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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1883-03-16, Page 1=clay nd Mr. L their , IU tha After etisfted ndance mouth -Lev brief 84. John et also aker of f Elgin. Grnget eea arid leucite e et in. the lof the, 'llties it ri those eine farm. svith a •ti,. that areta. It by lat -eniug eces of do, the ees A., duet, rs mad ortaine ion ES. nett of which RIOES. tanoine DkE.„ INES, rE A,LUE et est MAN, SIXTEMINT WIXOLE NU •-•=,1 - • vet YEAR. ER, 797. Z _ SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 16 1883 BOOTS & 'SHOES. Trip Around Great _Britain by Sea. —OUR— GREAT CHEAP SALE WILL BE CONTINUED 1.....assmommamogg""" During this Monti. :pound, with a clock face in connection Ithe next one dsparts. • WRITTEN FOR TEE EXPOSITOR. , The second day of my stay in Liver- pool Was fine, allowing me to get around to see something of its appearance. It i$ not possible to see much of a large otty like this in due day. The short time at my disposal, only permitted ine a sight oftheprincipal streets in Ole neighborhood of St. George's quare, the largest railway stations and seine of the docks. ' The architectural structures exceeded my expectations, and left an impression on my mind that Liverpool is an elegantly built and clean - F. I, city. As might be expected in suoh ;Ibney commended place the railway stations are on a large scale. Prominent among these is the Lime Street station: Some Nur or five acree of ground are covered by it, all roofed in with glass. - Although there ;are many trains ar- iriying and departing every hour of the , Oay, it takes a very excitable -or a very etupid person to get on the wrong train. At the end of each platforna there is a board Mack up telling plainly to what' part of the Kihgdom the trains f are —OVER ONE THOUSAND PAIRS —OF NEW— atating the particular minute at whieli As everybodm knows, Liverpool is atriong the foreniost places in the world as a shipping pert. The docks extend a distance of seven miles, affording the ;best of accommodation to a vast num- 'her of vessels. ,One has only to pay itheim a visit to he struck with the im- imeneity of their comrnerce. Accidentally1 met an acquaintance from my native country, who was then a resident of Birkenhead. In his corn- ipapy I crotsed the Mersey early in the 'morning of Sattarday, to see through the Weodside Glatt° Lairages before going on lboard the Faithful. These leirages I are of great extent, providing accom- mandation for some hundreds of cattle. is here the bulk of the States and !Canadian cattle a.re taken at the end of Impossible to unlace the'cover horn the inside. Sunday, the 28th was clear and oalm. During its course the Faithful carried us round the Lends End, and into Falmouth harbor at tight. Getting ashore here I started in searehi of the post office with the view of mailing a letter, The town was further away in the dark than it appeared to be, but perseverance was rewarded at last and the post office discovered. I was dis- appointed, however, in the posting of the letter. It appears the post office could not sell me a stamp at the un- earthly hour at which I presented my- self. If I had borne the person who was to receive the letter any ill -will, I might have let it go without a stamp, but as it was I kept it till our arrival at Plymouth next day. As the night Was dark, the streets narrow and badly lighted, and the black closes and lanes suggestive of garrottere,I did not care to evercise my legs exploiting much of Fal- mouth. so I took the nearest way back to the Faithful, and went to bed in my novel bed -room. . Next morning when morpheus_ had ceased to reign over ne, we were scud- ding, along Within a few hours' steaming of Plymouth. A change of weather had taken place during the night; rain was falling in a thick heavy. -drizzle resem- bling what is known as a Scotch mist. ,It had the effect of keeping us under cover, and enabling -us to realize the fact that rain has the power of marring the pleasure of a coasting aoyage very con- siderably. Fortunately it cleared off just as the Faithful was being bound to the quay in Plymouth harbor, allowing us the benefit of our stay. Plymouth impressed me as being a clean, well- built town, although little order or regu- larity seems to have been observed in laying out the streets. The harbor is a good one, capable of holding a large fleet of ships. Our stay in it.was more protracted than we were given to under- stand when landing, owing to the amount of cargo which had toi bo handled so that wheie our journey was resumed the day was far spent. Out in the channel again a rougher sea was encountered than we had hitherto met with. • Partly owing to this, and partly owing to the lightness of the Faithful, after disgorging so much ou the quay at Plyreenth, she indulged in a good deal of pitehing and rolling. This pleased me greatly. I don't re• member anything pita now I like better than a good shake up in this way pro- vided there is no real danger. This lively state of mattes continued all the evening, most of the passengers enjoy- ing it immensely. Towards midnight the sea calmed actwn considerably, giving me a feeling that 1 could now go to sleep without incarring extreme risk cif being set afloat ie my bed apart from the Paithfnl. At this time it struck ate that those of us located in the boats over night had another advantage; we bad undoubtedly the best chance of being restored ali eel to the bosoms of our families should C:., steamer exhibit a desire to explore he hidden depths of the sea during the night watches. . Daylight next morning showed us a sea as calm as a mirror. The early birds got up just intime to catch a splendid view of the " Needles ;" those upright rocky prominences which stand a short distance out from the west corner of the Isle of Wiglit. - We did not expect to be so far an at that early, hour (eix o'clock), but, as the captain said, the boatran like a 'train. The bright morning hours were agreeably epent in running up the Solent and dis- cussing the visible beauties of the Isle of Wight and the nal:deleted. We could see part of Osborne Pelace peeping over the erees. In the clannel there were !many pleasure yachts, disporting them- selves. Moving up tawiteds Southamp- ton we pass Netiley Hospital, a larga, handsome building standing on the bank ,on oar right. Several. of our passengers 'were so taken with it external attract - tions that they emittived to spend the i few hours allowed eletm on shore in an attempt to learn something of its im- terior arrangements., oud thereby came very near being left behind. No sooner did the Faithful get into dock than they were off at full epeed for Netley. They got there ,and were shown through e BOOTS & SHOES Itheir Atlantic voyage. Driven in here JUST OPENED. THE WHOLE OF MY SPRING STOCK Will be ready for inspection In a Very Few Days, —When I Will show the— MOST ATTIrTIVE STOCK OF REALLY FINE produced a musical instrument the name of which is unknown to me. It o ecupied about the same amount of s ace as an average sewing machine, d was keyed and operated on like a herrnonium, the wiud being raised by a bellows working horizontally at the tatern. After some time spent in lis• 'timing to the strains of this instrm utent the chief engineer, a Scotch - Man, came forward and delivered himself of some humorous Scotoh songs, Which were evidently highly appreciated. Again and again he was encored and pneral regret was expressed vhen duty. called him away. None of the passen- gers thought they could acquire fame by vocal efforts after the appearance ot the engineer so they dispersed to Walk the deck or play cards. Sometime before midnight when we bad reached the neighborhood of Felk- stone the captain- thought it advisable to heave to till daylight. The strait was crowded with craft ana he had no desire to take part in 'a collision and thus injure the confidence inspiring tame of his boat. In motion again at aeven o'clock in the morning we soon passed Dover. There it lay in a hollow Bellied by perpendicular cliffs of chalk. Rounding the south Foreland we faced a pretty keen wind frone the north. We leadn't goue far when the colour of the water began to 'change, getting " more end more muddy in appearance the tearer the month of the Thames. I bad ho idea the filth of London defiled ite much Of the sea az it does. On in- erviewing the captain I learned that we vsould arrive in London about three !o'clock in the afternoon. This was the i31st day af August. One of the Aber- tdeen and London' shipping • company's istearners was advertised to leave London iat the very hone we were to arrive, and I wished to get on board not having time to wait for the next one starting three days later. The chances being against my being in time if -I went up to the city on the Faithful.' I decided Snow on, some etre to go ashore at Gravesend and catch feet. the Aberdeen boat comin.g down. This —The people who was accomplished by getting into the recent railway disast Pilot's boat when he came onboard. 1 well enough to leave was accompanied by another passenger pital, and are only w who wanted to catch the Leith boat leaving London at the same time. As tlae time occupied in the passage between Gravesend and London, is about two hours, we had something like four hours in which to gather an idea of the ap- pearance of the former place. We wandered about first in one direction and then in auother. Some of the streets we found pretty steep and most of them narrow. We did not notice any very, striking specimens of architecture. Somebody told us there was a famous place of resort in Rasherville Gardens in the west end of the town. In search of these we started and after. quite a long walk found the entrance. The entrance, however, proved quite enough for us when it gave us to understand that we could not view"the gardens un- less we paid. the sum ot one shilling. Knowing the distance we had to travel back, and the time to spare we felt we could not take the value of the money out of the place, and we bated. to give away e shilling receiving no adequate return. These being our sentiments and circumstauces our backs were turn- ed upon Rasherville Gardens, and our faces once more towards the populous part of the town. By and by it behooved us to be on the outlook for our respec- tive boats. About five o'clock they came down e the Leith boat firet and the Aberdeen one close to her heels. Gottingen board the City of Aberdeen which it proved to be, I found she else had aofull complement of passengers including a detachment of soldiers. The City of A.berdeen is a powerful, well built, and well fitted up steamer, pro- viding comfortable aocommodatioe for seventy or eighty cabin passengers. The passenger trade of the Aberdeen and London steam shippingcompany is very considerable all the year round, their steamers being noted for regularity and speed as well as comfort. During the evening most of the pas- sengers whiled the time pleasantly away on deck, walking, talking and lounging. Next day, however, the scene presented Was something very different. A etrong head wind- arose in the night, continuing to blow hard for ['they are tied up to await their turn at the talaughtering Bleeds, and as a rule this is not long delayed. There is a suf- Ificient force of butchers to • kill and I dress a couple of hundred cattle in a day. As required they are driven from ethe atable part of the establishment in- itomens alongside the killing compart- lonents ; then their despatch _is both I speedy and sure. As soon as they are dressed they are hooked on a chain at- tached to pulleys running on an over- head railway, and then their progress to the other end, where they are re- ceived by the railway truck, is an easy matter. The time at my disposal being limit- ed I could only wait to see a few cattle made into dead raeat. Noon Was not far away, and by that time I had to be on board the Faithful steam -boat in Trafalgar dock. Although steamboats seldom start proraptly at the advertis- ed time, it is not foolishness to be on board in time. For my part I like to be ot hand in time to witness a, consider- able amount of the preparations for a start. I like to'see the operations of • theeneilors at such atime. The general toisetand shouting of the men have a seething effect on my nerves. Ou this occasion there was fully an hour's gratification for me. I found on inquir- ing about berths that they had all been secured a week previous. For a -mo- ment I thought of stepping ashore again and allowing the Faithful to pur- sue her way without me, but when I spoke about this in the hearing of the Steward, I was informed that it was fashionable for passengers to Bleep ita the boats on deck whela the accommb- dation was severely taxed. As many es sixteen had done so on &recent occasion. The idea 'pleased me greatly; there was something romantic about it, besides being suggestive of fresh air. I agreed with those who, according to tlte Steward, asserted that they would fkr rather sleep in one of the boats th4n down below in warm weather. The start was accomplished shortly after one o'clock. The scenery aeourid Trafalgar Dock had become familiar to us and we longed for a change ; we wanted more and purer air; welonged to be on the heaving bosom of the lrieh Sea. The Faithful promised by virtue cf her build to carry us along quickly, and this promise she faithfully kept. Soon we were well clear of the Mersey, and pushing bravely for Holyhead in the face of a moderate breeze of wind. The sky was char, we *ere within view of the north coast of Wales, and every glees on board was brought to bear upon it. By -ad -by Holyhead was rounded, and that famous Welsh mountain, Snowdon,attacked and.discussed. Then darkness began to settle down upon the scene. An Atlantic steoraer which left the Mersey a little ahead, was running a race with us, but taking a wider course round Holyhead, fell behind somewhat. Next- morning, however, we found her quite as far down the channel as we were, We were then somewhere in the neighborhood of St. • David's Head. About 11 o'clock at night I was shown Ito my bedroom in one of the boats on the starboard side, by the captain. Half a dozen other young men oconpfed similar positions, distributed around among the rest of the boats, and very comfortable positions I thought them. • Once in, and the water and wind proof cover drawn over and laced down, I felt as comfortable as one need be. There was just sufficient of a hole in the cover at each end of the boat to make the ventilation perfect. The only disad- vantage we in the boats had • was that we • were dependent on outsiders when we wished to get up in the morning. This did not strike me until I propoied getting out the first morning, when it beoarcie clear that it was absolutely necessary to yell out loud enough to attract the attention BOOTS and SHOES! - I Ever Been in the County of Huron. I AM DETERMINED TO GREATLY- INCIIEASE MY SALEil During this sea.so, and in order to ao oomplish this. will sell goods vRY OT=IF.A.V BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER. _^. I It 1.1- 0)- 1 PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. GEORGE GOOD SEAFORTH BOOT STORE MCLEAN BROS., Publishers. #1.50 a Year, in Advance. eyes opened by this time, but it appears a smooth tongue and the prospect of a bargain will ()Semmes the better judg- meut at all times. • armors should know ' by this ' time h at if they want good value for their Money they must go to the honeat merchant who has his advertisement fu their alp knows that dishon sentation will only rec bead. An extensive SAM has been made at Mon tion .of the Customs la —Mr. Benjamin Pile has lately bought a for which he paid near —Mr. Wood, membe idst, and who sty or misrepre- ,1 upon his own re of hardware treed for infrace , East Williams span of horses y 5500. _ r for Brookville; has introduced a bill empowering the courts to award a flog US. —Thos. Rutherford, had two fine steers ki mg to wife -beat - of Burford, has ed by the falling of a straw stack,they were buried under the Great West', nd Trunk is so render boats at the straw. —Through traffic o ern division of the Gr slack that one of tbe- Windsor has been laid off. rland is entranc- at present, with ity he displays as —Mr. Stuart Curob ing the London peopl the extraordinary abi a thought reader. —Mr. English, of Harwich township, purchased a, couple o short horns re- cently from Mr. Ri hard Gibson, of Ilderton, paying ther for $1,000. —Col. O'Malley, of Aldborough, real- ized about 53,00Q ram his Bale of thorough bred stock e St. Thomas on Wednesday last week —Hamilton has greed to give the Grand Trunklourac es of ground free for a site for 1.000MOit. VA BUM and also to exempt the works rom taxation. —The snow fall at ontreal on Wed- nesday and‘Thursda. last week was the heaviest of the seas n. The depth of ts was fully five were injured in the r near Dundee are the Hamilton hos- aiting for a settle- ment to start for ho e. ord named Thos. his fingers ampu- heir having been 's feared his toes emoved. Hagarsville drew a London bazaar, put f ‘Minkler & Co.'s nd lost it by their bush land situated annheim. Waterloo oanclidatei His name 18 Hedgeman, be is 106 years of age, and is a native of Kentucky. He was carried up a flight of stairs to record his vote. —A young man named Chas. Goven, aged 16 years, whilst engaged intending stook on Mr. A. J. Stover's farm, _near Norwich, a few days ago, was caught in the gearing of the power worked by the windmill, and was whirled around " the shafteliterally crushing and shattering an arm and a leg. —Mr. Alonzo Ellison,whO was award- ed tbe contract to erect two stations on -the Essex Centre cut off at Maidetone and Felton, for 51,000, has been notified, that the buildings for which he contract- ed are t� be built at Tilbury and Com- ber, it having been decided to cohstruct less expensive stations on the cut-off. —There was a terrific storm from the south-east at St. Johns, Newfound- land, on Sunday last. The wind was so strong that the congregation in the Catholic cathedral had to be lowered away from the building, which is situst- ed on sloping groundeby a number of ropes attached to, the pillar at the en- trance of the edifice. —Mr. Arthur Hogg, of New Dundee, has bought from Mr. Robt. Dodd, the farm owned by him on the 6th con- cession, South Dumfries, three miles from Ayr. The farm consists of 100 acres, about 17 acres of which are coy- ered by pond, the balance of 83 acres being good land. The price paid was $4000. —Mr. Wm. Clendenning, of Brighton e who lost his race horse last Dorninion Day, on the race course at Port Hope, and who was presented with a subscrip- tion of 5100 on account of it, has threat- ened members of the celebration com- mittee with an action for damages to the extent of $500. He has placed the, matter in the hands of a solicitor. —A petition signed by eleven hun- dred of the ratepayers of Galt was pre- sented to the Town Council, asking, that the number of shop licenses be reduced to one. The Council decided; in view of the satisfactory Way in which the liquor shops were conducted, not to grant the request of the peti• tioners. • —A week ago Rev. Mr. Allworth left Paris for Frome, his pew' field of tabor, taking with him an old and fa,yorite dog. A week efter his removal the dog re -appeared in Paris, and made hip way to the drug store of Mr. E. C. Allveorth, having travelled the whole distande of about seventy-five miles on foot, along roads to which he was a total stranger. ' —A Kingston. lumberman lost him- self in the woods on Monday night last week, while making his way to a shanty where several men were lodging. He wandered about until -2.30 in the morn-. ing before coming to any human habita- tion. He was then nearly exhausted from cold and fatigue. —It is stated that Freddie G-ebhardt has engaged 4rs. Langtry for a season of thirty-two' Weeks, beginning -nett September; that he will give her forty per cent. of the gross earnings, while Mr. Abbey only gives her thirty, atd that he talks of building a theatre in New York, of which she will beeonie lessee and manageress. —The recount of theballots for South the teeifa and drove about four miles • Wellington took place on Friday of last and engaged the Baptist minister to week before Judge Drew. All the bal- assist him. When • the ceremony was lots in division Nos. 1 and 12, Guelith over thea bridegroom asked what the city, were rejected on a,ccount of the returning officers putting numbers on the ballots in addition to their initials. The recount gives Mr. Laidlaw, referee, a majority of 56 instead of 62. —Mr. Fred. B. Tillson, proprietor of the Tilsonburg stoneware works, bas made the town a present of five epit- tootis for use in the Council Chamber. Now the users of fine-cut chewing who sit around the council board need not look out -of the corners of their eyes after this to see if the caretaker is look- ing when they want to expectorate. —An entertainment was given in Point Edward the other uight winding up with a farce entitled, "A. Confidence Game." One of the characters was picked up in Point Edward and proved to be a member of the confidence gang. Dining the performance be found an opportunity to practise his profession in the dressing -room, and carried off a number of valuables. —The Grand Trunk cut-off between Point Edward and Sarnia is completed, and freight trains are running over.the Sarnia branch through London. The new route will give the company an ad- vantage of at least ten cars on each train. as theiheavy grade on the route between Point Edward and Stratford always compelled the running of light trains. —A commotion has been caused in the township of Kingston by the theft of the collector's rolls from the town hall, while the Council was in session. The book was not missed until the Clerk required to make some reference to it, when the cover was found but the roll itself was gone. Dilligent search, aid- ed by the police, has since failed to get tra_ekAogfrieta.t many horses in Hamilton are affected with a disease which,. ac- cording to Mr.Craig, veterinary surgeon, has all the characteristics of glaiaders, • though it affects the horses' feet. Mr. era* is very sick with blood poisoning from allowing some of the virus from a sore on the foot of one of the affected horses to come in contact with a out on his s—bEanmdigration to the Northwest bas commenced.. Last Sunday two trains having eighteen coaches, including. two baggage vans, and drawn by two en- gines, arrived at Winnipeg. The pass- engers numbered nearly three hundred; they are principally immigrants from Ontario and Qnebec. One party of seven men is booked for Calgarry, in- tending to squat on land. —The County Crown Attorney, in Tcironto, Mr. Fenton the other day re- the village of Dumbosher, IS to receive oeived by post a letter with a coffin an annuity of £40 a year. A codicil, sketched thereon, and a figure inside dated November, 1882, bequeaths 51,000 suppmeed to be Fenton. There are also to the Home for Incurable& . great part of the hespital, and became so interested that they forgot .to take some twenty hours having the effect of sufficient note of the flight time. As result they arrived again at the dock in a state of extreme exhaustion only tb find that their boat was off. Howeve, she was net far off,' and when the can- tain saw them waving at the end of the wharf, he very kindly stopped to giv0 them time to chartes a boat and get ota board. If the Faithful had not been detained a short' , time by anothLr steamer entering they would certain, have been left lam'enting. One of the North German LIoXel steamers holland kir! America, was callinte, at Seathanimton during our visit. Ap- parently her passengers were not allow- ed to land, but they were doiug the neXt best thing under the circumstance. They were all on deck drinking in the scene. Their numbers seemed to be veity great; in fact, neorlly every morsel ef standing room on the deck of the fore part of the vessel WEIS occupied. Some of the largest steam vessels I have ever seen were at Southampton that day, among them • being some of these belonging to the "Peninsula and • Oriental Steamship Company. Since then I believe the steamers of this have changed their place of departureto Gravesend. Southampton is an at- tractive looking place, beautified by well laid out parks. It extends a consider- able distance from the docks, and in the limited time allowed TIS it was not pos- sible even to run through much of it. Once molt we were afloat, not to laud again til reaching the Thames. Mlle afternoon and evening were fine as we proceeded along the Sussex _coed. During the evening an attempt was made to get tip a musical entertainment of some of the officers on deck it being on the Mein deck. One of the o 1 fficers —A man in Brant Morrow, has had all tated on account of severely frozen. It will also have to be —A young man a 5100 prize in the it in the branch bank at that place, failure. --Eleven acres of near the willage of county, were sold a I few day ago for $1,000 °EA. The timber is hard maple and. beech. —There is a movement op foot to Medical Solmol in nfluential ladies are es in the matter started in October. lock, of Cernwall, Mayor of ' Toronto establish a Ladies' Toronto. Several i interesting themsel and hope to have it —Mrs. Robert P has written to the asking for informat'on about her. hus- band, who left horpe last summer to work in a printing Gas:win Toronto. -e-An old and resPected physician re- siding at St: George, Brant County, Dr. Mainwaring, has been stricken with s unconscious for tv recovering. school convention almost a failure, e speakers failing to rice, owing to the ci blockaded state of apoplexy. He some time but is n —The •Sabbath held in Clifford w owing to 'most of t put in an appear stormy weather, a, the roads. —Dr. H. Croft, feasor of chemistr lege, Toroutoedie his son, in Texas, after a ehort illnes of age. —Rev. Mr. Ma church at Harri about to sever c congregations and where he has acc St. Luke's Missio ---Mme. Nilsson row escape from when leaving Ott The special they snow -plow aud prostrating over sixty oat of seventy cabin passengers. One would have thought, judging from the appearance at the table during meals, that there were not over seven or eight of them. So tiolent was the pitching of the boat that the screw was whirling half the tine o -at of tha water occasioning a loss of time amounting to seven bourse I found on walking to the stern that that part had the power. of throwing me right up off my feet, so I •thought it safest to confine myself to the middle portion of the deck. - Light showers of spray fell frequently from the starboard side, but still I thought the deck prefer- able to the sickening air of the saloon. Towards night the wind decreased in force, and daylight next morning found us off the coast of Kincardineshire on a comparatively calm sea. Most of the passengers now made their appearance once more in public places, but few ap- peared to be ravenously hmegry at breakfast. About ten o'clock we arrived. at the G-irdleness. The water was then low and could not carry tis over.the bar so the aid -of a tug had to be called in, or rather out to land us. This was the 2nd of September. The trip around Great Britain was thus accomplished within the fortnight. • I enjoyed it thoroughly and felt much benefitted thereby. , ALTART)TOE. figures representiug his Satanic Majesty and attendant spirits, and. the words "Sic &taper Tyrannis." It is proem; ed to have been sent by one of the per- sons meeting from liquor prosecutions. —Another sufferer from the extreme ftold (felt this time) is reported from the Northvtest. Mr. Gisborne, of Ottawa, superintendent of the Dominion, Tele- graphs, received a telegram recently stating that his son, who was engaged on telegraph construction in the North - *est, had his face oo badly frozen that he has lost one eye .and the use of the ,musoles of one side of his face. The thermometer showed 53 degrees below "zero at tile time. •---Thureclay morning last week at Dannville, a Gernaan, named Jack illynes, quarrelled with his wife about the deed of some property. He Wail ;also jealous of her intimacy with one 'Morrison. • It appears when Mrs.Hynes irefused to give him the deed he came • to town, bought a revolver, and. return - dug, deliberately shot her first in the breast and afterwards in the back ae- ' she ran out of the door. She is still • alive, but cannot live. ' • —Archbishop Lynch bas been pros- trated by a severe 'attack of erysipelas in the face. He was removed to his residence at St. John's grove,where he is under the care of , Dr. Cameron. It was at first feared that the malady might extend to his brain, a supposition which his age and past ill -health seemed to warrant. Late .acconnts report much of the danger past, and hopes of his speedy convalescence are enter- tained. —Mr. P. Stearns, fur dealer of Kings- ton, while coming from Montreal to Kingston in a sleeping car, some time ago, was robbed of $560. He placed the money in his petits pocket, and tying his brace *around the pants put them under his pillow. When he got up in the morning the money was gone. No one'knew anything about it. Mr. Stearns is suing the Pullman company to recover the amount lost. The case comes on at the assizes next week. —Enquiry has been made imKingston for an heiress to $50,000 annually. She is the daughter of a wealthy English- man, who married obscurely and kept the marriage a secret. He seems to have died recently, and his solicitor now seeks his child, and cannot get intelligence of her. A gentleman writes from Denver. Colorado, that he adopted a girl some years ago,and believes she is the missing one. He gives evidence which seems to establish her identity. —MissChute, formerly assistant teach- er in the Eden school, died at her father's residence, near Vienna, on Fri- day, March 2nd. The deceased lady had occupied the position of s.ssistant teacher in the Eden school for the greater part of the past six years. until her declining health compelled her, in October last, to resign her place: She had, by the faithful discharge of her duties and her consistent ehristian life, won the esteem of all who knew her. —A few days ago a young couple drove to Springford, Oxford County, to have the marriage ceremony performed. The young minister not being far enough along to perform the ceremony., took or many years pro - at University Col - at the residence of n the 28th February, . He Was 64 years sie, of the Episcopal ton and Clifford, is nnection with those remove to Hamilton,. ted an invitation to: _ , and party had a ne.r- a railway accident wa on Sunday night. ccupied ran into a ngine . at Hull, but fortunately, no one was hurt. . --Mrs. Langtry , ((the Jersey Lily), appears at the rand Opera House, Toronto, this Friday and Saturday, in three performapces. The sale of seats has been simply being from dietan —Shanty tea Ottawa fie droves been unusually a cut. The entire district has been ready for thitdriv • -On Sunday Mr. James 111oCr . London townshi , the stables recoil, one of the horsesibreaking her jaw and seriously mutilat ng her face. —While Mr. B splitting wood in • stood too'close to not thinking abo the line and gla on the head, i above the eye. —The Marcia conductor Georg mmense, many orders parte of the Province. s are returning to • _The -weather has vantageoue for a good ut in the Kippeway ot out to the streams °ruing the wife of ady, 2ndebncession of when about to enter 1 a severe kick from —The ilarriston Tribune is informed that at present the township of Minto ie •raided by a geng of shoddy cloth: sharks, who are victimizing the unwary farmers right and left. This kind of business has been repeated so often that one would suppose the farmer had his an, of Granton was his yard last week he the clothes line, and t it his axe caught on cad off, striking him tlicting a severe OUt El of Lorne presented L. Ross with eland - some scarf -pin in return for his care of the viceregal Party from Tuceon, Arizona 0) DerIng, New Mexico, on a • special train: T e engineer of the train was presented with a gold watoh. —The Jews infl Toronto are moving to have certain re rms introdnoed into their service, an sit together inst The matter has Chief Rabbi in decision be adve form an indepen ent body. —It is said dint the oldest voter who participated in tie late elections lives in-Amherstburg and that he recorded his vote for Mr Balfour, the Reform that botn sexes 'should ad of being separated. been referred, to the ngland, but shouldhis se the reformers will - fee was, and was informed whatever he thought right." He handediover the large sure of $1, which the ministers divided between them. —Many of those who will eat Easter eggs arid send Easter cards on:or about March 25th, will not stop to think why Easter falls on that date, or if they do halt will give it up and take another egg. The -moon of Mars determines the time. The rule is that Easter shall fall on Sunday after the full moon, which comes after- the vernal equinox. In 1818 it fell on the 22n1 of March, the earliest date possible. It Will not fall upon that date again in this or the fol- lowing ceptury. —The cattle fair at Harriston. on Friday, 2nd inst, was a most s-uccessfril one. 4 very large number of excellent cattle were disposed of at good prices. Beef cattle were hegreat demand at an advance upon prices paid at last fair. Several horse buyers were also on hand, and succeeded in picking up a number of good animals. Over $8,000 found its way from the buyers to the pockets of the farmees for cattle alone. On Satur- day a special train of ten cars was shipped from that station. —A. F. Steele, of the &DI of Steele Bros., Forest, had. an operation per- formed on his right eye, at London a few days ago. For sortie years a kind of skin has been growing over the sight of both *vete and lately it affected his sight to such an exteht as to render re- • moval necessary. ' About two months ago an operation was performed on the left eye, and it is thought that the two operations are all that will be neces- sary, and it is hoped Mr. Steele will fully recover use of his ocular members. —The will of the lateJohtMoMurrich, Toronto, has been filed in the Surrogate Court. The personalty is put at $72,- 694. The profits arising from the lands and warehouse of the firm of Bryce, McMorrich, & Co., the dwelling-honse and -furniture on the corner of Front and Peter streets, are bequeathed to his wife. The executere, who are ;T. L. Blaikie, W. B. Mcklurrich,and his wife, Janet licillurrich, are authorized to dispose of so Much of the estate as will pay 54,000 to each of the children who are of age, and $4,000 is to be invested for payment to each of his other child- ren upon their coming of age. The balance remaining, together with in- terest on mortgages and dividends from stock, is to be paid to his wife tes long se she lives, and at her death the residue is to be divided among all the children equally, His sister, Marion Taylor, of