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The Huron Expositor, 1886-05-28, Page 121, :Fe) Cloth/ „the cash dry goo(e ie sho-wing a LABIA; - f first-class Resat- ! of all ages and shea:. of GOOD MAT LATEST STYLI,, ; and MARKED Ate' OWN POPULAR.. GOODS AND Mire.: HOUSE, - ONT. let 25, concession 2, cubic yard; gravel. - don 2,IL R. R., 1$ gravelling, tots 25 H. R. S., 25 rods, ries Shanahan, gray - bion 4, H. R. 8,4ft od. Wm. Huctione acession 6, H. R. Sa ecle Alex. McKinnon. °recession 4, L. Mei : ditching, lot /7, eon - rods, 18cper ro& litching, lot 9, con - 50 rods, 35cper ge, lot I, concesain W. Angus, build- neession 4,11. R S., s, grading, lots 35, 2, 40 rods, 40e, per trnecl to meet again - ate', Ilarpurhey, on May, 4 10 o'clock F Revision, and at ' he trartsaction of or- a-- -- rila. ItMsE.—On Wedeet- Mr. Cook got Afr. iage team to go to, le shade trees. Ile led to a .stone boat et and ran,away. One i leg broken and had -valued at $200. lwiY.—On Friday 5 eclocle, the stage gallop up to the reit appendagee of driver ,course without lier The mystery was terwards when this lilt in an a,ppearanee. ' Whippietree of the [sitting the horse toe the driver sitting ut his usual means • was equal to the oe- d speedily secure(' r. iNeleNaughton to Varna, where he ar- .and getting his horsa 1 up as good as nett rejoicing to Boo - 1 Jessie Wanless hat the building latelY atterson.—Mrs. TY.- Valton, is visiting heaary frost on Mew eared that the fruit L STUDENT.. --- We are !,.t W. J. Armstrong, cask a highlyecredits- - ising examination of nrito School of Isledit first-class honors lit. Ind in chemistry. 4 first year examine-- = rich. rEMS. — Mr. J. G. ft left last week on& Tavistock and New 1. W. Ortwine visit friends L • Ilil- with him and Weree tere.--Mr. John lifer F Miss Catherine ffey- om Dakota last SI& ral rerhaining abo0 [teen months old Child -died last SaturdaY la or cron The r .e- 1)- ri the Lutheran coot* nesday —The severe eight last did not do- eything but the grar he no celebration here lirthclay.,--Mr. 1'1,014 lic Cenfederation 'sly, accompanied DY x eter, the local ageott s week wottleittg.. up Axt returned hoot r days ago. with the city, k there to live If ho here, 10 11 EIGHTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 963. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1886. McLEAN BROS.- Publisher s. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. 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 arge quantities of SPRING GOODS In the latest styles and improvements, and for neatness and durability they are the best yet come to hand, both in Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children's wear, that I have evpr ofiereil. I keep in stock goods of almost every description that is needed for the season of the year. Men s 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 Roth in hand Sewed and pegged, and- repairing. I have still on hand a lot of John B. Gough. (By the "Boot Black Orator.") DEAR Exeosrron.—Mighty mea and women from the- platform and other realms of usefulness, are constantly moving to higher achievements. At various stages of their existence they move on;.some cease here at the glow of morn, when the flower of life is but half tinted; some at the warnith of noon, when life is full-soul'd and fair; some at restful eve, when life's heat and ardor are over • some at the hush of night, folding their weary wings like birds that seek their nests. • . A while ago, a teeming perennial brain and an eloquently versatile tongue, twin forces of that bewitching oratory se long the charrn of two hemis- pheres, ceased to -work at the evening of the busy toiler's life, and John Bar- tholomew Gough moved on to greater spheres. This eminently Anglo-Ameri- can, and king of all temperance orators, retires from his throne full of years and of fame. He retires from the throne of his power with burning words upon his lips, such as no crowned king of earth ever left as a legacy to the race, and through the yeareit is hoped his uttered injunction will be an inspiration to the class to whom it was addressed. Gough's life was delightfully active. Happily' at the very dawn of his resur- rection, he leaving the sepulchre of in- temperance in 1842 .after kindly hands had rolled the stone away, even then, while timid and bruised, toil came to - him to steady him ; manY struggles strengthened him and the ultimate con- quest of his life came out of crucial cons filets that make up the educational les - 80118 in the academy of experience. Gough went into the fray inspired by no sordid purpose; a deep rooted and well defined love for humanity moved him, and the very movement then so effective, the Washingtonian Movement, that en- joys the enviable distinction of rescu- ing our hero, had elements of strength and beauty that appealed to and cap- tured suet:end natures-- as his. At the outset of his wonderful career his puny lecture fees were doubtless beneficial to him. Although in after life, at the zenith round of the ladder, and while ascending to it, his fees were -larger, yet he cannot be classed among the mercen- ary ones who on platform and pulpit bow down to the God of their sordid de- votion, money. A peep into his home life at Hillside, Massachusetts, would soon prbve to the investigator, that his money was well spent. After Gough's reformation he discover- ed that his home was void of the sweetest music of the hearthstone, the chatter and patter of children; and he not only adopted one, but four of them, and be- came unto those four happy children, and to others beyond the precincts of his own home, a fond and generous foster lather. All honor to all men and wo- men of all lands, who gather from want and wop, and squalor, the " unchildlike children" -into the empty sepulchral homes that need their music and joy. Some public men who lecture, should show to the world that -christianity is not sophistry but the mighty force of a generous hopefulness. 1 mean those lecturers who preach . for colossal salaries; that is until the freezing up season arrives, July and August, invari- ably. Many such should perpetuate their gratitude to a generous public by giving back to the same an orphanage or , • an hospital. Gough had many imitators, but more than any public -man did he impress the writer with the force and meaning of that much used term, inimitability. Gough was-- the creator of the school of oratory, in Which he excelled and shone so brilliantly'. He was not simply tal- ented. He was a genius; and just as there was but ene Shakespeare in the realm of poetic interpretation; one Sir Humphrey Davy in the realm he adorn- ed so grandly; one Benjamin Franklin; one Emerson; s� we have but one Gough. And yet the writer has come across vagabond vendors of vapid no- tions, who will strut, hic-cough, and act " Goughian " for a send-off before the public. "Hapless wights," why not be themselves remembering the fact that, more oratory and unctuous humor wig- gled in the waggle of the great .orator's coat-tails than ever existed in all their pretentious efforts? Although earnest menand true, inspired by him, unconci- _ously imitate him,yet it is the result of a deeply ingraven impression made by him, upon them, at some time in their lives when he held them entranced by the thrall of his power. The most in- fluential characters in the world are drawn toward the idealistic. Both the persons that have lived and wrought, and those we would have live and move, are included in the realm of the idealis- tic. What would this world be without an ideal? To me it might as even. be void of a Aar. Sir Humphrey Davy was once asked the question what was the greatest discovery of his life," and he anew ered "Michael Faradays" And the same Faraday said Sir Humphrey Davy gave him more inspiration than any mortal on earth. Emerson may be a later Socrates, while Milton may be but the exponent of an Homeric force and beauty. Edmund Burke was per- haps enthused by thoughts of Cicero, while Benjamin Franklin may find a perfect ideal' in Plato. So in future years when oratory will achieve new triumphs, and wield its magic spell as only 'oratory can, some 'nester of the sit- uation will be asked whence came the inspiration, and the answerwill come back, "Gough of the nineteenth cen- tury." John B. Gough's early life was full of the impressionable. Like many famous boys of history, he escaped the lap of luxury; poverty often prepares and prunes the life. Robert Bloomfield, like Goegh, was a poor English farm boy, yet the versification of that poet is superb, and John Kitto, poor, deaf and poverty stricken, becomes an acute bib- lical expounder. The mighty Carey pants for moral conquests in India, and That I am clearing out pretty much at your own price, just to cover cost, as I oon't contem- plate keeping up that branch. I need not say a word about.prices in any of these lines. Thie public know by this time that they get well seivecl, and goods are sold as an-- nounced at the LOWEST CASH PRICES AT THE— Seaforth Boot Store, .tf goods are not as represented, you have only ta inform me, and I will make satisfaction. Just call early and examine our goods. We dont force you to buy if they don't suit. - REMEMBER THE ADDRESS, W. Kemp thorne & Co., SEAFORTH BOOT STORE. NEW GOODS! Cheap —AT THE— Cash Store, SM_A.POIRatri=1_ Just opened, out New Dress Goods, New Ginghams, New Prints. New Shirt- ings, New Cottons, New Tweeds, New Embroideries, New Laces, New Corsets, New Moves, New Hose. We have a large stock of Men's, Youths', Boys' and Children's Soft and Stiff Felt Hats To dear at less than half wholesale cost. Call and take a look through them. Also, Boy's Cloth Seas away below wholesale prices at the Cheap Cash Store Roffman —OF— & Company, Cardnoits Block, Seaforth. leaves behind him there an influence as fragrant as the rose of his native land. He was like Kitto, a poor cobbler boy. Livingston, who went from the Scot- tish cotton factory to the dark jungles of Africa, from thence to rest in the most magnificent Mausoleum in the world, -Westminster Abbey, was a poor boy. Abraham Lincoln, by far the mightiest American, living or dead, born in a sod cabin in Kentucky, but whose monu- ment to -day pierces the skies, was a poor boy. But what of that? Few, very few leap from affluence into im- mortal fame, coin red with those who have happily escap d the lap of luxury. Those that have 1 d in the battle of life at the various stages of the world's ) history, have beei rugged experiences for special and last It matters but little w Or whether my_ pare Whether they walked i Or in the wealth of But whether I live an And hold integrity fi I tell you, my boy, plai It matters much. It matters but little ho In the world so full Whether in youth I am Or wait till my bone But whether I do the To soften the weight those whose early have equipped them ng work. ere I was born, ta were rich or poor; the cold world's scorn, ide secure. onest man in my clutch, as I am, I I long I stay fret and care; called away, or pate is bare. st I can of• adversity's touch, 1 • On the faded cheek of ny brother man, I tell you, it matters much. Those stanzas r ng out in clear and clarion notes; the very nature of the true social democr. t. Gough left Sand ate Kent, England, a, 12 year old bo . he entered upon farm servitude in t e State of New York, and leter became book -binder in the Empire City. ien, beguiled like many a poor boy b fore and since by the city's most capt vating cruelty, the liquor traffic, he w nt into wild excesses:, became a drunka d and burlesquer of temperance, and disturber of public meetings; then a •auper, and buried his beet friend (his mo her) also one, in the phtter's field. He taggers forth to sing- ing rooms, regale his audiences with comic songs, then c elirious with the hy- drophobia of the tmens'then a would- be euicide, until the Washingtonian movement, sendin its reformed men to men who needed the touch of compre hensible sympath Gough heard from thp lips of the ard nt boot crimper, Jod Stratton, "come ohn ;" there was to the poor staggeri g, muttering victim a magic beauty anc a winsome eloquence in that word co e." The true mission of eloquence is t make men feel, and thattouch kindle in the man hope and action. He ent with his friend and did what man thousands have done since. He signed and then broke the obligation. It is not so much a matter of surprise th m far more surprisin them. No wonde as now, a despicab liquor traffic, back ble bit of authoritt darkest blur and b of this republic men a tempting nipotent. Three three times hero him up.. For 1 most heartily in osophy," that ti not that he nev rises every time h the above should backsliding; final characterize all w of the race, whet nominational reli gion ought to fri thaw out in Janua tional revivalist though he be th mouth " so promin will come and m will it be possible from the whisky, taken from all me - Gough rose foe t mire. Then Labo thespecial saviour him into usefulnes ty, warm, impulin love for nian's we and heroic courage mand and promin he triumphed, an hemispheres apple wonderful man w miles, spoke to the other day, wit he leaps from th toil to hie wel "Best," with th splendid- oratory, humor; soulful phi force unequaled on by any who have 1 the old world or t The writer will readers if they r with the old patri of his distinguish so far back as the 1853, when he was old street boy in L he was able to this mighty orator of one of his cus standing he used wonderful orator three -fold incepti boy; for his ears, opened up, and Hall that night to the great blocks and to look up at the sky, he told stars as he trud tingling with inspi go to America t after that, and has never Will. n break pledges; it is that so many keep Gough fell, for then e force, known as the d by a more despica called license, (the ot on the escutcheon o -day) wielded over ower well nigh om- Imes our hero fell; c sympathy picked is helpers believed he "Confucian phil- e glory of man is ✓ falls, but that he does fall. Not that encourage systematic perseverance should o work for the weal er we belong to de - ion or not. No reli- eze up in July and y when the conven- comes along, even "slangy apostle of nt to -day. Yet men n will go, and never o take all men away until all whisky is As we look acro the hoary land (and may it ev thrilled with the f the world the po the heroic .Latimer the invincible G Bunyan; the hom Hampden; the soci well; the industri quent Whitfield e last time from the came to the rescue, f the race, and wooed , His versatile abili- e nature, unflagging 1, his tireless energy brought him into de- nce. He toiled and • bye and bye two ded to the echo the o travelled 500,000 ,000,000 people, and his life fully ripened, • very harness of his -earned inheritance, recorded fame of racy wit, unctuous osophy and dramatic the line of his work ved and wrought in e e pardoned by your alize that he tingles tic thrill; as he writes d countryman. For onth of November, but an eleven year ndon, plying his art, ear for the first time through the kindness mers, whose under - "brighten." The was taken in with a n by the wondering yes, and his mouth • hen he left Exeter alk in the shadows flung on the streets, he stars that dotted the shadows and the ed along while yet ation,-that he would o. He did 17 year4 not repented and he Wilberforce! ; tbe benevolent Howard; the irrepressible Dickens; the brilliant- ly-stragetic Gladstone; and the most Sweepingly Phillipic Crusader against the world' if greatest wrong, the liquor traffic, John Bartholomew Gough. JOHN R. CLARKE. Canada. Hen. G. W. Ross sailed day for EnAland. --Hon. Alex. McKenzie England on the 3rd of June. — A street railway line between Galt and Preston is proposed. —Four thousand people witnessed the Caledonian games in London on the twenty-fouith. —Port Elgin gives $5 to the man who • first reach4s ti. burning building with a barrel of water. —The rice -laden steamer Ashton, from Akyab, is moored in the river at Montreal. ; — St. Andrews' church, Ingersoll, has voted in faiTor of an organ, wily seven dissenting.; —The Women's Christian Association of Toronto gave assistance to 700 fami- lies during the past year. —An ineendiary attempt was made the other day upon the furniture store of Mr. Cosi, Tilsonburg. — Mr. Richard Harrison, of Scott township, keeps 120 hens, and gathers - on an average 75 eggs a day. —The Rev. J. C. Smith, B. D., pas- tor of St. Audrew's churcha Guelph, has been very ill with rheumatism. --Six mcire Canadian vessels are being fitted up fdr the protection of the fish- eries. Some of them will be armed. —Wm. Fisher has been appointed in- spector under the Scott Act for West Wellington in place of George Moore. — The St. Thomas, Chief of Police re- cognized a thief named Vincent by a red necktie he had purchitsed with stolen. funds. , - —The United States consul at Belle- ville receivies $1,500 per annum, and the vice consuls at Deseronto, apanee, and Pictoie get $500 each. —Sir Jolhn McDonald has intimated that he will arrive in Winnipeg in the latter part of June, and go through to the Pacific coast. —Icebergs are said to be numerous in the vicinity of Cape. Race, and vessels are requited to use great caution in order to,escape them. — Rev. Messrs. Crossley and Hunter commenced their second series of revival services in;Queen's Avenue church, Lon- don, on Stinday last. — Messrs. .Sweetnam & Hazelton, piano manufacturers, Guelph, assigned a few days ago. Their liabilities are said to reach $10,000, with very small assets. — Last Friday night during a severe thunder storm at Metis, Quebec, light- ning struck the house of Mrs. Levesque, killing herself and neice. —The residence cif Mr. H. B. Spot - ton, principal of the Barrie Collegiate Institute, was destroyed by fire about 3 o'clock OIn the morning of the 18th inst. —S. 0. Crocker, keeper of a Brant- ford refrehment room, has been fined $10 • and costs for allowing boys to gamble on his premises. —Mr. McDonald, a railway contrac- tor of Niagara Falls, was robbed of $200 in gold while asleep in his room in his hotel at Montreal, Saturday. —Winnipeg* has formed a Young Men's Liberal Club, and will probably send a delegate to the Dominion Con- vention ati Montreal. —Charles Dowling was knocked down on the street in Windsor, Friday night about 10:30 and robbed of $80 and a gold watch and chain. No clue. , —Mrs. y . O'Mahony, of Guelph, set a hen on a dozen eggs, and the result was thirteen chickens. One of the eggs had a double Yolk that gave twins.. —Henry Vincent and Edward Grif- fiths, of Delaware, have been committed for trial fin- breaking open a cash box of David Ireland's and stealing therefrom forty dollars; —King, and Wilson, charged with complicity in the Keppel murder at Owen Sciund, have applied for bail, which has been granted in the sum Of $12,000 kir each prisoner. —The Dominion Barbed 'Wire Com- pany, whnse works are at Lachine, has just broUght out from England 100 workmeni making, in all, about 200 men employed, in the new factory. —The Presbyterians of Tavistock are considering the advisability of building a church for themselves, having -hitherto been dep,endent on the brotherly Bap- • tists for the use of their church. —Rev. S. H. Kellogg, D. D., was in- ducted to the pastorship of the St. James' tquare Presbyterian church, Toronto, bn Thursday last week, as suc- cessor to ev. Dr. King. 4 1, —The ntario Convention of Univer- salists will convene in the Port Dover, church oh June 18th, 19th and 20th.' There are now seven organized churches of this deboniination in Ontario. —The1 proprietor of the Deaf and Dumb Institution of St. John, New Brunswick while watching for an inh incendial, was shot behind the ear, and he harges a deaf mute with the shooting., —On Feiday morning last constables connected. with the London bureaus armed themselves with twenty-seven warrants and invaded the county of Middlesex in search of violators of the Scott Act. on Satur- leaves *for s the misty sea to o serenely peaceful, r be so,) we are et that she gave to t king, Shakespeare; ; the fearless Baxter; . Fox; the definite ric Milton; the brave lly democratic Crom- us Wesley; the elo- the liberty -loving now Surviving husband, Mr. David Cope, in 1824. As ministers were scarce in those days, she as married by a magistrate. Her maiden name was Patrick, and she was a sister of the mother of the late Chief Justice Wood. e -A society for the suppression of vice was organized some time ago in Toron- to. Among the members are clergymen of the various denominations, including Rev. Principal Cavan, Rev. John Smith, Rev. J. E. Starr, and others. —On Monday last a propeller and two barges loaded 1.00,000 bushels of Manitoba wheat at Fort William aud sailed for Montreal. This is the largest tow that has ever been shipped to the St. Lawrence. — Arrangements have been •-completed for the visit to America. this summer of a picked team of the Irish Lacrosse Union. The team expects to play Match games with the principal teams of Cana- da and the United States. —A Grend Trunk baggageman, at Hamilton, last Saturday accidentally put his hand through a pane of glass and cut his wrist so badly that he suffered great los of blood from the wound be- fore it dould be attended to. —Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Birely, of Ham- ilton, celebrated their diamond wedding, the 60th anniversary of their marriage, at their residence, 57 Charles street, Hamilton, on Wednesday, 19th inst. This is a privilege accorded to very few in this "vale of tears." —A tall, fine looking young man, a stranger, and demented, was expatiat- ing on Northwest affairs to a crowd on the streets in Quebec the other day. He was explaining to them that "the Hon. Louis David Riel had not been captured or hanged yet." - —Messrs. Davies & Co., pork packers of Toronto, have inaugurated the system of sharing the profits with their em- ployees by distributing a bonus to their regular staff, based on the individual earnings of the recipients during last year. —Last Friday a lady passenger, en route from Chicago to Boston, while stepping from the dining car to a parlor coach between Tilbury and Essex Centre, dropped her pocket book, con- taining $50 in cash, two tickets for Bos- ton, baggage cheeks, etc. —A boy named George Doney, son of a Shelburne blacksmith, was stood on his head by his companions and other, - wise " played " with until he received serious internal injuries. Inflammation of the bowels set in, and a dangerous illness followed. —Mr. H. M. Williams, of the Hallo- well Stock Farm, Prince Edward county, sold the other day to Messrs. Bunker & Coggins, of Greeley, Colorado, fourteen head of Holstein cattle, twelve of which were milch cows and two bulls. The amount realized for the lot was $4,000. —The drill shed in Hamilton was de- stroyed by fire Saturday evening. The 13th Battalion lose heavily in arms and accoutrements. The 13th Band saved most of their instruments, but lost about $1,000; worth of music, etc. Cause not known. —The Norwich District meeting of the Methodist church passed a resolu- tion asking the Dominion Parliament to amend the Franchise Act so that a year's residence may not be necessary to secure a vote, as .it disfranchised about 500 Methodist ministers every year. —The first raft of the season, consist- ing of some cribs of oak, ash and pine belonging to Messrs. McConnel & Klock arrived some ten days ago in the canal basin at Ottawa from up the Rideau. It comprises, says the Citizen, some re- markably good oak. . —The Wentivierth Fish and Game Association have prosecuted Win. Camp- bell, of Progreston, for allowing his saw- dust and mill refuse to pass into the - Twelve Mile Creek in that vicinity, thereby destroying the speckled trout and other fish that frequent this stream. The magistrate reserved his decision. —On Friday, 14th inst., the steam- ship " Carmonia " sailed from Montreal with 115,000 quarters of grain, 200 tons of flour, 555 head of cattle and 250 tons of sundries as her cargo. She drew 27 feet of water on her departure the deepest draught of any ocean vessel ever leaving there. —While a garden was being plowed on the farm of Mr. A. Crawford, of South Dorchester, the plow point struck and unearthed a human skeleton. It was in a good state of preservation, all the teeth remaining in the jaws, show- ing that the body could not have been buried there long. - —The monster timber raft being built at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for New York is rapidly approaching completion, and will be one of the wonders of recent years. It will be 410 feet long, 50 feet wide, 35 feet deep, will contain 2,225,- 000 superficial feet, and weighs 6,000 tone. , • —A detective of Mooney's agency at Detroit and Ne* York has just visited ;Ottawa' and captured there an ex-chiet clerk ofa Toledo house, who is said to have embezzled $5,000. He fled to Canada with a woman. The fugitive consented to go back without extradi- tion. —On the recommendation of the Gov- ernor-General the bronze medal has been awarded by the British Board of Trade to Napoleon Comeau for, with the assist- ance of his brother, saving the lives of three persons in the St. Lawrence under circumstances of great gallantry on Jan- uary 20 and 21. —The Witness Sys: The bouquet sent by the Montreal Horticultural So- ciety to be presented to the Queen at the opening of the Colonial Exhibition arrived—but that is all that can he claimed for it ! The package, to begin with, arrived by the " Oregon " a day after the ceremony had taken place. The Queen said that she would receive it whenever it came to hand. This was goodesatured, but unfortunate, as the flowers could not be recognized. The contents of the box were a lot of " in- fusorial earth," k which the flowers had —During a recent thunder storm a barn near Rockton, Wentworth county, belonging to Mr. V.J. Edwards was struck by • lightning. In a few minutes the building, two valuable horses and 300 bushels of grain were reduced to ashes. —John Armstrong, for 19 years secre- tary-treaeurer of the Beverly agricul- tural society, county of Wentworth, died 011 Wednesday last week. Another aged resident of Beverly in the person of Mrs. Cope has also departed this life. She was born in the State of New York, and early removed to the township of Beverly, where she was married to her been packed, and—something! A L don correspondent implores the inven of this earth -packing to try his next periment on some one else than Qu Victoria... • „ —Mrs. Bare -lay, Welding, of Ri , mond, Michigan, went to St. Thema Friday to attend the funeral of father, the late Isaac Mills. About o'clock Sunday morning her neice, Is Kipp, heard her moaning and endea ed to arouse_her, but was unable to so. A doctor was sent for, but upon arrival the unfortunate lady was d —A terrible storm passed over Bro dale and vicinity on the evening of day, llth inst. For a while the ments fairly raged; rain, thunder li fling, and wind were predominant, suiting in disaster to many fences, ch m- neys and trees. A barn in the vicinity of Embro was blown over, killin number of cattle. —Last Sunday morning a fire br out in the Mail building, Toronto, wlijch destroyed property to the value of n ar- ly $80,000, mostly covered by insure4ce, This is the third time the Mail buildFi.' g has suffered from fire. The watchman, Thos. Carroll, was severely burned nd and was taken to the hospital. It is not known how the fire originated. —Mr. Win. Dobie, a young man i Quebec mercantile establishment, arrived out from Edinburgh about years ago has recently fallen hei over t380,000 by the death of his fa in England. He intends returning the old country to live, taking with as a bride one of Quebec's char daughters, Miss Eva Wilson. —On Thursday morning, last w N. L. McKay, ex -M. P. for Cape ton, dropped dead in the street in ney. Deceased was first elected to ar- liament in 1872 as a Conservative, but he voted against the Macdonald Gov rn-, ment on the Pacific Railway seen; al, and has since been a supporter of the Liberal party. —The daughter of a Belleville bo ing- house keeper bought a; pair of shoes a few days ago, and invited of the firm to call at the house for ment. He did so, and was given a e which immediately collapsed beneath weight. The lady assesses the valu the chair at $2, and seeks to make i offset against the boots. —Captain Palliser, R. N., novst in Ottawa, spent last winter in the Sel- kirk mountains at an altitude of 4,1900 feet above sea level, and in latitude el°, only once during last winter did the mercury sink to 30° below zero. he snow -fall was not great, owing to ithe loftier mountain tops first easing the clouds that come from the Pacifi of their extra amount of moisture. —Mr. P. L. Cable president of the Ca,nadh Southern Railroad and a dire of several other railroads died sudd at his ranche near San _Antonia, Te last Friday night, aged 68 years. had spent the last two winters in T city for the benefit of his health. wealth is estimated at several milli He leaves a wife and two grown dren. —At a temperance meeting the o her evening in the town of Peterleorough the ur- ieh his ent int. n- or x - en and other refuse from their mill. The structure, which is being built of fire brick encased in plate iron' is a circular tower, and when finished -will be 140 efeetrhigh, and is 36 to 40 feet in diam- 1r- te. . 1 . on —In the prize list for the Provincial er Fair for 1886, the Agricultural and Arts :30 Association will offer this year three sweepstakes prizes to the medalists in the competition for the best managed farms in Ontario, which- has been held by the association for the past five years.. The prizes will consist of silver cups valued at $100, $60, and $40, respec- '' tively. The secretary has already re- ceived entries from former medalists. The judges will enter upon their work in —J unhee. T death el Mr. James Walker, the famous Westminster plowmaker and - blacksmith, at his residence, ",Bank- head." on Tuesday last week, removes from this life one of the best known and most popular old residents of the town- ship, or, in fact, of the county of Mid- dlesex. He had been ailing for two months, and the cause of death was in.7 fiannnation of the lungs. He was born at Spithopenhaugh, Northumberland, England, on November 1, 1832. Mr.* Walker came from England and settled in Westminister in 1843. —The election of the officers of the Ontario Society of Artists at the an- nual meeting in Toronto Friday resulted as follows: President, : Hon. G. W. Allan; vice-presiderit and treasurer, W. Revell e secretary, J. Jardine; execu- tive committee, W. -Cruickshank, M. Matthews, A. D. Patterson, H. Perre, Jas. Smith, H. R. Watson, J. K. Law- son; art union committee, W. Cruik- Shank, L. R. O'Brien, A. D. Patterson, H. Perre, J. K. Lawson, J. Henderson' J. Massey, J. Payne, J.-. II. Mason, F. J. Stewart. —Mr. James Fletcher, of the Parlia- mentary Library staff, at Ottawa, and entomologist to the Department of Ag- riculture has just returned from Lon- don, England, and in reply to a ques- tion regarding the Canada fruit exhibit at the Colonial Exhibition, says: " Re- markablrgood, and particularly the ap- ples the color and shape having been well preserved, even of those sorts which under ordinary circumstances would have decayed long before this time. This success is attributable to the care - f il use of chemical preservatives by Prof. Saunders, of London, Ontario, and in the manner he has` them displayed they certainly attract much attention." —The Queen made, a visit to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition Friday and carefully inspected the Canadian court. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Beatrice, the Duchess of Albany, and the Marquis of Lorne. Special attention was given bY the royal visitors to the game and agricultural trophies, the educational ,and geological exhibitions, and the display of agricul- tural machinery. Before leaving the - Queen expressed a desire that the pub- lic should know how much she admire& the Canadian court, and how greatly she was interested in the Canadian exhibits. The general public was excluded from the court during the time the royal party were present. —Another attempt was made on Thursday night last week to destroy the newspaper office of _ Magistrate Munro, • at Orangeville. The excitement con- cerning the dynamite explosion had not abated when the peaceful citizens were again shocked by the report that an at- tempt had been made to burn down the building. The perpetrators broke in the back door, and after piling up all the newspapers they could find, saturate ed them with coal oil. A match touch- ed, but the paper happened to be damp, hence the miscarriage of the attempted outrage. The Magistrate says he is de- terminedto carry ont the law in spite of everything. Mr. Munro shews himself, to be a man of nerve and courage and we wish him every success. —There was heaps of . fun—for those who didn't buy—when a lot of un- claimed packages were put up for sale by the Vickers Express company in To- ronto the other day. One of the first to be bitten was a man who gave a quar- ter for a payed that contained a filthy, - ragged old coat and vest that nobody would touch. Another man gave 20 cents for a big valise which, on being opened, was found to contain a set of old hoopskirts and a pack of cards. A blush stole down the cheek of an inno- cent -looking young fellow as he drew a pair of•corsets, a piece of music and a love letter out of a parcel that cost him 25 cents. The best purchase was that of a man named Dewdney who gave $8.50 for three elegant Bibles, for which he refused $40. , —On Wednesday afternoon last week, George, son of Mr. Alex. Wood, of East Nissouri, met with a terrible accident. He was leading his team out of the stable after another horse. The latter was not moving quickly enough and be lifted his foot and touched him with his toe on the hip. In doing so his foot became entangled in .one of the Jugs, which was looped up to keep it off the ground.. The horse became frightened and started to run, dragging the boy about 120 rods before they could be brought to a stand still. As might be expected the boy was terribly bruised, and the wonder is that he was not Or- killed out -right, for the ground over which he was dragged was a slashing, covered -with logs, stumps and stones. The clothes were torii from his body with the ex&ption Of a heavy woollen shirt which was gathered around his neck and head and which in all prob- ability saved his life. We are pleased to learn that he is rapidly recovering.- -Mr. Richard Waddlen, of Usborne, lest a valuable two year old colt last week. It seems that while puttingthe halter on the animal it became fright- ened at something, and jumped into the 'manger, in which position it remained until strangled to death. The colt was valued at $150. iss or - do his • d. ks- rl- -le- ht- re- a ke a ho we to er to im ing ek, reid- - rd- $3 ne ay - air his of an tor nly -as, He xas His ns. hil- amount of $4,100 was raised for the pose of enforcing the Scott Act, wl became law, there on the first of month. The anti -Scott Act people si to work and raised a still larger amo The Guelph city council has set ainde the sum of $1,500 for the enforcenient of the Scott Act. —Toronto will have a grand musical festival on the 15th, 16th and 17t1 of June. It will be the greatest musical event in the history of Canada and a congress of musical notabilities. One thousand selected singers will take part in one chorus, one hundred selected musicians in one orchestra, and a sup- plementary chorus of twelve hundred children. —The total expenditure by the Dom- inion Government as the result of the North west rebellion, including the Cana- dian Pacific Railway and the flud Bay Company and the other claims to 30th April, is somewhat under 500,000. It is understood that since then nearly all the claims have been paid, and the total is under $4,700,000, with a few odds and ends to wind up. —A despatch from Canso, Neva Scoitia, says: Scarcely a day passes without see- ing one or more American fishing vesiels boldly enter Canso harbor and anchor off the Custom House. They come lere ostensibly for water but actually to gain information about bait and ice. They generally make Fox island after leaving Canso, and there purichase all the lait and ice they require. —On the 16th of June the LiberaM of North Bruce have made arrangements for a monster demonstration at Chesley. Hon. E. Blake,Mr. Patterson, M. P., John Charlton,, M. P.'Dr. Lander M. P., South Grey • B. Allan M. North Grey; H. P. O'Connor, M. P. South Bruce; John Gillies, M. P. North Bruce, and other speakers are pected to be present. —The Hon. Wm. McMaster has sented to transfer the donation he tended giving toward the erection endowment of an art college to the $ port of Woodstock Baptist College, latter pledging itself to provide for present debt on that college, and to large and improve the bnilding. McMaster's gift will be in the neigh hood of a quarter of a million dollars —The coopering establishment of A. Irwin of Blenheim is turning about 200,000 or 300,000 barrels year, supplying firms in Chatham, Thomas, Ridgetown and Dunville, also Campbell, Rutherford & Sinclair Blenheim. The last mentioned might be mentioned as having one of finest roller mills in Western Onta their capacity being several hundred - barrels per day. —A, good move has been made for. disposal of sawdust by a lumber firm son up m, P., P., P., ex- on- nd hp - the he en - r. Ir. out per St. nd of rm the 'o, the on the Ottawa, Messrs. Edwards & Co. They are having a monster furnace erected in which to burn the sawdust , • 1- 4 , -1 •.) f,