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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-02-12, Page 1f va 7' L ods and Ouse. Sy S OF o ods, JFICE. WL, itS AND MIL- ONT. Sarnia, is at their annual Aer this year. of the sea -- anion Roller estlay evening Li attended ass doubt the ler was so- ex- (.;,sturries were bat therwere was extremely contes meywhieh was eek of the old hter, returned Me had a his homeward esely cold hi rather maker Ontario. .-srs. Jelin and big swamp in Messrs. large tract of Messrs, Mow - them for gets xhKarcher and 14th conces-' els and hearts i on Tuesday fearer, of this f the orris riety recently decided' not his yeari and fall show oil 7th and, 8th s, of. Lodons n Clinton' this _44. woollen mill The Bible So - the Presbyter - bah, agent for (men alsci ad-. rove to Gode- - prosecutor for very suddenly likely' taking last SupdaY -e was n4 set - Church. H-Me- (qi gaged Pim rt. fur thit sea - hi likely to be 11, Breith site Bit ci lumber. The one tree. Hit ,h cord-woolli ilivered at the elation. of a , taking front !el, the village, tewnships of County Calm' (:.latario Lees - present limit, EIGEETEENTH YEAR,. WHOLE NUMBER 9,*8. SkAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBR Cheap Cleqring Sqle HOFFMA BRO'S. i We are now holding a Great Cleaaing Sale in every line of goeds, whichl are offering at a great sacrifice. Call and see the bargains. The goods are all new, being bought for this fall and winter trade. In Dresa Goods we never had such a choice variety of fabrics. In Mantle and Ulster Cloths, all the new novelties. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Jack- ets, Boy's Overcoats and Suits. Ladies', Gent's, Boy's and Children's Underclothing—all in large assortments. Ladies' and Misses' Fur Caps, Fur Capes, Fur Sets and Fur Trimmings— Men's and Boy's Fur Cat*, Cloth Caps, Plush Caps, Knit Caps, etc., in large stacks. Tweeds, Flannels, Shirtings, Cottons, Cantons, Cretonnes, in fact all kinds of goods fully assorted, and all will be s.old. regardless of cOst. Come along and get prices. We have a very large line of Velvets -and Plushes, which we. are ()fleeing ex- tra inducements in. Inspection invited at the Cheap Cash Store HOFFMAN BROS. SEAFORTH. Agents for E. Butterick's Reliable Usborne and Hibbert Fire Insurance Company. The tenth annual meeting of the Usborne and Hibbert Mutual Fire In- surance Company was held at Farquhar on hfonday, 1st - inst. ,, As usual with this company, there was a large repre- sentation of members and others present. The president, R. Gardiner, Esq., emu - pied the ehair, and opened the meeting by alindine to the fact, that while great success had attended this company dur- ing the past five years, he had the pleas- ure of now- stating that the success of the cempany was never so promising as at the present time, as Would be shown hy the manager presently. He congratu- lated the members of the hompany on this state of affairs, and hoped this grewthy condition would continue. 'Mr. N. J. Clark; the secretary -treasurer of the company, then read the minutes of the last annual meeting and. the minutes of all the directors' meetings held during the year. The thiancial report of the treasurer and auditors' abstract I was then submitted, from which the fellow- , ing statistics - may be taken : Business done during the past year -286 policies „issued, coverine risks to the amount of $:388,540 ; totaCansount now covered by policies being $1,377,055 • face value of premium notes, $30,167.5'3. Thereal is a cash balance on hand of $716.81, bal- ance of unpaid assessment, $117.44 ; the total assets of the company is $23,32 .87 ; the ksses for the year being $537.5 . under the new act, was then' take up, The election of a board of direrrs, which resulted in the re-election of the following gentlemen : Messrs. R. Gardi- ner, A. Duncan D. Mitchell, .D. Mc- Lachlan, R. II. P:ain and J. Jackson. A discussion on the rules regulating the use of steam threshing engines was entered into, when it was resolved to adhere to the rules now in force, await- ing the action of the Underwriters sso- ;1 ciation in framing ; a 'set of rule for adoption_ by all mutual companiee: A resolution was also Passed, leaving it to the discretion of the board of direptors to increase the amoent of isolated tisks from $2,000, the present limits, to auch sum as they see tit. The meeting, 'Which was very decorous and orderly, wasthen The new board of directors met at the close id the annual meeting for organi- zation and rolitine business. Robert Gardiner, Esq., was re-elected peeeident, and Alex. Duncan, Esq., viceiprieVeut. I ioth gentlemen rethrned thanks ilea the honor accorded the . 1 7 Mr. N. J. Clark, the Secretary i and manager of the company since its -organi- zation, intimated his intention of re- signing his position.- He heartily thank- ed the dhecters for the very kindly treatment he at all times received at their hands, and after alluding to the present successful standing of the com- pany, bespoke for his successor the same hearty good -will and co-operation of the plied in a very feel ng manner, saying board of directors. The president re - they were all sorry at losing the services (4 Mr. Clark, who had for the past nines years taken such untiring interest la the welfare of the coinpany. Messrs. A. Duncan, D. Mitohell, D. McLachlan, R. ff. Bane and J. Jackson also spoke 'in a 3liniIar strain. There were four applications for the position of secretary -treasurer of the eempany, but as the hoer Was late' and the directors not being able to arrive at till the first Monday in March, in' the meantime Mr. Clark, will have charge of the affairs of the company till his Suc- cessor is appointed. ' THE SYLVAN LAND OF SUNNY SKIES. To the Editor otTut; HURON EXPOSITOR.. DEAR EXPOSITOR.—The Union Jack is waving above the Town hall. Shops are all closed, business suspended and all is peaceful and quiet. It is Christmas morning ! To -morrow will be boxing -day, when all sports, peculiar to Australia, will be indulged in with a good deal more than Canadian fervor. • What a chain of reminiscences whose every link is golden, conjures up similar anniversaries of the mighty past, spent under other cireumstances, among a less enthusiastic people, in a vastly different land. What changes since last we met around the festive board, and celebrated with our fellows, this holiday of all English speaking people. When in dreame of imagination we wander back to the green. spots and wish they would last or come again. Poe's sad refrain aings upon our ears " Never more." But the present is ours, and that is excessively hot, while our friends ate wrapping themselves in flannels, furs and `buffalo -robes or gathering round the stove or hearthstone to warm theinselves. Mete we are, en- during as best we can the intense heat, from which there .is no escape. The thermometer has ranged_ _from 105' to 115° in the shade most of the past week, cooling down to SO' and 85° at nights. Tbe Blacks believe the min is a big fire, made every morning and put out every night by the good spirit," `but some- times fire. burn toe good." And when it blazes forth, circling round the north and casting southern shadows at noon, well may the -eld blackfelloW's spirit would hang a ,wet blanket over his face." Fitly may we speak of this as a land of Sunny Skies, for there are few clouds, few wet -days, no anowtr ones, and the sun is always shining. The heat creates, an insatiable thirst, and the want of good water drives hundreds to hotels- who would otherwise never be seen there.. Mere temptations are presented and cravings felt unknown tO Canadians. —I ihaye only had one drink of good water.since leaving Cali- fornia, and that was from a mountain stream away from civilization. Milk and butter have not the same flavor as in Ontatio,ibecause the grass is wild and tasteless,. and most of the water cattle get is only . fit for hogs to wallow in. And, " be the same token," our hostess says, "-the mate is not equal to that of the old country; where it is stall fed." If you asked a." cornstalk " butcher for stall fed .beef he would not understand what you -.wanted. Some kinds of fruit have a better flavor here, such as oranges,__ lemone, bananas, nuts, apricots, . cherries and grapes. Pumpkins, squasheho - potatoes, cauli- flower and onions a.re all right, but apples, plums,eturnips and carrots, are not good. Turnips especially'are almost a failure, only a few white ones beine grown in the. Chinese- gardens for tabl7a use. Not one farmer in every twenty has a garden, so this gives John China- man a monopoly on all vegetables foe the table, which he cultivates with taste and indestry. He has vegetables all year round arid peddles them froin door to eloor every day except Sunday, Some of them make lots of money, for I think they are the most economical of all nations and can live the cheapest. In fact the heathen Chinee is the most diligent inhabitant of these great col- onies. - Plainly dressed with shirt out -side of pants, e round beard- less face, high cheek bones, small dull looking eyes, end his " pig- tail " wound under. his hat, he moves slowly but steadily- about his work on week -days . and goes to the "Joss House " on 'Sunday. Less respected than the black natives, he is often' abused, stoned rind spat upon.; still, he seldom retaliatee, but quietly moves away. Few seem to care fot him, or even consider him a haman being, and only for fear of the police, and that killing him would be murder punishable by law, his life woald often be less safe than that of a bulleck. Such is the feeling against him, especially among the larrikin working class, who are afraid of him overrunningthe place and bringing down the wages. Where the Campaspe joins the Mur- ray a peninsula is formed, on which is built the rising town of Echuca, an aboriginal name, meaning the meeting of the waters. And here we are on Christmas afternoon, having had a tur- key for dinner and a proper John Bull plum puddingi with cherries for desert. The Murray, which forms the main boundary between Victoria and New South Wales, is the principal river of Australia,- carrying to the ocean the waters of the Darling, Murrumbridgee, Edward, Campaspe, Goulburn and niimerous smaller streams. For the .mutual benefit of the two colonies and at their joint expense, a grand iron bridge spans the river. 'It is nearly a Mile -lone, including approaches', for the bank ()tithe New South Wales side is hew. It is one of the finest structures of the kind in the .colonies, and well it may, be, for it cost £100,000, or five times that many dollars, The town is about twice the size of Seaforth, with many superior buildings ; such as the post offive, several of the banks, jail, hospital, railway station, police station and some of the private residences. These are tall built of brick and roofed I with corrtigated galvanized iron, except the post office, which is of enduring blue stone with slate 'roof. The drapers, grocers, butchers., bekers, iron -mongers, book -sellers and fancy shop men are all equal to any town of the sense size in Ontario, and competition is just as keen. The Palace hotel, besides which there are 49 others, willo'.compare with your Commercial, and furnish you with simi- lar accommodation for ten shillings per day or twe guineas per week. The cheapest board is from 16 to 18 shillings, per week, but generally pretty rougle at that and among all sorts of people. At this season,' probably the strongest incentive to head for the best places, is : that there you expect to escape the nocturnal visitation of flies, bugs or mosquitoes. Still you are sometimes " had " and compelled to quit the bed for a shake-dovvn with the quilt in the corner, or sit in a chair without a light till morning. Lamps are only for par- lors here, and candles are the staples of artificial light, and you seldom get more than half of one to. your room. Upon such occasions, 'spurred or tortured to desperation, we can fnlly realize that it hard to rise above circumstances, and the comforts of the past come up, and we feel they were not valued as they should have been. - The many if's and turning points of life crowd upon us, we wish anxiously . for morning, but our eagerness seems to retard the dawn. Is it not .Whittier who says : " Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been ?' " Here we are, Where we wish we were not, and where we hope never to be again, among the insects of Australia, without even a box of insecticide pow- der. None of the hotels have a free bus, and it costs two or three shillings to get a trunk to or from the station, when you bargain beforehand, otherwise you may be asked for four or five " bob." There are always lots of " bangers -on " around ready to give a lift off or fm for which they want you to " tip " them. If you giae your horse to an hostler, he looks fot the tip " before he cleans him or brings hies back to you. If -you don't " tip " him, he may give your horse greased corn, or put his feed into a manger where the bottom is so arrang- ed that it will tip after he begins to eat. Another dodge is to take the horse to a stall, where there is a trough of water, as soon as your back is turned, should you return soon he will just be giving him a drink, but if you are long enough away he will transfer him to the original stall, having first removed the feed. In this way the one feed may be paid for by many people, while their poor horses go hungry. This is frequently practised more likely if you don't. To say the least of this deception and cruel practice, it is highly typical of the class of men you heve to deal with round the averaee Australian hotel. When Cicero said°, "A poet is born, not made," he cannot have foreseen how things are done in a country where men spring up like cornstalks. Here they talk of men in all positions being -."-made " by the favorable eireumstances thrown around them. When the poet Kendall won the prize fot the best poem on the Interna- tional Exhibition held in Sydney a few years ago, " he wee a made man," and few ever knew he was a poet till then. Neither can Isaac Watts have under- stood the colonial, when he wrote, " The mind's the standard of the man." He is measured here by his muscular strength ahd " sugar " (wealth). Wm.. Beach was. a " made man" when he beat Harden, but so far the people are afraid to let him go to America, lest he should have to corms back unmade. The follow- ing story 'will illustrate how they are often made. A few years ago two brothets, Who were very poor, separated. John remained in Melbourne, while Joe took his Pick and shovel and went up the country to prospect for gold. Two years passed away, when one day John got a telegtam signed Joe. It ran thus, . " I'm a made man, meet me at the out- skirts 6f the town to -morrow night at eight, bring a blanket and pair of shoes, have a hit" The same is said to be one of the members of parliament to -day,' but he is not known as Joe. Speaking of parliament men, reminds me that I called upon Wm. Tupper .a few days ago. He is a native of Nova Scotia, and second cousin to Sir Charles, of Cana- dian notoriety. He owns about 500 acres of fine farming land, has a large two-story red brick house, surrounded by many ornamental trees. He contest- ed three elections, but .so far only re - I may also mention that some time ago I had the honor of having tea with Captain Percy H. Sheaffe, baronet. He. id nephew to General Sir Roger H. Shea,ffe, batonet, who was next in corn- maud to Sir Isaac Brock at the battle of Queenston Heights. Here I saw and had in my hands the 'Sword his uncle used at the battle, and by its side lies a piece of the tattered flag that cheered my countrimen on to victory. Before calling, Ihwas told that• the captain's wife belonged to the Caste of India ; that they were very select, not very sociable and would likely not see me. I wee not disappointed, to find him quite the reverse of what his neighbors had told me. Experience has taught me to value one neighbor's judgment of an- other very little, especially where equality of eirchmstances and training is wanting, for some equality of both is necessary to the full understanding of each other. Waen I was leaving he accompanied me across the Paddock, and I can never forget that good -by, standing oat in 'held relief from among the many since leaving home. When, holding me by the hand and surveying me with the stern loOk of military genius,ehe said : " It is likely we may never meet again in this world, but let us hope to meet in heaven. It is far more important to have.our names writ- ten in the Lamb's Book of Life, than registered among the peers of. England ; then at the far end of life's journey we will have the Pilot on board to take us into the haven of safety." • _ Travelling from place to place, view- ing scenes and interviewing men . and women, among .strange people in -a. stranger land, is associated with many hardships and disappointments. But I am fully convinced there is no shorter road to that practical science, which holds in one hand the key -note cf human character, and in the ether instructions how to use it. These hardships have their harsh outlines, smoothed by the oushing kindness of many noble char - riders, softened into dreamy bea when seen through the glainours mist of ambition and surrounded by halo Of knowledge. Yours very tr phrlstmas, 1885. (To be Continued.) Canada. ty, me the ily, —Seventeen cordir of wood was giVen out th the poor in London last week. —A little son of Mr. Smallman broke his leg while coasting at London South. —The exports from Kincardine, not including wheat, for the month of Jan- uary, amounted to $64,687. —Steps are being taken to start a new Presbyterian congregation on B oor street west, Toronto, not far from Ktrox College. —Mr. John A. Smith, residing in South Dumfries, near Glenmorris, has 12 turnips which weigh 207 lbs., or a little over 17 lbs. each. — Mr. Alex. Murray has dispose 1 of his fine farm a 123 acres on the r'ver road, Blanshard, to Mr. John Leslie, of West Nissouri ,for $8,500. —Mr. Alex.'Murray has disposed of his' fine farm of 123 acres on the river road, Blarishard, to Mr. John Leslie, of West Nissouri, for $8,500. —Thomas Gliaham, of Tilbury, tried to jump on a moving train near Essex Centre last Thursday, and had his right foot crushed under the wheels. Church in Canada, died at Halifax est Friday' morning, aged 68. — John Fitzgerald, who robbed He tor Lamont, of Lobo, the other day, ca ey- ing off $108 and_ a watch, has een arrested at Sarnia. — Rev. Messrs. Savage and Fish, N ith a band of Christian helpers, are ow conducting succeessful special service in the Queen Street Methodist Chu ch, Toronto. —Jahn Easterbee, who was last fall sentenced to be banged for the mu det of his brother Alex. Easterbee,at E ng - ham, lint who was sUbseqUently repr ey- ed ,is nnw in an insane asylum. — Tfie farm of the late Samuel iru- bacher, in Berlin, comprising 108 a res of land with frame -house, barns, e c., has been sold by public auction for $14,010, or- nearly $130 an acre. —George Patterson, of North or- chester, split wood in the vicinity o a clothes line the other night and he result was a terrible gash in his f re - head. — Welland county council offer a reward of $200 for the arrest of and c n- viction of the murderer or murderer of the late Jeeeph and Mary Bates, of he • Allanburg tragedy. —Mr. Thos. Field has been appoin ed by the Ontario Government to the p si- tion of Clerk of Galt Division Co rt, rendered vacant by the demise of he late Peter Keefer. —It is reckoned that about 5,000,900 gallons of city water is absolutely was ed by Toronto people who let their taps run during the cold weather to prey nt freezing. —The Dominion Oovernment will d- vance$2,000 to the destitute fisher en of Gaspe through local traders, in sr all sums, to be refunded. by them as soon as times are bett er. —Mr. D. Gray, of Coldstream, ha a span of horses instantly killed the ot er day. While drawing logs out of he bush a tree fell on them, crushing th m beneath it. --Two hundred persons were recei ed into church fellowship at St. Jan es Street Methodist Church, Montreal, n Sunday night, as a result of the evang 1- istic services held in that church duri the past few weeks. shipped last week from Mount Brid! es two carloads of apples for Liverpod. He also shipped five carloads fie m Strathroy. Mr. Edwards pays $1 er barrel for Baldwins and Russets.- -" Tire Gospel Light" is the name of a new semi -Monthly paper published at Orillia. It is beautifully printed, c n - tains the best of reading matter, a d gives promise of being a valuable fam ly paper. —An old pine stump measuring 15 feet across the roots and five feet acr ss the butt, was brought from the 12-m le creek to St. Catharines on Wednesd y last week. It will probably be ship d to the Colonial Exhibition. of the firm of B. Bell & Sons, George, manufacturers of farming n- plements, died at his residence in ' t. George on Sunday morning, 31st ul his trouble being rheumatism of t heart. —A. J. Leitch has sold the flour mills at Dutton to Mr. Hollingshead, Galt, who takes possession next Ma when he intends- putting in new chinery, making it a full roller mi 1, having a capacity of 100 barrels per da The consideration was $8,000. —A colored family named Wilkes, n East Sandwich, narrowly escaped dea h a few days ago by eating diseased por Wilkes himself became unconscious, a d for half a day his death was momentari y looked for. Two of his children a e still sick, but their condition is n alarming. —Captain C. Chrysler, who sailed di the St. Lawerence river and lakes f r over 40 years, and who for the past fi years has been inspector of weights a d measures for Kingston district, di d Saturday, 6th inst., aged 75 years, aft r a week's illness. —It issaid that gambling is alarming y on the increase in Montreal. A gentl man who has been around taking not s describes the parties who spend the r evenings in those dens and palaces f iniquity as being well dressed and re selectable, many being youths under The rooms of several are brilliant y lighted and handsomely furnished, so e having pictures on the walls. Eve thing is conducted in silence, wi h scarcely a voice being heard except t e 11 of monotonous call of the roulette wheel men or the faro dealers, as the case may be. —John R. Moore, a farmer, who a short time ago committed suicide near Burlington, Michigan, bY thrusting his head and upper part of his body into a box -stove where a fierce fire vva.s burn- ing, was raised and lived until eleven years ago on , a farm not far from St. —Mrs. Blake, widow of the celebrated Chancellor Bleke,and mother of Hon. E. and S. H. Blake, died on Wednesday, last week, in London, at the residence of her daughter; Mrs. V. Cronyn. Mrs. Blake was in her 83rd year. The re- mains were taken to Toronto for burial, the funeral being strictly private. —Among the participants in the par- ade on the opening night of the great ice carnival at St. Paul, Minnesota, were over 200 members of the St. George and Winnipeg snowshoe clubs and othereiti- zens of Winnipeg, including 'Premier Norquay and W. F. Luxton, of the Free Press. —Two farmers from East Flamboro named Thomas Miller and George Mun- ro were fined at Hamilton Police Court last Saturday for drunkenness. ;Their horees were Wandering about the street when the- policenian captured . them. Miller was found lyifig in the bottom of his sleigh badly frozen and in a helpless condition. " —Mr. Arisen E. Smith, of Water - down, had his horse clipped of its hair the other dey4 The horse showing signs of being, chilly, he. was hitched to the cutter and driven about a quarter of a mile, when he fell °dead. The animal was a good one, and had not been ill up to the time of the clipping. ' —Mrs.-Rykert, relict of the late Mr. George Rykert and mother of Mr. J. C. Rykert, M. P,, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, 5th inst., at the ripe age of 79 years: Deceased was born in Montreal and had lived in St, Cathar- ines since abotit the year 1830. She had been in failing health for some years. —A little daughter of Mr. Peter Ford, of London, fell the other day and sustained a cut on the face, but it was not considered at all dangerous at the time. She grew worse from its effects, however, end in spite of all that could be done for h r, lock-jaw set in arid she —On Thur day night last week the residence of Judge John D. Caton, of Ottawa, caught fire about midnight and burned to the ground. The - servants had narrow e8capes from being burned to death. Judge Caton's valuable library and a large collection of natural his- $to4royoosp.ecimens were destroyed. Loss, - —Bruce Jackson, barrister, brother of Mr. E. C. Jaelison, of Tilsonburg, died at his residence in Sinicoe on Monday night. The eause of his death was an injury to his spine, inflicted over two years ago in Denver by feotpads, who sandbagged end robbed him late one night on his way from a railway depot to an hotel.' He was only 35 years old. Montreal on the 2nd inst. He was one of the ablest lawyers in the Dominion.• Along with four other gentlemen, Mr. Doutre was counsel on the British side before the Halifax Fishery Commission in 1877,- when the award of $5,000,000 waS obtained from the United States for the use of the Canadian fisheries. —The Northwestern Transportatioe Company who own the steamer Quebec, which was wrecked near Sault Ste. Marie last surnmer,are sueing the Green- wich and Continental insurance corn- panies,in the United States Circuit Court for $15,000 and $33,125 respectively, bbeoiantg. the amount of the policies on the —About 300 employes of the Massey Manufacturing Company Toronto went out on strike Monday morning. The trou- ble is about the payment of wages. The men have hitherto been paid monthly, and a committee waited upon Mr. Massey on Saturday, asking that wages be paid weekly. This was refused and the committee,got their walking tickets, hence the strike. —The London Advertiser of Saturday says : Prof. Bristol closes his season in London with his educated horses to -day, playing afternoon and evening. The many hundreds who have witnessed the entertainments during the week, all unite in pronoencing them most marvel- ous. Such complete and absolute mastery over the brute creation was never before seen in this sebtion. —The following extreme tempera- tures were reeorded between midnight on WednesdeY and 8 o'clock Thursday morning last Week, in each case below zero i Belleville 16 ; Brockville, 20 ; Combermere, 30'; London, 12 ; Mani - Ottawa '29 ; 'Owen Sound, 28 ; Pem- - -A section, man on the Canadian Pacific Railway, near Veuve river, was found one of the coldest days last week lying on the rciad, his head within a few inches of the i rail. Near him was an empty bottle i which had contained whisky. He Was in an exhausted con- dition and only remembered that he lay down on the previous evening to take a sleep. His feet were badly frozen and will have to be amputated. . — An old pioneer of Wilmot town- ship, Mr. Johe Ernst, died on the ist inst.', at New Hamburg. Deceased had been postmaster at Petersburg for 44 years. He was also at one time engaged in the milling business at New Dundee, and . kept hotel at •Petersburg for 40 years, notwithstanding which he was a man of sober and temperate habits and much respected in the community where he had so long resided. —The other day on Front street, To- ronto, a buteher was driving a herd of cattle along when one of the oxen, be- coming playful, made a jump for a sleigh which was passing, driven by a young man. The -animal in jumping be- came entangled between the horse and fileigh—his legs extending over .on each' side -of the shafts. Not being used to his position he set up a hideous nellow- i g, when the horse dashed off' at a rious rate. The driver, however, held n to his steed, and succeeded in hauling im up, when he was taken outs of the hafts, and the ox rolled out. - —James Murray, a member of the eternity of Licensed Victuallers of To- nto, was charged on Thursday at the olice court with unlawfully supplying hquor to a boy under 16 years of age. urray claimed that his wife sold the I quer, and that he had no knowledge f the sale. A fine, however, was en - red, and the technical point will be decided at Osgoode Hall, whither Mur- ray has appealed the case. A Winnipeg despatch says : Mr. Mugh Sutherland has received a cable- gram instructing him to sign a contract f r the construction of the Hudson Bay ad. It is understood that the financial agents of the company in Eng- land have shown such confidence in the enter 'rise that they have agreed to ad- vance the preliminary expenses for float- ing the scheme, some L12,000 sterline, recouping themselves out of the sale ol'f the—About forty citizens of TL•onto bonds. were summoned before the Police Mag- istrate last Friday for not comeying with the city by-law with regard o the cleaning of snow from the side*alks. Some of the excuses given were laugh- able to hear. The magistrate took a lenient view of the cases, but about fif- teen people were called upon to pay the sum of $3.85 for this neglect besides losing a whole forenoon in attendance at the Court. —On Tuesday, lst inst., the yoengest daughter of Mrs. John Heatley, of,Dela- ware, county of Middlesex, a girl 14 years of age, died of dyspepsia, and on the following Monday two boys of the -same family, one about 12 and the other 16 years old died of the same disease. It is also reported that the eldest daugh- ter, a young lady about 22 years of age, is so ill of the same disease that her re- covery is extremely doubtful. —A serious accident occurred the other aight at a toboggan slide in Toronto. A Young man going down the slide having On his toboggan three young ladies, did not observe until tem late that the gate at the bottom of the slide was shut. The toboggan crashed against the gate and the octimpants were thrown against the woodwork. Miss Blow's skull is believed to be fractured, and the other two ladies are bldly cut and bruised. The young ma,n escaped with a' bruised —Scott, the Winnipeg forger, was ar- rested at New Laredo, Mexico, Friday On a telegraphic order from the eity of Mexico. An order was granted as an act of courtesy, on the request of the pominion Government, that the Mexi- ean Government should permit Scott to be taken- to the United States, where he would be subject to extradition. An fficer left the city of Mexico with the eecessary papers. Scott has secured eounsel, and will contest the matter. —While getting on board a Canada Pacific train at Parkdale, Toronto, en route to Ottawa on Wednesday night, ast week, Mr. A. P. Macdonald, con- tractor, was jostled by tweet -len, who rob- bed him of a pocketbook containing $70 in money and some valuable papers. As he was getting on board the cars a man came behind him ostensibly to help him up the steps, while another blocked his *ay by pretending to be anxious to get down. Soon after the train -started Mr. acdonald discovered that his pocket- book was gone. —Last Friday morning the ther- mometer in the Toronto Observatory recorded 23 0 below zero. This is the aoldest known in February in 30 years. 1The five next coldest days on record within that time are 20.8.°. below in 116 below in 1875. In 1855 the ther- mometer reached 25.4 ° below zero in February, the coldest reached in that month as far back as the records go. The coldest day ever recorded. in -To- ronto was January 10th, 1859, when the thermometer reached 26.5 ° . —The financial experience of the com- mittee for the memorial to the Hon. George Brown is no less gratifying than !rare. At a meeting of the committee held in Toronto on Friday the Treasurer reported a. balance in hand of upwards of $1,100, after defraying all expenses conneeted with the erection of the fine statue which now adorns the Queen's Park. After mature consideration it was unamimously resolved to appropri- ate out of the surplus on hand the sum of $1,000 to found a sciholarship in Uni- versity College, to ape 'called " The George Brown Scholarship, to be annual- ly awared to the - most distinguished student in the department of history and Modern languages. I —On the 12th of January Mr. and Mrs. Peter Currie, old residenta of the township of East Williams, Middlesex ounty, invited a largo company of their Hands to spend the' day with them at heir residerice, an keep Old New ear's day, and also t the same time to elebrate the 67th a niversary of their arriage. Speeches ere given by their r. Neil MeTaggarti, and Mr. Daniel oore, merchant of Springbank. Mr. urrie is nearly 90 years of age and is uite feeble, but Mrs. Currie is compare- ively lively, and takes great delight in ening the old stories of life at home in e other day a young man named aeorge Grieve, had the misfortune to ave one of his hands terribly smashed n a cutting box, while at work for Mr. dam Armstrong, 7th concession; Mc- aillivray. It appears he had the ma- hine running at a rapid rate, and acci- entally allowed his hand to follow the odder he was cutting a little too far, so hat the cog -like rolle7, which force the traw under the knive maught his fingers nd before the fly -wheel could be stop- 401.50 a Year, in Advance. ped his whole hend was drawn in and mangled to a shapele,ss pulp. He was at once taken to the house and a doctor sent for, who found it necessary to am- petate the hand near the wrist. Young Grieve,who is a hard-working exemplary - lad of about 18,years, has the sympathy of all in his affliction. . —A serious " bobbing accident took place on the Broadway hill, Paris, the other night. A large party started down on a double sleigh under...the direction of an inexperienced pilot. The ropes got entangled through some mite management, and the sleigh struck in front of Mr. Powell's residence, at the corner of William and Broadway streets, with tremendous force, preciRitating the occupants -headlong into the barb wire, and forcing fence and all down into the garden, which is some six feet lower than the road. There were nearly a dozen young people on the sleigh at the time, nearly all of whom were cut and. torn in some way, but Miss Lizzie Buck- ley received the most_ severe injuries, the, barb wire inflicting several very painful weunds, necessitating a doctor's attention. She is recovering. —Mr. John Moulton, a farmer resid- ing near Forest, had an unpleasant experience with a tramp the other day. The tramp came to the door and said he was hungry and cold. He was taken in and fed and warmed. In return for this kindness he commenced a very unseemly conversation and uttered several oaths. Mr. Moulton told, him at once to leave the premises, as talk of that kind would not be tolerated there. The tramp moved off and Mr. Moulton went to attend to his work in the stable. Finding that the proprietor had left the house the tramp came out from his, hiding place, and entering the hi:Wise commenc- ed swearing at the women, and drawing a large butcher knife threatened to use it upon them.. Mr. Moulton, happening to return from the barmseized the tramp, took away the knife and sent for a con- stable, who handcuffed the ruffian and took.him to London, where he was lock- ed up. —Andy Denholm, publisher of the OxIord Standard, a new paper recently started in Womistock, contributed one of the first locels for his paper himself. While in the 'office he noticed that a counter shaft 'erected just previously required oiling; and no one else being near• Mr. Denholm climbed up on the power press and attended to the matter himself. He then turned round and jumped to the floor, but not noticing a gas burner. On this he struck, tear- ing both eyelide, just missing the eye ball, and the edge of the frontal bone catching on the burner with such force as to bend it double. One of those at hand immediately summoned Dr. Rice, who was on hand ere Mr. Denholm had recovered • consciousneas. The doctor stitehed the torn eyelids together, and the sufferer was taken over to the hotel where he was. boarding. lie is now rapidly recovering. —The town of Belleville has suffered great loss fr im floods during the past few weeks. An Immense volume of water continues pouring in from the neighboring river Moira, and has damag- ed property in the city until the loss is now estimated at $1,000,000. What was recently one ,af the most prosperous, cities in the Dominion is now, to a large extent, laid waste by the flood. Many beautiful buildings are damaged beyond repair. There, were many instances of intense suffering throughout the long and tedious hours last Friday night. The thermometer indicated 33r below zero. In the !city the woodyards were— flooded, and could not be entered. This caused great suffering, as poor people consume soft wood altogether, and rely upon these weodyards for their supply. Factories have had to close, and work- men have been discharged who are now dependent on public charity. Large and valuable buildings on the principal streets have been undermined and the occupants have had to move for fear the buildings would collapse. The only ho of relief is milder weather. --The firm' of Robinson & Boag, of the Wingham foundry, has beea dis- solved, and the business will be carried on by R. M. Robinson. —The annual Meeting of the South Huron County Orange Lodge was held in Exeter on Tuesday of last week, and was well attended, over one hundred delegates being present from different parte of the county. The annual reports of the County Master and County See- retary showed the order to have made good and subs ntial progress during the fa past year. T ere are now thirty lodges in the county located in the following six •, Stanley, five ; Biddulph, thirteen. crease in mem ership, and mostly all the Each of thesedistricts reported an in - lodges to be ia goocl financial position.. A resolution was unanimously carried commending the government in the noble stand taken by them in carrying out the death' sentence on Louis laid. The sum of $20 was granted to assist v. Bro. Chiniquy in carrying on his noble work. 13fie Treasurer's report sub- mitted showe the finance of the county lodge to be ' a healthy condition, a large surplus eing on band. The fol- lowing are the officers elected for the en- suing year : W. C. M., Bro. Jonn Scar - Cooper Clinton ; D. of C., Bro. J. Pol- A. M. Todd, Clinton. It was decided to hold the next annual county meeting in Exeter. It was also decided ta hold the parade on the coming 12th of July in Exeter. After the routine business was gone through with Rev. Bro. Broley gave a very aPpropriate address on the principles of the order. The meet- ing was the , Most successful held for many years.