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LIFE IN THE STEERAGE.
miamoolIAFeSEXERIENCE.
To find a citizen of Chicago in Liver-
pool homeward bonnd i not uncommon,
neither is it strange to eee in print the
doings a the ctdnn in e. Bail over the
sea : but to face the diSoorafort of the
steerage in angry iwintry weather im-
plies a cpurage that seildo-m those over
the "fifties" posses. Having the assur-
ance that but few immigrants would be
voyaging during the ica month of De-
cember led na to atden4l1on.-
. °vet the gengwayLdowin in, the hold,
Feeding aud eleerAng Iree IPA from cola,
• Doors wide are 014 Ind is the blast;
Babi-s are crying; but the die's cast.
The "Cuaarder, ' after receiving her
pasaengers, baggaga and suppliee, and
the inspection of tie creve by the author-
ities, with her fiegs: fle lug, speedily
steamed down the Mersey at a good
rate, when those who were affected
inwardly went below to get sympathy;
No over six doze
an !appearance, b
ked, all the ame, n
pression that there
at by keepingeloser
wand gave each his
maid lie'aud be robk-
tenaporary divisions
s Would not stay in
in roogh weather the
, when moans escaped
from thoee who 4aneed they had the-
nightmaxe, and that the ship was going
to the bottom.
The avarice diapi eyed in packing
hanaan beings together like sardines in
a box is highly ceusereble, and refiects_
upon those who pretend to carry out
the law for the preservation of health.
, The hnmble steerager, for lack of space
for privacy or decency, is compelled to
lie down and sleep without uudreseiog,
which practice is cantinued until the
end of the voyage. ,I -Ie is looked npon
as only a fit subject ef ph:lacier.
Of th.e food the petatoes and. beitter
were poor, and unfrt for • use. Three
days before landtng these Were changed
for a better quality. This trick is play-
ed by more than on company. If any
feel uneasy and uueettled by the use
of the inferior diet the doctor is applied
to, and he deelares that if you are sick
you will be ehifted lint° more comfor-
table quarters, receive better food,
medieine and attendance. His efforts
are to keep you alive netil landed.
It is very poSsible if he attempted
to do more he Would have to give place
to one less scrnpuleus. Married folks
and children, with [single women, vere
stowed away on the opposite -or star-
board side. They hang up shawls or
other curtains,' between themselves,
that they might be as private as pees-
ible. Such a S'ilaterni
Attention wae son called as to who
our corapaniona in travel might be,
when I found !myself slid in between
two Irishmen—l-one a fat jolly farmer,
going to visit two of his grown-up SODS
in Ottawa, Illinois. The other, a young
man, bound fir Philadelphia,. He in-
formed me that the wider -steward
made him en offer fleet for five dollars
better victuals1 would be furnished..
Ten shillings were given and accepted,
and the young Men feasted iu the
pantry on chiokerts, roast beef and
pudding. Of the nationality of the
eteeragers there were Germena, French,
English, Irish and Scotala, with one
solitary Greek. Arriving at Qneens•
town next day, three or four hours
were spent waiting an the mail and e
few paseeuger, one of whom had to
spread himself for the first night upori
a few bas of potatoes for a bed.
Spike Wand as not fax off, and be -
sporting the aelves in couples conld
be Been the eniteatiery inhabitants.
No fleeoy °loads obscured the view.
To one who h
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1883,
McLEAN BROS., PribliSherS.
401.50 a Year, in Advance.
to be a fellow ,craftsman, who told him i slight at first, and only showiug the
he would be in, New York in three days, usual symptoms of a simple cold, and th
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but it was four until the dock was their, owners have,kept em at work,
reached. The river had been frozen and in a short time the horse de-veloped
across, but the ice was broken to allow whet , is called pinkeye. By carefully
the ferryboat Ito, ply between Jersey following the disease through ts entire
City and New York. On landing, the
cabin passengers were first attended to,
and. they walked away without any de-
tention. Two hours were consumed
before an officer looked at my valise
and trunk. He put the chalk mark on
the first, but 'would not on the second.
It would have to go over to Castle Gar-
den. After reporting,a stand was taken
until the tire for looking after the
trunk.. A missionary canee along, who
inquired what I was wag' ing for. On
explaining, he laughed, "Oh, ho 1" and
said, "You play wait long enough.
You go and let the officers know that
you wish your trunk inspected." Did
80. Two afters (both Irish) came out
of the small wooden office. One of
them, on seeing the trunk unroped for
scrutiny, werit back. The other lifted
the lid, pushed his hand into the box,
and withdrew it again. He gave the
lid a slam, marked on it the sign, and
then with an oath said, "What in
h-1 did they send that here for ?"
Whereupon I was strongly impressed
with the dignity of a United States
officer.
The next part of our journeying took
r"
place after securine a first-claas ticket
for Chicago' by the Pennsylvania and
Fort Wayne railroads. Croesing the
ferry the ticket was Shown to the con-
ductor, wild told -me to, go iuto the
second-class or smoking car. Iuformed
him politely' that m3 pasteboard called
for a first -glass car. That's for you I"
And not another -word would he utter. been kept to his work iusteed of
The idea a a steerage passenger riding kept in a stable away from dra
in a first-class car seenaed nim rich- air, dosed with a good tonic and
culotte. Itdid look somewhat out of light food, till he shows stroug
place; but _the money was paid. and. toms of returning appetite.-
there was no help for it now. Took For a tonic I shall name solJ
consolation, from the fact that I was on that will surprise mostef not all of your
the road to Chica.go, and it would not readers. It is a strongitincture 9f answer
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answer to fight with, the Khedive of a ine, %ad() frora alcohol; water and
railroad traiu. This was another ex- quinine powders. Give thehors heavy
ample of t e truth that a steerage pass- doses three or four times diving the day
enger WS,8 illy a fit subject of plunder. and evenine and kept in a, Wenn place,
Subnaitted ; to this petty theft, and
glad to hear the click, clack of the cars
as they moved along at 25 miles an
hour.
Paris green with oatmeal to poison
rats. It is thought that Berne of the
'deadly stuff was accidentally sprinkled
over the onions. Medical skill saved
course, I think apy intelligent person
will find it almest identical with pleuro-
pneumonia, with all its general wealt.
news, lassitude swelling of lieribs, want
of appetite, and finally wate thrown
out by the overcha,rged and imperfect
working vessels of the syst m—more
especially the longs. Why horses
should be troubled in this waY, as never
verygenerally before, is a mystery for
the wise ones -to solve.
'The atmosphere may preclispoee the
bowies to it, as it has eeemed tocause a
large increase of late years of pueemonia,
in the genus home. .
"The thing for horse evinces to do is
to prevent and arrest the Idisatie if
possible in its early .stages. First—I
believe that fast driving on a very
cold day is extremely dangerous to a -
horse, as several horses in the very act
, of goieg at a bigh rate of speed on our
at winter,'
and then,
en driven
the least
principal streets during the p
have actually given out thew
aud these horses have not h
far enough to distress them
in warm weather. A horse in the stable
• where I had a good one withering, was
taken, and they just saved .him. On,
iequiring of the owner if He had -been
driven fast, he said : no!to My knowle-
dge 'but on further inquiry,' found that
his hired boy had been trying his speed
in the farmer's milk team. r elieve
that iu almost every iestae
circumstances will be found
prime cause, and then th
ce •ineilar
to the
here has
being
gbts of
fed on
synap-
ething
them.
animal aid by the use of the forceps
and keife retp.oved no less than eleven
fragmenta of bone from the injured part.
The auinaal is doing well ad will un-
doubtedly reacher entirely.
—A twelve-year old son of Thomas, —The Presbyterian social held at
Boyd, of Upper Rawdon, Nova -Scotia
while playing' with a towel -roller, got
entangled in it some way and broke his
neck.
—A Winnipeg, despatch says the chief
engineer of the Canadian Pacific railway
died on Tuesday: Death resulted from
abscess of the brain. Three doctors
were in attendance upon him.
—Wild rabbits and field mice have
proven destructive on orchards this
winter. John Denby, at Bishopsgate,
Brant comity, has had the most of his
apple trees girdled.
--One of the two whisky informers,
who laid information against a number
of saloon keepers and owners of un-
licensed groggeries in Toronto, has dis-
appeared. It is said that he received
$500 to leave the city.
—A valuable phosphate mine has de--
veloped in Sydenham,Frontenac county.
It is valued at 53,000. There is one
pit from which nearly 300 tons of
mineral have -been taken.
—Mr. B. J. Palmer, a clever farmer
residing near Norwich, has invented a
wind mill on an entirely new principle.
The mill ie said to b& an excellent one,.
and the inventor purposes manufactur-
ing them for trade.
—Two Grand Trunk Railway trains
collided a few nailes west of Newtonville,
about -midnight of Friday, with fearful
destruction. The two locomotives are
nothing but a mass of nins—damaged
beyond any hope of repair.
—The imports into Canada for Janu-
ary show a large increase over the
corresponding Mon* of the previ-
ous year, and the 'exports from the
Dominion show a deorease of consider-
ably over half a million.
—Mr. Charles Siple, of Birtle, Mani-
toba, is at present viSiting his old home
at Curries, Oxford county. Mr. Siple
intends to take about 100 head of young
cattle, also a carload of horses and im-
plements back with him.
• —Three rowdies who created a dis-
turbanee and used clubs on the heads
of electors at a •meeting in Ottawa, on
Saturday night, were fined 510 each at
the police court. They are employees
of the Dominion Go+ernment.
ad. eeen the green • Irish
scene was enchanting.
MAUL -Vessels around
anchor, in stillness and
!Ines were drawn in, and
away we sped?, Two hours afterwards
a French ocean steamer dressed our
path, going steady-, rising and falling
a which looked more
e ti an a reality. She
was seen nothing
More but Mel idei waste of waters.
Revolving wfithio ourselves what was
t
beat to be don for the sake of sociabil-
ity the Scat di and English found
themselves out, agreed that divine ser-
vice should be, held, since there was a
galleried minister with
de and noisy were thus
n the solerata strains of
"Dundee" rang through the forward
part of the eh p—filla Sunday was ob-
served in a. qiiet and orderly manner
through the e ortS of the law end the
gospel—the n &ratan. and the ministertimes, pertly owing to high rents and
Arnusenaeflt was the next thing dullness in trade. Many have gone too
far beyond their -means in building, and
sought after. The services of proficient
playera on bath the violin and aocor- have locked -their property in the banks
dem were frieely given, and dancing and other commercial agencies, leaving
vorite pastime to fright- nothing to feed the wolf but parlor and
other persona l luxuries, but ' all these
scenes and SenSutiOnS help to make a
with the wav
like a pieta
passed, ad ther
young Oongr
- them. Thew'
overawed wh
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4.
MR. EDft0R,-15RAR Sui: Winnipeg
has experienced the finest and clearest
and frostieet winter in the preseut one
since it aseurned the name. Not being
so favored as our Cousins some hun-
dreds of rmiles south of us, who have
been enjoying blizzards at 40 degrees
below zero„ and baking in sunny show-
ers and balmy breezes at 40 degrees
above, wh le the floods and inundations
follow in r pid euceession, hurting com-
mercial i4idustry to the mercy of the
waters, leaving deetruction, destitution
and death 1 in its pathway. Well may
it
people on he Red River Valley quake
with fear, and those on the flats of
Winnipeg prepare their skiffs with oars,_
&c., and hold them in readiness, in -case
we may heve a repetition of the floods
of last year, while some have prophesied
a greeter flood this year, but we trust
they May hie mistaken.
Meclaanlical labor has been *It a terri-
with light food, as I said before.
"The action of the quinine is similar
to that intheburnn being --a prevent-
ive of fever, and a gentle tonic and stim-
ulant, thus assisting nature to throw off
the cold in a natuwel way.
"By taking these prece,utions I believe
mealy valuable heroes would be saved,
and the 'so-called, pinkeye, would be
rarely known."
Canada.
A despatch froth California says
Hon. Mr. Chapleau is daily gaining
strength.
—Dr. W. D. Ross eldest son of Judge
Ross, of Ottawa, died at Pembina, Da-
kota, on Friday.
--Thirteen young men° in Hamilton
were a few days ago fined 55 and costs
ter being concerned in a charivari.
—Mr. Samuel Whithara, of Wiarton,
is the happy father of another daughter,
the eleventh in succession.
—At the village of Heidelberg, Water-
loo county, the sum of $288.95- was rais-
ed for the sufferers by the floods in Ger-
many.
• —A woman named Lozer saturated
hie discouat for the last two months. her clothing with coal oil and was
Contractors and builders are strenuous- 1 burned to death at Ottawa Saturday
ly endeayoring t9 make ends meet, everiing.
while some have coliapsed and. left —Miss Alice Smith of Woodstock,
creditors to divide up. Creditiug in N. B., sues Charles E. Sntith, of Fred -
small jobl'ting is carried on largely, and ericton, for breaph of promise ; $5,000
the results are most disastrous. Our damages. 1
city papers remain quiet on this most • --Captain Thomas Zealand, late from,
important subject and allow our incline Hamilton, Out.,!died suddenly at Na-
trions meolaanic to find himself strapped, naimo, British ' Columbia, on Sunday
unable to pay bis board during the long last.
winter months, getting knocked around —The Toroato Street _Railway Coni -
from Billy to Jack in a vain 6ndeavor pitny has eptered en action against the
to get a jOb. The first °entrant for this city, claiming the value of 55.3 tons of
year started this week, and not one- broken cobble stone, worth $7,000.
third of the men offered were engaged. —Residents 'of Ridgotown are to be
The wages being paid are $2 per day, asked to vote upon a by-law for thepnr-
and in solme cases 51.50, while in neigh- pose of raising $4,000 with which to
boring toWiaS wages are kept nearer on purchase a cemetery.
a par with the preVious year. The --The Boarq of Provincial Laud
proppeet for building now under con- Surveyors have !declared that all sur-
teroplatiOn is very good for next sum- veys made by other than regularly ad-
rner, but will depend largely on the mitred surveyetit are invalid.
opening of the Red and Assiniboine —Mr. P. Irviltg, of Drumbo, has done
rivers. 'Many have concluded to leave an immense htiiuess this winter in tur-
if we have another great flood, as there nips. He lam shipped over 15,000
are no high lands to flee to in the im- bushels to Detroit and Buffalo.
mediate Vicinity. Emigrants for these —A suit has been entered in the Su -
parts and other should be here before perior Court in Montreal, to annul the
the end of Mardh, or not come till after marriage of Mies Chafre, of Perth, to
the flood Builders should not come Henry Allan, the bogus Lord Cautyre.
weeding ut going on all winter in One- o—A Ottnadiap named Jas. T. Steel,
until June. 'There has been a great
horse besiness men especially. The from Ingersoll, was seriously hurt by
sledge above
low class hotel -keepers and small shop- the upsetting of a maul ,
New Westmineter, Britieh Columbia.
keepers have had particularly herd —It is stated that the Vanderbilt
management is arranging to operate the
Red and White lines over the Canada
roads, as well as the Lake Shore road.
—Mr. Charles Green, of Townsend,
lately killed a hog that weighed 341011bs.
when it was dressed. The anitnall was
only eight months and twelve days old.
Bright recently was well attended. The
preeeede amounted to $50. A large
share pi the success is attributed to tbe
presence of the Methodist choir. This
shows that the two denominations
are living in brotherly fellowship, which
ought Le' be the case in every place.
—Mr. j. W. Robinson, of Blanshard,
has sold since July last, six horses for
good prtees, viz.; a two yearold colt,
$500 ; rdfour year old horse,$200 ; span
four yeer old geldiegs,5500 •, a two year
old filly,520 ; a two year old filly,5300 ;
over tveci hnlndred and eighty-three dol-
lars of an a etage.
—A fowl days ago, E. Smart, eldest
son of Mr. John Smart, postmaster of
Plattsville, had feft his arm caught by
accident in the fall of the driving belt
whilecutting feed. it was injured so
bad that amputation was deemed neces-
sary. The arm was . taken off three
inchee below the elbow joint.• ,
—Ontario can boast of having sent
the tallest man to the present House of
Commons in the person of Mr. James
Armstrong, of Westminister, the mem-
ber for South Middlesex, who stands 6
feet 5 niches high. Then COMO three
Nova Scotians, Messrs. Kirk, Ray and
Dodd, each 6 feet 3 inches.
—Oliver Martin, late foreman of the
Ontario and Quebec railway, near Sher-
bet lake, has levauted with $1,700 be-
longing to the labourers on the road,
who had entreated the money to be de-
posited with a Mr. England at Sherbet
lake for safe keeping. The defaulter Is
ailaatiVe of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.
---Iceboating is all the rage at Kings-
ton, with those who can spare a few
hours. Three boats made a run to
Gananoque the Other day in less then
an hour, covering a distance of some
twenty miles. In teturning they ran
with the wk.() at the rate of pearly a
mile per minute.
—An old resident of Ayr named John
Brogan, died very seddenly on Tuesday
evening last week. Mr. Brogan was
Tyler of Ayr Lodge of Free Masons
ever since its formation, over twenty
years ago, and during that Jong period
he never missed a single meeting. He
had attained the ripe age of 74 years.
became the f
en away the
seemed longe
ones. The Ger
old, while the old boys
winded than the young
B were induced to Bing
an
"DieWacht-a Rhein," but the French
could. not be. Prevailed upon to give the
stirring -‘111arseillailse." A ch,ecker board
• was made, and Coppers sufficient to
pla.y with were colleoted. The "dam -
bred" did good. seevide, as the weather
was such that kept ,the passengers be-
low. But the principal perfornaer to
keep ns in hamatir was a yonng Irish-
man rettirning to New York, who was
styled "The Bowry Boy." Versatile
and clever, he could sing, dance and
play.
The ateamer ade good progress
with a head win , but as she sailed
farther north in her course it became
too raneh for her, and she had to lay
to. Then the rocking began. The
water lashed ovar the bows, which
Seen turned into ice on the deck, and
many slid and fell as the vessel heaved
and larched.
A fellow passener (a farmer return-
ing to lows.) informed mo that he had
eigaalled the captain, and found hiro
great city.
A BLITEVALE1TE.
IPinkeye in Horses.
A writer in Wallace's Monthly tells
what he knows about the disease com-
monly called pinkeye, as follows:
C'During the past few years owners of
horees have been great losers of
horses' labor and horses', lives by a
disease commonly but erroneously caLled
piukeye Local hprse doctors have Omer%b
antly treated it as such, a,nd owners have
continued to use horses afflicted w4h
symptoms, thereby losing many van-
a,ble animals, that if properly used and
treated, would now be as valuable as
ever. My opinionds that by careful
ipvestigation, every horse that has been
afflicted, and succumbed to it, if the
truth were known, will be found to -
have had a disease nearly allied to, if
not -identical with,. pneumonia. Many
horses have been taken suddenly while
driving fast, on a sharp, frosty day,
whil..e others have got a c4)1d, seemingly
—Mr. Joseph Hunter, of Brant town-
ship, sold 17 head of steers lately, two
and three years old. The two year olds
weighed from 1,200 to 1,300 lbs. each,
and the three year olds 1,500 lbs. each.
They sold for 5 ciente per lb.
—During service in one of the
churches in Norwood lately, one young
lady, in a violent fit of sneezing, burst a
necklace which she wore, the beads
rolling on the floor like a shower of peas
on a tin pan.
—The round -house belonging to the
Canada Southern railway at Amherst,-
burg, was completely destroyed by fire
on Monday morning. It is Only two
months since the station there was
burned down.
dination since the beginning of January.
An evening school, which is held for an
hour four nights a week,has an average
attendance of 30 women who, upon
entering the prison could neither read
nor write. • These women appear to
take deep interest in their studies, and
the teachers say that the progress made
by them is surprising.
----A man passing along Dundas street,
London, the other morning, came aereSS
a merchant who was busily engaged
scraping snow. The store -keeper, when
addressed, straightened hiroself up, and.
leaping on the handle of his wooden
shonel, said: "This is the twent3,--firet
now storm of the Aeason. At all events
I have cleaned off my front that unm-
ber of times. I leave used up two snow
shovels, and now contemplate buying a
third. „Where' shall we go when the
snow will burst the country up,' is the
question that bothers me just now." •
—The failare of B.A.Mitdhell, whole-
sale .druggist, of London, is announced.
The firm is one of the ohawt azdlargest
in the West, and is rated at about $40,- ,
000.
—A Frenchpian who came to•Belle-
villa from Noripood, Friday night, was
knocked dowrK` by a tramp near ttie
Grand Trunk etation, and twenty dye
dollars taken from his pocket.
—The Qaeb Central Railroad porn.
pany are taki
line cleared o
the end of Ma
as usual.
—Dr. Abel
arrested the cher morning in Brant-
ford, for threidtening to shoot a young
man at Cala sville. At the Police
Court he p1e4led gthlty and was fined
$50.
—Mrs. Batterson, of Ottawa, her five
children and servant man had a nar-
row escape frnen death by poisoning. It
appears the leapily had beefsteak and
onions for dinner. The onions were
purchased /rem a' farmer who mixed
=Frank Harvey, who stole a number
of articles from a harness -maker's shop
in LU09,11, and was afterwards arrested
in Port Huron, has been sentenced to
three months in the common gaol at
hard labor.
—Mr. W. D. Bentley, Consul -General
for Brazil, who has done so much to get
up and develop commerce between Ca-
nada and South America, hoe been
deservedly decorated by the Eroperor
with the order of the Rose.
—A coal stove in the residence of
Professor Bain, of Kingston, burst the
other day, when a piece of iron entered
the head of a servant girl named Annie
Ws,lker. The wound is a bad one i but
it -Is -expected she will recover.
--Seventy-seven Yeers ago,' Mr:Joseph
Freezer and Tisa Rebecca Daniel, both
of Pleasant Valley, New Brunswick,
were raarried ; have ever since lived to-
gether,. aud are now, says the Wood-
stock Times, livingin the township of
Burford. The old gentleman is in his
98th year, and his wife two years
youpger.
-4Richard Flynn, an old nian living
on the Hamilton road, London, was re-
cently taken to the insane asylum. He
suffers from the hallucination that he
is being attacked by black cannibals,
who are cutting him into small pieces
and eating ther. At the detectives'
office he wrote a sensible and very af-
fecy.ng letter tie his friends.
to his own room, but just as be got
there was overcome by the gas and
fell prostrate on the bed. Mrs. Page
was naturaly much alarmed by this
time, and she got some -brandy for her
husband. - By the time she returned
she, too was prostrated by the gas.
Mr. Page took a little of the brandy,
and then began to think that coal and.
gas was at the bottom of the trouble.
He crawled to the door anopened it,
and in a few mommats began, to revive.
The whole family were naore or less
affected with the gas, but three of the
children are 13iug eerionsly ill.
—The Winnipeg Free Press of Friday
gives the followiug : Last September a
tolerably well to do immigrant came to
this city, and bought a complete outfit
with a view to going West. After he
had made all bis purchases he had $350
in Bank of Montreal bills left, which he
placed in his valise. The night before
his intended departure he, with a corn-
rade,slept in a tent et, Point Douglas.
When he, got up in the morning he
found that several mice had eaten their
way through the leather of the valise,
and had !Dade a $350 bed for themselves
inside. The most aggravating phase of
the transaction was that in making
their bed the little animals had literally
chewed the money into shreds, and the
fragments were so mixed up and so
minute that it was impossible to put
any of them together again. On the
fragmeet of a t10 bill, hpwever, the
number and. signature were fouud, and.
this was carefully preserved. The owner
made an affidavit of his lots, which,
together with the fragment referred to,
was sent to the headquarters of the
Beek of Montreal, with a request that
something. be done to alleviate the
niall'S loss. A few days ago the cash
was received for the $10 fragment, but
the bank refused to allow any 'further
compensation. The moral conveyed
here might be worth considering by
other people who keep money in their
valises.
—Mr. Goldwin Smith delivered a
lecture the othernight, to the students
of the British American Business Col-
lege Toronto, upon the subject of the
dignity of labor, and the necessity for
study, the often evil effect of improper-
ly acquired wealth, dm The chair was
occupied by Mr. H. W. Darling, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, who made
some practical and encouraging remarks
as to the benefit to be derived by busi-
ness men, young or old, from a course
lof instruction at such well equiptiedain-
tstitntione, by one of which he hinivaelf
had benefitted.
—The Farmers' Advocate prize of
5100,- given manually by Wm. Weld, of
that paper, will be awarded at the next
Provincial Exhibition to be held at
Guelph, Ontario. from the 24th to the
27th of September, inclusive, for the
best Samples of wheat. The prize will
be divided as follows: Two prizes of
$30 and two of $20 each. The first
prize of $30 to be, given• for the best
'variety of fall or4inter wheat for the
general farmer to raise and $20 for the
second best variety oft fall or winter
wheat; $30 for the best variety of sewing
wheat, and $20 the second best variety
of spring wheat.
—It is said that W. a. Anderson, late
a telegraph operator at Brockville, who
was said to have succeeded to a million
dollars by the death of two uncles, has
fallen into extravagant habits, and is
accumulating debts for expensive
clothes, jewelry and diamonds. Ile
was arrested at Brockville on a copies
for money lent and had to give up a fine
sealekin coat to get released. He went
to Montreal,but has dissipated so heavi-
ly that no explanation cambe got from
him. Evidently prosperity, or coming
good. fortune rather, has turned his
head.
—The other day Mr. Wilson, princi-
pal of the Tilsonburg school, tried the
fire alarm in the school to test the pro-
ficiency of his pupils in the fire drill
which he has been teaching them. The
test was highly satisfactory, the school
house being emptied in exactly 33 sem
ends from the ringing of the alarm,
which was so unexpected by the teach-
ers and children that it caused a visible
display of nervousness and alarm
amongst them. The fact that a fire in
a New York school caused the distruc-
Con of sixteen lives proves that a dis-
cipline of the kind taught the 'children
by Mr. Wilson is a needed precaution
to ensure their safety in an emergency
of the kind.
—A collision. between two freight
trains occurred at Governor's Road,
near Woodstock, Sunday night. Anum-
ber of cars became detached from the
rear of the first train,and were run into
by a freight following. At the moment
of the collision Brakeman Nicholson, of
St, Thomas, jumped, sustaining slight
injuries by the fall. When the engine
of the last traiu struck the caboose af
the preceding freight, the coal oil, with
which one of the cars was loaded,
exploded, and a terrible blaze ensued.
One of the conductors, who also jumped
at the moment of the crash, narrowly
escaped being enveloped in the _flames.
Two cars and the caboose detached
from the flrst train were burned and the
engthe of the rear train completely
wrecked. The lose will be heavy.
• —Mr. Ben Goold, of the Murray
House, St. Catharines, while driving on
the ice on the new eanal, broke throneh.
Horse and rig disappeared under the
ice, but Mr. Geoid escaped. The horse,
iw1h,5icolao: was drowhed, was valued at
—A collision took place at the Paris
station on Thurfiday, between to
freight trains on: the Grand Trunk
Railway. No one was injured. The
accident was caused by a mis-
placed switch. Considerable damage
was done to both engines.
—Mr. Duncan McLaren, of Tilson-
burg, who was so seriously hurt about
e'
two months atm by being thrown from a
load of wood, died on Monday of last
week and was buried on Wednesday.
He was well up in years and was (mend
the pioneers of Tilsonloarg.
—Some weeks ago at Pembina Crdss-
ing, Manitoba, a settler named Boulton
had both feet frozan while in bed, and
the shock caused his death.• He had
been in poor health, and was altogether
a shiftless chareCter. His house was
ill-suited for a Matlitoba winter.
14 measures to have their
'anew, and hope by about
ch to have trains running
orn, an Americe.n,1 was
J. R. Tett de Bro., Desert Lake, have
a petition current in thevicinity for
farmers to sign. They purpose putting
locks at the feat of Devil Lake and
dredging the 9ntlets of several of the
upper lakes, which will enable them to
run boats from the Rideau Canal as far
up lae Knowlton Lake. The cost of the
looks anddiedging will be about 525,-
000.
4 -There were six deaths at St.Peters,
Mane on a recent Sunday and Monday,
and four funerals took place on Tuesday.
In wee coffin were the remains of two
children belonging to John Sinclair.
Sinclair lost three children within efew
honrs, from a fell disorder, the charam
teiiistics of which are that the bodies of
these attacked swell and blacken. Death
comes with stealing rapidity after the
firiit symptoms appear.
.—Mrs. Wm, Ray, of Port Hope. lost
her life on Saturdae by the breaking of
a coal oil lamp. One of her children,
in placing the lamp on the table,
happened to break it, spilling the oil
on the mother's dress. This was set ou
fire by the lighted wick coming in con-
tent with it, and before the flame could
be eatinguished the unfortunate lady
WilS fatally burned only living a few
hours.
—A fatal accident occurred at Cal-
laghan's rapids, about five miles from
Mlarmora, Monday morning. W. A.
King, of St. Catharines, while thawing
scene dynamite at the stove of the camp
on the Ootario and Quebec railway, was
literally blown to pieCeS, while two
other men were severely, if not fatally,
iejured. The building was burned.
The loss is heavy to the contractors,
Munford & McMahon.
—The Board of Provincial Land Sur-
veyors have declared that all surveys
made by other than regularly adinitted
surveyors are invalid. It is also an-
nounced that any surveys made of rail-
ways by other than sneh qualified ex-
perts will betcontested.
—The Crown Attorney bf the County
of York, having heard that a lottery
scheme was being worked up in Brad -
'ford, County of Simcoe, has advised the
Crown Attorney,of Barrie, on the night
of the distribution, to arrest all impli-
dated in the affair.
, --Mr. Andrew Prentice, of the Blen-
heim Windf 11, has sold his two year
ne to Mr. Hall, North
r 5140, the other to John
e 5th concession, for 5130.
fused 5325 for a two and
span of colts.
ndish, veterinary surgeon
n, last week performed a
operation operation on a
by Mr. Jos Pinkerton, of
old colts—
Blenheim, f
Spiers, on t
Mr. S. Foe r
one year old
—Mr. St
•Walkert
very intrieat
horse owned
Pinkerton. The injury was a fracture
of the interi r maxillary, supposed to
have been ci used by a kick from an-
other horse. Dr. Standish threw the
• —The other day a. drunken woman
. ,
made a fierce attack on the window of
the CatholidEpiscopal Palace in Lou-
den, by putting her fists through several
windows, one of which was Eitained glass,
worth $40 or $50. Two policemen
brought her to the station, with consider-
able trouble. When asked her name she
declared she had none, and all attempts
to find out who she was proved fruitless.
Her hands and arms were badly cut by
the broken Oass.
• —A very euccessful teameeting was
held in .Stanley street Church, Ayr,
February 20th. The place was crowd-
ed. A.ble addresses were delivered by
Rev. Dr. Coehrane, of Brantford; Rev.
Wm. Robeetson, Chesterfield; Rev. J.
R. Dixon,alt ; Rev. John Thomson
and Rev. J hn Elliott, Ayr, and the
pastor of •he church, Rev. Walter
Ingles. They have been making great
improvements in the church building.
There is no doubt a handspme suen was
realized at this meeting, which will help
to wipe off the church debt.
•i—The Mercer Reformatory, Toronto,
has 181 inmates at present. Of this
number 33 are young girls who have
committed no crime. The health of
the prisoners is excellent, and there has
only been ohe punishment for iusubor-
f
Perth Items.
Several telephones are being estab-
lished in Stratford.
—Some fatal cases of scarlet fever
have occurred in Stratford lately.
—A literary and musical entertain-
ment was given last week in Listowel in
favor of the poor of the town. The
proceeds ambulated to over $20.
—The anniversary tea meeting of
Knox Church, Mitchell. held last week,
was a success in every way. The amount
realized was 5112.
—Cathro-and Drummond, of London,
have been awarded the centred for the
Stratford water works. The job is to
be completed by the first of June.
—The village of Atwood is doing the
largest grain business this year. it has
ever done yet. Mr. Corrie is paying out
hundreds of dollars daily for wheat,oats,
barley, pork and eggs.
—The town council of Stratford have
fixed the license fees the same as last
year viz: Hotels and shops, 5150; bil-
liard tablea$30 for the first and 515 for '
each additional cabs, 56; livery, 520.
—Mr: John Whyte, of the Mitchell
pork factory, • is making arrangements
for running an undergromad pipe from
his factory to the middle of the mill
pond, in order to carry off the offensive
refuse front his dripping pans.
—Mr. W. Machan's office in Monkton,
was burned down on Monday of last
week, while the clerk was at dinner.
His books were got out, but were much
damaged. The building stood in the
• yard, and was about 12 feet square.
The loss will be lebout $200.
—A few -days ago a son of Mr. Wm.
Brown, of Atwood, who was workingin
Mr. Dann's swamp, WaS severely out
across the iustep by an axe used -by his
comrade. A few days before this his
elder brother fell off a granary and
broke his collar bone.
—The animal anniversary services
of the First Presbyterian Church, St.
Marys'were held on the 18th and 19tb.
Feb. On Sabbath Rev. S. Lyle, of
Hamilton, preached to large audiences.
The tea meetiug Monday evening was
very interesting and well conducted.
The proceeds amounted to 5150.
—The dwelling house of Thomas
Hayee, on the 101,11 concession of the
townehip of Wallace, near Palmerston,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday
afternoon of last week. Part of the
contents were saved. Cause, defective
chimney. Loss about five huudred dol-
lars ; no insurance.
—Oa TM:Imlay evening, 7th ,nit., a
young man named Gropp, from' Brun-
ner, while engaged in hauling' logs to
Bennoch's mill, in Ellice,fell from the
load and immediately expired. Dr.
Parke pronounced the cause of death to
be heart disease, He was a young naan •
22 years of age, whoee habits and gen-
eral character were most exemplary,
—Mr. James Gorrie, turnkey in Strat-
ford jail, who,among other injuries had
his finger bitten by. a lunatic about a
month ago, has suffered much pain
from the effects of the bite. The ten-
dons in the front of the finger have
quite festered away. It has been
lanced at different times, and it is now
open from the first joint to the middle
of the palm. The jail surgeon believes
that the finger will yet be of some
080.—As Mr. James Clarke, of the firm
of Baker OS Clerk, carriage builders,
Stratford, was examining goods on the
third storey of Messrs. Cowan dr Co.'s
hardware store, Monday morning, he
missed his footing and went crashing to
the store below, striking the floor on
his left side, and with great violence.
When picked. up Mr. Clark was found
to be very seriously hurt. He was immedi-
ately removed to the City Hotel, where
medical aid was summoned. His collar
bone was found to have been broken,
and it is also thought he has sustained
severe interftl injuries. At•first it was
considered he could not recover, bat
later reports show him much improved.
His relatives have been communicated
—The Toronto Asylum has now 710
inmates. This is the greatest number
that the institution has contained at
any time siuce its erection. In order to
accommodate this large number the
medical superintendent has been com-
pelled to convert the patients' sitting -
rooms into sleeping apartinelitS, and
the other night it was found necessary
to place two occupants in some of the
bed -rooms. The general health of the
inmates is excellent, and since the
beginning of last October only twelve
deaths have occurred. In the same
period 81 new patients have been re-
ceived, and 32 who recovered from their
malady were released from the asylum.
One hundred and twenty-four of the
patients confined are from Toronto, and
the remaiader are from other places in
the Province.
• —A yoting man by the name of Mur-
phy, living at the East end of London,
went home the other night, and instead
of finding a warm welcome and hot
supper he found his mother lying stone
dead on'the floor with her head firmly
fixed in a tin saucepan. She was in
liquor when her son left her, and the
medical evidence went to show that she
had pitched forward upon the floSr and
driven her head into the saucepan so
securely that she could not extricate it,
• andja ad consequently died of suffocation.
Ellice the dawn of creation the King of
Terrors has wielded an infinite variety
of weepons, but Probably never before
confrontedhis victim with a saucepan.,
—The Page family in Lohdon East
have lately suffered from coal gas;
A few, nights ago Mrs. Page was awaken-
ed by a peculiar sour.d coming from the
room in which the two little boys Slept.
Mr. Page on going into the room, found
the oldest boy, Herbert, lying on tbe
oor, and groaning slightly. The father
ted him into bed, and returnedwith.
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