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NI ETEENTIEE YEAR.
WI:1011/E NUMBER -1,003.
SEAF
RTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1887.
.{McItEAR :BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 aYear, in Advance.
SPRING, 1887.
1.1-7-\03r
Spring Goods
JUST OPENED
—At 'the -7
CHEAP COTT STORE
MAIN -ST., S.EIAFORTH.
New Dress Goods, New Prints, New
Cretonnes,: New Shirtings, New Cottons,
New Ginglia.ms, New Corsets, New
Gloves, New Frillings, New Laces, New
Embroideries, etc., all at prices that
will save you a little cash, no matter.
how small ;the purchase. You will say
how can we de that Well, here is
our answer. We can mark every
article at the very lewest possible price,
knowing qUite well that when we make
a small profit, we do not run the risk of
losing more than we have made on the
truck and trade that we might get did
we take trPde, but as we only sell for
cash, we are sure of what we make, be
that ever s9 little, and everybody knows
that the ca,eh always buys cheaper than
truck and trade. Then take the true
and proper way, Which is, sell your
trade for cash and buy_ the same way,
and you Wig be the gainer by a long
way. If, yOu have any cash to spend,
try the Chap Cash Store of
man it Co,
Hol
Cheap Cash Store,
Cardno's Block, Seaforth.
N. B.—Agents fer Butteriek's Re-
liable -Tepee patterns.
--Mach interest is taken in official
circles in the attempt of Mr. McArthur,
of Winnipeg, to reach the North Pole.
He has been supplied by the Dominion
' Government with a number Gf scientific
, instrument*, and Dr. Selwyn„ director
Gf the Geological Survey, considers his
route and plan of operations one of the
, most sensible as yet devised by Polar
. explorers.
—Farmees from Gloucester township
and other sections of Carleton comity
say that potatoes in pits and roothouses
are rotting to sueh an extent that ex-
tensive root growers will sustain heavy
losses. They attribute the destructive
decay:to the fact that the potatoes were
housed _wet in the antumn season, and
different kinds of patatoes—particularly
early rose—were tainted in the ground
from the effects of constant showers of
. rain ' before the season came to raise
roots. The first quality of potatoes are
retailed in, Ottawa at present from 85c
to 95e per bag, and dealers think they
will be higher yet.
—On Sintday night, 20th Mt, in
efaelph, the Chief Constable and his
men made; a raid on a gambling house
kept by oae James Johnston on the
Market square. Johnston and four men
who were in the place were arrested and
locked up. . On Monday morning they
were brought before the Police Magis-
trate and fined $25 and costs each. The
cards, counters and other gambling tools
found in the room were seized and order-
ed by the . Magistrate te be destroyed.
The four frequenters were respectively a
doctor, a merchant, a gentleman farmer
and a hotelkeeper. The Police Magis-
trate:gave them &terrible dressing down.
It is. expeuted that this raid will put a
stop to gambling in Guelplain the mean-
time at any. rate.
—Peter Forbes,, re hired man in the
employ of Mr. 0. Mills of East Nissouri,
undertook, the other morning about nine
o'clock, to -ascertain , the welfare of a
family of young porkers that had been
concealed fp a hole under the straw
stack .He Crawled into the hole,but was
;almost iminediately followed by the
mother, who, it appears, was so dis-
satisfied with the lard -Sion that she
showed no inclination_ to allow the
• .
prisoner to escape. To drive the en-
raged anima out seemed impossible, to
yell would be useless, to dig was the
only plan. In the :meantime, search
having been made for the missing,it was
pined that he had skipped. This
opinien, hoWever, was demonstrated to
be incorrect as Peter &Merged from the
tunnel he bed excavated to the daylight
about g pen.
—Mr. mid Mrs. Wtra Cape, of Sar-
nia, celebrated their gol en wedding on
Sunday lasthaving on tha day reached the
fiftieth anniversary of their marriage.
Mr. Capes was born. in Norfolk, Eng-
land, anal Came to Canada about fifty
years ago, settling first near Hamilton.
Over thirty years ago he removed to
Plyanpton, , where he cleared up two
farms. He retired. from there to reside
in Sarnia, and has been a respected
resident of this town for -the past eleven
years. MrS. Capes is now in her 75th
year: and Mr. Capes! is 71. They have
living six children, ail married but one;
twenty foar grand children and one
great grand child ; two daughters and
four grand children rest in their graves
at Marquette, Michigan. Mr. Capes is
a hearty, rigged looking, well preserved
man, and .few would suppose he was
within ten years of as old as he really is. -
•
THE Q.UEEN CITY.
.:
ronarecae FEELING.—THE FISHERIES DIS-
PUTE. ---TRADE RELATIONS WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
TORONTO, Feb. 28th, 1887.—The re -
Salt of the late electioa is still the ab -
`sorbing topic of conveiaation on the
streets and in the social circles of the
city. The, reason for tire prolongation
of the public excitement is, of course,
the uncertainty as to what the real
result is, and this !uncertainty comes
;chiefly from the conflicting assertions
.about the attitude of the Quebec " bolt-
rosm. "m oInts i. s gIetn eirsa 1: ye geao nr aceedd -ae scl thatprobatbhi the
Britisha1 aothoCuogl: mbbyi ann 0
Macdonald's support ill the House of
dele-
gations will be additions to Sir John
ainndeaNnsQrcertain,
dlehlaet-
. Mr.'llawsan will be re-elected in -Algoma.'
• It is almost certain that recounts by eh
judges will make some ange in the
Ontario list, in whose favor no one can _
: tell. . Sir John's majority from this -
• Province will be about 15, and if the
, members from Quebec eould be as ac-
curately classed all speculation about
the fate of the Government would come
, speedily to an end. It is hardly neces-
.sary to say that the re rilt has been a
I surprise to both partie . The Liberals
I expected to do much latter in Ontario
and Nova Scotia, and t e Conservatives
, expected to do much b tter in Quebec.
The causes assigned by he Liberals for
!their failure to do more, than hold their
own are the gerymand r4' bf 1882, the.
Franchise .Act, profuse expenditure of
; money in doubtful con tituencies, and
:the National Policy. Fhe last had a
good deal of effect in , ities, but not
!much all over. Some sdats were doubt-
less carried by means of bribery. The
Franchise Act operated t.o the detriment
of the Liberals in a feW ridings Where
the revising barristers ere shamelessly
partisan. But the chief incubus on the
Liberals was the geryma ider. In a! few
constituencies the latelmembers were
able to hold their own in spite of it,
.but in a much larget number they
. were overpowered. Had the boundaries
.reenain.ed unchanged tile same 'popular
'vete would have returined Liberals in.
;North Lanark, North t�ntario, South
.Ontario, North Bruce, E st Bruce, South
Wentworth, West Huron and West
Middlesex, leaving the lonservatiees 'in.
,a minority in this Provi ee. Some day
this state of affairs will .be redressed, but
meanwhile it is quite' clear that Sir
John's Governtrient wil hold oftlee tili
1.the new Parliainent is' organized, and
for some time afterwar s. - Everything
depends on the maicoiitent Bleus, and
there is here a wide diversity•of opinien
tand Eissertion respectieg them. The.
general Conservative v ew is that the
." bolters" are dissatisfie1 with Sir Johin
only on the Riel questi n, and that he
Will soon find some me Lis of pacifying
them and winning them back to his side.
The average Bleu, member ie not rated
Very highlyaby his 'brother Conservative
here. He is regarde_cl as', having one ey,e
on his own interest, and ,the other oh
the interest of his Province, and "if it
is a question of buying their support,
you bet the old man is not going tat be
Left," as a local politiciai said to me tt-,
day. The general Liber(' view; on tl e
other hand, is that the so-ealled "bol
ers " have far a long tirrie past bean i -
alining towards Mr. Blake for a varietY
of reasons, and that .the RieI episo e
was the occasion rather than the ,cau e
of their "bolt." ;The average I Ble
"bolter " is rated rather:highly! heie
just now, much More highly than he wili
be rated if he fails to plebe himself open-
ly within a reasonable time at Mr.
Blake's side. It is admitted an all sides
that these few men have the fate of this
Government, and of the next, if this is
defeated, in their hands, and there is a
great deal of regret felt and expressed at
this feature of the situation. The temp-
tation to do questionable things is very
strong, but a similar temptation wa.s
resisted in the case of Mr. Mercierls
"bolting" allies, and , why should the
result be different now? Such is the
talk, and only the event can decide who
ie right.
Meanwhile, the thoughtful observers
.have their attention fixed on the Fish-
eries Question, which is eaising new and
serious complications. The fear gains
ground on all sides that the British
Government may require ' Canada to
samifice herself in the interest of the
Empire at large, and that by some aP-
parently insignificant but really fir -
reaching concession our, fisheries lawe
may be virtually abrogated without -
compensation for th,e sacrifice. Should
Sir John Macdonald show any dis-
position to yield now, as he did in 1871,
he would find himself face to face with
some angry followers as well as a power-
ful and determined Opposition. If this
is not to be the kind of settlement
then there Pre two others, and oialytwo,
which seem to be Within the lirnits of
probability. One is a policy of retali-
ation by the United States, directed
either against Canadian . trade by sea
and the great lakes, or against all Can-
adian commerce either by vessel or by
rail. - The other is a policy of absolutely
free trade offered by the United States
and accepted by the Canadian Parlia-
ment. Whatever may be the opinion in
other parts of Canada it is certain that
the retaliation policy would be extreme-
ly unpopular all over Western Ontario,
including Toronto. A large part of our
imports pines through the United
State2 from Europe, and no one can coni-
ceive of the extent to which even a
temporary embargo on . our enormous
traffic with the States would inflict in-
jury on us. On the other hand, a large
proportion of the people Of Ontario, and
especially- the farmers, are in favor of
free -trade with the fJnited States, and
would welcome it at any time. Such a.
policy would not be popplar with some
manufacturers, though many of them
would favor it; nor would it be popular
with wholesale merehantii who dread the
competition of New Yori as a distribut-
ing point. But if it is tabe a choice be -
tween re aliation and reciprocity the all
but un nirnous demand will be reci-
procity, even if the National Policy
should Ie sacrificed. It is Wort* of
note tha, the Mail; whose inde endenee
no one 4iow questions, has a pardntly
made thils policy a prominent plank in
its platf rm. If it persists in its a vo-
eacy of free trade and free Eh tr aty,
it will, hether immediately ucce sful
or not, g inemuch•popularity with Es lass
who are :becoming each month More
numerou and more -influent4s1 in this
Provinc M. S.
THE bFFICIAL RETURNS.
Below will be found the official re-
turns for the three Ridings of Huron at
the last election The late houn at
which we received the returns for East
Hnron precludes 4is giving a 'compara-
tive statement of the vote with former
elections, but we shall do so next week:
EAST
HURON.
Farrow. [Macdonald.
74 51
52 39
Blyth,--;
No. 1
No. 2 ... . .. . .
126
Majorital for Farrow.... 36 !
Brussels—
No. 3 , 81
No. 4 71
152
Majority for Farrdw
1;
Grey,—
No. 5; ......
No. 61.
No. 7!
No. 81
No. 9
No. 10
59
59
29
34
78
57
90
76
69
1415
73
119
111
46
,106
80
316 535
MajoritY for Macdonald 219
Howiek,—
No. 111. 117 52
No. 1 75 86
No 1 1101 73
No 11 1091 66
No. 15, _77 89
62
No. 1 .... . • • • • • 80
568 '
Majoritf for Farraw.... 141
Morris,H-
No. 17
No. 18....
No. 19 --
No. 20.........
No. 21
•
76
48
75
91
87
377
Majority for Farrow.. .. 12
Turnberry,— 1
No. 22.........
No. - 23... ....
No. 24
Majority for Macdpnald
Wingham,— I
No. 25 47
N�.26 39
No. 27 63
, No. 28 68
66
75
96
427
59
77
70
84
\
365
59
119
101.
237 2
217
Majority for FarrOw.... 36
Wroxeter,—
No. 29
West Wawanosh,—
No. 27... I 55
No. 98 74
No. 29. 72
No. 30 • 99
Majority for C
East Wawano
No. 31
No. 32...
No. 33...
No. 34....
Majority for
95
71
56
35
3130. • 257
ameron. , . 43
h
.......
.......
.......
86
79
69
59
293
ameron... 74
CAPITULATION4
Ash field
Colborne... ..
Clinton ....
Goderich Towhship..
Goderich Tow
Wawanosh, est
Wawanosh,East
54
• 65
51
49
219
Cameron. Porter. •
481 383
244 242
258 310
204 420
355 331
300 257
293 219
2,135 2,162
2,135
Majority foe Porter
The following is the vote cast
Cameron.
Goderich Towiu 269
Goderich Township'188
Ashfield . 401
Colborne t; 209
Clinton.. . _ .. 181
Wawanosh, West 240
Wawanosh,?est.. 248
-.7
27
in 1882:
Porter.
268
373
337
181
153
203
192
1,736 1,707
It will be seen by the above figures
that there we
this election
1882. At t
rejected ball
6; Colborne,
Township, 1:;
Wawanosh, I
Mr. Cameron
m every mu
Township,
Goderich To
increase of
minority of 2
Clinton a mi
lift° a maj
Mr. Cameron
34; Goderich
nosh, 6, and
s�
Bayfield,—
No. 1
Majority for Clampbell.. 25
e 854 more votes polled at
than at the one held in
is election there were 18
ts as follows.:- Ashfield,
2; Clinton, 1; Goderich
Goderich Ton, 3; West
, and East Wawanosh, 2.
had an increased majority
ieipality, except Goderich
Linton and Colborne. In
nship Mr. Potter had an
1, while in Colborne a
was reduced to 2, and in
ority of 28 wati converted
ity of 52. Aithfield gave
an increased majority of
Town, 23; West Wawa -
?
est Wawanosh, 17.
1711 HURON.
darnybell.
• 53
Hay,—
No. 2. . . ....
o. 3
o. 4
5
No. 6
No.
36 Majority f •1111cMillan
Hullett,—
No. 8
No. 9.. r . .
No. 10. : : ..
No. 11 ' 1,
No. 12 '
No. 13... • ......
No. 11. ... .... . ..
:34 6
Majority for Macdonald
RECAPIhrLATION.
Farrow;
Blyth 126
Brussels; , 152
Grey...-, . . ...... • 316
Howick
Morris.... . . . .
Turnberry
Winghata. .
Wroxeter . • .1
acdo ald.
9
14'
53
568 ! 42
- 377 1 36'
237 27
217 18
34 6ft;
2,027 12,08
2,02
1 Majority' for Maedonald
WEST HURON.
Cameron.
Ashfield,
No. 1 ... .
No. 2 st: .. . .
No. 3
No. 4.1
No. 5,
No.:6
. • • •
- 4 • • -
-
6
Port
64 10
56 8
, 50 6
80 6
104 3
127 3
481
Majority for Cameron... 98
Colborne,—
No. 7
No. 8•
No. 9 ..... ...
No. 10
8
; 84 49
27 58
83 8
50 5
I -
244
Majority for Cameron... 2
Clinton, ---
78
No. 12
No. 13
No.- 14
Majority for Porter
Goderich Township,—
No. 15 . . . ...... . :
16
17
No. 18
No. 19
70
62
48
24
581
911
691
92
258
52
43
39
32
40
50
204
Majority for Porter
Goderich Town;—
No. 20... ...... 55
No. 21, 43
No. 2 56
No. 2 59
No. 2 52
No.2 56
No. 2 34
Majority !T. for Cameron...
355
24
92
80
77:
92
791
0
216
4:3
56
51
38
43
55
45
331
13
-15
24
6
9
20
McMillan.
28
50
95
79
31
57
40
87 352
265
17
18
15
21
6
18
11
74
97
41
67
27
48
60
06 414
Majority for McMillan 308
No. 15 33
No. 16. 44
No. 17 43
No. 18 34
No. 19.... . . . .. 39
No. 20 40
No. 21 21
No. 22 28
46
16
43
24
2;
54
50
282 297
Majority for McMillan 15
Seaforth,—
No. 23.... . . . .....
No. 24
No. 25
—1
45
97
90
232
Majority for Campbell. 1 71
Stanley, --
No. 26 20
No. 27 63
No. 28 43
No. 29 24
150
Majority for McMillan
Tuckersmith,
No. 30...
No. 31 '
No. 32
No. 33
Majority for McMillan
RIICAPITULATION.
Bayfield -
Hay.
Hullett
McKillop.....
Seaforth
58
15
12
31
116
61
'54
46
161
105
36
12
50
203
53
48
104
88
89
329
213
Campbell.
53
87
105
282
232
150
116
•
TS tuaonlk
Majority fo
There were
the December
taking the s
votes are elf
follows :
Bayfield
Hay
McMillan.
28
352
414
297
161
203
329
1,026 1,784
1,026
McMillan ,. 758.
552 more votes polled, at
election than in this one,
me municipalities. The
own by municipalities as
Hullett .
McKillop
Seaforth.
Stanley
Tuckersmith
February. December.
81 102
439 653
520 636
579 629
393 364
353 507
1
.415 471
2,810 3,362
At this election Dr. Campbell polled
more than the Conservative candidate in
the December election—in Seaforth 112
and in Tuckersmith 26; while he polled
less than the:Conservative candidates in
the. December eleetion in the same muni-
cipalities, viz.: Bayfield, 14; Hay, 99;
Hallett, 127; McKillop, 20; Stanley,
105. He thus polled 227 votes.. less in
all the municipalities than were polled
by the Conservative candidates in the
respective mimicipalities• at the Decem-
ber election. On the other hand, -Mr.
McMillan palled less than the Reform
candidates in the respective munici-
palities at the Decetnber election, as
follows: Bayfield, 7; Hay, 115; Mc-
Killop; 30; Seaforth, 83; Stanley, 49;
Tuckersmith, 52; while he polled 11
more in Hallett than were polled by the
Reform candidates in December. On
the.whole he polled 325 votes lessthan
were polled by the Reform caudidates in
the same municipalities in the December
election.
.1
SOUTH PERTH.
The folloWing is a statement of the
votes cast at the recent Sauth Perth
election in the townships of Usborne
and Hibbert
Hibbert,—
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
Majority for
Usborne,—.
No. 1 139 57
No. 2 . 50 111
No. 3 107 67
No. ....... . 60 74
Sharp. Trow..
75 89
62 100
61 90
50 103
-- --
248 382
Trow 134
356 309
Majority foe Sharp 47
,Mr. Troy's total majority in the
Riding is 93.
Canada.
Rev. Dr. leaing,of Dundas,has returned
from New Jersey improved in health.
—The Peterboro' Examiner office was
robbed of $40 the other night.
—A neiv Roman Catholic church is to
be erected in the east end of Toronto
at a cost at $75,000.
—Eight Irish Catholics ran in On-
tario, at the Dominion elections. Five
were defeated and three elected.
— It is estimated that between $15,000
and $20,000:changed hands over the re-
sult of the election contest in Winnipeg.
—The Wihdsor School Board will ask
the Town Council to appropriate $18,-
550 for anew high school.
— Knox cluirch, Galt, is said to have
the largest Membership of any Presby-
terian church in Canada, viz., 1,005.
—One hundred and nineteen loaves
and 207 quarts of soup were last Satur-
day given to the deserving poor of Lon-
don:
—An old; helpless'one-legged French-
man, at Belleville, refused a load of hay
for his vote for the Conservative candi-
date. i•
— Rev. 8. J. Hunter, of Ha.milton,has
declined the call tendered by the con-
gregation of Grace church, Winnipeg.
—The Canadian Paeifie and Postal
Telegraph Company's lines have been
Connected at New Westminster, British
Columbia. I
—A convention of the Women's Chris-
tian Temperance Union was held in St.
lhomas last week. Mrs. L. Yeomans,
Dominion organizer, presided.
—Sam'. Osborne, ticket agent for seve-
ral stearnshiP companies, and the Erie
and Vanderbilt roads. has disappeared
from Toronto, leaving an indebtedness
estimated at $5,000.
— Thos. Scott, of Pine River, near
Kincardine, shot a cross fox the ther
day. This kind of fox is very rare, and
their skins usually sell at from four to
six dollare, according to quality.
— The Jubilee Committee of the To-
ronto City Council will ask the Council
to obtain legislation sanctioning the
appropriation of $10,000 towards the
expenses of the celebration..
—Conductor J. Cole, of the Michigan
Central Railway, and who resides in St.'
Thomas, was frolicking with his child
the other day, when it fell, breaking its
arm in two places.
— A half mile of snow sheds on the
Canadian Pacific Railway, west of Don-
ald, British Columbia, fell a few days
ago, but gangs of men were at once put
to work and the railway track soon
cleared.
—A renal owner who arrived at Ot-
tawa from Calgary on Saturday says
that although the winter has been
pretty severe in Alberta, still the loss of
cattle on the'ranches hadn't been heavY.
— Madame de Chantal,' of Montreal,
has taken action for ,,810,000 damages
against the : Canada Pacific Railway
Company on account of the death of her
husband, who was killed by a Canada
Pacific Railway train.
—A young son of Andrew Beattie,
Artemesia, got hold of a bottle of Croton
oil and iodiaie and swallowed about a
tablespoonful of the mixture. It was an
overdose and the stomach would not re-
tain it thereby saving his life.
—Instead 9f holding the usual annual
tea meeting this year, the Methodists
of New Hamburg decided to call for an
extra collection on Sabbath, 20th ult.
The sum of $20 was asked for but the
collection realized $30. The pastor
heartily thanked his congregation.
--W. Arnot, a Binbrook farmer, won
a lot of money in the Hamilton city elec-
tion, and celebrated his good lnck so
unwisely that he got hilarious. When
he awoke from a long slumber his $94
were gone.
—For many years the name of Henry
Mulholland was a prominent one in
mercantile circles in Montreal. Word
has been received of his death at the age
of seventy-eight. Deceased came to
Canada in 1830 and engaged in the hard-
ware line. Some years age- he retired
from business. He was one of the
founders of the City and District Savings
Bank, of which he acted for over thirty
years as director, he was also a director
in the City Gas Company, and a director
in the Sun Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Mulholland had been in delicate
health for same months past from heart
disease, but his abrupt death was hard-
ly expected.
—Mr. George N. Alathieson,of Sarnia,
has presented the village of Embro with
ten pairs of handsome curling stones.
A club has been formed, and the old
chaps, and the young ones, are soopiu'
them up in great shape.
— A few days ago Mr. Polly, of Pres-
cott, drew the sum of $100 from the
bank and lost it before he had got many
yards from the building. All efforts to
trace it have been futile. The -finder
evidently prefers cash to honesty.
—At a smashup on the Grand Trunk
at Napanee on Thursday, last week,
damage was done to the extent of several
thousand dollars. Two live stock cars
went over an embankment, and fifty
hogs were killed outright and a large
number injured. '
--Sixty-Six farnaers toed the mark at
the Hamiltoh Police Court last Thurs-
day, for refusing to pay toll at York
street gate. Forty-three of them 'Were
fined $5 and costs or ten days. Three
cases were allowed to stand, and the re-
mainder were dismissed.
—The annual meeting of the Dominion
Live Stock Association was held in Tor-
onto en Thursday last week. . The
secretary's report Showed that the past
season's business had not been profitable,
but that the assobiation, was in a satis-
factory condition. I
—Education, the teachers' paper,
thinks_ blackboarde and slates are doom-
ed, that the day is; coming when teachers
and children will write on walls and
desk tablets of lusterless white with
soft, dustless 'penIcils. These are now
being introduced into the Germansehools.
—A story, which is alMost incredible,
comes from Norton, King's county, New
Brunswick. A few days ago, John
Alberton, the oldest man in the Pro-
vince, s died in the parish of Norton,
Where _pauper farming is in vogue. He
was buried on the same day in a box
alhiefi had not even shavings in it for the
b dy to lie on. There was no burial
s rvice, and, in fat, the man, who was
o e hundred and flve years old, who had
s rved under Lord Nelson, -and was
p esent at the battle of the Nile, who
ltd. served also I at Waterloo, under
Tellington, was lehried like a dog.
-During one laf the recent wind
storrns, the barn o a the premises of Mr,
S lomon Lossing, 9tterville,' was blown
d wn. The damage will foot up to
a out $700. Fences and outbuildings
the vicinity of, Woodstock suffered
n aterially during the gale.
— Mr. Peter Reid, of Saltfleet, died
last Friday night, shortly after mid-
night. He was an old, well-known and
highly respected resident of Wentworth
county. Mr. Reid was a native of
berdeenshire, Seetland, and came to
C nada in 1835.
—Railway men declare that so far
this winter has been an exceptionally
hard one as far as snow storms are con-
cdrned. Last wihter Grand Trunk
Railway snow ploughs had made a
mileage of 30,00 miles while this
winter they have lready covered over
80_,00A0
tineialme9Sville orrespondent writes:
So far,- this winte has been the most
favorable one for -peaches we have had
a number of yda.rs. 'The trees and
buds have come through splendidly, and
should the balance of the season be as
favorable as the portion passed, the crop
will be abundant.
—Before leaving for home, after a
very successful business trip through
England, Eb. Fisher, of Kincardine,:
was presented with a very handsame
gold, horse collar,a miniature copy of the
collar which is an invention , of Sir.
Fisher's, aud which has brought him
considerable wealth.
—Catitain Zealand, for several years
in charge of the steamer Ontario, of the
Beatty iLine, running from Sarnia to
Duluth, intends Moving to Port Huron
to reside. He will ,sail the propellor
Dean Richmond this season, which boat
will be;in the grain carrying trade be-
tween Duluth. and Fort Gratiot.
—AV Hamilton, on Thursday last
week, the Magistrate committed J. B.
McKay, John Church, Arthur Hunter,
John Evans and Robert Harper, jun.,
for trial at the assizes, on a charge of
tearing, down the York street tollgate.
Bait was fixed at $500 each with two
sureties of $250 each. The accused are
all farmers.
—A society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals was organized the
'other night in Toronto with excellent
prospects of success. Canon' Dumoulin,
taking offence at a jocular -reference by
Alderman Frankland to the length of
his sermons, left the meeting in high
dudgeon. • •
--The death of the late Rev. Capon
Toweley has caused a vacancy in the
list of the dignitaries of this diocese.
The Bishop of Huron has appointed the
Rev. Ephraim Patterson, M. A, rector
of St. James' church, Stratford, to the
vacant canonry. , The Rev. Canon
Patterson has been for man years the
rector of Stratford.
—A few mornings ago Al;by Robin-
son's refreshment parlor, Paalkhill, was
'entcred1 by burglars, and a large amount
of tobacco, igars, candy, etc., taken
therefram. The burglars taised the I
front window, the fastenings of which
had been left loose. Some of the stolen 1
property was secreted under a lime
house at the station, and was recovered.
—One evening last week Miss Emily
'Brown, of Woodstock, met with a
serious laccident. While coasting with
several 'others, she was thrown head-
foremost into 'a diteh. Her heaci struck
with great force against some 'solid sub-
stance, probably a block of , ice, which
inflicted a very ugly wound about three
inches long, extending froin the top of
the forehead down over the left eye, and
a
laying bare about three square inches of
the skull.. Had she struck the obstacle
squarely instead of obliquely it is very
probable she would have fractured her
skull or broken her neck. Painful as
was the wound, Miss Brown never lost
consciousness, and sill/mated .to the
ordeal of having it dressed with remark-
able courage.
--There died lately in Adjala, near
Beeton,one T. McFarlane,a man who was
always considered by his neighbors to
lack sufficiency of this world's goods.
A few hours previous to his death, how-
ever, he informed his son that there was
$700 buried in a box near the house, and.
described the 1, exact spot where the
,money lay. The son procured a spade
and had no 'difficulty in locating the
buried treasure.
—The recent heavy snowstorms have
seriously impeded railway traffic in
many parts of the country. The Can-
adian Pacific railway train from Mon-
treal to Ottawa, which left on Saturday,
had notarrived at its destination Sun-
day night, having then been over sixty
hours en route.. The train was stuok in .
a snowdrift, end the passengers ex-
perienced great inconvenience before
they were able to obtain food.
—Dr; Michael Barrett, formerly of Up-
per Canada College, Toronto, died sodden-
ly SaturdaY afternoon. He had delivered
a lecture at the Veterinary College and
returned to hie home on Simcoe street.
Shortly afterwards he was found dead
in the drawing -room. Deceased took a
prominent part in establishing the Wo-
men's Medical; College in Toronto, of
which he was principal. He was great-
ly esteemed by all who knew him. He
was 71 years of age.
—Mr. H. 0, Hopkirke late private
secretary of Sir Alexander Campbell,
has been promoted to the position of
Inspector in the Postoffice Department,
a new postal division having been organ-
ized in Western Ontario. -It will include
the electoral districts of North and South
Perth, Huron, Bruce, North and South
Grey, the Wellingtons and 'Waterloos.
Inspector Hopliirk will take up his resi-
dence at Stratford, which will be the
head -quarters of the division.
—Oh Wednesday afternoon of last
week, Mr. Arthur Hunter, a young
married man residing- on Burlington
Heights, near Hamilton, while greasing
a wagon wheel saw what be thought to
be_ a leap box on the ground. He en-
deavored to open the box by striking it
with a wrench, when immediately there
was an explosion and Hunter got the
whole force of. it in his face and hands,
which were terribly injured., It is prob-
able however, that he will recover.
—Within the past month or so three
mail bags destined to the Guelph post -
office have mysteriously disappeared at
the Grant' Trunk Railway station there.
The proper authorities were promptly
notified -of the fact. Detective Day, of
the Grand Trunk Railway and Inspector
Burnham, of the Toronto postoffice, are
in Guelph investigating the matter. • It
is understood that some money was in
lettep in these bags. Farther develop-
ment's may be expected.
—Inspector James L. Hughes, of
Toronto, while addressing the Sanday
afternoon temperance meeting in that
eity, said he would warn Canadians
against the introduction into Canada of
the lager beer heresy. Lager beer was
being placed before the public in the
United States as a nourishing drink
which did not inebriate. Twenty-three
barrels contained as much nourishment
as a loaf of bread, and brewers them-
selves had ineautionsly admitted that it
was intoxicating.
—A lady of Sweaborg, Oxford county,
took some brandy preparatory to having
some teeth extracted by a Woodstock
dentist, which had the effect upon her
mind of making her believe that she was
the dentist. She argued her point with
much persistence, and tried to induce
the dentist' to act as patient while she
operated on hie molars. The result of
this temporary illusion was that the
young lady still retains her teeth, and
has decided to take some vitalized air in
the future.
—Wrn. J. Bradshaw, who shot Walter
Leech, a colored teamster, in Windsor
some time. ago, ,was tried on Wednesday
of last week. The charge =entered
against Bradshaw when he was first
arrested was f,dony, but the Magistrate
decided to change it to misdemeanor.
Bradshaw wss iJund guilty and fined
$50 and $18.65 costs. He will also pay
Leech $30 for the time which he will be
unable to work on account of his dis-
ability, and will ale) settle the doctor's
bill of -$10, making the total cost of
shooting ata man for fun just $108.65.
—A corn social was given recently by
the ladies of St. James' church, Morris -
burg. There was such a large crowd in
attendance that the house was taxed to
its utmost capacity. The rooms were
trimmed with corn colored decorations,
the tables had corn colored spreads, the
young ladies who waited on the tables
were neatly attired 'with corn colored
aprons and eaps,and printed bills of fare
shoived the following menu provided for
the occasion: Corn meal mush, boiled
homiray with milk, corn bread, corn
dodgers„ corn beef, corn beef tongue,
corn and beans. Desert—Corn starch
cake, corn starch pie, corn starch blanc
mange, corn popped. Coffee and tea,
co(r)nfectionery.
The Victoria Warder of last week
sa : On Wednesday evening there was
a grand jubilee of the Salvation Army in
Lindsay in honor of the liberation of
Captain Miss Smith, and others of the
Army recently jailed through tyranny.
The street procession was magnificent
and very orderly. At the head was a
sleigh containing some of the officers
while hundreds of all ranks followed
bearing banners, torches, or instrunients.
The meeting in the barracksolterwards,
was most successful. Since Captain
Bertha Smith took charge here the
work of the Army has been most ex-
tensive and of a very philanthropic
character. May they succeed is our
hearty wish.
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