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1THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Fall Imports -Thomas Kidd. (5)
New Season's Goods -E. MoFanl. (1)
Boots and Hats -Geo. Good. (5)
Stoves -Whitney Bros. (5)
Farm for Sale -John Hackney. (5)
A Word to Farrners-jno. McNevin, (8)
Remember -C. M. Church. (8)
Removal -Scott Brothers. (8)
The Latest News -A, G. Ault. (8)
Taxes -Wm. Elliott. (5)
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 1882.
The Convention with the Porte.
The British Government seems at
Iast to have arrived at an agreement
with the Porte on the question of Turk-
ish intervention in Egypt. According
to the latest news to hand at this writ-
ing the proclamation of the Sultan de-
nouncing Arabi Pasha as a rebel has
been boned, and nothing now prevents
the sailing of the Turkish contingent for
Egypt but the fact that the military
convention has not been formally signed.
The Turkish ministers profess them-
selves willing to sign it at once, and
complain that England is hanging back ;
but if there be no other difficulty than
this in the way we may safely conclude
that the formal signature of the conven-
tion will not be long d.elayed.
By tbe terms of the agreement it ap-
pears that the Turks are to send 5,000
men to Egypt, under the coiiamand of
Dervish Pasha, with Baker Pasha as
second in command. Baker Pasha is
that Colonel Valentine Baker who was
convicted of an indecent assault. on a
young lady in a railway carriage in
England, and who was afterwards dis-
missed from.the British army for the
offence, on the ground that he had been
guilty of conduct unbecoming a gentle-
man and an officer. • Previous to his
disgrace Col. Baker was a primo favor-
ite with the Prince of Wales, and, was
one of the most promising and rising
cavalry officers in the British !service.
After his term of imprisonment expired
he left England and took service with
the Sultan. His appointment as second.
in command of the Egyptian contingent
is regarded as a sort of pledge to Eng-
land. that the Turks are acting in good
faith. Dervish Pasha is a brave and
experienced soldier, but is much given
to intrigue, and is consequently dis-
trusted by the British. He is, norever,
said to be a friend of Arabi Pasha. In
his new position he will require to be
carefully watched by the British com-
mander; and no doubt will be so watch-
ed. The point of debarkation of the
Tarkish contingent is Port Said, at the
entrance of the Suez Canal. It is be-
lieved thet the Turks will at first be
employed in garrison duty at Port Said
and other points on the canal, where
they will be under the guns of the Brit.
ish fleet. -It is thus hoped that any-
thing itt the way of treachery on the
part of Dervish Pasha will be frustrated.
It is not expected that the Turkish
contingent will render much active ser-
vice in putting clown Arabi Pasha and
his rebellious followers. The most that
is hoped for in this direction is that they
will set free a portion of the British
troops now employed in protecting the
canal, and who will then be available
for service_ at the front. But it is ex-
pected that the appearance of a Turkish
force on the side of the British, and the
issuing of the Sultan's proclamation de-
nouncing Arabi Pasha as a rebel, will
produce-a.n excellent moral effect. It
will tend to depaivie Arabi of much of his
prestige as a champion of Islam, and
will probably prevent the quarrel de-
veloping into a holy war. Arabi can no
longer claim to be the lieutenant of the
Sultan, and if he continues his efforts to
arouse the Mohammedans ha a holy
war he must begin by setting up a new
caliph. This will create a schism
among the Mohammedans ; and it is
not likely that the Mahometans of
India, who regard the Sultan as the
true caliph, will acknowledge a caliph
set up by Arabi, should he and
his followers go the length of declar-
ing that Abdul Hernia is no longer
worthy to be obeyed as Commander of
the Faithful. This is the chief advan-
tango he English hope to reap from the
presence of the Turkish contingent in
Egypt. In the good faith of the Sultan
or his lieutenant, Dervish Pasha, they
have no confidence. They know both
would be ready to turn againet them
Should disaster overtake the British
STEGS, but they know also that they will
be faithful so long as the British ate
victorious. For our part we think the.
British would be better without such
allies, but the Imperial Government, it
seems, judge otherwise.
MP( Woodstock Review gives the
following timely warning: Some of our
exchanges speak of the present com-
mercial outlook in the most cheering
way. We confess to reading such
reports with a good deal of misgiving.
The present is a time of inflation, but
there are ominous signs that a strin-
gency in the money market is not far
off ; and we question very ranch if the
roseate reports that chme from the
business centres of Canada will be
heard long. The cops are goiod, it is
true, and the Northwest bas oPened up
a field in which many Canadian manu-
facturers -who, without it, wOuld now
be suffering from the results of over
production -are disposing of their pro-
ducts at a profit. But there Omis been
a great deal! of wi d speculation of late,
and capital in every direction is being
locked up in enterprises that may not
pay. The times are prosperous, but
there is danger ahead., Good advice to
the commercial world of Canada just
now would be to hasten slawly.
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The Morinon Doctrine of Blood
i Atonement.
It is not an unusual thing to hear of
Mormon missionaries visiting Canada,
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any trying tie make proselytest During
the peat fe' years there have been
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several suo4emissaries in various parts
of Western Ontario, including our own
County of Huron, holding meetings and
expounding the Gospel of JosePla Smith
and Briegham Young. Emissaries of
this sort are!careful not to shook the
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conciences of their hearers by dwelling
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on the mostiodions features of the Mor-
mon eysterti. In Europe, for example,
they often plablicly deny that Mormons
are polypi:taste. They say the charge
of polygamy is a slander of their
enemies; apd then proceed to point out
the differeitce betw'een celestial mar-
riage, as th4y call it, and polygamy;.
and so the iteople are misled and de-
ceived. Ort the still darker f atures of
the Mormon system they are silent, or
if such be forced upon their attention
by doubters' they deny thea utterly.
To this clefts belongs the d ctrine of
blood atoeinent, referred to 14y us last
week. It s a doctrine which no Mor-
mon Miseionary, when away f om Utah,
would adroit, any more than he would
admit the' !existence of the corps of
Danites or pestroying Angels. But the
doctrine is none the less part of
their system, and one of 'ts worst
features. '
"There are sins," said Brigh am
Young in one of his serrate's, " for
which the blood of Christ cannot atone;
but when a raan's own blood is shed,
aud the smoke thereof aecends to
Heaven as a sweet incense, then his
sins are rerclitted." Mrs. A. G. Pad-
dock, of Salt Lake City, in one of her
books on Mormonism, quotes les follows
from the affidavit of one Adolph
Bazins, who was formerly a Morrnon,to
show what this doctrine of blood atone-
ment is: "On or about the first day of
March, 1855, one Geo.rd Cannon told
?the affiiant that ac ing to the
docrine of blood atonement, as believed,
understood., and practised in and by the
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints,
it was and always is the duty of each
and every Member of -said church, to
shed the blood of his neighbor for tsal-
vation sae. That is to say, the said
Geo. -L. Cannon did, at the time afore-
said, attempt to impress upon the mind
of this agent, that . when any 00.
religionist Was thought to be in a state
of sinfulness or disobedience to said
church, its doctrine and priesthood, it
was in that ease the justifiable privilege.
and duty of any other co -religionist to
kill such offender." In the fyles ef the
Desert Newe, the official organ of the
Utah Mormons, a great number of the
sermons of Brigham Young and his two
trusted counselors, Grant and Kimball,
are published. In these sermens, offi-
cially reported and published by the
Mormons themselves, the doctrine of
blood atonement is clearly taught, and
the proper paethod of offering hurtian
sacrifices fully explained. Grant in one
of his sermons tells the people "that
altars of nnhewn stone should be erect-
ed in different parts of the Territpry,
and the blood of covenant breakers and
apostates poured thereon." In one of his
published. sermons Brigham Young
says: t "It is better to kill the
body than to suffer the soul to perish.
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* * There are men in this
audience who, if they could See their
true conditinia, would beg to be taken to
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some appointed place and there have
their blood. riled to atone for their sins!,
In another of his sermons he points
directly to the men whose blood ought
to be shed. I "I say," declares Brighana,
"rather than that apostates shall
flourish here, I will myself unsheath
my bowie knife and conquer or die."
It must not be supposed that the Mor-
mon leaders, who have preached this
terrible doctrine so zealously have per-
mitted it to remain a dead letter. In
March, 187?, a memorial was forwarded
to Congrees, signed by nearly 500
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women, most of whom had been mem-
bers of the 'Mormon Church, but who
had left it in disgust at the enormities
which they had. seen comm. itted in the
desecrated name of religion. In this
memorial these woinen say: "For 25
*Utah has been governed altogether by
the Mormon priesthood. Let history
tell the nature of their rule. No more
bloody deepotism has disgraced the
earth in :modern times. Brigham
Young, in the self appointed character
of G-od's vileegerent, has held the lives,
liberty and property of the people in
his hands. Disobedience to him has
been accounted a crime not to be aton-
ed for except by blood." To similar ef-
fect is the !testimony of Judge Cradle-
baugh, given before a committee of the
House -of Representatives. The Judge,
who was formerly an sissoolate justice
of the Supreme Court of Utah, bears
witness to the fact that in his time the
blood atonement was practised almost
as openly iiethe Territory as polygamy,
and with as perfect inapunity. This
was when the power of Brigham
Young was.at its zenith-, before a con-
siderable Gentile' population had set-
tled at Salt Lake. Indeed at this time
it was not altogether necessary to keep
cases of blood atonement secret. On the
contrary, we are told that "the victims
were sometimes exhibited publicly, as
a warning 60 others- as for example
'the man and the woman killed. at
Payson, whose dead. bodies were car-
ried around the settlement in an open
wagon, which stopped at every door ; or
the Potters and Parrishes, blood atoned.,
at Springville, whose bodies were
washed, annointed, dressed -in' Temple
Robes, and exhibited in till Ward
meeting house." We are further told
that of 129 indictments found tagainst
leading Mormons in 1871) a large por-
tion were for complicity in cries of
blood atonement. These indivtments
were all subsecitiently quashed by the
Supreme Court of the United:States
on a technicality, and the eliminate
released 'and restored to the 'various
territorial and -municipal offices they
had filled at the time of their
'arrest.
We have before us a detailed account,
the truth of which is vouched for, by
the writer named above, of the murder
by order of the authorities of the Mor-
mon Church, of an Engliele lady, one of
the' WiV8B: of an elder of the Church, for
the crime of warning her two sons by a
former marriage against becoming Mor-
mons, telling them of the terrible oaths
they would have to take in passing
through what is called the Endowment
House. The Mormon whp reveals the
secrets of. the Endowment House to the
uninitiated is deemed to have com-
mitted a sin which can only be ab-
solved by blood atonement, The Mor-
mon Elder happened to hear the
converiation the lady had with her two
sons. 'He went at once,' says Mrs.
Paddolt, " to the authorities at Salt
Lake aid lodged information against
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his wife, who was arrested and brought
to the 6ity for trial. She was taken to
a place inside the wall in front of the
Lion House, -a vault that I have heard
deecribed, but of course have never
seen,- there her sons were brought
before her, and she was told what her
,crime Was. The poor boys denied every-
thing, said -their Mother had never
spoken one word to them about such -
matter ; but her husbapd'e words out.
weighed theirs, and in the end she con-
fessed he truth. That Wag enough. In
the pr sence of her boys, !before their
eyes, he was. put to death. Then
the b ys were released and told
they Milk leave the Territory with-
in tweikty-four hours." The terrified
boys inamediately departed, but have
never since been heard ef. It is believ-
ed they were murdered before they
escaped from the Territory.
At present matters are not so bad in
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.-Litah as formerly, in respect of this par-
ticular foim of crime. 'There is now
residing at Salt Lake a Gentile popula-
tion of 5,000 souls, and in that part of
the Territory all classes of the people,
including apostates from Mormonism,
enjoy reasonable safety on both life and
property; but in the outlying settle-
naents, where the population is wholly
Mormon,' there has been few, if any+
changes for the better during the past -
ten years, and those who would re-
nounce Mormonism, or bear testimony
to crimes committed by counsel - that
is by order of the Mormon Church
anthorities-need to be assured of pro-
tection. :
Such is the doctrine of blood atone-
ment as taught and practised in the
Mormon Church at Utah. Unless
forced to do so by irresistible weight of
testimony, who would believe that in
this last quarter of the 19th century,and
in the heart of the American republic,
a sect would be tolerated which inculates
and practises the doctrine of human
socrifices ? And the man who intro-
duced this doctrine, who openly preach-
ei it for years, and at whose command
the horrid rite was practised in hun-
dreds of cases, was permitted to go
down to his grave in peace and
honor! The escape of Brigham Young
from justice is a disgrace to adminis-
tration of justice in the United States,
just as the toleration of the infamies of
Utah- Mormonism is a disgrace to
American civilization. There is a point
at which toleration becomes a crime.
This point is reached where Utah Mor-
monism begins. The Mormons of Utah
are no more entitled to toleration than
the Thugs of India. The British au-
thorities in India had to deal with this
sect as drimnals and public enemies.
On similar principles Utah Mormonism
ought to be enppressed at whatever
cost; nor ought the missionaries of the
sect be permitted to enter any civilized
and Christian land.
THE Toronto World very correctly
remarks: The Mail sometime ago pro-
nounced the Crooks' Act a success.
Now it says it is a failure. The Mail
took the first position when it was the
mouthpiece of the anti -prohibitionists;
it takes' the latter position _when it
wishes to injure the Government that
SEPTE111BER 15, 11382.
(ferried it. The Crooks' Act has been a
beneficial measure. It did' not. tiet out
to make people temperate I but it. has
regulated the sale of intoxicants. There
may be, doubtless are, abuse under it;
but instead of assisting in remedying
these, the Mail is only anei us to *eke
political capital. It wants the votea of
the hotel men. What sort of a law
yes us in -
trade and
ble to any
succeed in
e, will they
e upholders
fore? The
d. with the
individual-
cial issues.
would the Mail's friends
stead? This bidding for
sectarian votes is discredit
party. If the Conservative
getting the hotel -keeper's VO
not estrange any temperan
they may have had beret
hotel men are not dissatisA
law ;, they will vote as they
ly tbink on the main Provi
AT the Conservative cone' ntion held
in Brussels on Monday last, Mr. Thos.
E. Hays was selected as th Conserva-
tive candidate to contest Eitet Huron at
the forthcoming election fo the Local
Legislature. This result w 8- generally
expected as Mr. Hays hasbe n preparing
himself for the position for some time.
The Reform candidata will be chosen
at the convention at Brusse s on Tues-
day next.
News of the 'W ;ek.
CLOSED UP. -For the fir t 'time in
fifty years all the New Yor gambling -
houses were closed on Sato day.
STORMS IN SPAIN.-Grisat damage to
property has been done by torms and
floode in the south of Sp in. There
were 103 deaths from chole a at Man-
illa on Sunday.
BIG FAILURE. -Samuel Cl ye, ra way
carriage maker, of Long Ea on, Dby-
shirei has failed with liabili ies of 00,-
000. , The assets are stated to be con-
siderable.
A TERRIBLE SCOURGE. -R porta'xfrom
Pittsylvania County, Vir inia, 3 state
that diphtheria is ragiug to an alarm-
ing eitent. Fifty deaths aye OCCUT-
red during the last three eeks, and
more than a hundred case are now
dovin. In some cues n arly whole
families have been carried off. The
disease is stated to be f the most
malignant type.
Joiati CHINAMAN NOT ANTED. -A
meeting of Chinese mercha ts was held
last week in London, En land, when
they determined to invi e Chinese
labour to England. This roused in-
dignation among the organizations of
the working classes. If he Chinese
venture into the English la our market
there will certainly be seri us trouble.
The iron and coal miners a e preparing
for a great strike in October
THE ELEPHANT'S -VICTIMS. MTS.BUrtls,
one of the women injured b Barnum's
elephant, Emperor, which an awayein
the streets in Troy, New Y rk, on Aug-
ust 2hd, died on Tuesday fr re internal
injuries received. The bit band of the
deceased was also struck y the ele-
phant, and is not expected olive. Mrs.
Langey, another victim of t e elephant,
is dying. Patrick Conlo , who was
throtvn across the street by the ele-
phant, has commenced a nit against
Barnum for $5,000.
An RUNAWAY TRAIN. - 0 Tuesday
morning a, freight train on he Central
Railway, at Wilkesbarre, co taining 85
cars 1,heavily loaded ran a ay at the
foot of the mountain near Penobscot.
The trade is so steep that the engine
could not hold the train, an the brakes
upon the cars became red hot. The
train, ran at a great speed for several
until it reached a br dge, which
was demolished. The &ugine and
several 3ars were wrecked. The train
halide escaped with bruises,
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MARKET PROSPECTS IN NGLAND. -
The Mark Lane Express o September
llth, says :-It is proba le that no
great damage to the whoa has been
caused hitherto by the wea her. It may
be safely assumed, howeve , that the
wheat will be discoloured. The mar-
kets continue to decline, t e condition
of the new wheat being sac # as to co
pel quick sales. Prices decl ined abo
3s. New flour is also che per. Malt
ing barley is firm, and grin. ng sorts ar
cheaper. Oats, beans, and teas are un-
changed. Foreign wheats in London are
completely demoralized, onle retail sales
being made. The market i: beginning
to get glutted for all positi s, granary
stocks being very heavy. t the ports
of discharge arrivals durin the week
have been very liberal.
TEXAS FEVER SPREADING. The Gov-
ernor of Troy has been totified of a
strange disease among catt : in Schen-
ectady County. It is beli ed the dis-
ease is contracted from oxen cattle
imported by John Buys, of Rotterdam,
two month e ago. Two co .have died
and many cattle will proba#1y die. The
disease has spread to I eighbonring
herds, causing much alarm among far-
mers. The symptoms are oss of appe-
tite, debility, running at th eyes, with
the,extremities oold, and :evere pains
internally. A post morte #1 shows in-
flammation of the manifo d stomach,
which was packed and • ard. It is
thought the diseases is Te as fever.
ECINDAY OBSERVANCE E CITEMENT. -
The excitement at •Milw -dose, Wis-
consin, growing out of the partial at-
temptto enforce the Sund y laws and
the boycotting action of he brewers
toward. merchants who f vonred the
closing of theatres on Snnd er is spread-
ing rapidly over the State. It is daily
more apparent that the qne tion will be
forced into politics. The ost marked
manifestation of the coming contest out-
side Milwaukee is now seen in Racine.
Nearly all the Protestant ch rohes there
joined the movement to ca se the dos-
ing of liquor stores last unday, but
the storekeepers Sunday m ming issued
a statement that if proce dings were
instituted against them they would
cause the closing of the li ery stables,
eating -houses, and other laces doing
business on Sunday. Ihis caused
great excitement, and the e ort to close
the liquor stores has been suspended.
A similar state of things is reported
from other points.
THE KETECTS OF IRELAND'
MO
TROUBLES.
-Great complaints are being made of
the utter withdrawal of En:lish capital
. in every form from Ireland. The hotel -
keepers are even writing tc the news-
papers that their houses ar empty, and
that no tourists now visit tl. e country.
Irish papers eagerly emu e travellers
that they are perfectly safe in any part
of the Green Island, but no e seem dis-
posed to travel in a country where mur-
ders are of *such frequent occurrence.
Sportsmen too have been driven away
by the people, and half the hotels might
as _well he closed. The effect of this
isolation of the people is likely to be
severely felt duripg the coming winter.
INTERNATIONALOUTRAGE.-Intelligence
was received at St. John's, Newfound-
land, .on the 9th inst.,
of an outrage of
almost unparalleled daring committed
on British territory by the commander
of a Frenoh naval coast -guard. Having
dropped anchor off Jackson's Arm,
situated on the north-west side of White
Bay, he went on shore with a company
of marines and hoisted the French tri-
colour. On Cumberland Stage he erect-
ed two temporary monuments, one on
each side of the Arm, emblazoned with
the insignia of France. The greatest.
indignation has been aroused. by this
unwarranted act. A portion of the
British North American squadron and
the tenders Griffin and Firebrand hdve
left for the northward, and Com-
mander Fane will shortly have an
opportunity of investigating and offi-
cially reporting the affair to the British
Admiralty. .
BRITISH VICTORY IN EGYPT.
The long expected and decisive battle
of the Egyptian Campaign has at length
taken place, and has resulted in a
brilliant victory for the English troops.
But, although all must rejoice over this,
the result will bring sadness and gloom
to many homes, as the loss ef life on
notwithstanding the reports, must, cer-
tainly have been very heavy on bpth
Sides. The engagement took place on
Wednesday and the following are the
partichlars : The balance of his troops,
including the Highland Brigade, having
arrived at the front, Gen. Wolseley
made a final reconnaissance of the en-
emy's position, and immediately set his
forces in motion against Tel,el-Kebir,
the rebel stronghold. From the de-
spaches now to hand it,is clear that the
utmost caution, prudence, and despatch
were exercised by the British general in
sending forward his troops, which, add-
ed to an unexpected night march, com-
pletely threw the enemy off his guard,
and enabled. the British to approach
Within a mile before he was aware of
their approach. The rest is soon told.
Not a moment was lost by the British
in following up their advantage. Cavalry
artillery, and infantry were at °nee
brought to bear upon the enemy with
irresistible fury, an armored train
carrying a captured Krupp gun and
some Gatlings rendered efficient aid in
the attack; then came a mighty rush of
the gallant British troops, the Highland
Brigade being foremost, against their
discomfitted foes, who were unable to
hold their own and speedily sought re-
fuge in retreat, the position being car-
ried in twenty minutes. The fighting
did .not cease with the carrying of the
intrenchments. The cavalry pursued
the fugitives, and a terrible artillery fire
mowed them down by hnndreds. The
Egyptian killed number at least 2,000,
and there is probably as many more
wounded. Upwards of three thousand
prisoners were taken, together with the
larger portion of Arabi's guns and mili-
tary stores. The victory was of the
most coroplete description, and adds
another to the long list of names worn
with pride upon the colors of the Eng-
lish army. By a forced march by the
Indian contingent General McPherson
reached and captured Zagazig, the
Governor surrendering upon their ap-
proach. A wing will also push on for
Cairin which' is said to be mined, A
genetal massacre of Europeans there
is feared, and a great effort will be
made to prevent a repetition of
the terrible scenes at Alexandria.
The news,of the victory was receiv-
ed with great joy in England, and the
French Government has sent congratu-
lations upon the success of the British
arms. The list of our killed, which is
not large considering the victory won
against such odds, unfortunately in-
cluding a large number of officers, thus
testifying to the gallantry with which
the troops were led.
Huron Notes.
Last week Mr. W. W. Ferran, of
Clinton, sold a Clear Grit colt to Mr. A.
Johnston, Strathroy, for the sum of
6 250.
e -Mr. John Farmer, of Exeter, has
?purchased the handsome brick resi-
dence in that town, formerly owned by
Captain Howard.
-The rate of taxation in the town of
Goderich for this year has been fixed at
11 cents on the dollar, being cent less
than last year.
-Little Bessie, owned by Mr. John
Avery, of the London Road, Stanley,
won second place in the farmers' run-
ning race at the Toronto Exhibition last
week-,r.here are 480 pupils now attending
the Clinton Public School, and in one
of the departments there is an average
attendance of over 100.
-Mr. John Chammer, of West! Wa-
wanosh, threshed his fall wheat last
week. He has 642 bushels from 20
acres -an average of 32 1-5 bushels to
the acre.
• -The fall assizes for the county of
Huron, will open at Goderich, on Mon-
day 23rd of October, and the Chteery
sittings will be held on the 30. h of
October, before the Chancellor. I
-Mr. Wm. Russel, of the 2ndl con-
cession of Hay, recently sold a Magni-
ficent span of mares to Wm. BaWden,.
of Exeter, for the handsome sum of
four hundred dollars.
-The necessary amount of stook has
been. !subscribed to erect the necessary
buildings for the tannufacture of salt in
Exeter, snd the work is to be prooeeded
with at once.
-Mr. Farrows' expenses in the recent
election contest in East Huron, as certi-
fied to by his agent amounted to $118.05,
and Dr. Sloan's expenses in the same
constituency footed up to $264.41:
-Mr. Wm. Drew, of Exeter, can
boast of having the largest cherry on
record-. It measures nearly 3 inches in
circumference. He intends preserving
it in alcohol.
-Mr. J. H. Powell, son of John
Powell, Esq, of Turnberry, now laun-
ches out as a full fledged lawyer, and
has opened out an office in Detroit, We
wish him success in his practice as a
legal adviser.
-Mr. Frank Dagg has sold his farm
on the 6th Concession of Usborne, to
Mr. Joseph Hawkins for the sum of
$7,000. The farrn contains 100 acres,
and is one of the best in the town-
ship.
-Now is the season for big threshing.
One day last week Mr. W. Purdue
threshed on the farm of Mr. Joh
Bothwell, Bae field concession,Goderic
Township, 900 bushels of wheat in le:s
than 10 bona.
-One day recently some one • •
ministered poison to the beautif .1
trained. setter belonging to Mr. L.
Davis, of Clinton, from the effects f
awhgoo.
which died soon after. It wasvalue
t
-Mr. H. Plunisteel, lately of the Mi 1
Road, Tuckersmith, is going into bust-
ness in Clinton. He has rented a store
from. Mr. R. Irwin, and will short]
_launch oat with a stock of dily
goods.
• -The farm occupied by Robt. Tag-
gart, on the 8th concession of West
Wawanosh, was sold last week by
pctlaioinasuction for $3,050. The farrn
e
was Mr.
mtt10aOahcerwWoods. es,aonodthe purchamtr
-Among those in this neighborho d
who have already signified their into
tion of exhibiting stock at the Westeria
Fair, are R. J. , Turner, Brucefiel
White & Bros., Exeter, F. Colema
Hills Green, H. Snell & Son, Clint°
and W. Penhale, Exeter.
-On Friday evening last Miss J
mima Straith, was the recipient ofa
beautiful silver napkin ring and a fruit
knife, from the members of the Willis
Church Choir, Clinton, on the occasion
of her departure for Galt, for whi+
place she left on Monday last to take a
situation as tnilliner.
-Mr. W. H. Rieley, who leas been
agent for the American Exprees Corn-
• pa,ny at Goderich, has been removed
to Brantford, and will fill a similar
position in that city. His successor in
Goderich is Mr. E. H. Cull, who will
occupy the position temporarily.
-Mr. S. Morris, Sr., of Colborne,was
badly bitten by a bulldog while visting
a neighbor on the commercial road.
Three incisions were made by the
vicious canine. The animal was shot.
Mr. Morris was rescued. in time to pre-
vent a more serious accident. He is
progressing favorably.
-The wagon shop belonging to Mr.
_Mattice in Exeter, had, a narrow escape
from fire between Saturday night and
Sunday morning. On Sunday morning
Mr. Mattice had occasian to go into the
shop, and found. the side of the building
considerably charred. It is supposed to
have been set on fire.
-The Wingham Times of last week
says :-Mr. T. W. Bray has for the past
week been seriously ill with pleuriey
and congestion of the lungs, and re
regret to say at the time of going
press, he is reported as being very lo
We hope soon to hear of a change f r
• the better.
-Mr. J. L. Sturdy, of the Roy.1
otel,'Wingham, has invented and h d
atented a snow plow, to be used fee
the removing of snow from railroad
tracks. It is said to be a likely looking
article, and much handier and better
than the implement now in general
use.
-Robert, son of Mr. Edward Fergu-
son, of Orange Hill, township of How -
ick, got his right hand badly smashed.
in a reaper one day last week. It is
expected the injured member will be
saved, except one of the fingers, which
it was found necessary to amputate.
-On Thursday of last week, while a
threshing was in progress on the farm
of John Smeltzer, 10th Concession,
Goderich Township, a young man
named Hiram Hill, in stooping over
struck his forehead on a knife in the
band outter's hand, cutting to the
bone.
- Mr. Henry Bell, formerly hot 1 -
keeper at Belgrave, has returned. frotn
Manitoba, whether he had gone for t
benefit of his health. We regret thit
the change has not had the desk d
result, as his recovery is very doubtf 1.
He is staying at his father's, ne r
Londsborough.
-One evening last week a little bo
son of Mr. Thomas Smale, of Elimvill
was returning from school, he- climb d
into a willow tree for the purpose f
obtaining some switches. He lost h s
balance and fell headforemost, striki g
his head against the rail fence, and. en
ting it very badly.
-Mr. Laudenslaeger, of Auburn,
building a briok residence on his far
near that place, and intends to have
ready for moving into this fall. If gold
buildings are an evidence of prosperiti•
the farmers in that evicinity must lie
prosperous, as there are lots of new
buildings going up.
-Mr. Thomas Wilson, of the For
wich Mills, is making substantial inji-
proveinents at the waste -gate of t e
mill, putting in a cedar abutment fill d
with stone, and in the meantime is ru -
ning his mill by steam. He intens
putting in the ,machinery for the rielw
style of grinding this fall.
-A little seven year old daughter sf
Mr. Andrew McKee, of Moleswort
met with a serious accident on Mend y
evening of last week. She was Watch-
ing an elder sister • milking, when a
fractious animal gave her a severe kick,
breaking one of her limits in three places.
The little sufferer is very low.
-Mr. James Warrell, of the 12th
concession of Howick, had 6 sheep
killed by lightning a couple of weeks
ago. These sheep were standing with
their front feet on the roots of an elm
tree in his beaver meadow, having their
heads close to the tree, when they we e
struck down dead by the lightnin
They were insured.
-The Goderich Signal of last we
remarks :-The County -Attorney intt
,with an accident by being struck with a
carriage wheel while going for a drive on
Tuesday last. Fortunately the results
were not serions,but slight as they were,
the rumor that he had received injury
caused intense excitement amongst the
numerous aspirants for the office which
he now occupies.
- Mr. M. Donoghue, of the 6th con-
cession, Goderich Township, bound 187.3
sheaves of oats in six hours and. three
quarters, on the 26th of August, and
Mr. Hugh McQueen, of the lake shore
road in the same township, cut and.
bound one hundred and fifty dozen
sheaves of spring wheat in one day.
They have pretty smart men in Goder-
ich Township.
-The picnic in connection with the
Blyth Roman Catholic Church, will be
held in Blyth, on Tuesday, the 19th
inst. A good band has been secured fo
the occasion, and a contest for a silve
cake basket, between two ladies of th
section will be among the events of th
day. A string band. will also be in at-
tendance. A pleasant time is antici-
pated, and a good turnout is expected.
- An Owen Sotinddespatch dated 9th
September, says :-A report comes from
the peninsula that the tug Mary Ann
was wrecked while endeavoring to make
10
Tobermoray h bor for shelter, d
Friday night's Orin. The captain
engineer are re ! irted lost. The Katy
Ann was own • by Mr. joseph Riadof
Dublin, and ha: been engaged rafting
on the penmen this season.
-Dr. Worth ngton, of Clinton, had
somewhat narr eve escape a feweveninee
ago:, While Vying down the 14th
cession of Gode ich Township, his hone
got off the road in the dark and roiled
over an embankment, throwing hen
several feet front the buggy. Singular,
ly, no injury was done to • either horse
or buggy, but it will be some time
before' the doctor gets over his braieee
-The New Era says: On Saturday
we were shown, a specimen of oats in
the straw, thati was brought from Free.
tice Bay, Lake Superior region, _ eteete
by Mr. James Duncan, late of this
town, that stoo six feet high, and were
well headed. arvesting is fully two
' eeks later thee than here. Mr. Duncan
is satisfied with that new country ami
With his future prospects.
-Mr. Dion C. Sullivan, formerly
editor and pro .rietor of the Wingha
Time, but lat :rly of the Walkerton
Telescope, has I etired from the news-
paper business and has gone back to
school teachint again, having been en-
gaged as head is aster in the Matlehain .
high school. e is a wise man, as LA
will make his 1 ving a good deal easiet
wielding the bi ch than -running a news-
paper.
-One even ng last week Mr. S.
Wood, of Cred ton, tied his hone itt
front of the res'dence of Mr. W. Lewis,
of the London oad. It had not been
there very long when it became frighten,.
ed and started j.towards Exeter, bring.
ing the post to which it was attached
with it. TbeI animal after running
around the back streets for some time
was captured. nd taken back to Mr.
Lewis.
- 0 a tside ti ket agencies of the area.
gamated Gra4d Trunk and Great
Western rail ays have all been
abolished. assts. Jackson and
Thompson, o Clinton, were visit-
ed a few days ago by an official of the
road and relie ed of their duties as
ticket agents r spectively of the Great
Western and rand Trunk. All tickets
must now be urchased at the station,
except those g ing west by boat from
the lake ports
-Some months ago Mr; E. R. 'Talbot,
of the late flria of Talbot & Elliott,
general merchants, Wingham, sold -his
interest in the business to his partner,
with the baton ion of removing to the
Northwest an # going into business itt
Winnipeg. A ter spending a COIISiaer-
able time in t a at country he has re-
turned to Win -ham, and has gone into
business there having concluded that
Wingham is better than. Winnipeg
yet.
-The Win .ham Advance of last
week says he agonizing screams of
a female we e distinctly laeard,here
at 2 o'clock S nday morning. All that
we can learn i that a man from the
direction of :luevale drove through
town in a bug y, with a female, in the
direction of W itechurela. Her screams
aroused sever 1 of the residents on the
road, but no o e appears to know who
they were, veli re they were going or
whence they c me. An investigation is
necessary.
-A well Ma wn tradesman of Clin-
ton, who 18 00 sidered to be quite a
favorite amon the girls, and who has
been for the p st four years industrious-
ly cultivating little down on his upper
hp, in the -1 nd expectation that it
would eventa lly blossom into a full
grown monst he, received by post, on
Monday last, false moustache of enor-
mous proport Ons. Enclosed in the
'box there was slip of paper on which
was traced in a feminine hand the
: "Kissing a man without a
moustache is like eating mush without
Balt."
-A few days ago a man named Peter
,Ryan, having embibed too freely of
that which intoxicates, attempted to
force an entrance into the residence of
Mr. Donald Taylor in Exeter. Failing
in this, and being on mischief bent, he
commenced amusinghimself by throw-
ing stones at the shop windows on Main
street, and succeeded in breaking about
a dozen window panes, when he was
gathered in by Constable Gill, and
placed ha the lock-up for safe keeping.
On the following day he was sent, to
Gederich goal for 20 days.
- Below are the list of the students
who are to attend the Clinton Model
School for this term :-A. E. Galbraith,
Annie Collie, Wm. Ross, Alex. Toraith,
Alfred Burchill, Jemima Heylar, W.
H. Baker, J. C, Meer_tellan, W. G. Gul-
ley, R. J. Floody, .1ennie E. Duncan,
Jennie McLennan, Albert H. Plummer,
Chas. Grant, Robt. Reid, Mary Craw-
ford, Ellen Calbick, Thomas F. SiYil -
son, Francis Sutherland, Ella Givlin,
DeCoursey Mitchinson, T. Lockett, T.
Nicholson, Wellington MoTaggart, Kate
Mel!wen, M. Jane. Hyslop, E. J. Row-
lands, and Cyrus Callender and Alice
McLean, if the two latter are residents
of Huron County.
-The board of directors of the How -
ick Insurance Company, -met in Gorda
on August 25th. There were 97 appli-
cations read and accepted, covering
risks amoun ting to $128,000. A petition
asking the board to take action to in-
sure against accidents by the engine of
steam threshers under proper restric-
tions, was carefully considered, and it
was resolved- that inasmuch as the
question had been considered at the an-
nual meeting,. it was better to give due
notice that it would be brought up at
the next annual meeting, and there con-
sidered in all its bearings. .
-A short, thick -set man, by the
name ef Mills, went around. Brussels
last week and on the pretence that he
represented the well known firm of
Millica.mp & Co., of Toronto, secured
an amount of silverware from parties in
town to re -plate. 0,n Friday evening
lest he returned the articles, and after'
asking if they did not look well and
receiving his pay, he desired them not
to use it until the morning as the plat-
ing would rub off. In the morning on
examining the articles it wasfound that
they had Just been covered with quick-
silver.
7 -The Clinton New Era is responsible
for the following on dit : A very amus-
ing incident occurred at Irwin's pond,
one day last week. Mr. White, of
Mitchell, had taken a drove of 50 pigg
to the station for allipment, but as thee'
were very hot, he was told he might
cool them off by allowing them to bathe
in the pond. They were accordingly
turned loose, and eagerly plunged into
the water, where some of them BOOR
began to indulge in all sorts of antics.
A.F3 soon as Mr. White found the water
'al II:. 1 r a- 51 11:: r °I Vtnie I I I I 11-!!!!::
- 41:71p-**°engir,thmewe sfonillihtalis
line aud Thomp
myjamioex,d3„are. w.aGlir
little arausemen
thein: t‘Fottr
Knox is registra
ot lirepash inrekotd,sb'aba It itl301Eraylui I 11.3 Ikciteelirs:i t
povn7c,teijecera ad: e ot ef d . t
is a son of Mr.
Labe° e arleijde
sieg insitaso f
t nr
robbery on the 1
taken his men.
way as the parth
tothilpHrooviusneci.eina!
-Mr. John B.
b
eaixar
tiomrrits
infite
eirof
•lire, sasi,eaae
Te
t,
ing-sAervs Mieer. and
Millbank,Millbank, were -i
buggy fell and h
last Sabbath the
_ BawralOtr'nite-nisloirStit*eihaorrniedlssabf raiiisEpgloas:
latest victim is
Nissouri townshi
vicinity a Lor
great deal of an
1
wwhasicshadbeenerhi°11slY
the barn of 2e.
London townsh
aieo placed in th
731:c:1317o ecy e Bei ad: heAeaendi a' 1 npl d li i
stheriat7s ict'ajturtl Ye 'vl
these vicious an
appears uncertai
-On Saturd
_Norman and tw
with 134 pair of h
°WPPor°ItsIst,eattbe
Tor
engine struck t
of the occupan
NehIlrdmraenn o8uutcoefee
stunned hinese
-The sunflo
ton -hole ornanie
day in Toronto,
retire in favor 0
less attractive b
A young lady
Saturday with
green grapes att
tracted general
full awing on th
ject," ite.
-The Londo
and this City Co
the other day, b
Provincial Fair
delegates to Kin
hibing'that the We
d
-ent,
-ilonforrs.RLn
aacoii
teeliffr oef, Mr.
kneof
.r pe
protein/ant mere
office in that vil
influence of chi
adrainistered le,
purpose of -havi
alfrnds.thBeacacirleiffunee
over the entire
-Miss Kate
diszredivedsudidueTu143yr°
Ruse,
hh°olliaslee;
Leslie, a form
but now residie
The young 1
sonae months
ronto, fondly h
scene, with ski
-would have a
-About nine
evening a yo
years of age., so
rister, of Listo
liquor, entered
mercial Hotel
when -the bar
was called in
hun turned on
lnaily got out
turned, and
the bartender i
win with a p
evi3eovnenrdaliigaashhises
on the left h
under medical
- well as can he
not considered
arrested -short].
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daughter,
MRENZIE-Itt
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of Mr. Henry
momoRst TM -1
wife of Mr. R
MITCH-in Sea
of Mr,. John
at Mr, p*Ran.
TAILOR -In
bast., the
son.
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wife of Mr. {
PICRARD-1u
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STENVA.RT-1
of Mr. D. St
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wife of Mr.
IhOSS-In Mors
Thos. Ross 4
WALSH-1n Lf
tb.e wife of
MILtsS-GRA.F.
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to Miss M
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'Goderich,
Sutton, Mr.
Rebecca .1
ship.VETSMAN-
the bride
the Rev.
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