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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-11-04, Page 1- 28, 1887. aura ,artmentk Mantles, is, Plushes, FS, &e. ent Lady of our wartment t way in which he ctory. His cheese id inspection every in be engaged for a Hovey will remove nore cheese factory arge crowd is ex- 2rSd at Jai. Mul- e mile and a, quarter eId. rit.—A rather novel bed here this, week 1, of the Methodist was Mr. Gilbert ride Miss Myhew, ;land. The former i the latter scare* L. December and no them happiness all EN-T.—The alt-ab- a•sation in this vil- tiding country for ras the cruel treat - one Samuel Blair s subsequent wen- t. It appears thst from church, beat drenched her with turned her out of where she might. he by the way, is all who know her, If the night in the )1 house, fled to the Goderich township, ,s in a suffering con- aiday night, after bed, he was roused annotioia among his he trouble' to dress - A to see what was :urprise he was seiz- len, and deepite his I dragged, half car - one of the hotel nude state, he was old. water. On the begged for mercy, e the contemptible from his inexorable splattering of tar, :o add much to his oold water bath he his way rejoicing. t.ter Which should be is the way in which hag up his children, even the radimente 1 NINETEEN TH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 1,03$. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, 1NO EMBER 4, 1887,. Fall Winter MILLINERY ()penal & Ready for Inspection & Sale. Dress Goods, Trimmings In all the latest designs. INI-antles and Ulster Cloths. We never before had such a complete stock. Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery, Frillings, Ribbons, But— tons, etc., in all varieties. linderclothing, Mantles, Shawls„Flannels, Blank- 'ets, 86c., At the very lowest prices at the Cheap Cash Store k.ester.- L—Ort Tuesday of- , Ratleclge, of the of here, died after e-eeks. He was at ceived a severe at- -hich proved fatal. 2 years of age, and strong andhealthy. ur leading members emoved, he being a an influential Con - the Orange Lodge, and neigh-bor. lie 1 - day by the Orange h cemetery, ancl had funerals ever seem more than one hun- .cessioe. He leaves ve children, rnost of funeral sermon was_ 1thodist church here .1,tting his horses in how Henry Sturdy O get a kick on his of them. We are e to bearound, but- . --Misses Cameron_ . lidents, were the , a lately.—Rev. M. here's minister, has .ewhere, consequent- cy here.—Mr. J. R. 'teens, has been en- rge of the school in rne, for 1888. I3ot1i e are removing, Mr. 'iliversity and Mies miller school.—M 134 barrels of fruit :one and a half acres. yield was retained, a very large crop amain is home frora eeks, and on return - :Mary, intends to ac-, e Knight Templars titles for a successful -ession this whstert Ig the advisability 01 or better accommoda- and the public, but •inprovents have het upon.—Mr. Ehog anal of about 90 acren or the sum of $5,00a• buntline a retired e , —OF— Hoffman & Co. COLORADO LETT iil-ERFANO-COUNTY, October 18, DEAR EXPOSITOR, —A Pea EXPOSITOR writes me in this want to hear more about Col have not told es , anything nor the peo thing abou d families o ies get alo ' Well, to mining business, climate, nor an among the isolat or how the la society, &c., &c. the mines. Col rad,o ge ceded to be the greatest min the Union. The mountains ores of almost every variety, mountainous district occupi half of the State, and the truly be said to be inexh mining industry here is li continuous and lasting one silver ores are being cont. out in paying quantities, eases the mines are .now* worked by co aspaniestinot b as in the early times.! Coal has been disettvered the State, and mostly q surface. At Walseallurg, in there is a coal pit in whi men are ensployed. The c out without difficulty, bein horizontal strata, While at few miles farther weat, alt o the surface as to be :croppi the ground, the vein or bed dieularly and is consequent cult and expensive to wo SEAFORTH, Agent -a for Butterick's Reliable Pat- terns, Sheets and Books of the latest styles. =Mr. Jas. Sutherland, who has been employed by Richard Graham of the village of Atwood for - some time past, went to bed on Friday evening as usual nothing apparently being the matter, but in the moraine, as he failed to appear at the accustomebd hour, Mr. Gra,ham went to inquire into the matter, and found him in a sound. slumber, from which, de- spite all his efforts, he failed to arouse him. lie immediately called in Dr. Hamilton, but all his efforts were un- availing and Mr. Sutherlamcl died on Sundfay night—ca,use, apoplexy. Tin Cans. ,4 ol 8 1 R. rado, 7. f of TIIE e: "We do; you bout the ,nor the ocial life e plains, without gin with ally con - State in b wad with and ea the s ell one - u ply, may tibl , the t be a Gol and lly taken in most el wne and edivid.uals a.1 through te near the this Cqunty, h about 300 oal is 'taken in heady a Veta, a gh so near _out above ns perpen- more diffi- Roughly r y estimated, it may be said t 4 50 square Ir miles are underlaid with c all, and that close to the surface, in Huerfarno County. iron, also, exists in large c u ntities, al- though it has not as yet en utilized. The people in Huerfano rtty repre- sent, I think, almost ever n the Union, as well as Canada, land, Scotland; and Ger are quite a number ftom and Georgia, and thee p not remarkable fer gener or possessing mulch ecluicat fortunate, genmally, in me here tance ,liv d wit ou heir part, p heir hands hey are n t displayl s itself in kindness to and care of their aged relatives or unfortunate or afflicted friends. With such they will share ' whatever they have and never neglect -to welcpme and shelter them. and shoulder being ftightfu If the summer and autumn seasons Graham was a young, man, 24 years of 1 herelasted the year found, and if any age, and had only been in the employ of climate in the world could prolong life the road since October 3rd. 1 the stand pipe which is use d to supply the engines with tvat6e up unconscious and fou sustained horrible injurie Was picked d to have , his head ly crushed. A striking instance of the extent to which saving machinery is carried now- adays, says the Industrial Journal, is shown in the tin -can industry. Every- body knows that tit' cans are manufac- tured by machinery. One of the machines used in the process solders the longitudinal seams of the cans at the rate of fifty a minute, the cans rushing along in a continuous stream. Now, of course, a drop or two of solder is left on the can. The drop on the outside can be easily cleared away, but it is not easyto secure the drop left on the inside. It wouldn't do, of course, to retard the speed of the work --better waste the drop; it is only a trifle, anyhow, and to 999 men in 1,000 would not seem worth a minute's atten- tion. The thousandth man worked for a firm using one of these machines, and he set, about devising an ingenious ar- rangement for wiping the inside of the can, thereby saving that drop of solder and leaving none to come in contact with the contents of the can. He was en- couraged. by his employers to patent his invention, did so, and has already re- ceived several thousand dollars in royal- ties for its use. As the machine solders twenty thousand cans a day the solder ments. They c very poor circum inexpeniiively, a lar efforts on accumulated in ed in value. worryitsg sort o people,— going and pleasant to g What can't well be don over till to-morrOw or s and the track of a deer or of a wild fowl in the air ducement at any timeao shoulder a gun. There are Englanders, too, wh!0, thrifty habits and steady ancestors, now find thems sion of fine ranches an homesteads. The Germ German Jews, have atwa monopoly of the merdant the Southwest. They p stores throughout the l cotes little of everything nee eettlers was kept, atid t as their class always do, business, and nearly sill p come wealthy. TheBriti sparsely representedlex miners, most of wlsoni ha ed, and who form cbm themselves. There ate a f some of them from W and also a few Fr Wherever met the subjects are a credit and an honor to the which they reside. Th ity, however, of the w it this section of the 'tat old Western States,iti Indiana and Illinois! h v 'largely to populate Sont orado. These peoplel 10 1 tate glan ny. e Ie, hough intell geuce , hasle been eir nvest- rly nd in sim ly and rticu- indefinitely, I think the place we would all want to pre-empt would be on the plaina or among the bills of Southern Colorado. The clear, dry atmosphere is eo bracing, the air seems so thin and pure and easy to breathe that simple existence is a Inxury ; and the deep blue sky, with occasional white, filmy clouds, floating about, is so beautiful, that the eye 'lever wearies of gazing on its pure loveliness. During a residence here of almost three months I have seen only two days when the clouds succeeded wholly in shutting out the sun's rays— only two days in eighty in which the sun did not shine brightly all, or nearly all day. But even here the clitnate is not all Elysian. They say that from about the first of November to the middle of May, high Southwest winds prevail, making weath- er that is decidedly unpleasa.nt. Occas- ionally they have a three day's spell of it, when the dust rises in clouds, so that a man cannot face it or see his way, and after the wind storm is over the sand will be drifted in the lee of fences and in other sheltered places, like snow in Canada after a February storm. They have snow too, but never sleighing, except in the mountains, where a sled can be tun occasionally for a few days after a snow -storm. A gentleman, who has resided here for the past twelve years, tells me he has seen a snow -fall of two and a half feet last nearly a month, but as a general thing snow does not lie more than a few days. When such snow -falls occur towards spring, and the sun comes out strong immediately after, it. is very advanta- geous in the way of starting early grass for the herds. There has been scarcely any frost here on the plains yet. This morning there was very thin ice just perceptible on a vessel of out -standing water, the first we have noticed. With so many splendid advantages of climate and scenery as this country affords, dwellers in the mountains and on the plains and river ranches,although comparatively isolated from society and hearing little of the noise of great cities, do not at all consider themselves sub- jects for commiseration or the com- • passionate interest of friends. They have home interests enough to occupy fully the time alloted for work; and for leisure times and long evenings they have abundance of reading matter, not quantities of it. stale or dusty stuff either, but crisp and —Five women in the family of Wm. fresh. In one house, on a river ranch, Atkinson, of Hamilton, narrowly escaped I was surprised to find a well -stocked death by asphyxiation from coal gas library of good books, many of them Monday morning. Thr e of them were being the latest publications of the best unconscious for hours a d were rescued authors of the day. I know another only by the strenuous e -ertions of neigh - house eight miles from a post office, bors. where from a dozen to fifteen - good —Only about eight h ndred feet of the newspapers are received weekly, be- Government breakwate at Port Arthur sides three of the best monthly maga- now remain to be comp eted. The total zines published in the United States. length of the work is 3, 00 feet, and will Happening in the post office one day, cost when finished $3 0,000. It will when a genial New England rancher give Port Arthut the nest harbor on came along asking for his mail, I was Lake Superior. • astonished at the quantity handed him. I —There is quite a b om in building He hadn't pockets to hold all and pass- operations on the tow site of Banff, ed some of it along to his wife, who Northwestern Territo y. The new seemed as eager and interested in the Canadian Pacific Railw y hotel is also news as the gentleman himself. finished and furnished. Fifteen miles of People do not make social visits often electric bell wires and ve miles of elec- on account of the distances, but they tric light wires have ben utilized in the usually make that up in the length of hotel. visit, staying to a couple of meals, or —The case of Gill our vs Paradis, what is more common remaining over which a short time ago excited so much night, or a couple of nights according to comment from the newspapers, has been the degree of,intimacy or friendship be- tween the parties. They are just as warm-hearted and sociable when they meet as if they lived within a stone's throw of each other, instead of being separated eight, twelve or twenty miles. There is nothing to prevent any reasonable man or woman who is possessed of a good conscience and even a moderately contented disposition, from living here as happily and en- joyably as anywhere else. Ladies coming here from more densely popu- lated places may feel a little lonely at first, but they soon learn to be happy in the peacefulness and beauty of nature by which their homes are surrounded. A lady in this County, who formerly resided in the vicinity of Boston, but who has spent the last ten or twelve years here, told me of a two months' visit she had recently made at her old home "down by the sea" and in the busy city. She was wearied out by the constant stir and excitement, and was glad to return to - her quiet Colorado home. Another recommendation for this County is the general respect for, and observance of the Sabbath by the more intelligent and respectable of the resi- dents. In Walsenburg, the County town, stores a,nd shops are closed on that day and business generally sus- pended. Presbyterians andMethodists hold religious services in the same church building, one in the forenoon and the other in the evening, but the church belongs to the former. A union Sunday School is held in the afternoon. arn sorry to say, though, there are a good many who make no distinction be- tween the Sabbeth and other days. I have seen white men work all Sunday at branding cattle, and have frequently seen them driving loaded teams along the road. The Mexicans are not at all scrupelous as to what they engage in on the first day of the week, but they are more excusable, not having had the advittages of Christian instruction available to all English speaking Ameri- cans. , Ire - here olinas ny p operty has nd inereas- a hurrying, ey are easy - along with. -day is left me other day, t e suspicion ufficient in - p work and a few New taining the rals of their es in posses - comfortable , especially had nearly a business in ned general ry, where a ed by new y succeeded, this line of hem have be - h Isles are very ept among the been import- nities among w Canadians, ern Ontario, h -Canadians. en's former themselves ommunity in great major - residents of are from the souri, Iowa, • contributed western Col - are generally detect an op- dy to meet a Ley don't get is not likely take hold of to know by a nage and turn t. 'hole population t of them came ey are the de - h1 boniquerori of native Indians. erent !race from Indians. They gentle and do - descendants have . As a race they ptogtestive and ion. Nearly all religious, after religiOn does not The Y are almost ulturat and pas - do Itixican will or sheep, a few • live in a small roof alnd earthen theid land and e -mot primitive ng one l of the time atriaachs. They sickles, make a he dry, smooth ading the sheaves ts or young horses y then throw off .ing up the grain free it from dust es, where there is water,', the womeu ashing it in tubs out en sheets to last process is the wheat treated in beautifully clean. • ressive, educated 3.,lexican is an exception seldom met. I say seldom, because ceptions. 13esides their chief occupatio of them begin shee boys and continue monotoieous employ by old age or rhe 1 saved by his invention amountedshrewd traders, sha p about $15 a day. It pays to think as portunity and alvvays you work. good chance halfway. into ruts. If one bUsin to be prosperous, th something else, seemi sort of instinct how to the venture to goud acc About one half of the are Mexicana-. The fir from Old Mexico. T scendants of the Spani •'that country and the These latter were is di the North American were of a milder, mor mestic nature and their inherited these qualitie are. not ambitious or have very little educe are Catholics and qui their fashion, but thei . carry morality with it. entirely given to agri total life. A well -to have a flock of goats horses and cattle, an adobe house with fiat floor. They cultivat gather their crops in t manner, often remind of the Old Testament cut their grain witl threshiisg-floor on ground, and after spr on it, turn in their go to tread it put. .Th the straw and gathe toss it in the wind to and chaff. Some pia plenty clear, running clean the grain by a and then spreading i dry in the sun. This most efficacioue and this way turns out An ambitious, pro Who's the Man THAT'S SELLING Readymade Clothing SO CHEAP? EDW, McFA UL, The Bargain Giver. - POSITIVELY The Lowest Prices For Men's Overcoats, . Foy Boys' Overcoats, For Men's and Boys' Ready- made Suits, Hats and Caps, Underwear, &c. Clothing Department !- Ed -ward, McFaufs POPULAR DRY GOODS, Millinery and Clothing House, SEAFORTH, ONT. CanAida. Mrs. A. Chisholth, of Ottawa, bas beeu re-elected as Pi-esideat of the W. C. T. U. of Ontario. —Choice apples were sellhig last week iu Huntingdon county, Qu bee, for the American matket at;$2 per, barrel. —The Oetario Gohernrnent have with- drawn their police from SattltSte. Marie, and for the future the protection of the town will be wholly in the hands of the local, authorities. , —Joe -Morris, a dowbo rend ranch, near Port 1‘ robbed of $550 while est the train from Wietaipeg night. He was on his wa in Baltimore. --,-Emma Soper, a girl years, has died at the Gederal Hospital in Montreal from the effebts of a self- administered dose df "Rough on Rats.!' The, girl had nearly lost sight lately', and. despondency drove her- to commit suicide. —A young lawyer of Teunenburg, N. S., named Obadiah Levy, went through a mock marriage with Minnie Langille, of, Fancook, and after tieing with her for about a week he absconded with all her money amounting to $5,000. test took Police Magistrate Noble, County Crown Attorney Hutch- inson and the Inspector for West Middle- sex one hour and twenty minutes on Friday morning at Strajthroy to make 11 from Wald acLeod, wa ep on boar i est Saturday to his home of about 23 special paper, though contributing to the leading Conservative organs. Mr. Provencher's writings were original aid closely reasoned, and, he was a pioneer' in local French journalism. Mr. Provenoh- er was married to Mlle. Louise de la Grave, daughter of the late Recorder of Quebec. She survives him with two young children, —Mr. Norquay says that if the Win- nipeggers are as anxious as they profess to be over the aailway matter, they can readily raise the money to complete the road to the frontier on the strength of the Goverrtment bonds. He says he thinks he has already done his part and if the money is forthcoming will see the road through this year. —The grave digger at Bathurst, N. B., came across a coffin which had the lid forced off, and the body, that of a woman, turned over on her side. The right arm of the corpse was above her head and the left hand on the hair. The body is recoghized as that of a woman subject to fits and who was buried two derly on the Indian reservation here. years ago. She was evidently buried He resisted, drew a revolver and fired, aliv killing William instantly. He then fired again hitting Oxime in the head and dangerously wounding .him, from the effects of which he is not expected to live. It is supposed. the Indians fired on Potsa, who was literally riddled with bullets. —At Lethbridge a few days ago an officer of the mounted pollee ordered a policeman on fatigue duty to clean his boots for him. The policeman did not think it was his duty and promptly re- fused, whereupon the officer sentenced him to six months' imprisonment with a fine nominally of $10, but as this in- cludes the forfeiture of six months' pay it is equivalent to an additional penalty of over $100. There is a good deal of feeling about the matter, and an appeal will be made to the Commissioner, who $1,100 in Scott Abt fine costs. — After 40 years of yum-yum courtship, A. Miss V. McDonald, of eluded last week. that enough acquainted to ris ried. They evidently adage that " there's hic —A few days ago, wl Gibson, of the 7tli line, digging for himself a w became detached from a distance of 30 Met stri head, breaking his skull stant death. —A rich find , in an been made in Crow's beyond the summit o Twenty men are now The coal is said to be eq. anthracite, and there , exclusive of ood, enjoyable C. Black and ingsville, con - hey were well getting mar - believe in the in leisure." ile Mr. James hiphrasia, was 11, the bucket he rope and fell ing him on the and causing in- hracite coal has est Pass; just the Rockies. developing it. eel to the Banff are unlimited McIJEAN BROS. PubLishers. { $1.50 a Year, in Advance. it appears, has been separated from her the towo. He remained insensible sciousness said the two men who, the night befere attacked him, had again as- saulted li'm aeld took from him the key go for a ride. , . of his fat ter's barn. 1'11'0 horses were —Last Friday the town of Pembroke found unfastened iu the barn, but there was visited by a very destructive fire. was no ,evideuce of a visit by thieves. A large planing mill and the surround- The boyhas sp tents every little while ing buildings hqv.e ;been destroyed-. On and doses off intoinsensibility at frequent account of repairs being done to the intervals The struggle for the key main street, the steam fire engine was took place in the centre of the town, mrable to get nearer than 300 yards of and yet ne one saw it. The doctors the building. The loss amounted to cannot fled auy marks to cause the pre - $22,000, of a hich $17,000 falls on the sent condition of criven, and are at a owner of the mill, with only $2,500 in- loss to account for it. Seriven is a surance. . Twenty men are thrown out prominent young man of the town, and of employment and have lost an their has always been considered an exem- tools. The fire is supposed to have been plary youth. caused by an incendiary. —A Kamloops despatch says: About men Indian William and Indian Oxime Messrs. Smith & White, lawyers of attempted to arrest one Alexander Potsa, St. Marys, intend opening a branch ofkce a half-breed, for being'drunk and disor- in Stratford. . —The Salvation Army at Mitchell have made the last payment on their barrack, and they are now entirely out of debt. -e--A Vicious and brutal fight took place the other evening at an hotel near Se- bringville. One of the combatants was badly punished. —The mesons have resumed work on Mr. James' opera house in Mitehell, the debris haviog been cleaned away by a number of citizens, who generously vol- unteered their services. ! —Mr. S. R. Robb, of tbe Stratford 'Beacon, has left with his brother-in-law, Rev. 1.-te R. Maitland, of Ingersoll, for Texas, to wind up the estate of his [grandfather, Robt. Monteith, M. recently deceased. —Mr. Leonard flarstone, barrister IA St. Marys, who had been for some time in the office of Smith & White, has start- ed practice on his own account. Mr. Harstene was at one time a teacher in Seaforth High School. railroad laborer of Sebringville name Tolie, who was committed for trial by John Atkins, J. P., of Dublin, the other day, for abusing his wife, made his escape from the Dublin consta- ble and has not yet been captured. —At the annual meeting o f the On- tario ooksellers and stationers' associa- tion,Ii) held in Toronto recently, Mr. H. - F. Sharp, of St. Marys, was re-elected president. M r. Sharp is evidently a popular member of the association be- sides being a useful one. inhuman husband for severel months, owing to his cruelty. While driving his cart along the street where she lives, he saw the little- boy and induced him to twelve hours and when brought to con - eleven o'clock on Saturday night Watch Perth Items. —The use of Nitrous Oxide Gas is be- coming more and more popular in dental operations as it is better- understood by the public. During the last year F. G. Hughes; dentist, Galt, has used on an average over 100 gallon -s per week, or over 5,200 gallons for this year, besides the gas used in Vitalized .Air. Its great advantage e are its safety, and its entire freedom from disagreeable after effects. —The Salvation Army: barracks in Kingston were again destreyed the other night by an incendiary fire and an at- tempt was made to burn the Third Methodist church. The police discov- ered the latter and extiinguished the flames, and succeeded in !capturing the two incendiaries, .. who pleaded guilty next morning and made a full confession. —Mr. C. J. Stillwell, of the Glengar- it is expected will reverse the sentence. rian, published in Alexandria, was, on —Mr. John Watson, of Ayr, brought Tuesday of last week, found guilty on a out with him from England a turnip charge of criminal libel at the Assize ' puller and topper which, after being Court, Cornwall, and sentenced to. one somewhat altered and improved, is do - month in gaol and a fine of $200. The ing grand work in the field. This imple- cherge was preferred by M. P. Purcell, ment, which is drawn by a horse, cuts M. P. for the county. The libel was off the tops, severs the roots, and leaves. published a few days before the last the turnips all ready for loading. The Federal elections, and reflected seriously labor this operation saves can be readily on Mr. Purcell's private reputation. understood and appreciated by fanners, —John Torrance, James Lawson, who are familiar with the old and tedi- John Downs and George Mortimer ous method of hand -cutting and pulling. quarreled Friday night last with Barney As a labor saver ,it has no equal in its McKenna, restaurant keeper ou Ade- line. There will be several opportuni- laide Street, Toronto. Torrance pitch- ties for the farmers aboutAyr seeing this ed a large stone through the window, useful implement at work this fall. when McKenna stabbed him in the —A serious shooting accident occurred thigh with a butcher knife. He also the other day on the &at line of Erin, stabbed Downs in the neck but not near Mitnotia. Henry Torrance is a seriously. Torrance died Saturday farmer there, and James Sanderson, a night. His murderer is still at large. young man, is working for him. Thurs- -It is ascertained by •a Halifax Ser- day afternoon they were hauling in tur- geant-Major, that 3,000 Imperial army nips. They saw an eagle- hovering pensioners in Canada, 300 navy pension- around and brought out a rifle to get a ers, 600 superannuated pensioners, in- shot at it. Young Sanderson was fool - eluding half pay officers, officers' widows, ing with the weapon, and when his em - dock laborers, etc., are now under pay ployer was driving of Sanderson aimed from the headquarters at Halifax. These the rifle at him ; it discharged and the figures are exclusive of pensioners who ball entered Torrance's thigh, shattering are paid in the Toronto district by the bone and splitting the knee cap. Colonel Mulligan and those employed Two Fergus -doctors were summoned and on the Esquimalt dry dock in British they amputated the limb at the thigh. Columbia. Torrance is in a very critical condition. remarkable imitation of black - —The proprietors of " Picturesque walnut has lately been made from poor pine, the quality and appearance of the article being such as almost to defy de- tection. To accomplish this, one part of walnut peel extract is mixed with six parts of water,. and with this soletion the wood is coated. When the material is half dry a solution of bichromate of po- tash with water is rubbed on it, and the made walnut is ready for use. —The Red River Valley Railway ap- there are a few ex - tilling their land is herding. SQ•1113 -herding as little this humble and lent until disabled matism, a disease which they are very liable to contract on account qf expos* during all seasons. They have one excellent quality which • appealed by the Gilmo ,Council in England for a hearing next spr 'McCarthy, Q. C., f 'Gilmour &Co. —Mr. Robt. Huesto disposed of the well -k "Lady Hueston," to of Toronto. "Lady silver cup given by t Club in 1886, and the jubilee races last SU sideration was $300. —A few days ag Stephen Thomas, li M. E. McL. —Melvin Graham, Michigan Central railway brakeman on the east bound local, in charge of Conductor Harris, met , with a fatal accident at Water- ford about noon on Saturday last. Graham was leaning out from the side ladder on one of the box cars when he was struck on the back of his head by rs to the Privy nd will Come up ng. Mr. Dalton: r the plaintiffs, , of London, has own racing mare, r. Robt. Bond, ueston " won the e London Hunt diver cep at the tmer. The con - a little child of ing a few miles north of Burford, while playing in a chair that had the ba k pulled off, fell, running one of the rounds of the chair back up his nostril with such force as to cause it to come into contact with the brain. Death resulted in a short time. —In crossing the Hamilton and North Western track Miss Annie Ferguson, aged 12 years, of Glenwilliams, became bewildered by the approaching express, • was struck and was a daughter of had been visiting and while hesitatin instantly killed. Sh Angus Ferguson, and her uncle. —At a recent me ers, held at Grims said he was gOing to of shipping apples Canadian Patific R to see fruits shipp ting of fruit grow - y, president Allan ry the experiment o India, via the ilway. He hoped d in cold blasts, to —The report to the annual Provincial Sunday School Conventiou from the county of Perth showed- there were 87 schoals, 74 having reported. Of those who reported there a was total of 857 , teachers, those who did not, 150; total, 997. , Total Sunday school population, 8,28 few evenings ago while Mr. Henry Weir, of St. Marys, was driving his bread wagon over a culvert in that towe, the structure `gave way, precipi- tating Mr. Weir, the horse the wagon into the ditch.- Mr. Weir's side and one of hs legs were severely injured, but taking the extent of the mishap into ac- count he considers that he got off com- paratively easy. —Mr. Fred Cheesernan, of Mitchell, has left for Toronto to fill an important Canada" have brought actions against a number of Gloucester township farmers position in a wholesale hardware store. Ile is a most mond and well behaved to compel them to pay $21.60 each, that young mart, and few have left there being the price of the full set of books who e departure is moreideeply regretted. which the agents claim that the farmers On he evening before his departure Mr.' subscribed for. The farmers on their Che semen was made the recipient of an part claim that they never ordered the address and a handsome present by his books, while some say that they merely follow -workers in Trinity church Sun - number. Several of the sued parties day school. ---tA few nights ago the shoe shop of called on Messrs. Walker & McLean, of Mr. Samuel Clulow, Mitchell, was entered by burglars and five pairs of custom-made boots, valued at $25, stolen. The burglars entered the shop by the door, which they left unlocked. There is not the slightest clue as to the perpetrators of the burglary. On Sunday night of last week the house of Mr. George Lark- wotthy was also entered, the family being away from home, but the burglars must have been frightened off, as they did not get any farther than the kitchen and nothing was missed. -e-ta few days ago at Mr. James, Eltiott's quarry, in St. Marys, while Mr. Ezekiel Branch was assisting to slide a stone weigiting about a ton, into an excavation about ten feet deep, his crow -bar slipped and he fell over head first to the bottom of the pit, the stone which had started to slide at the same tirae, falling on top of him. Fortunately a 8mall piece of projecting rock kept patt of the stone's weight off Mr. Braneh and by this means he was saved from in*tant death. As it was he was badly briaised but in a few days he will be able to be around again. 1 ---Stratford is carrying a heavier load of debt than any corporation of its size in Canada. Its rate of taxation is two cents on the dollar. In salaries the baby city is rather extravagant. The city clerk gets a straight $600; treasurer, 00 ; assessors, $500 ; collector, $100; solicitor, $200; auditors, $100; magia-- trlate, $1200; chief police, $600; two assistants, $800; market janitor, $375. This year $8,000 has been expended by the Board of Works committee; fire, water and gas costs $7,500; health and relief, $1,500; cemetery expenses, $1,500. The whole amount required to be raised. this year is $65,070.61. , —On Frida.y evening last the congre- gation of Knox chureh, Stratford, met in the church and presented theie pastor, Rev. P. Wright with a handsome gold watch and Mrs. Wright with a magnifi- cent silver tea service. Mr. Wright re- sponded in a very feeling speech on be- half of himself and Mrs. Wright after which all present were invited to a tea prepared in the basement by the ladies if the congregation. Afterwards a very leasant evening win spent in converse - ion and social enjoyment. The presen- ation was made in grateful a,cknowledg- tnent of the decision of Presbytery in favor of Rev. Mr. Wright in the Mc - ed up unconscious on the main street o Pherson case. pears to have collapsed for the season. Ottawa, on Saturday and requeste . . aid their keeping qualities, and with this process apples woad carry to India as well as to Liverpoo1.1 —Heavy shipmentS of oysters are be- ret ports in Prince erside alone hav- barrels of these son opened. Large quantities of potatoes are also being for - lug made frem eev Edward Island, Sum ing shipped: 12,000 bivalves since the se. The Provincial Government was unable or unwilling to satisfy the Winnipeg delegates that the road when constructed would remain independent. 'The dele- gates then refused, on behalf of the city, to take up the Provincial bonds, and thus the Government becomes un- able, for want of funds, to carry out its part of the contract with Holt, who has left for New York. —The St. Catharines Journal says : Mr. James Barr Niagara street, has a very ancient bible in his possession, and the book looks its age every day. It was printed in 1736, and is therefor° 151 years old. A peculiar feature of the volume is the hand -ruling of the borders of each page in red ink. The characters are rude and peculiar. It is what is known as the celebrated " Breeches " bible. The fly -leaf bears the legend. "Frances Bellow, Lady Day (May 1st), 1738." —It is expected that Colonel Came- ron, Sir Charles Tupper's son-in-law, who arrived in Ottawa on Saturday from England, will succeed Sir Fred- erick IVIiddleton in command of the Canadian militia force. Colonel Came- ron will be given local rank of Major- General. Sir Frederick thinks he ought to be retained, but it is said, that Sir Charles Tupper insists that he must go. It is possible that Sir Frederick may be placed in charge Of the Royal Military College. —The steamer City of Owen Sound struck on Robertson's rock, off Clapper - ton Island, Lake Huron, about four o'clock on Monday morning, and sunk in about half an hour. The crew reached the island in safety, whence they were rescued by the steamer Cam - pane and taken to Collingwood. The vessel and cargo are a total loss, and the crew lost everything but the clothes warded to B ston a there is a brisk dem crops in the United. --Mr. J. A. N. id Portland where nd owing to short 'tate& 'rovencher died at seven o'clock Saturday evening at his residence in Montre The deceased becam Minerve when Mal later he was sent to agent, and on his re Indian Commission rning 1878 h on La Minerve, Retu tion successively editor Preese. Hel severe the tast mentioned then views on the has not since been • tl at the age of 44. chief editor of La 21. A few years Paris as Canadian urn was appointed r in the Northwest. resumed his posi- and later on became f Le Monde and La his connection with aper, owing to its Riel agitation, and onnected with any them to defend the cases. It is said e defendants have combined to have a test case and will stand or fall by it. —The death is announced. of Mr. George McManus of Mono. The de- ceased was born in Sligo County, Ire- land, and was 82 years of age at the time of his death, over fifty of which were spent in the township of Mono. In 1871 Mr. McManus opposed the late Mr. F. Camberland for the represent- ation of Cardwell in the Ontario Legis- lature and succeeded in winning the seat, which he held for four years. In the year following his election a vote of confidence was taken in the House, Mr. McManus, who had been a life-long Conservative, voting with the Reform opposition, the Sandfield Itfacdonald Gov- ernment being overthrown by a major- ity of one. In 1855 Mr. McManus was elected to the position of reeve of the township of Mono, and that position he held until 1874. —A remarkably daring and successful robbery was discovered Monday morn- ing to have been perpetrated during the night at Bonaveuture station, Montreal. At the station a large vault is situated in which the receipts from various points along the line atte placed every night, to be removed to the Grand Trunk general office in the morning. When the collec- tor arrived Monday morning it was found that the safe had been broken open and that two money bags filled with receipts from the. western division and Rouse's point had been rifled. The burglars, whoever they were, appear to have opened the door of the safe, gone inside, closed it after them, rifled the boxes of the money bags locked the outer door after them and, walked off. Their boldness is all the more remark- able when it is known that the place was guarded by a special watchman and oliceman and that there is only one they had on at the time the vessel struck. There were no passengers on key to the safe, which was in charge of board. the Grand Trunk special watchman. —A man named John Corrigan, em- The estimated loss is about $2,000, but ployed as a deck laborer in Toronto is it may be considerably more. The corn- beine sought for by the police. He pany has commenced an inquiry into the last Thursday eveniog took his little robbery. eight -year -91d stepson, John Clayton, —On Wednesday night of last week a to the Yonge street wharf and threw sixteen-year-oldson of Mr. R. B. Scriven, him into the bay. Fortunately for the of Tilbury, Ont., caught two men en - child a couple of men heard the cry and deavoring to steal two horses from it the splash, and were in time to rescue neighbor's barn. They attacked Scriven him. Corrigan, as soon as he achieved and escaped. A little after the same his object, remounted his cart and drove hour last Friday night Scriven was pick - away rapidly. The mother of the boy, . 4, .1" t I 4 4• z 4 • 1: •