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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-10-29, Page 1a q6/711017t.ar Offered to 00tit Wtst- and Aniline 311., ry Saul shades and 3I win' give his Ve•u'al Iota are v .are s nat re te, rything- egie t but strike. °cure soma ea) batgains., next ? ensive steak r*I•arit.Yo. -that e•Ittita- into a pillar of ties, Ulsters„ Iodt ; Mantle ••Is,, Knitted; reao Corsets. lie Comfort- Gentta arta araishingt„ ad together ,aollecticrt taut saiinds, teopte were y, and pay ams (2) ex - be the ;first them, to cultivate C•outiuttity, tient should !Wnuid use tg dement- ed constant th the 5111)- 1 thorough .t•s of devel- cskou to its The aim • s•h o uhr be :oace-ptieria tare test of or ceacep- it read was fhig work. method of ace on the pils sheirld son should Tet forms on. every - 5.. converse. - :o develop ting such bring th„ iized with eritic, but twit factor iestioning, unknown. tensively, power, to• asiastre elected 4 ce-presit -treasurer, Mesers. ass weller, !I Header - press re- Itipply tinutes, of ratis.-rA was hoict 4ellan de - ;les Criti- al a ITO- ; to insist regard - :teachers' 'ee in the $12 9 -I. - g ethers, conven- this asso- iatory for pupils- Of these ex- p. periods fgaed for it, at the of St • for bat- ig Can - 41c6 profet- ianed ttion No- pursiting , of Lis stead M., Mr. S , and of the ; eek did 1. The tw a dawn, Mr. Several I war awoofed Oroated Fart of tha y passe e.rt very , day in ; and fa In Mr., the old highly - NINETEEN WHOLE NUM H YEAR. ER 985. By LAW NO. 11A -OF TUE Town of Seaforth, T -LID 1886_ . t BY LAW' to raise by watt of loan, the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, for e purposes hereinafter mentibned. Whereas , the' High School "bard of the TOWn Of Sealorth has made applic tion to the Muni- - eipal Council of thesaid To of Seaforth, in the County of Huron, for the sun of five thousand hundred dollars, for the !purpose of erecting a addition to the raid High School, and fur- bishing- the same_ . ' And: whereas, the said coubail has resolved to rsi.se the said sum of money for the purposes , ! it, r°Areedsai,, whereas, it will -require the sum of orie hundred and sixty seven dahars and fifty cents to be raised rgnimally by special rate for the pay- ment of the said debt, as hereinafter mentioned. And, a bereas, it will require the sum of two hundred and seventy five dblifirs to be raised annually by special rate., for the payment of the said interest, as also hereinafter mentioned. , And., Whereas, the amount of the whOle rat able property of the said Carporation, itrespe tire of aiiy income in the nature of tolls,interes dividends rents or fees from said property, and also irrespective of any income to be derive,d from the temporary investment of the sinking fund, or any part thereof aceord•ing to the last revised assessment roll of the said Corporation being for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty six, is the sum of five huraired and seventy one thousand three hundred and thirty . : ' five dollars. And, whereas, the existing debt of the, _said Corporation is as follows: Six thouaand dollars borrowed under the author' y of By Law No. 3 A, of the said Town of Se forth, and interest thereon at seven per cent i er annum, payable half yearly from the first da 3 of July, A.»., 1886. and eleven thousand dollars borrowed under the autherity of By Law No 6A ofathe said Town ef Seaforth, and interest there•n at the rate of six per cent per annum payable al -f yearly from the fifteenth day of April, A. D., 1886, also fii-e thoia sand dollars borrowed under the authority of By Law No. 24 B, of the said a wn of Seaforth„ and interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable half yearly oya the first day of AngaSt, A.D., 18a6,and ther is nothing in arrear either for principal or iaterat. . I And, whereas, it is made ecessary to appoint the time and place for taki , the rote a of the duly qualified electors,and f r appointing deputy returning officers to take t e votes of he said electors at the meeting. I Be it therefore enacted by the DI nicipal Council of the Town of Seafo th. , , I. That it shall be lawful t r the May rat the said Corporation to raise by *ay of loan from nay person or persons, body or b dies corporate, who may he willing to advance t e same upon -the credit of the debentures hereinafter mention,eci, a. sum of money not exc.eedi g in the whole the Wm of five thousand five Mindred dollars, and cause the same to bepaid i , to the hart of the Treasurer of the said Town, -or the purp se, and with the object above recitei. .. n. That it shall be lawful for the said. Mayor to cause any number of de entures to be made for such stuns of money as r»ay be, required, not _ less than one hundred done s each; and not ex- ceeding in the aggregate t , e sum of five thou- sand five hundred dollars, and that the said de- bentures shall be sealed with the seal of the said Corporation', and signed by the Mayor and the Treasurer thereof.: I Ill. That the said debentures ,shall bear in- terest at and after the rate of five per bent per annum from the day mentioned in the I3y lik.IV, to take effect which intereit'shall be payable On the first days of June and -December in each and every year at the office of the said Treasurer. IV. That the said debentures shall be made payable in twentv N ears at furthest from the day herein mentioned for this Bv Law to take effect, at the office of the treasurer of the saidlCorpor- ahoy, and shall have attached to them Coupons for the payment of interest. V. That for the purpose of forming a - sinking fund for the payment of the said debentures an equal annual sun of one hund ed and sixty seven dollars and fifty cents shall in addition to all other rates be raised levied and colleeted by speciai rate upon all the rateable properkv in the said Corporation during the continuance of the said debentures, or any of thein; and for the purpose of paying the intereSt of the said deben- tures, an equal annual sum Of two hundred and seventy five dollars shall in addition to all other rates he raised, levied and collected by special rate upon all the rateable property i in :the said Corporation during the conttnuanceOf the said debentures, Or any of them.- '• VI.. That this By Law stud come into operation and take effeet on the 'ifat day of Deemnber, A. le. 18a6, VII. That the votes of the elector's o,fithe said Municipality shall be taker. on this By; Law on Monday, the lsth day of October, A. Da 1886, commencing at the hour of nine o'clockin the morning, and from thence continued !till the hour of five o'cloek in the •fternoon, at the foi- 1 lowing places: For ItIllin Sub-divisien No. 1 at E. Cash's Store; For Poll ng Sub-diviSion No - at Wm. Campbell's Score ; For Polling Sub. division No. 3 at the Town Hall ; and ttat Ed- ward Cash shall be Deputy , eturning officer for Polling Sub -division No. 1,8. Stark ahall be Deputy Returning officer fo Polling Sub-diaision No. 2, and William Elliott hall be Deputy Re- turning officer for Polling eS tb-diaision No. Z. VIII. That the Clerk of he aaid Municipal Corporation of the Town of Seafotth, sh 11 at the hour of twelve o'clock noon, on Tue . ay the nineteenth day of October, A. D. 1880, at the UM. Hall in the said Town of Seaforth sum up , the Totes aiven for and agai, st the By L. IX. That the Mayor of the said Municipal Cor- poration shall attend at the Couneii Room in the mid Town an Friday, the 1I'th day of !October A. D. IS86, at the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of appointing persons to attend at the various pollng places aforesaid, and the final summoning up of the Totes by the Clerk„ respectively on behalf of persons interest- ed in and promoting or opposing the passage Of this By Law respectively • ' T. T. COLEMAN, Istayor., WM. ELLIOTT, Clerk. ( a -a - 'Seal NOTICE- The above is a true copy Of a Ry -La W passed by the Municipal Council of the TOW11 of Sea- taath on the 2fith day of October, A. D. We, and all persons are hereby required to take notice_ that any one -desirous to hate SUCII DaaLaw, or any part thereof; quashed, must Make his appli- cation for that purpose to the High court Of Justice, at Toronto, within three mouths next after the pailication ct this notice once a week, for three successive weeks, in the nat./a:paper -.called the Wens Exeosiaoa, or he will be ten) late to he heard in that behalf. WM. ELLIOTT, Town Clerk., 9854 VCTION SALE OF FARM 1MPL MENTS V. ANI.), RAI)STOC r. Alex. »algetty has been instructed by Mr. John C. Morrison to sell by,Public Auction on East half Lot 24, Con- eci,400 S, McKillop, on Thiusday, Nov 2 4th, at 1 o'eloek p. Ina the following property viz. : five of the beat cows in the township in calf by a Pediareed bull, 3 grade steets comine-three years old, 3 sarers canting 2 years old, 1 heifer earning ,2,:rears uld iatealf, 1 Suffolk brood sow 1 year old, aainall pigs_ 6 weeks old, 1 general purpose horse coming 5 years' oid.1 general purpose hoile ceini,,g ,N ears obi, 1 filly coming 3 years old, (Magic. Birf.EmENTS.-One sel fdri !Kling reaper, 1 mower', 1 general purpose plow, 1 set (:anan,,que harrows,- 1 Set diamond harrows Swede a -td -teeth polished stee1,2 larK-e straw eutterS ro,r hor:e puwers,1 grindptone, 1 pleasure slekh, car cart and eart harness, 1 set new diui r...am harm. hand cart, 1 -Wheel har- row, 1 -water twagh, 4 creamery (quis and two boxes same. 2 utak cans, whiffletrees, neck - yokes, f.aka, and numerous other articles. Also 1 new Dardaa binder, never used, 1 new planet mower, never used. TERMS. -Two payments on binder and mower. All sums under $6, cash ; civer that anumnt 12 months' time to all respon- alble partits 6-ri their own notes. A disicount of 7 per vela. will be allowed for cash -on credit amounts. The Whole will be sold without- re- serve. 1e; the proprietor has sold his farm. JOHN Molt RISON Proprietor, ALEX. DALGETTY, Acetieeeer. 984-2 A CANAI*AN M. P. IN • . IRELAND. , Mr-. James Trow, the talented repre- sentative of Sbuth Perth in the Dom- inion -Parliament, has recently been' on a visit to the old country, and . made a lengthy tour thrOu-gh, Ireland; and dei voted pa•rticular observation to the dis turbed districts. • He has .written . Et 'series of-excellen,tletters to the Strat- ford Beac+n, and from his last we .make the folio -wing extrlaets : ., •• . , We run down the east side of therivet and arrive at , , . LONDONDERRY _STATION which is on the[ Oppottte , tide. ,ef the river. Crossing the Fele,•over a•spleal- did stone bridge, we enter, this ancie4 Walled city; and find comfortable -quar- ters at the jury hotel on Main,street, eantencently situated to , the .. dockt. After partaking - of refreshments, traverse the city', by gals light f Early the following -morning We take a pleas- ure walk round the -city [walls, one of the three walled Cities in Great Britain, the other two being Chester and York: The walls are a mile in length, and Lont dOhtlerry withstood many a siege. A. simultaneous rising took Place: for the purpose of expelling the. English and Scotch settlers - during the reigiii of Charles I. General slaughtee.and 'mas- sacre took place !ill over the country, mote particularly in Ulster and the north ,of Ireland. Tens .- of =thoatiands were turned out of their homes, stripped of all they possessed and left to wand•er about and starye to death. I need not refer to the massacres and -barbarous treatment of the linhabitants from 1649 to 1653 under Oliver Cromwell aad his generals. ' At Drogheda ab ut .1,000, were slaughtered in a - ch.urc • , •andtat Wexford a similar slaughter wat resort] ed to.: Crontweaboasted On his return to London that fAars and priests were .• • _ • KNOCKED IN TUE ,HEi..tha promiscuously wiIt h the others; all who • did not sympathize with the common- wealthforfeited one-third ofheir estates, their confiscated lauds being given to the soldiers who had served in Ireland front the time Cr,t Atwell took ,e6rnmakod. It is needless for' ne to deseribe the siege Of Derry or its history ; 'suffiee it to say that, the defence was her6ica and. all classes confined therein 'cIttring the siege endured ' the seVerest hatdehipt. The lower 'part of theV '6hat an ancient and dingy appearani e ; the ' streets, which are badly laid gut, being ;built on the, side of the hill,' rising gradu.ally from the Foyle. All the streets 'run at right angles with the riverand have a he vy grade. The popolation is estimated at • 30,009. At neon the felOwing• py ve Made' preparatiOn fOr Lleaving. 3So pe two hundred and fifty emigrants31 ad - assembled en the docks with their 1)g-1 gage, bound for the United,States;tha iy accompanied by friends 'and relati es bidding them farewell ;. leaving, .hom s,. friends and connections, perhaps ne\ er to see them- again. 1 How .'s,orroWftil :to part, to leave the laud- of their ihi r h, with every brook, .hill and delF,thley were familiar with ! Alany youeg th,n and maidens were on the tender + .at the dock, theit aged parents DU 'shore with tearful eyes; old mon passing the.btek of fitheir„ hands across their eyes ; ,•tild warren waving tleir handkerchiefs, bid- ding a last adi u to their. loved orkes When steaming up .to the dock. t I watched these 'migrants ; many te: re in a serioes thinking mood leaning o er the side of • the steamer, ••tcostait ly- watching the trededing hills and moan- tainswhich ther were fat leavieg be- hind; with which • many of them had been familiar from youth. Why shopld there be such an exodus•from such a fer- tile land with a soil Unsu,rptssed in rich- ness-, with •. , A. 'SALUBRIOUS AND1 HE.F.THY CLIMATE, having' easy access to, the , -greatest 14•ar- ket in the world, and having ,. shme seventeen and a half millions of acret •of land • arable, alt. of whieh could be brought under cultivation? The island contains twenty and a half .million act -es; probably not o•ve.r thirteen and a half millions of which ate under cultivation. I ask, why isliould tover 4,000,000 acres of arable lands , be left niteultiyated, overrun with gorsej and wild animals to make happy Ig•nting' grounds ' for the nobility. , Ther4. •iit an abundance of waste,lands in Itligland, 'Ireland and Scotland • not u#Aer cultare,.kot.lor enne. Let those landholders be eetn- pelied to sell or lease .such waste lands. Let them be subdivided into numerous homesteads, and providing the nobles and aristocracy have a Mania for hunt- ing and galloping through the crops of their tenants, prohibit •thein from deitig• to ;. let them go.to the Rock tr Mountains or to the - a'ilds of Africa and hunt to their hearts' content arno.ng savages and not monopolize se much of God's' heri- tage, and destroy the crops of the poor And impoverished tenants.- Britain .ex- pends millions of pounds annually to foreign nations for breadsteffs, bacon and 'beef that could be raised athome. Millions of •the inhabitants, the bone and sinew of Ireland, have found a home in foreign lands. It, is estimated that there are as many natural born Irishmen i•i the United States as there are in Ire- land. The population of 'Ireland in 1811 was over 8,000,000, but is now not much over 5,000,000. We cannot raider.' „stand why landloardt should be diame- trically opposed to, their ONNpl interests; broad acres not under caltivt Oen are - valueless, and it requires the Iha al of' in- dustry to make them prefitab1 e. The lands under cultivation are dimieishing yearly by the pride and , sTI'l'IDITY OF THE ARIsTOVILACY, They drive out the inhabitants and con- vert what could be made iuto happy homes into deer parks, and many- look on with indifference and oasert that any change is beyond legislative control-. Our opinion is that public. opihion. Is slowly but surely bringing the aristocracyinto harmony with themselves. One of the greatest calamities that can •possibly' be - fail any community, is that any jeal- OUS are o Evi Mental if grie dre 'se( tion h pro en Qom ada Tha, ate( mat ly Poo.' 00 01 tial kee moi o vat' on ing a tigu be big wa 16v ti rn the sou por 'irot nev ext lon in 1 fan ph tim be ren ca ould,exist among he people that pressed by a• st all minority. onsequences. thus result !tetra to the welfare of he 'hole, and rances exist, they should be re - ,and removed; c ntinual agita.- s a tendency to el eck public int- ents; trade and commerce be - paralyzed and la guish. Many e separation fro]. the Empire. ever will be entet ainel or toter- , ltule up n pr rely local er may be justifiab e and decided- -ef fable t� any mea ire o coercion. reland ! Intern I convulsions, ed frequently wit! a total or,par- lure of the patato nd other crops, he country in a state of tur- ten bordering on a state of star - The land laws equire.regulat- d rents reduced o a legitimate -et and then friend] tela e couraged. This. Jon tr , hatred and jeal usy it. harmony, unit and Then we may ok prosperity aud tulip revail. Ireland has ce capable, if (let lop io all her inhabit. ts. nd other mineral • aro leveloped only tJ a vt 'Many of the p or teo miserable existce, rable dwellings, hem s inhaling a p BODO many die befor the And landlords * uld elecitted by expe ding Or a series of year IMPROVINp THE R ES ATES, ...0111•11•11•1•1111•••••• 1 ai I >B1 •,r 11 11 8 ere t dw for re vat o op cul the of Ian qu. the Sixty per o son of he of 'n tons must r -standing lust give brotherly or better ness vast re - 1, of sup - Her coal, rich, but ry limited ants , pro- ooped up elves and is .atmos - r natural e ms elves • all their ou acr laa tioi Ian 'tw hod per ,son acr 4,5 In; 69 acr thi acr fou ent on 2,0 or par 67 wa eac spn son thr act 29' thi son the a hole of Ireland. tw It e largest landed 1,0)8,883 acres; in Scot lar e t landed propriet 72' icres, and. in. Irel lar e t landed proprieto acr s It is estimated acr a of commons, whic ag-t by the general p \en,. o d'by the rich an po r n ngland and W the eginning of the It 1 stimated that the QW lore than onethit ain 4nd, two-thirds of it aru onamoners whose I co t ually'• growing . la yo r numerous readers are he parties in • pos tpe i y a number to, sho are istributed.: g not expensive tut c mfortable gs for their ten a ts, nd paying .laiming lands n t u der culti- . As a rule the aris cracy are d to extending t bo ndaries of .tion; they prefe the turf and ase and drive the inha iitauts Out country: The t al rhea of -Eng- nd Wales, , after ded cting the ty ' of lands witl th limits of ietropolis,. is 87 243; -9 acres. persons own 1,91 ,076;i2-8es0; ple0r0_ s 3,917,646 ores wni 5,425;764 acr s, o one-sixth whole; 523 perto s OWi one-fifth land and Wales; /10 p rsons own f urth ; 874 person low') 0,267,031 the weeds, -coati ons and waste s are alai included thi se calcula- s, Litt le county •f N' rtthuniber- vhiohJ ontains 220; 00 acres, -six jersons own mot': thanone- f the county. E gla.nd one oitns 186,397 acr s ; a tother per - 2,996 acres, and thi •d, 102,785 s, A body of me 1 not exceeding G own more than i,49',200 acres. Se tland the total ea: eage is 18,94C,- cres ; one peaon- owns 1-,326,000 ; a second owns 84,010 acres; • 24,000 acres, and fon th 373,000 These four pei ons hold one - of tile whole of 'Cotl nd. Sev- ersoils own -9,400, 00 a res, being -h idf of- Scotland. IT wards of 0,000 acres have bee dep tpulatedin er to gratify the ri i to make deer s; thousands of on e happy homes e )een ta,ken from th po r ' WILD ANIMALS T ROAM OVER. total ,area of 1r land is 20,159 - cres ; 452 persons ow each up - c. 5,000 acres; 1 t5 p rsons own pwards of 10,00 acr •>s 90 per - each upwaxds of 0,001 ; 14 per - each upwards oJ 50, 00 acres; e persons each upw rds of 100,000 s; one person ownsll 170,119- acres ; rsens own 6,558,10 ac es, or one - d of the-whoie of I elan ; 744 per - s wit 9;612,728 acre or one -hall of n E gland the irop ietors own and the twelve rs o n 4,339,- nd he twelve s ovv 11,297,888 tha 7,600,000 wa held for • lic,• have been tak • from the les lone since rese t century. • ou e of Lords of reat Brit- belo g to peers rge estates are ger or to give bett r idea who essi n, we. will ho i the lands • ut cl S J 0 The nice of Argyle The uhe of Athole Eva 1 Bailie Iticl a d Berridge • Mar is of 13readalbane Du e of Buceleuch Mar is of Bute • Don d Cameron Ear • f Cawdor Jame S. Chisholm Duhe of Cleveland Mar as of Conyngham . Eanl f Dalhousie Duke of Devonshire Mar tis of Down J. P. Farquharson Ear f Fife Ear ,Itzwilliam rdon Sit '. Grant , Duke of Hamilton Cou ess of Home Lot( Kenmare Mar is of Lansdowne Lon Leconfield Lor Lovat. Lon tlacdonald -A. L. Mackintosh Sir 6. Mackenzie Norniktu Macleod Sir latlieson Sir -4Matheson.. Loa 3.1iddleton Duk .of .Montrose • Duk ,61 Northumberland lank .,of Portland find quite the 1:vvtrse in the distr of lands in Ftance, as every eh het -its' a share of its deceased arents' estate. It is estimated that there are 50,000 • .preprietors in France whose average acreage is 750 acres; 50,000 rtiprietors having an average ac _ 5 I acres each; and • nearly 6, landed proprietors whose, avera age.is seven and a half. acres ea travelling through that country happy homes -paupers ...are rare In France one in every seven of habitants own farm lands ; in ane ia nearly 300, nearly all th ings. of the poor teuant farmer' g the landlords. If even this pended among their tenants ins being drained out of the con squandered on the Continent, i be like --the circulation Of th through the, system, doing goo( whole body. bution Id in - Acres. 175,000 • 194,000 165,000 170,000 438,000 459,000 116,000 126,000 ,101,000 113,600 102,000 173,000 138,000 193,000 123,000 109,000 257,000 114,000 112,000 127,000 157,000. 103,000 105,000 135,000 110,000 161,000 120,000 1-24,000 164;000 14Z),000 040,000 -406,000 1,01)5,000 103,000 1S6,000 161,0/0 l .1lAielizssodn..... . .... . Sir 2a6,oe0 Earl .Of Seatield ......... ... Mar mis of Sligo 1411,000 1 3u3; Duk or Sutherland Dueesof Sutherland Mar Mis of Waterford.. : ▪ .. .. . -ls Lad • ! Willoughby, • 1, 132,000 • • licirty-four persons own as above en Merated 9,374,000 acres ; 438 out of 50' peers being lan lowers o the ex - ten of 14,250,000 acres,- w ale in the Hoe of common there ar. 194 pro- pri tors • owning 1, 21,000 cres. We 160,110 11000 • Canada. Rev. David Savage and his I vange- listic- band are this season wor ing in Quebec Province -The &Illation Army contin ent of missionaries for India, stil from Quebec this week. --The Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, woolen mill has received a large order from England for its products. -The wreck of the steamer "Man- itoba" was sold at auction the otl er day for $12,500, at Prinpe Albert. • -Mr. Sam:Small, evangelist as for ten years official court reporter. it. Geor- gia and is a first-class stenogra her. -A Clandeboye hotel-keepen fined recently for Violation of the Sco t Act, has appeMed to the High C urt of Justice. -On the night of the 19th inst. wolves destroyed a number of sheep on a farm in the township of Herald, in astings county., -A eanning fa.ctory at Sheffield, New Brunswick, has this season put u 9,000 cans of sweet corn, the ,product of six- ty acres of and. -124, 584- bushelof grain N ceived . at the Northern elevato lingwood, during the week end tober the 14th. -Mr. Augustus Odell, of th ship of Delaware, has had $35, him, and 450 acres of land to hi au uncle in New York State. -One thousand head of cat the Montana ranches passed Winnipeg Friday on their W9. Chicago markets. , -Over 30 milesI of the Hud - railway have been graded, and carloads of rails for the line hav ed at Winnipeg. -Mr. T. Hall, late of the Herald, has accepted a call to t istry, and is appointed to fill an taut charge in Iowa. -Alexander Cooper, sop of M Cooper, of Normanby, lost his ri in a sawmill at Peterboro on the t At last accounts he was doing w -Mr. Thos. S. Judah, of M Who was born on the day that conquered at Trafalgar, celebr eighty firstbirthday on Thursda, -The Baptist Convention last week, decided after a keen sioin, to apply to the Ontario Le for university powers for Woods stitute. -Clissold, the St. Thomas inna4vho- cage of 00,000 e acre - h. In e find y seen. he in- reland earn- ing to at ex- ead of ry and would blood to the ere te- t Col - no. Oc- town- 00 left son, by le from hrough to the on Bay several arriv- undalk e impor- . John ht atm th iust. 11. • ritreal, Nelson ted his t Paris discus: islature ock In - pleaded guilty to the manufa and passing counterfeit coin, N tenced the other day to ten yea penitentiary. i -The exports of d'air4y produ Montreal last week were 3,529 p of butter and 4,572 packages of against 2,368 •of butter and 1 cheese in 1885. '-The contract for the constri a breakwater at Port Arthur 1 awarded to Mr. Archibald Ste Ottawa, the price being, it is sal vicinity of 6100,000. I -A stranger entered Morph elry store on Yonge street, Toro asked to look at a gold watch. handed him, with which he making good his escape. -A smash-up occurred on th dian Pacific Railway at Ashaft, Columbia, caused by a landslid engine and mail car were wre• going over the-enibankment, but damage was done, -Thursday night last week lagher's store at Kinloss, was by 'thieves and the cash box, co $140, stolen.. The box was foun in - a field about 20 rods nort store. i'. , -Mr. Charlton, M. P. for Norfolk, arrived in !last Friday. The Liberal Ass !tendered him an address. H wards addressed a crowded mee 'Dominion issues. -Mrs. Dolson, of .Es'sex cou trecovered damages against the Southern Railway for the deatl .husband, of $2,500.• Of this gets 61,000, and each of her two 6750. _ -The employes of Messrs. Thods & Co., wooden manufact ,am ilton, recently applied for an of 10 per cent. on their waget. The company cheerfully acceded to he de- mand. -A gentleman has placed at, the dis- posal of the Regina Leader the isum of :350 as a prize to be given for tie best .215 acre field of wheat in the Re ina and Moosejaw districts, on the first of July next. --The Galt papers tell of a happy oc- casion which was had on Wednesday, 13th inst., at the residence of Thoznae Flail, Esq., Cherry Greve farna 'Bien:: beim., The occasion was the rarriage of his. eldest daughter, Agnes, o John W. Maus, of South Dumfries. The ceremony was. performed by Re. John ,Thompson, of Ayr, assisted by t e Rev. Mr. Robertson, of Chesterfiel . The guests, who numbered over a hundred, sat down to a most bountiful anl sump- tuous.repast, after which, amid the con- , trate of as Ben- s in the e from ckages cheese, - ,550 of ction of as been art, of 1, in the i's jew- to, and ate was bolted, • Cana - British . The ked by o other T. Gal - entered taining empty Li of the North mnipeg ciation after- ing on ty, has Canada of her um she .hildren Walter rers of dvance gratulationa of friends and showers of I val we w11 fid pr rice, the happy pair left for a trip to Hamilton, t e . Falls - and vicinity. To say • that th presents were numerous, elegant and ostly is to say the least of them, and Luther, if true worth is re- warded witl happiness in this life we bespeak for ohn W. Maus and his bride a lion's shar of the same. , -The sta ement of Dominion exports and imports for September shoars totals of $9,193,671 and 0,664,372 respective- ly. For the fiscal quarter ending Sep- tember the total imports were 627,389,- 771 and the total exports $28,263.883. -Rev. Mr. Austin, pastor of Christ church,. GaLanoque, where the trouble occurred regarding altar lights, has gone to New York for the benefit of his health. During his absence no service will be held in the Church. --The Northwest Couacil has decided to appoint a committee of elected mem- bers to devise a scheme for dividing the territories into provinces and securing responsible government' at the earliest posible moment. - Louis Bush and Max Hurvich, of Toronto, representing the firm of Roths- child , & Col. wholesale jewelers, have assigned to tile sheriff and gone. The creditors, it is said, are mostly European houses. The liabilities are estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000. -The Canadian Acada.my of Arts, Toronto, hat purchased a lot near ,the Normal School„ and ,will erect a per- tnanent institution gallery on it as soon as funds are available. Its nearness to the Normal School will enhance its use- fulness for educational purposes. - While two sons of Dr. Pearson, Toronto, were playing with their father's i revolver lt 9nday it was accidentally discharged, the bullet strikingbCharley,, aged 13, in he back of the Ihead, pene- trating the skull. His recOvery is ex- tremely doubtful. • -----The Mayor. of Victoria, British Columbia, and two other prominent citi- zens are in Winnipeg on a tour of in- spection of the leading cities of the Dom,. inion, . with a view of deciding on the best system. of public works to be adopt- ed in Victoria,. -The &Eft passenger and freight train on the Canadian eacifie short, line be- tween Perth and Merriekville was. run on Monday. The remainder of the line is all graded, but will not be ready for through tqffic till midwinter, several bridges hailing to be built. - --General Booth, of the Salvation Army, spoke an hour and a half at Barrie on t e evening of his -visit there, making a v ry favorable impression upon his hearers.I He was the guest of 'Mr. N. King, o the Barrie Gazette, during his stay. -Amabe in the county of Bruce, is not conside -ed a very good township for wheat grow ng, but nevertheless a Park Head farmer this fall sold 170 bushels of seed whet at his. barn for 80 cents and 85 centiper bushel. The sample was excelle t. , - Last t aturday nine men and two degs visited McCorkell'asla,ughter house, Yarmouth,,land indulged in the pastim of rat killing. The party. killed ove 100 rats, the nine men, with clubs anc spades, slarghtering 27, and the dogt getting away with thelremainder. -News of the loss of the Hudson' Bay Comp ny's ship Cam Owen; with. cargo- of go ds for the • tun -them .tradin posts, in H dson's I3ay, during a storn on July 30 h, has been -eceived-; Th passengers and the ew escaped, bu the vessel a d cargo ill beta total loss -A Wit nipeg ompany, formed fo the purpos of ting a line built fron Winnipeg t ie • boundary, to connec there with n ef, the United States rail ways, ,in 'pi sition to the Ganadiat Pacific, has sign Ily failed, all the road approached ref mg to enter . into th project. '-ChiefJitst. ed a contictio officer ford; Wilson,Friday, quasht. against a Salvation Army m beating on a Sunday il Lakeflehlt Ile ground of the Judge't ruling wa'--o general that there is not likely to be any further molestation o the ,army so long as its members ar moderate in their proceedings. -Mr. Alexander Crow, of Allenford, cousin of Rev. George Chrystal, of Avonton, Perth county, met his death in an unexpected manner on Thursday, the 14th hist. He was staling the horses, when he was kicked on the head by one of the-coltand instantly killed. -In the police court at Bancroft, Hastings county, J. Stewart, of the township of Carlow, was fined $73.10, including costs, for being an occupant of premises in which liquor was unlawfully sold tt a picnic for the benefit of a Pres- byterian minister, who refused the pro- ceeds.- -It is reported that final arrange- ments have been made for the con- struction of the Sault Ste. Marie rail- way connecting the Grand Trunk and Northern Pacific Railway by way of the -Midland road. This, if true, will be welcome news for Ontario as it will give eampeting through route to a point near the Canadian North-West. -A tearester in Collingwood named Jenkins while teaming flour to the wharf was uncermoniously assisted in unload- ing the same at the railway crossing- on Huron Street. A train from Hamilton backed into his wagon, smashing it and scattering the flour in every direction. Horses and teamster escaped without a scratch. -The marriage of Mr. John Gallag- her, an employee of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, to Miss Ella Mur- nan, all of Toronto, took place on Wed- nesday last week at St. Michael's eathet dral. Miss Murnan had been a domes- tic in Mr. Wm. Gooderham's household for thirteeu years, and for upwards of ten years, had been a devoted and much - prized attendant upon the late Mrs. Gooderharn. As a mark of his appre- ciation of her faithful and valued er- vices, Mr. Gooderharn attended marriage ceremony, provided .a sumptu- ous wedding feast for some thirty friends of the blitle, and presented her with a of laS Inilt and owned for a number of years building in Galt known as " Peck's It House." A few years ago he was ointed collector of customs, which ce.he held until his decease. -Messrs. Porteous & Saunders, of sley, have procured from Messrs. 'die ift McCulloch, of Galt, a uew glar proof door for their vault, ich may safely be considered to put -tappers at defiance. The door itself ighs 2,800 , pounds, and it is so COD- ucted that it could not be bored -au& in the length of time that bur- rs can safely spare for such nice jobs. A few days ago Willie Powell, 15 rs old, son of Mr. Leonard Powell, concession 6, London township, bor- ed an old shot gun from a neighbor, • with some other boys went shoot - T. He had fired two or three times en the barrel burst, and a screw from lock of the gun was driven into his , in, death resulting two hours after- rds. -The Canadian Pacific Railway are nieg a first-class excursion to Pacific coast, . Vancouver and ctoria, British Columbia, and to n Francisco, California, and return, 29th and 30th of this month, ftom stations on their line, at the Very low e of $90, to afford families and others heap and enjoyable way of sending winter on the Pacific coast. Last, Sunday morning Emory Rich- ar is, a lad abokt 19 years of age, went 0. of t ) at, 41,0••••MIMMI1 McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. able house and lot. Numerous gifts e also given to the bride lit; persons had observed her attention and fity to Mrs. Gooderham during her treated illness. Lieutenant-Colonel Peck, a resident alt since 1855, died on Wednesday week at the age of 65 years. He til a,P Pa 14 be wl til st tl 3TO of ra an ir th br w' ru th th al ra a. th 111 th ttnting with several companions in sh near Ottawa. Not returning in evening 'search was made for him, vtiich continued_until Monday morning, 4n his dead laidy was found. He had en shot through the lung, but 'whet himself accidentally or by his coal- nions was not known. Six McGill University students n med H. Emerson, Alex. Mumford, ex. Garron, J., Williams, J. H. Mc- rmot and E. Gamsell were fined $5 e h the other day by the Recorder fo disorderly conduct, auch as violently n ging bells of doors, howling through t e streets and breaking gas lamps, after ming out of the thatre at midnight, tere they also behaved badly. Such graceful Conduct deserves to be made example of. -The last of the series of union evan- g lical meetings in London was held last bbath -night and was attended by 00 people, thei largest gathering of . Mr. Brownte1 farewell sermon was ry impressiveaand until the close held e close attention of his hearere. He t Monday for Chicago, to continue e good work there, taking with him bp.- ,r • d'. a 3, al ti le tfie prayers of many hundreds who have been blessed in his meetings. 3I -Recently Alfred Sutton and Daniel t4a.houey were hunting deer in the woods at Cowichin, British Columbia. , Neither rty knew the other was Out, and ahoney, seeing Sutton moviug in the sh, and thinking he was a deer, raised gun and fired. The ball passed rough Sutton's heart, killing him in • ntly. The deceased was a native of B lice county, and a nephew of Sheriff Sutton, of Walkerton. ' -On Monday Rev. Sam Small visited, with Mr. John Canavan, Oagoode Hall, aiversity College and other places, &pilling at Government house, where a i' st cordial and kindly greeting was e tended to them by the Lieutenant- vernor.' Mr. Small expressed him - f delighted with Toronto, her public ildings and • handsome pritate resi- nces, and was much pleased with I., eutenant-Governot Robinetin's digni- fied awl genial reception. - i 1-A despatch from Winnipeg says : The Calgary fall fair, which closed last ftiday was a pronounced success, and Went far beyond the most sanguine ex- i)ectations of the directors, The show beilding was crowded with a magnificent exhibition of farm products, wheat,9ats, as and barley being largely represent - • The dairy display was large and 10.gnificent. The live stock depart- nt could not be surpassed anywhere Canada. The Red Deer district de a surprising display of grain and ots. -David Deer, who lives on the m untain road near Collingwood, met, h.mtlitaerrtiberlyribalendapccaisleiligt right through ding down from the MOW in the barn e prongs up, which entered his abodo- n and lower extremities, lae,erating fell on a fork that was standing with I him until stopped by the right shoulder. A ter an agonized struggle, the poor nt n extracted the forkhimself and sum-. mimed help, under the care of a skilful e rgeon the poor man is doing as, well 4 can be expected. -On Saturday afternoon a lady and ntleman were driving up the right nk of the Lachine canal, when a hand e on the Grand Trunk track frighten- • the horse. The animal shied and cked for a few minutes and finally rew both riders into the water. ither could swim, but the lady rtunately struck the water feet first, d her silk dress became sufficiently inflated to support her until she drifted ,, iv ainst the bank. The gentleman by a gi rantic effort reached the banln where he maitaged to support himself by hang- ing on to the stones. Both were res - ed n. dstioustas they were sinking from ex- . 13 hi th rn r 41 11 ar et 1- -A new method of concealing liquor s been brought into operation on the line of the Canadian Pacific railway in Stott Act counties. It seens that illicit dealers, particularly in Renfrew, have taikento obtaining their supplies from 04aWa inooil cans. On Tuesday night last week the man in charge of the cans ti4eated his friends, and on arriving at Itenfrew was unable to carry himself, Much less the cans. On off the getting., car he fell between the platforms as the train was slowly backing; and would have been kilted but that he was im- mediately siezed and pulled out by by- standers. a -Mr. T. H. Love, of the Redbank stock farm, Upper Lachine Road, near Montreal, has purchased from Pierre' Lorillard's great sale of thoroughbred stock at the Rancocas stock farm, Jobs - town; New Jersey, the imported stal- lion o" Siddartha," six years old, for which Mr. Lorillard paid in England (as .yearling) 2„100 guineas. " 4.idtlartha " was the only one purchaSed at the sale for Canada, and he is claimed to be one of the best • bred horses ever broUght into this country. His pedigree is un- surpassed. 'ednesday evening, Ltth when on his way home from Rockton fair, Mr. Thomas Preston' an. old resi- dent of Beverly, county ofWentworth, was badly gored by a. bull belonging to his son-in-law, Wm. McClure. It ap- pears that Mr. Preston was driving the animal home, when it turned upon'him, and after knocking him down gored him viciously. Fortunately, a number of young men from Galt drove up in time, and rescued the old _gentleman, or he would assuredly have been killed.It was at first feared that he had sustained fatal injuries, but we are pleased to learn that he is now recovering satis- factorily, and hopes are entertained' that he will soca). be able to be -about again. -General Booth and staff arrived at London last Saturday evening. They were met at the station by a large num- ber of Salvation s.oldiers and citizens, and escorted by the band and people through the streets to Market square, where he addiessed the crowd. Later on he spoke to a large audience in the Grind Opera,HOUse, and on Sunday at- tended three services in the same place, the building being packed 'at each ser- vice. His reception was most cordial. During his stay in the city the General was the guest of Comity CrOwn Attor- ney Hutchinson. Of him the Advertiser remarks : The General as an orator is an exceptional maxi. His utterances are marked for their originality and sin- cerity. He speaks in such a way as to give the people to understand that he believes what he says and practises what he preaches. The audience ap- aieared V be almost unanimous in their expressihns of praise and approved of his remarks.' His visit will be long re- membered by the people of London. -Mr. David Me-M•onies, a former respected resident of Mitchell, new a prosperous merchant in Lyons, Ne- braska, has just beea nominated by the Democrats of that State as their candi- date for the Legislature. His prospects of election are reported to be excellent -Mr. R. Whitlock, formerly of St. Marys, now of Brantford, met recently with a great and sad disappointment and bereavement. His betrotheda Miss Brunton, of Brantfdrd, died on the morning of the day on which their mar, riage was to have taken place. • -The Mitehell Recorder says Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mitchell intend leaving to take up their residence in Toronto some time durieg November; and Mr. Thomas McDonald, who has at last de- terrdined to leave the ranks of bachelak dem, will occupy the house soon to b vacated by Mr. MitchelL -On Wednesday afternoon last wee the barn of Mr. John Carty, of Ellie township, canght fire, and with its con- tents were burned to the groind. They had- just finished thteshing and it is thought the fire was atarted by the en- gine. Mr. Carty's loss will be great, as be has no:insurance. -Messrs. dames and. John Smith, of Avontont- who have been sojourning in Scotland for some weeks past, arrived hone a few days ago, bringing with •them two fine Clydesdale stallions. They had a very rbugh passage coming over, and for 36 hours were unable to let go the horses, owing to -the stormy re_opooing of the Presbyterian church at. Carlingford, since its enlarge- ment and improvement, took place on Sunday and, ItIonday,a16th and 17th insts. Rev. Dr. Wardrope, of Guelph, preached on Sunday, and on Monday there was a tea meeting, at which ad- dresses were delivered by quite a num- ber of clerical aentlemen, Mr. Trow, M. P., and others. The proceeds:netted a handsome SUM. 1 -A very skilful operation for the re- moval of -an ovarian tumor was perform- ed the other day on the person of a, young lady. in Mitchell. The operating surgeons were Drs. Hurlburt, Lehman and .Hodge, of Mitchell, and 0. B. Fraser, of Stratford. The critical oper- ation was most skilfully and successfully performed, and it is thought that in about three ereeks the patient will be -as dwae_rllk‘an\sriigleise. btrhtely, Mor. W. Dalds, of returning from a sale one the Mitchell Advocate, had rather an ugly adventure. About half mile east of Dublin, on the Huron Jtoad, his buggy was run into by a pa 'sing team and thrown into the ditch. The horse cleared himself from the shafts and made for home, leaving Mr. Davis and Mr. John Berry, of Logan, entangled in the general smash. Fortunately no in- jury was stistained, except to the vehicle. -The•St. Marys Argus of last 'Week says: The Rev, K, F. Junor, M. D., n ow of New York, has been in town for a few -days, having come hither with the body of his baby, who died in that city on Thursday last. Mr, Junor is UONV pastor of one of the congregations of the Collegiate Reform ,Sehool of New York, the body of which Dr. Ormiston is a member. The congregation is one which was, in fact, planted by Dr. Ormiston's congregation, and in it is carried on the work of trying to reach the masses of that great city. He tells us that he has an assistant, a building well eqnipped, and a Sabbath School of 400 or 500 as a basis for labor, and finds the work more encouraging than he anticipated.