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aeighbors,
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member
meeting
ty dollars -
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ara were
, t
heti made
engineer'e
a present espor
;ween the.
George
tilers, the
work on.
,
red to to be
1$100, for
la 5 and 6,
alland, of
aesDodds,
; Thorn
tr., $122.15,
lreins Nos.
be survey
at /4; Mr.
taer. The
"esent• year
viz: Two
purposefa
townshila
1 amounts
request-
porationta
nfirm the
ttrer were
for two
bank iTh
ties of the
atturned tG
et Reeve.
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under the
are OM the
by sego
held that
ing to fill
t of 188:I,
the CO
Court of
SPIVENTEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 875.
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SEVEN HUNDRED PAIRS
—OF---.
EN'S and BOYS'
ONG BOOTS
ALL FIRST -GLASS GOODS,
A great number of theee boots are
band. made, and will be sold cheaper,
quality considered, than ever before
heard of in Seaforth. A latige stock of
Ken's and Boys'
LACED BALMORALS,
Baited for Fall wear, got up with best
quality uppers and heavy rivited bot-
toms. Every one needing a real good
iseful article should call and see them.
We will sell them very cheap.
OVER
ne Thousand Pairs
OF
Ladies' Fine Buttoned and
Laced Boats,
Of the very lotted styles, all widths,
data prices and4 qttalities to choose
from.
MEV SUPPERS VERY CHEAP
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Sof1001.,-
A great variety of
Boots for Fall and W
prices.
BOOTS.
Childre's Strong
inter wear at low
Men's and Boys' Hats in great variety'
and, very cheap at the Seaforth Boot
&ore.
CHEAP SUGARS 1
jest received another lot of taxa
beautifal White Sugar, thirteen peunas
fer $1.
TEAS TEAS
Our 30c, 400 and 50c Teas are the
best value in the market.
Mull stook of gboae usually found
a first -lass groceey store.
Agent for the Ketby Climax. Cattle
Peod, the best and cheapest in tha
laarket. Call and get circulars and
testimonials.
EO GOOD,
atforrison'a Oild Stand, Seforth.
A TRIP TO 414ciii
On arriving atWiarton We
sage on board the fine ie.
"Pacific," of the Great Noirt
sit Company, of CollingwOo
Campbell, Master. 1We 1
steamer with a fell litit of cabn pas
gers bound, as we were, for acki
Ou looking over the iStewar 's list
found, that our company hail d fro
parts of the province, and.owe f
Buffalo, and Albany,. New Y tk: IT
were a large number1 of youn Men
board who were evidently in f taeg
time " and, they were not dis
Leaving Wiarton We pass o
Colpoy's bay, which iforms4
harbor, and ran to Killarney,
of about 100 miles from Wier
place is the headqua tiers of
gian Bay Fisheries, t 'e Mess
Bros. being among , the lar :est
pers. Here also are gathered ap
ped south ifilMerlSe qua-ntities
berries. The population nu be
200,1comprised mostly of I die,
half breeds; it contains two tor
hotels and a Roman Catho ic
Church, besides the ' buil ing
storehouses of the ehip ars
scenery in this vicinity is J'wil
rugged. Passing onward tljrou
lightful scenery our nextstep'
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Manitowaning, on Manitoulin sl n
Being the principal , villa e on t
Island, it is a place Of 00118ifi rable
portance, and contains a umbe
good stores, hotels aud °the place
business. There are several eh re
the most interesting of whie is he
Mission Church, which was uilt s
85 years ago. The Domini n dov
ment is erecting a new lighth
this point. The land on the
generally is good, and a large Inn
farmers are settled there. 101
had in abundanc, end of I th
best quality. Being I warn d
steamer's whistler we re:e ba
pass on to Little Current, a r th
village with a beautiful her r
Here we found a couple of di
work blasting rocks in order o
the channel, so that, the lar st
may pass. A ' dredge was ls
shovelling up the ,rocks
they were broken up by t
Having changed the mail
Bay and delivered some frei
again whistled on board, a
through delightful 1 scenery
Bay, situated at the head of
cent harbor. : The farm la de
section are said to be excell nt
siderable lumber is also cut
principal hotel is Abe Qc
kept by an American na
Gore Bay alsosupports a
which was establiehed about
In the numberwhieb: we gl
the editor anneubced that h
to seek a short season of re
gigantic labors, and COIIS0
would be 10 iSEille of the pa
next week.- l•
We now enter the Nort
which usually gives strange
insight into the sterner re
voyage in these waters. 0
now headed Rix Spanish Ri
distance of about thirty m
dee entire route being at
picturesque rooks and island
en Dente, "Little Detriot," s
sailors from the fact that a
large qnantitieri of, railroa
was brought in by Water for
ing of a branch line of the amide
eifio Railway'. On the doek, whict
le
quite large, a censiderable uantie
stone, etc., may still be Been for w
it is probable the company ha
further use. A little beyon
Our course lies through
so narrow that one can -a
from the deck of the stea
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the mot dangerous elm linel
tire route. Beyond this Js L
through which the smile
expended some three m4lio 8
in making a channel three ho
wide and eighteen -feet dee
these channels are in the S
and through them pass all
engaged in the Lake Sus
including Canadian as well 8 00
shipping. -The entire ctst o h:
works was borne by the Tin t d
Government. We nowollnet. C
landing, with the " Ec o
in the distnce, near w ich
valuable [Mum of silver llea
in g up the river weo st
ruails at Garden River, nee
the Victoria mines, alsolsilv r
this place Duce dwelt tre go
missionary, Father u rq
next stopPing place ein
Marie, we are all alive hen
summons he from our v sit
store which the place c nate
somewhat amusing to 816 t
floek 1nto the storest ev
some hunting up span ens
work, oth re purcbasm sto
apples, aniI other ligif re
while thee who desir n
stood arod, blocking p t
and making all sorts of porn
everythin ' in eight. B t to r
voyage, w soon come u
Indian training schools ea
which pre ent a fine pe
the rive. Lying at the ha
little stazIn yacht, whi h
was the Iproperty of 1 ish
of the Di mese of Alg
lenian impo
t
tle further
FRIIDA
he en-
eorge,
ve nment
of dollars
d ed feet
oth of
t river,
vessels
trade,
erician
se vast
States
urch's
Wits "
ooated
roceed-
to chenge
hich are
le A. At
t 1 rench
• Our
nit Ste
whistle
single
It was
outlets
uding,
udian's
f nuts,_
ments,
f these
maps
e that gen
lead. .kI- li
t residenee, a very co
d though not a very larg
f erew n * run up all th
e e'en be crowded on, an
y Jack floating proudly a
O steatri nito the dock of
d After spe ding a shore
t ing about tbe village,
appear 1 t� be very
t steamer c ossee to the t
n name on Le Michigan
s canal leadng from La
y the American side,
B appearance of things i
to What we have seen
Sault. We paid a vi
e lockaof the canal, and
n pressed: ith the m
e works. 1 These locks a
engineering skill, and
s canal.cese upwards of
• dollars. They are lig
e electric: light, and e
, them is l finished in the
. manner. As the entir
great northern lakes
this ,canal, it can rea
✓ that the work ie one
t ta,uce. The United S
8 visited by many of
e several 'enjoyed the thr
e of " shooting " the grea
canoes ander.the guid
1, After we had taken in
e we re crosed: to the
a wtiere our steamer wa
snight, as owing to the
a the channel it is not c
t navigate after dark.
li rnotnine, We bid adieu t
s retraced our course do
y our way to Mackinac.
t the mouth of the river
1 side or IA eriean chan
known las the "Sailor'
- On one right is Mu
s which the American
f now making anew ch
h save eighteen miles of
o to and from the Sault.
t that the work will o
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✓ bo
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name
thia'
mat
the b
this
a eha,
most
er to
islands on either side. Fr m the
of the pilot house the view i one Of
passing grandeur. Near thi point
tain Campbell informed s a
Indian battle had been foug1it. We
reach Algoma Mills, where 4largo 1
bering business is done. This is
terminus of the Canadian acific
way, on the Georgian. Bay. This
at one time gave promise ofj beco
an iraportant town: The oundat
were laid for the bnildingof 4n imm
hotel, but after spending s me $8
on the foundations, the workl was a
doned. A. large frame hotel vas ere
close to the bay, but was not oorepl
and there is little prospect f its
being finishd. Considerab e In
however, is shipped from Jhere.
now steam on through begs
straits to Cockburn Island, wher
large amount of shas shipp d to 1
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porsa there are about 75 ettlers
gaged in farming on this is and..
next stop is at Thessalon where
located large saw mills; e con
here is well settled; for f rty •
back the Blind river near h re is n
gable for vessels. drawing 12 fee
water. We now have del'
fal run to Bruce mine:. Op
tions at the - mines have • been
pended, and everything abo t the
fast falling into mine. Imm nse w
en buildings, mountains of sand
rock mark the spot where m re mo
has been sunk than is ever rkely t
realized _ from copper mini
Bruce mines. We next Ten
Landing on St. Joseph's Isl
vicinity of which considerab
is done. We then prooee
Wilson's Channel to Richard
on the Bear Lake. The
along this route is -of the
descripton, and cannot be s
any on this continent. Passi
• the Devil's Gap, we come i
the "Last Mail Carriers" or
Rocks," for the histOry cen
which we refer our ;readers,.
Campbell of the Pacific.
now lies along Sugar Island,
through Neebitaa Cutting,
the.bouridery line betwen.
the United States. 'This
deepened at immense cost by
States Government,;it being
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"Piot'
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Michi
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years. e pass en rot
the site of an America
of 1812, aaso Battle Isl
British F
distance
Detour,
Lake H
rt in the Ba'
e. see the t
ichiga.n, at
ron. We al
Is and, and after a • d
120 mileslwithout a st
1- we are t see all the
e kinao Islrd ab three
.0 are engaged to drive
island. t woald owe
s to describ eveaything
e suffice it o say that it
0 coming so many miles t
cen fort oecupies a co man
d tion on t e height abo the
on one seekipg amiss n
with the utmost cour sy.
, the party managed to antic
e ber of whle helmets. hie
merly wo n by officers t
a Donning hese trophie wh
✓ ornament d with sunflowers,
• • ed our pr cession, and timi
✓ racking s rains of the azoo
e ed in trin ph back to •ur
the boat. Shortly afte tea
out from our deck. id
straits t� oint St. lattice;
f town whi h. the Capteen ii
t- was four iles long and eig t
wide! an there is 'mere teu
statement than would tat
The tow consists olas
d -for nearly if not quitel four
along the rater front, nd t
rear being backed by h gh te
this place in 1672 t e 'gr.
Father Marquette set nt to
Mississip • i river, and t wh'c
brought b ck to die theo
For many years this ea nes
labored a to ong the sav ges iv
ed- these egions. Hi reel
buried be eath the alt of t
Church w ich was af erwsx
Aefewyea s ago the r
covered, a d were re -i
spot, and handsome
ed by the eople of St.
by the Ca seam we vis
mept, and gazed with overen
spot whic I contained the r
the great Jesuit who ;had
died on th shores of L ke
d 200 years go. At mid igh
S on the ret orn trip, in o der to
d Detour crossing at day reek.
•e 1 ing this pont we tame a t
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ted
is
ort e
bn 1 in
bu in
wit • he Union
th peak we
aul te Marie.
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I. on i
wn o
sho e
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qui
it t
• ea
e a t
uitra
hay
Me
ed
8 upon
• me opr
of the
eSfaruolmt,
s a neat for MeG11 will
were told best stu ent in
S llivan, —Ed ard
which dead in
Eng- He wor
ishop'e —Th
looking. has bee
. Our iBnriutiushel
which of Scion
—Th
calored
proeller, I and
him; and altho
in our wake, wa
the narrow cha
reached. Our
turn and twist
the proceseion
order to- make t
at the °trance
sporting passett
match on the 1
down trip we fot
hold a series of
trip. Officers a
pointed, a BIT
prizes was take
ranged in true
a very pleasant
trip, and got
freshe,d by our s
lakes.
SEP
succeeded i
gh he fellow
unable to
nel which we
ily Captain k
the channel,
ill We parted
f the Sault
me peas! plea
ers organized
wer deck, an
med ao aseo
games during
Id committee
scription to
.up, and ever
orting order.
time during
erne feeling
ort jaunt on
The Se tt
Toronto.i
—Thursday,
giving thy.
—A• 1 rge e
inches f oen tip
shot nea Mont
anada.
et is to be su mitted in
ovember 6, Thanks -
5 feet 7t
has beep
EM
passing
d closely
ass US ih
had thee
ew every,
so we led
company
iver. In
antly our
basebali
on out
iation to
the home
were ap-
purchase
thing ar-
We had
he whole
will re -
he upper
CUBIST.
le, meesurin
to tip of wing
at the two
repauga sh
ted $6170.
three -tear -old chil
nes Pr ngle, fell into
to and •as drowned.
Britisl Association
e given annu
civil engineer
heru, aged 4
a° hotel at Guelp
ed in a organ factor
Rev. r. Torrence,
admit ed a, life me
esoCia ion for tae ad
e.. •
holm of Mr. Tho
h was ntered last w
oys ab out twelee ye
a wander- and a g ld wat h valued aite
does not —Wo eeley h
• mg, our :birh ba k can
the same Canadia Indi
As the Company to tr
riot is on. Nile.
ally the —Lady Lams
olLefaedrieannt htooslpayitataleacnodrn
tie great which o remon
ly im. few wee 13 11611C
—The receipt: perform-
ances of the F w in St.
Thomas aggreg
—A , named
Mary A a cistern
in Toro
—Th old medal
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mo
tona
pasee
ily te
f gte
atea
ur party, and tenced,
lin xperience peniten
Sault repids in in the c
ce. f Indians. —Th Kings
stew of coal, were before,r't
Ca, dian side, Monday, and p
mo d for the for doing bus
na wness of understood the
nsid ed safe to a stubborn figh
d reak next —The seas
Sult, and
• river on
rriving at
eilthe out.
a point
mpment."
e, through
nment is
hich will
or vessels
eetimated
about five
Island,
in the war
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e lof the a -Ca tain
ienaph of Govern r -Gene
with the been a.p ointed
itlions of Major enniao
uight by dition f r the r
ng about —Th Berlin
complete to leer that
go of the eaterpil ex is d
• through to the 1 avee o
imagined should e on th
• t impor- —Ma tin M
Fort was father a d son
he fat
iary, a
ntral
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e site of a
r. In the
Own of
trance of
ss Boblin
1 run of
each Mac -
p.m. As
carriages
ound the
nch space
aw there,
ell worth
• Ameri-
hig posi-
town, and.
e treated
Several of
"a num-
wre for-
arriton.
t ey_had
hey heed -
the soul
• e march-
atters 011
e ateamed
11
seed the
ichigan, a
mined us
en inches
h in this
✓ t appear.
n•le street
tches out
miles, the
ffs. From
at Jesuit
each the
• he was
ears later.
riest had
o inhabit -
ins were
e Mission
s burnt.
:males were dis-
t terred near the
°nit lo ent erect-
guao. :Piloted
ted. t monn-
e on the
mains, of
ived and
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tlbie
o n's
the
ing
g'
11
et
IL d
*h
an
a •
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e started
each the
On pass-
e with a
•
when w hear
nite nuijiber of
years of age, re
jest cox4pleted
4,000 pi ces, e
size of al ceut.
—T!i4 Dom
Commissioner
of a license to
Board- "luring
Judge BoYcl d
a,nce people Ii
—A sale of
limits on the I
Jas. McLaren,
paid was $35
were bought
years ago for 1
— Another a
of, to start alio
be taken for
sny part Of
plored sdvthitn
to resp nd t
explore it.
— Th re is a
during tbho lat
Labrad r. Th
bells aiiid Jess e with cargoe
wrecks in Na took Bay a
One vessel was lost at Marin
and thr e of th . crew perish
—The com a. issionere ap
the Goirnme
bia and report
he re urned.
recommend th
he regutatedeif
naeasure.
Jeffer
cut intd the e'tt
he had • tootle
taken up their
and took from
the finest hone
off, and propos
their work.
—A one ye
Haines, a Toro
rather peculiar
day. It • appea
alone in a carr
pleasure steam
careened the c
water.
—David Gr
trains, in the e
Donough; of R
Hamiltion,whil
ing to board a
fell under the
run over and
Graham now li
a serious condi
— Three cour
hunting Oil Sun
mouth of the
Detroit river.
revenue officer, on the look
along side their boat and gr
af the guns bel nging to the
the ground th t it was unl
American to b • g guns int
lly to the
ug.
dropped
Monday..
as tune*
f Guelp ,
ber of th
ancemenit
as Peppe
ek by tw
rs of ag
0 stole
s ordered a four fatho
e nd a pick
s from the 11
nsport hims
ovtine hasbe
stone of the
onto for the
perfo
elniont Arm
drew df
them Bay
up thr
n invited
Belleville
riendleas,
med in a,
nd, of the
elle Foot Guerd, has
second in co mand to
oa the Egyp ian Expo -
1i ef of Gordo
Nelws says: e regret
grub rese bling the
ingeonsidera le damage
the turnips. Farmers
lookout for these pests.
lin and Jon Mann,
of Guelph, ere ser-
er. to seven y ars in the
d the son to ix months
rison, for catt e staling.
on livery sta le keepers
e police. ma estrate ou
id .510 and osts each
ness on San ay, It is
will appeal nd. make
n is around once more
f :quilts made of an infi-
pieces. An o d lady 82
iding near LT 'lover, ha,s
one containug nearly
13. apiece boil): about the
41
Dion Board f Licepse
has granted t e transfer
he Industrial I xhibition
the fair i • Toronto,
ssenting. T e temper-
iedigna,nt.
. B. McAllis er's timber
dian river w 8 made to
of Ottawa. The price
000. The s me limits
y Mr. Me llister two
s than $240$0.
lar expeditio is talked
t a year hello:. limey
granted tha a,s long as
he world re •• ains unex-
one spirits wi 1 be ready
the call fo people to
fresh crop o disastees
.storms repo ted from
Valeria, Cha lenge,
1s4 -
are tot 1
d
rs Island
d.
ointed. by
t to visit Britsh Cola
el Chinese migratio
It is Under tood they
t Chinese 1" migratioa
dot reStricte • , in some
on, of Milto • , recentla
es of his ho • et, where
d a swarm o bees had
bode for the past year,
hem fifty-one pounds of
He has b xed them
13 to let them go on in
r -old child. of • Henry
to, was drow • ed under
circumstance on Sun -
s1 the child was left
age on the eck of e,
r, and. the • .at being
reiage ran o' into th
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hm, news agent o
ploy of James S. M
ilway News
at Guelph,
express for
train, getting
his head b
s in Gee; h
on. ,
geons Amercanawent
•ay in tlie ma sh, at the
little Bassett channel,
A Canadian Custom
bubt,erdowoedi
ni3
party, oei
awful foe
Canade.
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4.
00
ompan
attempt-
amilton,
his arni
dly en
ospital i
One of the men bit
head with anr oar, w
the gun and get out
other of the party d
him, with his gun an
of small shot to r
Then they conclude
soon become too sul
nd so they media a
—A scheme is 011
ing, at the Gayer
canal connecting
River at Longnertil
River at Chanabley.
be about eleven mil
he official over the
ich made him drop
f reach, when en-
liberately aimed at
• gave him a charge
member them by.
the place wotild
benzine su
insensible
found medi
and they a le now doi
—Waitorl Raleigh
late fol1osf of Trin
bridge, and a dieting
ry to hold them, the BritishiAssociati
ee line for Detroit. day at the general
foot for construct-
ment's expense, a
he St. Lawrence
ith the Richelieu
The canal wduld
s long, and w uld
eal
d-
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ocated th
o the fl
al eaten
reduce the wider vvey between Mont
and New York abont 80 tidies for H
son River boats.
—A sugar fact.* and refinery has
been established at Essex Centre, ly a
Mr. Wright, of Cuba. The sugar jivill
be manufactured from sugar carub, of
which the proprietor has nearly seve ty-
five acres under Cultivation at the
Centre, besides a lar e quantity gro ing
in Cuba, which he i tends to impor to
Canada. •
—One of the teamsters in the employ
of Forepangh's cireils was badly hurt in
St. Thomas, He ,was driving three
teams attached to al circus van, when
the horses became frightened andhe
lost control of then, anl was jerked
from his seat. He ali hted beneath
the feet of the flyin anireals and was
badly trampled.
—By orders of thp Customs authori-
ties a quantity of nninggIed liquors and
the three 'schooner concerned in the
recent smuggling atl Quebec, and seized
It appears that the d
who came to Can
meetings. ijad been
the conntr, , sight -se ng. On his
val in Mon real last vreek, he was t
sick with Ityphoid- fever and ra
grew worse. Inflam ation of the 1
l
set in, resulting in hi death.
--The A thur Ent rprise says:
Cockerell, marrieda an of thisvii
who has a wife and. family &pert
on him fo support, has paysterio
disappeare for the past two w
We unde stand since that he
eloped wit a young girl whoee ho
near Harri ton. No plue canyet belied
of them, hint it is 4enerally beli ved
that they Fent to the States. We are
afraid if he - does not use this pe eon
any better than his w
sadly rue this change
—At a meeting
Committee of the M.
Friday last a commi
,
to meet r. Mowat
side of t e bridge,- on Monday,
inst. Ar angements have been
for holding a grand demonstratio
Niagara. The Premier will be d
to the Car,a.dian side in a carriage,
cfsalutes fr in batteri s of artillery
m, and they fell
or. As soon as
ance was cal ed,
g well.
Browne, M. A.,
ty College, C
ished menabe
n, died last Th
°spittle Mont
ceased gentle
da to attend
travelling aro
• 1110111.1AN BROS., Itu liehera.
1131.50 a Year, in Ad ance.
of the unfortunate father 10 y be imag
ined when, upon approachi g, he recog-
nized the mangled form of his child,
whose face and legs were e teirely eaten
up. The poor little girl stil held in her
her father's
m- hands the tin can contain -in
of dinner.
rs' —There are one hmadre
tale eight widows and single la
an,
the
nd
rri-
ken
My
ngs
m.
age
ing
sly
eks.
has
018
ife, that ehe will
in after life.
of the Exec o tive
owat receptio . on
tee was appoi ited
at the Anae icau
5th
ade
iven
and
will
some weeks go, we e aold by auction be fired. Several m mbers of the
on Saturday. The liquors realized fair eminent will acco pany the d
prices, but the scho ners were sold. for tation.
ridiculonsly low figures, The highest —A M
being $235 and the lowest $85. citing sc
—The iDominion and °uteri° Govern- : Circuit
ments ha.ve arranged with Mr. W. G.
Walton, of the Waleon Dairy Company,
Hamilton, to exhibit the new Danish
system of butter and cheee-making at
the Toronto Industrial Exhibition. Ar-
rangements have been made to work up force at
at least one ton of
the exhibition.
—Rev. Father
who speaks Egypti ti, has been appoint- stunning
ed chaplain to acoo pany the Canadian few min
contingent of the N le expedition. The cuffed an
fourth officer,whose name is not known, , _Jack
will be drawn frona the Three Revers
battalion. Surgeon Major Neilson, of
oBffi!teart.tery, Ottawa, goes as medical
—The 'services of Captain Alexander
McRae, 6f the 7th usili rs, of London, in Bran
the rafting and limper usiness on the offices t
;r
who has had many , yeare' experience in worked t
St. Lawrence, haveibeeh secured by the again.
Imperial authorities to take command 'Noalan,
of one or ale detatchments of Canadian shelf in B
voyageurs in conneetion with the xpo- haps tram
dition for the eeliefi of General Gordon printer.
in -Egypt. i —As t
--Henri Mieer went out on strike ing Port
with some other dyers at Cornwall last a man w
week. Ws wife c011ared him a ong ship's sto
the CTOW and deManded his in uanudderhea g
He refuse to give lup whereupo
strack Hi bebween the' eyes; re the guard
ing that she wonld I do all the st the priso
for the fareily. The blow stunned and a sea
and as he tay on the ground his p about five
tic spoushwent through him. found by
—On Thursday of last wee pit s c osme opul
young children of Ernest Girardot
lives in Sendwich, were left alo anthoritie
the house, It is supposed they se
ha—rbRore,P°or,
some matches andlset fire to the
ing, as it was discoaered to be in fl there ha
la,tely be
Catholics
troubles a
portions.
wounded,
their lives
ntreal telegram says an
ne occurred. at the Bat
ourt last IThursday.
Philias L diets Laitaigne, the Deur
of his co sin, had ben adjudged in
and order d to an a ylum, he seiz
large wa er pitcher standing on
table nea him and urled it with
ttorney-Ge eral Blair, a
sa,me tim exclaimin in French
am goi to be hart ed you'll diefi
The pit her struclt Blair's te
ilk eper day during
oucher, of Ottawa,
whose r
many ye
the " Te
arrested
ing robb
him but
tes. The
it removed,
ohnston,t
latives res
rs, known 11 over Anaeri
ror of the Lakes," has
t Niagara n suspicion of
d a posto ce. " Jack "
ford a fe weeks ago
o or three ays at One o
ere, fitted wandering f
ith the ex eption of Nie
ho is a p esent LIM on
ran tford, t e Terror has
ped it na re than any
e recovered
risoner was le
crying bitterl
e tramping pr
ded in Bran
•
01
ney.
she
ark-
iking I
him
gilis-
, two
who
e in
ured
nild-
mes,
tain-
No
an4
e fire
i.boub
does
math
low
,000
por-
their.
011e -
CI
e steamer
rthur on
s discovere
e. Shack
• as pla,oe
ard, hitt s
and. hid If
er the boa
ch instit
hours, wh n the prisoner was
ne of the crew in the crank —The visit of Lord Melg red to Catigh-
0
and was , betroyed. The barn co
ing a b. ree was also consumed
traces of t e ehildr n were found
it is fek ed they perished in t
they start d.
—It is, estimated that there are
.300000 dogs in Ont rio, and what
it cost to keep the ? A dollar a
is a low estimate, tut even at thi
figure the Arend ageregate is $4,32
a year. We euppoite that only
tion of the numb r are worth
keeping, i perhaps ot more than
third. Then see 'IMao ' vast a ount.
wasted innually I besides the great
amount bf damage done by the worth-
less curs. •
—The lumbering industry of the Ot-
tawa district has tlecome so depressed
tinder the present i Government's high
taxation policy tht there will be no
difficulty in obtaining all the men re-
quired for the Gordlon relief expedition,
A great many lumbermen have gone to
Michigan and elsewhere,- but still there
is no lack of unemployed men in that
city.
—While rowing irom , the island to
the mainland at Puelinch lake the other
day, two Galt gentlemen saw a huge
sereent lase fully blur feet out of the
water. The reptile headed toward
The,
their boat, an onlY .ceased following
them when Bi now' water was reached.
The serpent ie desctibed as being fully
fourteen feet in lenth, with a large flat
topped head. An old farmer who lives
across the lake says the same serpent
was seen twelve ye
—The 23rd of th
be marked for fat
On the 23rd of
Beckett Was kille
railway station, an
Robert Loyd was
same spot, On Sat
rs ago.
mouth appears be
ities at Strathroy.
une last, Michael
1. at the Stra.throy
on the 23rd July,
Iso killed near the
rday morning 2rd
August, themang1ei renames of an un-
known man were feiand near the same
spot as the first two named were killed,
These are merely coincidences, but
there is in them en
to cause speculatio
superstitious.
—On Saturday na
o'clock two young
years, employed at
Brantford, went fol benzine, whicb is
kept in an undergrotind cellar a short
distance froro the foundry. They did
not put in an appearance at 1 o'clock to
work, and inquiry was made. It was
ascertained tlaat they had not been to
dinner. A search was immediately
made, and the twO lads wbre found
lying insensible on the floor of the
cellar. It is supposed the fumes of the
ugh of the unusual
in the minds of the
ming about eleven
ads, aged about 15
m.Buck's foundry,
ov-
pp-
ex
uret
f ter
erer
ane
d
the
reat
the
If I
ple,
a
nd-
nter
ford
a as
eau
av-
WaS
and
the
rth
o1 as
the
pet
ther
ntario was ear -
her last up trip,
stealing fro the
es were pet on him
in the state
mehow he el •
self. On mi
was checked
ted, which 1
om
ded
sing
own
sted
and fifty
ies entitled
to vote at the coming mto icipal elec-
tions in Galt. The Reporter says:
The wives of candidates fo
honors in Ontario now
trouble staring them in t
will be necessary hereafter
Galt for an example—for th
to embrace some one hund
eight widows and -single la
canvass; and while it may be suppoeed
that they will talk muni
orly, and demurely ask t
their "votes and influeneet
fact that candidates will h
it their business to look
ladies will trouble the wive
But the candidates themse
after indeed will a canva
labor of love! r
—The London Adver iser says :
Shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday those
passing in and out of theme ket through
•sad sight.
in the shade
ghastliness
dark skin,
with blood.
municipal
nda /IOW
e face. It
let us take
ir I eige lords
ed and fifty -
its ha their
ipat politics
e ladies for
the simple
ve to make
after these
not a little.
yes 1 Here -
8 become a
the arcade were treated to
Stretched 01:1 the sidewalk
lay an Indian dead. The
of death showed through hi
and his mouth was fil!ed
He had died from hemor bilge of the
lungs. His name was Da el Birch, he
belonged to Mmaceytown, a d bad come
into LOD1013 111 the morning. For four
years he had been in a decline from
consumption. While wal hag past the
arcade he was taken ill ao d sat down
on the sidewalk. Some pe sons stad-
ing by moved him into th shade, and
laid him down. He sat u., wiped his
forehead, lay back again and died with
out a sruggle. Dr. Steven on was sent
for, but Birch was dead b fore his ar-
rival Health Inspector ell had the
body removedto isoffice. Birch was
a man of about 35 years f age. The
body was coffined and tit n home to
Munceytown by his friends
—An important expe ent in the
direction of imprdving vigation in
the lower St. Lawrence is about to be
tried by the Dominion Government.
The Marine and Fisheries agency at
Quebec has just received. per "Ocean.
King two of the celebrat d pitch gas
buoys, enormous iron globs or tanks,
which it is said when 4harged. will
burn continually night and 1ay for three
months, enabling vessels t4 distinguish
the proper channels, i dangetons
localities at all hours and ii any weath-
er. It is understood thalt the three
:buoyS, which are the first f their kind.
impotted into Canada, will be plaed,
one in the channel -ptch in the
traverse, and the other ou the Pilgrim
shoalas soon as possibiej to serve for
the remaiuder of this na igation 13ea-
son, and the necessary preparations are
being made in consequen e to charge
them. The buildings foil the manu-
facture of the gas which t ey burn, and
which is derived from c ude oil are
about to be erected on the Queen's
wharf, Quebec.
09
094
obtain recrui s for Lord
tely covered with oil. He I newitgee tG
ed and handed over to the Wolseley's expedition u the Nile,
at Port rthur. 1 created a great deal of interest, but had
otherwise very little effect. Grand
ts from hateau au Hinley
the L Chief Williams accompanied the Gov -
• been ernor-General's deputy an interpreted
ween th for him to the Indians, illiams said.
that he bad done what he could to help
t these p
e assumi good. The
brador boast,
requent colli
Orangemen
int, and Ma
g very serious
eople have
id some have
rty is cerryin
s,which are f
provocaion.
has reqaeste
war veseel t
requesti has
say
10138
and
the
pro-
een
lost
re-
eely
It is
the
the
been
Many
nd it is s
Each p
volvers ani other ar
used on the slightes
said the overnor
Admiralty to order
scene, an that th
acceded to
—Hugo
ons Germ
Central P
28th of Se
sentenced
for horse s
he almos
escape b
of the wor
ed before
ednesd a
tal, he ha
being ill,
About /100
dinner, 01
hospital
made goo
— The p
were late
Holland,
teft, won
and they
friends in
undertook
cles she h
over ninet
society's o
found the
'Toronto
came out
mate of
result is t
Barope at
has been
expenf3e
- fe
farmer, n
vicinity et
home to g
wood, ins
twelve ye
ner when
in the aft
•
line is the name of a n
nthief who was sent t
ison from Hamilton o
tember lst, he having
o 23 months' imprison
ealing. Three month
succeeded in effeetine his
burrowing a hole undo one
shops, buthe was disc ver -
he could utilize the ole.
he was alaced in the eel:d
ing represented hints f as
ut he did not stay there ong.
, while tae guards we e at
ne quietly slipped out of the
oor, soakd the west wal and
his escape.
ison aid society of To oteto
y badly taken in. A Ms-.
ho had been convict d id
the sympathy of the So iey,
decided to send. her t her
nrope. At her request they
to redeem a /amber of arta
d pawned and she It ded
en pawn4ckets. 'Whe the
cer redeemed the goo s he
were linen articles m rked
General ()vital.' It then
hat the *,man was a in
the hospiIlal in 1883, an the
at instead. of being se t to
the expentie ofthe societ ' she
ent to jail fcir50 days a the
the eity.
days ago 4 French -Can dian
med Leb anc, living i o the
Shrewsbu y, Quebec, le t his
and fell tr esin aneighb ring
ructing hi wife to send heir
✓ old little girl with Eis din-
oon came At three o' lock
moon thol child had no yet
made laer appearanc , and Leblan de-
cided to return ho e. He had li rdly
walked a ew ares hen he perc ived
large besr busily engaged in - de our -
Mal
arer,
the
118
ain,
ught
grief
tori -
the
the
been
ent
ago
AO
is
•
•
•
ing smetaing. He hred at the a
but misBei his sho . Coming n
Leblanc 4as able to scertain tha,
wild boa4 was making its repast
human b ing. LoadIng his gun
he ike•d a second time, and br
down the animal. ¶Ihe terror and
them, but without mac
pay offered to the foremen one of whom
would go- with every twe ty five men,
was '$75 per month, and $ 0 was offered
to the men. Only goo4, experienced
men were wanted, bowesoler, and such
won't not go for less than 50 a month.
One man thought he con] get Indians
at S. Regis to go, but that was dobt-
ful. 'I told them," ectitinued ,the
Gra d Chief, " that their rafting was
over 1 for the summer, a d that they
wou»i do better by taking 1 this invita-
tion than by staying at h me through
the winter. Here tbey arel only making
some lacrosses, or going 1 through the
States selling bead -work. What white
men can do Indians c n do. Lord
Wolseley himself was -at Red River, and
so were Indians. Now Lord Wolseley is
going to Egypt, and so can the Indians.
If I were a young man I slieuld go my-
self."
* 1
—The regular Directors"' meeting of
Mao Howiek Mutual Insure ce Company
was held in Genie on Sat rday of last
week. . Fifty applications Were accept-
ed covering risks arooenting to $57,550.
The claim of Alex. King, let 5, cones-
sion 12, Howick, whose barn and con-
tents were burned on the night of Itho
24th of August, was coneidered and
eight hundreddollar awarded.
Twenty-five dollars was o dered to be
paid to Mr. McNeil, of t e third line,_
Wallace, for a, heifer killed by lightning
in May last.
—The other day as Mr. S. Barr, of
Goderich township, was *riving home
he caught up with a yount man named
Leslie, and getting ont.ort • e rig, boxed
his ears for insulting la 0 guage that
Leslie -had used toward It arr's sister.
For this assault Leslie h: 0 Barr elm-
moned before Mayor Forre ter of Olin_
ton, who imposed a fine of 1 and costs.
Leslie was known to have revolver in
his possession, and, it i said, een
threatened to shoot Barr, elio offered,
if the other would pay to a expertees
already incurred, not to ay a COM.
plaint against Leslie for c rrying a re-
volvek. This was not aece ted and the
complaint was accordingly laid, Leslie
being arrested by ConstalpJe Paisley,
and spending the night in Ithe Clinton
look -up. Next day he w brought up
before the Mayor for trial, sjrho iinpoeed
a fine of $50 and costs, the lowest fine
the law allows. • Leslie pa i $10 of the
fine, and was given eight aye in which
to pay the balance, but 1ie "jumped
the town " bet the first train
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