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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-06-02, Page 1_ e quite bad bur. ereat. May 18th, 18e2 :—This lies ire with us, ew that fell rhe weather April and fact at the seen to the feet at the G hills, and little bluff ies the grasa t show sigma pretty vrell ring work. ell around ere a pretty tt, yet when tre frightful I. E. Dobba, her had his part dirk - ire the other rain a have res. People buildings GT iV611 secnred easily made arowa. The enst mills oand OR the t about 2-.5011 R.. Cause of it $12.000. ee la Prairie, her places ie eithstanding pieces, this - lies high and t the spring ie time first - ' egging from el for miles from water, is complete - acorn, boats -over fieida $25,00.a for ga, and now r it m one of is abent 150 ie. Parties ied through short time leased with t and would they could, ef 6.12 and Nest. j. DIZEM. fr fire brig, en years in y scarce in • Brandon el, and in court' in [rs. Smith, ovick, was ling liquor onerather the prairie great anc- ttention ta- lents with a. He is tion rooms, emend. dard saya: Oak River, ;on with a the firearra L the coo - Er. Ruller's A surgeon el- the foot - Northwest I to learn ram Winni- 54 railea; ens, 95; to le, 2115.;.to Nelsonville, 'ort Ellieet Northweet ,te if per ; flour iredweight ; r hundred- ashel ; egga, 50 cents to $3 per cord. place to rilliam Dun - o=,. in the rfew morn- eg for some 'butalale to came to eonple a rseem to be Province, erent parts e past few ress of the nue Street he vicinity the wa.teree ies present ppearaarte. y quantity waver, the and while the:genie/ od under the residenta ie a bad body good. individual ys ago on, in the re- -a Winn to Mayor e admitted, sin rearof went iato a lighted over the at.• He al - ted ta set and to the oIaims to er the in very clear is a core- d had no Qua work. ecessary to ce had ob- o establish las on Wed- letained its jarity. The nil Bill wilt orts being usa.rets of he Arrears. been givert iness. EtbsTEENTH YEAR NV:HOLE NUMBER, 756. 1 SEAFORTii, FRID -Y, JUNE 2, 1882, MCFAUL'S COLUMN. E. MCFAUL IS SHOWING THIS WEEK A 1' 11\TE IR, E —OF— FANCY GERMAN HOSIERY For Children's Wear. A FULL LINE OF Seamless Hosiery In Misses' and Ladies' Sizes. SPECIAL VALUE IN SILKS AND SATINS FOR MANTLES. JUST OPENED NEW PATTERNS IN BLACK &CREAM SPANISH LACES A TJARGE STOCK OF PARASOLS & SUNSHADES FROM 25o UP. MILLINERY, STYLISH! GOOD AND CHEAP. STOCK COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. E. Mc FAUL, Seaforth. J. S. ROBERTS, 131RITTO- SEAFORTH, J. S. ROBERTS begs to inform his friends, customers and the public gener- ally, that during his absence in the North-west his business will be under the management of Mn. RICKEY, a thoroughly competent gentleman, in whom all can place the utmost confi- dence, and he hopes for a continuance of the liberal patronage he has received since stazting business in Seaforth. Feels Better Than for Ten Years. Toronto, September 20th, 1880.— .Gentlemen—My father had piles for three years; his kidneys were affected, and he had $ pain in the small of his back; he Gould not walk sometimes for weeks at a time. He is wearing the second Pad now, and is nearly well. He says that he feels better than he has for ten years. Thankfully yours, F. M. ROSE. Fortsale by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. Given up by Doctors; Torento, November 10th, 1880.— Gentlemen—Two menthe since I was taken very suddenly with a pain in my left kidney, and a large passage of blood through my urinary organ. The doctors,gave me up, and expeated me to die hourly for two or three days, but the hemmorrhage ceased. and I got about again, but I continually had a dull heavy pain in the small of my back, which I could not relieve until I saw your Sidney Pads advertised. I tried one; and can add my name to the list of those who' hove found them beneficial, and recommend them. Yours traly-, G. Meanie. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. Female 'Weakness Cured. Guelph, May 21st, 1880.—Geutlemen —In reply to your note, I have to say that I called upon the ladies yen men- tioned, and both aasured me that gtarr's Kidney Pad had effected a perfect and peemanent owe. One of the oases was of some three years' standing. Re- spectfully yours, 3. R. CAMERON, Editor of the Guelph Herald. , For sale by J. S. 130berts, Druggist, Seaforth. 0 A Voice from Dakota. The following letter was written to a friend in Hibbert, who has kindly for- warded it to us for publication: PEMBINIst COUNTY, DAKOTA, May 8th, 1882. DEAR Sia,—Learning that you asked ice to write you and give you informa- tion, first, as to my opinion of the country,. and second, as to whether there is much Government land still untaken in this part. I would gladly satisfy you, but have seen so little of the country that I am not able to give more than my impression from what lietle I have seen, and I will say that if men make wise selections I think they can do well here, but those who do not select high land may, in many 0°868 find their land wet in spring Un - ti drainage is promoted. The soil were I have seen it, is a rich, black s nctand clay loam, with sandy sub• s H. The land is rich and easy to cul - and grain can be grown with a q1iarter of the labour required in the c unty of Perth, Ontario.; Grain is of e oellent quality, weighs well, and a,kes excellent flour. People, genor. aljly, are healthy and have no fears as tol the future, as the country is being 'settled as no country ever was from the dawn of time, and with a class of set- tlers such as no other country was ever favoured with. Now, you are a soepti- - e l sort of man, and will not believe all I ay, if I give you all in rosy tints. T erefore. I will say that against those a vantages it has some dravvbaoks. R 'We are no where made on the lines w • ere they should be, andare mere tr ils coursing the prairies on the high - es land, and crossing the sloughs w ere the best bottom can be found. C nsemiently, our miles over run stan- d rd measure, and you feel inclined to charge your informant with stretching truth when he tells you that it is y three miles to Smith's and five to own's and twenty•five to S. Joe. Bu s difficulty can be got over. A greate one is the scarcity and high price of In ber and shingles. You dare not th'nk of such a barn or hone as you h ve in Hibbert until you harVest 100 ao es of crop, and then when you sit do n to count the cost you will con - c1 de to never build on such a scale. Fi st, because you can't get t e timber; se on , you can't get the ston:8; third, li e i at present 50 to 60 ents per bu he , and scare° at that; fourthly; yo will say "By Jinks," I ian make in re but of the money, and will just pu u a granary sufficient t • hold my gr in with stables in form of a lean to fo mi stock, and let the idea of fatten- ina 1ozen cattle a year g. to the wi • ds Mixed farming cantle be car- ries �n extensively here ue til the co ntry is more intproved an, greater f 1i1ities for obtaining lumbe by rail. As to timber there are belts o timber on all he streams, in some pl • :s pretty go d, but generally crooked aid stunt- ed, h a disposition to rot • :fore at - t: -,in to great size. There s plenty for fuel for years to come, but oal must be he hope for the future. We a I corn - in!. o a prospective or pr•specting to • r I would go into the cou i try fur- th.r s uth towards Ordway. hose of ac uaintances who have reversed omantry contiguous to t • e James er apeak highly of it, an. all up ongh the eastern and centr 1 part of territory is reported as xcellent jag land, and towns sprinup with azieg rapidity. A new tow • by -the e Of Harrisburg, is now lei. out on Loiders of Devil's Lake, (I don't w vhy this name.) I h ve been -tiat there is an abun atm of went land of good q ality in inity, and that Harri burg is place of importance as railway r terminus. I have een one otan who said he had been in rt in the Government service, travelled over the m untaina he St. Joe, or now Walhall Trail, in his estimation the land was not ting throughout that pa t. One cti n he urged was that in the nit'of Devil's Lake the 1 nd was y. This objection might b a TO- mendation if the stones ar not too er us, as the land is like y to be O oL a clay character, an stones foundations desirable. Another id ration is that water is generally stony regions. do tiot think it wise for parties to go eal estate agents to get - entered for without first having made a selec- , ad while it secures their name g entered in a particular township at a particular point there is no rantee that the quarter section so is one which will meet your on inspection, and your having ed cancels one of your rights th OD tb McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. to settle would go right there. Young Canadians who by some misfortune in- herited a chronic dislike to work follow this kind of business as largely as any other class. So please de not say that it is the Yankee alone who is capable of such things. Now I will give you a lit- tle of Western philosophy. This phil- osophy watt advanced to me be a gentle- man who has spent some three or four years in the northern part of this county, formerly a business man in Ou- tario, and who has some 800 acres of as good land as the eun shines on, includ- ing 120 acres of good timber. I give it as applicable to the Canadian North- west as to Dakota, and may serve some one who will appreciate my solicitude for the welfare of man whether he meets his benefactor or not. The idea is this, that all heavy winds are from the north or south, and as the smallest obstruction to the wind causes the snow to lodge and form a snow wreath, and this often closes the doors of buildings and makes a snow wall around your dwelling. First, the buildings should be placed, in a direct line with each other, say the house at a suitable dis- tance south of the granary and stables, the western end of both being in a line, thus the force of the current from north or south will sweep the /MOW past both so as to give a road, and the gentleman last year piled some thirty cords of wood at a convenient distance west ef his house. This gave additional force 'to the c.urrents of wind and blew the snow away from the front of the woodpile. He also Said that it was a good idea to place a building in the form of an L, on the south side of the stable with the west end of both inline. By this means the *loath wind would sweep out the snow on front of both, that is ant of the enclosure made by the L, and lastly, All -doors for winter use must be placed on the east side of t the buildings, thus they were not ex - r posed to the fury of the blast, and not likely to be so roach obstructed by the snow blockade. Now it will be seen that if the wood -pile referred to worked so admirably in calming the snow to be swept away by the -wind, the same end can be obtained by pla,ciug a close board fence west of the buildings, -500 feet of timber would make 100 feet of fence 5 feet high. Seeding is rapidly'going on here, but tchday is wet, otherwise I should not have written at such length. I may add that the Pembina Mountain Indian Territory is likely to be in the market this season. It is said to contain sotne' excellent land, and good spring water in some parts, but I have heard of some digging to a depth of 60 feet and not getting water. The mountain is only six miles west of this point, and jet 150 feet in the 1st bench, and about. 12 miles back another bench of 150 more. Respectfully yours, AN OLD PERTHITE. th Ri th th far a na th kn tol Go th to 11 CO Mi th an on an inv itbj vic ato CO nu A 111 t vi 8 8. tre DO t p ha 13 41 nao for COD pu to lan tio bei an gu en t wis A • re es so nte as yon re not allowed to enter for one quartee seCtion and then abandon it for en then Your rights are, first, an en- • try as homesteader ; second, a quar- ter, as pre-eraption, and third, a quar- ter, as tree culture. You can hold a pre emption and tree culture at the as 83 e time. But should you ; enter for an of them and not being satisfied with it o seeing it that right is. cancelled, ant the Government are not willing to sell lands only to actual settlers. Those bo anza farms are on the Paoific Rail- wa lands which can be sola without res risation. You will find every town has its full quota of real estate agents. So •• e have a man who will tell you "1 ha'e been all through that part, and the e is really no difference; one quar- ter !section is juet as good as another." While the probability is he never saw it or was within 100 miles of it. But if youl take the land he gets $10 for locat- ing you, and -you will either get what suis you or lose a right, as the case mai be Real estate agents nake for, tun s here, but to do so sacrifice truth and honor in a great many Cases, and if tliey require it, they can get some of thel genus called gentlemen (?) alias lo ors end dead beats, to cone forward andi assure you that -you cannot get in- to better part than the one indicated. Thy have been all over it, and if going North Huron Teachers' ° Association. The regular semi-annual meeting of the North Huron Teachers' Association was held at Bruesels, 07,.. Thursday and Fridayiof last week, and was fairly at. toned 1y the teachers of the district. In th , absence of the President, Mr. John Shaw, Principal of Brussels Pub - lie School, was appointed chairman, and Mr. ,Black Secretary pro tem. After prelimivary business. Mr. Robert Sperling read an interesting essay on "self culture of teachers." Mr. Sperling dwelt at length on the import- ance of cultivating the perceptive facul- ties, memory, dtc., and urged upon teachers the necessity of keeping them- selves ell posted in standard litera- ture an to avoid all which Weds to de- prave t e morals. Mr. Robertson, representative of Messrs. Gage & Co., Toronto, addressed the me ting on the subject of Reading Books. He exhibited a new series of Reade by Gage & Co., which he highly ommended. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Dewar, Duff, Hendereon, McKay and Shaw, was appointed to 'examine into the qu stion of Readers and report thereon Mr. essay o taste in the diffi teachin want of parents, giving f words. ture in -pile to and pas would g the first standar well pots day. T an inter Mr. R ed his fa syste in a ple that no new sys 11 enderson read an interesting "How to cultivate literary schools." He first pointed out ulties to be contended within literatare—want of time, sympathy and co-operation of and condemned the practise of rmal definitions and marking ,He would begin to teach litera- he first class; would get pu- nderstand and explain phrages ages rather than single words; t his pupils to memorize from selecting literary gems from • authors, aid would keep them ed on the eurrent events of the is last suggestion called forth sting diEic assion. bertson, of Toronto, illustrat- ethod ofteaching the tonic sol of music. He contrasted sing manner this system with in use, and claimed that the m is far superior to the old. 1 In the evening a public entertainment was giv n in the Town Hall. Mr. Roberts n, of Torooto, delivered an in- teresting lecture oa the work and care of teach rs. ,The lecture was well ap- preciate by the audience. Mr. Duff gave the song of the "Maple Leaf" in good stye. Mr. Sperling read a well prepared essay on "Self Culture of Teacher." Mr. Wallis read a passage from Sh kespeare, which was well ren- dered. Miss Reinhert gave a recitation in excellent etyle. ;Mr. Stewart gave a reading on the "Easy Man," and Messrs. Robertson and Duff each sang a song, after which the entertainment closed by,einging "Goa Save the Queen." SECOND DAY. On Fr day, after eontine proceedings, Mr. W. 1. Groves geve a short address on "Prao ical Arithmetic in Slehools,", giving soizio excellent hints on the sub. ject, which were highly appreciated by those present. - , Mr. Robertson, of To onto, addressed the teachers on the su ject of "Read- ing." He first pointed out the great importance of this subject, as through it we derive our know edge of all the sciences. • He gave a h .norous descrip- tion of the old method of teaching the alphabet, and illuiarate by blackboard illustrations the Most proved meth- ods of teachiug reading. Hegave many amusing examples of the eing-song method of reading, a d pointed out many of the error i into which teachers and others fall in teac ing and prac- tising reading. He co demned simul i - taneous reading n sch ols, and show- ed how an interesting e ercise might be mede out of warthbuil log. Dlr. Rob, ertson was listene to rapt atten- tion while deliverng hs address, and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Moved by. Mr. Musgrove. seconded by Mr. Duff, that Messrs. Dewar, MoFaul and Dorrance and Misses Anderson arid Broadfoot be a committee to prepare resolutions of reitret far the death of Mr. Hartley tend the retnoVal from our county of Mr. A. M.1 Taylor, both brother tea,chers. The valedictory of the' late Secretary - Treasurer, Mr. A. M. Taylor, was read befo're the Association, after which a vote of thanks to Mr. Taylor was mov- ed by Mr. Dewar, secouded by Mr. • Duff. It was also resolved that the valedictory, with the permission of Mr. Taylor, be published i A resolution of condolence to the bereaved family of the late Mr. Hartley, of McKillop, was read and adopted, as follows : We, the menabers of the North Huron Teachers'. Association in oonventien assetnbled, +Jars to record the sincere and unfeigned regret with which we heard of the Idemise of our fellow -teacher and member, the late James Hartley, Esq., of MoKillop. We would also bag to bear testimony to the esteem and regard in iiihich he was held by the members of! his profession, and also his usefulness as a member of this Association. While we regret in the order of Divine Providence his re- moval, and desire to convey to his bo• reeved family our gin ceps sympathy in this their great affiictiont we are fully convinced from Mr. Hartley's course during life that the influence of his work on earth will be felt, and that he is now enjoying that revtard which is promised to all who place their trust in a crucified Redeemer. A resolution erpressing the pleasure felt at the promotion of the late Secre- tary -Treasurer of the Associatiou, Mr. A. M. Taylor, was read as follows: We, the members of the North Huron Teacher's Association in convention as- sembled, desire t-..) express our great pleasure at the promotion to a higher sphere of labor a.nd usefulness of our late worthy Secretary -Treasurer, A. M, Taylor, Esq. We would also place on record our obligatioe to hide for so long performing the aranous duties of the office he has so reCently quitted, and sincerely truet that he may so fully win the esteem and con deuce of those with whom he is now ssociated as he did _those of this Amend tion. —Mr. Dewar, I specter, addressed the teachers on th question, "Is the cultivation of moral sufficiently attend- ed to in the Pu lie Schools ?" He pointed out the mo t prevalent faults • common among p pile in the Public schools, such as ru eness of manner and speech, oopyin , prompting, &e., and showed- that he indulgence of these habits in 'y uth depraved the morals and destr yed self-reliance, which is an import& t factor ie forming good moral charae er. Mr. Dewar's remarks were pointe and forcible. He also referred to the egligence of some 'teachers in makiag cint the annual and semi annual reports. The election of officers for the ensu- ing year then took Place, and resulted .as follows: Presidelat, Ur. Henderson, Blyth • Vice President, Mr. Duff, Rox- boro, MoKillop ; Seoretary-Treasurer, Mr. W. E. Groves, Winghani. Mr. James Ferguson, Principal of Wing - ham Public School, T18.8 appointed Del- egate to the Provincial Association, and Dr. McDonald and Mr. W. T. • Bray, of Wingham, were appointed auditors. A tnotion to ch+ge the days of meeting from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday `was voted down, after which the proceedings of the As- sociation were broagh to a close. Can a .1 Ridgetown boasts 1. ,700 people. Fires started by m ners are raging in the mountains near Ot awa. —The first sod of e Selkirk and Rockwood. Junction way was turned on Friday. _—A London East rdener says, "If we don't have frost there will be a won- derful crop of fruit this year. —A water works byilaw was carried at Paris on Monday 5f a majority of 128. The cost is esti ' ated at $30,000. r—George Munroe, of Fergus, will probably lose the sigit of at least one eye from the explosio of a bottle of ammonia, whioh he as picking up. —Mr. George A. Dew, late M. P. for North Welliogton, ha been appointed county judge of Welli gton in the stead of the late Judge Mac onald. —Mr. George Scott i of St. Thomas, has just returned honcle from a visit to Dakota, where he has purchased 1,440 acres of railroad land ' near Watertown. —The Rev. A. C. Schrieber, B. A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, has been appointed one of the Lew professors of theology in Trinity College, Toronto. —Mr. J. Martin, of Springfield, pro- poses, in about two Weeks to make a heavy shipment of Spur, cheese and oatmeal to South Airiest, —The Toronto World publiehed a morning edition on Sunday of last week, and a number of ziewshoys crying it for sale on the street wer brought into the police station, It is s hi to be the iu. tention of the World people to continue the Sunday edition, and if compelled by the authorities to stop, they. will prose- cute the older papers for making their men work at type setting, do., on Sun- day night. —A lad named Fred Berry got his arm badly smashed at Galt. He was trying to put the belt on the pulley while the circular saw was in motion. —It is stated that R M. Wanzer & Co., the well known Hamilton sewing machine makers, are about to erect a large wood working factory. —Hanlan's winnings in Ergland foot up to tli30 000, of which 816,500 were the result of his last trip to that country. He arrived in Toronto on Tuesday. _ —Large luantities of sawn lumber are arriving at Montreal, priecipally from the Ottawa section; a considerable portion of which is destined. for the South American market. —Mrs. Catherine Warner died lately near Heepeler aged 86. Sheoame from Pennsylvania about 70 years ago and did not ride more than five miles out of the whole journey of 500. —Thirty horses, valued at $4,000, the property of Mr. Wm. Shultz, of Park- hill, were killed by a railroad accident near Chicago last week.- They were on the road for the North-west. — John Ellis, catcher in the Amherst - burg base ball club, had his hand split open on the 24th, by a sleet from John • Hamilton, the pitcher. Three stitches were put in. —A ladies Cornet Band is being 'formed in London, and so fat eleven youug ladies have been enrolled. _The band will be equipped with a Bet of silver in stru men ts. — The Hon. George A. Walkem, Premier of British Columbia, has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme ,Court of that province, in the stead of the late Judge Robinson. —We learn on the authority of the Globe, that the money required to build the Ontario and Quebec Railway has been paid down, and that the road is now under contract, to be finished by January, 1884. —One year ago Mr. Wm. Jackson bought the brick house and lot near the school house in Parkhill for $750. Re- cently he was offered $1,000 for the same property by Mr. Eli Griffith, of Glencoe, but refused to sell it. —Mark Langford, a young and wealthy farmer of Biddalph, made all arrangements for his marriage, and dis- appeared on the eve of his wedding day. He was in his working clothes, and is known to have bought a ticket to Strat- ford but there is no further clue. —Stephenson, of Peterborough, is busy filling an order for fifty of his beautiful cedar rib canoes to be exported to England, where they are attaining great popularity. This does not look like the extinction of the Canadian model. • —A Guelph poultry breeder has on exhibition a chicken with four well de- veloped legs, two distinct heads and a pair of wings. It was hatched from a. common sized Plymouth Rook egg, and died shortly afterwards. The curiosity will be stuffed. —About a dozen young men arrived in Toronto the other night from Wintii peg. They left Toronto about a month ago and were unsuccessful in obtaining situations in the prairie metropolis. Several of them gave up fair positions in Toronto. ----Potatoes are exceedingly scarce in Winnipeg and Brandon. Buyers from both places have been in the Portage for the past week securing all the avail- able potatoes at any price. In Brandon they sell for 53 per bushel, and in Win- nipeg at $2.50. —The Quebec Governtnent has de- oided to subsidize the Gatineau Valley Railway and also the Ottawa Coloniza- tionRailway, by a land grant of 650,- 000 acres, partly agricultural and partly mineral. This ensures the construction of the line within two years and a half. —The steamer Owens, Capt. Lepine, Was the first to pass up through the new Carrillion canal in Quebeo, May 27th. The steamer Albert followed, and each had a barge in tow. Capt. Lepine says he can take up eight barges. The new canal is a eplendid success. —To -day 1.000 English farmers who were lauded by the steamer Parisian, have arrived at Montreal en route for the west. Seven hundred will remain in Ontario and the remainder proceed to Manitoba. It is estimated that their aggregate capital amounts to $600,000. —Miss Annie Stevenson, of Oxford County, has enteted an action against Mr. Aaron Henry Carroll, now of Port Huron, for breach of promise of mar- riage, pla,cing the damage at 510,000. Valuable affectionel Wonder • how much Annie would sellher whole heart for? —A Guelph young man purposes giving a birthday party shortly, and two or three others intend following suit. Some young men think that their birth is all fhat has kept this planet in rhotion.—Mercury. Pshaw ! we know a young man who celebrates his birth- day on an average of once a month. , —Hiram Walker has sold 400 fine cattle, to be sent to Europe. They were, put aboard the oars from his .V,Valkerville farm, Thursday afternoon. Every animal was as nicely groomed as any horse. The sight was an interest - lag one to admirers of fine stock. They averaged nearly 1,400 pounds. —A. few minutes before the immi- grant train reached the Tinton Station it Toronto, Saturday night, a two-year Child, son of a poor immigrant named Oldstead, died in its mother's arms. The parents, whose tickets were not good enough to stop over, left the corpse in the oar in which it died, and proceed- ed on their way to the North-west. • —List week a gentleman put up at the Revere House, Toronto, having come to the city to be present at the Viroodbine races. Before he left for the race course he placed $510 in the hands of the bar -tender, Robert McCormick. When he returned both bar -tender and money had disappeared, and neither have yet been found. --The Globe Tobacco 'Company of Windsor and Detroit has adopted a plan which certainly secures attention to their well known brand "Gold Flake smoking." Money is put into the pack- ages as prizes to the purchasers. Ten cent pieces are found oceasionally in certain sizes, and larger sums are al- lotted as prize tt in this novel lottery scheme. —A Walkerton youth hired a small pony from a livery and droye it from five o'clock in the morning till eight in the evening, to such an extent that at the last named hour, the poor creature, unable to go farther, stumbled and fell down into a ditch twelve or fifteen feet deep, upsetting the buggy and spilling the occupants—two girls and a young man, pell mell after him. —The ratepayers of the town of Simcae agreed to loan the fiTM of West & Peachey, iron founders, $6,000 for ten years, for the purpose of enlarging their premises. They also authorized a loan of $20,000, for twenty years to a joint stock company of local capitalists, who purpose establishing e factory there for the manufacture of worsted yarns. —Patrick Bucklley, a habitual drunk- ard, living in the suburbs of Tor- onto, murdered his wife, Tuesday night with an axe, while both were drunk. An hour later, -Buckley went to a neighbor's house and told them that his wife was dead, stating -that he found her lifeless body on the floor on returning from a walk. The murder was evidently done with an axe, as there were horrible gashes on different parts of the body, and the head was partly severed from the trunk. Buck- ley has been arrested. — At a post rnortem examination in Walkerton was read a mysterious letter to the deceased from his affectionate nephew, John Millenof Drayton, stating that the writer had discovered a silver mine in the Cellar of a resident of Howie. Mr. Miller must have been romancing; ay man who would keep a silver mine down cellar must be more than usually crowded for house room. — Between j Wednesday night and Thursday morning forty fine full bear- ing orchard trees on Mr. John Mc- Kersie's farm in Puslinch, near Guelph, were girdled, the villain cutting the bark and peeling it down for several feet, ruining •1 the trees, which were valued at $1,000. Only a short time ago McKprsie's farm house was burned down. — The Advocate say: "An grin man travelling through Halton the other day says he had occasion to stop over in Acton for refreshments. He was offer- ed a stable setae distance above the railway station, and directed to Nick - lints bakery for lunoh, and the Free Press office as a repository for his whip and umbrella. Being "hslf starved" he accepted the advice tendered him, but pledges himself not to visit that hamlet again for at least a generation. —In Toronto on Friday afternoon a child ofMr. Boss died from diphtheria, and about two hours after the other two children succumbed. The Health, Com- mittee inspected the building and pre- mises, and found them in a filthy, sickening condition. The parents and grand parents of the deceased children were all more or less under the- in- fluence -of. drink; and altogether the scene presented was one not to be easily erased from the minds of the visitors. et -John Douglas, of Guelph, who was arrested a couple of weeks ago at Guelph, charged with- stealing from his uncle, John B. Hay, $100 in cash and about 51.400 in notes, and bailed out in sureties for $1,600, appeared in the Police Court the other morning before Alexander Smith, Esq., J. P., Puslinch, before whom the information was laid; a large number of witnesses were ex- amined, but there was no evidence whatever to convict him on, and he was discharged. _s. Dunn, commercial traveller, was set upon, beaten and robbed nee; Grant's brewery, Hamilton, Sunday night. He was to have been married to Miss Rosa, at St. Patrick's Church, Monday morning at 8 o'clock. The church was partially filled with epecta- tors when a message arrived that the wedding would have to- be poetponed. This created a sensation. The mar- riage, however, came off at 10 o'clock. The groom received a severe shaking, and the robbers took over 52,000 from him. He cannot identify the two men. —Several most disgraceful attempts have been made lately to wreck the evening train on the Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway between Luther Village and Campbell's Crossing. A stone was thrown through the window of one of the coaches, but fortunately without striking any of the passengers. Two heavy _planka were placed on the track, but were discovered and taken , off just as the train came thundering along. The last attempt was made on Saturday evening last, when several posts were placed on the track, but discovered by the driver in time to stop the train. , —A fiendish outrage was perpetrated upon a poor immigrant, a Welsh boy, employed. as a farm servant in West- minster. In order to force him to sing Welsh songs he was placed on a bull's back. The bull was made to describe several circles about the orchard; this mode having failed to extort music from the victim, he was then placed over a barrel, his pants removed and a large dose of turpentine administered by his employer and a wretch who assisted to carry into execution this most fiendish act. Hanging would be too easy pun- ishment for such brutality. —On the 18th of February last, Mr. McLennan's party in coming out from their survey of last winter, at tebout 25 miles west of Pic River, made an as- tounding discovery, that a natural out- let from Lake Superior, whose waters Sowed through a channel about 50 feet wide, 400 feet long and from 4 to 5 feet deep, into ai beautiful little isle about half a mile long by three-feurths of a miie wide. A little investigation show- ed that the channel currant flowed at the rate of between three and four miles an hour into the smaller 18.ke, and that the latter had apparently, no visible outlet. —A fiendish murder has been torn- mitted by a Swede on a fellow country- man in Montreal. 1 The parties came out from Sweden together, and put up in the same room in the hotel. It would seern that the vietim had lain down to sleep, and when he was in that state his roornonate beat his life out with a beer bottle, and then cut the rna.n's throat. In addition he had stab- bed him in several vital parts. The al- leged murderer 'then attempted to escape, aftwr securing the luggage of the deceased, which cousisted of a travelling bag. He was seen making off, however, by the landlord, who stopped him and investigated his move- ments. —The Oakville Express, a strongly Scott Act Journal, saes : It is gratify- ing to know that the Scott Act is work- ing so well in Halton county, a county which ro-ust soon be known as the cradle of the future giant, general pro- hibition. There are some farmers who were accustomed to im bibe freely when at- tending market in Oekville now go home quite sober and -far better pleased with theirvisit. -Farmers' wives, too; are pleased at the change. We heard of an instance in which an affectionate wife congratulated her husband on his im- provement, but, honor to whom honor is due, his reply was to the point— "why, there are now no traps set, a man cannotfall in." I see, said she, Oakville, too, is a good market to sell produce in, and quite as good for the purchase of dry goods, groceries, etc., besides, you can put your horses:up at the new temperance sheds (Canadian), and find food m abundance for both them and yourself. Perth Items. The North Perth Agricultural Fall Show has been appointed to be held at Stratford, on the 21st and 22nd of September. —Mr. R. W. Currie, a former resi- dent of Mitchell, is said to have Lost about • $5,000 worth of grain in the Northweat floods. — Mrs. Walter Gowans, a newly mar- ried lady, was so badly injured in a runaway lately, in St. Marys, that her life is despaired of. — The concert given by the bachelora of Knox church, Mitchell, on the even- ing of the 24th, was a grand success, the hall being crowded to the door. The proceeds amounted_ to $105. — The Elms, Butter and Cheese Manufacturing Company made the first sale of the season, a few days ago. They sold 175 boxes of cheese to 3. L, Grant, of Ingersoll, and realized for the sale $994. —The Stratford cheese market haa been reorganized for the season of 1882, Mr. James Pickard, of St. Marys, being re-elected President, and Mr. John Brown, Secretary. The markets will be held every, alternate Thursday dur- ing the season. —A few days previous to the depar- ture of Rev. Mr. Caswell and family from Millbank for Paris, the parsonage was visited by a surprise patty, andahe wastpresented with a purse and an ad- dress, expressive of the good feeling prevailing between pastor and people. —On Sunday morning a lad named Avery, while walking along the new iron railway bridge at Mitchell, acci- dentally missed his footing and fell to the bottom, a distance of about 60 feet, He lay unconscious for some time, but rallied, and is now suffering only from a bruised leg and a cut on the head. His escape from death was miraculous. —Two fires occurred in Mitchell last week. On the evening of the 24th the skating rink building was discovered to be on fire, and rapidly burned to the ground. On the following day the re. sidence of Mrs. Hays caught fire, but was saved by tearing down the back kitchen. The waterworks have proved a teetotal failure so far as practical work is concerned. —A. little son of Mr. Edward More, of Fullerton, had a narrow escape the other day: He was clinging to the wagon wheel unnoticed, when the vehicle started. The wheel passed over the shoulder of the little fellow, and grazed the side of his head.' Strange to say, although there were about 20 bags of potatoes in the wagon, no bones were broken. —Mr. Melville Wakefieldeson of the Rev. J. Wakefield, formerly of St. Marys, has gone to Denver, Colorado, to practise law. Previous to leaving he was made the recipient of a very handsome writing desk from his eom- panions in the office, and a purse of gold from the choir of the church, in which he has been the organist for some years. —A serious runaway occurred in Mitchell, on Queen's Birthday, from some urchin throwing a lighted cracker under a span of horses passing up Main street, attached to a double carriage, containing several ladies. One of the latter was tadly injured by being thrown upon the street. The rest all clung to the carriage. and the horses were not got under control till they had reached Mr. 3.9. Coppin's hill. —Mr. W. S. Cowan, of Stratford, the other eveting took the train for St. Pa -ars, and whdn nearing the station he jumped from the cars, thinking to save himself a walk of some distance, as he was going to the house of his father-in-law. In alighting he missed his footing, and was thrown violently to the ground, injuring him consider- ably about the face and bruising him badly, but fortunately no bones were broken.