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NINETEENTA YEA R.
WHOLE NTJ1.113ER 995:
ORTH, FR
Store Closed.for
TWO iDtlfS..
We have decided to hold a
MONSTER
C E A -P' SA E
And in order to give us a thence to
mark all our goods down, we are obliged
to close our store on 'January ilth and!
1204 TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
NEXT:
In connection with, the abcve, we
wish to state that oiir ale commences
the following dayi January 13th, andi
any one wanting anything in Stapl
-
and Fancy Dry Goods, Mantles, 'Hat
i
and Caps, Furs, Gents' Furnishings,
etc., will do well tcl call early and ofttil
and get some of thL bargains, as we are
determined to clear out the whole stocic.
The goods are
purchased for this
11 new, having bee
eason's trade.
All are cordiallT invited to inspect
the goods and pric s.
Hoffma Co.,
Cheap Cash Stor, '
ji
Cardpo's 'Meek, Seaforth. '
—A distressing ease Occurred in the
township of Sydenham a fe,w nights ago.
Arthur Bye, a welt -known and respect-
ed resident, having an attack of colic,
got up during the tlight to take a dose of
pain -killer, but mistaking the bottlel
took some liniment instead. When the
mistake was discovered a physician wa.S
immediately sent for, but medical seta
vice was of no avail, and Mr. Bye died
in a few hours.
—A shoeking and fatal accident oe :
curred oh an up freight special on the
eastern. division of the Canadian Pacifie
Railway, on Monday night, 27th ult.
two miles east of Nepigort. A carpentei
named Gordon, from Port Arthur, wa •
riding on the engine together wit .
Brakeman Frederick, Fireman Harty
Brunetti and Engineer Ramsay, when the
crown sheet burst. The frightful rush
of steam blew the three first named men
out of the engine on to the track, where
they ',had to lie in the cold, with the
temperature 40bkow zero. All were
terribly scalded and frozen. Gordon
died ttvo hours after with a broker
back. ,The firerna,n had one leg broken
and /vat badly frozen on the face, hands
and feet. The brakeman was badly
scalded and smashed about the face, but
was aisle to walk. The engineer escaped
injury; 1 •
--The shipping f the Maritime Pro-
f ,
vinces shows a treriendotis decrease dttr-
ing the past year. The number of ves-
sels registered to C.ate iu Nava Scotia iT
2,972, of a. total tonnage of 527,037, a,
decrease comparewith December 31;
1865, of 59 vessels and 13,818 tons. The
number of vessels registered in New
Brunswick is lt045, of 270,086 tons, a
decrease of 15 vessels and 18,503 ton's.
The number for Prince ,Edward Itlaild
is 225 vessels, of 4658 tons, a decrease
of 2 vessels and 5,3S2 tons. The total
shipping registereI in the three Mari-
time Provinces aggregates 4,183 ve sels,
t
of a total tonnage f.827•781, a deo eate
for 1886 of 76 vess ls and 37,702 top.;
..011. Christmas morning a party el
four started from tolehester, county a
Essex, across the 1 ke on the ice to Pelee
island, a distance Of twenty-five ilesj
to convey the ballet -box' for the r mint
election, and arria d safe about 2 . ai.
the same day. n Sanday mo ning
they started back andlthad proc eded
some distance wh ri they enema ered
an opening in the! ice about a mi 'e in
width. Two of them crossed over in a
small boat they had taken with t ! ere,
intending to return for the others but
found it impossible to Work the boat
back through the new Made ice. Con-
sequently they had to leave their cum-,
pardons and started for the shore, 4rhi1e
those left baled • 0,,•erit back to t e "s-;
land. Those io th 6 boat got withi t -o
miles of the shore when hight overto ,k1
them, and therwete obliged to reJmainE,
all night ' on the ice, suffering te ribly
from the seerecold, and reached- ,hote
on Monday morning well nigh . exh 4 -
ed. The other two started bac on
Monday and encountered the same dif-
ficulty, and had to remain all ,nig t on
the ice, reaching the shore on Tu sday
morning badly frozen. A young man
named Staff Bottoms, who was acting as
guide, will lose one of his feet.
The Smithfield Cattle Show.
I3Y A. 14'D. ALLEN IN TILE GODERVII Van.
London, Englaihd, December "17, 1886.
To THE EniToROF T1E STAR
DEAR SIR,—As pfroinised in my las
letter my notes in his will be chiell
upon the Smithfield cattle show. Th
primary aim of the
which was institut
courage the select
the beet and most
production of Inca
capabilities in rep
or, to quote the Wo
the Club, nearly a
to supply the-cattl
field aod elsewher
and best meat.
amounted to about
ous breeds of cattl
given with the vie
ing early maturit
There is not at the
"Smithfield Club,'
d in 1798, is to en
,
on and breeding, o
sefulianimals for th
, and to test thei
et of early maturity
ds of the founders o
undred years ago,'
markets of Smith
with the. cheapes
The prizes, whic
$17,000 for the van
sheep and pigs, ar
chiefly of encourag
in these animals
present show so laig
a number of animals .as one who ha
read and heard much about it woul
expectto see, and compared with forme
years it would seenin this respect it i
barely !holding its own. The only clas
that seek& to be aicreasing in favor i
the _Hereford, in yrhieh there appears t
We a steady growth. The classes thi
year ate as followsi: Detons, . 38; Here
fords, :35 ; Shorthcrns, 44; ,Sussex, 33
Scots and other br4eds, 89; Sheep, 173
Pigs, 85. Taking a general glance on
is struek with the !perfect arrangemen
and cleanliness, net only- of the stoc
but a.lt their surrodndings, and lookin
over alll the animals it is evident ou
stockmen do not feed is well as they d
here. :It is a mistatke, 1 think, in th
breeders here to chtim an animal is.' ma
tare,' that is readyrfor beef, at one yea
and eight months Of age, as such ani
mal, although fdreed . with all th
rapidity that hi41z feeding can ci
is still only batty bed compare
with one of two and a hal
years ef age. The hantpion animal wa
a Heteford, 1,278 days • old, weighin
2,361 s., or a dai y gain of 1.85 lb. 11
appea ed in every fespect a perfect an
mal. see that al Hereford -also too
•-•.first p ace at Chicago. There is no doub
in my nind, after conversing with breed
ers he e, that this lass of cattle is i
the a cendency, and justly so if th
contention of leading_breeders be correc
They qay the Hereford will produce be
atfror 25 to 40 pr cent. cheaper that
any ot . er breed of cattle; they are pari-
ticulaiiy gentle and good grazers ; the
are small in bone and lotv in build, am 1
it is Claimed that they mature earlie
than any other eed ; indeed,: if th
tesults at fat sto k shows in this cou
try be taken as a 4st this point seems t
be abu damtly pro ed by results.
The heaviest ani al at Smithfield wa
the or ssbred ox b longing to the Queen
but h was rather rough; age, 1,37
days ; weight, 2,489. The sire of thi
anima was a PolEed bull ; dam, a cros
cow 1 y Shorthorp bull. Taking th
Smithfield records ffrona 1870, 1 observ
that ler many years the Shorthorns ha
a sweep of highesi honors ; but ler th
few pa t years this • onor has been share
by the Aberdeens and Cross -breeds. Th
Queen and Prince el Wales exhibited •
good I piny animal, but as a role the
were 1 ot up to th -mark, and thus di
not s •ore mueh honor. , Among th
Devon there vera many really lia,n
some -attle, but they do not compar
favort. ly in " weight -for -age " wit 1
other breeds. Tie best Sussex steer
weigh d 2,103 th . at 1,054 days old.
The ltd Polled c ttle will never con4e
to the frout rank, either in this countrfr
or Ca ad a I fancy, and I might add the_
saitie egarding th Welsh and Ilighlan
Seas. t .
Am ng sheep th Southdowns were,t
my fancy, the be t in every way, an
here the breeders know exactly how Ilo
prepa e these anin als for show purpose
These sheep were lust as fine as the cu1s
we ar in the habit of seeibg in mag.
zines epresent them, but they are feid
and cl pped and co ored with powder ill -
order o attain thi apparent excellence.
Pigs ere not lar ely represented, blit
were ike all British animals, well fed,
the Suffolk and Be kshires being evident-
ly fav rites. Besides stock there was a
very fi e exhibit of roots and vegetables
from
too, es
not a
sees in
were 1
with t
their
with o
what
of Pa
arious seeds . en. But thettwere,
.„,
idently gro -n for exhibition, and
all a fair , verage of what One
farmers' fields here. Implemeats
abundance, and one is struek
. e clumsy, ancient appearance of •
gricultural implements compared
rs. . Seed drills look more like
e would- ex eat from the ancients
estine, and reapers are both too
comprcated and toe heavy. We had
a fine exhibit of drain'both in the mil!
and i bags, our tridnd Mr. Porter, a
Goder ch township, being arnong the
rest. Our roots and vegetables alto
were eood, and attracted a great, deal ef
notice from. visitors. E
- I at ended the Potato Tercentenary
exhibi ion a few days since, where there
was a drge and interesting collection of
all kn wn varieties, and a so maps•and
pamphlets shesving the progress made in
this cniture. The 'Food and Cookery
Exhibition, also, was very intereiting,
and Meats of all sorts were prepared in
every imaginable Shape by skilled hands,
so tha the public palate might be tick-
led to a sufficient degree to draw out a
high p ice for the coveted dish.; 1
The lfruit markets are falling ; off, and
prices here are also falling sone. But
the trouble here is that Canadian apples
are arriving in very bad condition, and
from a hat I can now see the fault lies
betwe n the steamship Companies and
the do k Companies. It is a I common
sight t sec a barrel half full when open-
ed, a d very many nearly: einpty. I
see no solution of this but that in future
shippe s should noship a barrel, direct
by wa er to this narket: I see some
Ameri an apples c ming here via. Liver-
pool w ich are all right. 1
,But am about jeaving for home on
the go d steamer S maritan. t 'was my
intend n to have visited points in Scot-
land b fore returning but time Will not
permit After a sojourn here it would
1
be a relief to mix with my countrymen
of the North, and -njoy their well-known
warmness of .hea t and sincerity. The
sinceri4 of the S otch character is well
known, and remii ds me of the following
lines fr no the pe of someone unknown :
• "1 s id to one w o, picked me up
Ju I slipping f lo4n a rock,
I'm not much good at climbing, eh?
NC, sirr, ye ar 1,, said Jock.
. I shqwed him th4n ,a sketch I'd made
-:
Ofrough hilisi eand loch ;
I'm not 'an artist, mind, I said ;
No, sirr, ye arrn't, qupth Jock..
A poem next I read aloud—
One of my num'rous stock;
I'm no great poet, I remarked ;
No, sirr, ye ars!n't, said Jock."
One o the last sightt I . looked upon
here wa t the remains of that ancient pri-
son heft se so accurately described by
Dickens where that pompous individual,
the Father of ,t e Marshalsea strutted
about, aid wher poor little Dorrit was
y
born. 1 here arel many such sights here,
but it t'veuld occi4py too mach space and
time topeak of thern.
I
. The Official Retuilis. .
‘ The,following,is an official statement
of the votes. polled in the respective
municipalities in each of tie three
Ridings of Huron- at the last election:
EAST IIVRON. •
'KILLOP.
Gibson. Hays.
ou No. 1.. 45 30
" 2.. 65 23
Pollingt-"ubdivis
•64
3.. 55
4.. 26
5.. • 56
6.. a2
7.. 23
8.. 15
55
47
:35
43
27
42
Total. 327 302
Majority for 'Gibson25
li "LLETT. -
Polling Subdivis-on No. 161 36
- .• " .285 36
42 29
" 463 35
--
251 136
Majority fo1 Gibson115
I ORRIS.
Polling Subdivision No. 158 49
a_ • " 2"9
30
tC. . " 357
" 4. , ;2 40
5. '6 67
6. ,t0 78
Total 3 '0 321
Majority foy
BRUSSELS.
Polling Subdivision No. 1
" 2
64
4, 3..
CC
CO
tt
it
tc it
ft
Total
" 3..
:9
6 30
58
35
19 123
1
Majority for Gibson... 6
GREY. .
Polling Subdivision No. 1..
2.
" 3.. 1
4.
5..
6..
7..
Ct .
ff
CC
6C
LC
Total. 4
Majority for Gibson2
. ta0WICK.
Polling Subdivit on No. 1
2
a c. " 3
a
" 5
" , 4..
'4
Total,
Majority for Hays
-
Polling Subdivit
Majority for
TU
Polling Subdivis
it 44
C
. IC
4C:
6..
oxETER.
on No. 1..
Gibson...
NBERRY.
on No. 1..
" 2..
3..
" 4..
3
9
4
3
4
'9
4
8
1
1
7
53
22
431
47
49
46
283
- 96
66
98
93
73
63
9 489
100
•
8
8
Total t 2:1
Majority for Gibson... 111
29
47
42
41
50
--
180
RECA ITULATION.
Gib on. Hays.
McKil1p 3:71 313062
Hallett
Morris.t 3.0. 321
1
Brussel 9 123
Grey
-Howick
Wroxeter 43 98 428893
• I 29
Turabe Ty 1 180
Total
Majority for
At this electio
pilled, 'and at
were 3,825 vot
this eletion tha'
ty at the last ele
SOU
ta
Polling Subdivis
6C
t4
4'
11
Total
Majority for
Polling Subdivis
SS
Ct
iC
Total
Majority for
Subdivis
fC
.44
t4
IC
it
4,
CC
tt
•tt
Total.
Majority fo
2,3
Gibson...
there were
he last elec
s polled, or
last. Gibso
tion was 41.
HURON.
Bishop
on No. 1 75
" 2 98
" 3 111
" 4 97
• --
381
.Bishop. 291
on No. 1 43
" 2 10
3 5.
" 4 76
28
Swinerton
EPHEN.
on No. 1 4
`` 2 7
" .3 10'-
" 4 7,
" 5
" • 6
3
! --
47
Bishop.. 15
1,863
3
169 votes
ion there
344 more
's majori-
.
1 •
Swinerton.
25
22
18
25
--
90
112
41
100
54
--
307
27
68
63
49
33
27
42
40
--
322
Polling Sub
C
it
4'
Total
Majorit
Polling Sub
CC
tt
it
Total
Majori
GO
Polling Sub
'
Total
Majori
Polling Sub
ti
64
it
Total
Majori
Polling Sub
it
Tota
Majoiit
Polling Sub
Majorit
Tuckersmit
Usborne
Stephen
Hay
Stanley
Goderich T
Seaforth
Exeter
Bayfield
Total
Majority
There we
election as
last electior
Bishop's m
365 less th:
DAY, JANU ARY 7, 1887.
HAY.
No. 1
" 2
it 3
" 4
a 5:
" 6
7
ivision
55
81
108
40
86
67
30
467
for Bishop. 281
STANLEY.
ivision No. 1 69
" 2 65
" 3 37
" 4 14
" 5 67
--
252
of Swinerton
ERICH TOWNSHIP.
ivision No. 3 37
C4
" 4 14
. . " 6 13
64
for Swinerton
SEAFORTH.*
ivision No. 1 93 38
2 53 18
3 46 22
421 23
5 31
28
60
23
4
14
35
, 22
--
186
22
40
115
46
32
--
255
3
61
62
45
168
104
I
,
CC
CI
244
for Bishop121
EXETER.
ivision No. 1 27
" 2 17
" 3 24
" 4 45
CC
CC
-113
for Swinerton
BAYFIELD.
ivision No. 1 35
for Swinerton
ECAPITULATION.
Bishop.
381
280
477
467
252
wnship.... 64
244
113
35
19
120
73
74
66
78
291
178
67
32
Swinerton.
90
307
322
186
255
168
120,
291
67
2,313 1,806
1,806
or Bishop.. 507
e 4,119 votes polled at this
'ompared with 3,729 at the
, being 390 votes more. Mr.
ority last time was 132, or
at the present election.
VEST HURON.
GODERICH TOWN.
Ross.
Polling Su.division No. 1.. 41
" 2.. 44
3.. 52
4.. 61
5.. 45
6.. 56
7.. 32
Ci
it
14
tt
IC
Total
IC
CC
44
44
.4'
66
CC
44 c_
Majori
Polling Su
Total
Majori
Polling Su
4C
tt
it
tt
Total '
Taylor.
50
56
48
35
47
47
39
331 322
y for Ross 9
DERICH TOWNSHIP.
division No. 130
" .238
" 541
C
109
y for Taylor
ASHFIELD.
ivision No. 1.. 57'
2.. 67
" 3.. 69
4.. 36
5.,, 101
6.. 83
7.. 65'
--
478
it
44 .•
CC
4'
Major'
Polling Su
44
4'
Total
Major'
Polling Su
ft
ft
-C4
Total
Major'
Polling Sub
CC
Total
Majori
Polling Sub
CC
ft
Total
Major]
Polling Sub
ft
ft
4C
44
't4
Total
Majori
Polling Su
a
O
for Ross 179
EST WAWANOSH.
ivision No. 1.. 51
Ci " 2.. 48
3.. 75
4.. 93
4'
CC
C4
for Ross
AST WAWANOSH.
ivision No. 1
tt " 2..
a " 3..
" 4..
41
65
73
47
185
76
64
75
42
60
15
17
26
--
299
70
46
62
;36
267 214
53
77
81
64
58
280
for Ross 104
COLBORNE.
ivision No. 184
" 224
" 386
" 447
--
241
for Ross 7
WINGHA,M.
39
57
43
47
--
176
51
52
79
52
234
ivision No. 1.. 36 32
" 2.. 33 35
" 3.. 40, 46
" 4.. 59 54
it
Ct
for Rosa
CLINTON.
1 . .
2
3
4
5
6
7
ivision No.
tt •
ft 44
4'
't• ,
4'
• CC
ci
168 167
1
27 24
44 23
37 30
41 37
30 25
29 33
11 37
34
8.. 41
_
-260
243
y for Ross 17
HULLETT.
ivision No. 532 36
" 657 32
1
GC
ci
Ct 44
.. 63
152
55
Total
-
Majorityfor Ross
BLYTH.
Polling Subdivision No. 135
" 237
•ti ft
Total 72
Majority for Taylor
29
--
97
.53
40
•93
21
REoAPIT u LATioN.
Ross. Taylor.
Goderich Town 331 322
Township 109 185
Ashfield 478 299
West Wawanosh 267 214
East " 280 176
Colborne 241 234
Wingham . 168 167
Clinton 260 243
}Linea 152 97 .
Blyth 72 93
Total votes polled 2,358 2,021
Majority for Ross 337
At this election there were 4,379 votes
polled, and at the last election there
were 3,955, or 424 more than at the last
election. Ross' majority at the last
election was 167. .
lactiE N BROS. PuSishers.
*1.50 a. Year, in A4vance.
loved by all who knew him. He went
to M ntana a few years ago, leaving his
famil here; his intention being to
honi—naheitrsbtobinu
i
raise nough money out there to buy the
farm le had rented here, and on which
his fa ily has since been living.
—Mr. James W. Robertson, professor
of dairying at the Agricultural College,
reached Guelph a few days ago. After
having finished his work at the Colonial
'Exhibition, he paid a visit to Denmark,
whert he made full inquiries into the
systein of dairying practised in that
country.ert Willard, a farmer from near
.
was killed while driving
r'tgVindsor on Tuesday night
after the election. He drove over an
ernba kment and the wagon fell on him,
brea ing his neck. He lived only a few
hour ,after the accident.
,- — very successful. sale was held at
Mr. S. C. Martin's, Waterloo township,
near Fisher's Mills, on Thursday, 23rd
ult. Good prices were realized through-
out,
mare
$6.80
--I
Hay
terio
ni
his
hk
terio
that
Canada.
An ice bridge has formed across the
St. Lasarence opposite Montreal.
— Mrs. McCulloch, nee' Maggie Barr,
was lately united in marriage to Mr. E.
J. Fenwick, of Hamilton.
— Archbishop Tache is still ill, and
has been temoved to St. Boniface hos-
pital, Manittba.
—The Tnnrens system of land trans-
fer went into operation in the North
West Territeries on New Year's day.
—The Rosevitle cheese factory have.
sold 300 boxes September and October
make to a firm in Ingersoll at 12t cents.
—It is rumored in 'London that in
honor of the Queen's jubilee Sir John
Macdonald will be raised to the peerage
under the title of the Earl a Ottawa.
—Orillia property ownets have car-
ried a by-law to raise $20;000 for ex-
tending the water -works • system and
lighting the town with electric light.
— Trigger's hall, West Lorne, Elgin
county, was burned to the ground a few
nights ago. The Foresters lost all their
furniture, which was in the lodge room
in the second storey.
— The Douglas Methodist church,
Moatreal, was broken into a few nights
ago, and a silver candlestick, a table
cover, 30 yards of carpet and other arti-
cles stolen.
—The Dominion Government has de-
cided to appeal against the Exchequer
Court judgment declaring invalid the
grant of lands by British Columbia for
railway construction.
—At Windsor on Friday last Henry
Thompson was fined $250 and costs and
sentenced to three months' imprison
ment for the illicit manufacture of
whisky at Essex Centre.
—Dangerous counterfeit ten -dollar
notes of the Canadian Bank of Commerce
are in cireulation in Ottawa district.
They are printed on paper 91- a slightly
darker color than that used in the genu-
ine notes.
—About half -past five o'clock Mon-
day evening an unknown man deliber-
ately committed suicide by jumping
from the railway suspension bridge at
Niagara into the river below, a depth of. -
195 feet.
e—A farmer in the Annapolis valley of
Nova Scotia specially put up ten barrels
of Graventeins for the English market,
and after paying all expenses netted $55,
or say $5,50 per barrel. A pretty good
price for apples.
— One hundred and twelve students
have registered for the. session of the
Provincial Normal School at Ottawa,
which opens on the 18th inst. Thirty-
two Of the applicants are males and
eighty females.
Thomas Scholar, of Hamilton
Presbytery, and Rev. Finlay McCuaig,
of Kingtton Presbytery, will leave for
British Columbia during . January to
take • charge of the congregations to
which they have been recently appoint-
ed.' -
—Miss Auning, who died a few days
ago at St. John, New Brunswick, left
$30,000 to local charities, including the
Young Mens' Christian Association, the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, and the Orphans' Home. '
—Alex, McDougall, of Chatham, while
logging in the woods on his farinthe
other day, had the misfortune to break
his leg below the knee. To make matters
worse the unfortunate man had to ride
horseback about ene mile to get home
after the accident.
—John Hill, a laborer, was found
nearly dead from exposure in a shanty
on William street, Winnipeg, Wed-
nesday evening last week. He was
taken to the hospital, where he died
shortly after. Whisky caused the
trouble.
—The annual meeting of the Clydes-
dale Hjerse Association of Canada was -
held in Toronto, on Thursday last
week; ' when it was decided to hold a
show during the corning spring in that
city. The office bearers for the ensuing
year were elected.
—At the Barrie Salvaltion Army Bar-
racks last week, Miss Burdon, an Army
lassie from England, was married to
Divisional Officer Burchett of the Bar-
rie contingent, by Rev. Wm. 11. Barnes,
rectot of Christ Church, and Major
Coombs of the Army.
—Mr. N. P. Green, of Mount Pleas-
ant,. has been appointed principal of
Ayr school, for this year at a salary of
$600. Miss E. Renwick, who has taught
in the ,Ayr school for the past four years,
. has received an appointment as teacher
in a school at Consecon, Prince Edward
county.
• —Mr. Thomas Robertson, a former
resident of Puslinch, and whose family
still reside near Hespeler, was accident-
ally killed in Montana, a few days ago.
Mr. Robertson was a respectable, indus-
trious man, and was respected and be -
s the following figures will show:'
mare, brought $150 ; carriage
$l65; yoke of oxen, $i40; sheep,
per head for flock.
Ir. W. Reid, teamster for Messrs.
Co. of Woodstock, was mys-
sly shot in the thigh on Saturday
last, while carrying 'in wood, at
teheia door. It is the most mys-
s case of shooting ever heard of in
own.
—A man employed by Hiram Walker
& Sobs, at Walkerville, met with a pecu-
liar accident on Friday. In entering a
stall to take out his horse he struck his
face against& stiffly frozen blanket, cut-
ting a deep gash -over his eye, lacerating
the eye -lid and narrowly escaping the
loss Of the eye.
t—Wm. Ram mill, of Winchester street,
-Tomato, while on his way home about
11.30 Tuesday night last week, was at-
tacked -by three masked men on College
street, who robbed him of $800 and a
,valuable gold watch. Hammitt was
struck on the head with a heavy instru-
ment, fracturing his skull. But slight
hope t are entertained of his recovery.
fire occurred in the Baptist
Church, Aylmer, on Sunday, just after
the iiorning service. The fire caught in
the jartition over the furnace, and was
disc vered by the sexton just in the
nick lof time. lhe alarm was sounded,
and he firemen turned out with' alacri-
ty, and with axes chopped • through the
wallS and flooded the building.
—The Ancient Order of United Work-
men in Ontario numbers about 12,000.
most prosperous, having increased
ernbership during 1886 about 2,000.
Wheiu a metnber dies the sum of $2,000
is p4d to his wife or family as he directs.
The !number of calls made last year was
14, aind each member pays one dollar at
every call.
Owing to the prevalence of glanders
g horses in Montreal and the out -
districts, the ity Board, of Health
It: i
its ti
am m
lyiri
havel requested the Federal Government
to pass an order -in -Council bringing into
force! the provisions of the Act giving
the 1Government veterinary inspector
powck to have all infected animals de-
strqed. , _
t-- he following minimum temper-
atur s were recorded during Suuday
nigh at the undermentioned places, in
each case being below zero :—Arnprior,
340t; Belleville, 24° ; Des Joachims,
,
Que ec, 30 ° ; Gatineau Mills, Quebec,
29 ° ; Maniwaki, Quebec, 37 ° ; Mat -
taw, 40 ° ; Ottawa, 33 0; Pembroke,
400 Rockliffe, 32 0; Toronto, 17 ° ;
Waltefield, North Quebec, '36 ° .
—It is expected that Rev. Dr. McDon-
ald, I superintendent of the Canadian
Methodist mission work in Japan, will
-shortly arrive in Canada to spend a year,
a futlough- for that time having been
graaed him by the Missionary Society's
Cominittee at its recent meeting. One
of th:e native missionaries will accoMpan y
Dr. McDonald, provided he can leave
Japan without injury to the work.
—A mammoth flouring mill is soon to
be commenced at Keewatin, Manitoba,
which is the beginning of a tnovement
that will in time make this locality_ the
Minneapolis of the Northwest. The
prineipal mover in the concprn is Mr.
Alelander Mitchell, of Montreal. The
mill will have a capacity of 10,000 bar-
rels er day. In connection with it is to.
be bjiilt a huge elevator with a capacity
of 1,00,000 bushels of wheat. !
—One day last week (Mrs. Geo. Gil-
bert of Almonte,, wenit out froth her
home, leaving her ninearienths-old ; child
in c large of a little girl. The , child
shor iy afterward seemed to fall asleep
in tl e arms of its nurse and was tlaced
in b d, whereaafter a few moments it
throfr up its arms and- expired. The
child had not been sick previously, and
the 15hysicians are unable to account for
its sudden death.
•
when t
there
did all
—Judge Torrance, of the Supretne (
Court, died at Montreal on Sunday,
after a brief, illness from:pneumonia. It -
ought the disease.,. wastco.ntracted
attending the funeraltof the late
e Ramsay. The ;deceased judge
born in Montreal in 1823. He was
is t
jmaw-tuahdosillie time Attorney -General for Lower
Can4da, and was appointed judge of the
Supleme Court in 1868.
—Mr. John Waugh, an old and re-
spected resident of Hamilton, died last
week. Four years ago he suffered a
paralytic stroke, and for the past two
.yeare he was a confirmed ilivalid. Mr.
Waugh was a native of •Loehma.ben,
Dalufriesshire, Scotland, *here he was
born 77 years ago. He came to Canada
withhis young wife in 1834, and lived
in. Montreal for three years, coming
'thenee to Hamilton, wbere he has lived
ever since.
--At Three Rivers about one o'clock
on Saturday morning last, during mid-
night Mass, a noise was heard in the
e men in the chtnich saw that
'as no immediate danger, they
in their power to stop the rush
to the doors and Mass was resumed.
Fortunately there were n serious in-
juries inflict -ed. The a cident was
caused by the base of the chimney crush-
ing down to the ceiling, thus causing the
plaster to detach.
—What was called a Ldruukards's
demonttration" was held o the evening
of Ne W Year's day ,at t e Salvation
Army Teinple, in Toronto, and eeveral
hundred people gathered o participate
therein, or to witness it ommissioner
Coombs had charge of the meeting„ but
the he ds of all the local corps were pre-
sent an delivered vigorou characteris-
tic speeches, pointing out the evils of
intemperance, and the maierial as well
as spiritual advantages of temperance.
A couple of tableaux, representing the
two sides of the question as shown in '''
the home of a working -man, formed an
eftectiVe break in the proceedings of the
,
even—A9 in..
other disastrous fire occurred at
Portage la Prairie last Saturday. morn-
ing. From half -past two to half -past
four it swept the east side of Main -
street. Ten business places, besides
professional -'offi•ces, were l burnt out.
The loss is about $25,000. The fire
originated between Cassells Brathets'
baker, shop and Campbe l's furnitaret
store.' ' The „chief ' losers were B. M.
Canniff, druggist; Geo. Murton, tailor;
McK en zie & Campbell, saddlery; R. P.
Campbell, Miss Taylor, milliner ; Geo.
Andrew, Mather Bros. i and others,
some of whom are insured
—At a trial at Peterboroi on Wednes-
day last Week of a case of violation of
the Scott Act, a witness named Warner
swore that he asked for ginger ale and
that. the bartender said, "I'll give you
something better." A glass full of
liquor was poured out and be drank it.
In a few minutes afterwatds he could
not see the sidewalk. It was intoxicat-
ing liquor which herank, and be paid
for it. He had be At asked about the
evidence he was:io give, and when he
stated what he was going, to swear be
was asked if $25 Would be any tempta-
tion to keep him away.
--James Hickey and Misses Rugey
and O'Brien, while Atating near Garden
Island, Kingston, the other night, broke
throughthe Ice. Aliss Rugey managed to
drew herself out on the ice, When she imme-
diately began the rescue of her compan-
ions. Taking offher cloud s4he threw it is
M i ss O'Brien, who seized it and was drawn
out. By th is time Mr. Hickey wasnearly ex-
hausted, and in the nick of time the
cloud was thrown to him and he was
with difficulty pulled out on the ice.
The young ladies received great credit
for their heroic action. --
—On New Year's day Charles Web-
ster started from St. Catherines to ga
into the woods with some bther la.ds to
shoot squirrels. - One of Ithem had a
loaded gun, and while knobking the butt
of the weap4n against u tree it exploded,
the charge 'entering the !side and ab-
domen of i'Vebster, whb was about
twenty feet distant. He, was conveyed
to the hospital and his injuries attended.
to. It was -at first thought his injuries
would prove fatal, but next morning' he
was better, and. nriy now recover.
—Donald McQuarrie, late reeve of
Caledonia, county of Haldimand, was
instantly killed last Monday morning.
He and his son left home to start his
grist mill, but the son went back to the
house, and returning fifteen , minutes
later found his father a corpse. It is
evident from the position in which he
was found that he was coming up the
stairs leading from the engine room, but
it being dark missed his footingrand fell
backwards on the driving pulley. The
deceased was highly respected, and his
loss will be deeply felt by the whole
village and surrounding country.
—The steamer Sir John, which sailed
from St. John, New Brunswick, on the
night of the 28th Ult., was burned tat*
hours after leaving the harbor. Next
morning searching parties found the crew
of twenty huddled in the snow at Black
Point. Their clothing was frozen to
their bodies. Five of them, including
Captain Purroy, were so badly burned
that they cannot recover. John Sin-
clair was drowned while swimming
ashore. The less on steamer and cargo
it $70,000.
—At the last Sunday evening service
• in St. Andrews Church, Toronto, Rea.
D. J. Macdonell, in - announcing the
meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, at
which Hon. Mr. Mowat will preside, and
Mayor I -lowland speak, said it was a
credit to the Province and the city to
have at the he4d of affairs men who
were at home pitesiding or speaking at
-meetings of this 'kind. It was also a
good time to remember the prayer, so
often thoughtlessly offered pp, for able
men, such as fear God, Men of truth,
hating unjust gain, as pur °rulers.
—At the annual Nett Year gathering
of the Methodist Sunda schools . in
Montreal, held on New Y ar's day, the
following dispatch was s nt to. Queen
Victoria : "Three thousand Methodist
Sabbath school scholars assembled in
Montreal send greetings this jubilee
year." The following repl was received
i
Sunday night: " Method st *Scholars,
sontreal—The Queen th nks you for
ypur greetings. (Signed)' PONSONBY."
The reply was read in St. James street
Methodist church Sunday night, when
the large congregation rose and sang
"God Save the Queen."
—The Portage la Prairie Liberal says
that there it a probability that a cut in
the existing rates betwetn Winnipeg
and Vancouver is riot far distant. he
Northern Pacific is making arrangements
for the construction of a branch line to
tap Winnipeg, crossing the boundary
clanIch as of snow sliding on the roof. line in the neighborhood Of Rock Lake.
The moment after, the plaster from the Surveyors are reported to be at work
ceilikig of the church began to fall, caus- at short distance from the boundary line
ing a panic in the church, all the people aid south of Crystal City. This branch
rushing to the doors and/ trying to get will probably leave the N. P. at Devil's
out,: women and children crying and Dike, Dakota, which is -a point about
fainting, causing the priest to stop sing- 175 miles south-west of Portage la.
ing Mass. But a few ',Minutes after, Prairie.
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