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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-07-31, Page 1stout - ,0 a• EIGHTEENTH YEA R. WHpIJB NUMBER 921. 1 vir st be aorta W eed to e- C4th. e men - fruits. dis- n last s out !: week :a this ,e tirae an,has n' take le has HO Pd 'be-; tadiane ion of - ter off le says enpare Lny ea- t week, cattle 44E4 as out kleriefi y came re took rut of taing tnriglet te be 'dazed 'taffered re after intered pf last iven by egether by the ts .:well 'as full. gs- were tt to do iaradess- Iso well tf Lou- :iving a Is The id all, ! et the text pos- , tod, has ace. Vail at &ter, of Ye with ity ton at Mil - eft Iaest to the ,ence Of s, near, • d costs eessary -ye was r of the -Grand tore mu So - annual t Strat- by the t Meth - r night, Iized. • Ca.sey La Salle e was a nty. resident e Vs inst. clearing till his k cattle s three --ee year- ning the ered the Fuiiai enee car - in cash, saver f. ilecab of Rime, ecident. f a small balance ead and ions for died in. ::••••7 GRAND Genuine Clearing Sale —AT THE— Cheap Cash Stor H °finial) Bros. SEAFORTH, Treme• ndous slaughter of Dry oo s. Every article and all Goods fie the place will be sold regardless of coet. We hold this sale in order to ma -e room for NEW FALL GOODS. Do 't confound this Sae with the so call d clearing sales generally advertised., do,exactly What we say, and all you e qaire to do is to call at the Oh-eais Ca h Store and be convinced, _Come o •e, come all. • No trouble to show good s. We want everybody to see the goo s and prices, and extend a heart tvels come to all. Reme-mber the spot the Cheap Cash- 'St?r HOFFMAN BES SEAFORTH. —OF— TAR GROCER HOIOE GOOD dust the Thing for Pi nic The Following ToothsomelDe • cacies Now in Stock (nd English Luncheon Meats, Armour &Cors -Canned Corn Beef, Deihl Canned- Corn Beef, Canned Boneless Turkey, Canned Sausage Meats, Bloater Paste, Anchovy Pastel! Potted Meat0,, . Canned PO Fe Tail Soup, Mutton Broth, Mock Turtle Soup, 'Mulligatawny Soup, Chicken Broth, Beef Tea, Hare Soup, Straibourg Potted Meats, Gibl4 So • Potted Turkey and Tongue, Potted Ham and Chicken, • Canned Salmon, Canned SaidineS, Canned Lobsters; Canned Mackerel, Canned Finnan Hadd THE CELEBRATED IKM.1\Trr PICICT.M , By the Quart, Gallon or Barrel.; English Breakfast -Black Te Jaran,GreenAGunpowderTe Mocha Java and Rio Coffee - Ground. Fre The Northwest Rebellion. . • WHAT THE SETTLERS :AAY. The following letter written by the special correspondent of the Montreal Witness, will be read with interest by our readers. The 'Mr, Miller referred it to was a former. resident f this county, having lived in the to eiship.of Turn. berry for many years, ind those who knew him best respected him 'most high- ly, The letter, - which explains itself, is ' dated Prince !Albert, N. W. T., Jnly 4th, and proceeds: . ' , After a three months'. campaign in crushing ' :the rebellion, many people seem pretty inueh in the dark, both as to what the rebellion, TM all about, and wahno unthlieito-ep(ei6p0.1ebs -erwireerre, iAtvhsoeemresb.aellNe.edry. anticipate any further bet will go on to • ing :said; as timeh as this, I shall hot nor hangers-on of tyrants, nor rebels, the scene of the last military Operations, have spent some time, ou my Way from a little additional light on the subject I pursuMg. enqiiiiies in this settlement- • With the object of, if possible, throwing front the ailigent searcher. Instead of 'certain writers will prove to be so many. According to various' rumors or direct statements which have foiled their way into print, one should expect the pro- blem to become more complicated the more it is investigated ; digging into the most startling revelations should con- • this, however, unless I am much mis- derk foundations of the rebellion the taken, the matter will nalTow down and simplify as it is gone farther into, and the:insinuations and semi -accusations Of • political or sentimental purposes. Hav- Albert emiteins also, of eourse, a. nuni- are by no means slow to express their recnerrings drawn acrose the trail for relate the substance of conversations ing all circles in this settlement. That which I have had with men represent - such eirtles exist I need hardily say, Prime Albert is inhabited by men who opinions :of each • other, and a very short stay reveals the existence of two perties.- The one is composed of 'tyrants, accord- ing td the other; and the latter, aceord- The former are naturally. fewer, cons st ing to the former, is composed of relies.' largely ef Government officials, and , e Lawrence Clarke, factor Of the Hudson's • Bay Company here, and a former mem- • ber of the Northwest Legislative Coun- which- preceded the rebellion. Prinee ber of people who are 'enough in number, but inclede all w o took part in or sympathize with the agitation supposed to be headed by the Hon. Coun- cil. The party of " eebels,", aecording, to those who cell them so are ' definite- , pen -lugs, to be " on the fence " is a more else ; for the most cautious neatial is to take part with'either side. But, to tAloitibtrieeeli.ltliVai'ii; havingodfi e:el rtea.migt el la et rtme :elf: am: annciah: pPoilititioxcoe long neutral. Judging by tecent hap, • ticklish position here than anywhere • liable to find himself at any Moment • I shoved over without his knowledge and '• ranked among the rebels, Without further preliminary let me introduce you :to Mr. WM. Miller, who by all accounts is (me of the most re -1 speeted men in the meighborhoeci. A. LowlandeScotchnien from near the Eng- lish border, Mr. Miller emigrated to On- tario* while yoeng, spent - a number of years farming in, that Province; and twelve years ago became the pioneer settler. of Prince Albert. 'He is now President o -f the Local Agricultural So- • ciety, and occupies a fine farm about e mile from the steamer landing atGoshen. Mr: Miller has takena public part in agitating for, the reinoval of the North- west , settlers' grieve:noes, which he de- scribes in the following way : • First. —The want of _representative government. There is „no member in the Dominiontliouse of Commons to speak in the name of the Northwest and the laws are made by men •ignorant of the circumstances of the country: The Northwest Legislative - Council has very limited powers, and - even 'those powers can be exercised in opposition to 'the wishes of the people; for seveii of the members, including the Lieutenant7 Governor, are appointed by the Govern- ment, and only six ete 'elected by the , voters. . Then the Territories, while still with- out a voice in the management of their. sources whence 'a local -revenue night own affairs, are being. deprived rf the otherwise be got when the Territorie else into self-koverning provinces. Th wild lands are being disposed of, and th . price goes to the Ott.awa, Coeernmen • The settlers are also Called on to pa dues on all timber cut on mitakep lafide, a certain quantity, but nift, enolth, being ?Mowed for buildings and fences.. The amcomt of land ilia:against set- tlement—reserved for reilwa,ys which do net run in the district, etc.—is apo looked Upon as•en evil requiring a 'reme- dy; and particular objection is made to the system of dosing every alternate , eeetion, This systein tends to make thin and • scattered settlements, and •among othee 'Testae works againstthe success of schools.. If land is to be re- served, let it be in largerblockst so that settlers also may occupy the land: hi large blocks and attain - the • strength whir , unity_ brings. •• The withholding of land patents when due is a grievance to enauy farmers, and Nr. Miller cites hisPersonal experience. It will be t velee years on the 20th of, • this month s nee 'be arrived here, that is It- • d, • ot .r - ward. On applying to'enter his farin at the office kr. Miller was informed ti at the returns of the sUrvey were eot 3 et in, and the entry consequently co Ad be made. Since that he applied es - 1 now and then, but always received 'same excuse. In January of this ye -when he had occupied his land for des -yeare, hewas informed that he CO, now illak0 the entry: Even now 1 • I SEAFORTli, cannot get his patent until he has lived on his farm for three years after entry, the eleven years going for nothing in which he, had oecupie4 the land and been willing. th, enter it, but unable to do,so on accoupt of official delays. • The w•Oit of a -market for farm pro- duce ie not al tegeth el., Mr. :gi ne'. claims, the inetitable result of the settlement's isolated-positiop. , A large quantity of rain, their, &c., is required • by the bunted Police and Indian Department every year, and the contracts for this etuff are, or have been until the present tune, given to the Hudson'Bay .Com- pany, Without even the formality of ad - only roma heartless tb Itrprise tineled to t ea on thep , that by an • In the m • J. Macdona White cam company wi ed Mr. Mac don with hi He expresse that the ma and while c and Macdon FRIDAY, LY 31, 1885. s passed, refereed to t ic of !crops. 13u1 what we ,and annoyance, when het wri, to fin dint -smell proclai blic Streets as a rebel—a d fficial of tbe Gov+nment ! nth of September 11.1r. Hugh d (Sir John's son) and Mr. to Prince Albert, and in h Major Crozier ,they _visit- rthur, and had a cmiversa- n in regard to the agitation. • to Mater CroZiey his belief ter was going to.he serious, iatthig with Messrs. White Id he told them that he had vertising'for tenders. The Company can been to a 'ni eting where he sew two or thus obtain enormous profits by charg- three hundeed earnest men; evidently ing the Government high prices, and the met for a pi rpose and with lib intention licLEAN J31103., Publishers, W-50 a Year, in Advance; -Same ciictimstance,making the Company lof going bac the OnlY purchaser of farm protluce,puts Governmen the farmers at the mercy of a corpora-- may not tion Which has never been known. to intend to I neglectithe full use of its monopolistic marked tha advantages. Last • year, • although the Macarthur prop was an extremely small one the the more a Company only offered 75c. a bushel for Mr. Mac wheat; (er $1,if the farmers take pay ip one settler goods, as they generally have to do,) and politics, the here are a few items from recent bills to to cover ti show atIthat rate the Company supplies himself has its goods': till theyachieved it. Your , added Mr. Macarthur, ve what they ask, bot they ave it. Mr.. MaCdonald re - all ''as quiet, at which Mr. arned him that that was all gero,us. thur'S opinion is that not favoted a rebellien. As to seeni totbe nowelnagged in e Goyeenrnent's trail. He • nly been five years out -from try; and has taken no part :polities, which be considers f th4 country. He has all • stet urs 1 11 the old cou 4 lbs sugar, A1.00 • 3 doz boxes matches 75e in Canadia • . , • , a lb. baking soda, 30c. 1 lb. glue, 60e. - the curse 2 lbs. candles, 1.00..8 2 bars soap, 81.80. • along epenl 3 plugs T. & B. tobac• - • co, $1.00. - gal -coal oil, 81.09. was being 5 gals. syrup, 812.50. 3 tiniblers, 82.25. but he do s no consider the chief re - 5 lbs. raisins, 81.50. 5 lbs, currants, 81.25. sponsibility for this to rest on the Gov - 11 lbs. pi,ty, $2.75. 10 WS. rice, 82.50. eminent it elf. As to grievances, h The rate of freight from the railway to Prince -Albert, last year, was from 4c. to 5c. peripound. The rate this year is about 212e: • Many of the articles supplied by the Company = to .the . Government coda— Mr. Miller says—be very well supplied direct by, the farmers if tenders were allowe& to be put in ,and ificontracts were awarded for comparatively small quanti- ties. • In the winter of 1883, when the Company is receiving -$6 per hundred for flour, the farmers could have done • so—and profitably—at half ;the price. But, in his opinion, public affairs in this part Of the country are not conducted in a manner calculated to encourage fresh settlers, but rather to drive away those who are here: It is a bad state of things when one man can controla whole set- tlement, and when, as has happened here, a farmer who buys from another trader because the latter sells about twenty per cent cheaper than the Com- pany, canbe informed by -the Company that he will not receive cash for his farm, produce and so will be unable to meet the trader's account. All this, it will perlia,ps be remarked, is not relevant to -the question of who were the rebels and why they rebelled. But the two matters—the 'armed rebel- lion and the farmers' agitation—have been so mixed up by some parties in the that a wrong policy ed in the Northwest t, p, e. 11115,- Malt. White Wine and Cider Vinega PURE SPIgES.. Sugar Cured Hams, Spice -Roll • Bacon, Smoked Breakfast • Baeten... Choice. Table Batter and Fresh Eges, always delivered fresh and firm out of Refrigerator. FREE DELIVER. GEO.GOOIJ Noted for Choice GroCeries. believes the twice as a n that the p Almost eve grievance, in a jpdiei would he ft her pionee to put up they contrs support cif having the parts of the Before le to mention One is that Mail into; i The °thee b,ertians fo from the ir zens' Defene was made el well as guar In another markable 'd his hands al out. Reser esting inte here give On e good deal has been 01 are given n one cL are not of 801 much impor mber of little annoyance ople 1 have to mit up with farmer has some littl t if things were manage us way the whole matte ed. • Still, the people are u ing ; and, while, they hay 'th ,pioneers' deprivation ute as much as others to th the Government, witho privileges given in oth Dominion. - l' ing $r. Macarthur, I oug wo r ther incongruous fac e has been dragged by t s list of "white. rebels s that when the Prince A nd themselves in dang hellion, and formed a Ci -Cominittee, Mr. Macarth airman of the committee, ermieter of the volunteer letter I will give some , r etunents which came in er the. rebellion had brok seine other most inte ; for my next, I m *0 instances in whice f annoyance and irritati by the settlers. The fac very reliable authority. e, more than ti,vo years aig , • -en took up .a claim sone of Prince Albert. He w enter the land, with wat y the land. officer ; he bui 1 clopped twenty acres and then Colonel Sproa , stepped in with the _ clai himself bought the settler at esectioli. The law w d the case caMe up befon bout eighteen months ag on bas yet been commun - settler. controversy that in speaking of one you Mr. -Van L cannot help dealing also with. the other. distance cis This same Mr. • Miller; for instance, has allowed tb been branded as one of the "white Grit Privileges,' rebels," who are supposed to have a. house, an fomented the disturbance -in order to in- the grounicl jure the Crcivernment at Ottawa. From the registia all I can see, the Grit and Tory parties that he had might have scarcely an existence for any rights of it influence they have in the region of called in, Prince Albert. But; however that, may Is/Ir. Pearce be, Mr. Miller, more to his amusement but no dedi - than hie discomfiture, finds himself in cated to the the Mail's blacklist of "white rebels :" Here is and the few in Prince Albert who agree There is e, with the Mail's views are heard t� hint thriving ge that this gentleman made some very Two years" treasonable remarks at a "Jtiel meet- flour Mill ti mg" 'a week or two hefdre, the taking up ply the t . of arms. The meeting in question was terms, hat held _ et St. Andrew's, on the south and laid I branch of the Saskatchewan, eabout fif- having sub teen miles from' Prince Albert,on the tween fo 3rd of garde The object was to sus, which they tain the cause !of the Farmers' Union, man went lb and M. Miller meant to attend, but did logs rem+ not arrive till after the public proceed- settlers h ingS were finished. The people, he says, else woul were utterly taken by surprise when the At any rate outbreak actually occurred. . They had the Utiliser been s4ying to one another, "Will they badly neede rebel ?'—but did not expect the troubles improving t th cone to bursting tc,int. • ' on the head Mr. Miller says that he went to a . seizing the meeting at the South Branch, held in dues ! The s order to keep the people there quiet,and so hard ut a delegate from Rielispoke at the same, not afford se meeting, denying that the half-breed' leader, had encouraged the India,ns to take up arms. The feeling of that meet- ing was that though the people would not loge sight of their grievances they would.rnot take up arms in order to ob- tain redress. Asa fact, they came into Prince Albert and took up arms in de- fence of the Government's cause: - before the liutid was surveyed. The s •-s-ey was mad , and an agent appoint in 1878, but the I nd office was 1 opened until two or three years aft ot ry. he r, en- Lld he n. -Mg • dew or 11 • caee of a different kin settlement—anything but tlement—at Carrot Rive o man offered to build ere if the settlers would su ber.1 They agreed to th he required logs taken o em . the site of the mil cribed for that purpose b and. five hundred (Idler could very ill afford. T ck from his word, and t ed on the mill site, t ing that perhaps some on take up a similar contrac they thought they could u • build bridges, which we . But their little plans f settlement were knocke by. the Crown timber age loge and selling them f• peoPle of Carrot River we last *inter that they coul ,nd1ts and one cannot wo der at their feeling that the Governme vents to c .ush them. Perhaps this of the Northwest bein " • If so, the pap has a d r taste. So much for Mr. Miller, whose " re- bellioi" seems to consist in expressing his 'opinions with. Scottish fervor about what he considers injustice. Now, here is Mr.; Macarthur, a inan of deserved weight' in the community,and., a member of the banking firm of Macarthur t and Knowles. He tells me that when he heard, last eummerethat Rid Was going to be Sent for, he ,asked several , of the most respectable English . and- Scotch half beeeds ' about the matter. One would say that theile was "nothing in it," and others were.of the ,opinion that there Was, "a gre t deal in it," so. Mr. Macarthur, as 4 business man, de- cided that it was hi duty to find out for himself. • Accordin ly he took the first opportunity of atterding a 'meeting of half-breeds,whith was held in Lindsay's _ school thouse during July. Over two hundred French half breeds were. pres- ent, and one or two -English -farmers. Louis; Riel spoke very calmly and smoothly and constitutionally. Now— he said—he was a b citizen of a friendly nation, and it would ill beceme him- to create any disturbance here. There was aniple scope in the -British constitution— Riel went on to declare—to obtain re- dress of all grievances in a legitimate manner. Charles Nolin then spoke in .Cree, and young Jackson was address- ing the meeting when Mr.- Macarthur came away. The latter spoke to no one except Mr. Flett, a farmer, and then the an instanc " spoon-fed. cidedly bitt _ - . Jackson, been acquit • —The S county by a laree. majority. —The g library, hal Volumes. , --The wh at yield in Essex county this year is said to be the, largest oi • Canada. • Ri's late secretary, h ed n the ground of insanit tt Act carried in Victori treel Mechanics' Institu cirbulation of over .10,0 meeting cooled d unanimously ado demning the foolis less pereons in acti fellow -citizens, an causing a breach o —A young girl 1 wn to- business, and ted resolutions con - conduct of thought - g offensively te their miming the risk of the peace. •1! amed Annie Bonskill, formerly • a resi(leILt of llarristOne wes drowned a fevv days ago in the bay at Toronto, while bathing. I ' —The Rev. D. Carnerop, of Leeknotv, Presbyterian minister, has accepted a to the Manitoulin Islands, and will t for the new field shortly. 1 The - citizens of Calgary have sent lontreal for a $200 diamond ring for sentation to Major Steele in recogni- of his brilliant servile at LOrOilLake elsewhere. During a thtmder-storm Thursday ni ht la,st-week, R. -McNichol, of 11foul- toe, near Dunnville, had three head of cattle killed by lightning, and Mr. Kerr, a neighbor, lost three cows. , —A Chatham lady has an interestiog colony •of silk worms at Work, spinning cocoons. She feed.s them on palm leaves, 0.1a has now nineteen or pwenty balls of silk of different Shades. I —Jelin Sullivan, on Saturday, claims to have caught 40 fish in 40 minutes from the pier head at Port Stanley. He wants to make a match r fish .'for the ch mpionship. t • The new Preeby.terian Chnrch at st Toronto (I -Unction,' will be ieady for occupation' early in September. It will seat about two hundred, and the cost will be about $2,000. .1 —The Department of Education has completed arrangements for the estab- lishment of training institutes at King- ston and Hamilton, which will be open- ed next fall. —The train despatchers at the Lon- don office have been found by a !jury to be responsible for the late railway col- lision at Cove bridge, whereby- engineer Geo. -McFadden was killed. - ' - —It is estimated that the shortage of the crop of Spruce Timber this season will be fully 112,000,000 feet, divided as follows: --S1. John ' River, 30,000,000 feet St. Croix, 10,000,000; Penobscot, 37;00,000 ; and Kennebec, 35,000,000. —Mr, and Mrs.' Wm. McKenzie, of Ekfrid,-the former 75 and the latter 74 years old, butbothactive and hearty, celebrated their golden -wedding a few days ago. One hundred relatives and friends sat down to supper. e—An employee of the Toronto, Grey & ;Bruce Railway, named John Phillips, was killed Saturday, near 'Orangeville, bY. being struck on the head by the timbers of a bridge untler which the train was passing. ! —A tramp passing as a priest and collecting ostensibly -for religions pur- poses, has been imposing Upon the people of. Kingston. He even got the best of the Bishop to the extent of ten dollars. . —While James Brodie was ditching • near an Old well of the London East waterworks, the other day, he discover- ed a nuggettof gold worth about $150. - He is digging for more and thinks be has discovered a gold mine. I cal sta to pr tio an •• e. eecOrd. 1, —A man requires e large sized •'• ,—The On Op the old eton fora h n Tpionto named Tamblyn iat I of • nturiberlk to fit his ramum. rict Government are fittin egiepolis college in King natie asylum, 1- , —The Saleation .Army in Strathroy held a very barracks th , • —Canoes Oonipany'e exhibition. a —Mise K Plattsville due to C011nerttOoil.and 'Muskoka. • —Wm. P1rtet,.of London; agent fo Maxwell, t ie , xpachinist, of Paris, ha .eliceessful jubilee in thei 'other eveping. frobie the Ontario Cano -orkS• in Petenboro' are 6 the Antwerp fair. lpatrick, music teacher, a nd Btight, is Mt -ay for. hol" skipped th ployer over • • —An iod hundred Fr held the ot demn the displaying a lamp-pos Monday ev the Sharp very high country, leaving his e $700 to the bad. gnation 'meeting of about si nch Canadian citizens w, er night in Ottawa, to c\S alert of certain parties n effigy of Riel suspended on Wellington street o ning during the reception hooters. Excitement ra for a time, but finally t• —Dr. Wallace, superintendent of the Hamilton asylum for -the insane,- was last week summoned by the Crown to give eyidence regarding the mental con- dition of Riel. Dr. Clark, of Toronto asylum,evas also summoned for the same purpose. ' —The hencoops, pig pens, and sheep penseattached to the Northern exhibi- tion grounds at Walkerton, were destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. Loss $500, insured in the Western for $300„ The fire. was the work of an incendiary. • —Boatmen and skiff -owners at the Thousand Islands are indignant in con- sequence ef the enforcement of a law re- quiring all skiffs appearing on the waters' of the St. Lawrence to carry lights be- tween sunset and sunrise. ' —Mrs. Lloyd, near Flinton, Hastings county, committed whicide Friday by taking Paris green. A man named Wood, of the same plaeet attenipted sui- cide also by taking Paris green, but will recover. —Pickpockets are busily plying their trade = in Toronto. A gentleman was robbed of his gold, witch and chain and $25 during the crash on Market Square the other day. Several' similar cases are -reported. . — Shall the new Hytnnal, or the old Psalms and Paraphrases,be used in sing- ing hereafter, is the question which agi- tates the minds of the • Presbyterian Church people of Parkhill. Isil#ey of the old people cling with tenacity to the -old Psalms. - mangled remains of George Allison, a farmer, were found lying on the track near St. Thomas, early Satur- day morning, by some section men. It is supposed the unfortunate ina,n was run over during the night while walking along the track. —A prize of $20, offered by the National Harness Review, of Chicago, for the best essay on harness making, open to harness men in the United States ana Canada:, has been awarded to Joseph -Lupien, ' of Woodslee, Essex county. —The bridge to be built across the Gatineau river at the junction with the Ottawa; river will. be a swing, to cost $40,000: It is to be built opposite Ottawa in connection with the Ottawa, .Morrisburg, Waddington & New York Railway. —The first shipment of wool ever made from Calgary was made by Mr. Alexander Begg, of Dunbow, a few days ago. Mr. Begg shipped 3,000 pounds, the clipping of his flocks for the, season, ,to -Messrs. Long & -Bisby, Hamilton, ,Ontario. e Patriot, writing to the Globe says: Now that our volunteers have had their grand 'reception, would it not be well to devise means to help the fami- lies who have suffered by their absence and to help those needing it to obtain situations? Better than erecting an ex- tensive monument, I voice the opinion of m Yest said con our b the ri -1i come forward and help our noble eers. ' aegregor! Gourle,y & Co.; is the by whichthe old firm of Cent, y & Co., at Galt, will hereafter be This is not ae change in the el, but merely the substitution of aegregor's name for that of the dam Cant, who died some years t a barn -raising near Kenilworth, county of Wellington on. Satur- day tie fall •of a bent resulted in the death Wolin hope sons y of the best citizens of Toronto. elay, as you showed, a littlelagirl o another, "1 am glad my a is ghome for now we'll get butter on cid." Thie'speaks volumes. Let v ohm name .Gourl know pre° Mr. e late acro. in th 5 Fine a ver turn the of one men, John Shaw, and the nig of three others -beyond much f rec�very.I Nineteen other per - ere more or less injured. ames Fiean, aged 14, son of , D. of Ailsa Craig, recently met with painful aceident. He was re- g with some hay on a lorry, when handle of 1 one of the forks fell'ff, elevating the prongs, one of It milk e entered his side about four inch s. man in Haniston who wae en - to give one day's statute labor or ne dollar, utterly refused to do r. The pathmaster bad him sum - 1 before a magistrate's court where title pay eith mon he s titled it by paying his $1 and $5.40 cos0. i Had he not complied it would have eost him $15- or. gaol for 30 claire. HPhe Picton Times says: A corres- pondent from Cavalier, Pembina county, Dak'ota, sends the details of the myster- ious disappearance and subsequent find - ilia of the body of Mrs. Thomas Gibson. of tjiat neighborhood. Mrs. Gibson was for4iely a highly respected resident of Ithis vicinity where she has many frie ds. The contractors, who are building n w hall in Lucknow, had to re- d a large portion of the stone found- njtts it was not built according to ecifications. The work is now be - shed forward under the superb- ce of Mr. John Murdock, o lias been engaged as inspector by the bui ati s p te de th -e-John Jewell, a retired fanner in Harritton is a most successful agrieul- turistl OnSaturday he cut a `half -acre lot of hay and on Monday hauled in one and a half tons of hay. He has a half - acre of potatoes, which two years ago • was the worst iswamp in the county, and hag now every prospect of lifting 250 bu hels of very good murphies. . Returns are still coming in about th operations of the pair of hayfork sw dlers who made a tour of ESsex coiltnty last month. W. M. Reid, a Mersea farmer, got caught to the tune of $300; John Peterson, of Gosfield, $300; Thomas Symonds, of Colchester, $300 ; and one Sheyley, of Rochester, a total of $1,175: - n Saturday night last as George rtreed, proprietor of the shingle mill illsdale, near Barrie, was bathing in Sh at coMpany With several of the mill hands, heiwas taken with cramps and drowned bei ore it was possible to rescue him. He is ep brother of Mr. Thos. Shortreed, of Beirie. His remains were taken to Guelph for burial, where he Was at 'one tithe ,e, resident. —W, hile a recent thunderstorm was in rOgress, a Berlin resident became ap- hensive about two children who were. ping in a bedroom upstairs, and re- ed them to the basement. In a rt =tirne after, the house was struck pr sle mo sh by lightning, and the chimney in the room where the children had been lying was torn to pieces, and their little bed was covered with brielts. .. —The Harriston Tribune says : There are two odd characters in town at present. One, Who has !no legs, being born. -An that condition, rides around in a cart :which he moves by turning a crank on the same principle as a railway jigger. He grinds scissors and repairs umbrellas. The other cleans Eats land has'a ,walk like a jumping -jack. —The emigration from Great Britain to Canada continues to show a falling off. In June, 1885, there were 2,684, against 4,353 in June, 1884, while, for the half-year ending with June 1885, there ,were 10,1149, or nearly 9,000 less that at same time last year. The United, StIttee for the half-year kst only 9,100, and Australia 4,500, showing Canada's prop rtionate loss as being much greater than, he other countries mentioned4 —The follovving companies have ;been ineorporated- by the Ontario Gotern- rneht : The St. Thomas Real Estate Company, with a capital of $50,000; the FOrt William Street Railway Com- pany, with a capital stock of $20,000? and the Western Ontario Mortgage _and Securities Company, with a capital stock of $500,000, the chief, place of ss-th be in Windsor. pair of houee slippers was made her day at a boot and shoe estab- nt, M Picton, that were spme- of a curiosity. The uppers teere om the backs Of two rattlesnake -which were marked in the shape iamond. They were for a Miss and the young lady may safely atulate herself on leading the style from British Columbia, and wished to reach Prince Albert, where he ,has a brother. The day before he had been, .attacked ani1 suddenly fired on by a band of Indians. One of the shots bad (ti. taken effect i the abdomen, and he was . disabled an drifted dawn the river until discove ed and assisted as above. The chances of his recovery are doubtful. —A leeighable incident took place at a railway station, at St. Thomas, the • other night. , One of the excursionists was in the train, for the return trip, and had a large Nim,.ter -melon restingjon a car window. The melon fell out, and broke into a number of pieces. A couple of constables and railway employees grab- bed the pieces, and feasted upon thenis while the owner gaZed on in speechless amazement. _ ! —John Pollard,.a Grenadier who, be.: -fore he went to the -Northwest, -wes em- ployed by the Crompton Corset Com- pany in Tor warerooen th the employe. safe return t A cheer. He was immediately surround edby a bey of young ladies, who ahnost smothered him with kisses. Johnny stoo hero can. —A St. Th on Sunday night found hiehousehold in- vaded. by what he considered an afflic- tion in the [form of twins. It preyed ' upon him so Much that he went off on a spree, during the course of wind' he borrowed $1.-50to perpetuate the revelry, by representing to a sympathetic citizen that one of the new- airivals had died, and he had nothing with which to pay 'funeral expenses. He was finally run in by the police for safe keeping. —A few days ago, as Alex. Vance, of the 3rd ,coneession, Bruce, was lying. asleep, with the bedroom window open, a cat suddenly- jumped into the room and bit the sleeper in the arm, inflicting a nastyewound. Not knowing whether the cat was mad, or net, Mr. Vance made for . Kincardine next morning to seek t medical adv'ee and 'treatment. No verybad sym toms have developed so far. Patrick,Ryan, of Perth, son of uHugh conductor, went into the new rifle. The ball went -ence and- entered the beat of a young nIkin nanied. C. Cooper, who . , _ . -. was sitting oh a chair playing the violin. to. On Ms entering the morning after his return s were so overjoyed at his ietthey greeted him with the ordeal as only a true.... omas matenamed McCann, busin the o lislim what cut' I skies of at Ogde cong in this line of feminine adornment. ---eg-rs. Allen Hopper, of Paisley, who had ieen on a visit to Manitoba, was a passe ger on the steamer Quebec which wag'vrecked in Devil's Straits, and was thc:lilst lady taken from the steamer be- fore it went dowp„ having,th escape in her; night clothing. Mrs. Hopper's nervous system receiveda heavy shock thrO, gh the occurrence, and it will be smile froth mg, Suri drifting clown the river with a man 13Thaf in it. Some parties rowed. out and caught the boat, bringing it to shot,. The man was in an ahnost dying condstion, but rallied somewhat after being cared for. lie gave his name as Geo. McKeever, said he was retnining time before she is fully recovered. the fright. he people at Saskatchewan Land- Thrthwest Territory, were greatly ised on Friday last at seeing aboat Ryan, railw yard to test through the The wound - shortly after in the han grief is great as mortal, and Cooper died ,Ryan has placed. himself Is of the police, and his Deceased was the sup - pert of a widowed mother and family. Bail has been. accepted. —Oh Satarday afternoon,. the 18th inst., a number of men were fishing neer St. Agatha, Waterloo eounty. They - drove a yoke of oxen into the Water with a harrow to disturb the fish and drive than towards their seine The oxen got fast, and Martin Hergott, a young married man, went to adjust things, when; in some way he got under the oxen, and despite the efforts- of the half dozen men around, the young man was drowned. .The body was got out sbortly after. —The Prince Albert Colonization Company, composed. of IVIessrs. • John -' White, M. P., J. C. Jamieson, Am. Jeffs, Thomas McGreevy, M: P., Wm. Shorples, J. M. Aikens and others, have taken steps by petition of right to reL cover from the Government the $20,000 - paid by them for lands in the North- west. The company base their claim to have their money refunded on the ground that they were never pi-operly put in possession of the land formerly granted to them. --Parties usher, Paris green on their potatoes should be careful and not mix the poison with lime, as it is very 'dan- gerous to the person tieing it. In Walkerton last week a man named Zinn - had a very! narrow -escape from death from this cause. Instead of mixing it with -water he added lime, and com- menced operation, but it was not long before he inhaled enough to seriously endanger his life, he went into the house, and in a few minutes became unconscious. Under medical care he is now recovering. —The Berlin 'News gives the following account of a -remarkably successful fam- ily connected with that town : About eleven years, ago a family named Peque- gnat, composed of father, mother, eight sons and six. daughters, sixteen in all, arrived in Berlin from Switzerland. They were i without funds, and could speak neither English nor German, their language being French. Being watch- makers by trade, they at once started t,' on a very sniall scale a repairing shop. All being steady and ind.ustrious, the boys and gills who had no work in the shop turned their hands to whatever they could tiiic1 to do. When the late Mr. Stuebing put up the fine block which still, goes by his name, they secured the shop adjoining the Bank of Cornmerce,where they opened out OS fine a watch andjewelry store as you could find outside the big cities. Arthur, the eldest son, who, by the way, is married, and has a fine $3,000 residenee, has always remained in charge of this, as- sisted, of course, by his father, still active and vigorous, and his younger brother. They next started a branch store with Paul hi charge, in Waterloo: —laenburg; ;with Leon, the manager ; Ayr, with George ; Tavistock, with James; and last week .Arthur bought the leading jewelry store in Paris, and placed it in Charge of Philip, making six etores in all; . and two brothers yet to take charge id two more. Arthur tells us that he was very much pleased with Paris and its people,and if he didn't like Berlin so Well, he would feel very much like going there himself. Two of the six daughters, are living in town, well married, and their sistets no doubt will do equally well. The father and mother of this excellent family are still hearty and likely to live many year to see their sons and daughters prosper in this land of freedom. The whole family are members of the Baptist Churche and strictly temperate.