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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-10-21, Page 1iss7. Jis went& ashes, kee Lady ;our melt TM, Issession be- iality. The notify Ale' to correct au by him for td to refund . The clerk fy the foilow- ve on the 2nd 5, on Ftiday tie a. tea, to, constuction I said place Drdanee witit turtles Act of , John Kale, Uy,.Timothy Nash, James- ;osh. It was nt of Patrick concession 2, ach or drain be authorized Fie next meet - Id at Mena,- kmday in Oce enottan.—Mrt township, ex )range Order, ta entertained er at Clinton a large num embers of the I -with a come npanied by a, ✓ tea serviea. ode in recog• long, faithful, interests of [le recognition other Orange - ng to the re- - creditable to• e long spared• atiful present .—Dat.a. EX - out of place to- public- to the of the illicit- Ilatee. No later ian who is &cl- iches fell into etines. After iar soaking of tt Aet coulitY ipecies of para. cliord had the prescription- t hands poured g water on hit gy Which would n a better cause, he unfortunate! mannerthat a. the community As soon as the itsness and the Oa, he crawled ier den, where e and was treat - 7/ if possible, irst exploit. If individual does he law against A it, he will not future for any hat may befall hose -whose duty tinge. The pro- tst of their great e liquor traffi0. acquaintedw.ith- irs may believe D are eye -wanes - kat part of Huron bear testimony hings under the tat it has been ;rue in the cou.n- sYstem prevail!? ;ers who are paid are not shyer" tom the circtue- persona dealing he most closedy itry wha contrila met but much te ralization of the e___Ntiet .At a meeting c`f turday, 8th inst., Cd to inspect thatv opposite lot ltit f found enlargen to specifications Tes for their labor. ren seconded ,e sureties of the - and his bond lie d with', the °le1:. sck, seconded Y the clr.rit be IR: packman, I to clean ou_ , lot 5, coneeso°1` ed was a 0 h Cite collector IV" work on Moll; ter passing a ea ijourried to in er It?th. .••••,..• • ittlm / NINETEENTEE YEAR. INSOLE NUMBER. 1,036. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1887. McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. Fall & Winter MILLINERY Opened & Ready for Inspection & Sale. Dress Goods, Trim Pgs In all the latest designs. Mantles and UI*ter Cloths. We never before had such a coiip1ete stock. Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery, Frillings, Ribbons, But- tons, etc., in al varieties. 'Underclothing, Ma Shawls, Flannels, Bl ets, &c., At the very lowest prices at Cheap Cash St —OF— Hoffman & SEAFORTH, Agents for Butterick's Rehab terns, Sheets and Books of the styles. tles, nk- the re 0. A SOUTHERN COLORADO FALL FAIR. e Pat - latest —Mrs. Janet Poison lived in a miser- sble little cottage on her preinises— about fifteen acres—in the townIship of Etobicolce, a few miles westof Mimic°. She was about 64, was conapaeo.tively 1 wealthy, being said1 to be worth etween $15,000 and$20,000. Saturday ,1 orning she was found lying on the floor, on her face, dead, having evidently poisoned herself. On Thursday of last week when she was in Toronto She boug1't some 1 strychnine from 'Messrs. N. C. E, ove & Co., for which she duly registered her name and said. she intended to uite it to destroy rata. The only reason that• can be assigned for the deed is that be had recently been " taken in" in the pur- chase of a horse, for which she gave $100—or about $70 more than the beast was worth—and that the transaction had seemed to trouble her a great deal. Mrs. Poison had been for fifteen years living lathe house where she died. Her hus- band died suddenly of heart disease about ten years ago. The deceased has a brother at Georgetown and a Sister at Mount Forest. She was an aunt of Mr. Wm. Pelson, of Toronto. . —On Monday night of last w P. R. Jarvis, of Stratford, was --- HURRKANO COUNTY, COLORADO, October 8th, 1887. DEAR EXPOSIToR,—As the attention of the pepple of Huron county, as well as elsewhere, is at this time of year very much directed toward the fall agricul- tural shows they will perhaps be inter- ested -in hearing something about a fair Pattended this week in the little moun- tain village of La Vett, It was the second annual exhibition of' the Huerfano County F,air Association, the first fair af the kind in the county handing been held a year ago. The exhibition ground, has been pre- pared at considerable expense. It is large, level and in every respect well suited for the purpose. It is enclosed able and or stock, tonwood -ion hall. grounds, made R. by a high board fence. Cornfor roomy sheds have been erected and at one side in a grave of co and box elder stands the exhibi This grove extends outside the and there almost eaery tree wa ek Mrs. awaken- proposal for a similar department in the exhibition this year, was sternly and solemnly voted down. There was &very good display of pre- served and pickled native- fruits an vegetables, and some beautiful roll but ter. Although all the northern varie ties of flowers are cultivated in garden, on the river ranches, for I have see them growing, and one friendly lad) has given me several large boquets o beautiful varieties, there were no cu flowers exhibited. A number of vigor ' ous healthy plants in pots, in full bloom, among which geraniums were conspicu-' ous, were the first to catch the visitor eye on entering the hall. Bunches o sheaves of grasses were also picturesquel scattered about on the tables. W' noticed timothy, alfalfa, millet and one small bunch of red clover with a fe heads in bloom on it. A collection -ores taken from the Spanish Peaks a tracted considerable attention. It may not be amiss to say something of the Spanish Peaks just here. The are two immense mountains within hal hitching post for a! saddled fnrse or a-dozen,miles or so of La Veta. T farmer's team while the farmers them- upper Portions of them are bare, gr selves, with ;heir wiges and children, rock, nowoovered with- snow, and a c 7arried their bas!kete -and a raps inside divided into ridges or peaks. The slop around leading up to the bare rock are cover with oak scrub, and over these slop from the great rocky pile a number natural walls run out somewhat in ti omanner of spokes from the hub of wheel. These walls are a very singul and peculiar phenomenon. There is sa to be nothing .like them in any oth part of the world. They are about feet in thickness and vary from 20 100 feet in height above ground. Th sides are as smooth and even as if -c with a lapidary's zax, and the ,rock cracked into large pieces as if fitted a laid Itogetheaby a stone mason. Betwe these walls the soil is a rich, black lo and sprigs break out here and th which suit admirably for irrigating p poses andfor stock. The land is ab all ;taken up, and there are fine farms these sunny slopes onavhieh every s rt of grain, grass arid vegetable can be grown, also freits of all kinds pertaining to a temperate! climate. The day before visiting the fair had a very pleasant drive up to one those mountain, ranches i This parti lar one is owned and occupied by Scotchman and his eister, named lc - Donald. They came from the vicin ty of Edinburgh, and have resided in tis • unique corner of the world for six or eight years. They have a pleasant, c m- fortable and very romantic home, nd we met with a right hearty welc me from them. It is much colder up there than on plains. The altitude mast be fully 8, feet. There was a hard frost the ni we spent there, and water in a standing all morning in the sun had one-eighth of an inch thick at 10 o'cl a. m., while down on the prairie t was not any frost. Oneour return from the fair we came on a large herd of cattle, rounded in Ifor of the ;a re - and picnicked under the tree the hall. At one side of the ground t fine half -mile race cOurse, epal railing, and here the sporting ample opportunity of trying t of their fiery steeds, which with great apparent fairness and deliber- ation. The exhibitien openedTuesday morning, and was continued through that day and the two following days, closing Thursday evening. T ere were horse races every afternoon, a d while these were in progress all otli r sight- seeing was suspended. I was 4i t privi- leged to be present on the ground except on one day, Wednesday, but fancy what took place on this day was a fair criter- ion of the proceedings of the other days. Horse -racing is not just exactly in my line, nor is it a recreation very attrac- tive to me, but observing the ladies' gal- lery crowded with not onlY title youth and beauty, but also the Oflpectability of Huerfano County, I gave a glance at ok towards ed by the figure of a man croucl ing past her bed room door. She awake Mr. Jarvis and he proceeded to investigate. Be rushed into the hall and got down stairs just as the intruder passed out of the kitchen door which he had evident- ly left wide open. Proceeding to in- vestigate Mr. Jarvis discovered that the burglar had got in through ground floor window. He c Mr. Jarvis' vest and pants, an wealth contained therein, viz., and his postoffice key.—On night Mr. David Agnew's hou same city was raided, entra effected by way of his cellar window. Here they secured a prize of between $40 and $50 in cash.—The residence of Mr. E. Hodgins was also visited but he heard some one prowling about the house and made a. hop, skip 4nd jump toward where the noise emana ed. The 1 burglar did likewise toward the open door and got there first. ! a front rried off all the 50 cents he same e in the ice being ere is' a sed by a en had e Mettle hey did .A.worria Golden Opportunity the race course and another 1 the onlookers, then with a I4ly friend climbed to a seat in the giUlery. A trotting race had just 1een called, there were only two entries, and the jockies were putting their animals through the preliminary exercises. One was a well- proportioned, tightly -made looking y, corning er was a d, heavy- beast that kept his gait stead' in first at every heat,' The ot hoax. He was a stiff -joint footed creature, and altegether out of place on a race courss. After this there orse race. this, and al to any 'Mg. The winner of the first prize was a beauty, and was ridden by a little Mexican boy. This closed the races for that day. The fair in all departments was More , scantily represented than its friends and quality of excellent. of Here - all thor- stein fani- ow, young mg and a vasa mag - Its. The reed with oses, while for rangeAngusl cat - his ooanty parties 1 but there were none on exhibition. No grade cattle were shown. A pens of Merino bucket with curled horns and wrinkled sented that branch of the co try. The cackling and,crow try drew our attention; to 2,000 Yaio-ds CARPET was a single dash, saddle b There were five entries for three of the horses were eci shown in a Huron speeding - promoters expected, but the almost everything entered wa Of cattle there were two pen.' fords and three of Holstein oughbred. In one of the' Ho ilies there was a bull, aged cow, a two-year old, a yea,' little calf. The male animal, nificent fellow weighing 2,2 Holsteins are the favorite farmers here for dairy purp the Herefords are liked best cattle. Galloway and Polled tle are being brought into and are owned by several o be Cleared at a SACRIFI9E. We can't spare the room:so Go They ust a pair of raftsmen'si boots. Well caulked, Ifa 5 ir is tn re r- ut 11 with the usual shark) nails in the sole, started to walk across the face of the falls. He proceeded about ten feet from the brink, and walked steadily until about three-quarters of the way across, when the current became ,very strong and the water deeper. A' single slip might have plunged him into the big kettle beneath. Steadying himself, he proceeded cautiously, carefully plant- ing one foot on the rocks before lifting the other, and in a few minutes from the time he started clitnbed up on a pier below Perley & Pattee's saw mill. Canada. A strong flow of natural gas has been found' at a depth of only 40 feet on the farm of Edward Lee, near Stoney Creek. —A magnificent mirage, in which two vessels could be seen on Lake Erie, was noticed b3oseveral people in St. Thomas on Friday last. —A commotion , has been created at Lansdowne by the stealing of a body. Parties are in Kingston searching for it, under the belief - that the students Mr. Johnston was going towards it to have it. • fix up the fire when the stub fell, strik- -The lower Traverse lightship near ing the little boy, crushing in his skull Quebec was run down Saturday at mid- and breaking one of his legs. He died night and Sunk by an unknown vessel. shortly afterwards. The crew was saved by a passing tug, —Arthur Fryce, a barber, of Lucan, but not without difficulty. was enjoying a quiet game of cards with —A fire occurred in Winnipeg on Thomas Anderson the other day. He Friday last, which caused the destruc- claime that Anderson played the tricks tion of two large business blocks, includ- of Ah Sin, and he rose in his wrath, ing Buckle's printing establishment, seized the stakes and proceeded to mark Boyd's bookbindery, the Bank of Otta- his disapproval of Anderson's conduct wa and Tees and Persee's warehouse. on his head with a poker. The latter The damage amounted to $30,000. could not see the joke in this, and —Two rothers named Masse, resid- caused Fryce to be arrested to answer a ing in St. Bruno, Cha.mbly County, left charge of assault and wounding. their father's house on Tharsday of last week to ge shooting. One of the young men shortly afterwards discharged his gun accidentally, Itilling his brotheravho ve of a couple of their long, kins repre- nty's indus- ng of poul- ome slatted boxes in which were, a few pretty, but not large, specimens of brown Iani- burs and Plymouth rocks, one box -Wing your Cash, and see w lat it will do at Edward McVaul's POPULAR DRY GOODS, turkey the alone with - Specimens of showed Pekin ducks, and on biggest I ever saw, reclined out a rival or competitor. wheat, barley, oats, and tye on the straw were shown; all the grain in hags was two small sacks of oat e which at- tracted much notice on accolint of their fine quality. The scarcity af grain was on aecount of the farmers having not yet threshed, and these fairs are such a re- cent innovation here that farmers have not yet learned to prepare Specially for them. There was a very creditable dis- play of vegetables. The potatoes could not be beaten in; Ontario, Oil anywhere else, and there were squashes that might, under pressure of circumsta,nces, be readily made to serve the -same useful purpose that the famous Peter Pump- kineater's pumpkin answered for. La- dies' work was better represented in the fine art and fancy work than anything else. There were no homeonade clothe, . or yarns, no plain sewing,' no rag car- pets or darned stockings. There was one pair of very fine silk knitted stock- ea.d about the oar, ill -shaped, of a rag mat, quilts. but one was one silk quilt of crazy patchwork. however, that was ahead of anything in l that line I ever saw. The colors were finely blen- ded and the decorations were elegant and tasteful. The ladies I of Huerfano county should do themselves better jus- tice at their own local fair, for thee are many clever and industrions house -keep- ers ainong them. Last year there was a baby show in connection and if there had been one this year it would undoubtedly have been a grand success as I saw a great many handsome specimens on the ground. By an oversight of the direc- tors last year, the judges chosen to act in this department were all bachelors and awarded the prizes te the prettiest girl babies without regard to any o her qualification. This so 'disturbed the serenity of the mammas, aunts and cousins of the slighted babies, that a h e 00 ht ub ice ck ere the night on the prairie at one sid the road. A fire was kindled on .; ground beside the "grub wagon !number of men were moving about paring supper and making things snug Millinery and Clothing House, SEAFORTH, ONT. were outside he 'would use his fist. Like a flash the trustee let fly his left, and blood came from the architect's nose. The blow was returned, and then the pugilists took hold and wired into each other for several minutes until the other trustees went into the room and separated the combatants and held them till their passions cooled down. The fight created quite a sensation, as both parties are prominent residents. The whole affair arose out of the diameter of a flue. —Rev. Mr. Burns, formerly a well- known Methodist minister of the Upper Ottawa, was baptised and received into the Catholic church in Ottawa College on Sunday. Among the clergy present were: Rev. Father Angier, provincial of the Oblate Order; Rev. J. M. Fayard, superior of the college; Rev. Father Pallier, Rev. Father Filliatre, D. D., and several others of the faculty. —A farmer named Robert Johnston, Melanchton township, a few days ago was burning stumps on his farm, and his little boy, five years of age, was with him. A large stub had been fired, and ings, one small loaf of b size of a large bun, one twisted looking specime two rather -pretty pieced was unquilted. There for the •night, and about two d horses belongieg to the outfit were g ered in a circle close by. Makings enquiries of one of the mounted dri we learned that there were 1,200 in drove. They were nearly all cows, every cow had a calf running with which would make somewhere a 2,000 altogether. They were being driven from Wyoming to New Meoico. Wyoming was gettiug too crowded and too cold. TheyAvere a very fine 1 t of animals and in good condition, notinith- standieg their long journey aid h to pick up their living by the ay. animals covered a space of ; abOu acres on a western slope and ma very pretty sight, reminding one .zen th- me -ers the and her, • out • revolver and threatened to shoot if the Indian did not go. The Indian then turned round and fired his gun at Mr. Henry. The latter then rode up to him and gave him the contents of his revol- ver. The Indian fell to the -ground, fatally woanded, and was just living at the time Mr. Snanks left the ,scene. After falling the Indian again fired, at Mr. Henry, who escaped by a miracle. —The Eganville • Enterprise records the death in that village of 13arney Melon, computed to be the oldest man in the Ottawa Valley, 110 years. Mr. Melon was a native of Ireland, and emi- grated to this country -about 80 years ago, and found his way up the Ottawa as a riverman. He witnessed the trans- formation of the Bonnechere and -Otta- wa Valleys from the untsod.den wilder- ness into the homes of industridus and prosperous thousands. The rebellion of 1798 was distinctly within his recollec- tion. He was quite vigorous up to the very eve of his death. , 1 —The Belleville Ontario saps that the other day two gallant maids ericounter- ed a bear north of Campbellford and started in pursuit of him. The bear took refuge in a tree, and the women battered at the tree and brought him down. He ran and they followed, and the bear climbed up another tree. They endeavored to keep him there till the arrival of. a man who had gone off to get his gun, but the bear forced his way down, notwithstanding the women fought him with sticks, and cleared off into the woods. —An adjourned meeting of the Belle- ville Board of Trade for the purpose of discussing the subjeot of commercial union between Canada and the United States was held last Friday evening, and —A wheat train telescoped another was largely attended by influential and wheat train at Whitetnouth, Manitoba, representative men. The discussion early Sunday morning. The engine was lasted until midnight. Two reaolutions badly wrecked and four cars of wheat i.vere curried; the first to form an asso- ciation or the purpose ofacliscussing commercial union, and the second that the meeting was in favor of the princi- ple of unrestricted trade or commercial union between Canada and the United States. ! . —The ship Monarch, reported wreck- ed recently on Mindoro Island, East In- dies with the loss of captain and crew, belonged to Mr. McLelan, Postmaster - General, who has cabled to the East In- dies for particulars. .The Monarch was engaged in foreign trade, going where - ever freight offered. She left New York several months ago for China on her last voyage. The vesseil was built at Lon- donderry, Nova Scotia, seven years ago, registered 1,200 tons and was valued at 850,000. Mr. McLeian's loss is covered by insurance. —A Kingston despatch says :—Hun dreds of acres of beaver meadows anc alder bushes have been burnt over in the rear townships so that they are entirely cleared and people are commencing to plough them. Thousands of ,acres of tine swamp land are laid flat. A tract of land of fifteen square miles was burnt north of Eganville that will ere long make the finest valley of farming land in the country. Men who were determined on going to lumber shanties have to re- main at home clearing land. —On Saturday night last burglars forced an entrance into Struthers' pri- vate bank, at Essex Centre, blew the safe open and carried off $1,800 in cash. It is probable the burglary was commit- ted by local cracksrnen, as they took ad- vantage of the absence of the manager to make their raid. early every private Ist bank in Essex couu y has fallen a victim to the enterprising burglar during a comparatively recent period. As no at- tempt had hitherto been made on Struth- ers', special precautions were always taken ,to prevent any such -raid being successful, but it seems that the burglars were equal to the occasion. ! aged about eighteen years, sou of Alex. —There was a very narrow escape Buchanan, farmer of Little River, and from a frightful holocaust at Ridgetown . George Scotton, aged about twenty- Sunday morning. About six o'clock eight years, whose parents reside in Simmons, clerk in the Grand Central California. Hotel, got up and on coming down stairs —Last Friday evening, about 8:30, discovered the barber shop in the base - John Larkin, son of Mr. Wm. Larkin, ment tat flames. With great presence of Elgin street, Hamilton, was held up and mind he alarmed the guests and other robbed on Kelly street. His assailants inmates, to 1 about the number of 70, Were two young men, and it is expected who escaped in - their night clothes. they are the same who asked him the Smoke in great volumes was pouring out time at the corner of Mary and Kelly of the doors and upper windows, while streets a short time before the assault. the basement was like a roaring furnace. Larkin was knocked down and badly The fire brigade soon got to work, and hurt. From his pockets were taken a by hard work kept the fire under con - $5 gold piece, 25 cent piece, a $1 hill, tete, and confined it to the basement. and from his necktie a gold breast pin. Loss about $2,000; fully covered by in - Larkin, at last accounts, was unconsci- surance. —At Barrington, Nova. Scotia, a few while Sir Charles Tupper and Messrs. —The Government organs report that ous and not in a condition to talk. days ago, a young man named Wm. Bowell and Cha.pleau were in Europe, dental discharge of a fowling -piece. He propositions for the purchase of the In- tercolonial railway were made to them Larkin was instantly killed by the acci- went out shooting in a dory, accompani by representatives of the Kamper Syn - ed by . a small- boy. On returning to dicate, but that the propoeals will not land Larkin attempted to lift his gun be entertained by the Government until out �f the boat by grasping the muzzle, after the construction of the Short Line Which was towards him. The spring railway through Maine, that is to say, caught in the gunwale of the dory and when Mr. Pope's road is finished and the Intercolonial thereby rendered al- most valueless the Government will con- sider the propriety of selling it or giving it away.—OnWednesday evening of last week Constable Cook, of Pembroke and a Toronto constable were out , with the in- tention of executing warrants issued. by Police Magistrate Mitchell for the arrest ofiwitnesses who had failed to appear on summonses in Scott Act cases against Carter & Windle, of Mount St. Patrick. Near that place they were fired upon from an ambush, in the woods through which they were passing. Neither were injured, but the ball from a rifle whistled by their .faces, and was fired at such close range that the smoke enveloped - their faces. Their approach, to the place was signalled by whistles to the ambushed party. On Saturday after- noon in Renftew Village Special Con- stable W. E. Smallfield, recently sworn in, with a number of other residents, who had a warrant foe the arrest of Patrick Moran for an assault upon Con- stable Cook, caught sight of his man, who had been in hiding for some days, in and attempted to arrest him. Moran struck out with his fists and made a dash for liberty and got through the door, closely followed by the special con- stables. Inthe road Smallfield tripped and Moran picked up a large stone to dash at his head. The constable rolled over with his hands to his head, got up and made after Moran again through the hotel yard. In the chase Moran pulled. a revolver, but it caught in his clothes and dropped. The constable secured it, loaded in all chambers, but did not fire. Moran got through a hole in the fence, which the constable could not crawl through, and thus gaining a few min- utes Moran escaped into a neighboring thick bush. Seburing parties failed to find him in a two hours' search. —Constable George Wetherston, of Hamilton, arrived in London on Satur- day, and took back with hint two lads, Fred and Thomas Bell, aged respectively 11 and 16. It seems that the boys a few days ago went to a Hamilton auc- tioneer and asked him if he would sell a horse for their father. The auctioneer agreed to do so, and next day the boys took him a horse, which it is alleged they had stolen. The animal was sold at auction, and the proceeds—over $40— handed to the boys, who bought new clothes for themselves, and carne on to London. They were traced to London South, where they were arrested by de- tectives Phair and Rider, and sent back to Hamilton. —George Martin, 35 years of age, was admitted to the Hospital at Toronto on Saturday night last suffering from in- juries received by being pitched offo. train by a thief. He said that he was on a Grand Trunk train going east on Saturday evening. When the train was passing through the eastern suburb of the city he was standing on the plat- form of one of the cars, the conductor being engaged in the collection of tickets. Martin took his ticket from his pocket, and, as he did so, drew out a dollar hill with it. A man who a as standing on the platform snatched the bill, and at the same time gave Martin a push which threw him off the train. Martin is suffering a good deal of pain, and has probably had a rib broken. —Monday morning about 3.30 fire was discovered in a dwelling -house occupied by Mrs. S. R. Ritchie, of Paisley. She and her youngest son Were visiting it Toronto, and the eldest son, about 25 years of age, was living alone in the house. When first seen the fire was burning in the kitchen, which adjoined the bedroom of the young man. The bedroom window was broken in as speed- ily as possible, but before the young man could be rescued life was extinct. The four doctors of the town worked for several hours with him, but of no avail. It is supposed he had been suffocated. The flames were confined to the one dwelling. The cause of the fire is un- known. , —The death occurred at the residence of his da4ghter, Mrs. H. Harris, Back street, Sonthwold, Elgin county, Friday evening, of Mr. Durica,n Campbell, one of the most widely known and generally respected residents of Elgin. Deceased had reached the age of 99 years. His memory was as clear a few hours before Ms death as at any time during his long, eventful and useful life. He was a man of great stature, and for half a century has been known as the strongest man in the county, measuring 46 inches around the chest when stripped. Mr. Camp- bell was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, and carne to this country in 1831, being the last of the score of Scotch settlers who located on the 13ack street 56 years ago. He has resided there ever since, enjoying the esteem of all. He leaves six children. 1—A couple of thieves entered the back door of Josiah Aikens' butcher shop, at 571 King street west, Toronto, about 10 o'clock Saturday night, and made their way upstairs. After securing a revolver that was in the room, they crawled un- der Mr. Aikens' bed to await the time when the tilred butcher would place his money undir the pillow and drop off to sleep. Thtly ma.de a little too much noise, however, and Were not aware that every sound went down a, stove -pipe hole, which was alsa under the bed, to where several ot the inmates listened. Instead of going epistairs and shouting " boo " at the burislars, a policeman was sent for and when the stalwart con- stable, for, McKee, arrived, a pro- cession was formed to investigate the noise. The two men quietly yielded, and at St. Andrew's station their names were found to be David Christie and Richard Noddy. Christie has served six months for snatching a lady's hand - satchel. --An eleven year old daughter of John Bennett, Toronto, was horribly if not fatally -burned while playing on Centre street on Saturday afternoon. She and her cousin, a boy about the same age, made a fire of fallen leaves and roasted potatoes in it. When roart- ed they fired them to and fro at one an- other, and continued this pastime until the girl's dress, of light, inflammable material, took fire, and she instantly he - came enveloped in flames. Half frantic she ran to the house of her EiNter, Mrs. Cordran, across the street, and entering threw hersalf down on the floor. iler 'dress was blazing and she was crying piteously for help. Mrs. Cordro.n rush- ed into the room, seized the burning clothes a.nd pulled part of them from her body. The little one attempted. to run from the house but was caught, thrown on the floor and held down until her sister and a neigh- bor, Mrs. -Nooks, had, bare-handed, torn oir every vestige of the burning clothing. It was found that the child was frightfully burned from the waist to the knees. A doctor was called in and did all in his power to relieve the unfortunate girl's suffering. She was removed to her father's house, where she lies in a critical condition. Mrs. Cot (Iran's hands, in saving her sister, ere burned terribly. She is suffering dreadfully' with pain. Mrs. Nook's was but a short distance away. and the coal sheds at Whitemouth were —Mt. Robert Richie, ot Nassagaweya, burned. The loss will be about $6,000. one of the oldest settlers of the county of The cause of the accident was a heavy Halton, is dead. He came to Halton smoke from prairie fires, which prevent - over 50 years ago from Itteland, and has ed the engineer from seeing the train ever since been a respetcted resident. ahead. He was a member of the Presbyterian --Michael Cheevers, a horse -trainer in church. He was the father of seven the employ of Mr. Humphrey Davis, of children,atll of whom survive him. Brantford, met with a serious accident —The Memorial of the Manitoba Gov- on Satueday evening which has since ernment to the Queen du the disallow- proved fatal. A colt which he was exer- ande question has been received at the cising took fright and ran away, drag - Department of the Secretary at state at ging Cheevers by the lines, which were Ottawa. It will be sett to the Privy wound about his _hands, until he was Council for transmissiod by the Gov- thrown against a gate -post and rendered ernor-Geperal to the Senretary of the unconscious. He had a wife and family Colonies.' of seven children dependent upon him. —Wong Chin Foo, the Chinese lectur- —Two families who have escaped the er, lamented because he was compelled semi -starvation of Labrador have reach - to pay the $50 tax by the collector at ed Montreal. They are all healthy, but Clifton when he entered Canada. Wmg greatly weather-beaten and poorly clad. is now afraid that when he attempts to The story they tell of life in Labrador is return to the United States he will be very painful. The people are in a con - charged another tax, notwithstanding dition of semi -starvation. They are that he became an Ameiiican citizen in slaves of the sealers, who never allow 1874. them to see a shilling, well -knowing Hon. Mr. Mowat, a,ccampanied by the that if they once had a little money they following members of his Cabinet, viz., would fly the country as from pesti- Hon. C. Fraser Hon. Gi W. Ross, Hon. lence. A. S. Hardy and Hon. A. M. Ross, left —The death occurred Saturday morn - Toronto' for Quebec last Tuesday in ing from diphtheria of Lewis Fisher, a order to attend the Inter -Provincial well-kuown farmer of the 7th concession Conference, which, it is expected, will of Yarmouth, in the 63rd year of his age. last from Thursday, the 20th, to Satur- Mr. f isher was born in Germany and day, the 22nd. -ovine to Malahide in 1832, a few years —Diphtheria is credited with having afterwards removing to South Yar- caused no less than 20 of the 111 deaths mouth, where he has since resided. He in Montreal the past week. Of these 16 leaves a wife, one son, George, and a were Roman Catholics and 4 Protes, daughter, Mrs. E. Clarke, of Aylmer. tants. Dr, Laberge Says one great Mr. Fisher was a member of the Baptist cause of the spread of this disease is denomination. - that parents with stricken children allow —A fire broke out at about 10:47 p. m. those still affected to play With the chit- on Sunday in Robert Neil's boarding dren of healthy families. house, situated at Lake Edward, Pro- -Wm. J. McGarigle is 'living at vince of Quebec. Three men were burn - Jordan station, six miles from St. ed to death. Thomas Landers, aged Catharines. He regards the story of fifty-five, who resides at Notton Mills, his flight to Australia in company with is married and leaves a family of sever - Carter Harrison as the best piece of al young children; Wm. Buchanan, humor he has I heard for a long time. He and his family are boarding with a family named Crow and have apparent- ly settled down to stay, —At Midland on Friday last Mr. Lyman Dechane and his son were buried underneath a stone weighing about five tons, which they were attempting to sink. They were both dug out alive, but Mr. Dechane died two hours after- wards. The On has one leg broken and is badly bruised, but otherwise is not seriously hurt, and will probably re- cover. —While boring for water on the tarm of Angus Courtney, near Court- wright, a vein of natural gas was struck, and all the day and night sand and gravel;was thrown to a height of fifty feet from the well, covering the ground for acres around. The next day sand had ceased to rise, but the gas -escaped with a roar like rolling thunder. — —It is understood that Mr. G Mar- san, second-class clerk in thedead letter branch of the Postoffice Department, has been appointed inspector for Ottawa district. This vacancy was created by the promotion of Mr. Bolduc, who ac- cepted the Quebec district inspector- the gun was discharged, the contents ship. The salary is $1,200. There blowing the side of his head completely were over• thirty applications for the off. position. 1 —John James Duckworth, aged 25 years, a bridge builder residing at St. Lambert, and son of Mr. DuckWorth, the bridge inspector, Montreal, visa in . ving The 20 ea of a verse in the 50th Psalm, which says, "And cattle all on thousand hills are mine," only this was thousands of cattle on one hill. A large herd like this one would travel about twelve miles a day. It may be worth mentioning that the people attending the fair were as lwell- dressed, as good-looking and as correct in behavior as any similar crowd in the banner County of Huron woul Although the majority of them farmers and living comparatively is from society mi their quiet mounta river ranches, there was nothing awkward or outre in their appea On the first clay of the fair some p came down from Pueblo for the p of selling pools in connection wi races, but to the credit of La Veta were forbidden to exercise their tionable enterprise and had to themselves off: La Veta is a te ance town. In this State there liquor law that can be „adopted b village corporation independently be. were lated n or ither ance. rties rpose h the they ques- take per - is !a any if the county, and the people of La Veta have re no g or seen taken advantage of it. Tnere w drunks to be seen, no loud , talki street rows, as we have sometime even in Scott Act towns in Ontar' o. It was asserted by some that a few had sneaked out of • the back do cellarawindoeys, but they must been k\ept sealed' up for future ref as none of the effects Of their co were lapparent in any part o cro %al M. E. A • , —AAisrencli Canadia,n named !Potvin the other day performed t traordinary feat of walking alo brink of the Chaudiere „Falls side of the river. A wager of al a friend was the inducement to foolhardy oat. The , feat ' wa possible by the phen flasks rs Or have renee •tents the cL. —The other . morning as the Grand Trunk west -bound train neared Malden, a man in a first-class car was observed to throw up.his arms and fall back on the Grand Trunk yards, Point St. the seat. Some of his fellow -passengers Charles, Saturday morning about 3:30 went ; to his atisistance but found the o'clock waiting for a freight train which ina.n was dead. ,The body was removed was about to cross the bridge, when in to the station at Malden. •The agent walking along the track his foot caught rancis has found that deceased came from in a frog. Just then an engine came ie ex- • Windsor but his name is unknown. alo g in an opposite direction and knock - a the —At a Kingston School Board Meet- ed him down, cutting him into seven in the ; ing the other night one of the trustees pie es. The coroner was- notified and Ottawa' froin the Hull to the Ottawa asked the privilege of cross-queetioning wil hold an inquest. with the architect of the new Central School, . -1-The Rapid City, Man'toba, specta- o the I aud the result was the examination tor has the following n n dian was only grew so warm that several trustees left caught on Wednesday morning, red- renderedtenal I the ronm when the chairman declared handed, in the act of setting fire to the lowness of the water in the rii er and. ; there was no/quorum and dismissed. the Prairie near a stack of hay, With the the addition of a new dam to the former ; remaining members. The architect and evident intentioa of destroying -it, and series of dams across the river above ' the trustee who had questioned him • who, in the bustle attending the efforts the falls. Only about four n :inches of water were passingeover the .falls except in. one place near the Ontario shore, where the water might have been ten inches deep. Potvin, after put .ing on went into an adjoining room, where ' of Mr. Henry paid his son to put out the they resumed the discussion. The fire, escaped. Thursday morning he architect told the trustee he was mixed, made his appearance again on Mr. when the latter called hitn a liar. The Henry's farm, and was ordered off. He architect then remarked that if they I! refused to go. Mr. Henry then drew a a in Devine's hardware store. He atepped also badly burned.