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NINETEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,025.
AFOitT
FRI
AY, AUGUST 5, 1887.
{McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
Great Cheap Sale
—OF
REMNANTS.
MITSL[NS,
PRINTS,
GINGHAMS,
DRESS GOODS,
SHIRTINGS,
FLANNELS,
CLOTHS,
TWEEDS,
And in fact all kinds
pods at the
-
A LADY MISSIONARY IN
.. INDIA.
•
'Dr. Marion Oliver, M. D., of Avon -
beak, in the county of Perth, is known
pOrsonally tonot a few and by -teputa-
1
tion to many of our readers. Having
completed her studies and received her
-
degree as a medical doctor, she, about
two years ago, went as a missionary of
the Presbyterian church to India, and
has since been laboring there most zeal-
ously in the service of the Master. She
was accompanied to India by Rev.. Me.
Wilson, of St. Marys, and Mrs. Wilson,
and is engaged with them in the work in
Indore. The following interesting de-
seriptien of a summer holiday enjoyed.
by herself and friends was contained in
84 letter to her former' pastor, Rev. R.
Hamilton, of Motherwell, in the county
of Perth, and we take it from the St.
Marys Argus:
liAsusua, May 30, 1887.
• I was so pleased to get the photo. One
likes to know we are not forgotten. • It
adorns the mantelpiece of the one little
rough, wooded house, which at present
forms the abode of Miss. Beatty and my-
self, a house so rudely constructed that
backwooks shanty might be called a
mansion. A few steps from our house
are the Wilsons, in a similar house, and
of a little farther on the Wilkie family, but
they being a large family must have at
least a two -roomed house. Just as in
the early days in Canada, so 'tis here.
Everybody is on the same level as far as
their house is concerned. We have gen-
erals, colonels, mayors, even the agent
of the Governor-General,all around us
with their families, and all in just such
grand palaces as ours.
This is the way English people in
India seek a change instead of going to
fashionable watering place, and cer-
tainly it is a much surer way of finding
health, for if one can't get strong in this
bracing air, one may give up the search.
Where are we you begin to wonder.
'Away on the top of the mountains of
-'1(ashinir, some 10,000 feet above the sea,
)vhere the air is so rare that for the first
-few weeks neither Mrs. W. nor I coeld
find room in our lungs to breathe when
we attempted to walk up hill.
Kashmir may be called the Sanitarium
of India, though it is only within the
last few years that English women have
ventured into it, owing to the great dif-
ficulty of getting over the Hirnalays
k into it. To me that was by fat the
pleasantest part of our journey, and I
think I may say the same of all our
party. We came in regular gipsy fash-
ion; taking a couple of weeks to get
over the nearly 160 miles' of mountains.
,We made a march of from ten to fifteen
miles daily, pitchine° -our tents or else
staying over nightin the travelers'
'bungalow.
The whole way, with the exception of
ithe first 40 miles is a narrow mountain
owned mad used by Messrs. Harvey and path, over which no one could venture
McQuesten as a dye house and wool , to take a vehicle of any sort. Coolies
house, in connection with their woolen carried our baggage and provisions; also
and cetton mills at Tlespeler. The ;Ithe children, invalids and weakly ones
alarm was promptly given by the night I of our party had to be carried by Coolies
watchman, but before the water works ' , in a sort of boat in which one could sit
system on the premise& could be got or lie. Not being an invalid I preferred
fairly into operation the fire had made i to walk, when a hill pony could not be
great headway. By strenuous efforts, obtained. .I must have walked not less
however, the fire was got under before than sixty miles: Mr. Wilson grew so
the entire building was destroyed. The strong over it that he walked the last
sortine and wool rooms being kept in march of 16 miles without being in the
tact. 'The remainder of the building,- least fatigued. I walked it too, but
comprising picker, drying, scouring and, must own that it was almost too much
dye -house departments was completely for me.
gutted, nothing but the bare walls re-, What magnificent views we got; great
Training. The loss will be between ten towering snow-capped mountains above
and fifteen thousand dollars, which ha us, with streams tumbling down- their
probably well covered by insurance'. sides, and below us the roaring ; Jhelum.
The cause of the fire is believed to have The roads follow the course of the river
been spontaneous combustion in some of all the way and are often a thousand
the oily wool. feet above it. It seemed like hanging
• ; in mid air. Of course the road was clan-
-A. dispatch from Stratford on Wed-. gerous. Donkeys carrying loads often
nesday last says was reported fall over the precipices into the river
among the errand Trunk Railway ern., below, but hundreds of people travel
ployee,s a few days ago that brakeman over it every summer and no lives have
John Knox had been married in Blyth been lost, so why should we be afraid.
to Miss Gallagher, of Stratford. Knox The valley of Kashmir ie very much
was at the time acting baggageman at like .some parts of Ontario: When we
Blyth. Knox inserted an adversisement cameein the middle of April the apple
in a local paper denying tho rumor, and' and peach trees were in full bloom, and
Miss Gallagher, or Mrs. Knox, is taking everything except the people and the
proceedings against him. The case is s houses made • one think of our finest
peculiar that it is exciting considerabl Canadian spring weather. The houses
interest. Both -the parties have hitherte are rudely constructed, even the palaces
borne good reputations. and all the -roofs are covered with grass.
-A young lad, son of Mr. D. McTaan I saw one roof a perfect mass of bright
-ish, who is working for Mr. B. Cole; tulips. .
near Russeldale, had quite a tussle with, Srinagar, the Capital of Kashmir, is a
a bull a few days ago. The bull attack- city of about 125,000 inhabitants and is
ed the lad in the field, and after getting an abominably dirty place. The part
his horn under his intended victim gave reserved for English residents is away
him a toss into the air. Mr. Cole hap, beyond the native city, and would be all
pened to see the boy as he flew up over the better were it a few miles farther
the bull's head, and. made for the spotaway from Srinagar odours. The river
When Mr. Cole arrived the boy was Jhelum forms the main street of the city.
holding onto the ring in the animal's There is no such thing as a wheeled
nose,and remarked to his rescuer, "Now vehicle in all Kashmir. People go to the
you belt him while I run and get over
the fence."
-Mr. Thos. McLaren, blacksmith, Of
Mitchell, came near being gored to death
by a vieious cow a few -days ago_ Ile
had just purchased the brute, and was
tryieg to get her into his yard by means
of a rape attached to a ring in her nose.
She ran to the other side of the street,
dragging him upon his back, and he had
no sooner regained his feet than she •
plunged at him with her horns, throW-
ing Cum down and tearing his shirt from
his back. Fortunately assistance was at
hand, and to this he owes his escape.
He was badly injured, and has not since
been able to work.
-John McBride, M. A. who was in
the first year of his medical course at
'Trinity Cotiege_, died of typhoid fever at
his home in Bradford last Friday moral- ity of seeing something of the varioue in- being told that the church was cl
The deceased was a brother of Mr. teresting cities along the line, and also for the holidays., Prof. Swing had
Win. :McBride, M. A., of Stratford, who afforded us the great pleasure of meeting the city and would not return unti
has been at his bedside for some weeks. with and seeing something of the Wor k, first September. We also learned
both of the Rajpootana mission and the all the churches "down town," th
in this part of ;the city, were close
the same reason-holidays-excep
• First Methodist Episcopal, corner
and Washington streets. We f
this church occupying the second
of a large 1,)lock, the first story of
is devoted to a variety of business sl
a tobacco -store being one of them.
Cheap Cash Store of
Hoffman d Co.,
Cardno's Block, Sealorth,
-Monday afternoon a sad accident
occurred at the gas works in Woodstock.
Aman named Burbanks was engaged in
cleaning out a hole in connection with
some part of the works which was being
fixed. He was told. not to go down him-
self by the manager of the works and
wa.e warned to the same effect by his
comrade. He apirears to have neglected
both the order of the manager and the
warning of his comrade, for he was
found lying at the bottom of the hole
with his face in the water. Ile was
taken up and a doctor immediately sent
for, but life was extinct. He had gone
down in the hole when alone, and had
become overcome with gas. The water
in. the hole at the time was not more
than sufficient to cover the unfortunate
man's face. Deceased was a very in-
dustrious, hard-working man. He was
about 40 years of age, married, but had
120 family.
-About three o'clock Saturday morn-
ing a fire broke out in the large building
driving Mr. and Mrs. W
pelf 'to [see its manobjec
while
ed ove
the
Misses
missio
stand
I, Wise
which
UIwlar is like Jeypore
clean 'City for India, bein
draine
and w
round
perfec
Lea
us we
our
place.
acres
bon and my-
-s of interest,
iCs Beatty rested. We remain -
Sabbath at Ulwar, another of
nited Presbyte ian stations.
Ashcroft and Jai iieson are the
ares there. The have a sub -
1 and pretty stone hurch, such as
d like to see at Avonbank, in
Mr. Wilson preac ed.
a marvellously
all thorougly
paved streets
ompletely sur-
iich render it a
e hot season.
a desert behind
ub, passing on
next 'halting
thousands of
ost of it in the
rch. At Lahore
Being the capi-
also a city in
sbyterians have
half a century,
too short for al
d Mr. Forman
orma.n,who wa
nter stirring u
, whom we me
o have been in
s, and are now
et still working}
ough their boys'
•out 1,300 boys,
ey have nearly
attending their
ill soon be won
dons.
ay ride brough
also to the en
t lies just at the
nd being so nea
is an important
we spent thte
and Wilson tak-
r. Taylor, th6
n earnest, good
esbyterians haVe
e afternoon we
ee service, eon -
Mr. Ullman, a
hale, hearty old miss onary, who also
has held up the cross o
for half a century.
his hand did me good.
The inhabitants of Kashmir are nearly
all Mahotnmedan but1 are ruled by a
Hindose Maharajah, who keeps them in
a state of almost slavety. None are al-
lowed to leave the Va
special permission. He
try from the English
d e,nd having well
atetworks. It is
d by mountains w
t furnace during ti
big the Rajpoota
entered the Punj
ay to Lahore, ou
Thousands upo
f wheat fields,
ear th ugh it was still M
ained two days.
the Punjaub, and
the American Pr
mission for almos
t that one day wa-
shed to see. Dr. a
the geandfather of Mr.
in Tol-onto during the w
theistudents on mission
there l are both men w
India' ahout forty yea
white hired old men,
Mr. Forman took us th
school, Where we saw a
all as busy as bees. T
2,000 boys and girls
schoels.' Surely Lahore
from idark, dark beetle
A tw-elve hour's rail
us to Rkwal Pindi, and
of our journey by rail.
foot of the Himalayas,
the border of India, it
military station. Her
Sabbath, Messrs. Wilki
ing the services for
Presbyterian Chaplain,
man. The American P
a mission here. In t
went to hear their Ur
ducted that day by Re
we re
tal of
whic
had a
we fe
we W
regular past
D. D., former
own desk.
appearing m
ing a powe
through the
verberating s
pensed to th
seemed to be
two-thirds
Although th
Christ in India
he very clasp of
r, Rev. H. W. Bolton,
y of Boston, occupied his
e is a large, earnest, plain
n of middle age, and hav-
ful voice which rung
empty galleride with re-
und. Sacrameht was dis-
members, of whom there
a large number, more than
f the people partaking.
galleries were empty, the
lower part of the auditorium Was well-
filled, and
500 there m
congregation
pipe organ,
ist and cho'
This, howev
my way of
tional singi
the best I e
The whole
and feelingl
sentiment o
done singin
Ages," I f
Encore!
This in Rel
mon was s
ley Without his
bought the coun-
overnment for 65
lachlof rupees. • He compels the people
to hand over to him half of all that is
grown lor manufactured, also half of all
cattle and sheep.
The'Church Missionary Society have
had a mission in Srinagar for about 20
years and are doing god work. Espec-
ially sticcessful has their medical work
been under Dr. ElmSlie, and now under
Dr. Neve, both trained in Edinburgh
medical mission.
I have been spending my days here
over Hindi, and hope I may master
enosigh of it to do something with the
being seated for over
st have been a considerable
present. There is a fine
ut it was silent, the organ -
being absent holidaying.
r, was but a slight loss in
hinking, as the congrega-
g was exceptionally good,
Ter remember of hearing.
ongregation sang heartily
, and in sympathy with the
the words. When they had
that grand hymn "Rock of
It like shouting, Encore!
r. Bolton's text was " Do
embrance of Me." The ser -
ort and ractical. Sabbath
School opens at 12 o clock, immediately
after church service. The children had
assembled and were singing while the
was dispersing. This is
e fashionable churches. The
ded me very much of a Sen -
congregatio
not one of t
people rerni
-forth audience, plain, decent respectable
looking people, both men and women.
In dress, appearance and manner, differ-
ing little from the Methodists or Presby-
terians in oer own town. The collection
was taken in long handled ladles.
We were Shewn courteously to a good
seat and then let alone. In the evening
after scanning the columns of the Sun-
day Tribune for some information con-
cerning places of worship, with very
ction as only two or three,
oo far away, were mentioned
evening service, we started
one of some sort. Walking
ash avenue we stood for a
certain which way to turn.
people were going in every
ut to follow the crowd was
n that we would finally bring
urch. We faced southward
and after walking some distance dis-
covered wl
building
inquiries
to the SN
find a Pre
the street,
would be
churches N
days. W
There seems to be an abundant supply of
water, and from the elevation of the
locality, it is not' improbable that suffi-
cient head might be obtained to supply
our town with water. Here is a nut -for
the city fathers. Who will, make the
start and immortalize his name?
Canada.
Guelph will have a band toernament
on August 17th and 18th.
-The crops in the Northwest are re-
ported to be in magnificent condition.
-Upwards of 12,000 emigrants have
so far arrived this season at Winnipeg.
-The import S of Canadian lumber at
the port cif :Buffalo from January -to July
amounted to 4,831,330 feet.
-The next eXamination by the Board
of Dominion Land Surveyors will be held
in Ottawa on A gust 9th.
-The Moar al coal dealers will make
a further advan e in a few days, and the
price of coal will be $6 a ton.
-The first train load of coal from the
mine of the Canadian Anthracite Coal
Company has been received in Win-
nipeg.
-Chief of Police Smith,of Woodstock,
carried off three prizes at the Caledon-
ian games held in Philadelphia last
week.
-The by-law granting a bonus of
$6,000 to the Eesex county brass found-
ers, of London, to remove to St. Thomas,
which was voted on last Thursday, was
defeated.
little satisf
and those
as holding
out to find
out to Wa
moment u
Crowds of
direction,
no indicati
up at a c
0
•
at appeared to be the sort of
e were in search of. Making
'e were told that it belonged
edenborgians, but we would
byterian church farther down
but it was doubtful if there
ny service, as nearly all the
ere closed just now for holi-
walked on for probably half
a mile w en we reached a'very large
Catholic church ; a quarter of a mile
farther on we found one where a tablet
on the Wall informed people • it was
Methodist Episcopal. It was lighted up,
doors wide open, and had a pleasant, in-
viting appearance, but we passed by
still trying to find a Presbyterian church
that was not taking holidays. By and
by we reached a great unlighted, mas-
sive pile, with crows on the turrets and
closed doors. "Holidays" was evidently
patients when I get to Indere. written all over this structure. Aching
• Sabbath in
[WRITTEN FOR TII
The rattle of vehicl
of horses' feet on the hrick paved streets
and the tap, tap, of pedestrians heels on
the flagged sidewalks began with the
dawn of day and were quickly
followed by • the rumble of street
cara ; bearing their human freight
to the various centres, stations or
landings, thence to proceed on their
chosen Sunday pleasure excursions. So
numerous; in this great city, are the
avenues for pleasure seekers on the first
day ef the week that the applicants have
no cause for.hesitation except the inde-
cision' of choice. Looking out of the
window shertly after 6a. m., I observed
an emnibus, full of people and with
valises and traveling traps piled on top,
paesing along. Several delivery wagons
rughing different ways, half -a -dozen
hansems, uglys would have been a more
appropriate name, for the vehicle seems
. . •
to be a sort of mongrel between a cart, months, ministers, laymen, Sa at
gi and top buggy, some of them unoc- school teachers, all in a comatose &tate
cupid except by the diiver perched on so far as the duties of their sacred offices
his high seat at the back, others with
passengers. Two or three groups of
men women and children were hurry-
ing ?
along carrying satchels and parcels
as if makieg for a railway station. Two
ment were scra.ping rubbish off the street
while a stream of water from a hydrant
was completing the cloning process.
tl
At the first corner a couple Of s eet
fruit stands were being spread ith
apples, pears, peaches and other season-
able fruits which the crafty salesinen
were arranging in the manner n est
likely to attract the attention of the
paseer-by. These,so far as I remem er,
en
er-
limbs and weary feet reminded es that
Chicago. we had done considerable walking, so re-
YXFOSITOR.i tracing our steps we turned in at the M.
s and the clatter E. tablet. Here we found a large,plainly
seated, well lighted auditorium, with
beautifully painted and frescoed walls
and ceilings. Service commenced with
a rather sparse congregation at a quarter
before eight and lasted till nine o'clock.
There was • a large choir and grand
organ, but the singing was not so hearty
and spontaneous as at the morning ser-
vice we attended. I did not learn the
preacher's name, but he delivered an ex-
cellent discourse from John's Gospel,
chapter VII. verse 17. If we had not
found a Presbyterian church we certain-
ly heard a Presbyterian sermon. It was
10 o'clock when we reached the Palmer
House, and ae we had not yet had sup-
per, that was the first business we at-
tended to. This church holiday busi-
ness, when viewed through a Canadian
lens, appears to be rather over -dorm in
this city. Churches closed up for two
out and was badly bruised about the
body, while his face and head were
seriously smashed. -When assistance
came his injuries were found to be so
serious that the ambulance was telephon-
ed for, and McAuley was 'removed to
the hospital.
-At the closing examination of the
Yorkshire Technical Dyeing College, out
of one hundred, and four pupils, the first
place was taken by J. D. Allen, son of
Joseph Allen, of the Britieh-American
Dyeing Co., Montreal and Toronto, who
received 83 per cent. of the total number
of marks. The college contained stu-
dents from Canada, Brazil, Germany,
Japan and Spain.
-Some of the leading Ottawaforward-
ers have stated that during the present
season since the opening of navigation,
there has been shipped from that city by
boat some 150,000,000 feet ef sawn lum-
ber; some of this was last year's cut,
but the greater part has been cut this
year. Of this amount more than three-
quarters has gone to the United States
and the remainder to England.
-On Monday last the citizens of -Port
Arthur waited upon Professor- Goldwin
Smith, who was passing through to Win-
nipeg, and presented him with an ad-
dress, thanking him for his advocacy of
unrestricted reciprocity, to which he re-
plied in happy terms. He compared the
surface of the two Algomas to a casket
containing a rich treasure, but American
capital was required for its develop-
ment.
-A report just issued by Mr. John
Winchester, inspector of legal offices for
Ontario, shows that the fines imposed
under the Scott Act in the Province in
1886 reached $41,195. Of this sum
$8,843 went to the municipalities, and
back to the bush in the afternoon, oaten -
$9,590 to the inspectors. The offenders
sibly on his way to Granton, and while
failed to pay $900, and were committed
there cut a deep gash in his throat with
in default. Fines to the extent of $2,620
a razor which he had taken with him.
were appealed against, the sum of
The cut not being deep enough to wound
$15,582 mains unpaid, and $4/360 is in
the blood vessels he was unsuccessful in
the he...itis of police magistratesi•
his object, and after a time returned to
-Rev. Dr. Potts, of Toronto, met
the house. The old man has been for
with a serious accident a few days ago
some time past somewhat deranged in
which will confine him to his room for a
mind, and,tiring of life,took this method
month or more, and perhaps leave per -
of getting rid of his supposed troubles.
manent results. Dr. Potts was getting
At last accounts there were good pros -
off a train at North Toronto station,
ects of his recovery.
when he stepped on a short plank in the P
-The long pending dispute betsveen
platform, one end of which was not
the lumbering firm of Gilmour & Co.
properly nailed down. The end on
which he stepped went down under his and the settlers in the township of Egan,
weight, and he fell heavily forward on Ottawa County, has culminated in the
of Rev. Father Parodic and a
one knee, injuring his knee -cap and arrest
slightly hurting one of his elbows. settler named Brouillard, on a charge ef
-A serious accident happened on Fri- removing the mark of Gilmour & Co.
logs and substituting there:
day last to Mr. James Legge, a young from a let of
for the mark of another party, to whom
man who was working oia the farm of
Mr. John Grant, third concession of •the logs were sold. Father Paradis has
a,lso been summoned to appear before the
London. Mr.Legge was engaged shock -
Hull police magistrate on a charge of
ing oats when Mr. Grant's team became
frightened and ran away with the binder. forgery, preferred by an employe of the
Young Legge attempted to stop the run- Gil:flours. This charge is based upon
the fact that the priest endorsed the
aways, but was knocked down and run
name of Major White, of Amnond, on a
over by the horses and the binder,
cheque for some payment in connection
sustaining a broken leg and such in -
with the disputed lots. Father Paradis
juries to his spine as will probably prove
fiL
-The first ,passenger car and engine
crossed the new Canadian Pacific Rail-
way bridge over the St. Lawrence River
at Lachine at 10:30 o'clock Saturday
morning.
-It is reported that a Mr. Ward, of
Beckettown County, Welland, 89 years
of age, took quite a long walk the other
day, and on his walk killed a black
snake nearly six feet long.
-Mr. Powderly, General Master
Workman of the Knights of Labor, will
probably be a guest at the labor demon.-
stration which will take place in Hamil-
ton on September 28th.
-The Manitoba Local Government
are now considering a proposition for the
construCtion of a line of railway between
Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie. A
subsidy of $200,000 is said to be asked.
-While blasting in a stone quarry in
London township, James Brien sustained
serious injuries by an untimely explos-
ion. He was hurled about twenty feet,
lost one of his eyes, and was otherwise
burned and bruised. He willrecover.
-Mr. Eraatus Wiman will address
the Board of Trade and merchants of
Detroit on the subject of Commercial
Union with Canada, on the 30th inst.
He will be aceompaned by Senator But-
terworth.
• -An ex Torontonian named West is
wanted in St. .Louis for murder. It is
said West eloped with a servant girl
named Beck and afterwards poisoned
her with arsenic. West is alleged to be
insane.
-English commission houses warn
Canadian buyers' against paying any-
thing like last year's prices for apples.
They say prices in England will run 35
to 40 per eent. lower than last year,
owing to heavy crops there and on the
continent.
-The St. Thomas police magistrate
decided in a recent Scott Act trial that ton, ber father's name being John
it was the duty of the prosecutor not Power. She was visiting friends in
only to prove the. sale of liquor to sus- Prospect.. The other young lady was a
tain the charge, but to prove that it had daughter of Wm. B. Christian, of
been sold by the defendant, his servant Prospect.
or agent. -A drunken Indian row occurred
-Sir J. Blackwood, Secretary of the near Selkirk, Manitoba, last Thursday)
Imperial Postoffice Department, will which will probably result fatally. Set: -
leave England on the 6th prox. for
Canada, his mission being to enquire
into the advantages offered by the Cana-
dian Pacific railway as an Imperial .mail
route to the East.
-A case of rape by a prominent 'citi-
zen of Ottawa on a little girl 12 years
old is reported, and, it is said, will be
before the courts in a few days. It is
said that the girl was enticed into an
unoccupied house on Monday night of
last week and outraged.
-A political demonstration in honor
of Mr. Wilfred Laurier was held on
Tuesday in Somerset, Quebec. There
was a large attendance, and numerous
addresses were presented to the leader
of the Liberal party. Mr. Laurier spoke
for two hours, defining his position and
policy.
-The jury empanelled on the inquest
on the bodies of the victims of the St.
Thomas railway disaster, returned a
verdict on Tuesday morning at three
o'clock, to the effect that the deceased
persons came to their death through the
criminal negligence of the engineer and
conductor of the ill-fated train.
• -About nine o'clock last Thursday
night a fire occurred in the centre of the
city of Kingston and appearances in-
dicated its spread' into a great conflagra-
tion, but the flames were checked, and
the damage confined to. the properties of
Maloney & McCutcheon. Loss about
$S00; no insurance.
-At the inetance of the Crown, Peter
Nettle, liberated by a coroner's jury at
Fort Erie last Thursday, will be brought
before Polioe Magistrate Hill at Niagara
Falls and giyen a hearing on a charge of
•murder. If sufficient evidence be ob-
tained, Crown Attorney Raymond will
ask that!Nettle be committed for trial at
the October assizes.
-Last Thureday afternoon while Chas.
Harding, a. farrier living near Ayr, was
proceeding home from town, he was run
into by the 240 p. m. Canadian Pacific
railway train going east. The horses
on Mr. Dunn, who lives a short distance were instantly killed and the buggy
sed Ifrona the top of Brisbin's Hill. !Sir. smashed to pieces, the old gentleman
left Dunn had started..2. well and had blasted being thrown against the water -tank
the down a distance of five feet a cavity and seriously,but it is hoped not fatally,
that some thirty-six feet in circumference, injured.
t is, when finding the rock too hard, he -Matthew McAuley, a teamster, who
for abandoned the idea of blasting, and de- lives at the sand pits near Bloor street,
drill the balance of the well Toronto, was seriously injured the other
day through his team running away.
He was driving an excavating cart,when
a passing train's ehrill whistle stertled
his horses, and they ran away. The
frightened team tore up the street at a
bazar in boats. We tented for the first were the most noticeable objects ta
three weeks in the part of the city re- in during. two or three minutes o
served for English visitors. When find- vetion.
ing a lovely spot on the shore. of a lake- Shortly after 10 a. m. we set ou
the lake celebrated in Moore's Leila find, Central church, the pastor of w
Rookh-s4e moved our tents to it and is the celebrated 'Prof. David Sw
remained there. It began to grow sultry whe created a great furore some
and warm, when ten days ago we climb- years ago amongst the orthodox by
ed the mountains to this table land, unsoundness of some Of his publicly
Von see we are becoming , very nomadic pressed ideas. He is adjudged on
as all dwellers in tents are. This, how- the most popular and eloquent preac
ever, -will be our last move until we set in the city and he has either. ba
out on the homeward journey, in about into -the traces of orthodoxy agaa
k hence. the mood for criticizing doctrinal p
to
ich
ng,
few
the
ex -
of
ers
ked
• or
ints
are concerned. Are we to infer from
this that his majesty,the monarch of the
lower regions, is also resting on his oars,
or out rusticating? We are told that he
"Goes about like a roaring Lion, seeking
whom he may devour, nothing said
there about laying off for holidays.
Surely a kind and faithful Shepherd
would never close the corral,shutting the
flock on the outside, unless he had made
assurance doubly sure that the "other
fellow," the roarer, was away beyond
the possibility of ravaging or worrying,
or leading astray the sheep and lambs
entrusted to his caret The saloons,
pleasure gardens and theatres are not
closed for holidays on any day of the
week. We passed a very large circular
building last night, devoted to pano-
ramic and theatrical performances. Peo-
ple were going in couples and groups,
and though dark on the outside, except
up at the roof, the inside was brilliantly
illuminated. . .
I had intended giving some descrip-
tion of Lincoln Park, which we visited
Saturday last, but time forbids at pres-
ent. Yours very truly, M. E. McL.
r ,Cutc.wo, August 1st, 1837.
Miss Beatty is not yet strong enough h'as passed away and the great cong-re- .
for the journey and will not return before gations calmly listen without a ri ple • -The Picton Times of last week has
September. Owing to her extreme weak- of ylisapproval. On arriving at Ce tral the following: • What might be an ad-
ness we were obliged to make a slew Music Hall, corner State an% Rand lph vantage to this towh, if utilized,was dis-
journey,even onthe railway when coming street, where the congregation vor- covered a few days ago on the farm of
.
• I d e This ;rave usran oppo• rtun- ships, we were greatly disappointe
Some time ago Mr. McBride supplied
Ids brother's piece in the Collegiate In-
stitute at Stratford, and while doing 80
made many friends there by his fratik
and courteous manners and manly char-
acter. Only thirty-three years of age
and well up in his studies, Mr.McBride'a
success in life was assured, and his un-
timely death is a serious loss.
. A
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American Presbyterian. After leaving
Neemuch our first halt was at Ajmere,
where we were called upon by Mr. Gray,
Dr. Husband and all the ladies. We
stopped again at Jeypove, which wonder-
ful city we were able to see a good deal
of, through the kindnese of your friend,
Mr. Train. He spent the whole day
1
of the Circassian lady or the fat girl no
amount of persuasion would lead the
horse to divulge. Both occupants were
thrown from the, wagon and the latter
demolished. The suit is broughtmerely
for the price of the. wagon, which was
paid under protest, and a law firm re-
tained to defend the case.
-On Friday, the 29th ult., Alexander
McFarlane, of EtObicoke township, died
at his residence on Dundas street in tthe
said township, at the advanced age of 88
years. He was a native of Perthshire,
Scotland, came to this country with his
parents and other members of the family
in 1823, and settled OD Dundas street
near where he died. He was a consist-
ent member of the Baptist; church, and
for about fifty years superintendent of
the Sabbath School at 'Islington. He
was also Reeve of the township council
for many years. •
-On Saturday Mr. James Orr, a well-
known farmer living near Emery, on the
6th concession of York township, was
hauling in grain. When turning the
brow of a hill the load upset and Mr.
Orr fell a distance of fifteen feet, sus-
taining such injuries that his recovery is
doubtful. The baekbone is either broken
or dislocated -the doctors in attendance
are as yet not sure which. Everything
possible is being done to pull Mr. Orr
through. He is about 35 years of age
and well known in the township. Dr.
Charlton and Dr. M. Aikins are in at-
tendance.
sad affair occurred on the Cendar
Swamp Line, in the vicinity of London .
recently, when Mr. John Bruin, sr., at-
tempted to take his own life by cutting
his throat. The old man, who is 83
years of age and lives with his son, went
does not deny the endorsation, and says
-While a party of two men and seven he had full authority to use Mr. White's
young ladies were out in a sail boat off name.
Prospect, West Halifax, on Sunday, the
-We clip the following from last
craft was capsized and two -of the ladies,
week's Pluton Times : Mr. J. P. Blake -
Bessie Power and Annie Christian, were
ly, of this town, brought to the Times
drowned. Their bodies have not yet ' '
office on Saturday a potato vine the
been found. •Miss Power lived in Bos -
main part of which was about eight
inches in length. About two inches of
the top of the vine were withered and
dead. In the inside just below the
withered portion was a live grub, 1.1
inch long, covered with feet on the low-
er side, and armed with a strong beak.
This grub had. evidently eaten his way
up through the stalk from near the root,
eral Indians procured a. supply of w is-
EP.
t.
;
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t
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pro- 1 leaving the stalk hollow. It would seem .
k at Selkirk and before they had
ceeded three miles from town they had
a fight, several of the number taking
part in it. The climax was reached
when James Settee struck a fellow -red-
skin with an axe, splitting his skull and
rendering him insensible, in which state
he still continues. He is not expected
to recover.
-A fire broke out at Petrolea about
one o'clock Saturday, supposed to have
originated by some parties throwing hot
ashes out on the dry grass, and before it
could be checked spread for over half a
mile, consuming everything before it,
burning several tanks, derricks and
buildings, and a considerable amount of
crude oil. k ortunately the wind was
blowing directly opposite to the town,
thereby preventing a disastrous fire.
The full fire brigade was on hand and
rendered valuable assistance. The loss
is not yet known.
-Two Canadian fishing vessels have
arrived at Canso from the Banks, and
report that American fishermen had
robbed them of their fresh bait, and had
etripped the hooks off their trawls and
partly destroyed the latter. Similar
complaints have been made by other
Canadian schooners, and the facts have
been reported to the Department of
Fisheries. The Canadian fishermen say
that fish will not bite at the salt clams
thrown over by the Arnericaus, hence
the latter steal fresh bait from Canadian
trawls-.
-James R. McLean, the second son
of Widow .MeLean, of Ekfrid township,
near Strathroy, aged about 14 years,
while riding a horse home from the har-
vest field the other day, was dislodged
front his seItheand thrown back. The
horse having its harness on, the boy's
foot got entangled in it, and he was
dragged with his head on the ground to
the stable, a distance of some forty rods
or so. When released from his fearful
position, it was found that life was ex-
tinct. He was terribly bruised, and
the scalp almost completely torn from
his head.
-A novel law suit, in which D. A.
Holme, of Springville, -N-Ova Scotia, is
the
lark
und
floor
hich
ops,
The
;I
ciaea
which he did, and -when only eighteen
feet below the surface struck a vein,
that in a few minutes filled the large
basin blasted and ever -flowed the surface
so as to thoroughlt, wet the ground for a
considerable distance from the well.
plaintiff and Frank A. Robbins, of Rob-
bins, of Robbins' circus, is defendant, the top of the train, the latter part of
will come before the Nova Scotia Courts. which did not go over the embenkthent.
It appears that the circus billposters A carload of live stock belonging to one
for a consideration obtained liberty to Mackenzie went down, killing several
post their bills on a barn adjacent to horses. The top of the car was wrenched
the road, and as the plaintiff and his out and the balance of the animals
wife were driving by their horse took ',Reaped into the water and swam
ashore.
as though when the vine had shot
through the earth about an inch the egg
had been deposited in it from which the
grub was hatched, and that the grub had
grown and preyed on the plant just as
the latter had grown. Since Saturday
Mr. Blakely has found other vines simi-
larly affected, -two of which with ac-
companying grubs he has transmitted to
Mr. Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist at
Ottawa, for identification and descrip-
tion. The potato affected is known as
the early Ohio, and the area Mr. Blake-
ly has planted is three-eighths of an acre.
This 'grub is a much more formidable
looking animal than the so-called Color-
ado potato bug that has so long been
such a pest. ;
-A peculiar accident occurred on the
Canada Pacific Railway on Friday even-
ing last between Port Arthur and Rat
Portage, at the second trestle, the point
being known as Summit. The trestle
had been filled in, but the embankment
had slid into the lake, carrying about
twenty yards of track. A heavily -laden
freight train of seventeen cars came
thundering round the curve. Engineer
Geo. Gould, instantly recognizing the
terrible danger, whistled down brakes,
the hard shock being so great as to
throw the passengers in the caboose from
one end to the other. The brakes were
applied too late, and the engine and ten
cars were pitched headlong down the
steep embankment, rolling into the lake
and being frightfully wrecked in the
descent. The engine was completely
buried in the water, and seven cars were
smashed to pieces, lying with their
freight, coneisting of dry goocls,groceries,
merchandise, instruments, etc., in the
bottom of the lake. Three cars are not
so badly wrecked, and the remainder of
the train was saved without damage.
Engineer Gould stuck to his post till the
last moment; and just as the train was
going over he jumped with it. Every-
body thought he must be killed, but he
was afterwards rescued from the debris
and found only to have received a frac-
ture of the ribs and other trifling in-
juries. The bra.kesman saved himself by
ushin from the tender and back over
break -neck pace. McAuley was thrown fright. Whether it was at the picture
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