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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-07-14, Page 1Ex 7, 18842. Nisaiisismessisamismaamat oncesssion &; Wi riner'a son on south 4. The Court a k closed, and the now revised and Halted as the assess- vnship for the our - Loll business being vith the following re to tO be paid:— nher, &I6;6Thos. DI -Avert, ; Chas. goraper, 75 cents; tmber &5G;$John, j„ T. Mitchel, print- gg,repairing scraper,, ytli, te expend in. Ainsley, building Rh Moved by Mr. J. by Mr., Wm. Wray, y and Goaman in- sion line from lots Me between lots 5 and th C011008SSiOn 3, and report as tcs Carried. Mowed by ;ontled by Mr. H. John Forrest and LL be inetructed to - on side Hue be.. concession 2, this lumher.—Carried.- - Wray, seconded by Etat Mr. Miller be the approach to - in & proper atate of roved by Mr. J. R. Mr. H. Gosraan, Mr. H. Mooney ba contract of build - k, Sunshine bridge -Carried. Moved, • seconded by Mr. s Treasurer be in, 7,000 in, the Rank Tingham.—Carried. 6cliourned to meet of August next. t Thos. Senior, for- aember. of _ the & -Senior, had and confectionery stand.—Miss Elle Mountain., Mani- Nfre. 0. G. Martin. urday Iast a goodly ng people betook Farm, for the pur- e secluded retreat being somewhat circa had to find , Isiah. they adnair. iide the spacious Visitors from and other places med.. to enjoy them- xtent.-- 0a Mon- romenade concert, of the Episcopal • will be held in o public sehool ex - 1 this week, and tsgo to prove the orapetent staff of aiciped council of decided to gravel tomething that has viy years past, as. afa street to and Vestern Railway, Me Manitoba mud, apossible for heavy t some seasons of • Wm. Clegg, of laidlaw, of Monis, adiness to start for ay. Their route om Kincardine to ting,, and -will in- otnresque and -in- t is Mr. Clegg's speouIating, wiaile directly hate tarta- n-, a bright little' CS,• son of jaraes ed on Taesday last ilnese, from the ef- t ia sincerely hoped. Last case of this come under our kaotor Yates paid Ethel oapaoity last aaaa. *aturday evening l strawberry festi- ma of -the Canada as held in Leech's traction,, however, llt, which was hung e. The names on $67' of subacrip- 'f the everting $25, . $8, making a,neat efray the debt on choir discoursed music in an ad- Eit speeches were -aw, a. p., chair -- Ph -Mtn Rike, Cuy- s yal Hotel slue& tersou has anderpair% and neva 'armies, creditable • and the village. :also had his store and it now showa ranee. Binevale leo iatemis having a yet.—Ne fewer - ,. arrive weekly at circulation.—Mr er, mother and hinson, of Liver- () at the doctor's .—Bliievade eheeaes Bluevale jimiers • at base ball on 18 to 38„—We f seeing our old in the- village on , . Boynton, turneri _ -and cider maker„ arty friends wish Es rope over the vided the day be and successfal held by the -; and pupila of: L.' Grey„ in Mr, edriesday a,fter- e ample scope children. About - myth took the programme wa ed through sac from -J. Brown , L. Ireland, and A. Hings given by five asses by Messrs. on, and W. H, he music wee Charles Harris, ildren, perforna- -es ladies of this puta,tion of firat- ther the pie= a _FIFTEENTH YEAR. - VrEOLE NUMBER, 762,- 0LETARING SALE —OF— Summer Dress Goods NOTE TUE FOLLOWING PRICES. Dress Goods Sold at 18c, Marked Down tolOc. Dress Goods Sold at 20c, mitrked down to 12-1c. Dress Goods sold at 25c, marked down to 15c. , Strififed Mitslins sold at 1c, marked down to 10c. Prints sold at 8c and 10c, marked down to 5c. Gfpghams soldat 15c, marked down to 10c. :GLOVES, HOSIERY, CORSETS, LACES AND EMBROIDERIES VERY CLIMA_Pi FOR CASH OR PRODUCE. E. McFAUL, Seaforth. . DUNCAN & DUNCAN ARE OFFERING SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS —IN— WHITE HONEY COMB —AND— MARSAILLES COUNTERPANES. The Largest and Finest Stock of STRAW & FELT HATS La the country at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Gents' Furnishings wall descriptions always on hand, and at the lowest figure. ,•04.••••*. EXTRA lirALUE IN MEN'S Cotton and Aterino tInderivear and Hose, TAILORING DEPARTMENT. Remember that our Tailoring De- partment is well. Stocked. with Stiranier Tweeds, Irish and Canadian Serge, and ZdlesrYtothin. g suitable for the summer One look through and yore -will be couvinced that our prices are below any Rouse in the trade. Duncan & Duncan, Direct Importers, Seaforth. • SEAFORTH, FRID My Impressions of Algotaa. WRITTEN FOR THE EXPOSITOR. Inspired with the idea that a visit the Algoma District of Ontario wo not be altogether devoid of profit secured a passage from Goderich Hilton, St. Joseph's Island, on steamboat Ontario. Leaving early the morning of the 29th day, of Ju the voyage oomraenced under v favorable auapices. The lake was calm as it possibly could be, and bright sun shone in all his gltsry u the clear water. The passengers w numerous: eorne out for a pleas trip, others on their way to the gr Northwest, to lose or make a fortu To those who are fond of music a dancing the Ontario offers an attraoti which might be introduced with vantage on Atlantic passenger stea,me This attraction consists of i an alm unlimited supply of excellent dam -music provided by a couple of atewar trained for the work. The long salo makes a roomy ballroom, and the lig fantastic toe can thus be indulged in almost any extent on the evenings spe in the passage -up or down the lakes. Before reaching St. Joseph's Island change of weather was experienced. was during the night the change to place and I was awakened early in t morning by the howling -wind, the pe ing rain and the wobbling of the -bo A proportion of the passengers soon b came aware of the ability of La Huron to upset the stomach, as w evident from the scanty attendance breakfast. The wind blew and the ra fell in a very disagreeable fashion whi I was landed along with some others Hilton. Under the circumstances t place did not present itself in a very a tractive light. A rough wooden pie full of holes, where the feet had to watched closely to prevent brok led up to the village, consisting f thr n leg frame houses, two of which were stor and the other a hotel. These thous stand in a thicket of stumps, wit second growth scrubby wood in th background. Along the shoreof th Island the land is stony and lig t, bu producing an abundant crop ot gra where the timber has been cleared off Considerable numbers of sheep an cattle could be raised on it. In th centre the soil is heavier and faiely pr ductive. The Island contains '95,00 acres, 76 per cent of which is Capabl of remunerating the cultivator. • A present it is nearly all under wood an thinly peopled, the population bein under 1,400. Among the varieties o timber produced are the cedar, elm maple, beech and birch. Thera are con siderable quantitiesof hardwood maple Just atpresent the Islanders find th miffing and shipping of railroad tie and telegriph poles the moat profitabl business. Land is Worth from tw dollars to fourteen dollars an acre, ac cording to improvements. The Island however, labors under the disadvantag of being locked in by the ice in winter This is a disadvantage which the great er part of Algoma will have until th Canada Pacific Railway oars are run through it. to .uld , I to the on Ile, ery RS the poIL ere TITO eat ne. nd 011 ad - TS. OSt 08' de on bt to nt a It ok he it. at. e- ke as at in le at ho t - r, be s, ee es es SS o- 0 a • Crossing over to Bruce Mines on one of the Collingwood steamerston the let of July I found that the Algomans were holding Dominion Day as a, general holiday. It seemed to me their chief amusement consisted in drinking spiri. tuons liquors and using profane language. The district of Algoma may be one of the roughest countries on the face of the globe, and in consequence it may have the effect of making the talk of the people of the roughest. description; at all events I am pretty sure I heard more profanity about Bruce Mines than in any other place. It is now eight years since the clapper mining business at Bruce Mines was stopped; not because the material gave out, but because the company found it necessary to collapse. The buildings in connection with the mines have now assumed a dilapidated,tumble- down appearance, and, judging from their extent and the amount of decay- ing working plant laying around, it is very evident that whether the company found the working of the mines remun- erative or not, Quite a pile ofmoney must have been expended on, the place. With -the view of seeing something of the country lying to the north and east of Bruce Mines, I started early in 'the morning of the rd of July on a pedes- trian expedition, intending to strike Thessalon, a port on the lake shore some eighteen or twenty miles east of Bruce. With my valise—a small one —strapped on my back, and an unusu- allyestroag walking stick, seamed for _Alm purpose of inducing the bears to keep the peace, in my hand, my course for the first four miles was northward. For that distance inland the ,original wood had all been cut dowu and used up during the time the mines were being woiled, and the land is now, with the exception of a. few patChes under cereals, covered with a thicket of bushes. Ilhe surface is undulating; swampy in the hollows and rocky on ridges. Turning to the east the road led me through a rough, rolling country as yet nearly all under wood. The ccuntry here for about thirty _miles back from the lake is about all taken up by settlers, whose clearings range from an acre or two to forty acres. Along the road leading to Thessalon there are a good many clearings, from thirty to forty acres in extent, a great part being under crop. Of course, there is no land entirely free from staLps yet. Some half dozen years niast elapse before the stumps can be re- moved even in the places first chopped, The wheat looks pretty well, tho gh late, compared with the penins lar part of Ontario. This country se ms particularly well adapted to the raieing of stock; as a grain producing country it can never come to the front, but as a stock raising country its prospects are good. Once the wood is cleared off grass will grow in great abundance, and as in nearly every hollow there is a run- ning stream, i3tock cannot suffer either for want of food or drink, The ole ring of land in Algoma is not such a heavy undertaking as it was 'Down Be ow.” There are a good many improved f nos offered for sale in the district iaorh of Bruce and Thessalon. The prices asked for lots of 160 acres range from $300 to $1,500, according to the extent of blear- ing, quality of land and buildings. Algoma produces mosquitos of a very ferocidus type and when a ruddy look - fellow invades their territory they do not fail to show him every attention, which he thinks is well calcul- ated to excite strong remarks. Dar- ing the -time I spent in walking the twenty odd miles between Bruce Mines and Thessalon I was pretty constantly employed brushing handfuls of the pests off my neck, faoe and hands, and ere reachipg the latter place I became aware that the whole area of my head was being covered with artificial bumps. I do not mind being deprived of a little blood, but strongly deprecate the prac• tice of leaving poison in its place. I am inclined to think now that I will not become a settler in Algoma till some enterprising pioneers have cleared off the bush, and left no shelter for those intereeting creatures called mosquitos. Thessalon was reached in the mid- dle of the afternoon after a walk, taking the divergencies from the regular road into consideration, of about twenty-five miles. This I found to be quite enough for one day, the roads not being the best in the world. What Algoma wants is a railroad to enable it to communi- cate with other parts of the world dur- ing whiter when the lake is bound up in ice.' The climate is cold enough to prevent fruit from being successfully_ cultivated. Catching one of the Collingwood steamboats at Thessalon I invested in a ticket for . Manitawaning, Manitoulin Island. Twenty-two hours thereafter the appearance of the latter place was impresing itself on my mind. Mani- towaning is the principal village on the island. ' It is built near the head of a fine bay running in from the north. There is a grist mill in process of erection, and a saw mill which has evi- dently seen some service. I To the agri- culturist the island does not offer great attractions. A good sample of wheat is produced but only a small propor- tion of the surface of the island is fit for cultivation, and it is not hard to be- lieve people who tell us the Manitou- lin farmers can eaeily find a market. for all they can raise. There is a pretty good crop of clover, red and white, where it can find a footing amongst the stones and rook which covers the most of the surface, and cattle lied sheep could be raised, but a hundred acres could not , keep much stock the year through. WANDERER. Canada. Wet weather is interfering seriously with the practice of the Canadian. Wim- bledon team in England. —The Canada Industrial Exhibition will be held at Toronto this year from the 5th les the 16th of September. —Prosecutions under the Scott Act have commenced in Moncton, N. B. The liquor interest is determined to fight every case. —Swale of the Great Western con- ductors have been obliged to resume the duties of brakemen owing to the dull times on the road. —The' Canadian pacific syndicate will make Owen Sound their head quar- ters from which to draw supplies for the construction of their road. —The recount for North Grey before Judge McPherson confirmed the election of Mr. Allen (Liberal) by an increase of 24 votes, ilaa,king the majority 72. —Mr. Kirkpatrick from Elgin. coanty 'was the first regular passenger over the Canada Pacific Railway from Prince Arthurs ;,anding to Winnipeg. .—The Dairymen's A.ssiaciation of Eastern Ontario have engaged Prof. L. B. Arnold to instruct those who re- quire information for the better manu- facture of cheese. —There arrived at Montreal on Mon- day last 900 emigrants, and 600 on Tuesdayornaking 1,500 in all. With the exception of 300 for the Western Sates, they are booked for Ontario aud Manitoba! —In the recount of ballots in West Northumberland judgment was given by Judge Clarke, confirming, the elect - tion of G-uillet (conservative) by a majority of five. —Mr. Wm. Wallace, salesman for the Roseville !cheese factory, last week sold 150 lapses, the second half of Jane make, to Mr. E. L. Gales, of Guelph, for 10 cents per pound. Coasidered a good price. _ —An iron steamer, the "Beaver," has been put on the route between Pictou, Georgetown, and Souris, P. E. I., Mag- dalen Islands and Gaspe. She will make the round trip every week, leav- ing Pictou, on Monday. —The Kaministiquia has been found deep enough for large steamers. A few days ago the Francis Smith and the Argyle, each drawing nine feet ten in- ches of water came up the Kaministi- quia as far as Fort William. I —Farmers and others in the Province of Quebec are very despondent over the agricultural outlook. With the aricep- tion of grass, there is very little growth dn account of the continued' wet and cold weather. —The Sarnia Canadiansay that Mr. Patrick McAndrews, a quietindustrious laborer living in the Fourth Ward in that town, is one of the heirs to the Claire estate, County Carlow, Ireland. It is said to be worth $100,000. —Mr. Robert Esdaile, for forty years in active business at Montreal as a lead. ing grain and commission -merchant, died on the 5th inst. He was largely instrumental in the formation of the Montreal Corn Exchange, of ,which he held the position of presid nt for seven years. He also was anda.ctive member of the Board of Trade, hi connection with that body dating frorn 1843. —The other evening . Jo father of Matthew Wlaitizi den of Brant, expired Budd chair at his residence, Bra ship_ The deceased was age i and wag one of the old esteemed residents of the county. company of dace a debt $80,000, by with $20, - The fine is company n Whiting, , late War- mly in his tford town - 2 years of est and most —The Masonic) Temple London have resolved to r on their building of some getting up a gift enterpris 000 tickets at $2.00 each building lately erected by t is veined at $130,000. —The rubber factory at Grr nby,Quebec is approaching completion, and it is' ex- pected manufacturing will begin in August. There is New York capital at the back of the concern, and it is in- tended to make gossamer rubber cloth- ing only for the present. —The corner stone of the new Catho- lic Church at New Hamburg, was laid on Sunday last. The attendant cere- monies were performed by Bishop Orin - non, of Hamilton, assisted' by Father Kilroy, of Stratford; Father Funcken, of St. Agatha. The churcli will cost $8,000. —A few days ago Miss Cnutts, daugh- ter of Mr. Coutts of Cross for San Francisco where sh • gagement at a handsome sa graph operator. She has b there, and has done very profession. She will be ab on the rail. —Hon. Wm. McDougal beaten in Algorna, and hi Mr. Dawson, has been el majority of over 500. This which was generally anticip ill, started has an en- ary, as tele - en teaching ell in that ut six days -has been opponent, cted by a is a result ted. Mr. Miller, the Reform meraber has been beaten for Muskoka by a Majority of five. —The over drawn bank account of the city of London amounts to the rather large sum of $129,000. How to meet this difficulty is a knotty prob- lem. One avenue of relief suggosted is the sale of Queen's Park, formerly known as Salter's Grove, 'a fine pro- perty in the heart of London East, which Would probably realize $50,000. —A few days ago Thomas Hunt of Elmira gave a mare troibled with heaves half a pint of coal Ioil in the hope of curing her of the na1ady, but the medicine had the oep site effect from what be desired, the animal dying in eight minutes after the dr ught. The animal was worth $60, and tie coal oil five cents. —The trotting horse, Ne Haulm], belonging to W. Y. Andrew, of Aurora, is likely to make his name known on the other side. At Clevela cl driving park on. Saturday last he tro ted a mild in 2.28.2., which, considering the fact that he has only been .sin p ofessionsd training about six weeks, is pretty fast time. —The employes of three ot the lar- gest boot and shoe manufactures in Mon- treal have demanded increaned wages. A general strike in the trade 's threat - firm has conceded a rise of 10 to 12i per ened unless an advance is gra ted. One cent. and another has offered 5 per cent. The trade never was so overburdened. si with work as at present. —After a re-count of the ballots in .„.e.GI North Wellington by Judge Drevr, Mr. vv, McMullen, M. P., was declared on Mon- l'Al. day elected for North Wellington by 20 Bbz votes. The ballots from four polling ent sub -divisions were thrown out on the n° sta grounds of irregularities, and Mr. Mc- Mullen's majority was reduce from 76 Adei 1 to 20. Rejected ballots were umbered th by the deputy returning officer '. pu —Of those who were members of the Canadian Legislative Assembl twenty years ago the following eleven are now members of the House of Co mons :— Ron. J. J. C. Abbott, Hon. J. . Bien.- chet, Mr. Bourassa, Hon. Joh Carling, Mr. Desaulniers, Sir Hector angevin, Sir John Macdonald, Hon. Alex. Mac- kenzie, Hon. J. H. Pope, aud Mr. J. C. Rykert. —A few days ago Mr. Josep gomery, of the Springbank ch tory, shipped direct for Liverp land, per Grand Trunk from station, 22,960 lbs. of cheese at per pound, realizing the heads of 52,469.31. This shipment make of the factory for just {MaLEAIT BROS., Publishers. t11.50 a Year, in Advance. ately on the St. 'gat e section of the road. A. Board o Di ectors has been 111 electe . The oo ntr through which the p °posed rail ay ill run is said to be excleedingly fe tile —r. Slade, the fa ous spiritualist who s ad been giving 8:511008 at Belle. vine s uring last week was thoroughly expos -,d on Friday, so thoroughly that he co fagged his i p stare and illus- trated his method. A. warrant was about to be issued fo Slade's arrest, but at the solicita din 1 certain parties he wa allowed to Igo, being given fif- teen .soinutes to leave he oity. He left for th east by the inoo train. the recent lexa ination of the attending the rantford Presby - College, Mies aggie A. Gamer- • &ter of the Rev. D. Ca'raeron of ow,was awarded the Gold Medal, eral proficiency in all the sub - the Senior , year, and was also d the University Class Prize for hest marks in English, Rhetoric, and Frenoh. Miss Cameron's ost creditable and honorable —A • pupils terian on, da Luck for go jects o award the hi Histor is a record —A the fa conces named are lik that a sledge, slippe a terri picked amain TeCOre marrie —L Toront years o the Do his bao the rid swim Westla his co to no p portun 111 1 a barn -raising the other day on m of Mr. Samu,e1 Dale, second :ion of Westminister, a farmer Gibbs received injuries which ly to prove ! fatal. It appears erson was Using a heavy iron when the hea.d of the hammer from the handle, striking Gibbs le blow on the head. He was up insensibl and medical aid . Gibbs wa 30 years of age and i nod, but it i not likely he will st Saturday morning a lad in , named Westlake, about 15 age, undertook to swim across with a oo panion riding on L. When a out half way across r fell off, a d as he could not as in danger of perishing. e bravely e eavored to save panion, but 't would have been rpose had ot a gentleman op - lads. Ily arrived On the scene, and rendered his assistance in rescuing —Or ers have een given for assemb ing of the military camp Carling s farm, at L ndon, commenc Septem er 5th. T e camp proper numbe 2,137 men nd 200 horses. T local eadquarter for the Onta Field Battery will e at the Agric tural allege, Gn lph, and for Sarnia attery of Garrison Artille Sarnia, and for the th Fusiliers, L don. he 7th-Fus. ers will occasi ally tak part, and well the number 2,559. ix bands are expected to liven th ocoaeion. —A 1 ttle boy, five years old, in Lon- don, na ed Harry I lien, was so enrap- tured w th the perfo mamma of a man and bea that he fol owed them around blocks,ip one street and clOwn another, and it as not till h had wandered fax away into London Fast and beyond the Park that he began to realize he was hungry, tired, sleepy, and in a strange country. He at ono began to cry for .. his ma, nd it took a policeman three hours h rd labor th find the mother who wa almost distracted at the dis- appears ce of her obild. 11 James McPherson, a handsome Stone cellar and brick addition to his hcluse ; T. Fraser is putting a stone foundation beneath his old berm and Wm. Welsh has the masons building a stone 'base- ment, intending it for stabling beneath a barn to be built some time MI the future, size 50 x 54 feet. John Ballan- tyne has built a handsome iron fence, painted green, in front of his residence, and has levelled the ground nicely to the road ditch which gives quite a tasty appearance to the place. —Mr. John L. Davis, P. L. S., for- merly of Guelph, and. who is now pur- veying the Northwest, on the C. P. has lately written home to a friend. He says he never saw a railroad being completed • as fast as the. Canada Pacific Railway. Each surveyor lhas ten miles of road to survey, and before he gets it finished the laborers catch up to him. He says that the rails Will be laid on his section of the road initide of two months. On the Qu Apple rail hour after hour emigrants in large parties are to be seen pushing their way westward. In the part of the country he is in, it is nothing but sloughs oind mudholes, and ten acres of good land 'cannot be obtained. In the monthI of May this party was overtaken by a blizzard and over a foot of snow felle —The Edinburgh Scotsman of are - cent date says: Mr. John Livingstdne, of Listowel, Ontario, a brother of the African explorer, is at present staying with his sisters, the Misses Livingstoae,. at Ulva Cottage, Hamilton. He has been redisiting the scenes of his youth, Blantyre, including the house where he and his brothers were born; the mills, so sadly changed from being the be-. hive of industry they once were; H gh Blantyre, etc., and part of his pro- gramme is to see his -brother's grave in Westminster Abbey. In Blantyre Ihe found only two persons alive with whom he was acquainted in 1840, when he left the country. In appearance, Mr. Livingstone strongly resembles his dis- tinguished brother, and although 71 the years of age, he is strong and active,and full of interesting conversation. His the family are all comfortably settled eh Canada aud the States as banke s, jug physicians and druggists. will —It is stated on what is said to he good authority that Hon. John Carling, rio of London, has resigned his position in 111- the Dominion Cabinet as Postmaster the ry, General, and that it is the intention f lh on- OIL - to en- -A g neral athl tio contest, $100 a enooe and Mr. eorge J. Gibb, of I de, bet een Mr. J hn G. McRae, of ardsvi le, has been arranged to take ace at ewbury on l Monday, 17th in - ant. he programme comprises run - ng' ho , step an jump; standing p, ate and juna ; running jump, nding jump, runnng high jump, run - ng hig jump w th pole, standing ree ju ps, thro-wing 55 lbs, (distance) tting heavy weight, putting light weight, 100 yard f ot race, and 125 yard., foo race. Cal donian rules will prevail.he orty-fifth annual report of the Board of Education, for Massachusetts for 1880- contains a letter by Dr. J. A. McLe lan, sent to the Secretary of the Boar for that St te, and giving a sketch of our educe ional system in Ontario. Mr. J. W 1iokinson, Secre- tary for t e Massach setts Board, pre- faces the etter with t ese, among other flattering tributes to r. McLellan and the Onta io system of education: "I gladly republish this paper in connec- tion wit ' the annual report of the Board of ducation, lloping that at ho distant d y there will be established an equally o mplete syst m of school super- vision in this comixio a wealth." —Queb c lawyers w probably soon reap a ric harvest h re in the way of testing th constitutio a ality of the Act passed las session by he Local Legis- lature im osing for Provincial purposes certain he vy direct t xes on all banks, insurance, navigation railway, tele- graph, telephone, lo n, building, and- manufact ring com sanies, whether holding P ovincial or Dominion char- ters,la,s t e Provinci 1 Treasurer has just uotifi d all such co'. panies to regis- ter theme Ives at once and all secre- tary-treas rers of mu» cipalities to re- port them before 1st eptember, under a5pdenayas.lty f $25 or an imprisonment of 2 —Hon. Education Ment- ese fac- ol, Eng- axriston 101 OtS. Ea8 Sum was the t wen ty- one days. There should be Money in this business for the farmers. —One of the most complete woollen mills in Canada will be that on the Trent Valley Woolen Manuf cturing Company, at Campbellford. N'ne sets of the latest improved machi ery are being fitted into it for the pr duction mainly of plain and fancy flan els, and the output will necessarily b large. The building and all its appoi tments will be the most modern and co venient style. —The demise of Joshua Polfard at Maple Grove, Toronto township, on Thursday, in the 69th year of !leis age is reported. , He was born in 1813 in this province and was a life -1 ng re- former. In The rebellion of 837 he was associated with W. Lyon acken- zie, and was his warm support r. He was justice of the peace for the town- ship of Peel, and bore a high character for probity and honor. —A sad accident occurred at the station of the Toronto, Grey & Bruce railway at Orangeville on Pride morn- ing last. Mr. Thomas McDona d, sec- tion foreman, who was superintending the ballast work in the yardincautious- ly stepped in front of the- yard engine which was backing through the siding, and instantly killed. Decea's d had been a long time in the service of the company and was greatly esteem d. —A new railway from Ste. gsthe through the valley of the Red River, tapping the Gatineau near the esert, thence to Lake Temiecamingue, where it will tap the Canada Pacific Railway, is projected by a Montreal caMpany, and work will be commenced iMmedi- dam Crooks, Minister of for Ontario, in a late address foreshadowed some changes in the school system, as fellows: 1. The Government intend to haitike two long Normal Sc'aool terms instead of three short ones tis at present. 2. Teaching ore profrssientil character. County MOdel School are ened. 4. Ihere are to be divisions iji the Public same as in lrrovincial Model teed of six llivisions as at The coursE4 in the Public be of a mo I flexible char- pure here will be more optional The Niag tlaey porti train whic ing 0 to be of a 3. Terms o to be lengt only four Schoole,th Schools, in present. 5 School is t acter, viz., and fewer Sir John Macdonald to call to t vacant port foho F. E. Kilvert, t senior member for Hamilton. It understood that the reasons for Carling's retirement are purely basin° a l devolved the chief management of hs ones, as since he entered the Gover - ment, his brother.in-law, on wboth business in London, has died, makiig it therefore necessary for the member for London to devote his time to s brewing interests. Mr. Kilvert, t e probable new minister, is a. lawyer ly profession, between 40 and 50 years f age, and till he was elected four years ago for Hamilton, was very little kuowh outside that city. However; he is df fair ability, and there is HO reason why he should not prove a good average minister. —Early last Friday morning the resi'- dence of Mr. Wm. Ruddy, Uxbridge, was entered by burglars. This act being of the most daring description, as a light was burning' in the house at the time. They entered the apartment` where Mr. and Mrs. Ruddy were sleep ing and ransacked the reom, takin Mrs. Ruddy's gold watch and chain two sets of brooches and earrings, pai of bracelets, and some rings, also a siti ver watch, gold chain, and $8 in money' belonging to Mr. Ruddy. The whole lot is valued at over 5200. There id not the least doubt at all but that Mr,' and Mrs.Ruddy were chloroformed. Thei same night a safe was_ blown open in the store of Mr. J. G. Crosby. For..tanately there was nothing in it but some papers. Three suspicious look- ing persons were noticed on the street during the afternoon who are thought to be the desperadoee. Telegrams went sent to different places to the Chiefs of Police to be on the watch for them. , =Edward Haulan, like Richard jastl before the fatal engagement on Bose worth field, finds he is himself again.l The champion is now ha high feather i aud feels in splendid trim. . He has; made a proposal, which in addition tol being novel will attract much attention. I Last Monday night the champion in the , presence of a number of gentlemen and a representative newspaper man, ex- pressed himself as follows: "1 will row - any five men in the - whole world, two miles straightaws,y or two miles with a turn for $1000 to $2000 a side. I will row these five men after a lapse of 48 hours (two full days) of each other on any suitable waters on the continent of America. The challenge is open to the whole world." Ned further stated that if he could get on these matches in America he would forego for the present his intended visit to Australia. Here is a challenge that will make the crack oarsmen of the world scratch their beads. The champion says that he is not a bit particular on what water he TOWS. —On July 4, the day on which the 18 tention on the streets OIL Sunday. They left for Montreal on Sunday evening, and will likely have arrived there ere this. If they wanted exercise they could get it a good deal more profitably in the hayfields along the roads,than by pedestrianising in this way. —A fair young Scotch lassie, an im- migrant just arrived in Toronto accost- ed a gentleman the other day on Yonge street, and asked him to direct her to a 'honee, the name of the tenant of which had 'been written down for her by the alleged agent of the keeper of a registry office in the city, who had met her at the Grand Trunk depot. After he had put her in the way of reaching it he suddenly bethought himself of the locality, and asked a policeman if he new anything of the house. "Otto of the worst brothels in the city, sir," was the answer. The .questioner at once made after the girl, who had got far ahead, and overtook her just as she was at the door. He told her what sort of a house it was, and she, bursting into tears, asked what she would do, as she was a complete stranger. As he knew of a good situation vacant, and as her recommendations from her own home in Scotland were good, he at once installed her as a general servant in a respectable family. It is to be feared that decoying girls to such houses is systematically carried on, and that some step on to the platform at the depots simply to their destruction. —A case of much interest and im- portance ' to railway- companies and their employees is now before the police court at Peterborough. It was a charge brought by Police Constable McGhee, of Peterborough, against the employees of the Midland railway company, of breaking the Sabbath by running a train from Belleville to Peterborough on Sun- day, June 27, and the first case tried was that of Wm. Bowen, the conductor. The running of the train having been proven, D. W. Damble for the prose- cution held that the men were engaged in their ordivary calling on the Sunday in question, and the case did not come under the exception mentioned I in the statute. He also contended that itswaa not a work of necessity, in the meaning of the words of the Astute, for the train could have been brought up on Monday morning in time for the excur- sion. E. H. D. Hall, for the defence contended that the words of the statute did not mean absolute necessity, but reasonable necessity. It was the cus- tom of all railways in the United States and Canada to ran trains on Sunday. The train was run to accommodate passengers, and was therefore one of the exceptions mentioned in the statute. The magiatrate reserved judgment. Manitoba Notes. Dr. Rosebrugh, of Toronto, the eminent oculist and a,urist, is expected to visit Winnipeg about the first of litAuPgurTashitrie. — e is given at 2,602, and it is resident population of Portage estimated that the floating population is about equal to that amount. —The Helena, Montana„ Herald, says: John Smith, who lives just across the line, on the road to Macleod, was lately set afoot by Northern In- dians, who took every horse he had. A war party of three hundred bloodslately left Macleod on a horse stealing escaped. Some days ago, Louis Le- garre, a half-breed trader of Wood Mountain, while on his way over there with an outfit of goods from Fort Bur- ford, was held up by a war party of Crees for all his provisions and his guns. They left him his horse and his carts. He reported the matter to Captain. Mc- Donald, of the Mounted Police, and he arrested and put M irons eight of the party, and will deal likewise with the rest when he can captore them. —Over 2,000 have lost a whole year in Qu'Appelle Valley on account of the lack of provision for homesteading and pre-empting. They have selected their lande and plowed a few furrows by way of making a beginning, but more tha-n. this they are not likely to do until the opportunity is afforded them of secur- ing for each one a right to his land. Hence, they are waiting for the estab- lishment of a land dace that they may be enabled to make their entries and ascertain to what districts they belong. At present they are afraid. that if they go on with their improvements, as they have no acknowledgment from the Government of any rights, they may after all never secure the land, and thereby lose the results of - their hard labor. Of course, the loss of three - months just now during the season for breaking, means the loss of a whole year. —The Portage is Prairie Review says: A party of twenty Scotchmen. passed through the Portage last week on their way home to Scotland. They had been up west looking for land, but ; they found it so conapletely looked up and the land regulations so unsatis- !factory that they became disgusted and . determined to return to their native land. The Rev. Mr. Bell of this place, !met `this party of immigrants, and when he learned that they were return - ling home he -remonstrated with them and asked them why they did not squat il such times as they could make nite arrangements for settlement. y became highly indignant and felt lted at this question, and said they not come out to -the country to be ti attired in Oscar Wild style, with knee tters , but came with the anticipa- of being able to procure farms out any trouble. The party was essed of corsiderable wealth and prepared to engage in farming ations extensively. There are tany more immigrants in the west ho will also retrace their steps if .a More settled land policy is not made at Once. —Rev. Mr. Tally, of Knox Church, Mitchell, preached an abla sermon last Sabbath morning on "atarbath Obsev- !mice ,nnt American eagle screams londest,a party 1 !mon defi of gentleman left Williamsport, Pa., for 1 ,The Montreal on foot. The original party was composed of Prof, Geo, G. Groff, ' and 15 others. The pedestrians were 8,3.11 drain had breeches and scarlet stockings, and with the regular army knapsackThey . With carry their own luggage, including light p01313 tents. Several of them were supplied ems Oper hese their supplies on the route. aisthetic peds headed straight for ara Falls from Williarasport,which reached on Friday last. A small on of the journey was made by . Then they headed for Toronto h they reached early Sunday morn - ver the Hamilton turnpike. The ompulsory ubjects. —A numiber of solid improvements are going oi about Pine River in Huron houses have , ,Iohn Thom- ald ; S. Nesbit township. Stone mil been built ly Mr. Potte son, and P ter McDo sen., a stoup cellar under his kitchen; gentlemen attracted considerable at - .77 • • "•E •fa •