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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1884-06-20, Page 1JUNE 13) he Morris said Gietty w in full blast making eeses per day•—forepe'44 n this vicinity. —J. McConnell, of Mane ly of this place, is hetet . 3 old friends and Reliant' undy. of Goderich, waa k.—The Revat J. nogg watt I may for the past, week r IR T_orontoe—Reve of Walton, filled the pule a church last. Seadatitee, 31appison was attending Guelph last week.. ---ata' w 011 the marker. baying John Howe. rroassrs._.A. deta,ehmeett an Army from Seafeaeht v Captain Gage and Cadet epported by a company sting of Mrand leam ad Mrs., French., Mraed. dere Booth, Jordan and •,(1. Brussels oa Saturday the town hall which thee :oriverted into a berme evoked Heaven'a blesia ay -arid gave the corntriatd an to open fire. Ire innon filled with Gospel alerna's rauka, ably sae. rals Lee and Booth, as. French auxiliaries an rife Sisters of charity 4,1 iu the persons of Meat ighter, Mrs. Wilson, Mast Jonea, who dressed and dispensed spiritual o the dying, pointing the 3ross where they might liirst with the waters of guard was left in posses. and Captain. Gage re. forth in time to give a. Sunday morning.—Coas en City Council mak, suppress the Salvation s bat with very indiffee. tar. Three men and two; arrested last week and eclined paying the finete, men were sent to gaol usl the women were re - while the parades go on r, attracting much larger iforo, and the places of iled officers have bean, s from other branches of ; their meeting Sunday ,t -rayed not onfi; for the enesi, but for the Mayor. Williams, the police and xte. On Tuesday Capt. women before sarested, 'e the Police Gourt, and days in gaol, to which conducted. ton, a well-known cora between London and main line of ehe Grand cite au adventure the voraan, got on his train eyside stations and re - 'ear platform. The con - inform her that Blue The woman seems to- yed at this, and having. her hand, she drew ea have it in the face is force, almost knock- le train. When they .ext station she stepped lied from there to Berlin iductor arrested, whioh, nt done. It has since 1 that the lady is Miss. us, well-known in Tor - of a literary turn of leFAUL3 DRY GOODS MAN, Offering— BARGAINS GOODS ry Description. SiUcs for Dresses. and :..Yo per !lrd up. lengths of Silks etrid be disposed of at Buntings in chodo no per yard. rtib.,39zt of .illantie ps. Cords, &e. of Prasol'sfro's att sia Parasot Y Department we goods, are arriving per and the number of L•keh to date exceeds" os season. Notwit e business in this line, rill find our stock a ow showina a large -*(1 j-..; a a Hats, Misses au Hats, &c. d, and comparison ty and price requested. ll OR PRDUCE. flY MUDS MAlI itteatTli, SEVENTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 863. USINES§ i1 ..f 1'; e, . \,. v, .11, -• . NA,'S',,,,,f&Y-16..... At •,' ' . '..,,,. 4,,,,,,t : .6%--- ../-, • . , 1,,,.,. . .., ....,..,zip, i .,4ic,, ;••,,, -44:, .. .... „ .„„.„,.. ,.,.....„ ......, .0. ........... t,t, SEAFORI-1 FOR SALE! M••••••••••••••=3 A Splendid Chance to go into the Boot and Shoe Business. The subscriber now offers for sale at iterate on the dollar, and on easy terma, that business so long and favor- ably known as the SEAFORTH BOOT AND SHOE &TOT:RIM The store has been specially fitted up for Boots and Shoes, and can be had at a low rental. The stock,- which amounts to about FOURTHOUSAND DOLLARS has been well bought, and the goods are from the best factories in Canada. The stock is thoroughly assorted in every line, both as to sizes and prices, and as can be S9011 from the books, a large business has been done. Pending the Bak of the stock in bulk, I will continue to sell in quantities to suit purchasers at very low prices, as the stook must be dispoaed of in some way, SO that I can give my personal ttention to my grooery business at Mr. Morrion's old stand. Don't fail to Dead every word of our new price list just issued. Goods will positively be sold at the prices men- tioned therein. GROCERIES. The new Cheap Grocery Store is low in full blast, where you can get t he highest prices for your produce and the best qualities of Fresh Groceries at owest living profits. Preserving Sugars the cheapest in esforth. Teas in great variety and at low Prices, and every article to be found in first-class grocery store. Give us a trial. GEO. GOOD, Main Street, Seaforth, JAS. GILLESP B BI AINE. Je4111eS Gillespie Blatne nary 31st 180, at the Indian, on the Monongahela, Rive dounty, Pensylvania. Ephraim L. Blaine, wa heaviest landed proprieto and the son- pent several youth at s Lhool in •L living in the farniIy of the Ho . Ewing, who as at that t of he Trasury, and an man. In 18 College at and gralua of seventeen' After his g aduation, h. for some years, at the sant decided newspaper w lady fron: kJ - Maine, in 18 as edito Shortly of the Po asihprn Jan - ill farm, a hington 11 e John A. Logan, t !VicePresidency VI a comity, Illinoi, Fe father !eldest of eleven of the !John Legal]. s inthe State, Theinfrequent e lint yeas in .early ncadt r, Ohio, Thomas me Secretary nele of the 3 he entered W tethington, ed in 1847 at Yeur • Illinois Infanry, taugIit school )aant of the same r tint , making the war he etudie agazine and, Alexander M. Jen Marrying a elerk of Jackson ce ae c bo rn a ndidate fo n in Jac y9th, 1826 the son the hildreu born tc1 Dr. cf the school in e he livedi led imself his arly n 14 yeaes of a student of fu nre states Washington Pennsylvani the early age mark asa, titer. Final ine, he went 3, and enter o the Kenn fter arcls he too tla d Advertise considerable 1 success. I o the State L )Ur years, the 1 f t e House. I -the rebellion in 1862 tha "Blaine of Maine" 1 n.rE3 entered Co gress, served until 187 , being twice el ted Speaker, as appointe is long ter only Rep e pposing tei either i bater or in s rewdness tarian. At t le time o Conventien f 1876 President ayes, undoubtedly he most the party, but Paocto mission of investigatio of Repreeent tives had al tunity two days vention to present alleging that ie had p ion concerning a land kausas railway while prevented him from re ination. He made a planation an vigorous 1 charges, and Robert "Plumed Kn ght " wia gave a speech that will tory as his greatest charges were too real their effect a 'that co the final votct Mr. Bla votes while Mr. Hay Thus cast aside by a nevertheless he enter the contest and work energy for the election, candidate. In 1880 Mr. Blaine candidate for the Pre ation at the Chicago up to the thiry-fifth b to President Grant, ba sixth ballot Mr. Blaine over to Mr. Garfield the nomination. Wh came President he m Secretary of State. the Cabinet shortly Arthur's accession himself to his private wielding a man in the F recent conven test was virtu elected served f Speaker • the neweettlemer is father to take education. IL! 18 age yoting Logan !ShilohCollege. Upon the decla the United States ieered, was made IS 1 1 to Kennebec, d journalism bec Journal. the control and achieved 1858 he was gislature and St two being was during when he During_ was th whom t able to m • reater in epublica ion at C lly bet and President Arthur, ballot Mr. Bline carri of 802 delegat it thus nomination. Mr. Blai a fall man all rou simple in his abits a conversations 'at. As writer andfin noier, h • Unction. Hi " Twent grass," juat omplete liberty work. He is o ,blest statesmen, and blemished character. • • —A young man in he Finch, Stornaent count , n hearing some unusual noi • had retired to bed, arse, out saw a figure p sae Thinking it a ghost, h and rushing otat struck a at the fancied ghost aa Sway to a nighbor's. T e immediately Proceeded tol h found the supposed ghe st! o speotable neighbot •wm' been returning home fricraI ksit to her son when she was s id. enly strnolt dowri. The 'axe had. • ea a crushing blow on the head, vvhi -h ! lancing, cut off her right ear, and lodlinin the arm severed the arteri s o that mem- ber. She Was quite de d ; -hen found. Ackett, on realizing wh t Nis had done, became frantic with g ef and ; raved liked a madman, implo ng God to have mercy on his Houl. Helm- himself up, and has been commit ra o Cornwall gaol for trial. • • IS to the Senate. i Congress he bl an member pa ty was never P et., as a de - as a prliamen. t e Republican th t, nominated r. Baine was op ler, leader in nott's ' Com - the House tea en the oppor- bef re lthe con. eport falsely ofit d by a deci- ra i t te an Ar- e as !Speaker, ming the nom - sal' aleatory ex - ref» tation of the I ngersoll, the • smiaated him go down to his- eff rt, but the t to overcome ye • tion and at ne received 351 • ceived 379. net charge, d °artily into ithl all his Republican, as i gain a ma- id tie! nornin- Go vention, and llci stood close en the thirty - s f.11owiug went «bibh gave him atfield be - da j Mr. Blaine •0 retired from aft:r President devoted usit eta but still ce than any rty. ,In the Igo the con- ee Me. Blaine ut t the fourth d 5 4 Votes out ivi g him the e many-sided, dilnifiei but di a 4harming .orator, a wen dis- ears of Con chief America's a Id un- • 14 4; ue 10 township of m d Ackett, e leiter he and lociking , g near by. zed amens blow. then ran neighbor spot and be a re - who had Iu 1851 he com at the Louisvill admitted to the b 1855 to Miss Mar His popularity Ole fact that in t tion he was electe lature, and in the rosecuting Atto ndicial District, antil 1857. He State Legislature 1857, and was Pr - the Buchanan an In 1858 and Representative at In July, 1861, h extra session of the Union troops disastrous battle o private soldier, 9,st to leave the fi He was made C first Illinois Infan in November met tvhere his horse w during a successfu lied the charge on yvoundetl and co field for several m In March, 1862, Pittsburg Landing rigadier-General ion 4 ute d ro men aw pity. t d 10 war betwee •exico he volun ant of the First e to be Adju- . At the close of ith his uncle, In 1849 he was asked WOM " Bri replie Ab Mont to ta tario held inst. ado, of th Tyro value other been 10,00 that Cana .11) Y, JUNE 20,1884. the clerk. I "Because she is a n a,nd has a0 ild," watt the reply. g her over ---4 '11 give her room," d the clerk. ut 340 kilte eal, visitedeT e part in tiro he • summer reit Growers t Berlin oa da. Royal Soots from ronto on Saturday ighland games. eeting cf the On- Associaion will be he 25th and 26th on. J. 0. M 11 r and wie,of Color- ne of the lar est oattle ranchers west, were a the ROrill House, tot this wee. he elephant t the Taranto Zoo, at $3,000, died suddenly the morning. He s au pec ed. to have °jinted. ' he Ottawa Citizen ayethat about ,�� feet of 1ubei1 weitkly leaves la e for EDS ish, Amrican and lain market hel Presbyerlan 4ssejmb1y has sent t e question o' ma la e with a deceit e wife's sister down t the Pres- byter es. - —A man named: Dayid. Hamilton, was shot and killed in a hopse • of ill - fame et prillia early Welnesiday morn- ing laltt week. 3 —The' annual Ipf; nits of the North York [Reform As° iatioo was held at New ss arket, 00 Weinesday le,st week, and as attended 4 n 9wa1ds of four thous:n people. — we Toronto paint& s havA each • been neld 20 an4. cests f r selling Paris green arid neglectiritg to co ply with the P iartnaoy Act by faling to register the s lee in a boek.{ — London epti tam p days ast vveek fishi g in a stream two mino n the eigborhood! 6 Ar hu . During that t me he too1 t irte n dozen line speck edtrout. 1 , — heltrades' u!niens o prising the carpenters, b moul ers„have Bente, re baker , asking them, to re of bred. —T e!Vic-Preident of th Mutual Marriage of ¥ariiiton havo ljeen ohsrg9 of fraud AsSoc was Ta fer ne fmrornove 74 ye — B.sliop Carber 1 Rev. ethers Keen and C innon, visite the bl nd in Brantfo' and just before the their nnual holida.s. yelloW jessamine inetead of rue to a g —Tile young ma4, Ge thy Mistake last wee gav Mrs. 'Frankish, of 'Parkdale, Toronto, by whch, she died, as belen Committed to sta d trial for m —It is the intent Trunk Railway Crn, on a ightning eipr Toron o and Montre the ru of 333 miles cludin all stoppase —0 e of the olcr cared or; at the HO Dund a, has reached an old women also as acti e and buStli to her rediaas man —M. Wm : Curri has pu phased 86 acr cola ount, near sum o $2,00. movin there with '14 fallto ()come an 4 —L st Friday Wreck ng Compaay leaein the schooner . J. N. Carter, which was s randed abbot a mile south of Kinca dine last fal. . She is apparently in good condition, and will be docked at Port Huron for reais. ---L et. Sunday at ! HaMilton, a man named Storm, wee o t in a row -boat on the ba with three o hers!. The boat upset hile the in n were changing plitees, and in tryitig to sWint to shore Storm was droWnd.: The ethers were rescue by two lads. • —R V. R. Thomas' gave an interest- ing address last Sabbath aigh in 'Vic- toria !Jail, London.: Hai euhject was the fid lity of Daniel! to his religion, his refusal to violate his donseience by etbeyinf the king's de: ree 'and his mire- • onions preservatiot i thrden of lions. —M. Robert Vadon, Cainnington, has presented Mr. : J. A. Hir, chfelder, a of Tor4ntO, with I Welsh estament dated 1664. Mr. ]1irschfe1derj has just returned from irisn cting a Indian fort covering about e, ht acres in which he Obtained some +e1y valuabl relics. —A4 old Loraoiter nam d WM: Donal son and his; aged si ter, who haat 1ired in Lonclt and vi inity for nearly 50 years, we e unablg to pay their h use rent and were t rued out Oa th street where they !Tent the night, withmit any shelter. What a disgrac to the maid ipality. —Ar hbishop 'Lynola has addressed a lette to the MOderator of the Presby- rieneral Asenibly, ehargieg that Ceertaanin memberti !uttered eedumni against the Roman Catholic church in apeaki g re -French dvange1i2 tion, and •appealig to the Hebei of fair lay and is legal studies ersity, and was 122. marries! in nghang. inferred f ona of his graua- tl4e State Legis - t the office of of the Third g that effiCe s -elected to the n 1j853, 1856 and idntal Elector en ' inridge tic et. e was ele ted es. Iris seat in !the ss, and joined ir way to Ithe un, fought as s one of the 011 y b year odi rec 86 C r gr e t egr th L ll d w n el IjEL e r0 81:10 ayo rt a 41 During the sum irged to run for Cei .!! I have entered t be for this Govern. tect to return to p the object of this has become a fact tt His bravery in eisaippi movemen motion to the ra He commanded a rail McPherson in Gibson, and was p ,Of Jackson, Ddississ df Champion's Hil column led the ent and he was its firs He succeeded S 4f the Fifteenth mber, 1863, and his life, on the 22n ,ceded him and co Of the Tennessee and success whic his command of • And in command o right went with Sh to the Sea," mead ifohnstou'e surren in every battle o paign. In 1865 he decli as Minister to Di elected by Illinois Large in the Fo next spring took the House of Re irapeachment of P 1871 elected to the aliad again in 1879. Senator Logan h Part in the politica ited States during yars. His Speech in the Senate are f PeeesiVe power. Heroism and cou ahilitY are attribu Which no one has —A cleanly dr net rich, woman, b aims, stepped off t dim depot last S was from the 5 visit relativee M. necessary to lay Monday morning. Logan to remove h censtable aCcomp hotels, at both of w eatertaininent, tho able to pay. The the presence of the alleged would be a the woman was Tecumseh House, ed." Why was she of the thirty- eptember and at Belmont, beneath him et charge. He onaldson, was elled to leave the tbs. I joined Grant at nd was appointed yol nteers. rI o 1862 he was gee s, but replied: field to die if need nt, nd never ex -- loan pursuits until ar of preservation ablihed" r hes Northern Bid - Imet with a Tiro - 1 -1 of Major-General.. 'vision under Glen: tlhe battle of Port at the captnre d the battle Vicksburg his n June 25th, ary Goverrin. at the head y I3orps in Nov- o ePherson lost 'Tilly, Logan suc- ened the Army 1 en t pi, At nee Mili mis '4 1 h th ad mai that same ability characterieed er numbrs. Array on the man on his "Match ng ith him until r, aid taking pat hat historic cam - 1 an ico, r Co eth rt, a appl8i6n6tmsrast in gress man ; at Congress, the manager for senatives, in the ident Johnston,lin enate for Illinois, played a brilliant istory of the tin- e last twenty-five in the House and ous for their itn- 44 : • 8 a 1.; a 1. 6 t4 ge, eloquence and • his possession of ✓ questioned. ed, but evidently ing a child in her trai yJ n at the Lon- orning. She es, cn her way to hell and found it er in London till O asked Constable to af hotel. The ed I her to two ch she was refused she was quite son assigned was aby, which it was nisnce. Finally ken over to the the caw explain - fused elsewhere?" re ation by a resident e' death' -ohn resident of Klincar rly a guar ee of another o the his neighbo hod. rs of age. erre c the a u pil: Gu ick nisi 1:10 lph, com- ayers and ion to the the price nd Secretary id Association rreeted on a against the of Gr ine id] De get apanee. ham, who township ntury, re- andmarks eased was er with ear y, Lennon inetLution for few days ago, diSpersed for rge Cliff, who a package of nsla 00 • any 88 1 W in ei ghtr. f the Grand to shortly put rain between ich will make ht hours, in - en •• ho' is being e of I" rovideOce, in his 05th year,and resis en t there is g ith..103 years hal her' age. , of Ailsa Craig, s of len in Tus- ass ,City, for the r. 0 ride intends is family in the erican citizen. he Int rnational succeed ng in re- teason. I ' —A little chil4 °longing to Mrs. George - Tramper, ; ofl St. 1 George, was smoth ed to death iii a baggy while its parent were driving ioue from Brant- ford 5 urday aftern on TaSt. It is pre- umed the child le 1 face downwards, and in hat position -as suffocated. —An important s wai= to Magis- trates as decided il a Oegooda hall on Friday as to their j I risdiotion in mis- demea or. Two M.; eistiated in the townsh p of Sincar• gee convicted a man n med Carter fo assisting in dis- tilling, naposing $250 fine. Tie Inland Reven le Act makes «0 eon° a mis- demeai4�r and a mot on was romptly made t quash the Conviction. Judg- • ment was given holdieg that the M trates had no inhereat jurisdiction msdemeanors, and nothing in the crating this offence Igave jarisdie T e conviction was therefore quas Applications have been made t C stomsDeisartment at Ottawa to m t Kentucky whisky to be bro in -o the Dortninion for the purpos reshipping it to New York, and to a t le =porta ion of tea -dust ftorn lijiited Stet s, both ;of which pr 8i. ions have been declined. There as a coilision betwee a • fr ight and special train a little est ofj Hamilto , last illoaday mor mg. T e special was following the fright trin, and crashed into the rear er4d. of it ' och W. Detweiler, of near demolisla'ng three cars. No one was h rb, but he passengers receive a severe shaking. --Mrs. E Rseville, Waterloo County, had •a !few d ys ago a 1 rge ovarian tumor reMov- e from hr person. The operation vs s perfornied by Dts. Lundyeof ait; ✓ taker, of Dundas ' and NIfiller' of New Dande , and was successful. VTra. Detweiler i doing Well. —A boy mployed in the 'Tor nto Zoo was ba ly mauled by " Peteri the Great," the ig Rassan bear, lie o her day, The nimal, w ich had lait erto 11 been remar ably doc le, turned on the lad as he w s about to leave the den after oleani g it. The boy is no in the hospital1. I iRobert ampbell, for 18 years night watchman itl Toronto and whoi re ired three years ego ia faVor of hisl gr ad. - daughter's husband, -Robert Miller, clitpd two weeks ago and left the ulk of his prop rty, nearly $15000, to lil- ler's wife • a d $3,000 to Mr DEller himself. —Mr. Thomas Friendship, of the 7th concession of London, and Mr, Sa, uel Hn.rciing, 7th concession of Mc -illi ray, left for Mentana last Friday night, taking withithem fifteen ScotCh tills of the Polled Angus breed. Mr.! Fri nth sh p says Liverpool is played oat f r a ca, tle mark t,and he ;intends td op rate wstward, 1s-4. J. Lawry shipped a fine lot of seventy hogs to Thome aw- ry's packing house, Hamilt n' the other day, • making the seventhear- l° d he has- sent from Guelph Ithis animalaveraged a out weight I each, and ere n average of 6 cents per • ver Act ion. ed. the per- ght of low the po- se son. Th 209 pound botight at petad. , The To onto Cit Council ha a lorig sitting last w ek. The ses ion lasted frona o'clock riday night o 5 o'clock Sat /day m rning discus ing the accepta ce of the tender for the ew pupoetponed til the meeting on Ion ay. decision was imping e gine. The decis TIte discuss 011 Was lively, acrid:loon ons and personal. --At a reaidence oil the Wellington ro d, London, the other evening, a 1•ea1 ol country Scotch party was held. EVerything was there, with he ex- cePtion of a, kilt and tartan., R els, jig, Highland dike, danced toiorig nal So tch musc, were parriod on a a liv ly rae, while the Iladies and geritle. men chatted in the bet of Gteiie. • —Mr. . Bloo garden, of King stret, Lon on, was the othbr Iday braught a le ter which had &wile f om St. Petersb rg, Rue a, and Was ad.- dr4seedin ijussiain, f r the purpose of de iphering Ithe add ess. It had 'rat go e to London, Egland, its proper de tination, 4nd from there here. Cis no1v on its viiay back to England ag in. Mr. .JaMes Geddie, abont t ree mi es south of Paris, has Mitch sed fro4n Mr. James Browa, of North D m- fri s, the following cattle: One six ye r old cowl with oalf, for $24Li0 ; ne tw4 year old heifer and calf, $2 0; on two yea old heifer and alf, wo mo ths' old, 350; two yearling heif rs, $3710. 7 -Another case of the foolishnes of parits in leavieg poisonous d ugs within reach of their children o000red in London the other d y. A two -y ar- old child of ' r. D. Mi ls, contrived to get hold of a bottle c ntaining iod ne, an4 in the aljsence of any me be of th family, dank about two ou °es of the poisonon liqud. Two dea he of public men occur ed at 9ttawa on Satuirday last. F. J. c - Ka , private secretary to Sir He tor La gevin, di d at the 'general hospi al. He was only ill a few days. The ot er death was th t of James Campbell of the Parliame tary library staff, brot er- in-1 ve of Ho . G. W. Ross, Miuiste of Ed cation fo Ontario He has bee ill for some tim. • The Hou. David Vile, before 1 ey- ing home for England, m company vjith the Hon. 0. Mowat, made a public ro- tes ion of rligion, in accordanoe ssIith the usage of the Bapt st denominati n, by 14eing imrdersed, on Saturday even. ng, the 24th ult., in the paptist oh rc at Palmyra, by Rev. •D. W. Rowland of St. Thomas, and was received into 011 confimunion the following Sabb th mo ing aftet public Worship. A team Of young horses be ong ng to IMr. Wm: Richmond, Ayr, a tax ed to 4 lumber Wagon, broke loose ro a she1, and ran down Northam erl nd str et, breaking a buggy to pie ee e- lon ing to John McNab. Th y t en got ast in a democrat in front of r. . Ba er's store damaging it considera ly. No }one was urt, and the hordes es - cap d injury in an alfnost miricul las ma ner. There di d at Not awa on ay 9th, Ja es A. 0 as, aged 71 years. he dee ased gen leman w s related thro gh his father to illiam rince of Oran e. He was the s n of Geo go Ovas, capt in in Her Majesty' s R yal Navy. : is mother was Lady Mc maid, who as the daughte of the Hon. Sir Ron id McDonald, 1. C. B., major -general in theBritish a4my, and rother to Ie rd Ma onald. a gra,ndaother was L.. y An a Bella Femp1e, daughter of H n. Sir Edward Temple C. B., colonel in the British rmy, and; brother of the Eaijl of Derb . All the members of .4 • f mily were present at his: death, his s n Jame e coming from Bandon, and his daughter, Mrs. Oliver, being snm- roned frem Streetsvilleto, attend his dying bed. --Montreal grain Merchants are al- rsiost despairing of any increased activ- ity in the export trade this4 season. It isI stated that the recent concessions of the Government have eot yet been en- fc4rcod, arid the receipts of wheat at t at port for the last three weeks, as compared with the eerresponding period of last year, (thew a ' decrease of 785,000 quarters or 6,280,000 bushels. —Two years ago George Smith and a froung woman came from Ireland to Kngston. He joined " fl " Battery add she worked as a donaestic until she married an old man named. Ryan. Sinith visited her after he e marriage, add on Friday he got a pass and went to her house, when they breke open the old man's trunk, and, extracting $70, erjgaged a cab and 'droe. to G-ananoque. T4iey then took the boat for Clayton,and h ve not been heard or since. —A large number a mechanics and laloorers, mostly maehinists left St. Thomas last week for Chiago. They go hi search of employment. The cause of this exodus is due to lack of w rk and the low w ges paid in the m chine shops. Th4 employers dis- charged some of the en' having noth- in for them to do, andothers left of th ir own accord, decaring! they could not live on the wages -paid. Many skilled men only earned $1125 per day. e ---The collossal bronze st tue of the late Sir George E. Catier, designed. by L P. Herbert, sculptor, is now corn- pl te and ready for repioval from Mon- tral, to its destinatio in front of the Parliament buildings t Otltawa. The figure is reported by acquidutances of the late Statesmen to be ap exact re- presentation of Cartier while delivering hie historical sreech ap the necessity of, Confederation. This is sai fir t bronze statue ever mad to be the in Canada. The Hamilton Times of Monday sa s : The usual "Free and Easy" meting of the Salvatien Army oil Sat- ur ay night was unueually enthusias- ti . The 'whole of the singing was ex- ce lent and extremely lively; in partic- ul r may be mentioned the new tunes. W en the general rollis called I'll be th re, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, to the L mb, and I am sure 1 Sha.1 be There. • e thoroughness of Army teaohMga w s shown when thr e members rose and publicly declared that they had backslidden and asked for the prayers of 1 all. Several clergmen1 from the M thodist Conferen e wore present w tching the proceed ngs, and late in th3l veniug :they pu licly expressed th ir approval of the earnestness and excellency of the wor bei lg done by. the Army, and they itaked orod to bless it. —A man of Lime Kiln vi lage,Nassa- gaweya, and formerl of Milton, re- ceived 15 in wages a ew d ys ago, and made straight for Gaijl for it supply of whisky, purchased a large jug of it, an was returning home byl the Credit Valley Railroad " full " when the train ha ds threw his jug out of the train an4l broke it. He was net t be baffled thugh, for he got off tho rain at the next station, walked back t Galt and go another supply. The ame thing happened the second as al o the third time. This was making t ingiarather too hot for the lime bhrne 's funis, as they were all gone but la fes cent, and onlfurther thoughts he m de by' the neat train for Streetsville, shere he ob- tathed$3 worth of whisky on tick, and the last seen of him on S turday he wa making for 0ambellv1i11e by the Cr dit Valley Railway e ening train wi h his " trust" jug pale 4nd sound." The New York Sue of a late a.ate ha the following: The Pijesbyterians of 9anadaseem to be gir ing them- selyes for a Vigorous for ard move - merit, and their activity a shown at their General Assembly in , Toronto presents a contrast with the course of some of the Presbyterians of New Yotk, who have lately sh wn a dis- poition to crowd into the fisoshndthationable quarters of the city on he u th 'r churoh appears to hay no chance of uccess in the poor° nei hborhoods. Th Canadian Presb teria nee; howha v a me o e aggressive spin . pr . flounced in favor of a movement to int oduce religious instruct on . in the put lie schools, . and have demanded leg elation against the des cration ,of the Sabbah, besides intere ting them- sel es impolitical matters. Evidently the are not to be discoura ed by the coo ness of those for Whose good they label.. ' ! Two drovers at thG .gg house, + Lo don, an Saturday inf rmed the Ad ertiser reporter tha shi ping cattle to iverpool has during th last few mo the proved disastr us, nd quoted sev ral inatances whetie lar e cargoes ha e been sacrificed at a lo s of frona $20 to 530 per head. Th Western Sta es, and the • wes rn nd south - We tern prairies are th gre t compet- ing points against Ont rio. It is the opi4iion of cattle buyers that the price of 4ieat will be lower n at fall and win- ter 'n this !country tha it has been for many year. There ar really no sales of c ttle just now, beca se farmers and i hol ers, who have du ng the winter bee getting fat prices or their stock, can ot, no will they 1 kely realize in thel present state of t e old country ma ket for weeks, if not nonths to co e. Bsides, pasture is cheap and pleiitiful, and farmers will likely, rather thai sell Cheap, hold. their live stock unt the show begins to fly at which tim the hOlders of stock mut figure on the cost of keeping cattle over all -win ter which is said to be a ver expensive expensive undertaking, aid the man Who tries it once never thinks of repeating the ex- po ment. It is stated that the fields of Western Ontario are fairlY alive with cat e. Every farmer, especially those wh suffered so much in fall 1 wheat ani other poor crops last yex, has this year McLEAN BROS., PeiblisherS. $1-50 a Yar, in A vance. • gone extensively into eattle. They noticed their I neighbors last fall and early in the 1 winter getting as much for.one steer as probably their whole field of wheat realized, and consequent- ly they have dropped wheat and gone into stock raiing. In the meantime the bottom has been knociked out of the old country market: • Perth It e s. St. Marys Council h ve let a con- tract for building a ston bridge over Trout creek. Cost $3)809. —The Ladies Aid of nox church, St. Marys, intend holding garden party and apron bazaar on the st of July.. , —The semi-anrinal m1eeting of the County Lodge of SoatI Perth of the Loyal Orange Association was held in Stratford, on Saturday. —The Home Memorial church in Stratford intend having an excursion to Goderich on Tesday, 24th inst. Tickets only 50 cents. — The directors of the North Perth Agricultural Society have decided to hold the fall eahibition on, the ist and 2nd days of Oetober next. —Mr. John Watson, of St. Marys, fell from an apple tree the other day and sprained his ankle. He can walk only with the aid of crutches. —Mr, Jas. O. Hastings, an old Strat- ford boy, hae been appointed train dienatcher on the Rochester and Pitts- burg railway, at Bradford, Pennsylvania. — Miss Alexia Davis, eldest daughter of Mr. John Davie, of the Mitchell Ad- vocate, suffered a dangerous fall on Monday of last week and dislocated one of h.er ankles badly. —Dr. Eby, of Sebringville, on Satur- day evening, 7th inst., celebrated the 20th anniversary of his wedding day by a large social gathering at which nearly 200 person s were present.A. 131.08t erliOy- able time was spent. —The Rev. K. junor arrived at Sb. Marys from Brmuda, a few days ago. He has been appointed missionary dele- gate to the Pan Presbyterian Council, to be held hi Belfast, Ireland, this summer, for which place he proposes leaving shortl. —Three Per h boys obtained dietinc- Coil at the ee ent University examina- tions in Toro to : J. M. Clark, St. Marys, the degree of M. A., and A. Hamilton, Motherwell, (son of Rev. R. Hamilton), and J. McGillawee, North Easthope, that of B. A. —The Stratford Council have agreed to grant Messr. Hod(' & Cullen exemp- tiou from taxes and the suna of $1,000, on condition of their building a new stealn flour mill, 40x50 feet, with engine house and elevator of 10,000 bushels capacity. The -whole costing upwards of $25,000. —At the semi-monthly cheese fair, held atleietowel on Thursday, 5th inst., 26 factories were rereseted, and the offerings were about 8,000 boxes princi- pally the last half of May make. About 400 boxes were bought at n cents; 1,600 ab 10, and 400 at D, balance though unsold at the fair ' was bought up shortly afteward.s. There were fif- teen buyers present. —A correspondent says: Dr. Eliza beth Beatty, of Lansdowne, near King- ston, made her friend, Miss Oliver, of Avonbank, a visit for a few days recent- ly. She is about to offer her services to the Foreign Mission Committee to the work in India. Dr. Beatty is one of three recent gradriates of the Women's Medical Colleg, Kingston.. —Prior to his departure on a trip to the old countr, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of Motherwell, was presented. with an address accompanied by a purse of $103 by the two congregations under his charge, in appreciation of his long and faithful services. Mr. Hamilton, in company with the Rev. Mr. Wilson, of St. Mary, sailed on Saturday last for Belfast. —The Grand Trunk Railway have lately registered the assignment of a patent of Mr. Thomas Patterson, _super. intendent of the Stratford shop, for pre- venting the eseape of cinders from the smoke stacks of locomoties. The in- vention is a very clever and ingenious one, has been fund to work very well, and not only reduces the danger of fire to property contiguous to the track, but relieves passengers from the annoyance of the showers of black particles -which find their way tlarough crevices and add greatly to the discomforts of travelling by rail. —Mr. W. H. Smith, a teacher in the Listowel High chool, was remarkably successful at the recent University ex. amination in Toronto. He carried off • the gold medal for modern languia.ges, taking the firstlprize in French, firat in Italian, first in German, first in English and second in Ethnoiogy. During his undergraduate ; course he also took third olayresar. hips ial the first, second and —Miss A. Raakin, of Poole, met with an accident the; other day while hand- ling ammoia. She had just received a bottle of amMonia from the druggist, it had became Ifeated in carrying, and in removing the cork the contents of the bottle was discharged irate her face and eyes, eompletely blinding her. Un- der skilful medical treatment she has since gradaally improved. —A rather &Musing incident occurred during the voting at one of -the polling places in 8t. Marys the other day,while the vote was bemg taken on the bridge building queetiqn. A warm dismission was got up by two or three persons on the merits of the Scott Act, and while this was iti pregress a worthy son of Erin stepped in to vote, and hearing so -much talk on the Scott Act it seems he got the impression that it was the question to be Voted ott. ELS took- his ballot paper, marked his vote and paes ed out. About Ian hour after he return- ed and asked to be allowed to vote for hadthe stone voted b, r iseemedd g et 1 3, oaun gd:ottnaheebr els nnhog:todinl dhssaehTd: as he declared he had voted for the Scott Act, and a chance to vote ior the bndge also. --ddstair •••••„;-1- ;-,2,,'Az cdt .11