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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-04-09, Page 1EIGHTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER ' 956. ar at% pet arpatik eE Choice Geeat opened up. out Skirting Entbrot oideries, Laces d Gloves, ch Mantle G ring PE -ho set -the Act at shed is as We Police Magistratt e other anthoritiit ry for facilitating. e Act should halm the Act came is entiful emu:10(14 eV. —Mr.. John ne, who has beet gan, for some time, Friday last. Ma Cr. SU.110Cti in Miq e to pursue hit At .the coup* y last all the mew • xeept the Deputy 0- - motions wars rowtiett be pail Baatiey for the Mustard be pia 1885; that the ap- ed to as °toady al either of the com- ' e br Iess than th, auch deficit ot en into account in atiorts the ensuing s, pound-keepern ad commissioners and are, with fen last year. Tile meet again asok r other genersta- ext, at 10 &tied IL ckstep, leader di his position on ers will open a next week. Be • Cainpbell's hat - embers of the b- ond TernpIara ate for- holdiirg aor- ta/di-11th. In con- • John B.Gough... said his house ove to Clintonoe ented Jj J3 Mc - to Dr. Sloanroae py Wm. Cam? Dale purchased ne, London, last is refitting the aroien brothers. Contract, and ae d job of it. irttp. Henry Galbraith' laniteha. to See hie •tfels, started 'back e 23rd ef Marcb. lumber of valuobbit a film three year intends to travel >It with hire one of frame Brantfori by Harris & COot is considered tht :Yominien, tieing 0, nachine and builk 4eriar, and Os the harvest Beal arcing mill, mania. & Co. Guelpk. pureltased froth eg agent, Mr. Jes. :r. Galbraith took de by D. Hogan* .t has only to_ et* iers to know tha plow; and nuot & Co.,the eaforth, besideff lE des for use in tilt, L. His purchase's always ahead* / other goods, rand other ainiort.. A tr at the static,* wish hiro 11 r aftee'Iandiagett —AT THE heap Gash Store, SM.A.M-101=VTIT Just opened out New Dress Goods, New Ginghams, New Prints. New Shirt- •inga, New Cottons, New Tweeds, New Embroideries, New Laces, New Corsets, New Gloves, Neve Hose. We have a large stock a, Men's, Yoathe, Boys' and Children's et g ft and. $tiff- Felt Hats To clear at less than half wholesale cost. Call aa d take a look through them. Also, Boy's Cloth Suits away below wholesale prices at the Cheap Cash Store —OF— ffinan & Compan Cardno's Block, Seaforth. New Spring Goods Just Arrived. W. Keinpthpr,' ne & Wish to inform the public that they are its a better position than ever to attend to their wants. We have just received a, lot of choice • goods in both Ladies' and Gentlemen's, Misses', 1;b3s' and Children's wear from many of the best manufacturing houses in the Dominion. These goods are of a better quality than we have ever offered before; and we are offering them at ' very reasonable prices. The public are con- • vinced, as well as ourselves, that by doing a cash business we are able to sell at a much lower figure than we could by the old waylof doing business. Both seller and buyer are finding out that the book business is not a paying one. I extend to all a special invitation to call and see these new goods which I am now offering, and I have not any doubt but on examining you _will • he induced to make your purchase. Following are &0111e of the lines I have in stock at present : Ladies' extra fine button boots from 83.50 to ; ladies' good substantial button boots from to $2.75 ; button boots from $1.50 pp. [-'inc lace boots ---some special lines; strong lace boots in large variety from a ; ladies' fine and strong Slippers from 50e up. Mielleie wear we keep quite a, variety. I u the Gentlemen's Department our stock is almost complete in every line: Men's fine long beets from $3.50 up; long heavy boots from -l..76 up. I have on hand quite a stock of long hoots ef our own make—French Calf, French and Imperial Kip—best material and best orketanship, which I will sell at a considerable reduction. We ha,ve on hand a lot of men's' stren;!: lace boots very cheap. In the Youths' and Boys' department we cannot well be beat, as v have a large assortment to choose from. in ordered custom work I am prepared to exeetite all orders at the shortest possible notice. Repairing in all its branches promptly done with neatness and taste. invisible patching warranted to give satisfaction. All work, either •bought or ordered from me, you will find as re - 1 "- If any mistake should be made, nuke it known, and it will speedily be righted. have sat' a lot of Hard and Soft Christy Rats on hand, which I am clearing- out. Now is your time ta get suited, as they must I:A:member le address, .Seaforth - Boot Store. W. ffempthorne & 11 - 3 a- THE SYLVAN LAND OF • SUNNY SKIES. DEAR Exnostion.—.Accorcling to pro- • rinse, I shall no* attempt to give you short sketch of the pioneer and most i fluential man in Australia: One wit whose history is entwined the great veo trade and apenhag up of this pastor Arcadia of "Tire Land of the Golde Fleece." But as so little history is ye recorded a the development of • th country, a good deal is.only traditiona • and it is not such an easy task as may a first sight appear, to get the many con ffieting accounts together, gauge then -with truth, and cast to oblivion thos that are found wanting. "The Squa ter," Thomas Thompson tells -me is th monopolist of wool, representing a cobanialepower, and is the Free Selector greatest enemy. , J. M. Chanter, M. P in for Meda, says: " you can tell th Canadian people he is a man who doe not farm or improve the country, bu holds large tracts of crown lands uncle lease from Government kir pastoral put poses only, excepting in cases wher they have made lots oL money and pur chased the whole run, then they go i for fencing, farming, and improving it Many of them have grown immensly ric and control all legislation, especially th Land Laws, which intimately concern them and their friends," wher did his flocka come from., and how has h assumed such proportions, where s maaay are struggling for a bare potat and salt living? Away in the distance beyond the dim recollection of th present generation, this vast industr had its origin in embryo. Soon afte Governor King assumed office in 1800 an officerin the New South Wales corps, named Macarthur,' became disgusted with the administration of justice, re; signed his commissidn, and having ob- tained a grant of land, which was easily secured then, became a settler in the country. He was shrewd enough to see that the country was better for pasture than agriculture. There was a demand and steady sale for wool in the old coun- try, and it could be pressed into bales, then easily shipped and taken btck by the vessels returning for clothing, pro- visions; or another. cargo Of the scum of Britain, where the pot of iniquity had boiled over. DI 1776 the United States declared themselves independent. Trans- portation to Virginia.was stopped. The prisons were full, the halo of suceese at- tending the first Settlement, was bright, ening in England, and now, more rapid- ly than ever, the most miserabletvillains in the history of crime were emptied into Sydney, Mr. Macafthur obtained a few sheep from the Dutch settlement, at the Cape of Good Hope,to make a beginning, but they were not the right kind, so his first attempt failed. Li 1803 he went to England on a visit, and spoke so highly of the pastoral resources -here, that Xing Gedrge the who was, mi. enthusias- tic farmer, was greatly interested, and offered, to assist Macarthur. Now the sheep most suitable for the purpose were the Merinos of Spain. But they were not to be had, for the Spaniards, wish- ing to monopolize the wool -growing, which was paying them wen, had made it a capital crime to export sheep of this kind alive. King George had received a few, by special favor,tto variegate his flock, as it happened, so he gave Wear- thur two or three for anothertrial. They were landed safely in Sydney. Gov-ernor King made a grant of 10,000 acres to Macarthur, at Camden, and soon the surrounding meadows were covered with •fast increasing flocks: . Macarthur's fortune was secured. Thus the foundation of that great source of wealth, ever growing, Was laid '; and Who can tell that the fancy coats you wear in Huron are not borrowed from the " fleecy gold winners"•here. All who had money to bey a flock now did so, and with the free pasture beyond the surveyed country the subject of , this sketch grew a,nd multiplied. In 1818 free passages, except to convicts, were elk:dished ; so those who carne out were now. mostly young men with a good education and a few hundred pounds. They naturally entered into the best speculation for making money, and squatting was reinforced with recruits from the best families at home. In 18'21 Sir Thomas Brisbane was pleased. with men of this class, and for their encour- • a,gement gave them grants of land with the use of as many .convicts an they could feed and employ: Under such auspicious eircumstances they took the. opportunity of. improving their grants with such cheap labor, and many pala- tial homesteads and stations of these times yet remain as monuments of their industry and attest their taste and skill. Soon the demand for convicts became greater than the . supply; the peeitee- tiaries of Eugland were getting pretty well drained, and every enterprise here was pushed forward with convict lens. cit. The hardened wretches were hard to govern. The worst class were chain- ed in gangs and employed Making roads or on thebGovernment farms. Only the better class were assigned to the squat- ters and farmers, who had the power of tsending them into the Police Magistrate with an order for so many lashes. This power was dooltt often abused,- and • terrible vengeance, tiaa horrible for hie- • tory, sometimes ensued. Hanging was nearly as common as flogging, but the latter was enforced with the power: and degradation that could be sum- • moned t7) the wielding of the "cat," and its terror kept many in subordination. We are told they weretmore • afraid of • the " cat" than anything else, and of- tert endured a good deal rather than in our the displeasureteft Weir- masters. Would it have the same terror to the rowdy,tiloodlum and larrikin class who • are running loose to -day? •Beyond the districts surveyed Up to this time, many squatters had settled where they _pleased without any legal right to their runs," as they were called. With re- gard to these, lands .,new regulations were urgently required, for .the Squat - SEAFORM, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1886. {McliBAN BROS, Publielserl3. 1$1,50 a Year, in Advance. 1••••• ters, who were liable to be turned off at a. moment's notice,"felt -themselves in a very precarious position. Besides, as their sheep ncreased rapidly, the flocks of neighboring squatters interfered with a one another, and violent feuds -sprang 11- up and were carried on with much bit - h terness. Toput an end to these evils, ol Governor Bourke ordered the squatters al 4o apply for the land they wanted. He n promised to have boundaries marked t• out; hence the term." boundary rider," is or one who rode round and kept the la flock withinthe boundary,—but gave t out that a all rent would be charged, - in proporti n to the number of sheep the land •c uld support. In return he e secured to the squatter the peaceable t- occupation of his run until the time e came when it should be required for 11 sale. This did much to establish the 'a atability o'squatting in New South Wales, and secured the in for a time from the e4rer aggressive march of op- position. . 'hortly - before this time the prospect of jwciol- fortunes was so bright that monied !men were on tip toe, and an associatilon was formed in England of members o. Parliament, merchants, &c. They; subse ibed a capital of one million pounds, anjI. ieceived from the Govern- ment of New South Wales a grant of one mullioii acres. To stock this they send out s eep and cattle,shepherde and "bduedary riders" and a manager named Sir Edwar Parry, who had gained some distinction as a Polar navigator. They called the selves the "Australian Agri- cultural C mpany," and proposed to open- up mi es, and, in general, to avail themselves of the vast resources of the colony. T 6 servants of the association Itpi fotmfl ed a ourishing co .y on the Liver- pool Plain. , and. farm .ng, coal mining, anclasquatfng receive an impetus on- ward. Ey rything- progressed steadily tilI 1851, hen ,the rueh to- the gold fields of Vietoria lessened the population of -New Sotith Wales by oneefourth, and quieter •pt remits were, for-- at time, at a stand still, The constitutional changes between 1 50 and 1856 decided that M. P.'s shoul receive no pay in New South • Wales, an as poor men mild not afford to speed the time, many squatters got into power •They naturally framed the 1, Land •La s , to suit themselves. • The • elector th .ught he was terribly Oppress- ed, andwaxed red -bot about the time Sir Jahn Noting became Governor. . The Min'stry of the period, .headed by Charles - wper and John Robertson, prepared.a bill to -.alter the regulations for the sa e of land, and give the poor nian a oh nce of obtaining a home for his family ten easy terms. The bill pro - tided that anyone could select from 40 to 320 aer s, anywhere in the surveyed districts sti rown open for selection, at LI per acre. One fourth to be paid upon applicatio , and the balance .any tiine in three yea s without interest, with im- provemen • at the rate of one poinid.per acre to b aback'. Failing to pay the balance; o e shilling per acre rent was charged. Fallieg this, all that had been paid or do e was forfeited to the Crown. The bill 1 aS passed by the Legislative -Assembly, but rejected by the Upper House, whose members were mostly squatters. FiOally it was dragged -through after nui 11controversy, and'became law. • : .1 refer to this land. bill more particu- larlybecause, with a few unimportant. variations i it still applies to the crown lands for tale in all the colonies. There is less -squatting in Victoria than:any of , the other! cOlOnies. On account of its gold, it .Nitas' thicicly settled, and the • rush for gam clashed with the 'quiet aeclusionof the . shepherd, so, like the • 31 Arabs, he." Folded his moving tent and as quiet' stole away" from the bustle and clam ur of men, to where he could get chea,p r land, for a longer term of years, an4l remain -undisturbed by the encroach. lent of settlers, thiis leaving -Victoria with very few squatters. In • New South Wales four fifths of the land is still it -the hands of squatters, either purchased -or rented, but Queensland, and Western. andSouth Australia are the great pastures -and. squattages of to- day. Soule stations .have as many as 200,000 sheep, principally of the Merino and Linc In breeds, which Will average LI per had, though some guas high as 100 guin s. • One hundred :- of them on an average,isall a square mule will keep, or five sh ep to every head of cattle. An idea of s Me of the herds can be-obtadned from the1 following: As many. as 3;000 may be found, �n one run; they are all branded lvith' a registered brand, which I am told1 is an interestingproceas,,well worth se iitga - When fat, . they bring from £7 o: £8a delivered at the stock yards—b t no -statiousholder will sell store c Wet • . Great attention is given • t. breeding - here, and- many line !sea linens may be -seen.- Here- fordsl a d Shorthorns : . are -• Common and held in high esteem, as the follow- ing will •h�w: "At a balc. held by Messrs. ibeon & Co.,'near. Gulong, sernetim ago 330 animals of the above breeds br ught £30,700, one colt Roan Duchess' bringing 2,200 guineas:" The two Prin 'ipal stations I have visited so far are G nbeaaer and Perrivota. You see they are 'all named. The latter is on the n ith bank Of the Murray river, in New South Wales, and belongs to Messrs. obieson & Wagner, of Mel- bourne, • ho are shareholders in Cobb & C.'o.'s ro al mail coaches, niany years ago esta lished in all the colonies. The run cont ins 130,000 acres of purchased land, ant is surrounded and divided by wire fen es, which are never suapped or frost. -The stock is composed sheep, 103 horses, 50 head of 0 fowls, and a kennel of beauti- The house is a larae two aroken b of 76,000 cattle, 2 ul dogs • story building -of red brick, and, with the grou ds, will compare with the best i I ever saw 1n Ontario. The cottages for rn the en, mad the stahles are of the same material, and with the equine equip - merits wi onto. g nificent, and tas big-bodi 11 shade the best liverY in Tor- verything is great, grand, mag- nd indicative of wealth, beauty . The manager, Mr. Ross, is a d, big -minded Scotchman, with that quiet reserve and dignified manner characteristic of his race. He has had 30 years colonial experience, which he can relate in an interesting manner, as any Scotchman can who has made a good use of his time. From 20 to .30 • men are employed .all the year round, and about 75 or 80 in "shearing time," which is the most interesting time to visit a sheep statiopate•An American hav- ing visited this station at onetime to see the shearing, arrived sometime before dark, and was shown round the grounds ae far as the -banks of the river, which he had not seen before. When he came in the manager's wife asked him what he thought of the Murray, heliad heard, so much of. " Oh !" said he, ." it may do for Australia, but our people would never have called it a river; they would bottle up such a stream-, before break- fast, for soda water." During the "yarning" that ensued the Yankee gave a description ofAmerican farming, men- tioning the corn, hogs, and stock in gen- eral. • Well," said the manager, "you may boast of your corn, hogs and rivers, but as for your sheep, we would have them shorn and cooked for the shearer's breakfast here." Such is the squatter, whose home is one of perennial green— a worthy compeer of the ranchman of America. The price of wool goes up and down, but he "squats on forever.' And in conclusion we will look forward to the time when the unexplored regions of this vast island -26 times the - size of Great Britain and Ireland—shall bear the impress of the "patient trotters" of the royal Bock of King George, amid the interior plains and hillsides of Aus- tralia. Yours very truly, •1 J. SMILLIE. Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia,1 • February lah, 1886. f (To be Continuegl.) Canada. I The late Judge Mosseau's life was insured for $25,000. _1 --There is a move towards annexing New Edinburgh, a suburb of Ottawa, td the city. f' • • —Mr: J. H. Priestly, ' Of Ailsa Craig, has been appointed- Police Magistrate of • that village, without salary. • 1,—. -The Gospel Army in Toronto have engaged Shaftesbury Hall for two meet- ings every Sunday. —Some. of the farmers in the vicinity o Manitou; Southern Manitoba, sewed Wheat on the 22nd of March, 1 -Upwards of 15,009,000 white -fish from the Dominion fish hatchery will be planted in Lake Erie this spring. . —Mr. Blitz, a Roman Catholic priest, has applied to the Presbytery of Mon- ti•eal for admission to the Presbyterian church. —Two large blockson the principal business street hi Napanee and several other buildings were burned -down Mon- day nigh t. • . . e --•A fire, 'which destroyed property to the value of $30,000, occurred at Port Rowan on Friday., Eighteen buildings Were destrPyecl. ' —The gas works at Berlin were de- stroyed bytfire on Friday, leaving the town in darkness until other means of lighting were furnished. —The Nova Scetia Assembly on Fri- day passed 'without a diViSiOri the second reading of a License Act of the most stringent character. —The "Rudge " farm, consisting of 79 acres, 2nd concession, London town- ship, about two Miles frail] London, was Old Saturday .for $6,500, —The late rains have caused severe -freshets in the Belleville district. • Part a the Midland division of the , Grand Trunk has been washed out. ' i —Mr. David Maclaren, son of Profes- sor • Maclaren, Knox College, Toronto, has received and accepted a very hearty call to Alexandria, in the county of Glengarry. —There is in the Belleville elevators waiting the opening of navigation, for shipment, '30,000 bushels of barley, 20,000 of wheat, 12,000 peas and 13,000 rye. --The Rev. D. Ca7meron, of Lucknow,, has accepted the appointment of the Horne Mission Cointnitteeto the mission -field of Manitowaning. .! —The mails ha,ve been robbed of late between Montreal and Ottawa. An in siirance'agent in the former city mailed an unregistered letter with $575 to Ot- tawa which was never received, —Rev. Dr. James, formerly of Knox church,. Hai»ilton, is at present oecu py- ing the pulpit of St; James' square Pres- byterian church, Toronto, awaiting the arrival of Dr. Kellogg. ' —The cost of removing the snow from .0tIvrstreets in 'Montreal last Year was er $19,000, but this year, owing to the small amount of snow remaining, it is expected to cost only some $10,000. —Among the bills assented to at the recent sitting of the New Brunswick legislature was one enabling unmarried women andawidovvs to vote at municipal election. —john A. Eady, postmaster at Scot- land, South, Oxford, has been acquitted at the assizes at Brantford of the charge of abstracting a money letter from the mails. . !—The' congregation of East Williams, Piesbytery of London, have -called the Rev. John Macmillan, late pastor. of Knox church, Mount Forest. Glammis his also called the same gentleman. action for $2,072 damages has been taken against the city of Montreal by Miss G. `Dube for injuries received by a fall, caused by a hole in the side- walk at ChabOillez square. —The inquest on the bodies of John A. Bailey and a hired man, who were burned in the building • destroyed by fire on Thursday night near Wiarton, was held at Oxenden on Saturday. It disclosed one of the most atrocious and blood -curdling murders that have ever shocked the feelings of the country. The body supposed to be that of John Bailey, had a gash four inches .long in the right. side of the _neck, severing all the principal blood vessels on -that side, and a heavy blow had crtushd in the forehead until the brain exuded. The body of the hired man showed still more horrible treatment. The affair has caused wild excitement in the neigh- borheod, which has been deepened by the fact that no clue to the murderers has been discovered. —An imposing funeral service for the late Rev. Father Fafard, who was mas- sacred at Frog Lake during the rebel- lion, was held last Sunday in Montreal, being the anniversary of his death. —Wm. Ross, Esq.'sr., of West Flamboro, died very suddenly on Mon- day last week, from the rupture of an artery. He was in his 78th year and had resided in that neighborhood thirty- seven years. —High water, especially the overflow of :the Rideau river is doing consider- able damage about Ottawa. In New Edinburgh the residents had to use boats as a means of communication with the outer world. —James McMahon, a moulder in To- ronto, obliged a man on Brock street by heading off a cow the man was driving. He was tossed in the air, receiving an ugly- cut five inches long, had his left collar bone broken 'and otherwise in- jured. —Mr. Christian Weber) an old resi- dent of Waterloo county, and much re- spected by all who had any dealings with him, died at his residence near Heidelburg, on the 22nd Olt., at the ad- , vanced age of 76 years. :—The Simcoe House hotel, at Sirricoe, was burned to the ground early Sunday morning, George Cunningham,. the hostler, perishing in the flames. A man who tried to rescue him narrowly escaped the same fate. —Peterborough has declined_ to con- tinue its grant of $750 to the Collegiate institute, and the board is going to raise the fees required from pupils to $10 and $15 for the first and second terms of the year respectively. —The exhibit of the Wainer Sewing Machine Company, of Hamilton, at the Intercolonial Exhibition, will be a ;fine one. This company have manufactured no fewer than 1,500,000 sewing machines since 1861, and sent machines to all parted the world. —Miss Winterrnute, of $t. • Thomas, has offered her services to the Women& Foreign Missionary Sdciety of the Metho- dist church, as a missionary to Jaipan, and will shortly leave for that di -Stant country to engage in this branch of ardu- ous labor. —John A. MacMahon, a young !bar- rister, of Kingston, left the other night, accompanied by his wife and children. It turns out that he is a defaulter t� the extent of over $15,000, having appro- priated funds of his clients to that amount. —The teachers in Hamilton Public Schools are petitioning the Board of Education for a change in the present sal- ary system. The Board will be asked not to pay salaries according to grtdes, but according to length of -service. —Donald McLellan, well known in some partrof Canada, died in Detroit on Tuesday Morning last week, aged 106 years. The old man was a native of the Highlands of Scotland, and livedtamone them for 75 years. He emigrated to the new world 30 years ago. —Mr. John Z. Detweiler last -Week sold his 200 acre farm, lot 4, 13easley's Block, township of Waterloo -150 acres to Mr. Charles G. Wilson, of North Dum- fries, and 50 acres to Mr, Isaac iMc- Nally. The 200 acres netted Mr. pet- weiler $14,000. —It is said that the people of Labra - der, between Esquimax Point and Blanc Sableon; are starving and ;keep them- selves alive only by eating the flesh of 500 dogs, which have been killed. It is believed that a large number of people Will die this spring drom starvation, —The Government seed grain which is being distributed tol the settlers around Prince Albert, Northwest Ter- ritory, is, much of it, very inferior grain, and the farmers express considerable dissatisfaction. The Betoche Indians -cannot put in -a erop for want of grain and oxen and necessities of life. —The tug steamboat owners at Mon- treal and Quebec have commenced hir- ing their crews for the coming season. Wages, per month, are: Captains, $40; engineers, $36; firemen'$18; deck hands, $14to $16. Hands on deep sea boats command. a fraction better than these figures. • s --Holders of second-class certificates will be interested in knowing that the senate of Toronto University has decid- ed'that such certificates shall be receiv- ed pro tanto for • university matricula- tion. The Education Department took a laudable interest in procuring this • boon for the public school teachers. -a-John Grandy, of Maidstone toW11- ship, met with a singular accident the other day. Two steers were fighting in a barn yard where Grandy was at work, and while trying to separate them one- oLthern gored him in the left side, frac- turing several rites and lacerating the flesh badly. —During March nearly 7,000 French- Canadians left Bonaxenture depot, Montreal, for New England and Middle States. • Two hundred and twenty-seven families, representing about 1,000 per- sons, have left the Province of Quebec, who it is known will permanently re- main in the States. —A grain buyer who has purchased at_Portage la Prairie during the fall and winter tells the WinniPeo Commercial that about 300,000 butls of Wheat have been marketed fro n the Partage plains. He says that if la few loads of smutty wheat were taken out, the re- mainder would • average No. 1 hard. -There *as no frozen gra n to speak of. —Accounts of the seal fishery from St: Johns, Newfoundland, i dieate splendid season's catches for the fleet. • Seals in great numbers are fre uently seen on the coast, and some thonsancls have been hauled ashore by people living in the fishing villages at Yentas points.' • At one place as many as r5,000 a daY for several days in succession have been brought ashore from the ice. The steam-. er Leopard has arrived at St. Johns • with between 15,000 and 16,000, and another steamship, thought to be the Nimrod, is reported to be on the'tvay to some port with a full fare. One or two coastingschooners have obtained full loads in the channel, and are doing well. —Mr. E. F. B. Johnston, Deputy At- torney -General of Ontario, has placed his resignation in the hands of Mr. Mowat It is said that the causes which led to Mr. Johnston's resignation were that the work was too hard for the salary, $3,000 per annum. Mr. John- ston will resume practice of his prZofes- sion in Guelph. . —The prize fighter of Boston, John L. Sullivan, arrived in Toronto the other day from the east. He was drunk and acted the part of a brutal ruffian while on the way up and Alba after arriving in the city, striking and wounding several inoffensive persons. Notwithstanding which he was allowed to go scot free, —The Rev. Dr. Beattie, of Brantford, gave an address at the teachers'aneeting there on "The relation of education to the state"t He believes the religious element in educatiOn is the most diffi- cult one to deal N'ith. History shows: that countries 'where that element is wholly neglected, evince a decided ten- dency -to materialism. . —The rivalry between the St. Law- rence Steamboat • Company and the Riehelieu and Ontario Navigation Com- pany to secure the lion's share of the summer travel between Toronto and the Saguenay, promises to result in strong competition both lines making prepara- tions to v'tiorously oppose each other 4 from the opening of navigation. . .7 -Brother John, H. White, Deputy GranclaSire of the independent Order of - Oddfellows, met with a seriousaccident it Buffalo some weeks ago, where he had been attending court, by slipping on the walk and striking his head, from which be became unconscious, sustaining a severe concussion of the brain and elose- ly escaping a fractured skull. s --We notice that the Canadian Bee Journal has entered volume 2 with an increase in size of from 16 to 20 pages, with no advance in price. • There is a great deal of useful iniermatims concern- ing the culture and management of bees' in this publication, for which 'one dollar a year is a very moderate compensa- tion; It is published at Becton, Ont. —Advices from Newfoundland report terrible destitution still prevailing there. One hundred families in St. John's are actually on the verge of starvation, and 600 people are being supplied with the necessaries of life either by the*Govern- ment or public subscriptions. Harrow- ing stories of destitution come from all along thef coasts. —Seventy half-breeds, formerly of Batoehe, 33 of whom took part in the re- • bellion, and who are now residing in the Pembina Mountain country, across the border, have been asked by the Government to return and be pardoned. • They sayl they will not da so unless given patents of their lands and damages to their buildings. ! I —The f llowing persons left Kincar- dine per qrand Trimk Railway on Tues- day last week: John A. McDonald, for Willa Walla, Waehington Territory; Wm. Munroe, for Aberdeen, Dakota; Murdoch ; McDonald,. for Ellendale, Dakota; Wm. McGregor, John Mc- Gregor, Duncan McArthur and W. Mc- Gregor, for Farge, Dakota. -a:Thousands of dozens of eggs were offered on the London market •Saturday morning, and consequently the price dropped to 9 and 10 cents per dozen. Butter, however, was as dear as ever and Old at 27c. and 28c. per pound. : 3;11Poln. esyrup took a slight drop, and came down to $1.10 and $1.20- per .• , —Mr. T. W. Crothers, of St. Thomas, is obtaining evidence to prove the identity of the heirs of Mrs. Damen, who died recently in Bristol, England, leaving an estate of £40,000 to Mary Paris, and in the event of her death, to - be equally divided amongst her chil- dren, eleven in number, 13 early all of whom reside in Elgin county or its neighborhOod. . —The Dundas Cotton Company is sending tip the Colonial Exhibition over 100 pieces of different- textiles, which were spun, dyed, woven and finished in, the company's own premises. Galateas, check shirtinge, gifighams, tickings,' awning cloths,. furniture coyering and the material t 'emed tricote, which, for overalls, is az irnprovemet on denim, are among the shipment. i —Last Friday night a Grand Trunk Railway yardsman at Point Edward, named James Welch, • while on duty tripped and fell under the cars. The wheels passed over his legs near the knees, and he lived only about three hours after being hurt. He was a man of about 45, and leaves a wife and two little children totally unprovided for. He had been on the road for many years. —The Grand Trunk railway officials originally intended to send to the Lon- don Colonial exhibition a locomotive specially constructed for the occasion. Owing to . the difficulty of ocean traps - port the idea has been abandoned and photographs of the engine and various cars, with views of the works at Point St. Charles, and- one of • the Victoria bridge will be sent instead. ' Carsley, of Montreal is sending a case of.i0silk umbrellas to. the Intercelonial . xhibition_Which deserves more than passurg notice. , A unique feature of the display is the beentiful carved _ ivory and cherry bald sAlte wood handles, the former consisting of exact likenesseS of. Earl Dufferin, Lord Lans- downe, Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir A. T. Galt, 'Hon. E. Blake, Hon. A. Mac- kenzie and Other Canadian notables. " Tobogganing," carved on a lion's tooth i a snow -shoe on an elephant's tusk, with trappers, squaws, beavers, maple leaves, etc„ on the less costly handles. The handles are richly mount- ed in silver. All the exhibit, from the ease to the carred handles, was made in Mr. Carsley's establishment, with the exception of the silken covers, which are of imported silk which cost $3,50 *per yard. —News reached here on Friday that Rev. Mr. Loughead, Presbyterian, min- ister at Rolling River, Northwest Ter- ritory, was found dead a short distance from horne by Indians. His riding whip was clasped in his hand. He was riding a young horse and was thrown, causing instant death, Mr. Loughead • was widely known in the Northwest, and hie untimely demise is greatly re- gretted. —Richard Neil, who died in Wards- ville on Wednesday last week was in his 82nd year. He Was born near Mount Mellick, Queen's county, Ire- land, and came to Canada with his father's family in 1820, settlingon the land on which Wardeville IXONV stands. He had been a resident of that vicinity for nearly 60 years, There wasene house in the village site on their -arrival, but none nearer l than Tharaesville or Dela- ware. —The bylaw for the issue of $51,000 debentures for the new cattle market in Toronto, was defeated by a majority of • 1,182. The,Canadiat Pacifie, by -defeat of the bylaw, are deterred from getting independent access to cattle yards, and it is stated that theywili now give To- ronto the go-by, by charging the same rate of freight for cattle to Montreal as for Toronto, that is to say, cattle, say from Guelph,will be carried to Montreal for the same rate as from Guelph to Toronto. 1 —Lord iloyle, of Calgary, accom- panied by Messrs. Ross and Roy-a,I, Members, waited on the Minister of Palk Works at Ottawa the -other day, in an effort :to have the Government un- dertake the lowering of the waters of the !southern portion of Lake Manitoba, which, they sebtnitted, Would _reclaim thousands of acres of submerged landt. Sir Hector intimated that it would not, this year, be possible to appropriate anything for this purpose. The appli- cation -is not a new one. Mr. Strieker, of Linwood, was sawing;wood with a circular saw a few days ago he thought he noticed something wrong, and on going near to make an examination he was struck on the face and knocked insensible. He soon regained consciousness and was taken to the house where his wounds were dressed, and he is now doing well. The saw- lied burst and -the balance wheel was totally destroyed. It was a very narrow escape from instant death. —T. Schofield, crockery merehant of St. ThomaS, is missing, and his pre— mises are in possession of the sheriff. Schofield, who was formerly employed • on the Michigan Central Railway, had only been in business a few weeks, but ihad succeeded in getting away with up- wards of $600 in hard cash, borrowed from railway employes ostensibly to pay on the stock, which he purchased upon credit. A ;few days ago be was mar- ried to Miss Hunsberry, 1111-d he has de- serted his bride of a week, and is sup- posed to be now beyond the reach of his creditors. —The annual report of the Quebec city Missioes, just published, shows an admirable record of good work done by the missionary; Mr. Davis, during the peat year, among the seameo, frequent - Mg the port, in the hospitals, jail and Citadel, and in the•shape of reclaiming erring ehildren of both sates, reconcil- ing divided married couples,. holding temperance and prayer meetings,' etc, The mission's financial position, how- ever, is unsatisfactory and tans for greater encouragement, especially from merchants and others engaged in the St. Lawrence trade. coesequence •of the. steady in- crease in the population of Algoma and Parry Sound Districts and the formation of new School Sections; the Department of Education have found it necessary to divide Algoma and Parry Sound into two districts for the purpose of school inspection. By the death of Inspector Maclean the appointment of two new shod inspectors devolves upon the de- partment. ; Rev. Geo. Grant, a Simcoe gentleman of liberal education and ex- perience iU school work, has been ap- pointed to; the inspectorate of Parrir Sound district, and an inspector for Al- goma district will be appointed as soon as possible: —Rev. J. E. Hunter, the evangelist, who has been laboring in London for some weeks with much succees, left Saturday morning for a few day's rest at his home. "These services," said a citizen to Rev. Mr. Hunter, the other evening, "have cost me V240." This was apparently one of numerous cases reported where persons under conviction for their misdoings in the past have set about the work of restitution, and dur- ing the past few weeks- not a few old. debts (and worse) have been made good, and numerous ‘` shady transactions cleared up. "If any of you have rob- bed or cheated a man out of $1 depend upon it," said Mr. Hunter to the Dun- - clas Centre eongregatioe, " no matter how many thousands you accumulate that dollar will yet heave and come to the surface. It can't be kept down. It will rise to cendemn you. Be sure your sin will find you out, if not in this world, at the judgment day." , —Mr. W. Martin, of Clinton, and his peddling waggon have been familiar ob- jects on the cotmtry concessions in this county for many years. The amount of truck which the old man gathers up in the course of a year is amazing. Laet year he gathered, sorted and shipped: Scraps and other iron, 93,500 lbs.; rags, ,55,380 lbs.; bones, 12,543 tbs.; copper, brass and lead, 1,435 lbs.; wool pickings, 1,500 lbs.; old rubbers, 650 lbs.; old zinc, 500 The.; old papers, 500 lbs.; mak- ing a total of 266,058 Itts. Tlata will show that Mr, Marten "hustles him- self pretty lively, in order to collect such a large amount of what meet people regard as rubbish. egt 4 I