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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-03-21, Page 1Li 1890. g Goods r au I s a have been daily new goods, and be able to show Oral one of the a most complete if Toronto. ntle Departmental eevaired to eclipee x -ill be in a_ posi- tof fabrics, ef ,thaaufactures, as - a depend on be. tyleor price. ring Departmenta sareful attention, intending pur- i very best goods trices. ment the goods Ladies, see them 'tment has receiv- possible, this sea - Mies Stobie spent ery opening week tm time, taste,and ag of what she and most varied rhich it was ever before the ladies made to make most attractive 'AUL, TE.. erenneaenneerene„„„,, erne. Cemetery on attained the ripe les the two sons nving one in De- arangeville.—Mr. tr Varna, ha,s a. g McAlpine' age ,ntlas, whichtips eunds. He is a e registered pedi- nley pride theta - This is a dandy. tr. Tuesday the first fairs took place, L. more than usual ina London, Sea - an, Clinton and were en hand, Lber of about 25- tely and by aim- attle and sheep. a taken advantage uci here, as it is 14 ting rid of any may have.—The ix passed through id was largely at.nd F for Toronto in a rery sorry to hear mad here among eek we have to re- tfr. James West - induct a farm with mudent this week e foundry and ina- ars. W. H. verity a a busy hive of rs. Verity are to t“lie success their aned abroad and lad week detained ne of their impie- ty of the Grand trnith them with 'en furnished with ire is a great de - ruts in the Mani- a. Colquhoun and Manitoba shortly everal carloads of the celebrated harlie."—A team Stanlake Bros., n away one clay he horses was very sral stitches were Tennant. nAt the call of the tnee on Saturday, , rabers all present. seconded by Mr. pprication of the b1:1 NO. 11, to en- tf their section be Clerk notify all the by the proposed rs' report was laid arnined, accepted, e Clerk instructed for distribution. U, aecontlecl by Mr. tice of plowing up [ purpose of bank - Fences and left un - Whited except only ies to the council [ Moved by Mr. Mr. Voelker that a iated composed of eeve and Clerk, to kcifications for the YVC*11 hall and that Lc l to advertise for L After passing a ie council ad journ- h March. last week, Mr. ,-and concession of somewhat painfal k`ng a barn door on Tears he had the reaching out his short stick with hen a sudden gust tact with the door ;=, throwing him a et and bruising one e ' WHOLE NUMBER; 1,162. TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. } SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 2-1, 1890. 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J.S.ROBERTS, Chemist & Druggis CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH, Perth Items. —A large quantity of ice is being stored at the Kirkton creamery. —Evangelical services are being held this week in Trinity church, Mitchell. They are conducted by the rector, assist- ed by Rev. A. Murphy, of Watford. ,—The Rev. A. B. Winchester, who has been in charge of Knox church, Stratford, for a few months, has taken a missiou station near Toronto. —St. Marya town council have re- duced the number of hotels there from nine to eight, and put the fee at $200. Mitchell has six houses licensed, with the fee at $225. —The last monthly report of Mit- chell public school showed that there are a number of truant players among the pupils, also that quite a number of children in town are not attending school M the law requires. —Mr. W. Porteous, of Mitchell, bought a 50 acre farm in Logan a few daysago for $1,600. There is a bank tarn and house on the place which would coat at least $1,000. What about farm lands not decreasing be value.? —The Rev. C. E. Stafford, of Wal- kerton, who was pastor of Main street Methodist church, Miichell, for three years, has accepted a call to the pastor• ate of McDougall Methodist church, Winnipeg. Mr. A. j. McPherson has on display at his fur store, Stratford, a panther skin, from an animal of that species shot a few days ago near St. Maryseand sup- posed to be the only panther left in this district. —The teana of Mr. John Porteous, at- tached to a light democrat rig, ran away on the street in Mitchell the other day. Mrs. Pairteous was thrown out, but not terionsly injured. The rig was con- siderably damaged, —The youngest son of Mr. Wm. Babb, of Mitchell, aged five years, was drowned Thursday evening of last week by going through the ice on the mill pond. Two other boys broke through - at the same time, but were saved by Mr. Megk at the riskof his life. --Saturday evening a team belonging to Mr. James Brock, jr., made a run- away in Listowel. The wagon upset when turning a corner and the team broke through the ice in the ditch, breaking a fine mare's leg in two places. It is a heavy loss to Mr. Brock, as he has just built and finished a fine house. He was lately offered $160 for the mare. —Samuel Brown, on the lst conces- Simi of Elms., sold his farm to James Gray, of the 12th cencession, for $6,- 000. The farm contains 100 acres and has a brick residence and bank barn. Mr. Brown has beught the Armstrong Una, two miles above Molesworth, con- taining 100. acres for $5,000 and has inoved on to it. respondent nutil recently believed that the agitatioh was genuine and honeston the part of those -who were the cause of it. Reformers deelared that they would support none but temperance candidates, Censer% atives the same. Business 'men declared they would do business with none but temperance business men; doctors denounced the use of intoxicants as pernicious to the body; ministers consigned unfortunate tipplers into the claws of the devil, and lawyers became preachers in the great agitation ; jour- nalists became strong and manly in their temperance editorials. Truly it did appear for a time ae if our little village. would be launched from its bibulous moorings out inte the clear and placid and purifying waters of Lake Hagen. But alp.s for the plans of those who, with myself, believed all this and worked for its -consummation. First, politicians proved the insincerity of their vows, then followed business men, then doctors, then ministera, then lawyers and last but not least the 'ever consistent editor began to "run with the hare and hunt with the hOunds." Now none but the old faithful few climb up the hill with Mary and Ruth. I think when I count myself we number 18 out of our army of agitators of 400 of only a few months ago. Last week we had occasion to sound the trumpet in order that our forces might be got together to fight a petition which was being circu- lated, praying for the granting of a license to a new house that has recently been opened here. This hotel was built by one of our followers and he, kind soul, now departed, but not forgotten, at the time he erected it, gave it to our cause te be a stronghold and ,a centre for invincibles, and virtuously directed that it should then and thenceforth be known aft the " Temperance Hotel," to be a warning to the bibbers and an ever present evidence of the profitableness and practicability of a hotel run'updn temperance principles. There we met and directed our plan of campaign against the fell destroyer, little dream- ing that this our mansion,so picturesque in its structure, so pleasant in the calm and tluiet purity that pervaded its righteous chambers, should ever be in- vaded by the enemy. Soon, however, did we realize that a much worse fate had overtaken use Our -friends proved our worst foes. Although the hotel was given to us, still by some mean pro- cess of law by which property may be transferred from one to another for its cash equivalent it was captured by the enemy. We did not just then feel like putting up the cash equivalent or per- haps we might have retained it, then the petition, I spoke of before for secur- ing the license to sell liquor in our lost home, was by our enemy put in circula- tion—did our friends circulate a counter petition that a license be denied? No, we called the roll and there, were not enough of us left to get up a petition. We then set to work to see if our friends could be so, treacherous, so basely traitorous, so contemptible and hypocritical as to sign the petition for the license, and horror of horrairs what did we find, only our once faithful and sworn temperance friends the leading characters, at the head of this petition, praying that a license be grant- ed to the proprietors of the old Temper- ance House, to sell liquor. One of our platforms in our campaign was to lessen the number of licenses and it appeared strange to us that any person who had ever pledged himself to our platform should act so inconsistently. We fail entirely to understand why men calling themselves temperance men should sign this petition, so venture to enquire from one we knew would not lie however 'inconsistent a temperance man he might be. The following are th-e questions put to this man and his answers to them. Q. Did you act rightly in so doing? A. Yes. Q. How do you justify .yourself? A. I believed when doing so that if this house were licensed,the hotel at the station would be deprived of one. Q. Don't you know that as a matter of fact the granting of this license will not necessarily nor is it likely to, de- prive the station hotel of one, and at any rate Why should you deprive one man however poor to enrich another. A. Well all that may be but I did not .look at it in that way. Q. Any way suppose you do deprive the station hotel of a license do you think your conduct will tend to the good of the temperance cause. A. I signed this petition and I am not bound to tell why 1 did so. Q. Don't you think a little personal and selfish end had something to do with it. A. I am not going to say. Q. How did you and only a few other temperance men in one locality sign the petition? A. You had better ask the others. Q. You men never expect to join with us in advocating temperance again. A. Anpearances may be against us but we claim to be temperance men This ended the 'inquiry and we con-. eluded to find new friends and a new place of meeting. Times and custotnia change but there is no accounting for. the paradoxical quibbling of some of our old time tem- perance agitators. Probably some of them will explain. ' CONSISTENT TEMPERANcE. EXETER, March 12th, 1890. —Broadway Tsnernacle, Toronto, Was crawded last Sabbath night with the audience that assembled to hear Mrs. Mary Seymour Howells. She took as her text Luke 23rd chapter, 27th and 28th verses. She dealt chiefly with the influence of women in popular move- ments. In polliics, she claimed, this in- fluence is all for,lgood, and if they were allowed more power the temperance cause and educatien would be greatly beuefi ted. From Manitoba. EILLARNEY, February 26th 1890. Mee EDITOR.—Dear Sir. As there seems to be a good deal said °about our 1889 crop being a failure,perhaps seine of your many readers would like to hear how we came out in our district. In some localities the crops were nearly all destroyed with drouth and gophers combined, and again in a settlement lying immediately along side the crops were fair. I had a 20 acre field of back - setting that that I think would have yielded 20 bushels of wheat per acre if threshed alone. Again in some of my older land, perhaps -10 bushels per acre,and my oats, about 30 bushels per acre. In the neighborhood were wheat fields better than mine, but I think no better fields of oats. Potatoes and turnips were fair. Hay was a short crop and feed is scarce and dear. I would advise settlers com- ing in this spring to briag oats or chop. In some localities some farmers will have to be furnished seed but I think only a very small per cent of them. In most of therm cases it was not their fault as I found in driving around that the very best farmers even on fallow land suffered along with their more slovenly neighbors. There was a good area of new land broken last season and the farmers aro as eager as ever to put in a big crop. If we should have a good year there will be a large amount of wheat for export. We are having a real Manitoba win- ter ; about 14 inches of snow and steady cold since Christmas and no signs of letting up yet. It has been generally healthy, but la grippe got in its work more or less, generally more, but there were very few deaths. The ozone in our air no doubt accounts for that. You will have learned by this time that our great and only Greenway Govern- ment have done away with the dual language in the province and are about to shelve separate schools. No French for us. No, Sir! Show me the man that struck Paddy Murphy. If there are any young ladies or gentlemen wanting a situation as school teachers they might to drop a card for a copy of the Winnipeg Free Press, as there are about one hundred adver- tisements for teachers in it, and I know there are not nearly enough qualified teachers in the province to fill all the schools. Yours truly, JOHN BARBER. Canada. —The ice on the Red River is. from 3 to 4a feet thick, and at Winnipeg 30,000 tons have been cut. —The Ancient Order of United Workmen claims 18,921 members, in good standing in Ontario. —Rev. J. K. Unsworth, Paris, has received a call to the North End Con- gregational Church, Winnipeg. —It is said that some 25,000 persons find employment in the bee keeping industry in the province of Ontario. —Miss Menia Tye, for the past five years a very efficient teacher at Lambeth, has entered the Nurses' Training School, in Toronto. --J. Ferguson, a hotel -keeper of Pert Stanley, was the other day fined $10, for allowing disorderly conduct in his hotel. —An old man named McCann fell down the "break -neck steps" at Quebec leading from Mountain Hill and died Fri- day morning. His age was 65. —The library of Knox -church Sabbath school, Galt, -is being increased by the addition of $300 worth of books pro- cured in Toronto. —Mr. ThomaraMcCormick, of London South, had over 100 guests at his resi- dence last Friday evening, it being a treat to that gentleman's Bible class. —An Owen Sound hotel -keeper has been fined $5, for refusing admittance to an old woman of 82 years, making excuse that he had no accommodation. —A small boy in London, named Beaumont, while returning from school the other day, was thrown down by a schoolmate, the result being that his right arm was broken. —Joe Hess, the reformed pugilist and temperance lecturer who has been hold ing crowded meetings in Toronto, will begin a series of lectures in Lohdon, shortly.' —,Thomas Branton, son of Samuel B. -Branton, of North Chathatn, died some- what suddenly the other day. He had beefa suffering from rheumatism for a couple of weeks. —J. Huich, a farmer living near Min- nedosa, Manitoba, left home three or four weeks ago, and has not been heard from since. It is thought he is -boat, and his neighbors are searching for him. —The 4 -year-old— son of Mr. John Cook, of Yarmouth Center, ran, a darn- ing needle into his knee joint while playing on a lounge other day, in- flicting a very painfu und. —The work of laying the double track on the Grand Trunk raiiway be- tween Hamilton And Toronto is being commenced this week, and it is intend- ed. to complete twenty miles this season. —Hiram Walker & Sons, who have been boring for gas on the Marsh farm, near Windsor, have struck a vein of oil, produeing fourteen barrels a day. The oil is said to be of good quality. —Louis Rubenstein, who won the fancy skating championship of the world at St. Petersburg, returned to Montreal on Friday of last Week. He complains bitterly of the harsh treat- ment he was subjected to in the Rus- sian capital on account of his nation- ality. —A 5 -year-old son of Mr. A. J.Sears, of Norwich, met with a serious accident recently whilst visiting at his grand- father's, Mr. Jos. Griffin, near Otter - ville. A pan of boiling sugar was on the stove and the little boy, with child• ish curiosity, took hold of it and tip- ped it over. The main portion of the contents fortunately fell away from him, but sufficient poured upon his left foot to cause terrible consequences, burning the flesh and skin of the whole of the top portion of the foot. Medical atten- tion was immediately secured and the little sufferer, was made as comfortable as possible. =The barn belonging to Mr. Dan McLellan, concesaion 12, West Williams, was burned the other night and the stable attached to the barn was else destroyed. There were four horses in at the time and they perished. There was an insurance of n1,600 on the pro- perty destroyed. —A distressing accident happened on the Canadian Pacific Railway near Pern- broke,on Wednesday of last week. The train was thrown from the track and all the passenger care tumbled into the ditch. About a dozen persons were more or less seriously injured, but none killed outright. —Some thoughtless young people have been causing considerable annoy- ance in the Methodist church, Galt, by their. unruly conduct during church service. Two young girls were sum- monsed to appear at court but their parents agreed to pay costs and had the cases withdrawn. • —Mr. William Habkirk Brown, of Cedar Creek, near Galt, died on Thurs- day of last week, at the age of 38 years, after an illness which began about a year ago. He was the son of Mr. John Brown, of that vicinity, was universally respected and leaves a widow and four children. —The body of Mr. 0. Hodgins, of Cumberland, Russell county, was found a few hundred yards from his house in the bush, shot through the head. Hodgins was about 30 years of age. It was a clear case of suicide. In his pocket was found a letter stating how his buainess was to be settled. —Mrs. D. A. Duff, teacher of the Mission Band of the United Presbyter- ian church, in Galt, since its organiz- ation, having lately announced her in- tention of giving up the position, was presented by the little folks of her class with a purse containing $25 and a com- plimentary address. —The fourth annual sprielg show of stallions- the auspices of the Clydesdale Horse Association of Can- ada, took place Thursday of last week, in Toronto, before a goodly number df enthusiastic and critical spectators. The recorded entries totalled 45 in al1. being an increase of 7 over the number shown last year. —Mr. W. H. Montgomery, of Kincar- dine'has been appointed agent at Galt for the Canadian Express Company. Mrs Montgomery has been- for some years express messenger on the train between Kincardine ad Hamilton, and altogether has been in the employ of the American and Canadian Express Com- panies for over 20 years. —Thomas Bouillard, who fought un- der De la Salaberry at, Chateauguay, died at Quebec on the 12th inst. lit the age of 99 years and 6 months. He leaves a widow aged 94 years. lie had 77 years of married life, 19 children, 88 grandchildren, and 106 great-grand- children, and 123 of his posterity are still alive. —At Kilpatrick's furniture fa' ctory in Blenheim the other day, John B. Muckle was taking a belt off a pulley with a stick when it got caught and was throvan back,- striking him in the abdomen. Medical aid was called, but proved of n� avail, for after great suffering he diel. He leaves a young wife. - —Pry. Dr. Kilroy, of Stratford, who preached at Ottawa on Sunday, stated that 42 years ago there was but one church between Quebec and Sarnia. while to -day there are two arch -bishops, four suffragan bishops, with 421 priests attending to the spiritual wants of Catholics, nineteen -twentieths of whom were Irish exiles or their immediate de- cendants. —Professor Pike, of Toronto Uni- versity, met with an accident in the laboratory the•other day while demon- strating the effect of the poison of a certain, acid to a pupil, who is the son of Alderman Boustead, when the glass vessel used exploded, knocking down the pupil, and a piece of the glass flew into the Professor's right eye, lacerat- ing the eyeball. He may lose his sight —The Provincial Fair is a thing of the past, and the Ontario Minister of Agrieulture has given the Agricultural and Arts Association another year of life in which its members may show that it earns the $600 or, $700 which is annually expended for their travelling expenses. Then if it is 'shown that they deserve to be bounced,' the mem- bers -of the association will have to get out. This is a fair proposition. —Christian Steurnagel, who has been a successful teacher on the 6th conces- sion of Maryboro, for the past three years, left Ontario for Washington Territory on Tuesday last week, accom- panied by Mr. Hammond, of the 6th concession. Mr. Steurnagel is a young man who will be likely to succeed in the United States, divested of aristocratic airs, an accomplished scholar, and of good habits. —The routine of jail life at Sarni' was varied the other day by a wedding, the contracting parties being A. Mul- lens and Miss C. Carey, from Sombre township, the' ceremony being perform- ed by the Rev. T. R. Davis. The groom was languishing in confinement on a charge of - having seduced his bride -elect, and rather than remain there until the Spring Assizes and stand his trial he had the nuptial knot tied. —The estate of John Flanagan, of Clandeboye, was sold by W. Y. Brun- ton & Son, London, on Friday. John Martin, of St. Thomas, bought the stock of groceries, dry goods, etc., at 50a cents on the dollar. The two farms in Biddulph of 88 acres and 544 acres were sold to John Hodgins for $5,400. The tenement house in Clandeboye was sold to a Mr. Blackwell for $295 and the store premises were with- dorwa—wn i no to the expected influxAof miners Port Arthur despatch says: and tourists, arrangements have been made for an additional steamer to ply between Port Arthur and Duluth. This will give a daily boat on this route. Recent reports from Beaver mine are that there are 20,000 tons of ore un- covered, averaging $100 a ton. A mill will be started at once, and by May shipments should be from $30,000 to $60;000 is month. s learned that a clerical im- postor named Thomas J. George, who sometimes passes by the name of Cahusac, and has been fleecing the clergy of Michigan and Indiana, 18 moving towards Western Canada, and may halt here. George is a smooth- tongued, suave person, and enacts several roles by which to fleece his victims. Ile ia at times a clergyman. a doctor, ''and occasionally a lord of high degree. Look out for Mr. George, alias Cahusac. —Detective Mike Heenan, one of the shrewdest officers in Canada, was the one who, in company with the Sheriff, brought Birchall, the Princeton mur- derer'from Welland to Niagara Falls and he says that in all his 22 years' ex- periencewith criminals he never saw a man with more nerve than the prisoner. In the court -room, on the railroad,in the jail, he did not betray the slightest nervousness, and talked about his trial as if he were charged' with drunkenness instead of murder. —Just a few days ago a letter was re- ceived by Secretary Willis, of the Tor- onto Board of Trade, from residents of Willowtown McPherson county, South Dakota, asking for immediate relief, as the people are in a destitute condition owing to the failure of crops, prairie fires and drought. The communication states that most of the residents are from Canada and especially from On- tario. It is signed by J. W. Silverhorn, D. E. Pike, E. A. Skinner and Hope Carpenter. —Aaccident occurred the other. day in the cellar of R. D. Thextonai hardware 'store, Lindsay. Two young men,Frank Keener and A.Britton,clerks in the store,were mixing japan in thecel- lar when the lamp whichthey wereueing exploded, burning them very seriously about the face. Mr. Britton's face and eyes are burned so badly that he will, it is feared, lose his sight. All combustibles were promptly removed to a place safety, and the fire was gotten under, control and extinguished before any serious damage to property was done. —At Princeton, a few miles west of Paris, about 2 o'clock Thursday morn- ing of last week, a freight train, heavily laden witli fresh meat for ex- port, had been let i iat the west end of the switch with sech a head of steam that she ran right through and out at the east end, making a general smash- up. Strange to state, a valuable im• ported horse in one of the smashed cars was taken out from the roof of the car perfectly sound. ' One hundred men managed with the assistance of two 'engines to dear the track by 9 o'clock, a. m. —Tommy Alldis, a well-known figure on the streets of Woodstock, died in jail ' Friday night, where he has been confined for some time past as an indi- gent. "Little Tommy," as he was fa- miliarly known, was an engraver by trade and first came to Woodstock about three years ago. Since then, as the saying is, his lines have fallen in hard places, and he was compelled ta take refuge in the county jail. He was a de- cent sort of fellow and was never known to harm anybody but himself. It ia a pity that he should have to end his days in such misery. So says the Sentinel - Review. —The Cornwall Freeholder says: Miss Sheriff, a Salvation Army lass, and Edwin Wilson, a cotton mill operative, walked up town Tuesday morning, and into Issuer of Marriage License McMil- lan's office, where Wilson procured . a marriage license. . Then they hurried over to Bailey's jewellery establishment, where Wileon planked down the shekels for a ring. Then the two hastened to a minister's where a knot as strong as a fisherman's was tied by that gentleman. They then went home, where they re- mained, not caring to go for an outing or on any honeymoon trip. —At the annual meeting of the Do- minion Sheep -Breeders' Association in Toronto on Monday, the followiug offi- cers were elected for the ensuing year : President, Robert Miller, Brougham; 'vice-president, James Russel, Richmond Hill; treasurer, Frank Shore, White Oak; secretary, F. W. Hodson, Lon- don ; directors, Wm. Beattie, Wilton Grove, John Jackson, Abingdon, John Killie, Shakespeare, J. C. Snell, Ed- monton, R. . Gibson, London, Rock Bailey, Union'Peter Arkell, Tees - water, Wm. Walker, Ilderton, Wm. Linton, Aurora. —J. F. Wilkinson, confectioner, St. Thomas, and the family of Mr. A. Howe, consisting of seven members, had a very narrow escape from death on Wednesday night of last week, by asphyxiation, owing to the escape of coal gas from a baseburner. There was e small leak in the mica on the stove and the escape of gas was not noticed until the family awoke in the morning, when they were attacked with violent fits of vomiting. A doctor was sum- moned, and in a short time all were on their feet again, but felt the effects for some hours. —About two weeks ago a young man by the name of Halberstadt, lett_ the vil- lage of Preston Waterloo county, very suddenly. 'After his departurejt was discoveted that IV811111 of about $8.60 be- longing to the trust funds of the Catholie Separate school had disappeared along with, him. This money had been in- vested in mortgage, but a few days be- fore had been paid to the uncle of the young man and had been placed in a drawer to which Halberstadt obtained access. The young man has been lo- cated in Chicago and steps have been taken which wiliprobably lead to the recovery of the money. Huron Notes. Mrs. Fair, sr., of Clinton, had the misfortune to slip down on Monday of last week, and break her wrist. —Mr. W. W. Ferran, of Clinton, has sold his colt, Bell Bird, 22 months old, to B. J. Downing, of St. Charles, Michigan, for the sum of $1700 cash. —M essrs. Armand and David Hartley, sons of Rev. Mr. Hartley, of Bluevale, left this week for Manitoba, where they go to push their fortunes. —Charles Rozell, bf Morris, has leased Wm. Bishop's farm in Grey, from Ferguson Bros., for a term of years and will move on to it this month. —Mr. Samuel Treumner'brick manu- facturer, of Stephen township, has made an assignment to Mr. Henry Either, Crediton, for the benefit of his credit- ors. —Mr. J. M. McLauchlan, of the 12th ooncession of the township of Grey,has passed , his final examination at the Philadelphia Dental College, very credit- ably, and was presented by his brother students with a gold headed ebony cane. —On Saturday, March 7th, Mr. Peter Deans, auctioneer, of Wingham,sold the Plunkett farm, boing east half of lot 41, concession 12, East Wawanosh, to Mr. Robest Mason of Morris, near Wingham for $3,900. —On Monday of last week while Mr. Edward Howard, of Exeter, was en- gaged at a turning lathe, the lathe pul- ley burst, striking him in the breast, knocking him senseless. He is however doing as well as can be expected. —The farm occupied by Anthony Carlton, 6th concession of East Vtra- wanosh, will be sold by auction at the Queen's Hotel, Belerave, on Friday, March 21st, the Brandon farm north of Belgrave will also be disposed of on Wednesday, March 26th. —A young couple entered upon a "hymeneal life" last week in Wing - ham, whose ages were respectively seventeen and nineteen years. The contracting parties were Miss Maggie Dodds and Mr. Drew, the latter an employee of the Union Factory. ---The number of insane persons sent from this county to the Provincial asylums, last year, was 21. The total number sent from this county since the Asylums were first opened is 416, of I which 108 are still inmates. —The first of a series of monthly horse fairs will be held in Wingham,on Thurs- day, March 27th. A large number of buyers are expected to attend, and those having horses to sell should make it a point to be present with their stock, to make the fair a success. — On Saturday, March 8, John Ben- net, whilst cutting ice on Moutry's pond, Blyth, broke through a tender spot and was precipitated into the water; it was with great difficulty that he was rescued from being drowned, the water being over nine feet deep. — A. Murdock & Co., of Hensall, have fitted up the Commercial Hotel therein first class style in every respect. E cellent sample rooms, reading rooms, an very accommodation for the travel- ing public. Ihey have also a capacious public hall which is in every way a credit to even that flourishing village. —A Tontine colt, raised by Mr. Robert Elliott, of Goderich township, which was sold to parties in Exeter, and now owned in Saginaw, Michigan, though only partially developed, has shown a gait of 2.28 single, and can easily pull his 2.26 mate off his feet when double. —The Methodists of Brucefield are to be congratulated on the fact that at last they have got their church entirely free from debt. They have had up -hill work for a good while but under the pastorate of Rev. Air. Hart, have succeeded in placing themselves on a good financial footing. —Preliminary arrangements are being made for a monster gathering of Orangemen on the coming 12th of July in Brussels. The local committee is preparing a programme of addresaes, music, &c., and is inviting the district, County and adjoining lodges to come and spend the day with them. —On Friday evening, March 7, Mrs. James Potter, of East Wawanosh, met with an accident while on her way to attend the service ' in the English Church, Blirth. The cutter striking a stump and throwing her out, giving her a severe shaking up, which we hope may not result in anything serious. —On Tuesday of last week, G. A. 'Deadman, of Brussels, received three Jersey heifers from a breeder at Brampton. Two of them are thor- oughbreds and the third a good grade. This gives Mr. Deadrnan a herd of eight, seven females and a male. He has disposed of one of his cows to C. Grimoldy. The Jerseys are becoming deservedly popular in that section, especially where rich milk and prime butter are desired. —Graham, the champion skater of Western Ontario, beat Anderson, of Wingham, on Friday, March 7, by one lap. Considering that Graham has the advantage of a professional training, and Anderson none whatever, we think he may be congratulated on doing 90 well as he did. Graham's time for the five miles was nineteen minutes. —The officers elected for the current year in connection with the Clinton Bible S4ciety were as follows :—Presi- dent, .Rev. W. Craig; Vice -President, D. Tiplady and yesident ministers; Depositary, Dr* Worthington; Secre- tary -Treasurer, J. C. . Stevenson; Committee, Ontario Street Church, Messrs. Werry and Stevens; Ratten- berry Street Church, Messrs. Taylor, Foster, and Searle; Willis Church, Messrs. Irwin, Turnbull and Tedford; St. Paul's, Messrs. Plummer and Combe; Baptist, Messrs. Osbaldeston, Odle and Robb, Auditors, Messrs. Irwin and Tedford. —A marriage ceremony was recently performed by a minister of this county wherein the contracting 'parties were neither particularly good looking. After the ceremony was over, the lady, who seemed in a particularly joking mood, turned to the minister andoin the presence of her husband, remarked, “ Well, I always said I would never marry for money; nor for good looks, but for love; but I did think when I was marrying for love that I would get a man who was good looking, but I'll be blessed if I've even got a husband that's geed looking." The poor fellow at whom thia remark was levelled, took it with a laugh. —On Friday, March 7th, Mr: Christo- pher Luker,of Exeter Northnnet with a painful accident and what might hikve proved in the losing of his eye. He *as engaged in chopping wood in Stephen, and while thus engaged a knot which he cut off from a log flew up and !Aril& him a severe blow. —Word having been received at Lon- desboro last week that Hugh Bell, of Wahpeton, North Dakota, had, after a long and painful illness, died at his home, Mr. Thomas Bell and family, who were visiting at Lonclesboro for the win- ter, at once returned home. The de- ceased was a brother of John Bell, Lon- desboro ; R. and S. Bell, of Clinton „- W. Bell, Blyth, and son of Mr. Hugh Bell, Seaforth. —The ex prize fighter and saloon keeper, Joe Hess, has been secured by the Young Women's Christian Temper- ance Union, of Goderiche to held a series of meetings in the Gran'eOpera House, on March 31st andAprillst and 2nd. He has lectured in Toronto and has held his audiences spell bound for two hours. Shaftesbury Hall was not nearly large enough to hold the people who came nightly and hundreds had to go away. —At the annual meeting of the quar- terly board of the Methodist- church, Londesboro, a. unanimous invitation was given to the Rev. Mr. Ferguson to re- main another year, he giving good sat- isfaction to the entire congregation, which has almost doubled since he came there, thus speaking well for him, considering the state things were in at that time. —The Clinton New Era of last week says: The friends of Deputy Reeve Manning will be pleased to know that although confined to his room, he is re- covering, though very weak; his niedi- cal adviser has informed him that for some time after his recovery he must confine himself to his buainess duties alone, as his strength will not allow him to do as much other work as he has been in the habit of doing. —The receipts of the township of Grey for last year amo-unted to $15,- 848, of which amount about $12,000 was contributed by taxes. The expenditure amounted to $16,013. The followini are the largest -items ; Roads and bridges, *2.1:69; gravel $409; salaries, $471;. charity, $463 ; county rate, *2,700; Schools' $5,153. The year was commenced witha balance of $653 in the treasury and closed with $496 on hand. —The expenditure of the village of Brussels for the year 1888 was $8,250. The following are some of the principal items: Salaries, $311; charity, $203; street improvements, $783; fire depart- ment, 288;$county rate, $339; inter- est on debenture debt, $2,268; schools„ $2,132, The assets of the municipality amount to $12,750, and are made up in part of the fos'owing items : Town hall, '2,000 ; fire ergine and hose, $4,000; band instruments, $200; hay scales, *150; Howe factory mortgage, due in 1894, $5,000. The debenture debt of the village amounts to $32,200. —One day last week Mr. John Jury, of Ethel, Grey township, met with a strange accident. He was going along smoking where some boys were playing footbaill, when one of the Iboys kicked the ball and it struck him in the mouth breaking his pipe, driving a piece of the stem into the roof of his mouth, knock- ing out one of his teeth and upsetting him to the ground. —TheClinton New Era says :—Mr. J. C. Detlor has, we understand, de- cided on removing to North Bay, (on Lake Nipissing.) This is a growing town in a new section of country. We are sorry to lose Mr. Dethir, for he has been a familiar figure in the county of .Huron for a number of years, and, in addition to being a member of the Public School Board, both himself and 'wife have taken an active part in church and. Sabbath School work, and will leave many warm friends behind. —We are sorry this week to record. the death of Mr. James Inglis, of How - ick, son of Mr. George S. Inglis, of Car- rick. Deceased met with a bad accident while cutting sawlogs. In some way one of the logs rolled on him pinning him between two logs, bruising him se- verely,from the effects of which he died on Tuesday evening of last week, after severe suffering. Deceased was &- steady young man in the prime of life. It is just three weeks since his mother died from the effects of la grippe. —The Gaderich Turf Association has elected the following officers for this season : Wm. Proudfoot, President; Dr. R. Shannon, first Vice-Presidente, George M. Doe, second Vice -President ; Thomas Dundry, Secretary; W. L. Horton, Treasurer ;managing conainit- tee, Dr. J. B. Whitely, Dr. Aikenhead, W. A. Colborne, John Knox, John Yule, John Reid, P. Farr and Wm. Lee. It was decided to give $600 for purses at their meeting on July len and to push arrangements for having first-class races.