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were left in the
the election of
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of Hay a few
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seen eat aged by
hop wood. Mr.
T, began drink-
utexicated. Re-
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wife interfered,
ty the husl and.
help were heard
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t the house and
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township of Hay
ta Wednesday, at
Mrs. Sherritt,
oks last Septena-
[oat agreat many
Mr. Dick was
fowl,, persons
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rs. Shertitt and
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accusation, and
• advertisement
to any person
f to the effect
eh misdemeanor.
• a charge wes-
t againet Messrs.
,ging them, with
as also -Ye. The
rates Buchanan,
[en Wednesday,
arable evidence
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he referred to,
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anted to con-
- demeanor, but ,
.ournment to get..
awn Attorney.
the case wag
Wednesday of
reaumed, and
a instructions,
erich aid' for
izes. Bail was -
the prisoners
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School Section
rey, under the
er, Mr. John
ing the hour ap-
ation to CO
of the friends.
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was served by
and the pupils
-tern eon's work,
'sem bled. to wit -
of the various-
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re interspersed
les and songs.
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eautiful album
Ir. Griffith, who
made a touch
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themselves to
ction during the
'errant dismissed
ggau club have
efficers for the
rarer president,
-ent, W. Kyle;
Smith, M. ID.;
Campbell ;
A. Robinson ;
Awty, J. D.
Colquhoun E.
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,049.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1888.
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NOTICE.—Agents for Butterieks Reliable Pat-
terns, Fashion Books, Sheets, etc..
—In Salvation Army circles there is
considerable talk over the sudden re-
covery of Captain Bob. Mc Hardy, a
former employe of the Guelph Mercury
office.He is now in London and has
been completely prostrated by a brain
and nerve affection. On Thursday last
week he stated that he would get out of
bed at a certain hour the followinu
morning. His attending physician was
at that time contemplating his removal
to the hospital. Whale the hour stated
arrived Captain McHardy got up and
has been about ever since.
—A few days age a large and beauti-
ful awl was shot on the farm of Mr. D.
9. Snyder, near Roseville, Waterloo
county. The bird was perched- on top
of the barn when killed. It was a grand
specimen of its tribe, and one not com-
monly seen. The body was a pure white,
with brown stripes covering its back.
The wings from tip to tip, measured 5
feet 2 inches.
—On Monday., 26th ult., allthe sons
and daughters of the late Deacon Berrie-
inhaand Esther Zevitz, met at the old
homestead. in Lobo, bringing with them
their wives and husbands with some of
the grandchildren. A few friends gath-
ered with the family and a happy Christ-
mas time was spent. Before the party
broke up the children presented their
mother with a pair of gold spectacles and
money to purcha-se an easy chair. The
presents were accompanied with a very
affectionate address, breathing a prayer
for a re -union beyond the river.
Looseness of Methodist Dis-
cipline.
EDITOR,—In your issue of Janu-
ary 6th reference is made to Rev. G. R.
Turk who left the large congregation in
Goderich, to which he was professedly
called of God, a few months ago to take
charge of a congregation in Atlanta,
Georgia, to which he was also called of
God, and God makes no mistakes, and
who is now supplying the Methodist
congregation Galt, with the expectation
of taking charge of the Dublin Street
Church, Guelph, after next conference.
The paragraph has startled many of our
Methodist ministers in the different con-
ferences. If rumour can be credited,
the above named gentleman, less than
two years ago was casting anxious looks
toward the Episcopal church, Subse-
quently the fact was announced through
the papers, that he had accepted a call
from a congregational church south,
which call implies a change in Theologi-
cal yiews, and now we are startled by
his sudden return and re-entrance ,upon
the work of preaching in the Methodist
church, without re-examination &c. &c.
Now I would like to ask: 1st. Is
not the itinerant system of the Metho-
dist church elastic enough to auit the
eratic mind of the brother, who has the
faculty of making the most of a small
capital? 2nd. Has he succeeded in get-
ting intotthe Galt pulpit without the aid
of some of the officials of the Guelph
Conference? 3rd. If not, arid I pree
sume he has not, I ask what right have
the officials or. any official, to counten-
ance or employ him or hold out the
prospect of employment to a man who
has no more stability about him than
the above named. gentleman. For if I am
not mistaken the members of the_Guelph
Conference, both Lay and Clerical, will
demand a strict inquiry- into this trans-
action. Yours &c., Veitsr .
--About half -past seven last Sunday
uight a fire broke out in the residence of
Mr. T. E. Hay. It is supposed to have
originated from the wood furnace in the
basement, but the family being at church
the flames had made great headway be-
fore being discohered. Only a very
small portion of the content i waz saved.
The loss is about $5,400, iasttz-ed to u p -
wards of $4,000.
OUR MALNITOIA LETTER.
(From Oikr Own Correspondent.).
1VIXN1Pico, January 12, 1888.
The social life of their old friends in
the Northwest must be of some interest
to Eastern readers, and as we have had
no revolution or other striking event
within the fortnight, I may tell you a
little about out New Year observances.
Santa Claus comes in for a largeshareof
veneration, and in the hours preparatory
to his mysterious visitations every store
in the country is crowded with purchas-
ers seleating votive offerings for the
saint who fills the stockings, and on that
day, at least, there seems to be no dearth
of dollars. e
NEW YEAR'S DAY
being, this year, on Sunday, there were
no boisterous tokens of welcome to the
last born son of old Father Time. I
mentioned in my 'last that the Rev. J.
B. Silcox, under call to San Diego, Cali-
fornia, had resigned his pastorship here.
As a pulpiteer he is not faultless, but
there are few men in Canada to -day bet-
ter worth hearing, and we may take a
seat in the Central Congregational
church to hear his sermon on " Wild
Oats.", Forenoon service is only t inly
attended, but at night his own p ople
must be ten or fifteen minutes ea, ly if
they want their own seat. The fo ding
doors of the large Sunday school are
thrown open, adding 200 more t the
seating of the church, and on this Sun-
day, though there is not special cr wl-
ing, almost every place that will a Id a
camp chair is filled, and next night rhany
late comers will have to -go awa for
want of room to get in anywhere. It is
rare to hear anywhere a service les for-
mal and more likely to take; hold o the
hearers. His -extempore Prayers are
always fresh and finely appreci ted;
the singing is universal and. hearty, and
though. as performers the choir ark not
above Mediocrity, they give a cou le of
anthems with good effect, and al ays
lead the singing to good purpose.
THE PITH AND POINT
of that sermon it would be difficalt to
give any idea of: Many sentences were
perfect aphorisms. "You may sew or
not, just as you choose, but don'teforget
that you must reap ;" "What. we weave
in time we must wear threugh eternity."
The -hearer who waanot N iser and better
for that hour's teaching ust have been
of v-ery callous texture.
Net day the complim nts of the sea-
son are paid, and everyb dy who vants
to be thought anybody c us on the Lieu-
tenant -Governor. The t npot imitation
of - English style in li tie provincial
courts is very amusing, a d it is -only re-
spect for the worthy Governor himself
that prevents it from degenerating into
a farce. We form strange groups as we
make our calls. I met Archbishop
Tiiche and two of his priests as hearty
in their neighborly greetings as the
bright lads who were making their fifty
,calls. There is somelitaior, especially
in old style circlee, but I did not see
one drunk. The Young Men's Christian
Association had a tony reception, some
1,800 visitors and . abundance of turkey
and cake and coffee for all. The Ladies'
Temperance and!two or three tempter as-
sociations had also crowded receptions.
THE .STREETS
are by general consent given up to the
flyers in sleighs, alio skim along at a
2.40 gait, or as near it as they can hit.
Nobody seems to know that it is about
20' below zero, and in the clear, bright
atmosphere very few mind, it, if there is
no wind ',slowing. Then it -is in order to
see that your neighbor's nose and your
own arenot frozen, and give gentle re-
minders of. the need for friction.
Yesterday we had a sample more like
an Ontario winter than our own, a
heavy snow fall, and more soft than we
usually!, see. The fine floury snow
which we are familiar with is quite
blinding, and makes it almoat impossible
for any one to keep on the prairie,should
it blow up into a blizzard, and it is a
surprise to us to see snow rest any-
where on the open prairie, where it never
lies still, and will occasionally blow along
till a creekj.red becomes level with snow
collected from several miles of surround-
ing country.
ONE STAGE FURTIAR
In our political career has been passed.
John Norquay has been coastrained to
lay down the power he has sip long held
and Harrison is formally installed in his,
place, with a young Irish Frienchman in'
the place so long held by Lal Riviere as!
the representative of that seation of our,
people in the Cabinet. Hel is perhaps
more capable than hi 's enenlies care to
admit, but has had no political or ad-
ministrative experience, and, only gotta
first the seat he now holdS, by a piece
of dexterous ma.nagenient of the re-
turning officer. I thin he will be re-
elected, but there is a other seat next
to that which is a source of • greater in-
terest. It has been kept open as long
as possible by Governineet and the fight
is now between a. straight supporter of
Government and Duncan McArthur, an
old and influential banker, who is in
more than one sense an independent
• candidate. Personally ; he is better
qualified to take a seat in our little
Parliament than three-foarths of those
I already there. Though he does not pro-
fess any liostility to the Government, it
is certain that if elected he will prove
a very candid friend. A few days more
will settle whether the Harrison Cabinet
can keep a working majority, one thing
is plain, they will !owe nothing to the
forbearance of their Grit rivals, who
naturallyi expected that the downfall
of Norquay would land them in power,
and will lose no opportunity of harassing
the neW men. We have certainly very
few men yet here Who for the sake of
their country would refrain from over-
turning a political rival on the- chance
of that rival doing real service to the
country if let alone.
WHOITERS. /
I saw this week a sample of vege-
tables from a suburban garden that was
worth noting. Several sacks were
brought in by a market gardener and I
weighed the largest: Swede turnip, 18
The ;turnip beet, Bibs; cabbage, 22 lbs;
short horn carret, 32 ounces and less
than 6 inches long. -
It is curious to note that though our
Government could not raise half a mil-
lion to finish the -Red River Valley rail-
road, there is close on $1,000,000 in the
Dominion Savings Bank at Winnipeg.
Another of our clergy, Mr. Jackson,
of .Zion Methodist church, has resigned
and Fortier, of Trinity Episcopal, is off
on sick leave. Our clergymen are real-
ly overworked, in fact they are the
hardest worked class in the city. W.
Rough on the Constables.
On Tuesday morning of -last- week
Constable Charles Smith, of Varna,
-accompanied e by special ',Constable
Robertson, proceeded to Bayfield for the
purpose of serving summonses on hotel
keepers for violation of the Scott Act.
Their reception at that place is given in
detail in the following sworn declaration,
made before Police Magistrate Williams,
at Clinton, on Wednesday :—
I, Charles L. Smith, of the Township
of Stanley, in the county of Huron,
constable, do solemnly affirm and de -
Clare that I received summonses for ser-
vice upon John Pollock, James Pollok,
John Swarts, John Bailey, and Edward
Elliott, defendants in cases for violatien
of the second part of the Canada Tem-
perance Act, and also summonses for
the witnesses in these cases. - That on
the 10th day. of January, inst., John
Henry Robertson., of Stanley, and my-
self, proceeded to the village of Bayfield,
where said parties reside, to effect the
service of said summonses ,• that before
coming to the village of Bayfield I left
the team at a farm house outside the
village, and walked into the village:
We. proceeded -first to one of the
Pollocks', and could not effect an en-
trance, the door, being lodked upon our
-approach. After leaving Pollock's,
Robertson and myself parted, Robertson
going ahead,: proceeding to Bayley's
hotsl, which he entered and engaged
Bayley in conversation; when I was ap-
proaching I was seen by Mrs. Bayley,
who warned her husband, and he im-
mediately left the .hotel, taking with
him a flask. Upon enteting I proceed-
ed to the -back -part of the house, met
Mrs. Bay Ty, and asked for Mr. Bayley;
she said he was round, and made as
though she were going to call, him, but
said she did not know where he was. I
then left the summons for Mr. Bayley
with her. We then went to Edward
Elliott's hotel and found it locked, try-
ing all the doers on the front. We then
proceeded to John tSwarts' hotel, and
found it also locked, .trying all the out-
side door. We felt satisfied after
leaving Bayley's that we would not be
able to effect our purpose, for we saw
persons going in the direction of the
hotel, and we were quite sure for the
purpose of giving warning of our
- presence. After leaving Swarts' we
started, foil the other Pollock's, but were
, satisfied that the runner who passed us
had been there before us, and there was
no use going, so we turned towerve the
summonses for the witnesses • in the
Bayley case, and went to the house of
John Ferguson, one of the witnesses.
We entered and had served the witness
by leaving the summons with his wife ;
just t en a mob of letween twenty-five
and fi ty surrounded the house,' eum-
ber of them armed sithguns-and rifles ;
two oi the number entered the house
and re shed up to us one presenting his
gun a me, and the other his gun at
Robertson ; they swore very wickedly
and s id, "here, you've got to .get out
of thi ," using threa s of violence, and
threatening to kill. When Robertson
was n the act of putting his hand
in hi pocket, on of the men said,
"if y u lift that had I will bore you,"
at th same time ha ing his rifle at his
breas ., with his finger on the trigger.
Whe trying to re son with these men
one of them, strucl4 me with his rifle.
We told them then that we would leave
quietle , if they wo Id leave us alone.
We left the house, the two ringleaders
following and striking and poking us
with their guns. When I was about a
rod from the houee one of the two
struck .me on the beak of the neck and
head, knocking me down and rendering
nte insensible, the mob in the meantime
following and urging the leaders on.
After recovering myself and walking on
towards the main road, on our way
home, the mob still following, and
when we had got twenty or thirty rods
from Ferguson's house, the leader
stopped us and demanded to know if we
had served any papers, saying if we had
we must take them or they would kill
us. I said we had served no papers of
any account, but Robertson said we had
left one at Ferguson's. They then re-
newed their threats if we did not take
eit away. - Robertson went back and got
the paper. During the affray one of the
:leaders said they were bound by an
' oath that no arrest should be made
without blood being shed ; they said.
they voted against the !Scott Act and.
are bound no service shall be made here
unless force sufficiently strong is brought
to overpower them.
—A somewhat peculiar libel suit
arising out of a series of retaliatory
practical jokes was tried at the Efemil-
top assizes last Saturday, aud was ,pro-
ductive of considerable amusement to
those present in the courtroom. The
suit was Findlay v. Kelly, and arose out
of a bogus marriage notice which was
sent by Charles G. Kelly, of Aecaster,
to the Hamilton Spectator. It seems
that the two young men were close
friends until some time last' winter,
when James Findlay is alleged to irate
sent a sarcastic comic valentine to a
Miss Anderson, a friend of Kelly's, sign-
ed with the initials of the defendant.
This naturally irritated Kelly when he
heard of it, and the irritation was deep-
ened by what he considered another of
Findlay's jokes. Kelly and a friend of
his gave a ball in the town ball at An -
caster, to which each invited his friends.
Findlay was one of the guests, but he.
brought with him his hired man and
the servant girl, and their presence had
the effect of causing many of the other
guests to leave and nearly broke up the
ball. Kelly determined tq get even
with Findlay, and with that end in
view wrote up an elaborate description
of a wedding in which Findlay and his
best girl figured and Sent it to the
Spectator. Findlay, however, took the
joke badly and sued Kelly for $5,000
damage for libel. -After hearing the evi-
dence Judge McMahon charged in favor
of the defendant, and after being out
for about two hours the jury brought in
a verdict for the defendant on- the
ground that no libel had been proven.
Canada.
, Fred Mackenzie, a leading criminal
lawyer in Winnipeg died unexpectedly
Friday night.
—Thirty-four passenger trains leave
St. Thomas daily on the several lines of
railway.
—A fire on McGill street, Montreal,
last week did damage to the estimated
extent of $30,000.
— Three thousand dollars' worth of
goods was recently stolen from a ware-
house in Montreal.
—It is rumored that a regiment of
British regulars is to be stationed in the
town of Niagara in the coming spring.
—The City Corporation of Montreal is
suing the Street Railway Company for
license fees on 723 horses.
— A friend has presented the Women's
Christian Association of Toronto with
the handsome contribution of $200.
—At Ayr on Tuesday last week, Mrs.
Alexander, a most respected elderly
citizen, fell on the ice, breaking her
arm above the wrist.
—Only seven law students out of
thirteen have so far passed the bar ex-
aminations at Quebec, and two have
withdrawn.
— Fresh indications of a rich find of
gold at the Richardson hill, Madoc, are
developing at each additional foot of the
sinking shaft
—It has been decided that Rev. J-.
Goforth, Presbyterian ntiSsionary to
China, is to start this week,. He will
sail from Vancouver on the 3Ist.
—W. F. Nagel, wholesale tobacco
merchant, Montreal, whose store is
under seizure by the Inland Revenue,
officers, has been fined $1,000.
—Editor Stillwell, of the Glengarian
who was recently sent to jail for libel
and released after serving one-third of
his term, is said to have gone to the
States and become a naturalized citizen.
—Montreal, will shortly have the
presence of two more religious orders,
the Franciscans and Dominicans. The
Franciscans, it is understood„ will found
a monastery there.
—W. Oliver, hotelkeeper of Ingersoll,
who is -summoned for a third violation
of the Scott Act in that town, took the
first train for Detroit last Friday to
escape the law.
—A span of horses attached to a load
of straw ran away at Kingsmill, Elgin
county, on Tuesday, and running into
a freight train crossing the road, one of
the horses was killed.
—Rev. Mother Seraphine, Lady
Superior of the Carmelite Convent at
Hochelaga, died a few days ago at the
advanced age of seventy-eight years,
having been a nun for fifty-two years.
—Emma Rees, of the Glencoe Salva-
tion • Army, last Friday at London
Secured a verdict for $50 and costs
against Squires Simpson and Currie for
false imprisonment.
—Mr. Hugh McKeown, one of St.
atharines' oldest citizens, died on
Friday. Mr. McKeown came to Canada
in 1835 from Tyrone, Ireland. He was
for many years a civil engineer on the
Welland canal.
—The township of McGillivray lost a
worthy old resident the other day, Mr.
Thos. Grieve, aged 75 ye4s and 10
months. He was a native of Roxboro -
shire, Scotland, and was a Presbyterian
for 50 years.
—While W. Redmond, contractor
and carpenter, was working on a high
scaffolding at St. Thomas the other
morning, the scaffolding gave way,
precipitating him to the ground, break-
ing his legs and otherwise injuring him.
—Thos. • Shields'one of the parties
who were fined at Ayr a short time ago
for fighting oh the street, was allowed
time to pay his $20, but he has skipped
out and his bondsmen had to foot the
bill.
—The death from typhoid fever of
Mr. Lionel E. Shipley Chatleton, who
went to CalifOrnia to work about eight
months ago, is announced. Mr. Charle-
ton was a young man about twenty
years of age, a son of Mr. John Charle-
ton, who lives near Ailsa Craig.
—A sharp shock of eartliqaake was
felt at Ottawa and several other places
in Eastern Ontario and Quebec about
five o'clock on the morning of the 11th
inst. The vibration was quite marked
and seemed to be traveling from the
west.
—Mrs. George Moore, wife of Mr. G.
Moore of Waterloo, died a few days
ago after a long and painful illness.
Deceased was the only daughter of -Mr.
Robert Barrie, of Galt, and was much
esteemed for her amiable and christian
character. ;
—Conductor Jones, of the Michigan
Central Railway, drew his month's pay
,of $104 Monday and placed the roll in
his vest pocket. When he returned
from his trip Tuesday he discovered
that the money was missing. It was
found at Hagersville, however, and re-
turned to the owner.
—Last fall an elderly farmer living at
the village of Rock Chapel, or Monkey
Town, a picturesque little hamlet on the
brink of the Flamboro' mountain near
Hamilton, attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat because a young
girl named Miss Mann would not marry
him. He nearly succeeded, but prompt
medical attention saved his life. Since
that titre he has been threatening to
take more effectual means of termina-
ting his existence, and on Friday morn-
ing he threw himself off the edge of a
precipice near his house and was killed
on the rocks below. He was a wealthy
man, having acquired property by
marrying a rich widow with whom he
had been employed as a hired man, and
since her death about a year ago had
been assiduously courting Miss Mann.
He left no family.
--A dangerous trick was played in
Brantford the other night. Early in
the morning the Grand Trunk railway
yardman found _What the lamps had
been removed from the switches at the
west semaphore and by the Harris
siding. There is no clue to the per:
petrators.
—Fred Cooper, formerly of Hamilton,
who recently got himself disliked by
paying unwelcome addresses to a young
lady of Trent and pointing a revolver at
her brother-in-law, has been sentenced
to two months in the Hastings county
jail, at hard labor. The punishment
was for pointing the revolver.
—Robert Donnelly of No. 297 York -
street, London, aged 27 years, was
found Tuesday morning last week,
lying on the floor of his room bathed in
blood. He died before medical aid
could be obtained, hemorrhage of the
lungs being the cause. Donnelly's
father died in July last and his mother
on New Year's Day.
—A marble quarry has been opened
near Madoc village, Hastings County,
from which black marble of tine quality
and capable of a high polish is being
taken in large
was opened as
brightest hopes
realized. It wil
in the spring.
—Commissioner Coombs and Mr.
Wm. ;Gooderham, of Toronto, were
present and took part in the services
conueqted with the opening of a new
barracas at Berlin two weeks ago. Both
delivei•ed interesting addresses which
were I stened to by the large audience
with rarked attention.
—Tne first special flour train from
Minneapolis by way of the Sault Ste.
Marie and Canadian Pacific Railway
reached Montreal last week, having
made the journey in five days, despite
the heavy snow and severe cold. The
train lett immediately for Boston, where
it is expected to land the flour on the
seventh day after leaving Minneapolis.
—Alex. Bowman, of Trafalgar, under-
took to drive his sleigh -across the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway track, about a
mile from Minton, in front of a freight
train. The sleigh was smashed into
kindling wood, but Mr. Bowman escaped
with a few trifling bruises. He was
thrown clear off the track as were also
his horses, one of which was badly cut.
—Charles Palmer, about 35 years of
age, a well-known farmer and pork
merchant of Paris, met his death on the
morning of the 12th inst. It appears,
while cutting a tree to make a pump log,
he was caught between a standing tree
and the one he was felling. He was so
severely injured that he died in a few
minutes. He leaves a wife and five
children.
—Six weeks ago Harry Thomas, a
young man living in Thorold, was mar-
ried to a daughter of Mr. Richard Com-
merford, of that town, and the young
couple started out on the journey of life
with everything looking bright before
them. The young man secured employ-
ment in Toronto and was working in
that city when he was stricken down
with typhoid fever, to which disease he
succumbed on Saturday.
—Mr. Alex. Wood, East Nissouri,
sold 19 lambs last month for a total sum
of $108. They were a cross of Deister
and Lincoln breeds and averaged 125
lbs each. These were the natural in-
crease from 11 ewes. This is another
example of the benefit of keeping a good
grade of stock. Mr. Wood in this case
haa a return of over $9 from each ewe,
besides the fleece.
—The Woodstock Review says: In
the death of Doctor Irvine, veterinary
surgeon of this town, a well-known
figure passes away. He was a man of
great natural ability, and a most skillful
one in his profession. Had his energy
and ambition equaled his gifts he could
have attained wealth and position. He
was a kindly man who thought ill of no
one. His passing away is like the re-
moval of one of the old landmarks.
—The Customs Depsatment at Ottawa
has discovered that a certain kind of
bituminous coal from the Pittsburgh
region has been imported into Canada
as anthracite, and thus has escaped the
customs duty of 50 cents a ton. It
bears a strong resemblance to nut
anthracite, being broken up into the
same small pieces and possessing much
of the brilliancy of the anthracite. It
takes an expert to detect the difference.
—On Wednesday morning last week
the Methodist church at Kemptville
near Prescott was discovered on fire.
The rear window of the basement had
been broken open, and close to it the
fire was burning. The platform with
the organ, etc., in the basement, were
consumed; also the pulpit platform,
chairs and carpet. The organ in the
gallery is completely ruined, The
damage is between $2,000 and $3,000.
—It is confidently affirmed that the
present stoppage of work on the tunnel
being constructed under the river at
Sarnia, is only temporary. The con-
tractor met with a difficulty in the water
and gas which entered the tunnel,
threatening the lives of the men and
the safety of the work. But the tunnel
Company, it is said, will resume work
within a few months, either under a
new contractor or directly through their
own officers and men. The water is not
regarded as a serious difficulty. As to
the gas, it is said not to be of the same
character as that which is used so ex-
tensively, known as "natural "gas. It
is more like marsh gas and exists locally
in fissures in the rock. The incande-
scent electric light could be used, doing
away with the danger of explosion,
uantities. The quarry
n experiment, but the
fits owners have been
be worked_ extensively
•
while a system of ventilation could be
adopted which would draw off the gas
and leave the air fit for the men to work
in. At present about 500 feet of the
preliminary tunnel has been bored, one
part on each side of the river. This
work represents one-quarter or there-
abouts of the whole distance. The pre
liminary boring will be enlarged, thus
forming the completed tunnel.
—On Sunday morning the 8th inst.,
the stable belonging to the parsonage of
the Evangelical church at New Ham-
burg, was discovered to be on fire. In
it were two valuable horses, two buggies,
two cutters, two sets of harness and a
quantity of hay and oats, the property
of Rev. Mr. Staebler and Rev. Mr.
Brown, all of which were burned. Much
sympathy is felt for the reverend gentle-
men, as there was no insurance.
—In his office Hon. G. W. Ross,
Minister of Education, has a sketch
made by the present Judge Elliott, of
London, when inspector of schools.
The scene is the interior of a school
visited in December, 1845. The room is
a small one, and the logs of which the
house is built show in all their native
simplicity. A small, low window lets
in the little light that en A class
of eight roughly clad you gsters are up
for recitation, while thr e others have
their places upon a berm against the
wall. The only other pie e of furniture
in the room is a chair, and upon this a
long, elderly gentleman is seated look-
ing at the class with brow severe, while
in his right hand he holds the taws,
which seems to be the only evidence of
education in the place.
—Mr. M. Bethune, student of Knox
College, who has been supplying the
Presbyterian church, East Williams,
during the Christmas vacation, preached
in the Presbyterian church, Ailsa Craig,
Sabbath afternoon, 8th inst. to a
crowded audience. On Monday, before
leaving for Toronto, he was waited on
by a deputation, who presented him
with a well-filled purse from his many
friends in East Williams and Ailsa
Craig.
he other day as Thomas Haig, of
Seymour, county of Halton, was attend-
ing a straw cutter driven by steam
power, he attempted to clean some chaff
away and his left hand was caught by
the knives. The first cut severed the
points of the fingers, the second about
two-thirds of them, the third in the
center of the hand, and the fourth above
the wrist, crushing the bones of the fore-
arm. It was found necessary to ampu-
tate the arm about four inches above
the wrist.
—Ex -Judge Matthew Ryan, one of
the best known men in the Northwest,
died at St. Boniface Hospital, Winni-
peg, on Wednesday morning last w -eek,
aged 70. Mr. Ryan was appointed
stipendiary magistrate by Mr. Mac-
kenzie, and removed from office by Sir
John' Macdonald in 1879. Be was a
strong supporter of the Liberal party,
and gave assistance in every campaign
in that Province, being an eloquent
speaker and an able writer.
—The Department of Fisheries at
Ottawa has just received information as
to the results of the operations of its
officers during the fall in procuring fish
ova for the various hatcheries. The
aggregate quantity secured is 110,500,-
000 eggs. Of this quantity ninety
millions of white fish, pickerel, trout
and speckled trout are in process of
hatching at the Newcastle'Out., hatch-
ery. The millions of salmon ova are
undergoing a like process at the Frazer
river hatchery, British Columbia, while
another ten millions of salmon ova are
distributed among the ,several hatcheriee
of the Maritime Provinces.
—A novel thing in the way of enter-
tainment wes given by the ladies of the
Western Methodist church, Floor
street, Toronto, the other evening. It
was called a National Dinner, and tables
were spreed representing England, Ire-
land, Scotland, United States and
Canada, and waiting upon these were
ladies costumed in the dress of their
respective nationalities, who looked very
handsome and attractive. Dishes native
to the several countries were provided
and were enjoyed by all. Short speeches
congratulatory to the ladies were given
by Rev. Dr. Griffiths, of Philadelphia,
Rev. Mr. Pickering and others.
—The Brockville Times says: One
day last week as two Pembroke young
ladies were returning from a visit to
Fort Coulonge, they had the misfortune
to get stuck in a snow drift, and the
horse, in forcing its way through, broke
the traces. Here was a dilemma. One
of the young ladies glanced at her feet;
they were covered with gaiters, and
things began to look blue. The girls
were tplucky, however, and bound not
to be outdone. One happened to think
of her corsets—it was no Illooner said
than done—and soon the corset laces
were holding the fractured traces, and
the party were driving merrily on their
way to Pembroke, where they arrived
in due time.
—Wm. Burk, a respected farmer
living near Braemar, was taken ill with
inflammation of the lungs on Saturday,
7th inst. Mrs. Burk having contracted
the disease the day before. Mr. Burk
died Wednesday morning, and Mrs.
Burk only lived till 5 p. m. of the same
day. Mr. Burk was a native of Ancas-
ter, and Mrs. Burk, of Sutherlandshire,
Scotland. The former has lived on the
old homestead for the last 55 years, and
the latter since her marriage, 38 years
ago. Mr. Burk was 75 years elf age and
Mrs. Burk 62. They leave a family of
seven—Hamilton, George and Janet live
on the homestead ; William, Daniel and
Alexander are married, the first two
residing in the county and the last
mentioned at Brantford; James, the
other son, lives near the homestead.
—A Th am es f o rd correspondent says:
A very euccessful musical and literary
entainment was given in St. Andrew's
church in this place under the auspices
of the Ladies' Foreign Missionary Socie-
ty. Rev. Messrs. Grant, of St. Marys;
Seaborn, of Thamesford ; Wylie, of
Paris, and Jonathan Goforth, the mis-
sionary -elect to China, delivered inter-
esting and instructive addretses. Miss
McNeil, of London, and our own local
talent ably kept up the musical part of
the proceedings, and (don't be shocked,
Mr.. Editor,) there was actually an organ
in the kirk ! When the church was for-
mally opened twelve years ago Mr. Gor-
don, of Harrington, said he hoped he
would never see the day when "that
kist of whistles would be brought into
this church." But the truth of the old
proverb has been exemplified, "the
times are changed and we with them,
and the church does not appear to be a
whit the worse of the innovation.
—The oldest resident of Elgin, in the
person of Mr. Ewen Cameron, of South, -
weld, died last Sunday. He was born
April 4th, 1787, at Fort Wiliam, Inver-
neseshire, Scotland, and was 100 years
and 8 months old. He came to Canada
in 1821, taught school in Elgin county a
number of years, and finally settled on
the North Lake road, Southwolde where
he spent the remainder of his life. He
was taken ill on Christmas Day and had
been gradually sinking until his death
last Sunday. He was a gentleman high-
ly honored and respected by all who
knew him. He was a consistent Re-
former all his life and was the finite
president of the first Reform Associa-
tion established in West Elgin, a posi-
tion he occupied for many years. His
memory was of the best up to the time
of his death. He leaves four sons and
one daughter. His sons are Ewen Cam-
eron, ex -councillor ; Charles, a barrister
in Chicago'; Alexander, a lumber dealer
on the Mississippi, and Allan, a flour
mill proprietor in Texas. His only sur-
viving daughter is Mrs. Perrin, of Kan-
sas City.
—A rather amusing incident was wit-
nessed last Saturday afternoon at the
Union Station, Toronto. The evening
before a middle-aged man got off the ten
o'clock train from the west, apparently
very much excited, and began making
anxious inquiries of the officials as to
the whereabouts of his wife-, who, he
said,had just left her home in Galt. Con-
tinuing, he stated that his wife had
joined the Salvation Army in Galt, and
having conceived the idea that she
should leave everything to do good, set
out for Toronto, as being a field where
her efforts would prove most useful.
The police being unable to tell him any-
thing about her, he set out through the
city, finding her at last at a house on
Lippincott street, where she had en-
gaged as a domestic. He persuaded
her to accompany him home, and the
pleasant scene of the two walking arm
and arm at the station waiting for the
train was thoroughly enjoyed by the
ones "who knew."
—Mr. John Dewar, Crown attorney
and clerk of the peace for the county of
Halton, died at Milton on the 11th inst.
Deceased was a native of Aberfeldy,
Perthshire, Scotland, and was born in
1829. His father and family came to
Canada in the following year and settled
on a farm in the township of Esquesing.
Mr. Dewar studied law in Toronto and
began the practice of his profession in
Milton in November, 1858, He was a
pronounced Liberal in politics, and was
secretary of the Halton Reform Associa-
tion for some years previous to the
year 1868, when he was appointed clerk
of the peace and crown attorney. At
the time of his death Mr. Dewar was
chairman of the Public School Board
and President of the Milton Mechanics'
Institute. As a private citizen Mr.
Dewar bore an excellent character,
being very conscientious, reliable and
kind, hearted. Deceased was highly
respected by all classes in the com-
munity. He leaves a wife and six chit-
drereir. Wm. Moyle, jr., who was
found drowned Tuesday morning, 10th
inst., in a well on his farm, about four
miles from Paris, in the township of
Blenheim, , was a son of WM. Moyle,
Esq., of the township of Brantford, and
was raised .on his father's farm on the
road leading from Paris to Brantford.
Hewes highly and respectably connected,
was in a good financial position and a
well -to do farmer, and his relatives are
all in a firiancial position so as to have
means at their daposal. These circum-
stances are menti, ned from the fact that
reports are in circulation that he was in
trouble and despondent, and that the
unfortunate man had committed suicide,
and it was so reported by some of the
daily papers. There appears to be no
grounds for any such report. It appears
that in making arrangements to slaugh,
ter a number of hogs, he was gathering
up a number of water pails, 80 as to
have them in readiness, and in reaching
across a well and endeavoring to loosen
a pail that was frozen on one side of the
well it is supposed he slipped and fell
headlong into the water, in which posi-
tion he was found about two hours after.
—A well-known young lady in St
'Catharines became afflicted same time
ago with a species of paralysis. She
was advised by her friends to try what
is known as the faith cure, and went to
an establishment in Rochester' New
York, and after a time returnedhome
cured. In due course she received and
accepted an offer of marriage. The
ceremony was set for last Thursday
evening, but during the day she was
attacked with 'fainting fits and Was
utterly prostrated. A physician Was
called in, who told the young lady that
it was out of the question to think of
hating the marriage ceremony perform-
ed that evening. At this juncture a
I lady from the Faith Cure establishment
I in Rochester, who had been invited to
the wedding, arrived. She said- she
would soon make matters all right, and
entered the sick chamber, where, after
spending a few minutes as if in silent
prayer, she said: "It's all right. Now
you are better." The sick lady said she
was, got out of bed, and the wedding
ceremony was performed as stipulated.
The parties present say she was as live-
ly as any young lady in the room, and
has bad no recurrence of the attack since.
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