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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-08-25, Page 1CV' 18 i8s9- Age. seeeeameeseameeeesamo ;ed by Himself and own revealed will, worshipped accord- ions and devices en ;ions of Satansuuder ntatioia, or in any aribed. in the Holy astrumentai music der the Old Testae e Temple service, it with the other pee avice, ju connection more spiritteal die- 111°h all ritualistic - 'a of worship were _mental music wan sed by Christ and the Glariatian ceptable service of yve Testament is ex- ist in thie fruit of ds i 5); of years no in - was used in the being introduced titer cerruptions of ejected with that, irmatiou, especially the more Perfect Church. of Scetland tised in thiS land !esbyterian Church Jeers ; ;and whilst w in certain quer- el (declining state of ving way to- this ast be highly dia. substituting bn- fl-ivine-institutions le service of God hich Re has not treby _breaking, ia tiers to unlimited P please the General whilst giving every he cultivation of vithhold (or with - the introduction c into our worship. ,oners shall ever ve, being taken for extensively signed t and Highlands of ant of the next As- rharch sanotiouing al music it is, we to 'have the le- ng tested in the 1g Match. Sir: Permit me - m of your very esteemed journal et has been rather connection with with Mr. Wm. purse or stake of ing been arranged eforth some few was not actually :a fact that Mr. his horse on the proper trim for ilitor, the report hat ically contra, Mr. Baker, not in proper trim„ 25 as ati equive. expenses in pre- en condition that ive or annul the allow the stake raw* re, Now, sir, not te allow or pensation for my tit simply for me iaount, and this e first place I eon - fairly arrenged a stake of te100, el felt that if Mr. te in trim to trot y as fit to coat- th, and 1 conaids entitled to the claimed and re- ract of Mr. Baker e Trusting that fl some measure ay reports circa - you, Mr. Editor, tee yon have al- eurs very respect- Herisall. coranaunioation fti sooner had it [Poatiac, Quebec, hile crossing a 0 chtersagee from or irijuries sues is is a warnirg ep t,heir public-, r. at occurred in evening, which. f a yoang corn Patrick Gaon. red went into a giass together. a bar, White g a -heavy Wank- -a -me in violent d. There was e matter at the 11 went hem, he t with a terrible It has siuce re - notwithstanding [ . hetet been un- Last.Saturday Stores barn and It, were entirely 1 about ?.00O;$ ein of fixtl. un - 'clock, Mouday :ng to Mr. Mc- Rae caught fire a steam threah eit 500 bueliels. no insetrauce. areshing was in the county of , and aboat one Ley, twenty tons n, belotigh 0 to eav cleaner le - with nearly elf , were coesana- Friction ia the cl contents sal- rbout 61,700.1 ,t--- 1 ric Light anrit k:11, havine 1115 eg, is app eridg object . ie te is aid villages, ith the E.lectrio Lake settlers elieeTe a grist distriot-2,000 e cetisiclera,ble offered as a ted one mile e'er, and four FIFTEENTH YEAR. 110LE NUMBER, 768. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1882. CLOSING SALE —OF TEE— SUMMERSEASON —AT— E. McFAUL'S DRY GOODS STORE, THE BALANCE OF THE Summ e r Stock Must be sold in order to make room for FALL AND WINTER COODS. NO -PRICES Mentioned in this column, bat upon examination of the Goode, prices will be found the LOWEST IN THE TRADE E. MCFAU L. IMPORTANT NOTICES. A GENTS WANTED.—Agentswanted to sell the 'LI' DOMINION FRUIT DRIER, one of the simplest and cheapest methods of drying. Finest yet invented. Sell on sight. Liberal Commission given. Apply to W. H. SMITH, Merchant Tailor, Clinton. 767-4 VSTRAY.—Stra,yed into the premises of the undersigned on or about the 1st day of July, a dark roan steer. Tee _owner is -requested to prove property, pay expenses and, take the same away. WM. CLORE, Lot 26, Concession 14, MeRillop, Lekulbury P. 0, - 765x4 (VEX- FOR SALE.—For sale, six yoke of `-• working cattle, 5 and 6 years old and in good condition. The stock Can be seen on south half of lot 8, Concession 5, Morris County of Huron. Apply on the premises 'to JOSEPH CLEGG, Proprietor. 764-4 VSTRAY SHEEP—Strayed from the premises -44' of the undersigned, London Road, Tucker - smith, near Bruceffeld, about the 1St of June, a ewe and twin lambs. When last -seen the ewe was unshorn. Any information that will lead to the recovery of the above animals will be suitably rewarded. DUNCAN McDONALD, Brucefield• P. O. 764x4 TEAMSTERS WANTED.—To haul stone from -4- the Ribbed quarry to Ohiselhurst bridge, either by the day or by the cord. Distance, 4i miles. Good gravel road et the way. F,,,r fur- ther particulars apply to the undersign( d, or to A. ALLEN), at the quarr3•. It013ERT PURDON. Cromarty, August 14, 1882. 767-2 RSTRAY STOOK.—Strayed from Lot 40, Con- -44- cession 9, East Wnwanosh, about the ]5th of May, 2 yearling steers, 5 yearling heifers. -They are all red, the 2 steers and one heifer have a small star on forebead. Any information con - main; them will be thankfully received. JAS. ANDERSON, Belgrave P. 0. 767 REED NN HEAT FOR SALE.—The undersigned has a limited quantity of good, clean (Sell - WO FALL WREAX for • SEED PURPOSV. • He has thorOug,hly tested the wheat, and can highly reeommend it to his brother farmers. It is new drre:lied ; the yield is 40 bushels per acre; and it weighs 63 pounds to the bushel. GEORGE SPROAT, Tuckersmith. 767 SHOPS TO RENT.—To rent on easy terms, the ' blacksmith arid woodworking sheps, and Private residence occupied by Mr. Win. Grassie. Theresidenee is comfortable and cornmodious, wad the shops are situated in Market street, m the town of Seaforth. They are well located for business, ;Ltd a good, pushing man cao do a hrge trade in them. For farther particulars apply to N. -Watson, Seaforth. REED WIlEAT'FOR SALE.—The subscriber has a einsiderable quantity- of S KED 'WHEAT for sale, of the variety known as the UIGHIG-AN NIBER, which he \rid gitarantee to be perfectly clevt, and free from all noxious seeds. It is a n, \‘ kind in this vicinity, h as this year turned out 37 bushels to the acr, and is not liabiti to lod•.e. a-; the other varieties. Any one desiring seed may apply to JOHN DialILLAN, Hllet. 7137Y.4 FARM, TO RENT.—The sub,criber wishes to ' rent h.:s Farm, sit ttted. on Concession, 5, of Stanley, being part of Lot 22, and containing 76A- acrs, of which about 65 acres are chared, and aft settled -down with clover .and timothy ; well watered ; well suited for stock or other farming • Purposes; good bank barn; good dwelling house; never failing spring of water convenient, and good orchard. It is situated. 31 miles frorn Bruco-- field, 10 miles from Seaforth, and 7 miles froni Clinton. For farther particulars apply to THOS. IIILLS, Constance P. O. 767 PRIVATE RAILWAY CARS. 1 How VANDERBILT, GOULD, AND OTHER RAILROAD KINGS FARE ON THE RAILS. ,(New York Sun.) A San Francisco dispatch announces that President Leland Stanford. of the CentralPacific Reilroad, has ordered, theta palace car be built in Sacramento for his wife. It is to be finished entirely according to her suggestions, and will cost $25,000 or 630,000. Handsome as this will doubtless be, it will not be the most enpensive private palace -car- in the comatry. Mr. Stanford and the builders!' must have rare taste, and must have seen many others, if they propose to make it either the most complete or most beautiful of its kind. It is said that Mr. William H. Van- derbilt's car Is the moat expensive private vehicle of any kind in the world. Its -cost is said to have been 640,000. It is by nc means the most complete and serviceable, and it has no need to be, for_it snits the pleasure of tbat railroad monarch to ride only in the daytime. If he ever departs from this rule the Wagetee sleeping -car Duchess is coupled on behipd his coach, and nothipg re- mains to be wished for them by night or by d4iy. His car is named the Van- derbilt, and whereas the exteriors of all other private cars are Modest in color and snide in oriaaraent, this is yellow, and beers on each of its sides three oil paintings in panels. One represents the Grand. Central Depot, another the entrance to the Fourth avenue sunken track, another Niagara Falls, and others high Bridge and the Suspension Bridge. It is longer than a Pullman car, and its windows are wide and long. It was built in the shops of the New York Central Railroad. The interior sug- geste a plainer taste, and though every appointment is of the best, comfort was more sought there than elegance. One half the interior is a grand saloon, walled in by big plate -glass windows tastefully draped, and furnished with a table and plush -covered_ arm -chairs and loanges. This saloon serves as an obtervation-room and dining -room as welt. The other half of the coach is sub -,divided into smaller apartments— a kitchen and pantry together, a Baker heater en a closet by itself with pipes running from it all around the sides of the earls a passage way, a toilet -room, and prlpate sitting -room containing up- holste9d furniture. One of the end platforms is very wide, and when the lids over the steps are shut 'own there .is room upon it far several arm chairs, in whilst' Mr. Vanderbilt and his guests may sit' out of doors anif get an unob. structed view of the country they may be passing through. Mr. Vanderbilt has inherited hie father'e fondness for fast travelling, and in a lesser degree, the old Commodore'e partiality for "going sial "—which is travelling with a special, engine, on special time, and without regard to the trains and traffic of the ipad. Jim Fisk, j4., was noted for exeecising his ability to travel in that ro5 al..way. He had an'engine hitched to his special car on the Erie Railroad on two' minutes' notice, 1 and before he stepped into the car it was his custom to pause at the cab of the engine and say to the engineer, 'Now, go as fast as you can." In these days, however, partly because there isi less fondness for display among the railroad men, and. partly because the rate of speed for passenger trains has been greatly raised during the past five years, special coaches almost in- variably run at the end of regular ex- presees, Less than a month ago Mr. Vander- bilt invited a few friends to go with him in his palace -coach on a tour of his roads by day -light. In distance the journe3nwas greater than if Europe had been the destination. The party was to stop at a hotel in some big city every night, and Toledo was to be the end of the first day's run. The distance is 694 miles, yet Mr. Vanderbilt, although he did not leave New York until nearly 8 o'clock in the ntorning, expected 'to make it by or before dark. It was after 10 o'clock that night "before he reached there, yet the run was a. re- markable one. The passengers said that, though. mile after mile was made at the rate of a mile a minute, and fifty- three miles were freqaently made in an hour, they could not realize that they were going at anything but an ordinary rate of seised. This they explained by the fact that the oar is mounted on paper wheels of extra size, is strong, very heavy, and well balanced. Much depends on the engineer, who, if he slows a little on curves, and in stopping, starting and in altering the rate of speed moves gradually, may deceive the passengers with a comfortable, even motion. If he is clumsy and thought- less they will be all but throwu from eir seats on curves, and rendered half sick by the tugging and jolting of sud- den changes in speed. "Sea -sickness," as the porters of the private coaches sail the illness that rough riding in them provokes, is a common malady among the women in these excursion parties. In the long journey Mr. Van- derbilt's guests enjoyed the speed told on the muscles, which were taxed by the constant and powerful back- ward pressure that pinnedevery man to the back of his seat whitn he sat down, and made equilibrium uncertain when they stood up. It is said to be Mr. Vanderbilt's custom to reward en- gineers who please him with speed and comfort when he travels. Peesideut Jewitt of the Erie -Railroad has the richest, most complete, aud most beautiful private car ou any East- ern railroad.' Pullman built that and three others exactly like it. One of its mates is now lying on a siding above the Grand Central depot, It is the private car of Henry Villard of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany. Mr. Villard is fitting his with electric lights. It had been cut down in height in order tp suit the require- ments of a tunnel between Providence and Boston that appears to practically limit to its own height the railway coaches of the continent. When the San reporter saw Mr. Villard's coach, it was not quite in the order in which he afterwards found Mr, Jewett's coach, which was in the Erie depot in Jersey City ready to go , out at a moment's notice. It is about seventy-two feet long, or a little longer than a Pullman palace -car. The first room is walled with Irish bog oak, carved and veiled with light wood:stenciled ornately. A chandelier of lamps is overhead, and on the heavy carpet are a morocco -covered lounge, a padded chair, and an armchair of light cane. A big mirror of beveled plate glass is over the lounge, and the end windows are more than six feet long by about half as wide. A hallway wide enough for two to pass in leads to the main saloon. Two doors open from this passage-way—one leading to a bath room, whose -walls are of polished ma- hogany, and containing a short, deep bath tub end a marble toilet stand, and the other of a private bedroom, heavily carpeted, hung with drapery and con- taining wine and linen lockers, and a full-sized ted that shuts up and be- conaee an imitation wardrobe of ma- hogariy? rich in carving. The central saloon is beautiful. Many .r. parlor in this city is as small ap it. The curves of the ceiling leading up to the fan- lights and ventilators are followed by light veneer, painted with grotesque patterns: Resplendent brackets of polished brass and glistening crystal depend from it. Eight or ten good- sized windows give it light by day ; and between them are carved mahogany panels and mirrors of beveled plate glass, framed in polished brass, and fitted underneath with prettily de- signed brass receptacles for bottles, glasses, boeks, or papers. There are three or four padded chairs, a big padded lounge, rich Oriental drapery, an extensive dining table hidden under an Indian shawl, a desk, and a buffet of caved inahogany, trimmed with brass. Beyond are four seats patterned like those in an ordinary Pullman car, but upholstered more elegantly. They can be altered into four beds in five minutes. Farther on is the pantry, with its 160 -gallon tank for fresh water,its lockers for wine, silver and china and table -service and provisions, and the steward's table, which changes by mechanical magic into two beds— one for the steward and one for the cook. Opposite is the heater, inclosed in a closet ; the toilet room, fitted with marble,' mahogany'and brass, and last of all,sthe kitchen, with a four -hole range and hall a hundred copper and Brittanio-ware utensils. Under the car are refrigerator lookers for wine, meat, milk, ice, and fiti on. Jay!Gould's car, the Convoy, bearing the name of the Missoiari Pacific Rail- rciad along its upper panels, and orna- mented with a few lines of simple pat- terns in gold On a chocolate body, is the least pretentious President's car that runs out of New York; It is an old Pullman altered over, and it has the original small windows. It was once Commodore Garrison's oar. It has the old-style big -rear platform, and eon. tains a kitehen, steward's and cock's room, dining room, stateroom, and ob- servation room, It has no bath room. The apartments are small, but exceed- ingly convenient. They are finished in dark wood, the furniture is upholstered, and mirrors are set in the walls here and there. • Canada. Arkona has time steam cabinet -fac- tories. —The prisoners in Napanee gaol only cost eight cents per day each for board. — The Coatico911 Cotton Factory has declared a dividend of ten per cent. —The sockeye salmon run in the Fraser River is two weeks earlier than last year. —Free postal delivery will com- mence at Kingston on the let of Sep- tember. — The saw log drive down the Moira this season numbers about 400,000 pieces. —The Windsor cotton factory; Hali- fax, will be in operation before the close of the wear. — Tile contractor is rapidly pushin g work on the new asphalt sidewalks in S teeth roy. —The number of logs in the drive corning down the Trent this season is estimated at 800,000. - —Lord Lorne, the Princess Louise and party, will leave Quebec for British Columbia on August 31st. - Senecal received a commission of 66,000 for his services in selling the stock of the Hudon mill, —Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of New York, preached in the Central Presby- terian Church, Hamilton, on Sunday last. —The enterprising drover, Mr. Frank Restorck, has shipped 200 head of prime , cattle to Liverpool via Bostoe. -LB1r. J. B. Shotwell, of Strathroy, has been appointbd head master in the Rockwood Pub School, county of Wellington. —The shipments of coal from Pictou last week amounted to 5,244 tons, mak- ing the totalefor the eeason, so far 82,- 100 toes. —The lobster catch in Prince Ed- ward Islandthis year, is said to be only half as large as that of last sea- son. —Mr. Preston Bennett, the opposing member for Yale, British Columbia, died on Saturday from hemorrhage of the lungs. • —Jonathan Bryans, farmer, living 3 miles east of Bethany, died very sud- denly Wednesday morning of last week. He helped to unload some barley; and then went into the stable. Not return- ing for some time one of the men went to call him, and on entering the stable found him lying dead.1 Apoplexy is supposed to be the cause of bis — The construction lef the Oxford, death. * Pugwash Pictou Rai way, in Nova Scotia, is being energdtioally pushed forward. —The Essex Centre 1hroniCle says : An organ agent has stot n horses from parties in the neighborhood of Leam- ington., —There are 61 caniidates for ad- mission to the Ontario 'law Society this term, including graduates, undergradu- ates and others, _George Beattie; Jr.i of Palmerston, has sold his farm of 100acres in Lower Nichol, to John Metcalfisef that neigh- borhood for $5,800. 1 —The collapse of thebeet sugar fac- tory at Berthier, entaile! a loss of over 6150,000, according to the St. Johns, Quebec, News. —There is a great boltm in the phos- phate district on the qatineau River. New mines are being] opened every week. —It is stated that r. Mandore, a Montreal lawyer, will o pose Hon. Mr. Mousseau in Jacques ' artier for the Quebec Local Legislatdre. —Lord Archibald DoUglas, brother of the present Marquis lof Queensbury, preached in St. Michael's cathedral, Ot- tawa, on Sunday of las1 week. —The Plummet Wan Company of London, i3hipped 25 wagons to Manitoba one day lately, making in all about 500 wagons they have sent this year. —Frederick Lyons, Who, was injured by the exploeion of the toiler of a steam threshing machine in Gsfield, on Wed- nesday of last week, died on 'Friday evening. —Sir John A. McDonald and Lady McDonald, with Sir Jon Rose, are at Quebec. The latter is ,Staying at the citadel with the Gover4or-General. — Twenty-three young ladies were ad- mitted as sisters -to the Villa Marie Con- vent, Montreal, Wednesday morning of last week by Bishop Vabre. —Messrs. Waltz Bro, & Coe jewel- lers Toronto, have presented the Luck - now Caledonian SoCiety, with a magnificent tilting piOher, valued at 50. . i —At Sarnia, Saturday, a lady's valise was robbed of $800. T'lhe burglar con- cealed himself on a ferry boat, but was captured when attempiing to land on the American side. I • — The first General Cionference of the Methodist Episcopal church to which laymen have been admited as members of Conference, assembled at Hamilton on Wednesday of last vieelt. —An iremensethron4 of people as- sembled in the Grimsby camp grounds on Sunday last, to hear i the celebrated Dr. Talmage, one Of Aiherica's greatest sensation preachers. —One nignt recently ithe barn' on the property of John Curriei in the town- ship of Waterloo, was destroyed by fire. A horse, wagon, and the other contents of the building were b4ned. — Kingston and Pelabroke railway laborers struck for 61.24 per day, but - returned to work for 151 cents per day less than they were reeeiving previous to the strike. Rev. Canon Dumoulin was formally inducted into the recto* of St. James, Toronto, on Sunday �f 1st week. The cathedral was crowded on the oc- casion. A —Wm. Mayberry, and Robert Cald- well, were commit( ed for trial at Hamil- ton on Saturday of lastweek, for pass- ing $5 and $10 bills of tlie defunct Pon- tiac, Michigan Bank. I =Mr: Alexander Di*n, manager of the Norwich Union Insurance Com- pany, has been appointed Manager for, ' Canada of the Norwichnd London Ac- cident Insurance Association. —Two profession.al Mendicants were ' arrested in Belleville op Friday last, after expressing 678 to their friends in New York. They were found to have money in all their pockets. , —A new steamer, the Hiawatha, is to be placed on the roue betWeen. St. Jelin and Nova Scotia. She.will ply to Hantsport, Parrsboro, and other ports on the Bay of Fundy. • 1 —Mr. Harry Flowers i a street rail- way car driver in St. Thomas, has fallen heir through the death of an uncle in -Warrenton pekish, Somereet- shirei England, to eleven thousand —The Peel Banner st,,ys : The cattle pounds, has shipped to Englan&vvithin the last etr shipping company, of hich Mr. W. S. _Williamson, of Bramp n, is a partner, sit weeks upwards of i#teen. thousand sheep. —Wood is becoming lso scarce and dear for manufacturingiourposes at Port Dover, that coal is novtl rapidly usurp- ing its place. The Knitting Mill Com- paity have ordered a shipload from Cleveland. —At a meeting of tte Elora High School Board held late'. , a committee was appointed to draft memorial to the Lieutenant Gove or in Council condemning the recen High School Regulations. —On Friday last, while the family of Solo_mon Iler, of Co hester, South, were in the kitchen, a an entered the front door, etole a silier watch and escaped through a corn old, where his i tracks were found. . - —Thomas Ready, hile employed in digging out the found tion for a new bridge on the Great We . tern railway at Da:kalyet.on, was struck by st large lump of cly, and had his leg brhken above the —The Review, Peterborough, says:— The. big drive of logs notv runningdown the Lower Otonabee, it making good progress. This drive ie composed of osier 15,000 pieces of afl fine material se has been seen for a long time. and the Torontos, re eived a. sharp 1 —Judge 'Miller, whil umpiring the cricket game between t S e Vitinnipeggers Now with the ball on obe of his kgs below the knee. He went on With his club to Montreal, but instead f the bruise improving it got worse, an he is now confined to his room at St. Cath- arines. —The Quebec! Chronicle announces that Mr. Chapleau's successor has already so changed the administration of the Railway Department as to effect a saving of ten thousand dollars per annum. —An old man named Cloudy Hugh - son, attempted to commit suicide at Ballock's Corners, County of Went- worth, Saturday night of last Week. He had been drinking heavily. Ile cut his throat eight times, but still lives. —Two Reforrri picnics are in pros- pect, one at Lynden on August. 29th, and the other at Victoria Park, near Toronto, on August 30th. Prominent politicians will epeak at both gather- ings, which proinise to be large. —There is a ramor among the, rail- way men that since the fusion:between the Grand Trunk and Great Western has been brought about, a .generai cut- ting in salaries Will be made on the monopolized syetem. — The trial at Sydney,Cape Breton,of McLellan Joh naton and Gordon,charged With forgieg the signature to the second Gammen will, was concluded on Satur- day evening. A verdict of ("Not Guilty," was returned by the jury. —J. M. Lydgate, who graduated B. A. in the University of Toronto in 1880, and who thereupon returned tp his home in the Sandwich Islands, ie! now on his way to Canada again. He will study theology sit Yale. — Mr. Peter Mitchell, ofthe firrn of Mitchell & Witsoii, printers, Montreal, died. very suddeply of ulceration a the stomach, and the berating of a blood vessel, while on Wallace, West week. —The body a visit to Mr. Hugh umfries, one day last f James Ausman, of Meaford, was found by three gentlemen floating on the Water inside the harbor. He was about 29 years old, and was in the employ of Messrs. McCs.nn & Sperling, sash and door manufac- turers. — On Monday evening of last w ek, a, lad aged ten years, named T. Munt of Cobour, while attempti get off a moving train, fell uncle oars. His death was instauta . S. to the eous, the body being completely cit in two. —The Liberal candidates in -erre- bonne are Mr. Poirier, who oelmoses Hon. Mr. Chapleau for the House of Commons, and Mr. Theriault, Mayor of St. Annes des Plaines, who opposes Mr. Naul for the Quebec Lgisla- ture. —On Tuesday evening of last iweek Fred Batty, son of Mr. James Batty, of aria, fell into the mill -dam, and! was 9n the point of being, drowned, when he was rescue by Mr. Pettingill, of the Paris Tra script,who was passing at the time. i 1 — The Bapti t Church, Strahroy, has extended a unanimous call t9 Rev. 'Mr. Bates?- of liVoodstook, to become their pastor. Rev. E. W. Dodson, the present pastor, Will leave on the lst f September, t occupy the editorial ehair of the Ca adian Baptist. —Mr. Jacob Heier, a farmer of Waterloo, on Sa urday of last week fell from the top of fence he was attmpt- ing to scale, an so injured. his] neck that he died ne t day. He was itbout 60 years of age, nd a much respected member of the aptist church. — Mr. Lyman C. Smith, for the past five years classical master of the High School in Guelp , has beeen appointed Head Master f the Oshawa ,High School, at a salary of $1,200 per an- num. Mr. Smth is a gold medalist of Victoria Univer ity. —Arthur Wil 'ants' barn at Tweed, was destroyed b fire about 12 *lock punclay night, gether with the whole crop of grain an hay, valued at' about $1,000. The pr party was insured for $600. Thei fire is supposed to be Of in- cendiary origin. —The KingstOn Whig, says :—Webb, one of the Toroiato robbers lately re- turned to the penitentiary, resumed his previous occupation as kindly as if he had not been absent from the prison for a day. He is a moulder. Miller is em- ployed in painting. — Latest figures of the result of the British Columbie local elections,' give 15 members to the Opposition, 5 to the Government and four Indepenents. The Government will probably retain office until forced but by an adverse vote. — Wm. Waite, an old resident of St. Thomas, and a centractor for the mov- ing of buildings,was arrested at Hamil ton on Monday Morning on a warrant charging him with felonioasly assault- ing John McDonald, his einploye, and eausing his death. — The Chinese on the railway works et Victoria, are tvarring against their employees. Whenever an accident oc- urs they drive away the foreman, as the celestials outnumber the wha. in the country, The relation between the eaces is becoming strained. —The Oshawa, Refornaer says :-Mr. John Dryden, Ni. P. P., and Mr. L. H. Spencer, arriVed from England on aturday week. ' Three car loads of flue sheep, moetly Shropshire Downs, imported by them, were delivered at the Oshawa railway station, the same evening. —Henry Arkell, of Aekell Village has just sold to Wm. D. Privett, of Greensburg, Indiana, five yearling Cot- wold rams and ten Cotswold ewes,some of the latter belonging to the lot lately imported by him. _ He has also sold an Oxford down ram to John Arkell for $75. —On Saturday, the 18th inst., a sad qacident occurred on Mud Turtle lake. Two young men: Gozelle and Bradi- raore, were crossibg in a ' small bark canoe, when about the middle of the lake the swell being high the canoe was wamped. GozeIle clung to the canoe until rescued, but Bradireore sank aid did not rise again. Search wa ipt mediately begun for the body, which was at length found (m guinday ing. — Mr. John McInnes, teacher ijt the Hamilton Collegiate Institute, hais re- signed his position as teacher in order to enter the ministry of the Presby- terian Chuitch. He will enter Prince- ton, ' New Jersey, College. His departure from Hamilton is much re- gretted. —The international email bore rifle match between the Amateur Rifle dab of New York city, and the Victoria Rifle club of Hamilton, Ontario, came 4ff on the ranges of the latter at iasley Wood, on the Hamilton & D ndas Street railway, about a mil and a hall west of the city, one da last week. — Near Strathroy ou Tuesday last at a threshing at Mr. J. H. 0' eil's Mr. E. Eastman, who was c Wag bands, was struck by a sheaf, t rown on the belt, which carried hire o the eugine, when he was thrown do n on the lower part of the bolt and c rried. back to the separator, sustaining s rious injuries. —The Lindsay Post says : At ether Campbell's picnic at Orillia last week, there was a competition for an el °gine cane between Mr. Mowatand Mr. ere- dith. The Premie f received 2,157 votes ; Mr. Meredith got only ,320 ; Mowat's Majority, 727. This is fair indication of the way the provin e is going. --Mrs. McKay, relict of th late Robt. McKay, of Zorra, died on atur- day the 12th inst., aged 72 years. Mrs. McKay was one of the pioneers o . the county of Oxford, and was he d.in respect by all who had the pleas re'‘ of knowing her. Two of her sons Ale. - ander and George, are now distin uish- ed Presbyterian ministers. s: L —The Fergus News Record sa Mr. Isaac Anderson, of Luther, lo mer- le, of Eramosa, has grown four aer s of what is calledFrench spring heat, which promises to become popnla . At the Central Exhibition some three years ago, Mr. Anderson purchasejl two heads from a party who was selling it at ten cents a head, and last year he had six bushels, which he sowed IOU 4 acres, and will have an excellent crop. - — A desperate attempt was Yna4Ie on Friday evening in Toronto to dr wrt a young fellow named Clark And rson, son of the City Auditor, by a wan named Alfred Beatty, the son of a hoe - maker who used to do buaines on Yonge street. It seems that the p rties had a quarrel at the Don River, lwhen Beatty seized. Anderson and thre him by main force into the stream. The lad who could swim a little, atm gl4c1. for his life and finally reached. the — John Kennedy, engineer o one. • the Toronto Island Ferry steamer Pri cites of Wales, was accidentally killed �n Sunday evenieg last._ It appears as 4e boat was entering the wharf, h&j ea- gines got on the centric and wonidi not work. Kennedy attempted to give the engine a start by forcing the p dale wheel to revolve. He was struc en the head by one of the paddle bu kets, and carried around the wheel andj into the water. He was picked up dead, -hs skull being frightfully crushed. —A bottle picked up on the shore it t Westport, Digby County, Nova 5 otia, contained the following message s gned by John Kelly and Thomas Brown and dated June 7th :—"Having strayed from our vessel, the schooner Rapid l Off the banks in a dense fog while setting nets, we have been floating about i now for three days,and no help hascona yet, and we hope that if this pi*e of ap r be foundThatthe finder will pu li this as soon as possible, and may Gtld have mercy on us," —As the steamer Alma unro w e approaching the swing bride at B4. lington Beach, a treat on t e Hamlilton de North Western came al ng. S eriff Monroe asked to be let off. The leap- tain stopped the boat but 1 the sheriff failed to catch the train. Ott retun. ing he fell in between the pior andtthe e boat. The beat swung round and Tto ry- one thought he -would be crushdeath, as there -was only space for late head. At that moment th stern line was let go, and he was ha led a hot° without injury. —The Guelph Mercury notices 1 the demise of an old veteran wb lough lit the Battle of Waterloo, as f llows :---On the 6th inst.-, Mr. Stevens° , sr., fath r of the Warden of Wellington, died at his son's residene, Arthur tven- ship, at the advanced age of 90 y:ars. The deceased was a color se gent it one of the British regiments durin. t e battle of Waterloo, and as as nat i a he was proud of the positi n he eld, and deAghted to recount tc the r sin's, generation the history of that event. —A very sad drowning a cident oq- curred at Parry Sound on onda cif last week. Two young girl , clang ters of Messrs. Boles and Addson, ent with two small boys out to ne of the islands iu Mary's lake to pi k ber 'est. While playing on the rocks along th shore one of them slipped, a d fell int deep water. The other iu tryin th assist her slipped down, an both •03 precipitated into the water 2 feet ep. The two boys unable to gi any ae sietance to their sisters, took the • oat and gave the alarm. Sev ral pe pie repaired to the island,- and 4omme ced a vigorous search for he boties, which were found after c nsider ble effort. 1 —The death is recorded of Mr. Ar lelL McMullen, father of the R v. W. T. McMullen, pastor of Kno Chi rch, Woodstock. Mr. McMullen was it native of Ireland, emigrated to Canada in 1843, and settled at Fergus. Recent- ly he has lived with his sen James at Mount Forest, at whose hoe he died on Sunday the 6th inst. He wag all his life a devoted member of the Pres .• McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. I byterian Church. Mr. McMullen leaves two sons, the Rev. W. T. Mc- Mullen and James McMullen, M. P. for North Wellington; and three daugh- ters, Mrs. T. Rogers and Mrs. T. W. Bowie, of Mount Forest, and Mrs. Grant, wife of the Rev. R. N. Grant, minister of Knox Church. Orillia. -Mr. Wm. 'Willis, lately from Erin, county of Wellington, has taken up land in Dakota, and speaks well of the state. He says :— "It almost seems here as if I was ha Erin,we see so many every day that we know, among them I may mention James McArthur, Wm. Young, three of Poet McLachlan's son, John McKechnie, John Reid, Joseph and Wm. Roadhouse, and Arclaibald McArthur. There is a settlement of 12 from Erin, and quite a number from around Fergus. There is not a farm near me but is taken up. I was 200 miles back over the prairie before set. tling down. We travelled -three days on horseback without seeing any timber.. I would not take 62,000 for my farm as it is now. There is not a foot of waste land on any of our farms here. The soil is a rich. sandy loam. The land, is all taken up thirty miles back of us." —Mr. H. G. Vennor's predictions for the latter part of August are as follows: Third week (14th to 21st) -- Cooler weather generally first portion of week, with cool to cold nights generally. Hail, rain and wind storms en or about the 17th and -18th. Nights frosty. Severe storms in Virginia, throughout the tobacco belt,about the middle of month or shortly after. Frost through New York State this week, terminating in sultry weather again. Fourth week (21st to 28th)—Heat again and lzultri tiess with scattered local storms, termi- nating in cooler weather toward and after, the 25th. Storms on "lakes" in Ontario, Canada,' 25th or With. Storms of wind and thunder at New York and. along North Atlantic coast between 25th and 28th, followed by wet weather. Close of month (28th to 31st—General- ly cloudy and cooler weather, with rain in eastern and vvestern-sections of the country: Nightis cool to cold and frosty well to the southward. On the whole a month likely to resemble that of 1880. Perth Items. The village of Kirkton is without a licensed hotel, and a good one is much needed. —The wife of Robt. Jones, Esq., Reeve of Logan, died last week after a protracted illness. —Mr. Gustave Smith, bellringer; Mita ell,reached his 82nd :tear on Wed- nesday of last week. —Men. McIntyre, of St. Marys, mother of Mr. D. McIntyre, of Mitchell, died at her home on Tuesday of last week. —Mr. Daniel ldeClaoherty brought the first load of new fall wheat to Mitchell market. He sold it for $1 per bushel. — The Mitchell Town Council's esti- mated expenditure for the year will be about $16,000, and the receipts about $14,000. —The Public School Board of Mitchell, will require to get from the Council this year, towards payment of salaries, $2,700. — The site has been selected for an additional grain warehouse ut Mitchell station. The proposed building is to be 40 x 50 and three storeys high. —Mr. Trow, Ni. P., has gone for an- other trip to the Northwest, intending to spend a month or two in some sec- tions that he has not yet visited. —Mr. Charles Pierson, who has dis- charged the duties of postmaster at Milverton for some years, has been aps pointed mail agent between Stratford and Wiarton. —Mr. George Minchin, of Shake- speare, is doing a large business in manufacturing wagons for the North- west. He has orders in at present for three car loads. —On Monday of last week, as a little daughter of Mr. D. Douglas, of Logan, was climbing into the mow, she slipped and fell upon the barn floor, breaking her right arm between the wrist and elbow. —A team attached to a Aportahle threshing engine belonging to Mr. Ross, of Fullerton, ran away on the street in Mitchell the other evening, and made a. complete wreck of the engine boiler and trucks. —Mitchell furnishes its quota at the G-rimsby camp ground. Mr. Ii. Hurl - hurt and family, Mrs. Flagg and Mrs. Burritt having gone thither to enjoy the novelties and participate in the intel lectual treats to be had there. —Mr. James Trow, M. P., Mr. John Crerar, M. P., and. Dr. D. B. Fraser left Stratford on the 16th inst. for Manitoba,. Mrs. Russell Easson, Miss Cawstou and Miss Crerar also departed by the same train for the land of big dis- tances. —In answer to an advertisement in the Daily Globe,for teachers for Mitchell High School,about 40 applications were received, and out of 19 for Principal, Mr. T. M. Hertdrie, of Napanee, was chosen at a salary of 6900, and Mr. George Malcolm, of Collingwood, as assistant, at 6600 a year. —A grist of accidents comes from Elm - within the last week or two: A little daughter of Mr. John Hamilton fell from a fence and broke one of her legs. An interesting little boy of sevee years, son of Mr. John Rowland, of the 14th concession, was kicked on the face by a cow'making an ugly wound and stiinninghim badly for some time. A little girl of Mr. Robert jolley's, of Moncton, while visiting her uncle on the 14th concession, had the misfortune to fall from a bridge at the Maitland River and break her right arm just above the wrist. On Friday, the llth. inst.,as David Wildfong was engaged re- pairing the bridge over the Maitland River, he cut his foot with an adze, severing an artery.