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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-06-23, Page 116, 1882. etly get through me of them, they unber of the other retailed to go be- - I slight Qa deck. The Captain 3/Firaa to protect dram. What is jewe when they do not know. feature in these multiply very being born on, Thf3 water was re- arrived at Kin. We sailed out eeze and passed r Island, with its *acted for Govern. ted into South i:p. na., took ort a td Jen. Sunday ing past delight - k Islands, lying lee is quite large The Manitoulin these, and the that carry the nes ta the/north itg down on the Et Joseph Island - tad Divine sere laded by a Rap- es on board—an Manitoba. Hia ind 33rd verse : ;dom of God and these thing • I think the for people going am afraid there 'eking fortunes !else. We had. rig—sacred, a ied to- had cone i the exercises, ie voyage, each ug. Thera is :scenery in going a the channel iron and Stiper- : abundance and age is -narrow ateresting. We tut4ay evening, la side when an t itasilin seeing • for provisions. tty could speak li diffietaty, se - rhea we crossed n side to report agti the canal. la feet, and the rest known in ock. The mat 'mailed to look hydratilio pros - red for all pat- en along the S vessel being, e jarring. We go gaiedy in- ipetior. There n erican side at & mtary a the Canadian onday morning a passing some than shore, but rnerican shore. we met the- dlingwood line. Lake Superior just entering nett continued >yap. It ia a, steamer whets Got into - Monday night. we could only. - missed: some t lake. At the F said to be un - or beauty; but rkness. Tan - ming beautifal out of sight a ko rain and the 'raves turabled They say that ,stiy American • people, sure tk dinner all ;fine the table number wore have thought friends. But tit in Duluth withoat - any if a chiid be- ish families as. ..ould be called 7 -believing as I tifants—that it hild to be re-- atious. - I was- ter& a peculiar are a sample - through the am Burs he ss,and he terling worth., t of the im- mtath about y morning,. was clear Ki When we deck of the oI a portion "That a. city id.' That is - tis saidto it i& -third of its. ourse Of eree- js from the re that thus ugh of good rm. ila oga being ta from_ fal: [Ia St.; Louis large grainn, ranee of the - what they rkand some- ountaizi, I had & beaji- oundiig • the bay th Eadiana and air° linea of - au the mate le.45 per foot; ne to God - to Kincar- tuthanapton, a, 17&; atilt to Sil- billies Lands bad, 765. BE4TTIE. • Crediton, idecent as- .nharcit, &p- leat weak. 3.8 witnesses he time of ha neither F. He Waif Eiarged, FIFTEENTH YEAR. 177110.JE NUMBER, 759. PACFAUL'S COLUMN. MCFAUL Is offering this week Special Bargains PRINTS, 5c, 5c, 60, 8o, 10c, 12o—Fast Colors. SPECIAL BARGAINS —IN— DRESS GOODS, 10c, 12c, 1e, 18c, 20c —good shades. SPECIAL BARGAINS —IN - Black Cashmeres Something Extra -40c and 50c. SPECIAL VALAJE —IN— NUN'S VEILINGS, From 16c up. EXTRA VALUE IN Muslins and Piques, From 9e up. JUST RECEIVED Another Lot of STRIPED MOIRES AND SATINS, At $1.00 per yard. STOCK COMPLETE IN OTHER LINES', CHEAP* FOR CASH OR _TRADE. J. S. ROBERTS, DRUG- STOIR4, SEAFORTH, J. S. ROBERTS begs to inform his friends, cuetoraers and the public gener- ally, that durieg Lis absence in the North-west his business will be under the management of Mn. RICICEY, a. thoroughly competent gentleman, in -whom all OKI place the utmost COLA. - dance, and he hopes for a continuance of the liberal patronage he has received since starting business in Seaforth. Feels Better Than for Ten Years. Toronto, September 20th, Gentlemen:—My father had p three years; his, kidneys were a an he had a pain in the srnaii back; he could not walk someti weeks at a time. He is wean second Pad now, and is nearl lie says that he feels better t has for ten years. Thankfull F. M. ROSE. For sale by Ja S. Druggist, Seaforth. 880.— les for ected, of his es for g the well. an he yours, oberts, Given up by Doctors. Torontb, Novenaber lath, 880.— Gentlemen—Two months since I was taken ver ly suddenly with a pai in my left kidney, and a large pass ge of blood through my urinary organ. The doctors gave me up, and expec ed me to die hourly for two or three da s, but the heramorrhage ceased and I got about again, but I continually had a dull heavy pain in the small my back, which I could not relieve until I saw your Kidney Pads adverti ed. I tried one, and can add my name to the list of those who have foun them beueficial, and recommend them. Yours truly, G..McQtatie. For ale by J. S. Roberts, Druggii3t, Seaforth Female Wakness Cured. Guelph, May .21st, 1880.—Gen lemen —Inreply to your note, I have o say that I called upon the lathes yoti men- tioned, and both assured me that tarr's Kidney Pad had effected a perf et and permanent cure. , One of the cases was of some three years' standin . Re- spectfully yours, j. R. CAMERON, Editor of the Guelph Herald. For sal by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. WANDERING -S IN THE G-REAT LONE LAND. BY ROBERT MCNAUGHTON, FORMERLY OF MCKILLOP. Mn. EDITOR,—SIR,—I promised be- fore leaving Ontario, to give you an ac- count of nay -journey to and experience in Manitoba and the Northwest. But it appears that I was destined in the first place to visit Dakota, which place, however, did not suit me,and I was not lOng in deciding to go to British terri- tory. I am in company with James Cusic and John Douglas. On April 12th left Brussels . station en route for Grand Forks, Dakota, takingpassage on the Great Western. As we passed station after station our number of passengers rapidly increased, and we witnessed some, rather sad partings, but this belongs to the scenes of life and is of daily occurrence. Our train kept up very good speed, and toviarcis evening we reached Chatham when a number of us had to have our tickets changed. Once more resuming ottr journey we at length reached Detroit, where we had our •baggage examined by the IL S. eastern house official. Our baggage pas:* a very satisfactory examination and ffighly pleased we went back to our coach. All night we travelled through Michigan, and at 6.30 next morn- ing we reached Chicago, but the train only went through the outskirts of the city, in the immediate vicinity of the stockyards. We were delayed here for six hours. which we at that time thought an unnecessary delay, and with a great deal of inipatience we awaited the starting time. However, we have since become naturalized to delays and interruptions of all kinds, and would consider six hours of delay as of but little importance. At 12.30 we once more resumed our journey, afresh conductor taking charge of the train. We passed through a portion of Illinois territory. The land was low and wet, and appeared to be of inferior quality. The fences were of the most miserable construction, and the wood consisted chiefly of scrubby oak, interspersed .with some elm, ash, etc. Before reach- ing Milwaukee the boxing of the wheel of our coach took fire and caused several delays, but on reaching that place the matter was remedied- by leav- ing the coach behind. Milwaukee is a very pretty place, and by the _large number of sailing craft to be seen on Lake Michigan here, one would quickly come to the conclusion that an immense business was done by the boats. Before leaving this place we came within an ace of running into•an- other train at the station, owing to the carelessness of some of the railway officials leaving a switch, open. We left here at 5.30 p.m., the coaches being crowded to suffocation. We were now in the WiSCODSill territory, but the land was very rough and broken. - The wood, however, was of very fair- quality, and we saw larger timber here then we have seen since. Farmers were busily en- gaged plowing and sowing, and wild fowl, especially the wild duck were very numerous. Our train carried chiefly Canadian passengers, and many of the. younger men were enjoying themselves by singing. I noticed several from Toronto, and these were singing most of the evening, and when some pieces were sung, reminding them of home, a tear would glisten in their eyes. The be- longed to a surveying party, and, no doubt, bad left behind some near and dear relative, or perhaps a loving sweet- heart. About two o'clock on the morn- ing of the 14th inst., we came within three car lengths of a collision. So close was the danger that the engineer and conductor of the other train jump- ed foratheir lives. We were not, how- ever, made acquainted with our narrow escape until naorning,and we felt highly _pleased in having so luckily escaped a general smash up. Next morning on awakening we found ourselves steaming along the Mississippi river. The train coming to a. halt we enjoyed a cemfortable wash on the banks of the stream. By 7.30, a.m., we reached St. Paul, and our lug- gage was transferred from the freight cars into the station yard. For twelve long weary honte we awaited orders to start, but not until nearly 8 p.m., did that welcome time corne. So great was the rush for the train that after the coaches were filled the conductor had to lock the doors and order, the people off, informing them that another train would be along in two hours. Over one half of the passengers 'had to remain behind, and as I have afterwards ascer- tained the train following ours could not accommodate all of those who remain- ed. It being dark when we passed through Minneapolis we were unable to see the city. There was no water in our coach during all that night, and the suffering among the passengers was great. Next naorning we awoke to find ourselves in truly prairie country.. We were now in Minnesota, but the appearance of the land we did not like, it being too much of a sandy, nature. We arrived at Glyndon at 10.30 a.m., on the Morning of the 15th, and in its immediate vicinity observed several box cars upset, and several dead horses. Bat now, after several week's sojourn in the Great Northwest, we would take no notice of a similar sight, so frequent- ly have we seen the same. After over three hour's delay at Glyndon we were once more on our journey. At 7 p.m., we reached Crookston, where we had to change trains for Grand Forks. At 9 p.m., we again resumed our journey, and at 12 o'clock reached Grand Forks, and juotping into a bus we were con- veyed to the Great Western Hotel, where we pat up for the night. Next morning after breakfast we made a tour through the town. It was nothing but mad wherever we went. A mat part of the city Was under water owing to the rising of the Red 'River, and several houses were carried away by the force of the current. The railway bridge was eloommiratam SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jun 23 1882. ire imminent dang,er of being carried asyay, and great fears were entertained on thia account. 'A ' great number of the residents here are Canadians, and as a rifle are pros ering very well. A one hundred and sixty acre farm was sold recently to a band of wealthy TOronto capitalists for $;8,000. They intend to have it stirOeyed into lots for sppculative purposes. We saw during our stay in the city several old acquain- tances from Huron. Oath° following Tuesday we turned our back on this place . and took tickets for St. Vincent. We cOuld not procure a through ticket to Brandon from Grand Forks. 1 Crookston was reached at 4 p.n., and from thiS time until 2.30 next m6rning we had to wait at the station foil: out train. The toad. from here ie very. bad and we made very slow pro- gress during the reinainder of the night. Next morning we awoke to find our train at a standstill, and shortly after- wards ascertained that a frieight train had run off the trackahead of 118, and that the firemanhad been seriously ,When we.afterwards passed the plre several coaches lay on their sides badly smashed up. ' We reached St. Vilicent at 10 on the 19th inst. Wa had only been in Emerson about one hour when we fell in with John Menarey and Thomas Shannon, for- merly,of Mcaillop,, Huron. These two gentlenien kindly showed us through the town. The Red River here was very Much swollen, and Emerson was batily flooded, portions of the side walks wore floating over the lower part of the town, and boats were ,sailing up por- tions of Main street. People were travelling to their houses by means of Wats. , West Lynne was pretty much in the same condition as Emerson. We took a trip across there in the Selkirk. She was engaged transferring horses, oxen, waggons and farming implements from Emerson to West Lynne. The chargefi being for ach ox, horse, cow, waggon, or other la geimplenient, $2 in cadh. West Lynne was at this time situat- ed on a bed of mud, and it Was im- possible to travel through its streets without at every step plungingup to the knees in mud. Oar next step was to fiuda stopping place for tlnis night, and at last being successful we ordered on suppers and shortly afterwards went t� bed. Early next morning we paid a visit to the stables where horses and oxen were for sale. We were offer- ed two splendid yokes of the cattle for 0185, and $200 .respectively. Indiffer- ent yokes could have been had for $150, and a team of horses .for 8350. i Early in the forenoon we recrossed to jEmer- son!, and shortly afterwards fell in with ourricompanions of the previous —day. The bridge across the Red River here had been carried away but a short time previous to our arrival, and its removal greatly inconvenienced the travelling public. ' During the time we were in Emerson parties were dragging the Red River for the- body of a man who_ had got drowned while endeavouring to cross the river in & b' oat. The nambers of dead horses and ;cattle to be seen lying in the suburbs 'of this city were really alatonishing, and were even at this time causing a great deal of incon- venience to the public awing te - the effluvia arising from the putrefyin. car- casses; . This state of things, however, • did not seein to annoy the half-breedsa for 1 noticed scores oS 'them busily en., gaged cutting large .slices of decaying meat from the dead bodies and carrying it isway for their ocOri use. Thursday, April 20th; we made up our minds to strike alit for Brandon, and accordingly on the afternoon of the same day We purcha ed our ticket,but our train was delayed in:1W 8 p. m. by a smash up at St. Vincient, where several coadhes were precipated over the track, andan engine which! left Emerson to assi t them received the same treat- ment. The shadowsof night began to shut out the light of clay when we got started, and, owing tb the bad condi- tion of the roads. wie did not reach Winnipeg until long ' past. midnight. We remained in the l'station hoase all night and had to quenoth our thirst with the Most miserable Water, up to Which Miami I had not tasted any equallt as bad: Awakening by eunrise neat morn- ing we taok a stroll through part of the city , It is a business place and can boast of many a magnificent structure. Buildinge were springing up in all di- rections. The strefas'were a mass of mud at this time, and Red River kept the minds of the Winnipegers in fear owii;g to its threaten6g to carry away the aailWay bridge, ,which event, as I subsequently learnt, fortunately did not occur. We left Winnipeg at 81a. m. but had not travelled ! far 'hen our train came to a standstill, ow* to part of a freight train Owed of ne having some of its coaches precipitated off the track. alter the necessary repairs had beed effected, once More we •, reapmed our tourney, but so wretched wiq, the condition of the track, that Ilexpected every moment to -fiud outsets , cap• th sized in !e ditch, an even which, however,' did not occur mueli td our joy. West of Winnipeg, upwards of 40 Mlles, the ground is very low and wet, and at the time; we passed through, it was coveted .witli snow -and watere We reached Portage la rairie at 5p. m. There Is some of the 'best land in' fhis viainiity to be seen in :Manitoba: Once more resuming our journey enwerds, we had ! but travelled , short !distance when we!ca,me to standstill,which state of affairs, was maintained all tight. Next morning we aive,kened to find lour train in the same placie as she; was the previous night.. We brea,kfasted 4 a house in the vicinjty and afterWerds felt onsiderably better, It was not untilnearly peon that our train made a =Are, and when we came 'to Within eight miles of Brandon, we were bleesed with another standptill, owing to a wash out on the road.' : We were delayed here for hours, but, Iheiaring that a team was to come from Brandon to our re- lief, we walked acrms the wash-out and had to wait here a consid- erable length of time. Here we. came very nearly witnessing a drowning accident. The navvies were engaged breaking the ice in small por- tions in order to allow it to pass through under the small bridge at this place, and while the foreman was engaged, the piece on which be was standing sad- denly became detached from the rest, and he came within an ace of being jammed between the ice and bridge. At last we saw the Brandon train backing down much to our joy, and though it was comprised altogether of box cars, yet men and women Were only too glad to get aboard, and by six o'clock we reached the 'famous town of Brandon. The place was filled to over- flowing with people, and hundreds thronged around the station looking for friends, baggage, etc. We succeeded in finding a stopping place, and after par- taking of a rather indifferent supper, we took a tour through the town. Great was our surprise when we came upon the Messrs. Hyslop and Lees, of Grey and Morris, tented out in the west part of the city. They were making pre- parations to start out for the Turtle Mountain District, and were at that time awaiting the falling of the rivers* and sloughs preparatory to starting out. We also came across our old friend George Forsyth, formerly of Seaforth. He has a farm in the Turtle Montain District, and apparently is doing well and seems well sa.tisfled with the coun- try, and urged us at once to go out and take up laud. On the following day, John Douglas, Jas. Cusic, of Grey, and myself started out on a land hunt south towards the Turtle Mountain District, and after proceeding about three miles we came to Stony Creek, ,sofith of Brandon, and finding it, as we thought at the time, impossible to ford, we hired a man and his ox and cart to take us across. We struck out in dead earnest southward, but had not travelled much over three and one half miles when Blackwater River was reached, and after several hours 'delay endeavoring to find a suitable place to cross, and being unable to find or hire a boat, we were compelled, owing to the swiftness and depth of the current, to strike back to Brandon, there to await with patience the lowering of the streams. Trains had now stopped running ' westward from Pertage la Prairie and shortly afterwards from Winnipeg, I and we comprised part of the last batch ' of passengers which oame into Brandon from the east for upwards of ten days. The confusion which now prevailed was almost indescribable, people await- ing anxiously the arrival of their bag - .gage, many having it delayed upwards of four weeks and others for a time ranging from a few days to several Weeks. Others were compelled to stop in Brandonduring all this time, who desired to go east, many of them on very urgent and important business. The officials belonging to the station house are, as a, class haughty and -ipso- it lent, and people d iring information from them would i return receive no satisfactory answer, and often the en- raged enquirer showered on their un- worthy heads the most powerful lan- guage he could handle with' his tongue, and if pugilistically inclined, would challenge them to open combat, but the officials made it a point not to indulge in snoh encounters but entrenched . themselves in some ; safe quarter. I may state here that after leaving St. Paul the officials on, the trains, from the lowest to the 'highest, seemed to strive one with the other who could be , the most insolent and insulting. The enquiries of passengers were disregard- ed, and if the enquirer received an an- swer it was by no means satisfactory. The amount of strong language which I have heard since leaving McKillop , beats everything which I have heard before, and I can truthfully say that I I have heard' the essence of swearing in its double distilled form. This is not very complimentary, but neverthe- less it is true. However, to return to Brandon, this place is situated on very .high ground, and is one of the prettiest ,sites for a city that could be chosen and there is no danger of that para of , the city south of the railway track ever suffering from floods. It is situated on ;the right bank of the Assiniboine River, erid is, therefore, blessed by boat navi- gation. There is at present a building lloom in the place, and buildings are springing up with amazing rapidity, but when I firet arrived here on the 22nd of April, building operations could not be carried on Owing to the scercity of lumber. A great number of the build- ings going up are of the poorest con- struction, the object apparently being to have them constructed as soon as possible so as to last a ,few years, and if things prosper have them replaced by "buildings pf more solid construction. The tents here are to be counted by Acores, and by hundreds, I might truthfully say, in fact the place is one pea of tents—large and small. Many of the best boarding places are large tents, i which can be removed from one place to another. There is a great danger of his place Buffering from a conflagration ; his summer owing to the immense amount of shavings which lie scattered fibout, and if ()tee a fire got started among the tents and : frame houses it Would spread and burn rapidly, and there would be no means of saving the Place owing to the vast quantities of in- flammable material. Town property has risen to an enormous price. Lots a.tre selling on Rosser Avenue for $250 per foot frontage. Last August thee lots 'could have been purchased for $50 each, and now selling for upwards of a6,000. Quite a number holding prop- erty,here last year have made fortunes his season. The land for several miles around is surveyed into lots, and if the city spreads out as far as it is urveyed it will indeedbe a very large place, but I think it will be some time before this will happen. Horses lay dead around here by scores when I first came here, but those who owned the property on which they lay were compelled to bury them. Jas. Cusic and I while awaiting the falling of the water in the., rivers and sloughs, twent down to the MoVicar Hotel a Grand Valley, to stay there a few daysi. Tilts place is across the As- siniboine from Brandon, and distant a little over two miles east from the latter pace. Mr. MoVicar and his brother wn some 640 acres here, and it was i4 this vicinity that the Canada Pacific Railway intended erecting a station, ud for this purpose they en- deavored to purchase from the former gentleman his land, offering him $25.- 000 for ip, but he unfortunately for him- self refued the offer, and consequently pany located Brandon station tasice further to the west. It fortunate for the Company did so, as the Grand Valley y flooded by water this spring, the rising of the Assiniboine. the Co some di was ver that th was bad owing t During our stay at this place the Com- pany's bridge across the river was in great danger of being carried away by the vast quantities of ice coming down stream, 'part of the bridge being damag- ed, but, however, it withstood the test, and cane out all right minus the little amount of damage done to it. This bridge as built during the winter, and cost the company some $25,000. We had the pleasure of seeing Major Walsh Who wa stopping here for a few days. e had with him a band of 19 recruits for the ounted Police service. They were ch sen out of 500 and were but strappi g youths, and none of them Weighed more than 160,pounds. None re ohoen for this business who weigh ver 165 pounds, and all must be with - at t.or blemish. Major Walsh ngaged three teams to take them to apid City, 22 miles distant, giving the wner of each team $30 for his trouble. his band of recruits was to be station - some keep the the amu stay her Creek, s It appea team of deavorin current 300 miles west from here, to Indians in check and ffnppress ggling of whisky. Daring our e a man was drowned in Stoney onie seven miles east of here. re that three of them with a horses and a wagon, were (m- g. to crass the stream, but the was deep and strong, and it floated the box of the wagon from its place. Two of the men were able to swim, bit the other one being unable to do so,sunk to rise no more. His survivin companions came to Brandon to procure a. boat for the purpose of finding his body, but whether they suc- ceeded in finding it or not I am unable to say. The deceased came from On- tario, where he left a wife and small family tit mourn his untimely loss. We experienced at this time two days of, almost incessant ramie, which threatened to inundate the country around Grand Valley. The houses belonging to this village south of the railroad were sur- rounded by water, the inmates of which had to gavel in boats either in going from or to their respective residences. While residing in Ontario I was led to suppose that no rain fell here except in June, but I find out that the truth is sell stretched as regards this statement, aa well as many others regarding this highly ptaised portion of Canadian Ter- ritory, w"hose praises sound better the further a person is away. On Friday, April 28th, at half -past three in the afternoon, John Douglas and I started out southward from Brandon, on a land hunt in the direction of the Turtle Mountain District. Arriving at Stoney Clreek we waded through it, and after 511 hours! travel we next reached Black- water Rfver, and by the assistance of a beat wel managed to get across it. Travelli g rapidly we soon reached the L4tle S aria a swift running stream, and at this time some 15 feet deep. We hired a Man to take his team and bring the boat 'from Blackwood River. After scme tine had elapsed he returned with tae boat,and shortly afterwards we were across the black waters of the Little Souris. We were now travelling through ome very good land, and were oz the Brandon Hills. Stopping to make en4uiries at a small house regard. ing the direction of our route, we were o ertaken by a strapping young fellow, w io kindly volunteered to guide us as fa as helwas going. The sun was now hijl behied the western horizon,and the shadows f. night began to fall and we had as yet found no place to stop for th night; but on enquiring of our yo ug friend if he knew of a place where w couldIstay evernight, and , offered. to direct us to the place. We gladly con- sented to his proposal, though it took US severa miles out of our course. After wd.ndering for several hour e among sldughs atad snow, and going some dis- tepee out of our course, owing to our gnide ling the road, we at length ea rched he place, where we put up for the night Partaking of a hearty sup• per and seeping soundly on a shake- down, by sunrise next morning we were awake, a4id after having our breakfast and payi g our debts, we were once more on Our journey. We struck out for the P umb Creek Trail, 'which we at last fond, and all forenoon we tra- veled over the finest tract of land 11 that I ha'e seen in Manitoba. Making enquiries every few miles we kept our- selves we posted with the direction of out trail. We had several streams , to cross but we got through them safely, and towa ds dinner -time we sat down. beide a arge slough and eat our lunch. Allowing urselves a half hour for dinner we were lace more on the way, but the scene wa changed, instead. of good land we tow passed over land of poor quality, aid we had to avoid many sloughs. The trail on which we were travellin was as crooked as a serpent, and wouxd around in all directions in other to void wet places. At last we came to t e Big Souris, and Plumb Creek hove in sight much to our joy. But befoee reaching it we had a swift running st,ream to cross. The land around here is rather light, but I believe it would. raise years to come zeta. At this into the Souri farmers were of the waters crossing, whi having their s visions ferrie Each trip the across the rive had to fork on trip did not minutes, alth load and unlo a post office a while a saw - erection at th After having o parations to cr to wait some ti boat at the pl monopoly of t being. It app boat but some endeavoring to her got swamp out in the stre themselves fro an old oak tree rescued some boat; but for they had to ha the common c At sundown w struck out on t ceeding some f took us, and Butler's creek were compelle stacks all nigh shelter they a able to sleep m and cold, yet the same. By and procuring of hay we war ably. Strikin but a short Creek intercep our further pro of short durati went, and thou off our feet, y through it safe a house near h the road, we w journey. The and wet, and seen by scores, were also to be several miles w Creek once mo where it was n had previously miles from ther place, where w account of its are two stopp several farmers at both places f (To In - good crops for several ithout the aid of fertili- lace Plumb Creek runs . A large number of waiting here the falling of this streana before e large numbers were rack, implements and pro - across Plumb/ Creek. wner of the beat took , the owner of the cargo $2 in bard cash ; and a. ccupy much over ten ugh it took some time to d. There are two stores, d severakboarding, places, ill was in prOcess of time we were there. r supper we made pre- ss the Souris, .but had e. There was billy one ce, and it enjbys the e trade for the time ars there was ' another nexperienced boys while -cross the Sou is with d among a lot o rubbish m, and in orderlto save rn drowning had to clinab ,from whence they were irne later by the other uch kindly as 'stance d over 50 cen s ' each, arge being but 25 cents. were taken ac oss and e trail, and after pro- ur miles darkn ss over -- being afraid to cross xcept in daylight, we to stay beside two hay , being thankful for the orded ; and theugh un - oh owing to the frost O rested pretty well all sunrise we were astir, ome fire from a -bundle ed ourselves donsider- the trail we had gone istance when Butler's ed for the time being ress. This delay was n for into the at eam we h it nearly too us both t we manage to get . Making inq ides at as to the dire tion of re soon again on our and was very marshy ild ducks wer to be nd many wil geese seen. After proceeding had, to ford utler's , but we fOund a point t so deep as w ere ' we aded it, and sone few we came to a 4topping put up for the day on eing .Sunday. There ng places her , and with outfits had put up ✓ the day. Continued.) Strawberries box in:Walker —A Toronto 1 4'0,000,000 feet Winnipeg. —The last sp railway conne Thunder Bay o —The Genera byterian Chum to hold its next —The wire wo anoe in Lanark it has destroyed wheat. —A lady nam containing $3,40 where she was d her return she gone. —The Quebec postoffice officals re- cently found two ive snakes in an Ameri- can postal bag opened in the office. They had escape from a box in which they were confin d. 1 —Rev. W. A. McKay, of Chalmers Church, Woodst ck, is away on La visit ,to Manitoba. e will preach a Kil- Idonan a couple f Sundays bef re re- t n r—u int has I as been ecided that t e next meeting of the Methodist Confer nce, of the Toronto District, will be 1ieid at Peterborough .on the second Wed esday in June,.1883. --The office of the Montreal IeraId lected in that city by a relief com ittee j.wu—anseTibhaiesi rt. un. endi voenr a i yMonday night. Loss for the sufferers by the Quebec re in re- ceived from Boston, by the M -or of Quebec, being the balance of $6,0 0 col - the delay in getting down their 1,180 has ben re - lo s. sae the Government_ for damag s for tingent of carefully selected boys for settlement in Canada. works at the Carillion down on the Ottawa, are a failure, and three en to is bringing out from England brother of the Marqhis of Queen bury, 000. The paper -1,s being got ou else- wh—erReev. Lord Archibald Dou as, a $40,000 ; there ie an insurance o $35,- —A cheque for $ —Raftsmen allege that the expensive , con - of Bleep* last week conferred the degree of D. D. 1 i upon Rev. Rober t C. Moffat, wh has been for nearly 25 years minister f the Free St. John's Presbyterian C arch, Walkerton. I —Two carloads cif emigrant children, one of boys and. the other of girls, ar- rived at Toronto on Thursday. t They were sent to Miss Rye's Home at Ni- agara Falls, from which place they will be distributed. —Mr. Thos. Hcgg, of West Ni+ouri, was on Friday last feeding his large bull -dog. For some reason or other the animal turned on him, knocking him down and tearing his clothes, Mr. Hogg had a very narrow escape. —At a meeting of the Quebec1 City Council on Friday night the Do intial Government was accused of cri i indifference to the public health iji per- o miting the introduction into Canda the recent small -pox and scarlet fever cases by immigrants. The Sta eats anada. can be had ati 30e. a 1 mber firm is s ipping f dressed lurkiber to ke was driven in the ting Winnipe with Saturday. Assembly of t e Pres - of Canada has ecided eating at Lon on. m has made its ppear- ounty. On o e farm a ten acre eld of d Gagnan left a bag in a Montrea store aling, for afety. On lieges the mon y was e. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. made reveal the utmost carelessness and neglect of the publia pod on the part of the Government in the matter of quarantine, and shows Ministers to be much more mindful of their election interests than the welfare of the Citizens at largieng AKingston man, who had occasion recently to remove a sparrow's nest, which had been built over hie door, found that among other things of which it was constructed veas a $1 bill, — A man named Clark, an old smug- gler at Amherstburg, has been arrested on several smuggling charges. The articles being nutmegs, spool thread, ready-made clothing, cured hams and candy. —Tho murder of his wife by W. Rowland, of Oxford townships near Riclgetown, appears to have been the demented act of a man who for two years past has been brooding over the belief that his wife was trying to poison him. -- -Examinations in Alma College, St. Thomas, are going on this week. Bish- op Carman, D. D., Rev. James Van Wyck, B. A., of Strathroy, and Rev. G. W. Andrews, B. A., of Arkona, with resident teachers, constitute the exam- ining board. —A lizard thirteen inches long was taken from a water pipe in a Queen street, Toronto, soda water fac- tory the other day. The present disagreeable and fiehy flavor of the city water is the cause of much illness. —The Waterloo Woolen Manufactur- ing Company has been fortunate in get- ing a flowing well at a depth of 160 feet, which sends up a steady streatu four inches in diameter. This pure water in abundance is just the thing the factory needed. —Since the opening of navigation 52 vessels have been licensed by the Que- bec Custom Hans° for the local trade of the Provinces. Five hundred and thirty market steamers and schooners have arrived_in port since the opening of navigation. — At Sherbrooke, Quebec, the season is extremely backward on account of continued cold wet weather. In some places seed sown has rotted in the ground, but very little has been done yet in the way of putting in crops, owing to the continued rains. — A newly organized- firm (Robt. W. Xing st; Co., Georgetown) purpose mak- ing a specialty of the manufacture of power knitting machinery and knitters, winders, reels, scouring rollers, stop motions, with all necessary shafting for complete mills. —The Allan Line steamer Canadian on Thursday night last week in a fog ran aground on the Thrump Cape shoals near the mouth of Halifax Har- bor. The ship has riot been much in- jurei, and the passengers were all safe- ly landed at Halifax —A heavy thunder storm accompani- ed by hail, passed over the township of Brant on Sunday afternoon, doing con- siderable damage. One or two barns were unroofed and windows broken, fences blown down, and fall wheat bad- ly damaged by the hail. —There will be a grand Indian bar- becue and war dance in the Munoey Grove, adjoining the village of Middle - miss, County of Middlesex, on the 1st of July, when a re -union will be held of all the Indian tribes in Ontario, it beings announced that several thousand red men will be in attendance. — One night lately a barrel of wlais4 - was stolen from a. freight car at Grosse Isle, and on Tuesday of last week aSVP311 Canada Southern Railway employees were found to have been either the thieves or the receivers Utile stolen prop- erty, and four of them were "bounced" and the others suspended for a time. — A. woman boarded a G. T. R. train at Prescott, Thursday night, and got off at Morrisburg, leaving a basket to con- tinue the journey alone. Inside the basket was found a child three weeks old, which was sent to the Protestant Infant's Home, while the police were - ordered to look up the woman. —Miss Cassie Cathro, aged 21 years, _ daughter of Mr. Alex. Cathro, of Mc- Gillivray, died on Sunday -morning, llth inst. The body was interred in the McGillivray Baptist Church bury- ing ground on Tuesday, and was follow- ed to the grave by a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives. —The death of Bella,'third. daughter of Mr. Malcolm Campbell, of Lucknow, lately the Liberal nominee for West Bruce, is atMonnced. Deceased WAS twenty one years of age, and had been ailing for nearly two months with typhoid fever. The family have the entire sympathy of the community in - their sad bereavement. —It is stated that the Dundee cotton mills will shut down in about two weeks for a, period of three months, ostensibly to clean the machinery. During this time the operatives will be - thrown upon their own resources. The mills are now filling September orders, and it is probable the term of enforced. idleness will be extended to- five - months. —The Wadding mill at Sorel, owned for many years by Mr. J. F. Armstrong, and which has been supplying the inar- ket for the Province of Quebec, being the only manufactory of the kind, has been purchased by Messrs, Jas. Morgan dc Sons, who propose to increase its capacity and control the wadding trade of the Dominion. —After the usual religious exercises. in Bond street Church, Toronto, last Sunday, Dr. Wild read a question from "Anxious." "'What is a Christian's duty as to dress and expenditure?" Itt rely he said there was no rule. Let her get her heart right with God, then her bonnet would get eight too. As to expenditure the Battle thing was tree. If she experienced the change of heart she would spend as mach as the could afford on the church of God. A man was not a true citizen who nriglect- ed to support the (lurk. '1F