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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-05-21, Page 10 0.1 the cash dry go* LI, ia showing a LARGR a first-class Ready - ye of all ages and sires. le of GOOD MATER. ie LATEST sryLE, and MARKED at NOWN popuLAR cFAUL, GOODS AND MIL- LtY HOUSE. B,. 17,193)- ; dam, "Mi;es nary " (34,715)-._ "Vets Luminary " were balk L, Aberdeenshire, bylfe anise Mr, Milne hie n Messrs. Miller & Sone heifer, "Lavinia 5thr "'ince sef Stratha in calf te `it -Vice -Can- ted Cruickshank bull. 'chase& Fashion 6t1t, riv Duke of Lavender' sue, of Greenwood, On thus be seen that Mr. e some very important litions to his herd, and his old stand-by, "Lord• well supplied by theme -----eit- Cteurt. eillor Speaks IS HVILON EXPOSITOR. /airing seen in the but paper a communication - is signed " Ratepayer,' saws are "trade." "Rata ns of a recent action of emelt in passing a rese Le Dornirtion -Parliament sale of light wines and N%-liere the Scott Act is tepayer" says the meet :d by some party or lat- he knows very well who eting, and that it wu cpress purpose of peesint stion)-, and that a doctor entleman from Seafortk Ling and brought a sur se etronger than cohltes, Fong enough to influence ass the resolution, audit r passed,' although itis* t there to get a share ot ' fond of the stuff. Now, :r" is entirely astray ill There was no influence IC the said councillors,* tirnous in their opiniose . He further says* reach Ottawa, andse iament that the pee: actually in favor of made. ' ' Rateperre: otter" the vote in Maw t Act, or he thinke fie Ve ehaeged their mindit not the individinil opt, t bers of the Board, hotel the ratepayers. Ilei* of municipal comical matters wAhout a rel* ,ratepayers. I wouldtai [mite to do so- for ear edby them. I say Doi, wrong the ratepayers cat account when they 00 r re-election. He instill Ik about the argattue* sentlerrien from Seafergis worth while to takeoff as I suppose he knoil that kind of argnow r himself' a,nd he Pat .ven standard, and I.,,Off i ' that any member of , lnder any such bibs** -'-t-rther time. If the coul'el "sing else right I thil* e the ratepayers st001. trembling.. 'loping r hve an insertion ill r, yours, &C., NIUER GE' SAID- C01:5011,* .-- oiy- accident occurred kg.1 the farm of G.1130* = near Fallarton village,* eek, by tvisich Mr. IV!' e IsIth concession of -r is life. Deceased slats eg the barn when th lie was struck on the Scantling, and iniar died in about an hour kith Mr. Cornish has bi and respected residePt •,. a number of yearkr, able circt1111St1Lt l'." , m active life so in the neiahborh F.. 0 EIGHTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 962. Look This Way AGAIN! Did You Ever See The Like? Seaforth Boot Store ALWAYS ALIVE And interested in the Pub- lic Welfare. Since my last advertisement I have received large quantities of SPRING GOODS In the latest styles and improvements, and for ne.atnesa and durability they are the best yet come to hand, both in Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children's wear, that I have ever offered. I keep in stock goods of almost every description that is needed for the season of the year. Men ir Long Kip and Calf Boots of my own make always on hand. Men's and Youths' Strong Boots very cheap. Custom Work Made a Specialty Both in hand sewed and' pegged, and repairing. I have still on hand a lot of N10E II.A.TS, That I am clearing out pretty much at your own price, just to cover cost, as I until contem- plate keeping up that branch. I need not say a- word about prices in any of these lines. The public know by this time that they get well served, and goods are sold as an- nounced at the LOWEST CASH PRICES —AT THE— Seaforth Boot Store. If goods are not as represented, you have only to inform me, and I will make satisfaction - Just eall early and examine our goods. We don't force you to buy if they don't suit. REMEMBER THE ADDRESS, Kempthorne 4- Co., SEAFORTH BOOT STORE. NEW GOODS! ----AT TIIE— Cheap Cash Store, Just opened out New Dress Goods, New Gingha.ms, New Prints. 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 Soft and Stiff Felt Hats To cleat at less than half wholesale cost. Cell anal take a look through them. Bay's Cloth Suits &way below Wholesale prices at the Cheap Cash Store —OF— Hoffman ct Company, Cardiao's Block, Seaforth. From California. Through ths kindness of Mr. Bernard O'Connell, of Dublin, we are permitted to give the following very interesting letter _from the racey pen of our old friend, Mr. Thomas King, to our readers and we shall be very much pleased to be favored frequently in a similar manner. —ED. EXP. ALAMEDA, California, April 20th, 1886. MY DEAR MR. OICONNELL,—I duly received your very kind and welcome letter. I svas inclined to think yOu, like others in _Dublin, had forgotten me. I was sorry to see such a long list of deaths amongst your good people, most of whom I ha ve known for many years. It makes me feel sad when I think of by -gone years and dear dld friends -gone to their rest, but such is life, as Shake- speare has it, "Thou knowst 'tis common all that live must die, 'passing through nature to eternity." May they rest in peace. I was pleased to see my oH friends have not forgotten me, and here I will ask you to convey to _my good friends my kindest regards and wishes for their welfare. Impart to all of them my blessing and this shall be your suffi- cient authority for so doing. I see you •had snow on the 2nd April. I hardly know what snow is like now, it is so long since I saw any. In winter here it rains, and Ido think it is the "wettest rain " I ever felt; you can't keep it out, it will not be denied; it penetrates everything. The rainy season usually begins about the 1st of Novernber and ends in April, and from May till November there is no rain and everything dries up. Plenty of ram i means a good harvest. This season we have had plenty and the "ranchers," as a consequence, are jubi- lant over the glorious prospect of a bountiful harvest. To my notion March and April are the loveliest months of the year. The fruit trees are all in bloom, the gardens a mass of beautiful flowers, that load the air with their delicious perfume. In- deed, this is the country for fruit and flowers, and Flora and Pomona, in con- junction with Ceres, seem to lavish their favors on California. The fruit business of this State is enormous, and the pro- duction unliinited. Every kind can be produced, from the apple to the orange, all of the finest quality, size and flavor; especially grapes, of which immense quantities are grown, and California bids fair to be the greatest grape producing country in the world in the near future. I will send you a few figures as to the quantity of wine made in 1885, also other statistics, which may be of interest to the people of your section I have been asked what about farminaain California, but .1 have not had muchopportunity of finding out. I am informed by good authority that "ranching," as farming is termed, .8 not carried on in a very skilful manner, and there is great room for improvement. Big ranches have been the rage formerly, but it was found that they do not pay, and are being sub- divided into lots of 20 acres and upwards. Some very large ranches of ten to twenty thousand acres are devoted to the raising of -cattle and sheep. Wheat has been the staple product, but fruit is gradually taking its place. I may add that the olive, almond and fig are taking a promi- nent place in the orchards of this State. California figs are fine, so are the almonds; -and a man can sit under his own fig tree in California and have abundance of "corn, win and oil" for his own use and to spa e. One might say this is like the pro nised land of the Children of Israel— `Flowing with niilk and honey." T e honey is splendid, but the milk, su h as we get, is very thin and quite ear. In this connection I may say th t butter here is good, and your good C nadian housekeepers could learn a lesso in butter making. It is put up in t o -pound rolls, each_roll in a cloth and al of uniform shape, and sells from 20 to 30 cents per pound. Of course there is bad butter, but it is sold as such, an does not pay to make it. Cheese is no equal to Canadian, and sells eat 10 to 15 ents per pound. Eggs sell at from 20 to 40 cents a dozen when fresh; old esgs cheaper, of course. The price of mo:t things is about the same as in Caned . Sugar 5 to 7 cents; cof- fee, 25 cent , and less in proportion to its adulter tion. Teas are very fine, and range i price from 25 to 50 cents for fair to ood ; the quality is better than in Can da and it is fresher, being so near the oint of production. Meats are higher t an with you, and the beef is inferior, ut the mutton superior to Canadian. 1 t ,is too warm for pork, which is no much used, nor can it com- pare with ours. As for fish, there is nothing to compare with your Lake Huron fish, ven the famed Sacramento salmon is in erior to your white fish or treat. Flo r sells at froise$4 to $5 per barrel, but i superior to yours, and it is put up in 2', 50 and 100 pound sacks. Good bread s the rule here. The wheat is good, s id to be the best in the world, even better than Minnesota -hard' for making flourand it sells now at $1.30 per 09 pounds, or cental, as it is .called h re, there, are no bushels, everything, yen "spuds " are sold by the pound, hich is much the best way, as the old b shel business is Played out and you sho id get rid of it in Canada. Immense qu ntities of wheat are shipped by sailing hips to Europe, and the freight to iverpool, London, Cork, or any port i France, is less than from your town to Montreal, although the distance is it ver fifteen thousand miles, and the voys ae over 100 days. All the grain is put in sacks containing about 120 pounds, which cost about six cents each, and are supplied by the farmers. Oats sell at .1.20 ; barley $1.15 per cent- al,and potatiesfrom 50 to $1.50 per cent- al, 100 poun s, the latter price for new, which are ow very plentiful and very. good. This is a great country for vege- tables. We have cabbages that would beat Jim 11 llaran all to pieces as to size and pric , also big beets and pump- kins, regul r Vegetable elephants in fact. We et new vegetables of all 13 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1886. kinds in great plenty and Very cheap. Strawberries are quite plentiful, and cherries and raspberries are just coming in. Honey is very plentiful and sells at from 4 to 10 cents per pound. The wool of California is very fine'and sheep are shorn twice a year, in April and September. The sheep are ° mostly Merinos, and seem to do well, the cli- mate being suitable for them. They do not look as well as your sheep, but the mutton and wool are good. The wool sells in the rough for about 121 cents.per pound, but it is very dirty and unwashed. Yours being an agricultural people, I thought these details. might interest them, as most people, are anxi- ous to learn something about the Golden State: . The number of acres sown to wheat in california in. 1885 was 2,638,582, and average 20 bushels per acre;barley, 683,776 acres, averaging 38- bushels; oats, 78,490 acres, averaging 50 bushels; corn, 136,073 acres, averaging 40,bush- e1s. The wine product of California- for. 1885 is estimated a 8,000,000 gallons, and sells wholesale at from 25 cents to $2 per gallon. An acre of grapes will average one and a half tons; e ton :of grapes yields 150 gallons of wine. The output of raisins is over half ie million boxes of .20 Ms. each; quality equal if • not superior to any imported; oranges, lemons and -limes, estimated shipments, 2;000 car loads, each car containing 300 boxes, each box 200 oranges: Besides being a low estimate this does not in- clude local sales. The total production of honey was over 20,000 cases, and a ease contains about 100 lbs. The climate of Californiais. very fine, and is not subject to the extremes of heat and cold, as with you; the ther- mometer barely goes.below 40 or over 70. In the summer the trade winds blow from the Pacific and keep the air cool, while in winter the wind is mostly from the south and is warm'. :Of course, it is hot in the valleys, but the heat is not oppressive. 1 In passing through the country one is surprised at the absence of barns, but they are not . required, as the grain is threshed in the field and put in sacks ready to be hauled away when the farmer desires. There is no rain in summer, and no covering is re- quired. I expected to see plenty .of Canadians over here while the -fare was so - low, but did not see any I knew. Thousands from the East availed them- selves of the tow rates, and the city is full of strangers. To those who contem- plate leaving Canada, I would say this country offers inany- inducements, most of all the climate and soilewhich is capa- ble of prodhcing almost Any kind Of grain, fruit or. vegetables. As in all new countries, „hardehipse have to be contended with, -and--a new settler must be prepared to rough.it for two or three years unless he has means to buy im- proved property. All these' things must be taken into consideration, and right here let me say, to any person who has a home .in Ontario and is able to keep it, by all means let him stay there and keep it. Do not trust to the bright pictures • given by the emigration papers; there are two sides to every picture. The better way is to see for yourself before breaking up . Your home, as it is often hard to make, another. I intended to send you a description of a, trip to Santa Cruz, but as this letter is already too long, I - will make it the subjeet of an- other,•and willconch* by wishing you and all my old friends happiness and prosperity. THOMAS KING. Canada. A cheese market will be held weekly in Ingersoll thissseason. — Six cattle steamers sailed last week from Montreal for Great Britain ports. —The Brantford city council have fixe'd the fee for hawkers and peddlers' licenses at $40. —Two Hamilton bailiffs have been fined $2 and costs for making a seizure on Sunday. —The steeple of the Methodist church at Georgetown was shattered by light- ning Friday night. —Up to Saturday afternoon the num- ber of appeals against the assessment in St. Thbmas was 1,004. —Rev. Dr. Kellogg will be inducted pastor of the St. James' Square Presby- terian church, Toronto, on May 20. —The Ministerial Association of Lon- don, have invited Mr. Moody to visit the city and hold evangelistic services. —The first distribution this season, of cards and flowers by the London Bible Flower Mission, will be made on Satur- day. — Wm. Owens, of Picton, the other day shipped $3,000 worth of potash from his factory in that town, to Mont- real. —The annual meeting of the Canadian Pacific Railway shareholders was held in Montreal last week; Sir George Stephen was re-elected president. _—Two cattle weighing over 6,000 pounds were shipped last week from Guelph for the Colonial Exhibition. Mr. McQueen was the breeder. — The band of the 7th Fusiliers, Lon- don,has been engaged to play at Dundurn Park, Hamilton, on the 24th of May, at the base ball games. —The Guelph Women's Christian Temperance Union have passed a resolu- tion of thanks to the Chief of -police for his efforts to enforce the Scott Act. —The Watford Council have author- ized the village constable to arrest and place in the loek-up all boys found on the streets after nine o'clock at night. —Mr. Alex. Ferguson has been elect- ed councillor for Ward No. 1, North Dumfries, to fill the vacancy created by -the death of Mr. Thos. Rutherford. —Two young lads from Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, were arrested in Montreal the other day on a charge of heeling stolen $5,000 from the Royal Bank cif Lowell. The lads offered no resistance, but re- pudiated the charge of stealing $5,000. One of them pleaded guilty, but said he had only $1,585 of the bank funds. One thousand dollars in bills and $200 -in gold was found on him, and $30 on the other lad. They bought bicycles at $130 each, and purposed leaving for UpperCaneda in a day or two. Both belong to respectable families in Lowell. —1 ewe belonging to Mr. James Att- wood; of Minto, recently gave birth to a lamb with six legs, three projecting from the left shoulder. The Juvenile is thriving. —Rev. Dr. Talmage has engaged ac- commodation for himself and 1,200 of his congregation at Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands, for two days in June. —Mr. Jaa. W. Scott, of Galt, is the happy possessor of a double' Calla Lily, known as the Lily of the Nile. This rare and beautiful plant is now in bloom for the second time this spring. —James Thompson, Salvation Army doorkeeper at Point St. Charles, Mon- treal, was almost beaten. to death by three roughs who wished to enter the hall to create a disturbance. —Rev. James , Lawson was assaulted at Renfrew Saturday and brutally beat- en by Alex. Hudson, who accused him of being an ' informer and aiding in the enforcement of the Scott Temperance Act. —Steamship Sarnia, which arrived at Quebec frorn'Liverpool on Thursday of last week, is eeported to have landed two smallpdx patients at the Grosse Isle quarantine htation. —Mayor Beaugrand, of Montreal, on Monday redeived a letter from Mr. Glad- stone, thanking him for the resolutions adopted by the City Council in connec- tion with Home Rule. —The Galt - Reporter says: Clover never looked better than it does this spring. If the weather continues favor- able to mature the crop there ought to be no scarcity of feed next winter. —A party of four gentlemen recently made the trip from Walkerton to South- ampton in a skiff down the Saugeen river. The distance of 85 miles was made in nine hours. —The treasurer of the Toronto Horne for Incurables has received a donation of $7,500 from Mrs. Alexander Cameron, of Carleton street, towards the cost of erecting a new wing for cancer patients. —F. Porter, of Markdale,while fishing on the Saugeen River, treed a porcupine, and being Without a gun he climbed the tree, shook the animal to the ground and despatched it. —A chunk of land about twenty feet square slid off the mountain side at Hamilton early. Saturday morning and lodged against a house at the head of Cherry street. No serious damage, however, as done. —0. G. Martin, of Lucknow, has been found guiltY,at the Guelph assizes, of in- citing Wm. Walker to purchase and cies Culate counterfeit bank notes, and sen- tenced to tivo years in the penitentiary. —Opponents of the Scott Act in Peterborough have raised $5,000 to test the validity of the law' and the friends of the Act have raised$4,125 of a de- fence fund. • —At a meeting of the Knight e of Labor, held in Toronto Friday night, a resolution moved by a Conservative de- manding the dismissal of Hon. Frank Smith from the Dominion Government was unaniniously carried. —Two Winnipeg gentlemen have pat- ented an invention for shutting off escaping.gas, thus preventing unsophis- ticated -people from being smothered in hotel rooms, and warding off gas explos- ions. —Manager Elope, of Bo- Park, Brant- ford, has just shipped a carload of shorthorn bulls from Paris. They are young animals averaging about fifteen months, and are destined for Dakota ranches. — The Glen woollen mills at Glen Williams, about two miles from George- town, were almost totally destroyed by fire on Monday night. The loss will exceed $50,000, and insurance being $35,000. —The Ontario County Teachers' As- sociation have by a unanimous vote ap- proved the action of the Minister of Ed- ucation in having prepared a selection ofScriptural readings for use in the schools. —Rev. Mr. Pearson, of Lindsay, has announced that during the summer weeks he will shorten the church ser- vices, the sermons to last about twenty -minutes and other parts of the service, in proportion. —Some heavy fishing has been done this season in Mill creek, a small stream which unites with the Grand river at Galt. During the first week of May upwards of 1,500 trout were taken out of it in the vicinity of Galt. —The rapid growth of population in the Districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound is instanced by the fact that at the preliminary revision or the Domin- ion voters' lists over three thousand names were added to the roll. — A ewe belonging to Mr. James Hunter, of Williscroft, Bruce county, is the mother of three living lambs, but where the oddity comes in is that one of them is four weeks older than the other two. --Collector Cavan, of Stratford, and Officer Nichol, of Walkerton, arrested Anthony Mehan, and had him sentened to pay a penalty, of $300 and go to jail for one mortth for working an illicit still in the township of Culross. --Just before the Scott Act took effect in Northumberland a Colborne man bought a keg Of whisky and put it in his cellar, and just after the Act took effect his wife turned the tap.and allow- ed the contents to moisten the earth. — A deputation representing the views of the Presbyterian Synod of Montreal and Ottawa, waited on the Ontario Gov- ernment Friday afternoon with a peti- tion, asking for the better enforcement of the Scott Act in those counties where It is in operation. The Government was represented by Hon. 0. Mowat, Hon. A. M. Ross, Hon. C. F. Fraser, and Hon. A. S. Hardy. -In reply to the petition Hon. 0. Mowat replied that the Gov- ernment were acting in the direction of the petition,and assured them that every effort would be made to secure the faith- ful administration of the Act. He asked the deputation to submit the names of inspectors who were charged with being derelict in their duty, and the Govern- ment would displace them if the charges were well founded. — Mr: Patrick Doyle died suddenly Thursday last week at the old home- stead near Clandeboye, in the : township of McGillivray, Middlesex. He was a promising young man of 20 yeers of age, unmarried, and respected by all who knew him. — Mr. Jesse Shaer, who liVes on con- cession 3, Westminister, shot a very 'curious bird a day or so ago, It is claim- ed to be a blue heron; and measures 5 feet 1 inch in height, and 6 feet 1 in sh across the wings. Mr. Shaver had a chase of three hoursbeforehe shot it. —A man named Dan Branigan, brave- ly risked his life in snatching a child from the railway track, at'Hamilton, , just as the engine reached the spot where the child was sitting. The engine struck Branigan before he dould clear the track, but he was not injured. . . —The Brockville and New York Railway Bridge Company will build a bridge from what is known as the "Needle's Eye," across Dry Island, two miles aboveBrockville. The bridge will have 100 feet headway labove the stream. Its length will be 4,400 feet. —John Lutz, of Tilsonburg, offers a large reward for the recovery of his three year old boy, who was abducted from his home Tuesday night last week. He says he thirtks the child was carried off by relatives, and is hid either -in, Hamilton city or Ancaster village. —Three cases for violation of the Scott Act were brought before the Police Magistrate of Guelph lately. A convic- tion was secured in each case, a fine of $50 and costs being imposed. Two of the defendants, however, skipped out when A became evident that a convic- tion would be secured. —The unrevised statement of Can- adian inland revenue accrued during the month of April last shcrsvs that the total receipts amounted to $140,231, of which $126,206 were excisle revenue. The receipts from spirits were $36;980, and from tobacco and cigars; $66,926. Malt yielded $16,000. Winnipeg dispatch says: The farmers of the , Prince Albert district have presented their claim.s to the Re- bellion Commission for losses sustained indirectly through their inability to put in their crops last year, etc. The coin- missio.ners replied that they could not consider consequential claims,. —A grocery stere was burped out last Sunday morning in St. Thomas. The ,block was owned by a Mr. Young, who with his family lived in the upper storey. Mr. and Mrs. Young, their daughter and the servant girl succeeded in escap- ing, clad only in their night clothes. • —Wm. Dobson, a wealthy and re- spected farmer of Chingacousy town- ship, blew the top of his head off with a shotgun last Sunday Morning. No cause is known for the act. Re was -in Brampton on Saturday, and returned .home in the evening in good health and spirits. - —Last week seven cars of fat cattle were shipped at Aye station by Walter Robson, buyer, for foreign markets. Among them was one very flee drove of 12 head, fed by Mr. John Master, of New Dundee; 20 head by 'Mr. John Gemmell, averaged 1,400 Ihi; and eight heed by Jas. Robson, 1,410 lbs. —The Canadian Pacific directors have resolved to build . a grand hotel at the terminus at Vancouver, British Colum-- bia, capable of accommodating 300 guests. They also propose to erect one at the sulphur springs at Banff, in the Rocky Mountains, and another in the Selkirk range, British Columbia.. —The youngest child of Mr. Dodge, blacksmith, Gordonville, a boy about a year and a hall old, who was standing near the kitchen stove apparently quite well, fell suddenly to the floor, and was observed to be gasping for breath. He soon afterwards expired. He had got a pea in his windpipe.. reply to an 'enquiry from the British War Office, it is said that the Canadian Department of Agriculture has stated that seven hundred suitable horses for the War Department may be obtained yearly in Canada at present. Considerable demand from Great Britain is expected in the near future. James Dewar, son of Mr: Dewar, city editor of the London Free Press, has gone to Omaha, where he will takesa position as stenographer to the general manager of the B. and M. Rail- way. Before leaving the service of the Grand Trunk at London he was pre- sented with a handsome diamond pin and,set-of cuff studs. —Twelve -free drawing schools have been opened in the province of Quebec during 1885, one of them a new one. The attendance over the province it the various art schools was 1,146, of which 242 were at the Montreal school. This is a falling off of forty-six as compared with lest year. —Mrs John McArthur,of Los Angeles, California, is revisiting Glengarry, after an absence of 31 years. Mr. McArthur was born in Martintown,and' has a num- ber of friends and relatives throughout this, his native county, and was a schoolmate of Mr. James I&aysid-e, M. P. P. —The United States Government has refused permission to Mr. Donnelly, of Kingston, to use Canadian tugs in rais- ing the steamer Algoma, sunk off Isle Royal, Lake Superior, notwithstanding that the Dominion Government allowed United States tugs to be used last year in raising the steamer, Owen Sound, ,lying in Canadian,waters. —A Welland telegram says: Wm. Young, 'a farmer in Crowland township, was married a few days ago, and on Monday night last some young men pro- ceeded to the house -of the father, Wal- ter Young, where the newly wedded pair were stopping, to charivari them. While { , McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. the uproar was in progress a winddiw was raised and the contents of a shot- gun fired into the crowd, hitting three of the young men, one being severely wounded. Fifteen grains of No. 2 shiot were found in his legs and groin, and he is in a somewhat critical condition. It is alleged that Walter Young fired t ie shot, and he has ,been arrested. —The distress in Newfoundland c n- tinues without abatement. A hea t- rending story of the death, of two inn and ahoy named Sheppard, from st• r- vation and exposure at Crisquet, on tlhe 1 - French shore, is told. The steam rs have all returned from second trips w th very ...few seals. The seal fishery as -been a great failure. —Mr. Robert Tait, of Winnipeg, who owns a ranche some 40 miles south-west of Winnipeg, on which he has over 300 head of cattle, was in Wellington coutty recently, where he purchased, in the vicinity of Guelph, a number of the finest grades and thoroughbreds avail- able. They were at once shipped for the Manitoba ranche. —The Toronto Ministerial Association las? Monday morning discussed the social evil question, and decided that in churches sermons thereon be preached either on the last Sunday in May or the first in June. It was also decided that Sunday funerals be abolished except in cases of contagious or infectious dis- eases. —Harry Elliott, the eldest son of Mr. Jas. Elliott, of Warwick, died recently of lock-jaw. He was playinabin a field, when he ran a splinier intohis leg anci kept the fact from the knowledge of his parents. The sore festered, and when physicians were summoned it was found that nothing could be done to save his life. . • —Alex. Gibson is to build, says the Chignecto Post, in connection with his new cotton mill at Marysville, New Brunswick, a dye house 250x80 feet, with capacity for dying all the cloth that can be made by 60,000 spindles. Re proposes making ginghams, shirt- ing, skirtings, cottona.des, tiekings, denims, etc. . —The lobster canning business: in Prince Edward's Island; this year is. likely to receive insore than ordinary . at- tention. The various canneries throtigh- out the island are being thoroughly equipped for the season's work. A liege number of hands are already engaged and waiting for the lobsters to strike in. —A terrible thunderstorm passed ever Belleville last Friday night. -A great deal of damage was done by the gale, while the lightning struck E. Brintnell's barn in Thurlow, which was thereby set on fire and destroyed vSith all its eon - tents, including two horses, a calf, two buggies, harness,and a quantity of gain and hay. —Last Saturday as Rev. Jas. Law of Cobden, was stepping on board train for -Renfrew, he was sava assaulted by Alex. Hudson, a h keeper of the village, who - was rece fined $100 for a second offence ag the ely tel tly met the Scott Act. The reason of the briital attack was that he suspected Mr. flaw - son of having given the informa ion which secured his conviction. —A small fishing boat from Bu lo, with seine bay nets, has just been eiz- ed at Black Creek, county of Welland, by order of the Provincial Fish Inspec- tor. It appears that a number of parties, principally from Fort Erie and Bu alo, have of late years persisted in ta ing fish with unlawful nets by whole ale, until the fish have been nearly all de- stroyed, against the protest of residents. No objection is made to pleasure patties with the usual hook and line. l —Much damage was ea.used in several parts of the Province by a violent t un- der storm on Friday night. The Me ho - dist church steeple at Georgetown was shattered by lightning. At Brantford a canning factory, stables, and.oil 1 store- house were fired by lightning and bu ned to the ground. At Thurlow a barn was fired by lightning and destroyed wit all its contents, including two horses arid a. calf. . —Murdoch Campbell, an ultra -vigor- ous, but not law-abiding farmer of Colchester, Essex county, was arreisted on Saturday night last, charged with shooting at officers who tried to serve a writ upon him. The farm he oecupied was encumbered with a. mortgage, re- cently foreclosed, but he contrived to hold possession in the face of various writs served. Two officers went to dis- possess him, but Campbell armed him- self with a musket and revolvers and prepared to offer combat. The officers improvised a battering ram and bea in the door when, it is said, Campbell ap- peared at an upper story window and fired three shots at the invaders. —Archdeacon Vincent arrived ati Ot- tawa from Fort Albany a few days go. He came from Hudson Bay via Mattawa to Ottawa. Mattawa is 700 miles firom Albany. It took him exactly one m nth to traverse that distance by canoe, ac- companied, though he was, by five In- dians. Mail matter is only received in Albany three times a year, and the nearest post office is 600 miles dis nt. In winter the mail is fetched. by Ind alas with sleighs.. Archdeacon Vincent was ordained by the late Bishop An er- son, of Rupert's Land, and he lhas been connected with the diocese for thirty-one years. His visit to Ott4wa is in connection with his claims to 1 nd. l in the Red River district. —A very ingenious system of defrlid- ing the Grand Trunk Railway has late- ly been unearthed at Guelph. Surprise was caused there on Monday, last w ek, by the arrest of Wm. AlcFarlaneeti ket agent, who has hitherto borne an 're- proachable character. The informa ion laid charged him with the embezele- ment of three sums, $1L50, $10 andl$2. The system pursued was that, white a ticket was issued to a distant pont, some place nearer to Guelph was entered on the stub and the difference pocke d. His trial came off at the assizes on ed- nesday. The ac,cused, realizing the hopelessness of his case, confessed his crime, and was sentenced to six months in jail. A largely signed petition pray- ing for leniency was presented to the judge, and no doubt helped to make his sentence light. Further revelations and arrests are expected to follow. It is said that thecompanyhas lost thou- sands of dollars by this fraud during the last year or two. —From the Globe we learn that Messrs. J. McK. and A. L. Anderson, of Toronto, have invented and just patent- ed for the Dominion of Canada, an in- genious date calender combination, which, for simple construction, facility of application and practical perfection is evidently destined to supersede anything of the kind hitherto in general use, By a simple adjustment once a month, re- quiring but about a second, the calender becomes continuous, or in other words, good for all time. The sample shown is applied to an inkstand, a most appro- priate place for it, but is equally appli- cable to any oval or circular body, whether upright or horizontal, and is in brief a little marvel of simple perfection. The invention possesses also the merit of cheapness, a fact which will still fur- ther enhance it in public estimation, The patent for the United States has been applied for. Mr. J. McK, Anderson wassformerly editor of the Paris Tran- script and Galt Reformer. Perth Items. Mr. John M. Scott, of Milverton, has leased the Royal hotel in Mitchell. —Avonbank cheese fa.ctory commenc- ed operations on May 3rd. Ten cheeses were made the first day. — The question of more extended play- ground for the city schools is being con- sidered by_the civic authorities in Strat- ford, —Captain O'Leary, at present in charge of the Salvation Army in St. Marys, claims to be the first convert to the Army in Canada. —Mr. Duncan Dawson of Blanshard, lately shipped from St. Marys jimetion, 100 head of fat cattle for the London, England, market. —The students of the St. Marys Ccd- legiate Institute are being instrueted in drilling by Mr. M. J. Beam, who puts them through their facings twice a week. —Owing to ill health, Mr. R. W. Keeler resigned his seat at the Mitchell council board. Mr. Jas. Sills has been elected to fill the vacant place. —After 21 years' residence hi Canada, Mrs. John S. Coppin, of Mitchell, and her eldest daughter, start this week to re -visit the _scenes of their youth in Cornwall, England. —Mr. Thos. McClay intends erecting a brick block on Main street, Mitchell, the upper floor of which will be fitted up for an opera hall. — Mr. Alex. Gourley; for some years in the employ, of Mr. John Whyte, Mit- chell, has left that town to take charge of a creamery at Londesborough. —Rev. Principal Caven, while on a visit to his old home in Fullerton a couple of weeks age, preached in the Motherwell Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon. —Mr. C. H. Burrett, son of Mr. Alden Burrett, of Mitchell, has just passed with high honors -at the annual exam- ination of the Victoria University, Co- bourg. • —Bethel Methodist church, in Fuller- ton township, has been undergoing re- pairs and improvements. Preparations are being made for a grand re -opening at the usual anniversary time, on May, the 24th. —Mr. Geo. Riddell, B. A., mathema- tical master of St. Marys Collegiate In- stitute, has been appointed to a similar position in Galt Collegiate Institute, at a salary of $1,000. Mr. Riddell enters upon his new duties after midsummer vacation. —A young man named Chas. Inman, on the Stratford Beacon staff, has suc- ceeded in putting 3,000 words on a posta card, being the sixth and part of the seventh chapters of Ecclesiastes, in a clearly legible manner. —There was a very fine display of fat cattle at the spring show in Shakespeare on Friday, 7th inst. The cattle, which with few exceptions were raised in North Easthope were purchased by Mr. Wm. Waddell for Mr. G. D. Matheson, of Buffalo, and will be shipped to Glasgow. —While driving out of town on Wed- nesday last week Dr. Hurlburt, of Mit- chell, was overtaken and run into by a runaway team belonging to Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Fullerton. The wheels were wrenched from his buggy, and the vehicle upset, but beyond this no ether damage was done. —A few days ago at Kirkton, while returning home for noon Mr. Wm. Kirk's team got frigistened and ran away, throwing him from the wagon and knocking him insensible, besides in- flicting some severe cuts and bruises about the face. Dr. Irving attended, and we are pleased to know that he is now able to be around again. —Commencing Oil Wednesday, May 26th, and on every Wednesday until further notice, the Grand Trunk Rail- way are to run a cheap excursion train to Sarnia, leaving Stratford at 7.20 a.m. and arriving at Point Edward at 11.45. Returning, the train will leave the Point at 4.40 p. m., thus giving ample time to enjoy the cooling breezes of Lake Huron and beautiful St. Clair river. The fare for return ticket $1.25. —On Sabbath morning, 9th inst., the German Methodist church and parson- age at Brodhagen, were destroyed by fire. Hot ashes in an outbuilding was the supposed cause. Pastor Schwattdt was away- at the time, and Mrs. Schwandt and the children had a narrow escape. Their neighbor, Mr. Queren- gesser, saw the flames, hastened to the scene and roused the sleeping inmates, who had just time to escape in their night clothes. Our sympathies are ex- tended . to Mr. Schwendt in his misfor- tune, as he is left in a state of destitu- tion, having lost most of his property, including a considerable sum of money he had recently received.