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The Huron Expositor, 1883-05-04, Page 1F Arm. 27), A.—Durham seetar 2years-talsk if "Royal Duke t 214 "YentagBetruapton im Torrance, 4t.Plinee of W under 2 yeara—lat, Da Load Lovell " ; 2nd, Prince Viotor "e'3rd, Alex,. a, t4 Sir Richard." All the Wig were pedigreed np te the new. of the Canadian Shorehgnig look. _ --011601iiiiipi-iiii111111111111111111111111111111,1* , - 4 terrible windstorm raged, elk th inst., causing eonsid s to property. In Winnipeg it meat furiously, and did consid. Image by blowing down Mons ig windows, and overturningost. The velocity of the 'wind, as. to the weather report, lam b-ee miles per hour. The caw., k, owned jointly by the Manitoba rite Club, was completely bang hack by the blizzard. The wiat Ler the canvas, and literally to mature to rags, there hardly being a it left whole to makf3 a decent hirt of. winefpeg Free Press of date says. Of the Presbyterial' lades whose • appointment to lithe s in Manitoba and theNorthweei tentioned a few days agojatir rrived and been assigned by eke Mission Gomnafttee a the Po*, to various missions, aa follows; G. McFarlane, Cypress River; lin Brown, Qu'Apnelle ; 1.Geat Me, Wolseley; Mr. T. Wi tetet Others are expected * within a few days, and the Rano Committee will arrange foram a the r4Orit inlpartant UM' iateiy OU their arrival. kok lora FACTS cFAUL Bring GOOD PRINTS — task .at 10o per yard. Bee them ait MeFATTL'S P CASB DRY GOODS ST01,- E. McFAUL ing WHITE and GREY COT:f at mill prices. Examine fat - vest and see that the prioea Meit'AUL'S P GASU DRY GOODS STORE& E MQFAUL 'ring STRIP D and CHECKED ON SHIRT GS as low as 101 a -a. These pre splendid good, -money. Tate had at MeF ITL'S ASH -DRY GOODS ST0E1, McFAUL ming a hge stook of TABia NS, TOWELS. NAPKINS, &Gig es to suit the times. Splendid be had at MeFAUL'S tP ASH DRY GOODS STORIL E McFAUL: trig a splendid BLACK SILK for at $1 per yard It speaks kit tpon examination at MeFAUES CASH DRY GOODS STOBi E. MGFAUL wing some new lines of MANTIS 8, also Silksetc., for Dolman& uities may advertise their DR* p but we have theright in tom lidetAUTIS LP GASH DRY GOODS STOW P el n ries, Loope,. Frogs, ment& do., for the ss and Mantle Malthig DEPA_RTMENT. IUSIFIESS IS BOOMINC —AT THE— kLACE !SHOW ROOM Fresh goods arriving. dean styles being opened UP.- . Parasols end Sunshades at Adcall solioited. McFAULIL CASH DRY COON SEAFORTIL ONTS SIXTEENTH MAAR. WHOLE NUMBER 804. SEAFORTH„ FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1883. . MoLEAN BROS., Publishers $1.50 a Year, in Advance. ••••111M•1010, vilmaimemo!••••,1111WIM ItethscenceS of Lyman Beecher. By BBL- 3. 0. wsirn, M. A. beyfirstglimpse of this noted preacher jos bad one autumnal Sabbath morning ss he rodeup to the door' of 1nr new and elegant church, with his wife, in a poor mussy claim covered with cotton cloth. The horse and the minister were both alike very unattractive, as well as the chaise' We lads were watching for his coming in front of the church, whets also stood the Committee of Receptiou, prepared fie extend their welcome, and to intro- duce him to the people and the pulpit. I winnow vividly remember my own feelings at the time, a.nd the, looks of those in waiting, which seethed to say : "Well we are sold this time I" We took ear plat* in churoh with an Mproistakable fee of Om disappointment. Dr.Beecher opened the exercises and went into his work with a will, and with. such an un- ceremonious freedom that our Boston sense of propriety stood ia.baShed. Soon, however, the fire began to burn, the truth began to pinch, and the audience began to rally from their despondent wonderment, and to look eround, as if saying "What's the matter ?" We all saw then and. ther e that the new candidate for Boston honors was master of the situation. Te old horse asd chaise were forgotten, and the three sermons of that day were t]ie topic of conversation for a week, a d prepared. the way for the second Sabath on his return from Portland. Tie same cut - and -thrust style of preachijng was re- peated, whieh, while it sho ked all oar _ notions of pulpit etiquette, tnade it a foregone conolusiori that this was the man for the new enterprisf . It must le reraembered that heihad now reached. the so-called. 4t ead-line of fifty.1. Oa Nunday morning he ook his mar- ket basket on his arm and went tO mar- ket to get provisions for di nen He was followed and watched, as 1.8 often was, by a young man who was chorister of the Universalist Church. The minister came to the fish market. Dr. Beecher picked up a fine looking flab, and. asked the fisherman if it was free and sweet. "Certainly," replied the an, "for I caught it myself yesterday," which was; Sabbath. Dr. Beecher at once dropped the fish, Baying, “.Then II dont want it," and went on without 4ying another viroTha:e young man who v as watching him was instantly convinced of the minister's honesty and situ erity in prac- tising the prinCiples whic he preach- ed, became a regular atter dant and a true convert, and for more than a quar- ter of a century was known as Dea.00rt Thomas Hollis, the druggist. He was a prominent official in the Orthodox church', and. a valued clii ector in the ohaeita.ble and benevolent institutions of the city until his death. A great convention of a urches was once called to confer on evangelical work for theWest at the 8 cora Church of Cincinnati, of which 1 e was. then pastor. In this conventio he expected to take a prominent par. His good wife felt that he must ham a new suit of clothes, Bo she went ith him to Luken's on Main Streft, near the present Court House, a d. had him measured. The contra° was to be filled the day before the convention. The price was $25, On thday named Mrs. Beecher called for t e new suit. It was not ready, but would be ready the next morning in set son for the opening of the convention. As the Doctor started f r the city in the morning, hia wife g ve him the money,with strict itijunct 0139 to call for his clothes on his way dot tie meeting end pay for them and put !them on. He must "be sure not to forget," as those he had on were quite seedy,i,and he would not be presentable on the! platform in sueh rusty attire. 1 It was an all -day meeting. Mrs. Beecher did not see him! again until night. When evening cange, and he re- turned, behold he was wear ng his old clothes, for he had forgott,en all about the new ones. His wife Eiently chided him for his remissness,amir asked for the 125, afieuag, "I'll go dawn !early in the meaning and get them, and see that you have thent on before You go to the convention. Just give me the money." Money! He knew nothing about raoneY- Search was made all ever and ' throitgh him wherever money :could be hidden, but no money could be found. "Now husband," with no little tremor of anxiety," what have you done with that money ?" It was a peat sum in thoae da.ya for a Lane Seminary profes- Seen wife to have. The Doctoe was in - noted as a lanab. He had no reoollec- title, he said, of,having had any money. And there they stood; both were alike °Mounded. No new clothes and no money, what could be done? A great Western con- vention of ministers and laymen in aes- Bien at his own church, and. he in seedy garraents 1 Luken trusted them for the new suit, lout the money was gone. A long search and mach enquiry brought to light the fact that a. collection had beetaken in the convention, and Dr. Beecher findiog Bomethin „in. Ids vest Pocket as the box passed ire put it in without a moments tho ght of how ninth it wa.s or ho tv it catiae there. Dr. Beecher was one of the earliest, meet faithful, enthusia tic and un - teasing friends of the Am Haan Board of Missions. 1 attendedL the annual Meeting of the Board in the old Broad- way Tebernacle, New Yoik City, about the year 1845. Dr. Beedger was pres- ent; he always expected to speak, I think, at its annual meetings, and the people expected him no les. He had coro;e from the "Far West," as it Wat3 then called. Eff was a little seedy outside, perhaps, b t bright as a liew dollar within. For ome reason, known, only to the ma1agers of the another nptaker substi uted without 1 meeting), he was, pushe aside, and consultation or apology. The substitute in his opening began with an expression of regret that, owing to the infirmities of age or fatigue of travel, the celebrat- ed Dr. Beecher was excused, and he,the speaker, was called "most uneapeotedly aiad regretfully "to take his place. Dr. Beecher was on the platform, wholly ignorant 'of this change of programme. He looked on with amazement, and then sprang to his feet and cried out, "Mr Moderator, Mr. Moderator I there is some mistake here. Infirmity I Why sir,I -was never better in my life. I don't understand it, sir I" There stood the substitute in silence, as though he had been struck and paralyzed. The audience too, were full of anxious surprise. Before any one could recover from the sudden inter- ruption or have courage to apeak in ex- planation, Dr. Beecher was off at full speed. He electrified the audience tvith a missionary apeech such as had sel- dom been heard, even ou such an oc- casion. It WaB spontaneous, and simply grand and magnificent. .It was full of fire, impulse and Beecherism. The un- fortunate substitute, meantime, had re- tired to a back seat, feeling " regrets " for hifrown unfortunate venture quite as poignant, evidently, as those which he had expressed for Dr; Beecher's sup- posed "infirmities " of age. Winter Wheat Prospects in the United States. Owing to the severe winter which has been experien ed people generally are most anxious o have authentic infor- mation regarding the winter -wheat crop of the United States this yEar. Ru- mours have long been current that the severe cold, floods, bug, fly, &c., had caused so great destruetion in most of the Winter wheat -growing districts that the cam was sure to be an utter failure. This is a great exaggeration. Some time ago the prospects in some districts were far from bright, but in a great many instances morefavourable weather has set in,ancl greatly changed the pros-. pect. Reports from reliable sources have been received - from ,the various counties and towns of the great grain States of the West and Northwest. These, taking them altogether, show that while the crop this year will not yield the 410,000,000i bushels of last year, yet it will be fully up to the aver- age. In some States there will be a very considerable falling off from the crop of last year; but then in otlaere there will be a great increase, which though insufficient to bahtnce the de- crease, will prevent the general yield from falling below the ordinery average. The yield of last year, it must be re: membered, was altogether exceptional.. It was only surpaesed by the extraordi- nary crop of 1880i which produced 500,- 000,000 bushels. The reports from Dakota are, very cheering. This State is now bidding fair to wrest the laurels from Minne- sota for supremacy in the Northwest for wheat production. There is a bril- liant prospect generally throughout the State of a good winter wheat crop this year ; in some instances the yield pro- mises to be even greater then. that of last year. In Aberdeen there is an esti- mated increase of 10 percent. over last year, and in Chamberlain ne less than 25 per cent. increase; while in the new wheat region of Lisbon the yield is ex- pected to be twice that of lest year. At Valley City the acreage under wheat (2,400 acres) is much greater than usual, and an increase of 15 per cent. is esti- mated in the yield. At Yankton,again, there is a falling off, but that is ,caused through the farmers planting more corn and less wheat. Altogether the yield from Dakota is estimated to reach 20,- 000,000 bushels. In Illinois there is about the same acreage wader wheat this year as last, viz.: 2,905,185 acres. Last year the crop yielded 51,000,000 bushels; but this year the yield is estimated at 28 per cent. less. The reports from Mar- shall, Bureau, and other northern parts of the State, report a probable average cop; but then the reports from the southern parts are much under. T -be -reports feom Indiana were very &wily a. few weeks ago; but the crops heve,gteatly improved in appearance since then, and the prospects are now much brighter. Still, the yield of 47,- 000,000 bushels last year from this State will not be reached this year by about 15 percent. There is not so much winter wheat sown in the southern part of Iowa this year as there was last. Elsewhere in the State the acreage heel been increas- ed 112 BOUte instances 15 per cent. Tak- ing the reports as a whole the crop this year from ,that State will be about an average. In Kansas last year the wheat crop was the largest ever known, and 25 out of 36 reports received state that there is also a good crop this year; 18 are to ;the effect that it is as good as last year, and the remainder say that it is equal to the average. But the acreage under winter wheat is less this year. Of the 36 reports received 17 staite the acreage as less, 14 as about the Berne, and only 5 as larger. Fall reports have not been received to cover the whole State of Kentucky, but there is little doubt that the wheat crop there will he much Under that of last year. The acreage lunder winter wheat is from 8 to 10 per cent. more ; and yet the Government _Commissioner recently estimated that the crop this year will not reach above 70 per gent. of that of last year. On the other hand the reports now received state that the decrease will be only from 10 to 15 per cent. For instance, while at Lexington last year the yield. was 484,000 bushels, and this year it in only estimated at 400,000 bushels, yet at Ressellville the crop of 800,000 bushels ofi last year is estimated to be exceeded -this year by at least 200,000 bushels. Minnesota laaff been falling off in its wheat production during the last three years. In 1880 it had 21961'842 acres under wheat; in 1881, 2,884,160 acres; in 1882, 2,572,254 acres ; and this year it is estimated that it haat' still farther declined to 2,490,000 .ore:. The crop last year aggregated 2,57 ;967 bushels, and it is estimated t at if the weather continues propitious; and other condi- tions favorable, the yiel• will reach about the same figure this sear. No less than 75 pa cen e of the re- ports from Missouri. 4re vo the effect that the wheat crop qual that of last year, and it was the est e'or experience. -ed by that State. he emaitider of the reports state that th re will be a failing off to an aver ge o about 20 to 25 per cent. There i , hof t ever, an in - areas° in acreage an er w teat this year of from 10 to 15 per cent. Notwith- standing, the result 4f the reports is, that the total yield f m Missouri this year will not be quite up to the average, as in certain diatrict the crops have suffered severely. In Nebraska the 'liter wheat has suffered severely fr m the backward season and frost, and no r liable report can as yet be given of tie prospects. The acreage ander winter vheat is about the same; and that ude' spring wheat 1.8 larger than in1882. The reports from , hio the most cheerless 6 all. an exceedingly bad w nter wheat in that Statel, be are perhaps It has been for the winter cause of fly, floods, and frost. ilast winter indeed that was the orst which State has ex- perienced for ten yea a. Recently the Governin nt Comm•ssioner estimated that the total crop th s year from there would only reach 2 ,000,000 bushels. The last report, however, indicates that it may reach from th.rty to thirty-three million bushels ; butt th ei best it will be from 20 to 30 pe cent. under last year. • In Wisconsiti co paratively little winter wheat is grow ; but the report of the present condit on of the crop is, that it is fair. Abou .20 per cent. more acreage is under whe t ire the Seventh District than last ye r. In Sheboygan couety again there i 25 per cent. less; while in Riclimon and, Waapaca . counties there is n increase. The prospects of the 'Ca p in Fond du Lac county is even better than last year. i g. TIle Roller Proes of Flour Nla The rapidity with vdlich the princi- ples of -the " Gradua tem." in milling,by t being adopted in the Canada, is a striking -sic merit 'of the syste to keep abreast with the rat advanced Egmondville, their enter - g theGradual ir mill, and rocess._They a large ad - and are at Jing the mill at a aro entirely new which converts he most perfect e new machinery is now being put in u der, the charge of Mr. H. Hollingsh.ead, Who has had large experience in building roller mills in Canada and the United States, and e bet millwrights he D minion. The by t e well:known ullqch, of Galt, whigh is a sufficient, uar ntee, that it wilt be first-class, , and f the latest and most improved hind. The mill when finished will co tai four run of stone, eight sets of c ille iron rollers, four large Middlings Purifiers, one large Excelsior bran uste , one Eureka smut machine, one Mo arch wheat brushing atid finishing achine, ORO large, Richmond grain s parator, one cockle machine, one magnetic separa- tor, enr large Excelsi r packer either for hags or barrels, fie sdalping reels, five lam bolts, conta ning in all about twenty6bolting reels, hree large stock hoppers, and quanta es et conveyors, elevators, shafting,an Other machinery too numerous to men ion ' n this article. The mill will be driv n by two powerful 80 horee power Leffel wat rotvheels,and during low water by a m gniffeent 80 horse power Corliss engin . To take a view of the p oblern pf suc- cess In milling would seem ngly indicate thaethe conditions upon hich it de- pends are few, simple, and easily at- tained; leat those . ho have been longest and most e,xt naively ;engaged iu the pursuit, and hi ve e rue distinc- tion 41 it, well knowl he f Ilacy of such an opinion. • Nevert °leis it is true that .milling is not les a s,c ence than an art, and the more p rfe4 the know- ledge possessed by t e • iller of its various departments, the etter is he , qualified to oondrict it sue °Saintly. The aim and ambition of an intelligept and progressive miller i to achieve the highest possible snece s in his Calling. Among the arts few, i , ineed any, are more necessary to mankind than the miller's. If "broad i the staff of life," , _ certemly he who con erts wheat into flour plays no small p ,rt in the problem of foods -supply. To ake good bread good flour is necessa and the produc• tion of good flour depends, first, upon the selection of the grain, • so then upon it e manipulation from the time it enters he mill until he final disposi- tion of • the various "redacts derived from it, and at each s age of the various processes, skill, jud ent and care are demanded. Primaril :, sound wheat is neceesary in making 'good flour, and after this improved mechinery is indis- pensable. Without these, skill, judg- ment and knowledge *ill not avail. In securing a uniform brand of flour some- thing Ore is neccensary, than that wheat ehall be sound. Millers of large and constant experience admit that judgment issometime at fault in the selectiqn of wheat sui ed. to their wants in the Manufacture of a particular kind or quality of flour. It is affirme that there are some wheats rich in luten Reduction Sys e use of rollers,are rifted States and roof of the intrin- . And in order methods of milling w notice that Messrs Kyle & Musts, d,of deserve great credit for prise and pluck in ad ptie Redaction System i doing away with the id have been obliged to uil ditio,n to this popule mil presont busy remocle heavy expense, with, run of machinery,! wheat into flotir by process now in use. T is saidtto be one of th and draughtsmen in t machinery is supplied. Arm of Goldie & Mc which produce indifferent flour, while wheat -poor in gliaten always produces flour of an inferior quality. The re- cognized fact that wheat must be very clean before it scan enter the rollers, can hardly be too highly' appreciated. That its importance is widely felt is shown by the rapid multiplication and use of grain -cleaning machinery within a few years in this countrY, and the result is seen in the superior excellence of the flour made. In order to have a clear understanding of what is required in preparing' grain for th g rollers, let us look for a moment at the bran envelope of a grain of wheat. It has a somewhat complicated structure. There is a thin covering,. a scale or husk, over the great- er portion of the bran proper, which proceeds from the fuzzy or bushy tail at one end of the grain. The microscope shows that particles of dust and dirt accumulate in the furze or pellicle, and else at the germ end of the grain. All foreign matters, including the sub - 'stance mentioned, must be removed or the quality of the 'flour, both as to color and comniercial value will suffer. If these foreign matters are not thorough- ly removed it .will not be possible to Procure flonr free from specks,, for in, the procesa of milling by the cild pro- cess much foreign' matter is reduced to particles as fine as the flour itself, and it is quite impossible to remove these in dressing, unless 1,y, the use of rollers and the gradual reduction system, which overcomes the above difficulties. A short description of the gradual reduction system as adopted' by Messrs. Kyle & Mustard will not be out of place hete. • The gradual reduation system, as itie termed, has for its object the seperaticen of the impurities from the nutiritions1 portions of the wheat by the use of! chilled iron rollers. After the wheat has been thomughly cleaned it passes through a magnetic, seperator, and is then put through a' series of reduction rollers, whieh crack or crush the wheat without grinding it, or pulverizing the bran. Thp first of these machines is known as a deger- rninator. By means of the rapid chilled iron rollers it merely cracks the kernels of the wheat through the seam, the cracked wheat is then run through the first scalping reel, which takes out all the flour and middlings, ale& the fine blue klust lodged in the seam, and with it the dark colored germ, and Which in all other processes injures the grade of flour. The wheat thus cracked is then returned to theism:aid pair ot roller, which are a little finer than the first, it is again put through a scalping reel, and so on until it is pat through six more con)Vete sets of rollers, and each time the line flour ef,nd broken mid- dlings is separated from reel, until finally little from the tail end of the 1 The bran is sent to the flour and middling it by a seelping but bran droPs st set of rollerS. he bran duster, taken eat by the scalping reels and sent to the bolt- ing room, where the different products are separated. The finished flour is sent to the packer, and the middlings is sent to the middlings purifier, which takes out all the light fibrous, fuzzy matter which is most injUrous to the flour, where the purified middlings is then ground by the stones, when it is sent to the bolts 'when the process is finished. :Flour made by this process is much whiter and stronger, and when thoroughly tested contains from 15 to 20 per cent. of gluten, and a proportion- ally lees amount of starch. Here is an increase of nearly 15 per ceut. in the most valuable constituents of the floor over the old process of milling; The mill will be run by Mr. David Charles- worth, whose reputation as a first-class miller is unquestioned, as he has long stood at the head of his -profession as a miller.. , The mill will be finished and in full operation about the 15th of May, and will be one of the most complete and finest mills in Canada, making a better grade of flour both for the farmer and for merchant work than can be pessiloly made by the old process. Messrs. Kyle and Mustard are well know as being reliable, prompt; ener- getic, and entitled to the confidence of the public in every respect, and we have much pleasure in wishing them success with their new departnre in Canada. Laboring men are scarce in Galt. —A dog show will be a feature of the next central fair at Hamilton. —Princess Louise pays daily viaits to the charitable and other public institu- tions of Ottawa. s, —McGill University has conferred ou His Excellency the Governor-Gertera1 the degree of L. L. D. —About 3,000 British emigrants are expected to arrive at Montreal next week en route to the Northwest. —The Princess Louisewas presented with an address by the corporation ef Ottawa on Saturday last. - —Henry Catt, of Bosanquet, has ten ewes which this spring gave birth to 30 lambs, only one of which has died. —W. Wallace, son of the Superin- tendent of the Hamilton Insane Asylum,, is accused of seducing Annie Wallace, an attendant. —Mr. C. Blackett Robinson, publish- er of the Canada Presbyterian, left Toronto last Monday on a visit to thp Old World. —Mr. John Garlant, who is now past 70 years of age, took the first prize at a plowing match near Brantford, on the 15th inst. —Pike are very 'numerous this season in the tributary streams of the Grand. River. Large numbers have been cap- tured by sportsmen. —Mr. John Schultz, of Baden, well and favorable known as "rich Schnitz," died on Tuesday at the advanced age of 73 years. Mr. 8. had always been a very healthy man never having been ill ere his final sickness. He was buried on Thursday at Hofstettffer's baryin,g place. The deceased is said to have been worth about $80,000. —A project is on foot to establish the first Ganedian worsted manufactory at Montreal. The promoters are Montreal and English capitalists. —.According to the Assessors returns, Beverly township in the county of Wentworth county has 8067 acres of fall wheat 2071 horses and 500 dogs. —A five year old child of Mr.Simard, M. P., of Montreal, fell into a tub of boiling water, and was scalded to death last Friday night. —The firm of Cant, Gourley & Com- pany, of Galt, are furnishing machinery for a large planing mill and sash and door factory being erected at Stonewall, Manitoba. —It is said the Vie -Regal party will leave Ottawa on or about the 23rd of May, visiting Toronto and other cities before repairing to the seaside. —Rev. Dr. Cook, for 47 years pastor of St. Andrew's church, Quebec, has resigned his charge. He was ordained to the ministry half a century ago. — Samuel Wilcox, of Bosanquet near 1 Sarnia, sowed two fields of barley be- fore the middle of April. Wheat was sown in the same locality on the 19th of April. —The Hamilton License Comnaission- era have granted 85 tavern. and 60 shop • licenses. The total number allowed for the city is 90 tavern and 75 shop Lifson - ,1308. --Rev. Donald Ross, M. A., B. D., of Lachine, has been appointed to the Faculty of Theology at Queen's -Univer- sity. He will take the chair of Greek • exigesis and apologetics. — The •Canadian Women's suffrage Society in Toronto have petitioned Par- liament to amend the Franchise Bill so as to include married women. holding the property qualification in their own right. —A bequest of 1200,000) left by the 1 late Armagh Huntingdon, of Brantford, 1 for the benefit of the common schools of Vermont, has just come into possession of the State authorities after a legal contest. . . —The Little Rideau murderer, Fred- erick Mann, was arraigned et the Assize Court at L'Orignal, Monday, and plead- ed not guilty to the charge of murder- ing the Cooke family, The trial opened Tuesday. an Morrison, son of Mr, Angus Morrison, 12th concession, West Wil- liams, a lad of fifteen or a* teen years of age, had his , leg broken one day g recently by a log which hei was tryin to load rolling over upon hirh. —John Mahler, of Delaware,chopped, split and piled 600 cords of hardwood, and squared !timber for a barn 40x6G. the work waS perfOrmed in four and a half months 'on the farm of Wm. Bran- ton, Delaware. —The Dominion Minister of Agricul- ture has met the demand of British Columbia for increased immigration grants with an undertaking to circulate pamphlets in Europe, and an offer of a bonus for each settler in the Province. — Miss F. M. Jones, daughter of Hon. A. G. Jones, of Nova Scotia, has had two pictures accepted by the Paris, France, Salon. Eight thousand pic- tures were sent in to the Balon, five thousand of which were rejected. —Rev. A. Wilson, of Kingston, has denounced the Salvation Army in the strongest terms. He says their pracf tices are in opposition to truth and true religion, and that they separate people from the Church of Christ. —Rev. H. Pahtahquahong Chase, I dian missionary of • St. Paul's, St. ohn's and Zion churches, in Muncey alnd Oneida, has applied for superan- nuation, he having been twenty years in the work, and. failing health has caused him to retire. —Last Friday Mr. Parker, of the Sandwich fishery, took seVeral million of young whitefish down to Lake Erie and deponited 2,250,000 at the mouth of the Detroit river, west qf Bois Blanc island, and about 12,000,000 down the shore near the island. —It is stated that the route of the proposed extension of the Quebec. and Lake St. -John Railway to James' Bay is an easy one, the grades being nothing compared with those of the Canada Pacific, and the growth of timber large and luxuriant. - —A new fast train is to be run be- tween Detroit and Niagara Falls, over the Great Western division of the Grand. Trunk, to be known as the St. Louis Express, and will make close connections at the Fella with Rochester and New . York trains. • - —James Orchard, a brakeman, on the Great Weatern division of i the Gra,nd Trunk, while coupling cars at Hamilton on Friday morning last had his foot caught by •the break beam, and the wheels passed over it, crushing the member ebligely in a shocking manner. —About 300 Irish immigrants,Chiefly families, arrived in Montreal on Mon- day, en route to St. Paul, Minnesota, in charge of a yoring priest. i They came from Connemara, many being ill -clad, the children barefooted, and. all upper - l ently in most destitute condition. —The a essrs. Dougall, proprietors of the Mont eal Witness, have apologized to Allan i C. Hamilton, the court clerk, for the , wrong done him in their col- umns, aad will not now be prosecuted at the assizes to which they had been wra—mTihteLeaGrand Trunk cOntemplates establishing a daily export' train of re- frigerator cars from Chicago to Montreal, connecting with the Allan and Dominion line of Steamers. The cars will. run directly to the docks of the steamers in Montreal, and transfer will be made expeditictsisly and safely. —The drove of fine fat cattle from Mr. Rennie's farm at Markham were among the 423 head that were on the 'Brooklyn' which was oast away on April 6th on a ledge of rock about one and a half miles from Portland. The cattle were re -shipped on the 'Montreal' on the 20th. The cause of the wreck was that the pilot was deceived by haze. Of course the cattle will have lost a good deal of their bloom on arriving in Eng- land, after such a long voyage as this will be. • —An enterprising down-easter, John Curran by name, undertook to smuggle some 11,500 worth of cigars across the Province line at Lacolle, Quebec, the • other day. The customs officers dis- covered him and gathered him in; to- gether with his horse •and -wagon, and the load of cigars. — Messrs. Chas. Hulet and Stephen Lossing, of South Norwich, left Norwich a couple of weeks ago for Alabama, on business. The latter named gentleman already owns 6,000 acres of land in that part, and both he and Mr. Hulet pro pose purchniaing large tracts of pine timbered land during this trip. , — Canadian ihay exporters to the United States, who were compelled to pay double customs duty by Ameirican officials for many years, have appealed to the ,Doininion Government to get them a return, Of the amount illegally extracted fro ttr them. The sum ex- ceeds 11,000,009. —Quebee papers announce the death of Mr. H. S. Se6tt, for many years one of the most protoinent and respected of merchants it that city.. He was long the head of the wholesale hardware firm of H. S. Soott & Co., but had re- tired from that firm and from active business some time before his death. —The Cs.nads. Gazette contains the following appointments: His Horror Edward Dewduey, Lieut. -Governor of the • Northwest Territories; • Hugh Richardson,of Battleferd ,Saskatchewan, and James Farquharson Mc,Leod, C. M. G.,of Fort McLeod,to be Commissioners to eat judicially in extradition matters within the new territories. --Last Friday two sons of Simon C. John, while hunting squirrels on the Oneida Reserve, found_ a chipmunk in the wood pile. The younger brother went round the wood pile to locate the animal, and told his brother to shoot with the revolver. He did so, but the ball accidentally struck his brother in the head, fatally injuring him. — A wager of $25 is upon eiaatiiming. contest between a prominent _Dorches- ter farmer, who weighs 200 lbs., and a youth who has had some experience in the Bowery theatre, New York. The matter will likely come off on Domin- ion Day when the poetry of motion and double shuffle will be properly ex- hibited. —An Ottawa gentleman found a, ball on the street, which his lively imagina- tion immediately conjured into dyna- mite, and the still more imaginative public built a plot to blow up the privy Council chamber. An examination of the mysterious missile revealed it to be a wooden ball. — An accident of a serious nature happened at Longwood station on Fri- day of last week. Mrs. Kinch, of Mount • Bridges, was on her way to visit her daughter at Wendigo, but when getting off the train at Longwood, which she attempted to do before it came to a full stop, was thrown violently to the ground and her head cut in a fearful manner. It is doubtful if she will recover. —A couple who were married in the vicinity of London a few days ago, ap- war to be more timid than wise. When the proper hour of night for retieing arrived they bade each other good-bye as if nothing unusual had occurred, and the gallant youth hied himself away to the friendly shelter of his father's roof, leaving his bride he the safe retreat of her mother's domicile. —A Drambo correspondent says there is such a demand for horses in that vicinity that almost any animal will fetch from 150 to 1100, regardless of age, if it can only draw a plow or wagon. Alex. Thompson, near Washington, sold a fine pair of Luoksall colts to P.Irving, of Drumbo, for $340, one three and the other four years old, and they are con- sidered cheap. —Mrs. Thos. Mackay, of Richmond street, London, was entertaining Botrie friends at her house the other evening, and while crossing the room to perform some duties, she accidentally slipped and fell heavily to the floor. When assisted to a lounge it was found that the lady had broken one of her wrists and dislocated the other. —Mrs. Langtry closes her engage- ment with Henry E. Abbey next week. She intends, however, to make a tour lasting four weeks on her own account. She will cease acting Rine 2nd, and then visit the different watering places until July 15th. Then she will sail for Europe, pass through London, and study for two months at Paris under Regnier. She will commence her next season's acting at Montreal on Oct. 29. — Mr. Robt. Gowanlock, of Maple Hill Farm sold a few days ago to Mr. Rich- ardson, egg merchant, Walkerton, a fine heavy draught black horse for the sum of $200. The horse is a fine one and weighs 1,400 pounds. Mr. Gowanlock bought the animal a year ago for $134, thus clearing 164 by the "dicker." Mr. Gowanlock also bought a mare a few days ago from a man at Vesta, which weighs 1,200 pounds. — Intelligence has been received of the death Of John Irwin, who was for upwards of twenty years an engineer upon the Great Western Railway. Last fall he left London, and went to the Western States, taking a luckative 'position on the Northern Pacific, but a short time ago he became seriously ill, and was placed in the city hospital at Denver, Colorado, where he expired in a few days. He leaves a wife and one ebiliL —In some parts of Blenheim pigs are very scarce and high, this spring. A great number of young pigs have died, and the havoc still continues. Some live until they are about two weeks old and then die. John Irving, of Rich- wood, a popular pig breeder, had two thoroughbred Berkshire sows litter in March and lost every pig—some 20 in number—at from a few day a to 3 weeks 1 old. As he had been offered 05 each for the pigs at 6 weeks old his joss may be reckoned at $100, Brood BOWS are Belling at auction sale at from $25 to 185 each. —Students, teachers,aqad all interest- ed,will take notice that the intermediate second and third class examinations will begin on Tuesday, the 3rd of July, at 9 a. nanand conclude on Saturdaysthe 7th of the same week, at 1.05 p. m. The first grade 0, commences at Tor- onto on Monday, 9th of July, at 2 p.m., and ends at 11 a. na. on Saturday. The professional first commences at 11.06 se, m. on Satniday, the 14th of July, and l i lasts until Monday evening. -First grade A an B commences on Tuesday, the 17th off- uly, and concludes on Fri - de.), , the 20b. .• —One day Mrs. Fraser, of Carrick township, was in the barn attending to some fowl. She had a pail ha her hand and a hen jumped into it, A little four year old girl, who had accompanied her mother to the barn, went to drive the hen away, when she was attacked by a rooster. The bird flew up in the child's face, strikiug her with its spurs, in- • flicting serious wounds, while with its bill it attempted to pick out her -eyes, and would. no doubt have succeeded had not her mother came to her rescue. As it was the little girl was badly cut and scratched, from which blood ran in etreams. —Miss Ellen Matheson, whose mother resides in Tilsonburg, left the employ of Mr. John Christopher, Ingersoll, some eight months ago under suspicious eircemstances, and has not been heard from since. It is needless to say that the mother is distiessed on account of her long ._abeence and uncertain where- abonts. An,y information would he most gladly reoeived by her. The girl is about 20 years oM,,is English by birth and in her accentiis of medium height, has light hair, hazel eyes, and has two soars, one on each side of her neck. —A petition will shortly be presented to the Ontario Government for the removal of the present Cottage asylum for idiots at Orillia. This building, which was formerly used as a hotel, is situated on the principal business street of the town, and detracts materially from tbe beauty which has made Orillia celebrated as a summer resort. Aside, however, from this and the ravings of the inmates, the internal equipment of the building is such as to create alarm, and shculd proper precautions be not taken an. epidemic is feared during the warm weather. . —The ceremony of blessing the new bell at St. Mary's Chathedral, Hamilton, by Bishop O'Mahoney, of Toronto, took place last Sunday evening. A proces- sion from the sanctuary to the parch, ' where the new bell was placed, was formed, headed by an acolyte bearing a cross; followed by several other acolytes and priests, and last by the Bishop in fall canonicals with crozier. The Bishop was assisted by Very Rev. Fathers Heenan and O'Leary. Psalms appropri- ate for the occasion were chanted and the Bishop delivered an address. —The Committee of Industrial EX. hibition Association on Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs met in Toronto last week to - revise the prize -list for the next Ex- hibition. In addition to the members of the Association present, Prof. William Brown, of the Agricultural College, Guelph, was also in attendance, by in- vitation of the Directors, and rendered valuable assistance in the revision of the list. The prizes for cattle were coil-. siderably increasediprincipally on:Efere- ford. A clam was also added for Merino sheep. The Elkington shield was added for the best exhibition of cattle at the fair. The prize -list as revised makes the amount offered in Dri.Z.BB for live stock the hest ever made in Canada. —Two men entered a jewelry store . at Portage la Prairie the other day and • bought an 11_18 gold chain for which they gave a $20 bill and received n change. When the men were leaving the store the clerk heard MC of them remark - that " the fool never noticed it." Think- - bag something was wrong, the clerk examined the 120 bill and found that it was a spurious one belonging to a Lower Canada bank which has been defunct for some time. He called, the men back and directed their attention to the facts. They didn't know anything ' about it. But the clerk intimated that his telephone connected with the police station. They then paid the 118 in good money. —Judgment was given by the Su- preme Court a few days ago, upon an important point involving the liability of railway companies to protect the public at crossings. A Custom House officer was -injured by a locomotive upon a creastng 011 the public highway, and the lower Collet awarded him damages. Theital of the railway company was ' dismiss , the Court holding that the railway company, after permitting the public to arose and re -cross their tracks at pleasure without taking any precast'. ' tionary measures to protect the public, could not now plead that the intured person was a trespasser by walking on their tracks. —A short time since the Collector of Customs at Montreal seized - and com- mitted to the fit/zees a volume each of Paine and Voltaire's questionable works. Mr. Lawrence, the importer, tinder the auspices of the Free Thought Club entered an • action against the vigil- ant Mr. Ryan for damafts, with a' view of testing,his legal rig., to con- fiscate the books. Messrs. Tait & Ab- bots, the soliciters of the Customs, have filed an answer in court giving the ' following five grounds as a defence foci the plea: lst. No notice of the claim as required by this Act was given. 2nd. That the amount due for duties was not tendered with the action. 3rd. t That notice to deliver back the books was not sufficient. 4th. No duties mere offered to be paid; and 5th. Their im- portation is subject to forfeiture, as the.. s publications are of an immoral amd in: decent character.