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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1883-03-16, Page 2essa • SIXTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 797. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1883. BOOTS&SLOES. —OUR GREAT CHEAP SALE WILL BE CONTINUED similmmmbimmommomm During this Mon,.. nommisimmimins =—OV E R° ONE THOUSAND PAIRS —OF NEW— BOOTS & SHOES JUST OPENED. THE WHOLE OF MY SPRING STOCK Will, be ready for inspection. In a Very Few Days, —When I will show the— MOST ATTRACTIVE STOCK O` REALLY FINE A Trip Around Great Britain by Sea. WRITTEN FOR Tia$ EXPOSITOR. The second day of my stay in Liver- pool was fine, allowing me to get around to see something, of its appearance. It is not possible to see mngh of a`,large city like this in one day. The short time at my disposal, only permitted me a sight of- the principal streets in the neighborhood . of St. George's Square, the largest railway stations and some of the docks. • The architectural structures exceeded my expectations, and left an impression on my mind that Liverpool is an elegantlybuilt and clean- ly city. As might be expected in such a busy commercial plaoe the railway stations are on a large scale. Prominent among these is the Lime Street station. Some belie or five acres of ground are covered by it, all roofed in with glass: Although there are many trains ar- riving and departing every hour of the day, it takes a very excitable or a very stupid person to get on the wrong train. At the end of each platform there is a board stuck up telling plainly to what part pt. the Kingdom the trains are ,bound, with a clock face in connection stating the particular minute at which the next one departs. As everybody knows, Liverpool is athong the foremost places in the world as a shipping port. The docks extend a distance of seven ,piles,affording the best of accommodation to a vast num- ber of vessels. Ona has only to pay them a visit to be struck with the im- mensity of their commerce. Accidentally I. met an acquaintance from my native country, who was then a resident of Birkenhead. In his com- pany 'crossed om-pany'crossed the Mersey early in the morning of Saturday, to see through the Woodside Cattle Lairages before going on board the Faithful. These lairages are of great extent, providing accom- modation for some hundreds of cattle. It is . here the bulk of the States and Canadian cattle are taken at the end of their Atlantic voyage. Driven in _here they are tied np to await their turn at the slaughtering sheds, and as a rule this is not long delayed. There is a suf- ficient force of . butchers ° to ' kill and dress a conple. of hundred cattle in a day. As required they are driven from the stable part of the establishment in- to pens alongside the killing compart- ments ; then their despatch is both 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. BOOTS and SHOES Ever seen in the County of Huron. I AM. DETERMINED TO GREATLY INCREASE MY SALES During this season, and in order to ao- oomplish this will, sell goods VTM CHAP BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER. PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. GEORGE GOOD, SEAPORTH BOOT STORE. impossible to unlace the cov:r from the inside. Sunday, the 28th was clear and calm. Duripg its 'course the Faithful carried us round the Lands End, and into Falmouth harbor at night. Getting produced a musical instrument the name of which is unknown to me. It occupied shoat the same amount of `space as an average sewing t achine, and was ,keyed and operated on like a harmonium, the wind being raised by a ashore here I started in searcbe of the bellows working horizontally at the post` office with the view of mailing. a stern: After some time spent - in lis- letter. The town was further away in the dark than it appearedto be, but perseverance was rewarded at last and the post offioe discovered. 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 blaok closes and lanes suggestive of garrotters,I did not care to everoise my legs exploring much of Fal- mouth, so I took the nearest way back to the Faithful, and went to bed in my novel bedroom. Next morning when morpheus. had ceased to reign over us, 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 f cleared off just as the Faithful was beir the quay in Plymouth barb . us the benefit of our stay. impressed me as beinga .built town, although little or laxity seems to have been laying out the streets. The The time at my disposal being. limit- ed I could only wait to see a few cattle made into dead -meat. 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 promptly at the advertis- ed time, it is not foolishness to be on board in time. For my part I like to be on hand in time to witness a consider- able amount of the preparations for a start., I like to see the operations of the sailors at such a.time. The general noise and shouting of the men have a soothing effect on my nerves. On 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 in the boats on deck wheh the accommo- dation was severely taxed. Asmany as sixteen had done so on arecent 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 the Steward, asserted that they would far rather sleep in one of the boats than down below in warm weather. The start was accomplished shortly after one o'clock. The scenery around Trafalgar Dock bad become familiar to us and we longed for a change ; we wanted more and purer air ; we longed to be on the heaving bosom of the Irish Sea. The Faithful promised by virtue cf ber 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 clear, we were within view of the north coast of Wales, and every glass on board was brought to bear upon it. By-and-by Holyhead was rounded, and that famous Welsh mountain, Snowdon,attacked and discussed. Then darkness began to settle down upon the scene. An Atlantic steamer which left the Mersey a little ahead, was running a race with us, but . taking a wider coarse 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 to my bedroom in one of the boats on the starboard side, by the captain. Half a dozen other young men oeoupied 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 propoEred getting out the first morning? when it became clear that it was absolutely necessary to yell eat loud enough to attract the attention g bound to r, allowing Plymouth lean, .well - ler or.regu- �bserved in harbor is a good one, capable of hold'ng a large ;.was more n to under - g to the lad to be. fleet of ships. Our stay in i protracted than we were giv stand when landing, owi amountof cargo which '. handled so that when our jnrney was resumed `the day vas far spent. Out in the channel again a rougher sea was enoountered then we had hitherto met with. Partly owing to this, and partly owing to e lightness of thFaithful, after disgorglug so much on the quay at Plymouth, she indulged in a good deal of pitching end rolling. This pleased me greatly. I don't re• member anything just now like better than a good shake up in t vided " there is no real da lively state of matters coati evening, most of the passer ing it immensely. Tower' the sea calmed down c giving me a feeling that I c to sleep without incurring e: of being: set afloat in my bed the . Faithful. At this til me that those of ns located over night had another adv had undoubtedly the bet, being restored alive to the b Toms of our families should the steame� exhibit a desire to explore the hidden depths of the sea during the night waches. Daylight next morning s owed us a sea' as calm as a mirror. The early birds got -- up just in time 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 Wight. We did not expect to be so far an at that early hour (six o'clock), but, as the captain said, the boat ran like a train. 'The bright morning hours were agreeably spent in running up the Solent and dis- cussing the visible beauties of the Isle of Wight and the mainland. We could see part of Osborne Palace peeping over the trees. - In the channel there were many pleasure yachts disporting them- selves. Moving up towards Southamp- ton we pass Netley Hospital, a large, handsome building standing on- the bank on onr right. Several of onr passengers were so taken with ite external attrao- tions that they resolved to spend the few hours allowed them on shore in an attempt to learn something of its in- terior arrangements, -and thereby came very near being left behind. No sooner did the Faithful get into dock than. they were off at full speed for Netley. They got there and were shown through a great part of the hospital, and became so interested that they forgot to take sufficient note of the flight time. As a result they arrived again at the dock in a state of extreme ex)iaustion only to. find that their boat was off, However, she was not far off, and when the cap- tain saw them waving at th}e end of the wharf, he very kindly stopped to give them time to charter a boat and get on board. If the Faithful bad not been detained a short time by another steamer entering they would certainly have been left lamenting. 1 One of the North German Lloyd steamers bound for America, was calling at Southampton during our visit. Ap- parently her passengers were not, allow- ed to land,° but they were doing the next best thing under the circumstances. They wermall on deck drinking in the scene. Their numbers seemed to be very great ; in fact, nearly every morsel of standing room on the deck of the fore part of the vessel was occupied. Some of the largest steam vessels I have ever seen - were at Southampton that day, among them ' being some of those belonging to the . " Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company. Since then I believe the steamers of this line have changed their place of departure to 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 unit was not pos- sible even to run through much of it. Once more we were afloat, not to land again till reaching the Thames„ The afternoon and evening were fine as we proceeded along the Sussex coast. Daring the eveningan attempt was made to get up a musical entertainment is way pro - ger. This Hued all the gees enjoy - is midnight >nsiderably, Auld no* go treme risk apart from ne it struck 'n the boats antage ; we t chance of tening to the strains of this instru- ment the chief engineer, a Scotch- - man, came forward and delivered himself of some hnmoro s Scotch songs, which were evidently highly appreciated. Again and again he was encored and general regret was expressed when duty. called him away. None of the passen- gers thought they could acquire fame by vocal efforts after the appearance of the engineer so they dispersed • to walk the deck or play cards. Sometime before midnight when we had reached the neighborhood of Folk- stone the captain thought it advisable , to heave to till daylight. The strait was crowded with craft' end he had no desire to take part in 'a collision and thus injure the confidence inspiring name of his boat. In motion again at seven o'clock in the morning we soon , passed Dover. There it lay in a hollow flanked by perpendicular cliffs of chalk. Rounding the south Foreland we faced a pretty keen wind from the north. We hadn't gone far when the colour of the water began to ' change, getting more and more muddy in appearance the nearer the mouth of the Thames. I had fro idea the filth of London defiled so much of the sea as it does, On in- terviewing the captain I' learned that we would arrive in London about three 'o'clock in the afternoon. This was the 31st days if August. One of the Aber- deen and London shipping • company's steamers was advertised to leave London et the very hour we were to arrive, end 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 to go ashore at Gravesend and catch the Aberdeen boat coming down. This was accomplished by getting into the Pilot's boat when he came on board. was accompanied by another. passenger who wanted.to• catch the Leith boat leaving London at the same time. As the time occupied in the passage between Gravesend and London, is aboot two hours, we bad 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 another. 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 of 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 a shilling receivingno adequate return. These being our sentiments and circumstances our backs were turn- ed upon Rasherville Gardens, and our faces once more towards the populous part of the town. By :arid by it behooved us tobe on the outlook for onr respec- tive boats. About five o'clock they' came down ;• the Leith boat first and the Aberdeen one close to her heels. Getting -on board the City of Aberdeen which it proved to be, I found she also had a full complement of passengers, inoludin_ g a detachment of soldiers. The City of Aberdeen is a powerful, well built, and well fitted np steamer, pro- viding comfortable aocommodatior. for seventy or eighty 'cabinpassengers. The passenger trade of the Aberdeen and London steam shipping company is very -considerable all the year round, their steamers being noted for regularity and speed as well as comfort. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. #1.50 a Year, in Advance. eyes o asmo bargai ment know' good go to,; advertisement in their midst, and who ileo klp ows that dishonesty or misrepre- sentation will only recoil upon his own head. enedby this time, but itappears p p me � th tongue and the prospect of • a will overcome the better judg- at all times. Farmers should by this time that if they want sine for their money they must e honest merchant who has his • An has be tion p has 1 for wl —Id has in court ers. had t of a sl the st Canada. extensive seizure of hardware en made at Montreal for infrac- the Customs laws. r. Benjamin Pile, East Williams tely bought a: span of horses ioh he paid nearly $500. r. Wood, member for Brookville, traduced a bill empowering the to award flogging to wifelbeat- hos. Rutherford, of Burford, has ivo fine steers killed by the faring raw stack,they were buried under raw. hrough traffic on the Great West- ern d'vision of the Grand Trunk is so slack hat one of the. transfer boats at Mind or has been laid off. -- r. Stuart Cumberland.. is entranc- ing -die London people at present, with he extraordinary ability he displays as thought reader. Ir. English, of Harwich township, ased a couple of short horns re - from Mr. Richard Gibson, of on, paying therefor $1,000. ol. O'Malley, of Aldborongh°, real - about $3,000 from his sale of ugh -bred stook at St. Thomas on esday last week. Iamilton bas agreed to give the d Trunk four acres of ground free site for locomotive shops, and also mpt the works from taxation. of some of the officers on deck, it being on the inain deck. One of the officers 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 strong head wind arose in the night, continuing to blow hard for some twenty hours having the effect of prostrating over sixty out 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. bei So Violent was the pitching of the boat — that the screw was whirling half the Ott time oat of the water occasioning a loss-, bee of time amounting to seven bourse 1 cut found on walking to•the stern that that dis part bad the power. of throwing me rea right up off, my feet, so I thought it safest to confine myself to the middle Mr portion - of the deck. Light showers of Lo spray fell frequently from the starboard the side,` but still I thought the deck prefer- on able to the sickening air of the saloon. purol cent! Ilder ized thoro Wedi Gram for a to ex -The snow fall at Montreal on Wed nesdlly and. Thursday last week was the heav: snow feet. race' well pital men Mo tate save will it in ban. fails est of the season. The depth of on some streets was fully five he people who were injured in the t railway disaster near Dundas are nough to leave the Hamilton hos- and are only waiting for a eettle- to start for home. man in Brantford named Thos. ow, has had all• his fingers *mini- on account of their having been ely frozen. It is feared his toes Iso have to be removed. young man at Hagarsville drew a - prize in the London bazaar, put the branch of Minkler & Co.'s at that place, and lost it by their e. — leven acres of bush land situated the :Allege of Mannheim, Waterloo ty, were sold a few day ago for b Dash. The timber is hard maple beech. There is a movement on foot to* dish a Ladies' Medical School in nto. Several influential ladies are eating themselves in the matter hope to have it started in October. Mrs. Robert Pollock, of Cornwall, written to the M ayor of ' Toronto ig for,information about her hued 1, who left home last summer to in a printing office in Toronto. An old and respected physician re- g at St. George, Brant County, Dr. iwaring, has been strioken with ►lexy. He was unconscious for time but is now recovering. The Sabbath school convention in Clifford was almost a .'failure, ig to most of the speakers failing to in an appearance, owing to the. nzy weather, and blockaded state of roads. • Dr. H, Croft, for many years pro- �r of chemistry, at University Col - Toronto, died at the reaidence of ion, in Texas, on the 28th February, a short illness. He was 64 years e. Rev. Mr. Massie, of the Episcopal ch at Harriston and Clifford, is it to sever connection with those egations and remove to Hamilton,' re he has accepted an invitation to Duke's Mission. Mme. Nilsson and party had a nar- roescape from et railway accident when leavingOttawa on Sundaynight. Th special tey occupied rainto, a snow -plow and engine " at Hull, but fortunately, no one was hurt. Mrs. Langtry, (tile Jersey Lily), app ars at the Grand Opera House, To nto, this Friday and Saturday, in thr a performances. The sale of seats has been simply immense, many orders g from distant parts of the Province. Shanty teams are returning to awe rix droves. The ,weather has u unusually advantageous for a good The. entire out in the Kippeway riot hae•heen got out to the .streams y for the drive. On Sunday morning the wife of James McCready, 2nd;eonaession of don township, when about to enter stables received a severe kick from of the horses, breaking her jaw and seriously mutilating her face. -4-While Mr. Bean, of -Granton, was splitting wood in. his yard last Week he stod not -the candidate. His name i is 106 years of age, and 'Kentucky. He was oar of stairs to record his v —A young man nam aged 16 years, whilst en ?took on Mr. A. J. Stov 'Norwich, a few days ag the gearing of the power windmill, and was whir shaft, literally crushing an arm and a leg. —Mr. Alonzo Ellison,who was award- ed the contract to erect two stations on pee Essex Centre cut off at Maidstone an Pelton, for $4,000,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 conatruct less expensive stations n the cn:t-off. —There was a terri o storm from the southeast at Elt. 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 situat- ed on sloping round, b a number of P g8 ropes attached to, the pillar at _ the en- trance of the edifice. —Mr. Arthur Hogg, la New Dundee, has bought from atr. Robt. Dodds, the farm owned by him 4n the 6th con- cession, South Dumfries, three miles from Ayr. The farm 'consists of 100 acres, about 17 aor4es o which are cov ered by pond, the bal nce of 83 acres being good land. The price paid was $4000. —Mr. Wm. Clenden; who lost his race tiorse Day, on the race cones and who was presentee tion of $100 on acoounl ened members of the mittee with an action the extent of $500. I matter in the hands o —A petition signed dyed of the ratepayers seated to the Town that the number of reduced to one. The in -view of the sat which the liquor shops not to grant the request of the peti- tioners. eti-tioners. —A week ago Rev. Ir. Allworth left Paris for Frome, his p taking with him an c dog. A week after hi re -appeared in Paris, to the drug store of al having travelled the a about'seventy-five mil+ roads to whioh he was —A Kingston lamb self in the woods on x9'1 week, while making h where several men vgrere lodging. He. wandered about uuti112.30 in themorne ing before coming -to any human habita- tion. He was then jnearly exhausted from cold and fatigue. —It is stated that >" has engaged Mrs. Lanl of thirty-two weeks, September ; that he v ill sive her forty per cent. of the gross° earnings, while Mr. Abbey only gives her thirty, and that he talks of building a theatre in New York, of which ,She will become lessee and manageresel. —The.reconnt of tl eballots for South Wellington took plate on Friday of last week before Judge Drew. All the bal- lots in division Nos. 11 and 12, Guelph city, were rejected' ori account of the returning officers putting numbers on the ballots in addition to their initials. The •reoount gives Mur Laidlaw, reform, a majority,of 56 instead of 32. —Mr. Fred. B. Tillson, proprietor of the Tilsonburg sto ewers works, bas made the town a, pre ent of five spit- toons for use in the • ouricil 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 rhea they w o went expectorate. - —An entertainrne t was given in Point Ed ward the ober night winding up with a faros entitlsed, "A Confidence Game." One of the characters was picked np in Point E ward and proved to be a member 4t th confidence gang. During the perfdrma ce he found- an le his profession and carried off a near conn $1,0t and estal Torc inter aid has aski. bane wort sidir Mai. apo sons held owil put stor the fess lege his i afte of a chn ab6 con, wh St. Hedgeman, he is a native of,. ied up a flight te. d. Chas. Goven, aged ia, tending is farm, near was caught in worked by the led around the and shattering - Towards night the wind decreased in force, and daylight next morning fonnd 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 ravenonsly hungry at. breakfast. About ten o'clock we arrived • at the Girdleness. The water was then low and mild not carry us 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. 3. ALLARDYCE. —The Harriston Tribune ie informed that at present the township of Minto 'is raided' by a gang of sb.oddy cloth: sharks, who are victimizing the unwaryi' farmers right and left. This kind of business has been repeated so often that one would suppose the farmer had his thinking about it his axe caught on line and glanced' off, striking him 011 the head, inflicting a severe cut above the eye., The Marquis of Lorne presented duoter George L. Ross with a hand - e scarf -pin retnrn for his care of viceregal party from TI1OP011, ona, tt Darning, New Mexico, on a ial train. The engineer of the train presented with a gold watch. The Jews in Toronto are moving to ha e certain reforms introduced into th ir service, and that both sexes should sit together instead of being separated. Th matter has been referrid to the ChOf Rabbi in Englapd, but should his deeision be adverse the reformers will ex independent body. • It is said that the oldept voter who ioipated in the late 'elections lives mherstburg, and that he record.ed vote for ' Mr, Balfour, the Reform CO SO th sp ling, of Brighton,` last Dominion at Port Hope, with a subacrip- of it, has threat- elebration corn - or damages to ie has placed the a solicitor. by eleveld han- d Galt was pre - Council, asking hop licenses be Council decided, sfaotory way in were conducted, for pa in hi w field of labor, Id and favorite removal the dog end madeg his way E. C. Allworth, chole distance of is on foot, along a total stranger. erman lost him- onday night- last s way to a shanty figures representing his Satanic Majesty and attendant spirits, and. the words Sic Semper Tyrannis." It is presum- ed to have been sent by one of the per- sons smarting from liquor prosecution's. —Another sufferer from the extreme cold (felt this.time) is reported from the Northwest. 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 NI5rth- west, had his face so badly frozen that he has lost one eye and the use of the muscles of one sided of his face. The thermometer siiewed 53 degrees below "zero at the time. =Thursday morning last week. at Dunnville, a German, named Jaek Hynes, quarrelled with his wife about the deed of some property. He was aleia jealous of her intimacy with one Morrison. It appears when Mrs.Hynes refused to give him the deed he came to town, bought a revolver, and, retli n- ing, deliberately shot her first in the breast and afterwards in the back as she ran out of the door. She is still alive, but cannot live. - —Archbishop Lynch leas 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 ander 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 .accounts report much of the danger past. and hopes of his speedy convalescence are enter- tained. —Mr. P. Stearns, far dealer of Kings- ton, while coming from. Montreal to Kingstou in a sleeping car, some time ago, was robbed of 1560. He pieced the money in his pants pocket, and tying his brace 'around the pants put them under his pillow. When he got np 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 conies on at the assizes next week. --Enquiry has been made in Kingston for an heiress to $50,000 annually. She is the daughter of a wealtby 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 themissing one. He gives evidence which seems to establish her identity. _MissChnte, formerlyassistant teach- er in the Eden school, died at her father's residence, near Vienna, ort Fri- day, March 2nd. The deceased lady had occupied the position of assistant teacher in the Eden school for the greater part of the past nix 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 christian 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 the team and drove about four miles and engaged= the iaptist ministerto assist hitn. When • the ceremony was over the bridegroom asked what the fee was, and was informed "whatever he thought right," He handed. over the large sore of $1, which the ministers divided between them. —Many of those who will eat Easter eggs and 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 glee 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 22nd 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 successful one. A very large number of excellent cattle were disposed of at good prices. Beef cattle were in great demand at an advance upon prices paid at last ' fair. Seireral 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 firm of 'Steele Bros., Forest, had an operation per- formed on his right eye, at London a few days ago. For some years a kind of skin has been growing over the sight of both eyes, and lately it affected his sight to such an extent 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 late JohnMoMurrich, Toronto, has been filed in the. Surrogate Court. The personalty is pat at $72,- 694. The profits arising from the lands and warehouse of the firm of Bryce, -. MoMurrich, & Co., the dwelling -house and -furniture on the corner of Front and Peter streets, are bequeathed to wife. The executors, who are 3. L. Blaikie, W. B. MoMurrich,andhis wife, Janet McMurrioh, are anthbrified to dispose of so Much of the estate as will pay 14,000 to each of thechildrenwho are of age, and $4,000 is to be invested for payment to each of hie other child- ren upon their -corning of age. - The balance remaining, together with in- terest on mortgages and dividends from stook, is to be paid to his wife a;s long aa she lives, and at her death the -residue is to be divided among all the children equally, His sister, `Marion Taylor, of the village of Dutnboaher, is to receive an annuity of £40 a year. d- codicil, - dated November, 11;g2, begnesths 11,000 to the Home for Incurables. reddie Gebbardt try for a season opportunity to p acti number of value, les. —The Grand rn Point Edward, a d out -off between rnia, is completed, and freight trains ar running oventhe Sarnia branch t new -route will vantage of at le train. as the hea between Point always oompelle cominotio the township of of the collector's rolls- from the town ball, while the Con”il was in session. The book W&B n t messed until the Clerk required to mak some reference to it, when the cover as found but the roll itself was gone. ed by the police, —A great ma are affected .wit cording to Mr.° has salthe char though it affects Craig is very sic from allowing s sore on the foot'Of o e of the affected horses to come in contact with a out on his hand. —Emigration commenced. L having eighteen engem number they are prim Ontario and seven men is tending to squa —The Coun Toronto, MT. F sketched ther euppoaed to be rou h London. The st ten cars on each y grade on the route dward and Stratford the limning of light has been ca,used in ngston by the theft has igent search, since failed to get y horses in Hamilton a disease which, ac- cteristios of glanders, the horses' feet. Kr. with blood poisoning me f the virus from a to he Northwest has t unday two trains coaches, including two d drawn by two en - Winnipeg. The pass - nearly three hundred ; ally immigrants from nobs's. One party of ked for Calgarry, in - on land. y Crown Attorney, in nton the other day re - letter with a coffin, n, and a fignre inside enton. There are also •