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no doubt
taire than
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The facts
the evi-
: A dog
1 Vesper,
gs, enter-
Wm.'and
and we're
a,nalas be-
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a is rtane-
the act,
hem off.
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e of the
hie own,
r, when
a cam:
,e Squire
at Tian.-
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s againea
ling that
statute in
it woery-
Int event
'the resie
,:°n Wed -
This was
is dau
s, of t
performecf
of Caren
3onthhane
rifle, was
i• Weekes,
'Mated as
:as richly
enze efficx,
'lid white-
larides-'
in fa.wn-
eIry and
teimmene-
ting given
ing bride
andsome
eh were
endgame
Sunday
nd mem-
tion. The
own to a
de resatbrides
d orna-
achnired
for their
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h&PPmess
terven- g -
s
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nen sheep
n made in
,Advecate
lone up at
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g some
rere found
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id Heifer -
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e Leven of
g Heifer-
er, stood,
as there -
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s still un-
ses were
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fast week
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goes to
wishes of
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EIGHTE.ENTIL YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 931.
New
Fall Good s_
-AT THE -
Cheap Cash Store
-0E-.
Hoffman Bros,
SEAFORTH,
New Fall Goods arriving -daily. We
are now pre red to show bargains in
' New Dress Gods, new Trimmings, new
Plushee, excellent values; new Buttons,
new Plannels, new Winceys, new Cot-
tons, new Cantons, new Hosiery, new
?h,
Gloves, new oreets ; in fact, new goods
in all lines. 'very department replete
with all the latest novelties.
" Call and see our new -lines of Kid
Gloves, a speeial line bought at a bar-
gain. They are splendid value, and we
Are offeting them at a sacrifice, it will
pay you to see them.
All lines Of g000s • coming to band;
our stock, was neaer better assorted than
it will be for the fall and winter trade.
Grey and IN lute Cottons at mill prices.
We are still offering all kinds of Sum,
mer Goods at cost and under to clear.
Call and inspect goods and prices at the
•Cheap • Cash Store
OF—
HOFFIViN 13140S.,
EAFORTH.
, P. S. Age4ts for Butterick's Reliable
Patterns.
Appohtrnent • of a Police
Magistrate.
Tothe Editor of me HURON ExPOSITOR.
DEAR SIR. In mercy to your readers,
I altall not renew the discussion npon
the pros and cons of the above appoint-
•,ment. :My last letter has produced two
columns of cri icistn, and should I write
another, the r plies might trespass seri-
misly upon your space.. I would say to
"Scott Act,' that if he will read his
first article again, he must admit that I
only fairly repeesented his wording with
respeet to the Magistracy. I would
further ask your readers if the tone of
my letters justified the. style and temper
• displayed by your critics in their re-
view' I would further say to "Liber-
al" that the truth is not in him, as I
not only never expressed admiration for
the sublime wiedom of the Warden, nor
• apologized foi• his proceedings'but
studiously avoided all reference thereto.
• The passion,• heat and fury -described by
"Liberal," exist only in his own dis-
ordered imagination, and are the refuge
of those who, like himself, having a
paucity of argument, make up for the
eficiency by a torrent of wordy abuse.
Mr. Kelly with all his faults, a.nd they
•are many,) is th. Warden of th mmty,
and should be treated with the c urtesy
due to its ,Ahief1 Municipal 0 r, and
he 'party who, forgetting ( at, like
"Liberal ' indhlges M a coerte tirade of
buse, only proclaim their own inherent
rulgarity. I vtoutd commend the intol-
ranee and anoyance shown by
hese advocates to the consideration of
he electors. A ratepayer asks for in-
ormatioa on a matter of public import,
d is . met by jibes and sneers and
• rsontd insinuations, or he is told to
. d his plough or his pill -boxes, as the
may be, ancl leave the discussion of
ublic matters to men who understand
hem. If there be a sublimity in im-
pudence, _" Liberal " has certainly at-
tained thereto. These gentry abuse the
Warden,belittle the Magistracy, impugn
the integrity of the Mayors of our towns,
deliberately insult our Judges, and if
you make a mild reMonstrarace, you are
set down as =J• "-tC$01" and a " disgrace
to yoUt county," i ask the electorate
if they Wish the appointment of an irre-
sponsible dictator, perhaps animated
by the spirit which pervades these- men,
and over whom when once appointed,
even the County Council would have no
power, but who might he kept in office
hy ilowat or Meredith, no matter bow
unpopular he might become' And. is it
not emitting to see men waxing warm
ever such an appointment the chief
merit of which seems to be that there is
practically no appeal from bis decisions,
and then posing as the advocates of
Liberal principles? As such principles
hare not appeared. dpon a . Liberal pro-
gramme for the lest century at leaet, I
Presume that my critics are the ex-
ponents ef the views of what are called
"the Advanced Liberals." Thanking
You for the use of your valuable space, •
I remain yours truly.
W. Seoher.
t
Myth, October 9th, 1885.
r.
,
-Mr. Robert Ker, a respected resi-
de.nt of Galt while camping out with a
friend in the vicinity of Puslinch lake,
disappeared in the most mysterious
manner. An organized search was insti-
tuted huit no clue could be found until
seine ter
Was eau
lately m
8eVere 8
Need ta
um whi
days. had passed when his body
d in the lake. Mr. Ker had
t with an accident, receiving a
roke on the head which is sup -
have caused delirium and ill --
h affected him irefore he was
mimed f one the camp.
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THE RAMBL S OF ANAL P.
IN THE) NOr THWEST.
JAMES TROw, ESQ., IN TILE STRATFoRD
-BEA ON.."!
I wrote yousome weeks ago a brief
sketch of r4 tri to Winnipeg and
promised to give yo ir readers when
retUrned a more . mi ute description of
my travels not mere to Winnipeg but
across the Rocky Mountains., At the
outset I may state the trip up the lakes.
was delightful. I took the Syndicate's
stedmer, "Alberta,' commanded. by
Captain Anderson, a very courteous and
obliging officer. The Alberta, is one :of
the three floating palaces owned by the
Canadian Pacific Railway that ply be-
tween Owen Sound ind Port Arthur
of similar dimen-
nstrueted on the
o at Montreal in
These steamers are
sions. They -Were c
Clyde, and t
order to pass throng our .canals and
locks. They can accommodate about
500 deck and cabin passengers,and have
a speed of 14i miles per hour. Port,
Arthur has become a place of consider-,
able ithportance since my last yisitthree
years ago,and naturally would do a rush-
ing business while the railway north of
Lake Superior Was under construction.
The enormous trade from the great
nuning interests,
ed, may eventu-
a place of much
iles west of it on
er -we pass Fort
val
ive
re -
be
tor
ose
nd
hts
of
rly'
ed
ng
of•
nd
es.
g,
ck
a
y•
50
hc
ub
rad
er
ch
r-
es
west combined with
yet partially .undevel
ally make Port Arthu
importance. A few it
the Karninistiquia riv
'William whieh is becoming quite. a ri
to Port Arthur. I noticed extens
elevators for the reception of grain
cently erected by the Syndicate a
other. -_Some one pointed out t
• Neebing hotel, bout _Which •Sena
Ilumb descanted ad. nanNeU Tri in pr
and poetry. Other Tory orator t a
writers were wont to indulge in flig
of fancy regarding it al -o. • -
.
NOT A VERY PLEASI "G. PROSPECT.
FOr 25 or 30 m1.,iles p the valley
the Jiaministiqual the lands are fai
adapted for settlement but attend
with consid erable labor. After ' passi
the Mattawan the general appearance
the country' is uninviting, marshy a
• mossy, interspersed with small lak
Occasionally we traversed undulatin
rolling, rocky tracts and heavy ro
cuttings. The construction of _the. ra
way in these parts was attended With
great deal of expense and difficult
The gradients are heavy for 45 or
• miles,. or to the height of land. T
prin :Ape' tim bar is aspen and small scr
pine, elm, tamarac'white poplar a
• white birch. • Very little of the timb
• could lae utilized for lumber. In 1874
passed over:the old Dawson -route whi
was much nearer the United State
boundary, and noticed good thnber an
many teacts :of arable land, more pa
ticularly at Pine Portage; Fort Franc
and along Reilly River, but along th
Canadian Pacific Railway after leavin
Mattawan, I saw no place on which
would reCommend asettler to locate u
til near Whitemouth, some 60 miles t
the east of Winnipeg: -From this min
to the citettlit,1 lands are rich but vet
little brought under cultivation. Ver
probably they areln the heads of speeu
laters. ,
THE yuE OF rahlirieesexp;
Nearing Winnipeg we cross the
Louise Bridge spanning the Red River
which cost $250,000, and enter the
f‘ Chicago of- the West." The popula-
ti n of Winnipeg in 1876, when I first
visited the place, was 2,000; at present
it is estimated at 25,000. The assessed
value iin 1874 was 2t milli ns, in 184 it
_
was 30t millions. The day of my
arrival Mr. James Fisher, barrister, late
of Stratford, and Mr. A. i leNee, of the
Free Press, drove me through the city,
and an interesting drive it was, viewing
the many new buildings erected since
my former visit -the parliament build-
ings, costing $75,000, tl e post office
$80,000, the , city hall e 100,000, the
Ogilvie mill $150,000; the auchon and
Iiiidson Bay _blocks, $125,00 each, Ash-
dnevn and McIntyre's splendid blocks on
Main street and many a hers. Main
-street is paved with cedar . !.locks for
nearly two -miles. It is 1. 0 feet in
width being without question the finest
street in the Dominion. The city is
centrally located at the confluence of the
Red River and Assiniboine It his as
tributaries Port Arthur 4 -miles dis-
tant, Emerson 65,- Gretna and Manitou
122, h tonewall 22, South Western 50.
The n it has the Canadiaacific Rail- '
way British Columbia tapping all
the towns and .villages en route and the
proposed Hudson Bay Railway. Mr.
Hugh ' Sutherland, who obtained the
charter from the DOIniIliOrl Govern-
ment and a guarantee of the interest on
one million dollars for 20 years from the
Local Legislature, Is devoting all his
energies to enlist English capitalists to
undertake the work. Practical men re-
gard the scheine as -feasible. The -Hud-
son Bay is open for several months in
the year but the straits, several hundred,
miles north Of the bay, are liable to be
blocked with ice for monthi. Notwith-
standing the present financial depression
and the gambling speculation in lots ,
which in a great measure brought about
such depression, Winnipeg must pit's- ,
per and become a great city. The Can-
adian Pacific Railway Company have
here probably the largest station build-
ings on this continent. The round-
house and shops cost $275,000, and the
depot $75,000. After viewing the
sights in the city for several days we
' took the
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MANITOI3A SOUTH WESTERN,
or what was commonly known 'Qs Dr.
Sclffiltz's line, some 50 miles, to within
six miles of the village of Carman. • This
railway was constructed by American
capitalists who were prepared to extend
their line west through Southern Mani- "
toba to Whitewater and across the
country to Prince Albert. The company
found some difficulty, however, with
another company who claimed the road
or charter. Considerable litigation took
place and the work was delayed for
years to the great disadvantage of the
settlers. Ultimately the Syndicate
cured it and are taki ig up the rails for
six miles at the end o the track, leaving
Carman out in the cid. The road is
diverging to the sout west. Some think
-the company will con truct a tap line
-from the end ef this t -ack through •
• THE 330YNE SE TLEMENT
to connect with the So thern at Morden.
The road 'runs along the two mile belt
from Winnipeg to 1-1 adingly Which on
the Whole is good Ian . The; outer beit
is unsettled and most ikely in -possession
of non-residents. We crossed! the ASsi-
tdboine at Headingly. Several of the
half-breeds Who took art in the late re-
bellion,removed to Ba oche,St, Laurent,
Duck Lake and Prince Albert from this
neighborhood.; After crossing the Alsi
niboine we passed thr ugh et copse o
small poplar to- Starb •ek on. the Rite
La Salle, or commonly 'known as stink
•
ing river. From Star uck to Maryland
or the end of the tra k, the lands ar
generally low mead° , which in some
seasons are very wet. Many thousand
of acres Of this land was disposed o
during the boom in ontreal, Toronto
end Hamilton at fabul us figures. Pi y
their owner's sorrows
' COSTLY JUDIOIA • DUTIES
Aririved at the end f the traple
take;the'stage six mile to Carman. OliLr
companion was Judge yan „from Port-
age -le Prairie, on his ay to• revise the
vote's list for the dis rict at •Carmaii.
He c ncluded his onero s duties in about
.an h ur. Three altera ions of a trifling
nature. were made, an the Judge was
under the necessity of travelling about
250 fniles during six 1a 8 to make thein.
The train to Carman oily runs twice la
week -Monday and T uri3day. I was
'
about to drive to Ne son to examine
sere 1 town lots I indi creetly purchas-
ed di ring the boom, biltt a Me. Camp-
bell, lqowing the objec of my mission,
volu teered his friendlyj advice not to g
to th expense, for th town of Nelso
had the previous wintezf been
REMOVED ElonIr MILES
tO:IVII!)rden on the Man toba'Southern-.1-
tavern-s, stores, private dwellings, , and
even the churches, had all been carried
away! Re concluded my lands were
not of great value. I took his • advice
and. instead of viewing my domain at
Nelson, hired a rig and drove through
the Boyne settlement. Many of the far.
mers:evere complaining f the crops. The
frosthad evidently don injury in 80Int
that had been h:.1
sbwn or upon 'rich, low ands was injur
ed. I only found one eld of 80 acre
which the owner decide not to harvest
A section purchased'by my son in 1874
on which was over a hundred acres of
valuable oak timber; I fotied had been
denuded, but theee was i3orrie compensa-
tion in the many substantial houses and
barns in the settlement.- To protest
would be useless,so I uttered none. Had
the Dominion Government dealt similar-
ly with the poor settlers at Batoche and!
Prince Albert, instead of sending their
wood rangers to harass them for taking
scrubby timber from their lands, there
might have been no rebellion and no
• blood_ spilt or money spent by the mil -
Hone. .
1 PREHISTORIC R
• Retuning to Winnipe
to joint), party to procee
the purpose of explorin
mound, the work of de
This was the furthest I
_covered toi the North.
are frequently found alo
the Mississippi, Ohio, Ill
consin, _down to the 0
During iner travels in
several such of consider
at the Manitou rapids
river. The nations that
in till probability, follow
the rivers, or up the gres
points. Their works ha
ages,but hitherto no clue
to unravel the mystery
pose for which they we
large niimbr of human
tery WE
took th
e.
re the onlY relice
t I •
MA `ITOBA SOUTHERN TO GRETNA .
and 111 nitou, 102 iniles, crossing the
Assinib hie at St. James - •For the first
20 -mile the lands are by no means in-
viting, being low and ma shy, but they
could be drained into the Assiniboine on
one aid and into the La Salle on the
other. ,1 The country is na re undulating
aftei p&4sing Osborne the towns of -
Morris nd Rosenfeld. Large tracts are
here uncultivated, The yndicate sunk
a test well at Rosenfeld l 00 feet deer,
and struck a silt vein which _throWs
quite a stream six'feet above the surface
of the ground. The Mennonites occupy
nearly all the lands - from -Rosenfeld to
Gretna on theiDakota boundary. Their
crops were harvested, bit were badly
injured by frost. Returning from
Gretna we diverge at Ro nfeld to Mani-
tou, pass through the -Mennonite settle-,
ment at Plum Coolie. he lands here
are rdlling and very prod
, . ' 1 MORDEN
!is quite a business place r cently sprung
up and supplemented with buildings
from Nelson. Here I met several 01(1
friends from North -Easthope who are
farniing in this locality and are appar-
ently doing well. From Morden to Dar-
ling Ord, Manitou, Crystal , City, and
Clearwater a large percentage of the
'wheat! crop was slightly injured by
frost, but the other crops were good.
P 'EALYZED BY A DEBT INCUBUS.
I
CES. gi
I was invited
to Selkirk for
and opening a
arted nations:
ound yet dise
These mounds
g the valley of
nois and Wis-
If of Mexico.
.874 I noticed
ble dimensions
on the Rainy
for -riled them,
d the Hource of
t lakes to these
re survived for
has been given
as to the pur-
e designed. A
bones and pot -
found. 1 next
AN e remained a few day at the town
of Morrie with our old friend Mr. John
klastner,Ilate of Kastnerville who keeps
the Commcrcial hotel. This formerly
1
prosperous little town like so '--many
others is embarrassed with debt. Many
of its citizens have left and nearly, all
the test. would follow- if they could re-
move their dwellings. The town and
township.had to give a bonus to the.
Canad'an Pacific Railway Company of ,
$100,000, to induce the company to de-
flect their line and erect a station here.
This hones, combined with the cost of
bridging the Morris river and making
local1improvenients, placed the town in
irretrievable financial difficulties. Busi-
.
BER 16, 1885.
pnieestelys hptyanieynzte,de. •
Emerson and West
d the town is , om-
Lynn, Once thriv' g towns, are sinffiter-
ly involved. Wes
Lynn, like Nelson,
left its location in tlie night. Em rson
incurreil.a, debt of $300,000 for bridging
id 'making • local I im-
urse it cannot ca-
ne enormous d bt:
*lief must be dev sed
the Red River a
provements. , Of c
sibly • liquidate t
Some niea,sure of r
foe ' these unfor i nate places.
Ka.stner and myse f drove to .
THE MEN -NON TE SETTLEMENT
on Mortis or Toba .co Creek, some § or
10 miles nortlewe t of Morris. TIlIeir
wheat crop *as seriously. injured by
frosts, but they Ldi not murmur. All
arenearly hi &nif rtable circumsta ces
-good'houses and barns, and plentyj of
water. and fuel. These people hive
made.great impro ements in build', g,
fencing, planting trees, &c, since i I
visited this sectio in 1882..
A GRE kT FARM.
The next drive as to what is usu ly
known as the Lew farm, the propejty
of Mr. John Loite secretary of the, e-
'partment of Agrici lture at Ottawa,- is -
taint about 11 mile west of Morris. ¶ihe
farm contains 12 010 acres some 450 of
which are unde The
wheat ancl.barley ere badly injured >y
frost but the'oatt ete a heavy crop,bnt
were green and c uestion whether they
would ripen. • The •e were on the farm
200 hog e a,nd a sin, 11 herd of cattle. I
concluded this sto k would be allowed
to perform the p incipal part of the
threshing and car y the proceeds to
marketins their hic es. The foreman or
manager of this es ate, Mr. Stephenson,
is a genius in his say, lie seems to he
continually inven ing some new ma-
chinery or implen ent which no other
person Would ha e thought of. His
a stove for cooking
premises, made of
flue or large pipe
n, where he keeps a
eds for fuel. Ile pi t
e entered the apt', ,
lily made- the laree
y hot. It does net
1 than an • ordinary
o invented a steam
engine which turns
furrows 14t inches
✓ 12 feet, and can
acres a deer.' Greer
✓ the engine and 24-
tncttoecplo
rt
xca$
ing and the tecon
ne for 30 cents per
mon is now -engaged
of a machine that
her the grebe, feat
SS and bind the aur!.
er use, 'and -plow the
le time. He started
Ms of steaan whic
afterwards he, let th
engine was plough
a and stopped at 22.
will pay a visit to
e penitentiary, and
towards the Rocky
JAMES TRO -w.
_latest invention is
_ and heaing up th
sheet iron with!
through the partiti
load of Aram or W
in a -forliful when
•ment which spee
room uncornfortab
consume more
stovelie has ;al
plow and traction
over ten distinct
each, or a little ,ov
plow from 14 to 18
was the fusel used f
barrels cif water w
" ceee-
per acre, for. brea
plowing could be d
acre. Mr. Stephe
in the constructio
will thresh and -ga
itseLf with fuel, pr
• plus straw for win
land -hall at the sa
the engine with 60
shortly rose to 90;
fire go down and ti
ing away with 25
In my next We
Poundmaker in ti
proceed en our wa,
Mo ntaihs.
The Bel
The , annual fal
Wa hnosh Agric
held in the village
day last; the 8th
this show has alwa
this year it eclipse
spect. In every d
tition was very hee
number of mitres
the ; first utility.
the case ii dairy •
presented a report
effect that " owing
lence of t e butter
most difficult to
merited reward."
were largJ, judgin
must hal been f
the groun h The
the siicces ful coni
HEAVY DRAUG
mare, W 1. Well
.Robt. Ma tin 4 So
Agnew, Thos. H.
Wm. Wel wood ; t
Oliver, Arch. Ande
DiAIld Laughli
spuammhing.eat clraug
C
Gwent e PURPOS .-Brood mare, D.
McLaughl , R. itI'llen, T. H. Taylor,
jr.; horse Ifoal, Are . Anderson, Charles
Agin; mare foal, Robert B. Millen,
Robt. Reilly; two- ear -old filly, John
Menzies, r Thos. oint ; two-year-old
gelding, IL T. Er ett, John Taylor;
year-old fi ly, R. T. Errett, Robt. Coul-
tis &, Sons; • year old gelding, Wm.
Roach,. liobert Ri Ily ; span general
purpose horses, if gh Ross, Patrick
Brown. .,I • e
CARRIAGE HORSE -Brood mare, Jas.
Spears, Win. Gedde ; spring foal, Wm.
Geddes, Geo. King; two-year-old filly,
Geo. King., James ightman, sr.; year-
old Ally, Richard tonehouse & Sons,
Loren Tindall; bu gy horse, Dr, Mc-
Kenzie, T. P. ,N gent; hack horse,
Joseph Brennan, Da id Geddes; span of
carriage h6rses, Rob rt Tennant, Thos.
Bridges; best broo mare, - any class,
Wm. Wellwood ; b st team of horses, I
Hush Itosi.
CATTLE:1-, THORO
'Thos. Rosie-- Jas. P
heifer, ,Jak Potter,
year old h ifer,-lst
heifer calf; Thos. It
Nam ! OR GRA
Thos. Wi1ki1180n,
1
two yeario d heifer,
Proctor Sons; yea
2nd Thole Ross; hei
John Coultis '• pair t
Thos. Rim's, Henry
year old steers, J
Ross; pair one year
Wilkinson,Robt. M
calves, Robt. McG
beeve, Thomas Wil
Gowan; yoke worki
ler, Wm. Isbister.
SHEEP - 'LEICES
GRADES. -Aged ra
Archibald -Roberts
ave -Fair.
fair of the East
Rural Society was
f Belgrave on Thurs-
instant. As a rule
-s been a success, but
itself in every re.
partment the compe-
1, there being a large
and the exhibits of
Especially was this
oduce. The judges
o the directors to the
to the general excel -
the judges found it
• decide where all
The gate receipts
• from which there
Ily 1,500 people on
ollowing is• a list of
etitors :
T HORSES. -Brood
oodt Thos. Agnew,
s; horse foal, Thos.
ylor, jr.; mare foal,/
;o -year-old filly, .E.,
son; year-old filly,
. Wm. Wellwood ;
t horses, Nicholas'
•
neiten.e--Best cow,
• tter ; two year old !
Thos. Wilkinson;
nd 2nd Jas. Potter;
as, Jas. Potter.
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E CATTLE.- COW,
has. Wheeler, jr.;
A. Proctor Chas.
old heifer, 1st and
er calf, Hugh ROBS,
ee yeer old steers,
Deacon; pair two
n Pelton, Thomas
old steers, Thomas
Gowan; pair steer
wan, Thos. Ross ;
inson, Robert Mo-
•goxen, Thos. Mil -
ins AND THEIR
H. Snell & Sons,
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shearling ram,.
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McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
Joseph Stubbs • ram lamb, H. Snell 84
Sons, John Robertson; pair aged ewes,
Snell & Sons, Arch. Robertson.; pair
shearling eites, Snell .& Sons, Nicholas
Cumming ; pair ewe lambs, Snell &
Sons, Arch. Robertson.
COTSWOLDS AND THEIR G RADE:3. -Aged
ram, Jas. Potter; tam lamb, ist and
2nd Jas. Potter.; pair aged ewes, Jos.
Stubbs, Chas. Hingston; pair shearling
ewes, C. Hingston; pair ewe lambs, Jas.
Potter, Chas. Hingston.
Downs AND THEIR GRADES. -Aged
ram, Hugh Ross, John Pelton; shearling
ram, H. Snell & Sow; ram la,mbtel Ring-
ston, John Pelton.; pair aged ewes, H.
' Snell & Sons, Hugh Ross; pair shearling
ewes, Hugh Ross, John Pelton; pair
ewe lambs, Hugh Ross, Chas. Hingston;
pen of sheep, Snell & Sons; fat sheep,
ewe or wether, Chas. Proctor & Sons,• ,
•;LARGE BAEED PIGS. -Aged boar,' Ji
C. Tuck, Robt. Currie; brood sow, hav-
ing littered iii 1883; John Coultis,Finlay
Anderson; boar littered in 1885, J. C.
Tuck, Finlay Anderson; sow littered in
1885, J. C. Tuck, Finlay Anderson.
• Seeete BREED PIGS. -Aged boar, J.C.-
Tuck, John Taylor; brood sow having
littered in 1885, J. C. Tuck, James
Henry & Son; boar littered in 1885,
Arch. . Robertson, John Taylor ; sow
littered in 1885, C. W. Lawrence,James
Henry & Son; best pen of pigs, James
Henry & Son.
POULTRY. -Geese, C. Lawrence, Jas.
Harrison; tutkeys, Jas. Harrison, John
Robertson; ducks, Jas. Shurrie, C. W.
Lawrence Plymouth Rocks, Jas Harri-
son, Jas. *ightinan, sr.; brahrnas, W.
11. McCracken; leghorns, W. II. Mc-
Cracken, Jas. Harrison • spanish, 1st
.and 2nd Jas. Harrisbn ; liamburgs, Jas.
Harrison; tiny other variety of fowls,
lst and 2nd Jas. Harrison; collection of
fowls shown by one exhibitor, Jas. Har-
rison.
- IMPLEMENTS. -Churn, H. Clark,
imp, 1st and 2nd H. Clark; self -
binder, Wm; Levy,Watson Manufactur-
ing Co., Ayr; lumber wagon, Slater &
• Sims; Democrat spring wagon, John-
Brunsdon e buggy, John Brunsdon, Mc-
Clymont Bros.; double carriage, John
Brunsdon ; cutter, Slater & Simi; plow,
Robinson & • Boag ; iron harrows, V.
VanNorman, J. G. Stewart; set horse
shoes, J. G. Stewart, Slater & Sims.
Gleam -Fall wheat, Thos. Anderson ;
Geo. Mciffat; Spring wheat,Jas. Shurrie,
R. Scott; barley, R. McMurray, Thos.
Taylor, jr.; white oats, G. Moffat,
-Jas. Henry & Sone black oats, Jas.
Henry & Son, Jas. Harrison ; -peas, T.
Wilkinson, Jas. Henry & Son,; timothy,
T. Wilkinson, Adam Halliday.
FRUIT AND FLOWERS. -Golden irusset
apples, J. Stubbs,L. Tindall.; . bald wins,
• Thos. • Anderson; fameuse, T. Wilkie- •
son, John - Robertson; Rhode Island.
greenings, Robt. Riley, eJ. Coultis ;
maiden's blush, Jas. Bailey, D. Geddes;
northern spy, J. Coultis, Jas. Henry &
Son; Colverts, Chas. Taylor, R. Riley;
• tolman sweets, Robt. Scott, W. Scott;
variety winter apples, W. -Scott, Jos.
Stubbs; variety fall apples, J. Stubbs,
Jas. Bailey ; fall pears, R. Riley, Jos.
Steibbs ; winter pears, E. F. Black, W.
Scott; variety of grapes, Jas. Bailey,R.
Wightman; crab apples, R. Johnston,
F. Bains ; c011ection of fruit, Bailey,
Jas. Henry & Son; bouquet of flowers,
Chas, Proctor Si Sons, J. Bailey; flower
in pot, John Scandrett, R. McMurray.
MANTIFACTURES.-Homegnade cloth,
Mrs. Jas. Pollock; flannel, Mrs. J. Pol-
lock, Robert Johnston • union flannel,
James Owens, Mrs. Pollock; blankets
Mrs. Pollock, J. Owens; set single har-
ness, Thomas Nixon ; pair coarse boot's,
Joshua Pearen e pair fine boots, Joshua
Pearen ; side upper -leather, 3. Pearen ;
side harness leather, J. Pearen ; home
made wine, J. Owens, W. H. McCracken.
mat, A. 'Proctor, • C. Wheeler, jr.;
Berlin wool work, Miss McClelland,
Mrs. Tamlyn; cotton stockings, Miss
Pollock; card work, -1st and 2nd A.
Proctor; leather work, Mrs. Tamlyn,
good eorafortable clothing; have a good
bed to repose on; have suitable food;
defendants to pay all cost of suit. The
complainants ere permitted at any time
to go and see if agreement is caahied
W. II. McCracken ; pencil drawing, let out.
and 2nd Miss McClelland ; hair flowers, -The new hospital buildings at Mon -
Miss McClelland, specimen of penman- treat, which will accommodate about
ship, Mr. McClelland, W. IL Mc- elevenhundred patients were formall
opened on Saturday, and the work of
removing smallpox patients thereto is
going on. It is hoped, now, that proper
and isolated, accommodation has been
provided for the sufferers, that the dis-
ease will be checked andfinally stamped
out. These precautions should have -
been taken long ago.
-Three years ago a number of Guelph
•hotel -keepers and brewers signed a Vona
to give $50 each to. erect an exlibition -
building. Everyone of them but Mr.
• Sleeman refused ,to pay when the call
was made, and one of them named Bnn-
yan got hold of the bond and destroyed
it. The matter has been in the courts
off and on ever since, and a reCent de-
cision of Mr . -Justice Proudfoot Will com-
pel them to pay up.
-Mr. Brutus Huntington of Pres-
• cott, was found at 4 o'clock' Saturday
afternoon in bed with. his throat cut.
Deceased had been deranged in inind for
some time past, and his attendant had
only left the room for a few minutes.
The old man evidently tommitted. sui-
cide with a penknife, which he used for
• cutting tobacco, and which was the only
instrument near him,. He was 70 years
of age. -
-Whisky detectives are kept busy in.
HamiltOn. They had four cases before
the police court on Monday, three of
them against men who were fined it
week. Two of the parties were fined
$20 and costs, another pleaded guilty and
• asked -for suspension_ of judgment, the
fourth bad no license to sell liquor, had
been twice convicted of selling without
a licenee. The third, conviction means
imprisonment without a fine.
-The body of Charles Tye, a brick-
layer, was picked up on Saturday night,
two miles east of Toronto, alongside the
Grand Trunk Railway track. Death
had been caused by blow on the head
from a locomotive. Tye had evidently
been lying on the track, and had been
struck by a passing train and knocked
off. In his pocket was found a bottle of -e
whisky.
-The inspector of prisons and .publie
charities of Onterio hes haved nirenlar
to the keepers of the different public in-
stitutions under the control of the Pro-
viucial Governinent, directing the itn-
mediate vaccination of all the wards of
the Government All the employes of
the institutions and their families are in -
eluded in the terms of the circular.. The
keepers are further requested. to exer-
cise the most eareful discretion' in per-
mitting visits from the public or rela-
tives and friends of the inmates, who .
might in that way introduce the disease.
-A fatal accident occurred on. Satur-
day at Hamilton's elevator, • en the
esplanade, Toronto. Steph.en Houghton,
one of the -employes, was assisting a
farmer named Dunca,n to miloa.d barley
when one of the sides of the wooden
building was forced out and nearly 1,000
bushele of grain decended upon Hough-
ton, burying him beneath it He was
extricated about half an hour after -
wads, but life was extinct. Duncan
had also a narrow escape, and his horses
were injured. Houghton leaves a wife
and four children.
• --The other day while SaillUel Wea-
ver, a farmer near Waterloo, was ex-
amining the iron thingles being used for
roofing l'hiversarch hotel a bar of item
weighing twenty-one pounds fell from
the roof, two storeys high, striking him
on the head and fracturing the skull. No
hopes are entertained. of his recovery.
Mr. Weaver is in good eircunastances,
and bears an unblemished character for
honesty and integrity. He has long
been a leading. member of the Menno-
nite body, and as, a preacher is well
known and universally esteemed by his
co -religionists.
-The ninth Annual convention of the
Women's Baptist Missionary Societies
of Ontario was opened in St Cath.arines
on the 8th -instant with a full attend-
ance of delegates. After Scripture read-
ing and prayer by Mrs. J. C. Yule, of
Ingersoll, Mrs. T. Bone, of St. Catha-
rines, delivered an • address of welcome
to tile delegates. In the absence of the
president, the annual address was de-
livered by Mrs. J. H. Castle, vice-presi-
dent of the society. The reports •of
secretaries of associational societies in
the different tows and eities of Ontario
were read. Most of the reports. were
'veree gratifying, showing a healthy
growth and inere,aeing interest
-Three burglars broke in the door of
Samuel Brett's home, southwest of An- ,
easter, On Friday night, attacked- old
Mr. Brett and demanded rnoney. He
showed fight, when they brutally as-
saulted him. Ilia two sons upstairs
hearing the row, rushed down, seized .
some chairs and attacked the burglars,
one of whom was knocked down, and
all of them 'being more or less hurt Old
Mr. Brett was badly bruised about the
'face and head, all of his teeth being
knocked out. One son was stabbed in
the head and the e*r had a bullet
graze his cheek. thh burglars met
with such a warm -reception that they.
were glad to make their esca,pe.
-Dr. j. it Wilson of London Gov-
ernment Inspector, has returned from
the hog cholera infected districts in
Essex, and reports the disease gradually
spreading through Anderdon Malden,
Colchester, and Sandwich East, and it
is said the cholera bee now got into
Kent and Lambton. Dr. WiLson has
quarantined already 45 farms in Ander-
don, 19 in Malden, 53 ha Colchester
South, and 4 in Sandwich East. Up-
wards of 14500 hogs have died or been
shot since the outbreak of the disease,
and large numbers are succumbing
every day. The first herds which took
the •contagion are now completely
cleaned out, and the farmers have no
swine left.
Cracken ; embroidery •oe silk, A. -• W.
Webster, Miss McClelland; embroidery
on finep, Miss McClelland, Mrs. *Tam-
lyn ; lace work, Int and 2nd Mrs. Tarn-
lyn ; twine lace, Miss McClelland, L.
Tindall; rag cerpet, A. Proctor, Mrs.
Tamlyn.
. Canada.
There are now seven cases of small-
pox in Toronto. t
-Archbishop Lyneh is so ill as to be
confined to the house.- ,
-A Yarmouth farmer had his watch
cut from his chain anclearried off the
other day in St Thomas.
.
-J. Lindsay, a Milton man, has been
fined $100 and costs for a second 'viola-
tion of the 'Scott' Act.
-The Grind river is exceedingly low
at present, and mills depending on it for
'motive power are obliged to work short
hours.
-The Dominion returns show that
the expenditure for the last quarter was
over ball a million more - than the in-
come. • .
-e-Mr. John Clarke's house on the 10th
concession of Kincardine has been de-
,
stroyed by fire. The house and con-
tents . were a total loss. A defective
chimney was the supposed cause of the
fire. . • . ,
.-The two Indians charged with the
murder of George Dill, of Bresaylor,
Northwest Territory, during the recent
troubles in that region,. were -tried at
. Battleford on Saturday, found guilty,
.and sentenced to be hanged.
-A few nights since the woolen fac-
tory near Byron was entered by burg-
lars, who carried Off about $100 worth,
of cloth. Entrance was effected by
forcing the door, after the lock had been
weakened by a chisel.
-One who has kept record says: The
last snow flurry this •spring fell on
-unclay,10th May. The first fall flurry,
a very light one, fell on Tuesday,
6th October, so that we have only had a
suentner of not quite five months' dura-
tion.
-There are seven cases of smallpox in
St. -Catharines. The disease was brought
from Montreal by a sailor, its loathsome
nature being at first unknown, and the
sufferer was nursed by members of the
Salvation Army, with the result of
spreadieg the contagion.
-Mr. George Olds, Of the Missouri
Pacific Railway, has been offered. and
accepted the position of general traffic
manager of the Canada Pacific railway
at a salary of $12,500. Mr. Olds was
formerly associated with Mr. Van
Horne, vice -resident of the road.
-Messrs. Daniel Oliher and Geo. Near,
of West •Nissouri, recently purchased
a new threshing machine, which has been
doing sweeping work, but the other
night some miscreant attacked the large
belt with a knife and cut about 20 Lege
gashes therein', and took away the -
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wrench and engine bolt,
-judge Lyon has been appointed re-
vising officer for the city of Ottawa
under the new franchise act, and Judge
Ross for the county of Carleton. Judge
Daniel will likely receive a similar ap-
Pointment for . the county of Prescott,
and Mr. O'Brien, solicitor,of L'Original,
for the comity of Russell.
-In Hamilton the other night a tramp
• was found asleep in a hotel stable mane
• gene- He was ordered out but returned
shortly after, was seen to strike a match
and set fire t:o the bay which blazed up,.
setting fire to the building, which was
completely destroyed. By the prompt
arril.al of the fire brigade the adjoining
buiiings were saved.
-.rr, he final match between the Mon-
treal and New York lacroase'clubs took
place at the latter city on Saturday in
the • presence of 1,500 people. • The
Canadians won by three'. straight goals
in 117, 4 and 21 -minutes respectively.
Both teams were entertained at dinner
in the evening at the Canadian club by
Erastus Wiman.
---The English counsel for Riel have
asked. the Privy Council to adjourn the
hearing of the appeal from the sentence
of death passed upon their client until -
Mr. Fitzpatrick, the prisoner's Canadian
counsel arrives, in London. If the re-
quest is granted Riel will be further res-
pited. on the pretence of enabling the
Privy Council to sift the whole evidence
in the case. .
-A novel scene was witnessed at the
House of Industry in Elgin county, the
other day, when the thirty inmates were
vaccinated. They consisted of all ages,
from 11 week e to 84 years, of all nation-
alities and all kindreds, imbeciles, idiots,
and what is worse, garrulous old wothen.
Many of the ihmates positively declined
to be vaccinated, and force had to be
treed,
• -Some months ago a young German
was employed by T. B. Martin, to work
on a farm near Waterloo. Part Of his
duty was to drive •a horse -power, the
gearing of which was unprotected by the
platform, and the young man getting his
leg caught received injuries which neees-
sitated amputation. His friends took
the case in hand and sued the farmer for -
$800 damages and got it.
e -Mr. andMrs. Colwell; of the town-
ship of Mono, near Shelburne, were
brought before Mr. C. Graham, J. P.,
on the charge of. not treating their
simple girl in a proper manner. The
treatment which they gave her was of -
an uncivilized nature. They compelled
the girl to lie outside in a calf -stable
manger, poorly protected, with only one
old quilt over her. The chinks wereout
of the stable, and the manure in it was
about as high as the manger. The case
was finally settled by drawing up a bond
in which were_ these stipulations: That
the girl was to eat from the same table
as the rest of the family; be clad with
ROOTS AND VEGETABLES. -Rohe pota-
toes, Robt. Currie, John Cole.'potatoes,
any other variety, Duncan Anderson,
Wightman; cabbage, Thos. Wilkin-
son, W. H. McCracken; cauliflower,
W. H. McCracken; blood beets, James
Harrison, W. H. IteCracken ; marigold
wurtzel, W. H. McCracken, ',T.:Stubbs ;
Swede turnips, - Walter Scott, Arch.
Robertson; field carrots, W. II. Mc-
Cracken J Stubbs • early horn -carrots,
Jas e Shurrie, A. Proctor; onions from
seed', Francis Baines, W. H. McCracken;
onions any other seed, R. Wightman,
Jas. Henry & Son • Indian corn, W. H.
McCrecken, John liarbour ; water melon,
W. II. McCracken T. Anderson; musk
melon, W. H. McCracken; pumpkin,
C. Taylor, R. Johnston; squash, W. H.
MeCracken, 0. Moffat; citron, W. 11.
McCracken, Francis Baines ; tomatoes,
L. Tindall, Jas. Bailey; cucumber, G.
Moffat, C. W. Lawrence; beans, G.
Moffat, J. Coultis ; Swede turnips, T..
Anderson.
DAIRY PRODUCE. -Keg salt butter, J.
Barbour, C. Proctor & §ons, R. John-
ston; crock of butter, C. Proctor &
Sons, A. Proctor ; basket- of butter in
rolls or 'mint, C. Proctor & Sons, C. Mc-
Clelland; honey in comb, ist and 2nd J.
Salter '• maple sugar, A. Proctor; maple
syrup, A. Proctor, R. Wightman; loaf
home-made bread; J. Harrison, J.
Stubbs; .oat cake, J. Harrison, sr., R.
Sterling e factory cheese, white, made
first week in September, John Ross;
home-made cheese, F. Anderson, J.
Wightman, sr.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT. -Tatting, Mrs. -
Dr. Tamlyn ; specimen crochet work,
Mrs. Tamlyn, E. W. Lawrence; bead
work, C. McClelland, Mrs. Tamlyn;
fancy knitting, 'Miss McClelland, Mrs.
Tamlyn ; patch work on quilt, Mrs.
Tamlyn gent' e linen shirt, 1st and 2nd
Mrs. Tamlyn; gent's fancy flannel shirt,
C. McClelland, Mrs. Tamlyn ; braiding,
C. 'McClelland, Jas. Owens; feather
flowers, T. Atkinson; pair woolen
stockings, Miss McClelland, W. H. Mc-
Cracken • pair socks, Miss McClelland,
W. H. McCracken • pair woolen gloves,
Mrs.- Barkley, W.11. McCracken; pair
woolen mitts, Mrs. Pollock, W. II. Mc-
Cracken; log cabin quilt, Miss Mc-
Clelland, A. Proctor; knitted quilt,
Mrs. Barkley"; patched quilt, R. B.
Millen, Miss McClelland; counterpane,
Miss McClelland, T. H. Taylor; rag
e