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McKillep
1 the forty-
; fact that
illop earn -
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!the Grange
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ah a small
m company
1year.
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returned
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(4e 'Branch,
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Ipays only
hat:tents of
Ltoyie the
ill amount.
isured car-
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ntetiee the
Company
not: know
ittur.'e pro -
!but I do
the mem,
iers should
11, and _that
hat be iht
`foods: are
Os matter
en is-ander-
egeentiy I
he stibject
empany.
tics.
lave been
Dickson,
many of.
rof prison -
di far the
886 :
es and
otal num-
(niers and
thus the
expenses
a charge
everage of
le average
eone' was
r commit -
female,
d 82 and
Ireland,
; United
1 Church
ne, 14 ;
ions, 3.
t ted—As-
; drunk
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were for
tee r v a the
;
reit S anti
the large
il ouly
e effusive
netiee,
Seott
,, 'eh it
)unty.
r1 during
mr. The
tine. dur-
menber
over to
year we
, a whole,
ered with
NINETEENTB YEAR.
WHOLE NUMB -R 986.
SEAF
W GODS
—AT THE—,
Cheap Cash Store,
..,_,. rii._
7
All Departments are now
complete with neivest g oods.
Some very kcpe fial lines
in Dress Goods, Mantle and
Cloths, Flannels,
Cottons, etc.
itopectionr spectfuliii
- solicited at the
.Che4p • Cath
Hoffman & 0
Cardate'sBlock, S
Store
mpany,
afortb.
Perth Items.
-School section No. , , Elma, has
re-engaged Mr. George Tompson at a
salary of—$500.
—The new Methodist church in Listo-
wel is to be lighted witi gas. About
100 lights will ba required -
—Mr. S. Angus and 1 wife, of St.
Marys, left last week for Southern Cali-
fornia, where they intend to make their
future home.
—The dwelling -house at d most of the
i_
furniture, belanginn to ilr. John Nel-
son, 10th concession, Mor ington, were
consumad toy fire one mor , ing recently.
—Here is somethino lard to beat.
There were grown during he past sea -
eon on lot 5, concession 9, Logan, twelve
ma.ngold wurtzels which weighed 130t
pounds.'
—Mr. John Stewart,. on of the oldest
resident e of Mornington, h s rented his
farm for a terra. of years, nd will take
up his residence ha Listo-w I.
—At Britton the othe day a three
year old daughter of th late Thoma.s
Alexandenwas scalded and died after 25
hours terrible suffering.
—The!only son, an only child, of Mr.
JeH. Oke, of Mitchell, a youregg man in
Ms nineteenth year, died on Tuesday
last -week after an illness of about two
*eeks. -
•
—Me. John J. Whaley has been ap-
pointed heiliff of the- Div sion Court at
Mile -erten, in - room of J !lin M: Seott,
10 has removed from the limits. -
—Professor Moon, who h s been teach-
ing Highland and other d neing in Lim
towel; intends having a gr Ild assembly
at the dose of his term, ab at the end of
this inonth. .
—Ex -Sheriff Modem ell A this county
died at his residence, Stra ford, on Sat-
urday, 23rd ult., at the advanced age of
81 years. Deceased came to Canada in
.1819.
—The St. Marys Argus proudly an-
nounces " That there isn't a dude left in
town." • The Y have thongt better of it,
and are now dressed like rdinary mor-
tals.-
-Mr. A. St. John, of St. Marys, who
still owns his farm at Minnedosa, Mani-
toba, had the grain of forty acres, of
wheat burned lately. Hi S Lien Adam,
whose farm joinseevas also -a heavy suf-
ferer by the flames.
—After 28 years spent in trying to
keep icomfortable the feet of his inanym
custokers, Mr. J. A. Catlin, of Shake-
speare, has from failing° health been
°compelled to dispose of his whole plant
and stock and retire from business.
—The other morning Mr. John Herd-
man, Grand Trunk Railway driver. of
Stratford, fell into a_ pit in the Toronto
round -house and was seriously injured.
The accident is rather unfortuaate in
view of his advanced age. e
—General Booth of the Salvation
Army, passed through Stratford, ea
route front Palmerston to London,
While waiting for trains to connect, he
addressed the assembled crowd, who,
from various motives, had turned out to
_ see bin.
—Upwards of 200- persons assembled
ER the banks of the Thames at St.
Marys the other Sunday afternoon in
the expectancy of witnessing a 'baptis-
mal ceremony by the Latter Day Saints,
hut no- candidate for immersion - put in
an appearance. ;.
1
—We regret to learn that there is still.
IP improvement ia the condition of Mr.
IV. B. Oliver, of Downie, near St.
Marye, whose spine was injured by the
hammoek aceident last summer. He
etill Hee at his home helpless, and no
eigns of improvement are at all visible.
-A member of the Stratford Col-
legiate fihtitrite Board last week ad-
dreseed a circular to parents, asking
their .. iews on the efficiency of the
teachine etaff and soliciting stmeestions
as to any altanges that would in their
opinion mem desirable. A list of sug-
gestive questions wee appended for the
Parent te answer. Tide move is prole
lely a new departure in the history of
Canadian school boards.
°Iviti-alately a man named Henry,
wl—ioea%e;
crating Mr. Nichols' steam
threeher on the farm of Mr. Win. Dick -
8(m, 'ti concession, Mina eves engaged
is oiling some of the machinery, when
his mot was caught and drawn into the
Puttee', breaking it near the shoulder
hitt eaueing other severe injuries.
A YOUNG MAN'S (OUNTRY
ELLENDNIA, DiOkey COLUlty, Dakota, )
: AR EXPosiToul—It gives ine meeh
Octokso 9.3r ., 7.886,
DE1 c -
pleasure to be able at tirneato express
my views and give niy opinians regard -
in this this golden West and its people;
tacough the columns of Dia Ex.eosinort.
'.
If some iequiring Canuck can glean any
infarmation that Inay It.4doeduciVe to
his interests; I will feelall the "better
, pleased. As I said in my lest letter to
THE EXPOSITORy and wilt' etteat i t'again,
that at all times I will Chehrfully gihe
any infortnatiou deaired, eegarding thisn
country and its people, n se far as it
lies within my power and k.netvledge to
do so.
One thing was brought -pry promi-
; eently to ney mind upon entering this
'territory, and which is noticed by all_
: visitors to this Northwest, and is the
men occripy
teeponsihility.
rgtry in every
le Men coming
astern Stites;
: fact that - so Many you
! •
;
positions of. trustand
: Young men are fatted I
' branch of business. To t
: from .Ontario and, the •
who has been accustomedr1 theda s o
his life to the conservati eand repres-
sive methods of entrusting business cares
and responsibilities to .gr y heads only,
the surprise will be finite natural. • The
pre -veiling sentiment: thr u.gliout pane -
de and the East genera -11 , seams to be
that youeg men are int Cable of bear-
ing the heavy burdens. lof •cehtanittimi
cares, and firms are ..loiat.h. to enitruet
me:pone:lb-lay to others than those whqe
reliability has been proveu by tong yeeth
of active service. In Ootario, youth is
at a big discount, and it takes gray hairs
to inspire confidence. Such e. condition
of affairs is not very enehura. ging to the
: youth of Ontario; and tie' sooner such
fossilized doctrines are 6 adicated from
the minds of the peop1e, 4nd ability not
age be made the watchword Qf progress,
the better it will be for the young math
The people in the East fire -Willing to
admit that yoneg men ,m, Y possess abili-
ty, butare unwillingtoalow em the
opportunity of proving th possession of
it. Asa result, the E
with young men occupying : inferior and
subordinate positiops, where they vir-
tually stagnate, selttom itating any am
pirations to better theirPoniditiorl. In
Dakota and the. Nakthweet it is Olt°
different. Here a spirit of _ liheradity-
prev-acies everything. Th h country has
been largely - developed' through the en;
terprise • and adventuroua spirit of the
young mem- and enaturallly ! this is la
yo -ung man's country. It, ia e.nlYthey
whahave the will, cotirege and perseh
verance. , to. brave • -the irivatirfns and
hardships consequent ii pop pioneer life;
by coming west and car-ing - out pew
..lives and new enterprises llor themselves..
.They threw off the yoke of time-honored
' and iron-cladcustomswhich has, held'
the eastin conserhative elothfulness
since the days of Columb'ulmetud Jaaques.
Cartier. Here there" is - a disposition, -
whieh_grows With the coutitrtet0- value
a man,. not according to his years or his
, connection'but onjy ' ace o rd ite g tp his
:ability and integrity.. 11here is also a
disposition to regard youeigiblood with
its freshness and vigor ash-11°re, capable
of accomplishing- great ,etiterprises and
splendid achievements, thim that whose
ardor has been chilled. by ithne, - Young
!mea are therefore given a preference- to
!prove themselves worthy :01 the positions
1entrusted to their care, and the fact is
that the visitor and obserimt marksthe
astonishing results in a eountry whose
social, commercial and political affairs .
are largely controlled hy Ime'u who are
young in years but -old -in dxperieuce and '
energy. . • I • " - •
- Though Dakota is Yo(ung in year* yet
it is full of enterprise aad v. holeeome
aetinity, gathered from every.quarter of
the globe. ' Among the45,00 Canadians
that people this territory lit is not SW-
I
ant represeth
bat flies the
ions are cone.
of prominent '
prising to find many bril
tatives• from the land
-
Union Jack. The profes
.spicuous by the number
Ca,nadians fouled in them.
Two young Canadians, tvell-known to
the readers of The Expositor are receiv-
ing prominent recognition through the
mitten:as of : the Dakota Prem.., Those
two are Marshall R. Elliott, M. 1). and
Alexander F. Collins, bath' of Aber-
. .
deen, Dakota. Mr. Elliott is a native.
•
of Goderictl township, Potatio. - He
received a high school education' in
Clinton andtaught schoolla fewyears.
prior to his entering the stedy"ef Medi-
cine: He received his first lessons in
the profession, under Dr.D. IL_ pows-
dey„ of Clinton, in the spring of 1880,
-after which!,he spent ail(' months l in
study under Professor Wright, ,M: D.,
of Toronto.1 Lathe 1,1fa11 Of MP, • Mr,
Elliott made a tour of the;North West,
ern States, viiitirkg Chicago', 8L Paul and
ether cities, but spending the greatet
part of hiatime m North Dakota.- In
the winter Of '81 and '82 he spent.a ses-
sion in the Icronto School of Medicine,•
graduating therefrom ie. .-the spring of
1882, with honors,taking the ,degree
of M. 1). and C. M. - After leaving Tbr-
onto, he speeta few weeks of shiay in
the hospitals of Nev Yerk, frorn
which city he set sail for Great Britaira
landing in Ireland and visiting the
principal natural and artificial wonders
of the Island. Before entering ;Edith
burgh Schools of. Medieine and hospital,
Mr, •Elliott spent -several weekaof study
in the hospital of Dabline it was in
-
Edinburgh that Mr. Elliottacittlred that
high standard and exeellent prefidency,
which oharacteriees llie • praetiee, in Pet-
keta: After spending tem sessionsin
Etlinim reit he grad uatet1 with the degrees
of L. R. C. and L. tla eeceiting. the
British certificate ;of 'Registration,
clothing hini with • .authority.• to
practise his profeseimh-• anywhere
within Her Majesty's 1)omini-6nel Mr.
Elliott spent a short time in the
hospitals of Glasgow, . London,: Paris
anti other cities of France.- In the .fall
of 1883 he left France and formed a co-
partnership with Dr. Skae of Lerwick,
in the Shetland •Island. The climate
of the far north not agreeing_ with him,
after s 'yen' month's pa
panel ship and retu
summ ir of 1884. De.
and: 1 ated- at Aberd
Since is arrival here 1
warm ri-ends and acqu-
his pro ite.a,nd gentlent
his irfessiona1 abilit
three inoiths in Abe
'many • odications: poir
that tl e-Doetor is mid
ladder that leads to
fessioi 1 et einence, am
pred ie.
he will
In a re
respont
busine
the pa
brothe
.five tni
classed
RTH, FRIDAY, NOVIVIBER 5, 1886.
,ctic,e b dissolved
nedk,.ho Re in the
'ante west
'en, -t August.
e has ti ade many
intancos, through
nly ma liners- and
es TI ough, not
there l are
ting to the fact
Uythieg the
:tontine and pro -
we u ay safely
thect ere another ytar asses by,
ave.- a tetrit Mad reputation,
enteconversation with your cor-
statea that. his
y $45 day for
-1-doeto • has two
Villiam, residing
erdeen, who. are
'Mize • armera of
mit, the Docto
s'amtraid neat
t monh. Th
s, George and
es south Of Ai
am mg the bo
Brown county.
. . : Alex. P. Collins is.
eardine, 01 tali°. In
Mr. Collin
ef agmleft
Ile passed
friends in
iof wholn w s Alex. G
the C relish farm n
Septen ber 1881, Mr.
Winni eg. , While ie
ing eitymh engaged i
art gallery butiness lor som
In.April 1 82, he enlisted in t
west Mot ted Police, and fo
1
two, y :ars was one f' itso
members. His journe m whil
nmde I hie amiliar wit
eoverei!, by the late re
Lake t th capturing
Collins vie s also inti
policemen Ind soldier
Battalions
While in
natio of Kin -
be fal of 1880,
who was o ly six een years
ntario and cathe ti Dakota.
he winter of 1880"- 1- among
he vicinity f Yankton,one
ant, f rmerly of
ar Cli ton. In
Collin went to
that t en boom -
the gilding and
months.
e North" -
the next
ost active
on duty
h all the country
rellion, from Duck
of Big Bear. Mr.
nate wth all the
of the Ala,uitoba
the affair.
Mounted
miles on
me start -
and horse
over the
vho were k'lled in
he ,servic of tli
Police, Col ins %raven d 9,00
.horseb ck, and experi need s-
ling ad ,en urea with udians
.thievas, ]ie •• has tr veiled •
'countr f one. the Ped Rhein to the
Rocky:Mt:4 ntains, a,nc from he .Inter -
nation" 1. lloundary Lne to. thePeace
River is t e north, an I he de qaros that
there i no art of it to be com ated With
the Jan es -Liver Valle . In September,.
1884 r. Collins joined th party of
:Cartadi n vglunteers or to wen to Egypt
on the Gordon elief .Exped tion. He
Was an o fifty chosen from 00 appli-
bents h the latel lame' ted Co onel Ken-
nedy, o the 90th 13attalion, Vinnipeg.
Mr. Cu Heel party asc tided th Nile for
17000 mile, working heir w y up for
275 roam through rag ng cat, racts and.
rapids,- hooting the sa ie agan in com-
ing Ole vn the -rivet; Upon returning
home h visited Cairo md the yramide,
elimbin . over Cheops. He a so visited
Malta, 4ibra1tar, and ondon, England.
.From tl e•foriner place he brou ht a pair
•-beet tiful alabaster vases. A short
time ag4 11-. Collins .meeived from the
British .Goverineent a Egyptian medal
for his ervices in the e.xpediVon. .Mr.
Collins leelates that ( -eneral -Jordon i8
not der de but alive e Cent -al 'Africa
withoue resources. .Mi. Colliu returned
to Dak ta,1in Jpne, 18-85. e is now
one of the wide-awake grocer nerchants
of Aber eel)._ Undoul tedly n • Collins
has seen more of then o-rld: aa d travel-
ed fa,hl et- than any eau of lis age in
Dakam •
Than ing Yotte very- hindl for the
.space al cowed in W.q.41,,x,rosrr R for the
phblicet onatof thie dorrespo- dence, I
will no ceeolude. -. Very res iectfully,
MCI-ENZIE.
el Southerri Sta es •
THROUGH TIE SPEC ACLES OF
A FORMER EONITE.
11
Mee :ThrroneenPerz it me through
the 'columns of the -w dely c rculatiu
r read rs a bri
he country, cli-
f, the Southern
you 1st I was
esition a pretty -
I ga in my
state n w, boar -
has o under-
teently the filth
onie di tande by
en Pu Ted into
uld thee pump -
p, the c ty would
A with he river.
ottery has at-
Lehge-
y enough
atiently
but; as
awonly
penders.
da, and
States.
oil rich,
• flowers,
although
bas few
of these
lance to
°reaps,-
'peantfts,
on, coal
mains of
reeman's
xistence
d of the
y which
vere de-
w York
General
heavily
•ane and
oat" and
vard to
ferior to
Ekintsum n to give yo
synopsis d'escriptive of
mate a- d •inehistries,
' States.When I wrct
at the N w Orleans Ex
full dese. iption of whi
former 1' tter. 1 woul
ever, the, New (Mean
ground a werage, cense
of'the ci y is conveyed „
means of canals and t
Lake Pa. ehartrain. Sh
ing engi es break or st
beeeefe 1 boded to a le.v
The Lot isiana State
!treated onsiderable a teution
riurnbers af people muster, mon
to buy ti kets on it, and Wait
for its ( pening each month,
might be expected, hafaireels d
i
a long br ath and a par of su
hl issiseip I i., Alain -ma 1Geor
Florida , re typical 8mither
The land is gently undelating ;
dark lea )„.• Florida, th lend o
has: sante Marshy distri ts,I and,
it has . at „extensive c att, it.
goo herhorse The -fe tile soil
States getes - growth *ft a„liun
:sugar -cane, cotton, b, name,
rice, peadms, tweet p tatoes,
etc. , The' minerals aroj geld, i
and graolte. -The emit Wing r
the old plantations tijiriIea
soul with remembrance OfIthe
of, Slavery in the, boast 4..1" lat
free," but the dregs of nimosi
existed in the minds. of alfew-
posed . in Riverside : 1 arh-, N
city. wit I the_ mortal re naine o
Gra.ntov ea, year ago. 'Warne
i
laden witili floure cotton -segar-
-fruit arri m daily at th Gulf
other 'cities. Passine ninth
South Caeolina,, a State miteh it
Georgia in most resp ctst a -cepting,-
however its productitu of the best cot-
ton in the Union. Sou leCaroFna has a
SU:OW-White driVe-way to the Ott an, nine
Miles lorag, made of °ester sh 1181. At
ite time does dest mar the pl asure of
those that journey on this parkling-
road. During the slave: wer eotten-
reisine was itte-peteliel 'or ale v years,
. 0 ,
consequently the English Cotto dealers
'opened 1rkde in -India th su iplement
thatIoet • in America. India las since
maintain d its English trad to the
partial declusion, of that of th United
..
States. !On accounIt of this more general
farming is done than before the war.
The colored race _forms about haif •the
population of these states. Virginia has
located in it southern part, extending
into the north-eastern part .of Nerth
Carolina the, celebrated Dismal St atop.
The swamp is 10 by 30 miles; and eon -
tains someexcellent pine.. In V irginutwas
the first English settlement - in - meri-
ca, in1607. It is the birth -place o more
presidents than, any other state, -fi •st- of
whom Was GeneralGeorge Wasliit gton.
t I&
. W.
3t1ti-
d the
I not
hese.
and
the
tem.
to
-eat
Its sulphur springs are noted for
medicinal qtalities. As brother .
last yea e domeribmf Washi tigton ,
-more, Rhiladelphie, New. York a
country around those places', I wi
say anything at present abont
Delaware is a level tract of eountr
has no penitentiary, but at Dov r
capital, there is a whipping post
criminals are lashed in proporti 1
their cridies. Pennsylvania is the
centre for coal, iron, glass and 011 and
is the seat of many baneful moeo o ies.
!Philadelphia, ! population one I milion,
as an area of 12 by 14 .miles It is
the birth -place of the first orgun,ation
Of the Knights of Labor. The fir -t Ifire-
department was founded here by Ben-
jamin Franklin in 1702. The Cent nnial
- Exhibition held here in 1876 appe re , to
have given , the city quite a prb.
Massachusetts, the Bay state, is I illy
and sail poor. Boston, the Ath nt of
America, situated near the old w aling
grounds, has a population ._ of 40 PO.
The manufactures are largely fin -Ware
and .Yankee notions. Boston 1 the
former home of organs, pianos an hair .
-clippers. Lowell, Massachusetts, has
50 cotton mills, and was the f enter
horee'of Dr. J. C. Ayer who is so vide-
ly known in Ayer's Almanac. It aine;
the lumber state has excellent ha 'biota,
and fishing stations. This hilly s ate is
the birth -place of James 0. Blain . ( A
mOst etriking feature of this state s the
absence of signs announcing the sr le of
intoxicating liquors, but notwith tend-
ing this, considerable whisky s in-
dulged in on the sly. On account f the
sobriety of the people of Cormec ictit,
it has acquired the name of the " Land
of steady habits." Bridgeport i !the
hone . of P. T. Barnum. High bore
his inagnificent three story brick wel-
ling is a large flag bearing thei n tto
"Life and Liberty." 171 thel - 1. wn
around the house is the inscr pion
i
m
worked in the grass "P. T. B- n u
owner of the largest show on e r h."
Adjoining. Bridgeport he has ' a large
farm anemegnificent buildings, with
pictures of all kinds of -wild a imals
interwovem in the red painting. ' hese
observations were made during Um dis-
charge of my duties, ascotton rcial
traveller in these states. It is 1 earlY
two years since I last wrote to you The
territory .is atoo Much for this brief
letter. To he concise I purposely •mite
tad dates of visits and other d tails.
I arrived in 13ooklyn a few days ago.
.. Yours respectfully,
- M. C. MeCess ma
Brooklyn, New York:, October .22nd 18 6,
Canada.
--a.Noonday:pra,yer meetings hav been
established in Victoria hall, Londo
---The last Canadian Pacific boat from
Port Arthur, will sail November 13 b.
—The corps of the Salv time
Army have let the contract for bui ding
a new barracks.
—Upwards' of half a million bush Is of
grain were • handled. at Kingsto last
week.
-a-The Knights of -Laborehiscui fac-
toty at Chatham has been exempted from
ta*ationfor nine years.
• —A valuable horse belonging ' to Mr.
Jos. -Smith,- London, the -other day,
broke one of its legs by kicking.
—The number of burglaries' hich
have taken place in Galt during the
past few months is alartning the resi-
dents.
—At a recent meeting of the tru
of Thousand Islands Park, a-dividei
6 per cent. -on the capital stoc
$50,000 was declared.
—Three Picton young men have
sent up for trial. bail being refused
savagely attacking Policeman Ba
while in discharge of his duties.
MeA bazaar recently held, in St. P ter's
church, Montreal, realized a net orefit
of $25,000. Its promoters antici ated
raising at least $50,000.
—Mrs: N. Boyd, wife of a, well -k wn
citizen of Winnipeg, dropped. dead ede
denly, on Saturday, through the b hste
ing of a blood vessel in her brain.
—General Booth, who is 57 yea s' of
age, while in Canada travelled ,300
miles, Spoke 57 times in, 26 days, an at-
tended ten all-night meetings.
—Four new bells,' whose aggrete
weight is 11,000 pounds, Hthe la gest
weighing 4,275 lbs., and ;the sina lest
1,500 Thee are being placed in the it*.
church at Longeuil, Quebec.
—On Wednesday, Andrew Goul i a
farmer living in the township of , thr-
rington, near Kingston, conimitted
dole 1.)30 hanging. He had given sig slof
insanity for some months.
—Senator Joseph Northwood, lied
Friday maiming at Chatham, agecl 77
years. " Ile had been ailing for s me
tune, and his constitution being \earn
out he failed rapidly. •
—The Galt Reformer says: Mr. 1' os.„
Preston, who was so badly gored y
bull while returning from the Roc ton
show, is now so far recovered that he is
able to be up.
7 -It is learned at the Department of
Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, that t
the intention of the Government to adr-(
two or three more omssels to a fleet of
cruisers- for the protection of the -eh-
eries. next spring. There will prob hly
be one more fast steamer and two aile
ing vessels. It has been stated thai the
Acadia the -Americo.n yacht perch sed
last summer for the protection Of the
fisheries, cost $50,000, which is not cor-
rect. She only cost the Governnient
$40,000. In connection with the sh-
eries protective service it is likely nev-
teese
d of
of
een
for
bitt
eral coaling stations will be established
along the coast where !steam Cruisers can
be supplied with anthracite instead of
soft peal, which the commanders say
makes such a smoke that the Yankee
fishermen can see it miles away, and
from it take warning of approaching
danger. -
—It is_ stated that Mr. John Macdon-
ald, of Tiverton, will give a personal
bonus of $2,000 to secure the extensioh
of the Canadian Pacific Railway from
Teeswater to Inverhuron, and a station
a,t Tiverton. 1. ,
• —The wife of Dr. Sylvester Cartier,
of St. Anne Parish', Montreal, died on
the 25th ult.'-at the age of 70 years, end
on the 27th the doctor himself departed
this life, in his 82nd year.. They were
buried together.
The Beaver line steamship, Lake
Huron, from Liverpool, struck an ob-
struction in the St. Lawrence, Friday
morning and Was beached by the pilot
two!) milesibelew Quebec. -f The steamer
wet brought back for repairs. .
— Michael Devitt arrived at St. Paul,
Minnesota, on Saturday. He is anxious
to come to Cenada to refute the state-
ments about Mr. Parnell- and himself_
made by emissaries of the Loyalists.
—During the storm -oh the 14th ult.,
Mr. John McKenzie had a narrow
escape. While he was driving through
Purvis' bush, Qu his way to; Lucknow, a
large tree fell and struck the back of
hisewagon, breaking the axle med throw-
ing the wheel to the ground. --
-A man in, Keppel, Bruce county, on
goitig to his pesture field one night last
. week, saw what he took to be a couple
of boy e haying held of his horses, and
on following themhefound them to be
nien, each -carrying a new saddle, when
the design ofi the wretches -became ap-
parent. •
— A series ,of successful tee -Terence
revivalrneetiijgs, under the auspices of'
the Royal emplars of Temperance,
were held las • week in Hagersville, at!
which upwards of two hundred persons
:took the pledge. Similar meetings are
being held this week. in Galt. 4,
e—As Mr. :Donald Mitchell, postmaster
at Argyle, iear Lindsey, was walking •
on th d railroad track last Sunday even-
ing on hi way to a meeting,
the night b ing very dark he fell
intaa culvert about seven feet deep and
received such internal injuries as end-
ed fatally phree hours afterwards.
— George T. Hawley, ef Ripon, Da-
• kota, formed) of near Kincardine, has
had hard luck this yeer. He has lost,
in one way or another, over ,8700 -tW
summer. To cp it all, his wife, while,
attending a funeral one Sunday lately,
lost .a"pocket-look containing $235.
—Chas. Sten and Max 'Stern, of To- -
ronto, have b4n sentenced to ten days
each in jail for assaulting W. F. Mac-
lean, of the Tonto World, with a raw-
h'.de and sti4tk. The Magistrate said.
such condtetj could not be tolerated, -
and he would not give the prisoners the:
option Of a fine.
—Mr. John Young, a farmer of
Greenock, started for home with a load
of lumber from Paisley a few nights ago,
and .was some time after found dead
under the overturned load on a hill
about half a 'mile from the town. His
skull was fractured and it is suptosed
he was killed instantly. He leaves
wife and large family.
—The conn ittee appointed by the
Dominion Government to bring over the
final consignm nt of Canadian fruit fee
the Colonial Dxhibitiori, presented a col-
lection of mag tifieent fruit to the Queen,
who, through Fier private secretary, Sir
Henry Frederick Ponsonby, accepted it
with gracious thanks.
—Hon. "Jai es- A. Miller, formerly a
judge of the Supremh Court and At-
torney -Genera of Manitoba, and latterly
• Registrar -General under the Torrens
system, died Monday ; morning at his
residence in Winnipeg, .from injuries re-
ceived in a fall about a week previous., in
which several: ribs Were broken. ' Mr.
Miller was bora in Galt in July, 1839.
—Joseph G dfrey, a young married
man of Talb tville, disappeared" on
Thursday night last. Ile left a note -in
his bed stating ' chat he would not re-
turn. He leaVes behind him a wife, to
whom he had been married butamear,
and who is about to become a mother.
She is almost destitute and is DOW resid-
ing with a neighbor.
—The convention which opened in
Bishop Cronyu hall, London, Wednes-
day last week, was largely attended by
the clergy and laity -of the diocese. Dr.
itlockridge's paper explaining the rela-
tions of the school to the church caused
a discussion on the merits and demerits
of the Salvation Army and Revivalists,
in -which a number of the clergy took
par t. . .
—Although it is against the law to
export partridges to the United States,a
man arrivedt Ottawa the other day
from Renfrew vith 3,000 of these birds.
Ostensibly they
hI
are for the ontreel
market, but wil[(Il be, run across into the
States at • sorn point along the bound-
ary -line. -I-1h ays this is being done
every day.
—mt. prize of
Beverly fall show, county of Went-
worth, for the pest butter made on the
show ground by unmarried women un-
der 25 years of age. Three competitors
appeared on the platform, previously
prepared. Thd first, a girl of 16 years,
had 9t -lbs. ofu1 m
tter made in 3in-
1,1
utes, and set o t in -prints in 24 min- I
utes. Great interest centred around the I
event.
c
omplaint is made by those engaged
in the legitinate • publishing trade in
Canada, that While they are obliged to
pay the regular' postal rates on all books,
periodicals and correspondence sent by
them through the mails, there are par-
ties holding litcrative appointments in
the Civil Service who hold the dual
position of publishers and public ser-
vants, and who have the unlimited use
of the frank of the department to which
they are attached, in sending out their
correspondeuce in connection with their
850 was given at the
{McIJEAN BROS., Publisher
$1.50 a Year, in Advano
pub ications. th.er Members of ' the
Givi Service who eujoy this privilege
for heir ordinary and social correspon-
den e, also complain against this abuse
on t 10 part of one or two officials which
they fear may have the eltimate effect of
the ranking privilege being taken away
fron them altogether.
Refunds for steps paid for Domin-
ien iquor license, says the Guelph Mr -
our , have been paid to all the hotel-
kee ers in the county of Wellington,
and in the county of Waterloo, With the
exc ption of S. S. ! Eshleman, who left
the county, John D. Martin, who can-.
not be found, and Jacob Smuck; of Ayr,
whc is -so rich or so lazy that he cannot
be ijidneed either to come or send for it.
A Kingston correspondent says: A
nun ber of Americans passed through
the city en route t� New York from the
real of Frontenac county, where they
havb been hunting. They, as usual
slatghtered a number of deer. . It is
singular that the Amerieans should have
an nlimited run over this country, kill-
ieg, in many cases., game which the law
doe not pdrmit them to export. 1
On leaving Toronto last week Rev.
Sari 1 Jones proceeded at once to Carters-
, Georgia, for a few days' rest.' Sem
Sm. 11 left for Albany and Buffalo, where
be is to deliver lectures. • Professer
Ex !ell -intended to visit his family, now
'ensylvania, and Professor Maxwell
isithis in Cincinnati until November
7th, when they re -unite at Omaha for a
series of meetings.
A sandy-whishered chap one day
let ly"Walked into Mildmay bank with
a note for $300, curpottiog the same to
e igned by two wealthy farmers near
the forty hills, Carrick. The banker
Int .wing the names • to be good gave
182 - for the note. Upon seeing the
•seti farmers he found out 'that they
w nothing about it, and by this time
Mr Saudy Whisker had departed with
his boodle for parts unknown.
A fire occurred a few -days ago in
Lu know, and after it was extinguished
a n lather of persons soaked through and
thr ugh with whisky went through the
str ete of the village singing and shout-
ing and smashing doors end windows.
No arrest a have been marle however,
an it has not been shown where the
rot% dies obtained the liquor.
The total amount paid out in prizes
for the live stock and poultry depart -
mer ts alone at the !Industrial Exhibi-
tio this year amourits to over $15.000,
rtins ranging from, $5 up to $497,
and covers nearly evehy section of the
PrO ince. Thelargeitt prize -takers
wer the Messrs. Smith, of Fairfield
for ns, Brant
pigs and poidtry to the
u
am rsa4n9t7.county, who won ,prizes
e
Mrs. Schultze, one of Montreal's
old st residents, died Friday Morning.
She had attained the remarkable i;Lge of
102 years, was a native of Lubeck, Ger-
mar y, and had lived in Montreal for
ote thirty years, but never mattered
the English tongue. Mrs-. Schultze re!
taj ed her facultiesto the last, aed had
a! c pital memory. She could give a
rni ute description of Napoleon's Prus-
sia and Austrian campaigns.
The teat stone on the Welland
Ca al aqueduct, a stupendous work, was
on -Thursday last week in the pres-
enc of Chief Enaineer Page, Mr.1El1is,
rintendent, and the Mayor and
oth t leading citizens of Welland.: Mr.
,Pe e expressed himself highly pleased
wit i the successful completion of the
enc ertaking and- the excellence of the
wo k. It is expected that next spring
the work- will be so far aonipleted as to
be pen for navigation.
The residents of Almonte are be --
con ing alarmed at the extent to Which
typ (mid fever prevails in that locality
jus now. In the -congregation of the
Me hodist church six members are down
wit the disease, includingthe
, 'Rev. Mr. Blair, and his wife.
00 or two cases from Almonte have
bee I sent to the Protestant hospital at
Ott wa for treatment. The epidemic is
sup osed to have been ceased by using
sta nant water from dirty wells:
Robert -Wade, one of the oldest em-
plo es of the Great Western division of
the Grand Trunk Railway, was killed
at 1aniuIton a few days ago. He at-
tempted to cross the track between two
car, when he was caught between them
and thrown down, the upper pa,rt ef his
chest being crushed by a. wheel of the
car. He was 80 years old, and had been
employed in the blacksmith shepof the
railway at Hamilton for 30 years. Half
a century ago he came from Norfolk,
Enland, to Canada:
Mrs. Lucy Bardwell, familiirly
k -no vn as "Granny Bardwell," cele -
bra ed her 90th birthday on Monday
last 15th inst., at the residence of her
Boa, Mr. Methaeh Bardwell, Eden Mills.
A 1 umber of her children and friend's
wer present. Mr. Wright, baker, . of
Roc wood, presented the venerable old
la.dy with a handsome three-storey cake
mae e expressly for the occasion.
plea ant time was anent and the !wish
expiLessed that Mrs. Bardwell may live
many years longer.
—The Hanover Post says :—A young
mani engaged by Mr. Lobsinger, Carl-
arinie, last week, to assist at making
cider, and was to receive 25 cents a' day
and his board in compensation for labor
perfbrmed. One evening the young
man did not partake of any supper, the
reaslm assigned being that he had eaten
so many apples and drunk so much cider
that he was " much full," and deinanded
iron his employer 10 cents, the \mine
laid upon the meal which he had missed:.
His demand was not granted.
-hiOn Friday night, 22nd ult., a valu-
able team of horses was stolen from the
farni of Mr. Andrew Henderson, on the
Waterloo town line, north of Roseville.
The thieves were evidently up to their
busihess, as after harnessing the ani
-
mei they took them over to 'Mr. Wis-
mer s near by, where they stole a demo-
crat wagon and drove off. lh'e theft
was not discovered until next morning,
whee Mr. Henderson drove to Galt and
notified the authorities. It is suprosta
that the act was under contemplation
• for some time, as Mr. Henderson's dog
died very suddenly a few days previous-
ly, and he is strongly of the opinion that
it was poisoned. The county of Water-
loo has gained an unenviable notoriety
for the frequency with which such cases
occur, and all efforts to bring the guilty
parties to justice seem to meet with very
poor success.
—Last Sunday afternoon a Bre broke
aut in the. laundry department of the
Insane Asylum at Hamilton. The fire
had gained such headway befote being
discovered, that the apparatusl belong-
ing to the building was found insuffi-
cient, aud the city fire department was
called out. By strenuous exertions
the fire was confined to the wing con-
taining the domestic d-epartments,
which was completely destroyed, but
the mein building was untouched. 1 he
domestics lost everything. Tne total
loss is estimated at upwards of $60,000,
—A few day t ago Wm. Coleneen, of
Kingston, 31 years of age, :married Mrs.
Wilson, a widow-, aged 66 years of age.
The husband is blind, but lad dietted
his wife in the House of Industry. One
morning this week the pair was missed
by the superintendent of that institu-
tion, and when diseovered were found
to have rented a house and begun house-
keeping. Coleman was formerly in the
Institution for the Blind. at Brantford,
where he learned to make baskets. His
bride has been in the habit of serving as
eharwoman for many of the merchants
of Kingston.
--One evening lately a young man
named John Revool, who lives near
Hepworth, came very near losing his
life by a rifle, which he was carrying,
accidentally dis•Alargingi. It appears he
was going through the bush to a neigh-
bor's when he heard a voice calling him!,
and being upon a log at the time he
turned quickly around, causing the gun
to slip off and as it fell it discharged,
the ball passing through the wrist cut-
ting all the main arteries and grazing his
head, where it left a dstinct mark.
• —Ma Hugh Finlayson, sr., ex-M.P.
P., of =Paris, is prostrated with an attack
of paralysis, brought on by an accident.
He is recovering slowly, however, al-
though the paralysis is of a severe na-
ture, and it may be weeks before he is
able to rise from his bed. But his medi-
cal attendant has strong hopes that his
recovery Will ultimately be complete, in
view of the patient's vigorous constitm
tion. Though 76 years of age, Mr. Fin-
layson is physically as sound as tin
ordinary man in the prime of life.
1 —At a late meeting of the Ayr school
trustees a motion to retain the services
of Mr. Ge D. Lewin at a salary of $700,
was lost, and an amendment carried to
secure one holding a first-class certifi-
cate. Misses Renwick and Crozier ten-
dered their resignations and Miss Cameron was re-engaged at 8300. The dis-
missal of Mr. Lewis is regarded with
great disfavor by the people,' inasmuch_
as he has proved a most faithful and
efficient teacher during a term of several
years, and the school is pron-ounced to
years. Besides the satisfaction of ex-
periencing a reductiou in taxes from 23
to 19 mills, it -is also gratifying to know
that the population of the town at the
wes a year ago or at any other period ha
its—'hAiettotrie'!'c'
local improvements, $4,000 ; fire protec-
preeent time is fully 300 more than it
ests of the town; for bonuses, $12,000 ;
withstanding this large investment of
Not -
money, however, the rate of taxation—
be in a first-class state of efficiency by
the Representative observes,: " Not -
has voted $25,000 to advance the inten-
tion, $2,500 ; high school, $6,000 ; and
the inspector.
19 Mills—is less thee it has been for 16
—During the past year hlount Forest
lose of a powerful sermon
preached in Elm street Methodist
chthich, Toronto, last Sabbath evening
from the words, "Lo, every one that
thirsteth come ye to the waters," Rev.
Dr. Potts made a brief reference to the
remarkable series of revival meetings
just eoncluded in the city. He said
that there was no doubt that the Jones -
Small gatherings had beenrthe means of
awakening vast numbers to the realities
of Christ's religion. It was not for him
td defend Sam Jones' Mr. Jones could.
do that well enoughhimself. He said
things which he ;Dr. Potts) would not
venture to say, but yet he believed his
memory would be kept green in the
hearts of thoueands who had heard him
-when his clerical critics were long for-
gotten. He Ventured to say that Sam
Jones did more good by one sermon he •
preached than these critics did in a life-
time. judgieg from results.
—Dr. McEachrati gave an interesting
address to the Veterinary Medical As-
sociation, Montreal, a few nights ago,
on "Some remarkable features of pleuro-
primimonia." He said that in spite of
the marnings nhich had been again and
again given, this disease had bee/mai-ow-
ed to gain a foothold in the greatest
cattle centre in the world, Chicago; and
to make matters worse, no effectual
meant had been taken to stamp it out.
The exact pathology of the disease was
yet imperfectly understood. He showed
his reasons for not believing it was in-
flammation of the lungs. He strongly
denounced the inoculatien system, quot-
ing, four points from the report of Dr.
Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal
Industries at Washington in 1885. These
were: 1st, The practice does not gener-
ally lessen the losses ; 2nd, It is power-
less to extirpate the disease from any
cenntry ; 3rd, It can only be practised
With safety to the community where the
inoculated herds are kept under careful
supervision, and where the inoculated
animals can only leave the infected pre-
mises to go to slaughter; 4th, That
there is no good reason for practiSing
inoculation in America. Dr. MeEachran
considered it the duty of the Govern-
ment of every country free from the
disease to prohibit the importation of
cattle from any country where this prac-
tice was allowed.