Windsor, and who fought ibis way through the Crimean War, ors Monday morning about 2 o'clook was awakened by hearing two shots fired in his room, and immediately afterwards aw three t masked burglars standing by ie his bed- side. On his refusing to 11 them where his money was kept. they beat him brutally with the butt 1 of their heavy revolvers until he coulddo noth- ing else but lie quiet. He had receiv- ed his pension money on Saturday, and this was rolled ina bundle and was lying in a drawer. He --sew them pick up - the bundle of -money twice without noticing what it waa. After obtaining about nine dollars they left. I —The Reporter says: — INotwith. standing the tedious journear which Messrs. Peirson and Gillespie had with their cattle and effects (25 d.tys from Eiaicardine to Brandon) that' cattle, „.