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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-02-25, Page 1Y - A887 1,11 d ttu m o tide structed to Ira same.— Elgie, and that the et again en /ouka.. ta., tt by some iehts name Lt and al - ;feet land, tt, dee tion. at the re113.- feet Saturday drool see - ow storm Al heavy, the team tys beiug [9.: The -ed. Durs vas made, rule! two dways st'at t of fed - tine. A 01 Section ing home 7th. Met., year of t hall he - 9 years, ehild ka did not with a. the man re en the One of ent above his rhirt :tut over ther were wounded tied up d, stormy tee, anol, ceverea . gate, fa !es lerme, boys to greatly retie was unlaced -ens con - eye and teeth lumber (I ()etas- hk hae fI there :tr of ey St. e -es i t- iles- !Liz trs, Liz- -teee of (tome my, and • the a. te,1 as s brides - eft on a. awn. • NINETEE WHOLE Nu TH YEAR. BER 1,0O2. &#.4o, SEAiO IH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1887. 11101.1EAN BROS. bl 1 $1.50 a _Year, in A d Great Ch —NOW ap Sale IN— FTYLI.3 MIA_ 'T —AT HE— HEAP CASH STORE MAIN -ST., EA -FORTH. We have just fin our whole stock, m article in each depa fore did we make six tions, a great mane wholesale prices., few of the leading l Dress Goods, Prin shed going through rising down every tment. Never h sweeping re 're- lines away below • he f ollowin are a nes : , Ginghains, Shirt - hags, Cottons, De, ims, Ducks, Table Litmus, Towellings, Reliant's, Lace'Cur- tas„, Hosiery, GI bons, EsOroideries - Blankets., - -Cloths, Flannels, ! Undercio Jackets, Jerseys, Muds, Scarfs, Leg Remember the pi ves, Corsets, Rib- Frillings, Yarns, weeds, Ulsterings, thing, Boys' Suits, SIID.W18, Squares, hags, etc. c0— Hoffman. &• Co,, Cheap 0 sh Store,- Cardno's Bio k, Seaforth. - A "Tint to t Come, Ned,' t over here." " No, no, old mai corner there, farthe " at look h4re, table -girl over here. She's the prettiest e Hungry. t's take this table , come down in the from the door." Ned, just see the Isn't she a daisy? ne in the place. I don't want to go dater there to be wait- ed on by that old c come." •" There, there, my boy: you just stop your nonsense and one along with me. _I've been grubbingat restaurants toe long to he fooled y aary such talk as that. H you want o flirt, you cats get a prettier girl outsi le. If you want to not made of feathers they were declared 1 k t the ' comfortable enough fo theweary sha,ntyj men in the woods. 1 he fiddler, a plc:est tart, wee 'nanny, wa with the visitors, at when rendering a S • extraordinary. .1 - The Montreal Cp,rnival, BY ONE wii01WAs THERE. The reign of King Carnival is over in the gay city of Montreal. All week be, fore last he held undisputed sway by the banks of the St. Lawrence, dazzling the visitors from abroad by his wonders,' and keeping those to the manner borne in a flutter of excitement; but al good things must have ' an end, and so the winter' king has departed, to return,: it is to•be hoped, by.anotheeyear in 'greet:7 great- er splendor than o'er before. That his reign was a great success is beyond all question, and that he has left a thousand pleasant memories behind is equally dear. Two weeks - age, We gave our s readers an ideaofwhat the Carnival was_ likely to be; now that it is over it is proper to say something of what it has been. The °peeing day, Mondays was at beautiful. a winter day rt ---s the -most fastidious per. son. could desire: The good people of Montreal felt both pleased and relieved when they looked out that morning, and saw how fine it was. :They accepted it ! at an omen of an equally fair week.' The! sun was shining brightly, the air was ' keen enoug'h to be bracing; but the air was of that kindly tether which quickens ' th.e pulse without chilling • the . heart. - Many visitors had arrived from New ' York, Boston, and other points in the ' Middle and Eastern. States, and also from cities. as far west as Winnipeg and - St. Paul. They were early abroad to ' 4 see what.was to be see', andthere was much to' be seen. :he streets Were througe-d _with eMontterti citizens,. and I with residents -of every part of - Canada. . The whole city, was e4 fete, and . in all. the principal streets flags waved -front many buildings., and some fronts ef the stores were decorated.I The effect was very striking, especially in SE.- James and Notre Dame streets. e . The principal portion of the Morning's work was the Opening 'afthe toboggan . slides, some of which were prettily dc - orated with evergteensearches, ete., for the Occasion. About ten o'dock visitors began to arriye at the slides„.and from - that time they were welloecepied, and . the members of the dubs were kept busy piloting the strangers- down slippery., declivities. There was. no formal cere- monial at the slides; theainangeration consisted merely in indulgin.g the visi- tors in a slide at Bonn as they arrived, and entertaining them as thoroughly as pos.sible after the ordeal was over. To those who had never been on a toboggan before the octasion was a most :exciting one, and some of them will never forget the sensations they then experienced. The Lumberman s.camp was an attrac- tion which drew thousands of 'visitors during the week. It proved to be out of the most successful features!of the Carnival.. It Was a veritabler :lumber - mares. camp, . with a -roaring log fire, which many were gladto approach after the nipping air outside.: Many. also availed themselves of the opportunity of tasting the "grub," aseld Joe, the typical shanty cook,_- called ,it. The bunks :in the camp ' were thoroughly .exL emitted by. the ladiesi a -ad if they were • f 102 feet is attained by thp prin tower. That at the eastern ngle gonall angle feet 1. and ba turret an ex radian pro( and• vas a feet high, and is placed dr the walls. At the northerlY tower .32 feet square and 5 Curtain walls; with loophol9 mentt, connect towers and gether. In the interior was under the auspices of the C eific Railway Company of th of the Canadian- ,Northwett toba. In one Of the towers! equipped kitchea. wort -Mg o where tea and Coffee were so ved. design of the palace•was the I vork o wellTknown Montreal arch' ects, chison & Steel, aid is wort - Tuesday was net a good 9 all the outside sports being wholly stopped, by the !I came down vigorously.. 11 things lasted throughout Nearly every one stayed itt The Victoria, Crystal, and pther r were crowded with peep e, and theatres packed to suflbeatipla Al hotel corridors were thronld. I evening, however, a source o solac found in the fancy dress carnival Victoria Skating Rinke t cess in every. way, and for brilliant scene. The G Lady LansdoWne were their suite. There were skaters on the ice dressed fane terries, . and thousands of spec looked on. The decorationt of th two rs in. r, the ou ti oue eat, yo Lt come her homely waiter, 1`, pretty doesn't have else. It's the hom your order straight dinner hot every ti e waiter -girl who is time to do anything Iy girl who brings and gets you your • Mostly Native. Yon are a eati re .of this parish r asked a 'Scotch shetw of a witness who itify in a case of - H- alsey yer• honor,.' eans. Were you born `Na, yet honor, I was summoned to t licit distilling. 14-a's:the reply. 'I but this feature, althouah e!xcellent fi in this parish?"r itself, was felt by, nany to be rethe sva, n't horn in this perish., but I'm maist 4 You came eetei,„ tame when . compared with the rest o a'grative, for a' tha heat suppose yeti Ithe attractions. It, • however, when you were a. 8-e. rel the visitors an opportunity of seeing on mean `./..” said the sit riff • No of the most wonderful of modern pic- just here about sat 'year noo.' 'Then tures, "The Communicants," by Julen how do you come t, be nearly a native Breton, for which Sir Donald A, Smit of the parish ?' • % reel, ye see, when earn'thei•e, sax year sin,' I just weighed Paid 845,000. eight stone, an' I'm noo, sae ye see that me helangs to this comes fta Carals.ehi • Ivike Hens a great. faverit d- his enthuslasni• tch -air was 'Most The Maze, .011 ee d' Anna, ha Many visitors also: • It, -was of !. th usual type, except' -hat! ice was ! the material of which it x•ns. built. A -good many people also Gallery, Which cent exhibition, gathered vent to the Art Med an execllent for the occasion If hens were as in winter as in sur just as 'well. Tho Ni inter must then warm-. Chickens on InagS and -offal f prefer to have- p cooked and fed w fully seventeen stane Ora Monday evening the great even bt' was the arrival of the '11arcplis .o•f Lansi- aout nine save' o ariah an' the ith cio% ne,Gevernor-Generat, of ta..nada, • and Lady Lansdowne. He reached Montreal about nine- o'clock p. was received with all the .honors dule tci the office and the Man. There watar immense throng at the station, includ- ing the Meyer and the. City Council, a guard of honor- of the :Montreal Art01 fery, the various snowshoe clubs, .a-adJe baud. Their Excellencies were escorted amid much enthesiaser to the lee Palacei There a speech of weleernelfrem 'Mayor, Beaugrands was .given. 1.Thle iGovernor woe an excellent sppech in reply, and a number of prominent citizens Wer presented to him... I Lay in Winter. arrn and as well fed mer they would lay e who wish eggs in •eed and keep them ay be cheaply fed om the butchers. I i.rt of this, at least, rm. That which is --fed raw should be .clut up into fine pieces and fed in a clean place. Give them pounded oyster sl • crushed limestone, roosting ,place must winter the hens in small room which or plaster, or o form shells. The he made warm. In y be crowded into a is made tight.: A eatil ator may run !from near the floor and above the roof, and this will keep . The chicken house south, and the front On cold days the hirds shauld not beasertnittektorrun out ia the cOld. The will, not lay if over- crowded'. A dry Mier is a good place tor chieliens in the frwinter.—A Pennsyle ania Amateur. t pan Thisbe True? A Yankee havin told an Englishman that he shot on one particular occasion !tt) snipe, his int hy lw didn't mak " No." said he, the air pure enougl thould open to the :should be of glas rlocutor asked him it 1,000 at once. 'it's not likely I'm geing to tell a lie far one snipe_'' W hereupon the Englishman, d eter- Mining net to he au .done, began to tell a tory of a mats heti ig swam from Livere pool to! Beaton. • to the dredge. The plan is an irrieffularl L " Did you see hip youreelf ?" asked sqliare, enclosing an area of 14,000 feet, the Yankee, audderfly," entirely clear and open to the sky. " Whe'„ ye.s, of deurse I aid ; I was 1 From each angle of the square tower c rning across and Our -vessel passed him., rises, that in the southwestern -corner a mile out of P)ostork Harbor." I being a reduced copy of the great tower " %Veils I'm glad ye saw him, stran- at Windsor Castle, and provided with a ger, eGS ver a witness that I did it. 1 circular staircase of ice leading to a 'par - Many of the visitors had seen Govern ors before, and, therefore, felt no grea curiosity on that score, but fe,,v'el them had ever seen an ice castle.' This wal indeed the flower of •the whole affair ;1 something which, if iKeats is right in saying "A thing of beauty is a' joy ,fOr ever," wi I linger in the Minds of al while they live. There is a faseinatia about an ice castle spell as belongs to pd other -structure reared ,by human hands! It looks as strong and permanent. as the buildings of brick and stone that ar about it, yet the beholder knowstliat i has been gathered from the ,sonrees 'of thousand streams, that ,it is a creatur of the clouds, and that in a few weeks will pass away and flow • with the greatl river into its original hoine, the bound -1 less ocean. The', ice eltstle ef this yeati differs freer itt predecestors in many re- spects. It is larger and handsomer, and of a navel design. The tewer is p1accd at the nortfavestere alngle, instead of ati the (scare, which gives a greater1variety That was rue." apet commanding a fine view. A height ipal 80 to is a igh. tie- . to- tibit Pa- ucts veil - 'der, The the -tut- . • ing there was another magnificent dis- play of fireworlks at the ice castle, and a snowshoers' dinner at the .Windter. So ended the Montreal Carnival of 1887.— SOUTTISH. AMERICAN. ' SWitzentand. hired Raymond to assist in capturing and looking after his father, The wound festered and Webster is stated to have been eaten alive by vermin:. The pris- oners were taken to Walkerton to ap- pear before the magistrate. The Crown will ask a reward in •order to produce witnesses, of Whiell there are supposed A correspondent who is now traveling to be about a dozen. Detective M 6 - in Europe -writes as follows concerning this sunny land : Gowan says the evidence he can produce will be sensational and revolting. Switzerland, the Helvetia �f the Re - mans, is a small country, with a total area of only 15,991 square miles. It eomprites twenty-two cantons, dissim- ilar in size, language and modes of life ; united since l848 into a confederacy of "em' -similar to that of the 'United States of rnival day, America. The population in 1880 was hecke- , or 2,846,102; of -whom 1,666,984 were ain, s hich Protestants and 1,161,055 Roman Catho- is sta e of hes; Jews, 7,380; other sects, 10,863. the day. Each canton; in tocel matters, is quite ler sh lter. independentof the others. The Federal nks, Govettiment has the supervision of the • ttIhlee army' the postai and telegraph systems, the ' and regulates the building and manage- wasment of railways. It founds and sup- ports univertities, of which there are t the four, viz., at Zurich, Basel, Berne, and sue - Geneva. Liberty of conscience and most and faith is guaranteed equally to all, al - with though the 'order of Jesuits has been ds of suppressed : and their connection with church and school forbidden. The Fed- ms- eral Diet meets annually at Berne. The atora upper house is composed of two member fn ot %live, souls. The Cabinet consists of seven one representative for every 20,000 other members; chosen by the Diet for a term e ice f the of three years. The President is elected - • from among its men-ibers by the Diet, rings forene-yeer only. Every man 2-0 years of age has the right to vote. EverY, citizen is a member of the army, which; on a war footing, can place 215,000 wellj drilled soldiers in the field at twentyl: four hours' notice. Education is free and compultory. The public school houses are among the finest edifices in the country. The -result of this extrae4 . was led a ernor sent undr were exceedingly fine, and nett features were two skat .one representing a snow-sho a hockey player. A dane by ladies and gentlemen Iva most attractive features of•the eve enjoyment. On Wednesday all Montreal was 1 appy again, for the day had cleared, ail1 the weather was fine. Again esierybod f was rink from each -canton ; the lower house of abroad, and the streets weie thro It was calculated that there were strangers in the city, for they had in from all quarters. All the tob -Ted, 5,000 come ggan slides were in full blast, and thelother attractions in request. The GoViernor and his lady went -about seeing every- thing. At.the Driving Park therft were some excellent trotting races, which were: continued for three days. The quarrymen �f the suburbs had a proces- -sion, and drove. into Montreal with 145 aleiglaloads of stone, as their donation towards the 'completion of St. Peter's Cathedral: The contractoth also •' had their annual drive, and made a oodly • show. The snowshoe races on the ham - reek grounds were an entirp novelty to most of the strangers, an. wer well attended. The racesewere vell co test- ed, and proved :Very- interesting. The fancy skating tournament at the rctoria Rink was also. witnessed by a large crowd, and the skating was very fi e, But the great attraction was re erved for the evening,when the Ice Pala e was to be stormed by the meth rers fthe snowshoe clubs. 'There Were near1y 2,000 snowshoers ie line, forming half a mile long.' Each had as they marChed from the Monntain (learn t� Domii they formed ,a striking ai speetaele. The clubs repre the St.( ; eorge, L'Treppeur,'. Teque Rouge, Emerald, Go Artillery, and Royal Scots and several visiting clubs. -ed that thirty thtiusand p present. Thearrival of th from the Mountain was the attack, which Consisted in the castle with rockets, the being answered by all sorts pf fire from inside. It is needless- to sa thing in regard`to the brill spectacle. The castle looks times, under the rays of t night, or lighted by electric lights it looked gorgeo.us; in its The bands played, the sues their tire -works, and finally capitulated, and marched dut w honours of war. The effett, ho was somewhat Marred by an ac A spark felt among the anainunit side the castle,and set it off Iprern in successive eXPlesions, citing deal of damage, and injuring th four people, but itis hoped iltone s ly. On- Thursday there wa gjoocl c weather,and another most enjoya was spent. The chief feature day's proceedings was the drive, far surpassed anything before att in Montreal. It was a splendid and was witnessed by -an immense a proeessien atorc a and top cf the on Spare,. d be, utiful: ented were; thine lillene,! don, Lolly,1 E Mo itrea1,1 t is etiinat- rson were! sheers or the rding rd ing works f the at all , or at' ; now hues. plied Prison th the vever„ ident., on in-! turelY good ee or rioas- SIIONN ignal bomb bomb •ancy level) !re SUD faried sheer the gr • rt ival le day f the which meted affair! Crowd .of speatatorsi' There had. $een a good deal of tinr and money spett in t le dis- pla,y, and it: Waa worth it all The Mountain 'snowshoe steeplecha e was witnessed by', a number of peo le, the • Athletic Glub House beine ma e the centre of attraction for m ny • f the visitors. Thetobogga,n slid we •e kept busy all day., In the eveni g tit re was a fancy-dress, carnival at , the \ ictorie • SIsating Rinks which was ev m re sue- _ cessful than the first. :Friday brought with it 'a regu ar old-' • fashioned snow storm, whi h en ed in the evening in a roaring blii.zard. This pist a summary stop to out oor rports, lint there was plenty of fun nsid . The vernor-G eneral mad -Lady held a reeeption in the City s -at largely attended,a, great ors froni the United, States b The grand bell in the eve Windsor was', an immenee may re said to have beea • t the; eek. The fine din- ng - hotel was fitted up for the o lar le as it is; could hardly gue •ts. The -decorations Were very fine. All the work of the Dominion of no small part of that on th. lwas there, and it was affair, too big to be dealt end of a long article. On Saturday the' weathe and dold, but a vast deal c on the ground. This, howe pres-ent the grand tandem s from coming off, nor did it c deal Df:private hospitality. Lat.-18d° w n Hall, which manis visit- ing present. nig at the tiecess, and agance, as some people call it, is a great-- er ratio of general intelligence than is to be found in any other country under the Sun. Children must go toxschool at six and must remain in it until they ate thirteen years of age. The gymnasium, the blackboard, and object lessons gen- erally, enter largely into the curriculum, Boys are trained to the use of arms fron childhood. Every Swiss is aupposed t he a good shot: All are taught to sing. Politeness it inculcated as a cardinal virtue, also respect for seniors, coin passion for. infirmity, kindness to all, even t� the birds of the air and th beasts of the field. Strange it do seem - but the Swiss have no nation • Canada. —A new Salvation Army barracks was opened at Parkhill, -on Thursday, 10th inst. The Lachine corporation are about to erect a complete system of -waterworks to east $80,000. • —The Hamilton License COMMiS8i011- ers intend to reduce the nmnber of liquor licenses issued in that -city. —Mr. Alex. Cambia', Commissioner of Patents, died at Ottawa, Friday morn- ing, -of Bright's disease. —The Dominion Government have been notified that the British authorities have discarded the Lee -Burton rifle. —The Dominion Government have decided to grant the McDougall orphan- age a site at Morley, !North West Territory. —The Canadian Institute, Toronto, are taking steps to form a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and children.. —Colonel. Goldie, the new Quarter- master -General at Halifax, has instruc- tions to purchase Canadian horses for the British army: ---A fire broke out in Teeswater last Sunday morning. Three buildings con- taining a number of shops and business places, were destroyed. —Strong efforts will be made by the temperance people of Toronto to secure important amendments of the Crooks .Act thissession. —Geo. W. Knox, of Los Angeles, a native of Galt and a nephew of Dr. Resebrugh of Toronto, has been elected to the California Legislature. --Barton Township Council has paid Mrs. Davies $65 for the loss of a horse by an accident on the Flock mountain road,near Hamilton. - —The station of the Michigan Central Railway at Aylmer was destroy -ed by fire with its conteuts on Thursday eve- ning, 17th inst. Loss about $800. —Harry Itice, lessee of the Darnea House, Burford village, was fined $100 and costs for a .secoud offence against the Scott Act. • The case will be carried to a higher court. , .—Mrs. Mary A. Smith, of East Sand- wich, while dra,iirii g water from a well a few days ago, fell into the hole mid was is 45 years old and n. Ir. A. J. Leitch, of Dutton, whese- • g rain warehouse was burned down, nig,tsinst the Lancashire Insurance Company for $5,000, has been langua.ge. On the German frontier, a drowned. She . w German patois is spoken s where the leaves eight childr boundary touches France, French: and —The claim by where Italy, bad Italian. The peopl are "rery industrious. One sees n loafers at street corners nor idlers 1) age PrOv d - . oo much for it last week. ffow olidl it. was When first captured could not of -course be ascertained;.but some 48 iteett have elapsed since it was brought le* by Mr. Harris. k Oraham, aged 14, working in a ceirpe shep in Owen Sound, was oil- ing One f the belts when his.coat eatight in it; caarying him around several times and ming him a' considerable dis- tance. is head struck a grindstone', and )1e eceived injuries from which he tle Curl coming Iii.11:110,aep1131!;Tvpe; in the Central prison for horse stealing, Made his escape from the jail at Brant- ford nday morning. lie climbed. on a pile f snood, thence on top of the jail fen Old lowered himself on the outside tor Da Freema not ye Wiley :he served in the Northwest, andfor British ,culinuhia, 27 ; Kull, 25 wide:11'1 e Wore a medal. -. silk, 22.; St. Hyacinthe, 18 Frederic- ; Belle- ---About twenty boys who had been ton 17 ; antottetov. n, ; Three hired eft ten cents a ihead to represent! Riv'ers, 5 t Brantford!, ; Sherbrooke, osperous working men of 1 ems - 12 ; - carrying, torches in the Mae- ChathaT, 11 ; Galt, 10. 11 ; St. Thomas -a. 11; procesSion struck for their —Last Friday 'evening a sad accident before starting .froin the station happened to the little son of Mr. Wm. d to be settled with there and Hannan, Toronto., while coasting. When 'ander Macarthur, of Winnipeg, , ;edverere.ii.dcligng several opv:ii.ttro.00kf bobs and anied by W. H. Young, and 'colided .with the bled bearing young luipped, has - left for York Fac 'Hannan. The sharp runner of the bob route for Bella's, Bay. The of their journey is scientific re- oturht,oei.11:igItd.tlef fole171ell oNIN'N.1 or boy had bb'ekl'Idlieend the next s, and -it is. poesible an ;effort ,Nrrlitlel e to reach the North Poke re said to have been furmsheu by ithsonian Institute. trick. Burns, a farmer, of Roches - ex county, was struck by the ex- the Wayside. Every man has a callin, . settled. - If heis not a professional or a farmer, 11 —Baxter Coulsoe, a young man of 19, is a skilled mechanic, and works at his son of John Coulson, of Lewville, in the of Hamiltoe, was instantly trade early and late. The women are as intelligent as the men, often snore sci. killed the other day by the fall of a tree • But for the !women, Switzerland woul 1 ‘vhile he WaS chopping 'M the bush. ' have been - bankrupt long ago. The i —Mr. Joseph Close, a well-known peasantry are Poor, very poor; but there brick manufacturer and resident of . - are no beggars. Every canton -provides - V\ oodstock for nearly 40 years, died .thoes for those who are unable to earn their suddenly at his residence there a few ten be --A fiving. Drunkenness hides itself, if it day s ago from the bunting of a blood exist t at all, So much for the morale df vetsel. ! - . • had s this fight -hearted, kindly and intensely —The other morning an old man 8?1,1,-Ire patrietie peeple. They do not seem to named Severs, living at Clarksville, naiiear sii be religiout! overimich. Stinday, aft r Suspension Brid.ge, leaped into the ! cared the e 0 arly morning services are over, is Niaeara, River. The supposed CSC fiethe ause is day :of geeeral recreation and men temporary insanity, paused by ill -health making. 04 that • day, the rates of and despendeney. , 1 1 traveling are cheaper, and steamers and —The :Salvation Army at Montreal cars ; are crowded with excursionists. has obtained a permit front the city to Theatres, herte-races, - boat -races, cut build its barracks near the ,corner of St. euseS and • ' ' shows,": reap their harvest Alexamler and Craig streets. The build- -on Sunday: Many of the shops are the is to cost between $12,000 aid she found thet not only had the tramp disappeared but that her husband's god(' axe had gone with him. She afterwards found out that he had tried to sell the axe at several homes in the neighbor- hood, but had not succeeded. —The YOung Men's Prohibition Club in Toronto held meetings every Sunday afternoon in the Pavillion. Sun- day, of last week, Miss Bower, of the —Dr. Eekroyd, of Detroit, formerly of Mount Forest, has fallen heir to $50,- ost instantly. ! 000 through the death of a brother in rreSpondent writing from Lit - says : —Word has becn received from Paris Australia,. I ent; Manitoulin Island, ss is fair in this section this of the death if Rev. Adani Townley, Dt Railway ties and saw logs are D,, carrell a nurm*, and formerly in- _ ut fast, all produce in good de- cumbent of Paris, at the age of 79 years. The doctor had been in feeble health for ratiyon$:,2,P, per ton; pork $9 per ; oats 40 cents; -everything else a Lonkut,..in J. • 'Gentling, of West Garafraxa, can McIntyre, a lad 15 years of while in the act of J tqppin g ou a horse - was sentenced to four months power at his own barn got his feet caught on the cap of the large wheel, - and the arm ermiing around dragged the foot with it, tearing the large toe clean off at the first joint and badly bruising —The mortuary statistics for January e the ground and made off. show the number of deaths during the eldest son of Postoffice Inspec- month- to have been as, follows in the rid Spry, past grand master of undermentiened places : Montreal, 405; ems, of Toronto, succumbed the ight to typhoid fever. He was 19, and had attained his cap - 1 the 35th Battalion, with which Toronto, 18 -ht Hamilton, -62 ; john, New Bruotsvick, 54; Halifax:, 52; Ot- tawa, -.-50 ; Kingston, 37; Sorel, 31; Winnipee, 129 ; London, 29; Victoria,. "the pr ton". b doneld money and. h then. accept fully e tory, e obj4et sea.ech be feat funds thetStn tert press t station and i work pears ( just completed his Sth year, the day of his ;death being the anniversary of his birth.' —The rivers and streams of M iddle- sex county have caused considerable ain :going west, at the Ruscom crossing, on Tuesday last week, damagin most of which is sustained by townships. The bridges washed away btantly killed, Sotne m'en et it ap. on the Thames are the .1...light and Nine ear by called to him, but eceased mistook the distsnee (if iron bridge crossing at the asylum side- . e , the tra- s 1 t 1 r the cow toe( , ant t ee it. Nit, catche 1n, a N g , Nissouri and the township -of Bianshatd, . 1 , e authorities at Washington have , in Perth. Ou the Au Sable- it is re - 1 1 t one of the lareest fish ported that three bridges are gond, two . 0 export.rs in St: John, stating that no ; being township bridges and one a county duty v ill i be levied on frozen fish for lettlilgtey. thlen roadsdi11er eiiiitaivrel alc)eesenthnriroallgo throughthe immedirtte: consumption, imPrted into ' usually damaged by the freshets. «itd St. t from Canada The the U Collec had p that f dutial Statics ish L night was f or of Customs at Eastport, Maine, —A new dvie- hospital- has been eviously given it as his opinion erected in Montreal fur contagious dis- ozen fish from the Provinces were eases that will cost about f;z26 000. It is . , le. , three storeys in height and includes rs. JEOrieS Burns, of Manotie eighteen large apartments. The two 1, was robbed of $60 at the Brit- wings have each • two storeys and are on hotel, Ottawa, on Thursday more than 120 f eet long. Eaeh ingias ast week, while asleep. The city six large wards for 62 beds, thus making Ill of " crooks " attending the . a total of 124 beds for the sick. Anew trottit g races, and it is likely that one : system :of :ventilatien has been intro - of. tit t fraternity captured her ,little ' duced, which has been declared perfect ( 'pile. She had been seen counting her , by doctors from the United States and monea in one- of the parlors several . the :different Previnees of Canada. On and when she retired did not fas- the groutel floor are kitchens, laundries, , ' :Rotes and !dwelling houses of the cos- t door. Miss M stard, of Millbank, who ployes. it is stated that it will be uffered g 'eatly for moutht -from i placea in charge of a site 1100(1, lint it lisease wlitich had baffled the insist : has ).ot yet been done, and must be de- Physicia is, ii said to have been 1 eidell by the council at its monthly i instantly by the exercise of lath 1 meeting., •. Divine player to heal. The young I —1.Mr. Mylei Dempsey, son of Mr. i Andrew Dempsey, of Ameliasburgh, ( Prince Edward county, met With an un- ! timely end on Thursday, 10th inst., ' within .sight of his home- He was i trainincr a 1 young colt in harness, not , ! 1 beine hitched to any rig, and by some : P 1 means, in tnaamg him step up, the colt I Melted him in the stomach ; and though f help was promptly on hand, he had I breathed his last before he could be got into the home. Mr. Dempsey was a fine healthy young fellow of a'oout 22 years t city, 4cretary of the estaioer. : 0,f age, and in, very sudden death was a great shock to the whole community. 3oard, an'l Thomas MeBrochn, t About two weeks before he had prenent- t and—anti four daughters, two . of i Minself for prayer in the Bethel are nem rried and two married. :eni(1-turnb, and rt Stanley, formerly of Stratford, e. Whayman, veterinary surgeon, awl his mighty 1 untimely death had. for the first time in only the night before his giving a pill to a stallion on Tues.' 1 his life contested .-',Iiritt est week, had his right hand bad- —Mr- and Mrs, Henry Manson., of ! power to save, i en. Ile hold of the alloriinoilaall'ss i: North Diunfrie: near Ayr,edebrated the e with his left hand and stuck his (`I twenty:fifth hand and arm iuto the . evening,14thinst.,when a ani iversary of their wedding a and shot the pill dewn its throat, 1 day on Monday orse closed its jaws on the veterin- those present were, -Mr. and Mrs. W. , very enjoyable time was spent. Among .. 1 s. omas and, biting its own tongue almest W darter, Galt ; M r. and NI - Th and a °towbar had to be used to ,, its mouth L The hand was badly ,i, r astrn .mr. p .• Mrs.dohn i;uthrie,Mr.and Mr. and an , . ) , .... . ,obt. -Easton, Mr d s Clark, an old resident ' open; but, •practically, business is $16,000. • pen.ded. , only •, fair to,aclil that i . —The British Columbia Legislature LU is the !ntatter, of the 'public amusements has passed a resolution stating Elie .exiis- •mentioned, the good people of Lucerne tence of dissatisfactionwith the rates are More sinned' against than sinning, bLy charged by the Capadian Pacific Rail - the -coming ainong them periodically ofway, and appointing a committee to in- wanclering troupes of (.4ertnan and quire regarding thereto. . I Italian mosintebanka, and other lewd —Mr. E. D. Swift, a prominent young .felloWs of the baser sort, who are chiefly merchant of Watford, had a very chilly, responsible foraflagrant desecration Of bath while crossing the bridge onninth! the Day of Rest, which does not accord with the itsoffensive and decorous it- stincts of the Swiss people, • ' Being one of the- most mountainous , countries in 'Europe; a large proportion of.. Switzerland is uninhabitable. The available part of it, however, is densely pecipled. .It is a very pretty, rolling country, covered for the most part with green .grass, very green, and adorned with fruit and forest treeS. Pears end plums predominate; but neither ate very..good. Only a very small portion of the lan some, mou -thrive in underneath people live sideroad, the force of the current sweep- ing the buggy off the road into the mid- dle of the stream. • • —It is stated in a Kingston ex-ehange that the swamps and luniber district out on the Kingston , and L'embroke Ral- way are covered with utater ; also that the country is in a bad ptate, and tliat the limber trade is materially' affected: —The county of Lanark has paid out over $1,000 in bounties for fox scalps the last wo years. The cot nty council has • just repealed this by-law, as it is claimed is cultivated, The hand- that foxes are useful when not too num- e:tcolored cattle live and dark, ill -ventilated stables mice anderous'in killing large quantities of field' the barns. The country • other vermin.1 —Mr. Thompson 'Magill, proprietor chiefly by their wits, occe- • . . and editor of the Leamington Post, pying'their spare hours in those milt"- died on the 16th inst., a4ter a Short, ill - tries 'for which the s respective cantons ness of abouta week. 'He had been a have becothe famons — wood -carving, resident of that village for about five watchmaking, embroidery, cotton -spin- : years, and in that time has made many fling,' silk -weaving, wool -knitting, etc., friends. - He leaves a wife to mourn his - in all Of which they are very expert. 11088. .• Nearly all the grain,' coal and iron used , in the , country are imported from. Ger- 1,reastes and diphtheria are very many, and yet _ the balance of trade and , prevalent about Watford and • have conurierce always comes out on the right : proved fatal in a nember of cases. Three side of the ledgers members of the family of Mr. John • Lightfo• ot, of Brooke toWnship, have died. Two daughters of Mr. Wm., e ent of —Last Monday Detective McGowan Clutterback, of ‘Vatford, have died from oom of the and Constable Heffernan arrested Jas. diphtheria. . easiOn, and Keyes and Henry Raymond, of Port ,. —About 48 years ago Mr. (las. Har - contain the, Elgin, on a warrant eharginn them with ris, of Galt, got a shot at a flock of wild throughout. the slaying of Win. Webaer. Keyes geese, and. wounded two of them by fashionablel kept a hotel at Burgoyne and Webster •breaking their wings. These birds he I was placed under his charge by some kept alive for many years, and old resa Chicago .friends... He was supposed to dents of the town will Well remember be of weak mind; and soon after his re- their "konk," " konk," as they Sailed tentien at Burgoyne he escaped, but was about the pond at the .head of Main speedily captured. It is supposed that street. One of the birds died about 30 during the two Or three days he was ; years ago and Mr. Harris gave its mater absent on this escapade he met with a ! to Mr. Morris Shellard, of Beverly. wound from the effects of which he sub- Strange to say this almost historical bird sequently died. While Webster was only died a few days ago, having been, away Keyes sent and informed his son 1 kept on Mr. Shellard's farm froth the in Chicago of the matter, and the son day it was presented to him until 1d anada, and side of the ! a very big vith at the • was clear f snow was rer, did not eigh parade eek a grat n the even - ;Ia. dy rose and. without her crutches svalkeld about ithe room. The pain in ;her knee ceased, the stiffness gave ' the s -Welling ahrted.and she was heal Q. Shell s the rephit. 1! ---t, r. ThomAs Mcltroom died at ns Sein'r3 resideneei in London 'South last Sundey morninls after an illness of seine week Mr. MeBroom was an old and esteathed citizen ,and a .prominent .meni- her of Queen's .r.venue Methodist churda He leaves two sons--aGeorge 4Brooni, ofs tin Fair Cleve whm• of P while • day, ly hit hinge right ntout The 1 ary's iIi tw open bitter Thom of the Sth eoncession, North Dumfries, near ILVtig1ey'4 Corn-ers, died very sud- denly on Wednesday _morning last week. Ile Wa eating breakfast, when he su idenly fel, heaLt1 for a nu good, was I awal much MIC 0 borhs ass( large • John Went denee gentin Ctieni and tile' trite checrinl and active. 1 (nukes rm hearted, generous man, very respected by hishienthe He Was the olde,it, resici ents in the neigh - 0(1. n Monday evening, 1-! th inst., a number of the friends of .Mr. Kirkpatrick, bailiff, of Sheffield, worth county, assemlifed at the resi- of that gentlenran and gave him a le surprise party. During the J" ..NIr. K.-rkpatriels wrisi still fur - back and expired. His mber of years has been morning of his de-ath he e ther Orprised liy being made the reeipi- ent . ilif an address aecompanied by an eiegant pair of gold rimmed speetaeles. Mrs. 1 Kirkpatrick \vas also prPm.nited , .wiithI, . pair of h!andsoine vases, The oe- r ' IF o,sio 1 WM in. nonoof the Kirk- ' , p:atriek's 71st - 1—one morning last week a tramp I ck110 at a house in j:alt and asked for ! his breakfast. The good wife gave him a squat e meal, and then asked him to split a little wood. for her, telling him she would pay him when he quit. For a few ininutes she heard. the sound of the axe in the woodshed, and then all wa.s quiet F Going (Mt some time afterward mond, ViSS J. Richmond, of South Dumfries ; Mr. and Mrs. ltobt. Guthrie, Blenheim ; Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. T. Edgar, Mr. and Mrs. R. Manson, Mrs. J. Manson, Mr. and Mrs Findlater, of North Dumfries ; tIrs. iL Hall, Mr. and Mrs. NV. Abra, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. (1. Watson, of Ayr. After partaking of supper the party enjoyed tie-mitt:Ives with sin ' eing music, &c., which was kept up tilithe wee ma' hours." A number cd vatuali!e presents were mlade to Mr. and Mrs. Manson. —John Evans • and James McKay during ithe subsidtillee of the recent 1106(1 on the (=rand river at Paris, set out fish- ing when the waters had begun to re- sume their wonted, rUTM. All over the low plaees ;dime, the banks they picked_ up stranded fish, reaping a big pisca- torial harvest. But what they really were looking for was a " pot, and they found it in a pool unusually shallow in loewater, but affording a safe and deep retreat for the fish in flood time This pail was at the river edge. With gar- den rakes the two fishermen hauled out fish of large size - bass, mullets, pick- erels, and chub, until they had gathered a number ageregating some 200 pounds weight. There were tons of fish on either side of the river between Brant- ford•and Paris, some of the pickerel and black bass weighing two and three pounds each.