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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-04-03, Page 1Set war al,Eiast Yoode. Laid his Ready made tithing. Hat . ant • trtm€uts every.° it }louse. with READY' et€rchaSe from me which they pay ' L'A TIES hr seg ices of art C tt t e r _•. ion turn eat• made to order solicited. ca d, ket Streets, Sea • - F f .ave at the. s ` auction sale in :e` w ielt er of the ;ver $l.600 Worth s. Cattle sold at ad. en. Melrieu,. of €iilett, sold a two- icEi tou 'Wallace, 4tauLey, has gone :tales, for some him hs stallion, Tavel there during r " miring a bridge thd\ sideline be- m.eesston 2, Grey, ?ariald Ifor • $276. shed by the Ist,of g show of the sso4iatlr�ir tt sI -1 be inane, Wi igham, ;Etor the exhibition 'sI several liberal Kt, proprietori proprietorof rngham, did r the hotel he -was has decided to id. run the Ex house after May Ig, of the Mak- e township, has es, to ' fr: T. C. e, for the sum of it is a cheap pro- f the boundary,; :finest fillies to be It is only nine ha 1,05& Ms,, has 81 -inches of bone I§d girths 5 feet Tr. A. It.. Ro ber t- orougl ihred Dar - Fullerton," from ickersn ith. The :;, three; years old, • I.. , of Morris, was for :hauling milk actor -y, on the 5th. f Morris, and the us of Grey. The Is 13 mills. the H �'k�leti: Ag `i- cotisid;lerrg the c; • ,$oc.iety for a t IY, lilt 'nal, have spr`rig show ttIL i previous en happened tePherir one night returning front 4tr 1 orn:e his horse cutter and Mr.. z to the!Flitch, cut - 0, ito. cchronicle the i sh of k Centralia, bice oh Tuesday ills olily child, is died only an e oul:'Ie funeral w rung Thursday. inghato, has sold area and hie young NedHanlan," to of Crystal City, es he sets . _ ;. . They were els week. EIGHTEENTH YEAS WHO. .NUMBER GO • New Spring. Goods. Geo. load's, ammoth Comabina- trop tore Is now packed full of new styles in Boats and Shoes for( spring and `sununer wear, Every pain new, nohby and cheap. • Bats and Caps in wool and far fel 1. } Tweeds, Worsted ' and Strtty goods. The largest assortment of HATS ` and CAPS we ever opeecl, and not one old Ifat in the whole logit. Groceries, m enclless variety, Warrant- . ed pure and fresh, and at. lowest p"riees. Crockery and Glassware in the - latest designs. et • -1 rent. The three front .rooms are t -111 _adapted [for latwye-'s, doctor's or den- tist's: office. RI very • low. Ii+Iorri- son's old stand also; to rent. GEO. :GOOD, is Noted for Reliable Goods at Lowest Prices. N,, .t„_ —The rooms over the store to 'GEO. GOOD. • New ' Spr • .MIST;ORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWNSHIP OF • GREY: [From the •Brussels testi In shape this township is '.that .of a rectangle, approaching nearly to a se uaz e the projection of its bounds. ru ming nearly midway between . the ea •clina1 points.. In size' it is the third • i(n •the I County, containing 64,746 acresi, the largest superficial area of any to►►'iship, except ITowick and Asllfielcl. in psi', Um} it is -the eastern . (in the euro;ty) of the range of-Goverinuenttowill ships lying north-east of the original "Huron Tract" of • the Caintda' Company, being tutted and bounded on the- noi`ti-east by the .townships of Turnberiy and 1lowick in the county of Huron,- and Wallace in the county of Perth ; on the south-east by the township of 'Dana in the county of Perth ; . on-: the. soul he township of Logan in the Cott erth, and McKillop in the coin Bron ; and on the •• g11ip of Norris ng Goods —AT 'HE— - GHEApCASH STOR I OF offman Bros SE:AFO'RTH. New Dress Goods, elegant and "rea- senable. i • New Prints rat Ginghams, splendid patterns. New Coivsets, all the leading makes... New Kid Gloves, something very pretty. 1 - New Opera Shawls for spring wear. In its physical topography Gre he.inost part au inviting- territory, the egilar irregularity of its. evenly uneven urface being such as to add a ba.ity to he landscape; and afford practi al and-, heap natural drainage to alio t every ere in its bounds,.excepting tka portion f the eastern and south-easteer'n section; rhich_is swampy; while - in the char; Iter of itt soil it compares favorably with those townships considered the iohest. _ . The first settlement by any white magi y vas by a French Canadian maned Bean, champ, who lit -ed for some time ..here Henfryn noiv is, though the p'r`ee se date of his location is uncertain.•, -Bi4 he hact lived there some tithe, and afterWardt removed and occupied the 'lot: where the river crosses the concession a short chs nee west of the present village of ranbrook, - and was located at thit. oint before the was followed by any ether eso that his original settlement have ate been. previous -to 1850, as 'by ity of ty off' %VD I fi SEAFORTH FRiI DAX, A store, hotel,ncl seg oral niecli shops of verim a kinds. ' Walton, at the southern corner township; is also partly in Morri t,McKillop. - It. ,contains post an graph ofliee7 two hotels; two steam saw milts with all kinds ..of • manufacturing establishments to the local demand ; and has a d il� -both ways to:and frc n�i Briis el, Seaforth per !tal;e, the' former; c istant five miles, am the latter ten. • 1 - Jamestown anti Moi Morris town 1 lie, are si though at the:former p the crossing; o the' midcle branch of the Maitland, theme are incligatioi s' of a village spring no. tip, in the way of a store, .hotel, b acksnith shop, &c.:'; . • The impres ion obtained •from a. pei- usa,i of names' &e.,'. from - tin one with:;the i. are chiefly Sc is borne out not this circu at all events of Grey comp most intellige fGni lid anywh t an opinion fair ance, -to be s tercourse, ant experience 4 on which fol. -.The The follo►viu nics' f the and tele= tores, ninor upply marl and. risbank, k-oii the nply-post Offices, lace, sitiiated at of the various officials, to time, would impress ea that the inhabitants ch,_ and this impression - is a summary of the cases tried. t the tecent ' Huron ."Iawitt Vs. ARSHA LL. —The plaintiff in thia ease i a prominent produce dealer of Clint n and the defendant a grain dealer f Stratford. Plaintiff had ' sald to the defendant a quantity of barley which he had failed to take away and pay for,. The plaintiff afterwards sold the bael y to other parties at a loss ' of $400. This action Was to tecever from Itlarshall, the loss on the barley. A. ,j tidgment for the full amount, $400, was g,iv n in favor of the plaintiff: elm ,Mitchell (Who waS '.afterwatds foe ; arose out of; the burning af Appleton nany years Deputy Reeve, arid ane or Elcoat's barn 'in the township of Tuck - he leadiae men in the Voiviiship's.• publie 'ersmith,ilast all. It will be rethember- illage of Molesworth , in ' Jua6,11852; od the barn. was burned while Mr. Aikenhead w 4 threshing- at it with his nd Beauchainp, had already be4i , some Stearn thresh,: r. Mr. Meat clairns that 11, was the second settler in the ,townS of thoie.who had charge of the Maehine hip, and the next residents_ were the and brought a action against Mr .1Aiken- arly settlers pf the present village Of head. the o -ner of the machine to here (Octoher, 1852) were Peter, i John. A large nu ber of witnesses were Mold McNaughten, Peter MODenald, occupied th coutt a full day. - The he Hislop family, including fathq and !hours reterned to court,. hey were unable to, agree 6 was no prospect cif com- ot and they Were 'accord - jury; after il umber of grownaup sons; ‘.%m. Doug, ,aboat three and family of . five: sons, •Thomat . stating that- ackie, James J. FOrdi :the' $tilltt's -..and that thm tewart, John Blair, Donald- Allea, and. 'tel. discha..ted. The. case 'therefore he eame position that it hree-families of Laments. Froth thia rests in abou 'me forward the settlement was rapid; *as befor V. The public record§ cif Gr y .. slides,. the 1. eparate municipality in 17 56, ead 'the ? inutet. of the. first Meeting Of the 'othicil are dated. "'Grey, conceaeien- 11, hem it appears -.that " The foill w,.ing ' gentlemen, composing-1.the -C Linea- . . ' ilea, -assembled here this day at the clad, Peter • .Ferguson, i Robert .1 .eekie",- ytti 'ively tendered their .oaths, of tate; New Embroideries, beautiful patterns. New Oriental Laces in cream; Beige land coffee. • New Grey and White Cottons at ma New Mueiins spets, checks, stripes, New Frillings and Puffings of all New Table tinens, excellent values. NeW Cretonnes, beantiful patterns. New Goods of all kinds to hand, and more arriving daily. Call and inspect our -stock and prices at the Cheap Cash Store HOFFMAN BROt. P. 8.—*ew Spring Styles in Butter: iek's ratterns to hand, . JACKSON. —All action to ues for trespass upon pro- .Perty of plan tiff. Veidict fot plaintiff James BaileY. was arraigned en the '.charge of steeling the ballot .boxes Used ••in the recent • voting on the Scott Act. • Ile pleaded' ikit guilty. The trial hese, been. postponed until the next Assizes 1 heription, and NNSIS killed in the attempt. " because of the absence of 'material. wit- e -A remarkable mirage was visible at nesse& for the • defence. The prisoner Toronto a few days ago in which the was admitted to bail,. himself in $1,000 stliole breadth df lake Ontario was dis- and two surities in $500S, Aayed. Seceral lionises on the Water Queen . Vs. .Robert McCullagh was front at Niagara and the American Fort •;next taken up.. This walian action for teross the :river were Visible. felonious wounding. The prosecutor, —13rantford Council has give permis- Robert Taylo4 is- q, fa,rmet living on the sion I the Ball Electric Light Co., to Huroa toad, taWnship of Goderich. -The erect; pale, line wires; etcs, in Abet city Prisoner lives Mar by. Taylor and - the- for the operationof their system of lights eity to assume no obligation what- ever to the, company for the :erection of A scaffolding at the Erie Iron -works in St. Thomas gave way the other day, precipitating three men to the ground, a distance of. fifteen or. twenty. e0ae of ' .them nansed Kay alighted on his head, and was picked up unconscious and con- veyed to his horne. , His companions escaped with a severe shaking up. ; —Sergeant Pr: oud and Lieutenant Rolston, of Halton (both members1 of the .37th Regiment), last week bade their friends farewell, and left for •New York, thence 'to take passage for An- twerp, where they expect . to join • their corps.going to the front in the Egyptian Campaign. , —The annual Easter fat cattle show .was held in Guelph, on the 25th ult. There was. close on .400 head of cattle offered, and most' of them. were • dis- poseflof, -although farmers were grum- bling at the prices paid. The highest figurie paid was 51c; and the lowest 3tc. There was a very large nuniber Of bay- ers present from all parts. ----On Monday - of last week, Mu. Mc- - ermid, who was only released front rantford jail that morning, attenipted to hang herself in a woodshed oa the rernises of a Mr. Dawson, near Mount leas4nt. She Wee discovered the act, and taken before Squires Ellis and Bryce,who remanded her as a dangerous ---A few days ago, a customs officer from the frontier arrived in nitwit° and e seized a consignment of jewelry sent by C. Wade; coal. dealer, of Sarnia, Who was, arrested there the previous day on a i valued at $2,000, It is said that . Vade's smuggling operations have been ery extenaive, at several city firms are .--A corresponent furnis' hes the follow- ing hen stery : .She is a gross between a game and a Brahma and was 'hatched iis.May 1882, She commenced laying in 'January of the following year, and laid 189 eggs within the twelve months. st year she laid 160 eggs ; this year e has laid 6 eggs:. I may add that she is. quite a cockney, having lived on the leads of a public office for the last two years, her owner being one of the resi- dents. -She is very fond of lying before the fire, stretching herself like a dog. At peal tithes a chair is placed. for her in the township of Hullett, w• hicl destroyed by fire. The mill WA in the; McKillop Insurance Co and the claim was resisted on the g that the property was burned very suspicious circumstances. B con- sent judgment was , entered f r the plaintiff for $700, each party t pay their own costs. The following cases stand adj rned mou r, Robinson vs. Mason, Steph ns vs. Dale. RIL was sured ipany ound nder Canada. Horse thieves are Operating round k--Diphtheria is stitl .spr• eadi g in amilton, and new eases daily re rted. —A building boom. lis expected to bet Tin in Galt; ea the opening of print; i—Scarlet fever is at the presen time ery prevalent among children 'n St. from the eorporation 'Of Windsor asre- u iteration for an injury receivedfil rough f Pine RiVer, township of flutes , last eek -is said to •-have vamoosed, 1 aving aundrymouraing creditors. Dr' k and fast livihg is the cause assigned. . ' —During -the past few month• Mr. Finlay, of Galt, has bought fro. n the the eastera States 30,000 bus els of the other night between an expre Sand f the freight hands. Two men were lightly hurt. —A wadding factory is to be b ilt-in Montreal in the spring by an An erican ubmitted to the council and tl e site . —At. the . Ottawa Police Coil t the Dominion license only, was fin d -$20 nd costs fot selling Heuer witl out a, --AndreW. ,Laidlaw, of Woo 'stock - tied fite spaniels OD exhibition at dog , how in New , Haven, Comm ticut, ately. He obtained three first prizes old three of them at high prices. —Andrew Gray, of Kincardine town - hip, had the misfortune lately of losing two hotses; one by breaking his- leg in -the deep snow, and the other by hanging himself in the stable *ith his halter. . • —James ; Doyle, of Lombard treet, Toronto, administered .a severe thra,sh- ing to his -Wife a few days ago. He has been remanded, pending the result of - her injuries. Erysipelas has -now set in, and the woinan's life is despaired oft ! —A little orphan girl named Sarah Newell, adopted out of the Orphans' erne at Torento by Miss McKiela,y, slarnia, haa fallen heir . to $75,000, left ler by -an Uncle iin Irelands Private de- tectives in Toronto searched her out. —Conrad Lutz, a farmer_ aged 40, was. killed at NeNvIlamburg by the cars on Thursday ' 'night. Before leaving- the village he remarked that he was going to Stratford to'pay; his newspaper sub - " Mr. Robertson moved, seconded by prisoner have een unfriendly for some i' McDonald be Reeve for he present igned, . by -John Stewart, alsein the louncil appointed the first- TO:WA Clerk. Mr. McDonald ' held the' plAition of ReeVe Uninterruptedly for nine years, ending his term of office with the year , 1861, when he was suceeeded by Atehi- tiers in. the northern portion of the township, . who , retained the oce for three years. He was followed, in thrn by John Leckie, during the years 1868 to 18721 inclusive, when' he again filled the office for one year, 1873, at the end Of Which Thomas Strachan the iptesent incumbent, was elected to 'thepositien, arid has retained it by re-electionl each succeeding year. In 1862 the township became entitled td a Deputy ittedve, and John Mitchell, of -.MolesWortli, was the first elected, holding the position by re - 1. There are quite a slumber en post villages in the township. Tst-o of them, Iclenfryn and Ethel, are railroad villages; but this one fact . constitutes then, chief advantage over the other villages iln the Of the township of Grey, is by fer the „Morel important 4f the two, howaver, from the fact that the Governmbnt laid tl the centre of the township. James Tuck, who built the hotel which his son still carri-e's on in the village, N -as the first settler in " The Plot,' heti ig set- tled and built his hotel, the first public house in the township, in August, '1854, -three years before the Government laid it out in lots. A store and post _offlce was opened ia -1855 by Wm. Tanner. ,The place now contains sthree stores, o hotels and a number of mechanical sta,blishmentt and has a daily mail rom Brussels, five miles distant. The opulation; is variously stated at from koletworth, on the north bolindary 25Q to 500. is partly in the township of Wallace. It was settled first by ,,the Mitchell brothers, previously mentioned. It has a daily mail off Listowel, an o ce of the Montreal Telegraph Compa sy, a action was the owner of a mill at Bandon time. The prisoner became enraged be- canse Taylor threatened to put his cattle in pound.; a fight ensued, resulting in tlee fracture of Taylor's skull! by a blow .from a stone thrown by prisoner. The jury -returned a. verdict of cammen assault. He was sentenCed to six inonths in jail at hard labor. .' John Logan. was placed upon trial, charged with committing rape upon Hannah Ball, a girl 14 years of age, residing neanBrussels. The crime wds committed while the girl was -'returning from sehool op the 5th March last. Ver- dict guilty. 'elitenced to seven years in penitentia, The cases - Herbert for r next Assizes, owing ;to the absence of a material witness. Bail orders have .been eranted in the cases of Herbert arid S%oles. Hunter remains in jail. The Queen vs. M. B. Malloy, a mer- chant of Blyth. The . prisoner ' was chtrged. with , serving a -document to purported tease a process of the court,. and thereby receiving money under 'false pretenses. His Lordship discharged the case,on the ground that the docu- ment did not purportto be a process of J. T. Mitchell,who pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal libel, withdrew his plea and pleaded guilty, the case 'having been. in reality settled betiireen the parties interested. His Lordship charged Mitchell. This case, it will remembered; is a remnant from t recent Scott Act campaign. Mitchell priblished in his paper, the Wingliani Vidette, a letter written by Dr. Martyn, which libellecb the Rev. Mr. Campbell, Methodist minister, of Goderieh. • ADAIR VS. itrADE. —Seductipn. Vir- this case was the owner of a- horse e did not take the precaution to use a curb bit and his team ran away. The - plaintiff was injured, and claims dam- ' ages on the ground that plaintiff was guilty of carelessness in driving such a team without a curb bit. Verdict for plaintiff for $76. ANCE COMPANY. —The plaintiff in this artist Hunter, Soeies and pe stand adjourned until 1865. at !the table, het food being washed doWn with a liberal sup y Of stout. Potsibl it is the latter, co ibined with the warmth of the quart s, that has capsed her to limy se' well, The most the egg hate been laid in the lap of her aWner' wife. ' 1--Fo smile time past there have been indicaf ns of _rouble at the :Windsor Catholi S noel, en account of the re- fusal o t e_ Beard to insist upon the teachin of the Jorench language as well as Eng Ish. T le two French newspa- pers ph lishecl t Windsor have made use of 'he refus 1, and referted to it as Anglaps ob a. Matters have been brought ed his tom. ion. residen of Par hill, remo ed to Rich - before he rea fire of 1 81, and lost his bui dings. by that fire. He had just. comple ed. emit er fine residence on the old sit and had the misfottune ef losing it by fi emi the 17th March, togeth er with the con elite, valued at about $1,500 with no lustre/see. Mr. Jones lost a saw mill a year .ol a two ago. Mrs. Jenes has be n isiting her friends in Park- hill. i —Th lumbermen in the Ottawa dis- trict as d elsesvhere felt that the winter would e an open. one, and that they could et little thither out. They have has be n so lar e that mete lumber will be tna ulfactured this year than -the marke can" deniand. The small creeks in the', ack cousitry leading to the large rivers are filled With saw -logs, which the apr' g freshets f will .carry to their —R bert, Rose, the Ingeraoll limy stu- sleet ho, by means of forged deeds obtain d $3,500 from the Torohto Trust Compa .y, pleaded- guilty, and was sen- tepced by Judge ArmourIto seven years' tiary. Ilia brother, Cho, les Rose, who wrote the Gammon let ers• under his brothe 's dictation, was sentenced to one ye r's incarceration n the Central Prison at Toronto. —.4.4ent a year ago growth begaa to appear o tongue of rtenry VanA.11 and a tumor developed Allea efused to have an forme until recently, w dent tl throat. just r close t was ca the to a Cancerous the tip of the n, of Windsor, slowly. Ven operation per - en it was evi--1 e cancer was spreading to the Dr. Maclean, of Detroit, has moved the tongue, severing it the.rbat. The (lectors are hope, is ultimate recevery. VanAllen ars "old. He thinks the cancer sect; by a breken tooth irritating gue,) and by habitual smoking: — C arleS Wade, who formerly carried arreste for smuggling. His operations were q lite extensive, embracing watches, clothin the watches and jewelry being- sentto a relative in Toronto,. who carries on th jeWelry busines in that city. On Mt. Wade's house eing searched articles were found whi h had not tiaid toll to . the revenue. In estigations are being Conducted by the s ecial officers of the cuttomb department who seem tot think theylia-ve struck a, good lead. mer while eoming to tha town recently ing asked I for, was giv n a ride. The former interrogating th latter; found° that the stranger hid tr veiled on foot from Chatham, the reaso was that hav- ing tr %lied from an atreme eastern part o the Dominion to tthe place men- tioned „to see to the nelfare of seven orpha, s of a sister lately killed in an accide t,- he-, by his ewn Unassisted means, had: sent them east, and not having funds for his own passage, took his lon ly and sad trip homewards. . —A uch needed iunprovement in the way of convenience for immigrants going west is a new sleeping car designed espe.: cially for immigrant travel on the Grand Trtink Railway. The woodwork is ash, which is nicely finished and dtcotated, and t1;e arrangements for water, light and h at are good. The seats are so contritred that they spay be turned into sleeping berths atnight while oVerhead the arrangements are after the fashion of the Pullman cars; but bare, the immigrants _being expected to provide clothing, &c. The Grand Trunk company intend to. build several of these cars. - '—One day last wee Captain Mc- Laughlin, of the steamer ity of Detroit, attemPted to cross the S Clair River from 148 home in Court 'right, to St. boat. There were three ther men in the bo t and .when in mi I -stream the antics of one qt them swam ed the boat. All four ching desperately to the up- turned keel for over half an our. They floated down sti'eam before he eyes of an hamense crowd oi peopls 'unable to midst them. At last a mar te reporter, managed to secure a small bo t and went to the rescue. He got th ee of the drowning men, but Capt. cLaughlin was sO heavy, weighing 225 minds, he had to be towed ashore. ' hey were terribly 4xliausted and nearr chilled to children surprised Mrs. Wm. ilsdtrganradned; —A company of children of Yarmouth, on Friday, Mar h 20th, tO celebrate her 82nd birthday. Mrs. Os- Hamilton,1803. She is one of thirteen childr la, of whom five are t living, their c mbined ages being 400. • When about 3 3rears of age, her fat er remov- ed to ear Port Bruce, With he view of purch singlarms for Ins boys • Mrs. Os- trander often tells of the pl asures and perils of that journey through he wilder- ness. 'Going to Dover they took open boats d crossed up to Port Bruce. A violen storm arismi, the mother and childr n were compelled to leave the boat d travel through the wilderness onloo leaving the, men to anage the boats. Mrs. Ostrander is th mother of McLEAN BROg., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. eight living children, 24 grandchildren, aad30 great-grandchildren. tier mental she undertool the journey to Appleton, Wisconsin, and spent a couple of months visiting her sans who reside there, Dr. E. H. and George Ostrander. , —The Galt Reporter Was more than surprised the other day at receiving a call from a former resident of Galt who had been credited years ago with_ having shuffled off this mortal coil—none other than Mr.H.C.Barnaby. It says: Our older readers will not need to b.e 0d/that mr._ Barnaby married the widow Of Mr: J. Barraclough, somewhere ab tut 1849 or '505 and. droPped into the old. "Galt Hotel" as its landlord. Something went wrong, however, in his marital relations, ea. d in 1851 he left Galt ; and as years r led by without his retutning it Was generally reported he was dead... He con- tradicts these reports in person, however and looks hale and hearty enough to last 'for several years yet. He is now in the • 82nd year ts.f. his age, and resides in Lynden. --Canadian sheep on exhibition at the New Orleans Exposition are , attracting universal admiration. A New Orleans paper sayt :—We see pictures in Agrie cultural Journals of fine sheep and other animals and think them exaggerations, 'but I have neverteen a picture to equal these sheep ; they are • large bodied, weighing from 250 to 300 lbs., with wavy silken wooffrom ten to twelve inches in length, and Will yield from sixteen to twenty pounds at a clipping. As mut- ton, they are next in quality to South-, downs, This flock is from ancestors imported by Mr. A. Murray, of Clans- brassel, Ontario, and is headed by the magnificent animal. The rains eare hornless. Special mentioit is also merle of Costwolds and Southdowns." —The Strathroy_ Age Says : The :fol- lowing conversation occurred between a Salvation Ariny girl and a Conservative in that town lately. ; The subject was " the many mansions -in Heaven." The Consetvative remarked that of, necessity there must be many mansions tallea.ven, for ;instance, he said, Qeen 1- Victoria would have a Mansion there te :herself, it would not do to put her esthmgst the common People. The Salvation. Army girl, who is more democratiq did not see the question in that light, and told her over loyarfriend that royalty stop- ped at the grave that there was no royal standard in Heaven, all ;would be judged there by the same 'rule_ and awarded their places accordingly, whilst there were many fmansions in Hea,ven there were none set apart specially for royalty. —Miss Sarah Delman, a Brantford young lady of coesiderabIe literary Oil- ity is attracting considerable notice at New Orleans. A letter the Times - Democrat, the ileading journal of the South attiactitd the attention ef the literati 44thered at the great Fair and the clever writer inithediately become a favorite of Joachin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, who arranged excur- sions into Florida, and did many things for the diversion:of the fair young litera- teur, which attested the interest and Pride he felt in her. She has trayelled considerably about the South and has everywhere met with distinguished treatment at the hands of distinguished people ; and she is 'now in Belize, the guest of the Goveroor of British Hon- duras. • eaA terrible -tragedy occurred last week, about two miles from St. Cather - years of age, living in the taiwnship of Grantham, met- with his death dining a quarrel with his young farm hand, Wm. Tuttle, whOs not yet '2h They' had been to spend the evening at Port Dal- housie and returned about midnight. On their arrival at the farm they were heard quarreling by Tenbrceck's son Alfred, aged 17„who ran• mit to the farm yard. He taw his father strike at Tuttle with a piece of board. Tuttle wrested it from Tenbrceck, and struck the latter' a murderOus blow, which fell- ed him to the ground. After Wagering in a half -stupefied condition until noon the following, day, he -expired. Both men were under the influence of liquor. --sF. N. J3eaudr, y; a native of Montreal, end one of her wealthiest citizens, hav- ing amassed two millions and- t, half to three 'millions by speculation, and in- vestment in real estate, including nearly half .a- million inherited from; his late father, who was a soap and candle man- ufacturer, 'as well. as hia . grand- father also, died last week_itt the age of 75 years. His residence was in a dis- reputable street, where he owned nearly all the houses, and was one 4 a class that mould let at fifteen &Oars per' month. He was always in the leourts defending himself against the civic assessments for being too high,land also nearly all the time in the tecorder's court for keeping the hovels in an un- sanitary and, tumble-down condition, it being proverbial that he never expended a dollar in repairs or rebuilding until the house fell.. The . almighty dollar was his god until three or four months • before hts decease, when he realized that e was gradually sinking from infirm health. He theirturned over a new leaf, a Catholic clergyman sayt, went regularly to confession, and. as a elimex of his repentance and sorrott fpr his former life, he gave the Sulpicians a deed of property in the central part of the city to build an or- phanage on and endoWed it with $300,- 000. His first wife, who was a noble aad charitable woman, the daughter of a wealthy and prominent man, was. driven into a lunatic aeylum, where she family were well brought up by their mdioetd:rte. r her young daughter's death by consumption in a convent. The The examination of the sixth -claSs arithmetic tested. the merits of the pupils thoroughly,the papers were made up of professional examination questions: and although only, five minutes were, albswed for each question 85 per cent., was obtained, one pupil, J. A. Youngt is excusable for the pride he feels in the proficiency of his scholais, ,and they' seem to back up his effortt, by la eleterH mination to make the very,best possible use of their school days. „Perth Items. The Kirkton Temperance Lodge. cleated $.21 at their late concert. —Mr. John Regeys, 'of, Logan, sold a fine span of horses for the handeomeetee nranber of Stratfor gentlemen intereSted. in poultry bre dieg, have formed a local society fori mutual advans tage. a -Mr. Thaise-Ballantyne, last week shipped nine earloads of cheese at Strat- ford. deitined for the British mars ke,—tskr. Alex. Muir, of Gowrk, has done Considerable in. trapping and hunt- ing this winter., having captured anura- b r of foxes, minks, raccoons, and. cons • ereble smaller games . just sold a farm on the 16th coneession. of tbe township Of Peel, to Alexander Nicholson, of the same place, for $54 cash. —Rev. Mr.. Turnbull, -of St. Marys, delivered. a lecture in. Kirkton one evens ..ing lately, width was unanimously cla+, dared theabest ever listened to therei. Snbject, The Siege of Derry." —A few idays ago Jas. McAllister, of the 3rel line of Wallace, with hit fathily, le t for iSouthern Nebraska, where he i tends taking up lands A large nems b r of his old friends and acquaintetacet w itt to the station to bid himgood-lbyes —A site for the pew couitty buiklinea h s been selected in Stratford. It will c st something ever :$3,000, and. the j' il; are estimated to ecist $60,000. The n xt regular meeting of the County C smell was arranged to be held eine al out removing to Dakota, had an aue- ti n sale of farm stock last week, a:t s ock was only of avetage quality, yet horses ran up to $1S2, cows $15, and c.,lves $14. The farm; 100 acres, was sold to a neighbor, Mr. Moore, —The Gorrie public school under the very efficient principalship of Mr. John Campbell, seems to be one of- the most successful in the county. Coneerning a recent exaanination the Enterprise says: ti --kr. McOonachier who ,formerly 'Ia- si ed 'near riillarton.eriNge, but who d ys since arrived at Fullattonlwith the r :mains of his youngest daughter, Mary, to be interred in Fullarto cenietery by til t e Aide of those of her sistir—called a vay in the prime Of life: A large and ✓ mains to their last resting -place. .. ----Mr. Hugh R. GilleSpie who left ibbert last spring for the *orthiveat, ✓ tamed on 'Saturday, 21st ult., having been eammoned home to see his brethert t who bad been somewhat ill fell soms ' , times and died on: the 12th itist.1-; Mit II ore easily ; imagined than describ,ed hen ea reaching Stratford he noticed f r the first time in the obituary columnS o the Beacon the notice of his hrother'S --The Stratford Times says : The next . al nWersary ef the Battle of the Boyne falls ion Sunday,: end accordingly the c lebration will take place on Monday. I other words, "The Twelfth" will tl is year be en " The Thirteenth." The m ill be joined by their brethren and a id other points, the, probabilities are t. tl at it will be the greatest gathering, —A bad runaway took place in St arys the other day, daring the: eaurse which Clias. Robertson, son ef Ai. bertsoa, ex -mayor, and _ Arch,. ton Pf Lawyer McMillan, weye rownsout of the cutter and badly in- Scott Act Licenses.' ,The Board of License Commissioners, u der the McCarthy Act, met in the• onor Judge Doyle, Chairman ; P. E q. Inspector H. W. Ball acted _as s cretaty. The following resolution was Resolved, That persons licensed by tl is Board to sell liquors under the S ott Act shall carry on the usinese a art from al). others, and in a The following persons will be anted elites on complying with abov reso- 1 PL J. Erni ok Jo hif A. • C sag D Gr A. Ro R. artier. Exeter — Saulte. 14 Killoran Seaforth.... t 1,N mgbam Londesbord. utiliser of applications were laid Re) n olds o er till next meeting of the board. T e board adjourned to meet at 11 aant T ursday, April 9th, 1885, • — fr. W.. L. Ferguson, of Colliornet `the n tea horseman, has -completed. the ase of the fine heavy draUgh h rse Glengarry." The price paid a ha ,interest in Little Billy," tho cejleb a,ted trotting horse. .