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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-08-27, Page 1JAL RICAN PIaraviy U fast in color) et. rice. Also ream Muslims. and Stripes, ce Effects, etc, - ill reopen school ote ilson, who has been re shoulder for some rse and had_to girt aye, a make room for them eta, prints for 10e.; 1.1.o. dressgoods for 20e.; 4001. gloves for 30e.; 30e„ tray., hats for 50e. Bar- ,Shoee„ready-roadeOlotle to per cent less for Wt. nee. A„ TAYLOR. 975 Ir. Ed. G. McCasey, ds starting for To. Medicine in a felt - purposes pursuing - e ef.M. D. He is is. e ,men, and will no = ght in the medical H. AlcCasey, brother • man, ieaves about the fourth and last term ame of VanNormaa's.- he bricklayers are at era are busy at work egtion. —The heavy ade business good in.i . Taylor took n over mg the week.—Mrt wly recevering from, d her mother is with nurse again.—James several car loads of —Our sports went y afternoon.—Nearly le from this vicinity inton for third class. the examination, so. lentifal after Christ kelet. • bug, of d in building a stone barn belonging to of Carrick. `Emma -es. —The Metho. place has been under - summer. It has been and in, and newly bout $280. It was a.st last Sa.bbatlethree• mg had- Rev. Mr. morningand evening. Iton, of Gorrie, fil- e Ladies' Aid Society ributed over seventy • fraying the expense'Methodist church in pened on the 8th init, d three times during cb the Rev. Messrs. riton officiated. The ed at each service. -- a pupil, of the Lake- ded in passing for & ficate this summer. There is word of the ming to Lakelet- in K. ----Mrs. Prentice $lut" are t present.—On Rider 1-Villiarneon was pleasta find that a young. ic to visit them. evenirig last week, le - E Palmerston, drove ha, into the hotel yard,- ala g his horse a man aps I asked him if he wat hich he replied he wat ed if he was the Seat' He replied, he wan. her said, "Take that, fearful blow on the- py several blows. ars. !The wretch thea 04,ing to the sudden- Lcklynd the uncertain' is doubtful if he could•, t again. iieeting in Toronto, of ehers' Association WO evening, I2th ktlicers were 'elected: J, Strawy, Onderieli; 1)oan, A`cyronto CO itary, D. H. Hunieter' surer, W. J. Ifellan"co lowing resolutions were. I--" [tis the opinion d that prize scholarships Ala beabolished in ail institutions. "Th now devoted to Oil' e used to increase tiler of the Provincial thli*"` NINETEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 976. EAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1886. { . McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. 00. JUST OPENED OUT —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store, Dress Goods, Prints, Corsets, Bustles, Buttons, Mantle Ornaments, Silk Gloves, Dress Aluslins, Ginghams, Hoop Skirts, Parasols, Dress Clasps, Mantle Silks, Cotton Hose, —AND A GREAT MANY— :G-00S, too numerous to mention. Call and see hem, at the Cheap Cash Store —OF— Hoffman ti Company, Cardno's Block, Seaforth. NOTICE. Our Monthly Fashion Sheet just to hand, and those wanting one will please` call and get one before the supply runs out. - THE ORATORS OF THE PLAINS. The Rev. John McDougall, the well- known Indian Missionary in the North, west, is at present on his way to On- tario, and is accompanied by three In- dian chiefs. While passing through Winnipeg last week Mr. McDougall and his proteges were tendered a very hearty reception by the people of that city which took the form of a public meeting, held in Victoria Hall. The names of the Indian chiefs who accompany Mr. McDougall are Samson, of Bear's Hill; Pakan, of Whitefish Lake, and Bear's Paw, of Morley. The Methodist congregations of the city, Mr. McDougall being a missionary of this denomination, presented himself and his dusky and distinguished col- leagues with an address welcoming him to the city and congratulating him, and commending the great work he. had been instrumental hi accomplishing in the way of Christianizing and civilizing the Indians. In reply to this address Mr. McDougall made a brief speech, in which he stated that the three Indians present were representative men of their tribes. Chief Pakan, of White Fish Lake, he said, he had known for a number of years. He well remembered their first meeting. In travelling with dog teams, he had encamped near a buffalo pound and was_about to chop up some of the wood for fuel when a tinkling of little bells was heard, and presently a rider came around a bluff, and jumping froth the pony werned him not to burn the pound, as this would make the spirits angry and cause a terrible storm. He had lived to see the day when Pakan himself would chop away at a pound. Formerly the Indians used to leave a tree in the centre of a pound and pre- pare strong medicines to hang on it aa a magnet to draw in the buffalo; but these emblems of superstition had disap- peared. A year ago last spring Chief Pakan had time and again been ap, preached by Big Bear and his followers, hut he had remained loyal, and re- strained many who otherwise would have joined with the rebels, and for this he deserved recognition. (Applause.) The three Indians had taken their seats on the platform dressed as white men, but Chiefs Samson and Pakan re- tired for a few moments and returned while Rev. Mr. McDougall was speak- ing, wearing brightly colored blankets, richly -beaded moccasins, fringed leg- gings and other Indian ornamentations. On making their appearance in this cos- tume they Were heartily applauded. • Chief Pakan, who is a tall, able- bodied and fine-looking Indian, was first called upon to speak. He gathered up the folds of his blanket with his left hand very gracefully, stood erect, ap- peared perfectly at home, spoke in an easy conversational way, gesticulated very naturally withehis right hand, and proved himself to be a trained orator, by taking his seat when everybody was ex- pecting him to continue for about ten minutes longer. Rev. Mr. McDougall interpreted his remarks as follows: "As nearly as I can learn I am now 46 years of age, therefore, I date beyond the in- coming of the first missionary; and even after he came, Iwes distant from him and only heard by rumor of his havipg come. Therefore, I saw much evil; I was with my people, far away in heathenism, and in everything that was wrong. Later the missionary reached our camp, and a change began to be ap- parent; and by-and-by, though wild and stubborn and wicked, the change affected me. Jesus Christ touched my heart, and I also embraced his religion; and I have made Him my chief from that day unto this. I owe a great debt to my old missionaiy who recently left us, Mr. Steinhauer; he and other mission- aries have done me great good, and have also done a great and grand work for my people. Later on my people asked me to stand up for them, and I became their chief. They said try and help us on, and do not set any foolish example. Last spring an opportunity came; we were approached with guns and asked to take up our guns against the white man, we were dared not to do so; but I Said in my heart, I want to be the friend of the white man; in my heart I want to keep his law, as I have embraced the law of the God he worships. I shall net go with you nor shall any of my people. My people want to improve; I feel we have improved wondrously. We want to be like the white people and make progress in civilization, and that which shall be everlasting in its benefit: As I' feel that you are my friends in listening to me as I speak and in welcoming me as I come before you. I ask you still to be my friends, that not my band only but my whole nation may rise in the scale of civilization and Christianity. Rev. Mr. McDougall regretted to say that chief Bear's Paw was not present, having been absent from home when the party started. His nephew Jonas, how- ever would well represent him.' Jonas was one of the best hunters in the Stony camp, but he had now turned his atten- tion to civilization, milking cows, mak- ing butter and working in the field. He had marketed some new potatoes before he left ; and he was doing all he could to better his own condition and set an example to his people. He was an intel- ligent Indian and a profound student of the Bible, hymn book and eatechism. in Cree syllabic.- He seconded every effort of the missionary for the well-being of his people. (Applause.) Jonas wore a coat, and its pockets somewhat cramped the freedom of his oratorical movements. As he warmed up to his subject his right hand first:be- gan to move naturally, and after a little his left hand slipped out of the coat pocket, and the constraining influences of civilization were forgotten. His speech, as interpreted by Rev. Mr. Mc- Dougall, was founded on a very apt comparison. He told how, when a boy, he had used a bow and arrow to kill rabbits, ducks and prairie chickens, and that when he grew up, to his astonish - . From Australia,. INTERESTING NOTES. EDITOR EXPOSITOR, —DEAR SIR, —I notice you put " Continued " after my last letter on the squatter, while I in- tended it as the last of the series for the present. I am afraid I might tire many people if I kept on, for I have not time to get up anything as I should like to see it. I have lately accepted an offer as assistant biographical compiler and writer from an American company who are getting up a grand work; entitled "Australian Representative Men." This work will form a continuous his- tory of Australia, showing the social, political and religious growth and de- velopment of these rising colonies, through the medium of sketches of those lives, around which are clustered the gems that never lose their lustre, and to which all that we -can boast of here is traced by a goden thread: "The history of a country is best told in tracing the history of those lives that make its corner stones, etc." We are again in the midst of winter, but this time nearly 600 miles south of - Sydney. Consequently, it is much colder here. Still, the weather is fine, but cold, especially at nights. Houses here are not built for comfort, like in Canada—no stoves here, and no pipes through the bed -rooms. Everything was quite grey this morning, with ice on small dishes of water as thick as a penny. I can wear my Canadian over- coat coinfortably, but seldom see any- thing on the hands thicker than kid gloves, or heavier on the head than a "bell topper" hat,, which' is very com- mon. People dress far more expensively here than in Canada, bat I will not say with better' taste. Times are pretty dull, especially in South Australia and New South Wales. The chief cause is the want of rain, on which so much hangs here. Canadians can hardly grasp the idea sufficiently to understand how fortunes: are lost and won here— made when a few good years come, and as quickly lost when rain does not come. The Government of this colony are passing a Bill at present by which they propose spending £4,000,000 on ir- rigation works. This will be Modeled after American schemes, Which have been found to work well. The Govern- ment does everything here that is worth calling an. improvement, but most of their public works are well carried out and are reproductive and pay well. We hear a great deal about the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, but it is very much one sided. We hardly ever hear Canada mentioned. Of course it cannot make much show beside the great island continent of Australia. The average Yankee cannot " blow " as long or as hard as the Islanders be- yond the Pacific, whose comparative faculties cannot go further than "the long wash of Australasian seas." There ia a great deal of talk and fuss just now over the serious eruptions in New Zea- land, of which, I dare say, you will have heard ere this. We are, at least, re- minded that we are not far from the hot place." By-an(1-1;y, when I have more time and something to write about, I may be able to give some more letters that will be interesting. I get TliE EXPOSITOR occasionally, but some- of them never reach me, which I regret very much. We are all well and have never been sick a day here. Best wishes. Yours, Respectfully, Melbourne, Australia, July S 9, .J.. 8311LLIE' 1S6. ment and pride killed a buffalo. Later on the white man had put into his hand a grand weapon, aWinchester rifle, and then he had thrown away his -bow and arrow _and his flint -lock gun. This was an illustration of the condition of his people in past as compared with the present. They had been weak, and their mode of living degrading, but the mis- sionaries came with the Bible, and now they could claim, to have made progress. He was gladto Say that away up in the shadow of the mountains, they tried to believe in and worship the same God as the white man; and, from being the wildest men in the western territory, they had for -many years been the friend of the white man.- He was glad of the kind, warm reception given him to- night, as the representative of his people. (Applause.) Rev. Mr. McDougall and the Indiana. sang in Cree a portion of the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee." . Chief Samson was next introduced as a mighty hunter. The missionary told how he had often been supplied with food through -the chief's skill,, and how they 'had for many nights stood guard over each other alternately-. The chief was evidently considerably older than either of the others, and his costume was somewhat more picturesque. He' was quite demonstrative in his- style of oratory, anel his emphasis and gestures drew forth from the -audience frequent expressions of approval. When carried away with his climaxes he seemed on the point of leaving his blanket and his -large fan of feathers, which impeded the free exercise of his left arm; still he brought down the house. The audience didn't aletays put in their laughs just where jokes were expressed in words, but the speaker appeared to take the laughter as expression of general good feeling and approval, and was not at all disconcert- ed by any • difficulty of explaining just how the laughs came in; Rev. Mr. Mc- Dougall's version of the address is free from all suspicion of humor. The speaker said: "My -friends, IS am very glad to see you; I -want to tell you from my heart that I feel you are indeed my friends. Away back, when I was a little boy, I can remember 'how my people 'were at war with every other tribe. I -stand here to -day as a remnant of my large family.. My brother was killed by the Blackfeet, another- by the Stonies, and another by the Crees ; thus you will see we were not only at war with other tribes, but fought among our- selves. That was the condition we were in years ago. We were not only cruel and savage to each other„ but also thor- oughly ignorant of all that is good. We dreamed dreams, we conjured, we were superstitious about medicine, and we believed that every man outside of our- selves was not to be trusted, and could -not even believe in our nearest friends. Bye -and -bye the missionary came; I re-' member when we heard the tidings, I was still very young. My mother took me by the hand and said; 'Let us go and see this wonderful-- man. who has come into camp.' Then my people heard for the first time of the better way. Later on Mr -McDougall (Rev. George McDougall) came to Victoria and found many of the people drunkards.- He labored to put down drunkenness, in- terceded with the Government for the_ Northwest, and had a proclamation made that it was an illegal and criminal act to sell whisky to an Indian in the Northwest Territory. .Even those who loved the fire water were glad when they knew these things were being done for them. We . had tribal war, and I used to delight in it as a young man; but later on the religion of Jesus Christ made me desire to- be at peace with the Black- -feet, who killed my brother and Many of my friends. Once on the banks of the North Saskatchewan, when David destroyed can haidly tide it over, as they have not the means, and however generous or lenient our business Men may be, they cannot well afford to carry over so many. Harvesting commenced the last week of July in some localities and was pretty general the first week in August, and, as all grains have ripened simultaneous- ly, men and teams have been taxed to. their utmost, and can hardly get grain -Out before it is over -ripe. Those who have finished cutting are stacking with all the energy they can command. Some portions of the grain will be lighter in yield and sample than under more favorable circumstances, but, if we get the crop stacked and threshed with- out accident by fire or storm-, there will be a large percentage of No. 1 hard de- _ livered from this county. When We contemplate the feet that the earth has not been wet to a depth of two inches since the seed was lown and hardly wet to -a depth of six inches within ten months, except when wet by the melt- ing snow, one is led ,to meditate on the merciful dealings of the Divine dis- poser' of events. The infidel and the sceptic may curse the country and the season bat the reflective mind sees abundant cause for sincere gratitude to God, in whom he trusts for the measure of success he has been blessed with. Our outlook for threshing is not very hope- ful, as nearly all the small lakes are dried up and few of our wells will stand .the drain of watering stock and sup- plying an engine, and it is possible that many will' have to dig additional wells to supplement the supply, as we can scarcely go to the river, a distance of five or six miles. The oat crop is gen- erally veryt light, and oats will be scarce even for hcane consumption; and barley is also a light crop. Feeding stock for sale, therefore, will be almost out of the question. Much of the damage to the oat crop is caused by the myriads of small caterpillars, which developed on the wild buckwheat and other weeds. They have taken the moisture out of the straw, especially out of the early sown portion. A LITTLE! ABOUT POLITICS. Our politicians are beginning to feel their way. Conventions, so called, are being held or- to be held, and meetings are called ostensibly for the purpose of appointing delegates to attend, but the wire -pullers generally Manage to have those meetings called before the farmers can possibly leave their harvest fields, and at an hour that precludes the possi- bility of attendance by any at even a few miles distant, and the ambitious autocratic demagogue, who aspires to a• seat in the Legislative Council, puts in an appearance as representative of the Republican or Democratic conimittee as the case May be, armed with document- ary evidence, that he is authorized to \act as proxy for the man or men who, by misnomer, are called the people's representatives as members of the party's committee. Such -designing men can make sure of a nomination, or secure the nomination of his subservient man Fri- day, and go in himself as a lobbyist. The cry of the outs concerning the ins is "Turn the rascals out." But while neither Republican nor Democratic con- vention dare submit a platform of meas- ures sought to be secured or principles to be defended, the honest, patriotic elector is sadly in the dark as to where he should cast his influence. The "Farmers' Alliance" have shown more courage. They submit their platform, and declare that any one who would 'be Whoa legislator Who will not subscribe to the *hole, is unworthy the support of that august- and influential body, ore() the support of any of the laboring or pro - diming classes. Your correspondent; having in earlier life had some experi- ence in platform framing, fails to see McDougall was with us, we were charg- that those Grangers are blessed with ed by 200. or 300 Blackfeet, and bullets more than a moderate share of the wis- rained around, butI walked up thebank dom which such a class should possess, carrying a box of goods, 'and r lOoked and the good which may result from around and said: there was a time when such an independent third party is very I would have liked to kill you, but now problematical indeed. But I suppose I have the opportunity to go into the there are many whose views are crude' fort, and I.will not fire a single shot. I and limited, and whose principles are of want you to understand that I want to the patent adjustable kind, and who, be' your friend, though I was once can on the eve of an election make your enemy. (Applause.). Lasts spring themselves "All things unto all men." I wanted to show my .faith in the Gov- ernment, -and I took my gun and gaveit to a man -who I knew would never lift it against his , fellowmen. I said to my people: there , you 'see my desire; I don't want to take up my gun against the white man. I stand in the position that I am a loyal citizen to, this country. That was my action last spring. As I look upon your faces I pray the Great Spirit to give you many happy summers and pleasant winters; and that bye -and - bye you all who believe in God and others influenced by your example, as well as ourselves, may meetin the great eternal summer of our Father in heaven. Rev. Mr. McDougall gave -arm interest- ing description of the method used by missionaries. and, their -guides in crossing large rivers in the absence of either bridges or heats, and the meeting closed with devotional services.. sound and caused a great commotion in the water when it struck. The oldest inhabitant had never seen a waterspout before. —About 300,000 "feet of white ash planks will go forward to Germany from the mills of the Chatham Manufacturing Company. —The Canada Pacific Railway promis- es to build a new passenger depot and freight sheds, and a dock 400 feet long at Fort William. —Frog's legs from Canadian marshes sell hi New York at 40 cents a pound. Here is another clue for the Fisheries Department. —Word has been received at King- ston that Major-General Strange, late of " B " Battery, has been relieved of his pension by the British Government. —The Canada Pacific Railway Com- pany, have purchased a large plot of land in the west end of Montreal, pre- sumably for depot purposes. —In future Canadian schooners sold to United States citizens will on re-enter- ing Canadian ports be subject to the reg- ulations, which apply to foreign vessels. —The witnesses who. were refused their fees in a Scott Act case in Simcoe, entered suit and recovered 10 cents per mile and 75 cents per day. —The Canada Pacific Railway steam- er Athabaska, on her down trip in ear- ly August had a cargo of 10,000 bushels of Manitoba wheat and nine carloads of flour. —Mr. T. A. McKinnon, general mane - ger of the South -Eastern railway, has been appointed successor to General Superintendent Egan, of the Canadian Pacific Railway. • —The Manitoba Liberal declares that about 5,000 pounds of milk per day is being brought into the cheese factory at Rapid City. A stock and dairy, farm is to be established in Morris. —A firm in the eastern townships of Quebec has an order from an English firm for 500 spring mattresses, to be deliver- ed so many per week during several coming months. —The traffic receipts of the Canadian Pacific Railway for the week ending August 14th were $203,000, an increase of $28,000, compared with the corres- pending week last year. —Great loss of life and property has been caused by a furious gale on the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. The gale was the severest which has visited that part for 25 years. —At the meeting of the Canada Medi- cal Association last week, it was suggested that the penalty for violation of quarantine regulations should be in- creased from $400 to $3,000. —There was a pronouncing contest held in Grimsby Park recently. The first prize was awarded to T. J. Parr, Woodstock, the second to Dr. Withrow, Toronto, and the third to Miss Edwards, Seaforth. —It was officially stated in the House of Commons last Friday that the fishery negotiations were proceeding, and that it was not intended to appoint a joint commission to amend the Treaty of 1813. —Recently lightning struck a hoase in Bobcaygeon. A lady standing on the veranda was surprised to see the posts supporting it fly into splinters, and felt not the slightest shock although only a few feet distant.'. —The financial difficulties of the cor- poration of Portage la Prairie, Mani- toba, have reached a sudden climax, the mayor and council and all the officials having resigned in a body in order to enforce a settlement with the creditors. —The tug George Hand, engaged in removing the wreckage of the Algoma at Isle Royal, struck a sunken reef while coasting around near Passage Island and broke in two. The crew all escaped to the lighthouse. The Crops in Northern Dakota. Asim.., Pembina county, Dakota, ) August 13th, 18862 DEAR Ex POSITOR.,—Abbut two months ago I wrote you a short a,ceount of the crop prospects in this northern partof our county, and then promised,to report at a later date. Since then I 'have suf- fered from sickness, so that at times I could have. but little hope of fulfilling -my promise. Being able to pen a few lines while -I cannot.walk out,' by way of recreation, I enter on the task. of again addressing my old friends hr Huron and Perth, letting them know that- notwith- standing the extreme drought and heat, there is a return from the earth. which could scarcely have been anticipated. This favored pertion of the Red river valley has not, so far, been visited by any hail scourgee Although even the southeastern and southern portions of our county hayesuffered greatly, and many of those farmers whole crops are however, that they came to Ottawa and took the Western. train. The de- tectives claim to have evidence that the culprits were but tools of parties in Montreal who knew them to be desper- ate fellows and kept them plentifully supplied with liquor through the assist- ance of parties near Alexandria. It is said, the men were both discharged em- ployes of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. —The suction hose of the steamer Al- aska, which was recently plying on the Stickeen River, was found to be dotted with small spots of gold. This fact, it is thought, fully demonstrates that the Stickeen is rich in float gold, and that the numerous sandbers of the river, for- mation of which has taken countless years, must also contain the yellow par- ticles -in paying quantities. —The Medicine Hat Times complains that although the coal mines seven miles west of that place are turning out good coal, they cannot afford to mine and ship on account of the exorbitant rate of freight charged. It says that while the tariff on coal from here to Winnipeg is over $5 per ton, Pennsylvania coal is hauled over 2,000 miles, duty paid, and sold in Winnipeg for $8 per ton. —At a court recently held iia St. John, New Brunswick, the question arose as to whether at the last session of- Parlia- ment a law had been passed permitting a prisoner to testify in his own behalf. The Crown lawyers did' not know, the judge conld not tell, and a member o,f Parliament, a barrister, who was pres- ent, failed to remember whether such a statute was in fm•ce or not. —A red fox as been brought into the harbor at Vansouver, British Columbia, from Torrnette, Russian Tartary. It eats beef, bread, chickens, rats and fish, and is rather fierce. The Custom House officer says that if the animal is brought ashore and disposed of an import duty of 20 per cent will be charged. Native faxes must be protected against red- headed Russians at all hazards. —Two young men who had visited Orillia, where the Scott Act is most rigidly enforced, were driving home 'on Saturday night and failed to see that the bridge over the Narrows was open. The consequence was that horse, buggy and occupants were treated to a plunge bath. The men were rescued, but the horse was drowned. Orillia root beer has pe- culiar effects. —Peterboro people amuse themselves watching the voyages of a minature steamboat called the Scott At, which plies on Paterson's Creek. The craft is only 2-1-, feet long, is carved, out of a solid piece of wood, and is a complete model of a sidewheel steamer. The Ex- aminer observes that notwithstanding the boat's name the boiler is heated , by spirits. —A tramp walked into a room in a tenement house in Halifax, the other day, seated himself at the table and de- manded something to eat. The woman who occupied the room left it on the pretext of getting the teapot, and re- turned with two other women, each armed with a pair of scissors. The stranger didn't trouble himself about the teapot but left at once. —A 16 foot boat was picked up just, above the rapid a at Niagara, last Thurs- day. It was painted a lead color with red gunwales, and- contained oars and some other luggage. It was secured by a man named Jack Walker, who had a narrow escape in getting "the boat to shore, as it was very low down in the river when discovered. There is an- other boat in the hands of the customs officer -at Chippewa, which was picked up on the river the other day. —The Protection Police and Fire Pa- trol Company of Canada (Limited), capi- tal stock $50,000, has been granted let- ters patent for the establishment of an organized system of uniformed • night watchmen in cities and towns for the protection of buildings, and for fire patrol duties, with electric call boxes in all cities and towns in the Doininion. It proposes the employment of confi- dential and special agents and the stor- age and receiving of valuables for safe keeping. —Mr. G. S. Thompson, of Hope, en- gaged a young man of rather preposses- sing appearance to work in the harvest field. Giving the fellow a good supper and bed, Mr. Thompson was rather sur- prised to find that his 'visitor had been up betimes and skedaddled. _ The gen- tleman of the road did not neglect to "go through" the pockets of his sleep- ing companions, from whom he got one dollar. It was getting too near working time for his trampship to longer remain on the preMise' s • so, rather than endan- ger his health by work, left without breakfasting. None of the fraternity need apply for the vacancy. —A very sad accident happened to Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, wife of Mr. C. W. Sawyer, of Peterboro,• at BOshink nar- rows on Stony lake last Friday after- noon. While the engineer's back was turned she stepped into the engine -room to get the clothing of her little son who had fallen into the water at Burleigh, and which was there drying; Her skirts caught in the machinery of the engine, completely stripping the clothing from her and causing a compound fracture of both legs midway between the knee and ankle. Dr. Might, who was camping on the island, was brought on board and temporarily attended to the unfortunate lady's injuries. —Early on Tuesday morning of last week, as the train with the Foresters' excursionists was returning from Strat- ferd, Mr. R. S. Beasley, of Hamilton, met with a mishap by which he lost the sight of his right eye. The train, it seemed, had stopped at Paris station, and observing some commotion outside Mr. Beasley raised the window to look out. He had no sooner done so than he was struck in the eye by an egg, thrown with tremendous force by a ruffian on the platform. Mr. Beasley was partially stunned by the blow. On reaching Hamilton Dr. Bates was consulted, and and he saw no more of them. It is said, he has informed Mr. Beasley that it is —Piper James Moon, of London. left on Thursday of last week for Michigan, where he will enter various competitions in Alpena, and afterwards at Boston and Lawrence. He carried off some 25 prizes during his recent trip to Buffalo; Mil- waukee, Chicago and St. Paul. —The new $30 notes of the Mer- chants' Bank of Canada have a portrait o4he president, Mr. Andrew Allan, on the right end, and one of Lord Dufferin Hoping that I have not trespassed too on the other. The $100 notes also bear far on your valuab!e space, I remain respectfully yours, SeemFORD. Canada. —The Toronto -Court House building will cost $300,000. —A London lady recently found 410 needles in an old pincushion. —The cremation of the infected cattle at Quebec began last Thursday. —A $15,000 fire occurred at Petrolea last Friday. The loss is fully insured. —The Governor-General will leave England for Canada early in October. —Charles Tizzard, -lighthousekeeper at Hope Island, died suddenly while out rowing the other day. • —The Brant Hose Company, of Brant- ford, won the_ third prize for drill at the Buffalo Firemen's Convention. —A J. & j. Taylor safe has been purchased for each of the stations along the line of the Erie and Huron ,Railway. —Theqnsurance agent Walters; charg- ed with attempting tb bribe a Montreal Customs official, has been 'unable to ob- tain bail. —A few days ago a farmer in St. Paul's parish, Manitoba, was astonished to find a moose watering with his cattle near his home. —It is said that the length of th,e graving dock at Esquimalt, British Col- umbia,. will be enlarged from 381 feet to 531 fee —A large waterspout appeared off the mouth of the Pugwash harbor_ recently. It struck the water at the mouth of Port "Philip, about half a mile from Bergman's Point, and moved slowly toward Port Howe for about fifteen minutes, when it .broke about half -way between the cloud and the water part apparently 'going up and part falling on the water. While it was visible it made a roaring the portrait of Mr. Allan, and on the other end of the note a vignette of the Queen. —The den of lions belonging to Fore- paugh's circus fell into a hole on a. Kingston street and capsized, the lid being knocked completely out. A fire was built around the cage in order to frighten the animals into ° remaining in- side, and the cage was replaced by the exertions of two elephants. —The Dominion Government have begun the survey for the proposed sub- way between Prince Edward Island and the mainland. The Examiner says the schooner Cygnet left Pictou with the sets of boring apparatus and a corps of experts. with buoys, anchors, etc., and that work will be prosecuted vigorously during the fine weather. —A men named Michael Ryan, who was refused permission to cross a swing railway bridge on the Lachine canal at Montreal by the caretaker, jumped into the canal to swim across, but sunk in the middle of the stream and was drown- ed before he could be rescued. He was under the influence of liquor when be - jumped in. —A special detective of the Canada Atlantic Halfway Company, claims to have a clue to the identity of the mis- creants who attempted to wreck the re- turning train of the Orange eltursion- ists from Kingston on the 12th of July. He says that two suspicious characters were seen in the vicinity of the scene of the attempted outrage for two days be- fore the affair occurred, ad that on the morning after they disappeared. The detective says that a man walking in the bush alongside of the track saw the two men place obstructions on the track. He disturbed them and gave chase for nearly a mile, but the dastards escaped, questionable if he will ever recover his sight. The railway authorities are do- ing their utmost to discover- who threw the egg, but so far have been unsuccess- ful. —Ten thousand people listened to Dr. Talmage at Grimsby camp last Sabbath. —A large number of black bass took bait so readily in the river at Galt the other morning that a fish was landed at nearly overy throw-in. —Major Margetts arrived in Toronto from Montreal Wednesday morning to make arrangements for the -coming visit of General Booth, of the Salvation Army. ---Messrs. George Black and John Guthrie'two wealthy and respected far- mers in the vicinity of Ayr, started on a trip to the old country last week. The latter goes for the benefit of his health. —A young servant girl in Toronto, named Mary Welsh, was ta,kee sick and - died in the hotmital a few days ago. In her trunk a bank book containing $450 was found, which now awaits a claimant. —Wm. J. Kendall, of Boston, who swam the Niagara rapids on Sunday, and went through the whirlpool, arrived in Toronto Monday afternoon, and was staying at the Rossin House. —Mr. Wm. Cowan, V. S., of Galt, who has been inspecting the hog -diseased district of Essex county, says the dis- ease is nearly exterminated, having been stamped out in all but two townships, and in those the cases are few. . —The Galt Reporter says: Mr. John Leeds, who has already threshed out a number of barns, gives as the result: For wheat, an average of 18 bushels; for barley, an average of 30 bushels. The sample of wheat, he says, could not be surpassed'; that of barley, good. color in most cases, about average weight or a trifle under. —Mr. Wm. Sadler, a former resident of Galt, who removed to Ohio some time ago, is about to return to Ontario, his experience in Uncle Sam's territory not having been very satisfactory. He says that a mule is about the height ef the ambition of the people ef that sec- tion. Anything which has not more de- struction in its heels than symmetry in its body is of little account there. —The Cranston family at Galt have been sorely bereaved of late, no fewer than three of the family having been called away by death within a few days of each other. slrs. Cranston, the aged mother, passed away on Friday, 13th inst., in her 90th year. On the following morning her daughter, Mrs. John Veitch, died at the age of 66. The son; Mr. Alex. Cranston, having pre- ceded them by a few days. —A couple of legal gentlemen went canoeing on the Thames recently, and one of them took along an old pair of pants to save his better ones. Unfortu- nately, on leaving their camping ground near Kornoka bridge, he forgot his good. pants, his boots and some other articles, on the shore, and never discovered the loss until the neighborhood of Glencoe was reached. The articles he had en were not fit to wear in publie'owing to their being extensively ventilated; so he borrowed another pair from an obliging farmer to come home in. Owing to the disparity in their sizes, however, the far- er s pants didn't come much below the lawyer's knees, and his friends have been annoying him ever since with vivid de- scriptions and outline sketches of the comical figure he cut. —On Monday night of last week Mr. Andrew Sloan, one of the most respect- ed farmers of the township of West Gwillitnbury, county of Siincoe,. met With his death in a mysterious manner. It seems that a few minutes before nine o'clock Mr. Sloan went out to the barn to tell Kelly, a hired man to extinguish a light he was using. A! few minutes afterwards Kelly entered the house and told the servant girl to tell Mrs. Sloan to go out and see her man, ,at the same time making the remark, "he won't trouble me any more." On going out 'Mrs. Sloan found her husband neat the barn making effortl to get up, but was unable to do so. With the assistance of the servant girl, Mrs.- Sloan carried him into the house, the blood gushing. out of his ear. Medical attendance was at once sent for, but before the doctor ,arrived Mr. Sloan was dead. The young man Kelly was in Mr. Sloan's employ over twelve months, during which time the best of goodfeeling ex- isted between beth employer and em- ploye. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Kelly, and also for a young lad named Joseph Craig, who was found in the barn a few minutes after Mr. Sloan was found. —Mr, -John Dougall, founder of the Montreal Witness, died at his residence in New York, on the 18th inst. He was a native of Paisley, Scotland, and was a man of remarkable physical and mental strength. He came to Montreal at the age of 18. Being an earnest advocate of temperance principles he was appointed editor of the Canada Temperance Advo- cate, in which office he continued tritil 1846, when he started the Weekly Wit- ness, and 14 years later the Daily Wit- ness, with which ever since he has been connected. In 1871, leaving the control of these papers to his eldest son, he went to'New York, where he began the publication of the New York Daily and -Weekly Witness, the former of which, after a- bitter struggle for existence, ceased publication in 1878. The New York Weekly Witness proved a success-, and is now edited by Mr. Dougall's son. John Dougall was a devoted member of the Congregational church. He was a ready, pleasant and forcible speaker. During the summer he has been living in Montreal, but returned recently to his residence in New York, where he died. In him Canadian journalism loses one of the best men it has yet pro- duced. —Frank McGregor, of the Govern- ment exploring vessel, Bayfield, has been spending a couple of weeks at home, being laid up by an injured foot. The injury, although painful, will not leave any serious results.