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-EIGEETEENTEE YEAR.
W.IELOLE NUMBER 909.
0
1885.
McLEAN BROS., Publishes,
$1.50a Year, in Advance.
Mistake of the Printer.
In -last week's local, in reference to
Kempthorte- & Co. "giving away
goods," read- the . following, 'which was
sent for publication.
Specil Invitation
• —TO THE—
W 0 'I'
Seaforth Boot & Shoe
• / am not going to'tell you that I am giving
away goods, for they must be paid for, but 1 am
very soliOitous that you should eome,and see and
buy these special lines of goods whiii I am now
offering to. the public at such reasonable prices,
.1is cann4 fail to meet the wants of every one
who bell ves iuthatgood old proverb, "live and
let live." 1 The report is going the rounds that
the Seafclrth Boot, and Shoe store is the place to
get suitetill with cheap goods. I don't intend for
tha,t report to change if I can help it. I have re-
cently received a lot of new goods, which are
selling very rapidly. Please note some of my
prices: 'Ladies' kid button boots from $2 up to
3450; Ladies' polish calf boots from $2. up; La-
dies' oil pebble from $2 up ; Ladies' fine ball from
34.50 up to 33.5O; Ladies' fine button from $1.25
up; Ladles' oil goat from $2.25 up; Ladies, a lot
of balls 1om 90e up; Ladies, a lot of strong
balls from $1 up; Ladies' sliPpers in great Va-
riety. Misses' Boots in fine goods, a large -as-
sortment, prices right; Misses' Boots in strong
balls, foil town and, eountry wear—just the thing
you wan -•
• OWL BEN'S DEPARTMENT just complete.
Light a d heavy, just the very thing you re..
quire. A nice lot of polish calf boots and shoes,
Took wel and wear good.
• GENT EMEN'S DEPARTMENT.—I have just
received some special lines of Gentlemen's fine
Boots and Shoes, just the thing for spring and
summer wear. Oxford Ties—cloth tops, $2;
leather, ; Itv,ther, $3; cloth, $.65; leather,
$2.-T5 ; fine gaiters, $3; fine calf ball, $3.65; fine
cloth top button boot, $3; calf ball, ea; a lot of
Stylish slippers from 90c up; men's strong trots
for all kinds of work porn $1 up; in boy's and
youths' department, quite a choice from 40c up -
In the Custom Department I only ask you to
give me a trial, and be convinced that you can
get the furest satisfaction. Having la large ex-
perience in that line, I am prepared -to meet your
requirements at the earliest date: add on the
most reasonable terms.
fit the Hat Department you will -find also a
large assortment to choose from in different pat-
terns and styles. New stock recently arrived,
which I will sell cheap. it is wonderful the
change produced in a man after • he has visited
the SeafOrth Boot and Shoe and Hat Department
of W. Kenipthorne & Go, What a marked
change there is in his general appearance for
the better. Come and get a new Irian at once.
I an giving the benefit of a good discount on, the
cash principle.
a
ft member the place, George Good's old stand,
Mai4 street, Seaforth.
W Keniptkiorne & Co
H9ffrn a n B ros.
SEAFORTH,
Have the best assorted stock of Ladies',
Misses and Children's SAILOR and
SUN 1ATS in the county.
Did you see the splendid assortment
of BOYS' . CLOTH AND JERSEY
• SUIT ? Prices very low at HOFF
1
MAN BROS.
For the best value in Prints, Ging-
.
hams, Drese Goods, Muslins, Ena
broideries, Gloves, Hosiery, Ties, Fril-
,
etc., try the Cheap Cash Store.
att to hand Hoop : Skhist }kitties,
aint•Dr. Ball's Health Corsets at HOFP
MAN 'BROS.
For the mot Reliable and Perfect
Fitting Patterns for all kind. of Gar-
ments for Ladies, Misses, Boys and
Children, try E. Butterick & Co.'s, for
sale at the
Cheap Cash Store
OF-----
HOFFMAN BROS.;
SEAFORTH.
• THOSE TERiiIBLE GAPS,
A few weeks ag we Published an
accoun t givcn by the cerresPondent of the
Toronto Mail of the terrible sufferings
endured by the volunteers ,belonging to
the Queens Own and Grenadier COM- -
panics' of Toronto while passing around
the north shbee of Lake Superior on
their way to the Northwest. Beim we
• give an extract from a letter written to
the Exeter Times by Mr. W. Andrew,
formerly of that place -who accompanie
the 7th Tusileers, or London volunteer
to the Northwest. It will well repay
perusal, and if any person can read it
without a feelinee'of shame coming- over
them, that suchbrave, noble men were
needlessly 'subjected to such terribl
hardships and sufferings, then the
• must be callous indeed, is letter ie
written from Winnipeg tn he 17th ult.
and proceeds as follows
• We struck the first gap
-morning, about 9 o'cloc
last Friday
; .. and after
disembarking the baggage and getting
• it on, the sleighs, we fell. -hitt Isections; .
eaeh section talking a sleigh,- in tvhich '
was depositedtdflet and knapsacks', . the
tinen sitting on the knapsacks with' their .
feet hanging °ter ,the edge of the sleigh..
It was half past eleven Vela& when, WP
left the railroad -track, and plunged bit•e
!them-Mein:cos of .ecritiapines.. We' had
;proceeded but.. a short ditance When .
Ithe weather, which, thus f tt bad been .
I fine, underwent . a deCid & Change,a
cold, penetrating_ - sleet, commenced
falling which increased in olunie as the
afternoon wore. Oti. The e en, however,
seemed to mind the wet be ' little, . and
contimicd singing ' and la , ghing. as the
sleighs ' bumped .,• over loge, hills and
•"-hollows, the ,future `• being. mercifully
• hidden from. the. brave fellows. The
battalion reached , scene shanties: about.:
the middle et the gap, about 8 . o'clock, .:
p. ins, and after at supperof pork, bread
and butter, started out on -the remain,
der of the journey,' which for suffering
aridthardships, was but the precursor -0
•what. • •
what was in store for them alt. As the
sleighswound.- their • -tortunast • way:
through endless.. woods, whieh9 in the:
darknese, assumed tremendous shapes,j
it seemedas if inanimate nature con-
spired . to place obsteades in Our- wa,
to impede our progress, - snags, stonei
trees; hills- and logs seemed to :poses
• the faculty --of. sticking -themseltes just
where they would, upset the sleighs ; ancl.
to. add to -.• -the . discomfort; the tair
grew • . a .great deal., colder, 'which,
however, - did not affect malty, as,
.-when cold. they 'would get .out and
. walk. 'We arrived at the end of the
'• first gap at three o'clock in the motninst
very much exhausted and v ty, wett, find -
hag but one tent (aad that one all ,open
by reason of .great rents) 'iit which we,
could. obtain but . the dig itest -shelter,
many si-ere utterly exhaustedand • lay
down on thebarepoles or o . the ground,
. .. .
and instantly lapsedinto a partial stupor,
and only by the .greatest effort could• .
they be toutedto a sense of. the danger•
.of -their- position;. the Officers having to,.
set a guard to force theni to conte.out to
• the file and dry their -clothes:_ . About
six o'clock we were served breakfast
(one hard tack and canned -beef, also'
• tea), after 'which we had to wait seine
four hours for the train... By 11 o'clock :
we had, everything aboard the train, and
off we- started on another stretch of track, f
85 miles 'long. The cars. On Which We
were -placed, were ordinary flat cats,
boarded up about . five ''feet high; but ,
completely open overhead, and, as on the
• day previous, a chillin.g - sleet began to
fall, and in a few hours we_were wetter
than 'ever,: some. of the boy. went to
'sleep, in . spite of the - efforts of their
companions, but the mat rity of.. them
pluckily succeeded i4 ke pingawake-,
• and as they sang "We',1 hang Louis
Riel on a -sear apple tree,"!. it seemed as
though those -etirring no. i s would roll
• far away over the prairie, : o those hap-
less -women and thildren :I whoni . they
were so manfully still:m.1'0g, to redeh.
Arrived at Heron -Bay *gent 7.o'cloek p.
m, and had supper at a bioarding tent,
we then' proceeded on our' journey, I
determined to • push to the. frontas
quickly as possible. 114 .,; air had '
again . changed, and, a . sharp, s cutting'
wind hadcoin:melte-ed., to' blew, And by
the time • the train had !reaChed Port
Monroe, the Men' wereigain benumbed,
but the thought of a sapper. and 'a sleep
tonsed them up, and the tt cheerfully fell
into line, and stetted down through .a
-mile of woods, to the huts and tents
Which cemprisedthe camp, B..COmpany
Underwent peculiar - hardships on.. this
occasion. It belies- their turn for fatigue
pped; 4, of
unload the
his'was corn -
•duty ; when the train s
-course, fell to their lot t
baggage, and by the time
pleted it was about two e clock in the
morning, when they reached the camp it
was foundtthat by some blunder of the
battalion agents, they • were unprovided
with a sleeping. place. It had now be-
come bitterly cold, and ti snow was
Whistling around in heavy lrifts, and as
the men huddled togeth r, .shielding
themselves as best they- could from the
bitter storm, the officers • were • doing
theit utmost to provide for the comfort
of the men. It was here that the pa-
tiende of the Company was tiled to the
utmost, and even under such trying cir-
cumstances, but few mutt urs • were
hear1. It was found at 1 st that a log
• 1,.
built ing used as a dining -loom was the
only place where there as a. loot of.
room, and without ceremo y they filed
into it, and threw themselv s on benches
t
i or on the floor for a few h ul- of much
6
needed rest. They hadtho • 'ever, scarce-.
ly got into. • the buildin when the
"thing" that • owned it same hi and
ordered them • out The . position of
affairs was then explained . to him and
permission solicited to • main until
mor ing, as it meant deal to stay out-
•
the" out, but the men ass d le le1
th
side, but e inhuman Wre -h remained
deaf to all entreaties aud gain Ordered
deter-
mined.ttitude and refuses td, stir until
some ober place was prow ed for them.
A partiallytopen tent was t last found,
and to save trouble the officers induced
,
'the .nriea to move :into it. The remain-
der of the -night was then passed as beet
they teuld,.and at 6 o'clock they were
again called to resume_ the forward
movenient .. It . Was well on . to io.
o'clock beforethe baggage had been
started, after which the men fell into
line and t took up the line of march
across the lake. . A keen, catting wind
was blowing, although the sun Was shin-
ing brightly, and the snow lay on some
• places quite deep, although for the most
• part the marchin.g .was- good. But the
Wind blew strongly' in our 'faces, which
required considerable' effort to 'make any
ptogress whatever. At the end Of the
first nipe.: miles a halt was balled, and
the • n'.en, were given hard tack and a
by m st of the men without anything to
(13
piece f Canned . beef, -which was eatee.
drink; as the water was so bad that the
tea was unfit for , use. As soon as the
:boys had eaten their dinner a . short di-
' viae . service was held, and again they
were started on- another eleven miles.
After the first few miles • -after dinner it
became, Plainthat some, of the boys
would never reach shore, and as they
succumbed to the fatigue of the past
three: -,days - they • were taken . up by
sleighs,four of whichj the colonel had
Obtained for that 'purpose: The lastfive
miles was a - fearful struggle against
fatigue.The wind had now risen to a
gale, and blew pitilessly in the facet
°Utile. i.struggling toldiers, yet ,no ' -man
• complained., The etronger ones helped
to • earry , the . equipments.. •of ' the.
weaker, and.sang and laughed to keep uj.
the shooping spirits of the rest. .. Mere
• boys in • age, though giants in coutage,
niarehed 'ahead wi bout a murinur,
though the blood flared, from their nos -
tilts ftipm :cold and fatigue, sew -times
One would flag for, a. noment; only, t� go
at it again with the etermination never
to giv&up. At last the shore was reach-
ed, and the boys staggered up to the
one house Which; constitutes -McKellar's
hat -bot, anxiously seeking for .a .drink,
for they were in a bad way for water;
but again they were met by cowls :and
smothered curses, from a French and
half-breed. -crowd, and,, •although the
writer saw twoforty-eight gallon barrels
of water:: and- had a drink out -of them;
they refused to let the great bxly of the
men have. a drop, saying they •liad none.
Fortitnately -the train was inreadiness,
and the .rillen wereat once got aboard;
and.agaht they were moving forwardas
fast' as the- natere of the railroad wonld
permit. s We had only fifteen Miles to
go, but the•ftat cars werethis time with -
•out the slightest protection against tthe
Wind, -and by the time the 'ilea arrived -
'at Jackfish Bay, they were • almost .Per-
ished. But, we were here met by friends,
and as.- the train ' drew into Jackfislat
cheer: after cheer' went •up, _ willing hands
were stretched forth to help the benumb-
ed soldiers to the ground, and in a few
minutes we were in the most comfortable.
gitartem We have had since teasing Lon-
don. ,It -Was but a. frame barn looped
.up with • blanket t to keepout the cold,
,porhap.soine may .smile, when 1 say that
to us it seemed like at paradise... We
lay .over at Jackfith • twenty hours, on
aeeount-of ,being unable- to -obtain teams
to take us over the gaps.- The next gap.
proved to be twenty-eight miles long,
hall. tinding snowstorm ame up
c .. .
and wrs performed in four hours and. a
ha
all da. „but the day's rest had set :the
shell afA bter • starting, and. continued
men in geedtrim again; and-. thetr.
minded the•stardi but little. Abeut 11
o'clock Tuesday maiming we reached
WillS011'S Dods. : We then took fiat cars
for fifty -fiver miles; passhig through inag-
latent scenery, theeternal rocks rising 1
hundreds • Of feet 'above the road bed;
ti-hich at . times passed through im-
mense}tunnels. Arriving at the end' of
the rail, we started to march ten miles
across' the lake to Red Rock, where we
Would again strike the main track- for
Winnipeg. We did . not get started,. on
the .niareh ,until after dark, and the men
Were 'strictly . cautioned against strag
glingabutt in spite of . a‘11. precautions;
one of the hen was last on the bay, but
caught els' again. The. advance guard
struck Red Reek .shertly after mid
night,' and : the. remainder were soon on
the train, -When off we were•once; more
to the front We arrived - in Wj.Uthpeg
on Thursday morning about hal -past $
o'clock, anitl for the present ou - hat! -
ships reo'er., As I , write, it 1 Su -
day, and the boys are in fine spirits and
eager to be-moing. Privates Davidson
and Land, -of B. Company, ar at the.
point of death in the -hospital here, cen
sequent upon the fatigue �f the past ten!
days... The doctors entertain no hopes'
of their recovery. All the rest are well.
• Perth Items„ .•
'. There -7 will be ' a grand Queen's
Birthday 'celebration in Listowel.
4 -Mr. T. Ballantyne, M. P.', P., has
left for Europe on hisannual.' husitiesis
tout. • • •• . : , .
--
• .A.twood is having a building ' boom,
a nuniber of new 'houses being • in course
of,_.erAelipoain.rt , of 35• . .. • •
. ,.
persons • .frorn. - St,
Marys, were 'presenkat Talmages lecture
in Stratfoql. .
—T -he - Newry cheese. - factorycorn-
ineneed operatione) on Monday With
Miss -Agnes Morrison at- cheesemaker.
.—Mt. C. Minis, near Renfryn,- With
the aid of his dog, succeeded id captur-
ing- a net of young otters the otherday.
—Mr. 'Henry Doupe, one, of the qld-,
est settlers Of Ushorne, who about a
month SiDCO as stricken with paralysis
is steadily recovering.
- =The -St, Marys driving park haS-
been leased for a term of years to Messrs.
McLean and Willard, who are having it
put in first-class shape. . .
f —MT:. Dongfas Farrow, of Mitchell,
has .sold his two year old .heavy Clydes-
dale flyst prize entire horse to Mr. John
Gemmel, of Wroxeter„ for $450.
.- •
--The senseless boys and silly young
Men in -Listowel Who visit the Salvation
Army barracks in the evening and disr
tiirb•th.e -Meetings for the sake of hav-
ing " flint' are warned to take care hew
•
they con luct themselves in future, s
they will find the new otticeraCapta.n
Hunt, a danger us official to play th ir
pranks upon, an1l one likely to eivili.e
them first and it struet them afterwards.
--Afessrs. Ro t. Jones and Geo. Roel,
. of, Logan, mad. . heavy purchases n
thorotghbred c ttle at the great sto k
-stoomlelfIshhipt,ri.a1.8Vtok.w .B.atte. r.s., of Dumfries
—..1- here were eleven applicants for tl e
position of Cal taker for the Listow 1
schoo s; • the . fortunate man belt g
Abran if rdmal at a salary of $2 5
per annul . .
—14 tree on th farm Of Mr. Wm. MI
Into* near St. Marys, was lately cut
down and made Ito cordwood, of whith
it made the extr ordinary amount of 33
cords Of 22 inch vood.
cssrs. Ka Ofleisch & Schaefer, of
)Ck,I have an immense -pile of saw
to play oi this year. A goody
numbek of tho e logs will, be steam d
preparatory to being converted in o
cheese boxes.
—1 he Listow 1 cricket elub has ben
re -organized for the season. The mcui-
bors intend tak' ig a tour about the end
of July, that th y may witness -the In-
ternational ma ‘11, in Toronto early in
August. ,
— lie Stratfo -d companies of the 28th
Bat lion have ceepted 1 the invitation
from ' St Mary; to be present and take
part 111 the sha I fight on the 25th May
(Que n's Birthday celebration), and with
the two localcompanies, the battalion
will make a fine muster. .
—The Stratford Beacon of last Friday
says . - I Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon
a special train passed Stratfordwith 168
recruits for the Mounted. Police, iroin
Toronto and Ottawa. •Two Stratford
men, Joseph Johnson and David Mc -
Gall, joined the party here, and 35 more,
who recruited at 'London, boarded the
train at St. Malys. They were all fine
looking young men, and seemingly well -
fitted for the work they will have to do. -
The yontingent Was under the charge 0
Capt i Moodie, of 'Ottawa, Mr. For-
tescae,; comptroller. Two second -dabs
sleeping cart' were provided, which will
considerably lessen the fatigues of the
journey: Accompanying the train wete
two !car loads of stores . for the police,
and two of supplies frem the Toronto 0 -
lief committee, which will go through to
the west at express speed. The sending
of this force by the American route is
"allot er conclusive answer to the argu-
ments that have been tweed by the
. .
ioryI piess for several weeks past. The e
dorthese
nbt appear any special urgen y
fo
.men to join the police, yet
they are sent hi comfortable, speccly
fashitn, and nothing is said about
Feniant •lying in wait, dynamite, &c.,
while the volunteers who were wanted ,
at the earliest possible moment, had to
ride on fiat cars in zero weather, plotv
throueh snow and slush, and endure all
, .0 ,
soits of discomforts. One body of men
is just as liable to hostileinterference,
and their lives are as valuable as the
other.
Taxis
logs .
Canada.
lI'he London Board of Aldermen h s
posed a license fee of $80 on the roll r
skating rink of that city.
rchhishop Lynch is out with a
lette • expressing the opinion that not a
singl county in .Ontario requires t e
Scott -Act
he , submission of the Stott Act
to t e electors of the county of Ess x
heaasr j7i.,1 postponed till the close of t e
y
--Mt. Richard Carney, ex -sheriff 4f
AIgLn. district, died at Fort WilIiajn
recel tly. He was one of the oldest selt
tiers in Ontario. •
• — lie other day a sneak thief obtai
ed trance to a house on King Stre t
west Toronto, and carried off diamon s
and jjewelry to the value of $1,000.
aPtain Clark, of the 90th Batta
ion, who was fatally . wounded in t
rece t ,engagement in the Northwes
was editor of the Northwest Farmer.
—frhe captain and two -sailors of t e
wre ked barque Maranee, were pick d
up ii as perishing condition, and brougl t
to 8 .John N. F. They had been e -•
pose for ten days.
t the Middlesex assizes on Satu
day, Edward Noulty was acquitted 9f
bem. an accessory to the murder f
Ruf s Jllridge, at'Nilestown, in Dece 1-
ber• itst.
• pin Essex and Kent counties, the
pliti ing qf lots of straat braid is a con -
side able industry. One merchant in
-0 a ham has -received an order for 200,-
ats, k own as Chatham straws.
dep tation of Kingstonians'who
wen to Ot wa to ask for a postpone-,
men Of the date of voting on the
Scot Act,I were unsuccessful in their
miss ori. •
rs. 11, Hoover, of Arkona, made
a be the other day to help on her rag
carp t. On reckoning up at night she
fowl the adies had sewed up over 30
—Feu ds of 'ags.
•c st to the corporation of the
city lof L fidon for the sustenance of
wiv s and families of absent members
of; tjie S Tenth Battalion is $160 per
wel. •
lie alvation Army, at Norwich
ha:v buil a new barracks, which was
dedi ated to the service a few days ago.
The Idthand building together cost $1,400
and has seating capacity for 600.
rs. Pnn, of Ancaster, who was
huItI on the James street mountain,
• Haniilton, by being -thrown from her
cony trance while endeavoring to avoid
coa,s el's; has entered an action against
the 4ity for damages.
—,T -A very ,curious and interesting case
occurred in Kinloss lately. It appears.
that Mrs. McBurney, an old. lady resid-
ing there, while washing sometime in
October last, slipped and fell from the
stool on Which she was standing. She
was not much the worse of the fall, but
a darning needle she held in her hand.
disappeared sand Was never seen again
until a few days ago when the doc-
tor removed it from her face, just
Under the eye. The needle is four
inches 1
full len t
for whi
the nee
—Rev.
receive
Kay, o
Tamsui
returne
faithful
, his horn
25th u
money
he has
play is. fe
Mayor
was a
to. Mess
before 11
request
—Re
tional
• the sce
Creek,
goes as
ernment
— Ar
telegtai
killing
at Bat
Indian
solutio
ernmen
. --La
and ma
the dis
swarms
1
..1
and had -tun in the
,
causing extreme head aches,
she. could not account until
was removed at: above stated.
Dr. Wardrope, of Kingston,
telegram from :Rev. Dr. Mc-
ormosa, the other day, dated
pril 21, stating, that he had
ere and found • the -converts
tan named Newton, Holden, left
e; near Windsor en Saturday,
t. having a large amount of
on his person, since which time
net been seen or heard of. Foul
red.
ong other applicants before the
of Toronto the other morning
ussilan, who wanted a free ticket
cat; at he wanted to get home
he war broke out. The modest
was refused.
.L B. Silcox, of the Congrega-
harcht Winnipeg, I has gone to
f 'the recent battle at Fish
ninister to the wounded. He
ohmteer, and not as a Gov-
alppointee
ishop Tache has 'received a
onfirming the report of the
ofJ the Rev. Father Fourmand
)che's. .He Was , killed by the
for refusing to grant them ab -
for rebelling.. ag1ainst the GDAT-
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larinter was a hard one on bees
y bee owners lost heavily'. In`
eiet about Norwich hundreds of
!cried during the winter. The
most fo -A nate apiarist being Mr. Elias
Mott, who had 86 saved out of 91
swarms
— Pa kl ill Salt Association has made
anothe call on stockholders to enable
them t put the tompany in better
• standin and E. G. .Charnherlain has
reduce tthe-price of salt to meet the in-
• creasin I demand by barrel car load or
sacks. 1
—ByI a' large majority vote by ballot
of the jnernbers' of the -west Presby-
terian4iureh, Toronto, Mies Macgregor
has bee elected to lead the psahnody,
vice Mr Fax, resigned. The seine ballot
also fa *6:wed the introduction • of an
organ into the services of the church.
• —Sot* ill -conditioned Jyouths. were
vicious enough to break the windows in
• the offi e of the Waterloo Chronicle on
Saturd y night. The editor remarks e
"The natter is of small consequence to
us, but he good name of the town is
worth e mething."
—Th population of the village of
Forest Is 1,548, and the assessed value
$273,250, of which $17,770 is personal
property and taxable income. • They
have 5 horses, 46 cattle, 4 sheep, 30
hogs, 6 dogs. •The population increas-
ed 12 d ring 1885.
—On the Canadian Pacific Railway
the cle s in the head office at Mon-
treal ar in a state of mutiny atnot re-
ceiving their wages since the lst of
April, hile the general manager, !coresi-
dent, v ce-president and secretary, have
all dra ,n their salaries. 1-
- tRe
. D. M. Gordon, of Knox
churl, Winnipeg, has gone to the front
to aesu e his duties OS chaplain of the
90th be tallion. An impressive farewell
service as held in Knox church the
night pv-ious to bis departare.
• —Mr Courtney, Deputy Minister 6f
Financ leaves Ottawa for England this
week te arrange for the issue of a loan
to take the $25,000,000 5 per cent.
loan maturing on the 30th June next,
and to aise funds to pay off the floating
• loan of 13,000,000 and other liabilities.
—Mr . ' Adcock, of Hamilton, gave
her chi d a teaspoonful of carbolic acid
by mis i e for soothing syrup. The
acid ha 'een procured at a tinie -when
fever p e ailed in the locality, and was
used as a e isinfectant. It was got in a
soothin sk rup bottle and had not been
labeled
alker, an aged wontan, liv-
hig at & derdon'Essex County, ran -a
small n into her finger last winter,
and af ards got some salt in the
'wound lv ile salting meat. The finger
wasisor for a long time and DOW blood
poisont g has set in and Mrs. Walker is
danger ly ill. ' '
L—Th her evening, Mr John Mc-
Donald the 14th concession McGilli-
vray, en to the stable intending to
give th oribie a dose of sulphur. It
being d rk he gave them by mistake
paris •ee . In the morning he found
both a in als—a very valuable • team—
dead. -
—Th orld-renowned orator, John B.
Gough, w o has done more for -temper-
ance th n any living man, will deliver
lectu e i Knox Church, Galt, on Tues-
day e e ing, May 12th. Subject--
"Pecul ar People." He is on a lectur-
ing tour t rough the Province at pres-
ent. •
—The o her morning eighty-five young
Englis men, farmers, arrfted in Mont-
real. a id proceeded, in - charge of an
agent, the Canadian Pacific Railvtay
totlivo th-west. They lapghed at the
accoun a of the troubles in' the North-
west, a d said they would doubtless be
allowe 0 live and work 4omewhere
in the le on to which they s4ere going.
—Mts. iJoseph Bucklin, wif -of one of
the me ers of the Halifax hatallion in
the No est, was burned to 'death at
her ,h Halifax, last Saturday
morning The bed in which Ole was
sleepin D tight fire, and before the acci-
dent w s D iscovered she was past help.
It is su posed she was smoking in bed.
— A et r has been received by the
London ei police,- making inquiries for
the wh r bouts of Miss .Annie Mary
Wood, w ose uncle, a Mr. Trotter, died
recent1r n Pittsburg, leaving her a
fortune She is about 16 years old,'and
her fat eic John Wood, was a foreman
in a otmdry in London some seven
ye4_Tarsah
°a•nnual meeting of the Baptist
Union f Canada was opened on the 30th
ult.,- in 13loor Street Baptist Church
Toron . Representatives from Ontario,
Quebe and Manitoba were present.
Rev. Ir. Thomas was invited to take the
chair absence of Hon. Alex. Mc-
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Kenzie, who was prevented by th health
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from being present. Resolutions were
passed. •reeretting . the growing tendency
of -the times to break dowt the sanctity
of the Sabbath by the publication - of
newspapers etc.., and pressing upon the
Churches the necessity of doing every-
thing by prepept [and example to uphold
its proper -olaServance, and also . affirm-
)
ing the principle. of total probi 'Rion.
i —A laborer named John 8 .hrnidt at;
ponesto .
go„. while chopping vood was'
struck on the eyeball by a chip and had
his eye ruined for ever. Unfortmiately
he had lestethe sight of his Other eye
some twenty years ago - by a • :scald $o
,
that the poor fellow,may neve See day-
light again; though he has a faint hope
that an Occulist may be able td fix up
-the eye that was .scabled.
—Mr. Hume Blake, sot of the Hon.
Edward Blake, arrived in Winnipeg on
Monday morning, in charge q the sap -
plies and delicacies being .sett out by
the citizens of Toronto to tW vbIunteer
soldiers from there. He is ttired . in
the Queen's Own uniform, and 'joins his
regiment after he has discharged_ the
mission entrusted to him bY the ladies of
Toronto. ,
i —A body of American soldiers passed
through? Caniada, on their way east on
Tuesday., .last week. The } American -
Government is not patriotic! or it
would have followed the Canadian
'government's pian e of senditg its sol-
diers the, longest way round and com-
pelling them to. march •where there was
no railway. - 1 • - '
—In reply to a cable inquiry from the.
British War Office the Canadian Pacific
Railway officials have stated that they
can undertake to transport at any
Moment torpedoes or other material for
qoast defences. They elto ',say there
will be no gaps t� speak bf for the
Montreal garrisot and artillery to cross
in going West if there is not a complet
ed road. . _
i —Thomas F. Mitchell, a cheese -maker
Who has lived near New Hamburg all
his life -time, commited. forgery -a few
days ago by signing the names of four
different parties on two different notes
to the.amount of. $111. -The totes he
sold to Mr, Jacob Ratz for .$.100. ' Hav-
ing pleaded guilty he is now in. - Berlin
gaol awaiting sentence. ,
• —The Canadian Voyagers who have
lately returned to England, from service
in Egypt will no be sent home in a
special vesserbut retrAst independently
at their own leisure. The Imperial
anthorities have provi led the men with
special tickets good till used; so that
they can see the Old Country before.
theyreturnhome or sail at once if they
pl:se
• —Mr: Wm. Steedeman,a much re-
spected resident of Blandford, near
Bright ,Station, died on the 20th ult.
He was. 75 years of age,- over 40 of
:
which he .had spent in Ayr and Bland-
ford.He-had filled malty positions of
trust it that township, was. councillor
and magistrate for many years,. in
which offices by his upright and just
dealing he secured the respect of all. -
Lieutenant Freer, of the St. John's
Infantry School, has been called -to the
fronttoact Ws A. D. C. to. Gen. Middle-
ton. Lieutenant Freer is a graduate of
the Royal Military College atKingston,
and being a prizeman there, obtained a
commission in the 38th regiment. Being
on leave, he accepted a position in the
school at St, John's. He was in active
service in the last Egyptian war and
went through Tel-el-Kebir. 1
—A cablegram from London says: At
the. sale Of Broughton Knight's cele-
brated herd of Hereford cattle. "Miss
Broady," the winner of the second prize
at the .1.aet Royal Agricultural Society's
show, was . secured by Mr. Sandford
Fleming, of Weston, Miss Broady was
the 'highest priced animal .seldl and is
regarded as being probably the best .
Hereford cow in England. Mi. Flem-
ing. bought ieveral other beasts.
—Colonel Kennedy, of Winnipeg,
one of the Nile .voyagers, died a few
days ago, of smallpox in London, Eng-
land. He had just returned to England
.with 80 voyagers, and expected to join
his regiment in the Northwest about the
20th May. . He and . several. men were
seized with smallpox on the transport
which took them to London, 'with the
sad result stated. Colonel .Kentedy
came from Peterborough, Ontario, and .
was registrar of Winnipeg, ! _
- —The Minister of Education has issued
a circular stating that Free industrial
Drawing Classes will be -formed for
teachers, at Toronte, sluring the surnmet
holidays. The c -lasses will commence on
Tuesday, July 7th, and continue until
the end of that month. The classes will
be conducted by competent art instruc-
t$rs. Examinations will he held at the
Close, when those successful will receive
Certificates of proficiency.
' —Alew days ago the body o Daniel
Riley, blacksmith, of Troy, wa found
lying it a fence Corner near -Har isburg..
ttiley and one COoley had been t� Brant -
the day. befOre, and returning home
iveith a teani lateat night, and being :the
'worse of liquor, upset into the 'ditch.
he deceased had :Wen into the ditch;
but afterwards had crawled up the bank
,to the fencecorner and perished. He
!was over 60 years old. .
i .—A teacher inone of the :Colchester,
;Essex county, schools, ordered. a pupil
;named Fox to come up to the desk and
be punished. The youth refused, and
when the pedagogue attempted, to en-
force his order,- drew a revolver and
threatened to shoot him.. The teacher
was afraid to .inflict . punishment, and
allowed the boy to -have his own way
until night, when awarrant was issued
for his arrest. He evaded- the officers
and skipped to Detroit,
• —The- racy and :versatile New. York
correspondent of the St. Marys Argus,
says in his last letter: I have been to
the principal skating rinks every night
expecting to see Brother Tahnage taking
1 a 'whirl with the boys, His .serinon last
Sunday on roller skating was ai adver-
tisement for the rinks worth t ousands.
of dollars. While brother Tal .age iss-a
PrOwerful preacher, he is not as graceful
as Apollo. I have frequently seen him
in the pulpit, but never on roller skates.
If the reverend gentleman takes a spin
I shall most certainly be around to see
him.
•—The Domitiot Live Stock Associa-
tion bu.h has been organized to Obtain
the granting of more favorable rates
froth steamship owners as well as better
accommodation for "the men sent in
Charge of cattle in transit, begins work
at once. Failing to obtain the -conces-
sions or improvements desired flora the
Montreal ship managers, the eattle ship -
pledged themselves either to give up
shipping or take their patronage, else-
where.
—After delivering his address- the
other eveni-ng at Queen's University,
Chateellor Fleming read his . repot On
answers sent in by friend's =agree uates
of that institution on the propose fed-
eration of the -universities. Thre hun-
dred and forty-nine replies we4e re-
ceived from all parts of Onta -io, of
which 99 per cent were opposed o the
project Principal Grant, in a ubse-
quent speech, deelared that he co sider-
ed the snbject settled, never to be aised
again.
• - A.very old resident of Nertl Dor- -
chester passed away lately nal the pe -soiled -
Michael Vincent, of Mossley, at t e old
age of 91 years and 9 tiottlis De-
ceased was born -in New York 'State
July 25, 1793. He served a term in the ,
NOW York militia during the ar -of
1812, for which he received a pen ion of
$8 a mouth for the remainder of h
He leaves a wife and ten childre and -
68 grandchildren to mourn his los He
has been a resident of North Dordhester
upwards of 42 years.
—The Northwest Transpoiftation
Company owners of the steamer 1 Mani-
toba, sunk off Southampton, Nov mber,
1883, obtained a verdict on. Wed4iesday
against the Thames & Mersey Ins 'ranee
Company, for $7,000 insurance. This
completes the trial between the North
-West Transportation COmpany, and the
• several insurance companies olding
risks on the Manitoba. The eo pany
- hasi been suceessful against all th insur-
ance companies and has now r ceiVed
judgment against them, aggr gating
over $30,000.
--While in a new field- on the banks
of the Maitland river, near lia risten,
the other day, Mr. E. MeCooinb limed
up the remains intact of an Indian.
The bones were all it a good s te of
preservation. The skull still co taiined
the hair, which was long, straig t and
• black. _Alongside of the remai s was
found a brass kettle, a fiint an steel,
the whole in good 1 order. M. Me-
Coomb, although not a super titious
man, felt a strange seneation assing
through his veins as he gathered tip the
fragments. How -the remains •came
there is a mystery, as it is not maven •
by the oldest resident of the de th of
any Indian in that section.
—A stranger who happened to be in
Woodstock at the time say a the i4st two
day $ before the Scott Act canie into
force were beyond description,
e says
that fully 300 people were drill k and
perambulating the streets. L4v was
out of question altogether, and fights
could be witnessed , on every oilier.
The gentleman said he • heard o riots,
mobs, etc., but had never before seen
i
such a . sight. It was said th _e
t one
grocery store sOld $5,000 worth o liquor .
in those two days. The chart e was
also very remarkable Friday ; the men
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sobered off, returned to quietne , and
an occasional black eye or so was all the
perceptible trace_ the I liquor h a. „left
behind.
—At t 1
he semi-annual meeting of the
General Executive of the Provincial
Sunday - School Association, held in
Peterboro lately, the secretary read. the
reports of the Genera' Executi e; the
Treasurer, and the General Se retary
and agent. One item in the Tre surer's
report was the occasion of eonsi era,ble
dis ussion, viz., $600 debt.. The Secre-
tar and one member of ,the Exeeutive
werp appointed to visit a few central
piaes to collect the requisite ant unt to .
liqu'date the sie. The work A ne by
the Rev, J. M wen, secretary of the
association, during the last six onths
was: Tw ay -five sermons pr • hed,
15 address $ delivered to schools 39 aa -
dresses at onventions,held 8 ma. s meet-
ings of chi dren delivered 8 lectt res on
eSxlienr;isaYsclZ
ecut ve a
Nor al _ e
scho l tea
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atnext
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rPartQf ovri
October.
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—Mr. alley, a clerk in le olson's
Bank at Dxeter met with a - v ry me- ,
pleasant e perience one day last -week. '
He in COM any with two other gentle-
men Was perambulating thro rill the
, ,
*owls eas of the town, andas it ap-
pears the bree were crossing th river,
walking o a log, and when lr. Bailey
got near be centre his foot lipped,
precipitaf g him into the water, which
was just d ep enough to cover hi head,
' He sera bled about, 1 and in a few
mothents cached terra firma. e had.
to -alit a considerable idistanee before
i
he ould g t dried, and the win being
col , he g t quite a chin.
—The ullett correspondent of the
Clinton N w Era says: " Yet nether
of the ear y settlers of the now beauti-
ful townsI ip of HuIlett has pass d from
the activl scenes of life to jo those
'who ha e • wished their robs and
made the white.' Mrs. Dora ia Mc-
Knight, o the 3rd concession, w o died
on Satur ay last, at the ag of 83
years, canie into this township ben it
was a. wi derness, her husband having
settled he e nearly fifty years ag . She
was borni ill Ireland, and has been a
widow for about twenty-five yeam
She was a kind and loving m the; a
good neighbor, and enjoyed the esteern
of all." The deceased lady was mother
of Mrs. John Shaw of Brussels. .,
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ool work, held 1433 i
5 counties visited.
eecl that the Inter
urse of study for
hers shall be adopte
• dal convention is to
• during the third
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stitute
e Ex-
ational
unday
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eek in
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