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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-08-11, Page 1MST 4, 1882. memeesmeenesemerainim ; Dr. O'Reilly, the ions, is we uaderstand, his confineraent at o picnic held in Goder- n a contest took place 1 cane; between Mr. A. P., at Mr. P. W. e created c,onsiderable- ig the afternoon, anj as taken in the result An open vette, with se tea held up to 630. or half an hour the ide without a record the close of the open W&8 : Col. Ross, 509 eton, 367. During the close voting, heavy n both sides, arid at >allot at 6 p. na., the toss 987, and Johnston majority for Ross of sbyterian Chtnroh. ing iuterestiiag history Presbyterian Churele iadebted to the Post id this &Jewell., called t Scottish divine, Rev. dates ha& to the year Si was held in private -el bush in the summer preacher was College, namecl Donald ahortly after he left ien followed Alex. Me- iher, now of MeNab St. zureh, Hatanand E who supplied three jar while College wan as also au occasional d during the year, but In 1857 --an, aore !On Queen and Turn - n Thomas Efalliday for lee of a church--c0x40 he building was not • following year, and Pally volunteer labor. tete were Donald Mce Ebert McCallina. Rev. tom Glengarry ceurity, the year 1864 and put a of faithful service. commencement was house whieh was ine •efore he left. During es of Rev. Mr.. Ferga- he also preached at VaItola, conducting aer- ie and English. The time increased in size til.ua 1872, old Alel- • thanght too small and e was iiieked for. This - era T. la:Michael, on end contained three - re, the price paid for it i brick for the &Lurch Lomas Ainley, and the a Thomas Broivn, of mount a the contract f this sum there was iefore commencing to. ialance was borrowed nd Loan Company in need instalment with Lae on the lst of April the credit of the eon - be said, that the last mile last April, so that :irehr free from debt at • The size of the build - gallery on three aides, roomy stone basement The seating capacity WI. Two furnaces in et the ohurch through - Ross, B. A., the pros - duly installed in Oc- a has given the very on both as a preacher • sermons are full of no fail to have au hearers. . Rev. Mr. a year and a free !ie about 100 familiea he church and over 150 James Mitchel:110cl the - receiving a small sal - For the past four swart has lead charge, it time, he is assisted , composed of Misses • Sraith, .A.unie Knech- a, Maggie Stewart and eprartos ; Mrs. Graham dr, sato& ; Dr. Graham tenor ; Alex. Stewart 118014. bass. The Sab- e held. at 11 a m. artd elders are W. R. Wil - art, Donald MoL2111C11.- auchlin, James Mitch - McCallum. A regular meeting is held 011 ng in the eharch. In sf Rev. Mr. Ferguson' manse in which Mrs. was built. The sed by Daniel Stewart. was built last fall in Melville Church, 40x24 hcemnaodation a the Sim the couutry. The f the congregation are ! euccesedelly, and are ion of W. R. Wilson, Stewert, Treasurer, etary ; Committee, D. Vexa,nder, Gee. Good, n ereear and Alex. ie ushers are Elders art. John Meadows is ablishinent of a regth - a Sunday School was has never been closed In the early days it dwelling of old -Mr. Saito the old tort house Gail. The school wale in of Alex. Ferguson, James Fergusou, of ssons were given in English. Rev. Mr. ieriatendeat for some succeeded by Alex. ks followed by W. IL tiding at the present ie divided into thir- -naraele being on the ra ere Alex. Stewart, - Adam Goo& John Walter Smith, dud ;raith, Graham, Tufts, Misses Sinclair, Ross . Stewart is seeretary- 7a,riart. Their are 250 ibra,ry. About $60 ie for school parposes. ings a Bible Clasa i� of the lesson, which t benefit to all 0011' nine Church member - da very large, but what ambers was made up Lergy in furthering the hurch, so that to -day position than ever FIFTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 766. Pmc=r•ESI— -Y, AUGUST U., 1882. { . ! ! MoliEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. CLOSING SALE —OP THE— SUMMER SEASONr —AT— E. McFAULS DRY GOODS STORE. THE BALANCE OF THE Summer Stock Must be sold in order to make room for FALL AND WINTER CODS. NO PRICES Mentioned in this column, but upon examination of the Goods, prices will be found the LOWEST IN THE TRADE. E. MCFAUL. J. S. ROBERTS, DRITC31- SEAFORTH, J. S. ROBERTS begs to inform his friends, customers' and the public gener- ally, that during. his absence in the North-west his hueinese will be under the managementof MR. RICKEY, a thoroeghly competent gentleman, in whom all can placdi the: utmost, confi- dence, and he hopes for a continuance of the liberal patronage he has received since sterting business in Seaforth. Peels Better Than for Ten Years. Toronto, September 20th, 1880.— Gentlemen—My !father had piles for three years; his kidneys were affected, and, he had. e pain in the small of his back ; he could net walk sonaetimee for weeks at a time.: He is wearing the second Pad now,: and is nearly well. Ile Bays that he feels better than he has for ten years. Thankfully yours, P. M. ROSE. For sale by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforthe 11111../mIengo•••••AMINIIIIi Given up by Doctors -- Toronto, Noveraber 10th, 1880.— Gentlemen—Two months 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 expected inc 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 ray back, which I could not relieve until I saw your Kidney Pads advertised. I tried one, and. cae add. my mune to the list of those who have found them beneficial, and recommend them. Yours truly, G. Mee -mace. For tittle by J. S. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. Female Weakness Cured. Guelph, May 21st, 1880.—Gentlemen —In reply to your note, I have to say that I called upon the ladies you men- tioned, and both assured me that Starr's Kidney Pad had effected a perfect and Permanent cure. One of the oases was of some three years' standing. Re- 8Pastfully yours, J. R. CAMERON, Editor of the Guelph Herald. For sale by J. B. Roberts, Druggist, Seaforth. A Stanley Farmer's Opinion of the Northwest. To the Editor of the Ruron Expoeitor. DEAR SIII,—After a ramble of a few weeks in Manitoba and part of the Northwest, a few remarks might be of some interest to the numerous readers of Trot EXPOSITOR. Having left Sea - forth on the 19th of May, with through tickets for Brandon, we arrived in Winnipeg on the 22nd. I need not say anything about Winnipeg, as almost everyone has heard all about it. Suf- fice it to say that it is a live city. After a rest of two days, and viewing places of interest in the city, such as the old fort, where poor Scott suffered (I was surprised to see nothing to mark out the spot), we again set out for Bran- don, arriving there on the 25th. Bran- don is beautifully situated on the south bank of the Assiniboine, being a good site for a city, as the soil is light and gravelly. The water is also very good. If Brandon continues growing for the next ten years as it has done for the last 10 months, it will be quite a city. Time only can tell. There is a grist mill, saw mill, planing factory and various factories in course of erection. Hotels and boarding housefel, are num- berless, and strange to say, although the Scott Act is in full force, you will meet with plenty of drunken men. Probably the alkali waters of Manitoba have something to do with it. Well, having to stay a week here for the arrival of our stock, and passing the time as best I could, hearing men's opinions and views of this far-famed land.. Here you would meet with some who declared. the whole thing was a fraud, denouncing conntry, Govern-, ment, Syndicate and everything else; again, the colonization company's agents telling that it was the finest country ever the sun shone on, especi- ally the portion they represented. Some would tell you that it was so wet you could hardly get a dry spot to build a house on, others that the railway com- pany had all the good land, and so on— all enough to discourage a man if he had not a, strong nerve; but being a reader of the Pilgrim's Progress, like good Christian I determined to see for myself, and going through sloughs and mire holes, expecting to come to good land. beyond. Having made up ray mind to set mit on the journey, the first thing to procure was a wagon, plow, tent and cooking utensils. Wagons being difficult to get, as ihey are bought before arrival, the demand -being so great, after searching through all the implement warerooms and failing to procure one, I determined to stand the market, as there is a market in Brandon every week day, of stock and second -band implements belonging to people who have got discouraged and are selling off their outfit, as they call it. Oxen were selling thee at from $200 to $300, according to size and con- dition, bet they kept declining in price, owing to the numbers arriving, and be- fore many days they could be bought for $50 a yoke cheaper. • Well, having come across a man who wanted to dis- pose of oxen and --wagon, I btarted to bargain for the wagon and ox harness, and after some parleying we made a bargain for $95 for the wagon and har- ness. The price ofOx harness now is from $13 to $15, and wagon from $80 to $90. I also purchased a tent, for which I.paid $10, the camp stove and furni- ture being $6, and plow $25. Now having my outfit complete, and waiting patiently for the arrival of the oxen, or rather impatiently, I should say, vitit- ing the station several times a day and heatiog the many imprecations poured forth on the Syndicate, justly or unjust- ly, I am not prepared to say. One thing I can say: we must make allow- ance for a new road, new hands and the rush of immigration, and the impa tience of stock men in general. One thing ! I cannot understand is: after contracting for a car of stock from Sea - forth, or any other station in Ontario, to Brandon, there are always some ex- tra dollars to pay upon its arrival at Brandon). Can anyone explain this? Finally, our stock arriving on the first of June, after a voyage of thirteen days from Seaforth, and looking fresh and well, I determined to set out the next day, as I was getting tired of Brandon, and my purse was getting lighter, which must be pretty full to take a, journey to the west. When I left home I was 'determined to strike out for the famous Qu'Appelle district, but on coining to. Brandon and finding that the land was not in market and mostly all squatted upon, and hearing a good account of the land south of the Moose Mountains, I directed my course that way, and falling in with Mr. Matheson, from Clinton, and Joe and Albert Aikenh.ead, late of Stanley, we agreed to go in company. The night before leaving on our prairie journey, several acquaintances visited us to wish us good speed. an our journey, among others Moser's. McDougall and Hally, of Seaforth. Having set out on the morning of the 2nd of Jane, taking our weir to the southwest of Bran: - don, on the trail on the north side of the Souris River, the first day we only made about ten miles, not caring to melte too long a journey. For the first few miles south of Brandon the soil is light and the laud is rolling. We went through some of the much talked of sloughs, which our cattle faced bravely, and like the soldier in battle, having stood the first fire, we nerved ourselves up, determined to go through thick or thin, Here I met a settler who had been here for about two years, who asked. where I hailed from. After telling him I was from the county of Huron, he asked if I had. left any people at all in Huron or. Bruce, as almost everyone who went that way were Huron or Bruce men. Having come to good eahaping ground, that is, where we could procure wood and water and good grass, we pitched our tent for the night, and having a few hours before • darkness set in, and supper to get reatly, I determined to have a little duck shooting. They are very numerous, but they are also very cunning, as I could not get within range of them, After two hours' stalking I had to come back without anything except wet feet and a good appetite, and supper being ready, rf did ample justice to thegood things iand retired for the first night on the boundless prairie. I slept sound, getting up. early next morning and pre- paring breakfast, pulling the tent down, and getting everything ready for the journey, we started off on eur sec- ond day's tramp. By noon we arrived at Plum Creek, a rapid running stream, and having to be ferried across, as the bridge was washed away in the spring, and only a email flat bottomed boat to ferry pa over, it took us two hours to get across, having to unload all our goods and swim our oxen over. It is a beautiful country here. Plum Creek enters the Souris River at this point. After getting across the ferry we again set out, passing through as fine a tract of land as I ever saw. Beautifully situated on the north bank of the &aria; the settlers here may well feel proud of their location. Getting near camping time, . we were again on the look out for a good spot, it being Satur- day night and intending to rest on Sunday. We came to a beautiful spot on the banks of the Souris, where there was plenty of wood and good water. So we agein pitched our tent, and getting a suppiy of wood for Sunday and supper over, and a journey of 25 miles ended, we retired for the night, getting up next mornieg .to spend our first Sabbath on the prairie. We opened the day with devotional exercises, feeling that God was near us even here, and spending the day in meditating on the. works of creation, viewing its vastness before us. We rose up early Moudiiy morning refreshed by the rest over Sabbath, and by inquiring at a shanty near by we found we were at Malta; which is to be laid out for a citi . There is to be found coal on the banks of the river. Setting out on our jour- ney determined to do a good day's work, I may say that the country passed through on this day's journey was not so mubh of a farming country—mostly sand !hills covered with scrub wood, more of ia resort for game, as here they were in- abundance, such as prairie chicken, curlew, plover, snipe, duck, etc. We had a. couple of prairie chick- ens for dinner, which we relished very much. A goed sportsman could enjoy himself evell here. Getting on in the eveniegeand finding that we had scored thirty :miles, we again set up our tents for the night, and after performing the duties' of baker and cook, and doing ample justice to the gapd things, (for travelling on the prairie gives a person a good appetite.) we retired to ease the limbs, and getting up early the next day the first thing I spied was a magpie, that bird of ill omen, a.s I have heard old country people say, •which proved to be true in our ease, as we loin the trail that dity, and• found on stopping at night that we had only made about fifteenmiles, so we didn't 'care about seeing a magpie au more. Passing on day after day . in this way, through some fine country, especially on the north and- south Antlers, we finally came to Moose Mountain Creek, where we thought of getting land, but finding the timber scarce and small, and no railway within sixty miles, we could not think of locating, and after a con- sultation, we determined to strike back for Brandon again, and, if possible, get land near the railway. Arriving back in Brandon on the 14th of June, we started off by railway that night for the vicinity of Oak Lake, after getting a list Wall the vacant land in that local- ity, ited happening to come across Mr. Robert Lang, late of Rodgerville, who is located here,he, in company with Mr. Minion, a- native, kindly showed us most of the vacant sections, and being well pleased with the locality and everything, I took a homestead and preemption 320 acres, 15 acres of bush being on it, and within two miles of the station. There is good water on it, and the soil from two to three feet black loam, with sand mixed with clay - bottom, and no stones. ! Some of it is low, but can easily be deained. It is a splendid placeifoe stock.; The high land prairie grass seems to be very nutri- (dons. Well, having g t located, and and getting the necessary papers in the land office, I now set tto work to see how the breaking up would gp, for the first time taking a prairie plough in hand. Beingha little different from another plougie because when you try to put it in the ground it is sure to come out,being a little contrary like the pig, but by a, little patience and perseverance I soon learned, as it is very easy when you get up to the way. As it wits getting lade in the season, and having to be home for the harvest, I only 'got about five acres 'ploughed. I could plow an acre a day twith the oxen. I made arrange- ment4 with Mr. Lang to keep my oxeu until I returned, and made preparations for the homeward journey, and being requested by Mr. Lang before leaving to accompany him on a visit to Mirrion Island in Oak Lake, I consented. Mr. Lang got his boat ready i and I in com- pany with Rev. Mr. Hardy, missionary, acconipanied him. . The weather was very pleasant, and the lake was as smooth as glass. Mr. Hardy tried his luck at fishing, but the water was too smooth and he got Ilene. The lake abounds with pike, muskalounge, gold - eyes, etc. It is a great fishing resort in the winter time. It is 16 miles long and 6 miles wide. After -a sail of about two Miles we reached the island; the property of the Mirrion brothers, there beinghhree of them. The island con- tains about 600 acres, mostly covered with oak. I can tell you, Mr. Editor, I was well repaid for my visit; the kindness of the Messrs. Mirrion in shewing me through their estate and mansions, and the perfection of their • • • crop was beyon my comprehension. In fact, I have s en n thing since - my return that will ome up to it. They were using new otat es on the 3rd of July; their gard n vegetables could not be beat; the oor was in blossom, peas in bloom, barley and wheat heading out, and the ii-enery of the island is really beautifu . The beauty of the wild rose and v •ions ether flowers and the chanting of rds Must be seen and heard to be app eciated. I understand the Messrs. Mirrion are to ha.ve part of it surveyed in to n lets laid out for eummer reside= s, which I think is just the spot for health and pleasure. Being -told by i r. Leng that it was time for us to re urn, as I was lost in admiration and id n8t feel the time passing, we agai i set Sail, returning to the residence of r. Lang. This friend is n.gentleman hose; kindness' I will noIt readily forge , as bis house is open tola stranger at 11 tithes, and his kind- ness and hospit lity not a few share, in all of which a sociated with him is his 'kind and genial lady, who is not lack- ing in providing for the inner man. I consider the line are fallen to me in a pleasant place t be near them, as they are e host of frie ds in themselves. Mr. Lang has a fine lace heatitifully situat- ed on the height abohe the lake, and with a man of r. L ng'S stamp and nerve will soon 1.e a, ourishing place. It is a pity ther are ot a good many more like him, who would put their shoulder to the whee , instead of run- ning down the a untr • Mr. Lang with his son has two secti ns here and five in other parts of Manitoba. He intends having about 69 acres reade for crop next year. He as thhee span of horses and threh yoke f oxep breaking in. ile is ale() patting p elite a lot of wire fencing. Having set o t oit my homeward journey on the iiorningofthe 4th of July, and viewi • g thel beautiful scenery around Oak L e, 1 wlas sAmest sorry at leaving the wo d -covered hills to the north, and the till la,ke to the south, and the Vast pr ,irie eround, and think- ing how soon th y weie to bd the happy homes of many. _Arriving at -Flat Creek in time f the train, I was soon steaming home ards. Having friends in Dakota, I th ught 1 woull pay them a visit, and see part of Uncle Sam's territory. I ran t say the part I was in looks well,. that is around Grandin and vicinity. he heat crop looks well whore they got itl in in good time, but late crops on't ook near SO well. South near Fa go, the land in some places is Still o vered with water, and their (Silence of a crop is but small. While here I vi ited the Brown Farm. They have abou 3,00i1l acres of wheat this year which looks well. This farm is beautifully sif uated being drained by the south brittle of 11m river, which passes through t, and is almost dry in the summer tin e. They work nothing but mules here. On enquiry I was told they had 96, als 15 B 1 f - binding reapers and three or fon thr shing machines. Every man wo ks idx mules on the gang plough an thr e on the reaper. Everything is very compact on this farm, as it wored sy. tematically. The men do not se m to 1 be worked very hard. The randinlis also farm a large extent of and 1ere, and hold a large extent of ailway land locking it up from settler , as tlry hold it at $15 per acre. The and a ong here is some- thing the sam as at _ Winnipeg; all along the Red iver valley being mueli l the same. Fo my fancy the prairie is rather low; • wouli prefer it more rolling, althougl some pond holes should be on it. Taki • g it upon the whole I would prefer t a western part of Mani- toba itself, and be still under the brave old flag. I seain took my journey homewards, aft r a stay of four days in the great territory, and passed through some fine coun try and scenery, especi- ally through th; Missi sippi Valley from St. Paula to C , icago. The beautiful river is dotted ith s camera and saw- logs, with the ick behind cliffs hang- ing, overhead eiverediwith wood, and the narrow v lley ldetween is studded with farms, t wns and. villages. I would say it is a niceplace to live in. From Chicago o Detroit by the Michi- gan Central ro te the country seems to be more like Canada. The farmers were busy harvesting, mostly using self -binders. The crops seemed to be pretty fair. Arrivieg at Windsor a little before dark, Ii saw very little more till I came toondon, consider- ingt then that I was a most at home. I will conclude with a f w words of advice to those who should ! go to Manitoba and those who should. not go. First, anyone should not go who is well situat- ed here, and who is not willing to un- dergo a few hardships., also those who will not work, such as loafers; they have no chance there, and those who think if they only I get there they are rich. To aill gr mblers of this ere yoa are, for rselves are bene - should -go who home for them - stamp, I say stay W the country and yo fitted. Again, those are willing to make a selves, who are willihgto undergo a few hardships, such eh are necessary in a new country. I weuld ask what was Huron forty years agp, and what hard- ships the settlers had to undergo? But . they braved the danger, and now they reap the reward. We applaud teem for their courage and bravery, and the fine country they laleve made, and I venture to say, thatwith -.men like them in ten years Ma itoba will be a ii flourishing country- !so. I am afraid. you will be getting wearied of me; I will conclude, hoping some may benefit by this advice. Yours teuly, Willmar McFenLINE, Stanley. . i —The young miamileported killed at Ridgetoivn, on the panada Southern railway, is a eon of James Murray, Sr. a well known veterinary Bergson of that town. The deceased was a re- markably fine-looking and well de- veloped young man, Lcged 30 years, by name Wm. Murray. Hit was married a few months ago to a Miss Alice Mabee, of Welsh, E. Q. For some cause or other i they separated she returning to her parents. Young Murray took her desertion very much to heart. At all events he threatened to drewn himself, and wrote to his brother.to that effeet. It is now gen- erally believed that he deliberately committed suicide. Canada. On Monday last in Parkhill there were 21 cows impounded.. • —Victoria park, Toronto, is now lighted with the Fuller electric light. —The barbers of Kingston have con- cluded not to work on Sunday. —The Waterloo Mechanics' Institute has purchased $150 worth of Germain books. —The .Southern Counties Fair is to be held at St. Thomas on the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22n4 of September. —The Victoria lacrosse club, of Nor- wich has accepted a challenge from the Toroutos of Toronto to play at Norwich on the 19th. —It is now stated that the Princess Louise will remain in Canada, until the expiration of the lidarquis of Lorne's term of office. —The rate of taxation in the city of Brantford for the Orient year is fifteen mills in the dollar. In Paris it is ten mills. —The Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany is redoubling its efforts to get poseession of the Northern Rail- way. • —G. B. Spriggs, general freight agent of the Great Western, will take a simi- lar position on the New York and St. Lotus railway. • 1 —John Purdin, the horse -thief, ar- rested in Toronto by Detective,Burrows, has been sentenced' to four years in the penitentiary at Brampton. —The Guelph Telephone Company Ilene now between 12 and 15 miles of wire and upwards of 40 instruments in use in the city. —There is a regular phosphate boom in'the Ottawa district at present, owing to the high price of that mineral. It now sells at $21 pee ton. —Hon. T. W. Anglin will, it is said, issue a tri -weekly newspaper in St. John, N. B. Mr. Anglin is one of the beet journalists in panada. —On Friday, July 21st. Hubert Wigle, of Gosfield, out down 8 acres of heavy wheat, which will average 25 bushels per acre, iii 5 hours. ! —Mr. W. Colaeugh, Reeve of Motint Forest, has been appointed one the Grand Stewards of the Masonic Grata Lodge of Canada. —During the past week $480,000 for taxes ha.ve been pia into the Toronto exchequer, as well, as 435,000 for water rate, making in all over half a million. —Rev. Mr. Strath and Mrs. Straith, of Paisley, were present•ed with numer- otiii ailver present e last Week on the occaeion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. —The Cascade Mine in the vicinity of Garden River, is reported to have struck a good vein of silver lead, and to haNe sent 70 pounds weight to New York for analysis. — Mrs. McCarthy, wife of Dia= McCarthy M. P. for north Simcoeiwho has been very ill of late is to the de- light of her many friends, rapidly re- covering. , Wallace Gere, arrested last week by onstable Dawson, of Algoma, has ben examined and committed to 'gaol, for ijemoval to an asylum as a danger- ous unatim —Mr. George Anderson, of Harriston, forixer1y of Guelph, has bought a large elev tor at Tara, on the line of the Geo gian Bay Railway, and will store grai there this winter. It is nuderstood that Rev. John Pri gle, of Georgetown, has aecepted the nall of the Presbyterians of Kildon- an, n the North-west to become their pas or. Mr. Archibald Thompson, of Str throy, has a curiosity in the shape of a potato vine growing from a, grape vin, which has three shoots, and oue of t ese in bloom. Elisha Stewart, of Burford, has 52 ares of wheat which will yield 40 buslaels to the acre, and his crop will _aggregate fully 1,700 bushels of that cereal. , • —Mr. Peter Paterson, of the 7th con- cession, Beverly, near Kirkwall, left by Grand Trunk on Thursday for Bran- don,' Manitoba, whence he intends to sefebt land for settlement. Captain Seewes has sent the Al- gox4a Pioneer, from G-arden River, tim thy grass five feet six. inches long, but it must stretch several inches more before it can take first place this year. Last week Wm. Borrowman, of An erdon, Essex County, threshed 1,0j3 bushels of fall wheat, the product of 33 acres, Mr. Borrowman's wheat thi year averaged 34 bushels to the acr. . A five year old boy of Mr. Adam Ar strong's, who lives about three mils from Petrolia, went to sleep in a wheat field and was run over by a reaper, cutting him severely in several —The steam bending and hub works of Messrs. Perry & Cook, of Galt, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning of last week. Notwithstanding an insur- ance of $10,900, the loss is serious. The origin of the fire is unknown. -1-A St. Catharines man has received an Order from a. Winnipeg capitalist for on estimate for the construction of ele;en frame cottages, one story in hei ht, and 22x24 feet with oak sille. -t-As Mr. Henry Hager, of West- = ster was on Thursday of last week en agedin working a mowing machine, he was jolted from the seat, and falling in front of the sickles, the artery of his ar was completely severed by the kn yes. The loss of blood was so great th t it was found impossible to preserVe I , his life;and he died in the eveniege Mr. Hagar had lived in Westmins er! a great number of years, and was hi lad ly respected by many friends. —The senate of Queen's Collo e,1 Kingston, has arranged to hold tie triculation examination e in 1883, 1 at - Lindsay, Hamilton, Cornwall, Ca le -i ton Place, and Monckton, N. B. as welt • as Kingston. The new steam saw mill at Waub shone, bas recently cut 160,000 feet in at day of 11 hours, and can easily be run. up to the capacity of 200,000 feet. Iv is in all respects the most complete mill in the province. —The Ontario Cricket Association has suggeeted Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 18th, 19th, and 20th of _September, as the dates for the intetS national match this year, and the Americans will probably respond satisi factorily. —.A project is on foot to construct a canal connecting Lake Superior with the rivers of the Canadian North-westi Forty miles of canal, it is claimed; avili give connection With the Red, Assmif boine and Saskatchewan rivers. • —Sarnia Canadian: Pandora last week discharged 175,000 spokes find and 38,000 feet of oak and hickhr08h lumber, at :Van Staden & Co.'s d The Admiral is expected soon wit cargo. The County of Essex furnis it all. —Three of Berlin's local sports, aci companied by their wives, visited talus, linch lake on Thursday. of last week; and caught over 500 fine perch and base. According to the Berlin N ws steak has dropped about two cents pound. Mr. John D. Hamilton, of the Nicol township line in West Garafralitai has a son only 7 years old who drove a mower and cut four acres of hay ipne forenoon, and in the afternoon he drove the horse rake and raked it all up. —The West Lynne Times expect S to witness the storing of fully 2,000,000 bushels of grain in the warehousesof that town this season. The news film the Mennonite and other settlemeets, indicates that the crop will be Very lalge1 —The Manitoulin Guide says the crops on Manitoulin Island are simply magnificent. Fruit trees, including apple, pear, plum, peach, grape, and all other smaller fruits progress rapidly, in the near future promising to be- come a perfect paradise for the nit grower. —cin Wednesday of last week he officers of the Court Peterboro gh, Canadian Order of Foreeters, paid ver to Mrs. Carlisle, the sum of $1,000 nd $50 funeral expenses, being the amo at of endowment of her late husband, ho was a member of the order. —The increasing huainess of Ithe Midland iRailway has necessitated Ithe procuring of ten more locomoti es, whioh will be on the road in course of a month. Four of these have boon ordered for immediate use, and five of the ten will be used on the Port Hope - division. —The good people -of Alnwick 01. 11'7 out the law with Dractonitua sever4y. The other day a hen was imponn ed, and the owner failing to redeem it Ithe fowl was sold at auction, and the m - pounder awarded 50 cents for the damage oommitted by the predatory hen. —In 17 days J. B. Twiss and 1 R. Twiss, of Binbrook, have out 4nd handled on their farm, 2nd concession, 77 loads of bay from 33 acres, and over 13,000 sheaves of wheat, also from 33 acres. Eleven acres of wheat yield'ng 4,400 sheaves, were cut in eight an a half hours. --eBelleville's rate of taxation will be 20 mills on the dollar. It would be over 30 mills on the dollar Were he sinking fund, $21,050, provided or Kingston's rate is 16 mills on the dol ar and it is estimated there will be a ar plus. —Joseph Jardine, of Saltfleet, Leopold Bauer, of Hamilton, have ef for the foot of the Rocky Mounta ns where they will go extensively into at tle raising. They have a ranch c rn- prising 100,000 acres, bounded on he north by Red Deer River. —The army worm is making ter destruction with the hay cro a Maugerville and vicinity. On Th Island. opposite Belmont, the propert of Lieutenant -Governor Wilmot, w ic would have yielded 150 tons -of hay, h crop is entirely destroyed. —The St. Thomas city council adopted a reaolution to compel he Credit Valley railway company to c rry out the agreement entered into by t ern with the corperation for the running of depot. —Mr. di assenger trains to the west n —Mr. Simon Fax, well remembe e by many Parisians sei a former residlen and merchant of that town, died 1a 0 rinetown, Quebec, on Monday, the 1 t ult., in the 74th year of his age. H was a native f Glasgow, Scotlatud Several of his nephews and nieces re side in Brantford. - —Wallace Ross, of St. John, un1e date of August 4, has deposited $ 00 with the proper parties, and_ has c lenged Hanlan to row a five mile r e 2i miles and return, for $1,000 a idd and the championship of the world The race to be rowed within 6 week from the date of signing articles. —A correspondent writing from Day' Mills, Algoma, states that the crops i that section are looking well. Fa wheat passed through the winter ir.. first-rate condition, and spring wheat never looked better. The hay crop notwithstanding the backwardness, of spring will turn out fair. One settle* is now raising his third season cropi Algoma, and. has not lost anything ,b spring or summer frosts. He says :h can grow all kinds of grain, roots in vegetables to perfection. Small frni abound. 11 the trees can be protectei so as not to suffer from the dry froetii winter, the summers of Algoma are ex- ceedingly favourable for apples, pears and other orchard fruits. . —The annual camp meeting at Grimsby opens on the 14th August, and will be continued till the 20th. The celebrated boy preacher, Rev. T. Her- s rison, Dr. Wild, and others, will be present at the opening; and on Sun- day and Monday, 21st and 22nd, Rev. Dr. Talmage will address the meeting. —Men have been working at the new Grand Trunk turn -table at Guelph, and will have it completed by the mid- dle of next week. A round house will be built at Guelph., and. the engines will be turned at Sarnia, Guelph and. Co- bourg, instead of Stratford, Toronto .and Kingston as at present. —G. Scene, of Ridgetown, who men struck for higher wages last wee!,, has imported between 20 and 30 brie .. layers and laborers from Detroit, proceed with the work of conetructi the union block and the new sch house. The strikers were receiviug $2.50 and $1.75 per day respectively. —Rev. G. C. Mackenzie and Mrs. Madkenzie, of Brantford, have been made the recipients of a generous purse from friends in Grace church tongrega- tion of that city, and one gentleman his added tickets frorci Brantford to Newport, Rhode Island and return, in- cluding drawing room cars over the Erie road. — A peculiar cattle disease is raging at Lynn, a little settlement near Five Islands, Colchester' County. The ani- mals affected lose the use of their limbs. Several cows have been shot to put them out of their misere, audit is re- ported that over 20 cattle have perish- ed. The attention of the Minister of Agriculture is to be called to the matter. —A. little boy named Barwell, lay down on the track on Thursday of last week, and &freight train passed over him. One of his hoots was pulled off and the baok of his head cut. He was. put on the freight train and sent to Parkhill, where his parents reside. At last accounts he was getting better. —There died , on the 27th elite at the the residence of her son, William Crichton, Guelph Township, Helen Cant, window of the late David Crich- ton, of the same place, aged 91 years and 8 months. The deceased was a -native of Letham, Forfarehire, Scot- land. She came to Guelph along with her husband and family in 1833. — A gang of counterfeiters, said to be operating in St. Catharines and Toron- to, is reported to have for their leader a rich citizen of Toronto, -who does the coining while the others are engaged. in passing the spurious money. Counter- feit $5 American bills and 25 and 50 cent pieces, are passed off by this gang._ —Mr. Philip Spohn, an old. and. es- teemed resident of Ancaster township, died on Saturday. Mr. Spohn at the time of his death was 82 years of age, and was a resident of Ancaster for up- wards of 60 years, and greatly respect, ed by a large circle of friends. He was a life -time active Reformer, never cast- ing a Tory vote; and has been a justice of the peace for a long period. — ReveFather Bellon, an eminent French Roman Catholic divine, and general superior of the Christian Bro- shers' School in Montreal, died on Thursday of last week, at Montreal, aged 68. While professor of theology at St. Sulpice Seminary, Paris,France, he had the honor of teaching some of the highest dignitaries in France to- day. , —Mr. Geo. L. Allen, ex -governor of Toronto gaol, died in the general hospital on Thursday of last -week. He WAS Appointed Chief of Police in 1844, and held. that position up to 1852, when he was appointed Governor of the gaol. He remained there until 1872. He was at one time Grand Master of the Orangemen, and was a prominent Mason. —The Paris Star says: The North Brant Agricultural' Society purchased the grounds on which the show has been held for so many years in this town, from the executors of the estate the late Hiram Capron, for $1,800.4 The Town Council have got a lease of the property from the society for 10 years, in lieu of the five hundred dollars ad- vanced the Society. —An Order in Council has been passed declaring Partridge Island, near St. John, N. B., a cattle quarantine station between the dates of April 30 and September 30 in each year. Cattle fin' breeding purposes may be admitted for quarantine at such station, subject to the regulations and reetrictions con- tained in the "Health. of Animals Or- der," dated April 23, 1880. • —A ten year old son of Mr. John Thompson, Jr., of Fergus, visiting at Mr. George Elgie's, in Lower Nichol,fell from a tree up which he had climbed, striking his head and bursting a, blood vessel. The accident laappened between twelve and one o'clock on Thursday of last week, and the boy remained 111 an unricdayonsemioourns condition hitioenn b until died. o'clock F —Mrs. Richard Golden, of Anderdon, Essex County, has an apiary on her husband's farm, and proposes going quite extensively . into the raising of bees and. production of honey. She uses the patent honey extractor, made by Mr. Jones the "bee king," by which the honey is obtained. bright and clear, without injury to the comb, which is returned to the hive, for the bees to again operate upon. —The athletic competition arranged between Messrs. 3. G. McRae, of Glencoe, and Archibald Gibb, of Wardsvilleecame off at Newbury one day last week, in the presence of &large and interested audience. The couteet was for a stake of VICO a side, and con- sisted of the thirteen events included in the Caledonian games. Mr. McRae having gained a majority -of the games, was declared winner of the money.