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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-04-08, Page 1ry )11 clay 1 Clothe , ate sore 'r could t; paper ktt the tins. to Wt. PaPers. ,ing the ae neer heading aghoate to the 'proper,- Wilsone Pion ree ork last adoyabit aoratede e far of dt- with achinery ene. He, lienest.— Itattebeee ed. overt. Methoe ilting he a Why I reverena itematitea ch gu4. match to be= ik langiy 14 Osrs„ B. .son anti "ppointed tishop of -met of et visite4 naine� :rich wi &read& flashing Otter of away to orning 16 a arid ta friend* °on the aliewhere .by Rev. -"nd from :here the , were dee he ccsfliit, • offering* 'e assenee he livin reet dee anxiety tudentse Thf, n'ted by lan, and Messrs, cting oZ 18thi auditor's,' copies of same biit ihe rate- eas sec' a by-I9nmg tt ott s or -q!1 of IlaY. peter of rat8s. weakio re foliose 'ad G0131^ ear, vixt huettIers Trearert fellOW a fe Af CO -11/1 Court - 'day NINETEENT.EE Y WHOLE NUMBER AR. ,008.• SPRING„. 1887.. . SEAFORTH, FRIDAY APRIL 8, 1887. MaLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. Spring .Goods JUST OPENED --At the— CHEAP CASH STORE MAIN -ST., SEAFOR H. New Dress Goods, New Pr nts, Ne Cretonnes, New Shirtings, Ne Cottons New Gingham's, New Corss, Ne Gloves, New Frillings, New L ces, Ne Embroideries, etc., all at p ices tha will save you a, little_ cash, io matte how small. the pyrchase. Yot will sa how han we do that? We 1, here i our answer. We can mark ever article at the very low -est possible price knowing quite well that when we mak a small profit, wie de net run the risk o losing more tha4 we have maIe on th it truck. and trade hat we irig1Jt get di we take trade, +t as we on sell fo cash, we are su e of what w make, b that ever so1:itt1Je, and everybiedy know that the cash always buys chea,per tha. truck and trade. Then tak the tru and proper way,_ which is, sell yo trade for cash and buy the same wa5 and you will be the gainer by a lon way. If you have - any cash to spen try the Cheat, Cash Store of Hoffman & Cheap 0 a sh istor Cardno's Block, Seaferth. N. Be—Agents for Butterick's R tiable paper patterns. ACROSS THE -PLAINS IN 1849. FROM WINNIPEG TO ST. PAUL AND RETURN. STIRRING ADVENTURES OF ATRADER • IN 1849. [By tv. CALDWELL.) Some of the merchants in the Red River settlement extended their oPera- tions to trading in the plains, -and made no srnallshare of their profits in this way, selling their goods at high prices for buf- falo robes, deer skin, buffalo tongues, pemmican, buffalo meat, dried meat, tale low, venison, etc., and again- •turning these supplies into goods or cash in St., Paul or in the Red River country. -With a large profit first of all on thegeods and often another " swinging " profit on. the robes and meat received in payment -- there ought to have been, andthere was, no doubt, a tempting margin on the right side of the merchant's ledger. An account I have heard of one of these ex- peditions, to the south of the .boundary line, seems to me WORTH PRESERVING as it gives a specimen of the risks atteed- ing travel and trade in the Northwest as late as 1.849. Rev. George Flett, who details the incidents, and is himself the central figure in the adventures, had some doubts about allowing me to take notes, with a view to publcation, of his _experiences in the wilderness; lest they might savor of boasting of acts performed when he was a yen: young man. But ultimately I induced him to tell me the tale as it is hereby subjoined. Early in June, 1819, I left here (he says) on a tra.ding expedition to the plains for the late Mr. Ja,mes1Green, who - then kept a store at Point Douglas. I had a stock of goods with me and a num- ber of oarts, and Mr. G-reen himself carne along as far as Pembina, where he left us to go to St. Paul. At Pembina we fell in with the brigade of halfbreed hunters who were starting out on one of their would make them do so. We were well armed, quite detedmined, and ably, led by such men as Wilkie, a Scotch half- breed, William Hallet, William GaddY and others. Without any ado, the first party gave in to oui terms, promising to leave us alone and go home; and they fell back on the .second and third parties, each larger than the first, and informed them of our demands. Meanwhile we remained where we were, mounted, and ready for action until, before long, we had the setisfaetion of seeing the whole body of Sioux move off to the south. We.then turned in the opposite -direc- tion', and soon saw thern no more. We were at this time some forty miles soath of Dev il's Lake, and when we reached there we camped for eight or nine days—the Indians and ourselves employing the time chiefly in making pemmican. I completed my trading with the half- breeds for provisions, and then leadding them, withmy little' brigade of twenty carts, I went eastward till we came near Perebina, Mountains, my object being to strike the trail to St. Paul, which was our destination. Between Devil's Lake and wheee we struck —Hon. Wm., Smith, Premier, died Ett Victoria, British Columbia, last week. He has been ailhig for a couple of inoath —Mr. and Mrs. Ingram Scott, 4f Pakeeham, Renfrew county, ceiobrateld the fiftieth anniversary of their wedd' on the 9th ult. The grooinsmen a bridesmaid, who had attended the we ding fifty years before were !among t • invited guests. —The Department of the Interior oompleting arrangements forat geologic and topographical expedition to the go fields of British Columbia, lying on t Alaskan frontier. The exp set catt in May, and its we tend ever twoyears, the idea the party shell explore the try and prepare a full report ment on its resources, Cell tions, etc. —In the assizes at Bellesille on la i - day, 26th tilt, When Hamilton- Scot who had been convicted of forgery, w brought up for sentence, Judge Ro said had the prisoner cartenitted t crane when in hissobersenses he wou have given him a life sentencle ; as, ho esser, he had done so when intoxicate and had been encotiraged to drink, would, on Scott's signing the pledg liberate him on hissown recognizance; appear for sentence when called upo , The prisoner, who gladly _accepted ti is condition, was liberated. —Miss Annie Nicholson, one of t young girls sent oat to India by the S Salvation Army, a. few months a artived home ha Toronto a f days ago. She 4became ill on t steamer on Christi -has day. She and t ret (If the Salvation Army continge reached Bombay en the 12th of Janne, in charge of Major Jai Bhai, the offi who.was in Canada with Geeeral Boo Miss Nicholson was taken from t steamer direct to the hospital, thou Colonel Taylor, who is in charge of t Salvation Army in India, wanted to ta her to the barracks. Seven physicia, who considered Miss Nicholson's ca declared that to stay in India was c tain death, so she and Miss Leitch, wh residence is in London, England, at o set sail for Britain. —Rev, Thos. Baker, one of Hamilto most worthy and: venerable citize passed away on the evening of the 2 th LtIt,aa the advanced age of 921ee ceased was born in Portsea, England, the 24t1l of January, 1795. the royal navy ythert young the position of commander. navy to study for the mit Gospel., and labored in ' dition w de will e being th ntire cou for Parli -e 0 s, e, r - se ce 8 He ente and rose He left istry of oronto on ed to he he nd Newmarket for mauyyear t' as a nai is- dt ter in connection with the eugregati n- al church. He removed „to Hamilton -fifteen years. .age. Mr; Baker was ea- ceedingly well informed and was. every respect a thorough 0 eristian g tlentan. . —Last Monday a youne man nanred Griffith, who had been on : visit to. mothers reached .his employer's house Arran township, Bruce, eeheusted apparently dying. His throat was and his clothes. saturated with bio The -wound was sewed up by Dr. 1 Namara, anti the boy made- comfera brie otherwise, after which he related his adventure. He said that when he • ra,s- returning home on Satarda,y night he was attecked at a lonely place on the .syla he lar in tn- BUFFALO SLAUGHTERING EXPEDITIONS and with them we traveled, rie we intend- ed at the outset: 'The brigade went to Lake and thence westward till we approached the Missouri; long the Coteau, We followed the Coteau south to Dog's Lodge, from whence Our course lay east to the James river. The party hunted daily here,, killing large numbers of buffalo. Mueh of what was killed went to supply the camp consumption -which wa,s enorthous, as our brigade was a large one; and salting tongues, eorn- ponnding pens mica's, cuttinghfiffelo meet into strips and sun -drying it, rendering tallow and dressirng buffalo robes; all this work added to the ordinary operations of cooking, etc., made the, scene a most lively one most of the time. I sh.ared in the excitement of -buffalo hunting occa- sionally—what 'horsemen with a good horse could resist it? And this occupa- tion, and trading with the hunters for provisions kept me busy, for I had 20 carts to load. Our,hunting up to this time had been in the Sioux country—the animals we slaughtered were claimed bythe Sioux to be their cattle—end we not only killed and ate them ourselves but we brought with us a considerable number of Chippe- was, the deadly enemies of the Sioux, and these enemies had helped themeelves lib- erally to the wild cattle of the prairie. This Was anything but agreeable to tlaa Sioux ; and while we were hunting en the Juries River, a large party of them hove in sight and resolved to try con- clusions at once with the Chippewas; the cattle question serving as the nomin- al cause for the commencement of hos- tilities. The Sioux, strong in numbers, and on their own ground, opened the attack. The Chippewas, • with great spirit, for they knew that we were their • allies, and that while we endeavored to interfere as little as possible, yet if it be- came necessary we would protect them. So both sides stood up to one another, and there was much firing of guns a,nd bows and arrows in the course of the attacks which were made during the weeping, the night and the:next morn- ing, with a net result of FOURTEEN KILLED, each side losing seven and gaining no - is in nd ut d. Ic road by a man who knocked. him d and carried him off to a shanty in ewamp, toot his money --a twenty do bill—from him and then cut his thr at, 1 inflicting e gash some eight inche in length. The lad lay in the shanty till Monday mornine, when he made, an effort to reach home, with the retult already noted. thin. The day following the battle, the Sioux chief, Terra qui Brule, swam his horse across one of the lakes, and corning to where a number of us were standing in a group; said: "Let your Indians come out and we will have a game.," The game alluded to, was not difficult to surmise, for while we were parleying regarding this challenge, we noticed that a Chippewa, chased by a •Sioux, was nearly in the clutches of the latter, wherenpon three of us, W. Hallett, Champagne and myself, started off to the rescue of the flying Chippewa. Seeing this, the Sioux, enraged, jumped off his horse and was drawing his bow to fire on us when, fortunately,'I reach - hint in time to stay his hand. That was all the " game they had. At this stage•of the hunting, we had all to keep well together and maintain sharp' watch day and night, for the SiouX hovered around us in force, though at a districe, following as we went along the James River, towards Devils Lake. When we reached. the Thunder Hills, OUR 010 ESCORT OF SIOUX , THE ST. PAUL TRAIL We saw,immense herds of buffalo Ong sonth, although there ' was not one in this vicinity when we passed on our Way to the hunt.. For six or eight days, un- til we came to Goose River, the buffalo were quite close to us every day in as- tonishing eumbers, but as we needed to kill only a few foe fresh meat, we hardly disturbed the others while we went a- long, unless, as in some instances, they were absolutely in our way, when we had to drive them out of the road. Pas- sing on to Sauk Rapids, we forded the Mississippi at that place, and went along the west bank to St. Paul, a city with mimerseure stores and residences, , pre- senting to me a marvellous contrast to the solitude of the place when I -first saw it fourteen years before, and when there were only two shanties to repre- sent the future Apostolic City. Having delivered over our provisions, etc. , to Mr. Green, at St. Paul, and taken an- other loading, we set off for home again, leavi g - one of our party, Mr. T os. C. P eter. Our Brigade consiste4 of two Frnchrnen (half-breeds), three boys and myself, until we arrived at -Chow Wing, where we were overtaken, by Father Lacomb, a priest, then on' his first visit to this country, from Qu He travelled with us from thie p When we arrived at Crow Wing Chippewas were receiving their tr money ; but, apparently, the Lic were paying it out as fast as they reev- ed it. As we heard the- story, traders had Purchased a, lot of military stkres, provieions, etc., recently -a,uctionh, at Fort'Snelling. These were sent to the vianityl of bec. m t. the aty ians wine an danger Other THE AGENCY AT CROW WINO and thee someone, unauthorized, sent word toithe Indians to come and receive their annuities, and they came some weeks before the paymaster, Dr. Borup, was due. As a result, the proviSions and other stuff bought at auction were taken up on -credit by the Indians at! long prices, and by the thne the. mbney arrived and the traders were paid,! the Indians' share, in inost cases, was fund to be all gone. They had eaten it ai- 1 ready., or used it up .in some way, and had to leave for home as poor as ploy came. This state of things proved a most un- fortunate one for us, giving rise to con- stant a,nnoyance and trouble, as large; parties of these poor and DISSATISFIED INDIANA were traveling home by the same road, as ourselves. They were many and had little or nothing in the way of clothing' or provisions. We; were few, a,nd had, with us our train of loaded carts—a sug- gestive state of things to the Indians, leading the more mischievous among' them to become very saucy, presently.' One of them tried to " borrow ' an axe e from boy in our brigade. Ihe boy re- fused, but subsequently, by my direc- tion, he loaned it to the Indian. It was not returned, and when' I sent for it the Indian replied. 'jeeringly : "You will not get it, for that is all we have to cut up—the pemmican we steal from you." That was an index to the feelings of the more audacious of the crowd, and seen Tato oa THEM LA,ID HOLD. OF MY RIDING delivered it to the priest. This ad barely been averted, when ndians, thinking they might as well have a share in the pillaging I TOOK AN OX AND CART from the brigade and coolly drove off With about one thousand pounds weight of goods. Once again I gave chase, and once again, by determination and arti- fice' e I succeeded in recoverine the stolen ' properly. But with all this running i and m nusuvring' threatening, pulling and ex titement, Iwas, as might be ex- pected s cominenciu,g to feet very chrome end crabbed (i. e., hoarse and cross), and I was in this frame of mind when we came to the Otter Tail Lake, where it began to snow. We were anxious to get on as speedily as possible, -but 'did not dare to cross at once, for had we at- tempted to-do so, the prospect was that the In,dians with whom we had been g, would have jumped into the o avoid a wetting, and, probably, em. To prevent this, we stayed raveli parts, hunk t where we were three days, until the In- dians had gone ahead. But, as it proved, our tribulations were not ended ev en yet. WHISKY WANTED. Suddenly as we were making prepara- tions to cross, forty or fifty warriors , pain te iwar s their able, 1 went to meet them and enquire what they wanted: They replied whisky. 'What more? I asked. Nothing, they replied. I then inquired who was the chief s and in reply, one of them ad- vanced, looking proud. and daring. If you ate a chief, I said te him, you will keep your word,—you have not two tongues. You have asked for whisky; I tell you fairly, I will give you all the whisky I have; and I will kive you leave to search for it in the carts; but mind, not one article except whisky must be taken,. These are American goods that are in, the carts, and if any depredations are committed, the value of the goods -taken! will be stopped out of your treaty money next year. Tell your men to keep outside the camp, I added, except two or three bearers', and come on with them and make your search. • I accom- panied the searchers, and going to the carts with a good deal of display, took out three kegs of powder which I put close lber, full in their sight, one on top-. of another. I took an axe and laid it alongside, and, opening a box of matches, I held it in my hand. This startling preparation would, 1 felt confident, strike terror into the hearts of the In - diarist who were watching me closely. And lest there might be any misunder- standing as to my demonstration, I said, pointing to my powder kegs: "Now, touch one single. article in the carts, ex cept iwhiskyainiecl we will see who will FLY THE HIGHEST. threat saved our goods, and no relieved us from further insult, e Indians, thoroughly scared at the ect of being blown sky-high, made a pretence of searching the carts aid little heed to anything except of syrup, which they tasted by and feathered and singing their ng, came towards us. Suspecting designs to be anything but favor - spent the winter in the latter qu trading with the goods brought fro Paul. But he mentions nothing fu in the way of adventure. THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS HAVE ELAPS since he took his memorable trip Paul and back again, and amon other changes during that period, h become the Rev. George Flett, missionary fn his native land. 11 never had any further occasior. to t an Indian for his misdeeds as the II grabbing at the bag of shot was tac and, referring to the story of F Lacomb's alarm 'oe that occasion Flett adds, laughingly: "The prie not pay for the powder. I did no him. But a few years ago he pres me with a dictionary in Cree, of hi translation—an admirable work this paid for the powder, so far as concerned." still hung on our rear and the camp was frequently disturbed at night by alarms atiiong the Chippewas. This sort of thing hul been going on some three days and nights, to our great annoy- ance, so we determined to end it and prevent them from dogging us any long- er. ' About 400, of us set off on horseback, armed, to meet the Sioux, 100 others stated behind to guard the camp. The u Siox were in three bands, and as We rode to the first of these—which. hap- pened to 1)6 thesmallest—there was some- thing like 200 of them. WE MANAGED TO SURROUND THEM as nearly as we could, and, pointing our guns at them, held a short parley through our interpreter, a French halfbreed. Le Bombard. We told the Indians, stns cermonio, that we would not allow -them to "dog" us as they had been doing, and that if they did not go back at mice we HORSE One jumped on his back, the other led hien by the bridle, and away they went westward, off the track. As it happen- ed, the horse was poor, worn-out with the long trip, and the thieves, not being able to get away swiftly with their' booty, I had. not much of a run to catch thern up. As I did so, I cut the line by which the Indian was leading the horse, and took the lead myself. But the Int dian soon cut me out, as I had cut him out. Then I had another cut, and he cut, and we both kept at it until there was no more line to cut, whereu turned the horse( with the man as and drove him before me as far on ride) s the tracks where I got rid of the Indian and secured the horse. Hardly had succeeded in this, when, to my-e-exetion, I met about a dozen 'other phinelerere cpming along, having with them KOF .A EG FATHER LACOMB'S W NE That daub for t pros only and a k dipping their fingers into it and licking theme This ended the performance, and 1in a short time our tormentors sneaked off, leaving us in peace for a while.. • There were, we, knew, hundreds of Indians still In our vicinity, and we were therefore obliged to, be constantly on the alert. For a few days we had no more attempts at pill agi9g, and nothing worthy of notice occurred until we came close to Lake Forty-four, where we met three Chippewas and a squaw. We did not know it at the time, but learned. after- wards that they had been committing some offences, and that in consequence they had not ventured to the agency to ask any annuities. They camped beside as and were treated kindly. We were deleted here, while making hide canoes, on which we crossed our goods over the heal waters of the Red River. Mean- while the Indians, loitering around, seem- ed to havetaken -particular notice that we had ammunition aa part of the lead in one cart, and when we had gone per. hap three miles further, one of the In- dians, corning close, up, stopped our carts and DEMANDED A KEG OF POWDER and a bag of shot, threatening, in the event of refusal, that they would kill twokd our oxen right away. At first I was inclined to give them the powder, knowing that there were numbers of other Indians near, and thinking it, would be easier satisfying the demands of a few than of a great many. So I gave them the smallest keg of powder that I had; but almost inninediately 1 had cause to regret the timcwousness of the act, for one of the Indians insolent- ly demanded a bag of shot, and when I told. him that he would get none, he at once jumped up into the cart to take the • Half measures were, clearly, of no avail at this crisis. Nothing but action, Piannet and vigorous, could. be of any use if the little brigade was to be res- ceed. this time. So reasoned Mr. Flett in a moment. In these days, he says, I thought it only fun to have a "tussle," so up I jumped on the opposite side of the cart, and Canada. I —Miss Templeton -Armstrong gaged in Evangelistic work at Ni —At Bothwell an oil well ha opened which is said to yield 50 per diem. • —A brakeman named Hazel was at Harrisburg Monday morning coupling cars. —During the past week at Ha 101 cases of measles and three of theria were reported to the Hai Elealth Officer. —The British Porcelain Wor this month commence the manuf of both plain and printed potter at St. Johns, Quebec. ---Commissioner Coombes, of t vation Army, returned to Toront day from Manitoba, and received thusiastic welcome at the Temple. —A man in Montreal has Just ered $500 from the Canadian railway for an accident incurri loss of two _fingers while worki them. —It is said that E. EL Abbo absconding secretary of the Templars of Temperance froth Bu going to take up his residenceiu - —Gabriel Itumont, Riel's lieu who is now in St. Paul, Minnesot that Big Bear's son, at Sun Rive tana, threatens an invasion of C territory. —Since the Scott Act became Northumberland and Durham victions for violations of the A been secured and fines amount $1,850 have been imposed. —The Salvation Army in W held a most successful three day which be was bringing through.foiF church purposes, and which they :had taken out of a cart in spite of his efforts It occurred to me at once that if the In- dians drank this wine, some of them would get drunk, placiug our goods and ourselves in the greatest danger; and as I had not sufficient help to recover the keg by force, I resolved to see what I could do by an appeal to their fears. I explained to them that the wine be- longed to the holy man who dlaimed it, that he used it only for religious pur- poses:that it should not be made use of in any other way, and I threatened there that if they dared to drink it they might get mad, taking care not to explain that the madness would be that of the drunk- ard. My explanation and warning had the desired effect, and in terror lest they mightbecome lunatics, the Indians„ by my instructions, themselves carried back the rter 1 St. ther St. the has nd a has ckle dian led; ther Mr. t did ask nted own and was s en gara scendants present was 50, one for each buggy were found in Guelph, and a man year of his wedded life. M. Kennedy is still hale and hearty at the age of 73 and his wife looks none the worse for the 68 years whieh have gene over her head. —The Peninsular Hotel Company, of Lake Simco, has been incorporated with -a capital steck of $40,000. The com- pany will build a hotel and pleasure ground at Big Bay Point, Innisfil, Sim- coe county, bordering on Lake Simcoe and Kempeiffeldt Bay. —Hugh Anderson, who took part in the suPpresSion of the rebellion of 1837- 38 and- was wounded at the battle of the Windmill, is pressing upon the Militia Department at Ottawa his claim for a pens*. He has of late become - incapacitated, it is claimed, as a result of his injuries. —A Puritan supper was given on the evening of March 31st at Erskine church, Montreal, Which was setved by a num- ber of youeg ladies in ;costumes corn- _ posed of high white cap, neckerchiefs, aprons and cuffs' with • black dresses. That they lookedinteresting, dee-lure, Priscilla-like,will be readily believed. 8, 8 —General Strange arrived in Kings- ton on Friday frorn the Northwest an his way to Ottawa. He states that the winter in the Northwest has been the hardest for many years, and the cattl have suffered severely. On his ranch the cattle iiierea,ehd to the remarkabl extent of 87 per cent., but many of th increase did not thrive. —Many :lumbermen are arriving a Fredericktcm, New Brunswick, from th Maine woods and tell a pitiable tale o hardship: The snow in the woods i - seven feet deep. One party of six wer two weeks on the road, here from th camps. Their only money was in Mari time Banknotes, on which there is 5 per cent. discount, and it cost them ove a month's Wages to get liome. —The cheese dealets. in the Peter borough district have discovered tha colored cheese does not command as hig price in the English market as whit At a meeting the other day they resolv- ed to abandon the practice of giving i the old "sickly yellow ochre cast" bu a mucli brighter colot instead. ' It i hoped the day of colored cheese as we as of colored butter is fast passing awa —R. Shiells has bought lot 27, co cession. 4,: Huron townehip, county Bruce, ,containing 100 acres, from La,mbertuS, for the sum of $6,500, M Larnbertus intends purchasing a far near . Walkerton. John McTavish h $2,600. bought ,the west half of lot 29, in t same township, adjoining his farm, col cession 4, froin R. Shiells for the sum • —A magistrate writing front Ca bonear, Newfoundland, says: "Tho sands af families in this and adjace northern bays have been cm the ver of staiwation, but a provident relief b come. The wind blowing from tl e northeast has packed the bays with ic and thouSands of seals have been ea tured. . by; the landsmen. This time supply will save people from starving f the next two months. —The Provincial Legislature s • adopted k law to protect people fro n o vote being im )osed upon in the sale ai d been rrel killed while ilton diph- ilton s wil ctur war 1 e Sal Fri an en recot a.cifi g th g fo t, th Roy alo, trim enan , say , Mo nadia law he 1 con- t have ng to nnipeg ' jubi- lee last Saturday, Sunday and Monday, at. _which Commissioner Coomb s pre- sided. . ‘—Miss Nellie Oavers, of Galt, nas re- ceived the appointmet of 'steno rapher aud caligraph operator in the ffice of the Guelph Business College. —Last -Friday, Ms. J. Ru ho, of Grindstone Island, near Kingstcp , while attempting to rescue I his horse which broke through the ice,Jost $1,50 which he was taking to the bank. —Wm. Chambers, d Camden, county of Addington, who will be 10.0 y ars old in Septeinber, walked !five miles in the Dominion elections. Ile to have been the oldest.voter in minion. --A consignment of British C deer skins, about 200 in num been received in New York, whi sold at 25c. per M. They are glove and moccasin makers. ' gave good satisfaction. . —A bonus of $20,000 has been - by the townsfolk of Ingersoll t Brothers & Littler, of London, N establish- a piano factory they wb.rds of 439 votes were cast in the by-law and only 15 against.' :—Will Carleton, the gifted an lar American poet, will make 1 appearance in Toronto on T evening, April 14th, in Shaftesb and the lecture Promises to be o literary events of the season. —Rev.- Dr. Burns,. of Halif been nominated by 13 Presbyte eluding those of Montreal, Toro tavra, St. John aind Halifax, as tor of the next General Assembl meets in Winniiieg in June. —According to the Xport itf t don Board of Trade, 576,004)b wheat, 80,000 bushels of .oats anp ) bushels of barley were shied the Canadian Pacific Railwayfr point last year. - —Intense excitement prevail Johns, Newfoundland, over Pie loss of the sealing steamer -Ea her crew of 250 men, most o lived in St. Johns. It is suppo her boilers exploded. —The Woinen's Christian Ten Union •of the County of Yaw convention a few days ago, wit to more effective work. One o jets in view is to agitate for t cipal franchise for married won —W. Kyle, the Toronto liqu convicted of uttering forged pa been sentenced by Justice A five years in Kingston peni The severity of the sentence is surprise and 'efforts will be ma • GAVE THE INDIAN SUCH A DOWNSET as sent him reeling to the ground, and as he endeavored to regain bis feet I was at him again, a,nd we had a hot struggle. While we were rolling in the grass, and I was administering punishinent, which theother was resisting and teturning to the extent of his opportunities, Pere La - coatis ran up in a state of great alarm, calling out in French: "Geordie, Geordie'don't kill him; we'll pay for the powder 1" I didn't kill that Indian, I know, explains Mr. Flett, for the fel- low got up and walked away before long without making any furthet attempt to possess himself of the coteted bag of shot, and he and his part' -took them- selves out of sight. Here e come to the end of Mr. Flett's adventures on this journey. He reached Pembina safely with his convoy intact, • named Jacob Lehman was arrested, charged with the theft and lodged in Guelph jail. Lehman is well known in Waterloo and Berlin. It is hoped this arrest will lead to the discovery of the whole horse stealing gang. —Last Saturday morning about -2 a.m. , near Springfield, Middlesex county, two freight trains collided with a terrific smash. Twenty-eight or 30 cars and both engines were totally destroyed. The wreck is piled up as high as the telegraph pe'es for 25 yards. Mer- chandise was scattered in every direc- tion. Tom Burnham, brakemen, was buried in the ruins, but ie expected to recover, Wm. Odbert, brakeman, is missing; supPosed to be buried under the wreck.' One of the firemen was cut about the head, but not seriously. All jumped but Odbert and Burnham. The night operator becaine prostrated and cannot be interviewed. —On the occasion of the death of James Harris, in Westminster, near Lambeth, last Friday, the 1 unfortunate man was, in company with his son en- gaged is chopping upon the farm of kVin. Piper. A tree had been cut., and Har- ris stepped aside to what he considered a safe positiole, belt the tree, hi -falling, struck him and knocked him down, and he fell between that and another tree, and met with a shocking death, his body being literally crushed in. ,fle leaves a wife and eight small children to regret his fate. --The ease of Israel Desjerdines Warden of, Essex County, charged with bribery at the recent election, came up at the assies at Sandwich on Wednes- day last w&ilt. Singularly enough Des jardines was drawn on the Grand Jury, and after listening to JudgeGalt's charge in the bribery caee retired with the jury to deliberate as to what was best to do in the matter. As Juror Desjardines could not consistently return a true bill against the Warden Desjardines, and as the surest way out of the difficulty, the case went over to the fall term. --The other day an egg buyer hailing :from Waterloo left West Montrose vil- lage en route for home with a load of eggs, and upon going up a hill at Win- terbourne the' tongue, by some means or other, separated itself froth the wagon. The horses speedily retired from the place of separation leaving Mr. Egg - buyer to paddle his own canoe, which he did, on to a pile :A lumber, causing the wagon to upset and spill the eggs. The mess can be more easily imagined than described. Both team and man were unhurt beyond it few scratches. —The Monetary Times says:!Some Canadians have beeit losers by a swind- ling concern in Cincinnati. e hich adver- t tised that the St. Andrew's Bay Land • Company of Florida, would sell lots of • 40 acres for $2.50. Fully MO was sent tfrom one Ontario town by credulous in- • vestors, who have been duped, the treasurer of the company. Guy Weber by name, having been arrested ou Sun- day at Cincinnati for misusing the United States mail; in other words for swindling. One cannot readily feel sorry for such foolish or 4-aeh grasping io• —On Sunday night the water rose high in the pond supplying water power to King's mills, Ingersoll, end about7:30 onday morning the big dam burst, wheu an enormous torrent of water rushed across the adjoining neighbor- hood. In its course the flood struck four cottages, which, with :contents, occu- pants and small adjoining buildings, were swept from their foundations and hurled in ruin on the Credit Valley Railway track, a large section of which was partially destroyed, and over which traffic was stopped, The worst feature of the disaster is the loss of five lives, the names of the victims being: ItreLn. :Leaair.d an, d child, e boy and girl named Bowman,, and a lad of 16 years named e ml —Mr. James (Magma of Toronto, whose son was shot and killed by a squaw neat White River, Northwest Territory, has gone to White River to bring the remaius home. Mrs. O'Hagan has received a letter from Mrs. D. S. McCarthy, with whom the deceased young man had been boarding up to the hour of his 'death, in which it is stated that the quarrel, during which the fatal shot was fired: arose overa debt due by the Indians to McDougall. O'Hagan had nothing weatever to do with the affair beyond being present as a friehal of McDougall's, arid Mrs. McCarthy speaks in the highest terms of the young man's general character and habits. --The total revenue for; the Dominion for March was $2,891,419, as compared with $5,337,031 in March -last year. There is a heavy falling off in receipts from all sources, the earnings of Domin- ion railways and other public works being only $126,210 la.st month, compar- ed with $231,380 in Is/larch, 1886. The greatest falling off, however, is in excise duties. The total revenue for the nine months ending March 31 is $75,886 less than for the same Period last year. The expenditure for March *ea $1,300,000, or $358,114 less than last year. The value of exports from the'Dominion dur- er- ing February was $3,098,591, against - ch $3,420,761 in the same month of 1886, am showing a decline of $678,830. il —At the marriage of Mr. Robert Anderson, of Kansas'and Miss M. E. Martin, -of West Oxford, which took place on the 30thult., t at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Jas. Martin'of West Oxford, a nota.ble fea- ture of the occasion was the ta.ble-cloth on which Ithe young couple and guests had their supper served. It hacl previ- ously been used for the sante purpose at the wedding of the groom's grandmother, Mrs. Meek, in Scotland, in 1825, and it held the same position at his parent's wedding about 27 years ago. and will undoubtedly do similar service for many years to come. The cloth ingueetion is of good old-fashioned Scotch linen, very beautifully designed and is an heirloom which is being handed down to the eld- est of each generation, • 1 'denim manufactOre of so-called map.e suga 'he Po- Accord:Mil. to the law now, all Tara offering Maple sugar ior sale are cm dumbia, peneq to label it as :such, and those er, has future wile sell sugar at 15 "cents h were pound as maple sugar which has be sed by 'his lot ranted • Evans ho will . Up- avor of popu- purchased at 15 pounds for a dollar a liable to a fine and confiscation age° —The Department of Agriculture ha decided to exhibit specimens of Cenadi grain..throteghout England at all t county fairs this sunimer for the pur- pose orinducing English farmers to emi- grate to Canada, and especially to t ie Northwest Territories.; Captain Clark, • who has been employed in the office of is first the Canadian High Commissioner, w11 iursday have charge of the exhibits. ry hall, - —At. Beayerston, on the north sh , e of the of the Georgian Bay; Burton Brothers are getting out some seventy-five or IX, has eighty thousand feet of board timber and jag, in- five'or six Million feet in saw logs. At to, Ot- nod era - which sh ran - Is of 0,000 est by that at St.' eported let with {whom 0 that . • erance held a a view the ob- it muni - r dealer ars, has mour to entiary. .general lie to get it reduced by Executive Chanceity. he seine e river eir nets and re - evening mbering s of fish. nedy, of —On Thursday last week t fishermen at Niagara, seeing lear of ice, started out for t about eight miles in the lake turned about 7 o'clock in th with a tremendous quantity, n over 6,000 siscoes and other kin —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas he Agincourt, York county, celebtated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day on Tuesday last week, four generations of Kennedys being represented at the, happy meeting, of Scotch desceat. Mr. Kennedy and his wife are botlh native- born Canadians, living wit* a few miles of Toronto since they first eaw the light. His six` sons and five deughters, with their children and gran children, flocked around him to congratulate him- self and their mother on the F4appy oc- casion, and wish them many ieturns of irect de - and turning from thence to the Souris, the day. The number of his Collins Inlet the Coll ns Inlet Lumb ing Company will hate out five an half million feet in saiv logs. All alo the North Share there will be an usually large out -put of logs this year. —The Presbyterian' Home Miss Committee, which met in Toronto 1 st week; made -grants to stations and as g- mented congregations in Quebec -and n- tario for 1887-88, amounting to $42,000. Encouragieg reports were read from British Columbia, etta the committee were advieed to give the amounts recotrn mended by the Presbytery of Coiuniiia to varioas mission statious for the en u- ing year. —A strenge freak of nature is repor ed from. South Ekfrid. A couple of we ks ago, a Ow, the property of Rich rd Coed, gave birth to a double-hea eel calf. The heads were perfect in sh pe and size and each had a separate n4tck which united at the shoulders: Th re were also two back bones which uni ed in the centre of the back. In other re- spects.the calf was ordinarily constitu ed save that it was very large, weigh 103 pounds. r - a fl —'A fine audience were highly en tained at Parkdale Presbyterian chu last Sunday evening by Rev. A Chambers' illustrated lecture on the grin's Progress. At the close the as - to rs, ec- to an ng tor, Rev. It. P. McKay, in speakm a motion of thinks to Mr. Chamb said he never had heard in his life a ture better calculated to interest an make good. impressions for eternity t the lecture they had just listened to lend .seen illustrated upon the canves. —On Monday night last week a herse belonging td Levi Stauffer near Water- loo, and a buggy and harness be1on4ing to David Eby were stolen. The strange part of the business is that Mr. Stauffer 'was away- and latein getting heme. On hiswayhe met a man driving twho said "Good evening, Mr. Staufeer," but didn't know who he was, and less suspected that he was driving his town horse. On Wednesday the horse and