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Mary Abbey, et
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d sisters.----
tas been suffer.
3e,, and also au
.w. =Miss Vary
Ut now of Tt'or
hor entreats. f rt
;one, is now very
onteeraption, and
last long. --Mise
(Id a very fine
torn, for the sly
•Mrs. John Bttde,
stir shortetime
to do her Work
,mpbell, 'is GR°
re his boys who
tth inffammatiott
Embery, bo fight
lady friend; on
ris, for the lime
r. G.. Emlery,,
rating his farm
and farnily, $p:
Mr- Erna4 el,.
ailing for s me
onio catarrh;, is
,ble to altered to
FIFTEENTH YEAR.
i.1,NUMBBR, 789
DISCOUNT SALE
Lop.
tcrs.—The annie
connection !with
tiara., Winthrop,
th, Jan ary 21st.,
itehard,; of art-
,t11a.m.ad6
following Mo day
eery- tea -me ting
ll be served at 6
wilt be delivered
.eesra. Pritc ard,
Loclead, M Cay,:
end Reid. j The_
d. by the eh it of
byterian Clrch,..
of Pofessor hues.
Let years have been
judging frond. the
will ha on the
one will be fully
rause of any of its
. M111CF'AU'L.
Ie: offering for the balance of this month
A LARGE CASH DISCOUNT
Off all purchases in
FURS,
DRESS GOODS,
MILLINERY
a AND
L of ee.
ly a number Of the
w Bell, near Rip -
residence to :Tend
pave aF good ? time
cy were supplied
'rations by Mr. An-:
r Lizzie Bell and
Ettbers, with 1is8.
€irgen. The coin
reasonable 'hour,
,lues to their heart's
says : "E den in
dip of the tiougue
mistakes that are.
a fellowship meet
n church rectently,
was referring to the
anis majesty`: and
that at one ttrtte he
.ve by the devil,"
titer brought down
siting in hie zeal,
eutertainr ent
sa evening was fully
in. The Ghristmaa
led with varieties
Ped of to the o wnera
r the Rev. Mr. Muir.
-aiseworthy and the
['other hooka to the
s of the, school will
action in days_ here-
h was packed with
action remounted to
ieaichnean., of Orange
*hip of Howiek,was
dense a few even-
Sill. of his. Sabbath
baited upon him in a
him with ataagnih.
an'I Mrs. Deachman
kE
Flowers ;shades."
e accompanied by a
dress, to which Mae.
eeehug and enitable:
is residence at the
isitors,"who Spent: a
ing..
announced if M'ra.
ear Carlow, !;in the
rne. E.arlyi inthe
re attack of nflam-
s, hurt for a tune she:
were entertai'ted for
Wever, aboutweek.
.se, which added in
as one of tl a first
e, having enfigratecl.
tit 38 years agte She
ly sed a wide circle
her Ioss.
t last week D; Pyne,.
own. gantlet ;an died
Alexander gtewarb,
brief illness, aged 70
. p from Toronto about
d had not -been well
The Doctor= was an
awing been con:neceed
profession in Canada
vas Registrar of the
years ago when he
his son. 'He was -
clerable property and
ri which he died in
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1883.
Canada.
In the Yarmouth Council the oldest
member elect is only thirty seven.
Miss Reidy of Simcoe, the well known
vocalist, has been engaged as leading
soprano by the Fort Street resbyterian
Church choir of Detrhit.
—Mr. John Fraser, of orth Dum-
fries, sold a few days ago a 18 months
short horn bull to Mr. George Hope, of
Carberry, Manitoba, for $20
—Mr. Duncan McMillan, n
bas purchased from Mr. C,
his farm of 100 acres, in fift
Malahide, for the sum of 5a
—A drunken husband in
severely burnt his young ohi
ing a lighted coal oil lamp
who had the child on her It
—McGill Einiv-ersity anti
seized $52,000 belonging 1
of the late Miss Barbara.
MANTLES.
GENUINE SALE.
LARGE DISCOUNTS..
NO RESERVE,
f Y▪ armouth,
tleb Smuck
h concession
,500.
Quebec has
Id by throw-
n his wife,
nees.
torities ,have
o the estate
cott to meet
a legacy left by ber to found a chair.
A son of Louis Vogt of Little Germany,
near Guelph let an axe f 11 'upon his
foot a few days ago whic amputated
the little toe and cut the there rather
severely.
—The Hamilton Germs
subscribed $125 for the
sufferers by the floods
and appointed a committ
the city for further aid.
—The Cochrane Manuf
pang in St. Thomas have 1
orders from Winnipeg for
200 mowers, 100 land ro
Minneapolis cord binders.
—Rev. T. A. Moore, Cf
dist minister,was present€
fortable $45 cutter on Tht
East t y his friends on the
where be is now stationer
—William Wells, one
Pioneers of North Damfri
7th east at the advanced
Th deceased settled - oth the farm on
which he died -in the yea 1831.
—Miss . Maggie Cook, daughter of
Mr. Philip . Cook, of London, -is the
winner of a handsome g
by a Boston publication
solution of an anagram.
—Messrs. Robert and
of South Dumfries, have
in -Galt cemetery a v:
monument to the m
father the late John (Rif
-The Government
made a contract for the
a weekly mail from the
tleford. Prince Albert a
at a cost of $30,000 per
—Dr. Ralph J. P. Mo
this physician, of Loud
blazing derrick The engine and tools
were saved, but, the rest of the rig iB a
total wreck.
I
—The $150. 0 voted as a bounty to
the fishermen
As the Stock MUST BE CLEARED
to make; room for Spring Goods.
E. McFAU L.
SEAFORTH.
FARMERS ATTENTION.
by the Domin
last session of
entirely inad
intended, and•
probably be a
session.
—At the As
week the jury
the Grand
damages to t.
various memb
who lost thei
cident at the
The case will
—A little d
Bland, of Lo
lowed a cent
hang up a p
result will be
doctors have
lieve the suff
—A young
who was caul
i club have .1 Grey and Bra
relief of the
n Germany,
e to cans ass
into by a tra
die at the b
ing. His re
residence of
ctnring Com- city.
ately received —Several,
;00 hay rakes, London nan
lere„ and 200 from H. mala
to recognize.. It .has since been ascer-
nada Metho_ tained that the trouble was coal gas
1
f .the'Maritime Provinces
on Government at the It was got up by Wood & Son, of that
• ailiament appears to be place, and is known as the Rus' -inn
gnats for the purpose sleigh a very low built affair. The
sizes. The trees in Prospect Park and
Goat Island have all assumed their
winter dress.
—Mr. W. H. Kingston, of Mount For-
est, drives a novelty in the sleigh line:
n additional grant will
plied for at the teat
1
:ize Court in Toronto last
returned a verdict against
rank Railway, awarding
e amount of $6.000 to the
:rs of theValentinefarhily,
parents by the fatal ac -
Kingston Road crossing.
go to appeal:
ughter of Mr. Thomas
don, on Wednesday swal-
bile reaching upward to
'ref scissors. What the
is as yet unknown ;° the
een unable so far to re-
rer-.
brakeman, Robert Webb,
;lit in a frog in the Toronto,
ice railway yard and run
n early Friday morning,
aspic ,l on Sunday -more-
mins were sent tq the
his widowed mother in the
members of a fami'y in
ed Simms, were suffering
y the doctors were Linable
1 with a com-
raday evening
;afford circuit,
f • the earliest
es died on the
ge of 84 years.
Largest, Best and • Cheapest As-
sortment of
itig held at l;;eniniller
rand success. The
He the church was
at capacity. James
chairman. Eloquent
delivered ' by Rev.
and Anderson,, John
t eltar, _ Singing and
iven by the children.
a couple of :excellent
warmly received. Mrs ..
ed at the organ for the
e admitted free. The
d to 831.
rued Session of the
ay, His Honor .judge
he following ehangea
list of eottiity con.
m Cook,, Winthrop;
Kintail g John 31104
ere appointed, Jbali
`t. Joseph Driver std.
t ugh. Cameron, Con,
; Joseph Reville enc
ndesboro,were struts&
aner was appointed,
pez of the lockup a
CROSSCUT SAWS
—AND=
CHOPPING AXES
Ever shown in Ile county.
PL 4TFOR . SCALES.
.1
1 locket, given
for the best
• m. D. Rose,
lately erected
ry handsome
mory of their
er) Rose.
t . Ottawa has
conveyance of
ailway to Bat-
. d Edmonton,
nnum.
rden, homeopa•
in, who has for
some time past been under treatment
at the London Insane sylnm, died at
that institution a, few d. ys ago.
—Dr. Osler, professor, of chemistry in
McGill university, says that out of 1,000
western porkers sent to; Montreal, four
contained trichina spfrallis and seventy-
six were measley,arisingEfrom tapeworm.
-One day last week O'ohn Sanderson,
a wealthy farmer, near Petrone., while
visiting his sons in Toronto, met . his
death by accidentally falling down a
cellar -way. The fall fraetured his skull.
Death was insta.ntaneoes.
—A medal aud diploma. have been
awarded to Miss Ida Joh, of Tilsdnburg,
by the jury of the great exhibition at
merit '01 her tableau representing " A
—The police have found four bodies
in the' medical studOnts' apartment,
Montreal, which were 'stolen from a
vault in St. Martin's, cemetery. The
thieves were absent 4 the time, the
officers made a raid up' n the house.
If
--The Allan stea ship Placenician
from Boston, arrive at Glasgo w on
Sa.turday and landed., her live stock
shipment of 115 oxen. in good order,
6 which died on
two of her crew
iert Linton, who
ried beside the
eth Murray, the
areal last week,
ey.
lcolm McDougall
eshed foe Wm.
1 six hours 200
which cease
head aches
almost ever
-Friday
news places i
to have beet
The safe. c
merchant w
ly destroyed, but the burglars obtained
only a one dollar bill for their trouble
and none it: the other places visited.
the violent retchit g and
xperienced by the family
enduing.nornliug a number of bnsi-
Strathroy were discovered
broken into and.ransacke
f R. Nicholson, limbereeblown open and complete -
sleigh is painted a light vermillion,
glazed with carmine, on both body and
runners ; iron work all black, panels of
body and runners being striped black
oleo. `; Trimmings, red velvet plush. It
is,quite an odd looking vehicleeand is
the t" gazing stock " of all as it passes
along the streets. •
—Taring the first week of this year
Messrs. A. & J. Brown, of Waterloo,
shipped the; following cattle :-36 head,
average weight 1,500 lbs. 1 from Wm.
Sterling 1,550 ; 4 from Menne Hallman,
average 1 350; 6 from John Clemens,
Wat
Men
rloo, average 1.350 ; 1 from Wm.
ies; Beverly, 2,180 ; 1 from John
Malcolm, Beverly, 2,070_.; 1 from Bru-
bacher, Waterloo, 2,280 ; 1 from H. &I.
2,300 ; 2 frog Jas. Watson, North
fries, average 1,300 ; 1 from John
tam 1,400:1 from J.Clem ns 1,400:
ady Young, wife of ex Chief Jus-
ir Wm. Young, and daughter of
Grof
Durr
Wet
tics
—A Thutlow farmer, whilst driving
homeward under - the influence of
liquor; on Saturday night last, was set
upon by two inen, who boardtd his
sleigh and se;arched his pockets for
money. Ferttinetely, ;as it proved, he'
had dropped a roll of bills out bf his
pocket in tin hotel at Plainfield, the
landlord of
—It has
that a crev
to push a
air enough
extra reruns of
es 400 potteds of coal can be bought for
$2, and as the oxygen thus let in will
save about $25 in doctor's bills, don't be
se close up the crevice.
STAMPED VVEIGH BEAMS
A Specialty.
with the exception of
the passage. She los
on the voyage. ,
died in Italy, Wa3 b
grave of Mrs. Eliza,
celebrated painter; a
Linton returned to 1\1(
after a long, sadjour
—.One day lately M
end Wm. Smith th
Pointon, of Minto, i
bushelshf wheat anc1400 bushels of oats,
or orte buedred bus els mer hour, and
. did their work well. They ese horse
—The • body of r. Homer Hill, a
young ma.n of 23 years, grandson of °
Judson Garrett, of ylmer, errived at
the Canada South rn depot at St.
Thomas the other day, froan Water-
town, Dakota, and as couveyed by
beanie to Aylmer. -
—James Andereon has soldehis farm
of 150 acres, neer 'N w Hamburg, for tbe same thing in regard to hotel fires
•the sum of $16,000 te Jacob Anderson as was proposed by the Toronto World chased by H. R. H. the Princess Louise dread that prevai s
& Bro.. The farm ifi a good one, and on Saturday last, and that is the devis- during her tour through British Colum. country will have a
t rice of an in ing of some means by which in case of bia, Paekages arrive and are unpacked already has had in o
may be giventin each room and facilities Some of the articles are unique, one in at a house to make
of esca e made easy of ecces and cer- perticula , a Chinese fiddle, is rather a delicate girl, who is r
curioes 1 eking iustrurneut; it is shaped
like a banjo, about three feet long, with
a round head, and, has three strings,
and the pegs for windieg up these are
cut out 9f elephant's tasks. The bow
and in lieu of horse hair has aesingle
chine cutting off cordwood. In dodging cord resembling the thitd. stri4 of a
a stick thrown close to him, he dropped. violin. Among other articles: are a
agains the buzz saw and a jagged strip number of grotesque wooden statues,
of fies asoine four inches lone, was torn purchased from Indians ou the Paoific
eft arm just below the elbow, Slope. i,
,, —On Tuesday evening last week two
young couples reached Orangeville hy
the evening train on the Toronto, Grey
and Bruce Railway, and registered at
one of the hotels as Henry Clark and
wife, and H. N. Carter and wife, Stmt.
ford. A few days afterward, however,
Mr, James Ramshall, a Grand Trunk
Railway engine driver, of Stratford, ar-
rived in town aed laid an information lungs. James Meolue was r
before Mayor Henry charging the two Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in
young men with having abducted his 1828. At the age of eighteen he left his(
daughter and the other girl, Ann Rich- native town and country for Canada;
arde. From the evidence adduced at and1arrived in Torthato in 1848, Bine
the ',trial, however, it was apparent that which time be has been a continn
which kept•it safely for him.
hien found by experiment
co ender a door large enough
envy through will let cold
into a room to require ,400
plished. Mr. Rapishall withdrew the
charge on his daughter promising to
return home and have nothing more to
do with the prisoners. The young men
were detained oie a charge of stealing a
watch.
the ;late Hon„ Michael Tobin, die en
Friday morning at Halifax, in the 79th
year of her agee The deceased lady
has sem an invalid for some .months,
pa
and her death was not, therefore, um
expected.. FeW ladieS in Halifax were
more generally known or inore sincerely
respeoted than Lady Young. She was
a lifelong contributor, to all public
charities of the citV, and in her more
active years was prominently counected
with every benevolent undertaking.
wa's married a few days ago to Miss
Elieabeth Garland, and was preparing
to enter a double *Web with the bride
when the horses Fuddenly started off,
ran away, broke their harness,and earn°
into collision with the cutter of Mr. Jas.
Leslie upsetting it damaging the harness
and throwing that gentlemsh into the
snow. The scene was an exciting one,
and it is well that nobody was hurt.
This is a favorable omen, as bad begin-
nings frequently make good endings.
- The Galt Reporter last week inter-
viewed an old gentleman who said that
he had not been in Galt since the year
1840. He eoquired after Shade,
Andrews, Chapman,Dickson, Col. Rich,
John Young and others, and was KIX-
prised to hear that they were all - dead.
He eaid he left the village about Augnet,
1810, and since that time has wandered
over the western part of America. He
is now living in the Township of Dawn,
where he has some relatives. He gave
his name as John Norris,but said rather
sadly that no one here would now know
him, and he would feel relieved when
he got out of a place where he once
knew everybody, but where he was now
—Ansong the guests of the Royal
hotel, Hamilton, when the Newlaall
house at Milwaukee was destroyed with 1 euce to him the change is only blessed.
Perth Items.
in a hurry
—Mrs.
begun a $5
Daily Wardle, Tilsonburg,has
'000 libel suit in the United -
States Sup _nor Court against the De-
troit Even
article p
charging
husbaed
Professor
—W. E
is believe
house, M
terrible
appointed
gen Ceiitr
men. and
agent of t
ronto unt
—The
is largely
s•-•- Give ue a. call when in town, and
save, money.
Sign of the Circular Saw,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED AT
THE HURON EXPOSITOR OFFICE,
BEAFORTH, 'ONTARIO.
nmNews, growing out of the
Wished some• months ago
er with unfaithfulness to her
d criminal intimacy with
Wiley, a native of London,
to have been in the Newhall.
lwaukee, at the time of the
re. Mr. Wiley was recently
general agent for the Michi-
1 railway at Milwaukee. He
eral favourite with railway
eld the position of Canadian
e Michigan Central at To-
ownehip of Markham, which
Ileform, has for, years manag-
ed its municipal affairs entirely on a
nom -political basis. For HOMO time the
Conserve. ihes have actually had a
majority at the Council Board. This
year the
in a one
gent elec
beuuced
attempted to natal the election
ided manner, find the intern -
ors rose up in incligeation and
he whole lot. •
On Sabbath, from the pu pit, Rev. Dr.
King referring to Mr. Michie said : He
was one of the largest givers to the
schemes of the church, not simply to
those f his own congregation but to the
he wa not the very lamest giver in
Canada during the present year. I
know [he has been a generous supporter
of all the charitable institutions by
which our city is happily' characterized.
I know that many a poor Scotchman
and Many a one of other nationalities
have received kindness at his halide.
And more than that, I know many a
youth who has been getting perilously
the edge of vice haft beee taken by
rid and kindly tallied and remoras -
with by the departed. And in
cherish the hope here this morn -
at all these things grew out of and
'heir root in simple faith on the
ur and love for hire. And if so,
while the church and the city, and
a circle in it, will miss his pres-
near
the h
trate
the a
woul
ing t
had
Savi
then
such terrible loss of life, were Mr. J. F.
Brown and wife of Toronto. Mr Brown
bad a brother at the Newhall house, and
he immediately telegraphed to Milwau-
kee for information concereing him.
For_ a couple of days Mr Brown anxious-
ly waited news from Milwaukee, hut
none' ca,me. At last he decided to seek
for information himself, and by early
morning train Made preparations_ to
leave but finally determined to wait over •
one tram in 'hope cif reeeivieg news by
telegra,ph.It came but it was a sad and .
heartbreaking message. He had lost_
in the great disaster his brother and,
his wife aed four children.
—There is -trouble brewing again at
Kingidon Medical College. The profes-
sors find it difficult to duplicate the lec-
tures, and it ia said there is a gradual
shifting towards the old prantice of
uniting the sexes for class work. There
ix murmuring, and unless diplomacy is
exercised the difficulty may become as
great and vexations as ever. Corres-
pondence is now being conducted be-
tween the faculty and students. The
former are strengthened since the pre-
vious rebellion by tbe action of the
—Angus Lamont, of Mount Forest, governers of the other colleges, even
fell into the heeds of a gang of sharpers :Trinity (Toronto) intimating that it will
between that Place and Orangeville. on not again encourage secession. The
the train. First one of. the gate got the
unsnspecting• Angus to stake $20 on the
Oddity of a pal to epee a certain hick,
arid of courseehe failed and the $20 was
"{lobbied." On reaching the station the
"hoss" sharper took him aside and out
•of pity gave him a dollen-hut while
doing so managed to take his watch,
leaving the chain. • The last act of -the
fleecing, wselthe buss driver taking the
chain for the fare up town.
—An observant farmer of Abbottsford,
Queberm'notieed that his pigs failed to
respond to the generone diet a,pportion-
ed to them, as the time for marketing
drew near, but rather gre* thinner than
more obese. His observations revealed
the fact that immediately after the
scalded corn and barley were placed in
the trough a host of rats swarmed into
the pen toad feasted raveuously. He at
once removed the pigs and filled the
trough with corn aud Paris green, and
next morning had eighty dead rats to
get rid off.
—Last Friday morning about nine
come ont from England seeking. her son,
a lad who came here as one of Miss
al eaphereon's boys, some two years ago.
The Ho o at Galt Bent hire to a farmer
in Moen Forest, where' he . got more
than en ugh of work, and. took sick and
was sent back to the Home, from which
he rare a ay a few days afterwerds, mad
has not een heard of since. •
-One
attacked
his farm
him- aua
Every_teme be attempted to rise he was from the effects o
faculty, however, will not be dispose
to violate its late arrangement, if .such
can be afoided.
—A writ has been issued by the
county clerk at St. Thomas, at the in-
stance of Edward Laur, a Malahide
farmer, whose daughter Elizabeth claims
$2 000 damages from Ephraim Woolf,an
employee of MaDermott's bending fac-
tory at Aylmer. for breach of promise of
marriage. The young lady in the case
is a, petite brunette of eighteen, and
Woolf has been keeping company with
her for a couple -of years, which termin-
ated in an engagement of marriage. It
is alleged, however, that while monopo-
lizing her affections he also acted the
lover to another estimable.young woman
(now his wife.) The action will come
on ' at the Spring Assizes, while some
interesting epistolatry effusions will, it
-is understood, be read, and Woolf be
made to realize the truth of the axiom
that "kind words never die.
AN BROS., Publisher&
'a Year, in Advance.
coesid Table. suspician to themselves.
Wood is scarce this winter in Listo-
wel and the price unnsnally high.
—Rev. J. W. Bell has resigned the
h in Listowel.
e School Board
elshery, 8150 per
suffering from
ere confined in.
t
pastorate of Knox cher
h whisky paralysis,"
the Listowel lockup la
--rOu Sunday. morel
fell 'from a passiug train at Shakespeare
station, breaking one of his legs and
otherwise injuring himself.
—The anuiversary of Burns will be
They
carefu
ed to
shortl
entire
altere
whie
main
and
tialiaL baying failed to reap any harvest
clurinle their sojourn.
Huron Notes.
ore heavy satchels, which they
ly locked in their rooms at the
IA towards evening were observe
uter their apartmeuts and emerge
afterwards., having donned an
change of aprarel and become so
that they would not have been
+zed tut for the vigilance with
they were watched. They re-
d in the village for some time,
hen departed ostensibly for Con-
cel
Ho
the
brated on the 25th inst. at the Elma
_ by nunabor of the admirers of
celebrated' ncet in that township.
-I-Mr. Gavin Thompson, formerly
hotel keeper at Shakespeare, was fatally
kicaed by a colt a short time ago in
Olno, to which state he had removed.
e -Miss Mitchell has left Mitchelleand
gone to reside in Granton, and has taken
the only daughter of her brother the
Rev, J. W. Mitchell with her.
—One day lately, Mr. Robert Birtch,
of the Mitchell Road, end Mr. Harry
Wrillis, of Fullerton, sawed, split and
piled two and a half cordsdef green_ beech
wood in one hour.
—The new German Church, on the
6th line of Wallace, will be opened by
the Biehop of Cleveland, Ohio, on Sab-
bath, the 28th inst. The services will
be conducted in both German and Eng-
-The St. Marys Town Council at its
la t meeting granted $125 to the South
gi es the munificent surn of $25, and
DOwnle $12,50 to the Society.
I—Business is very lively at Milverton.
Large quantities of grain and pork are
coming in daily, and purchased by Mr.
Scott at good prices. Saw -logs and
cordwood are also being rushed in very
f st.
—Mr. John Dempsey of the Gore, of
ownie, a few days ago purchased from
t re celebrated breeder at Guelph, Mr.
. W. Stone, a young short -horn bull
aron Springmont, bred kora imported
t on to the neighborhood.
—The Stratford snow shoe club _have
ad a number of good tramps and on
eturday afternoon about 20 la,dies and
entlemen walked out to Dunn's bridge
nd spent the afternoon in the healthy
musement of sliding down the hills
aear the farm of Mr. Thomas Ballan-
tyne, M. P. P. Their gloWing cheeks
nd smiling faces when they returned
A ',woman named Margaret Ainsley,
sent from Wingham to Goderich jail
as a vagrant, died in that institution
few days ago of typhoid fever.
— An infant child, deserted by its
parents was found the other evening on
the Bayfield line 134 far from Clinton.
It Wit8 alive when found.
—The nort h half of lot 8, concession
3, Stephen, -was told by pnblie Auction
at the Central Hotel, Exeter, last week
Mr. Fletcher. of the Thames
Road congregation, Usborne, was the
recipient a few evenings Since of a tea
service, and a beentiful album, from his
-J-Mre. Wm. Bawden, of Exeter, died
last week from the effects of a canner
Vera which she bad suffered for over a.
year. She was just 37 years of age, and
wee highly esteemed., being a kind, ami-
able, elnistian lady.
The fellowilig is the result of- the,
census of the village of Brussels, taken
for scheol purposes : Population, 1,400 ;
between the ages of 5 and 16 years,400 ;
between 7 end 13 years, 235 ; between
5 and 21, 539.
enreed in Mr. H. Otwe,y's store in Dirt
Albert the other day. A lady entered
and asked the storekeeper if he had
"any common men's braces?" Scarcely
were the words uttered when another
lady stepped up to the counter and
wished to know "if he had • any black
woman's stockhigs There was soon
a burst of laughter all around.
Mr. John Stewart. Jr., of
Goderich toweehip, was crossing the
Bayfield river with a team and load,
the ice broke, letting biro and the load
int() th9 water_ Some men, who were •
chopping uear at hand, came to the
rescue, and sent him on his way rejoic-
ing that his rniehap was nothing more
then a cold bath. 1
-e-Mr. James Sannders, of G-oderiela,
met with a somewhat painful 'aceideat
a, few days ago. He was driving a horse
near the market, when turning a corner
sharply the sleigh was upset and he was
thrown out, t)adly bruieing his sides.
Although no bones were broken he was
confined to bed for several days, but is .
-who left Bel -
grave, several years ago, has been
burnt out in Algoma, The fire occurred
in the day time, from a defective
stove pipe. He Was just getting
arrangements completed to engage in
the lumbering bnsiness, and. lost all
his pork, 36 pair of blankets, and all
he had upstairs, that down stairs,being
aav--ealiavid Milne, of Ethel, recently
purchased a splendid Durham bull, .12
Wellington County. for which he paid
the handsome sum of $360, The ani-
mal was one of a herd of four to take
first prizes at 'Toronto. Ringstop .and
London, e.nd has one of the. best pedi-
—The post affice at Leamington,
Essex county, wan entered by burglars
o'clock Hon. Adam Crooks, Minister of on Saturday nrght last, whip blew open
Education, fell down at his own resi- the safe and took $200 o $300 in money
deuce in a fit, which was found on diag- and $.106 in stamps. They clossd the
Dogs to be of an apoplectic charaoter. door of the safe in Bache way that the
ostmaster cannot open it, awl is there -
•fore not certain of the exact amount
stolen. The burglars then raided the
safe of Messrs. .Bee & (Co., dealers in
dry goods, boots and shoes, where they
succeeded in getthig $1,500 in cash,
about 8200 worth of eilk and a lot of
jewelry. They also carried away Cana-
dian Bank of Commerce receipts to the
amount of $12,000 belonging to the
estate of the late John Setterington,
which would be useless to them without
being endorsed by the execrators. There
was about $1,000 in! cheques, which
they scattered on tbe floor, end Which
were so badly defitced hy their feet as to
The services of Dr. John Hall were ob-
tained, and after many hours' assiduone
attendance he bad the fiatisfaction of
seeing the return of his patient to a
state of consciousness. The honorable
gentleman is progressing todSards rer
covery, but it is thought he will not be
sufficiently recovered to take his seat hi
the House during this session..
—At Aylmer, in the Ottawa district,
on Wedneeday of last week, Mr. johti
Gordon, a ;highly respected farmer, WaS
attacked end brutally beaten by a man
named Duvalle, who is said to be in, -
sane After demandieg Mr. Gordon%
watch, and being refused, Duvall°
struck him a terrific blow on the head be almost useless. Nearly $1,0 o
in the vicinity of the left eye with a - the cash taken belonged to the Setter-
f Mr. John Fairtteather's balls alai). The blow was so great that it
that gentlema,n tie other dayoai knockdd Gordon's left eye ont, and the
in Peel. The *ate charged hell hung by the tendons. presenting a
tumbled him over a twiukle. ter rible eight. .Mr. Gordon fainted
upset until completely winded.. Afraid fore Duvalle could. renew his onslaught
to riee any more he began to crawl, and his arms were pinioned, and he was
this so frightened the. enimal it ran marched off to gaol. Mr. Gordon is in
off, fancying no doubt that it was to be a precarious situation, and being an old
called upon to fight something it had gentleman, some doubts are entertained
never seen before. of his survival.
—The Philadelphia Record suggests —An aide -de camp's rOom at Rideau
Hall is .weIl filled with curiosities par-
ingtcm estate.
—The funeral of the! murdered mem-
bers of the Cook fami1y took place on
Wednesday of last week. The feeling
against the murderer ie not so intense
as it was, now that so many have seen
his boyish appearance, but people do
not sympathize with him on account of
the harsh treatment he received at the
hands of the Cooke family. If any-
thing he was too well treated and de-
pended upon too much, as is unfortme-
ately well known nova The feeling of
• throughout the
had effect, as it
ne case, where a
s shoulder rapped
lated to the Cooke
oor and received
has brought the higl
that part of the Pro
acre.
-just published a ne
map; from which it
Company have de
little room for opp
the Northwest wh
--It is stated tha
boat company has b
treal, with Mr. Kil
Kingston, head, for
ning steamers from
in oppoSition to the
tion Company.
—The following
balances at credit
Government SaVi
1882, $12,900,044.
vemher, 1882, $68
588,775.89.
—The derrick of
McGregor farm, ne
ince, over 1,100 per fire an a hotel an insta.ntalaeoes alarm
acific Railway h as
s evid.ent that the
ermined to leave
aition railways in
their monopoly
a powerful steam -
en formed in Mian -
the purpose of run-
amilton to Quebec,
Richelieu Naviga-
is a statement of
of depositors in the
gs Banks on 30th
0 ; deposits for No -
,731.70, total, 813,-
a drilling well on the
✓ Sarnia, belonging
to thel Ontario Oil ompany, was burn-
ed down the other day by the gas
catching on fire. The flames reached
into the air over 70 feet, and the work-
REOUIRED they succeeded iu getting out of the
tain an
device
large h
—A
residen
ful ace
who
rapid in action. Some such
should be instituted in every
tel on the coetinent:
oang man named dames Mow, a
dent while assisting flame men,
ere engaged with a sawing ma -
off his
the teqth of the saw scratching into the
bone. Some months will elapse before
the yo ng man will be able to resume
e scenery about -the Falls is eft-
ceeelin ly fine at present, the spray from
the ea exacts freezing as it descends has
loaded the trees and ehrubs with fringe
ice. he new iron railway along the
edge o the precipice is hung with face
ice. he out -buildings are so covered
and uried .in ice and snow that they
resern le Icelanders' hats. The large
bnildi gs are all covered with heavy
coati
with
gs. The Prospect House is loaded
family, went to the
such a Iihock that she died in a day or
two afterwards. Peorle from the united
counties of Prescott and Russell, and
the border counties of Quebec; were
present in large numbers. The, Hon.
John Hamilton, Messrs. Davis, Buie,
fellow -students frorn the Montreal I
Business College, were present from
Montreal. The service was conducted
by the pastors of the Presbyterian
churches of Little R,ideain and Greece's
Point, both of which places of worship
the family were in the habit of at-
tending.
—One of Toronto'et best memin every
sense of the Word, Mr. James Michie
died at his residenee in that city, on
Saturday afternoon,after a short illness,'
his complaint being congestion of thel
bowed how they bad enjoyed it. grees in the country. Ms darn an
—The teachers in Listowel schools
;ritli their salaries are given as follows :
Ir. B. Rothwell, Principal, salary $725;
Miss M., Draper, second departnaent,
8320 ; third department,MissE.Bachan,
$285 ; fourth department, ' Miss M.
'finale, $260 ; fifth department, Miss
lack, -$2,45 ; eixth department, Miss J.
limie, 8225 ; seventh department, Mrs.
—Rev.- K. juiaor, Presbyterian mis-
Isionary in Chino., writes to his father in
St. Marys uader date of November 27th.
We shall probably remain in Shanghai
several weeks as we cannot come- on to
Cenada, I fear, before warmer weather
comes, and it will be much cheaper
living here than in California. I am
improved very much indeed. Since
leaving Formosa 1 have made most
wonderful improvement. I have, how-
ever, to take about ten grains of quinine
every night in order to get any sleep. I
itm now in strong hopes that if, as the
doctors order, I can get a year's rest in
another climate I shall get all right.
—A sawing match took place -at Lake-
side on Wednesday the 3rd. inst., at
which the following prizes were given ;
Two met at each saw :-1st prize 510,
won by Messrs. Buckle and Robinson,
time, 1st cut, 1 minute 5 seconds; 2nd
cut, 37 seconds. - 2nd prize 88, Hunt
2nd cut 41 seconds. Biel. prize $3.50,
Mechian and MeLeod, 1st cut, 1 minute
and 20 seconds ; 2nd. cut, 48 seconds.
4th prize $3 50, Langford and Whalen,
1st cut, 1 minute and 20 seconds ; 2nd
cat, 48 seconds. The last two being
ties, the 3rd and 4th prizes were put
together and the money divided equall
between them. The logs for first cu
were 23 inches in diameter, and fo
second cut 19 inches. One man o
each dav—lst prize 02, Buckle, 3 min
utee and 3 seconds ; .2nd prize $1 75
prize $1.25, Meehian, 3 Minutes and 8
seconds. Log 21 -inches in diameter.
- sire always have taken first prizes s
wherever shown.
—On New Year's evening, Miss
Dames, of Cranbrook, was made the
recipient of a number of handsome
pieces of silver ware, assa tangible de-
monstration of the appreciation of her
services as organist in the. Methodist --
Church in that places+, position held by -
her for a considerable length of time,
and filled so efficiently as to gain the
esteem cf the entire congregation, wile
expressed the wish in the address ac-
companying the preseutation, that she
might long be spared in their naidet to
preside at the organ.
—The Brussels reeyeship embroglio
has not beeu settled yet. The applica-
tion of Mr. Rodgere for an inspection.of
the ballots was granted, and Tuesday of
lust week fixed- as the day. At the -
hour appthuted Mr. G -arrow for Mr.
McCracken ,,raised the objection before
judge Toms, that the inspection could
not be had unless a petition had first
been filed for a quo warrant° gait. Mr.
Johnston for Mr. Rodgers, pointed out
that in two other cases in this county,
the former senior judge had granted in-
spections without such suits being en-
tered. After sure consideration Judge
TOMS held the objection good, and the
inspection was postponed until after..
the filing of the petition, which has
been done.
—The Huron Medical Aseociation
met at the Commercial hetet in Clinton,
Holmes, President, in the chair.. Drs.
Grahs,m, Brussels ; Sloan, Blyth ; Wil-
liams and Worthington, Clinton, were
preeent. Eleven cases of diphtheria
were reported, followed by an interest-
ing and instructive discussion. Micros-
copic specimens of different kinds of
cancer were exhibited. aleo the tubercle
bacilli:1e,, or the parasite whiclaproduces
consumption, all of which were very in-
etructive. A ease of fatal gangrene of
the mouth, in a child of #3ight months,
was reported—a very rare arid fatal dis-
ease. The officers elect for the ensuing
year are, Dr. Hurlburt, Brucefield,
President ;Dr. Williarae, Clinton, Vice -
President ; Dr. Graham, Brussels, See-
retexy-Treasnrer. Notwithstanding the
smallness of the attendance, the meet-
ing was a very instructive and enjoyable
one, the treatment of_dipletheria being
fully discussed.
'cioles of all imaginary sha,peseald the abduction was very easily acoom- resi
—On Thursday of last week M
O'Neill, of Exeter, received warning
anticipate a visit from the burglar
and a strict watch was maintained ov
the business portion of the ple,ce. Tar
strangers, pne of whom was fully s
feet in height, appeared. in the villag
and by their peculiar aictions attract