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The Huron Expositor, 1883-03-09, Page 11 1 on lesT. in' mai& lie was time, and muse1 but e hope to gregational an Church, neut show. all sourest 3 disburse. balance, of Apta during )rmer year ee was ape lewd:M=14 tA) the con- t necessary the new MeKtay a to. orosa borne. The n they had gave way„ res floating few min. -*tcur ap . r leg 'W66 tbe elupg was* urreot was r„ and very uotea aits. Ne* Era ter, bought akitith,Hul- t two horses Shanahan' tmelds, and t Mr. Geo. to of aeaet - 1 . Townsend, colts frOIZt • at ”55; pat Tucker - L. Jas. Rey. th that per-- ripiing. for erchasea for - s handles a nd anoth6r. sed for him - `i -the A.very, tert Mason, three year Miami for of Stanley, t wo year old the Huron re ma Wed - talon ERES. shipment of ieress trade, which end PRthEil rices rang*" RADE. IVE D CRETONNES E PATTERNS; ce. Heavy OODS, RA VAL1311, Grey the North ly., OD* DS M :ONT. tate 1_10TEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 796. itAi'ORTH, FR DAY, MARCH 9, 1843. McLE $1.50 BROS., Publishes. a Year, in Advance. BOOTS & SHOES. A Trip ArouladsGreat Britath by: OUR— GREAT CHEAP SALE WILL BE CONTINUED =•••••=•=mismommamm During this Month. •••••ImEms•mmalim=mmen 011E4— / . ONE, TH0USA4D., PAIRS —OF NEW— BOOTS & SHOES k.1 JUST OPENED.. 1 THE WHOLE OF MY SPRING STOCK Will be ready for inspection 6 n a Very Few Days, —When I will show the— MAST ATTRACTIVE. STOCK OF REALLY FINE BOOTS and SHOES Ever seen, in he Couety of Huron. I AM DETERMINED TO GREATLY INCREASE' MY SALES During this Beason, and in order to ma coraplish this will sell goods VEJIY 01-=A.1" BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER. N PROTEPTLY ATT‘TDED TO. GEORGE GOOD, SEAFO-R,TII BOOT STORE. WRITTEN FOR THE EXPOSITOR. It has long been the fashion among people resident in the inland districts of Scotland to run down tothe sea -side during the passage of some -of the Bum- mer months and there spend a couple of weeks, or more, if found convenient, inhaling the invigorating breezes of the bliny deep. The fashion is a good one and seldom fails to greatly benefit these dwellers in the interioe. Many of the sea side towns axe, however, character- ized by fishy smalls of a very powerful nature which, whether conducive to health or not, are certainly not :very agreeable to , people not accustomed to them. To escape these smells, and at the sarcie taste enjoy the full benefit of tb.e sea air, it occurred to me one sum- mer that my beet plan was to get on board some of the steam boats trading round the coast. I thought that, in- stead of mopieg about one particular point on the coast for a week or two, studying the seine scenery and prom- enading day after day on the same ground, I would take a trip round the coast and thus gain the double advan- tage of constaut change , of scene and ooristant change of air. The particular summer that this idea atruck me was the one of 1881, lam fond of the sea, and I was not appre- hensive of being prostrated by sea sick ness so the night of the 20th August found -me a willing passenger from Regent Quiay berdeen to the deck of the steamboat: “Tuskar," one of the line of steamers trading between Leith and Liverpool an4 calliug at intermediate ports. Whe- I got on board I had no clear idea in my head as to how far my trip was to extend.; that was to depend on how I liked it. I might leave the boat when she called at the Hebrides or go on with her to Liverpool, and from thence to London and Aberdeen via the English cha.nnel, As the event proved I enjoyed the trip down the west coast of Scotland so well that I was easily induced to circumnavigate the whole Ieland of Great Britain. - The Tuskar prove:I a small boat, one of the emallest of the line. It was. night when she found herself ready to start from Aberdeen. The passengers, who had boarded her at Leith, were all' ashore exploring the city when I got on board and it was only after interviewing the Steward that I gathered au idea of their numbers, I was giyen to under- stand that the berths were all taken up, bat if I was not unreasonably par- ticular, I would be provided with a shake -down in some corner. I felt - pretty sure that neitber a ehake-down nor a shake up would put me much abonaso I stepped on deck and content- edly awaited the deParture. As the hour set apart for this drew near, the passen- gers came on board in groups, all dis- cussing the merits of the "Granite City." They proved to be all Jpnglish people,so that I had the distinction of beitig the only Scotch passenger on board. Most of them were from the neighborhood of Manchester and Liverpool, and. were now bent on satisfying themselves about the beauties of the Scottish coast. The bell was sounded once or twice, in the clearmight air, and that we severed our connection with the quay, gliding quietly out into the middle of tho har- bor, and. then steering our course be- tween two lines of shipping towards the open sea. Very soon we were along- side the pier and feeling the influence of tbe waves. A moderate breezs blew from the north, cauting a gentle swell. For a couple of hours I wa1ke,•1 the deck. watching tbo disappeaiing lights on the shore, and eejoying the fresh air. I knew that,bwing to the crowded state ef the saloon and cabins, the at- mosphere below could not be of a very choice quality, especially wben I saw the stewart exhibiting an le i.oation to shut the stairway door. a •: et", tot see that the night was sufil .ugh to make such a •proceedin, sary. It seemed nothing short of crueety to cat off the already too meagre anpply of fresh air. Having a horror of over- oroWded places, whether afloat or ashore, I resolved to spend as little time as possible below, so that the night had turned to morning ere I went in search of my bed. On going below I found I had to sleep in the stern directly over the screw. • A. glance around showed that all the available space was occu- pied by the recumbent forms of passen- gers, some having reached the snoring state, and others shifting restlessly about trying to Fileep. Very soon I discovered that I was added to the nurnbet of the latter class,as a result of the presence of hard lumps of some kind right in the middle of my bed: this it was impossible to avoid without encroaching upon the domains of my neighbors. However, I got throtigh the dark hours somehow, and then rose early to find that my a.ppetite forbreak- fast was greatly impaired. On getting on deck I could DO conceal from my- self the fact that I was suffering from a slight attack of seasickness. I blamed the unhealthy air below and the want of sleep for this. The sea was toler- ably cairn, and could hardly by itself have caused the squeamish feeling. Daylight found the Tuskar churning her way across the Moray Frith with the shores of Caithness coming in sight. Towards noonithe mainland was left behind and the Orkney Islands looming up in front. Hoy Island is the most pronainent as we approach, rising as it does sotne 1400 feet above the sea. Our course to Stroemess, where we touch, is between Hoy and South Ronaldsha. Before reaching Stromness we pass two lighthouses on Hoy Island, one called Low Hoy and the other -High Hoy. The other most conspicions buildings are two ancient forts placed on command- ing pointson the shore. - About two o'clock p. m., we entered. the Bay of Stromness, and landed as the church bells were ringing for after- noon service—the day being Sunday. It seems to be customary in Strotnuess1 to have two servides in close proeimity, to each other, so as to s,fferd th ' coma try people an opportunity of a t tiding both Without inconvenience. ' fBeing Sunday we lay 'off till he fol- lowing morning, and the passengers did not fail to occupy all the dayight in exploring the town and contiguous coentry. Some went quite a distance inland, and came back reporting a com- paratively wild and uncultivate4 region. Others coefined themselves to tie town and neighboring heights Stro ness fa a quaint little town of about 1€00 in habitants, situated at the he of a well sheltered, bay. Its site is Irather steep and rooky. No regu1arty has - been observed in laying out the treets o if indeed the town can lay claim to the possession of streets. It appeated to me that the main street or lane was scarcely wide enough to allow !an or- dinary cart and a foot passeuger to pass each another. . Perhaps they do!not use wbeeled vehicles there, aud it ay be as I have heard the women carry everything in creels on their backs, wl4ib the. men stand by with their hands I their pockets. I failed to uotice the i me of the principal thorotighfare,if it 14S on. 'If it hasn't I thina it ought to •e called “Serpent Lane," for crookednes 11 ha,ve never seen anything like it. Th houses have a very quaint,. ancient, iattered looking appearance. They are Ot built in blocks. Every house is self Ontaint ed, although in many eases the walls of the different structures are n tl more than three inches apart. Th re are a few elegant villas scattered 9.1( ng the hillside. The Stromnessians . are principally fishermen and shopkeepers. Th ir chief amusement is boating- on ti e bay, Everybody who is anybody OWD a boat reserved for pleasure, and while city people would be promenading coi driving in the Park; the Stromuess people would be skimming on the bay. I The land in the neighborl ood of Stromness is for the most pa t very rocky and sterile in appearance tint in the interior of the islitud or isle ids it is admitted to be of a far more pr ductive character, agriculturally speala g. The climate is god, the weather never being very frosty in winter nor oppressively, warm in summer. Pasture grass: grows abundantly, and cattle are haled in considerable numbers and then aippea to Aberdeen and other places here a ready market is foiled. Oats an barley grow well, and are asually hart/ sted as early in the year as similar cro s -in the North-eastern counties of Scott nd. 1 •About seven o'clock on Monday morn- ing we took leave of Stromness ' Our passenger list was increased: cou siclerably by two or three parties of touriste who had spent some time on the Orknet Isles, and were now on their wa to do likewise in the Hebrides. Onc out of Stromness bay the Taskar was steered along the north coast of Hoy Tsland affording us a grand Opportunity of see ing at close quarters, the higl4 rocky clif1s which there frown on the restless wa es. These cliffs extend a long way andi rise from the water almost perpen; dic larly -a distance of 1,000 fe t, Aa we petted .under their, lee a cons derable BW6 1 WEIS encountered which Causec soiqe qualms of sea -sickness, but when thel open sea was gained ev tybody ,seexiedto be contented with t 6 sur- rou4idiugs. The day was fine with a, .bra ing, breeze blowing. Our c arse all day was within sight of the nor h coast of c1aitlEiness and Sutherland a a vert rough and rugged it appeared. : Hills upon hills rose in succession in 411 the glory of lonely raggedness, and they ap- peared, if msible, to get more regged towards Cape Wrath. Perhaps the gratdest panorama of hills is leen to the South-west of Cape Wrath. This we saw during the afternoon, and thee aa darkness approached turned Our at- tention to Lewes. This island was, however, in a great Measure hid from our inquisitive eyes. It was ie the neighborhood of nine o'clock wben our vieit to Stornaway commenced, I and as it terminated about an hour later with only a few lamps and the stars td light up the scene, it was impossible te . gain a clear idea, of the appearance of things. We were behind time and all the pap- tain could afford us was time to land and walk to the end of the paincipal street and back. It was plain 'though, even in the dark, that Stornoway wile more pretentious with regard to streets than Strornness. The tine we had the Pleasure of treading was quite spacious, So anxious was the captain to get away from Stornoway that night that he refused to take on board all the cargo which was set apart for the Timken He affirmed that he could not t ossibly stay there all night, so the sail rs -en- gaged iu taking on a consignMent of some commodity in big square; ; boxes were ordered to stop in the midst of it and lot the Tusher loose from the enoott ings. Inl the matter of passengers we were now considerably lighter, some fourteen.' or fifteen having Stayed ashore a i 1 have. ing, however, quite enough of us or the accommodation provided by the boat. Next morning about kw o'clock I was awakened by a slight noise in the saloon. This was occssioned by the captain who very kindly cam down, to stir some of us up and thereby gi,ve us an opportunity of seeing the sun rise on the hill tops of the Isle of Skye. We were then running down between this Isle and the Isle of Kaasay.1 The channel is narrow so that we had a fine view of the land on both sides. The sun was just beginning to touch the hill tops on our right imparting a bright golden hue to the heather: GraduallY the brightness crawled down the hill sides as the sun ascended unttl the , whole scene was flooded with the glori-"' ous light. It was a Magnificent sight ad we were glad we got up in One to witness it. . Some of our fellow passen- gers were afflicted with a -drowisiness which cheated them out of it, and.were inclined, when they realized the, extent of their loss, to cene-are those of us who w,ere more fortunate for not poking them up.i— . The captain congratulated us on get- ting such a line clear day for the pass- age between the Isle cif Skye and the mainland. He said we might voyage down the west coast fifty times and not strike such favorable Weather for view- ing the scenery. The day was really a . magnificent one all :through. We spent the whole of it on the deck, with the eiception of the brief periods occupied by meals, feasting cat the fresh air and the almost endless panorama of hills On the right hand and: on tbe left. The channel is narroweat opposite Glenelg and widens out again into Sleet sound as we proceed bout . By and by Eigg and Muck are passeI andArdnamurchan- poiuerounded, t.het our course is down the sound of Mull. Two or three of our passengers are goin ashore at Oban, so we enter the bay at the ,head of which this fashionable lit le watering place is situated and send t em off in a boat. The most conspicu us buildings in Oban are the hotels whic the summer tour- ists have caused to arise. It was well on in the afternoon when the Tuskar carried us out of sight of this place, and towards dark we were well down the soend of Jura. The bright day was ti: lowed by a dark. cloudy night. The!re were a number of other vessels in the sound, as was evi- dent from the light, visible, so it was necessary to exercisle caution in steer- ing. Satisfied that My presence OD deck was not abs lutely essential to the safety of our boat. . I went to bed about eleven p. m.,and woke up next morning to learn t.Jiat we had passed the Mull of Gallo ay and were just coming in sight of he Isle of Man. We passed quite close Ind could see quite distinctly the well cultivated fields slop- ing towards the 'se . As - these faded from one view the weather roughened, and very speedily t .e waves were toss- ing about our little oat in a very lively fashion. So shar ly aid she pitch and roll that it, was with considerable diffi- culty one could re ain .on deck and avoid being jerked ( verboard. However, most of us did kee on deck enjoying the fun at the risk of beiug supplied with gratis shower baths. Dining was an amusing experie ice that day. No sooner was the s up poured in the plates than it com enced to fly around everywhere, and th se of us who tried to keep. our level by holding them in our hands ere compelled to distribute the co tents in the faces of our neighbors across the table. We - thonghtit wise to give those who under- took to carve a wide berth, in oase they should inadvertently cut some one's throat. By taking this precaution serious accidents *ere prevented, and we managed to make a tolerably square meal, although the soup being applied externally did not eat us so much good as it would have dote had it been ap- plied in the usual *ay. A short time after this exciting meal our attentiou was called to the coast of Lancashire, which was then coming in view. As we neared the mouth of the Mersey the water assumed a very muddy color. It appeared. to me we ;were running on the rocks, the sign of which was a line of breakers stretchinti across our path. However, I baeame reassured as we ap- proached, for I saw the breakers were caused by the meeting of the cur- rent of the Mersey with the tide, The Tinker drew up alongside the landing stage at Lallerpool docks about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, (24th Au- gust), and we then and there bade her adieu, satisfied with the way she per- formed the tasksaf, carrying us round tile north and west coasts of Scotland. Landed at Liverpool I set about ili ;fi ding oet when I Could get a steam. bat sailing from tbere to London. I talought there Was, one appointed to leave on the following Saturday, but I wlis not sure. I .pkocured a copy of each of the princiPal newspapers, in- cledingethose devoted exclusively to shipping matters, but failed to discover -anything relating te the matter. I had no idea where the office of the com- pany was tcabe found, but I happened to know their names, so I hunted them up in a directory, nd hereafter paid them a visit in Wa er street, procuring the desired inform tion. The nante of the boat was the Jraitbful — a name which gives one a leeling of. confidence —and the day anc hour 'of departure Was Saturday at noon. 1 had therefore two days and a hall to spend in Liver- pool. The first of these days proved very set; rain fell in torrents during it's whole course. This prevented to some extent my w rk of exploration, and induced me to pend a great part of the day in a aarge reading room and library in St. Geor 'e's Square. This ihstitution is open o the public, and &infers a very gr at benefit on the citizens. On entei ng you find yourself ) in a large and lofty room, one part of which is occupied, y desks supporting catalogues of the books in the library, and also pro'idedi with pencils and paper forms. You go up to one of these desks and study th catalogue till you find a book to suit $'ou; then you write the name and numher, and also your own name and addOss on one of the paper forma. whic1' you now convey to the library door an get in exchange 1 1 the book you wish o read. These man- oeuvres succesefully gone through, you turn your attention to that part of the room set apart for iteadingin,and secure a seat. There you can sit and read all day if it snits you tp do so. When you are about to leave You are obliged to gi e up your book te a man stationed n ar the door, whose duty it is to see that you have not spoiled it in any way. II you have done it -any damage you must pay the same. • When I went in- to the plaise that d y there were over a hundred people sitting reading. They were principally drwn from the class known as the work ng claw. The day being wet they ka4 some spare time, and it was pleasing to see so many of them preferrieg th reading room to the dram shop. In the evening I went to see an organ reci al in St. George's church, by Mr. Bur , one of the fore- most organistsin ngland.. There I came across a fello -passenger in the Tualtar. St. Georgia's has a magnifi- cent interior. (By !the way it has ilea struck me that this uildieg may stand under the name of St. George's Hall, or possibly seine other my memory fails to serve Mikes it ou ht in this matter). I do not see up for judge of music, and so cannot say oeitively whether Mr. Best acquitted imself well or not, but it is to be pr sumed he did his best. CONCLUDED NiXT WEEK. Oan.ada. The Salvation Army have com- menced operations at St. Thomas. — 110n! Mr. plutflaa,u leaves, Califor- nia for:Ottawa: this Week with restored health,1 — Joseph and M rgaret Maloney, of Ottawa, have inheri $100,000 from a brother in Michigan —A 'flood is .feare in Belleville, and merchants are re oving their goods from their oellars. —Mr. Donald Sinclair, of Paisley, has been appointe Registrar of Bruce county in the place f Mr. John MoLtiy. 11 , —Fifteen thousan Ash were consigned day from Westbour — A Toroato firm 175 acees of ternat season. —A 'Galt voter part of election escape the importun —During last w ceivect at the. We Toronto, 2,038 cattl 359 hogs, —Wm, McMillan, of Hareiltoe, was fl kicking and striking he alleges, was inme —A :return shows of tobaeco rnanuf from Claitadian leaf pounds. —Last Monday named' Kane bad. lie ped off by a cutting candy factory. — Mr. Vennor ha sent of a sleigh fror Pennsylvania who weather prophet's p —lite fishermen are complaining of t catch of aerring this a less te account f twee. —The. 6,000 ton finished for the D been sold at a large Line, to take tae pi. Brusselsi —Thomas Stant° Stanton, County C St. Tho as, Saturd splitting wood, whe inflicting a bad gash —There is a farm comity of Addington who is 103 years of consist& of two boys gray haired men an —Capt. j. Griswo Nova Scotia, a seaf ing of : his food pas nourishmant for 27 Friday. —Mr. F. E. Tye, severe affliction in h past few weeks havi ing sons, aged 11 an that fatal malady di —The children of tenbury, Toronto, h 000 in a secret -draw their father, with a equal division. amon —Adam Bovaby, died at the resid Bowlby, in Berlin, o the very advance months and 28 days. —The Marquis California, had sever ped from that State on the Tnverary mo having them acclim • • pounds of white - o St. Paul on Fri. e, Lake Manitoba. as contracted for es for the coming ass,ed the greater ati in his cellar to 'ties of canvassers. ek there Were re - tern cattle market, , 1,078 sheep, and • a well to do citizen d $10 and costs for an errand boy who, •tinent. that the quantity ctured exclusively 'ince 1880 is 122,898 n Toronto, a girl right band chop- achine iu Hessin's received the pre - a manufacturer in profited by the edictions. f Burlington Bay e remarkably small season, and are at ✓ their disappear - I steamship nearly minion line, has rat to the Inman e of the City of , son of Mr. J. own Attorney of ay afternoon was the axe slipped, on his iostep. ,r near Tamworth, named MeRnskin, age. Hie family nd five girls, all wonaen. d, of Port Laton, rer, owing to dos- age, could take no ays and died OD f Wilmot, has had s family during the g lost two promis- 15 years, with • htheria. the late Mr. Rat- ve discovered $8,- r, placed there by letter directing its them. sq., of Waterford, nce of his son, Dr. the 26th ult., at age of 90 years 10 f Lorne while in I dozen quail ship. to the head keeper rs, with a view to tized in Scotland. 11 —Rev. John Tho pson, of Ayr, is shortly to deliver a 1 toture on music in St.Janies' Square P Toronto, under th Young People's Asso iation of that con- gregation: Messrs. Christie, Brown it Co., the well known biscuit* manufacturers in Toronto, are about te erect Ma addition to their factory on Duke Street in that city, which will cost about $6,500. —The Canadian Pacific Railway Syndicate have full resolved on the construction of a loo line of eighteen miles from their sou b- western branch at Buffalo Junction, °West Lynne, and Emerson. —A large party of orking people and mechanics intend 1 eying Toronto for the Northwest in Nlarch. Some are for the Temperance olcny, and some for tae pioneer party of the Saskatche; wan Homestead Co pany. —A. G. Murray, ho for a long time had carried on busin ss at Ingersoll, has abscended. He for ed the name of a localminister to note for 8500, and defrauded a number of other peopls out of eq al and greater mounts, - woman in To onto, named Mrs. McG wan, died ,ion jFriday in conse- quen e ofwrong nie4icine being substi- tuted by the drugsin filling out a doctor's prescriptic? . An inquiry is being made.' . —In the adjourned atm -nest intoet cause of the death nft/Edward Marion and Thomas Dotigl killed in the late railway collision bbtween Dundas Hamilton, the jury f und that the re- sponsibility rested oi Conductor Hamil- ton, ef the Pacific xpress, which left Hao*lthrt contrary t4 orders. The ver- dict reoommends th$t on trains having two engines both driers should be ac- esbyterian Church, auspices of the quainted with the orders. Michael Clarke, section man, who flagged one of the traies, itt commended Iv the :ury. —Louisa parker, an abandoned wo- man serving, a terth in Toronto jail, Saturday morning struck Governor Green on the head with a llarge piece of sandstone need for scrubbing the floor. He was rendered unconscieus. — A complimentary,social to Re Dr. Johnson of Jamaica, was given by a nox Church, Galt. Fully 500 persons were preSente A check for $106 was pr sent - ed the Reverend gentleman, fo: the benefit of his mission work in dat • aica. .—W. West, of Kingston, and H. • oss, of Wolfe Islaed, two old Am 10111 soldiers who fought during the w r, re - delved their back pensions on Sat rday for which they applied two years ago. They got 8900 each, and will in f tate receive $4 per month. : —Mr. G. W. ROSS,M. P. for West Middlesex, is seriously ill with inani- mation of the lungs, at his resi ence in Strathroy. The severity of thel elec- 4on campaignl and a neglecte4 cold have for the time being utterly pro trat- ed him. 1 —Amen named Rattrav, residing in 1 Russel county, has excavated a ca e in which to house bis familya durin the progress of the great Wiggins s orm. tie has laid in a stock Of -, prov'sions sufficient to last himself and fami y for at least one month. ' I —Two accidents are reported from Hamilton, Saturday. James Mi k, a work.than in the hub factory-, ha his hand cut off in a machine. Albert keys got his hand cut witlan emery i. Veheel, and died Saturday mornirg of blood poisoning. : —A cab driver in London got clught by the neck in a telegraph wire that had been carried across the street by One of the poles falling. He was ifted Off his seat on the cab and .deposit d on the ground. The horse ran awayl and claimpletely wrecked the vehicle. i —W. H. Gibbs, Oshawa, James obb, 1,amue1 Rogers, J. N. Lath, J. A 1olt, oronto, are incorporated as the T ron- tb Starch Company, with a capital Stock of 8200,000, for the purpose of ro.anufac- taring and selling all sorts of corn starch nd dextrine. s1—Rev. Dr. Young. , after speeding veral months in Ontario* and the Eastern Provinces in the intereets of the Missionary Society, will re urn shortly 6 the North -west -to prosecute his work as General Superintendent f Methodist Missions in that country. 1 —The action instituted against the Credit Valley Railway, by he t corpora- te of St. Thomas, for brach of Icon - act in not running th passng4r thins of the company to C urch Street dtation , is set down for tria1 at I the Chancery sittings, Toront , on April the 26th. , —Quite a sensation has een caused by the announcement of an intention to prosecute all locally conne ted with the llionclori Masonic lottery, ei her as sel- lers or buyers of tickets. Al rge number of persons have•been summo eat° attend court at next sittings. The I ttery craze is I thoroughly dispelled. 1 .--Mr. Hetherington, of t. Thomas, ed seventy sixo was walking aCross the floor of Isar residence when she slipped and fell, fracturi g her leg. Mrs. Hetherington, recent y mat with al similar accident, from w ich she had barely recovered when p ostrate by this second misfortune. I —The Canada Southe is Rai way Company will shortly constjruct a nY" at the junction of the me line aud the Erie and Niagara Branch, so that trains which now run to Fort rie e in ork qtation may be switched off he order to connect with the 1 New Central at Suspension bride. — Mr. Vachon has purchiiseq al timber on the seignory owned by seminary of Quebec. Over one hurl [ten are engaged in cutting timber building a dam on the Montmo river, about half a mile abets° the tined Steps. Part of the mill is ex Oil to be in operation in Jute next. the the red and enci Na- ect- -The Touchwood-Qu'Arpelle Land dompany ba,ve been alloteal township plumber twenty three; the eouth halves of towrship number twenty-four; and those parts of township nu ber twenty- two north of the Canadian Paciflc Bail- vtey belt in ranges numbe s fourteen, een, and sixteen west of the seCond eridian. l —On Monday, Chas: Go en, of or. vi ich, a lad of about 16years,wascaiight iit the gearing of a wind -mil and wcjuid oil a shaft, breaking one a4n and 1 one leg in several places, receiving four cbmponed fractures, and eing otjher- Wise terribly bruised. Th doctor in attendance have but slight lhopes o his recovery. . _ —Mr, Rossier, of Nissour , aged a out 70, is the champion voterof the we t by 1 test returns. On election ay he d ove to North Norfolk and v ted for Mr. Freenute ; then to Oxford a d put i his vote for Mr. Crooks, and ne t to Th ra- d ale, where be cast his ball t for Mr. Mackenzie; lastly, going to Londo to watch for returns. —A week ago last Wed esday etren- i g an old man, seventy -t o yeas of age, named Andrew Brodie, vingan the Township of Lochiel went to Mont eal; and sold produce for which be real.zed a cant $70. The next morning a sh rp. et beat him out of every cent of the oney by means of the old check -c sh- g dodge. . —The Galtiteporter says: Mr. T os. arshall, the respected clerk of the 'llownsh-ip of Dumfries, was in Gal On tl,ie night of the election, and as the ther-wasarery Stormy, resolve to s ay over night rather than proieed t4 his home near Ayr. He accordijigly t up for the night at tbe Que n's. here is nothing very singular in this; hitt Mr. Marshall informs us that a though he hap resided in Dumfries f r some 50 years, this was day the: 4cond occasion on which he had slept all night in a hotel in Galt, the first occasion eing some forty years ago, when he ikewiee put np at the Queen's. This is a somewhat singular eitenni- stance w en we consider how often Mr. Marehall has been in town all these years. —A la ge quantity of dressed flax arum:Intl g to about two and a ball tons, and vain d at $500, was stolen from the mill of Jessrs. Gunn Bros., Ailsa Ceaig, a few ni hts ago. The fresh traob, of sleighs ere distinctly visible Waite mill net morning, but, so far, the thieves have escaped with their booty. Detectiv st however, are at work. —One Sunday lately. it ample took their litta3 baby girl to - tlett liethodist church a Spatta tearte , Viltezed. The minister tindersto(Ced.itZsaVZk:ki Martha., ffaorthAerrtlhe r'thaendw. Foie proceeding end , s,It , before h told the preacher his mistake, and it ha to be all done over. The whole c ngregation was in roars of lati_ghAtere. r ort is current in London that a Mr. Wtods. formerly of that city, re- turned t his home oue night iii MELIA- tobamea Wiunipeg, after a search for fuel, and found two of his children,aged six and ight respectively, frozen to death in ed with Lis wife and a baby: The bab was alive but was badly frost- bitten. Irs. Woods had ber two legs so frostbi ten that they had to be. am- pulter.d. Fenton, of Toronto, Crown "Prosecut r, the other morning received a post ea d bearing the words, "Lot-, teries," "Make your peace," “Death," and a we I executed design of the skull and cross tortes. The recipient is prose- cuting th lottery advertisers and ticket sellers. , He looks upon the card as a harmless joke but he iiia determined to push the ottery prosecutions to the bitter end. • —The French Canadian members of Montreal City Council have decided that the nglish members shall take a back seat in the Council and that there shall be but three English-speaking members to the four on the committees who sha 1 be Feench. The Faeneh members of the City Council are pledged to the sy tem of electing school corn- miasione s by the popular vote. —As r. Benjamin Stacey and his wife, of ort • Stanley, were returning from Po t Talbot, on the lake last Sunday, the horses suddenly went through be ice. One of the horses was soon got out, but the other one—a colt—raa e. desperate struggles t6 get out, ther by enlarging the space. After an hour and a half, Mr. Stacey succeed- ed in drafving him out with the other horse. F rtunately the sleigh remained on the ic , thereby saving the occupants from a cod bath. It was necessary to return to Tort Talbot and go home by land.. —Mr. 4iexander Buchanan, a very wealthy and aged. resident of Galt, oiled tije first vote in his sub -division n Galt, on the morning of the 27th ult., and mmediately after left by train had a vot . When we state that Mr. for Centr Wellington, where he also Buchanan is between 80 and 90 years of age, we show that as a politician he is possessed of an enthusiastic spirit, and allotVs no ordinary impediment to interfere vit1bis expressing bis opinion at the ro Is. Mr. Buchanan has been a lifelong Reformer. .—The uneral of the late Mr. James. Chief Engineer of the Canada Pacifie Railway, who died at . Winnipeg, his body having been taken to Montreal for burial took place on Friday. The de- ceased geatleman was very widely known 1 among western railway engineers, and was generally popular. Generous, high minded, every whit a gentleman, and brimful of good wilI to those who requir- ed it mupla and valued it most, the deceased will be regretted by many a score of those who received bis kindriees or ad mireid it. - —The settlement of the large island west of he Great Manitonliq Island, known a Cockburn Island, has pro- gressed v ry rapidly under the careful attention of an attentive Land Agent, Mr. B. W. Ross, and it already has a. Considerable population. But theIsland is without steamboat accom-modation, and so lo4g as this is the case it is not on- ly a great inconvenience to the residents, but a seri us drawback to settlement. A dock ae bnilt by a fisberman sorne years,ago but it is without alight house of any ki d, and until this is supplied the stea boat service mnst remain very uncetisain — s M. Reid, formerly a resident of Toronto, but now of Manitoba, was unfortunate enough to have her fingers se badly frozen some time ago that they had to be mputated. This rendered bier entirely h ipless, and she visited sevei al prominent manufacturers of artificial limbs in the United States to see if they could do nything for her. But without success. At last she called on Messrs. Authors nd Cox, of Toronto, who bave succeeded in making a very satisfactory set for on hand. Miss Reid hopes when the other band is finished that she will e able to make good use of . them. E men—waerrl , cattle int way very steer, who by annoying nrooyaidn ,g right dire Munro, d plan wor steer o erneratl tn him it ca then tosa difficulty on Saturday morning three driving a drove of about fifty Toronto. All went on their quietly excepting a large attempted to go down every r in fact to go in any but the tion. It finally became so hat one of the drivers, Chas. °idea to use a goad. This ed very well at it, but the t became exasperated, and Munro. Making a rush at ght him on his horils, and 3. him apparently without any veral feet into the air. He ell heavi. y on the hard frozen roadway, and lay t ere in an insensible condition for some fjime. He was carried into s house elo at band, and a doctor PM immediate1y sent for. On examination it was fo nd that not only WY his shoulder disbocated, but his body was severely lruiSed in a number of places.