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iber • 24th.
25th.
Nth,.
28th..
for the peo-
astrroundiug
. Night
willbe made
:tive by a
Music
t. Everybody
; Popular Dry
Sea.ferths,
TM.
sso very pretty
and realty ex-
leal of interests
ea well repre-
a' extra goods
have had ems
ewarding the
Season, it was
sp- would be a
td farmers say
lot of roots,
Name,. There
" wheel -
r games to get
se things were
and many
them. Every-
fietly and, we
awe has been
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:oastruction, of
r, Stewart, sr.,.
te, but we are
Dvering akaira ,
; be a 'Wedding
'eld stage Was
:Jae night last
in A. was in
'add not like
, —Our esteem-
retu rued horne
route Exhibi-
time.—Some _
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arties had six
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being invited
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Tuckersmith,
cousins, ahe
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len and other
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the Presby-
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in the afters
e pleasure of
time for the
e exereise
ore- the . w el -
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erved with a,
eh the ladies•
a, the assem-
the church,
• the pastor,
r was in at -
hip of Mr.
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mel pieces of
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divered vig-
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NINETEENTH YEAR.
wifoLE NUMBER 981;
SEAFOATH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 11886.
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Cheap
GOODS
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ash
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All ,Deprirtment
complete iuritft new
Some r ry spe
in Dress (ioods, M
Ulster dloth,s;
Cottons, etc.
Store,
are now
est goods.
Thb Seaforth Show.
The ennual show undef the. uSpiees
of the South Huron and Tuck rsmith-
Branch Agricultural Societies u as held
in 'Seam.* on Monday and.
last. Weather is a Mighty f
Making or unmaking an agri
show. On this occasion Seafm
not favoeed in this- respect.
opened gloomy and threatenix
early in the forenoon rain set
continued at intervals through
day and evening. This, no thin'
many exhibitors back, and es
the ladie. , whose finer fabrics h.
easily injured by wet. The sec
was even more unfavorable, but
not affec
implensei
terred b
influence
ai lines leila7vIevdbeme'
able.
ntle and Despit
however,
ianneis good, a
' large: I
was full
former y
lack wa
which, a
pretty a
large as
favorabl
exhibit°
and am
name_ al.
the hon
there w
roots an
larger o
interest
Itoberts
mpany, two ver
bedroom
• Mr, Jam
Anin3pection respectfully
I
solicited a4 die
Cheap Cash
Hoffman & Go
Ca.rdno's Black, Se
Store
forth..
—Indian A ent Donn
Arthur, has jos received a,
of produce fron the Iodia
This is the first of the se
the Indians, already ha
..acres of gard,en ru cult erations The
samples, were shipped fres the Church
of .England Mission on _14 ke Nepigon, ,
some severity n ilea. north o the -station
r sixty miles
the Canadian
Ily, of Port
consignment
s of Nepigon.
lernent, and
e over seven
by that name, vhiele is ov
east of Port rthur, on
Pacific Railwa . •
—The city o Montreal
action for 85000 a,gains
Lamontagne, c retractor.
Sullivan was k lied by the
of two fire reel which ca.
ion some moat s ago. Th
damages from he city, anc
seeks to taros the respo
Mr. Lamontae e, alleging
dent was cau ed, by buil
placed by him the street
building he evals ereeting.
—Last weels it was di
three graves in', the villa -fere
had lseen opened and the
deceased remo ed. One
person buried
only -the skol
other case th
about 25
was abstr
remains
Dykes, interred about sr
were abstracted, together
coffin. The tidal case
daughter of a Mr. Rowe,
land, which w -s interred ine years ago.
—Mr. J. R. Booth, 'dr well-known
lumberer and r ilactianer, , as purchased_
a timber limi On the T miscamingue,
some 75 miles n extent, fr m La Banque
aid $77,500.
er of pur-
very limit
en offered for
y disposed of,
the mill -owners 'evidently realizing that
a day is corning when tho e who do not
own limits wil find it cliff cult to obtain
ming.
ondou hotel
eved to be a
shed near the
place the othe gave chase to
it, and was salesequin
entl joined by a
couple of porcemen. P ss'y was run
as taken an
Mr. L. J.
ing mac
work w
chines n
Mr. G.
very go
exhibiti
onlooker
more lar
town me
their go
been cot
have for ned a better opinion of
doot exhiait.
uesdayl
ctor in
ulturafl
th was
londay,
g, and
in and;
ut the
t, kept
e more
nd day
his did
the show so much, as Stick and
t men are not so ea ily de-
r rain, but it had an i jarious
upon the gate receipts, nd the
s not half so large as i would
had the weather bee • favor -
these adverse circum ta,nces,
the show was, on the whole,
d the attendance fair if not
many departments ti e show
up to, if not in adv rice, of
ars. In the hall the reatest
in the ladies' &pa tment,
though it embraced maa y very
ticles,athe exhibit.wa not so
t would have' been rind r more
circumstances. Man large
s of former years were absent
ng these we may n ention,
IcEwen, • of Hay, whose
aye figures so conspicu usly in
r roll. In fruit and flowers
s a splendid display, r,hile in
vegetables there neve i was a
better show.! The f rniture
was represented by i r. M.
n, _of this town, who showed
rich aidhandsome par oe and
sets. Mr. 0. C. Will on and
Watson monopolized he sew-
ine exhibit; ap& the b aotiful
ich they turn out on th ir ma-
w is a surprise to an ol -timer.
. Oakes, of Clinton, ha 'three
d organs of his bwn n like on
n, and supplied music for the
. Had the ladies" w rk been
•ely represented, and ad the
chants made a few dis lays of
ds, the hall show wou d have
plete, and spectators would
the in -
In th 'Afield the show was a
Althoug several of the Usual .1
hibitors • hOrses and cattle had
child named London, there was 'still an e
wheel of one show in oth departments. The
se into collis- wae-a better show in cattle, bot
father claims gards quality and numbers. T
the city now
sibility upon
that the ricci-
ing material
in front of a
covered that
of Wardsville
emains of the
as that of a
ears ago, but
ted. In au -
f Mrs. J. M.
years ago,
with the oak
-ar; thateof a
now in Eng-
• National, for which- he
Mr. Booth has made ma
•
chases of limits recentiv.
of any value that has b
sale of late has beertareadi
•
logo to keep t
- —The bort
discovered w
black and wh
eir nulls r
ncler of a
at he bel
te cat in a
night. H
loam and led ed, but
struggle, duripg which
and the policeMen discove
• a case of mis ken ident
Mal was a sku -k. The b
it necessary tlo ask sorn
hini for a Week.
—A sad aeddent happened at Glen -
Two sons of
age, aged re-
rs, loaded up
n, which had
vy charge of
y then fired it
ot without a
he bartender
ed that it was
ty. The ani-
rtender found
body to bury
williams the other day.
Mr. Feaster, of that
spectively 12 ,raul 16 ye
the barrel of aa old shotg
lost its stock; with a he
powder. The' younger b
off by striking' a cap plac d on the nip-
ple with a. bar; of iron. IN hen the charge
exploded the I barrel bur4t into several
the boy ;who
causing death
veral attempts
s on the new
Huron Reji-
g .and Sarnia.
re, but the fire
r living in the
prevent a dis-
placed on the
right Station,
ame along the
wing to a flaw
mpt sves made
w a train from
rly two feet in
end between
aieces, one of ja4iieh stru
hred, it in th abdomen,
within 20min tes.
—A short time ago s
wete made to wreck tree
ext nsion of the Erie an
, between Wallacebu
>ridge wa a .set en fi
discovered by a, farm
wa
A
Was
neighborhood in time to-
aster., A horse shoe was
track just south of Cour
but when the locomotive
horse shoe brake in two,
at the iron. Another att
at the same place to thr
the ki track. Lotm logs ne
diameter were placed o
the tiesemar the middle df a bridge, but
erved and re -
re the express
of the railroad
ble opposition
g land through
this summer,
hese attempts
been made in
ese opponents
Ard is offered
for the appre-
ies. Detectives
the obstructions were ob
.moved by sectienmen bef
came along. 'The owners
have met with consider
from certain People owni
which the line was ru
• and it is supposed that
at train wreaking have
the interest cif some of t
of the road. A large re
hy the Geneeal Manager
aension of th guilty par
are making a investigat
may be
in -poui
and exc
cially th
good, b
the ch
hibited.
and caa
a -ell rep
ed impr
implem
play, M
of the
This fi
front in
fying t
are of s
ily leen
and far
predate
home.
bag the
pany,
Watson
A. M.
of Paris
chines a
so a ver
gies an
and S.
Clinton
Brunsd
prineip
were
note, b
referen
will be
•
Wilson ; t‘wis year olde filly, Jas. Mc-
Dowell; one year old gelding, James
Broadfootf Mill road • pair of carriage
horses, Whiteley & Abell, Alex. For-
sythe; single carriage horse, Peter Mc-
Gregor, Jos. Ward, John Stafford.
Roaosaans.—l3roocl mare, Wm. Smith,
Alex. Buchanan, Thos. .McLaren; foal,
Thos. Lapslie, David Donovan, Thomas
McLareri ; two- yeer old gelding, D. D.
Wilson; two year old filly, Miehael
'Doyle, John McKay & Son, Patrick
Morris; One year old gelding, F. Holmes -
ted ; one year old filly, Robt. Newell,
.Wilson & Young, Geo. Murdie ; pair of
roadsters, Andrew Scott, John Fraser,
Wes. Grieve a -single roadster, George
Whiteley, Wilson & Young, John Mc-
Farlane. s
Sreciae Parzes.—Best pair ol drivers
under fur years, Andrew‘Seott ; best
single driver under four years, W. J.
.Shannon,..D. D. Wilson; Alex. Forsythe;
best single turn -out, Whiteley & Abell,
Robt. Wilson, Peter McGregor; mile
trot, Go. Whiteley, Robt. Brock, Wm.
Simpsot—time 3.20; McIntosh & Mc-
Gregor's prize for foals sired'by "Ful-
ton, "Wm. Goeclon, David Donovan.
IIighly recommended—carriage stallion,
one yea a old; W. J. Peck. .
JudgeS.—John Forbes, Stratford; A.
E. Tennant, Exeter ; A. M. Campbell,
Stanley.
Duatitats CATTLE.—.Cow, A. Elcoat,
Geo. SProat, A. Elcoat; two year old
heifer, Elcoat, Jas. Carnochan, jr.,
Jelin T. Dick -son; one year old heifer,
Snell 4 Sons, nd and 3rd A. Elcoat;
heifer calf, Snell & Sons, John T. Dick•
. son, Gech Sproat; bull calf, Geo. Nott,•
A, Elcoat, J. T. Dickson ; herd of four
'females and a bull, A. Elcoat,J. T.
Dickson,
GRADEs.—Cow, John T. Dickson, S.
Broadfoot, John Stanbury ; two Year old
heifer, Jos. Atkiuson, Frank Case Wm.
Carnochan one•year old heifer, lst arid
2nd Jo. Atkinson, Wens Elgie ; heifer
calf, John Hewitt, 2nd and 3rd G. E.
Cresswell ; two year old steer, John
Stanbury, Geo. Dale 'Reba Charters;
one year old steer, Johti Modeland, John
Stanbury, 'Wm. Carnochan; fat ox or
steer, Wm. Grieve, John atanbury,
Wm. Grieve ; fat cow or heifer, John
Sta,pbuity, 2nd end 3rd John T. Dick-
• son ; herd of five shipping steers, John
Stanbury. Wm. Grieve.
Aaasirnsese—Cow, 1st ad 2nd, Thos.
Hills a heifer calf, Thos. Hills. .
uccess: Judgee.—Geo, Hyde, Stratford; John
a
Hyslop, Grey; Richard McKee, Mc-
ge ex- Ken
op. a
gone to
cellent am:FA —\\LEicESTERS. — Aged ram,
Penhale ;Bros Thos. Csourlay, Penhale
e never
_ Bros:a altearlin rams'IL Snell & Sons,
as re
Penhale S 11 & Sons • ram lamb,
rn
eesae Sns
ail asa • boon
s, re ate • mos., G. E,
'Creeswalt ; pair ewe,
2nd l anda3rd Penhale
lings, P ehale Bros., 2n
aid of sheep and swin , while
ry there was the usual y large
llent display. In 'Imre s, espe-
-younger classes, the sl ow was
th as regards numb rs ana
racter of the anim is ex -
The youngsters in t e road
riage classes ware especially
esented and presented 4 mark-
vement over former ye rs. ln
nts, also there was a la ge dis-
ssrs. Thomas Hendry & Sons
uron foundry taking t e lead.
m are rapidly coming to the
thia department, and, it s grata
knoar that their im ;laments
good a quality that th;e- read -
mend themselves to th public
ers are now commencin. to a,p-
the advantages of pure asing at
Messas. 0. 0, Willson,r resent -
Massey Ma.nufacturin Corn-
. ie. Wilson, represen mg the
Manufactaring Comp.uy, and
aropbell, representing laxwell
each had a good show of Ma-
o d -implements. There' was al -
good show of earriag s, bug -
wagons, Mears. John' Dorsey
arton of Seaforth, Hay yard of
:Slater & Sims' of BI th and
n of Londeabolre be ng the
1 exhibitors in this 'class There.
any other exhibits w o rthy of
t space will not permit ef special
e to them. Further pa ticulars
• btained,in the followin
PRIZE LIST.
HORS s —IMPORTED HEAVY D
--Broo mare, Robt. Martin, nd. and
:3rd Th s. Coleuhoen ; foal, Ti OS. Col-
quhoun Wm, Cumining, Thos Colqu-
houn ; hree year. old filly, Ale, . Innes
two ye r old filly, Thos. Colquh un, Jas.
Ross; oue year old filly, Ito t. Mar-
tin.
CAN boas HEAVY DRAUGHT.—Brood
mare,notan own, D. McG regor,J hn Staf-
ford; fo 1,Wm.Stewart,WiraIre and,An-
thony ; three year old gelding,
Herber Crich, 2nd and 3rd W n. Ches-
ney ; tl ree year old filly, 1Fhs. Cud -
more, 1 imcan McCallum; two year old;
gelding Jas. Aitcheson, Rob. Char-!
ters ; t vo year old tilly, Wm. Siticlaire
'John 1 cKay & Sons, Robt.. T Erratt
one ye r old gelding, lst and nd Geo.,
Dale, miming & Hill ;* one , ear old
filly,' Val. Elgies Richard • nderson,
Wm. •- leCloy ; draught tea Alex.'
Innes, ohn McMillan. -
GEN RAI, PU'RpOsE.—Brood'n are, Jas.
Horton, F. • Fowler, jr. Gil ert Mc-
Micha I ; foal, Jas. 1.,Drton, -J s. Mus-
tard, •. McGregor; three rear old
geldin , Alex.' Monteith; thre year old
s:Cumining ; two year olr geldings
not kia wn, John M. Govenlock, ltoyt. B.
Snell; two year old filly, Joh McKay;
& Son:, Wm. Rynn, Chris. 1 ale ; one
year ol gelding, Henry Friel, Mrs.' H.
Chesn y, John C. Allen.; one year oh]
filly, • le -x. Monteith, Robt. McAllister
Wm, Elgie. Special prize ay C. E.
Mason for the best three foals from any
one hose in Cana,da, Gilbert alca
Wm. I eland, F. Fowler, jr.; }motile's
species for four best colts sired !by
"Ram on Jock," Jas. Mustaid Mrs. E.
Johns,' John -McKenzie. ,
0
AUGHT.
Jed es. —Joao Marquis, 'olboane
Thos. McLauchlin, Grey; ma drat -
ham, Marys,
CAI Rim:E.—Brood mare, a, in. Goa -
don, lex. Davidson, a • D. Wilson;
foal, \ tn. Gordon, Wm. Smi h P.
& „Sons,
•
"os.; pair shear -
and f3rd Thos.
Goarlaa 'pair ewe lambs, RObt. Char-
ter, Snell & Sons; Thos. Go rlay.
SoUTaDoVtees, Aged ra q, (John
Hewitt,' 0, EaCresswell; shear g rasr4
0. Ff. Cresswell ; ,ram lamb, Is 2iid
and 3rdi G. E. Cresswell; pair ewe •1st
and 2ntl,' 0. E. Cresswell; pair she'r-
lings, lit and 2nd 0, E. Cresswell; p
ewe lambs; 1st, 2nd and 3rd G. E. Cress-
well. • • -
SIIROPsHIRE 'DOWNS.—Aged ram, lsa
and 2nd. Wm. CoOper, James Cooper;
shearling • ram, D. 15. Wilson, Wm.
Cooper, D. D. --Wilspn ; ram lamb, D.
D. Wilson; Wm. Cooper, Jas. Cooper;
pair ewes, Wm. Cooper, D. D. Wilson,
Wm. Cooper ; pair shearlings, D. I.
Wilson; Snell & Sons, D. D. Wilson;
pair -ewe lambs, 1st and 2nd D. D. Wil-
sna, Wm, Copper.
• ANY , OTHER BREED. —Pair of ewes,
John Hewitt; pair ehearling ewes, Jsehn
Hewitt; pair ewe lambs John Hewitt ;
pair fat ewes, D. D. aVil"son. - -
PIGS. --LARGE OR MEDIUM. — Aged
boar, Peter Decoursey ; boar littered in
1886, Chas. Troyer, Peter Decoursey ;
aged sow, Peter Decoursey ; sow, litter-
ed in 1886, Charles Troyer, Peter De-
coursey.
SUFFOLK% —Aged boar, Geo. Plewes,
Wm. ; Pinkney; boar littered in 1886,
1st and 2nd J. Leinhardt a aged sow, J.
teinhardt, Geo. Plewes ; sow littered in
1886, Geo. Plewes, J. 'Leinhardt.
BERKsHIRES.—Aged boar, P. Decour-
sey, J. C. 'l'uck;' boar littered in 1886,
J. C. Tricia -Augrist Eckmeyer ; aged
sow, j. C. Tuck; sow littered in 1886,
Ed. McNamara,, Penhale Bros.
• Judges.—J. 0.. Stewart, Colborne;
Duncan McLauchlin, Grey; Wm. Aitche-
son, Bullett. •
• PouLTRY.—Light Brahmas, 1st and
2nd Dave Thompsona Dark Brahmas,1st
and 2nd A. J. Willson; BuffCochins, Robt. •
Jamieson ;• any other Variety of Coerriris,
John 13eottie ; Plymouth Rocks, !Chas.
Aitzel, Wm. Bissett; Colored Dorkings,
Andrew Calder, Wm. Greaves • any
otaer variety of Dorkings, John Beattie;
Black -breasted Red Games, Robt. Kel-
logg, John Carter; White Games, Rich.
Kruse; any other' variety of Games,
Edward Sperling ; Golden or Silver -
Spangled Homburgs, Robt. Kellogg,
Pickard & Spicer; Golden or Silver
Pencilled Homburgs, Pickard & Spicer,
Robert Kellogg; Black Hamburgs, A. J.
'Wiitson,E. Ho ward ; Houdans, lstand 2nd
J no. Ward; White -crested Black Polands,
1 hos. Hendry & 8on, Pickard & Spicer;
any other variety of Polar:ids, Thomas
Hendry & Son; White Leghorns, Will
Folland, David Thonimson ; Brown Leg -
horns, J oh n Beattie, Will Folland• Black
• Spanish, lsWsnd 2nd John Moore; 'Arneri-
ean Seabrights, Pickard & Spicer; any
other variety of fowls, John Beattie;
any variety of geese, Wm. Grieve;
Pekin ducks, Joseph 1'. Brine, Whiteley
& Abell; Rouen ducks, John Beattie;
any other variety of ducks, John Beat-
tie; any variety bantams, 1st and 2nd
Chas. Aitzel ; collection of pigeons,
John Beattie. Chicks, Ducklings arid
Goslings.—Light Brahmas, Jas. ])own;
Dark Brahmas, A. J. Willson; Buff
Cochans, R. Jamieson; Plymouth Rocks,
Chas. Aitzel •, any other variety of
Dorkings, Andrew Calder; Black -breast-
ed Red Games, Richard Kruse; White
Games, Ed. Sperling; any other variety
of Games, Richard Kruse; Golden or
Spangled Homburgs, Pickard & Spicer;
Golden or Silver Pencilled Homburgs,
Pickard & Spieer ; Black Hamburgs, E.
Howard; • Roeder* . John Beattie;
White-cresteds Bleck Polands, John
Beattie; any ather variety of Polands,
Hendry & Si,;
.1 Pais White Leg-
-horns, Will P011end ; Brown Leg -
horns, James A. Anderson ; Black
Spanish, WM.1 Grieve; Wyan do tts,
Pickard & Spieea; Javas, E.' Howard;
any other varity of fowls, John Beat-
tie; any variety of ,geese, John Beattie;
Pekin ducks, Joseph P. Brine ; any
variety, of BantaMs, Alex. Stewart.
Special Prizes.—Silver Sdabright Ban-
tams, R. .Jainiestni ; Golden Seabright
Bantems, John Beattie ; Abyssinian
Guinee, Pigs, Thos, Coleman; collection
'Guinea Pigs, Thos. Coleman.
Judge.—W. Sanderson, Stratford.
an wagon, Slater &
n; doable top car -
ward; double open
sclera P. W. Hay -
Aeon Samuel Bar-
PLE ENTS.
Sims, John Bruusd
riage, P. W. Ha
carriage, John Bru
ward; democrat
torn; phaeton with top, P. W. Ha -
ward; top buggy, John Brunsden,
Slater & Sims ; open buggy, P. W.
Hayward; double pleasure sleigh, John
13runsden ; Portland cutter, Slater &
Sims, John Brunsden ; iron beam plow,
1st and 2nd Thomas Hendry & Son:
horse shoes, 1st and 2nd Slater &Sims ;
fanning mill, McMurchie & Co. ; self
binder reaper, Massie Man. - Coy.,
Watson Man. Coy. ; single mower, Wat-
son ‚Man. ; gang plow, Thos.
Hendry & Son ; pair iron harrows, Alex.
atewart ; roller, Thos. Hendry & on;S
horse hay rake, Watson Man. Coy. ;
turnip seed drill, Alex. Campbell • horse
hoe, Alex. Campbell; grain seed drill,
Jas. A. Wilson; iron pump, Reid &
Wilson; wooden pump, Noble Cluff;
draining tile, Robert Collie, John Car-
ter; building brica, John Carter.
SPECIALS. ooden cistern, Noble
Cluff ; straw cutter, Thos. Hendry &
Son; horse power an,d. crusher, Thos.
Hendry & Son • washing machine, •C.
R: Cooper; steel door mat, C. R.. Coop-
er; assortment of DIE rble work, W. ;11.
.Cooper. Recommended.—Bronze, 7itonu-
ment, Griffin & Gallagher.
JUDGES.;—E. S. Howard and James
Down, Exeter, Alex. Monteith, Tucker -
smith.
Gams AND SEEns. —Best 10 -bushels
fall wheat, David Walker Robt. Mor-
rison, John Hewita ; red „fall wheat,
Andrew Storey, Alex. McMichael,
Joseph Hudson a white fall wheat, John
Rankin, Chas. Routledge, Joseph Huck.
son ; spring wheat, Jas. Troyer, Robe.
Armstrong, Robert B. Snell; 6 -rowed
barley, Robt. Cheaters, Joseph Hudson; -
large oats, Wm. McMichael, James
Scott; common oats, Mrs. Carnochan,
John Hewitt ; black . oats'Andrew
Johnston; large peas, Joseph Hudson,
Jas. 'Troyer; smell peas, Robt.Mc
Allister,' Jas. Scat • timothy seed,
And. Johnston, Robt. Fanson ; flax
seed, And. JohnSton '• merchant's flout,
T. 0. Kemp; bag of beans, And. John-
ston, •
VEGETABLES.—Late Rose potatoes,
Charles Lowrie ; Early Vermont pota-
toes, James Scott; any variety of p0 -
toes, J. H. McDougall, Chas. Lowrie;
ter cabbage John Stafford, James
; blood beets, Wm. Fothering-
has. Lowrie ; sugar beets, Chas.
long marigolds, Chas. Lowrie,
enlock ; globe rna.ngolds, W.
en, John McMillan ; Swede_
• McMichael, Robt. Mc-
orn carrots,. John Mur-;
wi
Sco
ham,
LowI,
Tires. Go
R. McCrea
turnips, Wr
Millan; 'early
ray, Chas. Rbutledge ; Nantes carrots,
John Hewitt, W. 11. McCracken; long
orange or red • carrots, Wm. Armstrong,
W. H. MeCninken ; white Belgian cat. -
rots, D. D. Witsom-Jacob McGee; sweet
corn, AlexaDavidson, W. H. McCrack-
en; Indian corn, Geo. Tough, Richie
'Common; water melons, Chas. Rout-
Tedge, Alex: Robertson; musk melons,
Richard Dennie, John Murray; cauli-
flowers, Alex. Roaertson, Jacob McGee;
red onions, Jamee Scott, Richie Com-,
mon ; white or ,yellow ;pions, John
Walker, Geo. Trott; toMatoes, Erie
Clarke, Chas. Lowrie; celery, Chas.
Lowrie, Geo. Trott; citronSaJohn Mum
ray, And. Johniton ; parsnips, John 11.
McDougall, Alex,' Davidson; collection
vegetables, Robt. Faison, W. 11. Mc-
Cracken. - Extras—New varieties of
potatoes — Clark, George SprOat ;
Morning Satre John Hewitt, John
Thompson ; winter cabbage, W. H. Mc-
Cracken.
DAany PRODUCE.—Five pounds bua-
ter; Wm. Bell, Richard Dennie, Rich-
ard Robinson ; . creamery butter, Geo.
Watt; Hugh McCartney ; salt butter in
tub, private, tali. Carnochan, • James
• Cooper, John S. Brown; factory -made
cheese, John LMurray.
Jkudges.--eM. McDarmid, John Stew-
arts Wm. Dorarice, Wm. Sproat, H.,
M. Chesney.
LADIES' WORK. — Loaf home-made
bread, Wm. Bell, Robt. Coleman, John
Hannah; patched quilt, hand made,
Wm. Bell, W. H. McCracken J. G.
Campbell; raised quilt, Mrs. G. Nott,
W. H. McCracken; tatting, Hugh Robb;
crochet work; Miss E. Segmiller, James
Cooper John Mowbrae ; embroidery in
silk, velvet or satin, Miss E. Segmiller,
2nd and 3rd Wm. Bell; embroidery in
crape or chenille, Miss E. Segmiller, 0.
Cs Willson, Mrs. E. Devereaux; em-
broidery in worsted, 1st and 2nd Miss
E. Segmiller; braiding, Mrs. Geo. Nott;
fancy knitting, Mrs. Geo. Nota John
Mowbray, Andrew Johnstoh ; woollen
socks, W. H. McCracken; woollen
stockings, W. H. ...McCracken, Mrs.
Geo. Nott; woollen mitts, W. H, Mc-
Cracken, Mrs. George Nott; woollen
gloves, • W. al. -McCracken, Andrew
Johnston; wax fruit, Mrs. Geo. Nod,
Jane McMichael; lace work, A. John-
ston; Berlin wool work, Erie Clarke,
John Mowbray; feather- flowers, A.
Calder, Jane MclIrchael ; flower
wreaths, A. Calder ; shell work, Erie
'Clarke ; hooked imats, Mrs. Geo. Nott,
Miss E. Segmiller; gent's shirt, Mrs.
George Nott, A. Johnston; rag carpet,
Peter Cleary, S. Barton, Mrs. George
Nott; log cabin quilt, Mrs. George
Nott, John -Turner, Thomas Dodds;
knitted quilt, Thos. Patton, S. J. Shan-
non, Robert Morrison; baker's bread,
Alex. Cardne; -G. E. Pierson,; crewel
work, Miss E., Segmiller, Robt. Fansom
Extras—Leather bra.eket, Hugh Robb;
crazy work, 'Erie Clarke; darned net
Mrs. J. A. Wison ; rag carpet, recom
rew Johnston; shadow
Ed. Devereaux; painting,
mended, An
painting, Mrs
Thos. Hills.
Judges—Mrs. J. N. Hooper, Exeter;
Goodie Marke, Brucefield ; Nellie Lati-
mer Eexter,
MANUFACTUR is. —Woven, homemade
quilt, 1st Thos. Dodds; ten yards
domestia daft, Hugh McKay, And-
rew jolinstoa ; all wool flenael, Mr..
Geo. Nott, Andw. Johnston ; pair all
wool blankets!, Wm. Cooper, Robt. • Mc-
Allister; satioette, 1st and 2nd Andw.
bolen yarn, Andw. Johns-
ton, W. Johnston;#. Atecracken; Dominion cot-
ton warp and woolen weft, Andw.
Johnston, Reba McAllister ; factory
made quilt, 1st Mrs. George Nott;
factory blankets, Mrs. Geo. Nott,
Andw. Johnston; specimen of harness
leather; Geo. Jackson; cured ham,
Hugh, Robb e sewing machine, 0. C.
Wilson, Jas Watson; Organ, 0. F.
Oakes; set of parlor furniture, 1st and
2nd M. Robettson ; set of bedroom fur-
niture, Ist -end 2nd M. Robertson;
stuffed birds, John Walker; assort-
mentl of p-ottery, John Carter.
FINE An.—Water color drawing,
Nettie Ewing; Thos. Coleman; painting
in oil; Miss r.ri. M. Kennedy.
FRUIT AND! FLOWERS. —Four varieties
winter armlets., James Dickson, Charles
Routledge; four varieties fall apples,
Jas. Dickson;, Wm. Black; best collec-
tion of applas, James Dickson, G. E.
Cresswell; Rhode Island Gree-nings,
• Robt. Charteas, G. E. Cresswell; North-
ern Spies, Aathony Tyndall, Wm. Ches-
ney; Roxboit; Russets, DAD. Wilson,
Anthony TOadall ; Spitzenburgs, Her-
bert -Crich .11ohn G. Wilson ; Baldwins,
Richard De.naie, Herbert Crich; West -
field's Seekaeb-further, John McMillan,
Herbert CHO ; Snow Apples, Wm.
Fotheringhar'a Dr. Scott;Gravensteins,
John* Hanmill;., G. M. Chesney; Fall
Pippins, Wnia Ireland; Colverts Wm.
Chesney, Rabert Govenlock ; Yorters,
Jas. Dickson.; King ofTompkins, Robt.
Charters, Mia. Geo. Not; Alexanders,
Robt. Chartars, D. D. Wilson; Canada
Red,,, G. El. Cresswell, Wm. Black;
Swears, Chas. Routledge, Wm. Bell;
Ribston Piphins, Jas. Dickson, G. E.
Cresswell; Wagner, John McMillan,
Richard Rohinson ; Grimes G. Pippins,
G-. E. Cressvaell '• Swayzie Pomme Gris,
Jas. Dicks* Herbert Crich; Golden
-Russets, G. E. •Cresswell, James Scott;
best seedling, apples, Andrew Storey,
Mrs. John Campbell ; Ben Davis, Chas.
Routledge; ; Duehess of Oldenburg,
Richard Debnie, Robert Govenlock:
Pears—Flernish Beauty, S. Lands -
borough, ROlat. Charters; Duchess An-
gouleme, J. las. Wilson ; Grey Doyenne,
Jas. ,.Dicksois ; Sheldon, Jas. Dickson;
Easter Beurre Robt. Govenlock ; Louis
sey, 0. M. Chesney, Wm.
s—Duane's Purple, John
Vm. Black; Lombard, Dr.
. Wilson; any other varie-
ovenlock,'John G. Wilson.
Grapes, Etch—Delaware, James Scott,
John Thomson; Moore's iarly, Robt.
Govenlock ; Concord, John Hewitt,
John Walker; Rogers No. 19, John
Thompson; 'Rogers No. 4, Robt. Goven-
lock ; any either variety, 1st and 2nd,
John Walker ; Crab Apples, Richard
Dennie, Joh ri Mowbray; Peaches, Royal
George, Andrew Johnston; best collec-
tion of canaed fruits, Samuel Barton,
W. H. McCaacken ; collection of -honey,
Andrew Johnston; honey in comb,
Hugh Robba honey in jar, Hugh Robb,
Andrew JOhnston ; colleetion • home
made wines, Andrew Johnston, W. H.
1
Bonne de Je
Black. Plui
0. Wilson,
Scott, John
ty, Robt.
McCracken.
Flowers.
Thos. Gem
foliage plan
Three varieties in pots,
U; fuchsias, Theo. Coleman;
, David Thompson, Robert
Armstrong s geraniums,_ Theo. Coleman;
collection of flowers, T. 0. Kemp, David
Thompson; standard dahlias, John
Walker, •Jcgin Beattie; pansies, John
Walker, Mas. Carnochan; asters, Jas.
Scott, Mrs Carnochan; collection of
ten weeks stocks, John Walker, Theo.
Coleman; verbenas, John Walker; sin-
gle petunias John Walker; double pe-
tunias, Joan Walker; phlox drum-
mondi, John Walker, 'Theo. Coleman;
eo. Coleman, John Beattie;
d basket of cut flowers, T.
rie Clarke: collection of an -
are Erie Clarke, Alexander
Robinson.
Judge.—Mr. Stewart, Benmiller.
• •
gladiolus, T
best arrang
0. Kemp,
nuals in blo
one else, and there the affair rests. The
young partner is very pretty and ami-
able. Both left by the evening train
for New York.
—The Galt Reformer estimates that
$200,000 has been spent in building im-
provements in that town during the
past season.
—A schooner is reported wrecked 174
miles west of Port Arthur. Two bodies
and a portion of the cargo have drifted
-ashore.
—Two of the riders at the Guelph ex-
hibition races were severely if not fatal-
ly injured by being thrown from their
horses.
—According to the Quebec Mercury,
over 70,000 saw logs have been stuck in
the Chaudiere River for want of water.
—Mrs. McFayden, who keeps a hotel
at Pine River, near Kincardine, has
• been fined $50 for selling liquor without
license.
—It is reported on strong authority
that the Canadian Pacific has secured
control of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway.
es -Dogs attacked a flock of sheep near
• St.! Thomas, fatally worried 17, and
drdve 13 into Pinafore Lake, where they
were drowned.
—Jas. D. Rogers, alias Roberts, a
Detroit burglar, has been sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary for rob-
ing a hotel in Toronto.
--The Hudson's Bay Company's new
elevator at Winnipeg is to be finished
1st October and will hold 50,000 bush-
els Of grain.
---Efforts are being made in Montreal
to revive the project for the erection of
a union railway station in the centre of
the city.
—American capitalists have purchass
eclaa controlling interest in the Cascade
coal mines in the Northwest Tearitories,
and will put 100 men to work at once to
develop their resources.
—A large quantity of Canadian grapes
of (Efferent varieties will leave Montreal styuck a load.offlax on the road near
by the steamship Vancouver this week Ailsa Craig, blowing the load off thewagon and throwing the driver, Mr.'
Charles Harrison, against a fence. Mr.
Harrison received severe injuries 4:bout
his face and neck. The same storm
unroofed several barns and blew OONVII
many trees:
—Mr. Lewis Frazee, one of Burford!s!
most respected pioneers, died last week,
having nearly completed his hundredth'
year. He retained his mental and,
physical vagor in an extraordinary de-
gree, having been confinecl to his bed
for only a few days previous to. his de-
mise. He leaves O large circle of mourn;
ing relatives and friends.
-a-At Blenheim, county of Kent, •on
Saturday, J. C. Landon quarrelled with
his wife and. becaree so enraged that he
attempted to shoot her. His relvoveri
missed fire at first, and on the second'
Attempt the pullet pierced her clothing.
Landon was committed to Caatham to
await *e assizes. Both are young and
have been married only a year.
—The Canada Gazette contains an
Order -in -Council prohibiting the im-;
.portation of live cattle from eleven Eng-
lish counties and a district of London,
on account of the existence there of
pleuro -pneumonia. • The prohibitio4
covers Cumberland, Dorset, Essex, Kenai
Lancaster, Leicester, Middlesex, Salop,
Surrey, Worcester and York, north
aiding and in London.
•
--The valuable bank barn of Mr, Psob-7.
ert Boyd, of lot 1, concession 6, Pilkingi
ton, was struck by lightning about 10
o'clock on Wednesday night het week'
All the grain in the barn'including 70.
bushels threshed, was destroyed, but
fortunately there was no stock in the
• building at the time. There was $1,00Q
insuraoce, but this will be far frond
covering the loss.
—e.Tohn Danaher, a gardeuer and
grave -digger; of -Cornwall, has pastured
his horse in the lacrosse grounds during
the summer, and one night recently
some person entered the grounds and
cut off the horse's mane and inflicted e
knife wOund in.the animal's thigh. Mr;
Danaher is a quiet, inoffensive man, and
the outrage has excited the liveliest in;
dignation in the community. •
—The first-class. car on the Canada
Atlantic train from Montreal to Ottaaaa
caught fire Friday morning as the train
was nearing St. Anne's, and had to be
uncoupled and left behind. The passere-
gers were divided between the rullman
and the second-class cars. • The fire
caught from a small stove used for cook-
ing purposes. No one was injureds
though for a time there was something
of—a P6nieri
OnFday, morning, 17th ult., dui.;
ilia a severe rain storm lightning struck
the barn on lot 5, lith coneession,
Huron township, county of Bruce,
owned by Hiram Morgan and occupied
by John Fyfe. The building and con-
tents were completely destroyed, eard
very little of anything saved. The
building was insured in the London
Mutual for 5550, and the contents foa
5600 in the West Bruce.
—On Sunday evening as Mrs. G. AS
Siddalis of Lucknow, accompanied by
her huaband, was proceeding 'sense from
church, her • foot caught in a brokea
plank in the sidewalk, and she waa
thrown violently to the ground. She
has since been confined to her bed, Ana
manept injury, she certainly had a very
narrow escape from a fatal accident.
'Pais should prove a warning to munid-
although the fall may not result in pere
palities to keep the 'public ways ia
prao•
-sp fApornurneodiin
repair. imnan named Wm. Elwood:,
w
a dying condition in Mr.
Geo. Shipley's barn, on the eighth con-
cession, McGillivray, a few days age.
He said he had been in the barn admit-
tedly for fourteen days, during whieb
time he had not tasted food. 'A rig vses
at once procured to take him to his son's
home in Luean, but he expired in a very
short time after being found. He will
be remembered as having been in am
mercantile business in Parkhill some
years ago, and it is said he has previous-
ly attempted to starve himself to. death.
that there was only a difference of seven
marks betweere these five out of a pos-
sible 200, and claire 17 farms visited all
were found to be worthy of the closest
scrutiny. The ptiZeS were $100, $60
and $40.
—Mr. Walter Storey, one of the oldest
settlers of St. Vincent township; is dead.
Hel had reached the great age of 82
years. He carne to Canada from Rox-
burghshire, Scotland', in 1830, and first
settled in the township of Perth, but in
1837 he moved to St. Vincent, where he
resided until his death.
—At the St. Thomas Opera House the
other night, waile Monsieur Joseph Btu-
nell, slack wire performer, -was hanging
by his feet, head downward from the
wire, the wire broke, and Monsieur Jos-
eph dropped on his head and neck on the
platform. He fortunately sustained, no
serious injury.
—Wm. Gage, a Hamilton hackman,
asked 50 cents for conveying a lady and
her trunk from the station to a house in
the south part of the city. The matter •
was reported to the police, and he was
fined 5.20 and costs for a breach of the
cab by-law, which only allows him to
charge 35 cents for the service,
—Daniel Lewis, a Brantford hotel -
keeper, was out at Mount Pleasant, near
that city, the other day shooting, when,
getting intO his buggy' to return home, ;
he dragged the gun in after him by the
muzzle. it was discharged and the con- '
tents eazr ied off the front of his coat and
vest and the muscles of his left arm.
• —Fotty horses for the British cavalry ,
• arrived I at Montreal Saturday by the
Canadian Pacific Railway from the foot •
of the Rockies. They were at once
transferred to the steamship Carmono.
• for shipment to England. A large nums
• ber of horses have been bought around
Cobourg and will be taken to Feligland
in about two weeks.
—The storm of Thursday last • week,
• for the Coloniel Exhibition.
--A barraeks costing over $10,000
and with seating accommodation for
2,000, is about to be erected by the
Salvation Army in Montreal.
—Workmen engaged on a new build-
ing threw- lime in the eyes of a boy
named Robt. Lewis, of Smith's Falls.
The lad is now in Montreal Hospital,
totally blind.
—A trackman on the Grand Trunk
railway insists that a drove of squirrels
crossing the track at Petrolea,
absolutely blocked the road, and a hand-
car running into them•killed sixty.four.
—L. P. McDonald, a mail clerk on
the Hamilton and North Western Rail-
way between Barrie and Collingwood,
who confessed to robbing the mails,
goes to the penitentiary for five years.
-s---At the North Lanark Fall Show at
Almonte *ere was a fine display of
wheat grown from -frozen seed. from
Manitoba. It weighs 65 pounds to the
bushel, and yielded 25 buslaels to the
acre.
—The by-law to empower the city of
Toronto to issue $500,000 !debentures
for deepening and straightening the
River Don was submitted to a vote of
the ratepayer s of Toronto, on Saturday,
and carried by a large majority.
• —The Rosamond Woolen Compaoy,
Almonte, andHall, Neilson & Co., of
Three Rivers, have adopted the Edi-
son light, the former using 400 16 -candle
power lights, and the latter about 101
of 32 -candle power and upwards,
—A man named Andresv Allison was,
found dead on Common street, Winnq
peg, Thursday morning last week. • He
recently came from Australia. Death
wascaused by apoplexy. On his person
was found a draft for X-767.
—A thief entered the Bishop's palace;
Hamilton, on Monday morning early,
and stole several silver communion
cups, two suits of clothes and a small
sum of meney. The theft was accom-
plished while the clergymen were at
,mass.
—Sir Riehard Cartwright and Hon.
• David Mills held a meeting at Chatham
last Monday night in the skating rink,
• which was well filled. This is Sir
Richard's first visit to the Peninsula,
and he was received. enthusiastically.
—The important case of Fraser vs.
McTaVish, involving the title to about
8100,000 worth of Bank of Montreal
stock,. was argued before Judge Mathieu,
at Montreal, Friday. The parties in
the case are descendants of the old Nora
westers in the Hudson Bay service.
—H. T. McNally, general travelling
agent of the St, Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railroad, and a genial gentle-
man well kndwn and liked, died at St.
Paul Monday of typhoid fever. The re-
mains will be buried' at St. Catherines,
the old home of the deceased.
• —The other day in a Montreal restau-
rant, a pot of grease boiling over caused
a blaze which quickly caught the sur-
roundings, and rushing up a ventilating
shaft set the roof on fire. The dining -
room was completely ruined. The dam-
age will amount to at least $4,000. All
from a pot of grease boiling over.
—Mrs. Penton, wife of Mr. J. Hoyest
Penton, of the Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, died on Tuesday morning last
week. The deceased was the daughter
of the late Mr. Donald Cattanach, of
Glengarry, and was married to Mr. Pen-
ton some six years ago with every pros-
pect of a long and happy life.
—The sweepstake prizes for the best
farms in the Province were awarded by
the Agricultural and Arts Association at
Guelph as follows: The first prize to
Mr. Simpson Rennie, Milliken, town-
ship of Scarboro, county of York; the
second to Mr. Wm. Donaldson, of South
Zorra, township of East Zorra, county
of Oxford; and the third to Mr. John
Fothergill, Burlington, township of
Nelson and county of Halton. The
farm of Mr. Wm. Rennie, township of
Markham, county of York, was placed
in the fourth place, and that of Mr.
John Campbell, jr., of Woodville, town-
ship of Mariposa, county of Victoria. in
the fifth. The competition was so close
Canada.
There are about 2,500 steam thresh-
ers in use in Canada.
—The Central Fair (Hamilton) had
7,000 more entries this year than last.
—The cotton and knitting mills in
Cornwall pay over $100,000 in wages
yearly.
—S. Summerand J. Aber, of Wal-
laceburg, hove been fined $50 an4 costs
each for Scott Act violation.
—Mr. Richard Crowe, of Guelph, is
the owner of a five months old chicken
which lays eggs regularly.
—The Government has presented the
Six Natiort Indians in Brant with • a
complete outfit for a brass band.
—The &Other's Counties Fair at St,
Thomas, wos an unqualified success .
every respeet.
—Crowfolat, chief of the Blackfoot
Indians'arilived in Ottawa Wednesday,
to visit Sir John MacDonald.
—A youag English peer, who had re-
cently disappeared from his heme in
England, ;lad whose name the detectives
'will not divulge, was found last Sunday
at the Windsor hotel, Montreal, with
his alleged wife. His friends had cabled
from England of his sudden flight from
there with a young woman not ip his
rank of life. The young Earl took
matters pretty coolly when he was ac-
costed, de ed the detectives and every-