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-taking.
ence our Semi, u
ait
TAXI NG
VEERS, . AND
,:kfO THE
E THIS MONTH
d•LT OFFER
pducenaents
CASH
{ Gaods�
rani ens,
Blanket4
o things,
ster np&.
col 'Hosiery,
:
G% -yes, c C
ECLAT
G tNS
FURS.
FAUL,
RY COBS MAlip
FORTH:
Althaagh in feeble,
me"befor€ her death-
au
eathau was felt of a ser- ..
blrs. Stewart was: of
lion, and carried the
:e of an undemonstrate
he associations of life,,
ng and ciensiderate
Elul care cheeredand.
ieliaing years of her
made his: home, with
ars.: She was: a ten -
mother,, Whose sound
onghtful . concern se-
song hold upon her
ince, respect; and of-
he relations of social
rself a kind attd gen::
though naturally re-
1 those: with whom.
eta her friendship was
triag character.. She
humble i estimate: of
ink from; the more
We. Although called.
fully prepared which.
lonaoling'. thought to?
her losse
of the Nova Scotia_
coneiste of.100 shipa
brigs 6 t taam.ers, and
all 225 draft of & ton-
na Thisitetal is .5,853•
t of 1882i, for says the
there Were 'oat dtrr-
esseia of 8,498 togs
;were soil, and 30, of
o corideored. How
w building 12 vessels
trig four less in num:.
ii excess :ef the cornet
last year.
4th iusf., about mid -
take Road ea.st,Bosan
copied at the time by
k fire and was burned
The inmates barely
Ir les and very few
ved. Sortie $700 in
te, =Mrs Smith, wag.
tt-b ttt ``250 of Which
tf th ulc ren had lig
.by taming from au
and thc. -family had ta
ciuthes: "liy the neigh--
handser> a girl named
',etcher, cf a tighter of a
IIrr1Ftre 1, d liberate-
s of rat fiuis,n which
purcha sed iu a druge
at, is S-aturday, and.
(very effoet to save her-
teri.lenca: she died on
t letter fumed in her
_r.:.1 to a ;aoung clerk.ilk
IS evident -die pre-
aerti't le ° act of self--
o . qualtrel had het
ieitaea c elle found
withon.t liim. An in -
it is expect-
nrnerits Will cone out.
taken irk her aunt's
Eased wall on a visite
r and e eerful. up to ..
it was her eeeond at-
t unhaw, career.
•SEVENTBIEN
WHOLE NUMB
BOCK 8
OUR
t.,� 0 S. The Reeve' of Wiry le di- and. fth
County Tr ' as er.
To the Editor of the i 0 E+xpositoa.'
DEAR Sin,-inUsever 1 fiprrs in th s
county there appeared o the 4th hist ,
a letter from Col. Rose referring to hs
dismissal from the O. a ty Treasure
ship, in which he to . e csoisider"ab.
pains to bring my ' eprominentl
before your readers, : n i a -mann
which is evidently in :n e l to oast
stigma upon 'roe and p,ae me in r ith:r
an unfavorable light •eft rhe the poli
I think it is but du : n myself an
friends, that I should i 6 full e.
planation of the whole : tter, an m
aonduot and -action in fo Erection t er
with. € _ ''
At the tim ° that Col..Ross rec ive
the appointment of Prr viticial Tea:
urer, and previous tot h eleutio
visited. Wingham, and in ompauy wit
another, gentleman, c& Heti upou e : t
my place of business..':' • :-then to1 me
that he had received a appoint e t
of Provincial Treasure' , : nd in fn th r
conversation said that eIes. not al e
so sure that he was d o right, s e
was giving up whathe nsidered ce
tainties for uncertai tie:, referring I
• considered to the Cou v easurershi
and agency of the ban . ongratela
ed him on -receiving! t ppoiut e t
and told him that as f r s 1. was co
cerned I would be plea e d to see hi
returned without: op oe tion. 1 . he
appointed a delegatert . a t nd the `o
servative Convention I told my fr en s
that I was oppoed to ;ten •ng ou an.
opposition, f eling that it s au on r
to have our r'epr cental iv mem er f
the Governmen. I ':xp sled yse f
freely on this point . t•l a orruers an
Conservatives alike. al ons ha a
eased Me of.actingdece tf ll with efe -
ence to the Coun. y Tre,.su a ship. id I
act deceitfully in this 6 so a well ? Co
Ross was return d - by a clamati n s
Provincial Tre surer: he ge er 1
topic of converse ion, e . pe i llv am ng t
members' of t e counet , a who. Won'
be likely torr cei`ve .;th . a ppintmeli t f
County Trea . at 0 ly a short
elapsed, ho ever, be.'or the sever 1
members of t o ounci' re ved a n i.
ber of applic do a for he aipoint men
and one of • t e first t ly was M .
P Y �
Adamson, o r respect:d • nnty (ler
saying this vacancy vv? rid occ'r. f
the offce of C n ty T :a Eller, an, se
'ting forth his el ims • e` erally, v hie
be had a pe; et le la tp do. ' c
receiving Mr. A anaso:'s, circular an
feeling that he and C • 1.' Riess we e • .
intimate terms,I very orally co
eluded that the ►ppoint t won d e
made at the ecem per s scion. M .
Adamson himelf must evident y
thought so too, o herwilse t would e f
little use applyi g to me tiers of til t
council when here wa leo guar: nt e
that the same men we 1 . be ret:rn d
again. Such wa: the i ression on ray
m nd when I1att:uded t o meeti g f
t e Council in D:cem er, and as an ev -
duce that I was not the ; my one `iiol -
ing this opinio. , "we n all the ppl -
°eantsfor the post ion were there in ore+
and the prevail' • g opi io vas tha Co .
Ross would tend -r his nes- gnation n h s
return from Tor. nice
GRE�}T GHEAD SALE
'W1 ,L BE CONTIi UED
i
g this . Month,
ONE
BO,
e
r
e
e
OVER -H
HOUSAN
PAIRS
-OF NEW-I--
TS
EW-L
TS & HOES
JUST OPEN t D.
WHOLE 0 MY
WILL B SOLD AT P CES THAT
ILL EFFEC A
Speedy Clea ance,
In order
BOO
make room for the Finest
took of New Spring •
S and SHOES
Ever se::n in the County of Huron.
1A
11
DETERMINED TO
CREATE' INCREASE MY SALES
Miring t s season, and in order to ac-
cora lisp: this will sell goods
-STM CHEAP
•
1300TS AND- SHOES
MADE TO ORDER.
PROM TLY ATTENDED T'0.
i
EO-
S�E
G E GOOD,
'ORTH BOOT STORE.
..
On Wedbesda a re rt was in c
_resign at this se sion.- I, waver hel
number of men of h onncil an
mind that he w „tad r, Accor -
re i
that Col. Ross bad re u ed,from To'.
this session, ass ring eel hat I w s
to wait upon i Ira, be had take
the liberty of doing se bf my Ow
accord. He very plain yl old me th t
meeting of the cemacill *he ;his boo
would be properly and e efore le in
expire until the end ebreary an
" Col. Rose, I tell you friend ith
there is a feeling wit s I think,
resign at this' session. ' 0 expr see,
serprise that finch al eling shoal',
exist, and said ti such ' fe ling did exi:t
01 not a a
•
said, " Col. poiis 1 1 r..
but could yOt(' not put te yon r
at the end of th.e: 8411 ye 7
He replied th t it won] be °roper
13
present, .and t ey coult verse ena te
seven or -eight memberS oktipying ea
and mentione that thr lwere tem
.again if the- electoral ' ireised e
.franchise in a political se se. He 'Is
en instance w ere such ' ad been I it
Ross had any intention f elding oth
offices and belteve he lin One. • hi
is as nearly as I can r member th
nature of our conversatip on the
ject if not quite the wotte t hi in e
Col. Rohe 'conveys the rapressio
his -letter thee I.weited .p him u
person or party to wait! p • him,
had taken the tiberty of do g se of
own accord, believing that" I Geld
knew for a fact that a. Mai rity
pledged to remove him ,en appoint
other. What I said w s this : the
•
01
IS
•
an
ha
im
er
fj
SERF O
ut se it vile, ge erallY Suppose
Von of d in so, a feeling exist
al reas es. T is in Sone) mea
WINOI1A ;tamer iett, nota
lo ing it the ;report
of he oa hi Huron
iet rtf lee to last we
rec ors Of the :South ,
eta rt efittce the ••
or t e past_ year ha
lit le or no bal
le: se or ertn of te
1 er ear. The cost
ri t e emplticin of t
p id 'n .premiume
d all Fairs Were resp
to he iriexpliLa‘le con
ty Co eon this retch)
If° 18 3.1, Seeing
er, ffeted the mos
se: m to Bey the lea
le. T general op.
ay: to marty email
ng hay seen , fi to
ty outeal ri. deft,
ou
ud Ho icelturel Scar
nt Of 5411 leavieg the
ut i'a he cold, with
in net nee be addr
ty ou 'it of 1884 in 0
re urr
title of
rite F
ed
rev
is eoci
en en
adrni
the ett
; the
griou
The fo
ural So
The D
gricaltr
nnual
ha society,
ttended wi
he fact ha
oidieg
rucefie
ent of
9909 wa
n melt
e rem
wo year
terest
mounte
184 an
hut out
oath Hum
pring air
;oilers t
Orienit
lett we
et the
ig.theijasetehel
z'n'tire gr
eeiety
ent.
tont
sinceessf
the Step
dtviefatYthwer
inamene
prpachel
When w re
Wag so nt
acter. n t
dreught nd
arty go d,
great im
en all ov
Darham
younger
iug very
good, many
not hold.tig
being onil th
coarsen* o its
thing 61se.
Berkshir
1
•
•
1
•
hould
• 110
that
inten-
that
politi-
on.
of the
uron
their
mbers
es of
been
eding
Ce re-
s have
years
d for
lage of
d the
The
paid
e job,
e and
arTinhge
tively
uot of
n the
at the
has,
iberal
their
ds of
this
cipal
, most
on of
been
OWS
oe of
e the
y the
ounty
t one
at an
ed to
er to
hewed mar d ad-
mit yea s. T Fall
dither) f visit s Wag
•
previon years some
former show s •ap-
la t (me in genera excel -
ho ng eonalusive that
WO gr ;• e eattle notabl it the
an male of grea merit
ground. trite onl -class
era apt attributabl o the
wdel mote th any -
wide the Sufi( aud
'breeds, and ho gh no animals f dis-
tinguished xce Wee° were on Exhi-
no green i lo t. , The fpouttr were
keen, an if the sladvM of,1882 a 1883
the feathered, st ek Of this con ty, we
fine and Wadi elated mach a. ad of
any prey ous eh w. Dairy prod e wits
also one f the lee. ing featur and
coald no be ear ass d outside o Pro-
unfavora le peas rt of 1883, the ow of
fruit and Vegeta lee wee •eittraioli mary.
Perhaps he eel deptatments '1 ot up
to the st ndard ere the Mani actur-
hibits. The grain departmen WS,8;
tt
I B1
The re orts of the .Elarean of ndne-
gr in an other 1 s cif this Beet on of
coentry aye be: atteeted
We can illy' ex esti tlle hope t t the
i.
: took an dairy nt ests have roved
h hem rs f hi ;panty. 11 of
ich is aspect all submitted.
•
nd val d MOM.
he L. oC:donerrdlv
oelt place oe Fr
ears atm Joh
vill
printing rade, a
;less wit out ea
and without been
TT
Oofession
e ranch re
er
mana
rtiser
day la
the dveriser,
aged; bent the
hey ad tear
at ent in
ing dire
onipany
Twe
eiperience
ry
this
ected
or of
hieh
y odd
eron
en a
d the
busi-
king
They
w re'energetio, r liable and trust or by
men, and before 'many years the d er-
tis r. was an iufluentiaEl daily : nd
weekly newspaper, largely circ la ed
throughout the Wester perms 1a of
O tario. When John left the d�ter-
tis r to beoome Managing of the
GI be Printing Company, Willi m re-
mained to manage the Advertis r, the
bueirtess having been tre,nsferre to a
bo - pany. A few days ago h was
at aoked by inflammation; of the wags,.
w Toll required but a `short ti a to
ao onipl:ish its atal comission. The
de eased was nmarrie and r, si; ed
wi h his aged n` ther, who now de lures
he irreparable `loss
Canada.
he Toronto poaitry show pe • ed
to the public lash Friday.'' Nearl 1,100
binds were on ex "ibition.
Hamilton's waterwo ks payl, he
se phis of reoei is 'over; expendit•res
fo 1883 amount d to $46264. •
Mr. Angus etherland, of the ; rd
ooficession of B uoe, has mold hie, f: rm
to Mr. Gordon, o Kincardine for '� 3,100.
•---Rev. J. T.. ctgner, Roman 1 at o
lie . dean of W ndsor, is invitin • : ab-
aci iptions to a; 1 ttery. -
The Dominion Bank ste.tem:nt for
D comber shows that the liabiliti:s are
$1 5,812,744, an the assets $224,1 3,.
65
A steer whi h escaped from a car
10 d of cattle bei g unloaded at T•ro>to,
wee found next morning froz.n to
death. '
-The boot and shoe product •f the
D minion is worth upwattle of $1' ,0 ,-
0 , and involves the labor of 18 949
pe sons. ;
Fish peddlers have been very sac-
ce sful in spearing pike throngh holes
in the ice in the viciuity of Toren odar-
In the past week.
A. N_ ordbeimer, of Toront., xas
hen left $15,000 by his brother -i • .1ttw ,
J Iius Hallgonter, banker, New Y•rk,
w 086 will has been proved.
Mrs. Langtry is very rapidl u ak-
in a fortune. Her manager sa s her
pr. fits have never been lets than ��3 000
a eek this season.
-- Quite a disokission is going. n be.
tvdeen the curlers of Toronto, . nt eal
and Quebec; as to the relative m:rit: of
it n a stones" and granite stones.
Senator Bourinot, who bad seen
ea Bring from an attack of pa al,� sis
si ce last Friday night, died : t his
10 gings in Ottawa, Monday m. rn ng.
A dog and eat show was hel• in St.
John, New Brunswick, list wee" ; 200
ddgs and five cats were On exhi'it on.
This ie said to =bp the first cat s• o in
C nada.
Senator Schultz, who has ben! for
a ong time seriously ill, has so fad re -
co ercd as to ellipse him to atte d the
opening of Parliament on Th rsIday
of , erioon.
While sawiig up a. four foot, m pie
tr eon the farm' of Mr. Joan Mc I op
S.nthwold, a large iron} bulla as
fo : n41 imbedded in the heart of thei
tr
ly indisposed mad threatened it a
se ere attack If inflammation of the
R °Mon, relict Of the late Rev. E e ton
ye r. The sad vent -occurred 0 en-
d , in Toronto.
-Coal oil has been discovered, at St.
to a railway depet. The tend ha wet
0)31 7(1;10117d by Montreal capitali ts for
Elizabeth yam a pupil of c ool
nide' at the tecent High Soh ol en-
tr nee examination, he d in Mo nt
to n, prating t e school board o me
at noon instead f one hoar.
hi health, end last Sab ath re o ed
hi ministerial labors in S b. Jame st eet
at both services to oro ded co gr ga-
Ile •• over that v age on Tuesday. T ey
W re fiying in. a westerly course, lid
bh thernaoniete was at Zero.
-The total yi Id of the gold mi es
of ova Scotia urine 1883 was 14, 00
on ces, the valn being about 63 0, 00.
18 '6, being 28,3 4 ounces, and lo es ha
lg 4, being 9,14 0111308B.
Applioaticat will be made to la, -
meet for an act, o intuit 'orate a m-
• pimp with powe to collet et a u nel
or tubular subway under the St. C air
to aeds Port Miran.
A Minister in Mr. M ussean' ab -
of t least 6500,t30 in the rove u of
1.
tit falling off is 250,000.
-Tomlinson Bros.' steam ist
by fire last Frid y night. The 1 is
oo panics.' Th cause of the fire is n-
-LA. fire drill leas been institn in
of lire escapes will' be pla ed on oh
fla Each flat Will also Lave its m-
ixt y, properly trained WI mans. he
ho 0 in case of e ergency,. The et ts
Our readers twill remember r ng
fro typhoid Oyer, of Edgar N an
sp tor of the Waterloo Mutual me
41
ar
•
tit
1 years, died on Friday last firom
remising young merl.
-The nneal ball of the rder
railevay co ductors wee held a Loud
was Well
tb all parte of Canticle and aleo
of the Uni ed States.. Toronto
miry, pri r to his
ted by
hael
oil
ed.
reptesente
Guelph M
t Ottawa
VMS prase
loyees of the Me
en addre
respect an
eese the
itig and el
telt, insc
er. Royal
Misters
--Mr.
acle beef
eat on C
djoining
esteem f
air which
rincess Lo
sing Peel
ibed, heel
Highness
emy Gro
he front q
., of •hei
epart re
the
La-
-headed cane and
been shipped to
of Eliiira eel
one priltetak'tgi
The depth
ribs, next to
eaters, was ei
toff's held the dept of meat was
issued frcim the T ronto pit office
rid there ere pal 61, 32
ere, footle up no le a t
al
ontreal Ei! use of Re age is
of
lad
ht
r.
22.269 mo
6341,000,
oeey or an
1,290 000 ie
the !Sevin he
anahle to earn enou to pay for a ed.
The Witn es attrib tee this state o
Out under false pronali es.
4 The name of the firm of Met ars R.
G. Hurdman, le bermen, Otte a,
tv
fla5iotO. T s notes W8 e indorsed tIn g odl
Wh Rupp tied the siehatures of Meseri.1
Hu dman were genuine. The police arel
all r beet root impel' factory we e diej
elm week , without being pa'd t de
past due ages, for hich the. e elyl
The notorious windier e ey,1
aft
h as
six
rece
r victi
been
izing Mel
s, wh ch will b
in ng hi dupes tale
ense of his arrest en
An e centric ad
o Be at ontrealifo
tibean die Grandpa
his death e slept i
ery suddFly. Pot
ha made, and in:
be buried. He b
810,000, OD C01111
lehre inside of tt
The Othe night
it and „a;nassed
tn. eCarnai
ening th
t r ugh his pockets,
able watch, I 0
al
itig
Bep
her
bon ne et
abeetered
iht, on
lo
1
1
al
r e majority. ;In
onburg 117, So
dstock each 500
id that the def
the poor to the lc
11
18
1
Tor
co
a
ed from Montreal!
on's Bank htavily,1
disgorge eerier!
of his ill•goitem
equitably divided'
deducting the ex -i
ial in the court;
36 years, namedI
, died on Sundae/
hirty years before
coffin which he;
ion of heeling a;
He lived like a;
ealth.
•
hree men called
Intel's, on Shel-
. Their knook was
door received a
t rendered him
itors then went
robbing hitn of a
ain, and 6351 in
ouse by-law
defeated by a
ersoll gave 425,
th Norwich and
or the by-law.
at was owing to
the cost of keep -
se than at pres ,nt and would be
Ate, 9V. johu with, pastor, Was
pletel gutted by fire last Sunday
noon. Nothing s left but the bare
T
COU itirliD
it Elhge °Bs tri til
a, , the 11 urderet'of Grant Silcox, at
iddlemize, were the parties who cern-
itted th numerous ;el asked burglaries
i that di trict chitin! the past twe or
three months. He d tailed the eircum-
sta.-aces at ending the robbery of Ja es
CO, pbell nd others.
One day lately eorge Best, 'rpm
t o well reseed men who asked him
to c ange a 620 bill Best, to !oblige
hi •• drew out hiS terse, whicia laas
p o ptly witched from his hand, nd
the pair b lted along the street, end es -
ill o 130 at he early a e of 35 yearh. Ile
le
w s an en rgetic and competent vol ri-
te r offic r, having been con ec ed
e church as one of the most
1 and hand ome in the city,
a valuable organ. The build -
oat 630,00 It was insured in
hich does ot cover the loss.
Randall lodged in St. ;
ail on ,e, , harge of highway
nfessed !that he and Wright-
•
home on th 4th coneession, about
three miles fr m the village. He was
buried with ascinic honors, an im-
mense cortege following the remains to
-One of th employeeti of Tench &
Son's flouring irli1113 at Chippewa, named
James Hogg, Inet with a sad accident
on Friday las week. As he was going
coat caught he some of the gearing and
lifted him up.! His arm and his right
hand were badly mangled, and not a
shred of clothing was left on his body.
He:was very badly shaken and coin-
bility that he Will recoyee.
4 -The Annual Meeting of the mem-
bers of North Dutofries and South
Waterloo Partneri' .Matual Insurance
Company, 'wee held at Ayr reeently.
As usual, the directors were able te
show a very satisfaetery position:
After providing for' a rather heavy loss
of the year before,:, not adjusted at the
date of the Annual Meeting, and for
all losses,and expenses for 1883, the
rate of aseesement is equivalent to a
trifle over 17c on the 6100. .
-George Tharlow, sou of respectable
parents in Nissouri, now eight years of
age? weighs 110 pounds, and eports a
moustache awl side whisiers that a
young man of 20 might not feel a,shamed
of. Although he is not tnnoh over the
height of the average boy of eight years,
yet his shoulders, chest and back are
wonderfully developed, read are as large
as those of a youth twice his age. He
hit possessed of marvellens muscular
pewer and can pick 'up ' and carry
hing over 225
around any nean not wei
po,-"AdsMost barefiteed. and impudent
rebbery was committed in Toronto the
other day. While Jobe Bacon, of the
CObban Manufacturing Company, was
M the Imperial I3ank $ ,000 was deftly
stolen from him throug a ample de-
vice. He laid the m ney upon the
counter waiting for the eller, who was
temporarily absent, to; come, when a
man accested.him; sayieg he had drop-
ped a bill on the floor. Bacon stooped
over tc; look for the hill, when a confed-
erate snatched the wad and the pair
bolted and eseaped.
-Last Friday. night the Trade and
Labor Com:41 in Totouto, discussed
the question of peeper iennigration,and
denounced the Dominion Government
for granting assisted passagee to immi-
grants, and decided to I take steps to
bring before the publio and working
classes, espe 'jelly in 1 England, the
actual state o affairs arid lack of work
in consequenee of 'the over -crowded
state of the lahor Market. This -is re,
garded as necessary a.s Sf set off to the
recent speeches of Lord Lorne and
the exaggerated statenaents of emi-
gration agentit.
-Early on i Saterd ay morning Mrs.
John Cochran, the wife of a butcher in
Seaton village, made a desperate at-
tempt to conemit I suicide. Going into
knife and ret ruing to the kitchen. stood
the slaught7 house she picked up a
before the glues and deliberately drew
the knife aortas her throat. Fortunate-
ly she did noti sever the jugular vein.
She is still altve, but very week from
loss of bloodi Mrs. Cochran is a fine,
healthy women about 30 years of age,
Theonly reaspn she gives for her rash
ant is that she was near her confinement
and dreaded that event. She already
has two or theetrobildren.
-A oirculat wail read last Sunday in
Toronto, from' Archbishop Lynch in the
Roman Catholic churches stating that
he had received a letter from Rome ask-
ing if it were true that the Freemason
society was recruiting large numbers
of Catholies`,tn this Province, as report-
ed in the Fre inaeon's Journal, and had
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answered tha verY few had joined, and
those only who had rejected their pas-
cal oomm.union and were otherwise ir-
religious. who looked only to wordly
gain, and tot to the eternal salvation of
their souls., he 'circular painted out
the penalties or joining that forbidden
society. -
-The Custems officials at Montreal
have seized about 68,000 worth of hose
manufactured in Scotland for firemen's
use, on reels, from an importing firm in
Montreal, fo surreptitious entry to
evade duty. t is alleged that a false
invoice, giving a. Jess quantity of goods
than received by the importers was used
to enter the goods on. The firm have
been importin the same cla.ss of manu-
factures for two years past, and have
been selling e tensively in Toronto and
other cities in the West. The inside of
the hose is lin n„ Which makes it strong -
ter and mom durable than the American
production, ,
-On Monday of last week the British
army pensioners residing in Guelph and
vicinity were paid their quarterly allow-
ance. The total number paid was 46,
and the allowance to each per day
averaging from 75 bents to 1.2t cents,
brought the aggregate suna paid out up
to £500 sterlifig. The regimente named
'were represeuted as follows : Royal
Artillery 10 men, Royal Horse Artillery
1, 10th Hussate 1, 19th Regiment 1, 20th
Rifles 2, 64-th le 73rd 1, 78th High-
landers 1, .82ndfl; 93rd Highlanders 1,
96th 1, 97th 2, Royal Canadian Rillei
12, matinee 2 Soldiers' widews, the hus-
bands being kille,d 'in battle.
-A deputation from the British Am-
erican Shorthorn Breeders' Association,
waited, tipou the Hon. A. M. Ross, Min-
ister of Agrieulture, a few days ago.
The object of the deputation was to ob-
tain a grant from the Governmelit in
aid of the association. They also urged
the advantege of a herd. book confined
to pare breeds of cattle, one of them es-•
tirnating that the importation- of pure-
bred bulls into Canada would increase
the value of the cattle in the country by
about $3,000,000 in three years. The
Minister of Agriculture suggested that
an endeavor be made to harmonize the
herd book' issued by this assoeiation
and that issued by the Agricultural and
Arts Association, He assured the de -
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McLEAN BROS4, P Maher ,
040 a Year, A Vallee,
be shown by the GoVermatent to meet
the yi•--aws of the deptitation if possible.
; -A few days ago a) couple of farmers
named Williams were driving to their
home about a mile atuth of Brantferd.
When. on a railway Proestng near the
Itsotate for the blind th
a'farrcier, residing near Br
right anrois the metals
stupor, with a cutter in
been deiving, turned ever
y discovered
ntford, lying
n a, drunken
hieh he Lied
n the tdp of
him, and. a pair of1 ho es standing
calmly' by the roadside. They Ma
inediately dragged him off the track,
sad h rdly had they done so when a
heavy
the gee
reiglat came lumbering aloeg
e. Another tve minutes and
would have een killed. !- •
en driving110 13 140111 Montreal
en the 'night of the loth hist, alcnig the
Lacbiee road in a sleigh, Hon. Mr.
Prudhoname was attacked by two high.
wayeare , elle of V410121 caught the
emending his
Predlionattie
nd his value
ly taken from :
nving off, one
iven by His
General avid
y night, was
the scene Was
ceedmigly brilliant. All the Minieters'
ver I four hundred- wer present. Ris
xcellency was in full un form as Gov-
eroor,General, which bee me him well,
and hie easy graceful b aring caused
downe Wore white satin rimmed with
1 -Mrst Smith., 'roe die in the east
td of Termite, has eeco •ered her son
fter four years of persistent sear0h.
She end; her husband did not Eye
'' th Of tbe child her hueband,left her,
oing to Dakota. Sh 13 pported her -
elf apd Child by givi g le Beeaerse inagpaaitte
boy Was Sitelen by t e ether. Since
then she has been see chiPe the country
learned, !through the ai of St. Patel,
Mime detectives, that the boy Was
in ti, eonvent at Chippew Falls, sad
that her haeband wa deal. She went
there, found her s 11, nd returned
with Mato Toronto.
that he was one of the nineteen evan-
gelists sent out to A erica from Spur- i•
geonle tabernacle, ondon, England.
He had a circular pre ted and distribet-
Spergeon, and askin help to sere II
was ii former etude t of Spergeort's,
went to hear Barker preach, and cen-
eluded he was 9.11 improster. He at once
wrote! to Spurgeon, who cabled! a reply
that he lenew nothing of Barker or the
other'evangeli-sts, and had sent none •to
canada. Barker is 'etill in the city,
and his 'hoarding houee-keeper is hutt-
ing for him, as he owes tevel al weeks
board. 1
! -(in the 3rd of leSt December, Mr.
-31olnal Cameron, sr., 9.11 Mrs. John
il
ameron; of Stanleyepas ea the 50th
ire the parents of Mfs Jqttu Cameren,
ef the B,aefield Road, and have been
They larenatives of Vortiegal,Glenlydn,
PertbehiM, Scotland. Mt. Canter-on:is
It
ie hitt eighty-first 811 Mee. Cameron rig
in het eighty-third yo r, end both &rein
the enjoyment of tole ablel' good health
Or persoes of their age.
! e --The 'annual meeting of the Griay
PlowMert's Associatton was held at
Dames' Hotel, Craebro k, on Friday
eVeniag of last week, end -etwithstandt ,
ing the bed condition of the roads, there
was al good attendance, indicating that
a; lively interest is being taken in the
affairt a the association. After the
business !Atha past year W8/3 fill1811i3a
1113 tilt:. election of officers rtis preeeedid
witla, ;of which the followieg is the re -
Campbell, Vice-Prestdentt D. Robert-
urer ;!with the folio nag Directors- in-
cluding 'field commit ee, „. McIntosh,
k. Keffer, John Stewart, act. Ferreht, •
Perrie, Robert MoLapehli and A. Rayl
Wintee i aid of the association, and
}a
mann. t was propbeed to have ;an
eutertain ant 'some time deriag tile
the me4titne foreiga talent is being
cframuMcated with in regard te the
; -For °me time est Borne of the
sidering the project o for 'rig a mat -
it wag decided to me tones a week due-
sion of matters connected with he ban -
day. At•the last meeting the dison sion
took the form of a debate. The que rrdition_
et ?" At the elose ef a lively and
more hseful and profitable to the f oila
&able discussion, the theirman,
Was, 'I' Whether are hone oroecittoiatleptrhot:
a in
fever Of the horses, These mee ings
cantot fail to be bone cial to the Pm+
et, especially to the y ung one. Theer
start the mind think' g mad reasoning
ame be ogora gnet eotdyl ist it4ii al a nw do arttl et ti cei na ruawye 1 ejate °hills te,111.1 :hie ae Tawh dee t ir okai :i.el ba
ytays Welcome.
et the gentleman's h
moneY land watch.
handed" over all his
able go watch was
Mr
sh,
orci
8 the victim was
f the r Mans struck him
la the bead, knockieg
at' of the sleigh on th
town, he horse 11,PIt1 a
eevered
; -Th drawing -room
tidy Lansdowne in the
b r, Ottawa, last Saturd
leery lergely attended and
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