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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-04-25, Page 118 1896 1111111111•11.11111111111musaftvi NO 18904 MCFATerle) ,rth's Dry Goods. de House, hen gee ain. Early in the of new goods wait the past few days :en away, aearchievia te latest things la as to have lk 13104 ; for his numerous ly increasing trade,. iTOOK ry attractive in t NERY, PAR-AROLS, HOSIERY, "ES, RIBBONS, ARES ing a large range of Ginghams, &c. and filled with INGS, TICKINGS, TABLE LINENS be assortment of art' s Clothing, tE SOLD CHEAP. d at the lowest pee. or Prodnce. FAUL, ORTH. - [ready - sown quite * d we are pleased to wheat for the most 'oruise of an average le roads are now j, einess is brightening ,e. - Miss Godfrey, Rev. R. Godfrey, of has been here on a ne this week. -The s and Mrs. Hartley, of een here daring the their f riends.-Messra atilt further improv - of their hotel proper- eIy painted. -Mrs. J. i was home on a visit Uwood. ing the petit week To new millinery shop, 4ge so new hats and all the rage. -Mr. ho has been attending itute in Seaforth spat tolidays in our village. who for several yearS rest in the grist mill it to Mr. 3. Walper. class working order tur.-The land iedry- some of the farmers ploughing.ending , t‘v e general -Tit fall Fay looks very well, the scarcity of ewer however, the wheat ty and on land that - allowed looks consids what was sown late ed; This shews that ite land well. -Last watt visited by 'Pat' eulogist," who would, the present, past an& ts a cranium. Whew wending his way to -- p of Stanley. "Truly ,nsgressor is hard." - se gone to attend con- dbury. a greatimprovementit fall wheat within** ties J ane Brotherstort tool near Clinton spent- --Min Mary Stimors ing in Seaforth during, haa returned home. - has gone to Hamilton ea building business; e agreed upon for his- ' years. -The return 1setween the boys Of s. 8 and 9 was played he lade -of No. 8 heist hey are more youthful nts and have not ha they naturally enough r their victory.-Ths grumbling severely sk ggs, and many of theta ,me the Egg King for igs. He had batik" - them may get their ,-Mr. Richard Kelies ughbred Durham bhll ss McElroy, of MeV- ItIcElroy has got * one well worth the- Eorris. farmers are busy get- ea.dy for sowing. -The Agnes White, on lAoir was well attendedeee as, of the 8th ooncer pending EL 0011pie of Oxford county. --N-111. a been on the sick lilt -Mr, J. J. Clennant of pegiate institute, spent t his home on the Sth . Jackson, of the very poorly, and felt heed for her recoveret MeLauchlin, north of six acres of 'y, April April 5th. Mr. bfo' sowing spring whoa! way of Bemiring a pour Ingram, grand deel$11' of the 3rd line, lit* th inflammation, but ilt ter„ -Mrs. Thos. Bono, Ling friends. , TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. VITEEOLE NUMBER 1,167. ,,t• A4, '1111111k1 - 04 ; ' ',4;•\": • • 401%. tbsiiiort SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1890. ZEIcLEAN BROS. Publishers. f1.50 a Year, in Advance. New Millinery Goods —AT— HOFFMAN & 00. New Hats, New Flowers, New Feathers, New Gauzes, New Satins, New Silks, New Ribbons, New Laces, New Ornaments, etc: just opened -AT THE - Cheap Cash Store -OF- HOFFMAN & CO., CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEA FO RT H. NOTICE.—Agents for Butter ick's reliable patterns and publica_ tions. Mutual Live Stock INSURANC,E CO. Head Office. Seaforth. THE ONLY Live Stook Insurance Company in Ontario having a GoYernntent Deposit and beingduly licensed by the, same. Are now carrying on the businese of fLive Stock Insur- ance and solicit the patronage of the importers and breeders of the Province. For further particulars address. JOHN AVERY:Sec.-Treas. 1164 t- From Old London. (By an Occasional Correspondent.) We have always prided ourselves that whatever might be our other national' shortcomings, we were sound on. the subject of beer. We have indeed look- ed upon beer as a sortof symbol of hon esty, and considered beer drinkers (that is, our noble selves) much more trust- worthy than any misguided foreigners who drank wine. We are„ therefore, very touchy on the subject, and are -greatly moved by what bids fair to be a great beer scandal. Not long ago Messrs. Bass & Co. made their great business into a limited com- pany, and the result has so far been satisfactory to all concerned. There was a tremendous rush for the shares, and so strong a desire was evinced by the "gen- eral investor" to take a share in the business of brewing beer, that other, brewing firms began to follow the ex- ample of Messrs. Bass, following it, that is as far as making themselves into limited companies. Amongst others, the great firm of Allsopp & Sons offered themselves to the public, and the great accountants Quilter, Bell & Co. drew up a balance sheet, showing what a fine business it vette, and what a splendid chance was being offered to the general investor. The general investor rushed, In, under the impression that the ordin- ary shares were going to pay from 8 to 11 per cent. The firm got a 'splendid price for their business, but the ordin- ary investor has found that Allsopp & Sons, limited, won't pay eleven per cent., nor even eight, nor even five, and there is trouble in the land. All sorts of accusations are being made, some of the directors even of the London and Westminster Bank having, it is said, re• ceived large allotments of stock and sold it at a good profit at once. Some' of the "firm are also, it• is hinted, no longer as largely interested as they were when the transfer took place. The brewing firms who have been thinking of offering themselves to the public, and have not yet done so, are studying the lines of the immortal William, begin- ning : "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood," etc., and are fast coming to the conclusson that there is a decided ebb in the tide of beer companies just at present. GLADSTONE. George Murdie, Proprietor. The pure bred- Hambletonian Stallion, Glad - atone, will stand far the iMprovement of stock this season in Seaforth at Mr. John Ward's stables. GOLDEN CROWN AND GOOD CHEER. Berry- & Geiger, Proprietors. The well-knewn entire stallions, Golden Crown and Goo a Cheer will stand at T. Berry's Sale and Exchange Stables in the Tillage of Hensall for the coming season. TERMS --1114 for Golden Crown to insure foal and $8 for Good Cheer to insure foal. 1166 RANKIN BOY 3119. Peter McEwen, Proprietor. IdoxnaY, April 218t -Will leave his own stable lot 23, eoncession 13, McKillop, and proceed west to the Town Line of Hullett ; thence south miles ; to Thomas Beattie's for noon; thence west 11 miles ; thence smith to David Milson'a near Kinburn, for night: Tinatney-Will pro- ceed east along concession 6, to Fulton's hotel, for noon; thence north gong the Gravel Road to his own stable for night. WBONZSDAY-Will proceed north _along the Gravel Road to Walton;; thence to John McArthur's, Morris, for noon; -thence westmiles ; thence north 2i miles tizi James Evans', Morris, for night. THURSDAY - Will proceed north 1 miles to Smith's Corner; theme east to the Gravel Road; thence north to the Queen's Hotel, Brussels, for%noon where he will renattin until Friday morning. Filmay- Will proceed south along the Gravel Road, to James McDonald's, Concession 16, Grey, for noon •' thence to Sae's Hotel, Walton, for ight.SATURDAY-Will proceed south to his own stable, where he will remain nail the fol- lewing Monday morning. STUD BOOK CHIEF. James [Lefton, Manager. Monety-Will leave the stable of Jas. Horton, boundszy Hibbert sad Usborne and proceed to Peter McKay's for noon; thence to Henry Ches- ney's, Tuckersmith, for the night. TURSDAY- To Seaforth at the Commercial Hotel for one hoar; thence to William Fowler's, Huron Road, for noon; thence to Alex. Innee', Stanley, where he will remain until Thursday morning. Tunas - DAY -Along 2nd eoncession,Stanley,to H. McGre- gor's, for noon; then by way of Brumfield and the London Road to Shaffer's Hotel, Kippen, for the might. FRIDAY- Will proceed to James Hor- ton's, Ribbert and Uslacirne boundary, where he will remain until the following Monday morning. and to see if they cannot build a channel bridge on the same plan, so at least they say; but I believe they are coming to look at it because people have been com- paring the Eiffel tower with it, to the disparagement of the former.-FEST1JS. Pulpit Notes. Written for TUB EXPOSITOR. A very interesting and instructive ser- mon/yeas preached in the Presbyterian church, Chiselhurst, on Sabbath, April 13th, by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Martin, of Exeter. The Reverend gentleman took forhistext, Hebrews 12: 17, and gave as -his theme, "The Irrevocable- nature of Human Actions." He explained that the meaning of the passage was not that Esau could not find a way to change .his mind as suggested by the translation in the marginal references, or that he could not experience a change of heart and become converted, as God will accept the returning sinner when hs comes with a truly penitent heart no matter how degraded he may have be- come, no matter how far he may have wandered from God, no matter how deep down sunk in the mire of sin, but that Esau- had done things that werea beyond recall. As the eldest he was entitled to rights and privileges which were not accorded to his younger broth- els. These privileges he had abused, until in a moment of weakness, to grat- ify a mere sensual desire, he for one mor- sel of food, sold his birthright with all its superior advantages. lie pictured the sorrowful scene, Esau, the first- born, hastily donning his hunter's garb, taking his bow and quiver at the bid- ding of his father Jacob, and going out into the fields to bring in venison, from which to make savory meat such as his father loved that he might receive the much coveted patriarchal blessing, and then his intense sorrow and bitter- ness of soul, as shewn by his " great and exceeding bitter cry," when told by his father that Jacob had come by sub-- tilty and stolen his blessing. He spoke of the irreesocable nature of many of our actions. -The wrong things that we do, we can never undo; we can never get over them ; we can never fully re- deem the past, and lost opportunities can never be recalled. We may weep, bitter tears like Esau, we may pray to God earnestly and fervently, we may confess our sins with the most intense sorrow and the meet abject humility, butalthough God will forgive us, yet we will never be what we would have been had we not done the wrongs or al- lowed the golden opportunities to slip unimproved. He spoke of the sin and utter folly of frittering away, bartering or selling the birthright of youth. Youth is the most important period of life; it is the time when habits are formed and character moulded for time and eternity. Youth is the foundation of character, and if that foundation be badly laid, if it be rotten, so will; the superstructure be. He had seen a build- ing erected, it was stately and imposing; it was of the most princely architecture, but through a small fault in the founda- tion, a large and unsightly crack was formed high up in the wall of the noble edifice which permanently endangered the building and spoiled its fine appear- ance. Character is 'just like the build- ing, it must be built upon a good found- ation and that foundation is a well spent youth. Again, the youthful hearths like the sensitive plate of the photographer. When the plate is ex- posed to the action of light the impres- sion is formed, but it requires the dark room and the use -of other chemicals to bring out the picture. It is just the same with the youthful heart, whether the -impressions made upon it be good or -whether they be evil. The chemicals of time will fix and develop them. He did not like to hear parents excuse the wrong doing of their children by saying that they were only sowing their "wild oats." If we sow wild oats in our youth we will reap them in after life. Wild oats are a poor foundation upon. whieh to build noble, Christian charae- ANOTHER " INDUSTRY " DISCOURAGED. Another industry here has been sud: denly depressed. We have, as you no doubt know, too many young men and too muchcapital,-especially the former. For a long time past we have- been as- sisted in getting rid off both, especially the latter, by enterprising gentlemen who werein possession of interests in ranches," "orange -groves" and other delightful (sounding) estate on your side. They took out the young men and the capital and thus relieved the plethora. It is true the young men often came back, but the capital never did, and the young men were found to have in most eases "aged" considerably. But all this has come to a sudden stop. The murder of Benwell at Princeton, near Niagara Falls, and the arrest of Birchell for the murder, has dampened the ardor of our youths and their guardians, and the agents in this line of business are in despair. To be cruelly swindled ia not a bad introduction into life in this iiinful woEld, and many men have lived to be sincerely grateful to the mettle knaves who gave them this lesson in life; but to be murdered is quite another thing, and nobody will pay a high premium for that. TME COLLIERY DISASTERS. -A letter from Mr. A. R. Hawthorne, formerly cutter at Ford & Murphy's store, Mitchel', but now of Troy, Ohio, says the recent floods have played havoc with the Ohio Valley. Farms that were worth $100 per acre two years ago when he went there can not be sold now at $65.[ -On Saturday eyening, 12th inst., a runaway occurred on the central gravel road, north of Avonton, which might have been accompanied with fatal re - suite. Mr. Oliver Smith and nieee were returning home from Stratford, when about the third concession the horse suddenly shied into the ditch, and al- most at the same instant bounded to the road again. This was so sudden that one of the lines broke and Mr. Smith fell over the back of the rig. IVIiss Smith tried to escape' by jumping, but in some way became fastened between the hind wheel and. the seat of the buggy. While she was in this dangerous condition the horse tore down the road for more than a mile. At the 4th concession the horse was stopped by Mr. Ballantyne, and after some difficulty Miss Smith was ex- tricated from her perilous situation. Mr. Ballantyne then drove back for Mr. Smith, whom he found coining to meet hies, none the worse for the mishap. Miss Smith's injuries are also slight, which is a miracle. Thursday afternoon, 10th inst., for the pupose of celebrating his 75th birthday. Captain Fraser was born near Dornoch, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, id 1815, the year in which the battle of Waterloo was fought. He came to this country with his parents sixty years ago and - settled on the farm on which he still re- sides. Mrs. Fraser, who was a sister of the late Dr. Mclitty, of Woodstock, has been confined to the house for a number of years. They had six children, four sons and two daughters. The eldest son, James, resides in England, and is a Veterinary surgeon under the British Government, and Hugh is a Presbyter- ian clergyman, having charge of a con- gregation in the State of New York. The other members of the family still remain on the homestead. 1 We have just had a sad disaster in Wales at the Mode Colliery, Port Tal- bot. Eighty-seven men having lost their livee, and sixty-eight of them were married. The explosion of coal gas caused a fall in the workings, and the poor fellows were entombed without hope. At Lanerst a few weeks ago an even more fatal explosion took place, but fewer of the killed left -widows. There seems to be lo hope that we shall ever -find means of quite preventing these explosions. I have just seen the figures for the year 1889: The number of peo- ple employed in mining work is stated to have been 534,936, and the fatal ac- cidents there were 888, or about 1; per 1,000. Of course, a large number- of persons engaged in mining work are not expoeed to more danger than in any other occupation; but this only proves how exceedingly dangerous the " un- safe" mining work is. A LINZ-SAVING INTENTION. A new life-saving apparatus has been invented by a sea -captain, John D'Arcy Irvine. It consists of a pneumatic gun which threws a hollow shell to which is attached a line. In so „many accidents speed is the great desideratum that any- thing that will throw a line quickly is most welcome. This gun ought to be useful if it can be kept always ready. News has just arrived that Major Gen- eral Sir Howard Elphinstone was wash- ed overboard and drowned on the 8th inst. He was on board the " Tongar- iro on his way to Teneriffe. In such a case as this the gun might have saved a valuable life. ANOTHER THAMES TUNNEL. We are going to have another tunnel under the Thames at Blackwell, but can't decide how we are to get in and out of it. Slopes are the most natural means, but slopes (or approaches, as I 'suppose I ought to call them) would cost about two and a half millions,while lifts could be arranged for about £400,- 000, and the cost of working the lifts would not be more than the cost of lighting and repairing the approaches. These are the figures quoted, but I do not believe in them. The inclined ap- proaches would have valuable frontages, which would, or at least' could, be made to pay rent. THE CHANNEL BRIDGE. The chewed bridge is still to the fore. The Frenchmen are going to send a de- putation to examine the Forth Bridge Mr. Good's Reply. MR. Ennrona--In last week's issue you published an article expressing your deep displeasure with the action taken by the town council at its last sitting regarding the corporation printing. And as my name, amongst others, is given unfavor- able prominence, and as You have ap- pealed to the ratepayers' ofthetown and to the people in the country too'I feel I am justified in claiming the right to ex- plain my position in connection there- with through the columns of your paper. I will try to be brief, and will be very plain. Previous to the beginning of 1889 I had no knowledge how the cor- poration arranged for its printing, but since then I do know something of it, and do know the circumstances that led up to the action of the council so bitter- ly complained of by THE EXPOSITOR. Nearly the first business that the coun- cil of 1889 had to deal 'with was the printing' bill from THE EXPOSITOR for the year 1888. It appears that Reeve D. D. Wilson, on behalf of the council, had made, or thought he had made, an arrangement with THE EXPOSITOR that the printing for 1888 should be done for $85.00, and that this sum should cover everything. The Reeve understood it to mean this, and the council also, and the council records which I have ex- amined since reading last week's article corroborate this, but instead of $85.00 a bill was presented for $143.46. It was referred to a committeee it was reported upon, and it ended in a compromise, but I claim it was not satisfactory to the council, and subsequent events prove this. Don't understand me to imply that THE EXPOSITOR'S bill for that year was too high, as I make no claim to know the value of the work done but the neceesity for some other way of deal- ing with the printing so as to avoid the dickering and wrangling over the extras in each year's account has been, I think, steadily forcing itself on the attention of the council, and it reached a climax at the meeting held on March 10th of the present year, when, at the request of the Mayor, the Sun office put in a tender for the whole of the printing for 1890. The Mayor explained that he had called on both papers, but failed to see THE EXPOSITOR, and the council felt that although the tender from the Sun was opened and read it would be unfair to deal with it until THE EXPOSITOR had an opportunity to compete, and it was. agreed that it be left etanding until next meeting, the Mayor agreeing to see THE EXPOSITOR in the meantime. This arrangement was acquiesced in by every member present, and it was virtnally at this meeting that the change coniplained of took place. Two meetingte• if not three, have been held since then,but not a word front either DIX EXPOSITOR or the Mayor regarding the printing. At the hot meeting of the council the mat- ter of printing had to be dealt with. It was , forced upon its. The financial statement had to be published; a by-law just passed had to be printed ; the year was passing; no regular meeting again till 12th of May; we were in possession of an offer to do all the work' for $70 that has heretofore cost all the way from $105 to $306, and believing, at least as far as I am concerned, that Tall EX.POSITOR did not intend to tender, we ter, and besides when we spend our youth in sin and folly we can never re- thought best under the circumstances to call it, we can never bring bask mis- accept the tender from the Sun office for spent years or lost opportunities and the printing for 1890, and I chsim that improve them. There are many war- nings in Scripture against the sin of misspending our precious lives. These warnings are like buoys chained to sunken rocks in the path of ships which as they rise and fall with the waves the bells ring, and thus warn the ap- proaching mariner. He said it was a great mistake for parents to neg- lect the early training of their children from a foolish notion that they should be left until they could decide for them- selves. If parents did not teach them to pray, the devil would teach them to swear. He had once heard of a sceptic who had often been heard to remark that the minds of ehildren should, not be predisposed to religion ; they should be left to themselves until they came to years of discretion, Meeting 'one day ,with the philosopher Coleridge the scep- tic asked him what he thougbt of his favorite theory. Coleridge -said to him, "Come out to the garden first, and see my beautiful bed of roses." They both went out and stopped before a bed covered with rank weeds. "There they are," remarked Coleridge. The sceptic said with a laugh, " Why, these are not roses. They are ugly weeds." "Well," said the philosopher, "I was just leav- ing them until they came to years of discretion." In closing, the reverend gentleman entreated the young people of the congregation to evisely inaprove their acted upon was also just as we stated last week, and if, as Mr. Good says, the Council were not satisfied with'the settlement finally made, they certainly did pot show it, for they unanimously accepted the report of the Committee recommend- ing the payment of the account and after- wai de continued the same arrangement to the Sun .office for the current year. Mr. Gooki also greatly magnifies the difficulties that have arisen over these printing accounts In 1888, at any - rate, the Council had the matter entirely in their own hands, and were not obliged to pay one cent more than the stipulated amount, and more than this was paid only because the Coun- cil were convinced that it had been honestly earned, and that value had been given for tha amount they sanctioned. The necessity for hasty action was not nearly so urgent as Mr. Good professes, as a full meeting of Council was held two nights afterwards. We also differ from Mr. Good in his opinion that the town printing should be let by tender,and for this reason : The relation which a- local newspaper bears to the town in which it is published differs frow that of almost every other business. The local news- paper is continually required to render direct service to the town in which it is published, for which it does not receive and does not expect remuneration, and similarly • gratuitous services not being rendered by other business enter- prises, the local papers are thus entitled to ex- ceptional treatment, and have a right to expect and should receive the legitimate public patron- age of the town at legitimate pnces. Besides this. cases continually arise where the interests of the town conflict with the interests of the surrounding and neighboring sections of the county from which the local paper derives its support. In such cases the local paper is ex- pected, and is practically forced to espouse the muse of the town in which it is located, no matter what the consequences to it may be. As a case in point we may instance the struggle which took place a few years ago between Sea - forth and other sections of the county over the route of the London, Huron and Bruce railway. Tux EXPOSITOR, as in duty bound, espoused the cause of Sea'orth, and for eo doing brought down upon itself the displeasure of _ a large number ot its patrons outside the town who were interested in the opposing route, and for that course suffered business losses which it took years to oyercome. Yet, had it remain • ed neutral, or had it taken a position antagon- istic to the town, it would have been censured and despised by the townspeople. Several sim- ilar instances have occurred since ; in fact there is scarcely a year that some similar difficulty does not arise. These, also, are disadvantages which other businesses are not subject to. But these are some of the things which town coun- cillors are prone to forget when they are trying to exact the very last ounce of flesh from their local papers, and those who are the most for- getful in this respect are the very first ones who would cry out against and most bitterly denounce the papers if they neglected or refused to champion the interests of the town in which they are published.] in justice to the ratepayers and our- selves we had no alternative. Now, these are the principal facts as far as I understand them, and I leave it for the public to gay whether we who were at our pest, and nearly all new members, who did attend to and deal with the business pressing on the council to the best of our ability, should be made to smart under what I claim the un- merited, the unjust, castigation that has been inflicted upon us-, and that without mercy, by the Editor of TEl ExPosrron in last week's issue. I share the opin- ion held by other members of the council that the town printing should be done under tender; tenders for what is known as ordinary printing, and which can be estimated-, and then tenders for extras as per a schedule supplied by the council. So much each for by-laws ; so much per hundred for posters, and so on. This to my mind, would overcome the difficulty that has -existed for some time in connexion with the town print- ing. Thanking you for your courtesy in permitting me to occupy- so much of your valuable space, I remain, Yours ebediently, GEO. GOOD. [En. None -If the action of the Council was the result of a misunderstanding between the Mayor and individual members,' that is a matter for them to settle. We only know of their pro- ceedings as shown by their official record°, and a- not by agreements or arrangements which may youth, and urged the necessity of p haevekLeewnx at between individual members: rents erecting a family altar and thus thereisnoofficial record in the surrounding their children with the in- minutes authorising the Mayor or any person to fluences of religion. This early train- receive tenders for printing; and we further know that the motion of Mr. Good. of which we ing and these good influences should fol- week, was the first and only means of their conversion long after they, ten- ders were desired. M 21innoett last t M. is also astray in low them through life and might be the ocre ExerosGrrooa_ received that ten- ' his statement, or rather' in his insinuation that themselves, were covered by the clods Tax Exroarroit's account for the work of esEis was of theivalley." the one which first led to the trouble. The circumThe Toronto University - j. fund now mounts to about $41,000. -It is proposed to erect a public abattoir at Toronto to cost $75,000. - Winnipeg citizens have decided to go ahead at once with the proposed In- - dustrial Exhibition. -From present appearances it is thought no boats can reach; Port Arthur before May first. -Pictou and Cape Bretne mines have contracted te deliver 367,000 tons of coal in Quebec markets this year. -It is calculated that 600 miles of railway will be constructed 'this season in Manitoba and the Northwest. -A St. Thomas prisoner was flogged at the Central Prison on Saturday for criminally assulting his niece 13 years old. -An eight year (.1d boy in Bowman- ville, was accidenailly shot Friday by an older lad. ,Thei e are doubts of his recovery. • -Two hundred eheep were scorched by prairie fire Wednesday on Sir Lister- Kaye's Gull Lake Farm, Northwest Territory. -Mr. W. T. Easterbrook, of Hunger- ford, near Belleville, is stocking his stock farm with 500 cattle and 1,000 sheep. . -Elias Vineberg, of Deere, Renfrew County, for selling liquor illegally, paid ' $20 and costs. Next day he was ac- cused of selling to an Indian and fined $50 and costs. -It is learned from Quebec that an American syndicate has purchased a con- trolling interest in all the binding twine factories of Canada except one in On- tario. -Rev. Canon Woods, a well-known priest of Dartmouth and Rockingham, Nova Scotia, died on Sunday. Be was a brother of Madame Wood, of the con- vent of London, Ontario. -Miss Hattie O'Donohue, teacher in school section No. 3, Catholic settle- ment, Biddulph, has secured a similar position in Winnipeg, and left for there on the 23rd inst. -Mrs. Fraser, who was the first white woman to cross the Rideau riVer at Perth, celebrated her 92nd birthday on Friday. She tied two logs together with bark and floated across the river. -There will be a large acreage of crop sown in Southern Manitoba and if the seeding is followed by speedy rain the crop outlook will be exceedingly hopeful. -The supreme chief ranger, Dr. Oronhyatrkha who is on an extended trip in the interests of the Ontario Order of Foresters, has left Portland, Oregon, and is now on hie return journey and will be in British Columbia this week. -Professor Hills, a celebrated Ger-, man chemist and mineralogist, has taken up his residence at Port Arthur. He is looking for openings for the in- vestment of foreign capital in our silver and other mines. , -The Duke of Connaught is to reach Vancouver May 24, visiting Niagara -Falls, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Mon- treal and Quebec, and the fishing grounds in New Brunswick before sail- ing for England, on June 12. -Mr. John Jones, over 60 years old, of Barton, near Hamilton, claims to have sawn three cords of wood,two cuts, in ten hours, for Robert Bensley, Clerk of the Township. He says that he could saw -four cords. -Dr. Kilburn, Miss Fraser, Mrs. Walker and Miss McKellar, who pro- pose to go as medical missionaries to India and China, have been presented with beautiful volumes as mementoes from Queen's University Missionary Asweekslocin. Thaaetgi oodeath of Benson Pelton, a few a t the residence of his son Henry, near Youngsville, County of Ox- ford, removes one prominent figure from' the native-born settlers of that County. Canada. himself from the condition of a poor boy to one of the foremost positions in thie County. He was born at Princeton in Oxford County seventy eight years ago. While still a young man he moved to the Township of West Zorra then a dense forest, and took up land near what is now the village of Bennington, where in a few years he placed himself and fernily in a state of comfort and in- dependence. . -The Brandon Times says there was a run away coupleon theCanadian Pacific passenger traiu for Vancouver Friday night. The gen tleman is from Toronto and leaves a wife and family, and the lady is from Winnipeg, where she leaves a hus- band and two children to mourn her de- parture. • -The lately organised salt firm at Parkhill, consisting of Messrs. R. 11. Hodgins, Lucan, W. H. Hutchins, Parkhill, and Mr. J. Carter, of Court- wright, have commenced active oper- ations and expert to be uble to ,supply salt o the public about the first of June \ next. )- * stances are precisely as we stated them last - Ifew friends of Capt. Wm. Frazer week, and Mr. Good can verify this by referrinl asse East led at his reside c 10th 1* teeny of the older members of the council; an n e, line, the propoeition made to the Reeve and which we 93 draught and general purpose horses were sold for $11,067, or an average of $119 each. . On Friday 79 horses of the same description were sold for ;8,927, or an average of $113 each. On Satur- day 40 ordinary horses sold for $3,440, or an average of $86 each. The total num- ber of horses sold was 319, and the ag- gregate amount of money, received for them was $52,229. -A writ has been issued at the in- stance of Miss Louise F. Sattridge, of Kleinburg, near Toronto, againet John Ireland, of the same place, who runs a steam threshing machine, in an action -for $5,000 for breach of promise of mar- ria-geThe growth of two -rowed barley will be tried in five acre lots on several Saltfleet fame, Prof, Saunders, of the Dominion Experimental Farm, was in. -Hamilton last week,making the arrange- ments. The Government will purchase the crop at 80 cents a bushel. -A peculiar death occurred in Brant- ford on Thursday evening of last week. Mrs. Sarah Hickox, an old woman of 81 years, met hereon from Ca,lifornieewhom she had not seen for several years, and retired in a state of excitement which brought on heart failure. -John Hewitt, of the seventh commis sion of Blenheim, five miles from Bright, had his barn burnt to the ground with all hie grain, hay and implements about noon lost Sunday. Loss, 41,200 ; insur- ed in the Brant Company for $500. Cause of fire unknown, -Charles and George Fersyth, of Dundas were found guilty of fishing on Easter 'Sunday. They were convicted on the testimony of John Wyatt, also of Dundas, at the Hamilton Police Court. Charles Forsyth got back at Mr. Wyatt by charging him with trespassing on his property on the said Sunday while spy- ing upon his and his brother's actions. It cost Mr. Wyatt 86.50 for -fine and costs. Not content with playing one tit -for -tato game, Forsyth visited the sins of the father upon the children by charg- ing Mr. Wyatt's boy, Robert, with tres- passing on his farm on March 3rd last. Robert was found guilty, and a similar fine and costs were recorded against him for his father to pay. That Sunday fishing came in costly for both sides. -Mr. John Warren, of near Acton is the owner of a Durham grade coW which gave birtle on the 16th inst. to two calves, one a Durham grade and the other a Jersey grade. The cow is seven- teen years old, and_ these make sixteen calves, .having had the first in 1876. She has now her third pair ol horns, having broken the other two pair fight- ing with other cattle. She was milked, fed and cared for in 1876 by Col. A. H. ' Warren, now of The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska. -A shocking accident occurred in Napanee the other morning. An old man named George T. Sexsmith, of Richmond, was backing a team ahem* out of an hotel yard when the wagon upset, and the horses began to plunge. He was thrown out, when one of his ears and about four inches of his scalp were completely torn away. He was dragged, fully 100 feet, when one of the Iliorses stepped on the old man's neck z and punched a frightful hole in it. Several of his ribs were broken, and he was otherwise injured. He will die. -Mr. Richard Brown, one of the best known men in London, died very sud- denly a few days ago. Mr. Brown, although well advanced in years, had always enjoyed good health, and with the exception of a slight attack of bron- chitis last winter no sickness of any na- ture had afflicted him. On Thursday morning of last week he rose and dress- ed himself about the usual hour and 'Mt in the best of spirits. He sat down to the breakfast table, but almost .immedi- ately blood began to gush from his mouth in large quantities. Dr. Moore - house and other physicians were sum- moned, but could do nothing to -stanch the flow, and the sufferer -expired about fifteen minutes afterwards. The cause of death was hemorrhage, of the lungs. -Forty-seven vessels earrying 750,000 bushels of corn and oats from the Grand Trunk's share of the winter fleet are now going to Georgian Bay ports. For the last four years the grain sent by lake on the opening of navigation for shipment by the Grand Trunk has not varied 50,000 bushels from that amount. The Canadian Pacific, however, makes* better showing than usual, ten caret* for Owen Sound, its Georgian Bay port, being now on- the way down. It is expected that the Grand Trunk will handle much more grain by way of Georgian Bay this sea - bon than ever before. It has doubled its elevator capacity et Midland, and gen- erally placed itself in shape to care for a big trade. Last season its grain -carry- ing business from Chicago was litnited only by its capacity,- shippers at tunes fairly begging F. A. Howe, its agent to take their grain. Much of the grain finds its way back into the United States over New England railroads. -A Woodstock despatch says: Of the many deaths that have occured in Woodstock the past few months -and there have been many -there is none sadder than that of Mrs. J. D. Patter- son, which took place last Friday even- ing. Mrs. Patterson was a native of Massilon, Ohio, and a graduate of Vas- sar College, N. Y. She came to Wood- stock a bride hardly a year ago and met with a warm welcome in Woodstock homes, where ehe made many warm. friends. It is only. a few months since she moved into her new home on Van- sittart avenue, one of the most beauti- ful residences in Woodstock., On Tues- day preceding her death this deceased - gave birth to a child, still -born. Her case which was a critical one from the first soon developed alarming symptoms. The best medical skill in Toronto and Woodstock was called ine but all to tio- avail. She passed away, Mr. Patter- son is Secretary of the Patterson & Brother Company, implement menu- -Oh Sunday some young men found a set ‘ef lady's artificial teeth under some trees shich overhang the mill pond at Rockwood, near Gu elph. Inquisitive people are curious to know what the lady was doing in that particular spot and how it happened that she did not take her teeth along with her when she left it. -The grey gelding, Prince Edward, by Clarion Chief, owned by Mr. Zech Herrington, istf Picton, died a few days ago from a broken blood ve,ssel. He was entered in the three-minute stakes at Barrie, Simcoe, Owen Sound and St. Catharines, and is reported to have shown himself faster than 2.30. -William Raymond, a Toronto car- penter, died suddenly Saturday night while under the influence of liquor. .He quit work Saturday noon and spent the afternoon and evening strolling around and drinking at saloons and hotels,finish- ing up with drinking two cups of whis- kep, after which he became very ill and died within half an hour, -In his sermon on a recent Sunday evening, Rev. R. Hobbs, of Tilsonburg, paused long enough to ask a question which made the audience smile. He said he wanted to know when the Lord let out the contract to the squib corres- pondents of this section of the country for dictating to ministers of the Gospel as to how and what they are to preach. -Mr. Felix Brant, the Russian, who escaped from exile in Siberia, lectured to a large audience in Guelph, Friday even- ing. In London recently he spoke be- fore a large audience, Judge Elliott pre- siding. At the time the papers of that city spoke in the highest term' of Mr. Brant's description of Siberia, and the unwonted cruelty of the authorities to- wards the exiles. -On Friday last the body of John Dunn was found in the Welland canal, near Port Robinson. His team was seen in the canal early Thursday morn,. ing and was got out safely. Dunn and a companion had been to St. Csitharines on a spree, and the companion had no recollection of the event. Dunn was a farmer and was addicted to the nee of liquor. -Lem Sing, the unfortunate China- man who was expelled from the United States the other day, and was not allow- ed to land in Canada camped on the centre of Suspension Bridge for a con- siderable time. Finally he was allowed to land on the Canadian side, but he is vigilantly watched by the American officials. It is thought he will be sent back to the American side. -On Sunday morning last Rev. Dr, Cochrane, of Brantford, denounced in severe terms the action of the Canadian and United States Government in keep- ing the Chinaman on the Suspension bridge last week. Several Celeatials attend Dr. Cochrane'l church, and are - said to near the highest character. One is to become a missionary to his native country. Brown, a resident of Seotland, county of Brant, attempted to commit suicide on Friday by throwing himself into a pond. He was pulled out, before life was extinct. The foolish man had just returned from Toronto, where he was employed as a messenger d-uring the session of the Local House. He had spent all his money on a spree and then persumably became despondent. Whisky again. - -The other day after dinner, a bache- lor citizen of Rockwood,county 'of Well- ington, lay down on the bed to ' have a comfortable -Smoke, after which he start- ed up town for a walk. Having occa- sion to return !shortly afterwards he found his bed burning briskly? 1He dusted around lively for a few minutes and, having abundance of water near,he succeeded in subduing the conflagration without calling out the brigade. -Dalore Menard, farmer of Sandwi4h East, died in fearful agony a few days ago, from being poisoned by eating wild parsnip. He was ploughing on his farm ,and dug up a piece of herb which he thought was a carrot. Ten minutes after he was writhing with pain, and when two home latter, Dr. Pare, of Sandwich, arrived the unfortunate man was in delirium. His sufferings were horrible and it required the combined efforts of three men to hold him. ' -The last remnant of the Flanagan family, composed of the late treasurer's children, have left Clandeboye never again, probably, to visit the home _of their childhood. It seems sad to con- template, after " Flanagan's Conners" having descended from sire to son fel- a term of 50 years, where they have al- ways conducted themselves with re- spectability, they should be compelled to vacate through unforseen circum- stances. -The sale of horses at Grand's Re- pository, Toronto, last week was the lar- gest week's business in that line ever done in Canada. On 'resday 39 carri- age and saddle horsee sere sold for $11,727, or an average of $303 each; On Wednesday 68 were sold for $17,068, or Zorra, Middlesex county, on always understood the Council accepted and By perseverance and industry he raised an average of $251 each. On Thumbs), facturers,