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FIFTEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 794.
An Old Frien Heard From.
The following lett r is from6Mr. Jas.
Orr, for many years aT1aident of Grey,
near Morrisbanic. He is an agreeable
writer, and we hope'to hear from him
frequently.. He has been a resident of
Saline County, Missouri, for several
years, and his many old friends will be
pleased to learn that both himself, and
his sons have prosy red since settling
under the Star Spa gled Banner. ,The
letter is as follows
IN -
SALT SPBOs iI. 0-, Saline Co., Mo., )
February 8th, 1883. f
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor.
DRAR EDITOR.--Wth no small degree
of interest have I petused some of the
many cora unieatiens you have re-
ceived from Manitoba and Dakota, and
which you have given to the world in
the columna cf THE r.XPOSITOR, In not
any of them howeve4 th 1 I feel more
interested than in that extract from
James $att"s letter. Mr. Hatt is an
old acquaintance of mine, and it is
pleasant to think ov r the fact that he
has had the energy ad good sense to
rise from, hat `•stool of repentauice,"the
shoe bench, and enroll hii'nself among
the Ameriu Lairds —that great land-
ed demei r o_y, whose existence is a bliss,
and whose moral and political influence
is absolutely necessary, to give stability
to the futi;re greatness of this republic,
or the Dominion of Canada. It would
have given me more satiefuction, how-
ever, if Mr. Hatt ha given a few more
details. For instan e, I want to know
what he is going to o about planting a
• grove.of trees arosn his homestead.
This information is not to be found in
any of the letters I have read in THE
EXPOSITOR. I ask for this ipforrnation
because I consider that such a shelter
from the piercing winds that sweep
along these plains, in the winter season,
to be of the utmost importance, and
how to get such a lelissing ought to be
one of the first thou hts of a new set-
tler on the prairie. And - yet, to a man,
your correspondents are silent about it.
When I settled on tie prairie, in Lati
tude 38, 600 miles et nth of Mr. Hatt's
location, one of my first operations was
to break up two acres expresaf3 for an
orchard and shelteri I then plan ted
an Osage hedge around the north and
west sides of that enclosure then on
the same two side& a triple row of
beeches and cherry trees. The inside
of the enclosure ie filed with apple end
pear trees, and outside and around the
dwelling house is a grove of maples. So
we are surrounded by five hundred treea
of -various kinds. a experience the
the benefits of this a rangement in more
ways than one.. It Ives' us a pleasant
shade in summer, and a windbreak
against the blasts o SwintonIt has.
likewise induced th singing birds to
come and be our conepanions for a great.
part of the year, an the Pleasure of
listening to the mocking biro executing
his variable song,. has more than repaid
me for planting thi grove. I suspect
that trees will not g ow as fast in North
Dakota as in latitud 38. My maples,:
that were only thre feet high when
planted, were 20 feet high in 3 years'
growth. No such ggowth may be ex-
pected in that north rn region, and yet
surely some tree con be found that
. will attain a mo{er to size in six or
eight years. If' no netttree is to be
found, then it will never be a very
desirable place to li e: in. It will be as
dreary as a treeless ussian. steppe,and
the moral and intellectual status, and
general habits of the dwellers thereon,.
will be as uninvi.timg as the bleak scene
around them.
Here in Saline County,. with its
matchless soil and Lang growing season,
everything grows to, a large size.. That
common littleweed called the belladona
getsto be six feet here, . and I never
could get to the bottom of my parsnips
at digging time. The truth is, there is
no part of North America where a man
can extracta good Lying out of the soil
upon such easyterms ae in Saline
Countyt Missouri.
Yours Truly,
Jams ORR..
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A IInlletitel in Dakota.
MR. EDITOR,— DIKAR SIR : Hiving
promised to write tie a great many of
my old neighbors, thibk the best way
that I can fulfil my promise is to give
them. my opinion of he country through
year widely oircalat d journal. As the
most of your reader have heard how
our party got throue the. journey out
histe, I will not dwell on this,but simply
say that the beet acconamodation we
received in all tne route was on the
Chicano and Nortiewastern Railwa,y.
Their Officers were he most oottrtet -s,
and the employees t e most a,ccommo-
dating that we met ith. I cannot say
as much for the No them Pacific. On
that road we had to find our own light
after the firat night, and get what water
we needed wh.ere we best could. I got
my goods ail home before the break-up
came, but not a day too soon. I started
iteeding about the 15th of April, and
started the heave t about the second
weele in August. heat did not yield
as well in this sectio of the country as
it did with Mr. att thit year. The
largest yield that I heard of was 22
bushels _to the acte ; ()ate and barley
were a. very good crop, Oats yielding
from 40 to 60 buehele to the acre ; pota-
toes were a very large crop,
There are three glasses of men who
would do well in thie country I think.
First, a young man Who has health- and
ambition ; second,. a Man with a family
and a little capital and third, a man
wtio wishes to intest money. The
latter would find an excellent field. for
his capital, as the rates of interest here
-are very high. A person canuot borrow
money here on read estate for less than
10 per cent. per anniam, and very often
more. There are a great many new school
houses. in course of erection in this ter-
ritory at present. The method they
have of paying off the debt is to issue
school orders, beariag 10 per cent. per
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EAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUAI. YJ,
annum. capitalists very often buy
for 90 cents on the dollar.
these order
A.young m
ser month.
n receives from $20 to $25
When the harvest starts
they receive from $2 to $2.50 per
day until winter sets in, as threshing
comes after harvest, and the majority
hire all their help. You will
that threshing is a very -ex-
t of farming in. this country.
J market has rated pretty
same as it has in Seaforth
nth.. In the fall of the year
about 10 cent; per bushel
No. 1 bard wheat is from
at present ; oats are from
er bushel ; butter from 30c
of farmers
see.by this
pensive par
The whea
much the
this last m
there was
88c to 90c
45c to 500
to 35c per I
dred lbs., but there are very few people
ny for sale. The chief part
conanmed bere is shipped
st ; beef is from 10c to 12o
mills are v
went to a
this winter
10 lbs. of b
one bushe of No.1 hard wheat. I
should think milling ought to pay at
that.
The fore part of Ripe was rather dry.
The wheat plant did not stool as well
as it would have done if it had been
more moist We had a very pleasiant menet that so little re
summer take it all thrbugh. The win -highet life is seen in the
ter up till New Year's was very would seem as if the n
pleasant bra since then it has been ex- lishers had voluntarily c
say they de not feel the cold auy more readees. I Fill venture
than they did in Outario, but I have foreigner who reeds Labc
my own opinion about that gory now. in wetkly installments f
Since New Year's the mercury has rated get a Clearer and more
from 15 to 45 degrees below zero. But idea. ef life in Loudon at
take it all tlarougla I think a rnan with a Istteds than he will by
little sand in him can do better here daily issues of tbe Tim
than he coeld on a motrtgageid farm in same period. But Labouchere, in his
Ontario. But those in oomfortable clevet weekly, perpetua.11 offends up-
circumstainees and having a clear farm per class British prejudi e against pub -
would not advise to leave Ontatio, licity!
as there are a great many comforts in
Ontario that they will never realize here
By giving this a place in-. your widely
circulated.t aper yen will oblige.
ours truly,
.Formerly of Hullett.
The British Press.
who have
of the -per
from the e
cording to quality. Grist
ry scarce in this country. I
ill 35 miles from my place
and received 32 lbs. of flour,
an, and 5 lbs. of • shorts for
an in France—and the
orty will have a nation
nd will be a familiar. a
'gore wherever he goes;
ishman will be known o
rs, and to the members
ircle in which he moves.
as alive. especially in -t
ears preceding his de
renchman at
1 reputation,
d celebrated
bile the Eng-
ly to his.read-
f tie social
When Little
e five or six
th, the daily
much press was never t•red of printing
olums about him—his m:thods of work
his unremitting industi y—his specu-
ative philosophy—his co.. bat with the
church, et How often loes one see,an
article int a British Bail ' press about
Mr. Herbert Spencer, escribing the
man so that the!nation c n look in upon
him—sympathize with h m in,histoil—
watch the progress of Lis ideasnd
learn to admire , and lo .e him ? Not
very frequently ; now : nd then the
greatnan is mentioned i# an editorial ;
but it is only incidental) , and as if the
editor owed him an apology for bringing coming agreat nuisance in many places.
him.out of his olscurity.
horse, or a hoatieg roan
wield fare better.
When one reflects he
intellectual movement
with its hundreds of publishing houses,
its dozens of theatres, its , operas, its
saloons crowded with w tty and bril-
liant folk from all the en s of the earth,
its academies and piuseu.. s and studios,
one cannot help copsider'ng it pheno-
ection of this
aily press. It
wspapet pub -
used the most
against their
to say : that a
ncbere's Truth
r one year will
comprehensive
d the -British
perusing the
:s during the
country. Morally, he said, lotteries
were pernicious and bad, and financially
they were not sound. Investors almost
always put more money in than they
got out.
—A contagious disease known as pu-
trid fever attached the horses in the
stable of Mr. Jas. Bugg, at Elora, last
week, and he .lost - two fine animals, . A number of int
with the prospects .of others following. intelligently disc
-- The two farms belonging to the mil. Mr. Tabez,
Irwin estate in the township of Armes- Master, Ottaw
ter, containing 100 acres each, were sold of meeting.
et auction for the 'sums of $6,030 and -The Southe
$5,020 each, to Messrs. G-eo. Pepper and dation have demi
Manny Phillips. fair this year at
—A few days ago, the heavy weight day, Wednesday,
of snow on a shed belonging to Mr. September 25th,
Andrew Laurie, 9th concession Bien- the dates. It w
helm, caused the roof to cave in and fall a spring stock faive
on two steers, killing eand injuring horses on May 1
the other. —The Burling
—The dog and sleigh business is be- tered by the win
The robbers car
money orders an
ings bank blanks
worthless to the
signed and stem
—Mr. John K:
chant of- Toro.
received word b
of the death of h's father, Mr. Jas. Kay,
at Gargunnoch, :.cotland. The deceased
was' 95 year; of : ge, and up to a com-
paratively short.eriod before his death
was able to' take a good deal of exercise
on horse -back.
—And now th : Oddfellows of London
are getting up gift enterprise, ',,alias
lottery. Fifty t ousand tickets will be
sold at $2 each ; $50,000 will be distri-
buted to the wining members ; $10,-
or$15,000 given io the establishment of
a free library inhe city, and the bal-
ance devoted to eying off the debt on
the Oddfellowd': all.
—The M. Do glue who was killed by
the .railway ac ident near Dundas on
Friday, was not a traveller for Messrs.
Burr & Skinner, of Guelph, as was at
first supposed, b t Thos. Douglas, who
formerly kept a ;grocery store in Guelph
and moved to L.ckport, New York. He
was oli his way
aasgemerlts fo:
again.'
—The funeral
Baird, who Wt
proof-reading r
printing offices, look place on Saturday
afternoon. Deceased was an old soldier,
and his most favorite wont was to' fol-
low with niilitary tread and warlike
carriage the different regimental bands
when on paradel
-The latest style of social introduced
is the {'Mum" social. Silence to be
Meal, municipal,
In order to shqw
spect to his rema
1883.
nd 'military matters,
the last token of ret
me all business places
were (nosed during the afternoon.
—The Ontario G -rangers held their
annual session in Toronto last tveek.
There was a larg number of delegates
present, many la ies being among them.
resting subjects were
ssed by those inCoun-
obinson was elected
will be the next place
n Counties Fair Asso-
ed a four day's
t. Thomas, and Tues -
Thursday and. Friday,
•o 28th, were fixed as
s also resolved to hold
for bulls and entite
t.
on Post -office was en -
ow on Friday night.
ied off some 35 blank
some Post -office say-
, all of which would be
thieves unless they are
ed by the post master.
y,, a dry goons mer -
to, himself -a _vitneran,
cable on Monday last
If he were a Last Saturday in Lonnon, a lady was
f celebrity', he knocked down on the eidewalk by a '
large ,Newfoundland dog with sleigh
mighty the attachment. ' -
of London is, —Mr. James D. Webster, of Preston,
has sold his Very fine farm of 1Q8 acres,
close to the villege, to Mr. John S.
Wood, of Woolwioh, for $8.500. The
price is a good one; but the farm is nue
of the best in that section.
— A fire broke outtin Kincardine last
Saturday night, resulting in the total
destrifction of two buildings, one oc-
cupied by Mitchell Bros., grocers, and
the other by H. Wilde, confectioner.
Slight in surance.
. --Retail dealers ite London, in alnarst
every line are loudly complaining of the
unusual stagnation qf trade. All agree
in saying that a dyler February has
rarely been experieneed by the retail
trade of that city. 1 _
—Quebec shippers and members of
the Board of Trade txe stoutly combat-
ting the proposal ito improve naviga-
'tion of the St. ',trireme and deepen.
the channel, between Quebec and Mon-
-Master Dick DeWinton, son of 091'.
iDeWinton, while tobogganing at Rideau
Hall a few days agot conided with an
iron roller and had an extremely narrow
escapentle was serionsly injured about
the nether limbs. . ,
—Mr. Xneas McMaster, agent of the
Glasgow Cananian Land and Trust
Company, now- under arreat on a charge
of it regularities in his accounts, will, it
is believed by his friends, be set at
liberty in a short time and his innocence_
— A Deputation of the Frilled Edward
Island Governtisent has arrived at Otte-
tva to demand compensation of the Do-
minion Government for the failure to
maintain' continuous steam communica-
tion during the winter between the
Island and mainland.
—The weekly bulletin of the Provin-
cial Board of Hoehn, just issued, showa
that diseases of the! respiratory organs
are the most prevalent, Tne most in-
teresting feature of his week's returns
is the prevalence of. intermittent fever,
which has been observed.
—Messrs. Yates land Strafford, of •
Brantford, have p released the Bay-
sicher property (4 0 acres), the fipest
piece of timber in th township of Bland-
ford, one mile seuth of Bright, for $19,-
000. They intend erecting a steam !saw
mill at mace.
—Rev.' W. -E. Norman celebrated i his
87th birthday by [visiting the late
General Conference at Napalm°. The
members of the Conference were so
pleased to eee the venerable gentleman
that theY presented liim with a purse
— The Canada Christian Advocate
says that -several ministers will gp to
the United States if Methodist union •is
effected in Canada op the basis propos-
ed: It Would seeni that the said brethe
ren may set their hduse in order, for
union bids fair to be accomplished.
—Last Saturday a collision occurred
between two freight trains on tne Cena,-
da Southern at Tilsenburg. The 'two
loconaotiyes came together with a ter-
rible 'crash and were interlocked. Both
engines were badly wrecked. 'The
trainmep escaped by jumping.
M. P. for West Hastings, was entering
his house in Sidney the other evening
. he encountered two en, who attacked
bim with a knife, cu tinghis nose, and
slicing oft a portion f oue of his fingers.
The ruffians fled. Their personality is
Unknown. b
—The Yarmouth farmers who have
interested themselves in the scheme of
baying up the Aylmer and St. Thomas
gravel road with a view to abolishing
the tollgates, are meeting with great
emcees. Nearly $2,000 has been sub-
scribed already. The total sum requir-
ed is $7,640.
—A Halifax despatch says theherring
fishery was never better than at present,
and the takes lamas been something
tremendous. There were fully 150 fish-
ing smacks, a large Mimber American,
to be seen ie the offing, and the catches
of some are stated te be as high as .50,-
000 fish.
—The late Mr. Martin Brennan, who
died in Toronto ten years ago, left a
legacy of $1,000 to the Roman Catholic
House of Providence in that city, pay-
able ten years after his decease. An
order was made at Osgoode Hall on
Monday for the exeCutors to pay over
thelegacy to the "lease.
—A bogus Lord, claiming to be the
son of Canon Allan, of Somerset, Eng-
land, recently won the affections of a
Perth young lady, said to be worth
$200,000, but the lady's father discover-
ed the fraud, and the lordly lover left.
He has passed elsewhere by the name
of James A. Payne.
—Lieut. -Col. Campbell, of the 27th
Battalion, who died at Watford, on
Monday, the 12th inst., was buried with
military honors. He was one of the
_pioneer colonels of the county of Lamb -
ton, having resided there about half a
century, and was a iriember of its first
council. He took ain active part in poll-
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BY A NEW ENGLANDER.
One of the curious differences between
English and Freech journalism is that
the British press gives to sport and
stooks about the same space that the
Gallic journals accord to art and literai
tura. A week or two in London makes
an American who has been living in
Paris wonder why the Englieh do not
take as much interest in their great
men's daily doings as in the movemente
on the race course. The other day
when James Rice, the popular novelist,
died, the Standard gave him two lines,
bat bestowed a contain and a half of
solid print on the festivities attending
the uwarding of some "cup" after a
horse race. Mr. Anthony Trollope re-
ceived a half -column in most of the
leading journals the other day, but he
had to die before he could achieve this
distinction. A blackguard who strikes
somebody in the eye and then kicks the
policemaaa who arrests him has his ex-
ploits chrohicled in a lengthy narrative.
His remarks before the "learnedJudge,"
as the English reporters invariably call
the magistrate, are set down with Bos-
wellian fidelity, and the appearance of
the person is described as minutely as
if he had clone a good rathee than a bad
deed. But of tbe charming and, on the
whole, quite permissible persor alities
about contemporary noveliets, editors,
painters, etchers, en gravers, ,publishers,
musicians, preaehers, poets, which one
finds in such profusion in the Parisian
press, there is little. or nothing, in the
London papers. The British celebrity
pretends that he would be horrified at
the free and easy discussion of his men-
tal attributes and his personal appear-
ance which is considered allowable in
France and America. But I will ven-
ture to say that there is a very large
portion of the reading public in the
Britiah Islands who would be delight-
ed to know -more about the human and
less of the equine celebrities of their
When a new comedy is brought out
• in London, the papers indalge in one
article of very moderate length about
the piece and its author, and then they
drop both, as if the editors had said in
concert, "Thank Heaven ! that's over :
epoW we can return to horse and cricket;
or we can dish up a beautiful stew nf
Irish ot Afghan politics—just the thing
for these gloomy winter mornings!"
For a good old-fashioned,ghastly murder,
accompanied by the 'armlet brutality,
the editors are ready to give np several
colunaus, and to have “one account,"
aanother account," "account from a re-
lative of the deeeased," etc. It' does
not seem to occur to the editorial mind
that by bringing before the public all
the picturesque and interesting mem-
-bers of the liberal guilds, piquancy and
grace are added to journalism, and peos
ple' are taught to think about:something
besides the most grim and unpleasant
realties of life. But no ! the World,
Truth, and other weekly papers of that
ilk, which were started for the express
purpose of supplying the deficiency
already remarked in the daily press, are
looked at askance by English society.
Perhaps this is because the pioneers in
this kind of journalismi heretofore un-
used in England, have not yet learned
exactly where to "draw the line." In
France it is understood, . and -the law
backs up the understanding—that to
enter into details of the private life of a
celebrated man or woman is forbidden,
unless the person becomes outrageously
conspicuous. But everything about a
public career is considered a fit subject
for public gossip. The result is that—
given two persons of equal talent—bqth
meriting diatinction —one an Englialt-
Lake Manitoba is se, d tobe 3 feet
lower than it was last w nter.
— Wolves are reporte • to be very
numerons in the woods n. the rear of
Hastings County.
—Hon. 0. Moysat visi ed the Institu-
tion for the Deaf mad b at Belleville
the' other day, and addr seed the pupils.
—The new copper nano opened. •at
Malagash, Nova Scotia, is reported to be
richer than any yet disc
—John Gibson, D platy Shetiff,
Hamilton, has been erre ted for embez-
zlement. He is spppose to be $700
.short in his- accounts.
— The Dominion Line .steamer, Mon-
treal, now on passage f •om Liverpool,
has OD board a number f -thoroughbred
cattle for North west ra, ches.
—Rev. A. McLeod, of Florence, has
accepted a call to Bad xe and Fraser
church, Michigan, at a. alary $1,000
per annum apd manse.
—Two boys in the
School were recently pu
suspended for four days
—The Protestant teachers of. Mon-
treal are endeavoring to have the Pen-
sion Act reetealed as arriinjustice to the
majority of the teacnersi•
—Leslie, addifennof Mr. Barns, of Clear -
villa, fell against the platform under the
teacher's desk.; tutting a gash on hie
forehead. that laid the.bone bare.
d ---Mr. NorquaiY bas been informed by
the Dominion- Government thet if be
wishes to retain their good -will he must
not again 'prase the Manitoba General
Railway Acte
— A. W. Thompson and Hugh Suthe
erland, of Prince Arthur'e Landing, ex-
plorers, report large quantities of ptne
timber between Inat Portage and Lake
Superior.
—Mr. Ross, a teaeher in one of the
Hamilton Public Scheele, was recently
fined $10 for severely punishing a pupil.
The B9ard of Education:has determined
to appeal the case.
—The Gevernor General's levee in
the Senate chansber Saturday "tight
wag very largely attended. A feature
tolushi remarked was the absence of Sir
John and Ladt. McDonald.
—Some idea of the enormous Con-
aunsption of coal by the railways may
be gathered froiae the fact that theGrand
Trunk at a single point (Windsor) re-
quires 30,000 tops annually.
=George Forbes of °leveler) d brother
of Mr. John F4bes, of WoOdstock,
owner of an extensive lumber yard, had
all his property carried away by the
floods at that city. a:
—The Berlin News states thaiti one
of the wealthiest men in the county,
worth probably $1.50,000, the othet day
brought his mother-in-law to the .poor-
-The Nova Scotia Legislatute are
discussing a bill to reduce the travailing
allowance to menatcre of the ExeMitive
Council.. It pansed its second reading
without oppoeitime.
—The Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Free Masons of Ontario, has
issued bis edict suspend/rag all members
of the Order who henceforth take. part
in lotteries in the name of the order. -
treal, has! left half ta million dollars
woeth of city real estate, besides im-
mense wealth in bank and other shares.
Hiff nephew, Mr.. F. Judah, inherits
every thine.
i r. nlvaney, one of the principal
toithors of Picturesque Canada, is in
Paris, a history of which and of South
Dumfries he is engaged to write for the
forthcomliag history of Brant County.
4 -John Lyall, an old man 65 years of
age, front the township of Georgina,
while strolling about Toronto, entered a
house of ill -fame wnerri he was robbed
of $65 and a railwaytioket to Manitoba.
—The Rev. Dr. Fowler, in his sermon
at the London West, Canada Methodist
Church last Sa.bbath, touched, in terms
ofstrong disapproval, upon the lottery
Mania 'so rapidly developing allover the
tiered ie. that'
•
elleville High
tished by being
and compelled
armion."
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the departure of the late citizen and
,found tied up in a bundle a complete
set of burglar's tools, drills, brace,
jimmies, compass, etc.; also the brass
handle of a safe,
—Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Udora,
was driving a load of wheat in to Ux-
bridge the other day, and. when near
the railway crossing on the 7th conces-
sion, bis team became frightened at the
train and began to run. • Mr. Johnson,
not able to pull them in whipped them,
but they were unable to cross in time,
aud the train struck the sleigh. Mr.
Johnson escaped with a broken collar
bone and a good fright. The horses
were unhurt.
— A few days ago three young men
came to Lnoknow and pnt up at oue of
the hotele. During the day they made
the acquaintance of a number of village
•
young men whom they induced to en-
gage iu a game of "poker," which as
may be expected resulted satie ly
to the straugers. One young m
ing out $80 poorer • at the close o
game than he was at the beginning.
Experience is a dear school, but fools
will learn in no. other. 1
—William Boughner, a young man
about nineteen years of age, who ' bas
been employed in John Wardlaw's
woolen factory Galt, was accidentally
killed Saturday afternoon while aesist-
ing to lace a belt. It is said he careless-
ly allowed the belt to tighten. although
cautioned by the man he was helping
of tbe danger of so doing, causing it to
catch his arm, revolving his body on to
tbe shaft, which threw him against the
rafters, pi oducin.g injuries that caused
death• about an hour afterwards.
,•The London curlers had a narrow
escape from being on the wrecked train
on the evening of the 15th inst. They
were at the Hamilton station ready to
return home, and had the stones placed
in the baggage car. Conductor Hamil-
ton appeared, however, and ordered the
stones to be removed from the car,
which was done, and the curlersremain-
ed behind. They state that in all
likelihood they would have been in the
ack to Guelph to make ill-fated smoking car had they been al -
moving back to Guelph lowed to remain.
—Henry Gurney, the absconding
Of the late Wm. E. manager of the Bank of Commerce in
s well-known in the Durham, and George L. DaVis, his ae-
erns of the Toronto compile°, were arrested Thursday night
• at the Central depot, Buffalo. Ihey
have been at Louisville,Sentucky, since
the robbery, where they have been
negotiatieg with the swindled bauk.
They were on their way to the Falls to
further the settlement when the arrest
was made. They stole from the Bank
$16,000 all of which, except about $4,000
has been recovered. Both prisoners
are young men. They will be returned
to Canada.
—A noticeable case of domestic infe-
licity came before the Toronto Police
Court the other morning. John Mc-
Kitolaen was charged with beating his
wife. Mrs. McBitchen said he struck
her on the head with a bottle ; she "had
not the life of a dog -with him and his
brother." John MOSitchen said he had
not the life of a cat with his wife and
her sister. Prisoner offered to go back
to his wife and support her, and would
never abuse her again if she would with-
draw her charge. His wife refused, and
he Was fined $20 and costs or 30 days.
et -Mrs. Eliza, Rodenateirt, widow of
the late Dr. Chas. Rodenstein, who left
her home at Kingston Oil the night of
December 22, reached the house of her
'brOther-in-law, Dr. L. A. Rodenstein,
tatiCarrnansville, in the State of New
Ytrk, on Thursday night, 15th inst.,
having walked almost the entire dis-
tance. Everywhere she stopped she
received the kindest treatment. No
oue attempted to rob or molest her.
At the time of her disappearance Mrs.
Rodenstem had several hundred dollars
in the bank at Kingston, besides a most
comfortable home. She took, however.
ng money with her, bnt she wore a dia-
mond ring, Ler wedding ring, and a
guard ring. No reason is assigned for
the stranKe freak.
e -One day last week Mr. Chas. E.
Freeman, of Hantilton,, a lawyer 27
years of age, and eldest son of the late_
driving in a livery rig. His wife got
cold and he left her at home, saying he
would drive across to look at the race
track on the bay. Hours passed, and
he did not return. A policegnau and a
friend went to search for him, without
result. In the morning early they
searched again,and found the horse and
remains of the cutter floating in the
bay where ice cutters had been cutting
ice. They dragged the prace, and. soon
found Freeman's body. He had evi-
dently been kicked by the horse when
they fell into the water, as his hied
was cut. Mr. Freeman was highly re-
spected. His life was insured for $45,-
000.
—It is just 100 years since the first
flour mill was set up in the Midland
district. It was erected. at _Kingston
Mills, seven miles from the city of
Kingston, and for three years after its
opening it was the only mill in the dis-
trict. Often men from Cornwall on
the east and Marysburg on the west
came there with the grain on the horees'
backs, in canoes in the summer, and
on sleighs in the winter, drawn through
deep snow, and meandering through the
woods. The Government supplied all
the machinery, and, in feet, everything
required. The walls were erected by
soldiers detailed for such duty from
Kingston. The first mill erected. was -of
logs, roughly squared. The settlers
had their grain ground withont any toll.
The original building has long since
mouldered into dust.
—A despatch from Brooklyn, New
from Hamilton, Ontario, fell off the
Brooklyn bridge on Tuesday, and
alighted on the roof of a house. A tin-
smith on a neighboring roof, who saw
him fall, thought he had come from the
skY. The man whirled around in the
air, during his descent struck a tele-
graph vrire and bounded off to_, the top ,
kept ttne bout, u
ameuet face
Satnia has taken
nder penalty of a ner-
d by the promoters.
the initiative, a silent
entertaiament having been held there
on Wednesday elvening last. We pre-
sume the financial profits would depend
altogether en th number of ladies pre-
-.The Rev. Leonard Gaetz devoted
his evening ser on at one of the Lon-
don °burettes las Sunday night to a,
review of the character and tendencies
of letteries, Hapronounces them vici-
ous in prineiple, nalculated to clog the
wheels of i duet y,hurt legitimate busi-
nese and train it
productive lab9r
-a-Another Cld
that there
ground, the suow
spring. thaw will
instee,d of rt.
so nry it will s
water, and henc
very little when he break up comes.
He predicts art e rly*ring and good
roads.
—Winnipeg imerchants are suffering
from the ieflic ion of the iron heel of
monopoly with* a vengeance. One im-
portee complains that the St. Paul &
Manitoba monopoly charges $1.23 per
cwt. freight fronn St. Paul to Winnipeg,
a distanee of 454 miles, while the rate
for the same article from Montreal to
St. Pattl, a distance cf 1,245 miles, is
only 50 cepts per edit.
Fraaer, L'Orignal, went to
Ottawa a few days ago and registered at
a promineet hotel. Nothing unusual
had been notieed in her appearance for
a couple of days,when she created quite
a consternation in the drawing -room,
where a number of ladies were assem
bled. She became so frantic that several
of the ladies fainted. The unfortunate
lady has been taken to the Protestant
hoapital, where she will remain until
r ben
d Dunham, of Stoney
on the Hamilton &
Railway, Wednesday
. He attempted to
rack at the Beach in
rairt. Horse and mau
RD'S remains being
strewn eking tnetrack. Three cars left
the rails, and t
hoare. The ma
be_enTinhteoxtoantetda.ry
Times says : — Mr.
Wro. Winters,' w o was well known in
Stratford, went o Brandon last year
and started stor with J. T. O'Neil, for-
merly of Brantfo d. They did a good
thd. "boom" dila t year. He bought a
prOperty for $ 9 00, paying $5,000 in
cash. Now h is held responsible for
the balance, apd assigns his interest in
the store t0 hie partner, who. he says
will pay their creditors.
e -About a year ago a party arrived in
Lopdon from the other side of the line
and rented a innall house near the bug -
netts portion of the city. Dnring his
residence there he was arrested on a
criminal charge, and wet; generally re-
garded as being of doubtful honesty. A
few days ago he took a somewhat sud-
den leave andis supposed to have re-
turned to Uncle Sam's domains. De-
tective Templar had occasion to visit
the vacated premises very shortly after
e rising generation in
s as opposed to honest
est inhabitant states
o little frost in the
having fallen before
me frozen, that the
eink into the ground,
ening on its surface
ee s, and the gronnd is
oa up and retain the
the rivers will flood
her friends call f
—A mau nam
Creek, was kille
North •Western
evening, last wee
drive across the
were kille the
a passenger train fon
1, was delayed several.
is supposed to have
McLEAN BROS., Publishers.,
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
of a two story building. The distance
fallen was sixty feet, the height of a
five story buildinge Blood gushed from
the man's mouth and nose. Tho bones
of his ankle were broken and the ends
protruded through the skin. His head
was bruised and his right arm broken.
He was employed on the bridge as a
riverter and lost his footing while walk-
ing on a six itach plank with a kail on
his shoulder. Six -weeks ago he fell
through the centre span of the bridge
over the East river, but saved himself
by grasphig a girder. He was taken to
the Chambers street hospital, where
he died ou cinday.
—At a night sclsool established on
Adelaide street, Toronto, a great amount
of good ie being dune among children
and youths of the poor, or those in
very moderate circumstances. The
tepadance of 41 youths, who Are
eugaged during the day. It is an
offehoot of the Dorset Mission Sun-
day School, which was founden some
years ago by several members of New
St. Andrew's church. and bastdnce that
time been supported by that congrega-
tion. It is open three nights- a week,
when the pupils are instructed in the
ruditeents of a good, plain English edu-
cation, and on- Saturday night the
library is open kr the use of the Oder
In connection with the scheol
is a penny savings bank, and this help
to thrift is linerally patronized by the
year there were 138 accounts opened 011
the ledger, and the amounts deposited
ranged in. value from two ceuts up to
—The Winnipeg Free Press tells the
following story or a ghastly discovery by
an old Londoner : tFrank Morrow
arrived in town Sunday night. He re-
ports that OD the 31st of last Month,
while he was drivlpg from Gladstone to
Westbourne, he met, about three miles
west of the latter place, a team driven
by a. matnenveloped in a buffalo coat.
Something in the man's appearance at-
tracted his attention, and he shoutedito
him, but 'received ne answer. Then
Mr. Morrow turned back and stopped
the team. On shaking the driver
found him frozen stiff, whereupon
turned the team around and took it to
Westbourne. The dead man's name
was John Robinson, and his parents
live a short distance south of Gladstone.
So far as could be gathered, he had left
Portage la Prairie ha a semi -intoxicated
condition, and as he bad a jar of liquor
with him, probably indulged too freely
on the way, and fell an easy prey to the
cold wied which swept ever the prairie.
When found, his fur ooat was unbutton-
ed, and there was every indication that
his death was attributable to too much
—Rev. Mr. Robertson, of Winnipeg,
SuPerintendent of Presbyterian Mis-
sions iu the Northwest, addressed thei
Students' Missionary Society of Kriox
College a few days ago. He spoke 'on
the .Northwest as a rnission field, and
stated that -the spiritual needs of that
district were so great that be would like
all the members of the graduating class
to go with him to the Northwest.
As an example of the necessity for more.
preachers ?of the Gospel, he mentioned
that there were tracts of country over
one hundred and fifty miles long where
the inhabitants were without any regu-
lar minister of any denomination. rte
concluded by stating thid as over fifty
thousand people bad entered Manitebis
during the last- summer, and a large
number of these being Presbyteriansi a
vigorous effort should be made to supply
them with proper spiritual instruction.
When be concluded his- address the
Students' Missionary Society resolved
to send five tnissionaries to Manitoba
next sunimer.
—A dreadful railway accident OCCUT-
red_ on the Great . Western, between
Hamilton and Dundas, on Thursday
evening of last week. The -colliding
trains were the Pacific exPress, with
eleven passenger cars, drawn by two
engines, going west, and the east bound
train, made up of three passenger cars,
a post offide car, and an express oar.
The eneines, cabs, and tenders were a
heap oFruins, and so broken and mixed
up that it was impostible to tell what
tenders and -cabs belonged to either
engine. On top of the engines were
piled the east and west bound exprees
cars—the east bound a total wrelck.
The engineer of the Pacific express,
Mason, stood at his post, reversing Ibis
engine aud did not jump in timei to
save himself. He was killed almostlin-
staetaneously. Temple, the other en-
gineer, and the two firemen jumped for
their lives and saved themselves. The
second express ear was considerably
broken rip, while the third. one, in which
was expressman Billy Rogers and brake-
man Walsh, telescoped with a smoking
or second-class car Past behind it, sweep -
hag the stove and all the seats within
few feet of the whele length of the Oar.
The scene was heartrending. From
-the ruins was taken a young man aged
about 25 years, supposed to be Charles
Douglas, on his way to Guelph. On his
person be bad considerable money and
a draft for $1,800, His head was
smashed so as 'to be almost unrecogain-
able. Others who were injured Were
John and Wm. Lacement, George
Laceford, Mrs. Wm. Myers, and Mrs.
Wm. Kelpin. The latter received a -
terrible cut in one of her feet. The
others are -injured internally, but none
are • coneidered fatally injured. The
miraculous escape of the majority of the
passengers is marvellous, as every coach
was well filled.
—The North Perth spring exhibition
of seed grain and potatoes will take
place in the town ball, Saturday, -on
Saturday next, 24th inst.
—At the recent law examinations in
Toronto, Mr. Ed. Trow, son of mr, lac
Trow, M. P., passed a highly sucoeseful
marks, 815 more than required to pass