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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-05-12, Page 1, - FATS ANC) uncan ateet Styles fe AMERICAN " The Best Value in MERICAN F uncart & Duac NOBBY STRAW HA ew Shapes ce Very Late -444 —AT— UNCAN & DUNCA Pi VIM AND REGATTA SRI dome Pattern. Good kitting &Lex —AT— UNCAN & DUNCAN' W WORSTED COATIMOS, Hobby Scotch Tweeds, e Cheapest Canadian Tweed la the reark4 —AT -- MOAN & DUNCAN' CLOTHING de to Order in the Latest Style Best Workmanship at MOAN & DUNCAN' REMEMBER t the Largest and Cheapest Stc otton, Lisle. Taffeta and Lace S es can be seen at MOAN & DUNCAN' CARPETS 1 House Furnishings of all Mani very Iow pricefe. at JNCAP41 & DUNCAN' his death is very much regret leaves a. wife and one child to moan, hiss. -The other everdng a child of Reit Voods„ of Stratford, a bright boy te years, was playing with the otht dren, when a round oandy wbi in its month slipped into its t ,Iodged there. Suffocation was nt, and would no douht haverestilte Lac/ not the child's_ father, withgttat -At the young people's weekly m held in the Canada Methodig rch, Logan, on a recent Fri ting, the congregation presented Mdt lert McLagan with a fine large bible tokea of gratitude for the inters* eh he had taken in the church, reticle of mind, forced open thi tly-shut teeth of the little Met by careful effort reached theobe ation and removed. it. There w!!. 'a moraeat to think, it wasi a 0 dring he promptest action and t Rest judgment. -According to the census eta:- -township of Logan is de�oi as having in religion 77; Brethren four; k '179; Church of Ene ,iptes,1; Lutherans, 982; 78, Presbyterians, 413. 0 glish, 605; French, 91; - Irish, 1,145, Sdotoh, 310. England, 183; Ireland, gaud, 103 ; Nova Scotia, 11; swick, 8; Qaehec. 39-; On ; France, 2; Germany, ted States, 32 ; other countries, Au acoident of a terrible rf place at Gole'a saw mill, concession of Wallace, on morning last week. A young he name of Jacob Bender, who [iged in the saw raillattencu by some accident came in the , and was cut in- two by the ing under his right arm and eck at the opposite side, on ead and One shoulder com a his body. A comrade ws.a with him at the time in the did not see him at the time of L It is supposed he fell agai . Death was instantaneous. emosocoortsmoosago. *trim NUMBER, 753, VVII0L131 FirildhIENTH YEAR. / MCFAUL'S COLUMN. THIS WEEK WILL BE SHOWN —AT— E. McFAUL'S NEW MUSLINS ill Stripes and Checks. NEW MIAS IN COLORS, 100 and 1210 per yard. OATMEAL CLOTHS —AND— FANCY GINGHAMS —IN -- LIGHT SHADES. NEW DRESS COON IN LIM SHADES a NEW HOSIERY in Plain and Fancy. New Gloves, Belo Laces, Parasol; Sunshades, , v'ER-c2OEI AP - MILLINERY Complete in the Latest and Best Styles. E. McFAUL, Seaforth. What Physicians Say About the Starr Kidney Pad. Treatment by absorption has for some time beenrecognized. 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, sum ceeeful treatment was ,practicably im- possible until the introduction of the Starr Kidney Pad. It costs less than a aingle perscription, and is immeasur- ably more decisive and, effective than any quantity of internal medicinal ' dosing. Worn immediately over the ' seat of disease, its curative properties become absorbed by the diseased and enfeebled organs, continuously and directly, as required to insure in re- turn their healthy aotion and original vigor. It is oomfortable to the patient and pleasant in its effects, and cures when nothing else can. The Starr Kidney Pact accomplishes positive, de- eisive results. A more valuable dis- covery as a true remedy for Kidney Diseases was never naade,:—.111edical Gazette. :Between one and two &al day morning a fire broke out m dence of Andrew MurraYe taw village. The house anct s were totally destroyed. The mposed to have originated f p left burning in the kitchere Tay was awakened lay the heat ke. He jumped oat of bed two eldest children, who slept irate bed iu the same roan e being no window he was 0 ia,ke his wav through the fern ie with. which the kitchen d. He succeeded in placing dren in safety, and then re.t he burning premises. i8 Wi lined behind to bring away t gest children aged one and s respectively, but having Ipst le excitement and confusion ihed in the flames. isfut of charreddtones only Mrs. Murray would certainly' i•hed also were it not that he! 1, although dreadfully 1y da.shed through the B Les and rescued her. be ig children are eat fatally b lt is feared the case of Mr - ray is doubtful. The following additional testimonials have been received by us without so- licitation. The below subscribers are People of good standing in society, and will gladly be interviewed or answer correspondence on the subject. From zany hundreds of letters received, we Select and submit the following: Ten Years Afflicted. Toronto, December 21st, 1880.—Gen- tleraen—At the time of the Invasion in 1866,1 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 past ten years I have taken innumerable 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 - ;lay, after wearing it two months, I am flaPpy to state that I am completely eared. Please make this public, for the benefit of those who are afflicted as I 'was. Yours respectfully, JOHN NtINN, ftre of F. W. Coate & Co. For sale by 4`• S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. Had Piles Four Years., Torouto, October 20th, 1880.—Gentle- Inen,--I have been efflicted with piles for over 4 years, have worn one of your special Pads for two months and am rfectly cured. Yours Truly, F. P. Aoduees, Track Superintendent C. V. A'afoPrfl. @tgade bY- 5' Roberts, Druggist' ,rovesseme•••••=o,amei SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 11382. Reminiscence of the Northwest Floods. Mr. John Robertson, ex -Deputy Sher- iff of the county of Huron, who left Godericli a few weeks ago for the North- west, writing from Grand Forks, Da- kota, under date ef April 26 to a friend in Goderich, gives a graphic and inter - eating description of the floods in that country. The following are a few ex- tracts from his letter: "You remember the passengers some of the excursion trains calling indignation meeting and passing a v of censure againet the directors or e ployees of the St. Paul, Minneapo and Manitoba Railway, and now I a not surprised at their doing se, without exeeption, from the news b to the conductor, the employees on t train we rode on the 13.rst half of t journey from St. Paul, were the mo uncourteons and ungentlemanly set men I ever saw occupying public po dons. The conductor would not gi any person as much as a civil answ no matter what question was aske I went through to Emerson, whe Dixie and I stayed off; we stayed, wi Harry McIntosh. I saw Jack John ston, Malcolm McQuarrie, Peter M Philips, of Exeter, Frank Rollin Johnston Brothers, and several othe with whom I am acquainted. Hate Fitzsimmons was at McIntosh's hot very sick, and an old man from Win ham who was up there (I forget h name now) was nursing him. The o man also took sick and died on the d we got there, but Fitzsimmons is int proving a little. The town is full people with stock who cannot get out their land on account of the wate You should see this country now thoroughly understand the meaning an overflow of the river. When we g to Emerson the bridge was gone an water in some houses to the depth six feet, but there was no trotible i getting along most of the streets on th side welks. The new hotel whic Davidson, of Seaforth, is going to WO py Was completely surrounded, and me were busy driving down stakes on eac side of the sidewalk to prevent it floa ing away. The water was still risin and next morning the only way a pe son could walk to MoIntosh's hotel wa on- the fence, and the water was no within six inches of getting into th house' when I left there. Yon wi imagine from this that Emerson is a most on a level with the river, and s would I to look at it at the presen time, but the people here say the wate has risen between 35 and 40 feet Imagine a flood of water sufficient t fill the Maitland level from bank t bank, and you may form an idea o what it looks like here. Jack Johnsto told me a man of the narae of Tweedley who used to live out near our place now lives_ in Pembina. He has bee elected as county clerk, or something o that kind, and probate judge. I wen up to St. Vincent and took the ferry across the river to his place. When there I heard of a big wash-out in the railroad, and fearing I could not travel any place, even if I succeeded in gettin to Winnipeg, I thought I had bette take advantage of the Red River boat which called when I was there, and take a trip up the river to see what the country was like, and a splendid trip it was. These boats are about the size of some of our lake steamers, but are not fitted up in the same style. They only draw about two feet of water. The pro- peller is similar to a side wheel placed at the stern, and is the full width of the boat, but only takes hold of a foot or a foot and a half Of the water, leav- ing behind it waves five or six feet high, so that when they want to tow a barge instead of towing it behind they attach it to the side of the boat. They are the most convenient arrangement for river traffic you ever saw, being able to call at any person's door alongthe river with as much or more ease than a row boat, and are quite willing to do so for any person who hails them. Com- ing up the river the sight was very fine for a spectator, but could hardly be regarded in that light _ by the owners of the river farms. Some places the water spread out almost as far as the eye could. reach; other places it would not be more than two or three miles wide. The river is very crooked, but they did not pretend to follow the bed at all, but struck a bee line right across the farms, sometimes saving five or six miles by running across a neck of land about hall a mile wide. All the houses on the river farms are submerged, eorne having about a feet, others Six or seven feet of water in them. Some of the people have moved back on the prairie to dry land, and some are in the up- stairs, if, you can dignify the upper part. of their houses by that name, and are determined to hold the fort. We res- cued about ten head of cattle. The owner kept pilling cordwood under them as the water raised, timid keeping them above, -but at last got them so high up that therewas nothing left but to get them ashore by some means, or raise the roof of the stable. Several places the farmers had their horses, cattle, pigs, seed, grain, do., out on the top of the barns to keep them dry. This may seem to you stretching it a little, but when I explain that most of the build- ings have flat roofs covered, I think, with logs and prairie hay, you can un- derstand it. There the Manure heap comes up nearly to, the roof, so they have no difficulty in getting them up. There are some redeeming features about it. The house and barns are worth very little, and consequently very little damage is done to them. No lives have been lost, neither man nor beast, as the rise in the water is very gradual, and the land, instead of being ininied, will be enriched by the deposit which will remain. All the people say they will get their crops in in good time yet, and no one appears to be in the least discouraged. We celled at several little villages, or in this country I on an ote ra- lis for oy he he st of si- ve er d. re th 8- c.. 5, rs ly el is Id ay of to r. to of ot of n- t - g, r- 11 1- _ McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advsmce. should say cities, along the river. At one of them called Drayton, the driest spot from Emerson here, infact the only dry place, I went ashore to have a chat With the natives while the boat was pulling off and taking on freight. Whilci speaking to a man there from Toronto, who , should come along but Toney Beggs.His land is only a short distance from the city. I enquired of him about James Thompson, John Stewart, Farris and several others, and found that they all lived in the im- mediate neighborhood. A few minutes afterward who should come into the city but Thompson. He looks very well. His land is high and dry and will be ready for seeding on Monday. I think he told me he intended to put in 200 or 250 acres. I believe he made iii good Move when he struck thiecountry. The iticrease in value of land itself will make hira rich in a year or two. We came to one or two cities entirely cover- ed with water, at one of which we pick- ed up a barge loaded with about 11,000 bushes- of wheat. About half way here the stream is skirted with trees on both sides, so,we could not take many short cuts, although they would not think cif changing their course for a few trees four ot five inches in diameter. They would run right against them and bend. them down which, on our paesing, would fly_ up again. On account of having the barge in tow it was quite a job getting around some of the sharp turns in the river where large treep grow close to the bed. The current is pretty swift now, and two or three times in making a sort of tack across the stream I hought the current would catch the barge, which project- ed aboht thirty f et ahead of the steam- er, but they would let her go crashing into the bush, breaking down the small trees, entil the bow would get behind one strong enough to hold her, then the current would drift the stern aronnd, when they would back out of the bush and make a drive for lhe other shore, and act in a similar way. With the exception of a few buildings on the first flats of the river this place. is high and dry, and is the best looking town I have seen yet. I don't know what population they claim, but if you want to know the size of any town in thie western country as soon as you hear the population take out your pen- cil and divide it by two and throw off a few, and you will be very nearly right, or my judgment deceives me very much*. The land. around , here looks first-class, high and dry, with some very fine farm houses and barns. They say Fargo suffered very bally from the flood, al- though the citize is do their best to deny it. The water has fallen about six feet here, and of course a good deal more there. I must see wItit Horton's lots are like and. if they were. covered: The deposit of mud will tell Where the water was until vegetation covers it. The great trouble with.this river is the direction in which it runs. If it ran in a southerly direction it would break up at its mouth before it would at the source and thus have an opportunity to escape gradually, as it is I dare say it 1 has not broken up even yet at the lake. , What fearful ice jams must form in I i some plaoes. Although it has fallen here several feet, I have no doubt it has not reached its height even fa Emerson as it must take several days to run from here there. When the water had risen over thirty feet at Emerson it had not commenced to raise at Winnipeg, so there must have been a large jam some place. Until I see the river in its natural condition I can hardly believe that the banks are 40 feet high, al- though every one says so. All along here they are hi hopes that Winnipeg will be clean flooded out, bridges car- ried away and everything else. Even in Emerson the jealous feeling they have to Winnipeg crepe out very strong- ly. Although it is oarrently reported around here that the railroad bridge at Winnipeg is carried away, I do not be- lieve it yet. I think yet that it is as with some people in Goderieh when speaking about the Great Land "The wish is father to the thought." Canada. Sir Alexander Galt sailed for Can- ada on Friday last. —Rev. D. M. Gordon, of Ottawa, has accepted the call from Knox Church, Winnipeg. MnW. Gurney, the Acton lamp- , lighter, has, fallen heir to a snug little fortune of £250,000 sterling. —Mr. William Oliver, B. A., Bow- manville, has been • appointed to the Brantford Collegiate Institute. —There is working in Toronto, as a machinist, a man who lost £18,500 by the failure of the City of Glasgow Bak. —One thousand seven hundred and fifty immigrants bound for Manitoba passed througn Montreal on Monday. —The Duke of Manchester and a party of Englishmentlemen arrived at Mon- treal on Saturday from New York, en route for Manitoba,. —The murdered -Secretary, Lord Cavendish, has two relatives in Ottawa. The one, is Lord Lorne, the other Lieut. Begot, of the Vice -Regal staff. —The accommodation at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph is to be imnaediettely increased by the erection, of several new cottages. —Borings for oil are being made near Picton, N. S. Samples of the oil have been satisfactorily tested, but it is not knoem in what quantities it exists. —Rote Dr. Potts, of Toronto, denies having disposed of his interest in the Temperance Colonization Scheme, said declares his entire !confidence in it. —Her Royal Highness the Princess 'Louise will sail fr m England on the 25th inst., and is expected to arrive in Canada by the 5th of June. —The temperance men at Oakville have formed a company and opened one of the best houses in the town. Ample accommodation is now offered for travellers. The Scott Aot is working on well. In five days' trial not one drunken man has been seen on the street. — On Thursday night three men were drowned by the capsizing of a row to rg boat, at Prescott. The men are said have been the worse of liquor. — Regardless youths in Amherstbn play cricket on Sunday. Why do not the authorities look after them; and prevent such annoyance to the citizens. —Mr. Dan. McKay, Lem High Bluff, Manitoba, has purchased Hugh Mc- Leod's farm, on the 16th concession of East Williams. The price paid was $5,500. - —Mr. D. W. B. McKay, head master of St. George's School, London, is about to remove to Winnipeg. His late pupils presented him with a piece of silverware. —Mr. Duckett, M. P. P. for Sou - lenges, Quebec, has been Sued for $90,- 000 for sitting as representative of that constituency in the Local Legislature without legal right to.do so. —A son of Mr. R. Cannon, Brant township, came upon a lair of silver- grey foxes in a hollow tree, a few days ago. He had the good fortune to cap- ture the whole lot, six in number. —Agricultural operations in the die - Arid around Quebec city are very back- ward for the season, and plowing is only just commencing in a few favored local- ities. —There is a plague among poultry in East Williams. Hens, geese, ducks, turkeys, &o., are dying by the dozen. Several farmers have lost all their poultry.—Dr.Tegart, of scot4na, Ontario, has purchased Robert Markle's farm of 50 acres, paying $3,100 fori it; and Mr Markle has purchased Horace Foster' place, paying $6,000 for it. —A board of trade has , been organ• ized by the enterprising people of Prince Albert, N. W. T. It is their intention to apply to the Government to make that place a port of entry. —Immense quantities of maple sugar have been made in the section of coun- try to the north of Kingston. At one place called Plevna, 7,000 pounds have been made. —Mr. Lindsay Russell, Deputy -Min- ister of the Interior, had a narrow escape from drowning at Ottawa on Friday afternoon in consequence of the upsetting of a boat in which he was out for a sail. —Mr. James Lee, of Albemarle, is the proprietor of a ewe which has given birth to five lambthis spring, and last year and the year previous the same ewe gave birth to four lambs each year. Now, who next? —There is great excitement in Wind- eor on account of an outbreak of small pox iti the town. Ten cases having occurred within two or three days up to Monday last. There has been one de—ath. By the recent floods t Emerson Mr. James Livingston, M. P. P., has been a loser. He had some 4,000 bushels of flax seed stored there, which was completely submerged by the water. —An unseemly squabble arose be- tween two Montreal lawyers, who fought in the Court Hoe on Friday. One legal head was seriously cut by a blow from a cudgel, and the clothes deluged With legal blood. —The corner -stone of the Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, was laid on the 3rd inst., in the presence of a large and influential gathering. Hon. Senator Ferrier delivered an address appropriate to the occasion. —At the York County Court and General Sessions on Tuesday His Honor Judge Mackenzie was presented with a pair of white kid gloves, there being for the first time in many years no criminal oases on the docket. —John •Nicholsou, light -weight bur- glar, hailing from 13rantford, was the other day convicted of committing three burglaries at Buffalo, having pleaded guilty. He was sentenced. to three years in Elmira Penitentiary. —The funeral of the late James Mc- Caughey, . barrister , of Ingersoll, took ; place at two o'clock bon Saturday.' The ' funeral procession was one of the largest in that place for years. Mr. McCaughey was widely known and highly respected 'bYb—balolt'sOnf"sugar-bash" proprietor at. ord, Quebec, got 2,150 pounds of 1 A sugar out of the product of his maple trees. Another, near by, lost all his sugar and syrup and some 300 sap tins by a fire which consumed his cabin and contents. —A few days ago Mr. Albert Smith, of Amherst Head, N. S., died of lock- jaw brought on by the expdsure to cold of a stump of a finger amputated two years since. The strimp, althongh en- tirely healed, had always been more or less painful. —A deputation from Emerson arriv- ed at Ottawa on Saturday for the pur- pose of soliciting aid from the Govern- ment to rebuild the bridge which was washed away by the re9ent floods. This bridge was built a yiear ago last winter at an expense of $40;000. —Mr. Henry Puddicomb, an old and wealthy resident of the township of Wilmot, died suddenly on Tues- dsy evening last week at his residence on the Huron Road, near Raysville. He had paned the alibtted span of three score and ten by several years. —Recently the niaster bakers of Montreal raised the inen's wages from $10 to $12 a week, i.nd immediately thereafter raised th price of brown bread from 22 cents t4 24 cents for the six pound loaf. A rie in flour is given as a further reason foe the change. —The trial of WindNey for the mur- der of a farmer named Thomas Slight, near Cookstown, in November last, took place at Barrie last week.. The victim, it will be remembered, was murdered in his wagon when on his road home from Barrie at night, and Was discovered lying dead in his wagon the roadside next morning. The • jury returned a verdict of "not guilty," and the prisoner was discharged. London old plank sidewalks are being repleced by new ones constructed of asphalt) i —Mr. D,onald Currie, of Lon.don, who has held several important positions in connection with the Great Western Railway daring the last 25 years, died last week at the comparatively early age of 53 years. He was very much respected and his death is greatly re- gretted. —A raise of ay has been granted to the brake en ed conductors on the Grand Tra k ifaiiway. Brakemen of over two years1 service are to receive $1.75 per day and those of over six months, $440 Per day. Conductors of two years' etanding will get $2.50 and those undee tw° years $2 per day. —The most ,curious and interesting contributiou to the Toronto .2oo of late is a pair of horned toads from Texas. Mr. Wm. Armstrong received them by mail a few days ago, and has donated them to the gardens. Unlike hungry politicians they seem satisfied to live on air.- - —The steamship Texas, now overdue, has on board a large number of choice cattle, Polled, Angus and Hereford. The cargo consists of 100 head for Simpson & ,Sudgell, of St. Louis; 25 head for Hon. Mr. Coohrane ; 25 head for Cochrane Ranch Co.; 60 head. for Clark, M. Se and seven for Mr. Andrew Judgah, Montreal. —An inrestigation is going on at Montreal by direction of the Minister of Customs to determine the value of oer- ain articles used in Wheeler & Wilson's ewing machines and brought in from he States. They have been entered as worth $8 each, but it is claimed the ralpe is twice that sum. —Early Friday morning a fire broke nt in the axe factory occupied by R. T. Wilson, Dundas, totally consuming he whole biailding. The loss is esti- mated at 015,000 and the insurance 4,000. A good many hands have been brown out ef employraent. The cause f the fire is supposed to be incendiar- stn. —The othhr day Colonel Moffat pre- ented everyi new recruit of the Mount - d Police iniToronto with a handsome ilt-edged Bible or Testament—which . ver they peeferred. Colonel MoKen- ie was pres nted with twenty (not for is own use, but for the officers of the ()roe), besid s eight large-sized ones for he reading room. —Ws ginnipeg is excited at the dein f firebugs, to whom are attributed the went fires in that city. On Saturday nd Sunday no fewer than fire bold at- erapts were Made to fire buildings in ifferent parts of the city. Plunder is apposed to be the object. One Mo. arthy, who is suspected of the crime, ad has been remanded, had a narrow mime from lynching. —The Globe of Wednesday says :—A pecial cable despatch from our Lon - on correspondent states that the legal rmalities necessary to complete the sion of the Grand Trunk and Great estern Railways are being rapidly ushed forward. The object of Van- erbilt's present trip to England is, it is mond, to out -bid the Grand Trunk r possessiou of the Great Western. s N —It is understood that the Credit Valley and Ontario and Quebec have practically conholidated their interests; that work on the latter has begun at Perth and ie beitig prosecuted with vigor, the intention being that the line from Montreal through to Toronto shall be completed by the fall of next year, thus making ilea independent through route in connection with American lines from Quebec to Chicago. —To the Beaver Line steamship Lake grnitoba is due the honor of "first arrival" at Quebec) for the season. The captain reports passing through 230 miles of ice at the mouth of the St. Lawrence. The Dominion steamer Texas, like the Polynesian, was unable to find a passage, and after several days' fruitless cruising, has relieved the anxiety caused by her detention by put- ing into Halifax. —Newfoundland been handed over to the tender mercies of a railway syiadi- crate, who have been given a monopoly of the railway business of the Island for forty-five yore. The company pro- pose building a railway across the Island in connection With the proposed - new route to Europe by which the sea, t voyage will be reduced. to 1,700, miles, and the length of the trip from New o York to Londoia by forty-eight hours. —A rapid run was accomplished on o the Canada Southern Railway one morning lately The fast express, No. a 8, passed over the distance from Am- herstburg to S. Thomas -111 miles in o two hours and fourteen minutes, in. T chiding the time lost in stoppages. The F3 run from Antherstburg to Charing E Cross -54 miles—was made in 62 t minutes, with etops, and the distance from Taylor to Bismarck -7 7-10 miles t —was run in eight minutes. I in of the birch by this pugilist petti- coats she departed, with the injunction that if she had occasion to call again there would be a funeral in the neigh- bourhood. —The proceedings of the Coroner's hiquest on the body of Win. Miller, the Bentinok farmer, were concluded on Friday, when additional evidence of an inaportant nature was received. The jery after absence of an hour returned a verdict of wilful murder against Peter Weis,John Weis, Philipena Weis aid Barbara Miller, widow of the mur- dered man, who were duly committed to Owen Sound gaol' to await their trial. —Mr. John Durrant, Sr., of Win- tekbourne, died on Saturday,29th April, a the great age of 91 years, 23 days. e was born in Suffolk, England, and e igrated to this country in 1831, set - ti ng in the township of Waterloo, w ere he has since resided. He was st ongly attached to the Methodist C urch, of which he was a faithful m mbar for some seventy years. He leaves seven children, 26 grand chil- dren, and 32 great -grand children. —The other evening Mrs. Menden, living at 47 Magill street, Hamilton, had occasion to ge to a druggist for an emetic. The assistant made up the powder, giving about six grains of tartar emetic without any directions. ta de s. Morden, thinking it was to be en in one dose, took the whole pow - r, and was immediately seized with se ere cramps and pains. A doctor was sent for, and found Mrs. Morden pros.. trate and in a very low condition. --Mr. Henry Childs, Great Western Railway Superintendent, at London, has been dismissed from the service d Mr. J. D. MoIlwain, late of the 0 ntral Illinois Car Works, has been. ap ointed to fill his position. No rea- so s are assigned as yet for Mr. Child's dismissal. He has been over twenty- five years in the company's service, and was much respected by all with, whom he was acquainted. Mr. MoIlwain is spoken of as a master mechanic, one of the best that could be obtained in the United States. —The manufacture of houses is being rapidly pushed by the company formed for the purpose at St. Romuaid, Quebec. The company commenced by building little wooden houses twenty-four feet square for transportation to Panetaa for the use of workman on the isthmus ca- nal. They have now entered into a oontraot with Sheriff Quesn.el, of Artha- baska, to construct a thousand hotises to be forwarded to Manitoba, some of which are three storeys high and 60 by 83 feet. —On Saturday evening at 9.15 a fire broke out in the Ladies' College, at Ot- tawa, occasioned by the upsetting of a coal oil lamp in the apartment of one of the students. Damage was done to the extent of about $500, chiefly by water. There were fifty resident pupils in the building at the time, all of whom behaved with the utmost coolness. There is a private alarm in the building which was at ence sounded by Principal Kerap, and in less than three minutes the water was playing on the fire. —A fashionably attired youth be- striding a bicycle on the Kingston. Road sidewalk, Toronto, on. Saturday, about noon, came into contact with 0, poor old man, knocking him into the ditch. Bicycle and rider followed, and the whole combination were very much be- spattered with rand. As soon as the young bicyclist recovered frorn the shook he turned to the old man and said in a lisping but angry voice: ,“Why the deuce didn't you get out of the way? Did I not ring my little bell?" —A bad case of poisoning front im- pure vaccine matter has occurred in London. The viotim is a young eon of Mr. James McConnell, and his llness dates from the time of innocu ation. Swellings have developed CM the boy's body in various parts, and Ins whole system appears to be perm.eatecl with the impurity. A running sore ham form- ed on his arm, which is greatly swollen, and his left leg is so contracted that it cannot be straightened. Attending physicians pronounce the case a, very serious one indeed, for even should he live, there is danger of permanent crip- pling. —There has just been fitted up in the department of agriculture at Ottawa cases containing samples of the soil in he Northwest territories, taken from among the lines running from the elbow f the South Saskatchewan to the ,Forks," and from a point at the foot f the Rocky mountains to the city of Winnipeg. These samples were taken t every twenty miles along the route mentioned, and show the exact tature the soil to the depth of four feet. he department has also four duplicate ets, which will be transmitted to urope as practical evidence of what' he sail of the Canadian. Northwest is. —Mr. George Stephen, president of he Canadian Pacific Railway, just re- urned. from England, states that the xciteraent in England. still continues connection with everything pertain - —A few dame ago Mr. F. MacRae, Reeve of Glenelg, met with a serious a,ceident. He was in the act of getting into his carriage when he slipped and fell upon a stiol of wood, by which he sustained. a co pound fracture of the leg, the bone protruding through the skin Strange o say, he got up and climbed back i to the carriage before he ascertained tie nature or extent of his injury. Th fracture is mending as rapidly as could be expected. _ —An Elgin pedagogue the other day punished a boy for some trifling offence. On the following morning the lad's maternal relative called at the school, and not receiving an explanation that satisfied her,, grasped a broom and drove the master into a corner. When she 1 could no longer 10 good execution with the broomstick he fired dinner baskets at his head, and their contents stick- ing to his hair and garments, he soon looked like an animated swill barrel turned inside out. When ample satis- faction had heel taken out of the knight mg to Canada, and especially to Mani- toba. 'The difficulty," he remarked, "will be to prevent the immense tide of immigration setting itt before we . are ready for it., The interest manifeeted in Canada," he continued, "is Mt con- fined to any particular class, but is par- ticipated in by the laboring classes and capitalists." The Duke of Mame ester etates that he is prepared to fin4 any amomit of capital, and talks of bra. ding railwa s in the Northwest, and initiat- ing all kinds of taiterprises. —Itt a letter to a gentleman in Sey- mour, one of the persons who left Camp1ell1ord, in Northumberland connt to make a new and a better home jn Manitoba, writes itt a ver dis- cour ng tone. "Don't fill your nind with tlio comforts of this place, sty itt your c mfortable home," are the Words he uttirs in sorrow. A farmer whe had a good home upon a good farm in an ad- joining township, upon putting his foot upon Manitoban soil in Emerson, said he would give $500 if he could be back in the position he was before be left home. The most Isensible advice to farmers who are making a living in. Ontario, is to remain at home, upon lands which receive the light and beat from a sun that shines on no better country in the world. —In view of the intended retirement from public life of Mr. Joseph Rymal, M. P. for South Wentworth, the Re- form merabers of the House of Conn mons on Friday presented him with a gold watch and it highly complimentary address. It is 25 years since Mr. Ry - mal first entered. Paeliament and dur- ing that time he has been an honest and faithful adherent to Reform prin- oiples. Severed Conservative mem.- hers had also expreseed a desire to par- ticipate in the expression of good -will to Mr. Rymal, but the committee desired to make the °omelet; commemorative of the great services to the Reform party which the representative of South Wentworth had. rendered. One, how- ever, Mr. Alonzo Wright, M. P. for Ottawa County, better known as the "King of the Gatineam"insisted on being allowed as a very o14and warm per- sonal friend of his to contribute a mark of his eeteern. His wish was finally acceded to, and he appeared in the room with Mr. Remal's other friends, the only supporter of the Government present. Perth items. The council of Listowel are deter- mined to enforce the, by-law preventing cows running at large. —The Board. a Stratford High School are considering the propriety of having the building heated by stealer.. --The Mitchell Board of Works have been granted the sum of $1,000, by the council, for the improvement of the streets. All verandahs and cross signs - are to be removed. —The Elms, cheese and. butter factory is now running in full blast, and it is expected that this will be the best sea- son in its history. Mr. Harris is cheese maker again this year. — A brick building ill Palmerston, oc- cupied by Mr. George S. Davidson as a store, was totally destroyed by fire a few days ago. The stock was destroyed, but is well covered by insurance. — Upwards of one hundred shade trees have been planted in the little village of Sebringville. The majority being of the white ash variety, a rapidly growing and beautiful ornamental tree. —The merchants of Listowel have entered into an agreement to olose their stores punctually at six o'clock each evening, Saturdays excepted. This will be a great boon to the employees. —Mr. Murdoch Matikenzie,of Guelph, bus challenged Mr.Reht.Fergnson,of the Listowel Banner, to play a match game of checkers on the 241la of May for the championship of Perth County. —A few days ago Mr. Burnett, of Elms, sold to Mr. Jones, of Logan, it monstrous beeve which turned the beam at 2,290 pounds. The price realized for this animal was six and a quarter cents live weight. —Mr. Justus "Traitor, merchant at Rostock bought and disposed of over 2,000 dozen of eggs (luring the month of April, realizing therefor $240. Twenty four thousand eggs handled and turned over during one month. Pretty good for a country merchant. —A belligerent ram attacked a little daughter of gr. M. Eidh, nearMillbank, who was on her way te eclaeol, butting her down a few times till her screams attracted the attention of Mr. John Gillespie,who rescued the child frora her hard-headed assailant. —Donald. Jeffrey, 4 Stratford boy, has distinguished hinteelf in the school of Practical Science, Toronto. At the recent examinations he stood first in the third year class, being awarded a prize, and also obtained a diploma in civil engineering. —A little son of Mr.George Engel, of Musselburg fell from the roof of a 'build- ing into the cellar, a distance of some fifteen feet, striking oni some stones and was badly hurt, being nconscious when picked up. He is showing signs of re- co—veArynhuomwebeveror. f the friends and well- wishers of Rev, Mr. Williams, Canada Methodist minister in Mitchell, waited on him at the parsonage the other even- ing and presented him with a purse of $65, which they hoped would be spent in travelling for the benefit of his health. —Mr. W. Fotheringliam, son of RSV. J. Fotheringham, St. Marys, has ob- tained an honorable Standing at the Guelph Agricultural College. He 18 111 his first year, and obtained honors in practical handling and judging of cattle and sheep, zoology, English literature and composition, and arithmetic. —In Elma township the frosts,during the last week of April and the first days of May did more damage to fall wheat than was done the whole of the winter; and fields that a few 'weeks ago gave great promise are in many cases com- pletely destroyed. The fall wheat can- not now possibly ,be more than half a crop. —Mr. John Grey, of the "Friendly Home" farm in Elma, has imported a quantity of Black Side oats from For- farshire, Scotland, but owing to the glorious working of the N. P., they were detained for five weeks at the custom house, and Mr. Grey had to pay 24 per cent. on the cost for his efforts and - enterprise to secure the best possible seed—. ir. George Herd, Who left Strat- ford early in March to go to British Columbia has been heard from. He is at present engaged in bnilding bridges on theCanadian Pacific railway near Tale, British Columbia, and apparently is well pleased with the country, which however, he describes as suitable only for mining. Carpenters are paid 13 per day; laborers frona $1.75 to 12.75 per day. Board is14 per week.