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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-03-11, Page 1It • el= 1887. NINMTEENT4 YEAR. WEIOLV, NIJI/IBER 1,004. Goo a a large cl stock of aneongla esirable lin4s Cashasetesi, ens of 1,),els etts, Xew. New Seer - .14 the largest Embroider - town, a por- eeen in our ,T and Cloth- ftri Tuesday. and was w, and thole snow prow ,hrough. The Union held here was a very ed to hold 'eh on, June dance to 'lay evening ese-d present as spent, ening hay to 'els getting. tagill Sr is ales of her Wm. horse last $200. —Mr. is saw -mill some time. Llie pioneer 11 the person s passed to t. Ile was ath will be p circle of MI -hearted, a, and was !, who knew' 'sad f ragali- 1 large farn- 1d-few take inore aka - 'et near awl. -Mowing re - three high- hool Section 'ebruary, in ;lass— Win. BOR Aitehe- rilfred Yaw - i Freeman. rge Irwin, ne Second :Nell, John eior—Sarah Irwin. rossman, of ,T., Adams, ' eld entire ra He is a is a model by " Bore - Waxwork," tory," great ture."—Mi. , near Kin - /meths( old, is hard to rted "Me - this town - heifer that ing to fat- Wednes- played be! - 'Gime' See.- ae ltisted one n a victory- ue goal telt was don+ ea- playing iroughout. ed soon.— latch wee 10, Grey, the score This far le and lost heir favor pp, son of session of . years in ea winter eIi pleased returning hers the pres- with the SPRING, 1887. 1\T pring Goods JUST OPENED RELIGIOUS AND BUSINESS LIFE IN OLD IjONDON. G. MONROE-ROYCE IN THE CHRISTIAN ,VN 10 N. The religious life of London is certain- ly a most interesting and profitable study, but I cannot hope to do more than sketch the barest outlines of so g eat a subject. The Established Church is very strong the metropolis in every way—in . 1 —At the— , _ wealth, in intelligence, in influence, in n mbers, and especially at the present .4 , Q. uASII oTORE moment in the person of its Bishop. Dr. 'HEAP ' . • Temple is not only one of the foremost 1 scholars and thinkers of England, but M.A.IN-ST., SEAFORTH. he is also a very eloquent pfeache•r,, and abowe all an earnest and practical man, - with the best of judgment and plenty cif common sense. He ha S recently been translated from the See of Exeter to that of London, and has already made him; self felt throughout his vast diocese. Mr. Gladstone has done a great many good things, and not th least of these i[ is his elevation of Dr. Temple to the Bishopric of -London, Ihich is perhaps ale third in dignity, bt t certainly the first in importance, of all the ecclesiasti- cal appointments in Great Britain. The most popular, and at the same time the most powerful, church preacher, in. London is unquestionably Archdeacon Farrar, the Vicar of , St. Margaret's, Westminster. Canon Liddon, of St. Paul's, makes a good se onda- and is, if not so broad, perhaps wen a more fin- ished scholar than the w11 -known Canon of Westrninister Cano Licldon may be- taken as the ablest repr ientative of the se -called Ritualistic o High Church party. The mantle of Dr. Pusey has fallen upon him, and h wears it. with grace and dignity. Mr. Spurgeon is by all odds the most poWe ful of the Non- conformist or Dissentin preachers. He is perhaps the most fam uS of all living preachers, and he is . i4 reality a Very great speaker. Ile is iot a university - bred man, makes no pretense to schol- arship, and has too rc lien dignity of character to accept any scholaetic titles whatever. I have no doubt i that he could be supplied with any number of of D. D.'s and L. L. D's from Amerierin colleges if he aw-ould pt accept them. Few Christian minist rs-have d6ne a greeter or better work then Spurgeon. He has been very ill r cently', and his atking off would be a se loss to London and England. Of course in England it is the -thing to be -long to the Established .... hurch. Very few pe.pie of Talk and very few people in socie y go to chapel i. e., to the Dissentin ehurches. It has been the fashion to s y that worldly - minded people go to hurch, and the religious people go to ch pel. I lived in England long enough, I think, to enter into the religious life of the English people with some deg ee of under- standing and appreciati nt and I must say that my observations -did not bear opt such statement. On the contrary, I found that the Church clergy as a whole had less to say of pol knew their Bibles better. Seriptural knowledge, a ility to quote the lette New Dress Goods, New Prints, New Cretonnes, New Shirting, New Cottons, New Gingham's, 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 haaV ean Ni -e do that?Well, here is our answer. We can mark every article at the very lowest possible Price, knowing gaite well that when we make a small profit, we do not run the risk of losing more than we haye made on the track and trade that we might get did we take trade, but as We only sell for cash, we are sure of what we make, be that ever sa little, and everybody knows that the crieh always Infys cheaper than truck and trade. Then take the true and proper way, whieh, is, sell your trade for cesh and buythe same way, and you will be the gainer by a long way. If you. have any cash to spend, try the Chem) Cash Stare of Hoffman Co , Cheap Cash Store Cardno's Block, Seaforth. N. B.—Agents for Butterick's Ae- lia.bte pa,per patterns. I The ConServative ause m East -Huron. De -an Earosrroa,—The Howick Con- servatives are greatly incensed oVer their defeat an tile '22nd ult. They cannot see how it is that a majority of the electors of the ridiug should not stand by their idol, Sir Jahn Macdonald, if they could not stand , by their late member, Mr. Farrow, esjlo fought With a determina- tion and skill worthy of a better cause. Conservatives, unfortueately, -generally forget that the Government they sup- ) port has shown themselves to be not only an extravagant Government, but a carrupt one, whose conduct no doubt staggered spine here and there, and like- wise a straY voter, not blinded by party prejudice, Might remember the treat- ment their oian Province has received from Sir John Macdonald, not only 1.1 wanton and malicious, ut as was shown in both caMpa.igns, wh tlly illegal, and marked their ballots loyally for their own Province. ;A meeting Wa.s held at Gor- rie a day oe two after the election, it is reported, to aseer!tain the cause of the defeat of Mr. Farrow, ad it is further reported that the conclusion arrived at was that it was owing to corrupt prac- tices. If there has been bribery, I, as a Reformer, wish to see it punished. I have no fear, however, but upon investi- gation it will be found Dr. Macdonald is honorably elected. The Dominion Fran- chise Act iS (we won't say en purpose) a great deal more loosely framed than the Local Aet,Ibut for that Reformers are not blameable, neither could they be if they took advantage as fer as they possi- bly could a its loose and ill -constructed provisions. ! There need 'be no fear that an impartial investigatien would show that fully asmany worthless -rotes were polled on the Conservatike side as on the Reform: But under the, Donsinion Law every vote, after it is cast, is good, and vith very few exceptione every Tote on the list is good, as the oath required to be taken oo polling is se wide that the! question of gualiacationeannot be raisedj Our Consetvative friends lost sight of the incentive to redoubled activity oa the Reform side being the fact of the Voters' Lists, after so much trouble and expense to Dr. Macclohald and his friends, being such an unfair one. Through a legal catch,—many of us think an illegal one, --we would not charge the, party, but many Conserva- tives gloried in the advantage which they had in that respect, and but for which it is almost certein a better effort would have been made at the Courts of Revision to put off the few Reform votes which might have been ;successfully- at- tacked. The Reform majority on the 2ath of Deoember was, in the Dominion "Udine of East Huron, 292. There might have been some votes in that elec- tion east aide from party, but allowing a margin for that, it is dear that Re- farruere hate gained since 1882-3, 'partly from changes and partly; we would hope, from conversions. Me. Farrow was possibly better matched an the platform than previously, and greatly overmatch- ed at the other meetings at which his importatians did not compensate, and those of them who could not take the platform but who acted the part of what might he called political tramps, scour - jug the sidelines and concessions, were a positive gain to the Reform party. With a new list it will be found that .V.tig Huron is a safe seat which Sir John himself could not carry not to say Mr. Farrow, and whatever iS determined on hy the Conservatives of East Huron they will have to become reconciled to the feet that Ichabod is written upon their chances for some time to came. AN, EAT HURON EEFoRMER. tics, etc., and In respect to r at least the of the Bible, t e English clergy, I thittile, excel their American brethren_; wh le as to pulpit e °queried I think our ministers are s perior. The Home Mi sion work done br the Established Chur h in London 18 • it. The Euglishmaa " mak v, ry great, much greate -, I am inclined slowly," and enjoy's himself int ti think, than that of all the Dissenters time. But he is always to be c mbined. The late Earl of Shafteebury work during business hours, an as a Churchman, and so alsois the no lounging, smoking, or sto aroness Burdett-Coutte. There may in an En lishman!s place of 1 usiness ; still a few countr parsons who st and, taking everYthing into -mad preach to the people and dine with titian, I think that, -year in and year e Squires," but they are growing less during a business' life' the En lish ar by year. They are plainly out of - 1 worlks'as .nany hours as his m re int with the times, and cannot long curial and enterprising Ameri an survive. The questions of disestablish I Merit and disendowment rre now to the StAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1887. younger 8311S of rich and noble fend who are obliged to work—now that Government does not supply thern many sinecures as in the days of y Lawyers; as we all know, in Engl are divided into two distinct class barristers and solicitors. The barrist profession, is one of great dignity, leads frequently to wealth and a p er- age. I have 'levet known a solicitoto be raised to the Rause of Lords outof the direct line of'. his profession; put many of them have amasse great wealth—the -famous Mr. Lewisfor ex- arnple. Of all the professions, the army, the navy, and the church st nd highest 'secially. But now that cm - missions ban be no loager piircha ed, en - my . ese -hitherto.1 aristocratic profesaions has fallen. The church is a!so getting rid rch of ese ned to such li ings as Sae the persbnal ro- petty of the lord of the manor. Bis ops are now compelled by public op ion (if they -,re not of themselves so dis- posed) to consider the fitness of the priestbef re placing him in charge of a parish. 4s St. Paul's'Westmineter, Exeter, a d Memorial "fall are the Cen- tres of L ndon's religious life, so in like manher t1 Inns of Court are the en- tree of London's legal life and ac The oldest and most historical are the TeMple, Lincoln's and Grey's li ns. Th.ese ancient institutions are in the verY heart of Loudon, and yet hi den Davey fro i the busy life of the stre t— one mig t almoet say in :aced tnic groves; i not grOves, they are at east very bea tiful gardens, with g een lawns sha ed by noble old trees. T ese Inns of Curt include dining -balls, lib- raries, a d churches, and altoge her furnish most comfortable loun mg- • the gentlemen of the 'egal the great majority of w om iefiess all their days. 1 has been called a patio of rs, but do not think hat t can much longer ehara ter- ple of London. The da of tradesman is gone forever. If kneys are now seen to pos esss s no longer a F ease of sh p," be referred to "joint s oak " Everything in Lo don s is cenducted by cOmpani ,s or The Army and Navy, and ken an . Tiese 1 sor s of ades an ieir cele tai ors, seri.° isly atee, but ith lies he SO re. i.nd s--- r's Dd and competitive examination forced, poor men are entering and navy, and the social rank are he a of t of its ta liviags h sonS of ti abuses ar eworm aristocracy. Ch ve been tao often the Irefug e poor noblemen. But t now almost entirely con places fo fraternit remain b Englan shopkeep this epith ize the pe the small f :vulgar co riches, it but may companie no -a --da syndicate Civil Seri ice Stores, may be ta illuetration of what I rnea, joint stock companies deal in a ineechandise, and the small t anhot pol3sib1y coMpete with t f prices i There. are a few, ressmakers, etc., 'who are not affec:ted by these great syndi they supply the bulk of the pe aI1 'the necessary articles of dress. Business hours are s Loadon than in New York or a American city; add it is there meetly believed that the Americ - mueh -harder than the Eriglislin I an not quite c,onvinced of ti American works More by fits at lie may perhape, apply him cloeely to businesslor a few yeA is in a -hurry to !make a for ta,kes little 'enjoy ent'while h Pie Food aecl orte in y o her ore en - n works an. But is. The d starts. elf more rs. He une, and is about s haste e mean- ound at there is y-teiling fore in England. But I must not ven- A Voice from Sout ture upon these questions. Manitoba. I cannot, however, pass from this fea- SNOWFLAKE, February 2 tare of London life without some refers DEAR EXPOSITOR, -4 was ence, however_slight, to the Rev. Stop- after reading Mr., David Mc ford Brooke, of Bedford Chapel, Blooms- letter which a,ppeared in you bury. Mr. Brooke occiipies a unique February llth, inawhich he ref place in the religious life of England. as giving you considerable wi He is neither a Dissenter' nor a Church- gar d to our local 'elections. I man, a Trinitarian nor a Unitarian, a Rationalist nor a Positivist, and yet in a sense he is all of these, and is one of the most refined and spiritually -minded preaohers in Great Britain. Mr. Brooke is a poet, an artist, and la preacher, all lled into one man, and a most attrac- e man he , certainly is. There was rrow in high places when he left the Church of 'England a few years since, kir he was one of Her Majesty's most favorite chaplains. He lis now indepen- dent of all ecelesiasticel domination. Mr. Brooke is perhaps 'best known to ' American readers by tlie biography of his friend, that wonderful preacher, Federick W. Robertson. And now one word about church -doing. With all our English mania, I fear we have not always copied the best features of Eng - Rah life. English people go to church quietly, seldom in carriages, and svith- oat any disposition- to exhibit themselves oe_their belongings. They do not con- verse in church, nor dal they laugh or talk of frivolous matters either going to or' corning from the boas of God. They really seem to go to church for the pur- there is some- oming in such with outward - r ti sc pase of worship; and thing at lea.st very be conduct, if it be only seeming. The business life of Landon is cartied on by a vast army ,of Workers of all sorts and conditions,. 4..om the great barristers, bana-ers and merchants down he the smallest shopkeepers, pawn- brokers and costermongees. A city man is either a banker, a mer'ehant, a broker or a clerk or secretary t some one who j is. The city business f rnishes what is thought to be very gen el employment ; i. e., there is nothing in the nature of s ch work to prevent one going to the b st houses, or even being a leader in s ciety. This applies to the clerks as ell as to the principals, or governors, a they are called. There are many tle• Mc his wa.e Mr urprised that a gentlema aught's abilitywould thin aluable' time to reply to pleased to term "wind." McNaught made two statements that I cannot, in myself and party, let pass unch I will make a very brief reply, no iden that a lengthy letter w vert him ancl lead him to think Tories are otherwise than a wicked tribe. I quite agree Mc eugl t when .he says bot agree the Mr. Greenway is an speaker ; but, I cannot agree with him " that a large majority of the 'people of Manitoba have confidence in him " after the verd ct they rendered on the 9th da °Hest December. I will *gin with Na., 1 of Mr. MeNaught's classification of Tory sus. He tells you the Govern - he con- es along t some of s to sign candi ern der - out rian er- IDS- th, 3.8r. -amused aught's issueof rs t me d i re - as lit- • of Mr. it w rth i' wha he ow ver, •r tl ree ustice to llenged. s 1 have uld Con - that the • a,ughty, with Mr. - parties elocipent -Meat g Tymandered all stituencies except the French O the Red River, and he says th those had notsufficient voter the nomination pa,pers of bo dates: That is simply nonsense, as any one can; by • procuring a copy of the ort that was taken in Mani - year, see for themselves that not the case, Secoadly—He census re toba last such is tellyou that we prepared the voters' lists to suit, ourselves. Now, in refer- ence to thati'Mr. McNaught must surely know th t every elector ha.s equal chances t have his name registered on the list o . voters. Ile says the Muni- cipal cler s conveniently leave them off, and to p nish them bring them before a Judge of their own political gom- plexion. I always thought the Judges were sup oeed to be nonpartizan in their judgmen P at least, and it is a low 4on-r- pliment o the Bench of Ma itobS, to have BUCS an insult thrown out. I He also say the Tories put all kinds of people on the list of voters. 11 repiudi- ate. that statement altogethei. Ae an 1 instance, the poll in this ward, and it was in -a wicked Tory house, turned away far more Conservatisies than Grits on account of their names not being on the list of voters. Third— Now, in regard to the transfers, I will quote the 34.e.i Robe Election Act, page 10, section 3: " When a, persoh appears to be qualified in more jthan- due parish or township wthin the limits of an elec- toral division, the enumerator Will regis- ter the name cf such person on the list for the ward, Parish or townShip where- in such person! resides; in the ,case of a non-resident in such one of the wards, parishes or tlewnships where qualified, which such nn -resident may select by notifying the enuinerator in writing. So, in cases where long distances had to be traveled to:vote, it is clearly the fault of the electhr. As for allowing -Con- servatives to livote on transfers, I• know that I did net allow it at my polling division, for it is contrary to law. Deputy returning officers, poll clerks, and candidates' agents are excepted, when the agents .are supplied with a certificate from the returning officer and authority from their respective candi- dates. Mr. McNaught is considerably out in his reckoning when he told you the last Rose contained 34 members and the preset about 40. The Redis- tribution Bill lincreased the total to just 35 members, it.nd it kr composed as fol- lows: 20 Co servatives, 13 Reformers and 2 Indep ndents. And 1es for the election prote ts filed against the mem- bers of the 4overninent they do not amount to sh icks, for this reason, that the most of them were tiled before a Justice of the Peace when the law dis- tinctly states t must be done before a Notary Public. Will Mr. McNaught kindly expiate if this was done in gross ignorance, or 'was it done to have some- thing to talk about? As for keeping a "calm look in our head," I thought we done remarkably well on that score' and I hope that Mr. McNaught andhis party will be equally as calm, but if they do they will break their past record. Well, Mr. Editor, I am aware that perhaps I have trespassed too much on your valuable space, and I will close by telling you that we are enjoying fair weather, fair sleighing, and our spirits are high over what West Huron and the Dominion at large did on last Tuesday, 22nd inst. ;Everything- is lovely and the goose han s high. Yours Truly, WELLING )N BARBER, Snowflake. -A Trip T • rough the Fadder Land. LETTER FROM DR. CHARLES TROW, OF STRATFORD. 'BOURG, Feb. 8th, 1887. and I arrived here last e stopping at the Hotel National until we get a boarding house. This is a beantiful hotel, built 2 years ago, and is ovened by the Government, (all railways here are) and cost 5 million dollars. The lhotelis almost empty now but in summer time it is nearly full every day, and the clerk says they are mostly Americlan travelers. Cook recom- mends them id some of his guide books, for which the pay 550 a year. The Kaisei is putting up a grand palace in Stresbourg. The university, which I visite 1 this morning,is a beauti- ful place, end, cost $3,000,000. There are 1,000 students attending. On look- ing over the roll I saw the name of a Canadian, an .61d Upper Canada College boy, and seveaal from the United States. The lectures ,are given in German, but there are a great many pehple in the city who speak French. The interpre- ter here says there are more than Ger- man, but 1 d people have be 15 years ther 1 in both Salsa Dr. Caven night, and d. ubt it. Although these en under Gerrrian rule for are quite a lige number ALSA E AND LORRAINE, whose sympathies are still, with the French. There are 14,000 soldiers station- ed hereperma- nently as guard There are at' present a gteat number more, as 70,- 000 of _the reserve (that is I those who have put in their time) are being called out to different posts in the country to practice with the new rifle. We saw some train loads of them yesterday. In time of war ; from 150,000 to' 200,000 would be placed here. The ,ports have all been placed 4 to fimiles from the city out and .they now consider this place almost impregnable. Alsace and Lor- raine pay alone for military purposes a tax of 7,500,000 marks, neatly $2,000,- 000, and besides a heavy tax for other purposes. The new breastworks and walls must have cost an immense amount of labor and money. Germany is bound to keep these two provinces if possible, and the French are still bearing the hatred from thalait war and are likely to try to get even with that country at some day, which may not be far off, al- though the diplomats of both countries profess peace. It is said that both. , METZ AND STRASBOURG . have lately laid in an extra iix . months' store of proviSions. Should there be a war, Dr, Caven and I would try, if pos- sible, to get on the milit- ry surgical staff. 'We Would get more -practice in a few weeks than we could in ordinary life in many' years. - Before leaving London we -went to the Canadian Commissioner's ofiice and got passports with Lord Salisb ry's name, which we might have to use in case of a rumpus between nations. . We came from London! to Harwich‘ on Friday evening last, took boat for Antwerp at 9 p. in. and get there next in ming at 9. We go up el? RivER.IsliELDT 60 M1lLE. • The land on both sides is mostly marshy. There are dykes on the banks in many places. The Antwerp docks are very good, of solid stone. The poted cathe- dral we only saw from the boat, as we took cats soon" after landing and pro- ceeded to Brussels, where we arrived abdat noon, staid over Sunday to see the . place, and were very miich pleased with it. The streets are grand; houses of beautiful architecture; clean, light- colored painting inside and but; streets the cleanest I ever saw; people well dressed, happy, and good looking. The Government buildings are magnificent. The Palace of Justice, which has been built at a cost of $10,000,000, a most tastily incl elegant structure, is situated in the highest part of the city. The Hotel de Ville is an old building but most picturesque, the tower of which I was told is 350 feet high, and we went to very near the top of it and got a good view of the city. In this building we saw the hall in which the ball was held the NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, also the council chamber, the different hall in which grand old pictures are hanging, etc. We went to the Wiertz picture gal- lery, which has been somewhat enlarged since my former visit,. and enjoyed the pictures as much as before. We left Brussels at 7 a. m.'traveled by rail until 4.50 p. m. to get here, passed through Namur, Luxemburg and Metz. This morning we went to the university, which is very grand, built of fine stone, and in which they teach almost every- thing. We have not yet presented our letters of introduction to Professor Reckling- hausen. His course in Pathology ex- tends over two years, and we, of course, cannot work in that way. - Life is too short; but we may get his demonstra- tions and a private course. :They say here that it will take two years to learn German. We want to get a pretty fair knowledge of it in two months, so we will have to make things double up in some way. Most of the students have their rooms in a private house or club, and take their meals in cafes out. We would like if possible to live WITH A GERMAN FAMILY„' dine with them, and hear nothing but German language for everything. A student told us this morning that fami- lies here did not like tht privacy of the family broken into in this manner and he thought we would havie some dificulty_ in doing it. Their custom, even if they board you, is to keep yau separate and make out the bill for it separate from the lodging, and that i the boarding houses are much inferior to those in America. So far I have'ienjoyed myself very much since leaving London. We were sorry to leave our Canadian friends . behind, but not leave the country. We have had to try all the French and German language' we had command of, and I suppose v4 murdered both lan- guages pretty baldly. The change of air, scenery_ancl food have all been very acceptable, and I can assure you I have enjoyed the last three or four days more than any time since I left home. I can appreciate the scenery architecture, fine arts, HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE, the differences in life, &c., so much more than I could on my former visit to _ this country, that I imagine I will be well repaid, not only as to gain in medical knowledge but also in general_ learning, especially knowledge of men. We will no doubt find their slow, solid, long courses somewhat of a drawback, but will have to get around it somehow. People nearly all over Europe seem to take things easy; Iiveas if they had a lifetime of 1,000 years. They seem to have time to gape and mope onthe streets by the hour, drink wine, beer and spirits in the same way; attend eoncerts, theatres and music halls night- ly, and take life qa,sy in general. They don't worry themselves like the average - American, and likely live somewhat longer on that account. If we find we cannot arrange things to suit us here we will not lose anything as it is on . OUR ROAD TO VIENNA, and we can continue on our journey to that place. There is no mew here but it is colder than either London or Brussels. They have had considerable snow and I imagine the winter is usually pretty cold, this being so far from the sea cost. Will write to yoa again, as soon as we settle down and know what address to give you. Canada. Rev. Sam Jones lectured in St. Thomas Friday night and had a packed house. —The Dominion Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on Wednes- day, April 13th. —Messrs: Crossley and Hunter, evan- gelists, are to hold a series of meetings in Winnipeg shortly. —Mr. Alex. Dick, Registrar of the county of Peel, died last week at his residence in Brampton. —The Manitoba Government will station an officer at Quebec this season to solicit immigration for the Province. — Mrs. Budd, of Guelph, has been appointed President of the county of Wellington Women's Christian Temper- ance Union. —James W. Green has resigned the editorship of the Parkhill Gazette, and is succeeded by J. R. Aitcheson, former- ly of the Paisley Advocate. —Mr. Thomas Robertson, Q. C., ex - M. P. for Hamilton, has just received his appointment as a Justice of the Chan- cery Divisioneef the High Court of Jus- tice of Ontario. — Hanlan has returned to Toronto and has gate into active training for his race with Beach. He proposes to walk fifteen to twenty miles daily for the next six weeks. — A middle-aged man named Wm. Malone arrived in Toronto on Saturday morning by train from Chicago and re- gistered at the King's hotel. Ile had been in the hotel but a short time when he fell to the floor and. died instantly. Some pension papers and about $60 in bills were found on him. —The financial returns of the Dom- inion for the eight months ending keb- ruary 28th show that the total revenue for that period was $22,194,941, and the total expenditure $22,573,341, leaving a deficit of $378,394 on the eight months' operations. These returns indicate that the deficit on June 30th, or at the end lifcLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. of the fiscal year, will exceed two 'mil- lion dollars, unless such additions are made to the taxation of the country at the approaching session as will cause merehants and others to hurry their im- ports through the Customs, —The Globe Printing Company have put a special early train on the road be- tween Toron.to and London, which car- ries nothing but Globes. This train lea-tes TJnion station, Toronto, at 3:50 a. ma and after stopping at and supplying all way stations with daily Globes, ar- rives at London at 6:40, less than three hours after leaving Toronto': —The town of Walkerton was startled last Saturday night by a report that Mr. James G. Cooper'treasurer of the coun- ty of Bruce, had left the county and his whereabouts could not be discovered. .His books are being audited. —Mr. C. G. Charteris, treasurer of Kent county, who died the other day, had beer' a resident of Canada over 40 years, and held the treasurership over 30 years, and was the second. Mayor of Chatham. —Mr. W. H. Rosebrugh has sold his farm of 50 acres to his uncle, Mr. Enos Rosebrugh, for $3,000, and Mr. Smith Copeman has sold his farm of 50 acres to Mr. Jonah Ellis fan $3,000. Both farms are in North Brant county, near St. George. —The six year old daughter of John Doreen, of Shannonville, was drowned in the Salmon River there the other night. She was coasting from the high bank on to the ice, through which the sled broke. The body was recovered. --Iwo hotel -keepers of Strathroy, who were to have been tried for vio- lation of the Scott Act on Tuesday last week, paid their fines before the trial, amounting_to $50 each. Two others of Mount Brydges, whose trial was on for March 4, have also paid their fines. -_Parties are traveling through West Hastings, selling foreign oats at $10 per bushel in lots of not less than 10 bushels, on the representation that 57,50 per bushel will be paid for oats grown from this seed. It is reported that one farmer hasamirchased 50 bushels and given his note for $500. —A fire occurred in the factory of Geo. Langwell & [Son, Montreal, a few days ago, manufacturers of metal and gauge glasses, and before it was ex- tinguished damage to the extent of aboat.57,000 was done to the stock and property, which. .is only covered by 51,000 insueance. —A large audiefice assembled the other night in the Baptist church, Wood - 'stock, to listen to Rev. Mr. Cuthbert - §011's lecture, "Great preachers I have Seen and heard," and a most enjoyable _evening was spent. The lecture was, most int,eresting and eloquent and wasl highly appreciated. —Of the 5150,000 necessary for the erection �f the new Victoria College building in Toronto, $116,500 has al- ready been raised. It is estimated that the total cost of the building, furnishing, Iaying out the grounds, etc., will be 5200,000. Toronto is expected to fur- nish this sum, leaving the endowment to the country. — The other day while Mr. R. Fos - berg, of Guelph, with his. daughter and another young lady, were out driving the horse took fright and ran away, throwing all three out against a tele- graph pole on the icy- sidewalk. All were. badly cut about the head and bruised: The recovery of either of the Young ladies is doubtful. — The preliminary trial at Walkerton of James Keeps and Henry Raymond, of Port Elgin, charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Richard R. Webster, the Chicago millionaire, was completed Saturday. The magistrate held that Webster's death was acceler- ated by their neglect and they were committed for trial. . -a-On Tuesday morning a man in ' Ingersoll named Laird had his wife ar- rested and locked up on a charge of as- sault. She was brought before the Police Magistrate and fined. Not being able to pay she was taken to Woodstock, when Mr. Tennant, town clerk, gener- cafsly paid the fine, and the woman was allowed to go free. It is said the man is a worthless character. —Mr. A. S. Sheppard, of Thames - ford, -was brought before the Oxford county Police Magistrate last' week charged with Violating the Scott Act. • The case was adjourned a couple of times, .but was finally concluded, and a fine of 550 and costs was imposed on him. One witness swore positively that he got liquor there and paid for it, so the Police Magistrate said it was a clear case: —A terrible accident occurred at the Georgetown toboggan slide a few days ago. Miss Sarah 13enham was rapidly descending the slide when the toboggan, misdirected, made a dart sideways,and carne with fearful force against a sharp corner of a three -sided post. She was thrown sorne ten yards. Her body was terribly maneeds a leg being broken in three places and frightful injuries sus- tained' about the head. She is in a dangerous condition. Mr. Van'Horne, of c Railway, is very a trunk line from —It is stated tha the Canadian Pa.ci desirous of building Seaforth or GodericFl down through the north of Perth and Waterloo counties to Guelph, and .then tap the main line somewhere between Milton and Schaw station, and continue on to Hamilton and the Niagara frontier. _ The old charter of the Guelph Junction Rail- way will permit the building of Guelph's portion of the line, and the 40 per cent. receipt from such u road will, it is ex- pected, make the investment a highly profitable one to that city. —Two serious accidents occurred last week on the western section of the Can- adian Pacific Railway. On Saturday a snow -slide caught a snow -plough gang at work clearing the track, upsetting the train and burying itdeep under the snow. Rescue was at once begun. -Six bodies were taken out dead and ten per - sone rescued alive. The Pacific express that left Winnipeg Friday morning met with an accident three miles west of Mortlake, Northwest Territory, The train_ was running along at a good rate of speed, being three hours behind time, when suddenly, without warning, the engine jumped the track, bringing the baggage car with it. Both fell over on their sides. The first and second-class passenger coaches also left the track, but die. not tare over. The engineer and ' conductor were both injured, the for- mer treheDundastiroeuslyebays, Edward Wat- son, Wm. Bell and Thos. Pitt, put a large stump of a tree on the Grand Trunk - track, hear Dundas, for the fun of seeing the Pacific express knock it down the embankment. They were arrested for - obstructing the track, but the magistrate was merciful, fining them but $4 each and binding them over in $400 and two sureties of $200 each. —The arrangements of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company VI have through connection with China have been Completed, the company having chartered three steamships. The first of these is expected to leave Hong Kong early ini May. The last sailing vessel, the George, for this season, conveying teas and fancy goods, will leave Yoko- hama, japan, about March 7, for Van- couver, British Columbia. —Oninight iast week Rev. J. Gongh Brick, n Anglican missionary from the Peace River district, 600 miles' north of t algarea lectured in Hamilton on his mission' work. He declares the climate of the district to be admirable and the soil excellent, and brought with him excellent samples of grain grown there. He is raising money to build a grist mill, and is $54 better off for his visit to Hamilton. --On Sabbath afternoon, 27th ult., Mr. Thas. Hall, of the 6th coacession, South !Dumfries, near Ayr, quietly passed away. Mr. Hall has been ailing for a few years back, and last sun.mer he took a trip to Scotland, hoping to -benefit his health, but returned very little improved. He was one of the old- est inhabitints, many of whom are slow- ly and steadily passing away. He leaves ' two sons, who will inherit the fine farm -left by their father. _ —A young man named Mariot Steph- ens, of Thedford, shot himself accident- ally in the forehead with a revolver the other day. It is supposed he was look- ing into the barrels of the weapon to see if they were all loaded, and in some man- ner it went off. His parents were away all day, and when on returning home about 6 p. m. ibis mother went npstairs to make his bed, she opened the door and was startled to see her only son lying dead on the floor. The body was cold when found. • —The feeling among Montreal people regarding .the Retaliation Bill which has been signed by the President of the United States, is that while it may for a time ;injure. our fishermen, in the end the country will be the gainer: It is thought the passing of the bill is in the interests of large fish firms, who desire to control the price of fish in American markets. The railway authorities- do not anticipate any interference With the Iuternational train service as a result of this retaliation measure. —Mr, Jas. Chambers, of West Ox- ford, a few days ago, shipped to the Northwest a fine carload ef young horses. Among the lot may be especial- ly mentioned one mare rising three years and -weighing 1,790 pounds, one beautiful black mare weighing 1,450 pounds, pair chestnut mares weighing 2,800 pounds; there was also a very handsome pair of geldings, a pair of brown geldings and mare, And a fine pair of bays. Mr. Jas. Chambers is well. known as one of our best horse breeders. —Rev. John Scott, of Walhalla, Da- kota, preached in Ayr on Sabbath, 27th ult., .occupying the pulpit a Stanley street church in the morning and Knox church in the evening. When a young man Mr. Scott resided on -a farm on the 6th concession of Dumfries, then owned and occupied by his father and brothers. While going through his collegiate course Mr. Scott became quite an ex- pert in botany. About the same time, also fro r that neighborhood, the pres- ent .principal of Knox College, Dr. Cavan, vas a divinity student. L --The alleged incendiary, George Waters, appeared before Police Magis- trate Field, at Woodstock, on Friday, on the charge of setting fire to the West Zorra gains on November 17, 1884. Waters was identified by five witnesses, and his identity established by e sear on the back of his neck and a peculiar shaped nose. When the first barn was fired Waters had a coolie dog with him", and parties who saw him at the second barn burned say the same dog followed him, establishing the fact that all the barns were fired by the one man. Waters has served three years for set- ting fire to the barn of C. F. Knapp in London. He was committed to stand his trial at the Oxford Assizes, to be held in Woodstock in April. —Rev. Sam Jones, evangelist, preach- ed last Sunday in Carleton street Metho- dist church, Toronto. The sermon was in behalf of the mission fund of the Methodist church. The large church was crammed with people to the out- side doors. At the close Sam Jones made a direct appeal for ten 5100 sub- scriptions. He succeeded in: getting nine and one for 5200 with a great num- ber of smaller amounts, the whole total- ling about $2,000. Mr. Jones is now making a lecturing tour through the cities and larger towns of Ontario. As compar d with the Methodist church in Americ , he stated that the Canadian spent $ per annum for missionary_ work while tlie American Methodist spent $1 per an um. Speaking of politics, he said: You put all the religion you ean into your polities. It'll help them just as sugar does coffee. But don't you put politics into your religion; it will be like putting coffee into your sugar—ruin the whole business.