Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-09-11, Page 4• • —71-• E. 'BUTTE RICK & CO.S Reliable Paper Patterns for all kind i of 'Boys' and children's Garments, for side by liOFFMAN 13.1k0S. , • ',......"•••s••••••••k•ssPer.•,•s•osf,ss•sm•este• Seaferth. _ NE,1W ADVERTISEMENTS. figure between the parenthesis -after each nee denotes the page of the paper on which We aciVertigement will be found. New'tai1 Goods -1. McLoughlin.. (5) •Fan Atrivals-Cautpbell & Bright. (5) Hardware -Wilson &Reid. (5) ExtenSive Auction Sale -M. Dorsey. (5) Teacher 'Wanted -W. J. Johnston. (5) House and Lot for SaIe-R. Hammitt. (5) Estray Heifer -R. Fanson, (5) EstraY S4eep-G. Watt (5) Fereatle Teacher Wanted -E. Drisc61i. (5) ChanCtry Sale -S. Malcomson. (5) Farm for sale -H. Green. (5) • Almatollege-Principal Austin. (8) Strayed -J. D. Shurrie. (5) Dress Goods- Duncan & Duncan. (8) Tickling Season -,-Wilson 86 Young. (8) Millinery -A. R. Smith. (8) Oon fexprioiter„ SEAPORTHI FRIDAY:Sept. 11, 1885 , Served Them Right. We notice that the Ontario -Govern- ment ineve dismissed the Police Magis- trate[ of Smith's Falls, and a couple of i' other' Justice of the Peace , because they Il refused to eke convictions for infrac- thins' of the drooks Licensing Act where the esarty clmpiained against holds a licenie under the McCarthy Act. The , grounds taken` by these recalcitrant magistrates is,' that although the Su- preme Court declared that portion of the McCarthy Act which claims authori- ty over licenses ultra vires, yet that the Privy Council, the highest court in the realm has not yet sustained that decision, and hence the McCarthy Act still holds good and_ consequently they decline to make a, conviltion where the party com- plained againetholds a Dereillien License, althoOgh he 'may be proved guilty of a , violation of ithe Ontario Act. .This is certainly a very stupid and untenable , view to take of the case. If this view were to prevail the judgments of the Supreme Coot would be worthless. These magisteates go even further than Sir John himself, for he held the judg- ment Of the Seipreme Court to be valid until it Was .olyer-ruled by the Superior Court, and last session introduced a bill suspending that portion of the McCarthy Act declaredillegal by the Supreme Court until he verdict of the Privy CMIRCil is pr cured. It is gratifying to knOr that th Ontario Government have at lengthtaken a firm stand on this question, andthave determined that their law mustbe enforced and obeyed. For the sake of [peace they have pandered too Icing to -tlose who for merely parti- zan purposes would delight in seeing Ontario rebbed of all the rights she pos- sesses e It is ' gratifying, therefore, that they WOW show a disposition to enforce 1 the lights of he Province in this mat- ter with a Irm hand, and to punish e:very Iperson, rho stands in the way of the law. Every magistrate who is either so pig-headed or so bitterly ' partizan that lie will not aelminister the law;when it is set before him, and who refuses to punish infractions of the law he ha's been appointed to administer, deserves dis- missal, and the course of the Govern - in sending, all such to the right - about; face will be commended by all who desire to see the rights of their Province vindidated. A Mammoth Paper - The Toronto Globe on Wednesday last signalized its forty-first anniversary by isisitiug a monster paper of forty pages. ia'paper, it is said, is the largest ever issued from any Canadian press. It is mainly, occupied by advertisements and business announcements of merchants and manufacturers of the various cities and towns in the Dominion, and is de- signed for the immediate use and inior- Illation of those visiting the Ind-ustrial Exhibition. It affords a very good index not ouly of the enterprise of the publish - 1 ers, but also of the capabilities and re- sourdea. of the particular constituency Which it represents. Some idea of the proportions of this manuncith sheet may which are given concerning if: The be formed from the following particulars issne bf the,paper is thirty-five thousand copies. The weight of the paper used w a ine and a half tons. The copies, if leid in a pile foldecl as they came from the press, would reach half a mile high and,P6 feet beyond. If laid in a con- , . tinnons string, page by page, they would reatch nearly 255 miles, or as far -as from T Oronto past Lake ipissing to Lake Teiniscamingue ; or from Toronto in an air line to fifty miles beyond Detroit.- , .A. Rany of Temperance Men. The Ontario Braugh of the Dominion Temperance Alliauee has issued a call for a convention of temperance workers to ibe'helel in Toronto, on Monday and Taeaday next. The object of the convention is to consider the gravity of the situation ef the temperance cause in connection with the late tampering with. the Scott Act. The circular, is - seed by the secretary, among other stateinents contains the following which needi no explanation : - "The Ontario branch of the Dominion Alliance has issued a call for a Conven- tion to be held in the Richmond Street Methodist church, Toronto, on Monday and Tuesday, September 14th and 15th, to take into consideration the gravity of the situation of the temperance cause, connection, with the late tampering with the Scott Act. The circular, among 1 others c • retains the 'following. 'f The liquor trail c, beaten at the polls, now seeks to . 'fluence the legislation so as to prevent ti e successful working of the Act. At he last session of Parliament, the Sena passed an amendment except- ing Beer nd Wine from the operation of the At ; this was rejected by the House of ommons, the Small amend- ment beini defeated by a vote of 86 to 78, or by a I ajority of only eight. It is generally eelieved that the promoters of, the Beer nd Wine amendment will re- introduce it at the.next session of Par- liament, hile it is an open secret that the liquo party are resolved to secure, if possibl , the defeat et the. next Gen- eral Eleition of the noble eighty-six who stoos up to be counted against Beer and Win and for the Scott Act in the entirety of its prohibitory clauses. .Un- der these circumstances, the Exedutive of the Ontario branch of the, Dominion Alliance feel it imperative that a -Con-, vention of the friends of Prohibition should be held, to receive the reports of the working of the Act, and the relation of Government Officials to the matter of enforcement; to consider the duty of temperance men under the circum- stances; also to mature e policy for the future guidance of temperance electors, and to ta,ke such further steps as may be necessary to protect our friends from the assaults o the liquor party in the next general el ction." THE Go erich Signal urges the Local Governm nt to appoint a Policee. Magis- trate for t is county whether the mem- orial from the council be forwarded by the Ward n or not. We do not think the Gover ment would be justified io doing thi . If ;we mistake not, the Governm t can only make the appoint- ment at t e request of the county coun- cil, and ujitii the memorial as directed by the co ncil is forwerded, -the Govern- ment can have no official notice of the desire of the council in the matter, and hence we hink the Government would not be justified in taking this . responsi- bility upon themselves, nor do we think they will do so. If the county's repre- sentatives in the council fail to do their duty, the people Must suffer the conse- quences, as the Government have no right to interfere between the people and their representatives. The people have to look to warden Kelly and those members of the County Council who support hire in this illegal act. They have the remedy in their own hands, or at least they will have it next, Jan- uary and if they do not see fit to apply that remedy' the fault will rest with themselves and not with the Govern- ment. We do, however,, heartily en- dorse and approve of the following sensible suggestion made by the Signal on this • subject when it says: • The Police Magistrate should be. appoint- ed provisionally, and hold his office on condition that the Scott Act or similar prohibitory legislation continues to pre- vail -in the county. Should the .Act be repealed, the office should be abolished. This is the only way such an appoint-' : ment should be made under the present condition of affairs.. It would satisfyI the most ardent temperance men, and, would also give a certain degree of satis- faction to moderate- opponents of the Scott Ackwho believe in seeing the la*, now that we have it, as well adininister- ed as it can be." THE London Ad-vertiser, in a recent issue, in making an earnest appeal to its friends to assist in extending its circu- lation during the corning season says: "Our readers must bear in mind that the priceatwhich the Advertiser is "furnished is much, below its actual, " value, being hardly more than the1 " costof the paper on which it is printed."; This is no doubt the case, and -the same might be said with equal truth of- every city weekly in the Dominion. There is not one of them that nets sufficient from their subscription to pay for the blank paper upon which itis printed, and this is the smallest pordrin of the expense.: Why theee newspaper priblishers should continue to supply the public with an article at a price much belowethe actual cost of production is something we doubt if any of them could give .a reason for; and the only way in which they can con' tinue doing it is by robbing some person else.- They are not so patriotic, nor yet so foolisbeas to continue thiirlosing busi- ness at their own expense. The fact is, however, that the readers of the daily papers have to make up for the less on the weeklies. If a legitimate price were • charged for the weekly newspapers, thd dailies would be considerably 1.heaper than they are now. It is scarcely possi- ble, however,' that this sort of thing can continue long, as it is not in accordance with.the ordinary rules .which govern human 'nature that the business man, who supports the daily paper, will long submit to be bled that his rtiral fellow subject may be able to procure his literar ture at less than it actually cests. How- ever, be this as it may, we in.the mean; time comm.end this statement 'of the Advertiser to those who are elsposed to feel that the publishers of lodal papers, who have no dailies, .and who have to depend upon their weeklies alone, are asking an exorbitant price for their pa- pers because they cannot: corne down to the price asked for the larger city sheet. We know that there are few who object to paying a reasonable' price for a good local paper, but there are many who do not understand why there should be euch a difference between the price of .a good local paper and 6.1 good . city weekly. To . such, the above will furnish :the key. The city paper is published at a loss, and the deficiency is made up on the daily edi- • THE HURON POSITOR. tion which is patronized by the business corn/11May. The local weekly has to depend upon itself, having no daily, to fall back upon, and hence has to be made to pay its own way, and it would not do this if issued St a price that would not do more than pay .for the blank paper upon which it is printed. - THE ' Convention of the Young Liberals, of the Province, will Ise held in Toronto on Tuesday and Wednesday next. The object of this proposed gathering is, we believe, to bring the young men from the different parts of the Provinee together for the purpose of dis- cussing among theinseleies matters per- taining' to the welfare of the country, and in this way infuse into the young men, who in a few years will occupy the prominent public positions, an interest in public affairs, and et the same time secure a unity of sentiment and action among thew from the different sections. The object is a good one, and we have no doubt the Convention will be pro- ductive of much good, and will have a weighty influence in shaping and con- firming the future policy of the Liberal pitrty in -Canada. The young men wield a powerful influence. They are always acttye and enthusiastic, and cer- tainly they have even a greater interest in the welfare of their country than their seniors, whose race is well run, can pp' ssibly have. That they will fully recognise the power of their influence, and act with doe caution, we have no doubt, and we hope they will also recog- nise the importance of the responsibili- ties resting upon them, and will show their interest in the public affairs of the country by attending the Convention in large numbers. We hope the county of Huron will be largely represented. The Young Liberals of this county are' worthy sons of noble sires, and they should see to it that their county is pro- perly represented on Sit occasion of such material importance to their party and their. country , as the forthcoming con- vention. THE Provincial Exhibition is being held in London this week. In point of. weather the Provincial is having its usual luck. We believe, however, that despite this importaot drawback the exhibits in almost every class are more numerous than has been the case at the Provincial for sortie years. -This was expected, as a more prosperous agricul- toral centre than London does not exist irj Canada, and the success which the Western Fair has attained 'is proof of this. The attendance of, v isitors, however, • has thus far been small; and the receipts light, and it is more, than probable that the Directors will again have to face,a deficit this year. The industrial, which opened at Toronto on Wednesday, and dos a on the 19th inst., promises well. Shoulfl the weather befavorable next week he Industrial will be a greater succe than ever before. The Toronto p.eopl are, .very justly, proud of their big sh mr: The success which has attend- ed it year after year is due in a great degre to the enterprising management, and g es t� prove that shows,like every- thing lee to be successful, mist- keep abreast ef the tithes. In this respect the Provincialhas fallen behind, and to this fact, in great measure, may 'be attribut- ed its decadence. I Trnh appeal from the Courtbf Regina to the Supreme Courtof Manitoba, has beenieard before the Judges of that t Court The Court, after due, deliber- ation efuee, to reverse the decision of the jury, and unanimously confirm the senter.3e of the Court which orders that 'Reil he hinged on the 18th of the pre- sent nionth. It is stated that an appeal will n w be made to the Privy Council, ,in En land. Meanwhile the eighteenth .draw nigh a,nd the question is in every ,perso s mouth : Will Reil be hanged'? We say that he will not, although. he, shoul be. 3 • i MMOMMIMiiiMEMMEMEMIMMO , : 1 Tie Mail sagely remarks: "Our 1 little rouble has taught us that Ontario I is no the whole of Canada." This may ibe qu te true, but Ontario will, have to , pay hree-fourths of the expenses in- , • curred by the "late trouble I" all the 'same, whik it does not poisess its due I.! , Inifluence in the say concerning the dis- tribution of the itaxes skrhich she contri- I • butes. Iimommememaimmi , I ' THE Goderich Star understands that 1 as a result of Warden Kelly's centerence ith themembers of the. County Council Ithe petition to the Government for the apt's& tment of a Police Magistrate will 1111101t ije forwarded at present. A majority of thle councilors have advised the with - ho, 1 ng of it until the December session, hethe naatter will be More fully dis- cuss d. It would be instructive to know whiclh of the members of the County Council have thus signifieci,their willing-. ness to "Swallow thiemselves” to gratify the prejudices of Warden Kelly and get him out of an ugly and untenable posi- tion. 1 -The members of the Ontario Cabinet met at the residence of the Hon. Oliver Mowat, Toronto, last Friday night, for the discussion of matters relating to the prevention of smallpox. The outcome. of the discussion Wail the adoption cif the following stringent smallpox regulations: "Authorizing the Provincial Board of Health to appoint inspectors with power to board all trains and steamboats com- ing westward from Mbntreal, end to compel all passengers to produce certi- ficates of vaccination on the spot. The im and sebondrhand clothin is strictly prohibited Boards of Health are e ceed with compulsory v cases of the disease nut News of the W .--S r. ron Nin a fr ered GLADSTONE'S HEAT Clarke has diagnosed physical condition, and in sound. health. No JEWS WANTED. Jews have been expell Prussia. THE GREAT FAILUR Great Eastern will be o auction ne t month. .ROYAL 1 EJOWI NG 8. day of Queen Louise of of the Prinbess of Wele on MondaY last with The Prince and Princes present. 1 E MANUSCR useurn in Ed original man enter." Th VALITAB marnople chased the "Tam o' S $1,175. PRINTE143 AMALGAMA York piinijers are Melvin tion of th printing an trades. -Commie; ne FRAirck - valley has leen sweptleyater which upr oted many trees ed large ri hers of hous s. NIGRE IBCTIC EXP DIT many is fit ing out fbur i xi) Arctic exp oration. : BICYCLISTs AS SCOITT ment of bi yclists as scduts tory man uvres at Vieon i proved a great succeed. , 1 .CLERICAL INTERFERENCE FORBIDDEN. --The French MthiSteir of IPubiic. In- struction has forbiddenthe 4lergyo in- terfere in the coming electio s. , PRESENTATION. -An admi er of Prince Bismarck has presented hiin• witii the chair in which Emperor Nlapoleon sat on the day following WI battle- of I _ Sedan. RtcINED.-T Che'cOlrn e,nd tobacco creeps in Charles•comityi Matyland,have been almost totally dstroye1 by a vio- lent hailstorm which ocurre1 on Satur- day night. HOG CHOLERA.-Aog chid ra, is alarm- ingly prevalent fn the Qh cago stock . yards. One hundred 'and eventy ani- mals suffering from the d sease were condemnea by the inspector 1 last, 'week. PROMISED ASSISTANCIL-I is reported the Government of India ha arranged -a convention with Belbochista, by which the latter is to ass* Afghanistan with 30,000 troops in the event Of a Russo - Afghan war.I I - EPIDEMIC PREVAIILING.--Li The resi- dents of Clay County, Wed Virginia, are being decimated' by deadly 'epi- demic, whibh is spreading rapidly. In two weeks128 deaths have occurred out. of 100 persbns affected. DECREASE OF POPITLAtION.-StatiStiCS - 4 I just gathered show that the population of Irelandlis under 5,000,000, and that the number of birthseanc: ,marriages is below the average of the previous ten 'ears ' o. metes -There were 1 2,132 new i I cases of chOlera, and 610 deti hs in Spain on Sundayl . 1 DEAD. -Col. Wm,. Yellen , R. E., F. k. S., is dead. He was Inspector .of Prisons in England for Many! years. COTTON HOP INeenktee•--The cotton crop has b en seriouslyt injined in Ar- kansas, Aiji.bama, Mississippi and, Ten- t messee by 4rought. FROST It -DAKOTA.-'--Th4 American Signal Serice reports that a, killing frost extended s uth-west over Dakota Friday night. 1. 1 CANCER,. Don Fernando, King of Portugal, i suffering Mint throat canceri similar to 'eneral Gra,nt's al !lietion. , EFFECT ( F ELECTRIC tIGH . --Dr. H. Retsof, a .Gerinan oculist ci note, says the electric light produc s olor blind- ness. 1 'b. GERMANY TARES PCAS 'SS ON OF THE AROLINE ISLANDS. -G4r la, y has hoist- ed her flag on the Carolln Islands in the Presence of the Spanish iron lads, and is said to have notified Spain o the annex- ation. of the Carolines with a reservation in fame of:, the latter Pow if ehe can Prove Her tights. I , . GERM.47,ING THE Pio4i* n. -:Prince Von Hoh1,n1ohe, the nes3r overnor of Alasce-Lorraine, intends th, yule with greater stringeney over Frenchmen in that province. He is Supp rted• in this piney by Emperor William and Prince i Bismarck II Fulabs 'ion STEPHENS"- Ir. Michael i Davitt's recent lecture in D blin for the benefit of the fund for th su port of ex - Head Centre Stephens ne te $850,. and Mr. Davitt has handed a he ue forthat toAlie aged Feni n eadet. ' 'ANGLO- NDIAN MATTERS. The Sec- retary of the Indian Asii: tion,at Cal- cutta telegraphs that, at ve opinion strongly condemns L rd Randolph ChuTchill'S attack upon he Marquis of Ripon, an41 that the pre s nanimously defend. the Marquis. A vices from Allahabad -say it is beIie ed General 'Roberts Will urge -an . cr ase of. the Indian tinily by. 10,006 Br tish troops and 17,000. natives. i - en ,.wa rea, of T. nbu seri pr ING. fo • vaccinated on of raga Montreal all local red to pro - tion where ported." ek. ✓ Andrew ladstone's unces him • thousand m Eastern le steamer for sale at 8th birth- ark,inother .`celebrated rejoicings. ales were The Kil- gh has pur- t of Bums' e paid was -The New an amalga- ok-binding he Rhone ible cyclone nd destroy - ONS. -Ger- ditions for e employ- , the mili- Is FAST Tilt, AINS. -The fa t ta trains by the Central Pacific Rai wa from San Francisco ' to Chicago''ma e unprece- dented fast time. The fo r ttains of eighteen CiarS each "iamb o er the Cen- tral Pacifie to'Ogden in 8 ourd, three hours faster than Usual as enger train time. T e total time ,from San Fran- cisco to C icago was 105 h urs and 45 minutes. CHINES DRIVEN • .At Rock Springs, yoming, on,lIhe st ef Sep- tember, tl e -white miner in the Union Pacific co 1 pits rose, d ith pistols and guns drove all the, ICh ese, to the member Of 500, from t e mp into the mountain; 25 houses in hina town were buthed to the ou e d. Troops have been sent for. ¶Fjie due is the largest in the west. -Mr. homas Cone lt, prominent farmer fr m near Whi by, who i§ now travelling in Manitoba a d who has written a series of in re ting letters to the Globe, makes thel foil • wing refer- ence to settlers from tit' co nty : Huron and Bruce counties, nta io, seem to have furnished the gre tes number of settlers in Manitoba fro 0 • tario. They have a standing joke aiiong them here, and no one need apply o th land officer for a homestead lot unkss he hails from Huron or Bruce. The joke went even so far that some incoming iettlers were induced to believe that they must hail from these counties iner er to get ,a lo -cation, and they eau lly 4id go to the • Ian d offic and tell he commissioner that they wet , from Qne of these counties ; the cornm isioner dould not understand the joke ntil it b came apparent that a member o . the Manitoba.Legislature of foreign bi h had for some months been perpetrating the joke. JUSt why Huron or Bruce hould send away so,• many of her sons I can't make out, and yet it is a fact, thvit in somellocalities -about every second m n you incct, if you ask him "whit ce 'intte are you from ?" "Br ce" or " Huro • " and so are all my neigh,bors. ifluroil, Notes. , „Mr. John • _WM llan; Reeve of Ilul- lettl sold2 head of fat cattle 18,0 week to Mr. Mecan, of Goderich. , -Mr. \T• IL SI ith, of Gorrie, has accepted al position as travelling agent for a whol, sale grange house in Toronto. -Mr. II m. Wood, of Exeter, recent- ly purchasr.dfrom Mr. John Blatchford, a breeding mare which weighs 1,700 /hie .e -The liarbor fees collected ! at the port of Goderich daring the year ending 31st December, 1884• amounted to $123.- I 50. i 1 --Mr. H rry Jones, in. seven hours, one day last week, threshed 700 !bushels of fall whe t on the farm of Mr. !Charles Dorward, 6fExctcr North. •? t -Mr. E4lward P ke, who resides just east of the village f C4orrie, threshed a field of fal wheat the other day which .yielded 52 bushels to the are. --Messr .Geo. Martin and Ed. Smith, two Bruss Is bicyclists, made the trip from Wal into Seafiortiolast Wednesday, in one ho r.i This is about as god time as a horse could make. -Mr. J hn Bell has bought back the Londesbo o ihotel property from Mrs. Hillaby, o Clintont paying cons*derably more for i than he received. Mr. Rose still retai s his lease of the pre ises. ----Mr. I, alter Carley, of Exeter,has got the contract fot carrying tie mail from Exeter to .Kir1zton. He c mmenc- ed on -Tuesday. The contrac is for three years (and tete months, at 375 per annum._ , --Thos. 'S, ample, sr., of the thirs.1 con- cession,of Morris, Met with a slight acci- dent from a pitch kirk -falling from a mow and entering the calf of his leg. He fortunately esca,ped a very serious acci- dent. - The bankrupt stock of M. ,B, Mare Lary, grocer of Blyth, was distosed of last week at a rate of 26 cents on the dollar. - The book debt. which !amount- ed to some $331 were disposed of for $12. Mr. Em*as 'as the purchaser. -Mr. Stanley Anderson, son of Mr., Anderson, of Vern , has been re-engag- ed as teacher in tlie township of Grey, at a salary of $ 00. _ This is quite an advance in salary, and speaks well for Mr. Anderson's efficiency as a teacher. - William Lount, Q. C., of Barrie, will conduct the Crown business at the Fall Assizes in this county, which open - cd at Goderich on the 13th of October. There arq eight or nine cases so far, three of which were traversed from last assize. • , - Con iderable bxpensive machinery has rece tly been akldecl to the previous- ly ver superior flouring mills, the. propert of Mr. John McNevin, Kippen, thus placing them ore than ever in the front qf all theiv competitors in theo west. --The Ontario G vernment have offer- ed a reward of $250. for the arrest of Chas. Smith, al', s J. Cornyon, the vil- lain who was ar es . d a short time ago for attempting an assault upon_ a small girl, a,nd afterwards,escaped from a con- stable at Lakelet, 'xi this county. --Master Char ie Shute, of Usborne, a lad nine years of age, got his arm brok- en one day last we k at school. It ap- pears he was sitting on the ground at the time when a number of boys pushed an- other boy on himthrowing him over on his arm with the rctsult stated. , --Last Saturday inight a horse belong- ing' to R. M. Robinson, of Wingham, went to the river at Victoria street boat houses for a drit k. The animal got stuck 111 the muc and sank into the water, and when f und the next morn- ing it was dead. 'ortunately the, horse_ was not a very vah.iable one. ,, -TI e Exeter R fiector of 1 st week says : 'i We notic unong the ernes of the successful st dents at th recent second Intermedia e Law Exa, eination recently hehcI in O. goode Hall', i oronto, that of our oung frincl, John Elliott, son of i1r. B. V. Elli�tt of th s place. We mut congratulate Jack On his suc- cess. , --Mr Craig, -who resides on a farth near Clinton, threshed about 201 bushels .1 of spring wheat last week, t e grain being of a moderately fair sam • le. We have no heard of any one else vho has yet thr shed their spring gra n, most farmers ayihg that it is not -w rth the expense Mr. Craig's crop is evidently an exce on. --Mis Mary Wilson, of G derich, upon wh m a difficult operation for re- moving tumor Was performe a few years ag died on Sunday, the old mal- ady ha ing returned!,The doctors feared to attempt a seconremo -al, and the you g lady steadily fa led in strength, until her decease. She was only 21 ears of age. -The contract for the iroi super- structure1 of the Londesboro briJlge has been awarded to the Messrs. F sher of Kincardi e, their tender being tie low- est. TIie work of constructing the stone abutments is now being proceedid with, and the bridge should be finishee1 by the middle of October, but it is do htful if it will be . --Rev. Mr. Jones,the estccnnefri pastor of Knox church, Brussels, is perhaps the oldest minister, in Canada, doing regular service. He is seyenty-nine 'years of age, and preaches twice every Sabbath. His voice is still clear, his memory unimpaired, and few pastors of any age can give a more 1uid and eloquent exposition of the Gosp 1, -The other day a man undeij the in- fluence of liquor went into Moo e's tan- nery at Clinton, and being alio\ ed to sit down he went to sleep. When ie woke up he started out of the door, w ich had a ten foot stairway to the ground below, but he w liked off the top step aid fell tO the ground. He was not hurt, b t as he picked himself up he remarked, "Gosh, that was la high step." - --There was great rejoicin at the Wingham salt well on Saturi1ay last when the men succeeded in fishing out the broken bit which had lodged in the bottom, 600 feet below the surfs4e. For four weeks and two days they had fished without uccess, and it began to look as though the job Must be abandoned. Every attempt to drill past the bit proved futile and the only alternative seemed drill a new hole. Bot iia- domitnb14 perseverenee, Fleck and skil- 1_ dif- ficulty tractor, at last overcame, the dif- agement on the part of Mr. Bell, and the broken implement was Itillilenicoa broug • t to the top and put where it would do no more harm. . That broken bit jut cost the contractor $200, but had h failed in getting it he would have been a other $700 out of pocket, as he would have had to abandon the,600 feet alread drilled and sink a new hole. -Mr. John Sprout, sr., of iTucker- smith, met with a somewhat painful ac- cident one day lest week. He had been standing on a scaffolding in the barn, and o1 descending slipped and fell on the wagon rack below, fracturing his ribs and otherwise injuring hirrieelf. His many friends, however, will be pleaded - to learn that although his injuries are painful they are not dangerous, ` and we hope he will soon recover. -Mr. Arthur Wanless, son of John Waniess, Esq,, of Varna, died at the residenoe of his sister in Nevada, on Wednesday Of last week. The sad tidings reached his parents and other members of the family at Varna on Tuesday morning. Hie death Was. not unexpected, as he had been euffering some months from consumption, and for some time no hopes•of his recovery were entertained. . He was about thirty y ears ef ageo 1 -One of the oldest settlers, in East %raranos11 passed away on Friday last week, in the person of -Mrs. Geo. Quinn, sr. De eased. was born in Fermanagh county, 1 Ireland, 1802, and settled in Huron, 1S58. She had always been, up to with1in the last few years 4 strong, healthy wonT, and -it may be paid she died si ply o old age. She was always noted fo1r uprightness of character, and was higl ly respected by the conamlinity in which she lived. - -The Board. of Directors of the How ick Mutival Fire Insurarice Conipany met in Dane's -hall on Saturday, 295h ult. On hundred and eleven applica- tions passed, Covering risks amounting to $]36,.00. The losses for the month of August, amounting' to $227 in stock killed b lightning and the partial con- tents of a house and barn, were passed to the t easirrer for payment. The rate - for the current year will be struck at their next meeting on all policies in force on the 30th of September. --The Brussels Post says: Business appears to be booming at the Brussels flax mill.. A. Webster, the energetic manager, reports to date over 500 tons of flax received at the mill, over 3,000 bushels of seed shipped. The pay roll this week amounts to $455.72 besides over $6,000 already paid to farmers for flax. 100 hands are employed. The flax mill is one of our best industries and under the management Of friend Web- ster will be an undoubted success. -One of those little affairs that al- ways creatc. a ripple of excitement in society, especially . among the ladies, took place at the residence of Robt. Ross, in Brussels, on Tuesday evening of last week. It , was the occasion of Wm. Morris leading Miss Maggie E. Dickson, of ' Dundee, Scotland, to the matrimonial altar, assisted by Rev. Mr. Jones. Miss Ross acted as bridesmaid, and R. Ilenderson assisted the groom. May all joy and happiness attend them. --Last Sunday evening Rev. Mr. Mc - Coal', of Wingham, met with a very un- fortunate and painful accident, which will necessitate his carrying his right arm in a sling for a time. He , had re- tired for the night and was lying on his right sid , and, in attempting tp change his posi ion, he dislocated xis right shoulder' blade. A physician vas sum- moned and set the displaced bo e where it properly belonged, and the patient is doing as vell as could be expected. --The Saved Army, which httve been laboring in Wingham for so le time, have left the place in disg st. The Army held a grand jubilee and lal1cIujah pow -wow in the barracks la Friday evening, which was but fairly attcnded. At its conclusion it was /union ed that of late they had met with such little en- couragement that they had decided to leave town for a time at least, and on Saturday morning all the offi ers took . the train for .Clinton'where w under- • stand they 31111 locate. -Thel new county bridge crossing the Aux Sadble near Swenerton's farm, on the boundary between Stephen and Hay; has just been completed, and it was tested o* Tuesday morning in the pres- ence of i committee of county council- lors. T e mode of testing was the driv ing of.fi '-e teams, four of which dre heavy 1 ads of stone and gravel acros it at a r pid pace. Below the centre o the bridge there was a mark placed, an it was f und that it did not lower particle.I It is ninety feet long, and is constru ted of good strong iron, present- ing a very good appearance. • ---A sort time since a gold chain an . locket were stolen from the Grand Union otel, at Clinton, and no trace whatev r could be obtained as to their outs. On Sunday evening last, e young lady to whom the arti- wherea while i cles belonged, was 'attending one of the churches, shwas greatly surprised to see the identical articles adorning the person 'of another lady. Demanding their return next day, the wearer alleged that they had been given to her by another party, but as soon as the girl's parents learned of the matter,they at once handed over the articles to their owner. -One day last week a team of horses driven by Tom Swartz, livery man of -Goderich, ran away in that town. The driver was flung through a fence, and though not seriously injured_ was not a little bruised, The horses ran on, the sidewalk near the Albion Hotel, and started off ahother team, which was for- tunately cai4ght before any damage was ) done., ! Sw rtz's horses proceeded 0 their Wild c urse, and knocked down five y4,r old boy named Webster, nepheat of John Martin. The little fellow was mit about the head, but no serious results are feared. The waggon to which the horses were attached was badly wrecked before the runaway steeds I could be secured. -The Clinton New Era, of last week says: Not long since a certain clergy- man, -Who resides -less than one hundred miles from Seaforth, was driving along the road when he met a gipsy team, the owner of which wanted to trade horses. Now, it so happened that the minister bad a nice, easy-going horse that had been his faithful companion for nearly twenty-fiVe years, aid it only fault was its age, but when the gipsy offered him a horse "sound in wind • and limb, guaranteed only tight past," the temp- tation was too great, and an exchange was effected. As the _minister drove home he congratulated himself on his new acquisition, but he hadn't the horse mere than half -set -how before he found • SEPTEMBE 11) 1885. 3.33313331aq 333333.3.3.3.,33.333.1. out that he had been badly gulled, a thttoarwyled that the gipsy gi sy horse had almost own allh0horse, ebouill!recentlyti :t; hardly worth the pr reliable expert shoarcienogf itahinshidteh.aBt etinghe which wandering inniddnaei getsriengr horsebcAaac crinkoa u lebh t? tf'o ladned wd : ' Thames Road. Th horse ran three and :suhe hr resided 3hereasidu debdi e ,e, tent OanndSsatiredaawyalYa";, while a child of Henry _Swartz, o the township of Stephen, was comingto Crediton it en- deavored to ride on he reach. of a wagon la, len with about fou.i' cords of tanbark, ' 'le child was noticed by a teamster w io was driving behind in another w gon, who spoke, frighteningthe child.. Ii her endeavor to escape, she was st sick by the hind wheel, knocked d wn and had one arm 'and one Ieg broken. She was brought to the village b hotelkeeper Clarke, when medical aid was at once, eummoned and the broken limbs dtt. The child is reported insnetgv severely favorablylythieuxr terde. ma s:bas as i - tomLbfeooprnro,onageereesosous weather and almost! incessant rains the ANtinghaen races held on Theaday and Wednesday of last, week were not SS SUICCOSSfIll as had been hoped for. Great pains had been taken to have the track in good condition, bit tbe rain on day made made it heavy and slippery, so that good work was entirely out of the quell - ti n. But one heat in each of the first two races was run on Tuesday, when it was decided to postpone further proceed - in s until Wednesday. The weather on track was in better ondition. Three of th day was som what finer and the t e races were not r n on account of the la k of entries. The attendance each d Y L --�n Tarnhualris.day evening last week, what might have been a serious run- away, occurred on the Thames ' Road, Usborne to-wnship. In the morning is Mts. John Randle, ier sister, Miss Ag- nes Miller, and two mall children went to the country with a livery to visit friends. They re4hed their destina- tion'safely, but while returning' home the horse became uninanagea,ble, and the oceupants of the buggy were thrown out opposite Mr. Monteith's on the three-quarter "miles to Exeter and only dainaaged the dash. With the exeeptioe that one of the children was a little stimne(l the parties voferymaftToriatguneawtealy ess HeapTehdebbeahippgyhueivte.il t i and Miss Miss Sarah Ann solemnized. at St. P ill's church,Loadon' o Aug. 24th, bet eaten Edward Had- co k, of London; a T wn, daughter of Thos. Town, Esq.'of B usseN. The bridewas given away by her father. Miss Etlith Town, of Brussels, supported th bride, while Geo. Robertson did the honors for the bride- groom. The marriage took -place at 43 o'clock in the evening; and after par- taking of a sumptietus wedding dinner th.e large .compamY of invited guests spent the even in merry -making. The happy pair s ted on the following morning for an e nsive tour to Eng- land, where the ropin's friends reside. -We wish them a afe voyage across the ocean, and may t ier more than realize their brightest e p ctations. -In referring o crop prospects in the northern part of he eounty the Wing - ham Times says : On account of the re- ce t unfavorabl weather farmers is this neighborho have experienced. ,great drawbacks in housing their grain, a a it has been otliewhat damaged by t e successive so kings it has been ex- posed to. -Takiiig it as a whole, the spring wheat cro 1 is a total failure, but fall wheat is ruing out well. Some farmers who ha e threshed their fall wheat report nem 40 to 50 bushels to the acre as the y'eld. Fall seeding has been going on or some time, and is about through w th. In some sections of Turnberry and A orris the grain is up four or five inche', hile in others it is just showing abo ,.e the ground. So far the fall crop lo k heavy and healthy, in t it is feared t some is rather far ae vanced: for the s Ison. . Perth Items. There was a severe frost around Lis- towelon Tuesday morning. but it doesnot appear that any serious liar& has been clone. I -Mr. John Elliott, contractor, of St. Marys, is superintending the building of the large stone bridge over the Avon at S?-Aw ra-tfotrd'elve-yea,r- Id Japanese girl has been sent to a gentleman in Listowel by a friend in that e untry, to give her a good English ed cation. --Miss Oliver, a native of Downie, and a former teache in the Public Schools of St. Marys, has .been engaged as teacher in the lo ourg Collegiate In- stitute. --Mr. T. H. iRace, of Mitchell, has pulled down the west wing of his house, 'and intends erecting at once in its place a large and more comfortable building. -The fever epidemic, at Mitchell, has just about s ent itself, andthe health of that coin unity will soon be at its normal condi ion. --J. II. Flag sq., of Mitchell? iS having his fine brick residence overhaul. ed and renovated. When the fitting up is finished the building will present fine appearance, and look as fresh as a new house. • , -A meeting of the directors of the Wallace agricultural society was held on riday last, when coMmittees were ap- pointed and fina a rangements made for holding the fall s ow in Listowel, on 'September 30th and October 1st. - -During a irk & Drewery s grist mill was blown emstaactkLoistomweeslons,rs, Tuesday last, th s o steler down. The smoke -stack of the tannery and • that of Ila,g rman's bakery were also blown down. I fatal acci e t occurred on Sunday hist, at Mitchel , to a little girl named Katie Stone, a e 13 'coming up the steps oftheYatre'Wh arch near tile he • - railway'bridge) he overbalanced herself and fell to the ground on her head. She lingered in paithu1 condition for -some time, when she irc.thed her last. Oemployes of the yal hotel, Mitchell, defeated atenthe 28thnit. nine boarders and dt i ninebase.ked from the other ba sY innings contest. he picked nine led h from start up to ths:ltehriminn'iinneira,sevbeunt scierice and blood ; • ally proved victor* bus. -A very larg section around the repeated c prevented it fr Wheat has been tion,but a large I ! rt of the grain in the wdeteiwisswtileath l unerell_ ripening. The fall a vested in good condi' art of the spring wheat ------------- aeon.unitf the Ing thefied and t unless dry weather se • i)a-rt°feciliorwdilinigbt%s poil Athe published bythe $.8hich, wViasS6stra:ototo2r.4{12, iteali/igto 2,9840, of wn were $1,686.80. The 38. III addition to ear ti :tartaiaatfortedd, othneperoesinel successful celebration , A Great iu 3irro:rozr. the and 11 e :1-2:.. vSedlatlNY" Paroseof:zatlngfi rltIMess:s:1oodT thecoutroof their In Canada, and we a that in the interest of weeeedreedt.hentmanMe:ssrs.No • *United States to build • on wheels, some thii 131tngtaeeehhata shv ee rb t le firstnet hel: tmur out of engines than any large builder ba the Canada. The fir -et Os purchased from them.. of money has been expe silents with Trattion past ten years, and th such as they were, hat Mr. Glen has refused heretofore introduced a the Hall Works. Taber & Morse have s, perfecting the New Ti nowfor the first time 0 lic as a desira,bIe and It was put In operatic/ and Glen, and a. seri applied. Italrew up a which was 1,100 feet .sitollgpirinh niiddk sed whitchweigbede then went on. Four 1 inches deep tinder eacb! the i engine started, diffietity ea.nie out ofl s hind wheels were bac side so that they were lower than the front ling 6 inches square w n fore the front wheels, waa let on the engin up over the scantli engines triv&led. 34 a road as the base line Bowmanville in one and a -coal wagon, an half a ton of steam power traction Of thi. from Oshawa station as fast as Atealll walks ean easily draw ten to to the tosvn. Hereto machinery has been rear wheels of the ene Wood, Taber & Morse world to successfully a wheels. The engine around by the driver i is required 'to tura a f team of horses, goes ba as for*ard-can brin grade safely as heavy a take up. Its value to ; can hardly be I ,ovet present he buys' an eni, two teams of horses, men, and gladly works If he could be employe Would be pleased to wve he ean dispense with t ness during the threshi its -close he is ready to heavy teaming -for i draw lour loade of coal from the harbor to the 30 cents per tott -cents to -team Rat prea no -barn, a shed withou high and eight feet wit] Te place of oats or hay -coal or wood. Careful!: will last for ten years. the average team of le to do -constant and hea, tchan foresee hfcivearivagr isdo Engines will ereate in t heavy freight short AIis drive the horse from t! early day, in fat there ways in which it e.an heavy labor -which is nt- horses. Mr. Glen Messrs. Wood, Taber S. Portable Engines paint shipment in their shop sides those in process, They were being shipp the United States, Sou Mexico.shboiwtinont ThethT e N::124 ANOTHER The new traction eng a, late issue, arrived in ' day morning in a drew eonthmed until 3 p.in very muddy, and ma New Traction could no through the mud bu three steam was let c iron horse started for loads of coal had been lake and met the ei street. The horses Wei wagons and conneetic engine by chains, mrtil tons was made up of boys and. men, and yet to fh. esteamate proefhssutreethLat inWokaNo trurningthe(lifficocrnuletrYa The following elay four in the foundry yard 1 the engine steamed int+ Peit pa'asseWd hoeuIti bsor m forw: Without any difficulty.' very severe test, but M directed that a hard -eight inches square be the holes, and the steamed into them and "agaStillinnoatusa,dastgfiesd* de, Mr.11 ed that the engine be scantling into and Ou, These very severe ti through with twenty ti -were easily effected. T. was then taken of and ;ft otrhs the pr aoerw t ew of sevenereShen m New Model Threshers er and hitched laehin4 tender, and started for Railway station. On •i Athirp iseendrigerhtthalage crsniesi and e at coupled, turned round