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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-03-26, Page 1Goods a ouse. hams, ngs, nades, • LINES OF 0 0 EAR CRIFI FAU GOODS AND tflt. HaUSE; - ONt have all got gook the only regret we le ladies. Jelowevee r of thera. pupils enrolled sin Stratford Collegiate e average attendance as mailed at theMg. day, which cow [ written legibly and ef Detroit, while [est week, pffrc1Iased horse from Mr. Fiug therefor $175. int of milk taken in cheess- factory dux. 1,027,682 lbs., whck .-beeSe. Eareign Mission spices of Stratfor ncing the past y 4on purposes. Eg. mill at Stratford, (Julien and his part been completed anti Iast week. 'ardeI and W. Col: lased -from Mr. F. a celebrated rnipoit ion„ Duke of Ar- aring show wine 'Friday, 16th April year require evert sura of SI as nig- , nan, of the Mitchell rchased from Mesoit, of Gait, a newand or his mills, whxck En about the first of of Wallace, losta days ago, from i& orSe seemed as 'WelI rul was dead in -Ruppel went to re beinfr- made for* - 'between. North. azid ten players a shlifa lay ten games. Tilt holding the m3tch tely fixed. 'ones shipped a cE towel last week for e et. Theanimal"- and turned ths Lela The price pea d Pounds. istowel, is noir of D. AsIcsDonakii- ..irrrogate Court, is a rapid short- one- of the best in received a thorough is in the art. in-sg firm. of McDon- ce Stratford, hate Mr McPherson • The business in rried on try Itlesso. and, - James Me- . eparation has been erhood of Av-outo, inner. _ Mr. Steven - M air are preparing a Graham and Mr. herns. Mr. John olia Muir, jr' . are -revemetats to their others: vocate says: Mrs, L.t.d Davis a party at try last, prior to hit on .Monday. 116 is one of W. 10 starts out for hini- vitt...5' prayer is that tad compaasy, guard- ry kind, and prove layer, always trust - whose. aid, all are .t,ry. Ccaust held jU U} interestirtg lad reference to the: cries Dickson„ of th, which most of hit ;eorge Dickson afld. of those interesta on the ground that od been unduly lir Neltson, and that be 'of making a will- ot decided that the, by James Dickson .1, and accordin` g _ EIGHTEENTH 'YEAR. WHOLE NUg.BER 953. • SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 26 1886. DicisBAN- BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. -Boots & Shoe., George I Good, Begs to announce the arrival of 'his mammoth stock of Boots and Shoes for spring wear, prom- inent amongst which is the celebrated EAGLE BRAND of Fine Boots and Shoes in Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's sizes. This brand of Boots and Shoe S is now considered to be he kit goods in Canada, as- to style, fit and w 'ar Mg qualities, while the price is With in the re ' ch of all. Every pair *warranted. Owing to the great dullness prevailing thro *-11 the N' inter, we W re able; to place orders for SPRI OODS on much more ath-antageons terms than we 4jve.r did before. The result of this is that we ar ri a position to show our culitomers Much b4ter value than on•any reviou season. I I Hand -mad e Boots & Shops Will be a prominent feature of our stock this 'ices for which will be very the machine made goodi5 of ur aim for this,season is to be the public the largest, ihost stylish, most reliable and cheapest stock of Boots, Shoes and Slippers ever breught into Seaford', and we feel that we have succeeded. , I The production of fourteen of the leading , fac- tories is represented. We have picked out the best lines from these factories, buying only from each what we know to to be reliable goods -and suitable for our trade'. We will sell goods 1. 1 dr -Retal., i f , season, and the p little higher than !ormer seasons. able to offer to thii;- season Wholesale 1 V.Te Invite InepeOtrion. 14AT. AND CAPS As usual. A full stock and new styles, and prices right. The -.Star - Grocery Always to the Vont., Every 'article of best duality. Lake Huron Herrings at lowest prices. GEORGIL SEAFO L4' Agent for -Herby C G 0 I), TH. "max Cattle A Timely Caution. To the Editor of Tux IIIIRQN EXPOSITOR. DEAR Sin, ----As the time will . so at hand for holding the spring she the exhibition of entire horses and animals, I wish to draw the atten all interested to . a very serious griev- ancexhich aCcompaides all exhibitions of this kind. I. refer, to the- overfeeding of 'stick that is ;used for breeding -par- posea.. It is a fact,recognized by all, that it is useless to take an animal into a prize ring that is not loaded with fat. You wish to enter into an equal cbmpe- tition in this respect with others, and what has been the result of this suicidal policy? In the first place, owners of horses must subject their animals to a process of stuffing and doctoring that is most injurious to the animal's health, and which often results fatally.- It is unnecessary to produce evidence to con- vince the most skeptical of the truth of this statement; which, I believe, .inany unfortunate horse . owners could sub- stantiate. It has frequently been Istated by the veterinary professors that when an animal has a larger amount of 'fat on his frame than is necessary to keep him in a healthy condition, then it becomes a positive injury, and .as the accumulation increasesr produces disease. True, it will eeve , from the Public gaze stare of• the defects' of • the animal, and it will also increase his weight and correspond- ingly his bulk, but the gain to the owner in this respect is unimportant„ when compared ;to the ; loss to the coun- try annually by the death of young foals; • the progeny of horses that are over -fed, and consequently unhealthy. . If the reasoning of those ,,competent to judge be correct, that a. superabundance of fat is 'a disease, then the progeny of these - animals must, ;be .diseased, - the horse's substance . becomes. . pregnant with diseased andforeign matte'r. to the deterioration ' of • ',. their procreative powers.' . I. have. no doubt but. seven - tenths 'of the .mortality of foals last sea- son May be attributed to'this! cause. These losses have been yearly in+asing, many breeders arebecorning disc 'uraged and many who. own good brood mares prefer to let them run idle rather than' run So much risk. If the directors of agricultural societies would instiiuct the judges to make it ;plainly*" manifest by their awards, that " over -feeding" is - a distinct bar to suceess, this ; would speedily educate exhibitors, and this would c facts, a,n in- n be s for other Lon. of —Wm. Greenfield, of St. Marys, ' up- set with a wagon -load of flax!the other day, and his head striking the ground, he was stunned and badly injured. An - 6 other man named Lin e,upset with a load ' of wood, and Was badly cut and bruised about the head. ; 1 —Mr. Thos.; Muir, one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of the Gow- rie section, has sold his farm and is go- ing to remove to 81 affa in the spring. The farm -consists of 75 acres, and',was hewed. out of the primival forest by 'Mr. Muir 36- years ago. The purchaser is Mr. Hugh Miller, and the sum paid S5, . —A number a thinners' sons, with their wives, left St.'Marys on Wednes- day last week for Dakota where the majority have already taken up land: Several have spent the winter in the vicinity of St. Marys? and return to their homes in the West ,with their brides. Among those -who de John and Thomas John Crillies, Janies 11 evil attendant on spring show soon ,disappear. In View of the have our spring shows- not beei jury, rather than a benefit, according to tha present system of judging. I If this cannot be remedied,. then I would say in the interests of the cor munity 1t them he abolished. There are som evils . attendant upon spring which, with your pirmission, notice at some .future .time. Truly, . I . 'ROB ItT MeMo Kippen, 3Iarch -22, 1886. SOuthern anitoba. SKOWFLAKR February 2iii, ]886. Dk1utt'Exrosraou,--1Well, Mr. Editor I, and readers, I will proceed ce take down the horn and shake tl e dust off it, but, I might just as well frankly admit, that I entertain grave fet. rs that we, as Manitobans, will never become successful performers on thc saidinstru- ment, from the fact ;that -a sujecessful " blower" requires a face that is easily brought into -different shapes to uit the horn, whereas -ours are growing beauti- fully (or otherwise) leng over th • effects that the hard ' time are: pr dueing. These faces in question are beco ing so extremely long that the knight of the razor are agitating for higher pfices for their services, as they claim that they have double the cheek to go o er now that they formerly : had whei times were good. Be that as it may, but we will not submit to anything o out- filiction -e long scrap - said by • other shows, - I may -.Yours WI E. • Union and keep the farmers -divided. If the farmers would- ctnly leave politics oukof the Union entirely and unite as one man on every question pertaining to their own interests and use every liOnor- able and constitutional means to accom- plish the end aimed at, instead of being in the false position , they are to day - they would be able to dictate in a meas- ure to those Who would:. pull them-a,part, and when -their backs were turned laugh at them. Just fancy, :.when a farmer take S a bushel of wheat to market- he is told just how much he will receive,, and on the other hand, he is told how tnuch he is required to pay for any article that he may be in need oL I claim that a farmer has as .gooa a right to fix a Price for his wheat as the 'shoemaker- has to fix a priee for his boots, - for in both cases it requires capital .and labor to -produce them. The Canadian Pacific Railway exten- sion west from Manitou, that I alluded to in a former letter as nearing comple- tion, is rhnning regular trains . through to Chetrir Creek, a , distance of about eighty miles west of Manitou. Cherry Creek is ;the presentterminus of this road butthere is every likelihood of its being extended next season to the Souris coal tielcis and beyond. The names of the new Stations are as follows, as you travel West from Manitou: Pilot Mound, crystal City, Clearweter, Cart- wright, Long River, Killarney, and Cherry '3'reek. This. road, after the Pembina River was crossed, .was very : easily constructed as the right of way lcd thrdugh . a very level. strip of country dottted here, and there by shal- low sloughs. it i is amusing to read the communications in our local press from , the citizens of Pilot Mpund ,- and Crystal City each giving the merits, of its own town as a suitable place to start in business, and the demerits of the hated and terri- ble rival, and the. worst of it is they get off their chase and call each other naughty names, hut then human nature is just the same (only more; so) in , this great Northwest as it is in less favored climes. At some; of these new Stations the bur; ers have been paying more for wheat than lut been paid at Manitou, and they did not have to half try to do it either, as I saw a loacl of wheat sold this Week at Manitou fel- the, prime price of 14 cents pe bushel. Since wrote -you last, although the • farmershave not been ableto market Much erain, yet things have not quite come rt; a dead halt, for we nave had three sbcials, and have been making some minor improvements in the interior of our church, and last but not least some of parbo.chetors have come to the final conclusion that itis not good for a man to live alone. Notably among this number ; is Mia. Wm. Dew, of the Dew- drop, who was married last week to Miss Kelland' both formerly of Exeter. In spite of the hard times both political parties re organizing and beginning to I address meetings in ..different parts of the Pro ince. It is;the old story repeat- ed, the 'Opposition making, serious charges, and the Government defending their pp,st actions. It remains to be seen which will Come out at the top of the heal's. Bqth parties are quite confi- dent of success. Sc, niote it be for ;Nor - quay. I remain yours truly, \VELLA/soros( BARBER. .. 1 - : Postal Statistics.. - The Postmaster -General's -return for the past year has been issueci,• and the following table of receipts, etc.., for the different offices in this / -locality Will be . , arted were Messrs. rageops as that; for it is . 1 msmore,B. Tibbits„ enoughheaped on Us to ha Dickie, andseveral faces without having to pay ext. others. Two carloade of farm stock, etc., ing charges. I haveheard it their property, was dispatched by the professional men that farmers were same train. on y a class of ciironie gr bl —The following sensible strictures by way, and it did not matter whe the Mitchell Advoca e, on the inhuman- year was a favorable one or not, -- ity of man,are applicable in more instan- (the farmers) were bound to er ces than those mentioned here : The tle at all hazards, and I must horse, the most useful animal given to that there is a good deal of trut man, is often most brutally abused. On Saturday last -We noticed a team ao heavily laden that they were unable to pull their load over a bare bridge near the woolen mills. The driver most un- mercifully used his ;whip, although the poor animals were ding their best, and feIl in their effprts to go ahead more than once. Another kind of cruelty is the rivalry between drivers to : see whose team can draw the heaviest load. We have been handed a note boasting of the wonderful feat of a span of horses owned by Mr. Joseph Goforth, of Logan, draw- ing a load of pine, measuring 2,860 feet, a distance 'of five miles. The man who respects his team should be ashamed to make such a boast, i It is crUelty of the worst kind, and people should frown down all attempts to so inhumanly treat one of God's noblest creatures. —The Stratford Beacon says: La.st week two plainly dressed young men ar- rived at the Albion hotel, Stratford, and . registered as Chaa. D. -and la K. Leon, desired result. . . of Boston. They gave out that they in- The Farmers' . Union, organized two tended starting a French class, and got , years ago in this Province, would have payment from a number of pupils in ad- t been a success- but for the nistakes , vance. On Sunday they imbibed toe made by the -Union itself, and tjhc gross N freely of the sparkling beverages of sun- injustice done it by a certain s ction of ity France and on Monday were taken our provincial pre6s. One or t o of the . before the Police Magistrate for obta.la- I most prominent mistakes mads by the Mg liquor (hiring prohibited hours. ' -Union was selecting disreputable men to They were discharged for want of evi- fill one or two of its foreinot offices, rs any - her the they pt a lit - confess in the same statement, which arises f Tan the plain fact that fanners cannot-, i be brought to unite on any solid protect themselves such as aline, other class of men do, to their own gain., - Just as soon as a certain class of men, Who are interested in kee ing the farmers in their -present position, see anything like a united front coining into view they will come to the reicue and introduce politics. or some other side issue.and down goes the•whole business, and the poor deluded farmer gees home with the only consOlation thatlhe fool- ishly stood by his political crec to the detritnent of - his own pockets. It or those this and by just seems, basisto t every seems to he such an easy task designing men to accomplish all even more among the farmers taking the platform (the task s easier by being pretty talky) and merely stat- ing that So and So is diametri posed to you in politics, and generally sufficient to bring a, ally op that is aout the dance and immediately took their de- and the consequence is that t iese nien- perture froni the city, leaving the pro- have brought the Union into d'srepute. prietor of the Albion and the wOuld-be But if they had avoided such nen and French scholars minus their money. selected good li-ve farmers to ;fill these - Offices, the Union would be in 4 far dif- ferent position to -day.' As it was, a section of the press made out of every hitch brought about by pe head officers, and in a good many cases a tooth out in front. The other is shert trumped up little petty charges arid more heavily builtjust to have a fling at the They tplayed the same game next tn. Woodiltock, and hotel -keepers and others'would do well to be on the look out for them. One is tall and rather slim with a sharp face, clean shave and Might be nd mistake, Mr. Pearn was asked to sigi an agreemet0 to allow this grain to be stored on his property until it could be removed by the purchasers. The agreement was simple enough, the actions and talk of the smart Aliek were plausible, and Mr. Pearn signed the agreement. A few days after this ap- parently innocent transs.ction a note was offered in St. Marys purporting to be drawn up by Mr. M. Pearn in favor of one Thomas Hope for the sum of $180. Mr. Pearn Will be compelled to hand out, the rnoney straight enough. Dr. Hanover. [From the Catholic Record, London, Ontario.) Dr. Handver, of this city, was on Monday last surprised by the receipt of a request from the people of Seaforth and vicinity that .he should return to that town to resume his medical prac- tice amongst them. It reads as follows: Seaforth, March 6th, 1885. To Wm. HANOVER, ESQ., M. D.— Dear Sir,—We, the undersigned, desire to expreds ohr sincere regret at your de- -parture froth our midst, and trust that you may see fit to return to us again for the practice Of your profession, pledging ourselves to do our utmost in your be. half. of interest to our readers: Name of Postoffice. Gross Revenue. Salary-. Auburn, $ 398 31 $ , 97 50 Bandon 9 95 10 00 Bay field , esa 17 220 00 BeechwoOd 68 45 , 18 60 Belgrave.1 . 767 79 175 00 Beniniller 91 23 , 28 00 Blake I 15809 , 56 00 Bluevale ' 427 50 157 50 Blyth 1 1,253 45 420 00 Brucefield • 305 13 140 00 Brussels 2,754 38 800 00 Bushfield, . 43 60 14 50 Carlow ' 99 15 50 00 Centralia' 9-18 00 118 00 Chiselhurst - 67 09 22 00 Clinton . i.. , 4,082 66 ' 1,100 00 Constance. 194 01 5900 DashwoO.d 21434 ' 80 00 Drysdale' 83 84. 28 00 Dungannon 448 19 167 50 Dunlop ' . 69 76 24 00 Egmondville 232 25 119 50 Ethel ' 386 28 142 50 Exeter2,372 72 , , 080 00 Ford wick"' 540 64, 200 00 Glen Farrow 24 11 . 20 50 Ooderich,. 5,148 72 1,700 00 Gerrie- . i . 613 01 . 260 00 Harlock 35 00 16 00 Hay: 1063! 72 00 Henfryn `L..... ... . .. 112 2942 50 Hensall 566 03 ' 205 00 Hohnesville 202 80 • 67 50 Kintail 160 52 80 00 Kippen .., . 307'72 90 00 Lakelet 164 41 78 00 Leadbury , 106 73 40 00 Londesbdro , 389 68 150 00 Marnoch '., • 52 43 20 00 Nile ' 138 16 36 00 Port Albert 223 91 50 00 Rodgerville 92 91 * 4750 Saltford' I 84 89 . 34 50 Seaforth I 4,519 44 1,240 00 Sheppariron • 52 04 20 00 Sunshin ..... .. ' 58 71 15 00 Vat ii a I 302 43 84 00 Walton: Westfield Wingham • Winthrop Wroxeter Zurich ,. 251 66 - 10500 - 78 11 31 50 3,049 57 900 00 : 154 84 60 00- ' 706 , 339 59 557 44:0' 190 00 John Wirigle, • Martin O'Reilly, Francis Carlin, Joseph Dennon, John Broderick, Francis Murphy, James Carlin; Michael Dorsey, D. McMillan, Michael McGrath, Peter O'Sullivan, Thomas McFadden, James Matheirs, Michael Kleiny Cornelius Klein, Thomas Duffy, •Dennis Barry; Thomas Fox, - Peter McCann, John Malone, Win. Evans, Wm. Morro wy John Klein, J. W. Carroll John Coyni —Mr. Matthew Pearn, a farmer on the Mitchell road, near St. Marys, was a few days ago victimized to the extent of $180 by one of those travelling hum- bugs, on whom farmers should set their dogs the moment they are found on their premises. In this case it was a wheat dodge. The swindler, who gave his name a.s Thomas Hope, represented hill], self as an agent for aeparticular kind of wheat, which he was introducing. He stated that quantities of this wheat had been ptirchased by farmers in the neigh- borhood and it was necessary to have seine place where the grain might be stored for the convenience of the pur- chasers. Mr. Pearn was urged to allow the wheat to be stored in hi Ei barn and finally consented. In order that there Michael Jordan, Michael Heffernan, James Lee, James Lennon, Michael Gribben, John Shea, Robert Fortune, Win. Reedy, Patrick Hughes, Peter O'Connell, Patrick Mathews, Peter Mathews, John Enright, Jarnes Purcell, Henry Longworth, Bryan Downey, Michael King, James O'Reilly, Patrick O'Connor, Edmond Mathews, Michael Barry, Michael*Murphy, George J. Kidd, Thomas Casey-, ' Andrew Krouskoph, John Kenny, and one hundred and fifty others. Dr. Hanever, who has, during his resi- dence herd, made: many friends, and achieved such a distinction in the medi- cal ranks as promised him at an early date. a ver Y large and lucrative practice, has, we regret to state, felt himself un- able io resiist the appeal of old friends and neighbors. He will therefore, at an early day remove th Seaforth. London's loss wili be that ambitious town's great gain. Dr. Hanover will be long missed from this city, but the good wishes of his many devoted friends in London will follow himIto Seaforth. The people of that locality may feel proud of his decis- ion to reside once more amongst them as the learned gentleman has had before him very advantageous offers from sev- eral other places. Canada. Mr. John Charlton, M. P. North Nor- folk, has contributed $1,000 to the Knox College Endowment Fund. —The Women's Christian Apsociation, of London, are establishing a Home for aged women. ' —Henry Parker, of Woodstock, has been elected President of the Ontario Agricultural and .Arts Association. —Rev. J. S. McKay, missionary at New Westminister, has returned home to Thamesford on account of ill -health. —John Ross, of Renfrew, is in the hos- pital in Kiegston afflicted with glanders, caught from a horse. He may recover. —The steamer Stockholm City sailed from Halifax for London Saturday, tak- ing 2,000 packages of Canadian exhibits for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. —The ladies of the Presbyterian church, Picton, recently presented their pastor, Rev. Mr. Coulthard,_ with a handsome silk pulpit gown. —The heavyirain and sleet storm of last Sunday maiming did ,great damage in Ottawa to trees of all kinds, also to telephone wires and poles. —Creelinan !Brothers' knitting ma- chine factory. at Georgetown, with the greater part of its contents, was partially destroyed by fire and.water last Friday morning. —An Ottawa firm of oatmeal millers have imported a quantity of oats from Scotland for seed, with a view to im- proving the quality of Canadian oat- meal. —Mr. C. A. Muma, froprieter of the brick yard, at Drumbo, intends making upward of a million brick this season, his quality of' brick being unsurpassed by any. I —An old wood cutter named John Bates, while walking along Queen street east, Toronto, fell, the teeth of a saw he was carrying lacerating his right eye. He will lose the sight of it. —Mr. Henry Slater, of North Marys - burgh, has sold. his three year old pacing pony to a Mr,' Richardson, of Whitby, for $150. She has made time at the rate of2.30 on a half mile track. —Mr. Wm. Lake, of the 7th conces- sion, McGillivray, was accidentally shot while handling ie. revolver on Monday last week, and had a. close call for his life. into town in a horse -car. If poisoned bread is to be fed to the worstenemies of our birds, milliners and their customers would better live on craekers. --Frederick Swire, for some time en- gaged on Grip, and a humorous writer -little manifestation of sympathy did She was fast asleep and did not notice more to raise the Army in the estimation the two men. They feared to touch her, of those who heard it than would a as the fright might perhaps prove fatal: . One Of them watched her while the other week's jubilee. 1 , —The Knights of Labor Society is found, a _policeman. When the young rapidly acquiring` strength and. members lady eame up the policeman took her in of much originality, expired -very sude all over the Province. A new assembly, his /4111S !and carried her into a hotel, denly in Toronto on Thursday of hem- organized as Bay of Qunite, was lately where she was laid on a lounge in the , orrhage of the lungs. --1 ' opened ad 38 new -members were en- dining room still fast asleep. A doctor —A. A. Carlton, of Massachusetts rolled Bay City Assembly, of Belle- was summoned, and when she awoke he general organizer of the Knights of ville ha 400 members, and - Moira As had her - removed to her home on Bat - Labor for the Dominionlof Canada, now on a tour through the country, has been very sick recently, but is recovering slowly. 1 - —Miss Nancy Strickland, of Oshawa, wh-o has for years secured the lion's share of prizes for fine ladies' and other work at the Provincial, Western aud other fairs, died recently front the effects of a tumor. —Mr. Beatty, manager ,of the Can- adian Pacific Railway line' of steamers, states that a new steamer' will be built at Owen Sound this year to replace the wrecked Algoma. The; latter's engines and boilers will be used. • .:--Rev. Mr. Archibald, pastor of St. Thomas Presbyterian church, has receiv- ed three months' leave' of absence and t will visit California in opes of...improv- ing his condition. He is troubled with an affection of the threat. —Mr. James Glenne, a well-known stock breeder in the ;neighborhood of Guelph, has removed to Portage la Prairie, where he inte0s to engage in farming. He took with him a number of thoroughbred animals. . —The ram of Saturday night caused a sudden rise of the water at Pickering, completely inundating the village, and carrying away a bridge near the rail- way, besides doing considerable damage to houses and mill property. —A despatch from Winnipeg on Mon- day says.: One hundred immigrants ar- rived here on Saturday followed by .75 families yesterday morning. They came chiefly from Huron and Bruce counties. They left immediately for the west and southwest to locate. ' —A Montreal despatch says : On ac- count of the heavy snow storm Sunday the Winnipeg . train was about nine hours late. The Ottawa train was two and a half hours behind time, while the other trains were ilelayed more or less. , _ —The Toronto Young Men's Christian Association give up possession of Shaftes- bury Hall to the Sons of England on the first of April, but they retain a, suite of rooms for association work pending the erection of the proposed new building on the corner of Yonge and Magill streets. • —A fire occurred early Saturday morning on the premises of Mr, John Bond, near Puslinch 1 lake, destroying his driving shed with the entire con- tents, consisting of vehicles, implements, a quantity of, wood, etc. Lightning is supposed to have been the cause. - —On Monday last week an 18 months old child of W. J. Burney, of Forest, pushed an ordinary field pea into its nose. The seed was not removed until Tuesday afternoon. The pea was then swollen to twice its u. ual size, but the e any the worse ; ----James Taylor, the St. Catharines brewer, died Saturday afternoon of para- lysis. Deceased was 72 years of age, and had been a resident of St. Catharines for over half a century. —Sir Alexander Stuart, premier of New South Wales, Australia, arrived at Ottawa last Friday, en route for Eng- land, to represent the colony at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. —The Toronto Telegram very point- edly observes: It is proposed to kill off, with poisoned crumbs the English sparrows which have bravely weathered the intense cold and deep snows of this unusually bitter winter. Why? Be- cause these pugnacious little scavengers are said to be driving away our native birds. Yesterday an observer counted the remains of over 20 of our most attrac- tive New England birds sewed to the headgear of the women who were riding child did not seem to for the trouble. —The Rev. W. H lines, of Norfolk street Methodist church, Guelph, made a successful request recently. At the anniversary services of the church he asked the congregation to subscribe $3,000 to liquidate a fidating debt against the church, and met with a response of —John W. Griffiths, of Warwick $3,487.01. township, recently died of pneumonia under unusal circumstances. Owing to rumors of foul play' being circulated his friends decided to have the matter in- vestigated, and a post-mortem examina- tion held. The stoinach was sent to Toronto for analysis. —Thos. Swinyard, formerly general manager of the Great Western Railway, and now president of the Dominion Telegraph Company, and vice-president of the Direct Cable Company has been appointed assistant president and one of the directors of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway. —A dispatch was received on Satur- day by the manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Toronto stating that the man Joe Elliott, arrested in New York last week, has been identi- fied as. the notorious Walter Gardiner who swindled Toronto banks in June, 1883, out of about $15,000, —A son of Jas. Edwards, of West- minster, county Middlesex, was seized after supper a few days ago with vomit- ing and pain in the stomach, and died in a few hours. Two of his sisters and his father are dangerously ill. The acci- dental eating of diseased pork is assigned as the cause. —Mr. Alfred Aldworth, a young far- mer, near Bowma.nville, was killed by lightning about one o'clock Saturday morning. The fluid struck' the chimney, ran down the stove -pipe, and flew off, striking the bed in which he, his wife and child were sleeping. The other two escaped without injury. —St. Paul's Episcopal church, Hali- fax, have decided to call Rev. Weston - Jones, of Lindsay, Ont., a young man' of 32, he being the first selected from a large number of applicants. The parish is the largest low church in the Mari- time Provinces, and the salary $2,000 with a curate. —Mr. Fergus O'Connor, a farmer liv- ing in Gloucester township, Carleton, was attacked by a lunatic named Mc- Grath on Friday, and narrowly escaped being killed. After getting away he laid information against McGrath. Two constables were sent out to arrest him, which they did after a desilerate strug- gle. —The Napanee Beaver records a very pleasing incident that occurred on Sun- day in that town during the ; funeral of the late F. E. Bartlett. As the proces- sion was en route to the cemetery, the Salvation Army was met, when the latter drew off to one side, and as the sembly, exclusively for ladies, has 100 hurst street. member. —The folio who, is a summary of the —At 4 political meeting at Emerson the other night Premier orquay stated that he ready fo cause it present ed unmi caused parties ment. pa—raTdeh i casion b vasion of the city. Together with their band, hich was strengthened by the additioi of- a ,cornet, ,they paraded through three inches of slush on the streets, apparently quite happy at their increased numbers and prosperity: —Ab ut two weeks ago George W. Tisdale,1 of Courtland left the Michigan Central depot at 'Tilsonburg with a car load of stock and farm implements with which t9 settle himself in Dakota. The ear caught fire, shortly after entering 'that Stite, consuming everything except the clothes and, one pig. One of the finest spans of horses shipped from Til- sonburgl in some time disappeared in fire and sm ke. , P. McLaren's drug and book Watford were set on fire about last Sunday morning. They n entered and the tills ransack - the book store set on fire either tatentionally or accidentally by the parties. The stores were a pair of the finest finished stores of the kind in Western Ontario. The stock of about $8,500, is nearly a total loss by fire aiad water. I , —liar Saturday two letter bags from Dublin and - Glasgow and three news- paper bags from -London were received d at he Montreal post office wre of the Cunard steam- egon. The Dublin letters num- 9 and were with the others spread out on the tables to dry, being saturat d with sea -water. Stamps have come off, the envelopes open and the addresses almsst illegible. --George W. Boggs, deputy postmas- ter at St. Thomas, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the peniten- tiary for stealing registered letters con- taining -money. !. It is a complete mys- tery to the hosts of people who have known Mr. Boggs since boyhood, why he should Map out such a course When he was re eiving at good sala.y and enjoy - 1 ing the confidence of all who knew him. He has: been systematically robbing the mails for years. 1 , --Last Friday there died at Cooks- ville, Amos Willcox, at the age of 94 years. He was :a man Of magnificent physical proportions, being six feet two inches raige, up to seem t celebrate the centennial anniversary of his bilth. He fought at Queenston Heights, Lundy's Lane, and at the tak- ing of --T their 2 three - saved urday day b idn't believe the country was the Hi..dson Bay Railway, be- ia.d not enough traffic for the roads. The audienee manifest- takea,ble dissent. This speech excitement in both political and much unfavorable coin - 1 Salvation Army held a grand Ottawa last Sunday, the oc- ing the anniversary of their in- ---W. stores i 5 o'cloc had be ed, and cortege was passing sang with exqusitc feeling, "Going Home to Jesus." This and sor from th shif, Or bered in height, while This crept ear - risk movement, end clear -mind, within a short tithe ago, would •indicate that be would live to certificates granted as a result of the art - examinations for the Province of On- tario: One grade A. fall certificate, 30 grade B Medal ce wood car wood car‘ ing,, also other proficiency cer- tificates ail. follows : Eleven oil paintings, 7 water Colo* 11 modelling, 584 free- hand, 619 geometry, 112 perspective, 683 model drawing, 310 blackboard, 37 shading from flat, 25 outline from round, 16 *dittoing from the round, 44 drawing flowers, 12 advanced perspective, 15 de- scriptive geometry, 26 drawing from dic- tation, 4 building construction, 14 ma- chine drawing, SO industrial design. Total erade A proficiency certificates, 223; total grade B do., 2,308. The gold medal was won by Carrie Lampman, of Ottawa, and the one grade A full certifi- cate by Mr. Peel, London. etroit. e Salvation Army celebrated id anniversary in Guelph by a ays' festival, the first being a runkard's demonstration on Sat- ight, and on Sunday and Mon- a grand jubilee. Captain Mar - gets,Ti C., and Captain Mcilardy, Specie for Toronto J)i'ision, the city officers, and others from Elora, Acton, Preston, Galt, etc., were the leading memb rs that ;took part. The whole affair all wh —T agers ables held- showe had b had di'ecl. The number now in the in- stituti n is 57. The building fund had reached the sum of $30,000, re - for the proposed extension. Mrs. Cameron had given $7,500 to - the fund, Alex. Manning is president of the institution and Rev. H. M. Parsons, of Knox church, is Vice - President. —An old farmer residing in the neigh- borhood of Montreal, was recently sum- moned as a juror to the city to attend the courts. Never having been so far from home before he was afraid to trust himself by the cars and accordingly hired a sleigh and paid $7 for transit. This he thought too much, especially when the court house official refused to e bill. ,The old man accordingly home by the train. When last e was holding on to the seat in evidently in great trepidation. as a success and appreciated by attended the meetings. e annual meeting of the man - of the .Home for incur' at Parkdale, • Toronto, was riday. The secretary's report that during the year 22 patients en admitted 1 had left and 14 nearly quire Alex. wards full certificates, 1 special gold tifieate, 1 special certificate Mg, 6 proficiency certificates , Pprth items - Two hays presses are kept constantly running in Mitchell. —Sickness, the outcome of severe -cry prevalent about Poole. Mr. Winchester is filling the Knox church, Stratford, for a Ir. John R. Clarke, the Boot Black Or or, is to lecture for the Mitchell Mechanics' Institute on April 12th. —An effort is being made to get a spring fair hod in Dublin since the mat- ter has fallen through in Mitchell. Mrl. Turnbull, of St. Marys, has been obliged to suspend pulpit work -for a time on account of illness. —Two octogenarians of Shakespeare died reeently, Mrs. McNichol aged 84, and Mrs. Brown aged over eighty years. —Mr. Edward Broughton, of Elms, has just filled a contract to deliver one million feet of logs at the Monkton milb Merritt Morey, of Bethel, has sold his fine Clyde colt, " Pride of Perth," rising three years, to Mr. W. L. Laing, of Missouri, for $500. —Messrs._ Thos. and Robt. Brooks left Avonbank on Tuesday of last week for British Columbia, where they intend making their home. Robert Hoggarth, of Hibbert, a few days ago purchased Mrs. Sarah Hoggarth's farm of 100 acrcs, in the same township, for $7,600. —Professor Valiance, the Glasgow elocutionist, gave an entertainment in Listowel the other evening, highly de- lighting his audience. --Another al -rival of over fifty boys from England is expected at Miss Mc- Pherson's Home in Stratford, about the middle Of April. —Peter McFarlane, of Shakespeare, who has attaind the great age of 91 years, fell on the ice the other day and had his hip bone broken. colds, is —Rev pulpit of few wee foot t left fo seen front. He h , never, he said, been outside of his parish before. Montreal he consid- ered "a. pretty big village." —Of the 598 mail bags on the Oregon 181 have now been recovered. Among the last to arrive at New York were a numbr of bags picked up by vessels passirg near the spot where the steamer went cloven. There were 3 bags of papers for Ilamilton, 2 from London 1 from Glasg w ; for Toronto, 1 from London, .ii 2 fro Glasgow; for Montreal, 2 from Lond n '• for Qubec, 2 from London; for S. John, New Brunswick, 1 from London. The Toronto bags arrived on Friday night, and the contents, thor- oughly soaked, with sea water, were dis- tributed on Saturday meaning. --lbout one o'clock Thursday morn- ingts 1 t week, as two gentlemen were walking up Bathurst street, Toronto, they Om a figure in white moving along in front of them. They hastened thek footsteps and soon caught up with the figure, which proved to be a young lady. • —Over 1,200 bushels of grain was pur- chased by Listowel buyers -during Tiles - day forenoon last week. A slight ad- vance in price caused the boom. —Mr. Andrew Magwood having dis- posed of his farm near Milverton, has removed to the county of Grey, having purchased a farm of 300 acres there. —On Wednesday last week Messrs. R, R. Hay, R. T.. Kidd and Jas. Lowry, started from Listowel for Winnipeg, with three carloads of line horses. —Rev. P. Wright, of Stratford, is to have aa assistant minister during the incoming summer. With a membership of over 700 he requires one all the time. —The Avonbank cheese factory is being repaired and renovated for the coming, season's work. The receipts from the factory business .last year were $20,839.29. -.--Mr . John Fullarton, near Mitchell, lost a valuable heifer on Sunday. The animal fell through a hole in the ice on a pond, and was chilled so sato cause its death. —Mt. Hepwood, who has been a prerninent resident of Hibbert for a num- ber of years, is removing to Manitoba. He takes with him a quantity of stock, implements, furniture, &e. —Mr. john McBride, M. A., Toronto University, B. Sc. Victoria College, formerly headmaster of 4eweastle and Richmond Hill High Schools, has been engaged as mathematical master of Strat- ford Collegiate Institute. —While a number of loads of stone were being driven on the river on the way to Mitchell a few days ago, one team belonging to Mr. McClay, broke., through the ice and was nearly drowned before they could be got out. —The annual meeting of the Listowel Beekeepers' Association was held in that town on Saturday, 13th inst., Robert Forest was re-elected president, IL Fer- guson, 1st vice-president ; A. Douglas, 2nd vice-president ; Geo. Brown, seere- tary-treasurer. —Mr. Samuel Culbert, sr., one of the oldest inhabitants of Listowel, died very suddenly at his residence on Monday last week, aged 82 years. He was one of those extraordinary persons who never knew what it was to be a day sick in his life, and only a few minutes before his death did he complain of severe pain in his arms, and while complaining of the pain, which he experieneed for the first time, he expired. He was a member of the Orange fraternity and was buried under the auspices of the society. He was a native of Tyrone, Ireland, and arrived at Toronto during the rebellion of '37. From Toronto he came to the township of Wallace, then a wilderness, and lived there till he took up his resi denue in Listowel, 17 years ago.