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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-10-09, Page 1J 41111.11100I 4 guys, and - took fright rig, upset Kenzie out e• ou of iied at the - nearly two - t• ion of the :nss and re Ret A. Ks ;• retirement- Methodiet aed in the - _Present: 5, 2 mates, I female male under 0 for tress .or forgery areeny, f Listowel, • ting at a! few days rhea became and WM MIX a. C011 - his ribs otherwise in North eh may' he As John little boy, sling a cew Itt thd the companion z caused her th,e boy off g aim along of a mile. luck stop- iW WOUld i; the girls, ead. He is Fht he will r.W. J`s 'eighte- an& 'taut. Mr. [dal visit to a before the LT, Eitio an drew Per- ot- his. flax snot pro- -as required evidence at ors in the re`Forrester action. This Fused to do at use the s.. He was ound using Se6uteci and defied the Inspector rimer , went which Mr. scale. In - [lowed and information offence the line of $s5 ee, weights reinspected e. eS, s the follow- a.ses tried in 'orester, al of which issue. The by Mr J. for the Scott number of rts of the :he charges er, Clinton, -chaffer'of r. Kyle, of was subse- ernes Scott, prosecution, ich, for the that of Mr. a asked for that the in- the3r at be found ot had been L This was ist the magis- Tient until a ade ih the ions on Mr. :cted, wouhl the proseCus tend. When los. Allanson t denied re- -pecified date tion.Being 'ay "on or to' 'answer, jstrate only prosecutor d teanswer ro committed ie magistrate 4 not do it. therefore, Of was dis- Schaffer, given ble in that ri who were Lid not know red or not, as ‘• present. tOIT, s prosecutor in order that r served, but ja the•usual xment -under he easesw ere Uen Chris - 'ed tosell the !zary Hail, an aade for the .-Should Ortilding` A. better Association tion in futur ial classes of iaeother site l�. f the Indians gate rebellion oe RonIeati. rder of Quinn desperate et- ' at -Fort Pitts Wert that he e sentenced to November., 'ad to varic'u* . Fair SifYr rr_g Bun, le• ; Old Main years; Ph: Renner, re for stealing P!I EthHTEEITTEE ;TZAR. - WHOLE .NUIEBEIR 930. errif THIS OUT. 7 BOOTS AND SHOES r, THE MILLION. Fall Stock Now Com- plete. HATS 86 CAPS In all the Leading Styles. •GROCERIES. A large st ek of Fresh Goods., We only buy the best and sell at lowest - prices. GE GOOD, Thotes Old Stand, Se-aforth, Is now prepared to see all his Customers and - the public at large and supply them with good solid Boots and Shoes, Stylish Hats and Caps and pure Greceries.! The Bobts and Shoes Department is better supplied- thap ever before. 1The 'Stock is larger, the styles n wer, the good a are better and the prices lower. •Boys' and 'Gills' Strong School Boots a Special- ty, cut high tams and ri the feet dry on the leg with strong rivetted bot- etted seams. Boots that will keep rid wear well. Men's and BoysHand-made Long Boots. ,Rvery pairarranted. - 1 w/ I Something New in the Boot ad Shoe Trade. Goods sorted out in lots and -you get your shoice of any pair in the lot at the same price, for instance . LOT No.. 1.7 -Contains over 200 pairs' and you get your chore of this lot for.50 cents per pair. LOT No. 2f -Contains over 150 pairs and you get your choice for 75 cents per pair. LOT No. .-Contains over 300 pairs and you . get your choice for 95 cents per pair. . LOT No.. 4. -Is our great $1.15 lot, of whieh there is from1300 to 500 pairs, and you take your pick for $1.15.. , LOT No. 5. -This is the collection that Bur prises everyone -beautiful stylish boots, but- toned or laced, in different ma,terials and dif- ferent widths -your choice for $1.25. Please Call and Examine, these Goods Whether You Buy or Not., Ladies' Polish -Calf Buttoned Boots, worked boles, for $L75.; Boy's Long Boots from $1.35 up. Men's Long Boots from $1.50 up. Children's Enameled 1ced Balmorals only 35 cehts. Misses' letither-lined buttoned and tie shoes only 50 cents,: worth $1. Ladies' strong leather slippers only to cents. Children's strong school boots, copper toes, only 70 cents. HATS AND CAPS. Nearly 1p00 to choose from ; from 25e. up to $3. FtC)CE R I ES. Great bargains in Teas, Sugars, Coffees and General Groceries. Pure White -wins Vinegar, Malt Vinegar and Cider Vinegar. Pure Spices. Good Butter and Fresh Eggs Wanted at Highest Prices. Agents for Kirby Climax Cattle Feed; the best in the market. GE9. GOOD SEAFORTH, ONT. 77.13.1..a../11€385 - New Fall Goods -AT THF,--- Cheap Cash ._Store H-OfirnaBros., EAFORTH, New Fall Goods arriving daily. We are now pre ared to show bargains in New Dress Goods, new ,Trimmings, new Plusheo excellent values; new Buttons, uew Flan/ids, new Winceys, new Cot- tons, new Cantons, new Hosiery, new Gloves, new Corsets; in fact, new goods ueall lines. Every department' replete with all the latest novelties. Call and see our new lines of Kid Gloves, a special line bought at a bar- gain. They aee splendid value, and we are offering theta at a sacrifice, it will pay you to see theme AlI lines of g000s coining to hand ; our stock was never better assorted than It will be fo the. fall and winter trade. Orey and white Cottons at mill prices. We are A II offering all kind i of Sum- mer Goods at cost and under to clear. CaIl and inspect goods and prime at the Cheap Gash Store —0E---- HOFFMAN BROS., SEAFORTH. aPtt. e8rns-. Agents for Butterick's Reliable V *Dr. Sloan and ti Police. Magistra y. To the Editor of Tug HURON" EXPOSITOR. SEAFQRTH FRI , Doctor tell„ those ratepayers for whom ' his heart bleeds„that it is necessary for the w4 -being of society, morally; soci- ally aM politically, and necessary. that intoxic ting rinks should be so1d1m ail .the hotels, alnd that they should lagain n to dispose of intoxiOa,ting ley plertie and vvithobt re - one God -fes ring, man in the county ef - Huron will say so. If not, why. shoi ild any means be spared to i blot • it out or ever. And because the people of t1is .county are proverbially sensible and ntelligent men and women • depend upon it they are not going to be put down by either Dr. Sloan, or Patrick Kelly, or their backers, • but they will very-sOon demand that the ivill cif the people most and will be carried °Int in accordant:3e with their votes expreseed at •the polls. Hence the necessity of ap- • pointing a Police Magistrate, as at pres- ent it is the most available and effective method of carrying out the law; and any man who will put any obstacle in the way of the law being carried out is not a liberal or anything else but a dishonor to his county, Yours truly, . I . A LinER.4..L. • 1 - "Scott Act" in Reply to Dr. Sloan. To the Editor of THE HURON EXPOSITOR. _ DEAR SIR.—Absence froin home com- bined with a multiplicity of business rInties pretented me from noticing let an earlier date the communication of . Dr. Sloan which appeared in your issue of the; 25th ult., although the effusion, scarsely cslls for eey reply, as. the doctor does not attempt to refute any of the positions I took in my last.: In- stead of attempting to do so he wanders Off to the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Revising Barristers and other . subjects until his letter forms such a miscellany -that it is difficult for any person with ordinary comprehension to find out what he eally is driving at, and if his brain is as much mixed as his literary effort would justify one in concluding it is' almost time I his friends were I loPking after him. But -if he does not display a great amount of sense or wit he j does display Sufficient cunning to misrepre- sent what I did say in order to mike a point.againstjme. I did not say, neither could such a meaning be taken froth my words, .that the magistrates of -this county- Seem to consider themselves justified in doing all they can to prisveet the eistorceineu t or the Act. - What .1 Act seemed' t consider themselves justi- did say was c' hat the opponents of the fled in doing fso, and ,consequently; it is necessary to secure the enforcerhent Of this act through special means not re - co -tired to sepure the enforcement of other laws, and 'the doctor does noteven attempt to disprove my rosition. What r said concerning the County Jiidges I now repeat.' It is true andthe Dbctor 'knost's itaiad for this reason, I presume, instead of attempting to disprove what I said he waxeS eloquent over the Many virtues of these ' officials, and assiimes horror that I should .dare attach the judiciary. The senior jedge may have revised the voters' lists quite impartially, but that fir no proof that he would with equal impartiality administer a law in which -1 he does not believe, and while I do not.say that he would give a decision contrary towhat he believed to be right and legal, he could, and thave no doubt would,; make it convenient to hand the case over to his Deputy, who, althOugh he may be a member of a temperance society, has- proven himself entirely un- worthy to give an impartial decision upon any case for violation of the Scott Act. None is better aware of this fact, and none would be more likely to Wink at his neighbor; the Warden, and laugh at those "temperance - fanaties," than Dr. Sloan were they to piece themselves at the mercy of the judges of this county, and find themselves mulcted in heavy costs which they would have to pay out of their own pockets. Again the. Doctor says: 1" The Mayors of the four ." towns in Huron have the power with " which it is sought to clothe the Police_ "Magistrate., They can adjudicate the. "cases singly.- Have any cases been " dismissed by them ?" Now, Mr. Edi- tor, the Doctor must know that the Mayors have been tried ; ':and have been found wanting. They are all,. I am: imformed, bitterly opposed to the Act, and as a conse- quence, with one ?single exception, dut of some ten or twelve complaints tried be- fore the Mayors, -only one conviction has been made. In all the others, the Clasps were diszhissed with costs upon the pm- plainents, while convictions would, in all probability have been made, had the prosecutors been fairly treated, , The Doctor and hi S friends need not fear the "cast-iron decisions" a a police magis- trate, as they will not affect those who obey the law, and hispathetic appeal to the "liberal -minded men of Huron' is rubbish and he knows it. - The Police Magistrate Will be appointed by the Government of Ontario, and I am sure the Doctor hap sufficient confidence in that Government to know that neither a rogue nor alool will be appointed, and that whoever the appointee may be it is only the law -breakers who need feat his decisions. Dees the Rector wish to pose as the champion of these? I think 1 have now replied. to all that is worth replying to in the Doctor's letter, and unless he says something more woe -thy of .notide in the future than he has hi the epistle under consideration yourself ,end your readers, Mr. Editor, must not ex- pect to heir from me again on the sub- ject, as life is too short, and time is too precious to be wasted in beating the wind. Yours &c., SCOTT AcT. DEAR Srit.-I observe in your issue of the 25th ult., in another 1 tter from Dr.! Sloan that he is not at all satisfied with- the explanations given by in your issue of the 18th county council recomme poiutment of a Police am afraid the doctor wi all easily satisfied having such a wonder -i ful admiration for Patrick Kelly and the sublime wisdom he has d"splayed in efusing to he County Tune last., obtain the individu al - ould par--; structions what to d� in their corporate 'capacity? Is it 'not very clevet of Pat to, bring in.. side issues in. his circular to , get some' -weak and inconsistent coimeil ors to re-! commend delay until the mee •cember ? Who were his ni liquor intereA or the County Decidedly the liquor interest doctor is another tool of the same ,inter-!,. est. He may not hrtend it, bjit he is all ny doubt ursue, ailed the rn to de - ion should irt or not. ohncil to-' " Scott Act,' It., why th ded the ap agistrate. I not be a be thrown op 6 liquors as t straint No the course he has pursued in carry out the instructions of Council at their meeting in Who instructed the warden td opinion of the council in their capacity as to the course he s sue after having received ing De- sters, the Council? and the the same. If Mr. Kelly had as to the course he should . should, like a man, have council together and leave th eide whether the recommenda be forwarded.to the Governm He should have called the gether, forwarded his instrt ctions, oi he wished But he did grace his assert that resigned his seat as warden if -to act as an honorable man. neither. ,He dares still to d position and I hesitate not to the course he has pursued, and still pur- sues, is contemptible. He stijll occupies the position in violation of hi, duty and is carrying out his own private ideas and that of his masters, a4id in this high-handed, unworthy, and iisgracefu1 proceeding hafinds an apologlist in Dr. Slomn. I would advise the doctor to stick to his pill boxes, perhaps he under-, stands them better than the discussion of public questions. I havej no know- ledge of the doctor's ideas, b t 1 judge from his lettert, he is anxi us that the Scott Act shciuld be proven a failure, with his. they are' ration or ably they es as has He waxes manner in he -Judges ry in his otherwise I am not acquaint ideas. Very often, however given without much delib matured judgment and pro reso elesege to suit the tit been the ease in the past. very hot -over the Very mild which Scott Act refers to and -works himself. into a,. f letter over statements which no reason- able man could construe into an insult., He asks had Mr. Yates an difficulty in enforcing the Crooks Act, one what- ever, just exactly why a Po ice Magis- trate is wanted. Had we t ee men in the county, as we had to enforce ,the • Crooks Act, a Police Magistrate would not be required perhaps, but although we have a board of License Commission- ers with Mr. Kelly as one, the junior • judge ai another, what is being done to enforce the law in this coonty. The three inspectors under the Crooks Act cost as much as the Police Magistrate, and it is a fact that we have no officer to enforce the Scott Act. The Matter is left to private individualsewhich is. unj ust and unreasonable, hence the Scott Act.as far as it 'can be done by its oppOnents, and as they intended it to be is made a farce, as far as possible, in order that when the people come to vote again it shall be defeated in the county. Tjhat to what he and his friends are aimin at,,ind he works himself into a passion t the want of wisdom in the County Co ail in their recommendation of the appo tment of a Police Magistrate. He says the rate- payers of the county should 4ernand that the present machinery is insuffioient before we are burdened wth another' official. My answer is "Iwe have no official." I may remind the Doctor that the ratepayers of this county by a ma- jority of 1,560 votes carried the Act, and I do not suppose those ratepayers who voted for the Act were "fools, that when they voted they intended that the Act should be carried out and put in force. • The Scott, Act Association Met in Clinton toconsider the best means of , . carrying outthe Act, and their conclu- sion was that it was necessary to have a Police Magistrate appointed. A depu- tation was appointed to meet the Coun- cil, which they did, and an opportunity was given them to address the Council, and they urged upon the Council the, necessity of the appointment. I pre- sume the Council generally is composed of intelligent, sensible and liberal men, and they did not, as the Doctor thinks it would be reasonable or just on their part to clo,- refuse such a vast majority of their constituents an opportunity sof !testing the Act; and give them the means at their disposal to carry it out. The Doctor feels terribly for those who might be put to expense by a Police Magistrate, or on conviction having to appeal to a Superior Court. He need feel no anxiety about the expense, or on conviction having ;to -go to a Superior Court, for if his friends who might vio- late the .Act were law abiding not one of them would be put to either expense or teouble. But while he is so anxious about violators of the Act, his bowels, of compassion are not in the slightest moved os-er_those ratepayers who might on the slightist pretence have to prosecute ap- peals and violations of the law from pri- vate sources. Nothing could be more unjust, and no person from private sources should be called upon to make such a sacrifice. No injustice could be done to any one by the appointment of a Police Magistrate, as it is supposed that Mr. Mowat would only appoint an hon: est and competent man to the position. If the intention of the Scott Act were carried out, and the intentions of the, ratepayers of Huron, money uselessly and criminally wasted would be- saved, one hundred times more than the cost attending the appointmentof a Magis- tratenotWithstandiog the frantic appeals of Dr. Sloan and his abettors. Will the • -On Wednesday Morning last Week Mrs. R. McKnight left her house; on the banks of Otter Creek, near Wallace - burgs intending to visit a neighbor, who was sick,. but in attempting to cross Otter Creek in a boat she was unfortu- nately capsized and drowned. Herpro- longed absence caused uneasiness in her family and seaoth was made forher, but in vain, until Thursday morning when her liand stil boat. The m highly respect Her _husband distracted wit R 9 grasping the oar of the ortunate lady was very d.by • children are almost gribeyall who knew her, f. • Thc popul -12,l3. m. Bur been eppointe comitY of 13ru --The propr WeStern Fair $40 and costs f -The Toro have refused t for the schtiol -The Domii *the Northw claimd to the a , • • -elgr, D. M. king," of Lan Glengarry sho cheeswhich -Tie mama Mills ompan committed for corporation of tra railway betwe peg, via Lake running on the --Cblizi Fres J. E. Fraser, jumping into a was caught in killed, - Canada. tion of Brantford is and owned on of the Isest stock farms m the Provin e. He was a member of the Board of gricultnre and was on iis way on Se urday to Vvinnipeg with tock for the xhibition. He was over ,, ho years of ag , and. was a -brother of Sir Peter L msden, of Afghanistan fame. A wid w and family mourn his demise. - i , -Mrs. Ler ux, of the 7th concession of Cornwall, was killed by lightning during a storm on Tuesday " morning, (i 25th ult. Mr. Lereex, was standing in the yard in fr nt of the house, when the electric fluid struck her on the head and -passed down her side, setting fire to her 'clothing. 1 ‘' ett, of Walkerton, has Junior Judge of the e. wagon while in motion he wheels and instantly etor of a booth, on the ground, has been fined ✓ selling liquor. to Public School Board e privilege of the 'brkillot lections of 1886-7. I • inon Commissioner sea ; st have so far ad usted ount of $200,000. - McPherson, the" cheese aster, exhibited , at the last week, a mammoth eighed 1200 pounds, er of. the Ontario Cotton , of Hamilton, hasbeen trial for defrauding the million gallons of water, s on the Canadian Pacific n Montreal and Winni- , uperior, will commence 19th inst. r, e five-year-old son of of St. Thomas, while, -A mica ine is being operated in the vieinity of weed, county of Hast- ings. A , far er on whose farm the mine is lbe,at recently sold fiveacres to the mica co peny for --$10,000. =The cottoi and cigar manufacturing industries of M • ntreal are reported to be in an exceedin ly flourishing condition, the orders in hand in both lines being greatly in exce s.of production. . -The reside ce of Mr. A. Lawrence, 7th co-twos:den, NieGiliivray, was burned a few bights s' ce, the cause being a de- fective stove pi e. The loss $800. In- suranc,e $3,00: -At Winnip g,• on Friday, William Smith set fire his residence, attempt- ing to burn his ife and child therein. Failing in this he cut his throat and died shortly af r. -The malic"ous arrest of a female domestic was p" oved against a Georgian Bay fanner n med Cranberry at the Toronto Aesize Thursday morning. He was sentenced e pay $400 and costs. . -John P. P lmenwell known to newspaper me 'all over the Province through his connection with Miller & Richards type founders, died Friday morning; nto, aged 67. -One egg-bu er in Napienee has ship- ped to Boston since April _30th, on an average 6,000 'd 'zen eggs per week. He pays in the nei hborhood of $500 every week to the far ers for eggs. -A butcher i Ayr lately killed five spring lambs r ised hy- Mr. Ephraim Dance, a farme in the neighborhood,the aggregate weig t of which was 376- Ms., an average of o er 75 Ms. apiece. -From May st to September 14th,50 bEises of inftacti .n of the Scott Act were tried in Renfre county. Out of that number 41 co victions were secured, and .fines to the amount of $1,860 col- - lected. • • —At the We Cluteh Donohu burglarizing th Brothers, in Qu andseiitenced- merit in the pro --2-A sentry' Rifles, while on buildings in -Mo accidentally sh toria Rifles, the the hozipital Mc -A , kinderg been opened in schoot 'with 65 p Miss Colcord, t salary of $1,000, get $3Q0 each. - -Vig,orous me to preVent the s Essex county, - ment having sen with histructio fected Places, u the last session -11,6n. J. R. -forwarded $436 applied in the f ship for excelle He , writes that received from hi ance• . L -The Hon. C. shortly for En Carthy License Ontario. Mr. F • owing topoli tised much said to be 4 sou *rider. --Jsblated cari ca.sionally occur Paris. A few 4 longing to Mr. cesoion of Blenh demned to be s much dreaded d -P. Curtin, his three-year-ol stallion' Golds & Co., of Stra $2,000, and also colt, "Tug W Jcesel, of York -The corpora, bee has appoin inspect all passe er to prevent th _pox from Mont broken out am saw mill at Rim -A; most depl ed alt White Ho by, Milnitoba, a Mr. Thomas Lu was Mond by a insensible from t made Upon -him bred hull one m vived until the Mr. Lumsden and Assizes, last week, was found guilty of store of Goldstein bee, in February, 1882, seven years' imprison- neial penitentiary. f the Prince of Wales' duty at the Exhibition treal on Saturday night, t a member of the Vic - wounded man dying in day morning. den department has the Hamilton central pils and five teachers. e lady principal gets a and her four assistants sures are being adopted read of hog cholera in he Provincial Govern - a veterinary surgeon s to quarantine all in - der the Act passed in f Parliament. owan,- of Barrie, has Queen's College to be dation of a scholar- cy in natural science, the money is what he extra sessional allow, F. Fraser, M. P., leaves land to argue the Mc - Act case on behalf of aser, though he has not in the Superior Courts, cal pre -occupation, is . d lawyer and an able s of glanders are oc- ing in the vicinity of ys ago,two horses be - m. Spears, 2nd con- im township were con- ot as victims of this a sease. f Biddulph, has sold imported Clydesdale ith," to Messrs. Bush ford, foil( the sum of is two-year-old t entire , son," to Mr. ;.Chris. tate, for $1,500: j ton of the City df Que- ed four physicians to gers by train and steam - introduction of small - nal. The disease has ng the employees of a uski. rable accident happen - se Plains,near Heading- ew days ago, whereby sden lost his life. He eighbor bleeding and e effects of an attack 3, a favorite, thorough - e from home, and sur - °ruing of the 29th ult. as a scientific farmer -Last Sun pastor Of St. chinch, St. C on the collect repairs and in gregation resp the collection ay Rev; W. J. Maxwell; Paul etreet Methodist therines; asked for $2,000 Lon to meet expenses of provemeots, and the con- nded with over $2,200 on lates. 1 -Mary Johnston, a young woman without a home,appeared-in the London police court the other day with a baby a few weeks old in her arms She was sent to the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for a year and seven Months, and ap- peared quite happy at the prospect of getting a hornfor that period: -A young woman named Miss Boughner, from Pritnamville, was rescued from clrowningin the Thames at Dorchester Station on Tuesday night. Her story was to the effect that some bne attempted to assault her and in running away she fell over the bank inth the stream. -An unmarried woman named 'Paquette, 18 years of age, was arrested Saturday at Ottawa; charged with burning her illegitimate male child; . one day old. She placed the child in a cooking stove, where it was partially consumed before being dis- covered. -There *ere 59 deaths from smallpox on Friday list in Montreal and suburbs, - five more than the previous day, while the interments for the six days ending Friday night were 350 in the Roman Catholic cemetery alone, against ,a total - 323. (luring seven drys the previous week of -The Rev, E. F. Wilson'the well- known founder and teacher of the Indian schools, at Sault te Marie, is at present on a :visit to this. Province. He has recently. returned from a tour of the Northwest, and was in Regina at the trial of Reilj and the other rebel prisoners. ; -About half of the inhabitants of Pelee Island turned out to welcome Dr. _. F. B McCormick on his release a few days ago from Sandwich jail, where he Served a short Sentence for having prac- tised medicine without a Government certificate. . His friends gave a banquet and ball in his honor. -His Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral and party arrived at the end of the Canadian Pacific railway track last Sun- day night. The viceregal party _travel- led the last forty-seven miles by road; camps having been arranged by the Can- adian Pacific R,ailway Company along the route. --Robert Hawley, of Riehond, On- tm On- tario, arrived at Port Huron Saturday on his way home from Dakota. He left the coach while the train stopped to look after his baggage, and was struck by a freight car while crossing, the track. Both legs were cut off, the Victim dying in a few hours. He was about 80 years old: -Referring to the depravity of St, Thomas, the Times of ;that city % says: It is an open secret that in St.Thomas he abominations exist which made the eign ef Tiberius in ancient Rome un- peakably infamous, and ministers and ethers have -long mourned over evils Which they dare not publicly describe." s --A large number of the Montreal .rnanufacturers, hardware and drygoods merchants have signed an agreement, Which has been published, • stating that they will not continue any of their em- ployes at Work after the 5th instant, except those who present medical certifi- cates that they and their families have been vaccinated. --Mr. Joshua Pelton, of Bennington, has a remarkably fine carriage team. They were shown at Woodstock getting iecond prize, and the next day were Shown et Stratford getting first from seven teami. They are dark browns, over 16 hands, and Mr. Pelton refused an offer of $500 for them made at Strat- ford. • =Mr. Petrick Hunter, a well-to-do resident of: Beverly, county of Went- worth, befdre marrying a certain young lady is alleged to have played havoc with the affections of another, Miss Mary Costello,. of tbe ,same thvenship. She has begun a suit against Hunter for _ $.5,000, which, if recovered, would go to heal her laderated feelings. - --Robert Walker, of Golden Lion notoriety and a leading Methodist, died Of congestion of the lungs at his resi- dence in Toronto, on Monday. The de - Ceased, whose name was a familiar one throughout the Province, was 77 years 61d. He came to Toronto in 1827 and Conunencedbusiness in 1836, retiring from business about fifteen years ago. ; --An old subscriber to the Montreal Witness writing from Keppel, Brace county, says: "1 have lived in Keppel township 18 years'and went 12 miles to get my paper and 12 Miles home again, each week; so that I, or some one, had to travel in the 18 years 22,464 miles. Just think of it ! "Weetow have a post - office near; and I want you to change my address." --In Toronto Saturday night two boys, Edwin Gadsby and Geo. Halfred, aged 12 and 14 years respectively, had a quarrel. As usual there was "a woman in the case," said woman being 13 years of age. The two worthies met, and after a few words regarding the possession of the girl's alleged affections,proceeded to settle it in true western, syle... Knives were drawn and Gadsby was stabbed in_ the arm. Then the vietor marched off in triumph with the girl who, cautious soul, took the murder us weapon from - her gallant. The t o " did-" Queen street uptil the bold b ve was arrested. At the police station t ie girl was very solicitous regarding t e welfare of her hero, who, much to her relief, was bailed out about midnight. -A correspondent in the Ayr Recorder turns up his nose and 1 ts off as follows: "With all due respect to the many ad- vantages of Ayr, so fa as my experi- ence is concerned, that rising town nmst take the cake as havin ,jmore pestilen- tial smells in proportio to it area and population than any ot er centre of in- dustry on the map of the World. Whew ! ! 1 1 -Rev. Dr. Hunter, o Wesley Church, • Hamilton, has a "q estion drawer," and he answers the queries before preaching on Sunday e enings. Among the latest, "An Anxio s Father" asked . whether he should a low his son' to attend ball games. asebell," is in- nocent in itself, but th associations of public games are band 1 and have ruin- ed hundreds of Young men." -Was the answer. -On Wednesday m rning, last week, Mrs. R. McKnight, of allaceburg, left her house intending to jolt a neighbor, who was sick, but in a tempting to cross Otter Creek in a boat he was unfortu- nately capsized and dre wned. Her pro- • longed absence caused neasiness in her family and search was ade for her, but in vain, until Thursda morning when her body was recovere in the creek,her hand still grasping the oar of the boat -Captain Edmund rechett, brother of the Canadian poet 1 ureate, died at Ottawa on Saturday. He was a bar- rister, but did not prac ice. He served for about three year as a Pontifical Zouave in Italy. Afte the surrender of Rome he came back to anada and soon after enlisted in the in. nted police, and having unfortunately b oken a lee while on duty, he came to Ot wa and entered the Department of the Interior. -A shocking' acci • ent occurred at Petrolea on Saturday i Miss Alice Hey- wood. It appears the oung lady was going for a pad of W:ter and Ihad to cross some machinery t at,wao used in oil wells ; in doing So er clethee came in contact with a revel g wheel,which completely wound her ound, severing her arms from her bod . The poor girl lingered for about o hours in -in- tense pain, and then d th came to her relief. She was to ha 'e been married on Thursday. .-Last Thursday a ladies and gentlemen were on their way to a load of young from- Plattsville tend the Drumbo Show, and when going through the vil- lage of Washington the driver, M. • John Pope, by some means upset the -covered buggy, turning it completely upside down. Miss Abhie Riley receiv- ed a broken nose,and hAT face, was badly cut. , Miss Janet Y arvey, another passenger, was very badly shaken up, but fortunately no bones were broken. Having gathered up the fragments of the vehicle and the injured being cared for, the party returned l home without seeing the fair. • -The early Settlers Of this western province are passing rapidly away. We notice the demise of one of these, Mr. George Elliott, who died in Galt on the 25th ult., at the advanced age of 85 years. Deceased settled in Beverly township, a few, miles from Galt, in 1835, whence he had cotne directlym .fro Roxboroughshire, Scotland, he continu- ed on the farm untilma few years ago, when he removed to town. Mrs. Elliott • ii died five years ago, four sons reside n Manitoba, three are in Galt, and one daughter, Mrs. Robert Riddell, of Bev- erly, comprise the family left by this worthy Scot. -Rev. Professor Hart writes from') Winnipeg under date of August 3Ist, as follows : I have just returned from visit- ing a large number of Indian reserves in the Northwest. The Indians &rein great need of as much clothing as you can send them. The Government, on the whole, is kind to them, and in a moderate way supplies them with food, but they have to provide clothing for themselves. Every article, therefore4 that will help to protect them from the cold is eagerly sought after, and will be a great com- fort. Our missionaries tell me that the 'clothing you so kindly send is of great help to their work, as it gives the In- dians a tangible proof -one they can easily understand -of our -interest in their welfare. I hope you will be able to send a good deal, as the need is very great. -The Galt Reformer of last week says : We are sorry to have to announce the death of Mr. Wilbur Currie,a young man well known to many of our readers, having taught the River Road school, near Galt, until a little over a year ago, when he gave up his situation to enter the Salvation Army as a cadet. He was engaged- in Army work -until the time of his death which occurred at Exeter, where he occupied the position of Lieutenant. His remains were taken to Wolverton -where his father is a farmer in good circurnstances-for interment, Rev. Mr. Hyde, Baptist minister, preachedthe funeral sermon; and the services at the grave were conducted by the Army, representatives of rwiiicbr were present from London, Beachville, Woodstock, Galt, Ayr and other places. -Another of the early settlers of Dumfries, in the person of Mr. Wm. Stirling, passed away on the 24th ult. He was a native of the Parish of Stow Midlothian, Scotland, a id emigrated to Canada, in 1834. He arrived in Galt while the cholera, was ravaging, and possessed a number of reminiscences of that terrible scourge. During the first two years after his arrival in this country, the deceased travelled pretty extensively, visiting Ohio and other States of the Union. lere were no railroads or even more prhnitive means' of locomotion in those days, and Mr. Stirling made all his joarneys on foot, having covered over 3,000 miles in two years. He eventually took up his resi- dence in Galt and latet purchased the litc1431AIT BROS., Publishers. iffil.50 a Year, in Advance. farm, near Glenmorris, on which he resided until his death: He was an honest and kind-hearted mae. He never married, and having accumulated con siderable wealth besides numerous legacies to relatives, he bequeathed $2,000 to mission objects of the Presby- terian church. -At twelve o'clock Saturday night the farm -house of M. Phillips, four or five miles beyond Ancaster, in the county of Wentworth, was broken into by three unknown men, They tore a rail from the fence and battered in -the door. Mr. Phillips, his housekeeper, and hired man were in bed. One of the burglars remained on guard at the door. while; the other two went into Mr. Phillips'room, tied his hands and feet with a stout rope, and left him on the bed. They then went into the house- keeper's room ancl secured her in the same way, Winding up with the hired man. The burglars returned to Mr, Phillips' room; and took a roll of bills amounting to $150 from his trousers' pocket. Then they went out, leaving Mr. Phillips and his servants bound hand and foot. Shortly after they had gone Mr. Phillips managed to work loose. He set the others free, then drove to Harnilthn and gave word to the police. , County Shows. GODERICH. The show under the auspices of the West Riding Agricultural Society was held in Goderich OR Wednesday and Thursday of last week, and was fairly successful, though the attendance was not very large the second day: We very much doubt if there were more than 1,000 persons present at any time, al- though the weather wail as fine as obuld be desired. There was a very good dis- play of horses, all the classes being tol- erably well filled. In thoro-bred stock there was quite a few entries of young animals, and only a few grades. Poultry, sheep, and manufactures were well re- presented. In the fririt and flower de- partment Goderieh can, perhaps, sur- pass any place of similar size, and in these classes the exhibit was mag- nificent, some of the fruit being- very choice, notwithstanding the fact that this has not, on the whole, been a, good - fruit year. The display of _vegetables was also good. The remaining indoor departments were meagrely represented.. Ladies' work seems to b. aecrcaoiDg at all the exhibitions, for there has not been much at any of them this year. On the whole the show was fully as good as in former years. The people of the district, however, do not take that in- terest in their show which they should do, else the attendance of spectators -would have been four thnes as large as it was. It is the iduto of farmers, especially, to patronize and encourage these shows. They are designed for their benefit and if they do not reap from them the advantages they should the fault is their own. It is evident that the great mass of the farmers in the _ West Riding are not properly alive to their interests in this respect and re- quire a vigorous stirring up on agricul- tural matters. _ The annual fall show under the aus- pices of the Turnberry Agricultural So- ciety and the Wingham Horticultural Society was held at the Horticultural Park, in Wingham, on Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday of last week. The weather was all that could be wish- ed for, and the attendance each day was large. Tuesday was principally taken up in getting the exhibits in order. On Wednesday everything was properly ar- ranged and, the fair open to the public. Upwards of 1,200 people were on the grounds on that day. But Thursday was the farmer's day, the greatest day of them all, when all the live stock was brought out for exhibition. There was a very fair attendance, there being some 1,600 people on the grounds. The show was in every respect the -finest that has ever been held in the district. The exhibit of live stock, and especially of, sheep, was exceptionally large, there being nearly double the number of en- tries that there was last year. Horses were also good, and cattle were medium. There is room for improvement in this important department. The display of i buggies, waggons and agricultural line *merits was also large, and some mag- nificent vehicles and machines were shown. The crystal palace was tom- fortably filled with exhibits. The show of fruits and root crops was magnificent, and the competition in this department was very keen and close. In ladies' work and fine arts there was a very fair exhibit. On Tuesday -and Wednesday evenings the crystal palace was open to the public, when the band finmshe.d music and concerts were given. The attendance was very small on the first night brit on the second night the build- ing was crowded. Taken altogether the fair this year was a most decided suc- cess. • ---At the last meetingof the full board of directors of the McKillop Insurance Company, the claim of Mr. Henderson, of McKillop, for loss of building and contents,was only partially settled. The loss on the building was allowed in hill, but the claim for loss on contents, being considered too high, was left over for _future consideration, Mr Taylor, of Hullett, presented a- claim for injury done a horse by lightning, he did not , call in a -veterinary surgeon Instil three weeks after the horse was said to be in- jured, who, however, stated that the injuries werecaused by lightning, but the directors Were not satisfied and de- ferred decision until further investiga- tion has been made. It is possible that the directors will make some change in this respect, allowing damages only for stock killed by lightning, as the present method of awarding daniagete for any injury sustained bystock gives too wide a latitude. An assessment of 7 per cent on the premium notes was made to meet • the losses allowed.