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NINETEENTH . YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,01.0.
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HoW ! THE PEOPLE OF I, ONT. RIO ARE
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Non is very e; .using for.
outside millers and. grain -deal os to read.
. the reportnof the evidence gis en by .the
witnesses who were examined efore the
Gevettamenteommissioners.4 s oiuted to
ingeire and take evidence as. o the ad-
visability of the Government ppointing
perrnanent Railway Comunis. ioners to
g!itard the interests of the cou try. It is
strange that mostly all the la•ge dealers
are io favor of perpetuating t present
systeso„ whereas small dealers-, who were
not 'afraid. to speak their minds, are :in.
favor of change. Whit th *Country
really wants is that the railer ye be Com-
pelled to live, up to the tern s of .their
charters, and give equal rat s and fair
play to large and small dealer talik.e for
the same service reutlered, an to furnish
cars proteiptly for all freig it offe ed
them .i This they have n ver do e.
Their charters have been' elw ys allosied
to remain a dead. letter. -' It h s been no
uncom•mon thing this season or dealers
to have to:carry groan an exp ose for sit
weeke after being sold before hey could.
Ilinery„ ens- get cars to ship, and grain contracts
have be,eti co:celled tiine and gain, and
goods and heavy losses have been sustai ed for the
erywarit !of prompt shipping . facit ties.
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WE OP EN A COv1 PLLTE NEW
STOCK OF
MILL IN BRY.
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with all
:eting to,
vill long
position
tving no
his ,sucl-
the All
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parental
ast ehild
ingham,
dewood,
d in the
ninetion
tion No.
alotelay,
f visitore
` to the
tea.ehers
d in ex-
s classes,
. Shera,r,
tr. ; The
ry eicain-
Teclit on
as
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The
e
well be
rvices of
ies of the
'pie aup-
at heart -
Loon the
aioynaent
aw wen-
d severaI
' Compli-
given by
.hi were
a orderly
in—It is
mary re-
niele the
-hieh oc-
-nship of
st. The
ounty of
ecember,
the late
year, he
ewnship,
fte .of his
t year he
F he con-
y- months
conaamp- ---
er victim
-
confined
,ng which
•onclerful
ss -as sub-
feaorenly
31st, at
after bid-
et of the
he sank
'lova 110
ards newt
• home to
ternity." •
r of the
6 worker
hing radi-
ed or the
n Pacific
ispatches
eione-aa
.y serious,
us efforts
-tilers front
'ay after -
tined, bat
St, there -
:where th°
*ght train
lie
Crea.t
an Vitae
eed :there
the:train
:rails bat'
ettptin rat
resenae
: and coin -
I the cora
vainabla
We having a few seasons
off our whole stock of M
terriers may expect new
styles in every line of Milli
We are aware of the fac
little late in opening our s
ago cleared
of being a
ock, but we -
will
fully make up for thet by marking
everything away down in price.
We respectfully solicit a
of our steels.
inspection
Hoffman #cE Co.,
Cheap, Cash Store,
Cerdne's Bleak, Sealforth.
N. B.—Agents .for Butterick's Re-
liable paper patterns.
1
Perth Itemsi.
—A Mrs. Wilson,of Stratford, was
last week sent to the Insane Asylum at
Ha-milton.
- T. C.. Mulheron has- telt Mit
-
(:llen and ie about to open a !hotel in the
Muskoka district.
p
—A boy in the habit of stealing drinks
from the pop wagon of Mr. J. G. Parker,
tit. Marys, was the other day fined $5.
---eMr. R. T. Kidd left Lastewel last
week with a car load of hrood mares
and single drivers, for Braron, Mani-
toba,.
—At the recent examination at Trini-
ty -Medical School, Toronte, Mr. Chas.
Oliver, of Avoubank, passed with honors
in a class of over one hundred.
—We ere sorry to learn that Mr. J.
E. Davis, of the Mitchell Advocate, has
been sufferiug from illness, and will be
pleased to hear of his speed) recovery.
—As one of the egg wagons of Mr. J.
D. Moore, of St. Marys, wa4i going into
the Royal itotel yard, Stratford, a pum-
tier of the boxes slipped o'f, smashing
130 -dozen of the "fruit."
--Mr. J. M. Scott, of the Rept hotel,
Mitchell, is having a, handsome new
omnibus built in Belleville. It will be
running shortly for the accOmmodation
of travelers visiting in or out ot Mitchell.
—A man named ClemHolland,
isrother of Mr. Holland, of Mitchell, and
formerly for many years a resident of
that town, was accidentally drowned at
Kincardine on, Saturda,y 9th inst. ,
It i§ not to be wondered at that large
dealers are in 'favor of the esent rot-
te-n system of 'railway triana Ternent,. as
they .get all the special favors the freight
superinte-n-d.ents of the two le ding roads
have to gine away. • In thi mouth of
.0eteher last the Eert of Taro to • gave a
-1 special rate on grain -to a nu ber of. his
specie' friends from all points west of
Stratford_ of 30,t -cents per 00 tbs. to
whereas other aens caul,d
not get a rate at the same t ind to the
same plece.for less than :34 c Ents.
I knave -of -an instance that occurred a .
few Yeate- ego-, when an old local firm
sold ten.birs of wheat -to a.T ronto firm
and ten cars to a Londeet-firn and when
they received their shiapingiistructions
there was -'12 cents per 100 the difference
in the ratein fever of the To
The result is the London •
fiehting manfully foe years,:
money and are now out o
'whereas the Toronto firm- i
L.nto firm.
no, after
lost their
busines ; •
-alive and
wealthy, and in giving the[Lr evidence
before the commissioners 'wore highly
pleased with the present rai way man-
agement, by which they are nla,wfully
enriebed at the expense of t unfor-
tunate neighbors in the trade
It is . a well known fact t at certain.
large millers h -ave not only.e ecial rates
on their -flour and feed, but .hey enjoy
the glorious privilege of o rer-loaang
c -art to such an extent that es ery fourth
cargoes...virtually to its desth •ation free,
As soon' as geode §:mart ra lway com-
reittioners . are appointed th, people of
this country will not need to wait until
the day of judgment .try an 1.1. out the
cause why e few millers and Train deal-
ers
ate so- wealthy—andsoh the greet
majority Of dealers have had . o work so
hard and remain so poor, . Is it right
that Ear' .of Toronto sboule hold the
whole business- interests ,of th, s Province
in the hollow !of • his hand, giving one
rate to one firm and -another o another,
according Vo his own goo will and
.pleasore; none daring to neke him
afraid? There is nothing t prevent a
large; enterprising firm from giving- the
Ear-1it Commission on all the s- ecial rates
theY :receive from him, 'an doing all
the -business of the country ' I would
like to ask the Earl what erthly use
there:is in his makine milling rates, arid
giving' lecel tariff rats, and 1 tcs to the
Lower Provinces:, if these rat -s are made
Merely -to he broken by !hims :If 1 I find
he 'has A -Hewed one of his t firms to
ship Pats: from all points no.rt ,this win-
ter, -te St. Catharines, Moroi and Weh-
lend . fee feeding purposes •n Milling
rates(7t cents per 100 lbs.-) when they
- —The valuators for th insetrance ou'glit to have been charged 13 •and 14
if
companies hae valloeved, Mr Dorman, of centaper 100 lbs. The Earl is Ise becom-
the burned woolen mill in .fitchell„ the: ing ' cluite a doctor. I find •e is applyo
sum of $5,686:- for his lows by the late ! - ing a healing salve to the ld sores of
lire. The total loss is $11,086, so that one firm., who had the courag to testify
' before the commissioners the their firm
was discriminated against 'n rates of
freight, by giving the said fi
the usual rate on oats from
to: Terentofor feeding. I a
hetet- in the N. P., but what.
in. the Government adopting
the goad of the country if th,
railweys to pursue_ a policy
act the -.good effects:of it. '
tend both the Grand Trunk 1
the Canadian Pacific Itailwa
For instance, the flour and o
lers of , 'Western, Ontario ha
rate ',ranging from - 3 cents
per 100 nit: an all grain brau
mills: within a radius of '100 n
. as fatorite exporters of grain
: rates.. from Chatham,. :lilac
Soot lampton from 3 cents; to
i 100 tis. less than millers : g
1. from their mills.. Thus it is
seen!that the milling inte
criminated against to the
from 7 cents to 10 cents 1p n 100 abs:
Such being the case it is not
dered that the mills are eitle
still or running at a loss,
Ameticarts ate supplying.the
of the wants of the Lowe
with. flours It appears to ml ifthere is
auy 4liscrimination in rates it ought to
1 •
Mr. Dorman's loss will he $
—Sneak thieves 'have b
ting depredations in the
Carlingford. The other
clothes line of Mrs. Georg
was stripped of a lot of mid
other places were visited.
--The wife of Mr. John \
Aylmer, formerly Miss Luc. Brooks of
Mitchell, is causing the ar
rrest of her
husband for bigamy, he honing deserted
his wife and married a tiliss Roe, of
Vienna.
—Robert M. Wilson'a resident of
Listowel for the past flyei years and
formerly a farmer in the township of
Wallace, died recently. He was an
active and exemplary meinber of the
tlethodist ohnrch for many years.
-Dr. tlarion Oliver tformerly of
Desvnie, is now staying with Rev. W.
A. Wilson, formerly of aa. Marys, at
Neernach, Central India, t with whom
,he is studying the language before
taints to her own station. !
-bit Tuesday last week 41cesrs. Hugh
t'olouhoun and John Frost left Fullerton
for Minnesota, each taking a :stallion
with Mee Coleuhoun took with him
the well-knowu imported htavy draught
etallion 'tleLeod," and Frost a Cana -
aim heed horse. ,
'1.' he St, Mary. tin:bailie,: !infinite
liresstng class, under the iestruotion of
Mr. Jelin X. Gray, has beeh awarded a
diploma and a medal. ley till: I loyal norn-
etstieners for pupils' work ishoe n at the
( tTlehial and Indian Exhibition, London,
Eneland.
- A young man in Stratford, named
tentee McMillan, met with a eevere ac-
eident the other night. lie was ,ettinc,.;r
(Jut of a wagon when he triipped mid fell
limier the conveyance. • The wheel pass -
over his. body, breaking two of his
rile. Ifewaspickedupha• a friena short-
ly afterwards and taken "mine.
• •
en commit -
vicinity of
night the
-Leversage
r -wean, and
7. Mins, of
one-half
oints west
a firm be -
se is there
policy for
y allow the
to counter -
his I con-
ailway and
are doing.
tmeal mil -
Te to pay e
to 71 cents
ht to their
iles,where-
get export
rdine and
5 cents per
t , on flour
lean to. be
st is die:
extant of
be won -
r. standing
while the
lion's share
Province
be ii favor of the millers, wl
vest d their money in the do
empley lots of labor, and
a groat deal of additional tra
railways, hy bringing in coat and staves
to keep . their mills • •goin
millers mutt be placed in a
compete eaccessfully -with
millers iu the Lower Provineee or else
both the flour and prov'
will be lost to this country.
ation is a perfect fraud ff it
worked to the mutual adVan
the Provinces, but this is in
long al the Grand Trunk rad
o bave in-
lutry, who
vho create
fie for the
Ontario
iosition to
American
ion trade
Confeder-
cannot be
age of all
possible sa
way is al-
•
SEAFOR
lowed to pursue it present poidcy.
Commissioners are wanted to adjust
grain rates, -and to compel the road to
earry Ontario flour to the Provinces at
a relatively lower rate than they ,carry
it from Chicago. Why should a rail-
road that the . pe ple of this country
have built with t eir own ,money, for
their own accomm dation, be allowed to
rob this country o cars and to compete
to such an extent with American lines
that they someth tes carry flour from
Chicago to the Provinces at one-half the
rates charged Ont rio millers. It would
be a blessing to this country if the
Grand Trunk wou d allow the American
lines to shave t eir own people in
the same skilful m nner they shave the
people of Onteri . We then would
have much less llrouble in cOmpeting
with them either 'n our own or other
market.
The people of this country have no
idea to what extedt their lands and the
products of this Province are discrim-
inated against or'here would be anothor
rebellion right of. Take for instance
the rates of freightlast spring, over the
Canadian Pacific railway, from Owen
Sound to Montrea . The rate on Mani-
toba wheat was 10 cents per 100 Ms
afloat in Montrea , and it was carried
1 bills. Owen Sound
as low as 1.0 cents to
bit spring for milling
for less on througl
wheat was carried
lal ontreal; IVIanito
purposes was carried to all points west
of Toronto for 6 cents per 100- lbs.
Whereat - Ontario wheat was charged
9 cents per 100 ib to Galt and Ayr, and
the rate - from hatsworth, 15 miles
nearer, was 10 cet ts. The rate on flour
from 0 -alt and Aylr was 16& cents per
100 Ibi, making a cents per 100 lbs, a
discrimination of 60 per cent.- egeinst
the Ontario farme and the miller, and
in favor '6f the lanitoba farmer, the
exporters, and the Montreal millers.
Commissioners are- wanted to guard the
li
interests of Peovii ces as well as of in-
dividuals. Why should Ontario, that
has speht $20,000,000 in building rail-
ways and has sin e - made a present of
them to the two 1 ading companies, be
discriminated.aga nst to such a fearful
extent? Horace treely used to advise
all young men to go west, but the
policy of the railroads now -a -days ii to
send us all .wesn'whether we want to go
or not. It is cei•tp.in that farmers .who -
are much involvied in debt, will be
forced to go west and work for the
Canadian Pacific railway for tile balance
of their material llives or until frozen to
death. . It is too had that Manitoba is
being "boomed " at the expense of break-
ing. the back bone of Ontario. . '
Mr. Editor, Ietrote two such letters
an this to. the 0 -lobe, the supposecl
champion of ' the p rights of the people,
showing the - grievances millers and
grain dealers had to complain of, but
strange to say both lettere -were con-
signed ,to the waste basket. I could not
understand why.a Reform pa,per should
refuse • to pablisa such letters. But I
have found out the reason since. When
the letters _went down the Editor of the
" Great Globe" was on his bended knees
before the " Noble Earl" begging for a,
special favorin the shape of a fast train
to distribute . the Globe - a few. hours
ahead -of its rivale in the trade. I also
sent two -letters tb the Mail and they
met the same fate. . it is ' surely . a bad
state of affairs in„a free country like
this when the railway influence has be-
come- so great . that the two leading
political papers Wiese to .publish the
grievances that their patrons have to
complain of in such matters. I have
.come -to the conclusion that the two
joint stook companies, who are running
these papers do. so merely to make
money, a‘nd will :support any Govern -
merit or any railway policy, no matter
how iniquitous, te long as they share
the boodle. - It, is a great pity people
allow such papers to play on their
political prejudices, so that they make
"party the tnadness of many for their
own gain." It is! only when they lose
the "pap," they! squeal or will allow
any one else to do se. In conclusion I -
'would ask, • why-, shofill dealers doing
business over these roads be forever on
their knees, begging, praying, and tele-
graphing for cars and rates, when these
things ought to be had as a matter of
right every day in the week for the ask-
ing at their own localstation. Whyt
'cannot the Grand Trunk advertise for!
tenders for the carriasse of all freight fort
a term of years from °Montreal and the!
Atlantic ports to !the leading ports in;
the OH Country. If. this was done
both tariff and export rates mild be
made te stand het years, so that people
doing business wciuld know how to act.,
As it is now, tlie whole business of the
'country - is. done, on a ." scaAp " in the.
rates, that are known only to the parties.
to the transaction. This is not a pee
litical question but is something that,
affects the pockets of every man. Such
being the case the people and their.
representatives Should rise in their
might and show the railroads they are
not going- to be jallbwed to rule,. that,
their true position is to serve . the
country accordin to the terms of their!
- Charter.• But what use is there in hay-
ing charters or agreements. for the gov-,
eminent of railways and for the protee-
tien of the public unless the country has
good, live commissioners to seethat
their rights are I strictly enforced and
that justice is der e both to individuals
dpi
ie
Provinces. We want an Inter
State law._ Yoeis'&c.p.1... !
AMEs PRINGLE.
—Some montl s ago the numeyous
Canadian heirs (? of what was known as
the Lawrence -Townley estate in Enge
land, took legal steps to test the matter,
and te have decided once and for all
whether there was really, anything in
the affair. The tHen: S. H. Blake wee
sent to England to. probe the matter to
the bottom, and after hearing his report
the prospective heirs have decided to
abandon their cleims. There is nothing
in it, and after deluding themselves for
years and spendieg thousands of' dollars,
the Lawrence -Townley -heirs have de
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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1887. ,
cid& to drop looking after. the millions
which were supposed to be theirs, and
asine settled down to work for a living,
like he rest of us, Who were never pro -
spec ive heirs to a gigantic fortune that
aelm ged to other peo)le:
•
Canada.
T ere were 21 failures ih Canada last
wee . • •!
--teverel lives were lost in the storm
on t e Newfoundland coast last week.
— wo:hundred 'and eleven new pest-
offic s were opened in Canada last year.
— society for the prevention of
cru,e ty to:animals has been organized in
Kin stOna
—Winoipeg'e population has increased
abo
is n
--
citiz
of t
tion
cen-
t two thousand since last year. It
w 21;257.
largo mass. meeting 6f Hamilton.
ns has protested against the passage
e Irish Coercion Bill.
The team.' resident white popula-
of Manitoba, aecording to the last
s. was 95,455.
The expenditure of the Canadian
Pot office Department last year was
83,31.0,000 and the revenue $2,468,747.
Sheriff. Jarvis, of Toronto, died very
sucdc enly last Saturday night, of heart
disetse. He was 70years of age.
The 50 acre farm No. 4, concession
est Nissouri, was sold the ether day
2,720.
Representatives of the stoneware
and pottery trade are in Ottawa to ask
for n -increase in the import duties. -
Two Bills authorizing the construc-
tion of railway lines to the boundary
havi been adopted by the Manitoba
Leg
pub
Don
can,
2, %
for ,
filature.
The amount required to complete
ic works now in progress in the
inion; exclusive of railways and
is, was $594,000.
L. E. Evans,'of Prantford, who be-
came insane a few months since over a
lov affair, died at the asylum, Hamil-
ton the other day.
Wm. Penton; editor end one of the
rietors of , the Milton Champion,
last Friday .committed to jail for
sing to testify in a Scott Act case.
Through the decease of an aunt in
treal, the family of the late Mr.
by, postmaster of Fingal, have fallen
to the sum of $20,000:
The barns and stables -Of the Jesuits
ault -aux Recollet, Montreal, were
royed by fire at an early hour Sun -
morning.'. •
An imported hog valued at $45,
ed by Mr. George Simmons, of Mid -
Ass, was. killed on a train a few days
The 100 acre farm of the late Thos,
k, on the 8th concession of North
ifries, has been sold to Mr. Alex.
Brown, for $7,500.
Knox Church, Galt, has been re -
sea ed and otherwise improved., and was
for !tally ye -opened by the Rev. S. Lyle,
of Hamilton, on Sabbath 10th inst.
Mr. James Dakers, for nearly forty
yea e secretary and manager of the
Mo Areal Telegraph Company, died in
Mo Areal on Saturday, aged 75 years.
There were eighteen applications for
the vacant Bruce treasurership, and Mr.
Rortson, of Kincardine, got -the office
on the 25th ballot of the County
(2°' n‘eiiisO
Vn Bros.' hammer manufactory
at clerriton, was totally destroyed by
firn
saLois(
Na
wet
Th
latt
; pro
if was
ref
Mo •
Tu
hei
at ,
des
da
ow
diem
ago
Cla
Du
early last Friday morning. It is
to be the work df an incendiary.
about $10,000; insured for $3,000.
Mr. and Mrs. John Colq.uhoun, of
segaweya, will celebrate their 66th
ding anniversary on the 1st of May.
former is 94 years of age and .the
r 92.
There was a brisk market in Lon-
don Saturday morning and prices ruled
rat er lower than usual. . Butter sold
at 19e. and 20c; eggs at a shilling, and
pot toes at $1 per bag.
Sir Donald Smith and Sir George
Ste hen have donated 8500,000 each for
a- j ailee memorial hospital in iNlentreal
on ondition that the city furnish the
site.
A lady reporter, Miss !Bradlicpie,
London, representing the London
ertiser, now graces the press gallery
ttawa, and the boys any sheol now
n a pencil breaks at an awkward
t.
In, consequence of the railway
co panies cutting of passes 'to cattle
me between Toronto and Montreal, the
lat er are endeavoring to secure steamers
to carry live stock from Toronto to the
sea oard duriOg the coming season.
Saturday !morning while laborers
we e excavating for the foundation of
the new Catholic church in Guelph, the
ear h caved in on them, burying Fred.
Kb g, aged 21, crushing him so badly'
tha . when extricated life was extinct.
death cook place in South Dor-
chester . Friday of Mr. Angus Taylor,
aged 69 years. Deceased's sister, Mrs.
Th mas Shepherd, died on theyrevious
Sat rday, and a week previous another
sis er, Mrs. Spring, passed away.
- A fanner named Todd, living near
Sin coe, had his barn struck by. light-
nin Friday night. The barn, including
its ontents, viz., three cattle, a number
of pigs, and other produce, was entirely
eon :sum ed. ,
- Tuesday night an cleft -Mice was ef-
fec ed iuto the store of altColl & Lee,of
Os' awa, by breaking a large pane of
gla s in the front door, and goods to the
am unt of $1,000 in silks, laces and
tut mings stolen.
Thos. Kelly's eldest boy, aged abont
six while playing in the steam gristmill
at Elmvale, in the county of Simcoe,
las Friday- morning missed his footing
am fell into the machinery. He was
ter ibly mangled and died. instantly.
T.At the Oxford eacheet' Institute,
wh eh rnet at Woodstock last- week, a
de utation consisting of Rev. W. A.
Mc toy, W. -:H. Laird and T. Trotter
ade reseed the teachers ofthe county,
asaing their co-operation in preventing
th continuance of two wholesale liquor
houses in Woodstock. A resolution was
unanimously passed expressing deep re-
gret that the commissioners for North
frot
Ad
at
wh
poi
rn
Oxford had recommended the granting
of these licenses,: and also urgiug upon
the Mowat Goaernment but to iesue said
licenses. ;
—Dr. Cochrane. of :Brantford, left
on Monday for New York, to attehd
the COW thittee of the Pan -Presbyterian
Alliance in order to complete final ar-
rangements for the meeting of the Al-
liance in London, England, in 1888.
—While James Buiten and wife, of Mine. did- not suffer much, They re -
the Minto and Arthur town line, were turned; to Ottawa Ivithont attending the
at a Salvation Army demonstratioo in dinner'.
Palmerston, their house was burned, —At the recent examination for thie
everythibg being lost but the clothes degree of M. D., C. 'M., at Trinity
they wore. There was no insurance. University, Toronto, Mr. James Me-
-A party of 117 boys arrived at the Lurg; at one tame a teacher near Gran-
Marchmont house, Belleville, from the ton, parried off the gold medal from a
old country, on Thursday last week in class of fifty. He won also the silver
charge of dr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace. medal at Trinity Medical School. This
A minister's "certificate is required of is convincing evidence df Mr. McLurg s
parties desiring- to adopt any of those • ability, especially when we consider thet
waifs. during all the time .spent in medi-
=Nicholas Williams, an Indian living cal study he also taught one Of .the de -
mi the reserve near Brantford, accident- Partinente in the Provincial Model
Sahool, Toronto.
--The "Governor-General and Lady
Lanedewne, on Saturday held an official
reception tia the Senate chamber. -The
seene Wait very brilliant. Lord Lans-
downe appeared on the dais wearing his
official uniferm and the decoration of
the Order! of the Thistle. Lady Lane -
to run from Gosfield, a town of 800 in- downe 8 dress was olive green,ande-
habitants, to Windsor. The road will wore a liara of diamonds. Sir John Mac -
run through Kingsville, Harrow, and donald: who wore the Windsor uniforin
probably Amherstburg. Hira.m Weaker and the K. C. B. star and ribbon, was
is backing the project. presented first. Folldwing him came
— Alfred Biggar, of - Saltfleet near the Ministers, ex -Ministers, Judget,
Hamilton, was struck by lightning dur-
ing Friday's storm. He was thrown to
the ground insensible, but is now -able to
walk about. His hair and whiskers on
one side were singed and his memory is
ICLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
the .other two were in evening dresS. worth $8,000 .or $10,000. The couple
Opposite Sir John Macdonald'sresidence did not live happily together. Mrs. •
the sleigh tipped over, owing to the Ryakman, whose :maiden name was
roughness of the road, and the oceh- Firman, Was engaged to a man named •
pants were, thrown out. Sir Richard's Rennie before she married Ryckman,
Windsor uniform mingled with the mud She got married, 18 15 said, in the heat of
and slush of the highway. Mr. La.urier, a loverai quarrel, and that she always
who was sandwiched between -Sir Rich- regretted her mairiage. Ryckman died !
ard and Mr. got a !arge share cif in 1875.
Enxhtailbisiti3
the unpleasant experience, while Mr. $1O,000 19
isDtoombi ne i go inv e
—Rev. Mr. ,Ilackie, of St Andrew's
o'lleargrtanhoef
Toronto Industrial;
church., Kingston, stopped preaching
last Sunday morning owing to the noise
made by the military band outside the
church, ancton resuming said. he hoped
the authorities would put a stop to
bands playing on the Sabbath.
—Wm. Walker; alias " Copenhagen,"
end Geo. Baird, two notorioes crooks,
mined in Essex Centre a few days ago
professing themselves to be tattle buy-
ers, while in reality they were in search
of victims to the three card monte rack-
et, a fair number of whom they suc-
ceeded in fleecing. Both have been
arrested. A warrant is held in London
against Walker for robbing the Grigg
house two years ago.
! Rev. Mr. Bridges will.leave England
for Manitoba on April 29th, with a
large party of immigrants. Among the
number he will have 20 or 30 young men
of means, who will go on farms for the
first year for the purpose of obtaining
the nedessary knowledge prior to start-
ing for themselves. Two other parties
itt charge of Rev. Messrs, Grey and
Winter, respectively will follow.
—The Halifax House of sAssembly,
by a vote of 22 to 15, has adopted a bill
for the better observance of Sunday.
The measure provides generally for the
suppression' of Sunday excursions and
trafficking in goods, but exempts street
ears and ferry steamers from the opera-
tion of the act.
—The Mount Forest Confederate says:
Our readers will recollect that two weeks
ago we published an item stating that it
span of horees belonging to Donald Bell,
of Cedarville; had run away the previous
week, and that DO trace of them- could be
found. We also expressed the belief ,
that they had run into the woods or
swanip and -got entangled. We now
learn that such was the case, for they
were found last Sabbath in a thick
,swamp, not half. a mile distant froin
where he lest sight of them. During
that time they had eaten nothing but the
straw in mach others collars. When
found they were scarcely able to move,
but by feeding hay, etc., they regained
strength, and are -new recovering from
the effects of their long fast and cold
weather.
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—The Smaday School teachers of St.
Andrew's church, Strathroy, desirous of
giving Hon; Geo. W. Ross„ Minister of
Education, before leaving for his new
home in Toronto, a token of esteem and
a memorial of his connection with the -
school as superintendent, presented him
with a very handsome clock with a suit- -
able inscription. The presentation took
place at the house of Mr. Hector Urqu-
hart. The Rev. Thomas Macadam, in a
few sentences, expressed the regret of _
the school - at losing Mr. Ross' valuable
services, the personal regret of his fel-
low -teachers on account ot the departure
of one whose presence always brightened
their label; and the best wishes of all
for the prosperity of Mr. Ross and his
family. Mi. Ross, in accepting the
gift, feelingly referred to his agreeable
relations h the teachers during the
many years of his superintendentsbip.
ally shot himself on Wednesday last
week. He let the gun drop to the
ground, causing it to go off and sending
a bullet into his body above the thigh,
coming out ' at the shoulder. _ His re-
covery is doubtful.
—The township -of South Gosfield has
voted a bonus of $60,000 for a railroad
gone.
— The village of Ayr is having a
lively boom in building. During the
summer a magnificent new brick chureh
will be erected by Knox; church congre-
gation. Several brick stores and dwel-
ling houses have been contracted for,
and the work on some of them has been
already begun,
—Rev. Dr. MeCaul; ex -President of
Toronto University, died in Toronto
on Saturday morning, aged eighty
'years. He had been confined to
his bed for some years beck and
death was not unexpected. He retired
from the presidency of the university
eight years ago.
—Mrs. Ryan, of Maidstone, is under
arrest for assaulting Mts. Davis, of the
same place. On Wednesday last week
Mrs. Ryan went to tae house of Mrs.
Davis and pounded her with a stick of
wood. Mrs. Davis was seriously injured,
and wants her assailant severely dealt
with. !
—Robert Morrow, who was found
guilty of having -poisoned about 50 head
of valuable stock, including cows, sheep
and hopes, beloeging to Dr. McKay, of
the township of •Middloton, near Court-
land, has been sentenced to four years
imprisonment in the Kingston Peniten-
tiary.
—It has now been decided beyond the
possibility of a doubt that the capacity
of the oil fields of the Bothwell district
is very great. Nine new wells have been
contracted for. Several: farms have been
bought up for oil pnrposes
The land in the ticinity is looking up in
price.
•—A remarkable old lady is the mother
of Mrs. Downey, of the tollgate on the
Governor' e road, neat Dundas. Al-
though 106 years old and the mother of
sixteen childreri, she 'still attends St.
.Augustine's Church, Dundee, walking
the entire dittance. The old lady is
quite brisk and healthy
—The Kirmess, a sort of fancy and
national dancing performance, accom-
panied with a bazar for the sale of fancy
and useful articles, was held in the
Pavilion, Torente, for several evenings,
closing on Satueday night. The affair
was got up for the benefit of the Infants'
Home in Toronto, and the handsome
sum of $6,000 was realized.
—At Ailsa Craig, after the Thursday
evening prayer meeting last week, in the
Presbyterian church, just as the sexton
was putting out the lights, a chandelier
fell to the floor, settinglireto the seats.
The blaze attracted the attention of some
of the congregation, Who were on the
way home, by wilese vigorous exertions
the fire seas extinguished before any seri-
ous damage was done. I - •
—Sam Small, the noted evangelist,
who spent som
fall in company
was confined to
cently,and for a
gerously ill, batis DOW improving steadi-
ly, and has gon6 to Salt Springs, Cobb
county, Georgie, where he will remain
until he has cdmpletely recovered his
strength. His illness was simply the re-
sult of overwork while cohducting revival
work ill northern cities
—Last Friday afternoon, during a
heavy storm of thunder and lightning,
Andrew Munro,, a farmer residing near
Morriston, in the county cf NVellington,
weeks in Toronto last
with Rev. Sam Jones,
-his home by illness re-
ime wasfeared to be dan-
SenatOrs, members of the House of Com-
mons, and the public.
In reference to last Friday's thmil-
der storm the Hamilton Times say:
" In the heaviest part of the storm la
piece 'of- lee fell in the yard of Mr. G. W.
Scauntor4 34 Erie avenue. It was 14 -
most oval in shape, only rather too long,
and Ineostired exactly ten inches io
length end four in diameter in the mid-
dle. Mr. Staunton Would have pre-
serve(' it. but his ice box was not fill d
with ice, 'so the treasure soon dissolve
In Glanford the driving shed of t
church was struck by lightning and
partly burned. Binbrook the resi-
dencelof llev. Mr. Stevenson was struck;
but Weird amage was
-7Therladies of the Christian church,
Drayton,,have resolved to send a jubi-
lee album quilt to Her Majesty Queen'
Victoria; !together with a congratulatory
address. The quilt is to be made of silk,
a portrait of Her Majesty is to be
painted in the centre and the names of
contrtheters around it. It is to have In
decorated border formed of cornucopias
and a1 the corners the Rose, Shamrock,
Thistle and Maple Leaf. It is to be ee-
hibited at the Toronto and Guelph ee-
hibitiens thefall; before sending it
Lend n. ' The minimum contribution s
$1, and the proceeds are to be devoted
to buld a hall hi connectien with the
ism; Church for the use of the Saa-
chool.
lin Hall, farther, 10th concession,
-dm., was badly hurt a couple ef
ago. He was driving a span of
d horses towards home from \Vo.-
, and when crossing the Canadian
--Railway, near Stevenson's brick -
a train came along frightening his
, striking the end of a piece of
h had on his wagon, and throW-
ing h'm off. The horses ran away at a
fearful rate. He has been confined- to
the house ever since, and is .badly
bruised.
—Mr. Berron, . M. P., and Mr. A.
Mallo w prominent citizen of Lindsay,
left L ndSay Friday ever.ing to speak at
poli ical meeting in South Victoria,
i t e interest of Mr. Keedler, the
Liber `c ndidate. The night was dark,
and about three miles fro n
Chris
bath
—J
Blenh
week
spirit
verto
Pi& fi
yard,
horse
timbe
be
O'Ke las school -house the horse a
carriage went over an embankment 6 —Owing o Mr. la Whelihan becom-
teen fleet I high. Both gentlemen; hos- ing proprietor of the Windsor Hotel, itt.
ever; esceped with a few bruises. Tile St. Marys, he was therefore not eligible
bridge of Mr. Mallon's-nose was broke for reappointment as -License Commis-
- Defective Bissonette, of Montre sioner for ,South Perth. The township
of Loan beng now a part of the South
the'Government appointed M -r.
e James Prindiville, of that township, in
his stead. iThe board now consists of
Messrs. Prindiville, J. S. McIntyre, of
St. Marys, and T. H. Race, of Mitchell.
—A log barn and straw stack on lot
15, south boundary, Blanshard, was de-
stroyed by fire the other day. The barn,
was an old log one, and was not of much
!value. The farm is the property of Mr.
J. E. Harding, of Stratford; and has
been worked for some years by Mr. R.
'Henderson. He had a reaper and a -
reaper table in the barn at the time,
o both of which were destroyed. It is
n ithought that the place was set on fire by
some partiei who were oat shooting on
Good Friday, and as the man who re -
'sides on the farm was off for the day the
e fire got too nueh headway before it was
discovered.
—A Lis
--Has Ho
recovering
is partially
duties.
or Judge Woods is rapidly
rom his severe illness, and
ble to attend to his official
arriv
with
Shep
of tw
who
ago b
tive n
trate
to th
could
eastw
the w
caref
that
d in Toronto last Saturday. arm
a. warrant for the arrest of M
ard; of the New, at the install
o officers of the 65th Regimen
laim to have beeni libeled two yea -s
hiin and his• paper. The detee-
ade application to Police :Magi -
Denison for for the latter's signatete
docutneiat, without which lie
not capture his Man and take hiin
a.rd. The M-agistrate examined
arrant and the lew on the matter
lly, and then exptessed the opinion
here was more in the thing tb 'I)
appea on the surface; that he b
lieve
jail S
they
the ci
self of the privileges granted him by tlie
Act abd uee his own . discretion in t
premises. ' He therefore refused to si
the whrratit, and told the detective to
back te the place wheoce he came a d Some of the most daring thefts on record
repor the, matter to ,the Attorney Ge in this part of the country have been
eral. ! committed ,during the last few Weeks,
reat! excitement .has been caused the .farmer si in the vicinity beipg the
was struek, and is in a 'dangerous icondi- in anld about the village of Thedford, principal sufferers. The order, method,
tion. He had just called his boy in with Midd eset. county, by the arrest of Mrs.- and regularity of the thieving, and the
the team from the plough and got into Ityckmain a widow about 60 years pf variety of afticles stolen proves that it
the shed, when he and his -horses were age, pan a eharge of enirder by poisoninie. is the work of a gang of thieves, who
struck. One .of the horses is deed and. The oisoning is' alleged to have taken have the wbrk thoroughly systemized,
the other may not live. During the place in the state of Virginia, wheee m ant" this part of the country under the
same storm John.' Jungblut, a farmer Mrs. Ityckman was staying with her closest eurveillance. Mrs. Gibb has
living half a mile east of .Neustadt, was son
killed by lightning. .. allege
—A correspondent of the Montreal other
Herald, writing from Edmonton, says have
that the Indian Department is making ! shewe
an important experiment in the pro- ed, a
pagation of wild rice with a view to in- r the s
creasing the food supply of the Indians, sesse
directly by the grain, and indirectly by taken
the nuinbers of wild fowl it will attractand valaremain there pending the result The farmers in the vicinity are now
Three agents in that viciiiity have been of the inquest being had on the remaine thoroughly aroused, and should the
furnished 'with seed, with instructions to of her son's- wife, who was interred in " borrowers " again commence their
place it to the best advantage in suitable the family plot at Arkona on Christmas nocturnal depredations they may meet
ina.rshy streams and, lakes next summer. Day.. The Ryckinans :came to Thedford with a warmer reception than they bar-
-Mr. Laurier, Sir Richard Cart- about 25 years ago from Kincardine. gained for. Some parties are the objects
wright and -Mr. Mills 'het with sorne The family consisted of three scns and of the strongest suspicion, and their act- -
what of a reverse the other night. _They
started in a sleigh for the Government
House to attend the State dinner. Sir
Richard wore the WindAor uniform and
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thet there was an intention
eppard on tome other plea wh
ot him to Montreal, and under
cumstances he Would avail him -
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owel correspondent says:
d his wife, the latter being the
vietim. It is stated that several
members of the Ryckmau family
ied within the last few years, aal
g symptoms of haviug been poison -
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lost a new set of harness, Mr. Rae a set
of whiffle -trees, and a few other articles;
Mr. Henderson, about 20 bushels of
wheat; Mr. Alex. Gordon, several val-
uable fowl, &c. &e,; amd about 10 cwt.
d by the death of each of whoxn of flour was stolen from Mr. John Berth -
id Mrs. Ryckman has become pos- man's granary. Mr. Berthman is at
of money or property. She was present sick with typhoid fever, a_ fact
to jail at Sarnia on Good Friday, the thieves were probably aware et.
three daughters. The couple worked ions are subjected to the closest scrutiny.
hard and accumulated considerable Suspicion is becoming narrowed down,
wealth. Their farm Of 100 acres, new and we hope and believe that the guilty
within the corporation of Thedford, is parties will soon be brought to justice.
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