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EIGHTEENTH "MAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 900.
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Late*. Rev.
,nieetinein th.
tr. services w
ted to keep their
id then stepped
ble address, iii
le timenteof
point Mr,
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res ted them*
knewnuothhi
r sture for him,
is mplete sur-
litable reply; in
sincere thankii
t tlic present:am
ng o generous te
is.
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a Mr. P.
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DidYou Hear The
ERY LATEST .
Historical Sketch Of tile Town-
ship Of *orris.
, [Fyoul the BrusselsPost] i
:Morris; is laid put in the shape of 6.
, --A
. a parallelogram whose -dimensions 'teeth -
east and south-Weat.' ere
mike, :by seven ..and a half from soeth-
t to uorth-west. n its two latter
sides it is enclosed etween Grey and
East Wawanosh,1whi e Tmuherry fonds
its north-easternlboundary, 6,nd Hullett
and McKillop its south-western. The
• township origin Ilyi contained- 57,120
'r,
acres of land and weter ; but it would
appear; if • the assessor's rolls are
correct, that the villages of:Brussels and
;a
Blyth, and the te o railroads which rim
through it, have kern off 1,874 acres,
tie the number of acres eepOtted by that
; ,
official as property of individuals-•
ameunts to 55,246. , 1
!Its, aura& qt. comparatively
except neer the river. The south i
of the Maitland enters as Brussel
pin -suing an "extremely irregeler *cause,
,lea," ves the township near the n Ahern
angle at•Wingharn, having been joined,
by the middle branch,,which ent rs the
township at Blueeale. Along eli banks_
of these streams the land is ext cutely
broken, which is the chief excep ion to
the general descriptio . • of a coinp rative
evenness. �f - steefacen• In fact, I I th in -
this respect: as Well as in reg rd to
quality f soil, Morris veins. stron ly. re-
iseintdes trey and Wawanosh. ,
Outside those rats of Morris n ow in -
elected within the limits of Blyt and •
Brussels, the filet settlement n the
township was made at Beigrave a
party consisting of John McRae, Chris-
thpher Cerbett, John Brenda and
Robert Armstrong.. These w re all
.originally fronitFerme agh count , Ire.
land, but had aftet ands sett ed - in
West ,Gvyillimbury, 1 Sitnede enmity,
whence they ceine to takesup•thei resi-
dence in Morris. Thdy firsts came in
select
n be-
ing a
'aimed
1 earing
next
where
s fol -
5;
5 ;
ndoe,
lot .16,
ir in-
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small
after
toes,
i
o I re. -
18.52.
'there
xdept
eCon-
d -log
. e
- son 3
-6.. , He is new a Methodist preach r in
Michigan. ' 1 "
of JoiSeph England, .above ref reed
• _
. •
. By the year 1856, Morris, which with
Grey also had been united for muni ipal
arty -twelve " purposes to McKillop. .entered pon
an !independent . organized ., exist nee,
and; the firsit reeve was Cherie, M.
Parker, with Christopher Corbett, Vm.
Wilson, Jelin tdclte,e, and !Ch ries
Foriest as , councilors ; J. B. • Ta dor,
clerk ; JohinLaidlaw, assessor ; D n-ald
ott, colleteor. .
There are e number of post villa es in .
Mmiris, the, position. /of which ma be
°bee Ved by nefeeenee te the tow ship
Vali but there ate none of theneof uffi-
cien importance to merit notice e cept
Bel rave, on the 'Morrie and Wavyanosh
town -line, whine early , settlement -is
elsewhere referred to. There is here a
'station of the London Huren & Bruce
railway, 67 miles from, London, and 7
frone Winghamn It has two stores, two
hvci)llaco.se,;two., churches, one -Orange ha 1,
together with. several.mechanicat esta.b-
lishinents, and is quite -a pleasant little
The general position of Morris, view-
ed from the light of the advantages,
.offee d by its highways, its railways, its
Wat r -ways; its finances, its: soil, or its
inhe itants, is such. as to 'give it not
onlY la present commanding1Position, but,
no u ieertain indication' of future pre-
eminence among the minor mmiicipal-
ities! of the county. ' • ,
;
And is PositiVely True
in. getting
eset free on
arrow, M. P.
"' for her.—Js
ft. Frey,. of
e\ A. II -anter
Ting liquar,
filer havilit
found two
,.. , tile caei mit
yen the liquor wit;
>en it:, meet next
ith
key wilt considts,
T 6 protests
wo
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eve een droppe
eediket -with them.
Ball has retu.rind '
and got tc work
,
Kirtant had ha
.1 .
rs is new in .„
Vo -i'611, He can
nch and E. PI
s
isheen of ToroutO
el- c rug vac
115e, e h
cu. J. Ps- 411, threat,:
. ,
rap.,
-The party whc
; of light sleigh".
eelee byt mil
:Dorsey's' shop
ep, 'W'inthrcni, an
stray seat goir
leave the lel
1-
1-F A FE.A.IRS. —
6 has consider,
I 4 __..1.3::_
!arty all the wee-
eave got marei
,an (Vone wide%
hip if we ace
The neighborh
ri very prolific
r, and most o
-e hired two
ming &elite
very saeeee
in the 'Meth
appointment,
The Procee
11
TAY to. a
Rev. Mr. SA
en " Character-
te Rev. Mr.
in eloglient ad
tOnscS prayer for
1y, the soul ana
., of. Seafeorth-
at, gave r
Must be 11.
adeed eve
re them OR
ies as well a3
aght be ireciti
, choir, S
satisfactiO
i 1
ing, ;1%11 lust-,
at • the to
,
real, son ot
'steer, inet wl
P , . e
resulted ' 1.11
night. ?Jr.
' the
me ,,, near ,
•iie'cl e rung
an: He went ti
.self run int"
i five pieces.
V met veith
an A
[alir e A - -This .
' Colonel Inge
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removed IV'
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penal, who
kieled, 'VMS 11,
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•
That Mr. Good. is having separate departments
fitted up for Roots and Shoes, and Hats and
Caps, in his mammoth store, Thorne's old stand,
and that he is actually slaughtering goods' in:
order to make rooM for large shipments of 'goods
froin the leading factories in Toronto, Hamilton, •
London, Montreal, $t Johns, St Hyacinthe and
Quebec, and that in a very short thiab he • will
open out the finest stock of these goods ever seen
in Seaforth. The. north end of the' store will be
_ filled Op with Fresh Groceries of the• very purest
and best brands,. in 'which pure Teas and Coffees
will be'a specialty. Also a large assortment of
Crockery and Glassware, China Tea Seti of latest
pattern .,- Oxether with Dinner Scts Of beautiful
Aesign„ This department will be under the Man-
agement of MR. W..3. SOOLE, se long and foyer -
ably known in Seaforth; and vicinity.
,
• The south side of the store will be stocked
• with all the latest styles in Ladies', Misses' and
Childreri,'s Fine Boots,,Shoes and Slippers, nicely
arranged in rows, according to quality, style and
price, contained in handsome cartoons, giving
his department the appearance of 'a city parlor
i boot store. Also a choice seleetion of Men's and
BeTs Fine Boots and Shoes in the latsst Ameri-
can styles.
Mr.- Good will introduce a 'number of the
fineit American Made ROOTS and SHOES—finis
of goods not usually seen outside of the cities,
and every pair willbe sold at the very lowest
price, • • • '
•
The Hat and'Cap depaitutent will also be found
on this side of the store, and every novelty
knOwn to the trade will be found in this depert-
ment,-and not ONE SINGLE OLD HAT in the
whole collection. Every Hat new, every Hat of
the tete latest shape, every Hat just fresh frotn
the factories of New York, Chicago, -Philadelphia,
Boston and -London, England. The celebrated
Christy and Woodrow Fine Fur Hats in great
variety. A large portion of the stock is alreads.-,
• reeeived„ and is now ready for sale, Comparison
and inspeetion is invited. .
•
Foi• the next thirty'. days Great' Bargains *11
be given in TEAS, SUGARS AND GENERAL
GROCERIES. Meat CROCKERY and
GLASSWARE.
• k:si
A lot -of the celebrated KERBY cumax
CATTLE FEED on hand, the best feed in the
* world. '
-GEO. GOO'
THE GREAT
teeing -841.
man Bros,'
laci„ 'Success,
AND
STILL GOING ON.
All Kind.s of Goods at,
Cost and Under.
11 yen have steepened on us yet, be
sure to do so before the dose of this
sale, las goods are -selling fast; and bar-
,. ,
gains are theorcler of the day.
We are making sweeping' reductions
in one
•
FURG (2 0 D S
if you require anything in Fur Caps,
-Cuffs, Boas, tapes, Or Trimmings, be
sure to cell and see our goods and
prices this month. Don't forget the
••
piece.
The OheapOash Si?re,
—Greet
IIOFFMAN BROS.,
ONT.
a •
•
even,
tench
, and
September, 1851, intending to
land and, building shanties- there
fete, retinuing ; but before ma
choice the sewn had got so-1er ad
thettthey concluded to defer c
and- building operations till th
spring. The lots selected, and
they subsequently settled, were
lows :--1114ta,e, let p, concessi
Corbett, It —, concession , ; Br
toe 3, cone ssion '4 ; Armstrong,
, concession )4. .In pursuit of th
tentiOne ;they - returned earl
the spring. of 1852; , effected
clearings on their Iota, - and
erecting s anties and planting po
&a, again fettle ed, coming in
T‘i [
in in permanentlyin the fall- of
A the Urn of their first' coining
was no set ler in. the .township
K rinetti ... Mean and 'William 1
. ; ;
nell, who had. small elearings a
sh' e' t - ' 1 :
, an ten where BlYt i now stands.
During the latter part of " 1852,
ever, a number of settlers came
different parts of !,the to-wnship..
We Parker, afterwards the first
was the first who -followed the
in fact his actual settlement dates
of them all, at he came in, put
shanty on lot 10, Concession 6, a
Mained there during the tine the
hew-
n' to.
Chas.
eeve,
—and
ahdad ;
up a
d re -
there
Pense and is Working •ep a, good trade.
Mr. Ale) ard Turner starts for Ontario
on Tues ;ay ev; ening, end there are ru-
mors efloatithat he iwil not return alone.
I remain; yours truly.
1 JAMES HARVEY.
. , •
Our PoSt Offices:
; le
The following is ia Statement of the
reVenues, received by the' several Post
Offices in this bounty arid the salaries
paid the post matter irrespective of
allowances . for forWar ing, rent, light,
fuel, etc., as compiledfrom the Post
Master General's p et for till year
ending 39th June, 1884 : •
Post OWe. Gross rev, Salary.
Amberley ! $ 234 96 $ 19 00
Auburn ....,: . . • .. 279 13
Bandon... ....... I ..... 18 83 1°503 050
Bayfleld .... ... . .. - 463 64 242 50
Belgrave 441 90
Blake 24844 °861
. 144 85 19242 0,50
1052° 0030
'Benntiller
Beechwood ..
Behr:ore, 1 48 64
Belfast.. . . i . J. .. . .... . . ... 146 20 14 00
Bluevalc . 484 28 70 98
Blyth
iel field . :-.7.• ... . -.., . . . , 329 03
1274 20
114 400500 00°1
Brhasels... .... , ... . F66386.466, 800 00
10 00
Buslifield. ,
Carlow '
Chiselhurst ' . 14292, 5202 . 50 00
22 00
Clinton ' 4008 96 i1148 05
Constance . . . , ...... - 179 50 . 56 00
Cranbrook.
Dashwood ,
; . , 30972 70:: - 105 50
' 205 32 87 50
34 00
Drysdale
Dungannon 440 25
,a , 69 00 194 00
Dunlop 30 QQ
Egmondville 802 71 118 Off
Ethel . . 387 26 ! 166 50
• • From the Fair, Far West.
, Exeter
Fordwich.. : . % ..... 684 97
i 2243 35 678 00
Fordyce 36 13 201 12
.• PEN4, N. W. T.', Februify 7th; 1885.
,n1.41 , , Glenannon . 36 00
16 00
DEAR gXPO4ITOR,—.J.nro 0, tne Kind- Glen Farrow.- - 76130 '111 " 10 00
nes8 of a,friend I. receive TRE Exeost-
tOneand take great pleasure in reading Gcderich ...... ... . , 5035 01
Gorrie. --` 588 86 270 00
700 00
the news from Huron county, a county Rairt
105 25 72 00
34 00 lame
Of Ivhich I had the honor to be a resident Hen fryn. 38 09
for "several years. itis nearly three years 115 62
535 69
dime! I left Ontario for the great North- Henson . -
Hills Green ' 96 69 215 00
HolmeSville _ 203 63 82 50
25 50
west rhaven taken up a half. section -Suntineneid.
of land in the vicinity of Pense, 17 miles Jamestown ..... . . .. : .' .. ,. . 11152 0642 ' ' 5 00
49 00'
west of Regina, the queen city Of the Kingsbridge _ 2612 2 40 00
Pla . There are several more Huron LiPnPdeensbor- ... ... . . ; . , • ..1 308 20 106 50
Lakelet.... .. ....... .1 201 64
52 46 156 00
.81 00
boys located here, and they are all doing
.There arequite a number of Provincialists LeadohbieuechY-1;
. Lanes • .1. • • • • •• .... • . • . 7 - 108 31 40 00
iple didly, and like the couretry well. '20 00'
77 62 42 00
here, and we. try to keep *hat we calf a Ma.rnoch 41 50
gathering t 'grether occasionally and hale
" down-home " feeling amengst us by moncreiff ‘• •
Newbridge. li 2g
27 55 , 20 00
20 00
ing a geed, old-fashioned talk of days Port' Albert
that ere ph 1 and gone, in good Old On -
;Varna
Sunshine •
Sheppardton.
WWaesithtfineld.'
Nile
Saltford
Seaforth.
Porter's Hilt
,
, .252,E7•3081. 8764:67
;
4478°1 6764 .:
268 34
130 42 . •
70 16 ;,,i-• 32 00
5403 0050
113605, 0150
240 00
20 00
32 00
30 00
60 00
Wincheises, 73 53 28 00
Winghom 3247 66 , 968 00
WWirnotxhertePr 160 99 59 00
Zurich 754 09 % NO 00
. 555 93 .0' ••• 1.69 00
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The Londesl?Oro Creamery. •
,
A *eting of the directors o the
Loncleshoro Butter and. Cheese Manu-
facturing Company! Was held a the
Queen's hotel; Clinton, on Wednesday
last Week. Mr. John Hannah, repre-
senting Seaforth creamery, and Mi. J.
Reith, Blake creamery, were present
by invitation,. Mr: Hannah has I suc-
ceeded in collecting a great deal Of in-
formation regaedingi the system of ;test-
ing cream. By this system the. cream
belonging to each patron is subjected to
a test _which, etermines the exact
amotint of butte hat can be made from
a given' quantity f- cream, and every
patron will be
cream is worth.--'
-_ After a lengthy and animated discus-
sion of the merits of this system, it was
urianimously resolved that the system be
introduced into the Londesboro cream
erynthis season. My. Hannah intends
adopting it at Seaforth; and Mr. Reith,
of Blake, thought very favorably of it,
•
, Ann trong delivered a short but I very
appr priate addreastof welcome to the
„ladle and other outside friends. Bro-
ther Sinclair followed with a song.
-Brot ier Murdock then gave an al dress
, on t e order in general. He showed
the wigin of OdclfellOwship ; how -it
was rought about ;, the position it now
occu ies ; the chatities it dispenses
year l ; its number's and the good it
does. It was an inteeesting address on.
. the • der in general. Brother Sinclair
and r. O'Neill sang a duet, which was
lide ed to with reticle attention. Bro-
thel, aird followed with a hu orous
read ng, alter which brother reser
• gave a good practical address o the-
orde , more particularly as it re erred
!orga-
nize 7 years sine with 6 members.
to t • ir own lodge. No. 210 was orga-
The have now 43 in good standing.
Duri g this time they have paid $582.74
in r ief and charity. $76.74 of thisthey
gave to poor persone. who had no claim
.wha ever on them. , 13rother Fras r ,an-
swer d several popularobjectio s • to
• Odd ellowship in particular, and ecret:
gavea nice recitation entitled " 't1 take
soci ties in general Brother Allei then:
wha father fakeer He was fol owed
by rother Arntetrong,_ who gave a
read g called thd "Royal Burnpe De-
gree,"- which was listened to with at-
tenti n, and caused a , good d al of
amu anent. This closed the pro ram-
. me. Thus then pasted off a ver
itinhe
-por nt affair to the members. o
lodg , and • a pleasant affair to their
Mew' s. Thislodge is in a flourishing
Coed time and -oung • men' would de
well o join it andsecure for themselves
good society, and pleasant company.
The inging of the national anthe and
belie liction by -the chairman br ught
the roceedings to a close.
4
tariol, , The soil is a. rich, deep, black
Mould or loam, resting. oil a deep end
very tenacious clay sub -soil.; The depth
of the loam romps from four to twenty
feet. It is teneng the ••richest, if not
positivelythe richest, soil in the world,
and especially adapted to the growth of
wheat, ' oats,: . barley, root crops. and
.grasses. :The climate of the Northwest
is not unendurable by any :means. The,
alleged,exteerne severity of our winters
has been. Made the great point of .attack -
eon this ProvinceInstead of a North-
west Whiter being the dismal, htberating
period that ..its enemies would have
one, believe, itis a period of rest for
natures and of jollity for the people, that
is intensely enjoyable rather than tire-
-some .!.end .dreary. ' In no less favored
clime.can. be seen such winter skies and
hellbent moonlight. Nowhere-, else can
were east. Among 'the earliest, ..ofthe the same bracing, invigorating atmos -
others were •JesePhiEngland,.Writ: John, phere:.lie :breathed. That the- thermome-
DevidtGeddee,and Hector- McLea , who ter often -goes .very low is undoubted,
-gettled'otiethe led and .4th -line. Abra- but Such is tlie dryness- of the atmos -
'Ilene , Proctor, .• lot -7,•‘ . concess on 1 .; ' pherOnthat fortybelow zero here is felt
Cheries Proctor,• let 7, Concession .; and no more- than zero In the humid climate
Joseph 1 Stehhe; ' lot 8, -..cceicess on" 4. of England, .' or ten below in °aerie.,
.Further south, John Kelly,. with a.large Casesled frOstbite are often. 'adduced an
family of sons, settled in May, .1840, . o11. evidence of . the iundue severity of :our
10,13,1. concession 'it ;Still a little" fee- winters. ' I. hav • been convinced . that •
thee south Win. :Wilson,. afteretar ' e
, • for ' nirhilel a 'few ,' ce es -occur of posons get-
ting trozentemong : men of - temperate
"
habite, owing . to long .continued ensile -
sure, -loss of Way, or other causes, over
ninet§ per cent. of -the -total number -of-
canes Occurs to perseneunder the influ- .and aenounced his intention Of bringing
ence Of intoxicating licteors. Insthad of
winter causing a suspension of work here
as is ;populaely supposed at .the east,
bitildnig operations -are carried fon all
winter. The large Canadian Pacific
railway depot in Winnipeg was almost_
entirely built during the winter of 1883.
South of the 49.. parallel in the United
Stet* blizzards and other winter storms•
are More :frequent and sevhre, snow
blockades are Mote common andstock
petisli in large numbers,. while here they
thrive through.the winter. On the other
hand. ',the. suinmer, While hot doennotit
produce the deadly effect so often
further. south, such. for instance
as Now York city, where • in a. single
day in July last 72 children died from
the effects. of. -heat. Tornadoes, which
are cOmmon. te a belt in the western
American • States, scattering death to
human beings ; and destruction to proper-
ty and crops, have never occurred here.
Last year we had 'very dry weather up
to the15th. of June, then rain came and ;. . Br,u0efleld..
grain :grew ' Very rapidly. . I inay, say
there was abundance of rain the remain-
ing part of the season. About ten days
before. the gram was ripe the weather
proved very nefeyorable for ripening, it
being ..iveryPeed and cold, which caused
wbeanto be derk in color and somewhet
'shrill*. Oats of a geed eample ;
peas.- Were: of , a goO•d qualityj and seem
tegeoW splendidly in this, district • Pottle
*ice Were the finest quality -I ever saw,
but the yield .per acre was smell,. owing
to the .seed being &Juane& Turnips,
beets end. onions were very fine. Wheat
;
meny years reeee, settled in -Jen 1 1
1833;
and the Laidlaste had already settiecl a
short time previously along the 4tii and
10 line; 'and in 1853, also, iiothcr
s
familyiof five brothers . of Kellys (of
whom Thomas, now of • Brussele,. was
afterwards reeve Of the townshi )settled
on the 8th and 9th lines. Mr. jWilson
was the magistrate who called the first
public meeting in thetOwnship ijoth for
school and 'municipal .-puiposes i Wm.
Armstrong, lot $, concession. , • also
settled in the fall Of 1853; Wm.' lollies
located just a week previous to him on.
lot 7, concession 4 ; Alex. Finlay, ' some
time during the preceding .summer, on
lot 14, concession -5 ; and Robert Arth-
strong, on lot 6,, eonceinion - 4-, * the
autumn of 1853. ,The first settlers in the
eastern part of the , township were
George Forsyth, the present reeve, who -
settled uponalscit 2$, coneession,5, in the
early part of • September, • -1853, and
John Sample; who came in on the Grey
town line ei, short tinie subsequently.
There was not a intgle settler north of
the 4th concession till after the winter
of 18534854, but (luring;the ensuing
spring the influx Was , large, and con-
tinued unabated till ail est every lot in
the township was occupied- within the
course of a half dozen of years: ,
Amongithose win) ca , e in during the
winter of 1853-54 Wes Win. Harris, now
in Algoma. He settled at what is called
"ilodmin," which he tanked after' the
'county seat -of Cornwall, England, his
native town. He beilt a grist a,xid saw
mill there, the first in the present limits
of the toWnship. .
•• 1.
The first school erect&l in the town-
ship was on lot 11,1 con ession 6, and the
first teacher was lichee a. Vance, whose
family . had come ; film i Napanee and
settled ideBrucefield. Rev. 'Mr. , Aiking
W. -(', Methodist) was the first Minister
whoever preached in the township. .11e
-
came first in the. seasoi1i of 1853, and
during the winter. of 853-54 used to
trevel.Q1108110W shoes, ii "heavy march-
ing order," with his pa k en his back.
Mr. Atkins preached fpr several Years
in the Log cabins of the settlers, until a
.church building , was ovided—two of
which were subsequent ' erected - about
the same time, one on lot 10, concession
5, the other on lot 6, concession5.
. The first emiple marred in the town-
ship were Margaret, d ughter Of Johei.
Brandon, and john Lawlor, the cere-
1,
moriy being perferme by.; Rev,: Mr.
Dewier, a Methodist m nister and the
first white child born ' as - diristopher,
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exactly what his
it before the directors for their considera-
tion at an early date. .1 •
Coniptaing amount of business done
last seamen. With that of other .yeets since
the Lend esboro ereaenery was established,
,a marked, increase is shown as per
statement below; During 1882,the cream-
ery open six months, made 12,826 Ms.
of butter; during 1883, creamery open
six menthe, made 32,423lbs.; during
1884, creamery Open four months, made
32,809 lbs.
During the season of 1884 the Blake
creamery manufactured about 20,000
Its., being some 5,000 lbs. more than
was made the preceding year.
The _proceeds from the sale of butter
by the Londesboro creamery during 1884
was almost vow, besides which the
patrons had all the milk left on the
farms, which it is. estimated is worth at
least one -hall as much as the cream Acad.
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it selltug iii Pense from 60 75 cents
per buehel. There is a large a a of land
broken and baekset in this v cinity for
next year's crop, and the sett ers are in
good hopes for the future. W have had
a„verttfine winter so far, altho gh frosty
at times. Just now the weat er is fine
and mild. Those who have s ttled here
from IHuron • county are = m. Ross,
• Richard Turner, John Grassek, Johi
Sherritt, Thos. Clark, Heater ood, 'los.
Harvey, sr., and. John A.rnetu . Robert'
Mellis; of Kippen, has taken ue a beau-
tiful half section of land on the Cotton-
wood creek, and has returned to ,Ontario
to spend the winthr with his fannly, and
is expected to come here in ea4y spring.
Mr. Ai Blair, formerly of Ki n, has
gone into the mercantile b mess in
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ANNIVERSARY. — The seventh anni-
versary of Lodge No. 210, Independent
Order of_Oddfel ows,cante off with great
eclat on /triday ,evening, the 27th ult.,
in the -lodge rosen here. It was also
the first opening of the lodge in a,ny
public manner since being newly fur-
nished by Messrs. Bennet of Clinton,
and further, the -first occasion on which
ladies were admitted within its walls.
The brethren intended that this triple
'event should be celebrated in a befitting
manner, and they certainly left no stone
unturned in order to carry out the pro-
gramme. About 8:30, a goodly number
of the members df the lodge, with their
wivesand lady friends, sat down to a
bountiful oyster supper. • - Brother
O'Neil supplied the supper. Both he
and his good lady deaerve great credit
for the manner in which they discharged
the var,pus duties. Supper' over,Rev Mr.
Taylor f Bayfield who happened. to be
resent on the kind iievi ' tion of the
brethreil, was, inveigled into taking the
chair. In a few remarks he congratu-
lated the lodge on the beautifulfurniture
they had 80 ately purchased, and said
they deservdd every credit for the *neat
and 1iandsoiie appearance �f their room.
He said a fev words on the good which
secret, sociejties in general are doing
at the.. present time. Brother
Canada.
To onto. laborers object to $ per
day t snow shovelling.
• 7-- he total majority for the 1 Scott
Act n Durham and Northumberl nd is
cons' derably over 3,000.
iss Travers,- of St. Thomas while
o isit to Montreal, was badly hurt
by a toboggan. accident.
• the mills at Preston, Galt and ether
plac s along the Grand fiver have been
stop ed by ice, a state of things never
kno n. before.
— frame tenement house in Na anee,
occu ied by three families, and weed
by 8 r Richard Cartwright, was de *ey-
ed b fire the other day. :
ames Fletcher, an employee in a
to wholesale house,' has fallen heir
'5,000 by the death of an uncle in
tad. ; s
iss Serial J. Richardson died a
a,ys ago near Morpeth,very sucldenn
ni pricking her finger with a needle
g blood poieoning.
long list of papers were prepared
nadians directly interested in edu-
, to be read at the International
ess of Education held at New
ns last week.
m. IVIeLean, of Walkerton, and.
Sutton have received the appoint -
of deputy registrar and deputy'
al, respectively, of the Marine
for Bruce.
arish priests at Montreal are
ming tobogganing at night by,
ladies. They assert that it
tendency ' to immorality between
xes.
erlints free libraryhas beensue-
1 during its first year. It has now
volumes, and a well patronized
ng drawing class under the charge
. A. Mueller, of the highschool.
he cotton manufacturers of, the
r Provinces have declined to enter
mbination recently formed for the
se of reducing the production of.
otton.
ohn Scully, hnmigration agent,
to, left his cash -box, containing
I$, in a private room in the Queen's
next day -the box was not to be
and he is still searching for it.
ast Thursday night at nine o'clock,•
tobogganing on the mountain four
from Collingwood, John E. Mober-
n of Geo. Moberly, barrister; was
• t instantly killed by- hist toboggan
ng a stuinp.
actidn has been entered at Mon -
against the Grand Trunk railway
12,000 damages at the suit of the
of Alexander Stewart, a minor,
father, a lecbmotive engineer, was
in an accident a few months ago
int Cleieet through negligence of
mpeny, it us alleged.
case 'as decided in the police
at Guelph; the other day, which
d a pretty expensive tnatter to the
of a. dog in that city. The canine
estion was owned - by Mr. Albert
nd descended on the premises of
Goei, destroying some 27 sheep,
• at $141.75, which Mr. Pike had
• ,besides $6.85 costs.
he other day Philander Ca,swell,pf
left home in good - health after
fast to go for wood on Mr.
m's place. He was followed by
ephew, Seymour. Phelps, a' few
afterwards. When Phelps reach -
woods he found his uncle sitting,
g up against a pile of wood, clea,d.
d his sleigh -partly loaded with
drove of hogs, which were being
d -into pork for the merkets,was
d by the inspector in Montreal the
day. The animals had a peculiar
ance, and when slaughtered were
• ddish color. ,Mr. MeEantiren-'the
ment Indpec oe, said the a,nimals
en afflicted wfth hog cholera, and
unfit for human food. They were
gly destroyed.
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ery general regret is felt at the
death of Miss Nellie Foster, of Guelph,
whie occurred very suddenly on Tues-
day t week. She an at the St. An-
drew church concert m Berlin a few
even' • go previously,1 and charmed the
large audience by her ,,exquisite voice
and armee. Two clays after she was
strue down with a pain in -her side, and
died on the Tuesday following, from
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some internal rupture, it isl supposed.
Miss Foster. was assistant organist ft St.
George's church, Guelph, end was a very
talented musician:
•—While going to Kingston an eegine,
tee der and one - i.ar jumped the! rails
near Veronasand 4kijped over a culvert.
There were fifteen passengers on the
train bilt no one was hurt. The men
worked all night, and; getting back on
the rails started on their journey Wed-
nesday morning at 10 o'clock. During
the night the passengers held a Scott
'Act meeting.
—The guards , at Victoria bridge,
Montreal,. have been doubted, owing to
the receipt by theofficials of 'informa-
• tion that a member. Of the Rossa clique
had left New York for Montreal, and
that his mission' was believed. to, be
directed against the bridge.
—Several deaths of prominent persons
occurred • en Saturday last, - among
whom we may 'mention that of Dr.
Buckland, late Deputy Minister of Agri-
culture, who died .in Toronto of heart
disease, and D. • MeCraney, M. P. for
Kent, whoo died at Oakenof typhoid
fever. -
—Min. Denison, wifeiof Co onel G. T.
Denison, Police Magietrate, Toronto,
died on Thursday at- f miler resi-
dence Heydon Villa bove c urt read.
The deceased lady had fof some •time
past been suffering front cpngestion of
the lungs, and latterly from gastric
fever.
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— he. Presbyterians of -Toronto are
expecting to hear the Itev. Dr. Patton,
of Pi -inset& Seminary,. ere leng -at a
church dpening: • Dr.atton as the
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orthodox champion in tie Chicago Swing
heresy case. .
—J. W. Lewis, a Brantford hotel -
keeper, who was lately; fined $40 and
costs for: selling liquor on. Scott Act
_eleetion day, has since gathered his
goods together and departed for another
clime without the knowledge or consent
of a host' of creditors.
--Cattlemen from. different parts of
the Dominion met in Toronto last Fri-
day and formed en, association to be
called "The Dominion Cattlemen's
Association," for their mutual protec-
tion. A constitution and by-laws were
Adopted and officers, elected. ' '
• —About a dozen -pupils of St: Thomas
hlonemagny College, Quebec, accom-
• panied byl the rector, went on a snow -
shoeing expedition on the shore ice • at
that place a few days since. When
some distance out a floe of ice measure-
ing about five miles in length and one
broad broke - away Irom the shore,
carrying its captives with it down the.•
-river St. ,Lawrence about ftWo miles.
Their poeition becoming critical, they
determined to explore the ice island,
and muchto their -joy, found a large
canoe with oars which had also been
carried out, and by this means they all
reached the mainland in safety. -
—A farmer's team ran away on Dun-
dee; streetj, London, on -Saturday after-
noon and. turned into the market, up-
setting and leaving the sleigh be-
hind. There were two or three
vehicles in the way, and a general stam-
pede occurred, no lees than four run-
aways taking place at thee same time.
The greatest sufferers were Messrs.
O'Mara Beothers. Their rig was upset,
the driven thrown out and a pail of
sausages spilt over the; street. . The
horse ran awaytand smashed the sleigh
to splinterwood. t. -During his career he
ran all around the meat wagons and
through the arcade in the fish market,
creating consternation- on all sides. .
—SteplienClarke,living nearConsecon,
was attacked with hydrophobia last
week and became, so violent that he had
to be taken to Picton jail. When he
became rational he stated that he wag
bitten by A mad dog while travelling
withe circus in Carthage in July, 1880.
He received the wound in 'preventing
the dog from biting a young child. Dur-
ing the first four hours his fits were ac-
companied with barking, growling and
imitation of heavy panting, and during
theintervals the barking of a dog would -
imMedietely excite another fit: Seven --
years ago Clarke attempted suicide'and
was! once I before crazy. Physicians
think the; case one of hypochondriac
origin and at first quite under his
control. 1 ,
—On Thursday, Febru ry 19th, the
bred ' a com-
Meldruin &
1110LEAN BROS., Publish ers.
$1.50 arYear, in AdVattee,
• tertainment given by the Locomotive
Brotherhood of that place, and returned
the same evening in one hour and fifty-
five minute. . Who &eye the present, .
generation s physically degenerating - •
--3,1itelif, I is to have a roller - skating
, which is intended to be
and 40 wide, with niaple
floor. •
—A ioneg lad in 8t. Marys. panted
MeIntosh was badly hurt while coast-
ing on Vie street, his sleigh rim
against a passing team.
—Mr. J. H. Flagg, of Itlitchell, won
a very handsome gold \raid as a prize
from Toronto Truth, for sending -th
beet story to it for publication three
weeks ago.
—Rev. 'Mr. Tully, of ast
week went, to Ottawa With the .Scott
n, and will endeavor to get
leeitted in -Perth emir as
.sible. •
ectors of the Stratford Hor-
ociety have decided on hold -
exhibition during the first
ptember, addition to the -
on Dominion Day.
---Woods now being -brought into
detectives of Montreal tee
municatiOn from Stephen
Company, Bay City, Micl igen, to the
effect that their cashier and confidential
clerk, George B. Hunt, had absconded
with some.$18,000 of their money and
was supposed • to be in Canada. Hunt
was located at a boarding house on Vic-
toria street. eHe was at once shadowed
and the operator -wormed himself into
his confidence by poising himself as a
fugitive from justice. The -thief fell
into the trap laid for him and imbosomed
himself completelyeliselosing the money
sown in the lining of his va,hse and say-
ing that he only took a little of it out at
a tinte for expenses, that he intended to
travel, 8,tul would soon sail for Europe.
He was arrested Lby the detective and
completely broke down. - He confessed
all, agreed to go back to Bay City,
and left by the western train . under
escort Friday morning. He had/ not
spent very much., •
- Perth Items.
Mr. and Mrs. Begg of. St. Marys,
are sending the* honey -moon in New
Orleans: '
--l-A number o gentlemen • ave left
Listowel for a vi it to the New Orleans
Exposition. , -
—A bonus of has been s bscribed
to aid Mr. J. B. ; parhng for building a
new flour mill at Kirkton.
—Mr. James Mulheron of Mitchell,
recently shot a wild cat in Luther town-
ship which measured 4 feet 7 inches in
length. •
--The Banner says: Snowshoeing
has been a favo 'le recreation in Listo-
4E.
wel lately. n Wednesday Se' ening
several took th "r snowshoes and took
a straight line through fields an over
lences to Palmerston, to attend n en -
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90 feet ion
Act petiti
the Act s
,early as po
—The di
timiltural
ing,a, secon
week in
usual sluew
iiiListowellarge- quantities. Green
per cord, and long wood at from $2.50
to $2.75.
short wood rates at froin $1.25 to $1.40
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—Citizens -of Stratford • complain of
too much racing on the>streets. The
other day a reckless driver per into a
sleigh in 'riiich some ladies were sitting,
upeetting.a d smashing it. The ladies
narrowly e. coped injury. •
—Thediellows, of Stratford have
made arrangements- [with Dr.; Telma 'e,
of ,Brooklye, to de liver' a lecture in
Stratford lebn the 2 th April, wide eis
the 60th miversary of Oddfe1iowsiip.
in ,Areeriea.
• —A tea meeting at - Widder street
church, St ltlarys, on Monday evenin
last week, was very largely attended,.-.
The proceeds amounted to $199, and are
devoted to the fund for building a new
manse for the popular pester, Rev J. A. '
TufiNbvuhiALepo
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r Ducklow, sr.of
Donegal, was ring home from *thit-
chell 011 an extreneely cold night, a few
weeks ago, he hnd the misfortune to
havehiw feet badly frozen. He has
since been confined to the house.
—Messrs. Arbogast! & Bush, of Seb-
ringville,ha,ve j-ust purchased two entire
colts,,which were importedfrom the
old country by a Lecan buyer. The
price paid was $4,300. They are said
to be fine' animals. • ;
-f-Three rinks of the St Marys Cer-
ling Club are this week making a tour
antong the neighboring towns and cities.
They visit Hamilton, Paris, London and
ether places, playing friendly matches
with the cluhe of those places during
their visit.
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--Mr. David Edgar shipped two car
loads of lumber from Mitchell to I3oston,
Massachusetts,a few weeks ago,but find-
ing afterwards that the party was not
good,was.obliged to take a trip to Boston
himself to look after the matter which
reduced his profits by about $100. •
t—Last Sunday evening -while .the.
family of Mr. 'Oen. McBride, head-
master of the Stratford Collegiate Insti-
tute, were at church; Mrs. Cumming,
mother of Mrs. McBride, who had been
left in charge of the 'louse, accidentally
fell into an -open cistern in the back
shed, and was drowned.
—On Saturday an •laccident occurred
at the foundry of Mr. Jas. Sharman, of
Stratford. While testing a new thresh-
ing machine some straw became en-
tangled in the - cylinder, and while Mt.
Sharman was endeaVthring to clear it his
right hand wag, drawn in and taken off
between the wrist and the elbew.
—The temperance meeting on Sunday -
afternoon in St. Marys was, the largest
attended gathering of? the temperance
club for &nee time pest. - The Rev. Mr.
'Crossly gave a song address of over an
hour's duration. „ The hall was packed
to the door, sitting room was at a dis
,count and scores were • unable to gain
ndmittance..
• —There is a company of inen busily
• engaged in buying and taking out -all
itht rock elm-and_seak equate timber they
ca obtain in the neighborhood of Kirk -
and, $50 per thousand chic feet. The
ton. - The price they are4paying is $45
timber will be shipped le Quebec, where. -
it will be used for ship building p- r-
P°sesM
—r. 'Win.. McGuigan, Jes Pes hf
Stratford, died on Saturday, 21st u t.
'Deceased settled in North Easthope n
1855. He was highly esteemed by the
residents of the township, and for sev-
eral years occupied a seat at the eotmcil
board. Some years ago he retired froth
farming and nwnt to reside in Stratford,
where was well known and much re-
spee d,
e-Ope Thursday of last week an aged
resident of Mitchell passed away in the
person of Mr. Murdock Gamer re father
of Mr. Alex. Cameron, jeweler; at the
ripe age of 80 years, and ISOMe months.
The cteeeased came from Tain, Rosshire,
Scotland, in 1871, and has resided in
Mitchell since that time. In his early
manhood he served -11 years in the
Thitish army, four of them in the East
Indies; four in Ireland, and the remain-
ing three in Great Britain. He had idur
sons, the eldest of whom died in the
C 'enea during the Rived= war.
The Mitchell Itecorder says: The
au tion sale conducted by Mr. J. S.
Ccippin for Mr. Wm, McCulloch, on
T esday, was one of the most successful
0ns held during this season in these
pakts., The crowd present was very
Iairge and all seemed bent on buying,
except a few, who went eepeeially for
what there might be to drink. These
few kept up a perpetual clamoxin. for
whisky, but no whisky was erede
nor any other liquor except water. " The -
bidding was brisk and everything that
was offered was sold at a good price.
This sale fully exemplified the trutk
ethonfatuaiwohnisfkoyr tishenotimt required uiarndmo
edi at° make
sale successful, and that it sirnyl makes
tion afterwards.
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