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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-10-13, Page 11882. onsuommomoneumm i€ . begins busines8 sucoees. ` Re is a young man, and t upon cous ✓ten- trth, of the L€,te. r, while riding one field on Saturday his horse's head,. ;oiler bones was- Mra.. McCord o 13sbo€ne, way- at. re cellar atepa at. 1, and falling into • received severe' �e< 3 Revision of the o be- held on the than frl appeals list of this nnnz- ie Reformers and -es- leDonald, of lot 2, Lip of Aahfield,sold , to nor. hilexander neighbor, for the 100. This is a good r'. of Clinton, has - tzer'a farm of 80_ recession of Goder= term of nine years. • year is a very Frter takes possess Conservative As- rave leasedrooms nd intend having and farnished,and tetirigs during the -regular meeting first Friday of each. he report of the for Ontario, Huron • t than any other nee, the amount, reing nearly three f• iddlestex ranks eek a mag was al- to' a store at Bay he house hearing enquired who waati xio answer she got a sound of the' first out in a Jewry.. Cf*-ner, of Tacker were deStr-ayed by ago, has already new barn to be ce old Ione. Mr. • will build the A. Cautelon the v Era says that the at town intend to - that shy be cal carriage. The priu:- rs to be 'worked is of one ctf the mem ontrbut',e= from one- ided upon, to go respected resident aborne, has passed tichard Fisher died. E; concession 2,on h ult. Deceased re. England, in the 95, and emigrated Igo, settling on. the has resided ever eaceable and good ned a large circle learn of the unex- J- H. Drost, teach- it a friend'sresi- on Thursday of last er after a brief M- I an unusually pro - gave evidence of a. his death will be a. large number of • Drost had been a, school in Turn - at assumed charge, sick. rrrespondent of the Hunter, the clerk rly a teacher in Lon- tf having had among ho are now engaged iciness. These are sora of the London. prietor of the 'Ot- t), proprietor of the the city editor of e• Mr. Guy McGee.. for the encourage - hers. allenge was sent by - e ye those in. Goderich n Thursday, Sept. ge was accepted, and resalting in a vie- ich rinks. 1Ieesrs.. Tames. McNari( play- and son cf Dol -- tit of 63 to 4* and and E. Vanvery, tg their opp . nents,. in and A. Co an, by klimyille peop]Te have oyauces from night- ies. ightfes- A few evenings g chickens,the pro - lay', ro-Keay, were killed, and o the garden. Mr. - lar was entered and erves, etc., removed arrayed on a board, Le doubt, partook of Other depredations ar have recently been erns village. eek an old man and: unmistakable evir- nd who seemed to -ther-- freely, were inton. Daring tue• arched: in by -Con- a charge of being €erly, and brought rho fined them each woman gave her- and the man as old. The woman was . arrested,: and $125 was found on her 4 silk handkerchief, ae gold watch and d. that she came into t honestly, and ae Lee to the contrary to her. it the revision of the rich Township:, the to have 30 voters of which number hey applied to have ich number 35 were €a Conservatives- apo on, and both were lied to have 5 struck wed. The revision [ear gain of 46 votes It would be perfect - he assessor of the grit. FIFTEENTH YEAR. HOLE NUMBER, 775, MCFAUL Is now offering Special Inducements —TO— CASH BUYERS IN THE FOLLOWING New Fall Goods, lade Cloths,. -Aster Cloths, Tweeds, Flannels, Black Cashmeres, Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Sash Ribbons &c , &c. See our Winceys at 5c, 8c, 10c and 121e,; the best in the trade for the money. Good Brown Tolland at 10c per yard. Splendid Canton Flannels di 10c and 121c per yard. Extra value in Table Linen tot- 20c per yard. All Wool Flannels and Tweeds very cheap. Dress Goods, Shawls, Mantles and Millinery at prices to suit eaery- body. Canada. Some $10,000 worth of Regina lots have been sold at .Ottawa at $250 each. ' , —There are seven church edifices belonging to Protestant denominations for sale at Ottawa: -The temperance workers in the west end of Toronto, have decided to erect a $1,000' hall. - - —A charter for the construction of a street railway between Berlin and Waterloo has been applied for. - -One quarter of an acre on the farm of Mr. G. Beaubier, of Winona, yielded 5,000 quarts Of blackberries, which were sold for $906, 1 -Rev. lir: Smith, of Guelph, has re- ceived a call from St. Andrews Presby- terian Church, St: John, New Bruns- wick. 1 —Sir Charles Tapper left Ottaw: last Friday night on a tour of inspec tion of the Railway is —Potato Prince Ed ly large th to be very low. - -Ernest Andres, a German, sue• the Coaticooke Beet Root Sugar Co. fo breach of contract, laying his damages at $19,000: 1 . —Latest developments in the ex amination; of the books of the lot: City Treasurer of London, show deficit of at least $90,000. —A few Monreal .merchants hay: paid off a balanc of $13,500 due on th, Mackay Deaf an Dumb Institute, an it is now free of debt. —A company pany has been formed. i Montreal to manufacture carriag leather, a new industry in Canada. I will commence work with 50 men nes month. Those who- give us a call will] our Prices right g FOR GASH, and will receive the full benefit of the Cash System. E. McFAU L. DUNCAN - & DUNCAN'S Grocery Department. works on the Canada Pacifi Manitoba.. crops in Nova Scotia an yard Island being exceeding s season, prices are expecte: -t 11 ti!ill' fit SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, 0 We are now giving this department special attention. We have now on hand as fine a stock of Teas as ever came into Seaforth.. This is an ac- knowledged fact by competent and ex- periencecd judges. These Teas are im- ported direct from London, England. We have also just received a choice lot of Raisins and Currants, (new: fruit.) We keep the purest of Vinegars for pickling purposes, also Fine Spices of kinds. In fact, our stock all though this department will be found pure, clean and fresh, and to those who favor lit with their patronage we are confi- dent of giving entire satisfaction. Vector' solicited. DUNCAN & DUNCAN, In- SEAFORTHo —Mr. James Gilmour, an ex-warde that the Asia had been granted' a certi- ficate, but the document itself was returned to the Inspector and merely detained by him, but not revoked. This exonerates the Collector Rf Customs from the charge of negligence. —At, the examination of- two lumber merchants at St. Johns, Quebec, upon a charge of forgery, a remarkable piece of evidence was given. A clerk in the employ of one of the accused, swore that he forged the notes without the knowledge of his employe's partner, who presented them to the bank in good faith. —At the: Brantford fair while the horses were speeding in the ring, the mare Fanny West and the; horse Ab- dallah were going in oppos to directions - and through a mishap came in contact with each other, the shaft ¢f A.bdallah's sulky piercing the breast opthe mare, and killing her. She wa' ` owned by Mr. Wm. Mitchell, of Ble eim. —Roger; Smith, one of ' he oldest of London's •residents,_died tit his resi- dence, corner of Waterlog and King streets, on Saturday, having reached the age of 78 years. - He settled in Lon- don previous to the rebellion in 1837, and was an employee of Mr. Carling, one of the first grain huyere in that sec- tion. —Charles Fallon, of Moptreal,several weeks ago was seized with 'the hallucin- ation that be must eat nothing. Medi- cal and religious advisers failed to shake his resolve. After 30 days'' of complete fasting he decided to return to the or- dinary and natural method of sustain- ing life, and is now eating - like other mortals. —The barn of Mr. John Markham, of Dereham, was visited by' -thieves' on Monday night, who stole thirty bags of wheat that bad been prepared for draw- ing to market. So coolly did they go about their work that 'they actually TOBER 13, 1882. his heed and neck. The reg that some of the cordso were and the spine received a seriou so much so that Mr. Dorman in a helpless condition ever sir :no hopes are entertained of his recov- {McIJEAN BROS., Publishers. tia.50 a Year, in Advance. • alt was Creek, also all the Syndicate sections broken, on either side of the track west to shock, Thunder Creek, are sold to the Duke ias lain of Mapchester's or 'other corporations, ce, and or reserved by the Syndicate them- selves These speculating corporations now centrol every odd -numbered sec- tion within the wheat growing region, of Middlesex, shipped six car loads o cattle last' week to the foreign market from Dorchester Station, valued a $10,000. I 1 —The export of wood and bolts fro Wallaceburg thief season is somethin: enormous. The value of the bolts ex ported the past three months is ove $50,000, and the wood $30,000. -Twelye hundred dollars worth of Canadian butter has been seized a Malone, N. Y., by custom officers of th United States, for not being entered fo duty. - —Last fall Mr. John Hillgartner, o the 15th cjoncession of Carrick, sowe two bushejls of Fultz wheat, from whic he reaped 88 bushels, a product of ove 50 bushels to the acre. —The late census shows that ahil: there are in Manitoba 11,503 English, 9,949 French, 8,652 Germans, 773 Ic+ landers, 6,,767 Indians, and 10,173 Irish, the Scotch head the list of numbers with 16,560. Sergi. Jolt, atm of the Hon. H. Joly, is winner _ of the Governme prize, haying excelled in the greateE number cf athletic sports in cottnectio with the Royal Military College, Kin sten. I!1 i —The watches and jewellery stoleh from the residence of 1,1r. Ruddy, of Uxbridge, were found a few days ago in the grass north of the town, where it 4s supposed the thief dropped them in t flight. , —A 1 year old boy named Sillilye was run ver and killed Tuesday mors ing by a locomotive, near the Gram Trunk round house at Toronto. H severed from his body. T- gathering chips. Mr. Mowat has appoint t t head wa boy was —Hon Tuesday the 24th inst., to receive the deputations from . the Evangelic Churches in Ontario, with reference to introducing the: Bible into the public schools of Ontario. —Mr. Jas. Fox ag>ad 91, a veteran pf the British army, who was imprison- ed nine yeas in France as a prisoner of war, died -suddenly at Montreal Wednesday of last week, with grief, day Mb:the burial of his aged wife. e e d —Tit medical faculty of McG College, Montreal, held their fiftieth a niversary in the Windsors Hotel, Mo treat; w sere a dinner was served to large number. ` Lieut. Governor Ro tale, himself aigraduate of the echo was prepent. —A joint stock company has be organized in London for the purpose_ carrying on the extensive brewing a malting business of Messrs. Carling Co. The capital of the dompany h been fixed at $200,000 in 2,000 shares $100 eac. —The judges on poultry at the L • don Fair disqualified an exhibitor inserting (by sewing it on) extrane matter in the comb of a Hamburg fo The piepe was ingeniously attached the comb, in order t¢ give the four handsome appearance. —Two of the children of Willi: Hare, Westminster, experimented w gunpowder during the absence of th father, by placing a quantity in t cook - stove. The experiment pro most disastrous to the face of - one b and it hi thought he will lose his e sight. —Mrs."Delong, of Ameliasburg, co ty of Prince Edward, celebrated her hundred and seventh birthday Saturday. She came to town, had photograph taken, and gave copies her movements and is in full possess of all her faculties. Pickering College, died on the 4th i relativep living in Zorra) and a yo man of the most brilliant talents highest promise. He graduated in 1 at Toronto University, " being a g medaliet in classics. . —The report containing the evide vivors of the Asia disaster, will prob the present style of boats used in senger traffic. At the inqueet be the coroner evidence was taken show • • a 11 1, of - as of n - Or US 1. to th ed y. a ne On er to in of is ng nd 77 Id ce r- b - of as - Orta i —The "threshold of iCantada " as the Itsland Of Anticosti has been called, has after long litigation amOng the parties holding shares in the Island,been order- ed by Judge Ronthier, at Murray Bay, to be mild at auction. The proceeda are to be paid into court, and will then be divided among the proprietors in proportion to their shares, this being division estimat- the only way to arrive•at a just of the property. The Island is 'ed to contain 2,460,000 acree. —A patriotic Scotchman, of seeing on the stieet two stalw leers of the 5th Fnsileers att attired in the full Hight tame fof that corps, inyite into his house to partake of glass. , In the course of tion lie inquiled what par " Land o' cakes " they had hai One can readily imagine the Ottawa, rt mem- actively them a social onverBa- of the ed from. ang his pride endured when he was nformed that one was•an Irishman, and the other a cockney from London. - —The remarks of Judge Galt in his addreas to the jury at the !Carleton Assizes the other day, are Lof great interest. The suit was one involving the qnestion of a husband's] liability for debts incurred by his wifee and the learned judge held that a ivo au had no authority in law to pledge er hus- bandti credit, and that if a btiiiness man trusted a married woma he did it at his own risk. It was fart er held d to in- tkat the husband was not bon form any one that he had forlahlden his' Wife tb pledge his credit. —A very uarrow escape fro what at one tittle threatened to be a isastrous took the hopper off thet fanning mill fire, ogcurred in Durham last eek. A and fed their horses with barley in it large woodshed and outbuilding attach- obertson, ren play- ood-shed and in a as in a near the s portion to an alarming extent. So much of it 'of the lower town might have succumb - is done between the ports Of New York ed to the flames. and Liverpool, that professional —A.. painful occurrence is reported gamblers are taking to these routes in from Simooe, whereby the life of a preference to the Mississippi steamers. child was lost. It appears from the —The Montreal police are searching evidehce that the clerk ofett drug store for a cabnian employed by yoang girl, supplied a preparation of opium and who arrived from the country and ipecaCuanha, and the mother, under the impression that it was only ipecactianha, which she had ordered, administered two doses, which caused death. The cororler's jury recommended' an amend- ment of the Pharmacy Act, SO that only legally qualified druggists be al- lowea to dispense poisonons drugs. while they loaded the wheat on the —Complaint is being made through the local press that gambling by pools, Napoleon, draw poker, Vingt-un, and other nice. little games of chance, is being carried on upon ocean steamers ed to the reBidence of Mr. A.. 'burst into flames. Some ghil ing with matches in the ignited a large pile of shavings, moment the whole building blaze. Fortunately it was river,, or else the whole busine wanted to go to Hochelaga. her a different route, and - rived at a lonely part of' t stopped the calaand made t him her parecoutadning $4 he attempted a criminal a his victim. He then dew and drove eff. —The liepgetables at the He took hen he ar- e road he e girl give - ,after which sault upon' d the girl, first exhibi- tion of the East Muskoka Agricultural Society, held last week at Huntsville; are said to have surpassed anything Been at the Industrial Fair. In a majority of the other departmepts the show did not equal anticipations, and the attendance of visitors was not large, but the directors were encouraged by the results and will make greater efforts next year; —A terrible accident eccurred at. Longford mills, near Orillia, on Satur- day. The four boilers at the mill ex- ploded, blowing off the ;toof, demolish- ing the biiilding, instantly killing two employees. Several othees are seriously injured. - This mill wits' thoroughly repaired last spring, but the boilers -were , old ones. At the inquest it was found out that the accident wee the result of gross carelessness. —Bishdp Walsh, of Lendon, who has juet returned from a visit to Ireland, last Sunday referred to the Irish ques- tion. He denounced in ecathing terms the agrarian crimes, bat quoted statis- tics to show that there was! less crime in Ireland proportionately than in Eng- land, Scbtland, and 7ales. While opposing the disintegration 'of the Em- pire, the Bishop favored home rule for Ireland similar to that enjoyed by Canada. —Geol.& Johnson, an old man 77 years of age, residing at phinguacousy, six milek from Brampton, county of Peel, was burnt to derh on Friday night of last week. A I detpliPeet and set fire to articles in 1 his room, the flames spreading rapidly. Before hie sistey, who was his honeekeeper, could summon assistance, the •bouse was en; tirely on fire, and when neighbors did arrive it was impossible to save the ad man. —The Dominion Government has re- solved to construct a neet line of tele, graph on the Canada Paoific Railroad with the'present Government line at Humboldt, which runs. to Battleford and Edneonton. The Old line between Humboldt and Selkirk, IrOnning north of Lake Manitoba, will be, aba,ndonedr It is also intended next peason to lay a, cable under Lake Superibr. oonnecting with the Ohtario telegraplrfsystem. —On Saturday afternoon a three- year-oldr daughter of Mr. John B. Murphy, of London, narrowly escaped being killed. She fell mit of a second story window to the &wiling and thence to the street below. Her fatter, who was standing in the shop door at the time,- picked her np and carried her into the house for dead. She shottly recovered conscionsnese, however, and with the exception of a gut upon her face, is none the worse for her fall. — A probably fatal accident occurred in the neighborhood of Springbank, near Ldndon, a few dar ago. .Mr. Dennis Dorman, a youn and highly respected farmer, climbed into his hay loft to throw down some provender to the stock. He had on anl old pair . of ;slippers, too large for him, at the time, and in ' coming down the ladder he staimbled and fell to the ground floor g ,head firit, striking on thei back part of —A. child of Mr. Henry 'Robinson, of Peterborough, met its de th by a very sad accident a few days ag morning a bath was being pr the ChM, which was abopt chiid for a few moments to cold water, and she fell off o means got off the. chair on was Placed and accidentally f hot liva.ter and Was terrib Medical attendance was' i summoned, and every effprt to alleviate the child's suff save her life, but she died twelve hours after the aceid red. —Captain Scott, R.N., wh ed the Asia investigatiom wil his report to, the Governmen ately. In an interview it representative the COm presSed amazement at t state of affairs disclosed a of the disaster was the forhe WhiCh kept the Asia on her until she sank. He also i ls pared for seventeen ho left the get some hy some hich she „ll into the y scalded. mediately was made rings and in about k,t occur- conduct - not make immedi- a Globe loner ex- mentable e investi- f the gale, earn -ends stances a these burnings may have been effected in order to have this boss removed from the control of the farm, had a more lenient one put in his place. Dotiquette has been remanded to Sandwich gaol to await his trial. Perth Items. Steps are being taken 'for the pur- Of which Regina is the centre, with the pose of organizing a bee -keepers' asso- exception of a few sections which were chance. The setttler, instead of get- ciation in Listowel. —Rev, Mr. Spence, who has occupied secured by Canadians by a mere ting the land at $2.50 per acre, now has the Canada Methodistietilpit for the past to pay five or six times that amount. three months in St. Marys, has gone to —Henry Gould, of Petry Harbor, was -Victoria College. drowned on the 4th inst., while at- —Mr. Walter Thompson, of Mitchell, tempting to kill a large brown bear, has purchased a mill in Woodstock, assisted by the crew of the tug Su- and intends putting it in operation at perior. It seems the bear was once. swimrping in the Sound, just opposite —Mr. T. E. Hay, of Thstowel, sold by Kilbear Point, when the tug gave chase. public auction the other day, a farm of Gould, who was on shore, also pureued fifty acres, in Wallace, to Mr. Conrad in a punt and came alongside the tug. Fisher for 2,400. He topk in with him two of the crew. —A stkoessful social was held at Ful - The tlaree men then gave chase to the. larton village recently for the benefit of bear. Upon coming tot close quatters, the Methodist Sabbath school. Over the bear turned on there and attaoked $25 were realized. companions then left the boat and swam' for the tug, leaving Gould to battle alone vidth bruin. In the struggleothe 'bear got into the boat and struck Gould with his paw, knocking him into ; the water. Gould swam a few strokes', and then Rank. grosa case of overloading w ich came under his personal observation, 150 passengers crowding on a boat licensed to carry only 40 passengees. ; He advo- ca.te6 the building of stauncher craft and an examination for officers of the lake vessels. —At the regular meetieg of the Lon- don Division Grange, held ha that city on -Saturday last the principal matter of public ' interest discussed was the Assessment Laws. The according te, a circular issued, is to -get them so amended that money -lenders and others with large monies, etc., shall proPortion of the taxes, aad. who, by 'good buildings, fen and ornamental trees, improte the ap- pay a just hat those es, shade petulance of the countra, subiect to a higher rate of ta thc'eie whose farms are eq but are lazy or indifferent to improvements. It is the ob all not be ation than ally good, make like ect of the 'Grange organization to have his subject brought before the Provincial Legisla- ture at its next session. advanced in years, and with the uttered shabby gentili into the Hamilton city clerk' other morning, looking for and a free pass to Toronto. ed the clerk to distinctly that he was a gentleman. name was J.11. Mahon, once in England and a Chancery He would walk to Toronto o all used up from inflamm matism, eaused by sleeping course he had rich relations n England and some parts of Canada. ' He had some friends, barristers in Toronto, who would see that he was properly cared for u n til remittances arriaed from home. He slept all night on the; shore of the Dundee Marsh. —The manner in whieh the Syndi- cate disposed of their lands between the boundary of Manitoba and the third principal meridian, is causing much dissatisfaction at Winnipeg. By their new map it appease that 33 square miles in the vicinity of Regina, and an equal area in the vicinity of Moose Jaw the air of y, walked office the he Mayor nderstand e said his a barrister ane man. ly he was ory rhea - out. Of —4 pork case of some ihterest was tried 'at the late assizes in Torontg. It appears that Mr. Thompson, Ipork dealer in Toronto, entered into a con- tract with Messrs. Madden & Walker, of Kincardine to be suPplied by them with 2;700 sides' of poek. The p,700 sidee of pork were supplied and ipaid for, but it was afterwards disco ered that in what is technically calle the "pocket," of each side, two or hrea, pounds of salt were hidden. Pla'ntiff claims that about 4,000 Pounds of salt; worth about half a cent a pound, ana worth nothing to him, was sold td him at the rate of ten cents a pound. .11 He sought therefore to recover opo, 0 t qf which he considered he had beeti swindled. He Was awatded something like $240. I —Hon. E. B. Wood, Chief Justipe of Manitoba, was attacked by paralysia while sitting on the bench at Winnipe on Saturday, and died in a few hours His Lordship was speaking, and it wa noticed his voice was gradually becomr ing Weaker, and finally he fell backward on his chair. A gentleman present rushed to his aid, and medical assist; ance was called in. He was reneoved in a carriage to his residence, but it beil his third attack. he never rallied • and died ea above stated. Mr. Wood was in his sixty-second year. For nianY years he occupied a prominent position in ans,dian politics, and was at one time Provincial Treasurer. He had and Britton, 11 and o esixteenth. The -The fall wheat in the surrounding country has not made i much advance ceded to at once t y the employers. this year owing to the extremely dry weather. There is a wide acreage sown. I , Winnipeg, and thoroughly saturated the trated the roof of Holy Trinity Church, —The recent heavy rains have pene- i iterior of the organ, rendering it tem- -Ilea. R. Williams, of Mitchell, who was absent for some months for the p rarily useless. benefit of his health, has returned oofpethneedBaantk oBfeMgionnat.reaAl to his regular Sabbath work in the Can- is —sh"ort13,atgteonebye p rtable building is to be utilized pend- -ma W. A. McDonald, late book- keeper tor the firm of McDonald, Mc- t re. - —At the sale of Gladstone lots at Pherson et Co., in Stratford, was the acgregor & Co.'s new salerooms, in other day presented yvith a valuable innipeg, a few evenings ago, forty - gold watch, chain and. locket, by the ght lots were sold at an average of firm and employees. Mr. McDonald 2.50 each. resigned his place in otder to become a —It is said. that Sitting Bull draws student at the Agricultural College, hisky rations for himself and three ives, and all lais wives get is what is —Mr. John Kelly, jr. of North East - hope, was well repaid Ifor taking sheep ft in the jug after the old man has nted five minutes for the last drop. to the Provincial eahibition at Kings- ton. He took first honors for shearling —The salary of the Methodist Super - ram ; first and second ', for two ewes of tendent of Missions in the Northwest two sheers ; first and third for shearling as been placed at $2,000. There are ewes ; first, second and fourth for ewe urteen more missionaries in the lambs ; and silver meaal for the finest orthwest ani Manitoba this year than pen of Let:tasters—several head, ere employed last year, The Dominion Express Company, —On Wednesday evening, the 27th of — September, Margaret Robertson, wife of e stock of which has all been taken, Miltker Harti Esq., Q. E., died at her p, is now in operation on the Canada residence in St. Maryh Mr. Hart Was aeilic railway, from Winnipeg to far away in the Northwest prosecuting egina. A daily mail has also been his I work as a land 'surveyor, and his tablished between the same two latel wife passed avtay without the oints. soleran satisfaction ofdt last farewell. —The Gateway Express, of Emerson, She was only thirty-two years of age. ys : Richard Maloney, of Seaforth, --A number of the Elms cheese fez- nt., was found loitering around a hay tories which sold theii August make at tack in the vicinity - of the CitrIley onse, and was put in - the cooler by the , last semi-monthly fair, shipped. to thel purchaser, T. Be.11antyne, Esq., a +Thief Sturdy, on Sunday evening. He fewldays ago, R. Cleland, for Elmbank, *al in a pretty bad condition, and is J. Brishin, for Molesworth, 11i cents ; —Water at Regina, the new capital of got i lli- cents ; W. liiartin, lli cents : tinder the care of Dr. Cameron. he Northwest, has to be hauled nearly wo miles, and costs twenty-five cents a bucket. This is enough to discourage the citizens of that place from using the tuff at all. This consideration alone * hould have a serious effect on the rcispective suckers who are expected to ite at the town lots at the bone pile. man wretch throttled. and beat her so over the face and head that at this writing she presents a shocking specta- cle, and. is in a very dangerous condi- gen. Constable Davis is deserving of all praise for the speedy capture of the ruffian, as he had him in the lock-up within four hours after the outrage. A bench of magistrates tried the case at the bedside of the unfortunate woman, on Tuesday, and, as she was able to identify the monster, he was inamedi- ately sent off to Goderich for trial. It will naturally be asked what became of Mts. Gillespie during the dreadful strug- gleobut it appears she was so frightened when the scoundrel seized and threw Mrs. Heffron, that she cleared off to the village, and left the poor woman to her, fate. Manitoba Notes. It is contemplated shortly to erect a new Rornan Catholic church at Point Douglas. —The carpenters ana joiners of Win- nipeg intend to strike for higher wages if a demand for $4 per day is not ac- beep Chief Justice of Manitoba since 1874. He was born near the village of Fort Erie, in the county of Welland, —11n reference to the working of the Salvation Army in Toronto, the Globe of Saturday says : "Colosseum Hall, on .Alice Street, was crowded last eVening at t e Salvation Army meeting. ' The pro edings were enlivening, ana con- sisted of singing and. brief stirring ad- drespes by the officers and recent recruits. Among those who related their experience were aboat a dozen wo- men and girls, who bore testimony to theleenefit they had received front join- ing the army. If the proceedinge are lively, bordering almost on boisterous - nese, at times, theY are character- ized by thorough earnestnesse 'and doubtless many have already been benefitted who were placed beyoad the pale of ordinary church going influence. A clergyman present bore testimony to the beneficial results of the work of the Salvation Army in Carlisle and'other cities in England and Scot- land. —James Reddock, a somewhat eccen- tric farmer bachelor, died at Gay River, N. S., recently, leaving a will, in which he disposed of his property and effects. The executors of the will held ap auc- tion sale to dispose of stock, farming utensils, etc., etc. Among other things sold - was a couple of barrels of buck- wheat. The purchaser of one barrel disputed the measureinent of its con- tents, and the buckwheat was measur- ed. In the middle of the barrel was found a small tin ikettle, which, qn beieg Opened, was found to contain the sum of $184 in cash. It need be said that the purchaser felt what chagrined that he had objec ardly some - ted to his bargain. The dipcovery, however, lead to a careful sear h of the premises, which resulted in fin ing about dred dollars in an oldi teapot, and siderable sum in a baiiket in the wit some onions. Over three handred dol ars was found banked away this Pec liar fashion. After paying Some small bequests about eight hundred dollars will be left of his property, which is bequeathed to the Presbyterian Chinch of Canada and the Halifax Prtitestant Orphans' laome. actuated the party who took it, to do hurl - a con- anntunt received fo these sales was ove $11.000. —l -Mr. E. Nicholson, a Thorndale bla' kpmith, met witlii an accident lately ch nearly resulte in the loss of an eye, It appears he was engaged in welding iron, and. the piece which was held by the tongs slipped out and flew um! striking him on the eye and burn- inglhim severely. His medical adviser no* thinks the eye may be saved thcaigh the case was apparently hope- less. --A young man named Lockhart, the sou of a respectable gitixen of Palmer- stou, while in a drunken frenzy a few days ago, threw a stone and struck the hotel proprietor on ' the head because he , refused him any more liquor, and afterwards kicked in the door. On Thursday he , was tried for drqnken and disorderly conduct, and. for assault, and was find $10 and costs, $12.50 in all. He wait again committed forl trial on the charge of house -break- ing. His brother, who made an assault on the constable, waafined $7 and costs. A pretty expensive spree. —Mr. , Adam Kay, of Stratford, a carpenter by trade (Who was on his way to Spanish River to build some cottages for an American lumber company), took pa:Seaga on the Asialat Owen Sound. Nething having been. heard, of him since, it is reasonable to coaclude that he must halve gone down with the vessel. Mr. Nay leaves a widOw and family to mOurn his untimely end. On leis am- riVal in Canada from Scotland, Mr. Kay worked for some years in Toronto and earned distinctiOn as one of the most useful memberaof the fire brigade. On removing to Stratford he found plenty of work at his trade and was highly esteemed by, leis fellow work- i—One evening lately r. . H. Wood - le , Mitchell road, was counting over so e bills at homet amounting to $50. A ter placing them in his pocket -book, hei read the newspaper for some time, forgetting about his pocket -book. Next day, having had reason to use his rabney, he could not find it. A few mbrnings afterwards the pocket -book, mlnus the money, was returned by sltpping it into the toom beneath the window, the benevolent motive which naY of un 11U tible of any value to saturated with cbal oil were also ly Witla the intention that they should catch fire. A warrant against Oscar Dotiquette, a workman on the farm, was taken out, and his house searched. A number of boxes of matches, labeled in the same manner, and made by the same man, were found, also a lot of cotton of the same texture and appear- ance as that found under the barns. Vie only reason alleged for Douquette doing such things as he is charged with is that the present head farmer is aaid to be hard on his men, audit is thought terions burning of barns on the ex county. He f atches with the er nearly all of nd amongst near Walkerville, in und small ;, boxes heads burnt off he buildings, and y everything comb- . Bunches of cot - this, being, that it contained some re- ceipts and other papers of no use to anyone but Mr. Woodley. Mr. Wood- ley's house is close to the road, and his actions on the evening in question could have been noticed by a shrewd ,—The Blythe Review, of last week, has the following a—It appears that Mrs. Heffrop, an aged and respectable widow lady and a reeident of our village fin the past sixteen years, was in com- pany with Mrs. Gillespie, returning home on the gravel road, after a fruit- less search for their cows, on the even- ing of Monday last, when they met a notorious ruffian named Higgison, who seized Mrs. Heffron. and most shock- ingly bruised her. He threw her on the road, dragged her to the fence, and. tried to drag her over. livery time the poor woman sholited murder, the inhu- —The Free Press says that the alaries of the postoffice clerks in Win- ipeg are to be increased at the rate of om twenty-five to forty per cent. his, if true, will enable the aforesaid Side's to get rid of that dejected, iharacterized them, and lift them to a adaverous look which has so long latate of affluence just like the rest of our —The Winnipeg Free Press says :— r. I. H. Brook, late of this city but ow of Moose Jaw, arrived from the test last evening. He brought with im a couple of samples of potatoes rown on his farm which would be a urce of delight to the Irish heart. ne of the vegetables weighed 30 ounces nd the other 24 ounces. They are omely to look upon, and very corpti. ent. - Mr. Brock says he has about a housand bushels of potatoes, including tnany even bigger than those be brought in. They were planted on the tith of June. —According to ata interview with flier Walsh, of the Canadian North- west Mounted Police, publiehed in the Brooklyn Eagle, the most extensive ica deposits in the world have been In ound on the White Earth River, lying in the Northwest territory of the bominion, immediately north of Mon- tana. According, to the reports, the wealth to be found in the mica mounds xceeds that of' the California gold ines, but they will be worked by cor- orations, not by individuals. As the Would be miner will have to pass through the reservations of Piegans, Blackfeet, Crews and British Blood ndians, he will run the risk of losing is scalp. before he reaches the new I —At the Judges Court, for the cor- rection of the voters' list of the town- ship of Morris, held on Friday last, the Reformers had 62 appeals, and they ucceeded in getting 1i names put on nd 28 struck off; and 7 changed. The lonservatives had 30 appeals, and they ad 3 names put on and 3 struck off. he Reform gain in this townehip is, herefore, 33. In Howlett, the Refor- era put on 18 and. struck off 5, and the oiaservatives put on 18 and struck off 3. —Mrs. Alex. Cameron, of the boun- dary line between Kinloss and Wawa, - nosh, met with a very painful accident, on Sunday tut, while returning from Church. After entering her own gate, and while in the act of tying the mare ;the fence, a little colt dashed between he buggy and the fence, and getting fast tn the lines threw Mrs. Cameron to the ground. At this moment the mare etarted off, Mrs. Cameron being dragged a considerable distance before she could get loose from the horse. Though Mrs. Cameron was seriousiy injured, no bones 'were broken. Before the animal could a stopped the buggy was smashed, the orse also receiving several outs and.