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rgasiferetion zed
t school, having,
11 and neatly
, chair and ben
I other appae.
the 'age of the
de who is. an
is sere to give
entee a thia ia.
a of Mr Tam..
Clinton High
Robert Little,
teen a, turkey
k possession of
and hatched
mg the young
rvesting opera -
ho was sitting
>I wheat, was.
)ar the reaper
while- cutting
tier thereupon
sponsibility ot
his mate was a
iai affair took
ihedist parson-
iey evening, th.e
anniversary of
E. Smith and
If the naeriabers
Se occasion to
ViSit, and the
pleasant mane
;entertaining in,
gtyle, and the
that the Rev.
n1 in the Parlor
a equal to say-
', in eithei.
t little grand-
,arit of Gerrie,
rominion Mills,.
reVolving shaft
at /00 revolet-
e Elliott, pro-
eppened to be
La. saw the ao-
hnt dawn the
Ori from her
-
grain elevator
aft,and at every
head passed
L When lifted,
'. neither speak
me time before
But for the ao-
. Elliott, there
iling catastrophe-
ngall, of East
dderdy on Tues -
at the age of
tread had been
ime past of a
honght nothing
n Monday even -
bed in her
esdaymorninte
se and went'.
he returned to
wife not yet up,
then went and
no anawer. Mr.
o her and found.
a the oldest
iip of EastWa-
y respeoted by
t in town and
tpathy is felt for
aid family.
at of last week
;tailed te pen Et
G well kuawri in
nes Ward, who
dtoba, on Wed-
tugust, aged 66 -
vas born at Tad -
rime to America
)y- his new bereft
then. Ile lived.
neighborhood of
S years ago he
aship, buying a
m jamea Fergn- '
: for about ten
he place to john
a village. Three
left Itrussels for
there up to hie.
enwell for some
art bothering him.
a been a faithful
e of the Metho-
and was a great
at preaoher and.
Ward and eighu
D80 ; tWO Of the
s, B. Ward and.
s. Ward will re -
at least for the
e ---
Principal of St
. adds tie his other
menta that of
practical farmers
his part of the
informed by a
r
sir Downie that
f Moore & Son's•
apers, out nearly
.n
.
d badly tangled
in. Malcolm on
an seven hours.
d the very high
ter" if he would
-
daring the hall-
nd he only plays
'a friends.
a Elm& who sold
d went with his
e back about two
he country toter -
roughly disgusted.
ions of the Gov -
her in which the
la given into the
He,, like many
oily cortvinced of
te's statement re- -
ttpolies that have
overnment, to the
and until there is.
he better, says he
,nservative voter.
Coitement has been.
orhood of Newry
uat of the charger
in against several
r cheese factory, of
. The charge WW1
, Morrison,"whoseaker at the faotory,
et. see that the milk
ties implicated in
. Petrie, A. Mc-
Farland, and. W.
Mrs. Petrie took
ago. She was
r the alternative,
,ou.n.ty gaol, The
the 17th nit. All
tustained. Their
isely the same ais
„ The four milk
pater part of two
ended by a, large
ta of the facto
-rtstted in the piO
FIFTEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 770.
ij
SEAFORTI-11, FRIDAY
NEcLEAN BROS., Publisheref
t1.50 a Year, in Advance.
SEPTEMBER
1882.
NEW FALL GOOD
ARRIVING.
E. MCFAUL,
Impressions of the Northwest.
. .
In my last I promised 'to refer to
some of the special characteristics
of the principal towns of Manitoba,
etc. A great wany possess a very
erroneous opinion of . what Manitoba
really is. Many seem to think a person
should know all about the country just
by passing through a portion of it on
the train, ser by spending a few days
within its eharmed precincts. This is
a very great mistake. For, while an
observant person, who makes good use
of his eyes and ears can gain much
useful information both for himself and
others by it hurried passage through by
rail, his knowledge, concernin4 the
country must be, after all, of the most
superficia.Unature. Very little indeed
can be leaped of the real character of
the country or its resources by passing
over it in the railway cars. Sections
which, from the car windows might
seem lowland uninviting, would be
found, up ; -closer inspection, to be the
very choicest grain growing rand, and
in the same way lands which, judged to
be good from the railway excavations,
and are no doubt good so far as soil is
concerned; May be entirely worthless
for agricultural purposes on account of
being wet land flooded in the spring.
However, !while, in order to form any-
thing of a correct estimate of the
country from personal observation one
must take time and travel or 'drive
directly ever the land, yet a very fair
opinion of the general topography can
be formed much more easily and in less
time. Where one sees large tracts of
cultivated land and immense fields,
miles in e.tent, of the Moat luxuriant
• growing grains, the conclusion is inevit-
a.ble that there must be here a heme
and wealth for the pioneer. This is just
about the glimpse I got of Manitoba,:
and, consequently, I am not by any
means in so good a position to speak of
the resources of the country and the
quality of the soil as many who have
spent months of travel in investigating
the matter. The towns, of the North-
west, however, can be diagnosed much
more easily and with less labor than the
boundlesa prairies.
The oldest and still the principal
towns of Manitoba. are Winnipeg,
Portage la Prairie and Ememon. The
latter, which is situated on .the Red
River, is familiarly known as the Gate,
way City; from its location on the very
boundary of the Canadian Lone Land,
and thus far all traffic into the country
must pass through this town. It also
gained considerable notoriety last spring
during•the great floods. For some rea-
son yet unexplained Emerson was mor
submerged and suffered more severely
from the floods than any of the other
Manitoba, towns, We do not know that
all the stories current in Ontario ' res-
pecting the floods in Emerson were
a.bsolutely accurate, but matters were
bad enough. True it is that nearly the
whole town was submerged for several
days; all the business streets had water
on them Ito the depth of several feet,
and steamboats plied over the prairie
and, evee sailed over the leading streete
and business of every kind was end-
pended fpr several weeks, and the logs
V.) the imisiness interests of the plage
must have been very great. ,Even yet,
relics of the past in the shape of rough
punts and small board scows are numer-
ons around the streets, and the water
marks are still visible on many of the
builclingt. To look at the comparative-
ly placid and sluggish stream now, with
Art high banks one would say that such
an over-ilow must be an impossibility,
but the living witnesses refute present
appearances. It is said that no such
over floW had occurred before for 30
years, and sure I am that the residents
and property holders may well pray
that * still longer time may
elapse before a similar visitation occurs
again. Emerson, proper, is about the
SiZE of the village of Brussels and the
character of .the buildings is 'something
on a par with those in that . place, al-
though the limits of the towntake in a
mach larger scope. The business por-
tion is compactly built and presents a
clean, neat, business like appearance.
The remainder of the town, however,
is somewhat straggling, and al-
though ! there are b.ere and. there
a few 'good private residences, and
several more in process of construction,
the majority of them are of the inferior
kind. Good building lots, in the ont-
skirts Of the town are held at frail
four to ! seven hundred dollars each.
This, combined with the immense cost
of building, which is fully. twice as
great ae in Ontario, must impede the
growth)a,nd progress of the place con-
siderably, although even here rents are
enormotisly high and house accomince
dation Scaece. Thus far, business has
not been over -done here, but there are
some ten or twelve new stores now in
course ,A erection, which, I was inform •
ed are eearly all leased'. When these
are eccepied it is difficult for an out-
sider te conjecture where the business
is to ?eine from to support them.
Hitherto, also, trade has been drawn
from a great distance. To the west of
EmersOn is located one of the best and
most pOductive sections of Manitoba,
and it bas been and still is the market
town for this splendid agriceltural
region, 'and all intercourse between the
outside and this thickly settled and
progrestive field must find its way
• through Emerson. The settlers for a
hundred miles to the west have to
market their produce and purchase
their supplies here. This has made
trade geodeand merchants and business
men of every class have done well.
The harvest time, however, is about
over. A branch of the Canada Pacific
Railway is being built from Winnipeg
to run through Morris and to connect
oia the- boundary at a place called
Smuggler's Point about 15 miles from
Emerspn, with a branch of the St.
Pare, Minneapolis and pdanitoba Rail-
way, and from thence to Fargo, and so
on. Besides this, a branch of the Can.
SEAFORTH.
IMPORTANT NOTICES.
- ---
ATALIJABLE FARM TO RENT.—Lot 81, Con-
' cession 1, Township of Stanley, Lond
Road, containing 100 acres in the higheEt state
cultivation. It can be rented for a term of ye
Possession iramediately. Apply to D. MoDON
Goderich P. 0. 768-6
on
of
rs.
D,
ei GENTS WANTED.—Agents wantedto sell
4-3- DOMINION FRUIT DRIER, one of
simple.st and cheapest methods of drying. Fin
yet invented. Sell on sight. Liberal Commiss
given. Apply to W. II. SMITH, Merchant Tailor,
Clinton. 767
he
he
• • t
on
VSTRAY STOCK.—Strayed from Lot 40, C 0
-" cession 9, East Ws,wanosh, about the 15t
May, 2 yearling steers, 5 yearling heifers. T
are all red, the 2 steers and one heifer hay:
small star on forehead. Any infornuation con-
cerning- thein will be thankfully received. 3.
ANDERSON, Belgrave P. 0. '767
u-
of
ey
a
S.
SEED WHEAT FOR SALE.—The undersi
" has a limited quantits of good, clean (R
able) FALL WHEAT for SEED PURPOSES.
He has thoroughly tested the wheat, and 'an
• highly recammend it to his brother farmers.
is now threshed ; the yield is 10 bushels per ac
and it weighs 63 pounds to the bushel. GEOR
,
SPROAT, Tuckersmith. 76
ed
li-
It
e;
5 E
VOW LOST.—Strayed from the premises of
N-1 undersigned in Seaforth, about the 20th
August, a small, red cow, three years old, :
giving milk. She had a small white spot on
bag and a small piece broken off the right h•
Any information that will lead to the recovery
this animal will be liberally rewarded. GEOR
EWING ,Seaforth. 76
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of
nd
i er
rn.
of
t E
Q,EED WHEAT FOR SALE.—The subscri
ki has a considerable quantity of BE
WHF.AT for sale, of the variety known as
MICHIGAN AMBER, which he-wP1 guarante
be perfectly clean, and free from all noxious se
It is a new kind in this vicinity, has t
year turned out 37 bushels to the acre, and is
so liable to lodge as the other varieties. Any
desiring seed may apply to JOHN hi.cMILL
Rullett. 767
o er
D
he
to
ads,
if
int
Inc
.
VARM TO RENT.—The subscriber wishes
4; rent his Farm, situated on Concession 5
Stanley, being part of Lot 22, and containing
acres, of which about 65 acres are cleared, and
seeded down with clover and timothy; si
watered; well suited for stock or other farm
eurnoses ; good bank barn; good dwelling house
tc
oi
, 6I
al'
el
DE
thronIr
g this same country, which now
feeds Enaeeson, to the Turtle Moun-
tains. So that in the no distant future,it
iB almest certain that Enaerson will be
pretty well hemmed in by railways,
pletion, the whole gi
to en immense army
feeding and clothing
forth no inconsiderabl
city's trade. When
and will have to dependlor its support public buildinge in Wi
upon ti comparatively email section of ed,lhowever, and the i!!
country.: The same may be aloe said of to depend entirely up
West Lynne, which is eituated on the prige; there will not b
opposite' side of the river, and a mile
further west, and Pembina some three
miles further south. In the way of public
buildings the town is well supplied.
Nearly every Chrietian denomination
is represented, and all have neat and
'comfortable churches ; there is a nice
!brick School house in which are em-
lployed three or' four teachers, also a
well-sunplied public reading room and
library. They also have a large brick
• market house and hall in which are
located' the town and cennty officials.
Here, as elsewhere in the Northwest.
the hotel business seems to be One 'Of
the Meet flourishing and prosperous
interests, and the landlords are not
" hantpered "with early closing rules
and Sunday prohibition as in Ontario,
but are at liberty to run the mill night
as well .as day, Sum*, as well as
Saturday, and the retains are too
evident. If any who new oppose the
Ontario licenee law on account of its -
stringency, were to witness the working
of the lax laws of Manitoba, and the
Western States, they would not will-
ingly. exehange the fermer for the
latter, elite they have very little care
for the sobriety or morality of their fel-
lows: In justice to this little town,
however, we must say, that it appears
to be less afflicted by thie evil, and the
people seem more initiated to sobriety
than in most of the western towns I
etruck. The principal eotel here is the
Carney House, conducted by Mr. David-
son, formerly of the Commercial Hotel,
Seaforch. It is, in fact, the only good
hotel ie the town, and hi said to be the
best bathe Northwest. There is noth-
ing to compare with it, at any rate, in
Winnipeg, and a great many travellers
now arrange to stop over here, and
shorten their stay at Winnipeg, pn
account of the superior accommodatipn
afforded. ' In this respect. it is 'of
never failing spring of water conven en , an a
good orchard. It is situated 31 miles from Bruce -
field, 10 miles from Seaforth, and 7 miles from
Clinton. For farther particula,rs apply to TILOS.
MILLS, Constance P. 0. 767
FOR SALE.—The undersigned offer their
Fruit Evaporator and Cider Mills for s le
cheap and upon easy terms of payment.
buildings have been fitted up in a compl
manner for the carrying on of the Fruit Evap
aline; Business, and are now in first-class world
order, and a fine paving business can be dot e.
But as W. S. Robertson, one of the partners of
the firm of D. D. Wilson & Co., has gone to d -
mouton., Northwest Territory, to remain r-
manently, the property must bo s..la and t e
bushiess of said firm finally closed up. For a iy
particulars with egard to said praperty apply to
the undersigned. D. WILSON. Seaforth. t 2
he
te
r -
A SPLENDID WILEAT FARM FOR SALE N
HOWICK.—For sale, Lot 33, Concession 1.,
IIewick, containing 100 acre; 85 acres clear d,
and in a good state of cultivation. There are 3 0
rods of board fence, the balance is well fenc d
with cedar and hardwood rails. There is ago d
house and a good bank barn with stablea und -
neath,10 by 66 feet. There are two ot chards of
choice fruit trees. There is 45 acres seeded dos as
with grass. There is a never failing spring of
choice water in the centre of the farm. It is
situated 2 miles from Wroxeter, on the Toronto,
Cray & Bruce ra.ilway, and 2A. miles from Gorrie,
and 11 miles from Brussels and Wingham, both
On. the Great 'Western Railway, and convenient
to churches,schools and post office. • Terms : one
hall cash, the balance on time, and will be sold
cheap. Apply on the premises or to Wroxeter
ng employment I
workman, the
of Whom must
portion of the
he railweer and
nipeg are finish-
ilding boam has
ri private enter -
nearly so much
employment for Mee ankle, and there
wilt be a, correspondibg diminution of
e in W
• light in
ess done,
hat so
upon it
rn of th
e, such
speculate
here wil
any who
e to too
t any ra
1131 and b
ipeg is n
me or an
t ie low
Ly, dirty
ssini boine
ier than
y few a
uu t such as
call at
rubbery,
e even
• inviting
always will be, a
House r
bnildin
ve and o
h as are
le excep
lot of a
ily in
one,and
big to
lly less t
ns. Sin
themselv
at best,i
, but the
and in
they wo
nd will c
s and i
• ke them t
d with t
ere. But
live well
from o�
le" visibl
ong the
nity, , eq
hing tha
onr Oet
, and gen
a Sund
ense, an
mg unus
or four
an in f
ous outfi
se are,
e sudd
d it.' is
(dowdy, t
d novel t
tyle of th
's better
trade. The farm tr
must be comparativel
tiou to the other busi
arrA inclined to thinkd
the place has to depe
al resources and is sh
cial sources of reven
afforded by tourists,
general sight -seers,
decided change, and
making money will h
pastures new. This,
be the case with ho
house keepers. Win
never will be a hands
tive place to live in.
and those two mud
the ,Red and the
melte it look even dir'
ally is. There are et3
ilding sites, at lea
0 tario towns wou
and the absence of s
arid ornamentation
places a bare' and
mice. It is also, and
dear place to live in.
always be high, a;
necessarily be expens
uries and comforts sn
here, are not attaina
orbitant prices. Th
mechanic with a fa,
cannot -be an enviabl
the wages paid sound
iiiitiated, they are r
be got in Ontario to
Who house and boar
well enough, but thi
rough way of livin
will live in Winnipe
anywhere, in a way
think of doing here,
submit to discomfo
ences which would m
nnipeg
ropor-
nd we
oon as
natur-
artifi-
s that
s, and
be a
re now
out for
e, will
arding-
t, and
&Wan-
nd flat
treams,
rivers,
natar-
tractive
. we in
ractive,
flowers,
he best
appear -
11
materiel benefit to the lbasiness of the fortune dealt very h
town.
they to endure them
•
•
p
t stopping place is Winnipeg, eople who do reall
aileast judgi
s further nollth: The land hipeg, t
he two points is low and earances. The "st
streets, especially a
ortion of the com
oes not excel, an
geen op the streets
The carriages, horse
Outs seen there o
tom are simply im
4, week day it is not
On Main Street thre
vehicles with a foot
4.ttaohed to the gorg
• he possessors of Mal
Men who have brew
during the boom,
4ome, perhaps ma
trappings are new a
them, and that the
; many instances
manners.
Theeil
sixtY mil
between
apparently not of a class inviting for
settlement. There is, probably, no
place on
has spru
the Capit
" bolom "
Winni pe
many *h
will long have reason to remember it.
It is alm st safe to sayl that Winnipeg
is the dir iest, as well as the most peo-
greseive t wn in the Northwest. On
alighting at the station the first sensa-
tion is n t pleasant. The stench is
almost utibearab1e. But,after spending
a few lio rs in the city one seems to get
used to the odor, and the general
habitaizts do not seem te suffer -from or
feel it at
prairie b
the plai
have bee
as it is it cannot be a healthy place to
live in. This, howeve9, need not be a
a matter for surprise. i The place has
grown so rapidly that the hygienip im-
pro emeits could not keep pace with
t
the increase of population, and the com
sequent increase of !limits, but the
authorities are expeeding immense'
sums of money in constructing a system
of iiewerage •which, when completed,
will remove the defect pow so generally
complained of by visitors. Winnipeg
can not be described by comparing it
with any of our Ontarits cities. It lacks
the, compact and finished appearance of
Brantford or London. ' The long Main!
street looks ragged end unattractive.:
There is a large brick building and!
then a long string of 1w, frame rook -
.he American continent that
g into notoriety so rapidlyias
1 of Manitoba. The recent
as done much to advertise
the world over, and no dObt
were then attracted thither
P. O. ARCIIII3ALD MA.LCOLM. es1 vela Pacific is projected to run west
all. Were it not for the fresh
eeze wafted oyer the city from
a beyond, Winnipeg would
plague stricken long ago, and
eries, and so on all th
but these latter are ra
to the more pretentiou
brick structures. Other business streete
are also branching out from Main street,'
and in e few years, at the present rated
of going, Winnipeg will have improved
vastly in appearance. • There is a great
deal of stir and businees bustle, and one
is fprced to wonder what the people all
•&el On Saturday eyenings there is
fully as, much, traffic. on Main street,
Winnipeg, as on King pr Yonge streets,
Toronto. There are elso many large,
and attractive looking stores, and the
cit Y ,is becoming qiiite a wholesale
centre. Competition, however, is gra-
dually growing keener and keener, and
expenses are so enorneously high that a
large business must he done to keep tip
an lestablishment. Ap a result of this,
the emall men are getting crowded out,
and the large houses pee the only ones
that can hold the ford. It now requires
capital to ensure business success in
Winiiipeg, and men with moderate
means will have to lopk for other open!.
ins. Notwithstanding the scarcity of
building material there is an immense -
deal of building ie progress. The
Papific Railway Company are erecting
a Station house, which for size and
elegance is destined, it is said, to equal
am thing of the kind on the continent'.
Besides this they are erecting extensive
wok shops and other necessary build-
ings. There is no doubt, but at present,
the Pacific Railway ig the back bone of
Winnipeg. The nurber of men the
corhpany employ, the amount of money
they put in circulatioe iri the place and
the trade they bring to it directly and
indirectly is enormous, and it will pay
the city well to keep en the good side of
the :Syndicate. BeSides the railway
buildings, the Provincial and. county
buildings are now in pewee of construc-
tion. Private enterprise, also, is doing
a great deal. There I are several large
brick blocks, a goodly number of neat
and comfortable residencies, and a great
many terraces and tenement houses
way through,'
idly giving place'
and substantia
i'ortage la Prairie
Winnipeg, is the tlai
tance in the Northe4i'
ly Situated, and pre
neat appearance.
gularly laid out and
the side walks are
extend pretty well o
The place generally
eppearance, which
fathers and officials
ness and attend te it. Here, as in
onehe t wn limits
ative pure
tory than
ring the
he most
ost hope -
which in
• be the
hat is at
B a good
efore the
buildings
hole town
forth did
Although
BO 00M.
yet, at all
business
mediately
r to that
V!
•
60 miles
d town
st. It is
nts a c
he street
icely gr ded, and
ide, well laid and
er the w ole town.
bears a well kept
owe tha the city
know t • eir busi-
Z
nte will
must
her lux-
ommon
at ex-
olerk or
innipeg,
lthough
he un -
an can
le men
scan do
a pretty
people
anitoba
d never
• eerf ally
conveni-
ink that
em had
here are
in Win.
side ap-
en the
feminine
ala, if it
can be
e cities.
ral turn -
•y after -
even on
al to see
andeome
11 livery,
behind.
enerally,
nly rich
said by
at such
most of
se parties
han their
the town will have to depend upon
agrioulture for its support, and a this
must of necessity be very limited,! those
who anticipate a great future foe this
town must have the organ of : hope
vastly more developed , than I ihave.
Hitherto it has enjoyed trade pateonage
from a considerable distance to the
west, but this is now greatly metalled
by the railway, and will be more and
more cut off as every successive rail-
way scheme is carried out. All the
Manitoba towns, with the exception of
Winnipeg, are disappointing in solfar as
trade and business is concerned. •In
none of them is there any mor, busi-
ness stir or activity than there. is in
Seder% at the same season of the
year, although the bustle on the streets
may not be a fair index .of the trade
done, as many of the purchaseri come
from long distances, and, consequently,
_even
3idera,
•
west of
f impor-
pleasant-
ean and
are re-
11.
11
Winnipeg and Emer
have been extended
Poses, and embrace
'can possible be o
present generation,
sanguine expectatio
full be more than
'neither case is at al
result. The town p
Present the busines
dal like what Seal
ibi fire. The chare ter of th
lard much the same, !but the
tovers more ground i han Se
then, as it is more e attered.
perhaps larger, it is ot nearl
pactly built as Eme son, and
events, has not s ch goo
houses. The co ntry i
around it is mncj supen
which surrounds e
;Emerson. In fact
elle best agricultu
the Portage, that c
Province, and the f
prosperous, and m
their places well fa
and civilized lookin
.better class of farm
vicinity than I saw
the country. The t
already said, is sc
over an immense alt
:business blocka are t
• but the t are so fax
not improve the
l town as much as th
:closely together.
seems to be.workin
• and there is appare
between the various
for the business sup
very difficult as y
•best business part w 11 really
also, as in other towns, th
commodation in c nese • o
seems to be in adva co of t
ments of the place, 4id whil
nese men who are xi w ther
fair trade, when all he no'
occupied, there will be ve
each, and there dos not
anything to improv or i
trade. We theref bre pr
ft,
stores which now re t for ,
dred and a thousa d. doll
will be got for keg than
amounts a year I, ence.
there is a tract of
ing lands aroundthe
is small in extent
twenty miles square
recently finished, or in course of pone- manufacturing and i.
or speou
ore terr
npied d
even if
s of the•
ealieed,
likely t
oper, or
part, loo
rth was
6 6
I
pnechase more .largely. But,
taking this circumstance into con
tion, I am safe in saying that all of
them'not even excluding Winnipeg,
have been greatly “ puffed " in so far
as the volume of business done is con-
cerned. There is, probably, no town in
the Northwest that has so many well -
kept hotels as the Portage. Thei Grand
Pacific, kept by Messrs. Shepherd! & Cas-
nerthe former of whom is well-keown in
this county, and the Lorne Hoese, are
model hotels, and next to the Carney at
Emerson excel anything in the hotel
line in the Northwest. The acdommo-
dation in either of them is infinitely
superior to the very best that, , can be
got in Winnipeg. Nearly all these
Western towns are, I might say,lswarne
ing with Huron people, and al person
from this quarter meets fio Many fa-
miliar faces that it is almost impossible
to realiz,p that one is so fax away from
hOme. The noble red man of the
Portage is credited with saying that
"Ontario must be a very large country,
but Huron end Bruce must be very
Much larger."
Brandon, some eighty miles, further
west than the Portage, although a
mushroom town, has gained consider-
able notoriety, and is of some import-
ance. It was laid out and boomed into
notice by the Syndicate, who owned
the land upon which it is built. At
one time some anticipated it was des-
tined to rival Winnipeg, but the hopes
of those who believed these predictions
will be sadly blighted. It is pleasantly
located, and although not much more
than a year old, has a population of
about 1,500, and an immense number
of buildings have been erected in. it
this season, and there are any number
of town lots for sale. But, unless
something very unexpected turns up,
• Finch Be the discovery of a, gold mine or
aisalt well, Brandon will never be very
much larger than it is now, as there is
nothing to maintain it even if it were
built. Even now there are said to be
more business places and business men
than there is business for them, and
still more are comirg. The municipal
government of all these towns is con;
• ducted on the most extravagant scale.
They each have a full retinue of high
salaried officials, who are supposed to
devote their whole time to the interests
of the town, but what they can find to
do for the money they receive, I cannot
conjecture. Each one of these small
places has an official staff as large and
as expensive as the city of London or
laamilton, while it costs more to run
the municipal machine of Winnipeg
than it does that of Montreal. In ad-
dition to this extravagance, they are
loaded down with burdens of debt in -
inured for public improvements, so that
for many years taxes will be enormous-
ly high. In that country neither Cor-
porations nor individuals seemto be the
least afraid to go into ,debt.
country, the town lot swindle, the
nonite settlers, and. other miscellan
observations.
enous-
Can.ada.•
Picton mines ehipped. last • eek
4,968 tons of coal.
—The Toronto milkmen have ad-
vanced their prices to seven cents per
quart.
—Mr. Samuel Hillborne,of Yarmenth,
sold .his farm of 100 acres to Mr.
McKenzie, of Southwold, for 47,000.
—The Berthier beet root sugar lam
tory, at Montreal, that cost $300,000,
has been sold by the Sheriff for $781000..
—Mr. J. W. Langmuir, late Inspector
of Prisons, Asylums, etc., was recently
a.ry
11
11
her Winnipeg or
ere is a. section of
1 coma around
be foud in the
mere se m to be
ny of hem have
ed and quite tidy
; while here is a,
buildin g in this
e any other part of
wn tee) , as I have
tered nd spread
a. Se eral large
;course f erection,
part tha they do
ppearan e of the
wonl if built
oh pro erty owner
on his wn hook,
tip a str ng rivalry
sections of the town
mazy, o that it is
• to ea where the
be. Here,
store ac -
erection
e require -
the bnsi-
may do a
places are
little for
eem to be
crease the
diet, that
seven bun -
r8 B. year,
half these
Although
ood farm-
ortage, it
not more than
and as there is no
ot like y to be any, devoted to the farming prospects of the week before their husbands wer
111
1
1°
married at New York, to Miss
Ludlow. 0
—Hon. John Todd, the oldest
Hudson Bay Company's officer
America, died at Victoria, British
umbia, Friday.
—The average wheat yield thr
out Yarmouth, County of Elgin., wi
about 34 bushels, but oats generall
very light.
—Hon. Mr. Chapleau, Mrs.
lean, and a large party of friends,
their -departure from Montreal Fr
for a tour in Europe.
—Over thirty persons have left
trolia within the last few months,
have gone to Germany to engage i
oil works in that country.
. —For seventeen years Chas.
drove the stage between Preston
Waterloo. He has now resigned
enjoying a well earned rest.
—A. gentleman and lady out r wing
near Alexandria Bay were nearly cl own-
ed. A pocket -book containing $l,300
was lost by the accident.
—The- custom duties collected at
Guelph port for August, amounted to
46,733.70, against $1,974,70 for the'same
month last year, an increase of $1,759.
—The Goernment, through the
Veterinary Department at Montr al, is
taking precautions to prevent the
Texas cattle fever entering into
Canada. -
i
It is the general opinion of men who
have carefully watched the urrent of
events in the Northwest, boti on the
Canadian and American side, hat none
of these minor towns will amount to
much. There will be three or four
eery large trade centres at considerable
distances apart, at which the trade of
the country will ultimately be done.
The trade in the Northwest will not be
divided up as it is in Ontario. Cities
will be fewer in number and the centres
of trade will be much further apart,
and for this reason that the 1 cal busi-
ness travel which is done he1 e laegely
on the highways will be don there on
the railways. The country ik so level
cheaply
hile the
never be
to travel
°Mario,
oil; con-
sequently, railways will be much more
numerous, and railway tray I Will be
more generally adopted. ther than it
ever can be here. To give B03
the ease with which roads ca
we may say that there is not
and scarcely a filling betwee
and Portage la Prairie, a di twice of
about 300 miles. Railways, the efore,
will become so numerous an
venieut to every one that p
naturally go by them to
cities to do their local tradi
of by private conveyances to
bed. Orillia, married men must love a
late snooze, and the habit of 'you have
waked me up too soon, Ieninst slumber
again,' accounts for the want of busi-
ness activity sleepy old Orillia. 'Tie
well."
• eAn-
-The old town of Cornwall is "look-
iiig
np" again. Property holds good.
value there now. A few days ago Mr.
George Ross purchased from Mr. H.
Sandfield McDonald a corner lot, pay-
ing therefor the BUM of 1,250t
other lot was sold for 41,200.
—The Egyptian variety of wheat
raised in this Western peninsula, finds
a ready market in the Southern States,
Four Toledo buyers one day last week
purchased all of this variety that came
to St. Thomas, for shipment to •South-
ern Ohio and other points south,.
—At Windsor the other day a lad of
ex- 15 was induced to enter a cornfield with
in a stranger, who, when he got his vice
Col- • tim entirelyconcealed by the tall corn,
at the point of a revolver robbed him of
50 cents, all the cash he had. The rob-
bery took place in broad daylight.
! —Thomas W. Richie, Q. C., an emi-
nent Montreal lawyer, died very sud-
denly Monday morning, just as he was
about to land from the steamboat at
Newport. He was a man of fine ability
and sound judgment as a lawyer, and
he commanded a large practice.
—A binding match recently took
place at Walter Turnbull's farm, 10th
concession Beverly, between Joseph
Turnbull and Wm. Rigsby, for a stake
of $10. Rigsby bound 25 sheaves in
three minutes, while it took Turnbull
fifteen seconds longer to bind the same
number.
—As the agent of the Bertha Welby
Dramatic Company, was going along
Riehmond Street, London, on Saturday
morning, a heavy gold ring he was
wearing suddenly dropped from his
finger, and though the most diligent
search was made, no trace of it could
be found. It was valued at $120.
• —The Department of the Interior
have in several cases recently insisted
upon the total amount of the price of the
land granted to colonization eocieties
—The Rev. C. D. MacLean an his being paid on penalty of forfeiture of
wife, left Halifax on Monday, for 'Siam charter, although the Government is
via San Francisco, as missionaries of unable to give a title to them, -inasmuch
the American Presbyterian Church. as the lands are not surveyed.
—The Wyman Baths, latelyestab-1 —On the Civic holiday in Aylmer, a
lished on the Island at Toronto, are piano contest was held, and Mrs.
very largely patronized, no fewer than; Bockus, of St. Thomas t was awarded
two thousand persons visited them on the first prize, $15. A gentleman in .
Saturday. •the audience was so well pleased with
—Mr. Thomas Bean, of West Zorra, her playing that he added $5 to the
had his barn, about 60x40 feet, filled prize. Toronto and Simcoe ladies took
from floor to peak with fall wheat, all of part in the contest.
which was threshed in less than ten —A few days ago Mr. Gilbert Scar-
hours.lett, near Morpeth, was bitten by a
— Jonas Nauman, Reeve of -Rainham snake while binding wheat. The reptile
township, Haldimand county, commit- was of the black or milk species, and
ted suicide on the night of the 29thult., was about 4 feet long. It was with dif-
by hanging. No reason can be assigned &laty it was made let go its hold and
for the rash act. • was killed.: The wound is healing
— Eleven cars containing 44 thorough -
fast.
bred horses, shipped from England, —An Aylmer bey of 15 years, who
passed Over the Canada Southern Rail, had been reading the exciting story of
way one day last week, on their way to eThree-fingered Jack," in emulation of
Chicago. • the example thus set before him, stole
—A prominent hotel -keeper of Tor- $90 in cash, two revolvers and a shot-
onto,while attending the Licensed Viet:, gun from his father and. started for
natters' excursion to Hamilton, h
misfortune to lose a roll ef bills a
ing to e140.
—John Northwood, formerly of Chat-
ham, but now of Qu'Appelle Valley,and.
Company, are breaking up 3,000 acres,
having 60 yoke of oxen and 20 span of
horses now at work.
ugh -
1 be
are
hap -
took
day,
Pe -
and
the
eick
and
nd is
that a railway can be built
as a turnpike road. here,
ordinary wagon roads can
made so easy or so pleasant
on as the leading roads are
owing to the nature of the
ne Idea of
n be built,
a Cutting
Glyndon
L. 80 COI:l-
op* will
e larger
g, instead
the small
Texas. He was captured before he had
°aunt' gone many miles.
—Mrs. D. Sellieof the Melrose cheese •
factory, has twelve hens which have
produced no less than eighty-five
dozen and four eggs, within the short
space of four monthe. Who will say
those hens are not industrious and de-
serving of the highest commendation.
—Mrs. Hurley, widow of the late
Sergeant Hurley, of II. M. 81st Foot,
an old ,lady aged 105 years, and who
wears her husband's Maids, medal,
went to the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, on
Saturday last for the purpose of seeing
the princess Louise, but missed her, at
which the venerable lady was greatly
disappointed.
—A West Nissourf farmer named
James Judge, of the 3rd conces-
sion,' fell off a load. of grain while
passing along a street in London, on
Thursday of last week, and the wheels
passed over him. He was cut and
bruised in a. shocking manner. His
injuries, however, are not expected to
prove fatal.
—Mr. Jas. White, living near Mor-
peth, came very near losing his life the
other day. A Russian who had been
discharged by Mr. White some years
ago, and who threatened his life, shot
at him twice in his own yard, one ball
whistling close to his head. . The man
is —stilj
l aethInBargefae.
k Scholarship is to be
established in Manitoba College, in
memory of the late Rev. Dr. Black, of
Kildonan, who did so much for the
religion" and educational interests of the
North:west. • Two thousand dollars'
will be required fer this worthy object,
and will doubtlees be collected without
difficulty.
--The other day in Montreal two ehild-
ren'five and six years old, overbalanced
while looking out of a third story win-
dow. The next instant they fell to-
gether to the ground. Strange to say
the girl besides breaking two of het front
teeth-, was comparatively uninjured,
while the boy f3ustained but olight
bruises about the face.
—It has been decided to hold a /11072-
ster temperance picnic in St. Thomas
the first week of October. • Thousands
of members of the different branches of
the Ontario Alliance are expected. to be
in attendance, and Mrs. Lathrop, of
Michigan, Sergeant Searles, Chaplain
of Anturn State Prison, Ed. Carswell,
and other noted temperance advocates
will Tdehlievewr addresses.
Gssesee.
pel Temperance
Club celebrated their second anniver-
sary with a grand mass meeting in the
Music Hall, on the afternoon and even-
ing of Sunday last. A number of
clergymen and others addressed the
meeting. Altogether the gathering was
eminently succesetul in awakening a
deep intetest in the temperance work,
and a large addition was made to the
already long roll of pledged total ab-
out of stainew on the clubtreguiter.
towns, as they do here, and the same
kind of business that is here one in our
local towns will be done there in the
cities. This is the case in tbe Western
States. There is not a single town of
any importance between Chicago and
St. Paul. There will be, in the oarse of
a very few years, a network of railways
permeating the whole of the Northwest.
This is assured by the ease with which
they can be built, and the extreme pro-
ductiveness of the soil. As a result of
this, the cities will be larger and more
populous, -while the towns and villages
will be few in numbers and nothing in
importance. The success of Winnipeg
is new assured, but if I owned property
in any of the other wayside towns be-
tween that and where the next large
• city will be, I would want to sell out as
soon as possible. My next letter will be
—Sixty electric lights are beitig er-
ected in different parts of the buildings
and grounds for the Industrial E
tion, Toronto. They are expect
draw crowds at night.
—D. W. J. Christie, son of the
Mr. Christie, of Brockville, wh has
recently been appointed surgeon Of Her
Majesty's sloop -of -war Cittern,is LOW on
duty with his ship at Alexandria,.
—Mr. Thomas Brown, of Ailsa Craig,
has just sold a splendid farm jn the
16th concession, London Township, to
Mr. Thos. Gibson, for 412,350. Mr.
Brown bought this farm 11 years age
for $6,800.
—L. A. Dion, sculptor, has entered
an action for wow damages against
the city of Montreal, for injuries re-
ceived from a fire in a factory, where
the city authorities had not enforced
the by-laws regarding fire escape
—A short time ago Principal
of Knox College, Toronto, r
4500 from Mr. Walter Brydon,
xhibie
ed to
Hon,
Township of Dumfries, towards
Javan,
ceived
f the
estate
lishing a scholarship in the theological
department of the college.
• .1
—The Lake Superior iron ore mtereet
has joined the iron manufactueers itt
asking the United States Tariff! Come
mission for protection. The Dakote
farmers have petitioned the free entry
of steam plow tackle for free years.
—Forest fires are raging in different
parts of Nova Scotia, and much wood
is being destroyed. No buildings have
been reported burned. The firesldia the
neighborhood have enveloped theeity
times in smoke. Rain is now much
required.
—In the neighborhood of Mapirlawmahottio,
make
ew haenadt
pre -
West Zorra, the farmers are th
their fall cheat and barley to
room for their oats and peas, the
yielding about 30 bnehels per ac
barley about 50. Potato rot is ve
valent.
—Adam Kuahner, a shoemaker of
Waterloo, jumped from the plat
a car while the train was in moti
Slipping beneath the wheels had
so badly crashed that it was fon
rm of
n, but
his leg
d ne-
cessary to •amputate it aboee tbe
knee.
—James Braces, a farmer,
drawing a load of hay from the
Arthur Nixon, near Hollen, cou
Wellington, fell from the load
three -tined fork, which ente
breast and penetrated to the he
ing him instaietly.
—An exchange rubs up the b4iediet8
of Orillia thus wise: “Two iparried
ladies of Orillia went out and c4ptnred
a fine maskinonge one morniiig last
while
eld of
ty of
on a
d his
, kill-