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WHOLE NIUMBIER )323.
SEAF6RT
FRIDAY, fkIMUST 21, 1885.
1 lidoLEAN. BROS., Publishers.
Genu Clea r n g8 at e
Cheap Cash Store
offm an B ros.
Tremendous shi, ighter of Dry Goods.
Every article a ed all Goode in -the
place will be s+1 regardless of cost.
We hold this sale in order to make
romnlor NEW FALL -*GOODS. Don't
confound this sale with -the so-called
do exactly what 4e say, and, all you te-
mAre to do is to Id' at the Cheap Cash
Store and be convinced. Come one,.
come all. No trduble to show , goodh.
We want esrerylaii,dy to see the goods
• and. prices, and xtend a' hearty Wel;
come, to all. - Re4ember the spot, the
Cheap -ash
119FEBTAN .B40S..
Is Our Scott Act Being Suc-
cessfully Carried Out ?
T7E C4OPS OF ONTARIO.
Following is u sun -unary of the re-
port of the Bateau of 'Industries on the
wheat, oats And barley crops of Ontario;
. harvested • dicate that* generally within
itia
The repo of thelan wheat crop just
the principal fall wheat area of the pro-
vince—which comprises the whole of the
central and southern lake distriet—the
return has been a good one, both in ' the
yield per acre and in quality' of• grain.
The average will be ahnost as high as '
that of the Am crop .of ' last year. On •
wet and podrly cultivated soila the early
summer groWth was generally retarded
* late piing frosts and cold weath-
er ; and his, with other influences of a
More loc character, such as storms,
- excess of rain or the want of it, and in
some places the prevalence of hot blight-
ing winds, was of sufficient extent to
affect the general reselt With these
exceptions, fall wheat all through west-
ern Ontario came to the harvest a full
and well ripened .orop, in good cendi
tion. The prospect was poorest in the
north-weetere part of tle province, par-
ticularly 'in the counties! of Gtey and
Bruce, where the injury froml winter
killing and rust was considerable. The
yield in this district will not probably
reaCh an average, 'and the sample is
generally.- shrunieen and discoloured..
There was in occasional appearance of
rust all through western Ontario, wher-
ever it had a chanee to work- in late and
counties mentioned it was not so general
as to - do -any serious injury. t In the
easternmart of the province the area of
fall wheat grown is.coMparatively small,
and there was' coosiderable loss from
winter killing. • Wherever the crop sur-
vived the affects of the winter, however,
it grew and ripened well. 'In this per -
time of the' province there was an almost
total immunity from rust, so that even
the thinaest fields came to full perfec-
tion in point of plumpness and colour of
grain. Attacks of insect peSts were
It
-confined to a few localities where midge, res.li
weevil. or wire ivorm appeared to some Yet e`
extent, but nbt so a.Sto da any serious i'argee'
later than asnal, and at the time of re-
porting, the balk of the crop, excepting
in some of the earlier counties in south-
weStern Ontario, was still in the shock.
Pretty general mention- is Made of the
heavy storm of wind and rain which set
in On the 3rd instant, • which retarded
operations considerably, though as it
wee ' followed by cool, dry, breezy
weether there is _not much fear of 'any
appreciable damage from sprouting.
The present' condition of the spripg
heat crop' thronghout the province,
hongh somewhat inferior to that of fall
adversities. Seeding was ge orally a
little later than meal, and gr wth was
further retarded by a spell of cold, dry
Weather in May and early - in June,
whieh under I. ordinary conditimis is a
period of vigorous development. As
a chusetinence 'not, only did the plant
fail in many h'istances to stool out fully,
but the season wits thrown backward
from. a Week to two weeks, according to
/state the fields, to be still green at the
datepf the reports, and cutting will not
be general until -about the 20th of the .
moeth. :The gelds in their green con-
dition are almbet.invariablyi reported is
these statements have to be accepted
with some resertation in view of the
vicissitudes to whibh the grain is liable
g.,urieg the ripening period, and in view
MR. EDITOR, --ince the Act cameinto
force, the above question has been asked
and if the majority of us are inclined to
doubt that it is, I think it is only be-
cause we have too grave reasons fin. our
ilubicity. Some superficial observers
will say, oh yes, the Act is working
beautifully indeed, we never see any one
under the influence of liquor now as we,
used. to, oh, the Aet is doing. all that
could' be wished for. -But let these
parties, who are so delighted with the
working of the Act, take a quiet stroll.
through their streets, say from eleven
o'clock Satarday evening, until about
three o'clock Sunday morning, and they
will see a sufficient number of drunks to
rather shake their confidence as to the
good results of the Act. One good re-
sult of the new Act is the doing away
with open treating, but the direct re-
sult of the abolition of open treating and .
drinking, the drinking by stealth, and
few who &snot know, would not really be-
lieve what ea amount of beer is now
drunk behind drawn blinds and bolted
doors, and now grown bolder' in their
nefarious traffic, the liquor sellers take
iess pains to conceal. their work, ands it
is by no means an uncommon mecurrence
to see a man reeling along no* " under
the influence " , in broad daylight, and
only as late as this morning did we see
the beer wagon leaving the village about
o'clock, having come -in last night late,
I am told, and delivered its load. _Now,
if this sort of thing is going to go on, wee
ma.y well wish for the old Crooks Act,as
things are I believe actually worse now
with a certain. class than before. The
breweries claim that they deliver more
beer than ever through.Huron and Bruce
since the Act beca,me law, and the hotel -
keepers (some at least) claim that they
sell a half mere beer than was formerly
sold. I think if We had a goo live In-
spector, which is at preseat m re iissen-
that he
tial than the Poliee Magistrat
would. be able te make a. few convictione
without difficulty right here Wroxe-
ter, As the matter now stands, those
who were most/ active and anxi-
ous for the passiag the Aet 'have their
work cut out for them if they! want to
see the .Act get a fair trial. There are
multitudes of the croa,kers standing idly
by saying on all sides, " I told. you so,-"
and the majoritsr of the liquorisellers "are
quietly checkling over their gotten
gains at the TeraPerance workers. Let
the Scott Act Association see to. it, or
their hard work! in canvassing for the
Act svill bekst, land the result of their
effarts condemned. Sam
wesseter, august 10th, 1885.
heads were large and plump. Not more
than one or two complaints are made of
the barley being short in the strawe-a
circumstance rather unusual in the case
Of this prop. The only unfavorable ee--
ports of note come from portiens of 'the
counties of York, Ontario, Durham and
Northumberland, where a week or two
of excessively hot and dry weather, +c-
curying just at the time the grain m as
fonning, caused it to ripen too quick y,
and the berry -is rather, small and li ht
in consequence. B t the repor ed
of
ot
Seem to have•been gen ral The repo ti
teem all parts of western Ontario re
pretty uniform As to the damage ixiflibt-
ed by the late rain„ except that in La, b -
ton 'mid Middlesex, where harvestng
,appears to have been more forward than
'elsewhere, probably one-half of the crop
was honsed before the storm came. • iln
all paits barley, on low and heavy flops,
suffered' from excess of rain, and -in some
meg it became lodged frointoo rank{ a
groWth, and in that condition it Was
struCk with rust. Generally, the c bp
*ill hulk well ; and though a -very c
siderable portion of it may be rende
unsaleable at a profitable fig,ure on
count of discoleuration, it will at le
ensure, in conjunction with other- coa
cereals, an abundance of valuable le
ing grains for the winter. As conipa
last year., there is a' decrease.
I nearly 100,000 acres.
accounts received of the oat c
ifortnly favourable from every
shrinkage applies to o
that fine barley distri
t, and does r
with
area
Th
are •u
tion, f the mfovince. Except in a
rare ihstances, in which loc,a1 or exc
the r ports give promise of a high as
age, hough -not equal on the whole
the b
best
easte
prov
farme
oats a
seaso
straw
weath
—The Ottawa citizen's banquet to
those:volunteers who took part in sup-
pressine the Northwest rebellion came
off Thursday night, last week, and was
a great success. Mayor MacDougall
presided and epened' the proceedings
with a brfef speech, eulogizing General
lgiddlethn and, those whom he com-
manded. In response to Jlifferent toasts,
speeches were made by General Middle-
ton, Capt. Todd, of the Sharpshooters,
LieutaCol, White, Dr. Horsey and
lso of the fact that many ,co respon-
dents in southern sections where ripening
has begun report that'it is failing to re-
alize the expectatiOns raised by its ap-
pearance a short fine before. In july
ii
there was eonside able hot,dry weather,
which stiinulated too rapid maturity,
and appeared to eitpose the wheat to its
usual enemies'of rust, midge and weevil.
These evils, especially the two former,
prevail pretty extensively throughout
,the western peninsula formed by Lake
Erie and Lake Huron, the rust attack-
ing the fields just as they .show signs of
changing their co me It is not likely
_that the western alf of the province;
whete fall wheat is the staple cereal,
and spring whea the exception, will
yield more than a rather low average.
In what is known as the spring wheat
region of eastern . ntario it is gratify-
ing to find that th accounts so far are
more generally f vorable. Indeed, an
unusually hopeful ne pervades the re-
ports from. nearly all parts- Of the St.
Lawrence and 0 sva and East Midland
districts. , But insect pests and traces of
rust 'are present, and it is possible that
befere the grain is fully ripe the experi-
'ences of the western oounties May be to
some extent repeated here.- -A few
fields were thinned. by theloperations of
,the wire worm, and the Hessian fly was'
at work in Northumberland and Prince
Edivard. The •h•ecent rain storms in
some instances beat e-lowa the grain,
while in, others th y have promoted de-
velopment of the eads. ,'
The barley iirop ef this season, with
the exceptian' of few localities, has
generally been he and well matured ;
but with the great bulk of the crop the
coler of the gra which' so largely re-
gulates its market values -has been ma-
terially dartuteed y the storm of the
3rd instant.. t'At t lat date barley cut -
.ting was not more' than half through ;
and it was only in the earlier localities,
and generally in t e case of fields that
had ibeen sown am. -reaped . quite early,
thati any portion o the crop was under
cover. Probably not far from three-
fourths of all the larley in the province
or standing ripe an ready to cut. In con -
fortune the sample
seqiience of this
*Ube mare or les dark in colour ; but
for it the return uld have been satis-
factory in* every way. The crop in
heatiy and long. in the straw, and the
ed
st
se
ed
in
op
ec-
ew
er-
to
untfful yield of last year. The
ccounts, however, are from the .
_and northern districts of the
ce, where oats are oae of the
s' main•sources 4 revenue. With
with all other swing. crops, `the
has been late ; for this reason the
is rather stunted. The dry
r of July contributed to the same
and tended to hasten maturity ;
erywhere the heads appear to be
well-filled and healthy. The
wide -spread. source of comPlaint
en the violent wind and rain storrn
, Of the 3rd and.1th inst., which flatteped
and lodged the grain in many fields ;
yet where it was strong enough to with-
stand the tempest, the rain has benefit-
ed ay promoting a bet* development
pf the heads and checking premature
hipeniate The only insect pest seriously
Icompremed of is the grasshopper, which
in the Lake Erie and West Midland
counties, as well as in occasional local-
ities elsewhere, has -stripped many, of
the stalks of their grails. ThrOughout
).western Ontario there have also been
some traces of rqst and" smut, but the
crop has not suffered -appreciably there-
from. The reports from eastern Ontario
make scarcely any mention of any -of
these drawbacks. The 'farmers of !the
Lake Erie counties are jnst about reap-
ing their oats ; elsewhere they will not
be ripe for several days yet—in
some cases not for ten days or two
The following table gives the statis-
tics of those crops for the year 1885 and
1884, according to the retarns made to
the Bureau :
Acres., Bush. per acre.
Fall Wheat.. : 877 745 20 433 758 23 6
1128854 864,740 20,717,631 24..0
Spring Wheat. I 1885 7,99,299 14 372,719 18.0
( 1884 121,647 14,609,661 20 2
f 1885 598,318 17,047;530 28.5
Barley I
( 1884 700,472 19,119,041 27.3
f 1885 1 547 779 59 285,340 38.3
Oats 1 1884 1,481,828 57,696,304 38.9
Itshould be borne in *mind that the
figures of the yield of crops for 1884 are
the final results, while ,those for 1885
are estimates based on the present
promise. .
The Apple Crop of' 1885..
' COVENT GARDEN MARKET, LONDON, I
England, August lst, 1885. }
MR. EDITOR,—SIR : In NriONV Of . the
early resumption of apple exports from
the United States and Canada to Europe,
it is desirable that shippers should now
be ia possession of information in regard
to the crop prospects of Great Bilitain
and :the Continent,- on which idea can
be framed as to the conditions nder
which shipments of apples will la d at
the chief centres on this side during' the.
next few months. A careful collation of,
a large number of independent reports
contributed by reliable parties up to the
end of, Jay, and confirmed by a wide
UNITED KINGDOM. •
The 'vicissitudes through which fruit
;trees pass, from the time they expand
into bloom until ingathering is com-
menced, are many, and they lave never,
perhaps, been of a more fluctuating
character than this season. Sudden.
changes of teraperature—warm sunny
days alternating with genuine wintry
weather and periods of prolonged
drought—such have been the climatic
conditions up to the present thne. In
the • opinion of many experienced fruit -
growers it is matter for ,astonishment
that the orchards -look so well as they
do, considering the adverse influences to
which they have been subjected. It is
generally admitted fhroughout Kent
(and this county sendh more apples to
the London market than any otherithat
the aggregate, yield of marketable fruit
Will barely' reach 'an average crop—
mainly earlies. In' the midlands pros-
pects are ' more 'encouraging,. both early
and late varieties are well cropped, but
owing to the continued drought and
' preience of blight on the trees, fears are.
entertained that size and ,quality will
not come up to the average production.
The west, or cider counties, claim a, full
average crOp, but, for the most part,
this stock is unfit for any other purpose
than that to which it is usually applied.
In the north—where the cultivation of
the apple is only nominal—the blossom,
heId in check by -a cold spring, suffered
no in
repor
acco
some
the
sums
of a
-be g
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and
aver
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for e
late
of a
lent
crop
Will
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earl
ship
pro
and
- ing
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exte
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and
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crop
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tinu
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that
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and
Live
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ter f
pare
mar
tfry, from late fro ts, and crops are
ed goo& Take altogether, the
nts received to date, although
hat conflicting, help to support
)elief of ,one lar e producer who
up the situation 'hus : " The crop
• etntetrh attl fn
pies in the Uni ed Kingdom will
18t181a3t. of last year, but.
ice fromthe chief shipping ports
ance, as welt as the in rior, are
holly satisfactory. In he north
ortlfswest indications 1)4 t to an
6 crop of apples, mostly ammon,
ieh a fair surplus will be vailable
port. In the south and so th-west
rop which at one time ma e excel -
ed, but Dieudorthes and ennets
ome down light.;
m the apple sections of elgium
ts are more encouraging. Out of
varieties, of whiclra few p cels of
ed, stripes ay be consides ed least
ising. Late varieties bldssomed
et wells but; at present, ar suffer-
a,dly from want of moisture With
me rains in the near futti ship-
ihter months.
HOLLAN
e news from d and th Rhine
-that of la,st year althoug some-
sively cultivated for the nglish
ets, are reported ordinary m size
svhile the ;drought is also
responsible for an nusual uanti-
eta will be scarce, but oth r•sorts
ide to meet the deficiency. Early
si which cover a small rea of
d, will give only a modera yield.
GERMANY.
pOrts -from Hamburg, Stettin, and
tenor of Germany, predict a good
ef apples, well distributed over a
Area of grou-nd. After local con -
tion has been. provided for, it is
ated that a fair balance of winter
be hvailable for export, if
nerative markets can be found
d.
f early apples from Portu-
imenced with July, cone
d sapplia Prices have
/lied high, owing, in great n easure,
inferiarity of. the fruit.. Crops
eported light, • and arrivals After
Taber, if any, will have no apprech
influence on the English marketh.
ter due censideration of, the whole
e facts set forth in the' valous re-
, the intession produced
That the apple crop of
g. it as aheihole, will be in` e .cess of
of last year.
That fall shipments of serican
Canadian apples to Glasg w- and
pool should meet with fair 'emend'
lhes ruled by supply.
,That shipments to London f win-
tiit. will, as in similar season , com-
favorably in net proceeds wi 1 other
ets on this side.
itiments
hich co
in- limi
nd net
ses is:
urope,
Cana a.
in ontreal.,
ight co rs 'belonging to
a Free ac farmer, were p
Vans den, and five died.
and P sbyterian Church at
nig of he Presbytery of Ha
G. F. GOV,' secretary-treas
orris (Manitoba) School Bo
Arrested,' charged with em
s.
cen Per pound. -
Rev. Manly Benson gave his ecture
n Wanted' at the St. La rence
rid Camp Groand on Tuesda even -
Day
witl
Wel
mee
the
bee
fun
idemic
isosifd
call
he la
ilto
rd, has
ezzling
meries
ed the
•
la
Cen
ing
ston
dau
yea
Sou
There was a happy meeting a King -
the other day, of a moth r and
liter vvhe had beenseparated for 25
s and thought each other de d.
Adfred Kitchen, of the tovvn hip Of
ty of
eased.
being
death
what
Bra t in place of John Smith, de
Ian
tete
to d
Jam
ti d cog-wh
ames Fl
Rob it Beem
he tra
ust `were $1
resp
$13
Iinmigra
ed at Mo
hot kno
ts are continually
treal, penniless an
ing where to r
The othei• day a. _little son
igers ta en off by getting it
eel of a turning-lat
tcher, of Strabane,
, got into a ro
r and bit hiaathu
$43.70 fine and cos
c returns of the C
5,000 while for t
Tru
Aug
decr
tree
deli
stor
and
Kin
onsl
inm
on
Tor
nig
the
f Mr.
ne of
caught
e.
Wentjwit
adiari
Au ge
Iding period last year the were
he tra c receipts of the Grand
k Bail ay for the week ending
et .8 were $274,338, as' agaihst
66 for the same month last year, a
ames. Carroll, who win; being
liamtremens, Jumped from a
d in the Hamilton city hospital fdr
windo-W, in the absence of a
viTas killed.
1)r. Metcalfe, superintendent
iton lunatic asylum, was d
,stabbed in the abdomen by
te on Tuesday, last -week, an
'nday frOm the effects.
terrifid thunderstorm burst over
ato at about 10:30 last Thnrsday
t. Trees were blown down all over
ity, and, kYonge and other Streets
ing north and south were conherted
into minature rivers, which it was int=
pos ible for pedestrians to cross for some
tint . At the
ing Rink was blown dOwn. Fortunately
a large audience had jfest left the tent.
The proprietor and an",assistant, who re -
/pained behind, were buried under the
canvas and poles, • and received severe
injuries.
-Over 200 teachers rePresenting the
High and Public schools of this province
attended the . drawing classes at the
Education Departmeat, Ontario Schtiol
of Art, Torontp, during holidays.
. —A married woman in Toronto, the
and well-to-do husband and her infants,
and eloped with a man of discreditable
record. Verily foots are 'not- all dead
yet.
—Eleven of the rebel prisoners at
Regina have been sentenced. to seven
yeaes' imprisonment, three :have been
sentenced for three years,. four for one
year, and six have been diseharged to
appear for sentence when called..
—Canadians in England are annoyed
that the Queen in her speech proroguing,
Parliament should have omitted refer-
ence to the sPlenclid services rendered
by Canadian troops in the suppression
of the Northwest rebellion.
is the intention of the Ontario
Government to Survey and Rlace hi the
market a row of townships extending
from North' bay to the Ottawa river, in
order to meet the demand for home-.
—Bessie aged eight years, daughter
of W. G. iicGeorge, -surveyor and civil
engineer, Chatham, was instantly killed
at noon, on Sunday, by falling from a
swing, the rope in some manner getttng
nand. her neck and breaking it.
—T. Christie & Co., wholesale hat.
and fur dealers, have called a meeting -
of their creditors. Lia,bilities estimated,
at from $40,000 to $50,000. Depression,
.in trade is the cause of the trouble.
• —Michael Walsh, who lived. in Lon-
don for forty years, and who for up-
wards of thirty-three years occupied the
position of head brewer in the Carling
brewery died on Friday.
$2,000 suit against two ehurchwardens
and a jastice of the peace, at Montreal,
for false imprisonment and fine because
he refused to kneel on two 'knees at
church instead of one.
—William Campbell was tried in
,Thedford the other claY for sending
,factory; and was convicted and fined $29
and $4.60 costs. Anothler charge was
dismissed for want of sufficient evidence
to convict.
—The School Journal Printing and
Publishiage Company, 4 Toronto, has
been ineorporated by the Ontario Gov -
Kennedy, and W. J. Gage are the di-
rectors. The avacemt of 'capital stock. is
—Mr. Jas. Penman, of Ellengowan,
has unfortunately lost his splendid Cana,-
dian draught stallion, "Prince Albert,"
worth $800. The animal was taken with
stricture. of the intestines and died a
short time afterwards._
—The High School Master's Section of
the Ontario Teachersf Association, -have
memorialized the Government to abolish
Upper Canada College and apply the --
funds to the promotion of higher educes
tion.
—In Montreal the other day an eigh-
teen months old child sprang from its
mother's arms through an open window,
and fell a distance of twenty feet to the
street below: The child was picked up
insensibe but is expected to recover.
—About a fortnight ago a family ar-
rived in Toronto from Montreal, the
reason Of their sudden appearance being
to escape the smallpox. Shortly after
their arrival one ef their numbet was
stricken down, and at present lies in a
critical condition.
—T. Graham's house, on the 4th Con-
cession of London township, was struck
by lightning Thursday afternoon. The
plaster was torn off the pantry walls,
but otherwise the damage was trifling,
Mr. .Graham's daughter was seated in
the adjoining reoza,but was not injured,.
—A peculiar accident,with fatal re-
sults, happened hi the township of Dela-
ware, cn Sunday. .MissFaulds,daughter of
Thomas Faulds, when jumping out of a
buggy on her return froth charch, brae
her leg * above the knee, and falling for-
ward, the broken bone entered her ab-
domen,' causing death.
—1Vfits Ida. Joy, daughter of Dr. Joy,.
of Tilsonburg, returned on Saturday
list from Paris, France, where she hati
spent eight years in studying painting.
She has received many honors m close
competitions, and is one of the most
talented American -born artists at prese
ent living.
econ
of the
ger-
crazy
d died
Ra
ha
jur
for
vic
•
se
ye
on
co
en
.—The Educational Department, To-•
ronto, has engaged Miss Heilman, ef
Indianapolis who has been thoroughly
trained in. th'e Kindergarten school's in
the United States" to take charge of this
branch of the Model scheol here. Ar-
-rangements are being made to make the -
Kindergarten work part of the Normal
school course hereafter. •
—Relief Officer Bell, of London, re-
ports the amount of relief going out in
groceries almost as large as in the cold-
est winter months. He says cases of hus-
bands going off to the States and leaving
large families in destitute circumstances
for the city to look after are becoming.
very frequent.
—W. Harris, a farmer's son, living
concession B. Dorchester, was on Mon --
day afternoon pulling a grain eradle over -
a fence, when he stumbled and fell on
the blade, which c,ut a terrible gash in
his thigh, from the effects of which he
died in abbut five hours afterwards.
Harris was about 20 years of age.
. —The inquest into the circumstances
connected with the terrible death of Mrs.
Fred. &lidera, her child,and brother-in-
law, Mr. Dempsey, who were killed at
Yarwood crossing, in St. Thomas, a few
days since, Was concluded, and a irerdict
returned of which the following is the
substance :—"The jury are not satisfied
that the necessary precautionary signals
were given on approaching the crossing.
island the Diammoty Skat- The jury find that the Grand Trunk.
we
Go
in
lec
pr
tio
110
be
811
is
ply fuel for a doz
t oecurred a.bout two milks from,
nheim, on -Tuesda . Three sons of
4
for spi ett, and
'allace, bout 21
few hoirs. He
child. The other
re very low, but
holesale 'jewellery
f Messrs John II.
1, has .been found
the firm and for-
, who insve been
f the amount re -
Confederates eon -
brought , to Mon-
t° proVe 'the theft.
and largely at -
on the' Six Na-
rantford, a few
ul grove' near St,
ch, few the benefit
and the ;improve -
g itself. A large
residents of Brant
The grand feature
cussion 4 the new
ing a signboard at
are of the opini
going facts and als
situation of the
ims came to their
Judge Chadwick,
t Rufus Cuttings,
re old, to four mon
he Central Prison
of twelve lashes
finement, and tw
of a month. His
ecent assault upon
The veteran te
gh,while lecturing
ure, and his sy
stration from the
was improved ne
been well this su
rk is nearly over.
At Port Colborn natural
n struck at a dept of 420
cient force to ligh up the
stimated there is as enou
n large
culpa,ble in not
he crossing. The
n that, from the
from the danger -
aid crossing, the
eath."
of Guelph, has
f Erin, it lad 16
Ifs imprisonment
nd two floggings,
fter two week's
lve rnor at the
Hence w s that of
young irl,
perance lecturer,
Wednes ay night
y ill after the
ptoms 'indicated
t days He has
says his
mer,
su
to
th
an
de
BI
D vid Walker found
w ich they mistook
at it. The eldest,
ye rs old, died in
le ves a wife and one
t , aged 17 and 15,
th doctor has hopes
A clerk in the
plate warehouse
rding the plunder
Troy, New Yor
ding him a third
al zed. One of the
fe sed, and has been
tr al with a detective
ti n reserve, near
of the congregation
m nt of the build'
co nty were present.
of the day was the di
The decease of J
d respected reside
gas has
feet, of
h under
feet, to
anufae-
an
sy
se
of
ce
in
of
a
mes Little, an old
t of the townshiii
Smith Dumfries, is'announeed. De -
sed conducted a f
to the culture of f
own as a considera
years, and was 85
eof his death,
taut The funera
y from the residen
The United Emp
atty Line, arrived
ening the 8th ins
ceedingly fast trip
king the round tr
flour and one hund
wool on ,board ; besides o e hundred
d thirty passengersd This line is doing
ery large carrying • usiness this season.
—Reginald Parkeii brother of Rev.
G. Parker, of Tre ton, w drowned
the sailing yacht,
ur, at Belleville,
s at his father's
ening for fishing ta kk and it is sup -
sed in walking alo
Midland Batten n o
--On Friday,
c ildren of Mr
out six miles rom
unty, went into th
some poppy bloe
aptity- of the See
ken sick. .0ne•of t
ought in the re or
e case of the
peless.
unk and Canada
ials over the ilk
a climax at eron
hen the Canadiia
e two Grand Trail
cling of the cars.
and Trunk .consta
th him in the disc
rill and vas inclin-
uits, and was also
le authority upon
this county about
ears of age at the
lursday, the 6th
took place on5un-
es. Blue' Lake, to
e steamer, of the
having made an
g seven' days only
p to Deluth and
e thousand barrels
red and forty tons
riday eight. He
ouse early in the
g the wharf in the
water, The de -
young man. He
in H I Company,
the Northwest ex -
f la
fi
•
fo
lo
t week, i two young
,,who lives
akenharn, Lanark
,garden1 and pluck-
s and
e little
n the
tween the Grand
consta les stepped
ed to s
hey ate a
were soon
ones died
, and on
erson who
—A band of van
preme in the east e
0 borne's horse an
p the un -
A fight ensued and
le Healey arrested
Canadian Pacific
fl
arge of is duty.
als see _ to 'reign
d of Gnelph, and
ow the nature of
Taking Edward
buggy- from his
former ahnost to
th ditch • destirrin 200 heads of cabs
in r chickens b longing to Chas.
wne, and last of all painting Peter
Queen's grey hors a slate 'color, and
n striping it like zebra.
th
as
ot
ri
of
ta
adding hat he would. find it impossible
to get s ch an adv-ertisement into any
paper i Montreal. The Englishman
opened, is byes and said hi was glad to
hear it; that it would be pretty hard to
find a p per in England that would not
take it.
—Th Grand Council of Loyal Orange
Brothel hood met at Toronto, on the 12th
ing Lie tenant-Coldnel Ouimet for allege
ed hats treatment of private members
of the 65th Regiment while in the North-
weat, censuring the Hon. A. P. Caron,
Minister of Militia and Defence, for fail-
ing to probe the matter to the bottom,
and calling for a free and impaatial in-
vestigation. .
—Among the matriculants in the To-
ronto University examination was Miss
Blanch E. Williams, the first colored
matriculate at Toronto, and said -,
e first to niatriculate at any uni-
in the Dominion of •Canada.
illiams Is eighteen years of age, ,
and th daughter of Chas. Williams, the
barbersitt the Kerby House, Brantford.
Beside taking hoeors in French and
German; she has also .won far herself
considerable notice in her taste for art,
and hag; produced a number of oil paint-
ings, schne of them original landscapes,
which 'exhibit a more than ordinary
amount of ability.
—There arrived in Montreal, a few
days ago, Harry Taylor, eon of Court -
The Montreal itness of last Sa.tur-
y says : Two men were never more
nished at each o her than were an
vertiser and a der in this offic,e the
er day. The ad Tertisem nt offered
two young ladies as travelling com-
Mons. The clerk id he would not
e it With an e pression of surprise
e advertiser asked for the name of we-
hir
uld not tell., , As nishmen on both
es overcame ail ot er fee ' gs or the
n would have bee informed that if
girl tO
to be t
versity
Miss
land T
Wima
from 5
the H
Osweg
. Three weeks ago they started'
tensIsland in a. ten foot open
a cruise to. Canada by way of
dson river and the caeals to
, and thence through Lake On-
tario to the St.Lawrence river. ' They
took with them a tent, rubber sheetieg
and ample supplies. Off the ehores of
Lake Ontario -they went into camp for
a short time, and then the two boys
'started on their sail down the St. Law-
rence. On the way they ran the rapids
at Gallup, the Cedar rapids, and the
rapids' at Lachine. Their route honie is
down the St. Lawrence to its junction
with the Richelieu,and thence to White-
hall by way of Lake Champlain, and to
the Hudson river. .
_ —The Kincardine Reporter sayse—On
Monday two young men, Visitors from
Drayton, hired a row boat and proceed-
ed to ,tsake several lady friends out on
the bib's= of Lake Huron. • .A portion
of the channel was taken up by the
dredge, and the young men being un-
skilled in the management of a boat,
discatdecl the oars and with their hands
propelled the boat by grasping the side
of the pier. The immense iron dredge
bucket euspended in midair bauost im-
mediately over them, gave the party
such a_shock that they determined not.
to run any risk in returning, but to land
on the beach. The swell on the beaeh
was sufficient to give _the young men
and ladies a delightful. sprinkling, and
to prevent the boat being launched from.
that point. Wet to the knees the oars -
Men carried the boat. froni the 'beach
over the pier to the river, fully satisfied
that they all had a glorious time. •
—A Brantford paier says " Owing
to the rust in the wheat the erop will be
twenty per centlighter in Brant county
than expected. Some fields are not
to -ached in the least with the rust,whilst
in other places in the same kind of soil,
the wheat is •afraost worthless. Farmers
are unable to explain this phenomenon."
From Guelph the report is Now
that the fanners have commenced cutting
their wheat in this section, they find,
that the rust has made woreeravages in
the crop than was expected. Heav-y
_dews at night and a burning sun during
the day,has caused this result Between
winter killing, speedy ripeniug and rust,
the fall wheat as a rule will not be more
than average crop in this *section,
although some fields which have escaped
these blighting influences will give an
exceptional yield."
—The death is announced of Mr. Wm.
Gardener, jr., second son of Wm. Garde
ner, Esq., of the 1st concession, Sarnia
township. The deceased was in his 21st
year, and had given every promise that
ilspared his would , have been a useful
life for already he held the appointment
as t:eacher of one of the most important
schools in Plympton township. He re-
ceived kis education at Sarnia High
School and was one of its most phomising
pupils. It wee Mr. Gardener's intention
to enter the ministry of the Baptist
Church ere long, but the Master in his
viisdom has seen fit to call him up high-
er. One who was present at his death-
bed says it was at once most edifying and
consoling to witness the closing scene of
his young life. Not long before he died
he sang that beautiful hymn "Near the
Cross," and expressed himself joyfully
resigned to the change that would permit
him to enter into that rest which remain-
eth for the people of God. The cause
of his early end was inflarnrilation of the
—The death is announced at Piince;
ton, on Tuesday, 4th inst., in the 83rd
year of his age, of Mr. George Bremner,
an old and esteemed resident of the
county of Oxford. Mr. Bremner wasby
where he was brought up as a weaver.
About 1832 he left his native land and
went to the Northwest in the employ of
the Hudson Bier Company, where he re-
mained for six years. During that time
he gained permission of the company,
and taeght the art of weaving cloth and
shawls to the In.dia,ns. Amonghis pupils
was one Monckman, father 4 the half -
\breed of that name who Was takeispris-
oner during the late rebellion. Mr 'Brem-
ner remembere,d well the wife of Premier
ents. Somewhere about the year 1,340
Norquay, and also that gentleman'it par -
he moved to Paris, where for some years
he kept a general store, He was a -care-
ful business man, and it is told as illus-
trative of his Scotch thrift and eafeful-
ness that when he went to Ffmnilton to
tter go back to England. ;Ifeeting an. -order goodsor to tiaasactother,business,
glishinan of very wide experience a he would always walk, and it was a ;rare
ember of our staff mentioned the occasion on which the journey cost him
=elm conduct f his countr.yman; twenty-five cents.
ast