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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-05-15, Page 1House rENINa, 'ment season. ruing until Beery all ecknowl- N BE ONLY k city; houses. how We can 1.ASS WORK How - all expenses ; the besiness warming."' teason to give - i".•D ARTICLt suck. at large rkera. Every bnitri=imited d 'et Stre te, , April i 27th, e been A resi- past 17 years, dy id ntified e'eous 1 tters, iuhairi loses respected cit. - eve -s w th his conelay, where esale saddlery tnership with flood g tes :of .eek Mx. Jahn une to 'drop a of his vest . ; was at once depOS?ted in - ran, where it Mr. and Mrs. icession of the .sh, were out -house was ee trticIes carried tt the robber ...dI aequa:mted E the Maitland id mother of . 1 Mrs. James p- with an at- ( a very aged 'first who set- oaulher many ter recover. a.is informed Rev. Mr. Ed- niy of Holmes - .i two others, it being pro - Cork estimated The sum of ed the heirs as ights. , Tompkins, of is and painful - d in Milne's contact with was cut and. The injured d t1:4 Patient expected, ndard says: Bayfield, mill esday. He is t. go into the - motion_ with liars." , Should -- Lo Kincardine, f its best and, - t: It is quite 'together aria e Grand Trunk i e morning and day each way. contemptible • and Lreakuig ties. So much' will be made f.he following in Clinton for atinbei of ani- ktiveri showing e animals : S. ad, 2,920 tbs.; eerai ,280; J. : R. 1,luteh, 6, . 2 hea.d, 2,400. hout two miles is burr t to the t. The build- t4illivan, who ,as occupied by nd Roger Mil - a,111104 all his ,oy lot every- -The crigin of , week Maggie, te James Pur- rddenly, at - the - h: had, started iifor Manitoba, roads getting 3. Her illness ugh 0.1ktysician El be dicone; and aday. - H, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1885. MCLEAN BROS., Publisher& $1.50 a Year, in AdVanCe. 1 Mittake of the Pr' nter.- In last week's local, in reference to Kempthorne & Co. " giving away goods" read the following, which was sent for publication. Special Invitation THE— .(DT. Seaforth Boot& 81)...00 I ain not going to tell you that I am giving awa3- goods, for they must be paid for, but I am very- Solicitous that you should come and see and buy those special lines of goods which I am now offering- to the public at such reasonable prices, as cannot fail to meet the wants of every one who believes in that good old proverb,. "live and let live," The report is going .the rounds that the Seiforth Boot and Shoe st4re is the place to -get suited with cheap goods. I don't intend for that report to-change4f 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 fie to *4.50; Ladies' polish calf boots from $2 up t La- dies' oil pebble from $2 up ; Ladies' fine balPfrom • $1.50 up to $&50;.Ladies' finc button from $1.25 up; Ladies' oil goat from $2.25 up; Ladies,.a lot. of balls from 90c up; Ladies, a lot of strong balls from $1 up; Ladies' slippers in greal va- riety. Misses' Boots in fine goods, a large 'as- sortment,. prices right;. Misses' -Boots in strong balls, for town and eountry wear—just the thing you want. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT just complete. Light and heavy, just the very thing you re- quire. A nice lot of polish calf boots and shoes, look well and wear good. GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT.—I have just received some special lines of Gentlemen's fine Boots and Noes, just the thing for spring and summer wear. Oxford Ties—cloth tops, $2-; leather, $2; leather, $3; cloth, $2,65 ;- leather $2.75 ; finegaiters, 3 $;. fine calf ball, $3,65 ; fine' cloth top button boot, $3 ;• call ball, $3; . a lot of stylishslippers from 90c up ; men's strong boots _for all kinds of work Irsnn-$1 up •; boy's and youths' departurnt, quite a choice from 40c up. In the Custom Department I only ask you to give me a trial, and be convinced that -yott• can get the fullest satisfaction. Having a large ex: perience in that line, I am prepared to meet your requirements at the earliest date, and on the most reasonable terms. Inthe Hat Department You will find also a large -assortment to choose from in different -pat- terns, and styles. - Icew stock recently arrived', which I will sell cheap. it is wonderful the change produeed in a man after he has visited the Seaforth Boot and Shoe and Hai Department 6f W. Kempthorne & Co. What .a marked change there is, in his -general appearance for the better. Come and Ot a new man at. once. - I am giving the benefit of a good discount on the cash principle. Remember the place, George Good's old stand, Main street, Seaforth. K.em6.7016:rne 8c -Co NEW ARRIVALS —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store Hoffman Bros., SEAFORTH, Beautiful Ginghams, Lovely Prints, New Design's in Muslins, Fancy Para- ? sols„ Fashionable Gloves,- Splendid line oi hose, the best and cheapest Corsets 11 the trade Sun and Sailor Hats at - I taist and under, some lines of Millinery oods, which we are offering away ilOWn Every lady requiring any of the above enumerated' oods, should. not fail to call and examme same and prices at the Cheap Cash Store. 11OFF11!AN BROS., SEAFORTII. AliTHER BATTL. , VITI,I;' PARTICULARS. A despatch from Batoche's (Rid's'' head -quarters) via Clark's ' crossing, dated Saturday the , 9th sayS, that on Thursday General Middleton with his for ses demnienced a ;forward march: On Thursday night they camped at Gabriel Dumont'a crossing about midway be- tween Fisk Greek and Batoche's. On Friday night they encamped within six Mlles of therebels fortifications; The steamer Northcott which has been turn 4-1 into it, gun boatamder Captain Sheets, had been ordered to move slowly down the river. Otti- plan was to move n Batoche'S frolin the east, while the bo took care of the river to the south of tli. settlement • . • 1 [ - elle EVE OF THE iron!. -• Friday night was fine hut col Double pickets were posted, and the scouts were on the Alert on every sid r. thP men'knew What was before them, . sticl few of them slept. We lay _formed in a 'zareba. "A" Battery and the Oat - Lug men 'under Captain Howard (of - tit' agent for the Gatling factory there), State NationalGuard of Connecticut;am 1 ere at theis posts all night long.. Gera e •al Middleton issued a general order a p. m., instructing the troops to be o parade a .4 a. in.,..to breakfast at 4:15) ii a a d to b ready to march', at 5 sharp; each ma carrying 100 rounds of ammu- nition. The baggage,and the armed teamsters were to remain in the zareba camp, and lso- the few invalided and used up Merl, most of them -suffering from rheumatism, which of late has ' pla,yed the mishcief with our . entire force. At 4 a. M. in this northern- latitude there is 4 geed dawn. The men fell in sharp on ' time, the parade being con- ducted with as little noise as possible. The rebel smuts had kept track of us, however, fi Om the time we left Fish Creek ; and had even fired at our men as we were leaving reimont'S. : THE ;FIGHT ..BEGINS. At 5.30 we started, going two miles north and east, and then • striking the old trail that runs toatoche's, the junction of the two 'roads -being about nine miles frOm the settlement. Captain Secretan, of the Transport, Corps, was left in charge of the camp, ,, which as I have said, was leftstandiug. Our march due weit was made in the following order. 1 Boniton's Scents, 75 men. Gatlin,c, 4.1apthin Howard), 4 men. - Royal Grenadiers, 262. '99th Battalion, 275. Mi land Battalion, 116. "A' Battery (2 guns); 95. — Winnipe Field Battery (2 guns), 60. Frenc , 's &puts (on flanks), 30. _ Hospital and ammunition ,Waggons. , Total foree, 911 melee Nes. 1 and - 2 • eempanies ef, the Grenadiers headed that regiment. The country on the east side of Batoche's is broken and full of clumps, and great cantion was exercised. When - about four miles from Iktoche's at 6 a. ma we heard the Northcote whistle 'a .signal that had been agreed upon, and R e at once answered her with a blank' shot from a nine -pounder. Batoche's lies on both aides of the river, and the ain village is in a basinehaped depres- I ston, with steres on the east side of the I river. When about a mile from the , • est bank, we -came in vie -4 -sof the out- skirts of the Settlement, and the Gaffing fired at the' first house, but there was nobody there. , It was a bright, clear morning, and we could ivateh operations quite distinctly at first; but later in the day dense clouds of smoke :hung over the whole basin. Our scouts now fell back, and e"A." Battery, pushing on ahead, sent a shell through the second house. Soni e ;rebels immediately ran , - out of -a, ravine behind, the hotise into the bush. The twohouses took fire and were soon in ashes. 1 . saverie THE .REFUGEES. ' Three hundred yards further n stands the church of St. Antoine de PadPue, one of the priests of - which, Rev, Father Fourmand, 'was- killed by the rebels the other day. A small school house stands near :the church, .both buildings : being about 200 yards from the high bank of the river. In the 1 ri ear s a thick Wood of poplar, hazel and willow, through which a deep ravine run. The- river makes a long sweep westward, and then eastward, leaving .Bet che's in a broad peninsula. We mo ed slowly on, and soon heard heavy , firing along the river; the - report of the; big un on the Northcote being easily dist nguishable. The Gatlina Advanced ta Within a hundred yardof the school heuse and church, when a prieat opened the door of the latter' and waved a handkerchief. 1 General Middleton at once rode up -and found five priests and siX men who had taken shelter there. They were taken care of, and'were e3:- tremely thankful for their rescue. The half-breeds had threatened to kill -them all, and would' have done so without d ttbt had not Garnot, one of the rebel ' le tiers, inaisted that the chmch should n t be desecrated by murder. To so ner had the priests been saved t an the Gaffing let fly at -the school h.o se &Om our high elevation, but there was no response. • "A" Battery now :came up, and began shelling the houses on boIth sides of the river.: , A dozen women and children Were seen rushing out, and our men ceased firing for an instant, Generals Middleton having giVen strict. injunctions to the force to . spare_ non- combatants as far as possible. ' . 1 1% A CRITICAL MOMENT. While w 1 e were watching these people rue off, the rebels suddenly rose from' the ravine right in front of us, and opened fire. The gens were ordered to the rear, and the Gatling, which Howard had been working so well, rained down a fusilade, but our position was too high, and the 'bullets flew over the ravine, and did no harm. This was a ticklith moment, and our men were thown into some disorder. Howard, however!, worked like a Trojan"inthe thick of, 't, and kept the rebels 'from charging •us. We should 'have lost .1 : I . i -n y lives, and probably our gt Us, but for the Gatlin • Meanwhile the first tw 'companies of the Grenadi3rs ad- va eed to the edge of the wood in rear of he, school h use, and a little to' the ri t of the spotwhere we first felt the re el - fire. T1 e rebels I detected the Movement, and desperate efforts were .malde to, turn ou left flank by their men in the bush un er the high rivet bank .and on the slope, who fired with great - vigor ; but the had nothing' but shot guns, and thei fire fell short. Some ,rebels with rifles- on the other tide of .th. river also Oak a hand in, but the G tling silence them. I ftwas now 9.45 o'clock. The sharp- sl+iters' of the )0th, armed with Mar- cii ti , i-lienry rifle and the dism tinted m mof "A" Ba tery were here brought up and ordered o lie down and fire over th Crest of the rising ground. into the ravine and the fish on the river. The main body of the 90th was deployed to :_prOtect e our ri • ht centre, whichwas threatened by a tether ram of rebe rifle- men in a ravine and to support our left centre and left, ' The heaviest firing was now being don at these points. The Gatling, baying done excellent work on the left of the first ravine, was forth- with brought to the rear of the eft -cen- tre, and was ju t opening out, when the underbrush in ao other ravine behind:, us took fire and Tread fiercely. For ae time we were s 'mounded by fires from :1 the sloughs, the smoke' of which rolled along the groun like 4 dense fog.- 'It was a tight place, but the troopsnever for -a moment flinched. The Simply looked to their officers, who in, turn patiently waited for orders f omit the chief. • I ' THE PO4TION AT NOON. At 11.30 a. -1. the order c was for the fore to mote back Our wounded ad been place olfurch, but as it was well w rebel range an the bash 'fir likely to reach it, they were t and carried to ie rear near the nition wagons. By the 'time been done the r bels had 0 ene left flank and iso in -i-car of flank .all - the time maiotaini , , steady fusilade ipon our centre cm tre. Here .it- was' *night officers that we were about t rot nded, and they eertainlY sw all ., sides, shouting and ,chee as though they thought they ha trap. The Wit nipeg battery, 1 su ceedmg in planting. four sh in front among their pits, 4nd ti thentoff. Evidently, from thei -ence at Fish Creek, the rebels aware.when sh 11 is fired: The either the report or probably ti of , cominand, b_ut! • ensconce th lit:their pits, lying flat on th - ursts and the d I caughtaight of 4 small gliding - n a r wine on ! vas suppos d t ey were 'Five mini' s la ter they . heads Within 190 yard Ii Win!. • ' A_ he same. ry with 11 back. 8 2 p. in., ion. was tionek • in charge of D -.: Codd get out Phillip' 'body'. 1 1 with a hot fire, ut the on the, .rebel : ide had other part of ti e field, ad. only shotgn s. The d, none ,of the idland ed on the trip. Until the shell past. At 1 p. w body of - rebels our left, and it moving away. popped up thei of our men and fired a volley vi chesters. Gu her'o Battery was kil ed, and two Of Arps wounded, and the batt Op scouts wa, compelled to f .The fire now isla-ckened until When half the' Midland Batta sent up te th ravine last me with a stretche of Winnipeg, t They were met Winchester me ;gone away to a and the rest 1 body was secur men'being inju J me. It littleL in the thin the seemed ken out ariumu- his had at our ur right cr their and -left y some be Sur - lulled on g, as 1 US' in a oWever, us right is kept • expert - re well detect e wOrd • mselvet ir faces', nger • i? IN T E EVENING. • Four scouts time (3 p. m.) and wagons. for a time now, while. the -aeon o'clock the reb this hour (7 p. on, but it is at age is being do were sent bac at this to order, up sot e tents he firing alms ceased and our men la elown is reconnoitred. At 6 ls began agaim, and at n.) the fire it still igoing ong range and no dam - ie. It is pa.infull evident thut we have not men enougl . Owing to their posi- tion, one rebel s as good as1 ten volun-. -teers, just as it was at Fish Creek: .The firing on our pr+t has to be done at the puffs of smok from their guns, or at the :spots whe e we suppose the enemy to be. The te ibly broken ground ren- ders it difficult or the big guns to get into action, a s d vvhen they do open they ,can tie with an enemy -lying in pits and pr cted by trees- and a heavy unclerbr sh. General Middleton says the men h ve-doneremarka ly well to -day all thin s considered.1 FORTIFICA7tIONS. begin 300 arc s to the —DtMONT The rebel pit east of the c urch and ru in zig-zag form east and orth. Ther ar 'thirty or forty rows f them, one ro partly covering the ot ier and - ext g in a huge irregular 'three-quarter ci cle, em- bracing in all p obabllity five sections of land, or 3,200 acres, and run big at least two miles northeast of toche's: The, pits, Pao cl from 10 to 0 yards from one anoth r, are five feet long, two, and ,a half feet ide and 18 inches deep,' with a breast ork of earth, rock and, boughs a foot h gh at each end. • A man could scoop 6 t one of them in a few minutes. Titer are from five to twenty-. five pits in a raw, according to he na- ture of the gro- rid. Retreat or advance from one row another is re dily ac- complished thy ugh the scrub d along the rivulet bot oms. The rebels have also prepared e cellent cover hi the in- numerable smal bluffs by thro ing up breastworks of ock and poplar trees. A number of bluff and ravines, 1 -trig far 'out; protect t e main circle of: pits, which is also w 11 guarded in the! rear. One week's soj urn at Fish C eek has enabled Gen. iddleton to p odure e great deal of in ormation regar g ithe lay of the land and it is a luck - thing, C,.., the whole d strict is full of its. and • II ain uscades. Dumont has turned it into a p rfect rabbit warren. LATEST. J3ATOCHEIS CAPTURED. ter an engagement 1 sting at inter- vals from Saturday until Monday morn- ing, General Middletonl succeeded in driting the enemyfrom heir pits, put - them to flight and . c pturing their str mg:hold, The folio in_g dispatch fi o n General Middleto Tuesda,y was lb'eadinto Parliamenthci: aid is the latest alenews . Batoche's House, May il, via Clark's 2.—Ilaye just made a general attack afid carried the wh le settlement. . The men behaved spl ndidly. . ' ' The rebels are in, full flight. Sorry to ay we have not got Rid. , While i• I was reconnoitring - thi "s morning, Wm, Ashleyenie of the prison- ers, galloped up with a flag of truce, and handed the a letter from' Riel, saying: '!j you -massacre our families I shall ne ssacre the prisoners!' I sent an a ' wer that if he would put his women ami children in one plape and let me .kipw where it was, not a shot would be fir d on. them. I then returned to camp ai41 pushed on my advance parties, who wee heavily fired on. so pressed on ufilielrIsawvrliniy.chance, and erdered a geaiadvance. 'The merrresponded nobly, splendid- ly .ed by their officers;. and Cpl.' Strau, be izie drove the enemy out of their rifle pi th ar o a after which, forced their way across plain and seized the houses, and we now masters of the place, and. most y force will bivouac there." 'Right in the heat ef the actiOn Mr. A ley came back with another missive fr n Rid, as follows: "Generals—Your p ompt answer to my note shows that I w s right in mentioning to you the c e of humanity. We Will gather o , families in one place, and as soon a t is done we will let you know. -I hi e, etc., (sighed) Louis . David Reil." On the envelope he had written as fol- io s: "1 do not like ar„ and if you do not retreat and ref us an interview, the question remains the saarie cbncern- ing the prisoners." " Our loss, I ° fear; is eavy, bat, not so meavy as might be expected; as yet I an it is five killed and ten wounded." Canad - An active Scott Ac' campaign is in pr gress in Kingston and Fronte lac. The May fair in Guelph la t week . brought 500 head of excellent sock on' the ground. ---J.-M. S uart, an old and respected citizen of 1:1 milton, committed suicide the other da by hangiog.. +-The 18th of June has been fixed 'as th date of Voting on he Scott Act in th counties of Lincoln, Middlesex and P th. ' 1 • . The -widow of the late registrar of NI, nnipeg has :been appointed 1 to the p • ition made vacant by Col. Kennedy's, d th. • f Owing Co the unusual length of the w ter, malty cattle died in the back to eiships.of Hastings county from lack • ! of odder. I- - ' - The Rev. 'Father I Connolly, the -Ro an Catholic pastor of Biddul h, has just commenced the erection of a Catho- lic school near his parish church. • = e ---A member of the Midland Ba tenon, for insubordination, has been se tenCed to 42 days' imprisonment, at hard lab(); and dismissed from the service. —Private David Hyslop, of the 90th Bietalion, who was wounded at the bat- tle of Fish Creek, is a son of Mie Thos. Hyslop, who liVes near Ingersoll. • , s -A young man was fined $1 and costs for kissing a Salvation Hallelujah lassie while 'marching in the procession tone evening last week at Brecebridge. —Crowded meetings of electors to protest again t the passage of the Dom- inion Franc' ise Act'have been held at Toronto, Lon_ on, and other places. —Galt is naking ex naive prepara- tions for a magnificent trades probession and society parade, to conclude with athletic games, sports; etc., on the 25th inst. . . --Rev. Mr. Hardie, who filled Dr. CoOrane's pulpit in Brantford last sum- mer, has received a unanimoui call to the church in -Ayr, vacant by the death of the Rev. Walter Inglis. 1 —Mr. Judson Patten, of Malden, had 24 sheep,- and 16 lambs killed by two dogs on Thursday afternoon. ! Those dogs will not have far -to run after Mr. Patton -sights them. , • . —Rev. Mr. Smellie, of Fergus, has had the, degree Of D. D. conferred upon hi4. . The honor is deserved, and has been well _earned, as he has now Iseen in the ministry over 50 years. I • =The. establishment of trade Schools for teaching boy S how to become practi- cal mechanics has been favorably re- ported oh by a special committee ap- pointed in Montreal to consider the sub, jece. • . . , • ,e--Ae son of Professor Brore 'of Gu 1 h,' who is with Dr. Nattrass' am u ance corps in the Northwest, was se rely % bitten' in the wrist iv . an In. ian pony while on his way to Rattle - for. r. Mining has been carried on during thwinter in the Lake of the Woods dis- tri t with very satisfactory results, some re arkably rich veins having "ken str ck. One sample assayed yielded a val e of over $2,000 to the ton. ' The White Cross line steamer Hel- ve , foundered Sunday night off Sc tary, onthe east coast of Cape Ireton, wh e in tow of the Allan steamer Acadia, he passenger e and crew being sat -ed by th Acadia. A few weeks ago Mary Janel Fair, of rock Tow ship, Ontario, died at the ex aordinary age of 107 years. About. 20, ears ago ajie left her native place in th county of Mayo, Ireland, to end her da s with her numerous descendants, wills were settled in that part of Canada. Up ' to about 4ve years ago she was able to! ontinue the activities of a laborious life and was till then a stranger -to any 'kind o sickness. Her memory terribl scenes connected (with the rebelli n.of 1798 were vivid and di as woi4ld be expected of an into girl of twenty which she then wais i . other fracas has occurt tween Orangemen ?eid"Catholics ception Bay, Newfoundland. S the combatants were I severely wo Knives and other _deadly weapon freely used, ,—A large excursien of Norwe Danes and Germans passed th Loud n tbe other day en route for respec ive • countries) where they spend same four menths. The excur- sion -is s came from all parts of the West. ern S ates. I —Gunner Phillips,l-who -Was killed in the B tbf.the battle, Mtb,S a son of Gen.eral Philli s, of the regular army. He; was an Ot awa boy, and Was engaged,to be niarri d to an Ottawklady, who is altruist distracted over the sad news. 1 —James Pinkston ! was up Thursday-' before Messrs. B. 0. Howell and J. Wyllie, J. Ps., Ayr, for carrying a . . slung hot, which deadly weapon he was trying' to use on one of the circus men in a fight. He was fined $20 and costs; maki g in all about $26. . —.1. r. R. J. Drumnioncl, of Ingersoll, Iea-ve,$ this week for Ayrshire, Scotland, wher he goes under the auspices of the Sc�tci Dairymen's Association for the purp se of imparting instruction to the dair men of that.country in' the Cana- dian method of manufacturing cheese. - _ -r —The Messrs. Puddicombe, of New Hamburg, have pinChased 3,000 small' trout an.i placed them in the Walker Creek. They have seCured -the right of Shantz's dam and in la year. or two ex- pect to have the best speckled trout fishing grounds in the country. : --.--A. cowardly shoOting affray., which is likely to result fatally, occurred .at Coboerg Saturday. iafternoen, a man named McGuire shooting an old man named Tucker, whose daughter had re- fused the attentions 0 McGuire on ac- cou t of his being addicted to drink: , —, he day recently the eldest daugh- ter • f Mr. Charles Webb, of West Nis - sour , fell backwar s from a beam in the barn,- breaking her cellar bone, and the sam dey her five year old brother fell fron a milk ,,stand,! breaking his leg: -Ond r skilful inedieal attendance both ,are rogressing favorably. . , L— he barn belonging to, Mr.' Chas. C dick; London road, WaiSrick, was bur ed Tuesday night last week, to- getl er with contents,' comprising ' thir- : tee • head of cattle; one team of 11 rses, and complete set of farming implem ents. The fire is supposed to have been caused by ramps. The Port Arthur Sentinel Says : Tea sters wile were employed trans- por log the volenteers over -the gap east are accused of having pilfered theni out- rageously, and the number of oil -mats, blankets, boots and articles of apparel they are bringing to town with themis said to be extraordinary. —Mr. john Shaw, one of Kingston's oldest inhabitants, died on Friday night, aged 80 years. Some 30 years ago he opposed Sir John Macdonald for Parlia- ment. , He was alderman for several years, a prominent Methodist, and was one, of the -best known men in Kingston and its locality. I —John McLean, sem of Mr.s_Hector MeEean, of West Williams, aged 25 year, was killed a few days ago near Alge station,- on the Mackinac division of th Michigan Central railway, while unloa mg logs from a car. One of the logs r led upnn him and broke his neck. The bo y was sent home for inteament. -=.M J. K. Barrett, Deputr_Col lector f • Inland Revenue, St. Cath, arines, 1as been proMoted to ,the posi-. tion , of District Inspector of Inland Revenue for the Province of Manitoba at a salaiy of $2,500.1 Mr. Barrett is a native of puslinch, county of Welling- ton, whe e he taught school for some time. t '1 in ston the other day a depu- tation flora the Indian reserves at Tyeridin ga, waited on Bishop Lewis and asked for the removal of Rev. E. H. Baker, c aiming that the i cause under him was losing ground. and that the Plym out Brethren . were gaining strength. The Bishop promised to look — into the atter. —A F rgus correspondent says:One of the ffects of the Scott Act is !the stable ta 'ff kept by the hotel keepers of Fergus, 41ora and Salem. By every p rson is .charged for etabl There c n be no objection to tit' , long as the tariff is reasonable ihihd, proper. In fact it is what should have been doe long before now. —A v ry serious accident happeiled to the y lung son of Mr. George Qrayi of Alvinsto a few days ago. He ac- eompa,ni d his father to the field for. the purpose of catching the horses, when one t em kicked- him on the &lad, breakinhis skull. Small hopes were entertai ed for his recovery. . I • —The well-known and popular steam- er Unit- • Empire,of the Beatty line,will have tit' season one of the finest orches- tras on oard that could be desired. Mr. Jos. Tr mor, plays , first violin.; Mr. - Chas. rainor, second; Mr. Beasley, flute; r. Josh, clarionette ; Mr. Ham - mill, c met; Mr. Ditchie, trombo e, Mr. Jas Vint, double bass. . —A f w years ago winter travellers betwee a Manitowaning and Sault Ste. Marie h d to perform almost the entire journey on the' ice. But time has brought changes in this respect as well as others. The whole -distance traversed on the P. und trip is some 360 miles, and of this all but seventy -odd miles ..s driven overland. I i 1 • —A orthwest correspondent, writing from S ift Current, says : There is Ia son of ir Richard Cartwright's here,j a lieuten t in the Halifax Battalion. Ie was in Ontario when the eall to 'arnis came, ut at once hastened to rejoin his corps a Halifax, and now has the honor of ca mg the colors of the regiment. George Sandfield Macdonald., the young t son of the late John Sandfie d 1 - f the Irish tract, 1 gent be- Con- le- of nded. were, ians, -cough their will lii g - s9 Macdonald, a member of the Queen's Own Rifles, was among the -wounded hi the engagement under. Colonel Otter at Poundmaker's reserve last week. —Mr. Trotter, of Galt, has lately re- covered a quantity of i jewelry, watches, etc., stolen frarrehis shop about a year ago. • The burglars were . ferreted out by P,ostoffice Inspector Sweetnam, who deserves great credit for the ability and tact displayed,in the Search: and recov- ery. The goods were found in Buffalo in, the possession of a man named Rayner. —On the day of the 'visit of Harris' circus to Ayr, Mr. Mullet's butcher shops was entered and about $40 taken from the -till. The thieves went into, his bedroom and stole his pants and. socks. He followed them to Galt, but no trace of the party was found.- They also en- tered a room occupied by officers of the Salvation Army, hut -secured nothing. • —According to late returns, the wealthiest Oddfellows' Lodge in Canada is Union No. 16, St. Catharines, which is worth $21,718. a In 1853 the member- ship of the Order in Ontario amounted to, slightly over 400. The membership is now 14,338,which shows the remarkable progress which the . order has made. On December 31 last the total 'amount of funds held by -the order in Ontario ameunted to $546,746. . —A despatch front Calgary says the half-breeds are dissatisfied with the pro- posed issue of scrip by the Royal Com- mission, as $160 now does not represent 160 acres of land,as it did when valued at Veen acre. They require certifizates for 10 acres for heads of families, and 240 for their children. • Speculators from Winnipeg are already upon the warpath buying up half-breed scrip, for which they are offering 70 cents on the dollar. —A shocking accident happened on Monday last near Canfield, when Miss Frances Harper, aged 15, was accident ally shot by her brother, aged 13. The young lad was playing with a shot gun, which he did not know was loaded, when it was dischar0d, the contents entering the limbs of his sister near the knees. She suffered Most'intense agony and died from the shack at 1 o'clock on Tuesday mOrning. - ' —Hamilton; has a crematory run under the direction of the _Board of Health. It is doing a 'great deal of' work and doing it economically. It has now been two months in operation and has destroyed all the dead animals and other offal collected by the scaveetgera. In the first two weeks of last month over 150 carcases were cremated. The kilA works excellently, and to do its work only half a ton of coal has been burned. . ! —An accident, which ilesulted fatally, occurred on the railwayrack Ile at anil- toii () n, -early Saturday ming. Mr. Wm. McKee, moulder a R. M. Wanzer & Co.'s while intoxicated, wandered on I to the track and was . struck by thalo- eomotive of a train, the wheels passing Over.his right leg and severely mangling his left leg. A terrible wound was in- flicted on his head, the I skull being smashed in. He only survived a few hours. , —Mrs. Francis Harris, of Windsor, was tried before Judge Home lust week .on a charge of having counterfeit money in her possession. Her defence was that the spurious coin had been left in he house by her cousin without her know- ledge. The Judge reserVed decision and remanded Mrs. Harris Ito jail. Last winter Bradford Hill, arrested with her, was fined. $100 for passing some of the 'min. \ —Mr. Wm. Russell, of the Guelph Novelty Works, received lately from the Director of the Public Gardens and Plantations of Jamaica, a letter ordering a sample of his lawn mowers. Within the last month Mrs': Russell has made four shipments of laivn mowers to Aus- tralia besides a lot of one hundred and ' fifty to Belgium. This certainly speaks well for the reputation of Ontario man - dentures abroad. -7-Richard Ringold; alias Joseph Ann- strin-g, a farmer, living in Adelaide to nship, was tried at the London As- , siz s for forging the names of John and Mary Parker to the title deed of -a farm in lAdelaide township with :intent to obtain a loan of $3,200, on the farm pro- perty from the bursar of the Toronto University. Some helf dozen reapecta-- bid citizens of Adelaide township and Strathroy swore that their names, which were ,attached to docu- ments, were forgeries, and that the handwriting was that of the prisoner, so 'far as their knowledge of his handwriting extended. When arrested two letters relative to the Talker forgery were fo nd on the prisoner iddressed to Riimhard Ringold. lie, was found guilty an sentenced to four year in the peni- I , te tiary. ! i A 'cable has been receiv, ed from the B 'tish government by Lord Lansdowne at! Ottawa, stating that the Imperial Government have appropriated a sum of money to pay the widow of the.Can- adieu voyageurs who lost their lives in Egypt during Lord. Wolseley's campaign. They will receive one hundred pounds sterling, and the mothers of the voy- ageurs who have lost their, sons on the expedition, fifty pounds eabh. In both cases the full amount of Wages for the six months for which thej unfortunate i men enlisted is also tct be paid. —The Wallaceburg Record says: A load of Chathamitee visited our town on Sunday last and did the town and suburbs up in good style. ' They drove around the entire day and appeared to be bound to take the worth of their money out of the horses and rigs. They le town in the evening, and we pre- ' e they would get back to Chatham • me time before morning. The same- dm.y twenty of the young men of Drea- d n. paid our town- a visit They came by tlke little yacht Una, and after enjoying t emselves immensely for some hours ✓ turned home." What sort of a place is allaceburg away, and what sort of pleople live there'and what is the mean- . g of " enjoying theinselvei immensely" on the Sabbath, day ? Evidently the people of that burg need the Salvation Al.mand TChorrisstimnaneizesu;hhemin.11"11e-e to. civilie -=-The Mayor and Captain of the -Sal- vation Army in Paris have crossed swords or rather: words, regarding the druiii, beating on ith e streets. The cap- - taM persists, and acting undtx orders froth her superiors to beat away and go to jail if necessary, but hand the drum over to the next in command. The coma- • cil On Monday"passed the neces- sarY, by-law, it may be sat , -by the Mayor's casting vote, making t unlaw- ful to beat the said drum when it is con- sidered a nuisance. Events are watched. So faar the drumming continue nightly.' The Port Huron Times sa s Wm Kennedy, of Galt, Ontario rrived at Sarnia on Wedn clay; and met a strang- er who offered him a good. position. Whlile making terms anothe stranger approached and asked No. lfr a loan to pay a freight bill. He did ot have the 'necessary amount, and.K.e edy was induced to advanee $11, which isappear- ed with the strangers. Remm1edy went to Poit Huron next morning.a$ bought a ticket for Marlette. He statled to an officer that he would buy a revioaver and shoot the first stranger who -a ked him _for trireiney. --i-At the late Middlesex ass es, Mr. R. elleKinnon, a farmer li mg iaear Keneeka, recovered damages to the amount of $250, with costs of uit'frone 'the Li rand Trunk Railway Company for three horses which were run ver and killed. Mr. McKinnon sho ed ,.that owing to a defective gate the h rses had escaped from the field to th: railway. track. The statute compels railway campany to keep all fences .nd- gates enelosing private property through which the track, runs or adj ms, in a proper state of repair. —The report of the killing o Robert Middleton, formerly of Guelp , at the Duck Lake fight, has been eon treed by a letter from an intimate frien of his to the bereaved parents, who esicle in Puslincb. townsbip. The wri r says Ameng the number that was I. Died on the 26th of March, defending his life, Queen and country, was your 'lear son, Robert Middleton.- All the d d :were buried on the 21st March. It -as a sad day in Prince Albert—nine young men buried side by side in one gr. ve. The funeral was a large one, and t ey were bulled with military honors. —A sad occurrence took pia e on the- 2ndi line of Adelaide on Satur ay„ 25th ult. in which Mr. Gilbert floi came to an Untiinely end. In attempti g to urge his horses past a small pile of rush one of the animals beeame frigh'ned and kicked him in the reg*on of the stomach. Ile lingered in extreme pain u til Wed- nesday, the 29th, when he pas ed 'away at 11.50 p. nm. . Mr: Holt has lived,in SoMbra until lately, and wae t e son of Cat. Holt, formerlyOf that p cc. . He was much respected as an h nest, in- dustrious citizen, and his deat is great- ly lamented. He leaves a y ling wife and one child. intoxi- cated persons staggering ars trad the was- disturbed by a number of intoxi- tially intoxicated parties, said,to hail from Clifford, broke up the alvation specimen of humanity was o tside en - language. The same evening s me par - Army meeting in the 'barracks. While within a strong -voiced, foul mouthed profanity andrarytyulgiDefritryou. evidently violated. the Sund y liquor streets and uttering profane a a vulgar that , piece of rowdyism was going on law. There should. be a p nalty at- -The quiet of Sunday, highs oawirtoteishbotot'hahnisye, tached to the buying as well ns selling of liquor. —The Prince of Wales' Refinient, of Montreal, the Bruce County hi • ttalion and the 62ed Rifles, St. Jo la 'New Brunswick, have been ordere o out for active advice in the Northwe Lord Melgund is on his way east sent by General Middleton to advise a d consult g mill - t. It is r orders gent re - ho evi- ears that eak can- ., y strong with the Government respec tar matters in. the Northw understood the troops put und have been called out at the quest of General Middleton, dently entertains very serious the rebellion and Indian out not be soon quelled unless a v force is placed at his command. -1-A case of great importane to hired - Men and others came up at the last sit- tings of the Aberfeyle Divisi n Court, county of Wellington, on the 5th inst. A Irian named Boermaster h red with Mr. Scott, a Puslinch farmer, for seven months at $19 a-Month'4 hen the greater portion Iof the time ad been completed, and most of tie wages earned, the hired man was ask d to do some particular piece of wok which was quite reasonable and ev'thin the selire of the servant's duty to'perform. He flatly refused to obey h master's orders. The refusal was abou the feed- ing of the oxen -which the man had been working with that day. Mreott then informed him that if he did' n t choose toido what he was told, he comm dn't ex- pect to work any: longer. Th servant after some Steeds left, havin worked over six months of his tune H brought his actibn in the Division Co rt. The case was defended on pminciplie, and to tesf, the right of the hired man to act in thel way described. The ju ge non - suited the hired. man on his or wilef-vail- deuce on the ground that by disobedience of a reasonable ages, bus had. forfeited all right to seven months time not having ernleiasninfully completedThe law is laid o f clearest possible manner that a ainto ervanbte , . d who engages for a time ce paid on its expiration, leaein the em- ploy even on the day before t i. the term, or doing that which noen_ justifies his Master in dismissing him, ye . diojurdgto titled to be paid any of his wa es. Not- withatanding that the judge went against his hired man, th defend- ant, Mr. Scott, directed his a settle with him. I 1 I.' A