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Cheap Clearing Sale
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Pfaff is in a
returned from
)out two weeks
erything that
rf, but her dis,-
it, seems to be
on her,. and
for her but to
caching I fate.
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1zen, Mr. Noah
iition of book -
of East
teit to his pane
trid bride are
on in this vil-
4lown to the
lied life. We
; to be in Ford-
crosh.
at services' were
iver's church to
Itev. Mr. Cafe
iueta them. --it
.. McShannocki
some time ages
as soon as he
He is not fays
the northern
rsom and wife,
LO visiting old
e..—Mr James
names
3. wood bee on
1 attended. Se
.ht.—Mr. Geo.
t extended tour
tions in Brant-
nv nights ago
A a large come
,rris and Wawa -
he " Highland- '
die Thistle Islet,
at the council
F
J. Taylor was
the townships
learn that. Miss
of Mrs. Wien
state ahealtilo
pertained of her
Irnfohn Olson*
er, af the towne
y, has sold his
knirew Kipfer
em Mr. Menne
near his place.
this farm near,
and is going to
;very success-.
fast week ag
as attempting
'. father's horses
her,. strikint
,fracturing the
tween- the knee
deo cat about
[ea/ . treatment*
on nicety, and
ug face around
rienry Dowson
p the other day.
horse through
nanageable, and
er and dragging,
let go the lineS,
s rate as far an
aed in, evident -
Le to wait unfit -
ip. His- move -
&quite so lively
e. There waw
tirs. Desiardino
tn-} acres to Mr.
ir. Reitb has. bel
ie Goshen Line,
e Bronson Line:
4e, North ToWU
ie has one-half
rte, and he in 1
f it next weeks
Rake about the
C. auction if not.
ere is any 01_0 -
will sell hun
nt, as he is not,
-keeps, There
beantif al spring
good chance for
MAIN StREET, SEAFORTH,
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We are now holding a Great Clea ing
Sale in every line of goeds, which are
offeling at a great sacrifice. Call and
see the bargains.
The goods are all new,being bet ght
for this fall and winter trade.
In Dress Goods we never had an h
choice variety of fabrics.
In Mantle and Ulster Cloths, allthe
new novelties.
Ladies', Wsses' and Chlldren's J ck-
ets, Boy's Overcoats and Suits.
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Ladies', Gents, Boy's and Child. n's
Underclothing—all in large assortments.
Letter from tdmonton, North-
west Territory
EDMONTON, February nth, 188e.
To the Editor of THE nu ON V.,,XPOSITOR.
DEAR SIR,—I trust : you will anew
the "01(1 and original"printer's d Ivil
of THE EXPOSITOR th privilege of rep y-
ing to a letter ove • the signature of
"Observer," which first appeared in tlie
Goderieh Signal, but vvhieh you srep o
cluced in your issue of the 22nd of Ja u-
ary, as it contains not only gross is -
statements, but th general tenor of
svhich is insulting he the extreme tohe
people of this town and district. he
correspondent seems to have balanced as
all morally, intellectually and fina ci-
ally, in his big mind; and found us sa ly
wanting, he, hitnseif, evidently belig
the only creature approaching to any-
thing likes his ideal of the true ge
homo. Even that "higher circle"
which he speaks, and in which he, v
reluctantly it must he, mingles, wo
seem to be " wholly mentionless."
may be that they have not been so
tioular in the choice of their frie
of late as they should have been,
they generally give a kindly welcome
the stranger, and when they find
stran'
ger wanting as they have inl
case—when they find him abusing tl
in return for their kindness—they g
erally give the cold shoulder. You .
the people of this country are somew.
of a democratic tarn ; one man is
good as another here so long as he
of
ry
ld
It
ar-
ds
ut
to
he
lis
em
ee,
tat
as
be -
ies' IVEssesur
haves himself. - It is no use expecting to
Ladand 7 Fur Caps, F
be worshipped as "Observer' has possibly
Capes, Fur Sets and Fur Trimmings--
- found out. As for " the boys," and we
evtra value. would seem to be all " boys," aeord'ng
-to him, I can say this -for them, teat
they are just as fine a lot of fellows as
you can find anywhere. They are Inot
"drunkards and soaks; and bumniers
and bloaks." The boys of this town Iare
comparatively harmless, and there is •
not one of them who will insult a gentle-
man, much less a lady, and I hurl back
in the peeth of " Observer " his cowardly
and unwaranted inhmation. We .are
not on the railway here, nor on ithe
borders and consequently our popula-
tion does not contain any of the a,st
element now so coramon in those pla; es.
As to the average Edmontonion's ide of
a day's work, I may state that it ' vas
not by idlers this district was opene up
and settled, and that if it had depended
on men showing as crude an idea of what
a day's work means as "Observer,"
there would be very little evidence of
civilization here to -day. As to whether
the "real live poet ' we possess, and
at whom " Observer " sneers, will yet
produce a great epic poem or not, 1 can-
not say, but if he should think of d ing
so and would do 111Q the honor of al ow-
ing me to 'select the subject, 1 w uld
suggest " The beleagured dude, Mc-
Donald, aw, did Ye see the caws."
en's and Bay's Fur Caps, Cloth
Caps, Plush Caps, Knit Caps, etc, in
large stacks.
Tweeds, Flnnels, Shirtings, C9ttons,
Cantons, Cretonnes, in fact all kinds of
goods hilly azsorted, and all 'will be
sold regardless of cost.
Come alma and getprices.
We have a very large line of Velvets
and Flushes, which we are offering ex-
tra inducements in?
Inspection invited at the
Cheap -Cash Store
----OF
HOFFMAN BRO.,
SEAFORTH.
Agents for R Battericles Reliable
Patferas.
__A McGillivray correspondent sy s :
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Mr. B. Pil, at One tim a resident of
Eat Williams, bought(a farm on 1 the
nth conceseism of McGillivray, pear
Prkhill, last year, and has already
made great improvements in the general
appearance of the farm, and has refitted
the house so that it presents the a,pear-
ance of a new building. He has also a
nuniber of heavy draught horses which
ikre a, credit to him, and from the sale
of which he expects to realize handsome
figures.
—The ice mount in front �f the
American falls wasthescene of a tragedy
last Sunday afternoon. A well dressed
micldle aged man af very respectable ap-
pearance Was seen to take the Prospect
Park Incline Railway, and was next
noticed climbing the highest peak of the
largest ice mound, :a. dangerous point not
frequented by visitors. _Here the man
either fell or threw himself into the
canyon made in the ice by the motion of
the water coming over the falls and was
dashed to death.
--An express tliain was buried in ten
feet of snow from Friday afternoon un-
til Sunday morning, near Trois Pistoles,
Quebec, during the recent storm. 'An-
other was buried in fifteen feet of snow
on Bic Mountain. Erigifies and all
men that could be had from Ste. Fl
to River du Loup Working to blear th
up, but as the storm increased and
drifts swell faster than they ca
shoveled or plowed away, work
had to be suspended till the storm
ver. . . 1
--A sad accident occurred - in
township of Moore on Friday las.
hildren, a son and daughter of
Alesr Hughes' of Enniskillen, were go
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tug to Sarnia, and a passing team loaded
ith logs offered theme ride, which they
accepted.- Before they had proceeded
far the sleigh broke down, and the
horses toot fright and ran away, upset-
the-, the load. The little gill, aged 7
in-
lowt
the
vio
ngs
the
be
has
was
the
WO
Mir.
years, died from the effects of the
juries and the little boy is in a very
co udition. .
A singular and painful accident h
pened one day last fall to one Tho
&p-
ines
Andersone a wll-to-do farmer, of Green
gusheaaear Pictona Mr. Anderson Has
just starting todrive to Beton whenhis
horse became unmanageable and ran •
away, throwing Mte Anderson' �utj on
hie head andeshordders and causing sieia
injuries as affected his hearing and en -
1 write, Mr. Editor, .. over my own
signature, because I wish to put •on re-
cord niy protest against the scurui ous
and unfounded assertions of " Oh -
server." I have travelled muchin the.
Northwest, I have met many people,
and I must say this for the people of
this district, that they, metis included,
are nothing behind their fellow -citizens
in other parts of the country in intelli
gence- and respectability. It is only
ducleS who are out of their clement here.
I will, with youe prmission, give you a
description of this district in the near
future, my only °bleat in this letter be-
ing to reply to " Observer's" abuse . of
the people of Edmonton, of which place
I have been an len ible citizen - for the
past two years, a I do not -wish the
people of Seaforth to think that former
citizens of that place who reside here are
so " unenlightenedl" and so hopeleitly
abandoned as not to .be fit to 'associate
with " Observer. -. Yours truly,
HENRY T. McPuILLT PS.
Whitewood 1 and Vicinity.
WiI1TEWOOD, Assiniboia
February 1th, 1886.
DEAFEXPOSITOR,—Knowing that the
ecolumns of your estimable paper
always open to correspondents,
,.
and
especially from this great Northwest,
you will excuse this first attemp at
penning a few sketches of our town and
county. In the first place allow Inc to
state that there are no more welcome
visitors to our family than THE EXI OSE
TOR. Friends will forget to write,J but
your paper is sure to come weekly, ver-
. flowing with news from our old cou
of which we all feel proud. Then your
editorials are so racy. When anything
pertaining to public good comes up for
;discussion you are not afraid to take the
part of right untrammelled- by party.
We also take a pride in 'pointing out to
those who think that because there has
been a large emigration from Huron that
it Must be a poor place, the. high Prices
paid for horses, cattle, sheep and 1 ogs,
proving that it is an. Al county in tock
raising, but I am diverging from my
subject.
I- • iViiitewood is sivated about 250 miles
west of WinnipegeP
on the Canada • eitic
Railway, and is surrounded by as fit1e an
agricultural country as there is ii the
Northwest. For twelve miles north te the
great Qu'Appelle Valley, and nine south
to the Firestone Valley, is what might
justly be termed the park district, with
its bluffs, meadows and lakes, making it
dared him perfectly deaf. With all It.he a desirable place for mixed farming,
medical skill that could be procured he whileto the north and south of those
has never heard a sound since. He is, .twostreams lies a vast open open prairib
quite well otherwise and received no destined to be one of the best drain-
( ahcr injury.
.1
St. Valentine's dayfell on a
da'; the Quen's birthday comes
Monday ; St. Patrick's day on Wed
day ; April fool day and Dominion
growing districts he this Free ince.
un- And had it net been for . the
timely- frost of last fall- there
have been a vast amount of wheat
• ped from this point„As it. is, a
011
es -
ay
on Thursday : and Christmas on Satur-
day. Lent begins March 10th, and
Eastor Sunday will be on 1
the ' 5th
of April. There will be two eclip es,
both of the sun—one March 5th; this
will be a total, or as near a total eel pse
as the MOOR can make in passiug be-
tween the sun and the earth. The sected
will Le a partial eelipse, occuring Au crust
2kie
•
un-
ould
ship
large
portion of it will be fed at home 1 -hich
pays better than selling at 20 ce ts a
t
bushel. The presystem of systeof gr ding.
wheat is a great curse th the countr , and
has a tendency to lower the sample of
our wheat. For instance; I may have
wheat which will not dress- better than
a poor No. 2 and my neighbors will
scarcely make a No, 1. We botlt get
the
e
the same price although his ma,y be
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5186.
worth from nine to ten cents more than
mine and coasequently his goes to
market poorly cleaned, and until we can
get a system, such as is in vogue in
Ontario, of each man getting just what
his wheat is Worth our grain -will go to
market in bad condition. What we feel
most in want of at present is a good
mill so that we can have our own wheat
made into flour. There is a very large
consumption of flour in this district it
being all well settled for. many miles
with a good thrifty class of people from
Ontario, England and Nova Scotia, and
if some enterprising party were to come
along and talk mill to the people just
now he would -get a handsome support,
both in caeh and wheat, as all are agreed
that a mill ,we must have for another
season and acpording to the feeling ma,n-
ifested at a meetingheld heron the
10th inst., to talk of ways andmeans,
any one would' feel confident that a
rnill we will have. • We have ell othertrades
pretty well represented, having three
good general stores, two hotels, two
churches and a third talked of, two lum-
ber yard, four carpentersea postoffice,
a blacksmith, a butcher, a harness shop,
and a -good opening for a good live man
in the boot and shoe business. We also
have a private school, two magistrates,.
and a representative to the Northwest
Cuncil. f
We are just now forming ourselves
into a Municipality called the munici-
pality of Whitewood. Schools are
springini up all around us, the Noth-
west Coaneil having granted a very
liberal siipport for the advancement of
education, and if we are . blessed
with a good harvest next teasen it will
give us a fresh imPetus and times
will booth again, although the past two
years will no doubt have taught Us a
good leseon not to- go too fast, for this is
a fal country. Just think of it, a man
with only twenty-five or thirty acres of
grain and would not face it without a
self -binder. Too much machinery was
likely to prove a curse instead of a bless-
ing to a good many, but a word to the
wise is sufficiet, "don't count your
chickens before they are hatched."
Hoping,! Mr. Editor, that 'I have not
trespassed too far in asking you to give
space in your columns to this, I am,
Yours Truly,
A FORMER SEAFORTHITE.
The Huron Police Magistrate.
Tb the Editor of Tim HURON EXPOSITOR.
DEAR Stn.—Now that the question of
the appointment of a Police Magistrate
for the county of Huron has been settled,
and as my name has been very pronii-
nent before the public as an applicant
for that position, and as I have been
misrepresented in the matter by the
Atti;Scott Act party, I would like with
your perrniseion to give the friends of
the Act, and those opposed to it, a true
statement of the case as far as lam con-
cerned. -Li the first place let ±me say
that I never sought the position. .Early
last April there was a convention of
temperance friends held in Clinton, to
discuss matters in the interests of tem-
perance; and to decide on the best means
Of enforcing the Scott Act when it came
into force. . The opinion was almOst un-
animous at that meeting that if we were
to have the Act properly enforced it
was absolutely necessary that we have a
Police Magistrate appointed for the
county, as provided for in the statutes
of Ontario, 188, without salary, and
my name was the only one brought be-
fore that meeting for the position, and a
resolution was passed without opposi-
tion; instructing the Executive Com-
mittee to take the necemary steps at
once to secure the appointment. The.
• Committee interviewed the Government
on the matter, and were told that they
Iritist go to the County Council, as 'ap-
pointments must come through that
body. Well; they reluctantly went there
and got the County Council to pass a
resolution in.. favor of the principle,
which would entitle the appointee to a
salary. The Warden refused to forward
the resolution. A certified copy was
proured, aud a deputation waited on
the Government and urged them to make
the appointment, but they declined.
Another convention was called, and held
in the town of Clinton. In the mean-
time the Committee hadendeavoured to
enforce the Act, and the report, as read
at that meeting by the Secretary, was to
the effect that he had been unable to get
magistrates' to take cases, and that un-
less we got a Police Magistrate aretoint•
ed the Act was going to be useless, as
many of the magistrates were afraid to
take cases, as they had been threatened
anonymously by the enemies of the Act.
Aresolution was passed unanimously at
that meeting urging the Government to
inake the appointment of a Police Ma-
gistrate without -salary, and another
reolution snits passed unanimously by a
standing vote; that John Beattie be the
person appointed to the positions and
that petitions be eirculaned and for-
warded tee the Government immediately.
Well, I believe that 2,470 persons asked
te Government to make the appoint-
ment, and two out of the three members
for the county, wrote to the Government
asking them to appoint John Beattie
Police Magistrate, and a number of
private persons I am told, wrote to the
same effect, and the,. County Council
passed e resolution t� the same effect,
asking them to make the appointment as
askedforby the temperance people. It
will be asked whatI was doing all this
time. When the Committee decided to
recommend me for the position, I wrote
to the head of the Government, and the
three members for the county, telling
them: what the temperance friends had
done, and that I had agreed to accept,
if appointed, and I stated to them that
if, after this matter was brought before
them, they thought I was fit for the
position, I asked theireupport. That is
all I ever did in the matter. I never
spoke to a man in the county of Heron
for his support. There was nothing in
the position to make a person anxious'
for it that I know of.
-There is not, that I am aware
of, a precedent or the conduct
of the Government in this mat-
ter, where any man was so strongly r
cominended for a poeition and did not
receive it, especially a, supporter of that
Government. Bat they have taken the
responsibility of refuting the wish of the
people, and it -hs eken them nearly
ten months to do that t and during nine
months of that time, the law has beep
set at defiance, and on account of the
dilly-dallying policy Of the Government
in the matter, the Mt is almost a farce
in the county of Hurbn.
The reason assignekl for the course of
the Government is the danger of putting
so much power in the hands of a lay-
man who has net had legal training.
There is not muoli consistency in this
excuse, as this same Government have
appointed laymen pence magistrates in
several places in the Province. I might
well say in this matter, save me from
my friends—politically:
I now wish .to thitek my temperance
friends,in the county of Huron for their
expression of opinioh of my fitness for
the position of police magistrate, and I
hope I will never, by any act of mine;
forfeit their high opinion of me, and
by the grace of God I will endeavor to
stand up on all vecisions in my power
for temperance and th' right.
JOHN BEATTIE.
Seaforth, Feb. 24th, 186.
• P. S—I know, personally, that Mr.
Scott, who has beete appointed, did not
want the position, and did not agree to
accept until waited upon by a member
of the Government, who urged him to
accept, giving as a teason that the Gov-
ermnent could not be got to agree on
my appointment. J. B.
Michigan Military Academy.
OltellARD LAKI, Michigan, February 23rd, 1886.
DEAR EXPOSITOR—I have now been
some time across the border, in "the
States," and perhaps a brief description
�f mysurroundings will not be entirely
nninteresting to your readers. The
State Military Academy of Michigan is
about twenty-five miles northwest of
Detroit, amidst the numerous small lakes
that add so much to the beauty and
attractiveness of this, the peninsular
• state's most charming part. Being four
miles from the nearest town, the Acade-
my must be a tOwn to itself, and so it is ;
railway station, pdstoffice, tailor shops
. etc., are at hand, connected with the in-
stitution.
•. During the minter months there is
little here but the life and business of
the school itself • but in the fall and
• spring this is the'.Mecca of many tour-
ists and campers. .Let me relate to you
the day's routine: At six o'clock the
bugle sounds reveille, and all ' arise;
after several intermediate ceremonies the
cadets—as the students are called—
breakfast, and. at 8 a. m. recitations
begin; they ate eonducted for three
hours ; then ccirneJ the drill hour, follow-
ed by dinner, then recitations and study
for three hours more ; then drill one hour,
recreation and super, and at last three
hours.of study; until 10 p. m., when the
bugle sounds tap, and sleep reigns su-
preme until the merning sun,
Everything moves methodically, being
conducted with the strictest military
discipline. In tun each of the higher
cadet officers assume the position of
" Officer of the day," together with the
attendant duties as designated by mili-
tary usage. The educational interests,
of the school ate guided by a faculty of
nine member, each one having his
speciality. Military drill and discipline
certainly seem safe in the hands of Col.
Rogers, the superintendent, a veteran of
the war of '61-65, assisted by Lieutenant
Strong, detailed from the United States
army by the national government as
commandant and instructor in military
science.
The aim of the institution is to thor-
oughly fit yming men for college or for
business, giving them, at the same time,
sound and systeinatic physical training,
for a sound mind needs a sound body.
That the regular military elfin well
serves its purpose can be demisted by no
intelligent observer. One need only
compare the physique of the recruit with
that of the "old boy or graduate, to
perceive the benefit to the youth of in-
telligent bodily clture. .
I will not take up your space to dis
cuss or describe the drilland military
evolutions at length, but suffice it to say
that the methods are those of the regular
army of the United States, enforced by
skilled officers, and the work performed
has so far gained the approval of the
State and national government, that the
Academy receives for- its • graduates
commissions from, the farmer, and from
the latter a detail of both army and
naval Officers, benides small arms and a
' battery. The corps,' consisting of one
-hundred and twenty cadets, is divided
-into four companies, and includes in its
ranks youths froin all quarters of the
United Staten fiorn , Maine to Oregon,
and from Wisconiin to Texas, besides a
number from the Dominion and South
America. Allow me to express my ap-
preciation of Tan EXPOSITOR and wish
that its shadow May never grow les.-
Respectfully,
WILLIAM SFIERs,
- Formerly of MOrris, Huron County. •
majority of the cars were loaded with
sundries. The train left the rails, it is
believen, owing to Vie thick frost suc-
ceeding, the l lengthy thaw and rain
covering the toad with ice.
Canada.
Canada lost $1,568,28 and 09 lives
in marine cainalties last year. I
—The total increase in the Domin-
ion's convict population last year was
73-
-Hon. Peter Gow, sheriff of Welling-
ton, died at ttuelph on Wednesday last
week. . 1
—Mrs. Letiage, of Montreal, is report-
ed to have fallen heir to a fortune of
$10,000,000 in India.
—Confidence men relieved Mr. John
Cameron, of Ottawa, of $140 on the
Grand Trunls Railway near Windsor.
—The viten statistics for the city of
February, were: • Births,
s, 23 ; deaths, 29.
1 has a gambling hell on
patronized by fashionable
and prominent citizens.
• —Monday, September 27, has been
decided upon as the opening day of the
London Wedtern Fair.
—A citizeii of Kingston on Saturday
received eight $2 counterfeit Dominion
notes at the bank. They were returned.
—Mr. John Logan has sold his farm,
near Arkona, consisting of 50 acres, to
Mr. Smith, of Parkhill, for $4,000.
• —Mr. Adam Dysdale, for52 years
an honored and respected resident of
Montreal, died on, Friday at khe age of
79 years.
London for
36; marriag
—Montre
Craig street
•
—A smashuis oecurred on the Grand
Trunk Beilwity last •;Friday morning
near Elora, which will entail a loss to
the company; of $30,000. A freight
train and eleven cats left the track
within a few yak& of an _iron bridge
spanning the Grand River between Elora
and Fergus. The train rushed sideways
down an embnnktnent about fifteen feet
high. The engine went over on its side,
and the coal from the tender poured
over the wreck, burping the engmeer,
fireman and another man. The conduc-
tor's car did not leave the track. The Hudson Bay. Company for 'Oases wil
conductor wag obliged to dig out the amount to nearly $1,000,060. Then
three men from the wreck, and was there are pensions to disabled volunteer,
overjoyed to find them unhurt. The so that the aggregate cost to the countify
—Prof. J. W. Teaverner, formerly
lecturer in elocution in Queen's College,
died suddenly of yellow fever in Jamaica
a few weeks ago.
—A magnificent mastiff dog, "Bis-
marck," belonging to Mr. D. Cameron,
Lucknow, Was last week . administered
poison by s4 -ie fiend, and. died.
—The number of letters delivered by
local carriers in Torobto, last week, was
178,590 letters, of which 6,081 were re-
, •
iistered an057 newspapers.
—Mr. S. &Imes; who was married only
three weeks ago, was taken with small-
pox at Smith's Falls, the other day, and
died. •
—Two daughters of Mr. John Chapple,
Dresden, are reported to have been left
$250,000 eaCh by an uncle wile died a
short time ago in England.
—A lima named John Ellis, has
been arrested in the town of Niagara
011
on suspicion of having been concerned
in the Allatiburg tragedy.
—Henry W. Hyde, formerly of Sarnia,
and a son of the late Captain Hyde, was
drowned in Barnaby Lake, British Col-
umbia, recently.
—Miss Bowes, of Milton, Provincial
organizer of the Wornens Christian Tem-
perance 'Unon, lectured in the city hall,'
Lonclon,the other night, on "The Power
of Littles," before a good audience.
—As soop as the weather moderates
the Bell T lephone Company expect to
extend line from Guelph to Walkerton,
Listowel to Hanover and from Listowel
to Wi ngb tub. •
ISicrnEAN 8R0S. , Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in. Advance.
Of the late
short of $10,
to the vcdunteers who served
Northwest r bellion, totals about
acres.
—His Excellency the Gave=
eral and Lady Lansdowne, held
liant recept onin.the Senate cha
Saturday ev ning. The extreme cold
interfere sbn ewhat with the attendance
and the pleasure of the occasion • Lady
Lansdowne wore mourning.
—The other night in Toronto l young
girl named Ella Hearn, fell don stairs
with a lighted lamp in her hand, which
exploded. The flame ignited her clothing,
and before the flames were smothered
shewas terribly burned, but it is thought
not fatally.
—The v
Smellie, of rergus, recently me with a
severe scald by the accidental upsetting
of a can of boiling water on his foot.
His numerous friends will be glad to
learn that bp is recovering from the acci-
dent, though as yet unable to attend to
his duties.
insurrection will pot fall
000 000. The land granted
in the
340,000
or -Gen-
a bril
miler on
—Wltee Hastie, ,a well-known resi-
dent of Brampton, Was robbed of $15Q
and a watch in a• lane off Bay street;
Torento, on Saturday night lan, while
intoxicatedi
' —The other day a cow belonging te
Mr. J. IL McDonell, of the 5th c0114
cession of Cornwall, save birth to a calf
with two heads. The calf is alive an
doing well.
—While John Hamilton, in' the em
ploy of Peter McLaren, Perth, *as feed
ing ar circular saw the other daY, a stic
of wood flew in pieces disembowel
ling him on the spot. He leaVes a wif
and family
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—Isaac Leek, one/ of the most prom
nnent and well-tonlo colored men o
South Esse, died at his farm residence
about four I miles from Harrow, a fe
days ago, after a Very short illness, o
typhoid fever.
—After a big fight the congregation
of Dumfries Street Presbyterian Church
Paris,has decided to place an organ inth
building. Already subscriptions for *
purpose amounting to $1,000 have been
secured. •
—Rev. Jemes Sieveright, Huntsville
Muskoka, has lately given nine lecture
in various / towns in the central an
eastern parts of the Province in aid
the manse fund. He has met with kind-
ly receptions everywhere. 1
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—A train of sixteen cars loaded witii
raw silk, en route from San Frandisch
to New York, passed througb St. Thoni
as Wednesday last week, via the Michi-
gan Central. The value of the shipme 't
is over $1,00,000.
—Captain Gilroy, the female leader 4f
the Salvation Army in London, has bee
given leave to take a few weeks' res
owing to poor health. Captain Outra
of Kingstont, is expected to take char
during her absence.
—Among the exhibits to be isent fro
London to the Colonial and Innian E
1 be the Little Chief Bind
ny Reaper. Both machin s
tured by the Globe Agricu -
s, and have been' 'awarded
berever shown.
ettie Swayze, daughter of
wayze, of Albert Colleg,
as knocked down and se *-
y a runaway team WI SatIl
hibition wi
and the Ma
are manufa
tural Wor
first prizes
—Miss
Professor
Belleville,
ously hurt
day last. 1iIiss Swayze had the brid
of her nose broken and her face bad
cut. •
•--James i'oite went to Hamilton fro
Niagara Fails on Thursday of last wee
and drew S166 from the Bank of Briti
North America on an order from En
land. With the money he went on
spree, and landed penniless in the poli
station.
—It is announced that the paymen
for the rebellion, supplies, transpor
forage and pay of volunteers will a.mo
to over $5,000,000. This is exclusive
the claims for losses during therebelli
by settles and others. The claim of t
a
it
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ierable pastor, R
v. Dr.
—The centenary of the foundation of
Presbyterianism in Montreal will be
celebrated there by.all the congregations
of that denomination this month. The
general celebration Will be inaugurated
on Thursday evening, March llth, in
the David Morice Hall, and subseuent-
ly there will be services in the churches.
—A veterinary surgeon of Terrebonne,
whose marriage to a young lady fell
through within a fortnight of the date
fixed for the happy event, owing to the
lady's brother and her guardi
ing their cionsent, has conune
action agaiinst the letter- to
$1,300 spent in purchasing a
and wedding presents.
—Montreal experienced the worst
storm of the winter on Saturday last.
all day,
eral de -
over the
refus-
ced an
recover
trouseau
A strong nOrthwest wind blew
and the th rneometer kept se
grees belo zero. Business al
city was seriously impeded. Ijot much
snow fell. East of Montreal tie snow-
fall was the heaviest in 12 year.
—On Sanday afternoon the Rev.
Father Taboret, President of the Ottawa
College, died suddenly of heart disease.
The facultwere seated at dm
lel y after the noon hour, when t
occurred. He was 58 years
was a native of France. He
pointed president of the colleg
—Saturd y morning the b
er short -
e seizure
old, and
dwiyna elo8f a5P3a.-
man, aged 23, named Jacob enophy,
was found frozen stiff, lying on the road
near Morrisburg. From the aPpearance
of his clothing, foul play is snspected.
He left home in company with another
young man. When found his hat and
overcoat were missing.
—Dr. Carson, one of the best-known
and oldest physicians in Cleveland, and
a Canadiala by birth, and a graduate of
Queen's Colege, Kingston, was accident-
ally poisoned in a drug store in Cleve-
land a fe-
preparation
liquor, whi
appearance
—Thos. Shannon, a young farmer,
while drivi ig home last Satur
near Zurbu ken's corners, a
New Hamburg, was approache
men in a eater. After passi
d out and pulled
tter, gagging him,
of over 400 in five and ten-
nventiop of Canadian bee-
eld in 'Brantford from the
26th ult., was ver Y success-
nterest i being taken in the
by those present. I Between
fty gentlemen prominently
connected with the industry attended
the meetin.
—The open seasons for fishing in the
waters of
trout and
November
December
or river tr ut, from May 1st to Septem-
ber 15th ; lack basis, pickerel, and mus-
calonge, fiom May 15th to Ail 15th;
m April let to Sept mber lst.
right, formerly c ief clerk
n Office, at Winnipeg, and
t few months Indian agent at
has been committed for trial
ing $2,023 81. The prisoner
confession of his guilt, and
nseLto defend hin. Unfor-
bling is ;said to hav been the
s deficiency.
ious fire occurred at Port
Perry lastl Sunday' morning, de8troying
several of the best public buildings in
the town. Port Perry has been extreme-
ly unfortu ate, as it has been 'visited by
two great jfires previous to this one dur-
ing the 1 t two years. About the same
time a fir broke out in Orilla, which,
however, as confined to the lui1ding in.
which it s rted.
—An aed resident, Mr. n ctot Me-
nship of
ieh place
g been a
e of
this
ninhe
Scotland,
in 1796, and came to Canada ib the year
1828. He was a staunch Reformer in
politics and a consistent member of the
Baptist church.
days ago. He waT given a
of carbolic acid instead of
h it resembled hcolor and
and died in a few minutes.
them jump
out of his c
his pockets
dollar bill
—The c
keepers, 1
24th to the
ful, great
proceeding
forty and,
ay night,
ile from
by three
g, two of
Shannon
nd rifled
, •
with whom he had eloped were living
Moberly, in the tear of Frontenac
county. Mrs. Smith reahed that place •
on Friday, and saw her husband at a
distance, but early next morning he and
his
mnoiisgtrhebossrho
hacoldi.nadi their escape from
t
—One day lately some members of a
family in Cornwall became suddenly and
unaccountably ill immediately after din-
ner. Medical aid was summoned, an
emetic was administered, end relief soon
followed. It is conjectured that some
pork ham which formed part of the din
ner was poisoned, as the only ones that
ate heartily of it became ill, two of
them so seriously that they fainted
away.
—Quackenbush, an old Wien hunter
from the north shore, is .playing havoc
among the moose and cariboo in the
vicinity of Meldrum bay, Manitodin
Island. Within a very short time he
has killed 23 cariboo and two moose
deer, taking only the head and hide,
ancl leaving the carcase where he kiii
the animal. Some of the settlers should
see to the enforcement of the game
laws.
—Knox church, Guelph, recently
adopted a new plan for electing a bees-
urer and. board of manager.. A full list
of the members was printed. and dis
tributed as balloting papers. These
papers were returned with one name
marked for treasurer and eight for 111111-
agers. The session coented the ballots,
and at an adjourned congregational meet-
ing announced the result, which was in
every way satisfactory.
—The wife of Mr, J. Drennan, of Camp-
benford, near Cobourg, died from blood
poisoning recently. Some weeks ago she
scratched her finger on a wire fastened
on a pail in which she was mixing food
for a eow. A few days, afterward her
hand began to swell, and she came to
the village and consulted a physician.
Some days later erysipelas eet in and.
suppuration followed, and from this
poison was absorbed, and death resulted.
—Delos Hinckley, with his wife and
four children, -who started from Wolfe
Island on February 17th, in a covered.
wagon, for Kansas, arrived at Toronto
on Saturday, and continued the journey
on Monday. The conveyance ie covered
with waterproof canvas, and contains a
stove, cooking uteuils, bedding and all
necessary canvenienees. The party ex-
pect to complete their journey of 1,300
miles by the beginning a April.
—The dawn express on the Northern
railroad struck a farmers team at the
crossing above Thornhill sttion, York
county, Friday evening, and the mail
and smoking cars were thrown from the
track and doenean embankment, where
they took fire and were -consumed. The
mails were saved. The mail clerk was
very seriously injured. Two others
escaped with slight injuries. The news
agent, Wallace, who was making his first
trip, was killed.
—Several parties frem the •country
were roped in by a couple of sharpers
and thimble ringers who visited the
Teeewater fair grounds on Tuesday of
last week, and spread their nets to catch
the unwary. One party from near the
Black Horse, m Kirdoss, lost $20, the
proceeds of the sale: of a young heifer,
and another party from the same direc-
tion, a silver watch, whieh he lately
purchased from Mr. COO for $25, and
several other parties of smaller amonnts.
—An aged and much respected couple,
old residents of Dumfries, passed away
to their long home et their residence in
Ayr, recently. We refer to Mr. and
Mrs. John McNab, sr. The former died
on Satuday, 20th ult., and the latter
on the following Thursday. Both had
passed fourscore. . Mr. McNab was
known as an active, intlligent, public--
spiried man,andhis faithful consort
was the embodiment of a kind, loving,
Christie)] woman.
4An old woman named Bridget Don-
nelly, residing onMayor street, Toronto,
was assaulted in her house the other
evening by a young man who demanded
but was refused her money. He struck
her a terrible blow on the head, but
owing to her -screaming loudly he ran
away without securing 'anything. She
gains a livelihood by peddling pin,
pencils, and other artcles, and is reput-
ed to be wealthy, which latter feet prob
abnled to the attack.
merchants an the principal
business streets in Toronto, have con-
sidered it unsafe for so me time past to
take their eyes off their tills, se preva-
lent has been till -tapping. Detectives
Buirows and Cuddy have been instru-
mental in consigning to prison several
youths who do not take kindly to hard
work, and consequently stole the cash
froin stores on every opportunity, A
great many street ara.bs whose means of
subsistence is a mystery, have also been
arrested as vagrants. .1
n -About 2 o'clock Monday morning,
a fire broke out in the baggage room of
the Canadian Pacific Railway at Winni
peg, and half an hour later the flames
peened beyond the control of the fire-
nien, and completely destroyed the
haridsOme structure. The fire is sup-
posed to have originated from chemicals
or other explosive matter stored. in the
baggage room. The butlding was valued
at $150,000, and the furnishings at
$20,000, nearly all of Which were totally
destroyed. The insurance is $40,000.
A large number of lialpable _papers and
documents were destroyed.
Mr. Jon Campbell, f formerly of Lon-
don, who went to North Carolina, last
summer, has returned to Canada, dire:
gusted with the South, which he says is
nothing compared to What it was before
the war. Business is Stagnant there. is
no 111011ey there, every farm is mort-
gaged, aud the cotton crop i spent be
fore it is planted. 'the negroes will
only work long enough to keep body
and soul together,' and Northern men
are looked on coldly and discouraged.
The Carol11as possess a fine climate,
but there is no enterprise; and the
greater part of the, business people are
anxious to pull up stakes and get mit.
The sotton crop is fine.
ntario are: Salmon (lake)
+He fish, November 10th to
1st; fresh water herring,
1st to October 151h; brook
salmon, fr
In
in the Ind'
for the pa
Battleford
for embez
made a fu
had no co
tunate gar
cause of h
• —A se
Lean, die recently in the to
Mose, Middlesex Comity, w
he had settled in; 1436, hay'
constant resident tip to the ti
death. Mr. 'McLean. was bo
parish of Cowal, Argyleshire
--A despatch ifrom Father Point,
Quebec, op Sunday last says: The snow
storm still continues with furious drifts,
ermome er is now below zero.
fallen continuously for 72
e depth of 41 inches on the
e roads are blocked, and. corn
from house to house is only
snow shoes. The like has
witnessed here.
ovember a man named Smith,
iving near Owen Sound, left
ged 60 and ran away with
another man's wife. The deserted wife
could not believe that her Inisband had
thus suddrly deserted her after having
lived hap ily with her for 26 years, and
came to the conclusion:that he had gone
on a journey and. had died1suddenly,
without having Wt any clue by which
he could be identified. Recently, how-
ever, she heard that he and the Woman
and the t
Snow ha
hours to t
level. T
municatio
possible o
never bee
--Last
aged 59,
his wife,
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