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, with Seaforth,
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1r points, which
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:IRS. —The coun-
Ute on Monday,
usual statutory
rid subscribed,
7evious meeting
• The following
For auditors,
„ S. Faust; S.
, treasurer ;
sipphardt, cot-
' hall -keeper,
year, with rthe
, who gets $55.
McDerasid, D.
the Reeve and
the Board a
ibe was reap -
(tor,. aud Dr.
ledical Health
. Hey -rock, see-
aeh, that the
tract of the re-
-,, assets and
ration, together
It a the same,
efore the Cann -
The cauncil,
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a. N. dicClin-
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NINETEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 999. I
SEAFORTH FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 4, 1887,
BROS; Publishers
,$1150, a Year, in Advadade
Great Cheap Sale
—NOW IN -
1.1 13 Ta S
--AT THE --
HEAP ASH STORE
MAIN -ST,, SEAFORTH.
eve
have just finished going through
our whole stocks marking down every.
a rticlain ea,ch departMent. Never - be-.
f redid we ma-ke such sweeping reduc-
t ens, a great many lines away below
Wholesale prices. , The following are a
i v., of the leading lines:
Dress Goods,. Prints, Ginghams, Shirt-
-
gs, Cottons, Denials, Ducks, -Table.
Irbaens, Towellings, HollandseLace Cur-
ains, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Rib -
'ons, Embroideries, Frillings, Yarns,
Blankets, Cloths„ Tweeds, Ulsterings,
Flannels, Underclothing, Boys' Suits,
ackets, Jerseys, Shawls, Squares,
louds, Scarfs, Leggings, etc
Remember the place—
Hoffman d Co.,
heap Cash, Store,
cardno's Biock,. Seaforth.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL
The Huron Cotiinty ,Council met at
Goderieh on Tuesday of , last week.
After formal proceedings the first busi-
ness was the election of a Werdeu., iMr.
David Walker, Reeve of Tuckerarriith,
was nominated bY Mr. Ches. Girviti, of
West Wawanosh, aucl seconded by 'Mr.
A. M. Campbelli, of rStanley.! I There
being no other nerninations Mr.; Walker
was declared eleeted. • I
• The Warden tolek•the chair, 6..ncI:in a
few appropriate remarks thanked the
council for the honor they. had done him
in Unanimously electiog him ,as their
chief officer.
I '
A committee of 'five was balloted for
to select the standing committees of the
year. The committee consisted of Messrs.
Rollins, Kelly, Wray, Wilson ,and Tor -
ranee.
Mr. W. N. Watson; of Seaforth, was
appointed auditor by the council, and
i
,,Mr. Archibald DicksoniW
bd the arden.
The 'usual bouin ary line apprbpriation
for the improven exit of the boundary
lines of the count was voted, the money
to be paid after the Jurie meethig. The
council adjourned untilte o'clock
Wednesday morning.
,weusigseer, January 26.
The council met, purseant to adjourn-
ment when the report -of . the Selecting
committee was red and adopted. The
standing committees for the year are as
follows:
EQUALIZATION—Wray, Rennie, Ter-
rance, MeMurch1e, TaJylor, Cox, Mc-
Pherson, D. D. Wilsott, Kelly, Hays,
Beek.
FINANCE—Rollins, Sot, Mc Millan ,
Halls, McIntosh, Keine, Stothers, Ratz,
Pollock, Whitely Bryabs.
ROAD AND ' B IDGE—Cook, Bissett,
McIntosh, Charles Girvin, : Britton,
Charles Either, :Griffin, Idalbfleisch;
Howe, Durnion, Milne. l
SCHOOL AND Pate-dtho —Johnston,
Campbell, Hugh Girvin, MeIndoo,
Jacques, Ross, Beck.
JAIL A'.`.1D COURT UOUSE—Oliver,
—An ;atm -ming_ story is told us of the
-xperienee of an Orangeville young man
who conceived the novel idea of going
own the toboggan slide on an iron
coop shovel. Mounting the shovel with
is legs astride the handle, the descent
,iegan—also the fan. As the speed in-
reased, the shovel warmed up by the
dation, and its rider was soon actuated
sy an irresistible impulse to diamouna
nst he had a through ticket that allowed
no step -offs. At the end of the trip he
Was carried home, and is said to be now
taking his meals in a standing position.
—While Mr. Wm, Beattie, who lives
between Fergus and Elora, was thresh-
ing at a neighbor's, the foot board on
which he was standing slipped, and he
'ell under the tumbling shaft. The ring
A the coupling caught the back of his
-oat collar and wound him up so that
se went round the shaft several times at
i, furious rate. Finally his clothes gave
way and he was stripped of all apparel.
The back of his neck and his shoulders
ere badly lacerated, and the rest of his
sody severely bruised, but there is hope
if his recovery.
—Mr. C. Gowan,. of Multreir, had a
narrow escape from being frozen to death
arse day last week, while on his way to
Collingwood with a load of pork. . Find-
ing the road almost impassable with drifts
he got out to break the way ahead of the
team. It was blowing very- hard' at the
time, and he soon became exhausted and
thought his time had come. When found
he was unconscious and badly frozen.
He was with some difficulty extrieated
from the snow and carried to- the nearest
farm house where restoratives were ap-
plied and he was brought around.
—The Port Arthur Sentinel tells the
following amusing incident : Two young
men entered a grocery store in this fowls
the other day, and purchased biscuits,
cheese, etc., for a lunch, One of the
pasty sat down MI a box at the door to
eat his share, and leaned contentedly
back against a bulletin board on which
an advertisement of various goods was
written with chalk. 'When he finished
his hutch and proceeded up street his
black coat bore an inscription of fresh
ems, good butter, cabbages 5c., potatoes
83e. per bushel, choice confectionery,
peanuts, bananas, canned pods, etc.
--Frank S. Deere, a 'St: Paul dete c-
tive, formerly a member of the Montreal
police, has been huntiug the Headley
gang. of counterfeiters, having been of-
fered a reward of 5200 by the Canadian
Government for their capture dead or
alive. A despatch from Port Arthur,
Saturday, says the Mounted,Police say
that he came across them en -Monday
mud a desperate tight ensued. Three of
the desperadoes were killed and the re-
mainder paptured. Deere is said to
have lifted One of the men up bodily and
thrown hitn on :the ground with such
force as to kill him.
--XII& Customs Depalrtment has de-
nted to release the Arnertican, fishinu
si•hoopers ,Tanette. and Maggie Mitchelr,
seized by the Cruiser Middleton at St.
Andrew's, Nevi- Brunswick, two Weeks
ago, 011 payment of fines of $50 and $100
respectively. The charge was for in-
fraction of the Customs and fisheries
regulations. The two vessels are among
iiumber • that have obtained Canadian
i.e!rtificates of registry, but are OWned
either wholly or in part by citizens of
the United States. The Am ericens
thought that i because they have the
Cenadiart regietry they are entitled to
all the privileges of Canadian fishermen
isnd also to obtain everything necessary
for a fishing ,voyage, outfits; etc., and
plaue the sense on board their vessels,
and go in and out of Canadian ports
wlthout either reporting at the Customs
fleuse or offerine to p duty duti-
pale goods:
and Clerk be instructed tospetition the
Legistature• in .behalf of this council
against this act being consummated.
Carried. ,
An application from Mrs.
matron of the gaol, asking for
of salary and an application
;Prisoners' Aid Association
Asking for aid ; was read an
t the Finance Committee.
THE COUNTY TREASURER'S
The County Treasurer rep
during the year he had hive
in martgages:at the rate of si
per annum and has received
of investments heretofore.. n
due the sum of .$7,769, hav
31st of Deice's-ibex: last the la
$22,114 alvailable for inve
view of this amount on ha
difficulties still existing in
making investments he advis
eil to consider the advisabili
ing the rate of interest bel
cant., the limit previously fi
the statement of receipts a
tures, which acoompanied th
give the following items;
roinistiation ofjustice, $2,00
$S50; gaol maintenance, $
aecount, $2,97; school n
$2,344; lunatics and, chari
salaries andecoancil fees, $4,
on county buildings $208; st
printing $808; Fligh Scho
°awn witnesses,$487; roads
$14,480; contingencieS, $87
total expenditure of $33,430.
amounted to$1,'78, ap folio
from Registry office, $11,642;
liCenees, $305 ; peddlers' lic
and interest $630.
; On motion of Dr.
ended by Mr. McMill
by a majority.of 18
equalization of, the as
Gledhill, Manning, Britton, McCracken,
Sanders, Thompson, Ross, Strong.
SALARIES—Wilson, Rollins, Anderson,
Charles Eilber, Campbell, Wray, Beck.
WARDEN'S—Kelly ;H. Eilber, McMur-
chie, Torrance, Hays, Cameron, Kay.
SPECIAL—Whitely, C. tiirVin, Bissett,
Johnston, .Cameron.
Messrs. Turnbull of Clinton, and
Halls of Goderich, were appointed on
the Board of Examiners -for the examin-
ation of teachers applying for certifi-
cates. Messrs. F. W. Johnstou 'and
Peter Adamson were appointed mem-
bers of the Board of Audit.
The sum of $300 was voted to be di-
vided equally between the sev.eral
Branch Agricultural and Horticultural
societies of the county. The Clerk was
instructed to procure a copy of the On-
tario Statutes for each Reeve and Dep-
uty Reeve; said Statutos to bc the prop-
erty of the respeCtive municipalities.
- A report, asked for by motion, show-
ing the expenses of the Warden's com-
mittee for 1886 tb be $123 was read, assd
filed. - •
On motims of the Reeve and Deputy
Reeve of Goderich township, it was
agreed thet end -half of the boUndary
line appropriation for that township,.
formerly expended On the Bayfield line,
be expanded 'on the Huron Road- and
first concession. . •
THE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH HURON.
Mr. Toms, Inspector for South Huron,
reported es follows "During 1886 I
visited each school and department in
the Inspectorate twice. I am :pleased
to have to report that in ithe-majority 'of
schools I found both teachers and pupils
doing good work. The methods adopted
by 'nest of the teachers are good, and
reflect much credit on the instructions
given in the Model Schools of the county.
In the sections in which there: is a con-
stant change of teachers the progress is
not so satisfactory as in those !where the
teacher remains for a uumbef of years.
During the past year an unusually large'
number of candidates wrote at the en-
trance examinations for admission to the
High Schools of the county. A very
fair percentage of these were successful.
The result of these examinations show
that the schools Of Heron are keeping in
line with the educational progress of the
Province."
i -
Dickson,
n hserease
froin the
f- Teronto
I referred
aeroae.
rted that
tad $8,800
per cent.
on account
ade falling
ng on the
ge sum of
tmeet. In
d and the
he Way of
•d the coun-
y °fl,
ower -
w six per
ed. From
d expendi-
,
report, we
Cost of ad-
; inquests,
,996; jury
ahagement,
ies, $434;
07 ;Irepairs
ionery and
Is, $2,869;
nd bridges,
, making a
The receipts
s: receipts
auctioneers'
nses, $600,
s, and sec -
as decided
e over the
t until the
0
Rohl
n, it
to lea
essme
June meeting, when the council ed-
journeduntil 10 o'clock Th
TItURSDAY,
The council resumed bu
appointed hour, and after
ceediegs a number Of ten
'construction of county brid
and referred to the Road
Committee. - -
THE SCOTT ACT
•The memorial from the S
sociatiori, asking for the ap
a County Police Magistrate
was read.
_ Moved by Mr. Gledhill,
Mr. Stothers, that -the m
the -Scott Act Association o
read be received, andthat
ferred until the June me
Gouncil. Cerried without a
without discussion.
THE COUNTY POOR I
--Moved by Mr. Johnston,
by Mr. McMillan that an
f $20,000 be made for
of the erection of a lieu
and that it be referr
Warden's committee to p
select one of the sites recot
the -special committee at t
meeting of the council; an
further steps as may he necessary for
the erection 'of such a built
red to the Finance commit
In connection with this report was a
tabie giving the total receipts and ex-
penditures for the district ; the amountS
expended for teachers' salaries, the aver-
age cost per pupil; the number of pupils
in each municipality, and the nuniber of
teachers employed. From -this table we
learn that the , total amount expended
for all purpohes for -the Year 1886
was $46,240 • for teachers', salaries,
537,848; making an average cost per'
pupil of $5.11. There were 7,397 pupils
on the registers, aud 105 teachers em-
ployed. The following table gives the
hgures by mun cipalities :
SirsiorAyry.
,22
C 0 , z
0
d 73
0 QF
Ashfield
Colborne
(Joderi:41
Hay
Stanle,V
Stephen
NIN7'seb:triN) 'ea.xv a no sh . 3,545 05. 0.46 , 549.- 10
4,125 00 0,10 ; 077 , 10
526 00 3:92 134 2
Hayfield ......
Exeter. ' 2,0W uoi 4.67 434 5
Number of hoys- on registets,13,996 ;
number of gide, 3,401.; male teachers
employed, 64 ; female, di ; trees planted
on arbor day, 758. _
THE - Moved by
Milne, Reeve °If Grey, seconded by Mr.
Kaine, Reeve of Howick, that this Coun-
cil -being inforreed that an applicatiou is
being' made to the LOcal Legielature to
fares a new county and to take away
from the county of Haro•n the townships
Of Grey and Howick and the villages cf•
Brussels and NVroxeter, that this coun-
cil most earnestly protest against the
scheme being carried Out, it being against --
the wishes of the people of the munici-
palities named. And that the Warden
86,092 65 84.90 ; 1,243 ; 17
3,407 45, 5,58 ,610 , 11
4,035 OV, 5.05 i 799 4, 30.i
4,876 25 4.52 1,079 14 !
4,62.9 00. 5.86 790 13
; 4,581 491- 4.23 1,082. 12
rsday.
January 27.
iness at the
outine pro -
erg for the
es were read
and Bridge
att Act As -
ointment of
with salary,
seconded by
modal from
Huron now
ction bede-
ting of this
division and
OUSE.
ncl seconded
ppropriation
the purpose
e of Refuge,
d to the
ocure plans,
tnendecl by
e last June
I take such
. ;
. .
are a few bolts and nuts that I am not
satisfied. with. The contractors have
been paid $1,500 on account, and there
still remains a balance to be settled. I
have provided plans and specifications
for the following' bridges, viz.: Morris -
bank, Beaver Meadow, Eighteen Mile
River on Lake Shore Road, Sauble
River on Lake Road and Clinton bridge.
I have a number of tenders from- en -
tractors which Will be submitted to ' he
council., I have examined the bridge ge
sites on the boundary between the town-
ships of : Grey iand Patna, and as the
roads - do not a,Ppcar to be, sutlieiently
open to the siteS at present, and as the
bridge could not well be built .until the
dry season as summer, I think the mat-
ter bettet remain at present until the
roads are improved. I examined the
bridge over the Nine -mile River on the
LucknoW Road. The timber is consid-
erably decayed, but if it will stand the
spring freshet, I think,. with Borne little
repairs, it will be good for another year.
In company with the Commissioner for
the couoty of Perth I have examined the
bridges on the boundary between Us -
borne and Blaushard, and consider that
with some slight repairs they will be
safe for another year. - .
• The Engineer also gave a statement of
the repairs made since the December
Meeting and the amounts which the sev-
erel works cost. ! ,
' The Gaol and Court :flouse Committee
reported having visited the gaol and
found everything clean and in good or-
der. They found 12 prisoners in the
gaol ;6 males aid 6 females. Of the six
males, shree arednsane, ami the remain-
ing three are vagrants. Of the six fe-
males, two are insane and the remaining
four are vagrants.
The Finance Com tnittee,besid es recom-
mending the payment of a number of ac-
counts, further recommended that the
sum of $20 be granted in aid of the
Prisoners' Aid Association of Toronto;
abut that the motion requiringsinterest
at the rate of six per cent. on county
loans be rescinded and that the matter
be ieft in the haluls of the Warden,Clerk
and Treasurer. to invest money on the
most favorable terms possible; that the
sum of $10 be granted for the ornamen-
tation of the Court House Square; tat
no action be taken on the Motion ask ng
for an appropriation of $20,000 for the
erection of a County Poor House; that
the - sum of $25 be granted to each(dee-
torial district in the county in aid of
Farmers' Institutes as asked for by
motion; on aceount of the, large increase
in the aost of the management of schools
especially with reference to examinations
the Committee recommend that a me-
morial from'the council be sent to the
Minister of Education of Ontario asking
that the duties of Public School Inspec-
tors, as examiners and readers of papers
&c., be included' in their ordinary duties
without remuneration further than their
ordinary salaries.
The Road and Bridge CoMmittee re-
ported recommending the adoption Of
the Engineer's report; also that the.
tender of L. Hardy for building abut-
ments for Clinton bridge at $9 per yard
be accepted; that • the tender of Robert
Jamieson for building Morrisbenk
bridge, $447, be accepted; ' that the
tender of . lai. Hardy for building the
Sa,uble bridge; $559, be accepted; that
the tender of L. Hardy, $340, for build-
ing Eighteen -mile River bridge be ac-
cepted ; that the tender of David Fen-
nell for building the Beaver Meadow
bridge, $155, be accepted, and in case he
refuses to sign Agreement that the con-
tract be given to L. Hardy at his tender
of 5300; that the Road Commissioner
be instructed to have the bridge on the
boundary between Grey;and Elma built
at as early a- date as practicable, pro-
viding the county of Perth will pay one-
half of the -cost; that $75 be kept back
from the .coetrector for the Brussels
bridge until the Commissioner is satis-,
fied as to its completion. It was also
recommended
ture be built
Clinton, and
Brothers for
be accepted..
HIGH
,
Mr. Robert
Ure, of Gode
.Seaforth were
High Schools
CONGRATULITIONS TO HER MAJESTY.
The special committee was instructed
to prepare and forward to Her Majesty,
Queen Victoria, a congratulatory address
on reaching, the Jubilee year of .her
reigns i
' SCOTT ACT MONEYS AC.AIN. _
1r, Sanders and seconded
o that the :money asked '
ectore and Commission -
MI expenses be granted,
r West Huron; $520 for
nd $537 for East Huron,
bove: aliments be deposited
f the License Fund special
e above license districts
ele of the Council be sus- .
is purpose. The Couneil
.SC.IOTT ACT ACCOU
A communication from
commissioners of East Hu
ence to the a•mount to be p
credit in the License Fund
read and Ordered to be fil
requires that two thirdsof
-enforcing the Scott Act in
three Ridings: be provided
'ch. As yet the cOuncil ha
sna,ke this provision and t
cation above referred to
asking that this be done.
however, was taken.
IMPROVING THE COURT -ROL
A resolution asking the
pended in planting flowe
Court House square was r
Finance committee.
REPORTS.
Mr.. Dickson, the county
ported as follows: There
twelve prisoners in the jail,
R.-nd six females: Of the s
are insane, viz: Wm. Kelly; aged 67;
Hugh Hall, aged 91 and Hugh McEwen,
aged 83. This latter w
from Brucefield on Januar
his case the Sheriff has be
flea and it is being atte
• remaining . three males re vagrants.
Robert Fletcher, aged el, from the
township of Howick, has been 'commit-
ted three times. His secend sentence of
six months expired on the 25th of Decem-
ber last.' -He is so feeble in mind and
in such. a complete state o dotage that
before turning him out in such cold
weather I felt it my duty o report his
case to the Sheriff aid w th his know-
ledge and advice I had hi re -committed
by Mayor Horton for an a ditional term
of fear months. r -maining two
vagrants are stron you g men, both
able and willing to work and they .cut
up the wood 'faster than
One of them, Alexander 11
the township of Ellie
Themes Clarke, ftom the
don, Ont. Both were
Mayor. Horton for al term
each. Of the -six female
sane. Their- names are
and Mary Seeth. Neithe
of a violent kinds. The r
are vagrants. Esther Halliday
two daughters are from
of Morris and were cern
months each. The re
Mrs. N. McDonald,' age
from the town of Goderic
committed for a six mont is term, being
the eleventh time she has been commit-
ted for' terms varying f oils two weeks
to six months . Of thes six females,
five will have to be cloth -d when they
leave the jail as !not one of them has
clothing of any kind.
The County Engineer
folloating statement : T
at Brussels has been op
the 6th of December las
heavy and strong structu
factory according to pia
-cations, except in a fee
ing. Refer-
ee. .
T.
the License
on in refer -
aced to their
account Was
d. The ,law
the costs of
each of the
by the coun-
,e refused to
e communi-
as a request
No action,
SE GROUNDS.
$15 be ex -
s &c... in the
ferred to the
y jailer, re -
re at present
1,—six males
x males there
s brought in
22nd, and of
n duly noti-
ded to. The
it conies in.
cNals is from
; the _ other,
city of Lon-
ommitted by
• f fella mohths
two. are in -
Sarah Halley
of the cases is
maining four
Utley-, and her
the township
itted for six
aining female
55 years is
and she was
were: Charles Cameron had twe ribs
broleen, Thos. Log had an arm bruised,
C. E. Stephens was slightly bruised,
and Mrs. Fair and child were badlY
shaken. The train arrived in CcIlling-
wood about an hour.late. •
Canada.
The Salvationists will erect a 43,000
barracks in Brampton shortly.
—Mr. John Raggert, -formerly df the
IIaggert-Cochrane Manufacturing
pany, St. Thomas, died last weels.
—Sam Jones, the evangelist, is
liver- a couple of lectures in London
about the middle of February.
—Rev. I. M. Parsons, of Knox
church, Tot -Onto, recently had his ealary
increased to $5,000 per annum.
—The Ontario Rubber Company is be-
ing organized, with head quarters in
Toronto and a capital of $250,000.;
—Protests have been filed ag,ainst
every member of the Manitoba Legis-
lature except those returned heaaccla-
mation.
—The twenty-seven Salvation Army
soldiers arrested at Lindsay were crowd-
ed into a room 27x10 and kept there all
night.
s --Rev. James Robertson, superinten-
dent of the Presbyterian missions in the
Northwest, has raised about $5,000 in
Hamilton.
—The soup kitchen is in full blast in
London and hundreds of quarts of soup
and loaves of bread are daily dealt out
to the needy.
—A five year old child of Mr. S.;Scott,
of McGillivray, was run over by a sleigh
loaded with poles the other day, and
died in a few hours.
—A mother 'of 21 children voted for
Mr. Howland, Mayor of Toronto, at the
late election, and praised God that she
had lived to see the day to do it. I
—A lad named Gerry was sent from
Kingston to his friends in Montreal a
week ago. Word has been received
that he had not reached there. It isnot
known what became of him.
—The product of 12 Lake Seperior
copper mines last year amounted to 79,-
000,000 pounds, against 72,148,172
pounds, the product of 21 mines in
1885.
—Mr. Peter Dunbar, of Lower Nichol ,
county of Wellington, has sold his valu-
able farm; containing 1/4 aeres, for the
sum of $7,500. The farm is one of the
best in that section.
—Mr. Thos. Swinyard, formerly Gen-
eral Manager of the Great Western
;Railway, has been. appointed Assistant -
President of the New York, Ontario and
Western.
—It is expected that a large deputa-
tion from Eastern Ontario will soon visit.
Toronto to urge the Ontario Govern-
ment to establish a School of Practical
Science in Kingston.
—The other night in Woodstock Wm.
Higgins, a drug clerk and son of Captain
Higgins, while handling te revolver ac-
cidentally shot himself through or near
the heart and died shortly after.
—At the meeting of 'Waterloo county
council on Tuesday last week, Mr.
Joseph Wrigley, Reeve of North Dum-
fries was unanimously elected 'Warden
for the current year.
Cole -
to de-
submitted the
• e new bridge
n for use since
. It is a very
e, and is satis-
s and speeifi-
parts. There
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- and had been a conductor for about
three years. He was married, and
leaeies a wife and one child, the latter
aboet six months old.
-I-The Nordenfeldt gun, which Cap-
tain Douglass is endeavoring to induce
the Dominion Government to purchase
fro4i his firm, has been examined by the
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mil tary officers at Ottawa, and the pur-
cha e is leeisig considered.
-I-Last %Friday Jos. Stringer, while
w o keihnegr , i
mg tre
Fle ji
falr
earth by li bs across his head and legs.
Hellived eight hours after in great pain,
but never spoke.
the woods at Quinn, near
ent county, was killed by a
He was pinned ta the
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---Thoma Hunter, of Windsor, 1 Nova
Scotia, is sibs feet seven inches in height,
and Nicholas Davis, of Walton, Nova
Scotia, is six feet eight and a quarter
inches in height. Their mothers are
first cousin*, and both giants are natives
of the county of Hants..
--Mr. A. Maclean, of Teeswater, on
account of his wife's health, is making
arr ngements to go to Colorado, and is
is
re dy to dispose of his beautiful home at
a sig sacrifice. If not sold within a
reasonable time, it will be leased for a
term of years.
1
+-Benjamin Hagarnan, of Thorold,
Ontario, is !under arrest in San Francisco
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onithe charge of embezzling $15,000 from
hi sl employer, Sir WIT1. Howland, of Tor-
o+. Government Detective Murray has
started for San Francisco to secure Hags.-
,
m n's extradition.
i—A young man who was to marry .a
Brockville lady recently found, when he
reached FranktoW1), where he' expected
to take the train, that the railway was
hopelessly blocked with snow, and in
colasequende the ceremony had to. be
postponed until the following day.
that an iron superstruc-
on the London Road at
that the tender of Hunter
uilding the seine, $1,800,
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Coates, of Clinton; Dr.
ich and Dr. Smith, of
appointed Trustees of the
f their respective towns.
Moved by /1
by Mr. McInd
for by the In,
ers as salaries
viz $270 f
South Huron
and that the
to the credit
account for t
and that the
pended for t
refused to su ,pend the rule.
After reading a number of by-laws
the Council oo motion adjourned until
the first Tues lay in June next.
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—Rev. James Robertson, Superinten-
dent of the Presbyterian Missions' in the
Northwest, has raised about $6,000 in
Hamilton in his different visits on behalf
of the work in -that part of the country.
—Mr. Frank Hogg, of Galt, lost 100
cords of wood by the late Grand River
freshet. It was piled on the bank of
the river with the intention of having it
teamed across the ice, when the flood
carried it off.
—The Bla,nshard Agricultural Society
has had the courage to declare a boycott
against the local press because it will
not publish the prize list' of the society
for nothing.
—Ane' Roman Catholic church at
Longueuil, erected at a cost of $150,000,
and said to be the largest in the Pro-
vince of Quebec outside Montreal, was
formally blessed on Sunday by Arch-
bishop Fa,bre.
—On Sunday morning Mrs. Smith,
wife of Mr. J. 13. Smith, St. Thomas,
was descending the stairs when ehe
slipped and fell headlong to the bottem,
breaking a. leg.
—During 1886 there. were 60,539 ar-
rivals of immigrants at thesafive agencies
in Ontario; 49,685 went to the United
States, 6 to Quebec Province 4,560 to
Manitoba and 15,288 -remained in On-
tario.
—Mr. J. D. Williamson, merchant, of
Guelph, who sailed for England on a
purchasing tour January 10, died in
Edinburgh three days after his arrival.
His body will be sent home for inter-
ment.
—Mr. D. McKay, of Kineardine, has
a remarkable silver watch which has
been ticking away constantly for 27
years, and during all this tirne it has
neither been cleaned nor repaired, and it
keeps excellent time.
—His Excellency the. Governor-Gen-
eral and Lady Lansdowne started on
Thursday for Montreal,- where they
take up their residence for several
weeks, including the period of the win-
ter carnival.
• - —Admiral Sir Edward Commerell,
seriou accident occurred Satur- late Commander of the British North
day night, 22nd tine, on the Northern American Squadron, is at Ottawa. He
and North-Western Railway, between arrived from England by the last mail
Allendale and Colwell, by which a num- steamer, and will make a tour of -this
ber of passepgers were injured. The country. ,
—A Paris paper, speaking of the
Fleischmann Yeast Company, says: The
staff left on Tuesday and all the ladies
who werel fortuuate to, be present on
Teesday afternoon got a chunk of taffy,
m nefactured before their eyes by the
obliging and gentlemanly bakers.
—A Toronto telegram says F. W.
I een, a horse dealer, has eloped with a
yeung weman named Newton, who some
wheks ago came from Eastern Ontario to ,
visit her brother, a grocer on. Yonge
street. Meen has left a wife and young
family.. It is believed the eloping couple
a e Detroit.
, —During the noon hoist at the school
id section 5, Kincardine township, a feey
days ago, a bey named Murdoch Mb-
Lennan, of about 14 years of- age, grap-
p ed another boy with the intent of a
restle, but by some unforeseen agency,
e leg of the poor boy was broken just
mve the ankle.
—Rice M. Howard, inspector of regis-
try offices, Manitoba, died at Winnipeg
a few days ago. He caught a severe
cold while on a tour of inspection in the
Birtle and Russell districts This de-
veloped into peritonitis, Which termin-
ated fatally. He leaves a wife and five
c ildren.
—Prior to his sermon Sunday morn -
g, Rev. J. A. Murray, pastor of St.'
ndrew's Presbyterian church, London,
t ok occasion to thank the congregation
for their kindness and liberality in add-
ing $ ?..00 to his salary, but stated that he
would decline accepting the increase.
This is surelyMost unprecedented self-
denial.
Water and Cadet Stewart; Ayr, Cap,
tain Carey and Cadet Scott; Drumbo-
Liebtenant Noi thy and Cadet :Sfaitland;
St. Thomas, Captain Mortimer; Inger- ,
soll, ; Captain Blackburn, or wich,
Captain Andrews and Lieutenant White -
sides.
—On Saturday, at noon a young lady
named "INfary Karn, of 'West Oxford, -
while eating her dinner, accidentally
swallowed a portion of a plate of false
teeth with two or three teeth attached.
She experienced great pain until the ob-
stacle passed into the stomach, after
which she felt considerably relieved.
She suffers with slight pains in her
stornach, but there is, as yet, no reason
to apprehend any serious results.
train from Collingwood, leaving Allan- —As an extra freightgoing east on
dale at 8.50, started twenty minutes the Michigan Central Railway, which
late, followed by the train for Penetan- left Windsor about 7 -o'clock last Friday
guishene, which left ten minutes later. night, approached Tilbury station, it
Something went wrong with the engine broke in two about the middle, and
of the Collingwood train, and the engi- Conductor Geo. Pim, who was walking
neer brought the train to a standstill.
Th.e brakeman set out with danger and
fog signals, but before he got far enough
to stop the conting train the latter pitch-
ed into the rear car of that for Co14ng-
wood. The extent of the damage to
plant hi not very great. The passen-
gers, however, were badly shaken, and
and several were badly bruised. Among
ti
a
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1 —Arthur A. Pinel, a clerk in the
Toronto postkiffice, was arrested Friday
harged with systematically stealing
1 1 tters containing money. He had been
uspected for some time past, and a
etch was set upon him, resulting in his ,
rrest. He is a young man recently •
arried, and has been in the post office
bout three years. ,
—Mr. -Robert Brown, sr., of Brigdee,
ear Sarnia, has received from Edin-
urgh, a wonderfully striking likeness of i
Mr. Gladstone, worked in silk on one of
-the Glasgow looms. Apart from the
alue which a likeness of the Grand Old
Ian possesses, this one is doubly in-
eresting owing to the way in which it,
las been worked. I
, —Workmen were successful Sunday
night in 'drilling through and opening,
the door of the vault of the Bank of;
Montreal at Toronto. The door is aboutl
three and a half inches thick and isl
made of the finest steel. The work;
took two days and two nights. In some
Way the time lock would not work,
hence the necessity for forcing it,
—The new Methodist church in Bur-
lington, dedicated Sunday, cost $12,500,
includind $2,000 for furnishing. A debt
of $5,000 remained when it was opened.
on Thursday night, but that was wiped
out by stibscriptions amounting to some-
thing over that sum. Rev. S. Cleaver is
the pastor. The church has seating aci
comrnodation for 700 persons.
—N,Vhile the Nashville University
Singers Were at Brantford they began,
after they had taken their places for din-
ner at the Kerby House, to chant a:
beautiful hymn as grace, but were inter-
rupted by a Chicago guest sho-nting;'
" Stop that d—n singing." The singers
desisted although -earnestly requested to
proceed. , The interrupter, after dinner,
was ordered to seek another hotel.
—At the annual meeting of Knox
church, Galt, held last week, the finances
were shown to be in a very favorable
state; the total receipts for the year
were $8,048.66, and the disbursements
$6,826.99, leaving a balance on hand of
$1,257.61. The pastor, Rev, J. K.
Smith, is to be congratulated on this
favorable showing of his congregation.
. —The Woodstock Sentinel of last
week says: The Salvation Army bar-
racks was jammed Monday night, the
—.A sad accident occurred a short dis-
tance mirth of Toronto Wednesday last
week- As Mr. Jackson, of Victoria
avenue,' Eglinton, was driving downi
Gallows Hill, accompanied by a lady,,
the ;whiffletree broke loose, striking the
horse's heels. The horse ran away and
the !cutter upset, throwing the ,occupants
out.; Mr. Jackson struck a 'telegraph.
pole with such violence as tel kill him
instantly. The lady had her arM broken,
.-:-The Hamilton Association i composed.
of the leaders of scientific and literary
thought in that city, is doing good work
at its regular meetings in securing the
contribution of papers on interesting
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topics. -Friday. night Mr. C. M. Barton
diScussed the Chinese problem. At the
next meeting Rev. G. M. Forneret, of
AR Saints' church, will read a paper on
" The Ifalf-breeds of the Northwest." '
-4. C. O'Connor, who was the mas-
ter of the Seaton Village public scheo/,
fell dead in the bath -room of the Rich-
ardson , House, Toronto, about 3 o'clock
i
Thnrsday morning. He had been ailing
for several days, and his heart was
seriously affected. During the night he
had got up from his bed to get a glass Of
water in the bath -room, and,on arriving
thiltre he dropped dead.
man dressed in -woman's clothing
mid calling himself Miss Foster, has been
fielding evangelistic services in some of
the districts along the north shore of
New Brunswick. At several places his
m thods and manner of exhortation were -
el
so feminine that be was not detected.
But at Travers' school house, on the
Little Southwest, suspicion was aroused,
and he was at length exposed at one ef
his meetings and forced to decamp..
i—The famous Toronto coal conspiraey
caee against Patrick Burns, eoal dealer,
Thomas Johnson, his confidential eler1s,
amid -John H. 1,7enables, mechanical
superintendent of the city watsrworks,
1
has collapsed. His Lordship Chief
Jnstice Cameron, without callihes on tile
defence, addressed the jury to the effect
that there was no evidence of conspiracy
or fal'Pe pretences, and lif instructed
th-em as bring in a Verdkt of acquit*,
which they did, 'and defendants were
dilschareed.
11—Wm. Pioneer, a young man living on
NWer street'', liamilton, had for three
years been greatly troubled with an in-
grown toe -nail. He went -to Dr. Philp's
office the other morning for the purpese
of having an operation performed.
Chloroform was administered while the
o eration was being performed. The
fortunate man never recovered con-
sciousness, although the combined skill
of five physicians were exercised to try
and save his life. He died a short time
afterwards. No blame is attached .te
Dr. Philp. , .6)
—At Pi -a -pot's reserve, Northwest
Territory, els New Year's bay, Miss
Roee, the teacher, gave a ' dinner in the
school -house to the Chief, the head men,
and all the heads of the families and aer -
pupils, numbering in all 164. The
Chief paid that it was the best meal ihe
eVer got, and that it was the first time
he had enjoyed the New Year's Day' in
that way. He thanked Miss Rose for
the "good and able" way she had treat-
ed them that day. The head man also
thanked Miss Rose for "her kindness
towards the children that she was teach-
ing there."
, —A Peterboro curler who has just
Played a closely contested " thirteen
point" game, gave the following fignres
to prove that it was hard work. - In
following and sweeping the Stone8, which
syas done with the most thorough fideli-
ty, he traveled 5i miles; a large part of
it being on the run and sweeping with
ell a curler's enorgy. The playing of his
Stonearepreseneed the moving of over 21.
*Ins, and the length of the rink 42 yards,
equivalent to moving over 99 tone 1
31-ard. Allowing that the stone was
raised. :on an average two feet at each
s!bot, he raised 41 tons one foot.
f —There died at his bome at Lake -
Elide, East Nissouri, on Saturday last, in
the person of Mr. Francis A. Gernian,
the first resident of the township of
i",ast Nissouri. Mr, German went into
he bnsh in that township 65 years ago,
nd had resided onithe farm on which he
lov
'nestthi engcopmlaniceu.nity,. and that -respect Was
ied ,53 years. He lived to see that
wnehip one of the best in the Pro-
-ince,e He was a man highly respeeted
hown by the large number of people
ho followed his remains to their !last
forward to get orders when the Aram.
reached the station, fell off the end of
the car on the track and fifteen cars
passed over his body, mangling sit be-
yond description. Another freight was 1
following, and the engineer saw the '
body too late to stop before the engine
and four cars had passed over it. When
the remains were gathered together
they presented a blood -curdling sight.
last meeting of the anniversary cele-
bration. The meeting was probably the
most enthusiastic one held here since
the day General Booth visited the town.
A large number of soldiers were present
from a distance. The following are the
names of the officers present: Staff Of-
ficers, Major Mobley and wife; Mrs.
Major Woolley. and Adjutant Philpott.
From Gal* Captain O'Leary and Cadet
the CollingWood passengers who were Taylor; Otterville, Lieutenant lrota
on board who suffered from the collision Pim was a young man 23 years of age, and Cadet Shearer; Paris, Captain
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—George W. Amsing and Maria' :An -
ling inherited a large fortune from their
ether, a St. John, New Brunswielt,
awnbroker. Neither ever married, and
oth Jived miserly, meanly and. dirty all
heir lives. For a number of years tire-
ions to their death they never alloWed
drpp of water to touch their persons
except when drinking.. Last summer
their house was burned, and thehorrible
etate of filth in which the couple were
living was then discovered, and they
were forced by the authorities to wash
themselves As a consequence the old
&nail caught cold and died, and his aster
survived him but a short time. Among
the bequests are the following: To the
St. John's Firemen's Relief Fund, $6,000;
to the New Brunswick Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,$3,630;
to the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion, 53,000; to the Protestant Orphan
Asylum, 56,000; to the St. .John Free
Public Library, $3,000,