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•WHOLE NUMBER, 796.
StAFORTH, FR
DAY, MARCH 9, 1883.
McLEAN BROS., l'ublishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
BOOTS & SHOES. A Trip Around Oreat Britain by
Sea.
WEITTENI FOR THE' EXPOBITOU.
It has long been the fashion among
people resident in the inland districts
of Scotland to run down to the sea -side
during the passage of some of the sum-
mer months and there spend a couple
of weeks, or more, if .found convenient,
inhaling the invigorating breezes of the
Iminy deep. The fashion is a good one
and seldom fails to greatly benefit these
dwellers in the interior. Many of the
sea side towns are, however, character-
ized 'by fishy smells of a very powerful
nature which, whether conducive to
health or not, are ceatadely not very
agreeable to people not accustomed to
them. To escape these smells, and. at
the Berne time enjoy the full benefit of
the sea air, it occurred to me one stam-
mer that my best plan was to get on
board some of the steam boats trading
round the coast. I thought that, in-
stead of moping about- one particular
........a.Themogemomeema point on the coast for a week or two,
studying the seine scenery and prom -
'During this Month• gradingday after ketrip
day on the same
enound, I would taa round the
amiamonsinzaimmizmummies coast and thus gain the double advan-
tage of constaut change of scene and
constant change of air.
The particular summer that this idea
struck roe was the one of 1881, I arm
fond of the sea, aud I was not appre-
hensive of beieg prostrated by sea sick
ness so the night of the 20th August
found me a willing passenger from
Regent Quay Aberdeen to the deck of
the steamboat "Tuskar," one of the line
of steamers trading between Leith and
Liyerpool aud calling at intermediate
ports. When I got on board I had no
clear idea in ray bead 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 cadled at the Hebrides or
go on with ,hek to Liverpool,aud from
thence to Lola on and Aberdeen via the
English channel. 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
Island of Great Britain.
The Tuskar proved a small boat, one
of the smallest of the line. It was.
night when she found herself ready to
start from Aberdeen. The passengers
wiao had boarded her at Leith, were all
ashore exploring the city when I got on
board aud it was only after interviewing
the Steward that I gathered au idea of,
their numbers. I was given to under-
stand that the berths were all taken up,
but if I 'was not unreasonably par-
ticular, I would be provided with a
shake -down in some corner. I felt
pretty sure that neither a shake -down
noe a shake up would put me much
abbut,so 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-
Will be ready for inspection
cussing the merits of the i‘G-ranite City."
a
They proved to be all English people,so
that I had the distinction of being 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
clear night air, and then we severed
our connection with the quay, gliding
quietly out into the nsiddle of tho har-
bor, and then steering our course be-
tweea two lines of shipping towards
the open sea. Very.soon we were. along-
side the pier and feeling the influence
of the waves. A moderate breers blew
from the north, canting a gentle swell.
For a couple of hours I walked the
cleck, watching the disa.ppeating lights
on the shore, and eujoying the fresh
air. I knew that,owing to the crowded
state cif the saloon and cabins, tbe at-
mosphere below could not be of a very
choice quality, especially when I saw
the etewart exhibiting an inclination to
Slant the stairway door. I could not
see that the night was sufficiently rough
to make such a proceeding necessary.
It seemed nothing Ebert of cruelty to
cat off the already too meagre supply
of fresh air. Having a horror of over-
crowded 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 bad. •3n going below I found I
had to sleep ie the stern directly over
GREATLY INCREASE MY SALES 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 sleep. Very seen I
discovered that I was added to the
numb% 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 wa.s impossible to avoid without
encroaching upon the domains of my
neighbors. However, I got through the
dark hours somehow, and then rose
early to find that nay appetite for break-
fast was greatly impaired. On getting
on deck I could not conceal from my-
self the fact that I was suffering from a
slight attack of seasicknese. 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 Tuukar churning
her way across the Moray Frith with
the shores of Caithness comini in sight.
Towards noon the mainland was left
behind and the Orkney Islands looming
up in front. Hoy Island is the most
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. prominent as we approaoh, rising as it
does some 1400 feet above the sea. Our
course to Stromness, where we touch,
is between Hoy and South Ronaldeha.
Before reaching Stromness we pass two
lighthouses on Hoy Island, one called
Low Hoy and the other High Hoy. The
other most conspicious buildings are
GEORGE GOODtwo ancient forts placed on commend-
, ing points= 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.
OUR -
GREAT CHEAP SALE
WILL BE CONTINUED ,
OVER
ONE THOUSAND PAIRS-
-OF NEW—
BOOTS 84. SHOES
JUST OPENED.
‘7°
THE WEIOLE *OF MY
SPRING STOCK
n a Very Few Days
—When I will show the—
MOST AMACTIVE STOCK
OF REALLY FINE
Boors and SHOES
Ever seen in the County of Huron.
I AM DETERMINED TO
Daring this season, and in order to ac-
complish this will sell goods
ry OIEiAP
BOOTS AND SHOES
MADE TO ORDER.
i=" A I i. i1\T" G
SEAFORTEL BOOT STORE,
It seems to be customary in Str inness
to have •two services in close preiimity
te each other, so as to afford the coun-
try people an opportunity of attending '
both without inconvenience.
IrBeing Sunday we lay off/till the fol-
lowing morning, and the passengers did
nOt fail to occupy all the daylight ie
e. ploring the town and contiguous
c untry. Some went quite a distance
ixiland, and came back reporting a com-
pitratively wild and uncultivated region.
Olthers confined themselves to t e town
ad neighboring heights. Stro • : ness is
li
a quaint little town of about 1,100 in
habitants, situated at the hea of a
ell sheltered bay. .. Its site i rather
eep and roaky. No regularity has
treets ;
to the
red to
been observed in laying out the
it indeed the town can lay claim
possession of streets. It a,ppe
e that the main street or 14ie was -
s arcely wide enough to allow an or-
dinary cart and a foot passenger to pass
e4ch another. Perhaps they do ot use
Wheeled vehicles there,- and it in y be as,
thave heard the women carry eve tithing
id creels on their backs, wh le the
Men stand by with their hands ip their
Pockets. 'failed to notice the name of
tlee principal thoroughfare,if it as one.
If it hasn't I think it ought to b called
"perpent Lane," for crookednes I have
never seen anything like it. Th houses
have a very quaint,. ancient, attered
looking appearance. They are Dot built
in blocks. Every house is self-Gontain-
ed, although in many oases the walls of
the differeut structuree are no, more
that three iuches apart. . The e are a
few elegant villas scattered al ng the
hillside.
The Stronmessians are pri cipally
fiehermen and shopkeepers. Th ..ir chief
amusement is boating on t e bay.:
Everybody who is anybody own a boat
reserved for pleasure, - and wh In city
p ople would be promenading or driving
i4 the Park, the Stromness people
ould be skimming ontbe bayE
The land in the neighbothood of
Stromness is for the most Poet very
rbcky and sterile in appearance, but in
tie interior of the islaud or islahds it is
admitted to be of a far more productive
c exacter, agriculturally speaking. The
climate is pod, the weather never -being
very frosty in winter nor oppressively
Wa,rm in summer. Pasture gratis grows
a undantly, and cattle are raised in
o nsiderable numbers and then shipped
to Aberdeen and other places where e
ready market is found. 0a.teared barley
groxv well, and are usually harvested as
ettrly in the year as simile/ crops in the
North-eastern counties of Scotland.
-About seven o'clock on Monday more-
ing we took leave of Stromness. Our
passenger list was increased considerably
by two or three parties of tourists who
hlad spent some time on the Orkney
Iles, and were now on their wet/ to do
Iiikewise in the Hebrides. Once out of
Stromness bay the Tuskar was steered
along the north coast of Hoy Island
affording us a grand opportunity of see-
ieg at close quarters, the high rock.y
cliffs which there frown on the restless
waves. These cliffs extend a long way
and rise from the water almost perpen-
dicularly a, distance of 1,000 feet. As
We passed under their lee a considerable
swell was encountered which caused
some qualms of sea -sickness, but when
the open sea was gained everybody
seemed to be contented with the sur-
roundings. The day was fine with a
bracing breeze blo-wiog. Our ceurse all
day was within sight of the north coast -
of Caithness and Satherland and very
'rough and rugged it appeared. Hills
npon hills rose in succession in all the
glory of lonely ruggedness, and they ap-
peared, if pessible, to get More rugged
tewards Cape Wrath. Perhaps the
grandest panorama of hills is seen to'
the south-west of , Cape Wrath. This
we saw during the afternoon, and then
as darkness approached turned our at-
teution to Lewes.' . This ielaud was,
however, in a great measure hid from
our inquisitive ey4s. It was in the
neighborhood of nine o'clock when our
visit to Storuaway commenced, and -as
it terminated about an hoer litter with
only a few lamps and the stars to light
up the scene, it was impossible to gain
a clear ides. of the appearance of things.
We were behind time and all the cap-
tain could afford us was time to land
aind walk to the end of the principal
street and back. It was plain though,
even in the dark, that Stornoway was
more pretentious with regard to streets
than Stromness. The one we had the
pleasure of tfeading 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 Tinnier,
le a.ffirftied that he could nor possibly ,
stay there all night, so the sailors en-
gaged in taking on e , consignment of
some commodity in 'big square boxes
were ordered to stop in the midst of it
and lot the Tusher loose from the enoofi-
,
ipgs.
In the matter of passengers we were
now considerably lighter, some fourtee
or fifteen having stayed ashore still hav.
Mg, however, quite enough of us for th
a.ccommodation provided by the boat
Next morning about four o'clock I wa
awakened by a slight noise in th
saloon. This was occssioned by th
captain who very kindly came -dew
to stir some of us up.and thereby giv
us an opportunity of seeing the su
rise on the hill tops of. the Isle of Skye
We were then running down between
this Isle and the Isle of Kaasay. The
channel is narrow so that we had, a fin
view of the land on both sides. Th
sun was just beginning to touch the hil
tops on our right imparting a brigh
golden hue to the heather. Graduall
the brightness crawled down the hill
sides as the sun ascended until th
vrhole scene was flooded with the glori•
ous light. It was a magnificent Bight
oral we were glad we got up in time to
Witness it. Some of our fellow passers+
g•ers were afflicted with a drowsinese
i lined, When they realized the extent
r°ich cheated them out of it, and were;
1
of their loss, to cens re:those of UB WhO
were more fortunat for not poking them
Up. •
The captain cop;ratulated us on get-
ting such a fine oiet4.r day for the pass-
age betweeu 'the Isl of Skye and the
mainland. He sai4 we might voyage
down the west coas1 fifty times and not
strike such favorable weather for view-
ing the soenery. he day was really a
magnificent one all hrough. We spent
the whole of it on he dealt, with the
etception of the bri f periods L occupied
by meals, feasting on the fresh air and
the almost endless panorama of hills on
the right hand and I on the left. The
channel is narrowesit opposite Glenelg -
and widens out again into Sleet sound
as we proceed south. . By aud by Eigg
and Muck arepasee andArdnamurchan
point rounded, ther our course is down
the sound of Mull. Two or three of our
passeygers 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 conspicti us buildings in Oban
are the hotels whic the sammer 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 tow rds dark we were
well down the sot na of Jura. The
bright day was f llowed by a dark.
cloudy night. The e were a number of
other vessels in the sound. as was evi- .
dent from the light visible, so it was
necessary to exercis caution in steer-
ing. Satisfied tha; my presence on
deck was not abs lutely eesential to
the safety of our bo It. I went to bed
about eleven p. m., and woke up neit
morning to learn t at -we had passed
the'Mull of Gallo ay and were just
coming in sight of he Isle of Man. We
passed quite close nd could - see quite
distinctly the well nitivated fields slop-
ing towards the se . As these faded
from our view the weather roughened,
and iery speedily tie waves were toss-
ing albout our little boat in a very lively
fashion. So sbar ly did shstpitch and
roll that it was wi h considerable diffi-
culty one could remain on ;deck and
avoid being jerked iiverboard. However,
most of us did keej on deck enjciying
the fun at the risk of beieg supplied
with gratis ehower baths. Dieing was
an amusing experielnce that day. No
sooner was the shun pbured iin the
plates than it comMenced to fly exound
everywhere, and t1os ut us • who tried
to keep our Jovell by holding them
in our hands, ere compelled to
distribute the co1ntente in the faces
of our neighbors ac oss the table. We i
thought it wise to give those who tinder -
took to carve a wide berth, in ease they
should inad.vertaindy cut some one's
throat. By takibg this precautiou
Berious accidents Were prevented, and
we managed to ma e a tolerably square
meal, although the soup being applied
externally did not i10 us so much good
as it would. have dcpne had it been ap-
plied in the usual sfray. A short time
after this exciting meal our attention
was called to the cast of Lancashire,
which was then co ing in view. As we
neared the month f the Mersey the
water assumed a v ry muddy colbr. It
appeared to me we were running on the
rocks, the sign of hich was a line of
breakers stretchin across our path.
However, I became reassured as we ap-
,
proached, for I saalthe breakers were
caused by the meting of the cur-
rent of the Merttey with the tide,
The Tusher drew] up alongside the
landing stage at Li eepool docks about
5 o'clock in the a teruoon, (24th Au-
gust), and we then and there bade her
adieu, satisfied wit the way she per-
formed the task of carrying us round
the north and west coasts of Scotland.
Landed at Liv
finding out when
boat sailing from t
thought there _wa
leave on the follow
was not sure. I
each of the princi
eluding those dev
shipping matters,
anything relating t
no idea where the
pany was to be fou
to know their nam
up in a directory,
them a visit in Wa
the desired. inform
the boat was the
which gives one a
—and the day an
•
rpool I set about
could get a steam -
ere to London. I
one appointed to
lig Saturday, but I
ocured a copy • of
,a1 newspapers, lil-
ted exclusively to
at failed to discover
the matter. I had
office of the com-
d, but I happened
s, so I hunted them:
and hereafter paid
er street, procuring
tion. The name of
a, name
eeling of confidence
hour of departure
•
11
was Saturday at n on. 1 had therefore
two days and a hal i to spend in Liver-
pool. The first of
very wet; rain fel
it's whole course.
some extent my w
and induced me to ppend a great part of
reading room and
'e's Square. This
o the public, and
at benefit on the
ng you find yourself
room, one part of
y desks supporting
ooks in the library,
with pencils and
o up to one of these
catalogue till you
oia ; then you write
er, and also your.
ess on one of the
you now convey ' to
get in exchange
o read. These man -
gone through, yout
to that part of the
room set apart for tii
eadngn,aed secure
a. seat. There yoa can Bit and read all
day if it suits you tp do so. When you
are about to leave you are obliged to
give up your book tie a man stationed
,near the door, whoiee duty it is to see
that you have not spoiled it in any way.
If you have done it any damage you
ntaust pay the same
'to the place that da
hundred people sitt
were principally dr
known as the work
these days proved
in torrents during
This prevented to
rk of exploration,
the day in a large
library in St. Geor
institution is open
confers a .very gr
citizens. On ente•
in a large and lofty
which is occupied
catalogues of the
and also provided
paper forms. You
desks and study th
find a book to suit
the name and num
own name and add
paper forms, while
the library door an
the book you wish
OeUvreB suCcessful
turn your attentio
. , When I went in -
y there were over a
Mg reading. They
thin from the class
o°lass. The day
and a was pleasiug to see eo many of
them preferribg the reading room to
the dram shop. In t e evening I went
to see an organ recite in St. George's
°Ninth, by Mr. Burt, ne of the fore -
moat organists in England. There I
camescross a fellow -passenger in the
Tusher. St, George'S has a magnifi-
cent nntprior. (By the way it has just
struck the that his blinding may stand
unde the name ref SalGeorge's Hall, or
possi ly some ether; y memory fails
m
to se ve e as it ought in this matter).
I do ot set up for a judge of music,
and so cannot say p sitively whether
Mr. Best acquitted hi self well or not,
bns.ttit is to be presumed he did his
be
(:)1.7CLIJDED T WEEKI
Cana
The Salvation
menced operations at
—Hon. Mr. Chale
nia, for Ottawa this w
health.
—Joseph and Mar
Ottawa, have inherite
brother in Michigan.
— A flood is .feared
merchants are rem
from their .cellars.
—Mr. Donald Si
has beert appointed
county in the place of
—Fifteen thoesand
a.
rmy have corn -
St. Thomas.
u leavew Califor-
ek with restored
aret Maloney, of
i $100,000 from a
n Belleville, and
ving their goods
Clair, of Paisley,
egistrar of Bruce
Mr. John McLay.
pounds of white-
fish were consithgned toi St. Paul on Fri-
day from Wesournel Lake Manitoba.
— A. Toroato firm 4s contracted for
175 a res of tomatoe for the coming
acute°
Galt voter pa sed the greater
in his cellar to
es of canvasser&
k there Were re-
rn cattle market
part of. election da
escarie the importunit
— Dui-ing laet we
ceived at the West
3T5orounto,2,036 pattle, 1,078' sheep, and
9ngs.
—Wm. McMillan, a well to do citizen
of Hamiltou, was find $10 and costs for
kicking and striking a errand boy who,
he alleges, was impert neut.
—A return shows hat the qua.ntity
of tobacce manufac ured exclusively
frons Canadian leaf ei ce 1880 is 122,898
pounds.
—Last Monday 1 Toronto, a girl
named Katie had her ight hand chop-
ped Off by a cutting m chine iullessin's
candy factory.
l
I
— r. Vennor has eceived the -pre-
Bent f a sleigh from manufacturer in
Pemisylvania, who profited by the
. weather prophet's pre lictions,
' .—.he fishermen of Burlington Bay
are c mplaitaing of the remarkably small
catc of herring this s ason, and are at
a loss to accoe
"nt for their disappear -
08
-- he 6,000 ton steamship nearly
finis ed for the Dominion line, has
been sold at a large p dfit to the Inma,n
Line to take the pla,c of the City of
Br_h
nseelonis.
as Stanton, son of ' Mr. J.
Stan on, County Crcwn Attorney of
St. homes, Saturday afternoon was
split ing wood, when he axe slipped,
infli•ting a bad gash o his instep.
— here is a farmer near Tamworth,
coma y of Addington, aimed McRuskin,
,
who 's 103 years of a e. His family
tons sts of two boys a d five girls, all
gray haired men and women.
apt. J. Griswold of Port Laton,
Nov Scotia, a seafar r, owiug to clos-
ing f bis food pass e, could take no
noin shment foe 27 d ys and died on
Frid y.
r. F. E. Tye, of Wilmot, has had
seve e affliction in his amily during the
past ew weeks havin lost two promis-
ing sans, aged 11 and 15 years, with
that atal malady dip theria.
— he children of t e late Mr: Rat -
3
tenb ry, Toronto, hey discovered $8,-
000 i a secret drawer1placed there by
their father, with a 1 tter directing its
equa division -among hem.
- — dam Bowlley, E q., of Waterford,
died at the residen e of his son, Dr.
Bow by, in Berlin, on the 26th tilt., at
the very advanced go of 90 years 10
mon be and 28 days.
— The Marquis of Lorne while in
Califernia had several dozen quail ship-
ped from that State t the head keeper
on ale Inverary Moore with a view to
having them acclima ized in Scotland.
—Rev. John Tho pson, of Ayr, is
shortly to deliver a lecture on music in
St.Jamee' Square Pre byterian Church,
Toronto, under the auspices of the
Youeg People's •Associ tion of that con-
gregation.
Messrs. Christie, Brown LIS Co., the
well kne
ewn biscuit • a ufactarers in
Toronto, are about to erecttan addition
to their factory on Du.e Stli eet in that
city, which will cost a out $6,500.
—The Canadian Pacific Railway
Syndicate have fully resolved on the
construction of it loop line of eighteen
mike from their soutl - western branch
at Baffado Junction,to West Lynne and
Emerson.
—A. large party of w rking people and
mechanics intend lea ing Toronto for
the Northwest in Mach. Some are
for the Temperance C lony, and some
for the pioneer party f the Saskatche-
wan Homestead Company. .
—A. G. Murray, wh for a long time
had carried on busines at Ingersoll, has
absconded. He forg d the name of a
local minister' to a ate for $500, and.
defrauded a number o other people out
of equal and greater amounts.
—A woman in Toro to, named Mrs.
111
McGowan, died on
quence of wrong meth
tuted by the druggist
riday in conga-
ine being substi-
in filling out a
doctor's presceiption.1 An inquiry is
being made.
—In the adjourne,d inquest into the
08,U8O of the death of
and Thomas Douglas,
railway collision bet
Hamilton, the jury fo
sPonsibility rested on
ton, d the Pacific exi
Edward Mason
killed in the late
ecu Dundas and
nd that the re-
nductor
press, which left
Haltoff contrary to prders. The ver-
-diet reoommends thatl on trains having
being wet they had some spare time, two engines both drivers should be ac-
,
•
RE' EAT
q ainted with the order. Michael
Clarke, section man, who flagged one Of
the trains, is commended by the jury. .
— Louisa Barker, an abaedoned wo-
man serving a term in Toronto jail,
Saturday morning struck Governor
Green on the head with a large piece of
s ndstone used for scrubbing the floor.
e was rendered unconscious.
—A complimentary social to Rev. Dr.
J hnson of Jamaica, was given by Knox
C urch, Galt. Fully 500 pti:sons were
p esent. A check for $106 as present -
e the Reverend gentleMan, for the
bt1inefit of his mission work in Jamaica.
—W. West, of Kingston, and H.Ross,
o Wolfe Island, two o14 American
s Idiers who fought during he war, ro-
c ived their back pensions n Saturday
f r which they applied two years ago.
hey got $900 each, and will in future
✓ ceive $4 per month.
—Mr. G. W. Ross, M. Pt tfor West
iddlesex, is seriously ill with inflain-
ation of the lungs, at his residence
iri Strathroy. The severity of the elec-
tion campaign and a n glected cold
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h ve for the time being utte ly prostrat-
e him.
—Aman named Rattray, residing in
ussel county, has excavat d a cave in
hich to house his family during the
progress of the great Wig ins storm.
Ile has laid in a stock o provisions
safficient to last himself an family for
at least one month.
—Two accidents are re orted from
Hamilton, Saturday. Jam s Mick, a
Workman in the hub facto y, had his
bend cut off in a macbi$ie. Albert
Keys got his hand cut withi an emery
wheel, and died Saturday morning of
b ood poisoning. et
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—A cab driver in Londe got caught
by the neck iu a te1erapl wire that
had been carried acrotie th street by
one of the poles falling. e was lifted
off his seat on the cab and deposited on
the ground. The horse rar away and
completely wrecked. the ve icle.
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: —W. H. Gibbs, Oshawa, amesLobb,
Samuel Rogers, J. N. Lath1, J. A. Holt,
Toronto, are incorporated s the Toron-
t Starch Company, with a papital stock
o $200,000, for the purpose of manufac-
t ring and selling all sorts cf corn starch
a d dextrine. ,
, —Rev. Dr. Young, after spending
several months in Onta •O and the
Eastern Provinces in the in
Missionary Societyewill re
to the North-west to prosect
ais General Superintendent
Missions in that country.
I —The action instituted against the
Credit 'Valley Railwl.y. by Eithe corpora -
Con. of $t., Thomas, for brach of con-
t act in not ruma ng the passengh-
tains of the company to C lurch Street
Sbatione is set down for rial at the
hancery sittings, Toront , on April
t1ie26ti.
—Quite a sensation has J.een - cai!ised
bfr the announcement of ari intention to
p osecute all locally conne ted with the
ond.on Masonic lottery, either as sel-
1 rs or buyers of tickets. A. large number
o persoias have been summdned to attend
c urt a,enext sittings. Thel ttery craze is
t ()roughly dispelled.
—Mr. Hetherington, of t. Thomas,
a ed seventy six. was walking salmis
t e &ler of laer residenc when she
s ippedl and fell, fractur ng her leg.
rs. Hetherington, recently met ith
a similar accident, from W ich she had
b rely 'recovered when prostrated. by
t is secend misfortune.
—Th Canada Southe n Railway
ompa y will shortly cons met a
a the -j action of the mein line aud
the Eri and Niagara Branch, so that
tains which new run to Fort Erie
Station 'may be switched off her in
oder tc connect with the New York
en tral at Suspension bridge.
— Mr. Vachon has purchased all the
t'mber pn the seignory owned by !the
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s minary of Quebec. Over one hunI red
en are engaged in cutting timber and
b ilding a dam on the Montmorenci
✓ ver, about half a mile above the _Na-
t eel Steps. Part of the Mill is ex ect-
e to be in operation in June next.
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—The Touchwood-Qu'Appelle
cirripany have been alloted 'town
dumber twenty three ; the south h
0 township number twenty-four;
t ose parts of township number tw
t vo north of the Canadian Pacific
ay belt in ranges numbers four
filfteen, and sixteen west of the se
eridian.
— On, Monday, Chas. Goven, of Nor-
ich, a lad of about 16 years, was caught
i the gearing of a wind -mill and wound
o a, shaft, breaking one arm and one
1g in several places, receiving four
c impound fractures, and being other-
ise terribly bruised. The doctors in
a tendance have but slight hopes of his
✓ eOvery.
—Mr, Rossier, of Nissouri, aged about
71, is the champion voter of the west by
1 test returns. On election day he drove
t North Norfolk and voted for Mr.
reeman • then to Oxford and put in his
✓ te for in Crooks, and next to Thorn -
d le, where he cast his ballot for Mr.
ackenzie ; lastly, going to London to
a_tch wfoererettirn
Akago last - Wednesday even
.
i g are old man, seventy-two years of
e, named Andrew Brodie,living in the
ownship of Lochiel went to Montreal:
a d sold produce for which he realieed
a ut $70. The next morning a sharp -
e beathim out of every cent of the
eney by means of the old check-cash-
-1.Tdodge.
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alt Reporter says: Mr. Thos.
arshall, the respected clerk of the
ownship of Dumfries, was in Galt on
e night of the election, and as the
eathee was,very stormy, resolved to
s ay o*er night rather than proceed
t his b,ome near Ayr. He accordingly
ut up for the night at the Queen's.
here is nothing very .singular in this;
ut Mr. Marshall informs us that
though he hoe resided in Dumfries
r some 50 years, this was only the
nd occasion on which he had slept
all night in a hotel in Galt, the first
erests of the
urn shortly
te his work
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and
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occasion being some forty years ago,
when he li kewiee put up attbe Queen's.
This is a sonaewliat singular eireuras
stance when we consider how often Mr.
Marshall as been in town all these
years.
—A lar e quantity of dressed flax
amountin to about two and a half tons,
and value at $500, was stolen from the
mill of M -ssrs. Gunn Bros., Ailsa Craig,
a -few nigIts ago. The fresh tr . of
sleighs sere distinctly visible- s.rthe
mill nex morning, but, so far, the
thieves have escaped with their booty.
Detective , however, are at work.
—One S.unday Iestely a couple took
their littl baby girl to, the Methodist
church at Sparta te la: christened. The
minister ndereto$51 n - vane Martha,
tor Arthu , and.Lbaptii, (., it se, Its
father let 1 the wEnale 'preceeding end.
before he told the preacher his mistake,
and it ha to be all done over. The
whole co gregation was in roars of,
lau_ghArtere.v
ort is current in London that
a Mr. Woods. formerly of that city, re-
turned to his home one night in Maiii-
toba,near Winnipeg, after a search for
fuel, and ound two of his children,aged
six and e ght - respectively, frozen to
death in ed with his wife and a, baby.:
The babe was alive but was bedly frost-
bitten. Nlrs. Woods had her two legs
so froathititeri that they had to be am-
:P11--taltfterd." elation, of Toronto, Crown
'Prosecuto , the other morning received
a post cari bearing the words, "Lot-
teries," 'tie ake your peace," "Death,"
and a well executed design of the skull
and crosshonee. The recipient is prose-
cuting the lottery advertisers and ticket
sellers. He looks upon the card as a
harmless joke but he is 'determined to
push thel ttery prosecutions to the bitter
end: -
—The remit Canadian members of
Montreal 1 City Council have decided
that the 1nglish members shall take a
back seat en the Couucil and that there
shall be but three English-speaking
members o the four on the committees -
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who shall be French. The French
members f the City Council are pledged
to the sys em of -electing school com-
missioner by the popular vote.
—As Mr. Benjamin Stacey and his
wife, of ]'ort. Stanley, were returning
from -Pot Talbot„ on the lake last
Sunday, the horses suddenly went
through ibe ice. One of the horses
wa,,eleoon ot out, but the othe2 one—a
colt—mace desperate struggles • to 'get
out, there y enlarging the space. After
an hour a cl a half, Mr. Stacey succeed -
_ed in dra4ving him out with the other
horse. F Am:lately the sleigh remained
on the ice thereby saving the occapants
from a cod bath. It was necessary to
return to Port Talbot and go home by
lan—tiMr. 4lexander Buchanan, a very
wealthy and . aged resident of Gait,
polled th first vote in his sub -division
in Galt,oi the morning of the 27th
ult., and mmediately after left by train
for Centr4 Wellington, where he also
had a vot1,. When we state that Mr.
Buchanar is between 80 and 90 years
of age, w4 show that as a politician he
is possessed of an enthusiastic spirit,
and alloWs no ordinary impediment to
interfere vith his expressing his opinion
at the no ls. Mr. Buchanan has been
a lifelong Reformer.
--The uneral of the late Mr. James.
Chief ED ineer of the Canada Pacific
Railway, e ho died at :Winnipeg, his
body having been taken to Montreal for
burial toik -place on Friday. The de-
ceased go • tleman was very widely known
among w stern railway engineers, and
was gene ally popular. Generous, high
Minded, e ery whit a gentleman, and
considera le population. But theIsland
is withou steamboat accommodation,
uncertain M. Reid,
but a seri as drawback to settlement. A. dock w e built by a fisherman some
years ago but it is without a light house
of any kit d, and until this is supplied
pro-
gressed v ry rapidly under the -careful
deceased ill be regretted by many a -
score of t 0130 who received his kindness
or admire I it.
west of be Great Manitoulia Island,
attention of an attentive Land Agent,
and so lo g as this is the case it is not on-
ly a great inconvenience to the residents,
brimful o good will to those who reo airs
ed it mu h and valued it most, the
known a Cockburn Island, has pros
Mr. B. W Ross, and it already has a
—The ettlement of the large island
the stea boat service varlet remain very
formerly a resident
of Toront , but now of Manitoba, was
unfortun te enough to have her fingers
so badly f ozen some time ago that they
had. to be mputated. This rendered her
entirely h hales& and she visited seveeal
prorninen manufacturers of artificial
limbs in tae -United States to seeif they
could do anything for her. But without
success. At last she called on Messrs.
Authors and Cox, of Toronto, who have
succeed-edj in making a very satisfactory
set for onp hand. Miss Reid hopes
when thelother band is finished that
she will be able to make geed use of
th_emE.arl
on Saturday morning three
men wer driving a drove of about fifty
cattle int Toronto. All went on their
way ver quietly excepting a large
steer, wh attempted to go down every
by road, r in fact to go na any but the
right dire tion. It finally became so
annoying that one of the drivers, Chas.
Munro, decided to use a goad. This
planstvor ed very well at first, but the
steer at l4st became exasperated, and
turned on Munro. Making a rush at
him it ea ght him on his horns, and
then toss d him apparently without any
difficulty everal feet into the air. He
fell heavi yon the hard frozen roadway,
and lay t ere in an Insensible condition
for some imO. He was carried into a
house c1oe at hand, and a d.octor was
immedia1ely sent for. On examination
it was fo nd that not only was his
shoulder klislocated,, but his body was
severely milled 14a number of places.
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