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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-02-04, Page 10 Ef the nese- sea ,n tnake our great ER Doing every depart- )thl las we have iataleies, acrifice. 1:1 riery and Cloth- terth. evening by the Torrance arid li B rid gem an, r in his. usually proceeds af the r71. an, our roads nearly, if not •those runuing s still consider- ntities of grains brought:to mar -i demand,—The ave been carried the Methodist six weeks, are 1 with good re- i.ends are work- : addinv to and g's---tMr. E. has rented 'ehop awl in- tisaking. —The - Goxworth's ;:q last week was was the best of s of our curling [On Tuesda.y to , with Seaforth, i'me by 12- points. yhieh Mr. Char - 1r points, which had good:pla,y- that on their r-1 :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, et en Friday, when path - (awe -vied -era lash. ry Society of eld their last e samei was eats could -net L three-fourths ant, Blyth and resented. The g, se we will of it. The singing by the ley a duct by Mr. Armour •hanati ; duet el Miss Lizzie iss M ar the a. N. dicClin- reeitatiess by e by Mr. and v Miss Coven - the Rev, Life of John Wash. Solar; caulk: song on n by the three uth-organ solo - J. The So- y laidayrsight„ 11 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 11 - 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 13 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 I ---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 I 1 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. —A • —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 I 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 I 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 1,1 —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,