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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-12-09, Page 1Y eeeurs 7'ETS a We aaa, N, accurnue These E. a half (l'renat, se goods id some :le price C E Cloth- Me- Lnitoha. Prair. ie ince the a , :kies to vuspicea tion of )precia- ecture. r Torus_ [e Bras - len. the Lag ten rvative of an tended' to Aga Judge appeal Bolton the Grey. reserv- taken ng the proper Lich, if - rtet ae- y even - aur On- rowiug iod at - k' was a con- award- nwmg. aeeting en the used : s inter- sst its The ,lessrs. John - lire by [.ie, J. --Your reek hi Oiether er fac- er fac- ade &- Vol- of th the agaged- R. next ry was • Cled by also >son , of er is - It is busie iry re - Q. C, aker's The they tories, until were' rectors with !Ig Day when Annie- had lad en- th le with things )ersist- '[es till virhen lisease. to her a.ttero ' Her . to her nth- rtie fol - the a held I:- pleas- ' death knelv event father 'y hear ic1-1 he Mit L4erill" melt TWENTY -FIRST YEAR. / wHoris NUMBER 1,043 Great Bargains! Gre4t Bargains! JUST AT THE TIME When They Are Wanted. We have been fortunate in securing a large line of Ladies', Misses', Children's, Men's and Boys' Fur Caps in Grey and Persian Lamb, And a let of othera ; also a lot of Ladies' Jackets In the newest styles, all at about Half the Regular Prices, And we are going to give the public the benefit of the advantage we got on them' . Please call and see the prices, and be convinced that we are making no idle boast. Remember the place—. Cheap Cash Store —OF— Hoffman & Co. SEA.FORTH. —Mr. 4ohia Page, who formerly re- sided on the 3rd concession of Logan, but for the last seven years has resided in Pembina county, Dakota, is at pres- ent on a visit to old friends around Mit- chell. Mr. Page has prospered since becoming a resident of Dakota, and is now the owner of 640 acres of excellent lam& —During the season now closing there have been shipped from the Bay of Quinte canning factory 42 carloads of canned goods, namely, to Victoria, Brit- ish Columbia, 6, Calgary 1, Winnipeg 16, Toronto 10, Belleville 1, Ottawa 1, Kingston 2, Montreal 5, and there are still -unsold, stored at the factory 10. As each carload represents over 10 tons, the total cattput of the factory for the season is 1,055,565 Is., or 572 tons, and the cans packed numbered 408,765, or nearly haif a million. —Last Friday night about 11 o'clock while Wm. Dunlop, a prominert farmer residing near Watford, was driving home in a hay rack'his horses ran ' over the side of the road into a •deep ditch. Dunlop was thrown out and the rack overtnrned, crushing him beneath it. He was found by a Mr. Barnes and some neighbors in the morning under the rack dead and cold lying on his back. A farmer who lives about 100 yards from where the body was faund states that he saw Dunlop drive past about 11 o'clock, then appearing not to manage his horses well. It is supposed that he was under the influence of liquor and got the lines tangled. The mark of the wheels ran along the edge of the ditch some distance before going over. Deceased was a well- known farmer about 40 years old and leaves a widow and 13 children. Read ymade CLOTHING. AN Immense of 51 1 First Class in QUALITY Stock r.,t V Eseeything 0 I and LOW to 0 I IN PRICE. Choose From. AMIMINIMPIO BUYERS BOYS' OVARCOATS, SUITS, CAPS, SCAFXS, W A N T E UNPE I -LW EAR1 D mma. latagmon...16 M EN'S FUR CAPS, DERW EAR OVERCOATS, EADYMA DE &c. Clothing Department, Edward McFall -l.'s POPULAR DRY GOODS, Millinery and Clothing House, SEAFORTFI, ON -T. THE COUNTY COtNCIL. The December meeting of the County Council opened at Goderichson Thursday of last week. There was a full atten- dance of members, the Warden bei g in the chair.. After the f rmal openin pro- ceedings the Warden delivered th cus- tomary address to the Council. He stated that all the m neys at the redit of the Sinking Fund had been inve ted ; that the repairs to the county buil ings had been carried out ; that all the c unty bridges under contract had been satis- factorily completed. He alse statecl that an action had been brought against the county by the License Commissioners to compel payment of the county's share for the expenses of enforcingahe Canada Temperance Act. The action however, had failed, as no part of the fines had been paid to the County Trea urer. A schedule of the acreage of the sever- al townships in the county as procured from the Crown Lands Depa4ment by order of the council was read and laid on the table. A circular from the County Council of the County of Welland asking the co- operation of the Huren Council in mem- orializing the Local Government to make provision for the many insanle persons confined in the jails throughont the Pro- vince was read and referred tb the Jail and Court House Committee. A circular was alSo read from the County Council of Elgin and referred to the Special Committee, asking' the co- operation of the council in petitioning the Ontario Legislattire to pass fut act impowering County Counci14 to appoint Jailers, Police Magistrates and other officers paid by the county and that Sheriffs and Registrars be appointed by a vote of the people.i The comm Up ication from Messrs. Seager & Hart, Barristers, in reference to the demand made for expenses in Scott Act cases by the License Commisaioners for East and South Huron, was read and referred to the Finance Com- mittee. This comnrinication threatened the council with immediate legal pro- ceedings if the amount required was not at once placed at the disposal of the respective Boards. The following letter from Mr. Garraw, County Solicitor, in reference to the License Commissioners .1.1it against the county was read: 1 To THE COUNTY CLERK . —Pursuant to instructions we duly entered a de- fence for the County to the action brought by the License Commissioners of West Huron and the -same is now pending ready for trial. We examined the Chairman of the Plaintiff's Board and also the Inspector, and from such examinations it appears that the plain- tiffs had on hand up to the 14th of October last, the sum of $2,550 col- lected from fines. It , also appeared that when this action was commenced that the plaintiffs had on hand abou the sum of $1,350, of this, $1,200 wa collected by the present Inspector, Mr. Paisley, and $150 from the -account o the former inspector. After the ex amination of the plaintiff's chairma their solicitors wrote us the enclose( letter (this letter was simply asking fol a cessation of litigation). After this nothing was done in this action, i having been suggested that matter should stand to await the action of th Council. The plaintiffs claim by thei writ the sum of $1,175.64, and as the had at that time more than enoug money on hand to cover this, we don't consider defendants liable for the cos's of this action. GARR° NY & PROUDFOOT. After reading and referring to t e Finance Committee a number of accoun s the council adjourned until Friday ten o'clock. SECOND DAY. The Council met on Friday at the a pointed hour, when the report of M Ainley, County Engineer, was read a d referred to the Road and Bridge Co mittee : Mr. Ainley reports that all the wor s under contract at the June meeting f the Council have been completed in a good and substantial manner, and th t all the improvements. ordered by t e Council at that meeting have been tended to and substantially made, exce et the repairs to the foundation of the Ba field bridge and some repairs to t e Manchester bridge, which can be bi-st done when the, ice sets and becorn s solid enough to be used as a seaffoll ; these repairs will be carried out t is winter. He met the Commissioner f r the County of Perth at Kirkton on t e lst of November and they found t e bridge there in an unsafe condition aid they caused the superstructure to be te- built. The contract to re -build t is bridge and repair the bridge north of Kirkton was let to Mr. L. Hardy, of Exeter, for the sum of $320, each county to pay half the cost. The Kirkt bridge has been erected and is now in use. It is of cedar and likely to last lor a long time,. He has examined seve al of the old bridges in the county a d found the following ones the most uns fe and recommended that they be re -built early next season if they stand that loi g, viz: The Exeter bridge is very mu h decayed and is supported at present •n some temporary posts which, if thy should be knocked out by a freshet or some other cause, the bridge would e entirely unsafe for travel and wo ld likely fall ; the bridge known as t Fisher bridge, in Lower Wingham, a d a small bridge at Belgrave, are both much decayed. The Fisher bridge as been kept safe by repairs until the pr s- ent time, but any further repairs wo ld not be profitable. Both thesebrides should be re -built. The Gulley, bridge in Goderich township needs re-floori g and other repairs. Should the Coun il decide to make these recommended i provements the Engineer thinks it • e- sirable that the tenders for the work should he ready so the contracts can be let at the January session. Mr. Ainley 11 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER also submitted a list Of the names of those to wham he had 6erti6ed orders on the Treasurer; the lamount of each order and the work for svhieh the money was paid. These orders amounted to the sum of $10,523. A by-law amending the flawkers'.and Pedlars's by-law, so as to require lhawk- ers and pedlars to -produce their license when ordered to do so by any constable or peace officer, was read and adopted: A Motion by Dr. Rollins, seconded by Mr. Bissett, to the effect that the sum of $200 be paid forthwith to the village of Exeter for ,the building of a lock-up in that. village, which is now finished, was referred to the Finance Committee. A motion of Dr. Rollins, seconded by Mr. Bissett, asking that the sum -of $100 a - year, half -yearly in advance, be paid to Mrs. Mary Ann Morgan, for the sup- port of Annie Morgan, a destitute, in- sane person, who is not eligible for ad, mission to any asylums of the Province, as directed by statute, was also referred to the Finance Committee. The motion of Mr. Campbell, deferred from June session and relating to wire fences on snow roads was taken up and after some discussion was voted on, when it was declared lost. The Jail and Court House Commit- tee reperted having examined the jail and found everything neat, clean and well kept. In regard to the circular from the county of Wellington the com- mittee understand that action has been. taken by the G-overnment on the matter complained of, and it is recommended that DO action be taken. The tender of J. T. Goldthorpe for wood was accepted, it being the . lowest of three, at $3 per cord. Several improvements in the jail and court house were recommended. The Roa4 and Bridge Committee re- ported as 'follows : Having examined the report of the County Engineer it is recommended that it be adopted; with reference to the new bridges required at Exeter, Wingham and Belgrave, it is recommended that iron superstructures be built at Exeter and ,Fisher's, with a six foot side -walk on Exeter bridge, and a wooden superstructure at Belgrave and that tenders be taken and submitted at the January meeting of Council. It is also recommended that the Engineer when taking tenders for County work shall ask the assistance of the nearest Reeve or Deputy Reeve to open the ten- ders.' Mi.., Dickson, County Jailer, report- ed €hat at present there are fourteen prisoners confined in the Jail, eight males and six females. Of the eight males one is insane, William Kelly. He has now been over three years -in jail waiting removal to the Asylum. Three more are vagrants ; Robert Fletcher, aged 85 from the township of Howick. He was re -committed on the 25th ult. by ' the .mayor of Goderich. Robert Don- aldsOn, of the township of McKillop, aged 81, was committed by Alex. Mur- chie and Andrew Govenlock for a term of six months. Thomas Clark, of Lon- don, aged 33, was committed on the 12th ult., by the mayor of Goderich for a term of three months with hard labor. Of thc _remaining four one is for violat- iii;s the Scott .Act ; two for wife beating and one for using abusive language, all Under sentence. Of the six females, four Ltre insane ; three of them are re- ported 1 by the. Sheriff ; the fourth is under'investigation. Three of them are very troublesome but not dangerous; the remaining two are vagrants. Mrs. Norman McDonald, aged 55 years, was- commi ted by the mayor of Goderich for six mo iths ; the other,. 'Mary Brady, of the to1s,nship of McKillop, aged 50, was commi ted by John Beattie and Andrew Govenlock for a term of six Months. The last two cases were in such a filthy condition when they were brought into jail that their clothes, or rather rags, were a11 consigned ' to the flames- as the best , nd surest mode of cleansing. When their term of sentence is expired they ill have to be clothed before they can b discharged from custody. Aut ority was given for the payment of the usual grants to the Model Schools of CHI ton and Goderich. . The engineer was instructed to exam- ine B'in's bridge, Lake Road, Ashfield, and r port to the council at its January meeti g whether it is not a county bridge. The report of the Finance Committee was r ad and recommended the payment of sun ry accounts. • It also recommend- ed th t in the matter of the law suit pendi g between the License Commis- sioner of West Huron and the county, that hen said Commissioners pay into the C unty Treasurer the sums they have tollected in fines for infractions of the •anada Temperance Act and with- draw the action against the county. pendi g in the courts, and pay all costs incur ed, the treasurer pay to the credit of thp said commissioners the amount for w lich the couiatyis responsible under statu e. This recommendation was not consid- ered ufficiently explicit by some mem- bers f the council, and the following amen lment to the report was submitted: hat in regard to the action of the Licen-e Commissioners of West Huron again t the county, the County Solicitor be in..tructed to settle the same upon the folioing basis, and that if the same be not , ccepted by the plaintiffs that the solici or further report to this council upon he same at its January meeting: That he License_ Commissioners of the three License Districts of the county of Huro 1, the License Inspectors for the same, and the Police Magistrate furnish to th treasurer of the county a state- ment :flowing the names of all peri -Ons who lave been fined under the pro‘ls- ions f the Canada Temperance Actsince the coming into force of the same in thisounty ; the amount of such fine si and he, name of the persons to whom the same have been paid, such state- ments to be given to the satisfaction of the County Solicitor and Clerk. That upon the said statement being furnished, the T easurer do forthwith request the persoi or persons to whom the said fines have een paid to pay over the same to him under the provisions of the Order - in -Council of the Dominion Government, and that the said fines be placed to the credit of the fund mentioned in said Order -in -C uncil, and distinguishing be tween the License Districts of the coun- ty. That upon the withdrawal of the suit now pending; the payment of costs by the plaintiffs; and upon such payment being made to :the satisfaction of the County Solicitor and Clerk the fund formed by Such fines be appropriated as follows: lst, in payment of that portion of the estimates Submitted by the License Commissioners of the three districts which the Solicitor considers the county liable for; 2nd, in payment of the salary and expenses of the Police Magistrate; and that the Treasurer pay these SUMS to the parties properlyeauthorized to re- ceive the same, the natries of the parties to be certified by the Solicitor. That in the event of there being any balance after payment of these sums the same be retained to the credit of the said account, and if a deficiency the same be supplied from any moneys belonging to the coun- ty available for such purpose." This motion, which was moved by Mr. Manning, and seconded by Mr. Kelly, was carried unanimously and the report was accordingly amended and adopted. After passing a vote of thanks to War- den Walker for his courteous and effi- cient conduct in the chair and his strict attention to the, county business during his term of office, which was gracefully acknowledged bIr the Warden, the Coun- cil dissolved. Why ' e are Out of the nion." DEAR EDITO , —In reply to A. I D. R. of last week let mesay that I did not once intimate tl at any dissent made in 1875 was repliejl to in 1873, and there- fore the "Wolf and Lamb ".illustration does not answer in this case. I am glad that admission is made in her last that the diSsent was replied to. I will now give he ; replies made in the Assembly of 1873, June 3-12, and if you cau give space in. the future the replies made in the PreSbytery of 1874, and the account of what took place in the Assembly of of 1874 and 1875. I know that these things are not of interests to many of your readers, and if thought best will leave them at your office for one week, where all -interested can see them, then my purpose will have been achieve , rz : Fairness. For want of space I onl g ve the replies: 1. The doctrine of Christ's Hea s ip • I over the churcl and the nations, is not only distinctly taught in the Wor I of God, which, ii the first article of the Basis of Uniori, is declared to be the only infallible rile of faith,but also in the Westminater C nfession of Faith, which, in the second ar icle of the Basis of Union, is declared to b the Subordinate Stand- ard, as well as in the Longer and Shorter Catechisms, which in the same article, are declared to be adopted, and appoint- ed to be used for the instruction of the people; that as all doctrines to be be- lieved respecting the Headship of Christ, including those specifically mentioned in the former basis, are taught in the Scriptures and Subordinate Standarda, adopted in the new basis, there is lio violation of the Union Covenant.' 2. There is lib greater necessity at the present time to 'testify on behalf of the doctrine of Christ's Headship than on behalf of othe doctrines, such as that of the Atonen ent, as a real substitu- tionary sacrific ; and as all such funda- mental doctrine of the Word of God are iet forth in the Confession of Faith and catechisms ado ted in the new basis, it is not necessary to make special mention of the Headship of Christ rather than of the doctrines of the Atonement, or other fundamental doctrines now called in question. , , 3. There is no reason for dissenting from a basis, in which standards are adopted, in which Christ is distinctly acknowledged, not only in !the kingly but in the priestly and prophetical offices. Loyalty to Christ, on the con- trary, demand; that practical steps should be tak n towards securing love and peace, which he commands His t people to cheris and exhibit. 4. The only c ualification of the teach- ing of these d cuments respecting the Headship of Christ is, that nothing con- tained in them 4hall be held to sanction any principles of views inconsistent with full liberty of conscience in matters of religion. Now, as "Liberty of Con- science," according to the Confession of Faith, means that "God alone is Lord of the conscience, and left it free from the doctrine and commandments of men whieh are in anything contrary to His Word, or beside it, in matters of faith and worship," it is evident that the terms of the proposed basis, so far from rendering less definite the doctrine of Christ's Heads ip, as taught in 'Ole Standards, define its meaning in har- mony with th views of this church as set forth in the torrner basis. Yours truly, PHILO. • —A heartrending fatality occurred , • - this week on the shore of Lake .i..\ iptssing. John Benoit, with his five young chil- dren, have been living on a lot near the lake shore. Beeoit was returning in a canoe from Bo steel's Point, but his course became logged with ice which had formed during his absence. He had an axe with which he broke the ice until he succeeded in getting within a short distance of the hore, when the axe fell from his grasp and sank. He then started to crawl on the frail ice, but it broke and he saek. He was a good swimmer, and managed to keep afloat and broke the ice for some distanee,until at last it was strong enough to support him, but the un was exhausted, the edge or dra then only about shore.His wife w was a witness o and although ve garments she m ortunate man's strength nd he could not cling to himself up. He was twenty feet from the o was recent] y confined, her husband's struggles weak and clad in thin naged to reach him and 9, 1387. pull hini out upon the ice. The p woman Was not able to carry him to house,and endeavored to keep him wa in the hope that help would come. spite, however, of her efforts for o three hours to keep him alive he di It was then 11 o'clock at night. The hausted woman was hardly able to re the house and was compelled to le the body. One of her hands had bees badly frozen. During the whole of next day and night the body remai: there, the woman not being able tc in search for help. On Wednesday felt stronger, and taking the yoi child in her arms and the_ eldest boy the band,she started without shoes u - her feet over the snow to the housi James Parks, a distance of about miles. At one time during the jour the poor woman telt that she would be able to reach her destination, ; told the boy, who was eight years age, that if she gave out he was to gc until he found a house. However, reached the place and told her tale, cured men and started for the 8CE They found the frozen body upon the and brought it -to North Bay. 3 r a c h 1:1 e a 3 1 8 i te Canada. Supporters of the Scott Act in F,e frew are raising $1,000 to resist the r peal movement. — A son of Mr. Hugh Cuthbertson if Ayr, aged 19 years, died last weel f typhoid fever. —Mayor Howland, of Toronto, hs been asked to organize a Prohibi.a n Club in the city of Kingsten. —A fire at the London insane asy u on Friday destroyed the kitchen dept t- ment to the extent of $25,000. —At Bowmanville on Tuesday, 29 h ult., ten persons were fined $50 each d costs for violation of the Scott Act. —There are about 3,000 women in T ronto who can vote at the munic p 1 elections this winter. They will suppo t Rogers. —At Winnipeg on Wednesday la t week Senator Su-therland and his 110 Dr. Sutherland, were thrown from a t - ter and seriously injured. — During the past season 5,800110 bushels of grain have been transhipp d at Kingston to Montreal, 500,000 bus els less than last year. — Returns received by the Inspectc r f Fisheries for Prince Edward Island s1i.w that this year's mackerel catch is atla st one-third larger than that of last year. — Adjutant VanAllan, who has f r some time been in charge of the Mont al division of the Salvation Army, been transferred to Palmerston. — In eduking the test wells for the water supply at St. Thomas, Monc ay, a vein was struck thirty-five feet below the surface which will yield fifty th as - and 'gallons a day. —Mr. Samuel Hunter, a Beverly far- mer, Wentworth county,this last season raised 6,000 bushels of turnips f m eight acres. He also raised 2,500 b sh- els of mangolds. —Two freight trains collided on t ie Canada Pacific railway near Fort Wil- liam, Thursday. The engines were dis- abled and several cars damaged, but the train hands escaped by jumping. —A Canadian from near Kings on named D. C. Smith, was found deal in bed at a hotel in Watertown, N. last Sunday, the result of an overdo e of chloral. —The French training home of the Salvation army headquarters in M nt- real is to be opened in about two wek. Commissioner Coombs and staff vill take part. —A young man in the vicinik of Kingston named Jas. Dowling, while temporarily insane,hanged himself in a barn. He was cutdown and a galv nic battery applied. He revived and is a1w all right. —On Wednesday evening last we kin the Wellington street Methodist chu cjh, Brantford, a farewell service was he d in connection with the departure of 1 as 21.1organ for Japan, where she goes si a missionary teacher. —Mr. Wm. Donaldson, a lea North Oxford farmer, has been tend r c an appointment on the Advisory B rd of the Ontario Agricultural Departme t, in place of Prof. VVni. Saunders, no,• at the head of the Dominion Experimes al Farm Station. —Rev. J. W. Annis, pastor of he First Methodist church, St. Tho:n s, stated, in a sermon preached to wor ing men last Sabbath evening, that f r careful consideration he had conch s ed there were two thousand people in , at city who did not attend church. —Mr. Chas. Harding, who was run i, to by a Canadian Pacific Railway exi r ss while crossing the track with his 1 o se and democrat at the Ayr station lo e time ago, is endeavoring to recover 00 damages from the railway authoritic s or the loss and injury sustained. —Messrs. John Burns and R. B. Walker, of London, returned hom( he other day- after a week's trip thr. gh Muskoka district on a hunting ex di - tion. They joined friends on the io d, and the result was 19 deer, two ot t( rs, one marten and several partridges. has —On a recent Sabbath evening a m- perance meeting was held in Hick's 11, Hespeler, and addressed by Mrs.Ca :rs, of Galt, and Mrs. Skelton, of Tor to. Both ladies spoke remarkably well, nd warned the young ladies present t be- ware of young men who used alcol o or narcotics. —The Commercial hotel, one o the largest in Guelph, was discovered o be on fire about 2 o'clock last Satt r lay morning. The flames had made r eat headway when the inmates were roitak- ened, andns the fire originated nes the hall on the first flat, escape by the tir- way was impossible. All the g u sts and boarders had to jump from the in- dows as it would have been cc rain death to wait for the hook and 1 cder company. There were between if nd 80 persons in the hotel, and altl o gh many jumped from the second and tliiird storey windows and some fron the {1111cLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. fourth, none it is hoped have received fatal injuries although about a dozen re- ceived very serious injury and one, a moulder named Chas. Kale perished in the flames. The fire is supposed to have originated in the furnace. In Hamilton Friday night Hon. John Macdonald and Hon. S. H. Blake ad- dressed the anniversary meeting of the Young Men's Chtistian Association. Senator Macdonald I offered the balance of the amount necespary to be raised for their new building, that amount is not subscribed in Hamilton within a month. —An exciting encounter between -stu- dents of Queen's 'University and the Kingston police occurred on Saturday night, one of the students being arrested for singing in the streets, his compan- ions being prevented, from rescuing him by the constable's threat to use his re- volver if interfered With. —Mr. Watson Dulmage, of Prince Edward county, near Picton, who went to California last Christmas returned last week. He says times are no better in the Golden State than in Ontario. A hired man's life on the big ranches at $1 per day is slavery. He had poor health while there. —Mr. Snider, the converted railway condactor, held services in the Metho- dist church, Galt, on Sabbath evening, 27th ult., and notwithstanding the very unfavorable weather_ the church was crowded to the doors. Mr. Snider is described as a fluent and forcible speak- er, without slang and with great sin- cerity. —A drunken woman was found near Queen's Park, London, sound asleep in the snow last Saturday morning by a man on his way to work. She had been out all night and was wct through to the skin by the snow. On being restored t consciousness she said she remembere lying down and thought that she coul now find her way home. hope of any further work bein done on the Red River Valley railroa until after a session of the Legislatur has now been abandoned. The Citizens Committee has passed a resolution tha owing to recent and unexplained devel opments in connection with ,khe Govern ment's transactions with M. Holt, i would decline to hand over the $300,00 donated by the city. —A gentleman heard a couple of dayi ago that an order had been received in Toronto from New York for 5,000 snow birds, to be supplied during the winter. He communicated with the Humane So- ciety, and an officer was detailed to make enquiries. If this wholesale slaugh- ter is attempted, the society will take steps to have the guilty parties prose- cuted. --The other morning while caretaker Fremlin was engaged in digging a grave for the reception of a corpse in the town cemetery at Orangeville, the sides of the excavation fell in, burying him up to the neck in the grave. Fremlin's shouts at- tracted the attention of several men and they hurried to the eemetery and rescued the unfortunate gravedigger from his uncomfortable position. —A grain elevator together with a house and barn were burned at Owen Sound last Saturday. The elevator, being empty, was speedily reduced to ashes, and it was with great difficulty that the docks, gas works and other buildings were saved. The elevator was valued at $15,000 and was insured for $3,000. The fire was Undoubtedly the work of incendiarism, being started in two different places. —In a drunken quarrel Sunday after- noon in Rochesterville a man named Albert Desonneaur struck his brother with a wooden shovel and inflicted a severe wound on the head, from which he died three hours after. The Ottawa police were communicated with, and he culprit ariested. The prisoner is 31 years of age and has a wife and seven children. The deceased is 27, and leaves a wife and one child. —A young man named George A. Mc- Coll met with a terrible accident at a threshing on the farm of Mr. David Har- vie, of North Dumfries, near Galt. While the machine was at work Mr. McColl slipped through a hole in the loft directly over the cylinder portion of the maehine, his right leg went down into the thresher and was ground to pieces, to such a degree that amputation to the thigh was necessary. —Mrs. Kievill, relict of the late John Kievill, of West Flamboro', county of Wentworth, died a week ago. Mrs. Kievill was the daughter of a U. E. loyalist, and has been a resident of this township all her life. She had lived 68 years in the house in which she died, and was 85 years of age. Her husband died ten years ago at the ago of 84. Seven daughters and four sons survive her, ---Mr. Thos. Stewart, of Port Elgin, died :on Tuesday, 29th ult., at the age of 70 years. Mr. Stewart was well known, having been engaged in the milling business in various parts of this Province since 1846. He spent a num- ber of years at this business in Waterloo county, and afterwards at Brussels, in Huron county. At the time of his death he was joint owner with his brother of a niill at Part Elgin. —Sensational rumors are afloat con- cerning the death of Mr. C.t J. Cook, a merchant of North Pelham, which oc- curred a week ago. The cause of his sudden death was variously attributed to blood -poisoning, the bursting of a blood vessel and a convulsive fit. It is preaching owing to an affection of the throat. Ele then tried commerce, ein- barking in business at Watford, which after a short experience he wound up and moved to Sarnia. He was chaplain to the St. Andrew's Society, and their annual supper, arranged for Wednesday night, was postponed on account of his untimely demise. —The sub -collector at Aroostook, New Brunswick, has made a seizure of a quantity of cotton, prints, soda and tea smuggled into that port from the United States by a party who, it is said, has been in -the habit of systematically de- frauding the revenue. A Denver, Colo- rado, man thought he could elude the vigilance of the collector at Pieton, Ontario, and bring in a type -writer without paying duty. The officer, how- ever, pounced' on the machine. The department has both cases under con- sideration. —Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Oliver, of Mani- toba, are visiting in the neighborhood of Ayr, their former home. They left ten years ago, being the first family from that neighborhood to settle in iNlanitoba. Many thought the move a very unwise one, having a large family and the coun- try unsettled, but any OD C looking at Mr. Oliver to -day, healthy and robust, and, although ten years older, as young - looking as the day he left, will admit that the step was not so very unwise after all. —Plans have recently been adopted for increasing the width of the snspen- sion bridge connecting Niagara Falls, Ont., with Niagara FaAls, N. Y., and in accomplishing the work it will be necessary to practically rebuild the en- tire structure except the towers. To such a perfection has engineering skill attained, however, that the work will in no way interfere with travel across the structure. The work of stringing the cable has already begun, and the contract calls for the completion of the whole work by April 15 next. —The fiftieth anniversary of the con- gregation of Knox church, Dundas, was celebrated on Tuesday evening, 29th ult., by a public meeting, presided over by Mr. T. Isl. McKenzie, who was a member of session when a separate con- gregation of the Presbyterian church in Canada was formed in 1844. Rev. Dr. Laing,wha was inducted in 1873,deliver- ed an interesting address, tracing the growth of Presbyterianism about Dun- das as far back as 1812. Judge ;Miller, of Galt, is the only survivor of those whose names were on the roll of 1834. —A new addition to the Girls' Indus- trial Institute in Toronto was formally opened on the evening of the l st inst. This new addition, which was badly re- quired, has been built entirely by the generosity of Mr. Wm. Gooderham at a cost of about $6,000. The Girls' Indus- trial Institute is conducted on the prin- ciple that the wisest charity is that which assists without pauperising the recipient. Classes for instruction in various kinds of practical work are con- ducted for the benefit of those who have taken shelter in this building, —The spacious auditorium of the Carlton street church, Toronto, was 111 - led to its utmost capacity M on day Dight, when Rev. 11. P. Crosiley preached from Ruth i., 16. :Naomi was presented as an example of consistent pietv ; Orpah as an example of one who neglected to act upon her convictions—she started with Naomi, and turned back. Ruth was a woman of decision; she acted upon her convictions; she made an in- dependent decision, -courageous and fixed, which caused a revolution in her life, the result of which was that she be- came the great grandmother of David and the ancestress of Jesus Christ. —The Marine Department at Ottawa have presented to Miss Maria Collins, daughter of the proprietor of the Cen- tral hotel, 1 at Collingwood, a beautiful gold locket and chain for heroism dis- played in saving life on the 15th of August last. Miss Collins and a number of friends were camping on an island near Nottawasaga lighthouse last sum- mer. On the day mentioned a man named- Brown and his nephew, aged ten, started from Long Point to row to Collingwood. A sudden squall came on,, and capsized tl.eir boat. Had it not been for the caerage and presence of mind of Miss C Mins, who entered a punt, and despite the heavy sea succeed- ed in reaching the two persona in the water,and bringing them safely to shore, they would inevitably have perished. —Samuel Hess, butcher, residing in the vicinity ot Hamilton, was on his way home the other night driving a team. He had considerable money in his pocket, having been at the Hamil- ton market. About a mile from the city he .caught up /to two men, and 4 their request allowed them to ride wit}i him. One sat on the scat beside hini and the other squatted on a bag of brag in the box behind. Suddenly he wa4 struck a terrible blow on the hack of his head, knocking him out of the wagon into the roadway, where he lay insen- sible. The horses took fright and ran away, carrying the two men with them, and thus thwarting, no doubt, their scheme to rob Mr. Hess who eoon re- covered his senses and made the _best of his way home, where he found the horses waiting for him. —White and grey blankets arc made at the Tara woolen mills in Bruce coun- ty, That Place which has also a cabinet factory, a foundry, a sash and door fac- now stated there are strong suspicions tory, and a private bank, hesiden the that he was poisoned. Sensational de- usual array of general stores and other velopnients are expected within the next shops, is shortly to have a fifty-ba-rrel few days. roller flour mill. The legendary "Harp —On Friday afternoon, 25th ult., of Tara's Hall," is not mate, it resounds Sarnia was thrown into a state of great in hopeful strains, at the hands of Mr. excitement by the sudden death of Rev. T. R. Foster, who writes: "Though Wm. Doak, the town clerk, who was sitting in his office writing When he was stricken down. A doctor was summon- ed, but in a few minutes after his arrival Mr. Doak was dead. Deceased was a Presbyterian minister, and was at one time in the Stratford Presbytery, but was obliged several years ago to give up crops have been poor around DS and business is rather dull, we are expecting better times. When we get our new roller mill and having already a good woolen mill, we may expect more custo- mers in our village and may look for something nice next season, under Him who rules and guides, (not John A.)"