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off out • whole stock of ,MtllineTy, cus-
tomers.cus-
tomers.may expect new goo( s. and
styles in every Hoe of Millinery.
We are aware. of the fact of
little late in opening our stock, but we
wilI fully make up for that by marking
everything away down in price.
We respectfully solicit an ir.
of our stock.
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Cheap- Cash Sore,
• Cardno's Block; Seaforth.
N. B.—Agents for Butterick's Re-
liable paper patterns.
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SEAFORTH
l'irtIDAY, APRIL 29, 1887.
McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Teai, in. Advance.
A Wssionary to China.
(FrorlOur own correspondent)
.. The peo le ' of Wroxeter and vicinit
were favor4d on Sunday, the 17th inst.
with two al:dresses; and one in the even
jug, detive ed in the Presbyterian ell ure
by Dr. Al xeLyal, medical mis4ionay
in charge of ' the -hospital at Ssvation
China, , The DOZthr was accompanie
i
by his wife who has also been engagd
e
in mistier" work in Swatow for a numb r
of years, and who spoke for about an
• hour at the evenieg service; on the sul -
ject of her work amoog the Chineie
women. 1
The deseriptieus given by Dr. and
Mrs.. ' Lyad of China and the Chinese,
their accounts of the ma,unere and: c.ust
, toms of the natives of that far-off land,
i of the difficulties 'and ' obstacles which
he in the Way of missien work there," and
of the striking success Which has attend-
' ed the .e,Orts of the missionaries, were
extremely interesting. The hospital, of
which Dr.' Isyat is superintendent, is
conducted :under the auspices of the
English Presbyterian church, end, has,
on an average; one hundred -and fifty to
two hundred.. native indoor patients,
many of whom Come long distances from
the interiee, D be treated by the foreign --
doctors,. II'}e district of Swatow (the
town of #1.1,-qh name is about one hun-
dred milefrom Hong Kong) is densely
populated, aid remaitis so, 'notwithstand-
ing .the large emigration which takes
place ever. ' year, to the other ceuetries
of the Bag, . Every inch of the ground
, is euitivat d with minute -and laborious
care, the c sief productsbeing rice, sugar
and Wham •7 ' The natives are indtstrious,
frugal, go, dsmataredt primitive in their
manners, .,, rad_ superstitious in their- be -
fiefs. ti ditisro, and idolatry are com-
MOD , but aooestral 'worship is the pre-
vailing f •rim of religion. Connected
with- thiseis a belief in spirits, who in-
terest thOiselvee actively for good or
evil, in every Chinaman's concerns.
Notwithstanding this, the native, mind
is acute and intelligent, and the gospel
finds many believers. , Once . it I takes
possession of a Chinaman, neither threats
nor perseentions can dislodge it. The
Swatow hospital has proved a ceutre for
spreading the gospel light, and many -
within ite, walls have there first i' heard
the truth as••well as been relieved pf dis-
ease.: I' .
- The wolit of Airs. Lyal has lain ithnost
exclusively among the Chinese women,
who are despised and treated DAM' st as
inferior beings by their lords an mat-
ters. Infanticide of girl babies is quite
common,tand is not considered in any
way a crime Poothinding is the ( ustom
of the coentry, and no native WO lo.n is
considereT respectable whine feet are
not defotmed from this ca -use. Mts.
Lyal recited the Lord's Prayer in the
Swatow dialect,and also .soure sped -
mens of native heathen prayers The
mono-.
1
whatever to the franchise. At the be-.
ginning of the campaign it was cur-
rently reported that • - they were
favorable to Laird, and a tele-
gram was received from Ottawa, say -
big the Police had no vote. Qu the
Thursday before the election: another
telegram •came to hand saying that if
they wished to vote -it was all right, and
on the. Saturday following word cattle
that theY. were to get their scrip and
medalsiorthe rebellion. On the Monday
there was a supply of whisky brought in,
and on the following day the Police voted
almost in a body for the Goveroment
candidate. Here is another of the devices
adopted by the Tories to get in votes.
ne of out citizens -was on the road from
'roy as far as Humboldt, and he wired
sp to 'Prince Albert that he wanted to
rote. They sent him down a certificate
y telegraph, and he • voted. There are
bout 70 Government officials in the dis-
rict who not only voted, but used their
nfluence for McDowal, and theentire
veight of the Hudson's Bay Company
vas onthe same side. Their ledger in-
uence means a great deal, and many
vho depend upon the company for work
vere obliged; under the open voting, to
-ote as. the company wished." .
The fallowing is an extract from an-
ther letter : •
'" There was as much bribery and cor-
uption used in this election alone as
might have made void every -election in
the Dominion. I never heard of each
bare -faced. roguery and corruption. The
majority for the Government candidate
came from the Government _officials and
MountedsPolice ; it did not come from
the half breeds, who did well."
.New Goods, , .
New Goods;
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—J UST STEP INTO THE—
Seaforth Boot Store,
AND EXAMINE OUR
FRESH • ARRIVALS
--Ole_
BOOTS and SII?ES.
•Special lines for Spring 'Wear. A lot
of these goods are now opened out, and
• a lot more will be on hand 'n •a few
days. For quality and price , it wi
pay you to make your parches s at the
Seaforth Boot Store. The b lance of
our stock of Hats must be sold:, many at
cost. Don't fail to come and hi1ing your
friends along.
Kernpthorne 84 Co
• Seaforth Boot Store.
For Wall PaRers
- -AND—
Decarations,Window
AND FITURES.,
Children's Carr'
language is a difficult one, being
sylla,hic and having eight tones,. ach of
which gi6s an entirely different mean:
in•g to the same word. ,
Dr. 1st al is a native of Scotian 1, and
has been ,in China for six Years. Airs.
Lyal is a Nova Scotian, and was . ent to
China by the American Baptist church.
They arenow on their honeymot n trip,
having been married in London, and are
proceedi g to Chiutt, via the Canadian
Pacific - ailway and British Columbia.
While ini•Wroxeter they were the guests
of Mr. add Mrs. A. L. Gibeon, Mr. Lyal
being a cousin of that lady.,
How Elections are Run in thef,
Northwest:
_
The following extracts from a pri-
vate letter recently received from a for-
mer respected resident in the county of
Huron, :and which Lave been kindly
furnished us for publication, will gi've
Music in the Schools.
DEAR EXPOSITOR, —It is now too late
in the day to discuss the necessity of
having music and drawing taught in all
departments of our schools. No intelli-
gent educationist now questions either
the imperative necessity or the entire
practicability of having these subjects
taught to the whole school population.
Experience. shows that the moat effec-
tive way, to cultivate these branches, is
to employ a specialist to teach some ap-
proved system one or two 'days in- the
-week, the regular ,teachers supplement-
ing his iastruction with drills and 're-
• views. This is a particularly .good
method of isettiug systematic instruction
in music and also in • gymnastics, calis-
thenics and military drill. It 'gives
unity and system at the least possible ex-
• pense, and brings voice culture and
physical culture within the reach o
every child. Every boy and girl grows
Huro
Durh
purse
oue f
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n toWnship,but movacl to the
tm ine, Kincardine, where he
ased' two adjoining 50 acre lots,
tom ohn Shewfelt andthe other
all the Churches and. the ladies are con-
sidering the sending mit to India of
additional Zenaua workers.
—While Mrs. Ballantyoe, wife of the
from lien. Stnith, on which he lived, and Rev. Mr. Ballantyne, of Pembroke', was
whi
i
h is sow owned and occupied by dusting the lower part of a raised win -
Joh C. % est.
.--fhe Steamer United Empire is to
sail n the 29th. inst. from Sarnia for
Duldth. She is the first of the season
on tis line.
—The total cost to Canada of her
share in the late Colonial Exhibition
was 0120, 57, of which sum $8,500 went
in wIages • nd 14,000 in freight.
A se uct on suit at the Wentworth
spri ig ass:zes against Thomas O'Leary
for t'2,00 w ts ended by the girl and
O'L ary $ip ing off and getting married.
. Nego iat ons are about to be entered
intoj by tl e P stma,ster-General with the
•Uni ed Sate Governmentlooking to the
este lish len of a parcel post, between
the Jtwo coun ries.
• ' Wm., Br wn, of Tiverton, is one of
the
ed
Soo
yea
iciest terinters on record. He work -
n newspaper, book and job work in
land for 40 years, and it now 89
's of tee. ,
The Grand Trunkauthorities con -
tem late the erection of four -iron bridges
on he 'Sarnia brands this summer, one
of hich will be placed over the Syden-
ban at Strathroy.
Montreal is badly flooded, the
wa er is doing immense damage to
prol erty'and many of the citizens are
dri en oat of their homes and forced to
take refuge on higher ground.
The Canadian Pacific. has doubled
reight rates from Winnipeg to the
ific coast, owing, it is said, to the
er State CommercialBill. Passenger
s to the east will also be raised.
The test well put down at -Mandau
has reached, a depth of 600., feet
hout developing a show of oil. At
accoants they had got to black wat-
and all hope of success waslost.
—Leeds County is falling into line
with alters in the matter of Scott Act
prosecutions. The inspector states that
he has secured 87 conyietions out of 112
chkrges uring the year.
rnor Desvoeux of
land han been called to Englan
sultation on the fishery situa
Annbroee Shea and Sir R.
preceded him on a simiIar. miss
weeks ago.
,—Two months ago Thos. Lowery, of
Thameseille, was accidentally shot in
• the leg y a companion, and on Monday
hitt Dr. Tye, of Chatham, found it ne-
eetsary to amputate the leg above the
kt ee.
up with a fair knowledge of written It -Woodstock has now, according to
music, a fair degree . of proficiency in tne-- assessor's figures, a population of
7,021, al increase of 803 in a year. Its
voeal music. The whole population Can
thus be gotto sing in the course of fewer as,sessmInt is $2,082,175, a substantial
years than might beexpected. For My increase of $225,550 over the previous
own part I have heard school songs so .Yat.
sweetly sung that I shall never forget —Canon • Wilberforce, his wife and -
them while .memory lasts • datiehter arrived at. New York on
The practical suggestion I ,wish re-
spectfully to . make, is, 1 feel sure, one
that will commend itsdlf to all parents
and to all lovers of music. Let us make
a determined effort to ',unite Goderieli,
Wingham, Clinton, Seaforth and Mit-
chell in securing the services among
them of a first-class music teacher Who
shall spend one day in the school's of
each town each week. The railway fa-
eilities oiler every inducement to such a
'cordon. The Model School at Clinton
will be. compelled to employ a music
. teacher next session, so also will the
Model School at Goderiph. Now if the
other three towns could, be brought into
line, our town schools .would not be a
whit behind the best city salmis, so far
as musical advantages are concerned..
There lies before me. the Report of
%Hon. John Eaton, Commissioner of Edu-
cation for the United States—No. 1,
our readers some idea of the nwdut 1886—" The Study of Music in Public
operandi adopted by the Dotninion Schools." , It gives a resume of the state
its
Pa
In
rat
lyli
wi
las
er,
ewfound-
for con -
ion. Sir
'horburn
ion some
dow, it fell on her fingers and crushed
them so badly that it was feared ampu-
tation would be necessary. She is re-
covering.
—At the annual meeting on Monday
of the council of Queen's University,
the proposal to raise a Jubilee endow-
ment fund of $250,000 was sanctioned.
It is understood that a citizen of Kings-
ton will give $10,000 towards the fund,
and an additional $50,000 will be raised
in Kingston. 1
i•
—The grave charge of forgery trumped
up against Mr. D. G. Murray, ex -Reeve
of West Zorra, has ended in an acquittal.
It was a vicious char e, but those who
knew him best scouteri the -idea that he
could be guilty of such an a,et. Ile had,
however, to submit to the humiliation
of a public trial at Wooclstood last week.
,-;.-An active Temperance worker in
the County of Carleton has received an
anonymous communication warning him
that unless he ceases his efforts to
sepure the enforcement of the Scott Act,
he "will be astonished some of these
nights" and will be "able to get up
from your chaste couch without the aid
of a lamp."
—Mr. James Nixon, of London town-
ship, is the owner of a seven year old
blood mare that nine weeks ago fell and
broke or.e of its hind legs. The broken
limb was set, and on Saturday afternoon
the mare was able to walk around the
stable yard withoutevenlimping. A
recovery from such a fracture is very re-
markable. •
—Mr. Charles Gibb bas presented the
Montreal Horticultural Society with a
chart of maple leaves con tabling varieties
of 15 distinct species. They are beauti-
fully mounted and scientifically' .arrang-
ed so as to show how one species de-
veloped from another, with (in all prob-
ability) intermediate varieties now non-
existent. -
—A man named Wm. Smith has been
sentenced by a couple of Paris Magis-
trates to 30 days' imprisonment for al-
lowing a livery horse to stand all night
in harness, without food or water, in an
open shed, instead of returning it to the
stable. The offence was committed on
October 13th last, and Smith kept out of
the way until the other day.
—Lord Lansdowne, the Marchioness
of Lansdowne and suite,expect to reach
Toronto on May 2nd, and to remain in
that, city until after the Queen's Birth-
day. ' They will occupy Government
House during their visit. Among other
things, His Excellency has engaged to
attend the -Woodbine races on the clay
the Queen's Plate is run.
—Mr, Alfred Biggar, who was struck
by lightning on the mountain near
Hamilton; has sufficiently recovered to
converse with bis friends. He remem-
bers only &cute since the stroke ; all
hit' past life is a blank, and he knows
not a single incident of what occurred
before the flash which rendered him in-
sensible.
—During last Sunday night, Mr.
Snider's mill office at St. Jacobs was
entered by burglars. The safe was ployment
blown open and the contents, amounting this town
to about $60 were taken. Every draw- cans are s
er in the office was also broken open. in Georgia -n Bay, having fished out all new internal loan of 100,000,000 roubles.
their own
been sue
fishing is
Government to win support in the re-
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of music teaching in the United States
cent e14stions in the l's. orthweet fern- schools. After, reading it through I
tories : ' • feel keenly how little we are doing for
PRINCE AI,B Eta, April 4th, 1887. our children in this line of education.
We are not fully alive to the compara-
tive ease with which we ,might accone
fish a reat deal for the education of
P g
ode children in vocal music. I am glad
weeks before the election the Govern- to tee that Stratford has set us an ex-
ment sent up word that the Prince Al- -cellent example by providing musical in-
hades I
' this year on the same terms as last year, struction in every department of her
Ptiblic Schools. A little of the energy
1 bert settlement pould have sed grain
"1 have often heard of, bribery and
corruption, but I never knew anything
about it until now. I can hardly begin
to give yoU any idea of it. About three
I and they did, this withoist ever being and push that men put into ordinary
I asked, and: last year it was a big fight. business would soon. unite two or three
I to get it, Then they induced a, number at least of these towns and give them
of our stipporters to start for -Troy, on the services of first-class teachers of
e. the Canadian Pacific Railway, 250 miles drawing, music. drill, gymnastics. ancl
geo, from here, after the grain by' giving calisthenics. Were- this letter not al -
them a high rate of freight. About ,a reaey too long I might mention facts
and figures with regard to the teaching
of these subjects in England, the United
States and Germany, but I• must not
trestiass`further on your valuable space.
I' conclude by hoping that the few Beg-
gestions I have made may be like seed
sown on fertile soil, and lead to fruitful
results. Yours Truly,
A LOVEE. OF MUSIC.
--WAGONS AND C...A.RTS • week before the election a man came up
and stiirted the work on the barracks,
CALL AT --
C. VT •Paps '
and hired all the teams he could get to
draw 141ding material, but he was very
careful hat no pronounced Grits got a
job—it was for Tories and loose fi:511..
t S The day after the election he paid; off
any wh voted for Laird, and told them
that if they thought more of their party
BOOKSTORE. SFL•t.FORtf 11, . than their pocket, he did not want them,
•1 and that he intended to help the'meni
t that helped the party.. There were men
,
that worked With us right up i6- the
The largest assortment 4 choose night before the election, and who turned
front, and the cheapest pries to be round the ;next. day and. voted. against
had in the county. - us—ineln that we had contiaence in, anA
it is a ell -known. fa,ct that men of that
• kind dent do the like ef that fornoth-
jug. ,
There was one ease of -three
.i• brothers, who have a steal and door fee --
Mar b le &Granite tory, which has not been in operation fel'
• - some ti ' e and who turned against us
the ver day of the election, and I hay.. , ni cm, ) ..
just ben told that the factory is about • a-tellattlimony is booming in Hull, Ot- . ormed an association, the vow taken• -
to start on Government work. There is tawa. Tw.elvepUblieations of marriages seing to refuse to associate with any
nr,thit,4 tr, vonipct,• v. ith kJ it ttur.il a good oke connected with on e Of the • were read out there on a recent Sunday young man who drinks, smokes, or uses
• - • . brother§—an unmarried man: He had in the Catholic church. profane language. • -
. , ., r ("tuu-terc and Buildin* purp0-4--.
II ain at. • been paying attention to a young ladya' —The Mrs. ityckman mentioned in 1 -The semi-annual meeting of the
0
N :ttlat. Llitl Granite reuiams, and et er Ill re -
formerly a resident of Wingham, OntS, •connection with the Thedford poisoning Bapti t Foreign Missionary Board took
and went to call on her the night of the eases, is a sister of _Major Daniel's wife, place. 'n Toronto last week. There was
election. When she opened the doorshe nd also aunt of Mr. Cyrus Barnum, of i elarge attendance. Arrangements were
t:et t&k C,' itS place. Your orders axe re -pet -I fulls informed him politely that there was incandine. The Major's • wife now 1 made for the •ordination of two young
1:e- our vemetries. No hollow shells or Alt ;al - ..
,fliieitill for Marble and Granite, autl do Of 3t he more room outside thin in for sueh men occupies his beautiful homestead on the 1 men, viz., J. E. Davis, of 1VIcMaster
de;•eivvd by untritd metals. as he, who had. no mind Of his own. Durham line, near Millarton, her I hall, Toronto, and H. F. Laflamme, of
SEAFORTH
WORKS.
Canada.
—Brantford has organized a soCiety'
for the suppression of vice:with special
Satin. da
nouncec
Niagar
Ainerie
-a-ST11
are :; tak
for the
Lchin
testent
appeale
-asJO1
for sorn
life, „NY
by awn
and wa
robin.
—Th
in a ho
given
a, bide
ji
l• ast, from England.. He an -
his intention of proceeding to
Falls and expects to remain in
about six weeks.
Protestants of Quebec Province
ng steps t� establish an asylum
nsane on a farm on the lower
rod, to be controlled by Pro-
maeagement. The Province is
1 to for subscriptions.
n eonardenof Belleville, who
le was trying to lead a sober
•s m de drunk a few evenings ago
young men to amuse themselves,
foand dead next morning in his
tit
streets of Ottawa are said to be
tilde condition, the snow having
ilace to mud. There are daily
ts o horses, several of them
ving brol en their legs through falling
to ho es nd ruts. .
—M Wlm. Sinclair, head master of
tl e Sa nia High School, while conduct-
ing • e:peritnents in chemistry, some
Month a,g9, was so injured about the
face th t the sight of one eye is now com-
pletely destroyed.
e Minister of Customs has can -
the' regulation requiring pas..
entering Canada by railway to
ut a manifest of the contents of
eggage. The system of examin-
gage will be restored.
. Andrew S. Common, am old
4sident of North Dumfries; near Galt,
dlied a few Idays ago of bilious fever. He
N4as in the '67th. year of his age. was a
4.tiveof Aoxborough, Scotland, and re-
ssded for Ithe last forty . years in the
nleighberhciod where he died.
—Whilst in Toronto a few days ago-,
Mr. Wm. Henry, son 'of Mr. W. Henry,
hotelkeeper, of Prospect Hill, Bla,nstrard,
Was knocked down and robbed of $250.
The less, is a heavy one for the young
than, alnd is exceedingly regretted, but
whisk was the cause.
—T e Rev. Geo. Cuthbertson closed
his tenth year as pastor of Wyoming and
Plymptoe on Sabbath _ the 17th inst.
Both eongregations are in a flourishing
rondit on financially and Mr. Cuthbert -
ton co imences his eleventh year under
promi ing circumstances.- ,
—T
411ed
senger
Make o
their b
ing ba
—M
bridge was inspected last week and pro-
nounced safe. The cause of the collapee
of the bridge is a mystery.
—The Toronto Ministerial Associa-
tion, at their last meeting, recommeeded
that all their churches form White Croes
on the same plan as those of
e Cross army of the Church
A committee oft seven was
• act in _concert ilvith twelve
t may be appointed to form
Taschereau has written to
reference to houses of ill -fame. •.---------------Cardinal
r- Mercier informing him that he
• =Saturday afternoon John Brown, is in a.ccord with eight of his Episcopal
an old resident of Dunville, fell into an collet). ues in asking that the Bill for the
hotel cistern while drunk and was incorporation of the Jesuits be held over
drowned. • nail he Court of Rome has been con-
• —It is said that•proposition will stilted on the subject.
shortly be made to force the Mercier —The morals of the young men of
Government to grant a pension to the Aylmer are sought to be improved by
1 the young ladies of that place who have
•
associations
of the Whi
of England.
appointed t
delegates th
a, central or common vigilance com-
mittee of thie White Cross atiny of Tor-
onto. •1
—Several farms have changed hands
]
recently in 3tanshard. Alr. Adam Sper-
ling has disposed of his 100 acres on the
3rd line to tlr. N. lohnston ,for $5,S00;
Mr. N. Johnson; has sold his 100 acre
farm on de 4th , concessioh to Mr. R.
Poynter fot $'7,250 ; Mr. J. J. Hayes
has purchased from Mr. W. Somerville
his 100 -turas on the West Mitchell Road
for $7 500, and tir. Somerville ha o pur-
,
of my visit." .'el le O'Brien stated that
temporary houses were being built on
the priests' grounds at Luggaeurran to
shelter the tena;nts who have been
evicted from Lord. Lausdowue's estates.
A later despatch says :— Lord. Lans-
downe has offered fresh terms to all his
tenants, and pending ,•the probable set-
tlement of the difficulty Mr. Wm,
O'Btieu will postpone his visit to Can-
ada.
—A da.ring atteMpt at destruction of
life and property occurred at Lynden,
in the County of Wentworth, on Wed-
nesday of last week. A little while
after poop Mrs. Berrington, wife of the
station tnaster, was suddenly alarmed
by an eXplosion that _occurred in the
cooking etove, she whole fragt, and top
being blown off, and a stick of cord-
wood about twenty ieches long blown .
out of thle stove on to the floor. ,. When.
this was picked up it was discovered
that an aueur-hole had been bored and
chased from Mr. Jelin Slack his 100 acre gunpowt er had been put in, and then a
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farm for $7i,000. plug dri -en in tight, so that when the
• —The ihntilated body of a man was stick had -been burnt far enough to reach
found Frid y morning by the conductor the powder it exploded with the report
of the mor ing express, about one mile of a cannon, with the result named.
and a half east of Ayr, lying between Mrs. Berrington was only a few feet
the rails f• ce downwards. The body from the stove when the explosion oc-
was broug t -to town by section' men, aimed, and might have been seriously
who were 1. nable to find anything that injured, but ,fortunately she escaped.
might lead to his identification. Every Who the culprit is is a mystery.
circumstanc points to his beim a tramp —It isn't often that a man's teeth
and it Was supposed he. was stealing a travel on one train and himself on ast-
ride and fell from the train. The corn- other, but such was the peculiar ex-
ner deemed an inquest uonecessary. perience of a Obicagoan, -who passed
—Rev, Wm. Burns, of Knox college, through Loudon last Fridaylnight. The
Toronto, sys lately shadowed in Wood- Pacific west-botind express is at London
stock as a " Whisky detective," and made up in two parts—one to go on to
caused a great deal of excitement among Sarnia, the other to Detrost. The
the liquorie dealers for some time. One Chicago man left his teeth in the smolt -
whisky man shill:eyed-him, and soon an- ing ear, while he got out for , a stroll.
other and-, another, till the gentleman, Vilien the Sarnia train started be climb -
wherever he went, found himself the ob- ed on board and went to look for his
ject of attention by quite a retinue of teeth. Alas, they were streansine away
' towards 'Detroit. He rushed ' to Con-
ductor Douglass and demanded his
teeth. • Mr. Dougloas is not ;naturally
thick-headed, but he couldt make out
what he had to do with the gentleman's
teeth. In the meantime the stranger
kept on lamenting his loss -and demand-
ing,his teeth at the hands of tie Grand
Trunk Railway Company. :he good-
hearted. conductor, - after quieting his
passenger somewhat, , learned! the •cir-
cumstances of his foes and promised to
k.eep his eye open for those teeth,
e had retired in apparently. ; .
h. incident News of the Week.
iinusual and happy , .
followers. Of course Mr. Burns was in-
nocent of any intention of making it hot
for the liquor men. -
• —Robt. Moffat, M. P. for Resti-
(Touche N. B' Who had been 011 Viigit
3:3 3 •
to some Mena in the vicinity of Tees -
water; drove . in to that village on
Sunday and put up at Salyerd's hotel,
with the, purpose of taking the early
train on itionday morning for home.
On being ailed -about half past four and
no respon,e being received, his room
was opene and he was found dead in
his bed.
good heal
—A ver
occurred -.in Mono township, Cs.rdwell Lunn Len, BILL.—Thedishuseion of
county, recently. The wives of Robert thetirish Land Bill in committee in the
G. South and Robert A. Ailarshall, pre- House of Lord e will begin May 12. -
sented their husbands with a son and RUSSIA'S DEET. --The total of the Rus -
daughter, respectinely, op the same sian debt is itt71,474,000, and :the inter -
day. Th$ singular part of the story is estlfor the chrreut year is over
that the OVO couples were married to- 000,000. •
gether on the same day, 14th of April, Anuesnto Ott SITSPICION.—A nephew
1886, by the same clergyinan—Rev. W. of a high militaJfy ,oilicial, wild has been
A. Hunte •. They are neighbors, living in a position toIobtain early news of the
near Camilla.. All will admit that a Czar's I...intent:tell movenients, has been
double w
extremel
=A co
lingwood phat the fishing fleet is getting
ready, and. will leave for their grounds
near Killarney this week t This in-
dustry seems to be the milt ene which is
increasing in this loealit , ;giving ern-
toir upwards of : 00 men from
and Killarney. The Ameri-
triving hard to ,et a foothold
dding and a double birth are
rare.
respondent write e from Col -
STANDARD MATERIAL
HENRY1VIESSET
• That was Huron (rit. One of the husband meanwhile sojourning in Vir- Toronto University, about the end of
• woret features connected with the ele4- ginia, accompanied by a son and the June. They will sail for India about
Seaforth . tion was the voting of the Mounted latter's wife. George W. Ryckman, I August lst. The interest in foreign
' poen Police, who had absolutely no rigrit the prisoner's husband, first settled in missionary work is deepening through name is Stewart. It is said that the
arrested. It suspected he was in com-
munication with the Nihilists.
STAN LEY 'S PA RT Y Ain., RIG it —Congo
adviceS say that, the Stanley expedition
passed, Boma, ion the Congo Elver, on
April 20th, and that all the members of
the party were well.
• Berrnift• FaTiteors.—The British
'Budget shows a surplus for last year of
1:176,poo.
L oeSe Issr to.—R Ussia has issued a
The books and papers were undisturbed. waters but so far have not Aloan ST.EA ia li: RS W AN TER.). --The regu-
t
The village blacksmith's tools were used
for the purpose. The safe is a total
wreck. _
—The mortality among the Provincial
sheriffs during the past few days has
been a subject of remark. Three died
within six days recently. Sheriff Jarvis,
of York • Sheriff Clarke, of Thunder
Bay, and Sheriff Dhncan, of Welland.
This leaves six shrievalties to be filled
by the Government : Wellington, York,
Toronto, Welland, Lincoln and Thunder
Bay.
—The incendiary villain, George
Walters, who set on fire a number of
barns in West Zorra • flOme months ago,
was sentenced last week at Woodstock
assizes, to four years in penitentiary.
As the rascal has altea.dy served a term
in that institution for a similar offence,
he should be confined during his natural
life to prevent his having another op-
portunity to perpettate his villainies.
—Rev. Mr. Warden, the recently
elected Moderator of the Montreal and
Ottawa Synod, during his inaugural ad-
dress, pointed. out the great progress
made by Presbyterians in that district.
In 1876 there were 129 churches, now
the number is 157, and the increase in
the annual contributions during the
same period was $83,000. For all pur-
poses $325,000 was raised last year.
—The Dominion Experimental Farm
ne r Ottawa is getting well under way.
I
Se d testing experiments are being
.pu bed. Five 'hundred varieties of trees
are now en route front France. A large
package of apple trees arrived from
Prussia on Saturday, and large quanti-
ties of samples of Russia.n wheat special-
ly adapted to the. Northwest Territories
and high latitudes are being secured. -
e -Mr, Robert McLean, of Toronto, Sec-
retary of the Underwriters' Association
in that city, was, on the occasion of his
essful. Above he Sault the lar Transatiaattic steamere are not nearly
11 in American hands, and our numerous enOugh to accommodate the
own peop e have no chance on the best- -emigrants from Europe to America,.
grounds. Dteninntcioit THE COERCION lliet.—A
—On F' 'Way afternoon 1 st Mr. Isaiah
.
'mass meeting of ten thousand persons
Picked up was held at Black Heath, London, on
I."
Doughert ,, of Caledoni ,
some par. nips that a farm r had thrown Saturday, and resolutions denouncing
over his f nee and broughtthem home coercion wereladopted.
foo his w"fe to eat, as she had frequently Moli..E. CV.ZON`EH,---Furious cyclones
asked hi n to do so. tire Dougherty
Miss Chris- of Wes tern ,an ti Saud aes Missouri,
and hailstorms sweptaiSs*,a large part
ighbor's daughter,
ay, ate one of the parsnips "Sonth-Eastern Kanatt , - ' Northern
ediately made ti!sem. sick, and Arkansas on Thursday night, last week,
causing great toss of life and destruction
of property. Several towns were entirely
demolisiked.s i
and her n
tine Mcl
which int
Mr. Dougherty, suspect]. g they were,
poisoned, went ,for medidal assistance,
but it was too late. Mise McKay died
about 6. p. the sa,me day, and Mrs.
Dougherty the following morning.
—Three prominent hotel -keepers of
Woodstock, were each convicted of a
second offence and fined $100 and costs
last week by Police Magistrate Field,
There have -been 37 convictions in Ox-
ford for violations of the Scott Act since
the first of May it. Of these 13 were
brought by Inspector McKay, of the
North Riding; 15 by Mr. G. H. Cook,
Inspector of the South Riding; 8 by the
Ingersoll Chief of Police, and 1 by the
Chief at Tilsonburg. Three of the con-
vietedin the South Riding spent terms
in the county jail, two are appealing to
higher courts, and, with two exceptions,
the rest have paid their fines.
—Rev. Mark Guy Pearce, ,of Londonr,
England, the author of "Daniel Quorm "
and several other popular works, is at
present on a visit to Toronto. He
preached the sermons en the fifteenth
anniversary of the opening of the
THF POPE AND THE TEMPOR U. POWER.
—"The Vatican in answer to inquiries as
to whether the Pope was it favor of
having a rec.oneiliation effected with
Italy on the basis of renunciation of the
Papal claims to temporal power states
that the Pope desires peace ..with
but he never thought of abandoning the
rights of the. chnrch or the Papacy.
• THE DEVIL'S LAKE RESEILITE.—Sec-
retary Lamar has ordered the approval
of the surveying contracts in the Devil's
Lake district, Dakota, throwing all sur-
veyed land open to settlement. Dis-
trict Su veyor-General Taylor hes ordered
his duputies to go on with their con-
tracts and coMplete the same las soon as
possible. -
ANDREW CARNEGIE'S KARMA t;E.—
Andrew Carnegie, the millicesaire iron
manufacturer, was married feet Friday
to Miss Whitfield, d au gh ter of the late
John Whitfield, New York. The
marriage was a very quiet one and only
Metropolitan church last Sabbath. Rev,
, a few of the most intimate friends of the
Mr. Pearce is one of- the most dis-
, bride and. groom were present. They
tinguished Witsleyan ministers in-. Eng -
I sailed for England on Saturday, Among
land, He has ati appointment with Rev.
to the bride from the groom
Mr. Moody at Northfield. in June, and the gifts
were a residence on West 51st street ad -
another' at Chatauqua. He intends
joining the Vanderbilt mansion, and
valued at $250,000, and a cash- gift of
$500,000 in Government 4. per cent.
bonds.
70th birthday, which occurred on Mon- spending the month of May in Canada.,
day, llth inst. made the recipient of
a handsome easy -chair and a fine dress-
ing gown. The presentation was made
by his sons and daughters who had
assembled with their families under the became
parental roof to do honor to their re- to devot
spected father, on the interesting occa- of Chrs
sion, course.
—A terrible railway accident occurred
one mile east of Morrisburg last Friday
morning, about 4 o'clock. Nash's Creek,
now a foaming stream, is' here spanned
by an iron bridge, resting on two stone
piers. A freight train going west went
through the bridge, carrying the engi-
neer and fireman to instant death. A
brakeman was thrown into the creek,
but was rescued nearly dead. Thirteen
loaded cars were piled into the gorge
and smashed to atoms. The driver's
lie is a fresh, good-looking Englishman,
43 years of age. He was educated for
the medical profession and was within
a step of obtaining his degree when he
onvinced that it was his duty
hirneelf entirely to the cause
, and at once entered on this
—Wm. 013rien, editor of United -Ire-
land, of Dublin, says; • "1 shall persist
in going to Canada. It is too late now
for any tine to stop me. I sail on the
Aurania' froin Queenstown for New
York on Sunday. Mr, Killbride, who
was one of the principal tenants of Lord
Lansdowne, and who was evicted, will
accomp Der me. I intend to remain in
Canada'j ten. days, and ,will speak in
Montre 1, Quebec, Toronto and Kings-
ton. I ive received many letters from
Canada sympathizing with the purpose
•
DEATH 01' A PROMINENT MUJ1113'11')S-
IST. —The people, of Michigan were
startled on learning of the sudden death
of one to well-known throughout the
state as David Preston. During his
latter years he was a leader and inde-
fatigable worker in the cause of prohi-
bition. His time, energies end means
were given to the ea,use 'Without stint.
Chiefly through these efforts his narne
became a household word in Michigan,
and in his. indefatigable labors during
the recent heated campaign, can doubt-
less be traced the immediate causes of
his sudden taking off. He *retired ap-
parently in good health on Saturday
night last, and died early Sunday morn-
ing, in the 61st year of his age.
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