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NINETEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,017.
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ILLINERY
JUST OPENED.
New Hats, New Flowers, New Feath-
ers, New Mounts, New Pompons, New
Ribbons, New Gauzes, New Silks.
Also just opened new fancy goods,
such• as Embroideries, Floincings, Kid
and SiIk Gloves, Cotton, Cashmere and
Lisle Hose; Featherbone Corsets, Laces,
Fancy Pinithes, New Muslims, New
_Buttons, etc.,
AT THE---
t)heap Cash Store of
Hoffman & Co,,
Cardno's Blcek, SeOforth.
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Agents for Butterick's Reliable Paper
Patterns.
—Over twenty registered letters were
stolen from the Montreal Postoffice
Monday.
—The Wimbledon rifle: team sails
from Quebec for Eagland by ,the Paris- -
ian on the 23rd inst.
—Mr. Thomas Caldwell, a Dundas
nursery man, died on Sunday. Blood
poisoning- through a wound from a rusty
nail wa.s the cause.
—The ladies of Knox church Kin-
cardine, recently presented Mrs. J. L.
Murray with an elegant and costly
Brussels carpet for the manse parlor.
The presentation was a surprise and is
much appreciated.
—An iasect has attacked the straw-
berry plant in many parts of Western
Ontario, with the most mischievous
effect. If something is not done to
check its career this luscious fruit is
likely to be a scarce article this season.
—The execution of the German, Gog-
olin, took place at Pembroke on Monday
morning. In a quarrel with a tenant of
his in October last, Gogolin struck the
woman on the head with a stick of wood,
causing her death in a few minutes.
— John Mulcahy, of Vanauley street,
Toronto, had his arm taken off by a
train at .Stratfprd on Saturday night.
Mulcahy is a tailor, and stole a ride to
St Mars on Friday in hope of finding
work. Not getting any he walked
baok to Stratford, and when attempting
to board. one of the box cars on a
freight train slipped and fell. The train
passed over his right arm, mangling it
80 badly that it will have to be ampu-
tated.
— While out boating on the St. Law-
rence, below Ogdensburg on Thursday
last, Wm. Phillips, of New York,
American manager of the European
Press Association, and Charles E.
George, of Ottawa, Canadian manager
of the same association, were capsized
by a passing steamer and drowned.
Both meu were strong swimmers, but
were forced to succumb to the current
after keeping up for abont half an hour.
Both were well-known journalists in
both the United States and Canada.
They were en route to Ottawa. Mr.
George was formerly connected with the
Montreal Herald. At the time of his
death he held a position on the staff
of the Ottawa Free Press.
—David Chalmers, of Owen Sound
having obtained extensive contracts for
pa,ving sidewalks in Toronto, will give
the Torontonia.ns an opportunity of
seeing the magnificent flags taken
from the quarries near Owen Sound.
A Scotchman, who has spent
a lifetime in the flagging business,
visiting the quarries a feW days since,
said they were far superior to the flag
quarries of Caithness, Scotland, suppos-
ed to be the best in the world, and these
are practically unlimited. It is intend-
ed to introduce the stone, which is
Dolomite, a. species of magnesian lime-
stone, into Chicago, where:it is thought
there will be a large dernaed-for it, as it
is untouehed by frost, and the stone used
in Chicago chips and cracks under its
action.
-Last Monday evening as a farmer
from E. -.t Wawanosh was returning
home from,. Wingham, after being in
town all day, and net being any too
evenly balanced was passing in front of
W. Chapman's tannery„:and thinking he
had. come to the place, where the road
turns to go to Lower Wingham, he
turned the horses towards the river
and went driving an as though he were
in the centre of. the road. Soon, to his
surprise the horses and wagon started
down the steep embankmentt'of the riv-
er, and no doubt would have gone right
into- the water had not the pole of the
wagon caught on a stump.. Just at this
juncture another East Wawanosh farmer
was passing, and being of a friendly dis-
position eame to the rescue of his more
unfortunate brother, and in a few min-
utes both were on their homeward way
again,
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AN INTERESTING- RELIC.
James Dickson, Esq., Registrar, of
Goderiela has very kindly furnished Us
with an interesting relic in the shape of
a letter written by his mother some 53
years ago, shortly after her arrival in
this country. It was addressed to her
father, "Mr. James Turnbull, Bedrule
manse, near Jedburg, Scotland." The
letter was written on a sheet of fools
cap, in a neat, bold hand, and is still in
an excellent state of preservation,and the
writing quite legible, the ink having
scarcely faded any. We publish it in
full, together with Mr. Dickson's intro-
ductory note to us, and we need not say
that it will be read with deep interest by
old and young alike. , It gives a slight
glimpse of the hardships and trials
which the brave pioneers of those days
so uncomplainingly and cheerfully bore,
and while it inspires us of the present
day—with reverence and love for them,
it should give we increased contentrimat
with our lot, surrounded as we are by
comforts and pleasures and advantages
of which they knew nothing and scarce-
ly dared dream of attaining. There
were, of. course, no envelopes in those
days, and the sheet is folded, sealed and
addressed on the outside, and we are.
sure it would sorely puzzle many a one
who is considered pretty smart to fold it
in such a way as to completely conceal
all the writing and at the same time
have a place for the addreas, but then
as now and ever, "necessity was the
mother of invention," and people readily
adapted themselves to circumstances.
The correspondence is as follows:
REGISTRy OyfICE, GODERICII,
June 8th, 1887.
DEAR Exi•OSITOR.—On my fast visit
to Scotland I received from my •C0118in,
Mr. Wm. Turnbull, of Spittal, the en-
closed letter. It was written by my
mother to her father 53 years ago, short-
ly after her arrival in McKillop. Her
dear little Archibald, she mentions, was
my youngest brother who died at the
age of 18 months, before reaching
Grosse Isle where he was buried. She
frequently spoke of the great kindness
shewn to her and family by the captain
of the ship. Her sister Betsy, was the
wife of Dr. Swan, who a few years after-
wards settled where fBrucetield now
stands. John GovenlOck's wife died
shortly after reaching her father's house.
Her funeral was the first, I believe, in
McKillop. It was truly a fisad and
mournful scene. There was no church-
yard there and so she was buried op the
bank of the river Maitland, in the 'deep
woods at that time'but now within the
orchard of my . brother-in-law, Mr.
Robert Scett., Mrs. Govenlock was the
second de/tighter of Robert Scott, sr.,
and mother of Thomas, Robert, and
Andrew Govenlock, Mrs. Wilson, of
Seaforth, Mrs. Richard Thompson, and
the late Mrs. Hugh Grieve, of McKillop.
The Wm. Riddell, referred to was my
cousin, What became of him I do not
know. You will perceive that the letter
was posted in Galt on the 14th of Oc-
tober,1834, that the postage was paid to
New York and cost 2 shillings and 10 pence
currency, or 56 cents. Please take good
care of the letter as I value it highly.
When it was written there were only
two houses on the north of the river
Maitland, in McKillop, that of my
father and the late Robert §cott. If
you consider it. sufficiently interesting
please publish it and oblige,
Yours Very Truly,
JAMES DICKSON.
Towssinr OF MCKILLOP,
; 29th September, 1834. I
MY DEAR FATHER,—I have, waited
thus long in writing to you in hopes of
hearing from my sister Betsy before
doing so, but I have not yet heard any
thing about than except that they in-
tended to settle in a place, named Wel-,
lington Square, somewhere between
York and Hamilton. Aa I could hear
nothing certain about them, I thought it
proper to bring the books and parcels
for them, up with me, until I knew
where to send them. I wrote to my
brother, from Montreal, an account of
the death of my dear little Archibald.
This event has left a melancholy depres-
sion of spirits, together with , parting
from loved relations, which I am not
likely to overcome soon. I was happy
to find James and his father well, though
both looking much thinner than when
they went away. Our land, it my opin-
ion, looks well, indeed much better
than I expected, and seems to pro-
duce abundantly every kind Of crop :Put
into it, and our prospects here aro !cer-
tainly very cheering, much more so than
we could ever havehopedto have realiz-
ed had we stayed in Scotland, and we
have reason to be glad that we have
taken the important step we have done
in emigrating to this country, where
persevering industry is sure to meet its
reward.
We have not as much crop this year
as will keep the family. We expect,
however, to have every common article
of food within our own property. A
great many things here are nearly double
the price I could have purchased them
for in Montreal, but I durst not make
the purchases I would have made on ac-
count of the heavy charge for carriage,
which °est me a great deal of money,
the lastthundred miles no less than 4:15
for my family and luggage. I was much
disappointed in not meeting James or
his father at Montreal, owing to their
having never received the letter my
brother sent away in the end.of May
which we expected would reach them in
time. Instead of this, we have not
heard anything of it till this time. which
shows how very imperfect the communi-
cation is between Britain and Upper
Canada, and even after reaching Hamil-
ton it will be a fortnight, as the post
only comes up once in that time. A great
many settlers have come in to this
neighborhood this year, both from Brit-
ain and other places in this country,
and they all express themselves well sat-
isfied with the Tract upon seeing it. It
is truly astonishing to see how well all
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 10,
seem to suit themselves to the labor and
hardships which eyery new settler has
te lay his and her account with for
sometime after coming here, and even
ladies and gentlemen appear contented
and happy iu the prospect of future in-
dependence.
We have still no stated minister, 'and
'excepting now and then a minister Of
the Methodist sect, we pass our Sab-
baths at home. This I regret very much,
both on account of the family and my,
self. There is, however, to be a meet-
ing of the settlers soon to see what can
be done amongst themselves in erecting
a church and supporting a minister.
There is no teacher within reach for the
children to go to, but we will try to
manage it within ourselves. That
• much dreaded pestilence, cholera, has
been awfully prevalent in this country,
but is now on the decrease. In the
Course of a few weeks Montreal lost
1,100 of its inhabitants. My dread
of it was so great that I dared not go to f
see the burying ground of St. Ann's as I
intended. We left that city on Monday,
the 4th of August, for Lachine on board
of a Durham boat, to go by way of the
St, Lawrence instead of the Rideau
canal (which arrangement was made in
John G-ovenlock's and my absence), as
our people.ha.d directed is. Our hard-
ships and delay in coming up the river
cannot well be described, but there we
were exposed to a burning sun through
the day and dews so rank through the
night that I could almost have wrung
our outer "clothes in the morning, to-
gether with thunder and rain and a boat
without any edge to prevent the children
from falling over. I suffered more than
I cap well describe, and it was no small
relief to me when we got on board of a
steamer which we had all the way from
Brockville to Hamilton, and -from thence
we were brought in wagons, which took
us three days, and we had no other cov-
ering at night save the shelter of an
open barn or shed, so afraid were the
people of the cholera that they would
not permit us to enter their houses in
many places. On- the last day of our
journey we had a great deal of thunder
and rain, which drenched us as complete-
ly as if we had been drawn through the
river, and made us very glad to get once
more into a house we could call our own.
!We have two oxen and three cows, two
of which have calves, and all feed- in the
woods without a blade of grass and
looking quite fat. I understand it is
customary in Winter to go before them
and cut down branches of certain
'trees upon which the cattle feed
and look better than at home fed
on more expensive keep. Poor John
Govenlock lost his youngest child, and
shall I add the wife of his bosom, since
coming to this country. His child died
at Grosse Isle, and his wife just reached
her father's house and died three days
after, supposed to be of cholera, at least
the doctor here says so. He has pur-
chased land phlittle above us, together
with James Grieve, who has settled next
him; the other men are engaged to
work. John Henderson's youngest child
died at Montreal. I saw Wm. Riddell
at that place; he says he is to enter into
partnership on the 1st of January, but
'he slill be idle until that time, but he
talkS' of his prospects being good. I
thought him more thoughtful and look-
ing thinner than when he went away.
He is still as averse as ever to the far-
ming, I can hear, and talks of people
here as binding themselves to perpetual
slavery when they purchase bush lots.
If my sister would inform Aunt Betty
that we have had no word of Peter, and
except publishing him in the news-
papers we do not know how to find out
where he is. The weather since we
came has been for the most part warm
and pleasant, but occasionally thunder
and rain, unaccompanied with the cold
that succeeds it at home. The wheat
and b rley harvest is Over, but the oats
if
are stillistanding. Peggy Scott requests
me to say if my sister would write a few t
lines o Joaeph and inform him of the
death of his relations and give it in to
Scottbaker, Jedburgh ; also, if she would
inform Grieve's and Henderson's people
when she sees them that they are all
well. Give my kind love to all my re-
lations and kind, enquiring friends. I
will write before long to my daughter
Helen or one of my sisters. I expect a let-
ter from you as soon as you convenient-
ly can. We are all in good health and
I have not been better nor slept sounder
these many years. I am very anxious
to hear from you. I remain, my dear
,father, your affectionate daughter,
E. R. T. DICKSON
Across the face of the first page of
the above letter of his wife, was written,
in a nice'clear, business hand, by Mr.
Dickson himself, the following:
MY DEAR Sin.—I have been down
here buying a wagon' which I have got
and three cows andtwo pair of oxen
to help to pay expenses on the road.
I intend taking 200 acres . of land
for James, to -morrow, The price is
now 11 shillings and 3 pence which
is a great advance since I bought mine.
I have been asking after Swan, to day
being an :election for member and I
hear he is doing well at Wellington
Square. I have no time to write at
pr sent but I intend' to write to Mr.
T rnbull, Spittal, in a few days. Give
my respects to him and family also to
Miss Turnbull and I would thank her
to send a Kelso paper now and then.
I am, Dear Sir,Yours Truly,
ARCHIBALD DICKSON.
llt-NDA:;, October 10th, 1834.
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—One of tlie Salvation lassies, a
rather pretty Swiss girl, whol came to
Quebecllast year to convert the Que-
beck-ersj, has now been converted her-
self. It appears that a young French-
Canadian, who was a diligent attendant
at the Army's services, fell in love with
her, anlii his passion vyas soon returned.
The, g41's superior officers thought to
break up the attachment by sending her
away ;Tom Quebec to Montreal and
afterwards to Toronto, but it seems that
she eseaped from their vigilance not
long since and returned to Quebec and
her lover. On Thursday last week she
vitae baptized - into the Roman Catholic
eh' rch on Sunday she made her .first
co mullion, and the wedding will take
pl ce this week.. Such is weak 'hu-
m nity.
LErtter from Mr. Thomas King.
Mr. B. O'Connell, of McKillop, has
kindly furnished us the following in-
teresting letter from Mr. Thomas King,
for ..rierly of Dublin, for publication:
SAN FRAKCISCO, California, }
May 22nd 1887.
MY DEAR. Mn. O'CONELL--I see by
yonr letter that winter lingers in the lap
of spring and that even in balmy May
yo have as Horatio says,," A nipping
anct an eager air." We have no such
wether here, and in some counties in
the State harvesting will coreinence by
th time this letter reaches you or about
Ju e lst. Strawberries, cherries, ap-=
ric ts, peaches, gcoseberries, - currants,
&c., are very plentiful just now. This
is great fruit country, immense quan-,
titi s o all kinds are raised, and hun-
dr ,ds f car loads are shipped east
during the season. Grapes are also a
staple ere and a great quantity is made
int wine, which is considered by ex -
pe its ti be equal to any imported and
superio to most. Last year's product
of Wine was over 20,000,000 of gallone.
Most o the wine of California is ship-
ped to- New York and New Orleans
where it is taking the place of French
and Sp nish wines, irnd it is predicted
that in a few years the wine industry, of
Califor ia will be the greatest in he
world.
rnm nse quantities of oranges, lem§ns
an li es are also produced in Califirr-
nia. nd the cry of the orangeman is
cortin ously heard in the streets, as he
sonnds the praises of the luscious frit
li
at ten cents a dozen, and they are fne
indeed And here let me remarkthatI
see by he daily papers that the Ca a -
ditto 0 angernen are still shouting their
stale fruit in Toronto and Kingston. Oh
shame, shame ! on the fair city of Thr -
onto. Where, oh where is the Canadian
spirit f fair play that we have always
boaste of. It is too bad that your
conntr should be disgraced before the
whole world by the conduct of a few
ii)
fa atic . I say this to you more in
" s rro than in anger." If the poor,
long -s ffering people of Ireland sent one
of her most eloquent sons to Canada to
layi bef re the people a statement of the
wriong ani sufferings of the Irish people,
does it become the citizens of a free na-
tit deny him the right to speak in
public, and in their insane and bigoted
fury a most murder him. Toronto and
Kijigs on, and their municipal -officers,
fro n x ayor to policeman, stand dis-
graced before the whole world, and are
unwor hy to associate with "Sitting
Bull " or "Standing Bear," who, while
they vere savages were also. men of
honor, so -to speak. I see that Goldwin
Sinith, "the social parasite," as Lord
Bea.co .sfield rightly named him, has
been a ring his eloquence on the Irish
question. I do not see why you toler-
ate su#h a fellow in Canada. As they say.
hete, ' he is no good," and I consider
his o inion of Ireland or the Irish
people whom he hates as the devil
hates hem, worth very little, and yet I
see his speech was cheered to the echo
in To onto. Poor people! I pity you.
The papers here try to make it ap-
pear t at the Canadian Government is
at the •ottom of the persecution of Mr.
O'Brie . I - can scarcely believe that,
but if t should be so, I say to you and
to1 ev ry true Canadian, down vvith
them, way with them, they are not to
he tru4ted to govern a free people such
as youl are, or ought to be. Why not
elect your own governor? Why have a
descendant of a foreign Lord to rule over
you and give him an annual stipend to
help him to evict his miserable rackl
a
rented tenantry. I
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/ am glad yeti approve of the eleva-:
tion of Lord Monteagle to the honor of
knighthood. I am sure he will do the
Order credit, and will in himself fully
exemplify the old motto, "Evil be te
hint who evil thinks."! Of course, he
will eschew loose company' and live
cleanly, but 1 will not say so much
abOut the "sack." I heard him saY
many times, "A good Sherris Jack hath
a two -fold operation in it. If I had 4
thOusand sons the first human principle
I would teach them should be to for-
swear their potations and addict therm -
selves to Jack." This declaration is
hardly up to the temperance and pro-
hibition ideas of the present time, but I
knew him well and he will stick to it;
although, as the porter in Macbeth says,
"it mars a man sometinits."
I see your Parliaments both at Ot-
tawa alnd Toronto have passed, by large
majorities, resolutions condemning the
proposed Coercion Bill against the liber-
ties of the Irish people and in favor of
Home Rule. I regret to say I have not
had the pleasnre of reading any of the
deate in either Houses. Although I
have arritten to my friends to send !me
some papers, I have not yet received
them. I I would like to read what Ed-
ward Blake or Curran had to say on
these c uestions, especially as it affords a
pleasi „g contrast to the late outrages of
a brut4l mob and the scandalous eon -
duct of your peace officers.
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e . I:Would not think of saying
si
1 ill noti say much about your
electio s. They are past, but from
presen appearances you will soon have
anoth
a word! about !such matters to you.: I I
know whatever you do will be done
hopest y and for the best interests of the
countr as you believe, but I will ask
you to remember the fact that what we
often s oke of the Senate, still remains
a :disg ace to a free ceuntry. Support
no tna who will not pledge liimself to
reform that body so as to make the
chamber elective and responsible to the
peoPle.: Then new life will Ise infesed
into the dead body and the prefix
" Homirrable "will no longer bp di graced
1887.
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and pr stituted as it now is in the ease
of very any of your Canadian "Lords,"
save th mark and your pregence.
I I thi k it is time I should end this
Wander ng and disjoiuted epistle and
take my leave of you, but I hope you
Will no say with Hamlet, "Von can-
not, air take from me anything that I
will mo e willihgly part withal." Speak-
ing of amlet, I had the pleasure of see -
i g Bo • th play " The Melancholy Dane"
a short time since and was- very much
pleased tt • the manner in twhich he
played his part. I think Hamlet is
a , fay° ie of yours; in -fact the every
day lif of man is therein ioortrayed ;
if
the tri lii, the passions, the korrows of
this we ry world are laid before us. In
Poloni s we have the time -serving cour-
tier, w o, when his Lord says a cloud is
striped like a eanael, will say, "by the
n ass i is like a camel indeed. ' In
orati' we have the true friend that
'will n t crook the pregnant hinges of the
kjiee t at thrift may follow fawning,"
and th re are in this world many a
Peloni s, and better yet many a good
Horati . In Ophelia we have the poor
maid ho has lost her reason, her father
and h r lover all at the same time.
Thoug t and affliction, passion, hell it-
self, s e turns to favor and to pretti-
ness. he graveyard scene was very
good, Leo d when. Hamlet said "that may
be the kull of a lawyer * * 'i4F Why
does h suffer this rude knave now to
knopk him on the sconce with a dirty
Shovel id will not tell him of his action
of bat )ery," the actor was loudly ap-
plaudeih To what base uses may we
return Horatio. Alas, poor. Yorick !
I Ishall a glad to hear from you as often
aa! you find it convenient to write.
Please i v e my kind remembrance to all
my ol: and valued friends, and with
best w shes for yourself and family, I
am you s most truly,
THOMAS KING.
Canada.
Mr. L. L. Lewis, school teacher at
Wyom.ng, has been fined $5 and costs for
whippi g a child,
—A 150 horse belonging to Rev. Mr.
Pugsle jumped into the canal near
Danny lle and was drowned.
—A Anti -Poverty Society has been
organiz d in Toronto to disseminate the
princip es set forth by Henry George.
—Th Knights of Labor are 900 strong
in Ki gston. Every meeting night
adds t# their ranks.
- M ontreal carpenters threaten to in-
stitute a general strike if their demand
for an is crease of wages is not complied
with. ,
— W . Chisholm, a Kingston ruffian,
will b publicly lashed at the Central
Prison on the expiration of his term of
imprisoa neut. • ,
—An English girl, aged 14, attempted
suicide on Tuesday at the house of Mr.
Craddo k, near Brantford, by taking a
large d se of Paris green. -
—Reecca Pew, Sarnia, 12 years old,
was charged with being incorrigible,
and wa sent to the Industrial Refuge
for Gir s at TorontO for five years.
—A man named John Hohnes has
been s ntenced to three month's im-
prisonn ent for stedling a ride from Len-
der) to arnia. 1
—Ch ef Fewings, of St. Thomas, has
receive $100 from: the London Mutual
Fire in urance Company for the convic-
tion of Valters the Zorra firebug.
, —Th Grand Trunk Company dis-
charged 55 of th employees in their
London shops last aturday, and all the
men re aining vverle put on half time.
—Ra mond Lasidry, a little son of
Mr, P. A. Landry,' M. P. for Kent, had
two of his finger d accidentally chopped
off by playmate the other day.
-+Mo day morning five hotel -keepers
of t. homas pleaded guilty of violat:
in the Scott Act and were each fined
$50 an costs.
—Th value ' of the produce of the
fisherie of the Dothinion for 1886 was
$1S,679283, an increase in the value of
the uce of $956,000 compared with
1
• --Th by-law ranting the_ Detroit
fRiVer a d Lake E ie Railway a bonus of
$15,000 has been voted upon in South -
Goafiel , Essex county, and carried by a
maoritfr of over 100.
f Robert McLean, a settler at White-
wood, orthwest ;ran. itory , was found
dead o the Indian reserve on Thursday
last we k. He is !relieved to have been
murder d by Indians.
+-Ca tain . Young, of the Salvation
Artily, as returned to Winnipeg from a
trip to admonton. f It is probable that
outpost will be opened at several north-
w4teri points shortly.
-L--Mr. Dr. ShOrt, of Hamilton, has
been a pointed lecturer on "Medical
Jurispr dence and Sanitary Science"
in the Women's Medical College, King -
sten.
,
—A eduction of 40 per cent. has been
made b the Canadian Pacific authorties
in freig t rates between Winnipeg and
Vancou er, Victoria and New Westmins-
ter, Bri ish Columbia.
—Th Caspian, from Baltimore for
Liverp ol, struck a sunken wreck while
making for Halifax harbor on Saturday,
and rec Wed injuries that delayed her
journeyfor several days. 1
—A Toronto gentleman, whose name
the police refuse to give, has just been
swindled out of $200 by confidence men
from the States, by means of a fictitious
check on Molson's bank for,.(4O0.
— Wlifile J. Greyson, of Dundas, for-
merly editor of the Brantford Telegram,
was going from his house to the pump
the other day, he fell and broke his leg
near th4 thigh.
—A very sudden death occurred at
th residence of Mr. \V. I', Strong, drug-
gi t,, London, last Sunday night. For
so ne days previous Miss Clara B. Harri-
ll n, daughter of Mr. W. T. Hamilton,
of Toronto, had been on a visit to her
co sin, Mrs. W. T. Strong. On Sunday
sh appeared in her usual health, went
to church twice, drove to Spriugbank
during the afternoon. She retired evi-
de tly in the best of spirits. When she
ditI no come down Monday morning
Mrs. Strong went to call her, and was
horrified to find her dead and cold. A
physician was summoned who stated
that she had evidently died soon after
going ' to bed and probably ,from the
bursting of a blood vessel in the brain.
She was a prominent society lady of
Toronto, and had been in delicate health
for months:
• —Thirty-nine thousand dollars has
already been subscribed in Kingston
towards the increased endowment of
Queen's University, making, with Mr.
+Carruthers' dopion of $10,000, a total
of $19,000. 1
—The Moun Healy dam near Cale+
i
donia, which co t the late David Thomp-
son $40,000, fel the other night, allow-
ing all the waiter to run away. The
accident will prove a serious one to the
owners. - •
—George Taylor, aged 22, while fixing
machinery in a mill near Port Elgin,
Westmoreland county, New Brunswick,
was struck by a saw, which cut off the
top of his head and then !threw him into
the river. He died instantly.
—Alfred Brierley, the bigamist, in gaol
at London, is said to hav§ married a girl
some years since at Alexandria, in Glen-
garry, and after living With her three
days to have left her to her own re-
sources. The authorities .are working
the matter up. ,
—Ex -Alderman Alexander Hender-
son, One of the best known figures in
Toronto streets, died Thursday night
last week. He was an alderman_for
ten years, and for 51 years was a mem-
ber of St. Andrew's Society. He was 64
years of age.
.—The Emerson International, a Con-
servative organ edited by Mr. Douglas,
M. P., !charges Mr. Royal with a gross
breach of faith in the disallowance mat-
ter, saying he made solemn pledges at
his norniumtieg convention and. through-
ent the c Imp ogn to vote ‘vant of con -
in rhe
rale (tut.)):‘tion.
fi•lenee in the (.;overnment en the dis-
-There is great excitement at Mat-
tawa, ov, ing to a rich viett of gold hav-
ing been discovered. The vein crosses
ithe Ottawa river and enters the moun-
tains on the north side in Quebec Pro-
vince. Large exploring parties have
started out to search the district for
gold, and all the moneyed men in the
vicinity have made investments. ..
—The barn and outbuildiogs of Mrs.
T. Young and Mr. R. Thompson, near
Lucan'were destroyed by fire the other
day. The fire is said to have started in
Young's, and, only a line fence dividing
them, Thompson's Was soon enveloped
in flames, and both burned, neither
party saving their implements.
—Two young men belonging to Lam-
beth named Elson and Trick, were ar-
rested the other day for sheep stealing,
and admitted to bail. On Saturday
their bondsman stated that he had heard
they intended running away, and asked
,to be relieved. Detective Hodge, of
London, went out and arrested the two
men and they are now in jail.
—Miss Jennie Allen, eldest daughter
of Mr. 113. Allen, ex -M. P., Owen Sound,
died on Thursday morning last week,
after a lingering illness of about a year.
The immediate cause of the young lady's
death • was spinal disease, supposed to
have been induced by a fall in the roller
rink in the spring of last year. The de-
ceased was a general favorite.
—The Orangeville woolen mills, own-
ed by Clarry & Robinson, were totally
destroyed by fire on Thursday night,
last week. The town water -works do
not extend to the mill and could not be
used. This fire will throw out of em-
ployment about 60 hands. The loss on
the machinery is estimated at $12,000
and on the building $6,000; total $18,-
000.
—A resident of Angus, named John-
son, went to Barrie on Saturday, and in
company with a number of others went
to, see a stallion named Young Lexington.
Although _warned by the caretaker,
neither he nor the others took any notice
and Johnston was kicked in the stom-
ach, from the effects of which he died
Monday evening, being conscious only
once after the accident.
—A sad railway accident is reported
from St. Therese, near Montreal. Mrs.
Francis Trudeau, a lady of 60 years of
age, was attempting to cross the track,
when she was struck by the Toronto
train coming at full speed and hurled
nearly 20 feet in the air, falling back
upon the stones and gravel, and being
partially cut in, two by the cars, • The
unfortunate woman died shortly after-
wards. I
—At the Niagara Methodist Confer-
ence, charges of fraud in obtaining money
having been preferred against Rev. An-
drew Edwards,! and sustained by the
evidence put in he was deposed from
the ministry and expelled from the
church. Edwards was at one ' time
stationed near London, and his reputa-
tion as a clergyman was not as desirable
as it might have' been at that time.
—Wm. Travis, of Tilbury Centre. who
was charged with the murder of his
wife, has been fciund not guilty by the
coroner's jury. He found his wife dead
in the house upon his return home from
work and supposed she fell down stairs.
He had the reputation of abusing his
wife, and the neighbors would not be-
lieve his story when her dead body was
found, and had him arrested.
—Gordon Robertson, the 13 year old
son of Mr, J. E. Robertson, barrister,
was instrumental in saving the life of a
little fellow nained Robert McCaw, .at
Toronto, Thursday. Some lads, McCaw
amongst them, Where bathing in the is-
land cut,when McCaw tried swimming on
his back,got frightened and was sinking,
when young Robertson plunged in after
him and brought him to shore after a
tough struggle.
—Dr. Bart Patine died at Tilson-
burg last FridaY morning after eleven
days illness from fever and pneumonia.
He was a son of !Dr. AleXander Pattullo,
of Toronto, and second eousin to G. R.
Pattullo, Registrar of Qxford and editor
of the Woodstock Sentinel Review.
He was educated at the Toronto Medi-
McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
cal School, and in New York, London
and Dublin. He was a member of the
Red Cross corps in the North-west.
I-te settled some months ago in Tilson-
burg, where his prospects were bright
and his friends many,
—It is said that a shock of earthquake
was experienced in the county of L'Islet,
Quebec, a few days ago. The mountains
in the second range of seigniory of St.
Roch des Aulnais were greatly disturbed;
pieces of rock weighing many tous were
dislodged and sent hurling into the val-
ley below. Some of the largest trees in
the forest were uprooted as if they were
branches. ! No serious accidents are re -
parted.
—A fine new stone church, with seat-
ing capacity for 500, built by the Con-
gregationalists of Woodstock, was open-
ed last Sabbath. One of the furnishings
is a $2,300 organ, at which Professor
Garrett, of Brantford, presided. The
following clergymen took part in the
services: Rev. Mr. Unsworth, of Paris;
Rev. W. Robertson, of Chesterfield;
Rev. E. D. Silcox, Embro ; Rev. C. E.
Gordon -Smith, Stratford, and Rev, W.
Cuthbertson, the pastor.
—Rev. Wm. Ross, of the Cowcaddens
Free church, Glasgow, whose wonderful
success in evangelistic and congregation-
al work in one -of the most densely popu-
lated and abandoned sections of that
city, has madehisname well known and
widely respected, preached in Western
Congregational church, Toronto, last
Sabbath. His text was Ephesjans iv.,
7-10, and the sermon, an eloquent expo-
sition of practical Gospel truth, as
powerpowerful
ful and impressive.
---A German laborer who jobs about
Arthur village, was putting in some
fence posts the other day, assisted by
his young sons. One of the boys in pry-
ing against -the post with a, spade
splintered 'de handle, whereupon the
hrutarfather seized the spade and dealt
the child a blow on the head, laying the
skullebare for about three inches, and it
is by the merest chance murder was not
committed. One regrets the abolition
of the whipping post on occasions like
this.
—It having been rumored in Winni-
peg that Sir John Macdonald purposes
asking the Imperial Parliament to
-amend the British North America Act
curtailing the powers conferred epon the
Provinces to build lines of railway to
connect with other countries, the Local
Leg'slature will, it is said, adopt an ad-
dress to Her Majesty praying that she
do not allow the Privy Council to make
any change in the British North A -Meri-
ca Act by which the Provinces would bo
shorn of any of the rights conferred:upon
them in the said Act,
—Mr. M. Burges, a well known
citizen of Woodstock, who had been ill
for sorne time died a -few days ago.1 He
was the son of the late S. G. Buegess,
and was born in Michigan in 1845. His
parents soon after moved to Drnmbo.
In early life deceased removed to Wood-
stock, where he lived until his death.
He was widely known throughout the
Province and rendered good serviee
improving the breed of horses in this
.part of Canada. His wife was/ the
daughter of the late Lachlan Gunn, of
Woodstock. He left no children.
—John Brown and Edward Hogan,
belonging to the Gloucester fiShing
schooner, Richard Lester, who were
picked up at sea adrift in a dory and
have been landed at North Sydney,
underwent a dreadful experience. They
were adrift on the ocean for over six
days without a crumb of food or a drop
of water. After trying all imaginable
expedients to allay their thirst, grown
cut one of his arms in order thatl they
might swallow his blood, but the lrlood
would not flow. They then gave up all
hope of being rescued, but were at last
picked up by the barge Kate C. Maguire
in a terribly exhausted condition.
—A terrible explosion of dualine took
place in New Edinburgh ward, Ottawa,
on Thursday. A laborer employod on
the waterworks extension was carrying
a box containing 25 dualine cartridges,
when some one :called his attentiOn to
the fact that there was fir* in the box.
Ile hastily emptied the cartridges upon
the sidewalk and. stopped to piek up
five, with which he ran off, but he had
only got a few feet away when the others
exploded. The report was heard all
over the city. All the windoves,for
blocks were shattered, in many instances
sashes as well as glass being broken and
furniture in adjacent houses overturned.
No person was hurt, though several had
very narrow escapes.
—Thursday evening, last week, Mrs.
Barakat, a converted and educated.
Syrian woman, leetured before a large
audience in St. Andrew's Presbyterian
church, London. The chair was filled
by Rev. J. A. Murray. Mrs. -Barakat
in an interesting and touching manner
portrayed the miseries endured by
Syrian women before the introduction
of Christianity, hew in the past woman
had to confine herself strictly to hard
work and leavinga ; but the Gospel had
changed the order of affairs, and woman
was now elevated. In her addres4 Mrs.
Barakat gave a thrilling and touching
description of the massacre of Christians
in Egypt in 1882.
—The city of Hull is endeavoring to
compel the Eddy Manufacturing Com-
pany to pay taxes to the Roman
Catholic public schools. Hitherto the
establishment, belonging to Mr,. Eddy
alone, who is a Protestant, has been
rated for Separate schools, which, in
Quebec, are for the children of Pro-
testants. As the Eddy Company has
been recently incorporated, it is claimed
that they are bound under the Quebec
law to pay taxes to the Public or
Catholic schools. Mr.Eddy answers
that the company is incorporated in
Ontario, and consequently does not
come under the Act relating to incor-
porated bodies of Quebec. The case
possesses great pecuniary interest to the
company, as while under the Protestant
.
rate they only have to pay 8800 per
annum, the Roman Catholic rate on
their property would reach $4,000.
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