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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-12-30, Page 1a_ tang I eptain &c..— r from toarde very L t and Isarily 4 it is it in Week, sk ale 1 they Mame last, . ephell ck, of 'week. Id lot farm ey, to 1.400, trchie :legaire today town 'hater 'tank, ✓ her ghter le-Ison rge of ,gone. • the iencis. hold _time, )wing who nage. ter of t the - (trey, 'y all ;their Et has sale 'rat to vrtary,. !riday :from a and it.— Farm- e this sttene lville *vistee earne Famea has e this -- tutted (Gag - I with. Et A- ater,, t the 'thane Df one like datea na for In •mittly f Mt. Zite- ion of a the uortli eetat for ugh rable tent" ng ef intro - into ed of eI are ths ecess- ringuriflg - f the ere erabie y the erS of linos roak adaeri before seme takee tit° ariner dont what echo - rued it; foal' scale* TWENTY-FIRST TEAR. • WHOLE NUMBER 1,046. j I In SEAFORTH, FRIDAY DECEMBER 30, 1887. MCLEAN BROS. Publishers. 1.50 a Year, in Advance. A Merry Christmas ANDA HappyNewYe r TO ALL. We take great pleasure in tendering- our hearty thanks to all our numerous customers fortheir liberal patronage extended to is through the :tear 1887 and in this connection beg leave to Ssk the same support for the year 1888, and we pledge our word for it, that we will use our best ability to put on our shelves and counters only such goods that will stand the closest inspection and at prices that wifl tempt all, who are in need of any goods, to buy. And now last, but not least, we wish to impress upon you that our stoek is too large to carry over, and taking into consideration that we have had a good season's business, we have decided to give our customers and the public generally great value for their money for the balance of this season, in all lines of goods. A call is respectfully aolicited at the Cheap Cash Store —OF— Hoffman & Co., SEAFORTH. NOTICE. ---Agents for Buttericks Reliable Pat- terns, Fashion Books, Sheets, etc. —The solleitors for John L. Pearce and seven other farmers in Dunwichahd (me in South Dorchester, county of Elgin, have issued a writ against Thos. C. Hewitt, and his brother, Simeon Hewitt, to collect the amount they have lost by reason of Thos. C. Hewitt's alleged misappropriating, diverting and distrilmting the capital_ of the Ontario Grain and Seed Company, and also to set aside a mortgage given by Thos. C. Hewitt to his brother, Simeon Hewitt, fan $7,000, on December 7, 1887, after the first examination of witnesses in the criminal case. It is claimed that about $24,000 worth of notes were cashed by Hewitt and went to the redit of his private account in the Lcnadon Bank. The case will be tried at the spring sit- tings of the High Court. --Miss M. McNeir, who has been spending the Lentatdiro years in Australia and New Zealandmepresenting the Lyon l'ablishing House of Guelph, re- turned to her home at Granton two weeks ago. She says the country la emonletely overrun with book agents, and triany hane been obliged to forsake their avocation and take to gum digging for a livelihood. The modes of farming and railway accommodation are far be- hind the age. Like the old country railways no che,cks are given for trunks, and at the end of the journey they are. dumped on to tbe platform, and the pas- sengers rush up and seize their own. The doors of the coaches are kept locked during the journey. Carts iustead of wagons are in daily use. The cry of hard times has penetrated these coun- tries until it has grown monotonous and in all her travels which were quite ex, tensive, she neither observed the pro- gress nor the smiling plenty that is to be found right here in this favored spat, Ontario, the garden of the world. Readymade CLOTHING. AN Immense Stock of Evecything to Choose From., 5 First Class in QUALITY. _ and LOW IN PRICE. BITYERS BOYS' 1W ON. ILCOATS, GAPS, SCARFS, UNDERWEAR D &e. I ••••WWINEI •mnIMMI..0810. EN'S FUTCAPS, UN DE It, W EAR OVERCOATS, ,READYMADE SUITS, &c. .1111.....111•111• Clothing Department, Edward McFaill s popuLAR DRY GOODS, Millinery and Clothing House, SEAFORTH, ONT, OUR MANITOBA LETTER. (From Our Own Correspondent.), WINNIPEG, December 20, 1887. Politics, though In a rather hazy con- dition here at present, are, to, ourselves at least, about the most intsiresting of all topics. just as when a big storm is brewing, there is usually- a hill before- hand, so there is :very little—noise being made, but every one is eagerly waiting developments. The Norquay Govern- ment are certainly in very deep waters, but it is not easy to make outsidert understand their situation. One thing there, can be no dispute about. Their worst offence in the eyes of people here is, that they have failed in Securing a competing outlet north or south, sb as to keep us partially independent of the Canadian Pacific Railway. I cannot see how a connection with the Northern Pacific could have accomplished that. The "Soo " road brings the Canadian Pacific Railroad into a Position where friendly relations with that. road would be an advantage to both, and in such a case they might any day patch up an agreement that would make the Red River Valley road of little or no value in lowering freight rates to the east. Bat the unanimous vote of Local Parlia- ment that the Red River Valley road must be built, shown how our people feel. No member who wants tolkeep his seat need vote in favor of the Canadian Pacific Red( Way monopoly. Whether their past, Plans for getting clear of that monephly are to turn out of any use is an open question. That our people mean to do it, there can be ido question. and though there is a lull now, there will be a big burst some day, and Toryism, in all its forms, is gOing to have a bad chance. I do not speak as a partiza,n, but as a• looker-on, and time will prove.that I am not far wron4. OUR WIUNIcleAL ELECTIONS have gone off very quietly: Time was when men fought keenly for a seat in the city parliament, but there was lots of money spending in those days, and it was a poor alderman who could not get a chance to lick his fiugers when•stirring the fire. They were met all this sort, but a job, it pleasant and profitable, could always find willing agents among the city fathers. Now, no such trickii are possible, and we heve reached a time when common sense, and not whisky, commands a majority of votes. The Knights of Labor tried to get in two men in the Working end of the city, but the man who did not want votes on their terms went to the top of the poll, and Alderman Black, a stronger Man person.: ally, came in a bad second, though 'he had all their vote, whiletheir main cane didate had a very sniall Cranks and crank schemes are evidently at a discount, and Black, a canny Scotchman, will perhaps not be so ready to figure again as the champion of labor crotchets. OUR CLEm: vmEN, most of them men of mark, are being badly scattered just now. Mr. Gordon, one of the best all-round, men in his mild nexion, has gone back to Halifax, from which he started. .1. B. Silemx, our sole representative of Congregationalism, has just resigned_ to take ciloice between 1 two churches down in the States, while Mr. Pitblaclos of St. Andrew's church, is. also under call from a echurch at San Francisco. I think he, more than any other minister here, needs a change. He has done a deal of hard eestark in the working class district which he occupies, has aged a good deal in consequence, and will carry with him, if he goes'the hearty appreciation of all who know him. Mr. Gordon pleaded bad health also, and there is no place where a minis- ter,. willing to work, has a better chance of getting worked out than here, and especially within the last five years. I reckon on a quieter time for the next in- cumbents, and any good man here is sure of hearty appreciation. OUR. BOARD OF TRADE has just given its verdict in favor of a new set of grades for wheat. A fancy grade called extra hard, an ordinary one of so per cent. hard red wheat as No. 1 hard, and lower ones in proportion, are what they call for a,nd will get. The extra high 'grade of the old No. 1 hard is not doing the good once promised to our farmers, and must be set aside. The wheat growers of Northern Dakota, who raise a wheat very much the same as ours, are being done out of part of the value of their crop owing tel the standard there being too low. A man whose wheat is 80 per cent. hard gets no more for it than wheat160 per cent. hard will bring, and 80 there is no motive to pro - dude a really good wheat on that side. An equal standa-rd for both countries is whet we want. ANOTIIER tit'BJ ECT. Al] the world must have heard at one time or another of the way we blow about our wheat. But there are few people even among ourselves who are aware what a lot of fish are killed in our waters. Lake Winnipeg has been the pricipal field, and the mouths. of the great Saskatchewan the best location. Reid and Clark were among the first to work this industry systematically, and at Selkirk especially there are important freezing establishments to which the fish packed in ice are carried and prepared for distant markete, such as Chicago, Buf- laical St. Paul, and even as far as St. Louis'. Sturgeon from four to six feet long and over 100 lbs. weight, pickerel and jackfish, are caught in great abund- ance, and as the fish are protected when out of .season there is little risk of a -failure in the supply. Between 70 and SO car loads are already caught annually. There are about 2,000 persons employed about this industry, which is gradually assuming business like shape and in- creasing in importance. The recent death of Mr. Reid has' been a check on the work which his energy did so much to bring into shape and value, but there is now little risk of its decreasing in int- porta.nce. THE NOBLE l'IONEEn. Another rather curious industry, though not .of such important dimen- eiens, is buffalo rearing. Mr. Bedsen, the Warden of toney Mountain Penh' tentiary, got ho d of a few cfdves, when the breed was 1 ss rare than it now is, and though t ere is a.. good dead of trouble • 1 rearing and con- trolling such uncanny stock, it is now establish d beyond c ispute that they may be r duced to otne degree of subjection -a d familiaei y with Mi- mes control. Ir. Bedson' - herd now numbers close o 60 thoroughbred ani- mals and a ood few cif osses upon common ,cows. At this seas -.)n the, cows with their calv s and all he younger balls draw in round the penitentiary where hay is pr vided for heir- winter keep, but the old bulls, great, ugly customers, take a wider range, and pay _little attention to fences f any sort. Their owner is livays ready to pay any damage done b them in ti eir country strolls, and so k epn in good terms with the farmers ar und, but t ey are not pleasant tramps to meet wi h. I have seen three or fo r huge old ellows stroll through Winni eg some ye re ago, but they generally •o out the ot er way to - 'ward the- wilde part of t e country. In spring -the cows retire to the bush to , drop their balve andit is ether risk- ' isle' to intrude u on them at uch a time. In her gentles moods an old buffalo cow has an ev I eye, and would hook either man orb ast on very slight pro- vocation. The • ig old bulls a1re monsters, very high at th shoulders,I and with e huge girth -of ch st. Thehi d quarters slope off to thei short tail, and are ' e . foot lower, and ery much Aighter than the front ones. The front' legs, under jaw, andfront c uarters• have a coat of long shaggy h ir, and in lall but the head resembles :ry much th lion of the picture books. When a bu alo gets on his feet he look an awkwar1 brute but wheir ,he begi s to take o running, and very little ets him off, klis speed is surprising and very few obstlacles are of much O.QCOLillt with him. , The' wonderft 1 vitality of the buffalo is a point worth notieg before I leave off the Stony It ountain cunosities. A young cow, out f a common black cow by a buffalo bul happened . to break her hind leg above the knee. A. tame- cow has had a broke leg set in splints, and - get all right a,g in. I have even heard of a cow with a vooden leg, but this is the only exampl I have ever seen of a cow that drag ed a broken leg round till it set again in good shape. Since this happened .he has had two -other calves, and tho gli she has still a per- ceptible halt, n one would guess that that leg .had got broken and healed of its 'own accord. An old halfbreed bull ha e hauled rou d after hint for a year or two a leg di a;bled by a genshot, for this is about th only form -of 'correction that affects th m when they go on p. rampage. • I_ Sir Donald S 'nith, a very great man with us, has j st got over from Mr. Bedson, a yoen bull and our or five cows, to try a.ii start another herd on his place- ca.lIed1 Silver Heights, on the Assinniboinen bit it is tog confined a country foe th buffalo, and it will I think, take a c1ea1 of troeble to get them tamed dos n on a common farm, no matter how srei1 it is feneed. Mr. Bedson h s also a couple of fine .female moose deer, trained I to driving; and a drive ovei the prairie after such a team is a rather rare experience. THE FIERY FIEND. Two very .disastrous fires have visited the city within the last ten ' days. The flour mill of Macmillan Brothers, after having had some thousand dollars spent in re -fitting it, took fire at the end of its first day's work and was burned to the ground. • The loss to the esteemed owners is very heavy and as it was built on the river side and away from railroad conveniences, it is not likely to be. rebuilt. The gas works have also gone, set on firp through the want of caution in the engineer, who held a lighted lamp o near a cistern full of crude oil that ah explosion took place, add the poor fellow lost his life. The electric light is now our .sole supply and the old oil amps are being rigged up, till the ijestoration of the gas woks is poss ble. In the. depth of winter this will be a serious task, and the public inco venience will be great. W. , ; The Tucker mith School Board. 1 To the Editor of T1 s liC:tON EXPOSITOR. DEAR SIR, In the last issue of the EXPOSITOR, I n ticed a communication from that rather " noted " individual, viz.,the learned Principal of No. 9, pour- ing out the vial of his wrath upon the offending Schoo Board of Tuckersmith, and the chainhan in particular, and assigns as a reaeon that some party in behalf of the boird, saw fit to assail bim in the Sun. A I have not had the pleasure of seeing the article referred to,it is impossible for me to say whether it is true, or not. Suffice it to say that we have not authorized any party to at- tack him through the press, we are all capable of defenaling our course and that ,over our own si natures, without having to resort to any[ such tactics. ' But this although used as a blind, is not thereal grievance. It is this, that a few mem- bers of the Board, myself among them, were led for a eertain time to believe (on the very plausible story):that he had a claire to our indulgence, avid expressed ourselves to that effect both to himself and others. .Afterwards, on finding out that we were deceived, we tamed our backs and refueed to be a party to any such:Scaly transactions and that—at a thne when he had the boodle almost within his grasp. That is the real griev- ance: Had we carried' him throughthe game'to-day we would be lauded to the sky by the " domine " instead of being left out in the cold. We will first deal with plea No. 1, not bding satisfied with the $500 that he engaged to con- duct the school for. Allowing:his loye of filthy lucre be get the better of his judgment, and thinking be might just as well have $10 more, he started out to feel the School Board's pulse, represent- ing to the different members that the Board had made a mistake, and ;among the rest, he called upon myself with the sameplea. The answer he got was this : that if figures were put down wrong, on if the Beard had made a mistake, I would see that it was put right atthe next meeting, and I understand the t he received ; a similar answer from the other members of the Board that he ap- proached. Now mark you this, why did not „tilr. Hbrton come personally be- fore the Board in session, or send a written statement of his grievances for them to contdder, instead, of adopting the disreputable tactics of lobbying among the members as a boodler would for boodle? Meeting No. 2 came round, and I found on examining the figures in the hiring list (opposite- their respective ntenes) that there was no mistake, $500 was placed opposite Mr. Horton's name, the figures he gave me, and I defy him to say toi the contrary. Our mode of hiring is this, we pay all the teachers a stated salary, and they receive no extra remuneration for caretaking, kindling fires, etn, let it cost what it May. So all the teachers in the township had equally As good -a right to apply for $10 as Mr. Horton. So much -tor plea No.l. Frustra*1 in his efforts to obtain the $10 with plea No. 1, he adopted plea No. 2, which is this: that he had made -a, mistake, (ha !) mark you ! he was ashamed to father it in the first place for fear it would spoil his reputation of "smart ', that he did not understand the resolutions of the Board under which he was hired, which provided for caretaking without any extra remunera- tion. It seems strange that even the new teachers understood it without any explanation and that all the other teachers understood it. It was explained to all the,teachers at the time of hiring, when the motion was patsed, he among the rest, that there was no change made in the mode of hiring this year. Had there been we certainly would nave noti- fied -the teachers. He himself has signed receipts ,,within a few weeks of hiring this year, which proves that he under- stood it then. That this modern Creisue, who stands head and shoulders above the rest in the teaching profession for -wisdom, , shrewdness and intelligence, even one ,of the controlling spirits of this remarkable age, should be the only man to misunderstand bow he was hired, is incredible. With this array of *facts against 'him nes wonder that I jumped the rope,!followed closely by 13voa.dfoot and Dalrymple. At meeting No. 3 Mr. Horton finds fault with the secretary and and chairman for notaltering his agree- ment._ Any simpleton, who has acquaint- ance with the- mode of procedure of a public meeting, might know that a mo- tion does not become law until it is read a sedend time. Then he insinuates that we used; stratagem to pull Mr. Broad - foot across the rope, a very compliment- ary _insult to Mr. Broadfoot's intelli- gence. The trouble is that he saw ths ",quirk." Then Mr. Horton rants about a double tasseled vote. - The vote stood tot recind the motion, granting Mr. Hor- ton $10 extra, Messrs. Broadfoot, Wal- lece, Mason and McKay; to adopt the minutes, Messrs. Colbert, Atkinson and Fisher. Where does your double tas- seled vote come in? "Fearing his loy- alty to the secretary and his party." What.does he mean by that? It can't be politics, as it is well known that the secretary and myself as opposed in poli- tics. -Such being the case, Mr. Horton would certainly be our choice. As a compromise, we would each havo a leg of his on either side of the fence. Then Mr, Horton slurs at the teachers who applied for the school. But I leave him• to their tender care hoping they will deal leniently with him, and take into consideration the source from which it has come. Then, on hiring day he says "we began to feel that we bad them a little. Well .it was so very little that we did; not see it, and although he bluff- ed around in the early .part of the con- troversy that he would resign if the $10 was not granted him, yet' when I re- quested him, on behalf of the Board, to resign he had not the common manliness to do so. Then he says that it is his solid intention to stay to the first of March. I beg to inform him if he does so he will teach on his old agreement, at a salary of $460 per annum, and as prin- cipal and assistant combined, unless ordered otherwise by the Inspector. Mr. Horton eayswe consulted legal advice, but he forgot to tell the public that he consulted legal advice in the first place, no doubt for the express purpose of over- aweing theBoard,but he reckoned with- out his .host, as the Board of to -day possesses too much backbone to be scared by the hooting of an owl. He says we heve a verbal agreement with the teach- er. We ;have an agreement sealed- and signed. ',Let Mr. Horton produce some of our resolutions and amendments wherein we try to ride over Acts of Par- liament. Then he gets off his base and quotes some, old smart sayings. I ad- vise him to mix soine " sansage " with them to make them more palatable. "Authorizing Mason." What does he mean by .that ? Probably a new _work on the "mysteries of trading." It would be well to introduce it into No. 9 for the benefit of the principal As to the "dol- lar and -a half deputetior," I know of none; Poor man, the introduction of that' "third class ". into the principal's room, since vacation, to help to swell the average there, and give the new register a respectable appearance, caus- ing additional work and worry, together with that exciting chase after that $10, might unseat his reason just a little, causing him to see things in an imagina- tive light. I advise him to take a rest and not attempt to teach the full school after vacation. Then in conclusion he thanks the three faithful ones. Where is man No. 4, I thought we had a tie. Is it possible that he deserted him also? Ye five that are out in the cold to miss such a treat; the thanks of an earthly potentate sink into insignificance in comparison with the thanks of this modern sage. However, let Us be satis- fied that we have done our duty and succeeded in getting rid of , a crank. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your valuable space,, I remain, Yours truly, 0. T. MoKan, Chairman, P Tuckersmith, Deo. 19th, 1887:- S. B. Canada. John Shamilt, of Oshawa, was rob- -bed of $120 in a disreputablehouse in Toronto the other night. —John Carroll has been oommitted for trial in London, for the 'murder of his brother's wife. . —The Winnipeg Congregational church has extended a call to the Rev. Hugo Pedley, of Cobourg, Ontario. — Mr. J. Cd Patterson, of Windsor, has presented that town with. a $6,000 site for a new High School. —The parcel post service between Canada and the United States goes into effect February 1. ; --The Canadian Pacific Railway are moving the Manitoba wheat drop at the rate of 100 cars a day. —It is stated that the St. Clair River railway tunnel has been .abandoned, the contractor having struck a quick- sand. • —W. R. Sells, of Napanee, ; has been appointed teacher of St. Thomas Colleg- iate Institute, rendered vacant by the resignation of N. W. Ford, : —Mr. Roger Dowlin, of Peel, while attending the Christmas Fair: at Elora lost his pocketbook containing over a hundred dollars in bills. —.The last steamer which Left the Mersey for Halifax had upwards of 100 tons space occupied by cratee of holly and mistletoe, principally for Winnipeg. —The Macklein mills, near Kincar- dine, were burned on Friday eight. The fire is supposed to have originated in the engine house. Loss $3,000; insur- ance not known. — Mr. Andrew Pattullo of the Wood- stock Sentinel Review was somewhat in. the bther night, by b is hoese running away while driving into town. —A train left Toronto last Friday night for 'Sault Ste. Marie viathe Cana- dian Pacific Raiiway, the first to carry passengers to that point. —Mrs.*Geo. Learn, of South Dorches- ter, while going down the cellar stairs, lost her balance and fell to the; bottom, sustaining.a compound fracture of the leg and hurting her head; —A teo year old son of Wm. Mchlas- ter, of Peterboro, was found . dead Fri- day morning, hanging by the neck be- tween the edges of two planks in the loose flooring of an unused building. — About $400 were collected in fines for violations of 'the Scott Act in Ren- frew county last week. Two persons, for second offences, were mulcted in $100 and 'costs each. — J. j. Robertson, a prominent Winnipeg barrister, dropped dead Thudsday night of heart disease. He formerly lived in Chatham and Owen Sound. ; — Thomas Morrow, a farmer, residing in the 3rd concession of Brighton, coun- ty of Hastings, was killed the other evening near Trenton by a train. Both horses were also killed. — A. writ has been issued against the - Grand Trunk Railway for $1,000 dam- ages, arising out of the destruction • of a house by fire following the wreck at the London and Port Stanley crossing on July:15th, last. —The Parkhill Gazettenecently burn- ed ouareappears in a new typographical outfit, and is now printed on . a fast Wharfdale press. The Gazette deserves success. and will doubtless enjoy a re- newal of prosperity. ; —The other day Mr. Dickenson of Woodstock received a note from Platts- ville, enclosing the $7.50 which he claimed from the girl Hartoff, and which has been made . the cause of so much litigation recently. —Alex. Ward, of • Wiarton, has been sent to the Central Prison for six months for thritshing the editor of the Echo. Ward is the man who assaulted his own mother some time ago, and the Echo reported the case. —The fashion of sending Christmas cards has not yet died out in the cities. Seven large basketsful of these missives were distributed around the city of Montreal from the post office last Satur- day night. —Work on the proposed canal on the Canadian side of the Sault will not be commenced until late next spring, owing to the incompleteness of the extensive specifications required by the contract- ors. — The ; Pall Mall Gazette Commis- sioner has cabled to London that he in- tends to visit the interior of Manitoba to interview the immigrant settlers and see the Scotch crofters settled in that pro- vince. —The export season of Canadian live stock, whieh has just closed; was the greatest known, the total number being over 65,000. In sheep the number was only 35,000, being the smallest on record since 187$. ; —Mr. 'Jas. Wallace, son . of P. C. Wallace, of London, has returned from Los Angelos, California, disgusted with the country and its 'prospects as far as mechanics- are concerned. Hundreds are out of work. — At the request of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, Hon. Mr. Ross thus states the position in regard to temperance instruction he the public schools : The subject of scientific tem- perance education is compulsory, and the teacher is under the same obligation to teach it as he is to teach reading or writing. The Inspector has no power to omit temperance instruction from the school curriculum, and if he reports that scientific temperance is not taught the department will insist on itbeing made a subject of instruction, or withhold the grant. The subject of scientific temper- ance instruction has not been placed on the list of departmental examinations for public school pupils. The text has been made compulsory, where book ie used; but the teacher, as other subjects, may teach without text book. The new regulations emboliying these changes will be issued. in * few days. The minister was willidg to change the word "should " to " shall," if it was necessary, but he did not {think the alteration would make the regula- tion aey more mandatory. - —The Dominion Grange, at their meeting in Toronto last Friday, qua,ni- moued declared in favor of reciptocity e between Canada and the 'United and in favor of unrestricted trade n this country and Great *Hain. r. W. S. Hemphill, a youngl com- f Hamilton, has just pubIis1ied a book a text n all in tra States betwe —lt poser new sacred song, entitled "Come Unto Me." It is dedicated to Mrs, Hamilton, the soPrano of the Centenary MetJiodist churd. —Montreal had a double celeb ation of Christmas day, owing to the omission of the Lieutenant -Governor to prdclaim Monday a holiday. The French pana- diens eelebrated the day on Sunday and the Etiglish citizens on Mo.nday. —jr. Day, the general secretary of the Provincial Sabbath School Associa- tion hes 'arranged to hold a serles of meetidgs at different points throughout Middlesex and Lambton, for the pur- pose of organizing conventions for promoting Sabbath school work. —The Misses Dimsdale concluded a very saccessful series of reyival services in Victoria Avenue Methodist church, ing last week. riencis there, profession of Chatham, on Tuesday even The ladies rnadd many and over 70 have made religion. —The Rev. Jas. 13. uncan, now pastor of St. Andrew's church, Paisley, e affection of rd from him report him better, but it is feared that he will not be able to run e his pastoral duties again. —Feaek MeNeally, the ac°, (Maine), .11 Savings Bank robber, wa arrested in Halifax Thursday last ev ek. He had just arrived from Liverpool. He was anned' with a revolver, dagger and Win- chestet rifleaand evidently wonld have made a. stout resistance had he not been taken by surprise. Co., Guelph, interesting manufacitured e side4, top horns, 1 some It has been unique and has ben very ill from sot the he rt. The latest w —Messrs. Skinner aod have A very peculiar an chair Which has just been in their establishment. T and legs are polished cow' twenty in all being used. nicely upholstered and is substantial looking resting place. --Henry J. Morgan, Secretary of the State Department, Otte. 'a, will, take action against the New Y rk Herald for $50,000 damages for publ'shiree ax arti- an's pr bity. against 'those itiblislied the cle reflecting on Mr. Mor He will also enter actioos Canadian journals which slanders. - — Jas. A. Barker aged . a few days ago at his resit old Governor's Road, neat inhaling poisonous gas cau, table decomposition in mu a drain opened to carry. swamp near his premis Creek. — An order -in -Council has been passed ortening the le change is consequence • Commission, measures are 3 years, died ence on the Paris, from ed by yege- k taken from ater from a to. Smith at Ottawa cOnsidera,bly s lobster fishing season. T made, it is understood, ft of the report of the Lobste which shows that stringen imperative to prevent the otal destruc- tion of the industry. —The Department of Agriculture has cosnplained to the High Commissioner's office in London, England, regarding the niany unsuitable emigrants which are sent to Canada in a destitute condition. Many new arrivals were found to be un- able to pay their inland transport fares. The department asks that the nuisance brief sketch of her travels, and the suc- be suppressed. cess of Temperance in other places. pressed state of agriculture in Canada, and giving asicaUsesthekeen competition of foreign countriee, cheap iabor in india and discrimivatiOn in texation and -freight against agricultural interests. The report recommended more extended and systematic improvement of farms, stock raising, equalization of taxes and freights, and an enlarged market by the adoption of free trade principles. —Mr. A. Z. Wright, of Boston, the celebrated draught player, is again in Canada. Mr. Wright lately had =a Match with tabadie, Ontario's champion, and defeated him by 8 games to 2, weth ten drawn. During a late visit to To- ronto Mr. Wright won 73 games from the best players in the city; had seven drawn; and lost one. This is a fine record.' —Mayor Langelier, of Quebec, being at present in Toronto, influential friends of the Salvation Army in Quebec ,have telegraphed Commissioner Coombes to call on him, the desire being to have the Army in Quebec persuaded to desist from their professed intention of parad- ing the streets pending a decision in the courts on the case now pending there. — Henry Horton, an Ayr butcher's assistant, had an unpleasant experience on Tuesday. While bringing in a heifer from the country the beast became obstreperous and made a dash at him, knocking him down and pinning him to the ground. Happily the horns did not enter Horton's body, but grazed each side. Relief came and rescued him from his perilous position. —A man named Stark was arrested at Lethbridge, Manitoba, on Tuesday even- ing last week, with thirty gallons of whisky in his waggon. The whole mitfit was confiscated and the whisky taken to Superintendent McDonnell's house. During his absence the same evening soiree parties broke into the house and stole ten gallons of the liquor. Stark was lined $200 and costs. , — Geo. Law, of Drumbo, has shipped over 40 carloads of turnips in a little over one mouth. He shipped J 3 cars at Blandford, 6 at Innerkip, and the bal- ance at Drumbo. The farmers don't believe in feeding turnips when they can get twelve cents per bushel. Messrs. Dawson & Tenoant have sold about 15 carloads of coal this fall. Diumbo is getting to be one of the greatest shipping places west of Toronto. —Oh December 15th Mrs. Cochrane, %iife of Rev. Dr. Cochrane, of Brantford, entertained at tea a large number of the students of the Young La-dies'College, at her residencet In the course of the previous three weeks Mrs. Cochrane had in parties of about twenty entertained all the students of the College, and the young ladies have thoroughly appreci- ated and enjoyed her generous hospital- ity, and the pleasant evenings. thus afforded them. Three hundred families in London re- ceived relief from the St. George Society the day before Christmas. Altogether there were given out 525 loaves of bread, 2,000 pounds of beef, .3 barrels of biscuit, 6 barrels of flour, 150 pounds of tea, 300 pounds of raisins, :300 pounds of sugar, a barrel of oatmeal and 100 pounds of rice. This is the most liberal distribution the Society has made yet, and the good things were given out without regard to creed, color or nationality. Mrs. Youmans, the veteran lady tem- perance lecturer of Ontario, delivered an eloquent and instructive lecture to a large audience in one of the Baptist churches in Toronto the other night, which was highly appreciated. She pleaded that everyone should use his vote and influence to put men in the council who will support the temperance cause at the coming elections and close down drinking places. She also gave a —An explosion of dynamite oceurred at a limestone quarry near Brookfield, Colchester county, Nova Scotia, the other morning, killing four men, one of them being the proprietor of the quarry. They were warming dynamite previoue to using it for a blast, when it exploded, as is supposed, from overheating.' —Mr. J. W. Clarkson of. the Kann Organ Works, Woodstock, was badly injured the other night by falling through a hot-air register. lie was as- sisting to carry a piano, and stepped on the register, which gave way, causing him to fall to the floor,- the piano fall - — The Galt Reporter ef last week says :—Ratheremore than a year ago we had the pleasure of chronicling the mar- riage at Trinity church, in this town, of Mr. A. M. Nanton, a leading citizen of Winnipeg, to Miss Hespeler, daughter of Wm. Hespeler, Esq., of the same city. To -day it falls to our lot to record the sad news of the death of Mrs. Nanton, which took playa at her residence in Winnipeg on KJ onday last. To the grief-stricken husband and relatives this will indeed be a crushing blow; and the many friends of Mr. liespeler and family ing on himHe will be disabled for in Waterloo will unite in expressing their . ,r deepest sympathy with them in their some time. —Property is changing hands about sad bereavement. Paramount, in the vicinity of iLucknow, --A sorrowful maiden of 71 years, with great despatch, lately. Samuel frOn. Missouri, came to London the other d Kirk traded his farm of 50 acres with day and applied to a well-known legal . Geo. S. Robinson for his 100 acre farm firm for adviceShe wants to enter a on the 12th concession of Aahfield, Kirk giving $2,000 to boot. John Pickering, 4he same day, bought of Robinsoh the Kirk 50 acres for $2,900. —The large saw mills belongieg to Vance Bros., one mile east of Inwood, County of Lambton, were destroyed by fire early the other morning.. A large quantity of staves and lumber was also destroyed. The loss will be = fully $2,000, with no insurance. The fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, as there had been no person at work in 1 the mill for a fortnight. --a-Messrs. Elson & Morris, two Lon- I don butchers turned into Christmas beef a few days ago a somewhat cele - heated steer. This steer -was bred at the.. Guelph Model Farm and fed by ; Messrs; Weir & Richard Weir, of St. , Marys. It Weighed when dressed 2,300 ; pounds and took the sweepstakes and ! also first prize at the Toronto fat stock , show. —At the sittings of the Dominion Grange last week in Toronto resolutions were passed asking the Government to fix the standard barrel of salt at 280 pounds; recommending the abolition of pensions to retired civil officers, and asking prominence for agriculture on the public schools curriculum. A significant report was submitted by the Committee on Agriculture, emphasizing the de - suit for breach of promise against A. Hubby, 72 years of age, in whose house she has been living for a number of years. The gay deceiver, who will be the defendant in the suit, is about to marry another woman, and the first - mentioned lady says she is not anxious to make money -out of the affair, but would. like to get an injunction to stop the marriage. The lawyer took her in- structions and the suit will be carried on, unless a compromise is arranged be- tween the parties-. —The death is announced of Mr. Alex. R. Morrison, which took place at his residence in Hamilton on the 18th inst. A few years ago Mr. Morrison and family removed from Galt to Hamil- ton. While a resident of Galt he traveled on commission for the Stock- well, Dicksoiland other mills. He was afterwards aPpointed representative of a large eastern sugar refining company in Hamiltonarned removed to that, city the better tdcarry on his busineta. The deceased gentleman wan a native of Sutherland, Scotland, and up to the year 1857 was a member of the firm of Alex- ander & Hugh Morrison, of Glasgow, military clothiers and Highland costum- ers to the British Government. lie was a gentleman very widely known throughout the Dominion ef Canada, and universally respected. 1