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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1890.
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McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
• $1.50 a Year, in Advance.
A Breeze from Dakota.
MOUNT VRRNON, Dakota,)
March 21st, 189J. .1
MR. riDITOR,—As there has been a
great deal said about Dakota I thought
I would add my mite, as "so far" I have
seen nothing in your paper about this
particular part, viz., Mount Vernon,
Davison County. In the filet place, let
me say that it is a beautiful country,a.nd
not only fair to look upon, but it is a
land that will yield -a good living to
those who will e ork for it. liere,
where we live, we can see the electric
liehts at Mitchell, nearly twenty miles
distantea.nd on clear days we can see
buildings at the Washington Hills,
thirty miles away.
No doubt you people of Huron think
eve are to be pitied, and we certainly
would be if our condition were anything
like ?sleet is represented by Eastern
papers. But , there are thousands of
farmers in South Dakota to -day who
have reason to be thankful for the privi-
lege of coming to so good a land, and I
could point you to a number in this
county alone, who came here a few years
ago with very little money, and are
making not only an independent living,
but judging by appearances in improve-
ments and otherwise, are doing a little
more. It ia true that crops were not as
good last season as they usually are, but
we are not in theeestarving • condition
that so many claim Tor us. Those who
are in a strait financhdly, are the ones
who have tried to get rich too fast, and
have mortgaged their property, and
when the failure came it took all- they
raised to pay interest. Then there is
another class who have no "get up" to
them at any time, and consequently they
are no worse off than in other years.
have lived in ;Ontario, and know
that farmers have to work and eceno-
raise there,. and yet it takes years to
build up a home, but a great many come
West With the idea that here a fortune
awaits therm and if they do not secure
it in a short time they denounce the
country: ' I have been many years west
of the Mississippi, and have seen some-
thing of pioneer life, and I can truth-
fully say that a farmer in this part of
Dakota can, if he chooses, make as good
a living here as elsewhere. What we
need is men of pluck and energy, coup-
led with sterling honesty ,and upright-
ness. I am glad to say we have a great
many suchwho will tighten up their
suspenders and "stick to it," even if all
is not smooth sailing. And to young
men of the East, who are starting life
under adverse circumstances, I'can offer
no better advice than to come to the
Northwest. - No matter what your oc-
cupation may be there is room for all,
and Dakota waits to welcome you..
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, here in our
prairie home, we count among our great-
est pleasures the reading of THE EXPOSI-
TGF.. Although it takes the price of
three bushels of wheat to pay for it for
[' one year, we would not do without it if
it took double that amount. With
greeting to all our old Huron friends I
will say goodbye. Yours,
A _FORMER HURON Ly.
corporation Bill was being discussed. I
noticed your editorial of a week or two
ago headed, "Misappropriation of
Public Funds," and I c -an assure you I
admired it very perch for the manly, in-
dependent utterances, and how soon all
those wrongs could.be righted if only
the entire press took the stand of TI1E
EXPOSITOR. Qur rulers would soon say
to their colleagues, "boys,'ithis kind of
thing will not do, or else it will be a
cold day for us." When will the press
do this
The past few fine days have been wel-
come to the farmers of Manitoba, as
feed is so very scarce, in some cases
$15.00 being paid for a ton of hay,
which is unique in this portion of the
Province. Qld straw has been •fed in
some institnces that was threshed five
and six yearsago, and was still in very
good condition. This statement will no
doubt sound strange to Ontario farmers,
but the dryness of our climate has pre-
served it and cattle have done remark-
ably well on it. A farmer stated ata debate
the other evening that he had wintered
his cattle solely on that kind of straw,
barring the scenery they had partaken
of in the beautiful Pembina Valley. Our
Debating Society has been a splendid
success in every respeet.
The farmers are busy preparing for
spring, and a large acreage will be sown,
Which points out the fact that farmers'
faith is unbounded in the naturalre-
'sources af this country, and should it
prove to be a' bountiful year it will at-
tract a flow of immigration here that will
beat all previous records. And should
the Hudson Bay road be built, and a
few more branch lines, and our coal
mines fully developed, we can say,
"Come forward and shake, Ontario;
are not proud."
Before I close I must not omit to
chronicle the important fact e that I
gleaned, not from the Secret Service, or
a Detective Bureau, nor a sewing circle
either; that Miss Amanda White, of
Snowflake, has just completed a quilt
eoetaining five thousand, one hun-
dred and sixteen pieces: Just think,
Mr. Editor, how long it would take you
and I to put that number of pieces to-
gether, and if we ran /the needle into
our fingers as often in proportion as we
do to sew on a button what a chain of
thought would accumulate, similar to
the stray ones we have in putting up the
stove -pipes. i Yours truly,
W. BARBER.
• Manitoba Melange.
SIOWIPLAYM, Manitoba, March 25, 1890.
DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Now that OUT
Legislative talkers at Ottawa, Toronto
and Winnepeg have nearly terminated
their labors the stress on your cOlumns
will not be so great, and with your per-
mission it wirl afford the smaller fry an
opportunity of ma.kinga few remarks on
thing e in general, and to begin with, I
might venture to make a remark or two
upon our law makers. In my opinion
the long delay at Ottawa before the
House &got down to business reminds
me of the Irishman who was hired by a
farmer to mow grass with a scythe. The
first half day he worked he did. not use
the whetstone, and when the farmer
came out to inspect the work,he foundua
poor job being done, as the scythe had
got too dull. Whereupen the farmer
told the son of the Emerald Isle that he
must use the whetstone, as there was no
time lost in whetting. So Pat, the
other half day, went under a shade tree
and whet hie scythe for five consecutive
hours, 1 and when his employer repri-
manded him, his reply was "Faith, you
told Me there was no lost time in whet-
ting"
ow, Sir, I think our Legislators
here shown a desire to go" into the shade
to whet their political scythes, to enable
them to mow the most votes instead of
stepping boblee out to cut down the
many obstacles that impede the march
of progress in this proud Dominion of
ours. I have been called a strong party
man, and a Conaervative at that, but I
have about come to the conclusion to re-
nounce party after the pitiabTe scene ex-
hibited at Ottaw& by both patties over
the Dual Language question in the
Northwest. After being petitioned by
a large majority of the Northweat
Assembly for the discontinuance of the
Dual language, passing a motion to refer
it back again to that body, and all be-
cause of fear of offending French sup-
port. It is high time that party p,oli-
tics were buried in oblivion if French
influence must prevail in this fair Do-
minion of ours, where floats the beloved
old Union Jack, and if we are to be cat -
hauled around by our patty managers to
foster that influence for their own poli-
tical gain and cloak it over by solemnly
christening it public policy. I think
the House at Ottawa might profitably
take a leaf oat of our local House. Our
Attorney -General boldly defended his
policy in regard to Separate Schools aid
the Dual language by a speech of nearly
four hours' in length, to which a
critic made allusion that his speech was
inconsiatent, as he had exhausted:the
English language, and should have an-
other in reserve. I hope in the corning
contest in Ontario that the intelligent
electors will not support any candidate,
be he (era or Tory, that would truckle
to any influence that would retard the
growth of national feeling, for it is
easy to see the cloven foot in Curran's
motion at Ottawa when the Orange In-
ge
;
•
•• Canada.
, In Ottawa liquor is sold in 111 un-
licensed dives.
, —Breeders of Holstein cattle held a
convention at Woodstock Friday.
• —Kingston harbor was free of ice and
navigation fully open a week ago.
—The New Brunswick Legislature
had an all night session on Thursday
last week. •
—Lieutenant Gordon, Royal Navy, batn, ,Belleville, the otheaelay, had his
shoulder caught by the beam- at the top
of the door, crushing him backwards
into the seat and smashing nine ribs and
injuring his spine. He is in a critical
condition.
— Upwards of 100 guests assembled at
the:residence of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hamley, Tyrrine, near Bowmanvillee to
celebrate their silver wedding, and pre-
sented Mrs. Harnley with a large dinner
cruet, a dozen each of silver spoons and
forks, a silver butter knife and a hand-
some chamber set. •
— A coal oil lamp exploded in the of-
fice of Dentist J. A. Smith,ln the Op-
era House block, Windsor, on Wednes-
dey night, and in his efforts to put the
fire out Mr. Smith had his hands and
face severely burned. The fire depart-
ment were calledlout, but their services
were not required.
—It is stated that fully twenty-five
families have left the neighborhood of
Owen Sound this spring for Manitoba
and the Western States. Farm securi-
ties have depreciated fully 40 per cent.
in five years, and unless crops are good
this year they will depreciate another 10
per cent.
—In the parish of Buekingham, n r
Montreal,lives an extraordinary wo aPt
Madame Louis Fourier, who has just
given birth to her 21st child. She is
only 39 years old, and married at the
age of 15 years. At the age of 17 she
was already the mother of three child-
ren, having had twins—an event which
has happened twice in that family.
where he was seized by.the police and
taken to the station. ' In his flight the
man dropped $200 and as much more
was found on his person. The thief
gives -his name as Brown, of Detroit.
— Prof. Pyke, of Toronto, who was
injured by an explosion of chemicals
while experimenting at the University,
has had one of his eyes removed ea a re-
sult of wounds caused by broken glass
and the burns occasioned by the acid.
—The movement about tobacco rais-
ing in Essex is likely to cause consider-
able discussion, and the attention of the
Government has been called to the mat-
ter. Essex may soon, be growing hun-
dreds of acres of the weed.
—The' forests surrounding Burk's
Falls, Muskoka, are full of fine maple,
birch and beech, but there is such a de-
mand for pulp wood that special atten-
tion is being paid to cutting the latter.
— Freeman• flodginse a ealoonkeeper
at the Westminster end of Clark's
bridge, Londorehas died from the effects
of a row on Saturday night. The al-
leged murderer is under arrest. •
—The Grangers, according to the
statement of their manager, have lost
$1,500 per year in the Kineardine salt
works, purchased by them a few years
ego. For five year q the property is tot
be assessed at $4,000.
—The action brought against the
city of Kingston, by G. T. Driver, for
$5,000 damages, for damages by falling
into an epen drain, has been settle&
The city .will pay Driver $350, both par-
ties to pay their own costs.
—At a large meeting of lake sailors
held at Detroit a protest was made
against the action of the Vessel Owners'
Association fixing the rate of wages for
the coming seasen at $30 a month.
—Fifty thousand speckled trout eggs
were laid down at the Dominion fish
hatchery at Ottawa recently. The
large new brick tanks have been filled,
and are now occupied by about 3,000,000
young white fish.
—A St. Catharines hotelkeeper is try-
ing to, kill rats by running "live" wires
into their holes from the electric light-
ing system. One of these days, remarks
a contemporary, he will wake up to find
the rats gone and the hotel, building as
—Monsieur Plant, a French Canadian,
amused himself fighting gamecocks last
Sunday, in his boarding house in Ham-
ilton, and afterwards cut off theft heads
because. their fighting qualities didn't
please him. Be was fined $10 and $1
costs at the Felice Court next morning.
H. DeCew, of Essex Centre, his
purchased the' timber on a block of land
belonging to W. J. Johnston, in Col-
chester North, and situated near his
mills. The land is Covered with a heavy
growth of timber that has never been
touched, and which ie very valuable.
7 -Albert Wickett, Canifton, while
driving a load into •Thomas Lazier's
was in Owen Sound last week •investi-
gating the Baltic outrage.
— Complaints are being made °about
the quality of the butter brought into
the London market. •
—The o Armstrong carpet works,
Guelph, have been damaged to the ex-
tent of $5,000 by fire.
• --Farmers • in Middlesex county re-
port fall wheat in bad condition, and
newly -seeded clover heaved.
— An old man netted Andrew Kane
was found dead on the roadside in Pus-
linch township, countye_ of Wellington,
Friday.
—Montreal is perturbed, by the re-
cently acquired knowledge that frequent
wagon loads of dynamite are carted
through its streets.
—At Orillia, Friday, P. W. Bell, dry -
goods merchant, of Collingwood, was
sent for trial on the charge of defraud-
ing his creditors.
—The Quebec banks have about
$2,000,000 invested in timber to go
forward to the European market' this
season.
—The body of a woman found in La-
chine canal on Thursday of Jest week,
has been identified as that Of,Miss Jack,
a Scotch lady, who disappeared from
Montreal last fall.
—Mr. Wm. Dodd, taxidermist, Lon-
don road, St. Thomas, ha e received
from Fingal, a natural curiosity to stuff,
in the shape of a lamb with two perfect
heads.
-
—The mtld weather has proved a
bonanza to the farmer who owns a sugar
bush. Reports from the -country ostate
that the yield this season has been un-
usually oopious, and of pure quality.
—Attorney -General Marin, of Mani-
toba, has resigned the AttOrriey-General-
ship on account of press of private brief-
ness. He will retain his' ;seat in the
House still.
—Dr. Jenny K. Trout, of Torouto,has
given $500 towards 'the new building of
•the Women's Medical College at King-
ston, with a promise of $500 more in
November.
—Miss Wright, the Ottawa evangelist
who was so badly treated in Hull last
February, has purchased a centrally
located hall in that town, and will soon
resume her service.
—The Allan Steamship Compare, has
arranged that clergymen shall accom-
pany their ships for the •next three
months to attend to the spiritual wants
of the emigrants, •
—Four brothers at Madawaska are
lumbering on an extensive scale, but
never else horses. •They are called
• champion strong men of the province,
and draw the sled loacia themselves.
—Last Sueday the last free breakfast
and free tereef the winter were given in
• Richmond hall to the Toronto poor.
Since December 8,700 persons have been
fed altogether,
—At, noon- Saturday an unknown man
went into the Ville Marie Benk, Mon-
treal, just as a customer was making a
large deposit. He snatched a handful
of bills and made a dasinfor the door.
,A plucky newsboy made a spring at the
man as he was passing, and after a sharp
fore the boom commenced, and the ex -
preacher sectired many thousand acres
of choicest soil. He was -successful, and
in a few years amassed considerable
money. • These two nephews, both hard-
working Scotchmen, were favorites of
his. They look so nearly alike that it
is difficult to tell them apart. Their
share of the fortune will be over $50,000
each. They will quit hewing ties at $4
per 100.
—Ella Marshall, Mamie Wallace and
Ethel Hunter, pupils of the Presbyteri-
an Sabbath School, at, Plattsville, were
each presented with a beautiful Oxford
Bible as a prize for memorizing the
shorter Catechism. The Rev. Mr.
Robertscur, of Chesterfield, heard the
recitationsand not -a single word was
missed by any of the three pupils.
—It is stated that by inadvertence the
provisions made for free corn in the new
tariff includes only that for conversion
into ensilage. As the number of the silos
is yet very limited, there is more corn
used now for summer feeding than pack-
ed away for winter use, and as it was
intended that this should be free also
the clime° will be amended to that ef-
fect.
—Rev. Robert Wallace preached his
farewell sermon in the West Presby-
terian church, Toronto, last Sunday
morning. 1 Mr. Wallace began his min-
isterial duties in 1838. Since then he
has laid the foundation of Edirne twenty
mission ftations between Toronto and
Lake Simcoe, and for tbe last 22te years
he has been pastor of West church, To-
ronto. Ile retires with an annuity of
$500. •
—Mrs. Woods, a widow, and her
-family of three daughters, dresemakers
in St. Thomas, have just discovered that
they are heirs to the Woods ' estate,
Pilsley Green, England. The esthete is
worth $40,000,000 the claimants being in
Canada and the United States. Mrs.
W. Thompson, of Thedford, and Mra.
C. M. -Colby, London, are also claim-
ants, being daughters of Mrs. Woods,
of St. Thomas.
• —The contest at Sarnia for the posi-
tion of rural dean of Lambton vacant
by the resignation of Rev. P. ilyland,
of Warwick, resulted in a tie be-
tween Rev. Mr. Davis, of Sarnia, and
Rev. Mr. McCosh, of Petrolea. As
there appeared, therefore, no prospect of
an election, the chairman declared the
meeting adjourned till Tuesday, the
15th of April, at the same hour and
place. •
—Lest Saturday evening Mrs. James
Sutton, living in Westminster, about
two and a half miles from Lambeth, in
company with her husband was deliver-
ing some maple syrup at a house in Lon-
don, when she was taken with a paraly-
tic stroke and fell forward over the
dashboard. This occurred at 5:30 in the
evening and she died in a house near by
at 7:30. She was very highly respected
in her neighborhod and leaves nine
children.
—Mr. John Little, of Ratho, county
of Oxford, lost .2 entire yearling colts,
and one two year old gelding colt, all
Clydesdales; they were very valuable
animals, and the loss will be heavy.
Mr. Adam Landreth, V. S. attended to
them, and states the cause of death to
be "Spinal meningitis" caused by eat-
ing decayed turnips.
— Wednesday, March 26, was the
52nd anniversary of Premier Greeraway's
birthday. The occasion was not for-
gotten. by his Liberal friends in the
House. who presented him with a hand-
some silver service and two large easy
chairs. The Premier made a happy
reply on the occasion of the presenta-
tion.
a—Three boys 9f Carman, Manitoba,
have been lodged ,in the tdrovhs,cial jail
for thirty days. They had organized a
sort of juvenile desperado 'gang at Car-
man, and started to terrorise the good
people of the village. They had a
stock, of small firearms and pocket
knives, and were prepared to do any
kind of wild and desperate deeds.
—Two wood -choppers named Hugh
and Sandy Jamieson, working in the
woods in Michigan, recently received
word that they are heirs to more than$100, -
000 woreh of property in Manitoba.
Their fortune results from the death of
an uncle, at one time a resident of
Amherstburg, Ontario. When living at
Amherstburg,Jamieeon wasa Presbyter-
ian minister. He became interested in
an English syndicate through his
brother, who lives in London, and went
to the Northwest to secure land along
• the Canadian Pacific Railway. The
struggle brought him to thegroend, syndicate purchased immense tracts be-
—According to Sir John Macdonald's
statement in the House, the new Can-
adian canal at the rapids of the Ste.
Marie River, known as the " Soo"
canal, will be completed by the spring of
1893, and will cost $3,000,000. A sum
of $71,000 has been appropriated to
deepen the Lachine canal to 14 feet, and
one of $1,000,000 for the same operation
on the Cornwall canal. This canal will,
however, need a further vote of over a
million next year.
—The Armstrong carpet factory in
Guelph had a narrow escape from total
destruction by fire early Frid4 morn-
ing last week. Fortunately the wind
was in a favorable direction and the fire
confined to the warehousing depart-
ment, • which was completely destroyed,
together with a latge stock of yarn, etc.
The looms, stock,&c.,were badly damag-
ed by water. , Loss between $4,000 and
$5,000. It is supposed the fire was the
work of burglars, as ,the safe bears evi-
dence of having been tampered with.
--Oakville has become quite notorious
for burglars. No less than eight places
have been broken into within the last
three weeks and considerable stuff
stollen. Three young boys, ranging
about 17 years of age, all of respectable
parents, were captured and pleaded
guilty and were committed to the
county jail, Hamilton, for trial. This
did not -stop the robberies, however, as
on Friday night the post -office and
telegraph office were ransacked, and
about 200 letters in the general delivery
were stolen; also all the outgoing let-
ters that were posted after 5:50. -All
the cash they secured was 11 cents. R.C.
Balmer's drug store, next door, was also
gone through and. about 500 cigars
taken.
—There was a large attendance of
farmers and others at the seventh half -
yearly sale of the Wyton Stock Breed-
ers' Association on Thursday of last
week in London. Bidding was brisk,
the 'white and blacks" for breeding
purposes securing a keen demand,
though prices, in common with other
classes of live stock were not as high as
in former times. One mature cow,
" Konigen," sold for $100, and three
young heifers at $42.50, $52.50 and
$57.50 respectively, the latter being less
than a year old by several months.
Some fourteen bulls, mostly yearlings,
were knocked down at prices ranging
from, $37.50 for a September 1888 calf,
up to $90. • The Wyton herd of Hol-
steins is now strong numerically and in
condition the animals have never looked
better than at the present time.
—The Alvinston Free Press in speak
ing of the Holmsdale murder, says:
Mrs. McFadden, who has been the. in-
direct cause of the whole trouble, is
about 35 years of age, and of very com-
mon appearance. For two years an un-
due intimacy has existed between her
and Black, a fact of which her husband
has for some time been aware, and he
did everything he could to mend mat-
ters, but it was impossible. Whenever
occasion offered she would arrange to
meet Black, and several times of late
accompanied him to Alvinston. A short
time ago she joined the Salvation Army,
and at Inwood could be often seen
taking a prominent part in the devo-
tional exercises of that body of wor-
shippers; and at Alvinston about two
weeks ago she took a place in their ranks
as the army marched about town
and accompanied them to the barracks,
where her exhortations were among the
loudest. These professions, however,
did not deceive those who knew her.
When the news of the death of her
paramour was brought to her ' she ex-
pressed great sorrow and loudly lament-
ed his sudden taking off, but had not a
word of Comfort for her husband who
waslunder arrest for the murder. She
then returned to her family at Glenrae,
where she now is.
—There was quite a scene in a Bap-
tist Church near Montreal on Sunday
evening, 23rd ult. After the Rev. Mr.
-Baker, the pastor, had concluded an able
discourse on the character of Balaam; a
seedy -looking individual who had been
selling salves in town, and who with his
pack oceMpied a front seat in the syna-
gogue, trose and asked permission to
speak. The pastor, who evidently had
had a little experience with him before,
replied authoritatively : No, l'd
rather you wouldn't speak, we are go-
ing to take up the offering now." But
• the fellow wasn't to be discouraged or
restrained. With a remark that he'd
speak, anyway, whether the minister
wished it or not, he now proceeded to
criticise the sermon. Mr. Thompson, one
of the collectors, went up to him and
told him to sit down. "Hands off e
don't dare to touch me," was the rejoin-
der, and the salve agent launched out on
his theme again. The choir struck up a
familiar hymn, the rest of the audience
joined in with them, and the roarings of
the salve dealer were drowned in the
singing of the 2ongregation. Finding
that he was not to be accorded a hearing
the crank put on his cap, which looked
worn out and tired, took up his gripe
and muttering incoherently along the
way, marched out, slamming the doors
after him. He probably knows now
that the Baptist church people are un-
like Balsam in one respect at least, they
won't listen to an ass,
—The Allan steamer Polynesian arriv-
ed at Halifax from Liverpool, on Friday
last, having had a terrible passage.
She left Liverpool on the 13th inst., bad
weather setting in almost immediately
after sailing. On the morning of the
15th the wind increased in violence, the
waves washing the steamer fore and itft,
necessitating running at half speed.
About midnight the vessel experienced
a terrible storm, heavy seas, lightning,
thunder, hail and rain. The weather
continued rough till the 19th, on which
day great quantities of water were
shipped. The morning of the 21st
brought a howling tempest, in which
the ship was much strained. In the
evening a regular hurricane was en-
countered. A large number of ice-
bergs were passed on the 22nd. At
times the ship was surrounded by large
bergs, some of which were of immense
size, one in particular being nearly a
mile in length. 1 ier, ship was tossing at
the mercy of the e vee amidst the ice-
bergs, the coal wee fast running out,and
bags of eugar were being utilized for
fuel. With the coal nearly out and the
vessel among icebergs the situation was
one never to be forgotten by those who
experienced it. On the evening of the
25th a snow storm was encountered
and 24 bags of sugar were used to re-
plenish the fires. ,The seas • were so
strong that the captain deemed it advis-
able to stop the engine and put out the
sea anchor. The wind was howling
and the seas were breaking over the
vessel. Seventy-six bags of sugar were
brought into requisition for fuel. On
the 27th the Gloucester schooner Alert
was sighted, flying signals of distress.
The steamer bore down on her and
found she wanted water, which could
not he supplied, as the Polynesian was
short. When the morning of the 28th
dawned land• was sighted to the great
joy of the passengers, some of whom
imagined they would never see Halifax.
The steamer brought 517 steerage pas-
sengers, among whom were two lots of
boys, numbering 42 and 74,1 consigned
to Miss Birt and' Miss McPherson re-
spectively.
acres. Mr. Schweitzer has bought an-
other farm of 208 acres in Niagara town-
ship, pear the Suspension Bridge, , for
the sum of $7,500.
—Miss Lily Moss, of Brussels, met
with a peculiar accident one day last
week.- A little boy shot at her with a
pop -gun, the missile striking one of the
glariserrof her spectacles, throwing the
broken pieces of glass into her eye. A
physician speedily set matters 'right.
—Manitoba is still the magnetic point
of the Dominion. On Tuesday of last
week the following persons went from
Brussels station : Mrs. Tiernan and
daughters, left for Deloraine ; George
Gordon, for Neepawa ; James Campbell,
for Moosornin, and George Campbell, for
Killarney.
,—At the Sheriff's sale of Mr. J. John-
ston's property in Emit Wawanosh, held
on the 25th inst., the farm was purchas-
ed by Mr. C. Johnston'c or $3,500; the
farm contains 100 acres and wee pur-
chased by Mr. John Johnston aboutten
years ago, for $4,000.
—The Stratford Beacon of last week
says: Rev. T. G. Thomson, of Van-
couvereB. C., preached. two good ter -
mons in this church on Sunday, and
will officiate again next Sunday. Mr.
Thomson was formerly atationed at
Brucefield in the Presbytery of Huron.
—The following persons left Brussels
station for the West on Wednesday of
last week: Fletcher Sperling, Grey ;
Andrew Eckmer, Ethel ; Robert Carr,
Henfryn'for Seattle, Washington Terri-
tory; J. S. Torrance, Henfryn, left with
same party for Virden, Manitoba, via
Canadian Pacific Railway.
—It is with regret that we have to re-
cord the death of another of our old
settlers in the person-- of Mr. John Fal -
lis, of Grand Bend, which took place
last week, whose age was 91 years. His
illness was of short duration. The old
man ate a hearty supper'after which he
took a weak spell which lasted until
half -past eight, when he died. -
—Mr. James Riddell, formerly of
Manitoba, but who has been working his
father's farm on the 13th concession of
Hullett, for the last three years, return-
ed last week with his family to Mani-
toba. He took with him a car load of
stock, lumber, and other things necee-
sary, but not easily obtainable in that
new country.
—While Mr. Geo. Tebutt, of Holmes-
ville, was sawing wood, one day last
week, a limb from a tree fell and struck
him on the back of the neck, knocking
him senseless. .It was a very 'lucky
escape, for had the limb not fallen
across the log thereby breaking the
blow, it no doubt would have proved
fatal.
— Old Mr. Bates, of Grey, died on
Monday of last week at the house of his
daughter, Mrs. Wm. Fralicke Morris,
at the advanced age of over '80 years.
The funeral took place on Tuesday after-
noon, Rev. Mr. Paul, of Brussels, con-
ducting the service. Mrs. Bates died a
few years ago. One by one the old peo-
ple are leaving us.
— Mr. James Gilmore, of the 3rd con-
cession of Stanley, will be ''95 years old
if he lives until the 5th day of April,
1890. He has lived in the township
during the past 47 years. He is in the
best of health and bids fair to see the
end of the present century. If there is
an older man or woman in the county
we Would like to hear from them.
—Mr. Brew Williams has leased that
choice farm lately owned by Mr. Geo.
Gibson in Emit Wawanosh, for a term of
five years paying $200 for the first year
and $250 a year for the remainder of the
term, with the privilege of putting $50
in improvements each year. Mr. Gib-
son purposes removing to Manitoba and
settling on his land there.
—The Milverton correspondent of the
Stratford Beacon says; Mr. _James L.
Rae, has removed hisfamily to Auburn,
Huron county, where he has rented a
store. He Wan honorable, intelligent,
active and obliging man and will be
greatly missed, as will likewise his
fanyily. As he has not disposed of his
pr�perty here we hope he may yet re-
turn to Milverton.
— About dusk the other evening Bert
Potts was returning from Scruton's
slaughter house, near Clinton, taking a
near cut across the fields. He came in
contaCt with a barb wire fence, the top
wire catching his under lip, tearing it
open and making heveral ugly gashes in
hi -face. - The lip had to be sewed up
and bandaged.
—The harbor bottom at Goderich, as
far ae can be seen, is covered several
layers deep with young herrings of the
season of 1888. The cause of death ap-
pears to be a mysterious disease that
_caused a like destuction some sixteen
years since, though it is held by some
that the loss is through some poisonous
substance placed in the harbor, or car-
ried thereto by the - drains that enter
therein.
—The convictions for the first quar-
ter of the year numbered 61, of whom
13 were by Goderich magistrates, 12 by
Clinton, 9 by Seaforth, 5 by Winghana,
7 by Brussels and 8 by Exeter. Of the
Offences, 13 were for violation of the
Crooks Act, and 9 • of these were in
Inspector Paisley's division, the fines for
this amounting to $224, the other 4 were
in the South Riding. Tbe total fines
amounted to $411.-
- The other day a three year old son
of Mr. S. T. Holmes,of Seaforth,(grand,
son of Mr. Carline, Clinton) met with a
very painful accident. Mrs. Holmes
was ladling some boiling water from a
boiler to the wash tub, using abed -room
pitcher as a dipper, when the handle
came off and the child, passing at that
moment, received the contents of the
pitcher. He was pretty severely scald-
ed, and it will be some time before it re-
covers.
• —An ingenious swindle is being
worked in several counties, in which a
fountain pen with a double load plays an
important part. The pen carries two
kinds of ink, one of which will fade,
the other will not. The superfluous
parte of the contract are written in the
• Huron Notes.
Messrs. Ransford, of Clinton, have
bought the 114 acres on the tiuron road,
owned by Mr. Geo. Shipley.
• —A young lady of Exeter, the other
day dissected a pin -cushion, and found
377 pins and needles imbedded therein.
—Mr.- Jas. McNeil has rented his 50
acre farm on the 3rd concession of Hullett
tohis son Daniel. Mr.McNeil intends to
visit Algoma.
—A heavy draught horse belonging to
Mr. George Fisher, of Usborne, died of
inflammation on Friday night. The ani-
mal was Valued at $200.
—Messrs. Snell Bros., of Exeter, have
purchased the large brick warehouse of
the estate of James Pickard, in that
town, and will convert the same into a
pork -packing house.
—Navigation is open at Goderich, a
couple of fishing tugs having left that
port the•other day to set their nets. It
is the earliest opening of the fishing sea-
son ever known.
—The Bluevale Presbyterian congre-
gation have recently introduced into
their church a new Bell organ.It was pur-
chased from Scott Bros.'Seaforth, and
gives' the very beat •satisfaction.
—North half lot 33, concession 6,
East Wawanosh, was sold by mortgage
on the 21st inst., at Belgrave, Mr. Alex.
Morton being the purchaser, the price
paid being $1,500; it is considered a
good bargain there being a good stone
house on the lot.
—Mr. Jacob Schweitzer has sold his
farm, lot 14, concession 1, Colborne,
containing 80 • acres, to Mr. WM.
Blake, for the sum of $2,500 cash. Mr.
Blake knows when there is a bargain to
be had, and, as the farm is adjoining his
own, he has one of the beat stock farms
in the township, making in all 184
ink which fades, and the farmer's signa-
ture with the permanent, and the docu-
ment finally figures as a mite of hand,
Which is discounted at the nearest
-bank, and the farmer has to pay.
--The Toronto Monetary Timeelmakes
the following reference to a fermer resi-
dent of this county : " Mr. Maley, of
Auburn, as a shoemaker, • may have
saved more soles than he did as a local
preacher. It is only fair to entertain
such a doubt when we learn that he has
absconded from that "sweet village of
the plain," owing considerable money
to his once trustful friends. All of
which is anything but consoling to '
them."
—The following persons left Clinton :
station for the west on Tuesday of last •
week: James Wells and family, for
Virden, Manitoba; Joseph Stephenson
and family, Griswold; R. Elliott and
family, and A. Elliott and family, Car-
berry; W. Moffatt and family, Moose
Jaw; Hugh Thompson, Moose Jaw;
Miss Moffatt, Shoal Lake; Mr.ancl Miss
•Hood, Feriae; Miss Nelson, Brandon;
.A. Wylie, Pense ; W. Mustard, Birtle ;
-P. Dallas, Winnipeg; two Miss Hunters,
Gardner, Dakota.
—Messrs. Charles and Henry Grim-
ing, sons of Mr. John Cuming, of the
13th concession of Hullett, left last
week to try their fortune in the North
west, Their brother William, who has
spent a number of years in the West,
but spene-the winter here, intends re --
turning there 'soon. This makes five
sons of Mr. Cuming in the Northwest,
and although sorry. to see such promis-
ing young men leave here, we wish them
success in that country.
—Mr. W. McMullen, of Clinton, died
on Monday morning of last week. For
a number of years he resided in Hallett,
but removed to Clinton to reside several
years ago. His wife having been dead
some time he has resided alone. He
leaves two sons and a daughter, the lat-
ter being married and living in the
United States. He belongetto the Or-
ange Association, and waetehuried by
that order. He was a member of the
• church of England, and a supporter of
the Conservative party.
—On Tuesday evening -of last week a
number of relatives and friends assem-
bled at the home of -John Roddick, 14th
concession of Grey, to celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of the braw host'and
hostess. To say that a good time was
put in does not cover the ground, but
after enjoying the big-hearted hospitali-
ty of Mr. and •Mrs. Roddick the com-
pany separated, with many good wishes
expressed for long life and continued
happiness and prosperity to the - old
folks.
• —On Tuesday forenoon of last week,
just before the Grand Trunk train left
Wingharn for Toronto, a number of the
friends of Robert Reilly, of - East Wit-
wanosh, who were present to bid him
and family farewell, invited him into
the waiting room of the station, when a
kindly worded address was read and
Mr. Reilly presented with a beautiful
fur overcoat and a purse of money. The
recipient responded appropriately. Mr.
Reilly has taken up land in the neigh-
borhood of Neepawa, Manitoba. -
—Last week Messrs. Smith & Hearn
shipped from Clinton a number of cattle
to Eastern markets, among them being
animals bought of the following persohs
For Smith,—W. Weir, 1 bull, 1,8901bs.;
James Fair'7, 7,470; J. Snyder, 2,
2,180; McCook', one, 1,120; A.
Clank, one, 1,010; J. Reid, 980;
J. Harvey, 2, 1980. For Hearn;—J.
Garrett, '5, 6,290; W. Brigham, 2,
2,270; J. Ball, 2, 2,200; W. Wise,
1,030; T. Anderson, 1,100; T. Wald-
dron, 1,010; R. Adams, 1,200; T.Cole,
1,300; James Snell, bull, '2,030; J.
Jarvis, 2, 2,34p ; T. Nott, 2, 2,220.
— The many friends of Mrs. Ross, of
the Manse, Brumfield, presented her
with twelve good loads of wood and a
large load of oats. We are glad to hear
that the Wall .4; scheme she started three
or four months ago to raise funds for
the French schools, Montreal, has turn-
ed out to be ie great success. There are
now nearly five thousand women who
are receiving them, and are: reeponding
liberally. Already one hundred and
twenty dollars has been collected by the
ladies of the neighborhood, and the
receipts are not all in yet, one of the
Kincardine congregations has also rais-
ed nearly one hundred dollars and Mr.
Ross is yet receiving orders by mail and
wire for . more leaflets, which she
promptly forwards.
— The work of the new Methodist
church, Bluevale; has begun in earnest,
stone, sand, etc., are being quickly
drawn to the place. They have
chosen Mr. Wemsley's lot, on Main -
street, as the bet site. The lot was
worth somewheri) in the neighborhood of
$200 or $300. They have decided to
build the basement of stone, nearly all
above ground, and then comes the body
of the church built of brick, which is to
be high enough to put a gallery in if
neceseary.eThe dimensions of the church
will be abokt 40x60 feet. • The building
will add ematly to the beauty of the
village. Bluevale will very likely grow
rapidly after this tor a while.
oCulimnstotannoesstaotni
—There was a collection made at the
onTueneraddaeyr fp eicauslit ar woceikr.-
Bailiff Sippell, of Zurich, had •a small
• claim to collect from a man who VMS
going by train on the day named. He
could not levy on his goods, which were
in the freight cars, because they had
been shipped from an outlying station
and were in transit. The Bailiff did not
want to be baffled after comieg all the
way, 1 row. Zurich. The delttor offered,
a dollar and a half. The Bkiliff asked
to see the money, and when he produced
his pocket book the brawny Bailif
grabbed it aid held op -to it under seiz-
ure. It contained het $10 out of which
the Bailiff refunded 55 cents, it requir-
ing the balai*e to liquidate, the debt
and costs. The Bailiff said the debtor
was known to have some $1,500 with
him somewhere, hence his persistence
in making him pay.
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