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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-10-06, Page 1�'-1Tae+C�i te 1882. ter to mourn hits re of the totem.. ity of Middle, m for about tern it he had been_ a. rd afterwards of • genial, whole. Universal reaped tax well attested to attended his, nal of last week the report -Was.. shat the steamer fired in the great ar the Manitoulin, nent wasoccas. ld it waa not un- .s regarding. the sere allayed. It ;oba was: caught stare kions torn e done, but Capt. sought harbor tray. and remain- rail emai t=atil the "blow' ren he proceeded nesday morning from Duluth that red safely at that, ems. J- has been laid veteran sports- gone ou a three: the Perth Model andidatea,. 24 of ere admitted:.. yeara connect.._ Argus staff, has gage in other busi- „. of St. Marys, nth a beautiful me by his Sab tev. A. Hender- the call to Elmo €rareb, took place kin, Sr.,, an oid of Downie, died resident of the of Hibbert tow -a- t with "25 stalks ill from one grain d ark of Avonton, ,ing at the Doaw- vhich he refused ht. L, of Poole, has: ad grain to ais ✓ about VT, a ..binge from farra- oserip, of St. oted to the rank mpany, 28th: Bat- Iain Bayley,: de.. len and band'are urnamennt to be her 3rd. Prizes hundred dollars of the Mitchell ected a member it board in the by the death of r Listowei,recent- ers' farm of 5a ssion of Wallace, las since sold it to Brd Line of Wal- €rurneymen shoe - aide a. strike for about two- days 4th the bosses, an t at and all re- M• edal awarded by Arts Association € has been won by Elyde Park, North McLaren of Gloa- t a bronze medal. M. P., arrived. in morning of last the Northwest. est as the end of ack, and reports ountry since- his arvellc'us. th fall show Dr. exhibited & pyr: a- deed pounds -of derived from di_f arly distinguish-_ iniature hive of attracted a good e, who has for the position of gational Church, and will shortly here he is to as- hip of the San. is nnsuch regretted man giving his was arrested at f a; watch, and Ile pleaded guilty s: stolen from the: W. Roxborough, � er aoknowled ed in the Pent- sentenced. to two tion. mutating sad de- eep in Fullerton Potter, 6th con.,. ed by dogs. either Three of these d lacerated,, fled drowned. Mr. concession.,; has: d sever -al badly a presented at the rid Carried off s. The fallowing r factory cheese, y Mr. Thos. Sta- e second by Mr.. For the best yens, Hammond, Ina Cheese and d. For truckle was again first, second. Messrs. efer,: Tavistook,; prize for cheese. Iaotyne, M. P. P., of dairy preclude T. Hicks,Mit- pair matched oar- D. G. Murray, r. John Helly,jr., ed off a large por- eesters. He took aiding rams , hist s f first and third . t for ewe Iambs: or pen of Lei- FIFTEENTH YEAR. 'BOLE NUMBER, 774, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 6, 18$2. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. Es 1111CFAU L Is now offering Special Inducements -TO- CASH BUYERS Di THE FOLLOWING New Fall Goods. Mantle Cloths, Ulster Cloths, Tweeds, Flannels Black Cashmeres, Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Flushes, Sash Ribbons, &c , &c. See our Winceys at 5c, Sc, 10c and 1216, the best in the trade for the money. Good Brown Rolland at 10c per yard. Splendid Canton Flannels at 10e c^w..ns and 1.2.-.21:c per yard. ;, ez. Our Crops and Prospects. . • The September Report of the Bureau of Industries gives full information on the progress and completion of harvest work throughout the Province, and of , the state in which the various grain crops have been garnered. It also Peals with the oondition of pastures and live stook, of the root and fruit crops, of Dorn, beans and buckwheat, of the new crop of clover and the p ospective sup- ply of plover and timothyt seeds, the pre- parations for sowing fall ;wheat, and the honey Produce of the year. The Report is prepared from information furnished by a laege staff of correspondents in each connty of the Pro ince, the great majority of whom are prectioal'fa'rmers. With the exception of Occasional fields of lateoats and peas, h rvesting opera- tions ere pretty gene ally concluded by the first of September. The heavy rains which prevailed ahaost universally throughout Western Ontario in the ear- lier part of August not' only made the harvest season an unusualle long and tediot s one, but seriously impaired the quality of the -grain crops, and especially fall wh4at and barley. The yield of fall wheat will be even greater 'than was estimated, in former Repots ; but a considerable portion of the croj has been housed in damp con- dition, and rust and sprouting prevailed in many localities. In the western peninsula, barley is very generally discolored, though the grain is large and plump, and the yield fully as large as was anticipated; In Lenox, Addington, and Prince Edward, howeye where this grain is so largely sown, the harvest was favored by the finest, weather, and the crop was .gar- nerecd in excellent condition. Indeed, throe gl cnit Eastern Ontario generally, the farmers escaped the almost continu- ous wins which rendered harvesting operations so uncertain in the west, and as a `result the o.roes have been much better, aved, though the yield is not so heavy. - Man correspondents report that the spring 'wheat has been badly injured by Cunt and midge, while in more lin tiad' localities it suffered from the rainy Weather which followed closely on a period of drought. On the whole, it is less than an average crop. . Oats; were late in ripening, and in some extern counties shelled badly in harvesting, but they will be fully an averege crop. Peas' are rather a light crop, partly owing to the ravages of their unfailing enemy thebug, and partly to unfavora- ble weather. A large quantity of fall wheat has been threshed, but very little has yet been, lfaarlketed, and prices are unset- tledl The datpage done to grain crops by the copious rains of Angus t will be fully balanced y the luxurian pastures they helped to produce, and the consequent ben et to live stock and dairy interests. Corrie onbents almost unanimously re- port thathe pastures were never better, that lige stook are in excellent condition, and'that the year has been a most pros - porting one to dairymen. The supply of store Sattte, largely on account small of the pre*ai Bea value in Table Linen at 20c per yard.-- All Wool' Flannels and Tweeds very cheap. .Dress Goods, Shawls, Mantles and .Millinery at . prices to suit eaery body. Those who give us a call will find our Prices right FOR OASH, and will receive the fall benefit of the Cash System. E. 1cFAU L. �IMPORTANT NOTICES. STP.AY PIG. -Came into the premises of the `. undersigned about the 6th of September, a sow pig about five weeks old, all white-. The owner can have the same by paying eharges. ANDREW JOHNSTON, Zurich P. O. 773x2 TE"BER WANTED. -For School Section No. 6, Township of Grey, County of Huron ; second or third class, male, for the year 1883. Applications stating salary will be received by the undersigned until 23st October, 1882. ANGUS SHAW, Brussels P. 0., Secretary -Treasurer for School Board. 7733(4 eaten, except in the case of a few hardy varieties, notably the Russet. The only part of the Province reported tree fromthe " blight " is the St. Lawrence and - Ottawa counties, where there will be do average crop, though the fruit is small in size. Pears are a fair crop, except in the Georgian Bay counties, where they are reported to be a worse failure than the apples. Plums are considerably below an average yield, owing mainly to the ravages of the curculio, and in a small degree to the effects of black - knot. Peaches, where grown at all, wire scarce, and prices high. Grapes are a fair crop. ATOTICE TO DEBTORS. -Dr. Duncan's books -LI are left in my hands for inamediate collec- tion. If not paid. without delay they will be handed into the court for suit. JOSEPH BRIBE, Anetionem Harpurhey, Sept. 4, 1E82. 770 MONEY LOST. -Lost, near Bowden's Hote 'LTA' Seaforth, on the evening of Wednesday September 20th, the sum of $80, all of which sum was in five dollar bills, with one or two excep- tions. The finder will be liberally rewarded on leaving the same at either BOWDEN'S HOTEL or THE EX.POSITOR Office, Seaforth. 772x4 'MAC -HERB WANTED. -The undersigned, will receive applications up till 2 p. m.. on tbe 21st October, for teachers for schools No. -1, 6, 7, 18, and an assistant for No-. 8, to commence duties' on the IA of january, 1883. All applica- tions, must be in writing, and the applicants must appear in person at Egmondville School house at the above date ta sign the agreemente. GEO. SPROAT„ Secretary Public School' Board. 773-3 "MOTICE is hereby given. that John Kiiioran 'LI and Thomas David Ryan, trading ender the Style and firm -of Rilloran & Ryan, as gen- . eral grocers and dealers in provisions and liquors, at the town of Seaforth in the coenty of Huron, have made a general assignment of all their estate and effects- to me for the benefit of their creditors. And the creditors of the said' firm 'of Rilloran & Ryan are hereby notiaed to send to me on .or be- fore the 20th day of October, 1882, the full par- ticulars of their claims and of the security, if any, held by tliera, after which date I shall proceed to distribute the assets of the estate -among the parties entitled thereto, having reference only to the claims of which I.shall then have notice, and I shall not be liable- for- any part of the estate so distributed to any creditor,: of whose Ci ailln I shall not have received notice at the time of sach dis- tribution. The creditors of the said, firm aro re- quested to attend a meeting to be held at my °thee, lathe town of Sesiorth, on Friday, the 6th day of October, esee, at 3 O'clock p. m. for the purpese Of determining upon the mode in width. the estate shall be disposed of, &e. Sea- forth, Sepiember 21, 1882. WM. CAlvli)BELL, Assignee in Trust for Gredi ors. 772-4 Roots are fairly good in all hections of the Province excepting the counties- of Grey and Simcoe. on eoeorgian Bay, and Haldimand and Welland, on Lake Erie. The local droughts of 'June and July in those counties were very unfavorable to potatoes, carrots and nangolds, and the fy has been a troublesome enemy to turnips. But the rains of August have . greatly improved thegeneral-prospectdemand, and sheep are not very plenti- ,, •and fa-rmers are hopeful. There are ful,. though in some localities there many complaints, however, that pota1 would appear to -be no scarcity. The tees are affected by root, but so far. no supply of .pigs is short, and one or two ti ri ___ barley; can have been verifi< results, they are perhaps lia tion. PABLIIES AND LiiiE ST copionit rains injured the gr Lamb on, Huron and Bruce, the dam- physiological effectS of alcohol. ' age was to some extent set off by the -A three menthe' conree of lectures enhanced growth and fres ness of the will be delivered at Knox College, Tor - pastures, which are uniforntly reported onto, by Rev. Dr. Proudfoet, of London. -The new comet is neve visible in this Province, in the eastern sky, look- ing very large and rising about three o'clock in the morning. -Mr. Greaves, of Ottawa, is trying the experiment of" raising peanuts, or ground nuts, as they are sometimes called., bnt as yet withont Bootless. -A respectable married woman was arrested in °dame= Triesday evening in male attire: She was shadowing ' an erring husband. -The quilt at the Wes don,which contained 1,30 936 pieces, was the handi Nellie Geoghegan. -Paul Peel, the talented young ar- tist of London, has sold his collection of pictures to a prominent citizen of Winnipeg for a handsome sum. -It is reported that the new mica 'mine in the Nipissing dietrict produces specimens equal to the cetebrated North Carolina productions. -Mr. J. Cook, niatherciatical master of the Collegiate Institute at St. Thomas, has been; offered a position at Brockville, at a ealary of $1,000 per annum. =There are now 249 pupils in the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Belleville. This is the greatest num- ber that has ever attended that institu- tion at one time. -Eleven persons were found on Bird Rock; in the Gulf, a few days ago, en- tirely without food, there being no'com- munication with the shore on alcount of rough weather, , -Seven cars of "stone sewerage pipe arrived the other evening at Amherst - burg from South Bend, Indiana, to be rated On the Essex Centre and Windsor cut-off. Three more are expected. -A. young man in Essex Centre, named Newt. Gardner, had his left hand shot off the other day, while d by actual ble to varia- eCK.-If the. ain crops in is based on kindness, and they have so far been able to haodle 07 most stub- born equine. -Dr. Tanner, thp ienowned faster, lectured in London last week on " The excellent, andlive stock of consequently in good con ontloOk for dairy produce, it does almost entirely at t the year upon the state of t verY encouraging, and t is that there will be a goo both cheese and butter. cheese factories for the pas been [ cheering. The ete cattle for export which h for some time has left Imperatively probability is r future will been in good 11 kinds are ition. The epending as is season of e pastures, e likelihood supply of Reports of season have d.y drain of s continued few animals over two yea s old in the handa of farmers, and the that shipments in the nee be serious damage has been dbubtless due to the heavy rains.' A large breadth of fall wheat will be sown thie year, but, owing to the pro,. longed; harvest seascat, seeding be hilly two weeks laterithen usual. The rains, too, interfered :with the cultiyat- ing and harrowing eoloecessary to keen fallowe in good conditton for the reeep- The Report contains miscellaneous Produde of hay and clover, the acreage of root crops, bnokWheat, beans, flax, hops atid fruit, and !the year's proquce Of m ple sugar. Following are the figure for the whole, !Province, and for the co ntiee of Huron and Perth : Meadows and Clover, acres in " Meadow and clover, tons et produce Potatoes, mires in crop ktv- in crop Ptlier roots, acres in Buckwheat, acres in Beans, iieres in crop.. Orchard and GaTden, Vineyard, acres, Maple sugar, pounds made4his year 1862,098 71,513 513,469 • 2188,489 79,910 66,121 N64,266 5,407 t.464 1 16,060 1 ,249 11,255 11 9,981 526 sp I 75,164 5,466 :8,910 20,357 -45 46 6,413 698 ante s,O47 193 , 160 213,725 9,064 5,595 e,t02,321 87,425 21,335 Returns made ter correspondents, based on the threshi g machine reCords of their several localities, showthat the total produce of fall wheat in the `Pro- vince! is 32,352,403 'bushels ; of s 'ring i, wheat. 9,295,793 bushels ; of b ley, 169 bushels ; and ef peas, 11,428,479 beshels. These fig matee made on the ally the figures o More accurate de furnished by the ret the results of whieh will be given io the October Report of the Bureau. res exceed the esti- ii 'st of June, es ebi- e, however, will be ens of threshere, The weather repent shows that the . temperature for Atigust was slightly ing high prices, is lower than the temperature for A." gust owe g partly to the same cause and last yearebut the rainfall was CoD ider- partly' to the ravages of the pea bug, pork prontises also to be rather a scarce the total for the mo th was 5.19 idches, artiple. "Pink -eye" is reported from the 1 . and et one in Lamb n it was 7.1E4 At coupty of Essex, some horses having died cif the disease, and re considerable . only HENS.ALL CIDER MILL. customers and the public generally that on account of the scarcity of apples this season he will: only run his Cider Mill every other day until further notice, viz. : On TUESDAY,. THURSDAY and SATURDAY of each week. I have made roore improveme.nts this year and guarantee good satisfaCtion. Charges as usual. BERNARD THOMSON. 772 aunt* having been disabled for work. i Owpag to the "heaving" of the plants last Winter, the crop of clover seed will be Mtich !below the average throughout the Province. The most fb,voralele re• ports in the west come from,some of the Lake Erie counties, where the prospect is paid. to be "fair," conditional, how- ever, en continuance of (ry weather t, and the bsence of frost. In some of the eastern counties Alsike plover is ex- tensiVely igrown, and it stood the winter well. 0 timothy seed there will be sin respoodentareport that themew seeding hae had a splendid "catch" -the best in many years -and there is a fine Eros - poet ler in abundant crop next year. The ()atm crop has had much to con- tend a,g tist this year. Owing to the cold and wet w,eather of May it was late, and the soil was in the ssible ciendition to promote its The low temperature of Stine and July was scrtacely less unfavorable, end inapy fialda were replanted. At thp end , of July, the outlook was cheeriest in the extreme, and the most sanguine of correspondents in the best corn-groeving counties did not look for Melte than half a crop. But the month ofAugust transformed the pros- pect ; warrn days and genial showers did wonders for the corn, and the re- ports of correspondents this month are greatly eltered in tone. The crop as a whole will scarcely reach an average, and there are many poor fielde, but it is a very 4reat improvement on the pro- mise of a month ago. In Essex and Kent it es well ripened by this time, but in the ther counties it will be two or eks later. are fairly good on high and ned gronnd, but on low-lying planted wont pc three w Beans fielde th y have not podded well owing to the heavy rainfall, and in some locali- ties the crop will not be worth the pull - The, best accounts come from Kent aod Norfolk, and the counties along the iver. heat is late, and feare are en - that it will not ripen before ing of autumn frost. -In the Ottawa Buck terteine the co eastern Iconnties the later -sown fields are giving ,the best promise, having esciped the scorching days of early August. Genetally; speaking, the fruit crop of the yeall is a failure -apples decidedly so, owinn to the " blight " referred to in. peevioue reports. The trees, though showing some signs of recovery, have still are unhealthy appearance, the leaves being dark in color andishrivelled up` as if tthey had been touched by fire: The fru t is small, diseased and worm - 1 AT HOME. G kni.-In the Ltke Huron gone, of conn ies, fall wheat, so far as yield. is oectetions of those ho looked for more than an average cro . The long succes- =cede 1 for the qualttly of the grain, rind man farmers, des eiring of the sfeedy advent of -fine w Other, prema urely hurrtedi their wheet into the bare in a damp and unsatisfaptory conditiont The prop,brtion of soft rind "sprouted"'grain stands to have bee larger in Lanabton than, in either Hu on or Bruce, bly an account of the heavier rain- tha former county. The damage lying lands. It isnhowever, safe tosey that the bulk of tine crop has been ger- where-as in the majority of ceses- notwithstanding the 'drenching it was subjeoted to, it his emerged without hurt, the sample ,ts clear, bright, . and plue5p. The other grains have alsb been more or less injured' by the rains, tVugh not la few correspopadents report_ pring crop's in their vieinity to have! been saved so far in geed order. T e dis- coloration of barley by the wet w ether d. the quality other - reported to be not correspondents ,.omo.•lr 11,9.4: the injury railway. He also announced that the 'resident of the Company had informed liim of . the adoption Qf the Kicking Horse Pass, and the intention to com- iormeriy a done the pea crop by the bug of late years has interfered to seine extent with the fattening of hogs for the market. CLOVER Al4D TIMOTHY. -The second crop "of clovet in Lambton is very good, and as to the new seeding Lit is said that " a etter catch was never got." The pros ects for the second crop in Huron and rime are, perhape, not so promis- ing. One farmer in Howick (Huron county) observes that "IlumbprEi in this viciotty are 'sowing the llge red. clover, which yields no secon crop." This seasdn's catch, on the other hand, is coming up rapidly, and has already attaiited considerable gr wth, as may 13 be jUdged from the fact, a noted by one correipondent, that not a little was out with the grain and beund up ill the bntt of the sheaves. Li tle timothy or hese counties, ially of the robe - all in done is universal in th the yield is good a -wise fair. Peas a, clover seed is saved in and a large yield, espe former, is not looked for. Rooes.-The condition crop in the Lake Hnron of the potato ties is somewhat peculiar, In Lambton and Bruce it is below" the average, owing, in the former county, to the injurious effect of the early rains, and in the latter, as it would seem, chiefly to the too constant attentions of the ColOrado beetle. In ITuron, on the other hand, potatoes are quite up to the 'mark and promise a good return. Any damage done was caused by drought in the earlier part of the 'Eeason, and no mention is made of extensive ravages by the bug. Turnips in oll three coun- ties are poor and late, and in the south- ern portion of the district have not recovered from the attaoks of the fly. The recent rains have, however, im- proited the chances of this as well as of the other root crops. ' Maligolds are generally fair, and carrots are reported excellent. Considerable growth in tur- maugolds and carrots may yet be expected ; and in view of the large hay crop in this district 'there does not appear to be any ground. for anticipat- ing a scarcity of fodder for fattening more than an averape crop, aod the bug has not been idle," especially in Huron. Spring wheat is orally middling, both in yield and quality, heving suffered .from rust, and in additien the grain is laid. in SOD16 localities to -have shrunk te some extent. The same causes whichiled to the deterioration ref the other kering crops have affected" Oats, and onelcorre- county) reports a considerable einantity of srnut" in the latter. No rye Wgrown in this district. A good deal 4f fall wh at and barley! :has been tla Malay ern Fair,Lon- blocks,or 16,- ork of Miss Venie.-Apples, the standard- fruit crop of the Lake Huron Counties, are evetywhere reported a failure. Many trees have been seriously injured by blight, and appear to be in a dying condition,tvhile the fruit ie smaller than usual and wormy. The crop is not ex- pected to be more than sufficient to sup ly local demand, and there will be no surplus for export. P beihw an average crop, o tha ravages of the eurcul also suffered, but not q extent as apples. The mote or less affected by yield will be small. P grdwn in this section, generally a good brop. cases by the desire of farmers toeibtain moiv-room for theta spring crops. As wee to be expected !gram placed iin. the whet troublesome in the machi e, the barn in a damp ste e has provet$some- la sp i dingly slow. One or two cries of wh at heating in the bin have been re- ported. A majori of those reporting to the Bureau esti ate the yieldi of fall wh ' at at frem 25 t 35 bushels Or acre. So e place it as 'high aa 40, teed only on at‘20. Barley is placed onl en av- &age at 30, peas 4th 25, oats at 05, and spring wheat at 15 bushels per ahre, but as pone of these figures, with the excep- tion of those given for fall whfat and lums are much wing in part to o. Pears have ite to the same trees have been blight, and the aches are little ut grapes are There is no clue to the robbers as yet. They obtained the tools by robbing a blacksmith shop. -Itis said that Wrn. D. Stormont, Methodist au�u,D� oL in Cana - fete the road by Jan. 1, 1887. da, is ih jail at Bay City as a �com. � 1,- -West Z f ria comes po ti1er_f routin mon delirium tremens cut his throat and near- ly succeeded in killing himself. -Prof. 8elwyn, whose wife died in Montreal, o few days ago, is engaged in a geological survey west of Sault Ste. Marie, and. it is not known how or where to reach him by telegraph. He is accompenied by his daughter. -A depettation is in Montreal in con- nection wieh a Northwest syndicate to build a net? railway feom the Northwest to conuectwith the Grand Trunk at Du- luth. It is Proposed to make the line a competing! one from Manitoba, to the sea with the 0anada Pacific Railway. offered five thousaad dollars for the ex- tension ofjthe Methodtst Church in the North -we t ora condition that fifty thou- sand is taised within twelve months. It is expeeted that this amount will be -Mrs. 4-obn McLurg, of Lobo, sold four kegs" of her prize Western Fair butter to Mr. J. D, Saunby, of London. The price paid was 30 cents per pound., ed the and other prominent men, mark Two of the kegs 'were shipped. to Glarit'l event by presenting him with an ad- dress and a solid silver casket, richly embossed and engra,ved. Mr. Cockshutt has been a resident of Brantford for fines were exaeted from !parties corivicted of sellirig liquor on the Ifair ground at London hest week. Wm. Quick was fined $20 for the first offence, and for the second offenee Arthur Gray, Wm. Shrimpton and Dan. Collins were each fined $40 and costs. Thos. Reed, arrested with a revolver in bie posses- sion, was fined $20, arid- a man for be- ing dem* and assaulting a constable had to hand over $10 with $3.50 costs. -More incendiary fires are repotted. his week. Saturday morning, in Dun- das, the large brick planing -mill, with. engine, boiler, and machinery, of Messrs. Bowman. & Casey, was burned making, it a total wreck ; loss $12,000. On Fri- day night, at Parkhill, fire broke out in an old frame building, eompletely de- stroying it, and badly aamaging the ad- joining buildings, causing considera,ble loss to shopkeepers and several private -A man named Miehael Gerry re- fused to pay his fare on a Hamilton street car, and when a constable at- tempted to take him off the oar he resisted. Aventually by the aid of a couple of other constables he was taken to the police station, and next morning the magistrate fined him $10 for not paying his car fare, and sentenced him to twelve months in the Central Prison for resisting the police. -The will of the te Mr. Cowan, Manager of the Feder burg, leaves his prope Church, of Tilsonleurg Bell, caretaker of the' Mrs. Groff, of Simooe matter lanes, township clerk, sonae time ago iold a fine lot of steers at $90 a head ; Mr. A. McDonald, a fine lot at r5 a head, and Mr. W. Murray another lot at $70 per head. Mr. G. Manson re- cently sold a fine heavy draught breed. mare for $220 ; Mr. John M. McLeod `Sold a horse for. $218 ; also a couple of three year old colts at $170 each. -The arrivals of coal at Quebec of late have teen something enormous. Many vessels of the fall fleet, which *ere in the habit of bringing not more than 400 or 500 tons, simply as ballast, having brought now 1,000 and1,200 tons, in the expectation of obtaining good. prices. In this hope, however, they are likely to be disappointed, though the dealers have evidently enteredinto a combination to keep up the rate. -Mr. J. Cockshutt, one of the leading citizens of Brantford, has retired from commercial life, leaving the control of his business to his sons. The people of Brantford, represented by the Mayor and the President of the Board of Trade gow, for the use of a relative of Mr. Saunby's there. -The 1:sicience and sheds of Mr. of Rimouelei, were burned down to the ground this week. Amongst the ruins were found the aemaius of three chit- .dren, who must have been burned to death in the fire. -It, is Understood that the order re- quiring wholesele dealers in liquors and tobacco to furnish double security for duty on hquors in bond,will, be rescind- ed on representatione from the Hon. Frank Smith, himself the largest dealer in Toronto. oung Montreal girl Boesvert, mind guilty of poisoning Mr. ild by giving it lye to drink, in. liquor -The who was Noel's c was sentenced tofive years in the peni- tentiary. This light sentence was pass- ed on account of the doctor's certifying handling an over -loaded gun on the that she was of weak intellect. street. The gun burst. -A large barn and two smaller ones :a -The work of coastructing the Cana- on the premises of John McGregor, da Southern from Essex Centre to Wind- .sor is progressing rapidly. Three hun- dred men and. 160 teams are engaged on the work. -Last Saturday, while boring for water on the farm of Nelson Mossea,u, two miles from Belle River, Essex County, at a depth of 87 feet oil was struck. It is first-claes in finality,. sion in Montreal, on Dorchester etreet, west, and will reside thete with his THE CROPS ELSEWHERE. The:report of the Washington De- path:tent of Agriculture for September, sleeves that in the United States the quality of wheat is good, and the yield elatve the average. In, parts of the winter wheat region, howevenespecially in 'Michigan and Indi 'na, some mil- lions of bushelsIliave bee ing in the shook, and n lose in spring wheat is the same 08,V80. T wi ter wheat is abo 000,000. It is certain that the supply hart not been quite as large as in 1879 or 1880. The report on otatoee is less faeorable than for mbnth, especially in N New York, but the tote mated at 150,000,000 b In Great Britain wheat is about 300,0 th eS de is F bashels, which is almo t sufficient for ladme consumption. In other European conntries the crop is a air average, and the probability is that the total defibit to bernet will be less than that of last lost by sprout- arly the same reported friam e aggregate of t 380,000,00(Y heat about 140, - the preceding w England and yield is esti- he area untie; acres greatet an last year, and the total product ie inaated at 82,000,009 bushels. Thil stimated at 106,000,900 bushels. The enoth crop is estimated at 280,000,000 E- J. O'Neil, superintendent of the Deminion police, has resigned. -The thirty-eighth session of Knox College, Toronto, opened on Wednesday 168.1Mrs. N. Henry, of Sombre, has in her garden a California, cucumber 55 t Arthur heti been sent by his physician to the St. Lawrence to ohm malaria. -For some time bank Messrs. Mac - p erson and McConkey have been giv- i g exhibitions of theie educated horses at the Toronto Zob. Both these gentlemen ara Canadians, and they are eaperts in their business. Their meth- the safe open secured the eontents, accept any a • of dealing with colts and wild. horses amounting to between 02 0 and t 300. to secure the early completion of the gaged. in puttnag oat. -The Presbyterian ehurch at Galt, under the pastorate ef the Rev. J. K. Smith, is said to be the largest in Cana- da of that denomination. There are 853 communicants and 403 families. -Dr. Cattanach, whit is on a yisit to his old home in Fergus, contemplates going into the cattle raising business in Colorado, and hag secured 8,000 acres of land about 75 miles northnf Denver. -The Ontario Government have had Brook's monument at Niagara Falls in- spected. The monument and founda- tion are not injured, but are to be repaired to prevent future injury. - The Rev. Mr. Allworth, who- has been pastor of the Congregational church in Paris for about seventeen years, preached his farewell seriatim to that congregation on Sabbath eveninn, 24th -Mr. Joseph Jackson, of Brentford, has sold his farm of 70 acree -at !Mount Vernon, to Mr.:Philip Newstead for $4,700. Mr., Newstead recently bought the Douglas farm of 209 acres tor - The Rev. D. j. Macdomeell, of New St.,Andrew's Church, Toronto, has gone to Britain for his health. l?r. Jenkins, of Montreal, will occupy the pulpit dur- ing a portion of the time Mr. Nfacdon- nell will be absent. -Mr. Thomas Todd of the Preston hop,yards, has sold his entire season's crop of hops, amounting to 'upwards of 12,000 pounds, to Mr.- Geo, Moore, of Waterloo, at the rate of 55 cents per pound. -Charles R. Cocker, Lloyd's survey- or ,has been appointed inspector ef hulls and equiprieent of Canadian vessels for the Dominien, under the amended Act of last session proViding irger ttlia for such an appointment. I -Reeding rooms have been fitted up for the use of boys in the Toung Men's Christian Association rooms ° at St. Thomas. The older members will not now be annoyed by the prrttle of the youngsters. -The Montreal hardware houses have advanced the price of bar and manufactured iron ten per !cent. on ac- count of strikes in Engla,n as' well as 11 the enormous demand for ron end the inerease of freights. -A young man, name Brewn, on Saturday, fell against a cir ular saw in Mutton's mill, up the Dore River from Toronto. His right hip waili slaehed, the cut being sixteen inches iu length and through to the bone. Re very doubt- - second concession of Westminster, were destroyed by fire Monday afternoon, together with about 300 buehels of wheat, 400 btijihels of oats, and a large quantity of unthreshed grain. The loss will be about $2,500. -During last Sunday's service in St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, Arch- bishop:Lynch referred at length to the interdicted poem, "Marmion, charac- terizing it as highly immoral and very destructive to the character of young readers, end a direct insult to Catholics. -An era in the progress of Ottawa was marked by the formal open -I ing on sturday of the Canada Ati city to C teau Landing. The new roa considerobly shortens the route froiri Ottawa te Montreal, and operates in op.! position to the Canada Pacific. -The assessors' returns for the cit of Toronto show an increase in th value of eeal property within the cit for the present over the precedin year, of nearly two and. three-quartee millions, " The increase in personal property and income swells up the total progress of the city within the last yeak employe by Mr. Taws of Onondaga, -Sanliiel Stewartson, a young man met a sodden and awful death on Tues- day. He was driving a steam thresher from one farm to soother in the New England" settlement when the horsee took fright and ran away. Stewartson was thrown under the wheels and his brains were crushed out. -The Church Chronicle is the name of the organ of the diocese of Huron. It is a new publication, thd, first number of which has just been issued. The editor and. proprietor is Me. 'W. J. umber of Indian bands competed at the Western Fair, London. Those which obtained prizes weire : fat, Chip- pewa Indian Itand, Maracay, $60; Moravian Band,, Moraviantown, $50 ;- 3rd, Oneida Band, Delevertre, $40. -Burglars entered the Ca tidal Pa- cific station at Almentet t e other toria,, British Columbia, on Wednesday night, drilled through the doe of the last week. In reply to an address the safe filling it with powder, and blowing Governor-General advised the people to h offered in order • -The settlement of New Denmark, ill New Brunswick, had recent accessions to the number of about 70. Two er three of the settlers, who some t ago went to the North-west, are now Minnesota, and are most anxious to r turn to New Denmark if they only h the means to do se. -Ladies voted in Renfrew upon t e by-law to grant a bonus of $3,000 to t. secure the junction of the Kingst & Pembroke Railway at that poi Had the ladies not come to the fro the by-law would in all probability ha been lost, as there were not, says the Kingston News, sufficient masculine property holders in town to give 'n the requisite m ajority. -The committee intrusted with t task of erecting a monument to t memory of the late Hon. Geo. Bro • on Wednesday resolved to place t work in the hands of Mr. Birch, A. A., of London, England.. The stet is to be of bronze, ten teet high, and t cost will be £1,000 sterling. It is s posed that a year will be consumed, the corebletion of the statue. -The tug Ann Long arrived at 0 en Sound et midnight Sabbath evening last, having pn board- the following bodies lost oft the ill-fated steamer As a : John McDougall, of Owen Sound, was parser ; F. Sparks, of Ottawa ; Jackson, supposed to be a farmer frem near Listowel ; Mrs. Kirk, from near Clooehill ; Sheppard. and one unknown, supposed to be Silas Benard. -Dr. Richardson, one of Galt's oldest and most highly esteemed cai- zens, died somewhat suddenly on Satur- day morning the 23rd He was in his usual health on Friday afternoon, when he was stricken in his own house with apoplexy, from which he never rallied or regained. consciousness. De- ceased came to Galt in 1839, sliace which time he has resided continually in that -place. o ened the Agricultural Show at Vic- 0 Bank, Tilson- divided as fob, Presbyterian $5 000 to Miss Groff ; and the balance, some $14,000, to be divided in three equal amounts be- tween relatives. Mr. Thos. McCrae, of Guelph, and Mr. Groff; of Simcoe, were appointed executors of; the estate. i -The Journal says . Among the no- tables at the St. Thomas Fait were Donald Dinnie and. E. W. Johaston, the athletes, and. G. D. Hodge, the Highland piper. Donald Diimie has a magnificent physique that is not robed with much care as to conventionalities. His immense legs are Orel in kilts, and his big bulging &lest is cOvered by a grey flannel shirt, bordered at the neck by a, soiled linen collar and ao necktie. His face is decidedly Gselio, but is given a French eipression by a pair of fierce- ly waxed moustaches. -Oyer 3,000 people gathered at the Grand. Trunk Railway depot at London Thursday evening, to welcome Right Rev. Bishop Walsh, who arrived on the 8.30 train from the East. Music by the Seventh Band and fireworks enlivened the occasion. On arriving at the Bis- hop's Palace His Lordship was preeent- ed with a purse of $14000, accompanied by an addreas of warin welcome. The Bishop returned his thanks in well chosen :terms, atter which three cheers were given for His Lordship, and the crowd dispersed. -The residence of Mr. James Perrin. Sr., near Prospect Hill, Biddulph, was entered about midnight on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Perrin heard a noiee. On going to investigate the cause, in the partial darkness he saw an animated object making rapid exit through the open window, and then run -toward the gravel road. When the other inmates were awakened and. lamps lighted, Mr. - Perrin found that a vest, coutaining a pocket -book and 40 in money, was missing. - -An unfortunate accident occurred. at the Internationall Railway Bridge, on Friday. The dummy car which runs between Victoria and Black Rock was crossing the Niagara River, whea the car jumped the abutment and went down into the rivenabout 25 feet below. The engineer was instantly killed, and Mr. Hershey, ex -Warden of Welland. also lost his life. Several others re- ceived severe if not fatal injuries. Mr. M. Colcleugh, superintendent of the bridge, saved his life by jumping just as the car was going over. . -Two brothers, Albert and Osmond McMichael, have entered an action in the assize court against the Kingston and Pembroke Railway Company to recover ditenages for the destruction of their property in the township of King- ston, caused by sparks of fire permitted. to escape fibm the company's engines. Grass, wood, trees, rails, Sto., were de- stroyed. The plaintiffs claim $3,000 for the loss and destruction of the pro- perty, for the time occupied in combat- itig and. extinguishing the -fire, and for the money and. wages paid to others en-