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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-12-03, Page 1-h. iinery s "ka gains Visters, mil Goods, sets, Fur Bleeketas t Nature's ,/,37cliare for Ii svhea we by piaL:ing 0, stock of :.,,. that will: MI see us bod>er, that ,goods far a ; arse, Cloths i - i ig-. to stern, k-ia-tlied his rtissed hY ; 1 ! 1 i r t • an., ; a, a Brant- • 1 rking• order. . s tiba iv., of itHI in the .3a.ne Cor- •• Tlie iYoar- 1 at Brace- . 'cJapie re- . they were teade froni 41. 'ft is amity i'vet-, itt.1, by the - , inues open .' as yet of [slowing ia titelon, of Seafortht kit Iate and i . i nazi titieg '.. untie, our recently ...arance of aumber of for their store will with those 'arance and ,tx, Of Bay- ffia}f's tine • busily en- , Mr. 1\-fikr- nded as a iRaubt SUC- i of patron-. 4g in eau- Muthodiat Ly , Deems - as' recently le and out, ! Sabbath, s ,euIars look xt-. week's, idents •we t-flo was a. s Ross, of nah, of this week ,.or, Mr. cr. :ustoft, of t ! for the lInsurance - s.,, . viiiarre.-- , 0 .i -,;bis week rray, .,. I, is 'returned .1 ran. —Mr. ennioa to if u a week. ‘; has par- ( , Jas &I- ts acres. -- ;t for the , . re HO Is, has. been ttsicaI and ibl in. Cal - :lino.. The itio:isitions a is which a than the ••:11:41,. The e•1 :eentle- h sorvicea q ails% It. '•.. :seta Mrs. i- and _hes- ( -Ili!, and a-s,I he the i eneeilant ;Ifinio AN;aS ii with the s Mrs. R. t•,,.kota Last ..inganitork A been in• Lat. - ;!!! -WHPLE NUMBER 99C. . NINETEENTEE TEAL 866. •1 S87. &Counter,: The Old Reliable JEWELLIPAR, Seaforth, Ont., Is showing a larger stock of Holiday- ; end Wedding Presents than ever this ;season. Must be seen to be appreciated.. In SILVER PLATE You can choose from Tea Sets, Waiters, Ice Cream and Tilting Pitcherss'Dinner, Breakfast and Indi vid u al taS tors ; Pickle, Celery and Fruit Stands; Ice and Berry Dishes, Knife t- Rests, Dessert Sets, Cake Baskets, Butter •Dishes, Spoon Holders, Syrup Cups, Napkin Rings, Cups, Jewel and Cards Stands, Toilet Vases, Cake Dishes, Tureens, • Biscuit Jars, Ink Stands ; Tea, Dessert, Dinner, Egg, Salt and Mustard Spoons; Pie, Fruit, Tea, Medium and Butter Enis-es ; Gravy, Oyster and Soup Ladles, ; • Sugar Shells, Call Bells, Case Jewels etc. In Jewelry You will find Coloted and Bright Gold Sets, Roled Plate Sets, Necklets, Lock- ets,, Brooches, Ear Rings, Lace Pins, Cuff Buttons, Watch Guards and Alberts, Gem Rings, Band Rings, 18k A IURONITE ABROAD. 1 !Losnox, England, Nov.19 iss6. fh inteirest in Canada's display at. the C slonial Exhibition emitiimed with unab ed interest up to the close, and fromhaesands of voices every day t;fic praisss of Canada l were sounded. Go wher 1 wOuld through the surging cro-sia-, re -marks, al Ways ei pause, could. as been ion to• ate.aU r thsv- session Illy in-. 11.1r, to <I :lien ys pre - be he most ataxia early ern in such rd of aur country, and it h gratifying to give informa s enquirers . who contemp ,•oyage• to. our shores. • Ot ist has placed ip. our po nformation that we can rea &true , people where to go accort the prsuits in li f e intended. A clime e is referred to:we are alw pared, to give a choice. Frqm. experience of the pa.t fear week I feel sure that next sca on will witness the most important- immigration to Catrada yet experienced. Tenant farmers and their sons will doubtless form an important part, while there will also 1e a large body,of laborers of every has b able mite e ver can s' I s wher Out special :object throughout en to encourage in every ',reason- ann-er the monied class of sad- ists who.- find rents and 'tithes of kind so burdeissode here that they arcely make a liviscg, . • eat some -days in Edinburgh lately we had:a display of apples at the Interpational ExhibitiOn. The universal veadfset was that this was altogether. 'the finea!! display • ever seerain bonny ,Scot- gh I visited the teresting city. :hat it would be land.While in Ediable: chieft sights in that i Ther is so much to see impo,sible to attempt a description. Ever ,where one finds something his- toric 1, and monuments remind ha con - sten y of fam•ous Scotchmen whose deed have not 1-seee forgotten by their rymen. It seems strange to look am the castle window of the room poor Mary Queen of Scots let with rope and basket her baby arnes. All those inscriptiens and , merits in and about the castle s one's memory back to days long -nown only to most of as in history. Dr. Elliott, of Brumfield.; one day Exhibition, and found hins hale searty. He is ,at -tending an: im- nt course of lectures at the hospital. rwards went through this hospital, ertainly it seems to be hll that is coma nut f whee dowt boybiin, man ago, I me in th and' .port , I aft : and delta ed.for it, one of -the best conducted in ti e world. Public buildings of sort are massive. but not gaudy in. any way. But to think of rents and tithes on nds in the city and surrounding eosin ry. 'Farley nurs:erymen paying:8200 per ere, rent, and renting 700 acres- at • s that. . Net it'sa facts and every 'plot or field uri•aunded by a Solid stone fence. a half day's •shooting in the. far , and succeeded in killing two 'fine ad a number of pheasants; But it .t be called sport, for the deer are. t -as tame as our sheep, •and 'ants are more like our barn -yard s • -ful: manipulation. Proce was quite sad to see fields' of: ,grain long the roads from Glasgow •to berIgh, and thence to, Aberdeen, 'Bess, et., out stillin' stooks, quite . Indeed- it is hard. to. imagine 'earners anywheee in •this countrY cure grain in •good order, fel' we see two days without rain. The . ee was quite right When . he • said n this country they had n� • weath, ut. only. samples, for • we have al changes every day. .. • • I ha nort deer cams alm phea,„ fowl and lOk : Plain Gold Rings, Scarf Pins, It Bracelets, Charms ; also a Iarge variety of Jet and Fancy Jewelry. Watches. Aurora, Elgin, Waltham, Hampden, N' , the Scott Act i8 not known th English 'and- Swiss, in all styles and Scoti rid, nor Io r believe it would be 0 SEA FORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1886. once chme up, and as they Mseeved the situation, were ordered to " draw swords." :They set spurs to thcir horses and soon: scattered the Toed. The Socialisp element is bc omi le very strong dere, and wilt give ,tro ime yet. It is quite a commou th ng to hear speakers addressing large- aud eintes in the parks on Sunday. They hould be atteeded to by the authorities . urely, they, openly talk dynamite, tc., and are evidently: a worthless, d••un Ken class .people: Aux. , The Education De .s waded. by ; • the Times: DEAR Ex'po;nToR.—I wa' forcibly re - Minded of your excellent journal the other. day by hearing a v ry high au- thority in such matters, de star s the Ex - 1 'somata a model:for the wl ole provhice of Ontario. The remark sy s ae accurate as spontaneous; and in c 'many of my fellow laborers al work I have often, felt the prominence you have cational topics, and the. h you have placed upon int and there, it iS a perfect wilderness for and! realizing her position said, Oh . miles in every direction. .N1r. Cole ;is I dear, dear —where am I S" and then - going to ahdiabrush five or six acres thrdw herself on her face on the grass. i. this fall and c sop it in the spring. Ile The intoxicated woman was assisted to will remain w th and -work for Thonnta . her feet, put in a handsom, frotn. which Currie -0, foot er Winghamite) alio lis•es it was :did she had peeviously jumped 1 near his pssse, shwa all winter. ''There wlan passing up the street, and driven are lots of Wi sghain folks around here,' hon e. , '' . heetdds, " at tong whom I have sece . —The. Labor party in. HaMiltion.have George Burro vs, Andy Kerr and a man nominated Hamilton Bacey as an in- ldaeLerieid. r;tit labor candidate for the Legis- , _Rev. J. R. liattisby, of Chatham,' had' recently extractel from his finger a thorn that was there ;embedded for 30 years. • —Dr. Aikman, resident of Woodstock,' died suddertly in that town at one o'clock Friday. His death is attributed to heart disease. —Mr. Thomas .Matthie, of Lucknow, shipped a few days ago 350. pounds of honey to Hamilton.- The price realized was 12, cents per pound. — Mr. Richard Nagle has disposed of • a timber • limit of 36 miles on the nin On with ineatione eful for in e gra ivei to edu- gh estiinate ,Ile tual de- velopment sas a chief •fa, star in Can-. adian advancement. Foy, 'n q ite.of all aliat is uttered from the lattorm and written in the press, publicio inion is the itn- ation to unity in We are economy lucation, ill cling to the pernicious heresyth• t a 1 beyond - the first rudtments of insquct on is a luxury to be enj,oyed by th ri-h alone and ta,be paid for as any the luxury, t every- ; sled men distinct- . greater - still too low in,its judgement o mens e value of -secondary, edu its possessor and to . th o c inn which he does his life wo a unit as regards the absolute of free schools for primar e but manyof our best citize s _Nevertheless we have as mo where a majority of large mi of wealth and influence wh se .ly that trained minds a e • power for even material pr sperity than strong arms aid h tads 'though, of curse, both are entire y eceSsary. They. look about and ee • that the pioneers of this country ave subdued the unbrOken forest. and sro ght com- fort and wealth within, he reach of • theinehildrenevho are no V e misled to rise, as it were, upod the sh alders of theiaparents to higher an n bier pos-1 sibilities in life. We • ha'4e 1 ft behind; us the ols4 ox -sled, the c rdt roy road through the hemlocis swa,n p., he skull- cap log school house, and the itinerant teacher. We live in the presence of the locomotive, the self -binder, the steam thresher, the electric light, the free library and the High schdol. The edu- me • twenty- stO dispharge creditOly is ✓ the parpose I is no longer tyle of agri- prevent our . Machinery and. skil- must be they can 1 cation sufficient for. a la five iyears ago to enable hit his duties intelligently am by rio means' adequate f at present. The virgin So here and a more sckentific culiture is necessary to farms .from d terioratin of all kinds de tan.ds trai ied ses for all o Mkt In-weblac haw can rarel Yam that er, s eVe• ar if tried there, and yet there is p prices of Ladies' and Gents' Hunting ops . • r a str ng religious feeling prevasling tat and Open Face, Stem 3nd Key Winder. peop e, that we see nothing of in Epe- teal You can get a Stem Winder Watch from 1. go and 85 up. ,. , (Iliscc notw 4!, On Sunday everybody, seems to church, and there we see aad ' hear eel an earnestness that we do-• not -er in any sense elsewhere. But thstanding all -this, Don-dd will have his dram and when Dougald speers Clocks in Great Variety w 'at wull ye hae," Donald always re- plies "auld kirk," which refers to the genu ne stuff. It carries poor, Donald too f r, often, and yet he admits his - from $1 Upwards. THE LARGEST STOCK OF Meerschaum, Brier & Other Pipes In the County. Also a choice selection of Cigat Gases and Holders, shot comings manfully, and from his wart hand shake you; knovir he, has a hear,. "Hoot oot; Tonal, where•hae ye been?" " I hae been wrestling a night wi the 4 doonl werel doop of K renia lampion .o' Scotland. I pOot. him mony a time; bat, jest as • My. een blinking near the Morn he :pit me ' • - • . 3 134 :ore leaving I attended the funeral a -nnedy, the Scottish Vocalist, whose XIS are laid in a beautiful spat. • - 're day I w'a.s.busy packing up the•best fruit specimens' for an exhibit at the " In- dust ial " at Glasgoaa.where we.will he able display a five hundred plate lot,. as -wes11 as some good roots and . veget- able. .1 have also prepared a fine dis- play of roots and vegetables forexhib- itiose in the famosia• county of . Kent, so note' as the garden of England, and ,-I , am ri -eared that - our Products will. far exce anything of the kind in that costae' Work Department '' -., . to h ve a similar. dispIa.y at Smithfield -land, containing 64(racre , in ty. We—are also making preparations' : I in D• cember. Win. Rennie, of Toronto, ship8 of Gold and Gras. ett • .•• , . . , , - - ' -heal spanded nolity for this; and 1 ox_ tante from Thesselon, wh•ch i . 0 . f irders for any style- or kind of ri , ; pect his display of rOots will be the :fin- 'est post office. Oh . this rop Pocket Books and other small wares. st`ndied and understood b be prop.erly E.pplied. 0 ir rcial life has become wider and fre r, alad larger demands are made upon i stel igence to follow the tide of thoug it that over- flows in newspapers and magazines. As the scattered provinces have !developed into a great Dominion, ou splkndid-sys- tem of education' has also fawn up step by step from the first rude line early in the century until we have ow with - Id a sys- no mean nd enter - d extend - sty so as vithin the y it, is -3, of edu- thusisam shing the eir child - in the reach of everyman' tete of eeco7dary, educatio order. The present activ pi;ise •displayedia enlargi ine this, systere in erery to°bring the great boob fa • readli of all who can beu .without a parallel in the 1 cation, unless we excepta of our first settlers in e 'best schools then possible .ren. • . :•What remains to be doll . siderahble, and we need o join hands in the great operate harmoniously .i the problem of seconda, The 'influence of •a —pew like the ExPosrron in mists of ancient prejudi in the sunshine of intellig appreciated. by all tru and good citizens. I am traly. • Toronto, November 25th 18 :HuroniteS in goma. • The Wingham'Times has bed placed at its disposal a lengthy lett from sJohn Cole, who eft about six weeks ego to. h w or self a home in the wilds of Al Cole is well-known in Win surrounding—country, ha •ing . ployed at John Anderson s 8a, that town for the `past e y few extracts from his let less prove interesting. Cole has taken epee, a OU ch of a as cou rly fit isto Lie e tabl or t e is al vor wo y ir rful isp e a nce ed. ear named Dan E Brace, and se and th" awanos land here, onl man eau get ; acre. - Severe, ran,, who used to work for -eral 'others frons Morris i: There is lots �f good that it is stoney, and a 20 acres at 20 cents an new townships have been 'surveyesf.thia 'summer, all waiting for settlers, but t kct yet, altho spring."• • Londesbor 'Creamery Annual • Meeting. A very lar e and enthusiastic meeting was held at ramdesboro on Monday of last week,: be mettle 5th annual meet- ing of the Lot. desb.or6 Butter and Cheese ManufactUrip CoMpany. The secret, ary read a re i ort of the business for the season 'just dosed, as follows :—The company rece ved durin.g the season ; 47- '207 inches of cream, from which was manufacturer 52,235 pounds of butter, an average of 112-4 5 lbseof butter .froin 110 inches ca at an average and realized. 447. A compari mediately pr 10 land -is not in the mar- igh it willlikelybe in the of r Rive Nor McTaAN BROS. Publishers, $1.50 a Year, in Advance. ilway from •Teeswater through and .expo.sure. • son returned 011 the .Glammis, Underwood and followino day_ and after a Ion-, search h Bruce to Port El oil). '--Mr. 13. B. Present, a Guelph butcher,. drop sed dead at his es n residence Fri- day morning. When he first got- up - Friday morning he 'complained of not fedi. ig wall, and that his feet were...cold. Afte and tow losin , sForir teen carloads conthiniag; 150 barrels Strathroy and other Mid llesex, passed east -on Monday last t wee s, consigned to ew York: It is esth sated that fully . million dozen eggs ha,:ve been forwav ed from that sec - ticks to eastern market. during the past few months. La in b ton large share of the ship ---IGeeseral Manager Can dian Pacific Railway, has colleted- —Application will be made at the ed rrangements witl the Boston and next Session of Parliament for an .act to Loa ell koa,d to reach B ston; which will wind ep the Grange Trust 'Company. -Georgian-Bay to Mr. Burton, of Barrie, be n ade the prin.cipa. winter terminus —The Port Perry Standard says gam - fol c $:35,000., . of hts road. Conn-ecti n frOill MOntreal Wine is carried ots to ail alarmina extent was horrified to ifind the body of his mother, about 4 &dock ilet after- noon, lying itS desn•ibed a short dis- tance -fromher own door. Thomas citizens .purpose to • an :opera house modeled after the -ch•Oring round outside he came in - one in Toronto, and to cost .r."415,000. till domplained, ar d when moving —Mrs. Wm. alcKay, of Dorchester rds the stove topp ed over on to the , Station, has fallen heir to a $4,000 ie arid was dead in an instant. legacy, f eggs, each car —in Brantford the -other day two - en route from young men 'lathed Powers, hut who are points in West no relation to each other, married two sisters named ,Maloney, - —Thomas Craig. of• :".Zilestown, was bitten in the face by an ill-tempered - horse which he was watering the other day. hens furnished a —Rev. Father Prevost, Superior of :ent. Ottawa College, died in Montre.al on anHorne, of the Sunday night. 0 --A young lad, named Boyd, attend- wall be Made with N wport, Vermont,- in that town, and calls upon the officers ing leucknow school„ stabbed another oval the South -easter road, thence to of the law to suppress it. boy in the wrist a few days ago. The Woedville, New • Ha pshire, over the —A few days ago, while Joseph Wat- Trustees are iayestigating the matter. ' Lostell road. . son, of East Garafraxa, was at church — A- Montreal priest, Rev. Father ---IFifteen hundred peeeple assembled .with his family, thieves visited his Lynch, is being sued in court for se- at St. John, New Baunsaick, last house and -stole $50 in money and $1,475 am. .The butter wee- 8(31(11 duction. The plaintiff is Dame Zebre Son lay night, to bid farAvell to Gaptam price of 20 cents per IM Mercier. and Mrs. Morton, who are leaving that he handsome sum of $1(31 —Ten thonsand•dollars represent the pia* to take charge of the Sahrion in notes. —Robert Donnelly, of Biddulph fame, was arrested by Deteotive Schram on Thursday for assaalting Grace Hill and . on, with. the years i n- cediag, shows that the in, terest is inakhvg rapid strides. - During the season of 32,8091hs. of 1 $6,795. 'In 1 selling .for $1 Mr. John 1. called to add •ess.the meeting. Ha di- rected attentilon to the Creamery Assopi, ation recently formed, and said - that 'with such. an ,organization theauccese of the.creamery system of making butter was assuredi One -object of the ' As- sociation was to ethploy experienced and practical men to visit creameriesth rough - out the Province, and endeavour to have all factories broduce .as nearly • as pos- le of . high and nbiform this means a large Tian - of' high and 'uniform grade sd upon- the market while wet, . and higher prices result. —Another objeet .of the Associat. on would be to correct .the wrong iinpr ossion prevailing in Eng- land that An ..adian Cream Professor Ro 1884 the company made hitter, which was sold for 85 41,215 lbs. were 'made, ,778. annali, the manager, wais still con - sides to and co- -king out struction. advocate Ring the d letting is highly cationists sir, yours C. ,C. . q. r received Wingham. t for him - tome. Mr. ha -ns and been em - mill in ars, and a ✓ doubt - 111 tny. _Nita uare block of the town- ome dis- • his near- rty there 40 acres,. sclance of sere if an - contains to twelve •e an ex - his pisca- ery tavor- spects of th usiastie agpificent orst fault t is very be.ens iu- on top, is sail:ley her side." . . 'er se.e.n there. • . — is aline lak-e covering al out . , Jewelry taken. Watches, Clocks and • ; • est e ; i - N• w that every one else is returning and in Which there is an abu ,lewebsy repaired on short notice. Qual- to C nada from here; I feel that-st would fish, and about a asile auay t be tri re ag-reeable to be on the vay tors. ity el. goods and workmanship guaran- Hut I have not completed d liveripr, ca,rg es of apples sold yet, and it is 2 - teed to give satisfaction. .; t4e her likely that my return will not be u. til early in December. o ier an 'fish which weigh from ti pounds, so that John wit cellent Opportunity to in torial fancies. Mr. Cole forge,t the place. Trce of 01 the flth inst., by special,in itation,. ably impressed with th . I attrnded the Lord Mayor's slow, and that country, and is qui 8aver Plate in window. Thad ; n opportunity of Seeing a London ill description' of ti 1 of Socialb,ts. There a great scenery thereabouts. 'fhb Ns deal of pomp, ermine and gift er about 11(:: has with the land is tat • 1 - •hicl ree ulg is Pr e et C n Practical Counter this how ; glyalt deal of inone - spentk; stoney, and; although h has I a grsat deal of- military band • playing"; formed that all the stori ar , also num a siniall scale. I saw many si Briton watchmaker pum wiled in thorough style, aid I be- . ut, on the other shaed, there is great deal of nonsense a id Bar- e sm and, worst of all, bloodshed on lieve some tsvo or three were killed in -brat of it at Trafalgar Square. on the Strand -the roughs got the a of ...the police, and eShoved them a hill block, but the 'Hussars at and Jeweller, the One 0 TYTI-1_ I leatutI'4 he expresses the belief th it it k' clear down through to o There are two kinds of timber land there—the hardwood land, filch con- sists Of maple, birch, Some oaf1 and iron- w-ood, and the greentop, Whic i consists of spruce, balsam, tamarac, pine, hem- lock and cedar. There is 1,lery little swampy land, and, with the exception of some settlers' small clearings here sible an arta quality ; by tity of butter could be plac fresh and s .would be the ericau Creamery and *Can- ey were one and the same. sertsoa, of Guelph, now in England . was doing a great deal 'towards correcting th ferior Amer injured the r a considerabl overcome by .only a_ high establish a In theeiroduct eries, and th adian cheese s idea. The sale of in - can creamery: butter had ,putatioa of our product to extent, but this would be a detenmination to export rade of butter, and thus rked distinction between f the United States creens- s produet of Canada,. Can - in the foreign mark-ets, and -stood NNell above Americaa cheese ; it would not se lougesptil Canadian but- ter would al ()secure a firm hold. He called the at cation of the patrons to the necessity and of even t the best res 'attention t Creameries a gether hart the placing of salt Where cattle would have freeaccessto it. Believed .it was lace early inade butter on kets, and that the butter - h sh uld be extended later hen I igher figure would CuniiiLgharn stated that onthg and one week. that running this year, be $103 ;, had the cream .nd one two-year old heifer. pinghain had received an 2.78 pr 'cow. Mr. John Knox had re7eived an average of $20.50 per cow. Mr. R. Knox, $20.50 per slOW for the sAt the., Inc before the p ina officers a ed: Presid ors, Messrs. ham, R. H. Auditor, Ja Treasurer, pany this ye cent on the . Mr. Hann with the con next season year. proceeds of the bazaar condUcted by the Art -4y .contingent in London, On ario. The will be accompanied to the West a lad named Thompson, both of • the .• by , tag Captain Young, of Halifax, who Glencoe Salvation Army, has een ordered to open fire on Winni- —Wm. Ball and George K. Ball, of peg and take possession of the Canadian Sydney, Cape 13reton, preceed to Eng- Notithwest. ladies 6f St, .Basil's church, Toronto, and just closed. - —Guelph papers say the White Broth- ers, evangelists, are holding meetings in the Methodist and Baptist churches in that city, and crowds are attending..... —A tramp named Moulton has gone to jail at Simcoe for three months for church, Woodstock, belonging to a man stopping • an express on the Air Line .ntinled Kipp, was traced to a pla.ce ii "just for fun," by waving his hat. - abo • t two miles front Brantford, where —Conductor Dan .Rogers, one of the he was discovered with a hard gang of oldest express 'conductors on the, Can- roughs,. He'had with hies Kipp's buggy adian division of the Michigan Central and one of the overcoats, but bladed Railwayahas resigned his • position and the horse for another. He has ainee removed to New York State, aek owledged that he toulathe hors e and -s—An important auction sale of thole baggy. His home is near Paris. -- oughbred race horses., brood mares, and- - Mr. .Bell, a • lical.sois Bay company i colts will be held One December 15th, at ins ector, has returned to Montreal, the CoMmercial 'hotel, Woodstock, . the . fro) -1- a trip to the North Saskatchewan. property of the late John Forbes. He imports a groat falling off in the cats- s—Nith Valley Creamery at New tur of muskrats and estimates that t H. mburg have sold their last three 10000 of theseelittle. fur -bearing ani - m nths' ineke of butter. August make ina s were sm•othered last spring ha the li for 20 cents, and September and October .Sas satchewan through the sinkina of hour after. . land in a few days to take possession of '—rlhe thief, Who some time two stole the $1,500,001 fortune awaiting the lairse and buggy from the Methodist Canadian 13all family. Part ot the money has lain in the Bank of :Melrose, Scotland, fur forty years, awaiting the o wners. —The OldestBritish Army penSioner in Canada, Wm. Omand, of Hainilton, died. on Saterday at the age of 83. He was a resident of Hamilton for thirty-eight years. The military service that won him his pension was done the 1st Bat- talion Ride Brigade, now the Prince ".Consort's Own. —Saturday evening at Owen Sound, a • young man na.med Silverthorn accident- s ally shot . his younger brother, aged about 10, with a revolver, the ball strik,- ing him in the head. He died about an 0 :—Mr. Joseph E. Arnold, a prominent :merchant of 'Forest, committed suicide on Saturday evening by taking. strych- nine and shooting himself in -the head, make for 22:} cents per pound. the lee in low water. . The output this • —Last Saturday morning the • large • SeaSon in all lines will be considerably. mill in Dundas, belonginato the estate of limier than usual. . , , . the late John Wilson, was destroyed by • ' The •Rev. John Salmon, of York- vill Congregational church, Toronto, the ball passing through the brain. He- , :for ierly of Forest, has tendered' his had. had two epileptie fits, within the resignation,, Trouble has arisen out of:: last few months, which are stipposed to the pastor'S• strong belief in the faith ,have affected his brain. . , given a complimentary supper' by the cur's, which the majonts of his emigre- —Patrick _Jordan, a.ge nO .year:,, was . • . . Goocl Templars of Pickering, on the eve eat of his removal to Tororao. se Sul . —The Dominion Government._ has jec granted $2,000 towards the expense of ans 'the experiment of keeping • th-e St. Law. - ber fire. The . cotton mills had a narrow escape, - —Mr. S. K. Brown, a 'prominent -tem- perance worker of Ontario county, was on do not approve of. Two or three riding on the front plattorm :of a street days ago, after a sermini on this sub- car Saturday eight in Toronto andsrefuas e there were loud murmurings ed to pay his fare. He was in the aet • ngst the congregation, and one mem- : of getting off when another car came stood up and protested against the along -and knocked him down, passing . . rence open duringhthe winter, below tea shing of such doctrine. His resigna- 'over his legs and mfficaug mjuriee that tugs. ' • Montreal harboreby means.of iron -clad tio • has not yet been accepted, it is feared may prove fatal. - --S-Mr. Plummer, the new assistant . a --The seniors of Trinity Medical . —The South Simcoe News is offered genieral manAger of the Bank of Cons- -school, Toronto, attacked the freshmen free until January to allsnew-married moce, has a salary of $10,000 per ans Saturday its the lecima I -001-n, throwing couples within its constituency, and the nail. 'He had $7,000 from the Mee- some of them out of the 'windows. Oue . of keerling the milk coal editor resists that there should be at chants' Bank at Montreal. Mr. Ander, ' of the freshmen . had his collar bone mperature in order to get least 50 applicants for the paper on these son,' fornierly general manager of the• broken. An investigation by the faculty, the , darying interests. Bank of Commerce,- takes Mr. Plum- of the school will probably take plane. Its. :Recommended more terms. d stodk-raising work to —During the driving season of the mef's place in the Merchants' Bank.1 - —Mr: Patrick •Tilw-ell and wife, of oniously. He suggested Ma (;ray, formerly manager of the etford, breath of the Commeree, a Mimi -ice) Ontario, a newly married couple, arrived in Toronto on Tuesday clear-heaued banker and able man, last week and put up at a. hotel. it is ? omes inspector of the same banksupposed that on Wednesday night they ' , Mr. H. Fortner, living near Fern- blew out the gas in their room on .retir- , Middlesex county, has a, self set- iug, as they were found next morning in hino 'nice, ------ wch his cellar is e insensibility, and only trap in his cellar for the purpose of bed in a statof inse after great difficulty were restored to consciousness. advisable to the local mai making . seas in the fall, a be realized. Mr. Jame for. the five n the factory had received of fourcows Mr. W: Cu average of $' aine-leagth of time. ting of shareholders • held trolls !sleeting, the follow - d -direttors were appoint- nt, George Watt. Direct - A. Watt, James Cunning - Knox, W. Cupningharn. nes Campbell. Secretary- '. L. Ouimette. The come r .paid a dividend of 12 per aid bp capital. • h has made arrangements pany to run the Creamery n the Salle terms as this —Guelph to $3,150,96t —"tee. G ailed the ca Canada. ssessment this year amounts Munro, of Embro, has de - 1 to Lucknow. —The -We land Canal was closed for the season 01 Wednesday. —Twenty seven • business failures are reported in -lanatla during last week. • —The aria ent institution of toll gates is to be abol shed it Prontepac county. —POterli0 70 has had placed to its credit $1,0 on. account of Scott Act fines collect d in that town. • -e-Mr. A. luchbaker, of Aldboroueh, had his lower jaw broken and several d out by a kick from a colt. Buchan, of., Bright, shot .a • that village a few days ago ed 12 -pounds. _The deeree of D. I). has been con- ferred epee Rev. F. R. Beattie, of Brantford, 1 y the MOntreal prcsbYterian College. —flat F iday afternoon pedestrians on Simcoe •treet, Toronto, were Mueh astonished t see a woinan lying on he hack, in the gutter. Her het lay in 1he snow at some distanCe from her, an arranged._ A good -hear passing wen ter, when 11 teeth knock —Andrew wild cat nea Ichich weigl present year there passed through the Gavernment works on the Madawaska 1 Str River of square timber, 20,011 _pieces ; ye dimension timber, 20,326 pieces ; Saw be logs, 761,805 pieces; cedar, 9,739.pieces. Total number of pieces, 811,880.. . hill . --Hon. 0. W. Allan, Hon. S. H. tin Blake, W. 13. McMurrich, James Mac- ea: , lennap, :Q. (2., I). A. O'Sullivan, Robt. trohbled. The Other morning on going Jaffray, John I. Davidson and Edward to he cellar -he found two mice in the Fisher have been hicorporated-under the -trap dead, one with an eye and the flesh name of the Toronto Conservatory of Musics with a capital stock of '$50,000. --Atyoung man in a, St. Thomas furni- —Mr. Wm. Fisher, license inspector for North Wellington, died very sudden- - all around it eaten away, and the other ly- of heart disease, on Saturday morn- _ wi h its skull and part of its brains eat - ilia, at his home on the. 8th concession - en lout It is supposed that the mice,. of Peel. He was in his 40th year, arid ture store; in order to conceal himself aftpr getting caught in the trap, fought leaves a wife and three children. His from the poll tax collector, got into a un il they killed each other.. . . death is said to have been brought on by coffin. Atcompanion:tscrewed down the a --Between seventy and eighty apph- t over exertion and excitement in the lid and kept, hill a' prisoner until the ca situation became most uncomfortable and unheailthy. —The Canadian Pacific Railway workshops in -Montreal have turned out the first consblidation locomotive, engine built in the Dominion. Four in all are to be built, each weighing 51S tons, with a 19 -inch cyclinder and 22 inches stroke ; diameter of driving - wheel, 51 inches. —Sam Jones will lecture id the Meteopolitan church, Toronto, on De- cember 13th, 14th and 15th, his sub- jects being, (1) " The Troubles of Life and What to Do With Them ;" - (2) ." Character and Characters ;" (3) " Pro- hibition and the Ravages of Rum." The number of tickets for each lecture has been limited to 2,500. ----The Methodist church in Walker- -ton this year, instead of the anneal Thanksgiving Festival, tried the eXpehi- ment of a Thanksgiving collection on ions have been received for the poss- . • performance of his duties as license in- to of Chief Constable of Galt, made pector. v4ant by the resignation of Mr. Mc - —A mass meeting was held in Guelph .Feggan. One of the applicants wrote . the other night to discuss a bylaw, giv- es I follows : "John G. -Dykes, Esq.,— ing the city power to raise $175,000 to -. Der Sia—If you can get Inc a situation build a line of railway to &haw station as !Chief Constable I will give you a pre - to connect there with the Canada Pa - sent (we 1 1 worth $30 on the very day 1 cific Railway, a distance of about twelve ani sworn in. Keep this to ,yourself and miles. The mevting was unanimously don't tell any person about it •whatever, in favor of the by-law and connection an I you may bet that I won't forget you, • - with the Canada Pacific Railway. The . an -Grend Trunk are new eat:mg to ran all Anent Sir John A. McDenald's re- Oreat Western division passenger trains . a 'a t visit to Owen Sound, the Advtrtiser dotanto the city station, and promise to A gentleman reniarked, while build a $20,000 passenger sta,tion in the th th pli procession was going up street, that Tories had no policy: " Yes. v re- sPring' d. a bystanuer, 4 I • -The II emit ton Times states that Mr. Tory pOlicy is ' free whisky,' free John Hendrie, of that city, has received sp acts' and 'boodle." lees ees,y• apt. a letter from Col -mel Ravenhill, who was i in Canada recently purchasing horses ' su gestion, or remark., called ' forth whereupon . for the British army, in which he states .grtfat laughter on the street, that of the first 53 shipp-ed. two died :old SirAohp., imagining it was intended * Thm•sday, 18th ult. The meta ex• -fori hina gracefully took off his hat and from sca-sickness.on the Way across, one ceeded their expectations ; the areount bowed.. : a of them a ranch& horse, the other pur- • put on the plate netted the munificent -I—The thieving depredation S :which chased in Toronto. Of the seco800013(1 lot sum of $94.61. ii.aii become of such common occurrence one died. All the ()there arrived safely - —The .residence of Rev. D. C. John- . -in f Galt .have probably received' their. and Quite a 111311>14(1111311>14(1 of in good order. son, Presbyterian minister at Oil ';qu etus for awhile. Saturday, 20th ult.., prominent gentlemee, including the Springs, was totally destroyed by fire "sCo istable McFeiggan. who had been Duke of 'Cambridge, Lord Wolseley, and ,- 1 early the other morning. The furniture wcirking up the case, arrested seven manY distinguished officers lia.ve in was saved-. An adjoining hause, awned lads,. ranging frotri 14 to 19 years, and spected and p1 onouneeq. them very ' by P. H. McColl, of Petrolea, and od- 1 ch4rged them with robbing „eye good for the business for which -they • cupied . by two or three families, was 'Brnwnlee's clothing stere, the Tues- were purchased. . also destroyed, with the furniture .. dal,- night previousl.. There, is a , --The other • day •while Wm. Congo, . I -s-A dangerous accident occurred in i elder ease against the gange The lads ; of Forest, was getting on the afternoon 1 Coldstream recently. As Mr. Thomas appeared before the town magistrates, exprestaat Thedford, a lady rushed up McCaulay was driving up a steep hill, I and were sent to Berlin to await their . and placed a four months' old baby ins 'the colt he was driving suddenly. shied ' trial. There is no doubt the sanie gang • his arms, just as the train was moving ' and horse, driver and sulky all went i art mixed .up in the other robberies- in ; off. 'Thinking the lady intended to ' over the steep bahk together. 111 into- Galt: - • • follow, he toek the baby, 1 ut imagine) ulously neither was hurt and nothing '; s --An aged Woman named Mrs. Ann his dismay 'When the lady retreated, broken except one of the sulky shafts. Nihhols, who was partially blind, living ;: I -caving him in possesaiop of the un - 1 . —The Kincardine and Toeswater Rail- ma the Bend ro;Ld, two miles from ' known babe, Ite stood on the step a way Company will apply to Parliament Wardsville, went out: alone the other , moment, in bewilderment, then entered for an Act to enable them to build a afternoon to hang out some clothes. It the car with the baby in his arms and - branch line from the harbor at imar- Is -as Very cold and stormy, and !wing . persisiration streaming from every pore. - her clothes were much dis-.. the . was helplessly drunk. ed young woman who was to her assistance.. The lat- roused, looked about her, dine to the village o 'ee • st , ' ing t seta withe , .• P •fi-s ltailway. Application will also be made to incorporata the Port Elgin and Tees water Railway Company to build a line •il 1 d 1 13 f fi alas a seat he was greatly -re- alatild not find- her way back to the Hexed by hearing a female voice ex - hose. The ground heing very slippery, claim, "Bring me the baby, please: - 1; fell, and perhaps was -partially I The mother had entered the e:sr sthnned, .and. soon. died from the cold I served by the gentleman:. all st blind she became bev, t ere am e or 1 g • -