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WHOLE NUMBER 959.
EW. GOODS
—AT THE_
heap Oash Store,
sm.A_TioP,T1-1_
Just opened out New Dress Goods,
New Ginghams, New Prin.ts. New Shirt-
;
ings, New Cottons, New Tweeds, New
Embroideries, New Laces, New Corsets,
New Gloves, New Hose.
We have a large stock of Men's,
Youths', Boys' and Children's
Saft and Stiff Felt ,Hats
To clear at less' than half wholesale cost.
Call and take a look through them.:
Also, Boy's Cloth Silas away below
wholesale prices at the ,
Cheap Cash Store
—OF=.
Hoffman & Company,
Carclno's Block, Seaforth.
A Chat With Premier Mowat.;
From the Chicago Canadian.-Ameiican.
The Hon. Oliver Mowat, premier -of
the Ontario Government, made a short
stay in. Chicago last week, on his way to
Coloraclo,whither he went in the interest
of his wife's declining health. He was
looking in robust health, and appeared ,
to be in the best of spirits, especially
when discussing the political prospects
of his party in both the federal and pro-
vincial elections. He told a representa-
tive of this paper that it had been, fully
settled, he believed, to bring on the Do-
minion eleetions this fall, but that Sir
John Macdonald's health was very bad,
which might necessitate his absence from
the country for a considerable period, in
which event it was possible that the con-
test might have to be postponed until
next -year. He spoke of the Ontario
boundary award and observed that there
had been two sessions of the Dominion
house since it was made, and that so far
no steps had been taken to ratify it. He
was evidently of the opinion that the
delay would not benefit Sir John in
Ontario.
In one respect the high tariff question
would cease to be an issue in that coun-
try. The public debt had, he said, been
so greatly increased since the Conserva-
tives came into office, that, hereafter, no
matter which party was in poWer, a
tariff would have to be imposed suflident-
ly strong to meet the demands of revenue
which would amount to a uonsiderable
degree of protection. He thought that
the main issue in the approaching elec-
tion would be "the mismanagement of
the Northwest Territories, by which the
rebellion Wad brought on and from which
many volunteers and private citizens
lost.their lives; the failure of the, Gov-
ernment to Beduin a renewal of the fish-
ery clauses of the Washington treaty;
the failure of the Government to ratify
the imperial boundary settlement, the
failure of the Government to negotiate a
commercial treaty with the United
States; the corruption of the federal
cabinet, and many other issues." He
referred to the liquor law of Ontario,
and remarked that hotel and Saloon
license fees had been raised, and that
the provisions in respect of • closing all
bars from seven o'clock on Saturday
evenings until six o'clock on Monday
mornings was generally oleser ved thrbugh
out the province, and particularly in
Toronto, where the Sabbath was very
orderly, in consequence.
_ —The collectors appointed to solicit
subscriptions in. Ottawa for the relief of
the distress in Ireland are meeting with
gratifying success. One subscription of
$100 dollars was given Tuesday. •
—Mr. VanHorne general manager of
the Canadian Pacidc railway, has writ-
ten an important letter to the Toronto
city council regarding improvements on
the Esplanade front, and intimating that
the company were taking steps to ac-
quire a right of way into the city.
—Messrs. Mullarky & Co., boot and
shoe manufacturers, of Montreal, have
made a judicial assignment. The
statement shows liabilities of `$160,000,
and assets of about $69,000, exclusive of
a elaiin on nearly a million acres of land
in Mexico, which is transferred to the
creditors.
—One day last week a horse race, go -
as -you -please, took place between horses
• owned by Seaman Laird and Beatty
Brothers, of Brussels, for a purse of $25.
The course was from Walton to Brus-
sels. Laird's horse was ridden by Ed-
ward Drake and the other horse driven
before a sulky. The former followed
• the sulky until after they had passed
the cemetery, when he *pulled out and
ran by, taking the lead and won the
race easily. The distance is about five
miles and the time made was fourteen
minntes.
sift
The Potato Rot,--ItS Cause
and RemedieS.
EMRTNENT OP AGRICULTURE, )"
; RONTO, April '122, 1886. ,
To the Editor of TIIN HURON EXPOSITOR.
The following pepper has been pre
pared at the request of this ,Department
by J. Hayes Penton, M. A., Professor
of Natural History at the Agricultural
College. A disease which destroyed a
large portion of one of the'staple foods
Of the people in Ontario and elsewhere
last year, and which is likely to appear
again unless wise precautions are taken
— possibly in spite of every precaution,
— deserve the most careful study that
can be given to it. The best informa-
tion and advice • that science affords
should he presented to our agriculturists
for their guidance, and in placing Pro-
fessor Panton's paper at your disposal it
is hoped that his enquiries into the cause
of the "rot," and the remedies he sug-
gests, may obtain a wide publicity.
A. BLUE,
Assistant Commissioner.
The use of the microscope in the fields
of sciehtific research has revealed much
that is of importance to man. Many
forms of disease about whose origin
little was known, had much light
shed upon them since this instrument
was employed in their study, both among
animals and plants. We find now that
man is constantly lashed by invisible
foes—some attacking himself and others
the food which he eats. During the
past summer and fall a striking example
hf this occurred m the prevalence of the
se -called "potato rot," which has proved
a great loss throughout the -Province
and in many parts of the United States.
In the bulletin issued in November from
the Bureau Of Industries we learn that
the rot prevailed throughthe whole
southern belt of the'Province. In many
cases one-hallto three-fourths of the crop
was destroyed, and in some, it was not
worth digging. With such disaster
around us, the questions are naturally
suggested, "What is Ithe cause of
the rot? and, What remedies can be
adopted? I•
, I
Cause.—This disease has received a
great deal of attention frem botanists
since the days when it became a scourge
in Ireland and other parts Of the British
Isles, and it is now conCeded to be the
result of I a minute fungus called
PIWophthora infestans. This attacks
all parts ef the plant—leaf, stem and
tubers. By those ignorant of the life
history of this tiny parasitic plant little
attention is paid to Its appearance on
the topse and no alarm is I experienced
until the potatoes are affected. But
being, very contagious, its presence on
the leaves should become a serious mat-
ter, especially when we,reinember that
it spreads with great rapidity. It is
usually indicated by the tops presenting
a blotched, brownish, spotted, dead ap-
pearance. A close examination of the
potatoes showing this will -discover in-
numerable slender stems growing up out
of the surface of the leaves and stems of
• the affected plants. These branch and
swell out at the ends into pear-shaped
mi▪ nute bodies (spores), which are pro-
duced by millions. When ripe they
separate from the stem and being ex-
ceedingly light pass into , the atmos-
phere, where they are wafted about,
many of them finally eeaching the
ground or settling upon plants. Under
favorable conditions of moisture and
heat the contents of a microscopic spore
may push out a long minute tube, which
can penetrate into any part pf the po-
tato plant and give rise to the fungus;
or may separate into several distinct
portions (swarm spores) which burst
through the spore -wall and become the
source of the parasitic plant. The ma-
ture plant which lives in the taps and
tubers is very minute, and can be seen
only by the aid of the microscope. It
consiets of many colorless; branching
thread-like structures. These penetrate
the tissues of the potato and feed upon
the juices, so that it soon weakens and
begins to waste away. From the thread-
like structures tiny stalks arise, assum-
ing beautiful plant -like forms and bear-
ing upon their branches the spores al-
ready referred to. They live but a
short time, but the thread-like structure
is perennial and hardy, and from frag-
ments of it new fungi may arise. It is
said by- some that another kind of spore
is -produced which can winter, and thus
give rise to the Organism in another sea-
son. • These are the so-called 'resting
spores, apparently for the purpose of
keeping the species over certain periods,
while the spores already considered are
produced rapidly so as to hasten the
spread of the fungus under favorable
conditions. This .minute microscopic
plant is certainly a low form of vege-
table life, incapable of manufacturing
food from the mineral kingdom, but
fastening upon other plants and feeding
upon their juices. A wet season sun -
plies conditions well adapted for its de-
velopment, and hence we find the "rot "-
associated with such weather. There is
no doubt that many Spores are always
more or less present, but they are pre-
vented from being a source of trouble
because the weather is not suited for
their growth.
Remedies.—The rot usually appears
about the first two weeks in August,
and if the weather is favorable its spread
is very rapid, for as soon as the thread-
like structure which arises from the
spore is developed it immediately be-
comes spore -bearing. Hence the import-
ance of examining the plants for the ap-
pearance of the brownish -;spots that in-
dicate the presence of the fungus.
1. As soon as discovered, dig the
potatoes. Delay will allow it to spread
to the stems, and thence to the tubers.
If it reaches these and damp weather
comes, rot will certainly appear,
.2. After digging, the potatoes should
be put in a cool, dry place, thus sur-
rounding them with conditions unfavor-
able for the growth of .the fungus if any
happens to be upon them.
3. Growing early varieties is worthy
of consideration, so that they may ma-
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY APRIL 30, 1886.
ture before the season arrives when this
parasite is likely to affect the crop.
4. .All potato -Stalks in affected lands
should be gathered and burned, so as to
destroy the -millions of spores which
may be upon them.
5. Use none but good seed. If at all.
affected, reject them ; and plant in well -
drained land. If ,the potatoes to be used
for seed have been taken from cellars
where affected ones were kept, they are
likely to have the microscopic spores on
them and escape notice. It would be
best to get seed from unaffected dis-
tricte.
6. It is scarcely necessary to remark
that it would be injudicious to plant
potatoes in the same field the following
year after a visitation of the rot, inas-
much as the ground may retain the germs
Of the disease.
7. Avoid planting upon heavy 'clay
soil, but prefer a light and dry soil.
This preeents the fewest conditions suit-
able for the growth of the fungus.
The nature of our climate is not so
favorable for the development of this in-
jurious fungus as that of Britain e yet as
we are sometimes visited by it,and al-
-though scarcely viewed as a scourge, it
is well that we should remember its .na-
ture and habits, and always be ready to
guard against failure if it appears. As
last summer was favorable for its propa-
gation'great care should be exercised in
the selection of seed this spring.
J. iloYEs PANToN, M. A. "
Mr. Campbell on the Horse
Question.
Mn. EDITOR,— DEAR SIR: If I put a
wrong construction on anything Mr.
McMordie said in his letter I am sure it
was not intentionally. When Mr. Mc-
Mordie's letter is analyzed it just comes
to tleis, that what he calls an overfed
horse is a diseased horse, that &diseased.
horse will beget diseased progeny, and
that, therefore, an overfed horse should
be excluded from the show -ring. Now,
Me. McMordie- says that to obtain this
list the owners must resort to "stuffing
and doctoring." I drew a comparison
to show that a ,horse might be very . fat
and yet be perfectly healthy, and Yet
another horse, although not nearly so
fat, might be far from healthy, and yet
the judges would have to give thelean
horse the prize. This is a part of my
last letter, which I think if Mr. MeMor-
die reads it carefully over again he will
see that he failed to grasp my idea. Mr.
McMoiclie says that the death rate is
much larger. now among foals . than it
was 20 or 25 years ago. Is he sure that
the horses of .20 years ago were not fat
horses, he must remember also that for
every rone.foal then we have perhaps tea
now, atthe same time I believe that the
death rate is much greater now, even in
proportion to the numbers than it was
thenebut I do not think oyerfat sires is
the cause. With regard to Mr. McMor-
die's.three questions, I think first, that
sorne changes in the system (fledging
might be made with profit; but I do not
think that any system. could be adopted
that would work satisfactorily with re-
gard to the exclusion of oterfat horses,
as to the fat covering up defects good
judges should not be deceived by it they
should be able to see the good and had
points in spite of fat; second, of course
overfeeding is. injurious,as anything
that .interferes,with the general .health
is injurious, an overfeed of grain inter-
feres with the digestion,. fermentation
sets in, gas is evolved, and ten to one
the horse dies, butthat is a different
thing from a fat horse fattened intelli-
gently as I described in my last letter,
such a horse although very fat wpuld be
in possession ofaa sound, vigorous con-
stitution • third, I do not think. that
:Mr. Mcordie's theory of the large
'death rate amongst foals is correct, - but
regret that I have not time this week
to give mine, but will do so some' other
time.
A. M. CAMPBELL.
, Stanley,- April 20, 1886; ,
The Scott Act.
To the Editor of Tna HunoN Exrosrros.
SIR,—The . temperance sentiment of
the people of this county since the pass-
age of the Scott Act has been very much
discouraged. First, by the action of the
irresponsible Senate in their endeavor to
thwart the expressed will of the ma-
jority of the people by trying to intro-
duce a wine and beer clause into the
Scott Act; secondly, by the dilatory
wayin which the Dominion Government
treate4 the matter. And, although
they dare not at that time pass such a
measure, they . evidently iptended, by
placing every obstacle possible in the
way of the satisfactory enforcing of the
law, and by placing the dispensing of
liquor in the hands of those most likely
to violate it, to so discourage the
temperance • people and win over the
weak-kneed that they might have a pre-
text for future legislation in that direc-
tion. A good example of the -latter
class can be found in some of those who
voted for the Wine and Beer Memorial
petition in the, Seaforth council. Sev-
eral of these at the last election came
out as temperance men and, on those
grounds got the: temperance support.
They had never Isorne the brunt of the
temperance conflict nor helped to mould
.public sentiment in favor of temperance,
but when the Scott Act agitation came
up, for the sake of respectability- and
being on the _ popular side, they drifted.
in with the temperance people ; but
•
now when difficulties arise and discour-
agements appear their.' true character
comes to the surface. They are not any
inore respected by those whose dupes
they are, but, on the other hand, are
only laughed at when they have served
the purpose forthe time being.
A similar petition has been passed by
the McKillop township council, and in
neither case was it ever mentioned be-
fore the meeting of council to any mem-
her who did not vote for it, that such a
motion would be brought up. The
matter was all secretly planned; and the
object of the meetings kept as quiet as
possible. Those interested in its pass-
age knew well that it would be to their
interest to have the matter as little dis-
cussed as possible, so that the temper-
ance people might sleep on and not be-
come alive to their danger. We ex-
pected the liqnor traffic to die bard and
were prepared to let it pass away quiet-
ly, if it were not for the underhand way
its supporters take of upholding it. It
is now high time, however, that the
temperance people wereaup and doing.
The machinery for the enforcement of
the Scott Act is now in working order.
Thanks to the -Government of this
Province, inspectors and commissioners
have been appointed. It is new the
duty of the temperance people, not only
to see that these officials do their duty,
but to aid them in the doing of it. If
those who supported and voted. for the
Act still prove indifferent, the -Act must,
in a great measure prove a failure, and
upon them must rest the responsibility
of failure, at all tvents until some such
check is put upon them as would be
done by the passage of the wine and
beer clause. Yours Truly,
TEMPERANCE.
McKillop, April 27, 1886.
Canada.
One million whitefish fry have been
let loose in Hamilton Bay.
—Thos. Scott, the Selkirk murderer,
has been convicted of manslaughter.
—It is expected -the Wimbledon team
will sail for England on the 24th of June.
—The New St. Andrew's church,
Lindsay, o
ndosao.y, is to cost between $20,000 and
$
—Warden Bedson has received orders
to release Big Bear and three other of
his Indian prisoners.
— Rev. Sam Jones' revival season in
Toronto will, it is announced, extend
from October 3rd to 24th.
—Montreal will have to spend $30,-
000 to $40,000 to,repair streets and side-
walks damaged by the floods.
—At the Shakespeare show, held on
the 16th inst., Mr. Dalziel's Clydesdale,
'Carlisle," carried off the first prize.
—Mill' Creek in North Dumfries is to
be supplied with a quantity of trout ova
, from Dominion hatcheries.
—The mother of M. L. McKinnon, of
Kincardine boundary, died a few days
ago in the 89th year of her age.
—4 new paper, called the Star, has
been started at Plattsville, intended to
represent the interests of that district
and Bright.
—Isaiah Sharp, a North Dorchester
farmer, has been arrested and placed in
custody at Ingersoll •upen a charge of
bigamy.
—A Winnipeg dispatch says: Prairie
fires have done serious damage in the
Morden district. Several settlers' houses
have been destroyed.
— Robert Dunlop, 10th concession of
Bruce, recently sold a Percheron colt,
• eleven months old, weighing 955 tbs., for
$150.
—Thos. Davidson, of Sarnia township,
aged 16, was kicked by a horse Friday
and instantly killed. He was plowing
and the team ran away. e
—Almost a panic was caused in King-
ston on Saturday night by a fire in the
gas -house, people leaying their houses in
fear of an explosion. ,
—The site for the new military col-
• lege at London was selected on Satur-
day and staked out, and the contractors
commenced work on Monday.
—Mr. Cluti. Panet, clerk of private
bills in the House of Commons, died the
other day. He has been 20 years in the
employ of the Government.
—A Toronto market gardener named
Lucas has been gladdened by they news
that he has fallen heir to..$20,000 by the
death of of a Chicago relative.
—A gentleman in Montreal has a
fuchsia grown from a slip of last year
which has attained the extraordinary
height of seven feet six inches. '
— Pickpockets stole a one hundred
and twenty-five dollar watch from John
Sellick, of St. Thomas, near the Canada
nSioguhtt.hern station at Windsor, Friday
— Angus McKenzie, son of Donald
McKenzie, 2nd concession Culross, died
last week at Carberry, Manitoba, from
inflammation of the bowels. He was a
young man in the prime of life.
—One Arrow, an Indian prisoner re-
leased recently from Manitoba peniten-
tiary on account of illness, died Satur-
day morning at Archbishop Tache's resi-
dence, St. Boniface.
—An "old man's" social was given
the other night at the Methodist church,
Whitby. The old gentlemen all wore
white hats, the building was crowded
and the proceeds amounted to $100.
—Daniel R. Stuart was arrested in
Montreal, Saturday, charged with em-
bezzling $40,000 belonging to a Kansas
City pork packieg firm, for which he
was agent.
—Mr. J. C. Dent, of Toronto, having
finished the last volume of his Story of
the •Rebellion of 1837, sails early this
week for Europe on a short trip for the
benefit of his health.
—Mrs. Lye and her three-year-old
child were drowned in the river near
Dresden last Friday evening. The
child fell over the bank, which is very
steep, and the mother jumped after her.
—Three roughs iindertook to sauce a
bus driver in front of the American
hotel, Toronto, on Saturday afternoon.
The bus man laid out the three of them
on the sidewalk, one after the other.
—The Rev. John Stewart, formerly of
Kincardine, but lately of the North-
west, has accepted a call from the Pres-
byterian congregation at Keady, Grey
sounty.
—The regulations respecting the car-
rying out of the Fertilizers Act, 1885,
provide that all collectors of customs
and collectors of inland revenue shall be
inspectors of agricultural fertilizers.
Each inspecter is required to ascertain
that all importers and manufacturers of
fertilizers sold at more than $10 a ton,
and containing ammonia or phosphoric
acid, have complied with the provisions
of the act by forwarding to the Minister
of Inland Revenue a two -pound sample
of each of the fertilizers they propose to
manufacture, together with certificate
of analysis. Inspectors are authorized
to collect a fee of 5 cents per 100 pOunds
weight.
—It is understood that Governor
Lansdowne will leave with his family
for Gaspe shortly after the Close of the
session and spend a good portion of the
summer at that place and visiting New
Brunswick. 1
—About a hundred railway navvies,
hewers, and choppers left Toronto, Mon-
day, ta work on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad in the Rocky , Mountains.
About five hundred more Will shortly
follow.
—Mr. Moody has been invited to
Halifax by the Evangelical Alliance and
the Young Men's Christian Association.
He has also beeninvited to St. John
and other cities and towns Cyf the Mari-
time Provinces. 1
—Mr. Wm., T. Spencer', of Athol,
Prince Edward county, made from the
produce of 275 trees . this spring 80 gal-
lons -(imperial) of syrup and 200 lbs. of
sugar. This is said to be an extraordin-
ary yield.
—It is announced that the Govern-
ment intend purchasing a large lot of
land fronting the Parliament buildings
on Wellington street, Ottawa, upon
which to erect a building for use as
Printing Bureau; the cost lof the land
required will be about ro,opo.
— Chas. Stead, an old Londoner and
at one time a prominent builder and
contractor, died a few days ago, aged
80 years. He was an alderman for five
terms some twenty years since and was
at one time president of the Huron and
Erie Loan Company.
—A large quantity of JIhitefish and
salmon fry was deposited in the bay at
Belleville the other day. A similar de-
posit of one millilon whitefish fry from
the Dominion hatchery at Sandwich was
made in Lake Erie at Port Stanley on
Saturday.
—Mr. John McArthur, farmer of -
South Dorchester, was a rested and .c
taken to Woodstock jail n a writ of
capias, for a debt of $260 to McLean &
Co. of Toronto. He was I released on
giving bail, to appear before the judge
in ten days.
—Abraham Eckel, employed at the
mills of Messrs. Saider & Steckle, Platts-
ville, can pack 95 sacks of flour (200 lbs.)
in three hours. : James Pegg, employed
at the same mill, states that he can
phels on the average one 200 -pound sack
of flour in 2-i minutes. 1
—D. H. Scott, of .Winnipeg, accused
of forgery on the Merchaets' Bank of
that city to the amount, of between
$25,000 and $30,000, and who absconded
to Mexico, whither he was followed and
captured by the Winnipeg chief of po-
lice and taken back to that city.
—Mr. Richard Harrison, who left
Teeswater for the Northwest about a
month ago with a load of horses, had
rather a rough time on the way. The
passage was an unusually severe one,
lasting eleven days. Three out of his
cargo of horses died on the way through
inflammation.
—Mr. Thomas Rutherford, a promi-
nent resident of Waterloo county and a
member of North Dumfries council, died
last week. Mr. Rutherford was one of
the exemplary young men of that section
and was most deservedly held in high
esteem by his very large circle of friends
and acquaintances. .
— Marshal Booth, Son of General
Booth, of the Salvation Army, is now in
Toronto, taking part in the demonstra-
tion there. He is the guest of Mr. D.
McLean 'during his stay in the city.
He has just returned from Australia,
where the organization now numbers
some 70,000. '
—Henry Sandfield, eldest son of the
late John Sandfield Macdonald, died at
Cornwall at 4 a. m. Saturday, never
having recovered from an apoplectic
stroke he received eight days previously
when conducting a case in the court
house. He had a lucrative practice, was
a lawyer of ability, and well known in
Toronto and Montreal.
—Miss Thompson, the young daugh-
ter of a farmer of Philipsburg, not far
from Montreal, came to a painful death
by her clothes igniting from a bonfire
out of doors she was looking at. De-
ceased's father and some members of the
family were severely burned in attempt-
ing to rescue the young lady.
—A young lean from the 7th concession
of London township, made a trade in
horses. with another man unknown to
him on the city market on Saturday.
Next morning when the trimming and
coloring were gone from off the animal
he had got, the youth found that he had
been very, very badly taken in.
—Rev. Thomas Crompton, of Barrie,
died at the residence of his son-in-law,
in Hamilton, Saturday morning. De-
ceased was born in Bury, Lancashire,
England, and entered the ministry at an
early age. He came to Canada in 1854,
and was stationed at Hamilton and dif-
ferent other districts. Be edited the
Christian Journal for a number of years.
—The sixty-seventh anniversary of
the Independent Order of Oddfellows
was celebrated by Divine service at the
Central Methodist church, Bloor street,
Toronto. The sermons were preached
by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. T.
W. Jolliffe, and Rev. Manly Benson.
A large collection was taken up in aid of
the hospital for sick children.
—Last Saturday afternoon two young
men and four young ladies went out in a
sail -boat on the bay at Hamilton. A
squall struck and capsized the boat,
throwing the whole party into the water.
They all managed to cling to the boat
until help arrived, when they were res-
cued after having been 15 minutes in the
water.
—The Galt Reporter says: The
ponds in this section are unusually. full
• of water this spring. The "Wrigley
marshes" are almost overflowingand
complaints of "drowned , lands" are
heard on all hands. This opens up the
question of drainage in that section and
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at last meeting of North Dumfries coun-
cil it was decided to appoint an engineer
to decide the natural ' coarse of certain
waters and settle authoritatively certain
vexed questions (Ince and for all.
—The convicts Of St. Vincent de Paul
penitentiary revolted on Saturday, se-
cured the guards,. and obtained their re-
volvers. A desperate fight followed, in
which the Warden was • dangerously
wounded in three -places, probably fatal-
ly. One convict was killed outright and
several severely watinded before they
were overpowered and secured.
—Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Scott, for
over'50 years residents on their farm in
Blenheim township near Plattsville,
have decided to leave the old. home-
stead and remove to the village of
Plattsville to spend the remainder of
their days in well-earned leisure. The
late Dr. Scott, of Berlin, was a son of
this aged couple.
—Mr. Chas. Dalgliesh, of Chesterfield,
county of Oxford, has sold his imported
Clydesdale stallion "Clock," No. 3524,
to a gentleman from Michigan for a good
round sum. This colt is rising three
years old, and was I sired by "Gorse -
wall," No. 1420, dam "Maggie," No.
• 3472.—Mr. MeFarland, of Shakespeare,
lost his valuable young Clydesdale stal-
lion "Foreside," from inflammation of
the lungs. .
—At the Welland assizes George A.
Hill sued Wm. Rennie, a seedman of
Toronto, for $7.45 claiming that amount
of damage in consequence of two pounds
of seed which he purchased from the de-
fendant as fiat Dutch cabbage, and turn-
ed out to be a bad variety of Scotch
kale. The defence was that the seeds
were not guaranteed, neither have they
been paid for. -The jury returned a
verdict for the paintiff for $5.50.
—John McNab and sisters, of Ayr,
have received a letter from Dr. Miller,
of London, England: formerly a skilful
and esteemed physician of Galt, in
which he conveys his sympathies to
them in their late bereavement. The
doctor expresses the 'admiration he had
for the late Mr. and Mrs. McNab, and
closes his letter with the hope of meet
ing them in another and better world,
" where the wicked Cease from troubling
and the weary are at rest."
--Two elopements took place the other
day in Toronto. George Ward, a man
nearly 60 years of age, with a wife and
grown-up family, disappeared with a
young woman named Speedy employed
as nurse girl. The other case is that of
James Gaynor, gardiner at Deer Park,
• who has eloped with la young girl, leav-
ing behind him a wife and eight chil-
dren, the youngest, being only three
months old. All the money he left with
his wife was three cents.
—Mr. Duncan, of Maryboro', lost a
cow in a siugular fashion the other day.
Hay had beenpitched down, and the
fork was sticking in it, when the cows
entered the steble. , One cow took a
bite with a toss of her head and sent the
fork into the air. The fork fell on an-
other cow's back, piercing her severely.
The wounded animal rushed out, break-
ing the fork • handle but leaving the
prongs in her back. She bled internal-
ly and died in a little while.
—At the General Hospital, Toronto,
on Friday certificates and medals were
presented to the following young women
who passed the nurses' graduating class:
Miss Margaret McMillan, with 250
marks out of a possible 300; Miss Alice
AMOs with 249; Miss Laura Whittaker
with 220; Miss Barbara Allen with 2)0,
and' Miss Mary Kennedy with 195.
Mayer Howland, .ttr. Thorburn, Dr.
Cassidy, Dr. Wright, Dr. Ositeilly and
Mr. Gooderharn each addressed a few
congratulator Y remarks to the successful
candidates.
—While addressing an audience of
3,000 persons in the new Temple To-
ronto, Saturday night,. Marshal Booth
told how, when once addressing a sim-
ilar meeting in Australia, Esi rather ill -
looking Man came !up and asked the
loan of his handkerchief for a few min-
utes. When it was returned there
were $10 folded up in it. A similar in-
cident occurred in Toronto, when during
the singing of a hymn a • young man
borrowed the Marshal's handkerchief
and returned it directly wrapped around
a $10 bill. •_
—Two little fellows of the name of
Budge, living near Manitou Lake, Mani-
toulin Island, found a bear in a tree.
One of them staid to keep bruin in the
tree, while the other went for assistance.
Their father and a neighboring lady,
Mrs. McMillan, arrived. about the same
time, armed with a shot -gun and butcher
knife respectively. • After receiving a
charge of buckshot the bear slid down
the tree'until a muscular prod from the
butcher knife in the hands of Mrs. Mc-
Millan made him scramble up again,
when a second shot finished him.
—The dedication of the new temple
and Dominion headquarters of the Sal-
vation Army took place in Toronto last
Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock. The
temple was crowded to the doors, and
• great enthusiasm prevailed. The dedi-
cation ceremony was performed by Com-
missioper Coombs. The temple will
hold about 2,500 people. It is a sub-
stantial brick building, costing $40,000.
Of this sum $25,000 has yet to be raised,
and it is expected that the proceeds of
this week's meetings and thank offer-
ings will be sufficient to liquidate this
sum.
—The people of the township of Kep-
pel and vicinity are still excited over
the horrible murder committed about
two miles from Wiarton just a month
ago, by which James A. Bailey and his
hired man, whose name is unknown, lost
their lives. At the inquest held on the
mutilated remains of the two men facts
of the most revolting and blood -curdling
nature were brought to light, including
the burning- of the house in which lay
the mutilated remains. A confeesion
has now been made by Mitis Ellen Mc-
Cleary, a neighbor, implicating James
King, John Wilson, and her brother,
Chas. McCleary, who have been arrest-
ed, and are in jail at Owen Sound, under
remand for examination. The trial has
been going on this week.
--On Thursday afternoon a little fel-
low about nine years of age turned up
amongst the immigrants at the Union
station, Toronto. He was ticketed from
Wahoo, Nebraska, to Whitby, and car-
ried a huge label sewn to his jacket
which read as follows " This is Dinican
Steel, going to A. Fraser, Whitby." The
little fellow was handed dyer to the
authorities at the immigrant sheds,
where he was pared for during the night.
A despatch was sent to Mr. Fraser, at
Whitby, who appeared on the scene
Friday, and returned home with him
during the afternoon.
—Mr. John Macleod, lot 31, 5th con-
cession, West Zorra, a few days ago
hired a man named John Hill to work
for him. Hill went to work on Wed-
nesday, and. on Thursday morning early
took French leave, faking with him $92
in bills and some silver belonging to his
employer. Be retired before Mr. and
Mrs. Macleod the evening previous, and
it is supposed, before going to bed, had
rummaged his employer's bedroom and
found the money. Hill is tall and
straight, clean shaven, and is about 26
years of age. He says he has been m
the American army. Look out for the
scamp.
—Quite a sensation- has teken place at
Ste. Therese, on the Canadian Pacific
Railway, -near Montreal, by a young
married women named: Eugenie Matte
being charged with poisoning her hus-
band and son, an only child, in order
that she might inherit it farm and some
additional land which her husband had
left the accused in his will, made short-
ly before his death. The Police Magis-
trate had the bodies of the supposed
victims disinterred, when Drs. 13eaudry
and Desjardinsanalyzed the matter in
the intestines of father .and son, and
found sufficient poison to put an end to
their lives. A warrant was issued for
the accused.
—While Mr: Isaac Thompson, 5th
concession, Blandford, was bringing a
bull to Bright for shipment on the 19th
inst.'he was attacked by it and thrust
to the ground, receiving a broken collar
bone, dislocation of one arm and a
seriously bruised face. Mr. Bender also
brought a bull into Bright the same
day, which tarried on its leader, throw-
ing him down and trampling over him.
It then made a rush down the main
street in a furious manner clearing every-
thing in its course. The excitement
was great for a short time, men and
women climbing on to fences to get out
of the way. -
—On Saturday next,, May 1st, the
Scott Act will go into effect in Brant,
Leeds and Greneille, Kent, Lanark,
Lennox and Addington, Elgin, Lamb -
ton, St. Thomas, Wellington, Frontenac,
Lincoln, Middlesex, Victoria, Ontario,
Peterboro, Worthumberland: and Dui -
ham; Brome and Chicoutimi, Quebec;
and Guysboro, Nova Scotia. The Act
is now in force in twenty-eight places in
the Maritime Provinces, twelve in On-
tario, three in Quebec and two in Mani-
toba. After May 1st, therefore, the
Act will be in operation in sixty-three
of the counties and cities of the Domin-
ion. The Act was carried in St. John
county, New Brunswick, on Wednesday.
—The imports for home consumption
for Canada during March last amounted
to $18,579,690, of which dutiable goods
were $8,274,596, coin and bullion $138,-
434, and all other free goods $2,166,-
660. The duty collected amounted to
$2,693,681. Compared with March,
1885, the dutiable goods of last month's
importation were $2,375,073 more, the
free goods were $111,602 more, and the
coin and bullion $116,320 more. The
duty collected was $1,257,654 more than
that collected in March, 1885. The im-
port for home consumption of grain of
all kinds shows a decrease of 83,252
bushels; of flour and meal a decrease 9f
14,645 barrels. The import of spirits of
all kinds increased 176,883 gallons.
—The council of Milton have petition-
ed the Dominion Government either to
repeal the Scott Act or permit the sale of
ale, beer and light wines, on the.ground
that drunkenness and immorality gener-
ally had increased -rather than diminish-
ed since the act came into force, a depu-
tation of the Sons of Temperance and
Women's Christian Temperance Union
waited upon the council of Georgetown
the other night requesting them .to send
a counter -petition that no changes be
made in the set except such as would,
secure its better enforcement. After
hearing the arguments of deputation
the council unanimously resolved to
send a memorial to the Government in
accordance with the wish of the deputa-
tion.
—There were ten bands of music in
the Salvation Army procession in To-
•ronto on Monday. At the evening ser-
vices the same day $4,230 were sub-
scribed towards liquidating the debt of
$25,000 on the new Temple. Marshall
Booth is highly spoken of by the To-
ronto press as a gentleman of -culture
and refinement and over -flowing with
enthusiasm in the philanthropic work of
elevating and saving fallen humanity.
—The funeral of Mr. Henry Sandfidd
Macdonald, eldest son of the late John
Sandfield Macdonald, took place from
his late residence, Cornwall,Thesd ay after
noon. All places of business were closed
and an immense concourse of people came
in from the surrounding country to pay
their last tribute of respect to his mem-
ory. The Hon. DA. Macdonald and
all the members of the family were
present. The following gentlemen acted
as pall -bearers :—Hon. Donald McInnis,
of Hamilton Lieut. -Col. D. A. Mac-
donald and Mr. A. McLean, of Ottawa;
Mr. J. P. Whitney, of Morrisburg Mr.
A. F. Macdonald, of the Bank of Mont-
real, Montreal : Mr. D. B. ,Mcleennans
Mr. C. J. Mattice, and Mr. Dennie,
Ontario Bank,,Cornwall. The -remains
were accompanied to Montreal by the
uncles and brothers -in law, and Mr. A.
F. Macdonald, pi Montreal, to be plac-
ed in the Molina' family vault in that
city.
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