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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1884-08-08, Page 1• • f • 1111.9.199„. .9911.91.991191919.1g111.01•11300111•11110010ms.trtrwrIsts.rtrrt • P 1,. 188. emseenameeeeseeene, UST. ULANCE Sto MILLINE rt AT A. GREAT /FICB as -e TR, AK UST LACE MILLINERY PICE tts A GREAT TH. AUL, cijoos MAN rsT11, limme••••••••• i by them on the h took fright and p, and by so doing into a ditch, and urt rather badly. made against the charge them for• tits not knowing as about, as they a of tae English point Mr.. Charles — €5 sent for to in - r them, and after Of the MUSE) of a just eharged ,eeing to make a ea any suit about e gentlemen of that the itiiaiaa selves, were of a f suola a polite and helped them r dunnage laid on self-evicTnt that " people a a kind re. which praise SuBSCRIRER. • the vicinity of el/. bat late oats In fact some of eughing up fieida 'ery good -in scene cey are a failure. " 'ye done a great -toes and to cabs tuff is not going 'swine to the dry' INfotwitlastaed- e hay crop south o be very good, it. appears to be n says: On ta3k- itLI2itOU & few an if he did not raies, as they: -se greetty. He Lt little difference "tete was no• -softy ein after it VMS TS were good or 1..al remaining on vas necessary - a. They evould - accommodation testli south and e Of the Canada are hundreds of shauco of export -g to the want of lines of railway. left oven from It they, have; D, and in conse have this year iig operations rely to 1314PIY OVENTBEITTH /EAR. WIIOLE NUMBER 870. fi-OFFMAN L • SE../FORTH .F7 BROTHERS' Cheap Cash Store, SEAFORT14, rite Scene of Attraction JUST NOW. was of every 'description at almost big the regalar prices. _ stacks of Prints and Dress Goods to dose from—all new and fresh. Miens, Shirtings, Ducks, Denims, bbleLinena, Towellings, Hollands in lithe best makes. -Test to hand—Corsets, Hoop Skirts, Wes, Frillings, Collars, Cuffs, etc. Millinery in ail lines below cost. Batteriek's Metropolitan Catalogue of Fashions for August just to hand. Gall and get one free. HOFFMAN BROTHERS are agents for Batteriers Reliable Paper Patterns. H0FFMAN BROTHERS, Carcino's Block, Akin Street, SEAFORTH1 TH NOTES Y • PACIFIC PRO a. INCE. iOM BRrrISH COLUM131A, Vi-CTORIA) BRITISH COLUMBIA. —Mu. DOR.---•Letters dose iiptive of travel a d scenery are so cornla cn no adays, that one. almost shrink f.om a temptin to desoribe what t e have Seen, foi no matter how iute e tiug it may seem at the tithe, it is ha d to con- vey an adequate impressio to the reader. As there is so little own in. 1 Ontario of the Pacifio Provin I alit emboldened to give my observations of that int resting part of our ominion, made b, a recent 'dela. About the year 1858 the cede # y began to be settled. Immigration - is, very 'much stimulated by the gold discover- ies, and Cagier edit, an pire. vince formed known which, afterw • settlers began to pour in from ia, theWestern States and Caa- other parts of the Brit sh Em n 1858 the portion o the Pr nown as the Mainland w s ' into a. separate col ny, then only as Vancouver IsLand, but y royal consent, waH know•n, rds as British Colum it,. Tl)e area of the Proviuce is about 11350,000 square rntles. For a quarter f a cen- tury_ 4ritih Columbia has, &Ur:acted travellers and explorers from 411 parts of -the World, many of •whom have re- turneduls metals dugfrom the wels of their homes laden . ith t e precio the earth. This fair.Proviece is dista t from orotate about 3,500 miles, a d can be reached via San Francisco in at little over nine days, three of which re occupied by steamer, bete een S n Franci co and Victoria. - T Leaving Toronto by the Grand 'Teu Railway and Chicago line, we. start for thle latter city, ;staying t ere o Sunday. CHICAGO is the ity of the west, whose is to r val New York, and jud the appearance of the place, say th t if life, bustle, and business terprii4e will accomplish it, the deniz of the lErnpire City should succeed. o an . easy going 'person from a 'country town i Ike Toronto, Chicago on Sunday presen s a wonderful appegiance, in n fact ore like a holiday in. I Toronto than anything else. Within 1 a short some of the cattle n t ai distance r.sf the city a man was! plough- I are boo fat to kill aut ing, and on one of the etteets were ! over till spring,th t th about ,000 men digging a drain. The 1 ed b saloon and threatres were al pen. .Of } the fo mer there are about .4 , and' of is the the latter from 15 to 20: = a po ulation of THE CHURCHES. ! Chi ale and Indi There are About. 130 ghee& ,of the the denominations tlige are found ed, t i propor- and red with abo preach- Theo or s o be o a ft fron yin Mae? to be wit who told had n saw a aro m ebiti fr e wo k d er n m ld n- • ns r.eaCut to on isa nee, n orcib e: ia nTlirpe ictcif Vaehc hies As y, w i 19 ab road days by st , B. C., situ ouver Islan name from om it was di ut 300 mil and contains' •. rch. His of these is man of o d his disco ileta British' Co eder tion in 1871, dian sentiment is _hey, o tinued to ealt , and are ngli h institutio indtis r. s of the fishing nd stooler reuttdn axe said to fisher e are amen world the nearest on th lantio cos Provil es. Th almonsm a 1,000 ilea up the from five to twe thong, I saw one c bi ri poun from er which a The fie A ril to Oct runs from five and htilf Sluts per pou ew industry nett )y a New Yo ieatt erated a r *rely ' for convey' the; ast to New sold t twenty ce whet car load one' ay. The sal in boxes; each car num ei of boxes, expr sri train on t Railway, and will six or eleven days. Co 1 is abundan UST 8, 1884. • : . tbe e was " The har ty." Mr. Gib mm:riding appearT rse as fresh and arn brings US t ted op a peninsul .. The island. de Captain Vancouver, ooverad in 1700. I s • I ng, and sixt abo t 20,000 squar m a entered Con lthpu gh the C an - ot ery strong, sti row iu numbers an arta y attached tj he princip 1 soloi are minin isin; the beef an be n xoelled. Tb t e richest in th ppr ch being thos , the Maritirn e th i way far riv r. They weigl ty- peunds, al ug t n the C�lnti eig e seventy-fo' leg s aeon extern ber ando the pre to six and Is a h 1 d. afs e Cat 1 frig r f ig fr ork ta an on C011 9. ill' e sac 1 qualit title grea ea ce1ehi on thegree, greet, i has wond properties. A bu. 1 11 a , and is shi pe# t San Fran isco aemana. t e grazing i very profital r ted bnnc gr s ," to b mainland s ut - f ffty-i • beef -pr the ftolido ave to ratty b 8 e a ing resigned, while I wa in 1Vic o Mr. Gambl is tls native o IrinDoo reland., father was respected el, e County. r. Ga I, ble i an elocju speaker, a d mush este med b. peeple. Hi into ds reterning to Francisco. On a recent! Sabhat Rev. Mr. M ldru , of SandFuraatroisfe Icsupied the pulpit. Agra !College, T ronto, he ' is au leloit preacher, a d refl cts credit oti th stitution whliere h: received hie the cal educati .n. • , , The congregatio at NeerWeatmi # .ter ;has great eftpecta ides of Mr'; 1116 r ay, who has been late y designated to 'hat Ifield, 'and j aging from the mann in .' which som of t e members: spe of him, Irons eay hat "his lines • ave •fallen in pl asant places." - My retuJru tri' was made b,, Northern ijacific • oad, trorn Por 1 'Oregon, which is eached by boat f Victoria, the time oconOied in 'across Pngd3t Sou d being a day night. The traiu leaves Portia, two o'cloc , noonand retches St. Minneapol s, in about ninety hour distance b ing nearly 2,00 Mile" give an ids ic14 of the scenery of thi would req tre powers of deecr which I dc not possess. Suffice say that it will t ke the fineet se in Ireland, Scott rid. or Switzerla surpass it. The uildin equipm'* a line of ra1ilwvy .hrough each ter to an uns illed Iobserver would among tli1e im ossibilities, "but many delays, 8J0d after over teanyediffi ulties the Northern Railroad i pow fact. The lirn leplenclid qoachek, withi Pulrnar alining ca s att ched. Having! built on t e most approved plans give to p manges every possibt fort. Sho ld this line keep free " washout " and prove !a spbst well-built road, it will be a boon. to t 10 ia. IS gal nt his an —About two o'clock on Saturday he morning last °at Toronto, a Northern oc: Railway brakeman named Scully was ox cut in two at a eiding between Weston ent and Thornhill. It is supposed that he in- fell asleep on the track while Waiting to gi- flag a train. , —The dead body of a man, supposed to be an Eastern Townships or ,Ontario cattle dealer, was picked up latl Quebec in the river, Wednesday morning of last week ; $2,720 in bank notes were found on his person and deposit d in safe keeping to await the rightful clailnants. —A young daughter of a farmer named Horres, living newt Mciulton, -Essex county, was bitten on the foot by a rattlesnake the other day, While pick- ing wbortleberries. Antidotes were promptly applied, but without success. Tie girl died in a few hours. - —The house of Mr. Thomas Kent, on the second concession of London Town- ship, was entered by thieves on Friday last, while the family were all away, and robbed, $1,000 in bilis being among the plunder carried off. So far there is no clue to the perpetrators of the theft. - —The overcrowding Of steamboats hi receiving attention from the Govern- ment. Information has been received that tbe government are about' to ap- point an officer at Toronto whose duty it will be to see that no boat leaves the wharf with more than the due commies I meet of passengers. —Mr. Duff and the Webbers,connecte ed with the Marriage Aid Association; are suing A. Wilson, C, R. 'Miller, abti John Welch for injuries alleged to have been received through arrest and im- prisonment. - The boy was stripped and frightfnhly. lacerated. It appears that t e beast, thoroughly frightened by the, masa be tween her legs, must have ditagged the child for nearly two hours. n started th s alist, who ha tor • car conr- 1 sal fr�xi here it an le pound, • a d disposed of 1r ill be plao d ping a certa n attached to rthern Paci c New York n of e celle t n larg4 qua here ij is jn he winter. VI spina of tl varlet; in such cities. The number tionat ly small when comp' Toren o. Among the promineia era tl the F' this o Music a cour the SU Dans be e good being befor numb admi appek ed OD the platform,, I there Iwere at least 2,500 peop who eemed deeply interest disco rem. Dr. Barrows is ab five y ars of age, with a rathe appsaDneajrance, is an Effective, The Crops in the Northwest. Hon. 8.0. Wood, manager of the Freehold Loan and Savings Company, and Mr. George D. MoVicar, general agent of the company, returned to Win- • sipeg the other day from an extended kip through the Province. They took train to Mennen, where they secured a team and carriage and drove to Pilot Mound, Crystal City, Clearwater, Cart - ;aright, Desforcl, Deloraine; Plum Creek and Brandon. From •the last place they took train to. Regina, where they spent a day. Returning to. Qu'Appelle they again took a carriage and crossed tcthe Fort. They -then drove along the Qu'Appelle River, which they state is probably the most pleasant drive in ilanitoba. After visiting the Bell farm they took train to Mooaernin, from • whioh point they drove north to .Fort Ellice, Birtle, Shoal Lake and. Minrie does, and then back- to Brandon, from which point they took the train home. They drove night and day, to siocoin- plish the trip in as short a. time as pee - eine: The distance driven was 439. mile8. Speaking of the crops, both gentlemen Bay it would be impossible to beat thern. The prospect is simply golden, and they eta easily believe that there will be ,a surgus of six million bushels of wheat or more. The company, whioh both Nineteen represent, has al large num- ber of loans throughout the country, _end it was with a view of ascertaining 11 they were all right, and finding out the localities in which it would be safe' to take loans, that the trip was made. They dame to the conclusion _Ithat the finestiocalities, that is the great wheat growing centres, are Crystal City, Tur- tle Mountain and Plum Creek. Much °Wu) grain will be- ready to out by the middle of August or sooner. -,.The far - mere now possess a feeling of confidence on account. of the magnificent crop prospects. The only place where seri- al complaint ia _raised by , the farmers is in the Trirtle Mountain cotintry, where railroad hope delayed has made the heart siok. • The farmers say they Went into that district and settled with the expectation and tacit promise that the Southwestern railroad would be Weeded through it. They have been disappointed two years in auccession, and they have now determined to wait until they secure their patents, which in Most cases will be next year, when they will either rent or sell their farms and Oro es to Dakota. If the road is coin - molted early next spring there may be some hope of keeping the Settlers where tliey are, but there must be no further vacillation. Many living near the having the road projected by President Rill extended along the south side of the bonridary at an early day. If this done it will divert all the trade from Winnipeg. Farmers will drive their grain to the boundary and, sell it, and d•Pard and. Minneapolis -will reap the benefits of the trade. • Before leaving for Toronto, whioh he J do in a few days, Mr Wood will 'me a run over the country southeast Of Winnipeg. e 4st delightf tem perat eldom fall ero, with is very littl make the for a day ours. Vi e extreme Garden , and whol n d in th heir frag had been a r e that sine ver heard flash of lig THE lad Victoria i arriage driveinac!adarnized, mac ad am i zed , a Sometimes the e the gain a sn risei to view, eater is dressed ands much are to tie r charmin word r very mu the. all them, larg numbers regions. There bus nese carried nuof .wealtl hone, doing a mai land ; large eabe n are ship thep oinineet ±1Me s s. Robert alsc rovincial a Life ssurance Th elmon fro Ew & Co. ar bri high price ket Victoria i ler e province Colp bia, and W t is the e Cotb ist is th owite and edits Col in ere is the Rev. Dr. B rrows, of rst Presbyterian church, who on median preached in tl Hall, and was at this tit e of sermons on-" The Central e giving jeot on this occasion be ng " The of the Wife," which, 4s might pected, drew a large udience, °eking and well -dress' d ladies largely in the majori y. • Long the doors had openeo a large r had. gathered anxiou to obtain tance, and when the minister oUld say present, in the ut forty - youthful pleasing speakr, and who in a city likChicago is " likely to draw."' Afte leaving Chicago we Pass Omaha, whe e a son of the Rev. Dr. Hall, of New among the prominent . elerg after a long monetonous ride the Rockies. The highest el :at Sherman, over 8,000 feet level of the sea, and with atri ..oars we were going at the rate miles' an hour. • 0 SALT LIKE CITY was tie next place 'visited, capit;1 of Utah Territory, wh oh, canin to it being the headqearte s of Mor Monism, has never yet been ecognize as a tate. The city lies elan ly at,Ith base f the mountains, and i properl terna d the n Valley City." Altho g there may be snow on the ionntalins fiowe s and vegetables are .n bl o bele*. There is a populatio of &gen 30,000 in the city, ofwhom a I arge lard portion profess the . Mor ild on faith but throughout the territory of ' Utah the number of Mormona is es imate a 120,000. They- own a large e art of th Wealth of. the city, and are e olusiv i their1 dealings, -haniiig c e opera IT stores, where they can; patch se e er article they require. t The abern cl where they worship holds an audi ma of 10,000, and so good' ere th aco sti properties that at the ex.tre e en4 o the building I heard my eso rt drbp pin into his hat, when stand ng in th p n I pit . MOrmonism was first esta lished i New IYork, whence it extend d to Ohi and further west to Nebra ka, nt DOW its influence isfelt throughou th entire Territory of Utah. hey av only a few educated mini.ters, b their missionaries are to be fpun every country. These are m king vertto the system, and lsri iging t el tater to Salt.Lake City:. SAN FRANCISCO, reaohed on Saturday morph;: ,is a ci y about 200,000 inhabitants, -here ar to be:found telex& number of 'anad an who have bee suceeosful in Susi es I met here the Rev. Mr. Wh ttier,f erly of Halifax, N. -S., who • had jii been called to 0, congnegation4i the cit of Oakland, where there is apeptil tio of 40,000. San Francisco hoast having the largest h tel in he w ri the ‘+ Palace Hotel,'l which has ,5 bedrooras. Cernag s even c n pa s i to the intericat of the buildin . Presbyterianism is prospe ons er although the congregation are ID large. In the morning I he rd the Re Mr. Smith, of the Tabernacl , a y u preacher of rim& promise, 'a d in t evening the Rev. Dr. Gibson of th York, is en, and e reach vation bove th in of isin of twent • 1 pa is 'Us 11 0 r 1 1 t 11 11 • I • f • • 0 t the le ; t e fou*d five de. daci g LO th he ye r be h d red o - TOR e P vince, and la out oludi 1.15. •ate 1 the imag e ri eigb ng 1 e ourte ol nigh • wiht if fr 'e aim ✓ two, probe ly o °el i entir ly f of h east rn p ug omme ces lie g s of r ses Wood, fillip the neg. A go tlem sid n for fi e ye he 1 dettled there pe.l of tbu der thing Baer 7' ,000 i he cli can be g ,abov nder reship r, an arance, it will ly g 18 n- n Y# s. st • .2.1! spl ndid, par e road rst-cla catch moun 11 aroi lovelie tori an s city, t Oauac flock t their rge m Victori iable usrness 011 he ities of canned nglandl. AmOng y be rdentio & Co., who ✓ the Stand y, of Ediebbr nnery of Mes ularly fine, e London thehead o auk of Britlish h Mr. Wm. C. he er, he Id - in e w w-cl bils n h lilt h w nob from s al n ip y, arg qu t se • IP Vara ent f nip the c cacti in t alsp f dile f oie je by •1 111 r 1 e Th tel sq bo 111 be 112 QOIi fot mo arE pul for ca lai •pellp ha d emp wi, h The The WA, tad 11 • 11 1, 11 ist block is one n the city. • CHI aestion is n of politi ely,. as the rom Chin present s cult to go Female ands very. act. as coo hich they h, and give so largely e c works, ome time ries on y run by t heaply, bit e for being to draw th oyers of la ub them. • PEES e are twog congregati by and p its connec 11 It Se tland, from re9eive pubstan t ' pastor, is a w s educated t pl a ing mann Hi ermonis ar gi 1 g evidence The church ed. able The sin imp oved by t orga . The Fi of h w ich the Re is t present va I : 0 SE L orci ans, rie and ate of mattets it w a1on without Ch elp s ery scarce, igh ages, and Ch s a I house serv t fro ood s icula are ee •0 - in re ir TS he or s ord the s a.i n nd 0 the nd, 0111 ing da at aul, the To line tion - to •ery • to t of tory dem fter ing cific O has and • een .ley corn- rom tied,' reat ugh •ries • ota, are ith a deat be natio our sant ave ly 11 • ill e sple did c which i r. pas es. T of Washngton Mon and the Stati of rapidly fil ing up with s highway 1 cm 0068•11 to resources of this Do speedily eveloped, an Canadian with truth ca lines hay fallen -to places, anL that tie he got excels The tri ant, and parties go ure, to th 1 INiajor- himself Canadian —The t Railway, the withd —The iefortnati of a gang Detroit. —The South A feet in ex t attre,, ttac edi at t ey, tans, as', ither in ebo nd rcant1i1e , an4 a. 1 ed re rd TS. nd ar- ce It manager. mg newspa r. Higins. the•fioest bu BOR. itself ou the nd natist be fa Is are pourin e United Sta be uld 118.- nd na- nts $10 to $22 per tisfactiont T d on the rail oe factories, xtensive sal zer river N9 doubt t en blameew agent, mkt At present Id. ill afford t 11 plc) tdhel; 0 em. 'we ext a lin Or oou YTE od o 1.1 osp i011 els p ati-e ere. TS COL1 of *c 00 i ng PI stP .D. aut t 1 1 a NISM. ey ay, nd. on ere ite is the do 111 gregations h St. Andrew' ae, and still th the Chum it continue to ort, Mr.Stev ns; of Sootlandeand e is a ma �f d good add eels. e and though ful, ful prepare ion. eat and com ort excellent, b itig ing tones o4 an byterian Ch rcb, amble waspa tor, e minister re. is re - of ---G. W lawyer, fe streets of —More the requi aecured fo Act in Si —Miss oton Thu school te pupils is —A pa, •on Kea: being oh poured ei —The .his salar fund of t for the frdle —Bell ville a reward of $50 the incen iarie several b ildin —Mr. leo. 11 in boring for w which, .cjn bei three da 8, des inery. —Beteon tb and July 31,2 rived in 1&ontr end of iu1y 1 h wever, is gre 01 rintry t, r e tertit ana, iimeseta ttlerhn ceaos the mien v41 the pet say tl118 111 r p itag ect in bea ty. Was I ever y1 res can r:cornxne1nd t ng on ither b sin BB 0 Paci o coast er an.ada enera Middleto argpec ally pl ase Dalai. ouble •n the onti t Aly = • er, ha bee awl o the nalvvie oront police ha n of the intux i f exp riencea b ontr erica eis of Bell, 1 dea Mont than ed 25 the s CO6 C bite sday cher, on. ty of 's P rged hteen ayOr of 12 e pro fit —Owi g to weather Jul of the hatyorop and the rot itself am ng th —On t e far sons, 7th conce other dat, one in three nd a trial be lJonnd hours. —Mr. .C. .S agent at Belle street onb day the death was The deceased and was 162 yea ex wi • • {MOI-JPBROS., Publisher% 01.50 a Year, in Advaaice. liberty to express an opinion. The nut in our possession is in a good state of preservation, and as bard as, and when cut resembling in substance, a bone. The facts as stated, can be veil.- gfiaetdeb. y any person wishing to investi- -A carload a animals arrived in Toronto last week for the Zoo, being the result uf Alderman Piper's purchases in Detroit and otherpoints in the west. The animals comprise a pair of camels, a spatted hyena, a leopard, a °edited cow, a yak, a South American or black. wolf, an Arctic wolf, a springbok, an African buffalo or mud , cow, eight varieties of monkeys, and a number of tropical birds and small animals. —At a meeting of the London Waterworks Board en Monday night the proceedings were enlivened by a go - as -you -please rough-and-tumble fight be- tween Secretary Danks and Commisaioner Rayner. 111 feeling has existed between the tem for some time. The epithets" liar" n fellon," and " thief," were freely used, culminating in the conflict referred to, which required the combined efforts of the Mayor and the members of the board to quell. —The Guelph I Herald says: Two employees of a leading factory in this city paid a visit to Suffolk street -Tees- day evening. The object was a land: able one and worthy of commendation. On bidding good -by to two fair damsels they proceeded on their way home. They had not gone= far when a gang of boys commenced pelting them with eggs that had grown stale. Two fine black snits were destroyed and the owners say they will never visit Suffolk street again. • —A team belonging to Mr. Cassady was driven into Smith's Creek at Paris one morning to get a drink.- The ani- mals walked in and were speedily out of reach of the bottom, and had. to swim. James Creedon who was on the box jumped out and Swam back to save his life. The wagon box floated down the stream; tbe horses ;succeeded in reaching the opposite shore, but not being able to get up the steep bank, turned around and swam back again. All had a narrow escape of being drowned.train was leaving the yard at 1 Sti. Thomas the other morning, the engineer saw a child. on the track, but was too close at the time to prevent striking it. The little one was lifted by the engine and hurleddown the em bankment. As soon as he could stop his train the engineer started one of the brakesiten back to the station to sum- mons a doctor. Then he went himself to look after the child. He- soUght in vain in the ditch for it, but looking over the fields be saw the youngster scampering away, h a,ving apparently escaped without the slightest injury. .and tie usual tickets furnished the hen the Railway rm of s loaded ed the Weighed, s The parately was found to ' tip the Ueam 175 lbs. A little multiplication proved that $3.50 would bane to be 1deducted from the apparent value of the hay, and new aicketa were made out to thie effect —A young man eighteen ye ion of •John Gamble, mar Port Hope, in attemptmg to freight train at Bowmanville = statio 1= fell on the track and had both legt taken off. He died immediately aftet the accident. He intended,oing tot Whitby but missed the regular train, and met his death in the attenaat to ge by the freight. • Is 1 c & set 1 leas- te to leas - K. eases the et& d by him. Nothing has been h since. —A new species of potat destroying the potato or P —A prisoner named Whitters, who Was being taken to Port Arthur to serve a six months' sentence, jumped from the steamer Ocean while nearing that port at an early hour Monday morning, and swimming to the shore, a distance of about a quarter of a mile, made good his escape. —A Mrs. Bedard, who lives on Glen- garry avenue, Windsor, was wasbin her infant child over a ba sn on Mon- day morning, and while doi g so Mire McLean, the Sandwich bak r, called a her house with bread, whic drew Mrs Bedard's attention to the f ct that th child rvis dead. The mot er bede.m frantic at this sad discover —On July 15th, Annie W lkin, age 16, deughter of a farmer re iding nea Mount Albion, in Barton Township disappeared suddenly. A neighborin farmer disappeared the ame night leaving a wife and two obil ren behin ard of the A 0 t ined to t city - glat al export • lu s this Seas n last seeson ex a prom ue B svhile wal nag It, the eal-ST3D ay or g. 1,000 sign tur over per ;c nt, have been bmiesi n o th Scott nutt. aged 9.11, did at f last week. Sh nd am eget het. liver owe 1 merice. ton late int, Klingsl on, y a b 1 shots i to him. of Bellvill 0 towable t ehabilu osed hospital an s in that city. ty Cottncil o for the cenvie who recently s in thet city. • beetle in th from locality of 'Yarning •by 'sett ng off th stalk under the ground sim lar to th er to cut -worm. It is about the ize of a ful 0 000 grown Colorado potato bug, minue th , t. wings, and a large flat h ad. The eville may yet prove, a serious e may to th est, of ter strn g igni eying San ck a ted, lo vei bla of mg - was a ldest nded d on they given dding home 11 1 ered u of riled East, f gas, d for aoh- 41 °pent g of na igation 1 sea -g ing ves els ar- al, four less than to the st ycarl The tonnage, ter thi season. the extraordin ry wet more than 50 pr cent. in Quebec hkts b en lost s com en ing to show potat es. of Mjr. Thom s Par - on, etit int; er, the an bo nd683, heaves alf hoe1 re. In second nd set lap $75 'n. three Yarwood, estate ille, fell de on the ast week. T anse of paralysis o heart as a Mitive lng1and,_ potato growert. —A Paris ybuth in resp advertieernen, invested $1 which explidad " How to Society:" Tee volume he mail was not iarge, but sho and to -the point. It co following advice:- "Always nose clean, and don't suck one finger at a time.", —On Sabbath, July 13th rane,of Brantfotd,preacbed High Church and in the nse to a 0 in a boo appear i received b t and pith tained th keep you more tha Dr. Coch in the Fre Free Eas Church, Inverness, Scotland,and in th latter on the Tuesday evening followin On the 20th he preacla d twice Grandtown Prish Chnr�lji, of whic the Rev. Dr. John Thomsen, formeil of Galt is now minister. 1 —Mr. R. A. Townsend, returned from Beloochista employed by an extensive has presented the Kerby H fordi with a magnificent horns. Mi. Townsend is ho recent' where he i di compan use, Bran air of ibe Canada f drivee by the weigh scale clerk sharp eye of a Grand Trunk driver detected the prostrate f stalwart naan on top of th wagoie. Being closely -queetio man owned to having been On each �f the four load stalwart on being weighed s es of age, et clerks board a • —Some grumpy rad becholo e of Lona don, who no doubt have be ta jilted some ' time or other, have tganized theMselves into an associatton Mader the name and title of the lei Woman • Haters' Club." At. a naeeting held the other day, it Was decided to • isit Port Stanley on their first9.111311/11ij1nic, arta a code of rides and regnla i0328 wene drawn - up governing the be aviour of W0131en hating members wit= le on the Vain and at Port. One of the rules inaposes a fine of 50 cents 011 unit mein- ber found guilty of speaking to a girl. Every member must carry a basket of provisions, such provisions first having been made, manufactured ap.a cooked by himself, and any one buying provis- ions, if discovered, will be fined and. reprimanded. A member suggests the instances. , illy cures Sys : The ave made imported ; entered —The employees of the Great West- ern division of the Grand. Trunk rail- way (eastern section) held a picnic at Snspension Bridge on Saturday, July 26th. The friends of the railway men turned out in such numbers that they aggregated, nearly 7000, requiring five special trains to carry them to the Bridge. On Tuesday (of last week the employees of the weetern section pic- nicked at Port Stanley, nearly as many visiting the picturesque shores of Lake Erie. Tbe excursions were the largest ever known in the history of railways in Canada, and the promoters are justly delighted at their success. —An old trick wee successfully played on an old man on a train near. Wood- stock one day last week. Shortly after tbe train left Woodstock the old mau complaieed to the conductor that he had lent a passenger $150 to pay a freight bill, receiving a, draft for $1,000 as security, but had noit Ewen him since 1 the train left Woodstock. The conduc- tor at once told him that he had been sold, and that the draft was worthless. The vintim seemed to take his loss quietly. The sharper, after getting the money, evidently, jumped the train s.t WoodanTtookh. —onrsaay evening last week bailiff Tapley, of • Montreal, attempted to serve a writ in the Crystal Palace Opera House on Burnett, manager. The papers being somewhat informal Taple's authority was denied, and he was kicked. out. Friday night he tried it again, but still the papers lacked points, and once more he got the grand bounce. He returned with a locksmith and broke open the door of the box office, when the fighting men of the Opera House pitched him out into the e street. Bailiff Tapley could. not remain jolly wader these rebuffs, and challenged the proprietor to COM6 out on the street, which one, named Brown rashly did. prsence, under these arc of venders of "sure and for indigestioti," etc. ----The Detroit Free Press imams officers' at Montreal zeizures of valuable goods from the United States,'an under valueWith the intent on of de- frauding the revenu, from s me of the wealthiest aud largest firm in Mo treed. The first descent wee on E. * A.. Eaves, where a seizure wasaffected to the amount of $6,000. The warehouSe of Schwabb Brothers', diamond and watch iMporters, Wm. Eaves and 11. A. Saunders, wholesale jewelers were net visited and large seizures made, The value at present is unknown. The affair created& sensation in the jew Other seizures are expected. ored that several large seiz made out of Montreal, but finite can be learned. On months since A. & E. Eaves iad to pity 15.000 and Wm. Eaves 65,00 for en- tering goods pighteen Months previons under an exactly similar charge. 1; —DLit ThUraday evening James Thar - gess, an empleyee of the Chicago Granite Company, at Grandetone 141and, near Kingstonoltad his attention a1ttracteday the purpose of buying m chinery f the Coal oil Works in Bniimah, Indi and will return very shortly. —The Johnston surveying part which was mentioned in these not last week as being drowne River has turned up all repOrt of the drowning w rea ad he th of B of a —Thee are at the rese t inmates Centre, pr 'son 247 at t14 period lasti ye in the Mb eform tory, 40 Refuge, —An n the e sam roey ed 40 x•coe cased o poi county. A w for his a rest. with sail and the cattle graz . —T we Deiro ed &brides' at affray 4 San and lodged in affected their d Mon bearci ique. Point ar.x Tr reported. A la rochers, haiin the pasti re ac afterw ds dra ay. the end of a night an not been —A u • in the Lun tic ict na ed airn oning att13 in rrant has een Paris reen wa laced 14 the fiel t crook4 who we ernoon jdnnig a • wich jmin4ral he loc -up t 5 scape etwleen ay mtnin , of sine nd hor ble �cci mbles, near Mo of ele en ea been ent o b DW, wa fou d sq ing b tw nh r pe tied rou4d b4r ime 305 against r; 112 in the syluns. is ac - Elgin issued mixed where arrest - tabbing springs, ndwich, Sunday d have ence at real, is Des - g from bec. of bine clay. Mr. Wi e hours must be over a thonsa feet at Speculation on that point horns. longs- to the geologist, w at Spanis right. Th etarted b some Indians wbe found a canoe whic carne over the falls, and which the thetaght belonged to the • surveyin party, and they therefore supposed t party had perished. —Recently a valuable herse belon ing to Mr. - Wm. Sprowl, Esquesin near Acton, stepped on 0E6 end of handspike causing the other end to up fl.nd penetrate the amm canSing two pailfuls of th testines to protrude from With considerable dirneult replaced by a veterinary the animal is doing Wll. ---Four little girls we ulsters and red caps, and dre sed cards on their i obj cts of considerable int out one day last week. T from England without and were going to the ce The children were brig looking, and were not in t fused at the novelty of th ing. Ether trade. It -is reins res wee othing ale- & few an ummioise.. Remem his three rale children had hag aboutnie rushed oat to He ran doyin to an adjacent there met tiOnse Children, wh him that hie little ones vs river bank i Thither Mr. B and to his horror found that feet of the bank at that spot feet Indepthhad caved in, c children to death. The fore Chicago Granite Company w hand with assistance, and th the earth where the childre killed. The bodies, with th of one of the girls, were terribly manled. The litti was crushed. end broken. boy was nine years oM, the e three, the other two being g ering that beeneeakrsht ph Ieartyr. ds . informed re -at the nbd,etfiie1otny egess r n. bout rishing his an of qae S 80011 on st removed hisal been ii eedeptobe tton n . boy's had_ lebsit3oflitgae IS. t°0 r°11kiI1P•gl,*°8:by '. Lon-dn, ' respected stern div.- t his life. ided wIth hich had not gritite was in the kes"- *BB to3 lie 1;124 t or two 00 =A. sad railway accident at Ingersoll ,on Tuesday which Alexander Johnston, one of the most faithful an conductora on the Great W ision of the Grand Trunk, lo It appears that his train co the rear end of a freight, been switched off, but had cleared the main track. Re caboose when " down br whistled and he rushed to platform 'of the caboose the brake. A momen before one of the coupheg of johns sten's train broke, of whiCh. fact he was not aare, and when the tvvo parts came together the shock threw hina off the platferrn and he was crushed 1 to death. He bas been in railway life ifor fifteen years and leaves a widow, One daughter 4nd five sons. • = ii, s , ---The people of Clinton Were greatly exercised ever a case of child desiertihn, alien °centred there las week. I It , seems th*t when the 6.3t train from London aitived there a young woman was observed to walk across the pat - form to ,the waiting room; witb; a bundle i* her arms, but no atteetion was paid to the Circumstance uetil a few moments after the trean ha44e- parted, when the bundle w s folioed to be a bouncing boy about four weeks bid, It was natural to gesume t at the un- natural Mother haa gone nerth on the train, and word was telegraphed ahead to intercept her, but she c tild nets be la it discovered. The by, in th meantime was takerecharge ..of by t e railway authoritieS, who placed it under the oare of Mrs. Pike and othees. When found thecbaby was under the influence of a powetdul drug. When left the obild had. on simply two night dresses + and was wrapped ha a black weist A lille Billte been learned that Dr.'Stewatti of Montreal; happened to sit behind the child's methen from London to ClititOn ; as the train approached Clinton be iob- served her take off her waist and wrap it about the baby, she had a, little girl about three years ad with Ler also, and after leaving the baby they walked down the track, got in a buggy that was pawing along the London. road, arid 1 Tapley polished him off in one round so completely that he could not appear against the bailiff svho was arrested for street fighting. • —The fifty-first anniversary of the emancipation of the British West India slaves was celebrated at Hamilton on Friday lastanader the auspices of Mount Brydges Lodge, N. 1865,G. 11, 0.0. F. Amongst the visitors were the members e of Peter Ogden Lodge, and. Excelsior - 'Band of Toronto, also 'representatives e from London, Chatham, Dresden and Amherstburg. The weather proving most favorable the colored brethren turned out in large numbers and pre- sented a good appearance. A proces- ion was formed, which marched to the Crystal Palace, where addresses were delivered by Past G. M., E. II. Morris, President of the Bar Association of. Chicago, and other gntlemen. An in - Lx teresting programme of games and a sports took _place during the afternoon. d A con.cert concluded Et Meg enjoyable deal. • —A curious case of sharp' practice was developed on Monday in London. A gentleman who is about leaving the city for Montreal and who is disposing of sorne Of his goods and claattles, sold a quantity of - hay at 1110 a ton to the liendrie Cartage Company who do the teaming for the Grand Trunk Railway. l's abdome animal's the woun they wee surgeon 1 -aThe Chatham Plane quarian discoveries are in order. E. Wicks, of the township of Chatha was digging a well last. week, and s feet below the surface came across decayed trunk of a butter ut tree, a alongside of it found a n ternuts, one of Which has us, an interesting relic Jong ago. The date of t tre per ring n beari g a •reaets; we rest at To ey had co •ny guardia nty of GrO t and hap e least co ir surroun TO says: An in question must belo iod as it was found. n 1- r. mber of b 't. been hand;d f the awe t e fall of t e g to a Irene te der * so id ks thinks it d years o d. properly LO is now at Four loads of fodder had been weighed disappeaed, . • • • - t•-!-• 1. • • #t1 • •!, •