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and Wood shipped a, -
re this station me
3. Arthur, of Mon -
taming horses beret
Richard Perkins,
sI fine horses under
y of Mr. R. Lea -
ham.
sa Shaw sold a car -
1r. George Mullane
were shipped front
'try on Wednesday.
rt has got in twe
to place on his pal=
mKidd left here for
day. He goet on
Garbutt, who hase
:erne time with his
ing them there for
eturned here with
vy, and will work
m track.—The
inishecl. Some say
all the way from.
ildings.—The fire.
ng things in shape
anday, the 25th.—
slapped a citizen'it.
the McDonald fire,.
an of bungling i
rhen the men were
If the water had.
le there would homa-
ge done. Some are
is about time somer
len constables in
kg after the chief.
lit. Ferguson hail
located in town.—
serioualy all, with
covery. —M r. Alex.
w from Calgary.--
sreabouts are donee
v getting ready for
needed.—Mralohm
removed into thei-
ecently vacated by
Mr. Buie parch -
comfortable and
:pworth League of
had a very pleas.
social in the base -
Tuesday evening.
Shane an&
e to Manitoba on a.
pleasure trip.—
[earn that the old,-
rmereantile estab-
Kinnon & Son, of
en closed. The-
re oceasioned by
tole/tale e,stablish-
Pf London. Mr.
r the oldest, most
' highly respected
kge, as well as one-
* citizens, and at
sh of all that the
e temporary.
tranosh.
fantiers are near --
in thie yicinityn
one week earlier -
wing to the cold-
ittle growth yet.
has got his maw
-
1r again, and has -
remainder of bilez-
ter Scott laid the
this week, whisk,
1 be one of the-
inity.—Mr. David
ear oId filly the'
man from Hullstta
:onsidered a good.
are selling —Mu
school in section
an entertainment -
this section has -
entertainments la
tay be expected.
6 pleased to note
is now sloirly re-
Hallahan has &-
shoulder, caused
rdue is attending
Industry had au-
easor Bennest is-
evererhschool sec
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d Alex, Parker
`ortrierly occupied
n, for $50 per
reersing, of Blyth,
John Fathergillis •
gstone has had his •
is now the best
county. A nuifl.
take a,dvantaiett
-Mr. JameeStem
of fat cattle, on,
Watson,of Blyth.-
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TWENTY-THIRD YEA .HOLE NUMBER 1,223.
SEAFORini, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1891.
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Presbytery Meetings.
HURON.
The Presbytery of Huron met in
Cavan Church, Exeter, on Tuesday of
last week, Mr. Anderson, the Moder-
ator, presiding. He reported the pul-
pits of Leeburn and Union Churches
formally declared vacant, and,Mr. Mc-
Donald for the special committee on
supply of these churches, reported a
prospect of the early settlement of a
regular supply, and asked leave to
moderate in a call, which was granted.
Mr. Fletcher was re -appointed convener
of the Home Mission committee for the
ensuing year. Mr. Ramsay, on behalf
of the committee, reported as to the
superintendence of students within the
bounds. Mr. Martin, for the Finance
Evangelization committee, reported as to
membership and contributions. The
nnmber of families in the Presbytery is
9,000; there has been a decrease of 35
cents, per family in contributions to
missiens, but in the total for all pur-
poses'an increase of nearly 3 per fam-
ily, the average per family for missions
being, $2.80, and for all pu °see nearly
$20. The report was ordered to be
printed for distribution by sessions.
Mr. Irving, of Thames Road, was ap-
pointed a emmissioner to the General
Assembly, to fill a vacancy caused by
resignation. The next meeting of the'
Presbytery will be held on
Tuesday in July, in Kn x Church,
(1,
the second
Goderich, ,
etemeataa I
I .
The Presbytery of blaitlend met at
Winaham on May 12th, Rev, L. A.
MacLennan, Moderator. Session re-
cords were examined and attested. The
Presbytery's Finance Committee report-
ed theistate of the fund to be satisfac-
tory, iThe General Assembly's remit on
the Marriage questions waapproved
of. Rev. Duncan Davidsoi tendered
his resignation of the charg of Lang -
aide congregationhe clerk was ap-
pointed to cite the co gregetion to ap-
pear for their inter sts at, the next
regular meeting. It w s agreed to ask
the committee on the distribution of
probationers to supply Knox Church,
B'russeis, for one month next quarter.
The clerk was instructed to forward the
name of Rev. G. B. Howie t4 the com-
mittee on the distribution oflprobation-
ere for work if he desires it. Rev. Mr.
Stevenson aubriiitted a report on the
statistical and ffitancial retu as of con-
gregations. The report w 8 received
and Mr. Stevenson thanked or his ex-
cellent report. Messrs. Res and Mc-
Rae were appointed to super ntend the
studies of students within the bounds
and prescribe written exercises to be
read before the Presbytery. he stud-
ents in the Presbytery b unds are
Messrs. Davidson and Cameron. Cir-
-enters from Presbyteries regarding their
intentions to ask leave of the General
Assembly to receive as ministers of the
Church six members from other
Churches were read.
—An accident, *which might have
proved fatal, happened to a daughter of
Mr. Wittig's'of Milverton, last Satur-
day week. Her brother accidentally
discharged a gun, and the contents
struck her foot, tearing off the shoe,
while -many grains lodged in the flesh.
A doctor dressed the wound, and the
injured member is nowain a fair way to
recovery.
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• CROPS IN ONTARIO.
A GOOD PRCSPECT_SO FAR.
The Ontario Bureamof Industries has
issued the usual' spring , report on the
crops and live stock of Ontario :— -
The data for temperature and pre-
cipitation are as usual f prnished by the
Meterological office, and the information
as to the condition of the erops, live
stock, fruit, the apiary, ensilage, •etc.,
the supply of farm laborers and rate ef
wages paid is summarised from returns
received from over 600 of a regular
staff of correspondents under date of
May 1.
FALL WHEAT. ,
The reports from the western parts of
the Province, where most of tbe fall
wheat is grown, are remarkably unani-
mous and are very cheerful in tone.
Excepting on undrained and "springy
land little damage was done 'by ice, and
only here and there along the fences was
there anything in the shape of smother
ing out by snow. In the Lake Erie and
Lake Huron districts especially,a number
of correspondents are positively enthusi-
astic in their expression of admiration of
the present cendition of the crop, the
most promising, it is claimed, observed
for many a year. In the four western
districts no mention is made by corre-
spondents of fall wheat having been
plowed up. The reports from the east-
ern half of the Province are not so fa-
vorable. The crop was thinned consid-
erably on heavy land, and low lying
fields suffered from ice. A considerable
area is described a eery " patchy " in
Durham, Northumberland, Prince Ed-
ward, Frontenac,
Dundas and Viet°
Lake Ontario coon
.seds and Grenville,
ia, and in the three
ies named from 10 to
25 per cent. is reported by some corre-
spondents as havi g been plowed up in
their immediate ki ighborhoods. Some
of these writers, however, console them-
selves with the rail ction that "a half
crop of fall wheat is as good as a full
crop of spring whe t." Scattering men-
tion only is made f injury by insect
pests. A Kent rrespondent reports
the crop as having een thiened on old
sod by the wire wo m, and a Lambton
correspondent also. speaks of its pres-
ence. Odd mentio is made of the
Hessian fly in Elg n, Lambton, Huron
and Simcoe, but th great majority of
correspondents rejoi e over the fact that
the erop is free frorn injury by worm or
fly. Taken altoget er, it may be said
that so bright an outlook- for the fall
wheat crop of this p evince has not been
presented for many spring.
' CLON ER.
Correspondents ar not agreed as to the
condition of clover, lthough the opiet-
ion of the majerity i that the new fielde
are doing splendid'). Old fields have
been badly heaved 'n low and undrain-
ed places, and the rop in some of the
eastern counties suff red much from ice.
Many corresponden , especially in the
west, speak hopeful:y of the prospects
of clover, although t was rather too
early for a very good start when the re-
ports were sent in. The tact that the
new fields are doing o well is very en-
couraging, as during the pat few years
old fields have been in a moist uneatie-
factory state.
LIVE S
With the excepti
suffered from vario
per, live stock app
through the winter
Several cases of stra
among home, but
complaint, and one
in nearly every distri
za which in a numb
veloped into infla
fatally in some case
spondents in both
state that the mort
mares and foals w
Cattle began the seas
although there was
hay, more especially
counties, coarse grai
were scarce and exp
localities be cows
something i like lagri
mention is made of a
tuberculosis, but the
horned cattle may be r
Odd cases of grub in
ported among sheep
condition of this cies
first class. Many
mark upon the vigor
the lambs dropped, no
trying weather of
when a few of the earl
ed. Dogs are reporte
injury to sheep in vari us parts of the
1t 3
Province. Hogs are remarkably free
from disease. One cas of hog cholera,
which Was aonce stamped out, is the
only serious disease mentioned by corre-
spondents. While there was an abet*
dance of fodder, it lacked in variety and
in feeding quality. Hay W&8 so plentittiln some sections that it was w
fed, but corn, oate and other grains used
for feeding purposes were at a premium
and had to be doled out sparingly. For
this reason much of the farm stock
while in good general
be termed in prime co
FARM SUIT
OCK.
n of horses, which
s forma of distem-
ar to have -come
in fair condition.
gles are reported
he most common
hich WAS reported
t, was an influen--
✓ of instances de-
mation, resulting
. A few corre-
he east and west
lity among brood
s unusually large.
O rather thin, for
the abundance of
long the frontier
and mill feed
naive. In a few
ere attacked by
pe, and a single
supposed case of
general health of
nked as excellent.
the head are re-
but the general
of live stock is
orrespondents re -
us condition of
withstanding the
larch and April,
lambs succumb -
as doing much
health could not
ditiom
TES.
nearly all having been bespoken for May
shipment. The supply of store cattle is
also less than usual. Notwithstanding •
the superabundance of hay in most sec-
tions of. the Province, the scarcity of
coarse grains prevented the best results
in the feeding of cattle, and lessened
the number 'held by raisers when the
grass came.
FRUIT AND VEGETATION.
A majority of correspondents report
vegetation well advanced, and in many
cases the cattle are feeding on grass.
Where the grass is backward it is some-
times stated that it began well, but that
growth was retarded by the dry and
frosty weather of the latter part of
April, and that rain is needed. The re-
ports for orchards are decidedly favora-
ble. The fine, somewhat mild, winter
was good for fruits, large and small, and
the injury from frost was inconsiderable.
The apple trees in every part of the
Province are looking well, and give
promise of a large crop; the reports
vary mainly as to progress. In most
instances the buds are swelling,and look
large and strong. In some cases, chief-
ly in the west, the trees are in leaf, and
one correspondent repots them in
bloom. The reports aetto plum and
cherry trees would be also good were it
'not for the large number of correspond-
ent- who speak of the ravages of black
knoft. There are reports of orchardists
cea ing to look for cherries, and cutting
dosin the trees. Peaches, plums, cher-
ries and small fruits are well advanced.
Ma y corespondents in Essex, Kent
and the Niagara Peninsula report them
in bldom, and some fear that they have
t.
blessilmed too early and may be injured
by sp ing frosts. Grape vines and email
fruits have come through the winter
and, leek healthy and promising. Field
mice did some damage to young trees,
especially in Wellington, Grey, Duffer -
in, Muskoka and Parry Sound. Only
one correspondent in Lanark speaki of
bark lice.
FROGRF.SS OF SPRING WORK.
The early part of April was wet, and
sprits work for the most part was
crow ed into the last week or fortnight
of the month, during which the weather
W&8 xceedingly fine and dry. The
15th f April ie the date most frequent-
ly rn ntioned for the beginning of
ploug ing. Farmers are well satisfied
with he progress of spring work. In
the w st seeding is nearly completed, in
other parts not so well advanced. In
the w cases where grain is above
groun1 it looks well. Oats are sown
very enerally ; there is seemingly an
increase in the area of epring wheat, and
,severel correspondents make special
mentien of goose wheat. Peas are also
growing in favor, and some fancy. var-
ieties are being tried. In all the great
barleigrowing districts, including Wel-
lington, Halton, Peel, York, Durham,
Northumberland, Prince Edward and
Victoeia, there is a great decline in the
area of barley sown. In a few cases
wherafigures are given the falling off
is estitnated at 22, 35 or 50 per cent. ;
the causes most generally assigned are
the AieKinley Bill and the general un-
certainty of the markets. Correspon-
dents else refer to the lowness of the
pricsin past yeare, and the high price
of other grains. Barley is sometimes
said td have only a feeding value, and
the petctice of feeding it to stock will
beconi even more general. Oats, peas
and spring wheat, apparently in about
equarproportions have been sown as
substitutes for barley. Two -rowed bar-
ley is being tried in Victoria and a few
other counties.
THE APIARY.
In the November bulletin a fear was
expreased that, owing to the fall being
too wet and coId for the gathering of a
full supply of nectar by beep, unskilled
apiarists would find themselves entering
the winter with empty stores and weak
coloni 8, which meantfeeding back and
doubliiig up for annihilation. The re-
ports just to hand confirm the correct-
ness ofthe opinion then expressed, as
heavy losses are reported among bees,
ranging all the way from 5 to 75 per
cent., the cause of which ie chiefly attri-
buted to lack of stores. 9ne apiarist of
long experience reports -50 per cent.
gone'and another well-known beekeeper
putshis own loss at 25 per cent., while
a few others rejoice in almost complete
immunity from loss. Not more than
three or four correspondents report foul
brood, and two or three speak of dwind-
ling, but nearly all the teat emphatical-
ly state that bees are free from disease
Immediately after correspondents wrote
a heavy host occurred, the result of
which in its effects upon bees , has not
been reported.
ENSILAGE.
Notwithstanding the strong advocacy
of ensilage by experienced men at the
annual 'meetings of the Dairymen's and
Creameries' Associations and the issuing
of several bulletins on the subject by
this department, the silo is not being
rapidly adopted in this Province. Sev-
eral new silos are reported in Grey aud
three or four ether western counties,
and in the stretch -of counties betweeu
Northumberlaud and the Ottawa a trial
s being given the new process by enter-
prising ineit, but, as one correspondent
emarks, there is more talk than actual
work done in the matter of building
ilos. While one is described as a
'dead failure," in the majority of cases
he silo hes proved to be a success and a
ecided benefit. Corn is practically
he only crop used in- the modern
ilo.
LA1COR AND WA(;ES.
There appears to be a sufficient num-
er of _feral laborers in most quarters,
lthough some correspondents in Bruce,
Grey, Wellington, Oxford and Lennox
peak of a scarcity in their immediate
eighborhoods. First-class men, how -
ver, more especially good ploughmen,
renot readily found. While a few re-
orts speak in favorable terms of the
ade sent out by the various "homes,"
ome of eur eorrespondents allude to
`immigrant trash" and "time -killing
arm pupils." It would seem that
"go.
With the exception df hay, it cannot
be said that there is miinh in the way of
supplies left in the hands of farmers.
Whilst here and there a few farmers 8
have held on to their wheat for a pro-
spective rise, in the vast number a
cases the pinch of the !times compelled' d
a sale, and in more than one locality t
correspondents report tihat farmers wereh,-'s
buying their flour. Oats are very scarce,
a number of farmers' having barely
enough for seed, and in the eastern b
counties . prices are nigher than for a
years_ Other grains are also scarce. In
fact hay is the only feelder of which 8
there has been a sufficiency, many barns n
being still well filled' and hay stacks be-
ing a more common sight than usual at a
this season. It is a drug in many coun- p
ties,and the low prices prevailing during 1
the winter have beenl discouraging to
those agriculturists wbb had raised the
crop for the market. Frt cattle are few, f
iug west," sailing or lumbering are more
po ular with the native youth of our
to nships than hiring out on the
farn.
THE MAY FROSTS.
he thermometer registered below
fre zing point on three or four days dur-
ing the first week of May, after the
re alitr correspondents had reported,
ca si g much anxiety to agrieulteriets,
mo e specially those engaged in fruit
growing. A special request for inorma-
tiofi regarding this vilislitation was de-
spatched from the b reau t leading
horticulturists in representati e sections
of the _Province, the greateij pert of
wh m give the pleasing aseur mei that
ver little injury -has resulted, as hap-
piij vegetation was not sufficiently far
adv need when the frosts c me.! The
onl discouraging 'statement c mel fronf
the ounty of Perth, where g ap buds
badly
et, how -
ma kably
fro t, and
e arden
and pear and cherry blossoms wer
inja ed. In the Niagara distr
eve , blossom and bud were r
'free from serious injury by
that region is' proverbially "t
of 01 tario."
Canada.
E sex Centre has voted to have a
water workasystem at a cost of $26,000.
—Wm. Lee, Egremont, W, ellington
county, has lost six children herd diph-
theria, four of whom lay dead at nee.
—A life convict was released T esday
morning, last week, at .Kingston, after
serviag only seven years.
— he census commissioner for dant-
ford ity gives the population as
whil the assessors make it 14,490
— on. GaW.Allan has beers re elect-
ed C ancellor of Trinity Unieersity for
the e suing term of five years
— he members of the First Congre-
gatio ral church, Kingston, have d cided
to pu chase a new organ at a cost of
$3,011.
cablegram from Londen states
that r. Mercier has been ereated a
count of the Holy Roman Empire by the
Pope.
—At ,the Orangeville As izet last
week, John Kirkland, 72 years of age,
was entenced to three Years imprison-
ment for burning his barn.
— he Algoma election was held on
rues ay last, and incomplete returns
give tlhe Conservate candidate a inejority
of 28t, and he le probably elected),
he census enumerator's hooks at
n were all destroyed in the recent
that town, which necessitates the
being gone over again.
he seventeen -year-old daughter of
. Barbeau, of St. Hyacinthe,', Que-
ho has beet) missing since the 17th
il last, was found drowned in the
ka river.
rchibald McPhail, an aged inmate
Elgin House of Industry, at St.
s, was choked to death ivhile
a piece of meat on Tuesday', last
—
Allis
fire i
work
—
Mr.
bee,
of Ap
Yaina
—
of the
Thom
eating
week.
— A nineteen -year-old girl, n med
Sebasiline, got her clothes ignited hile
trying to put out a brush fire near lad -
stone, Manitoba, last week, and w s so
badly mimed that she will die.
' —Tie veterans of the 90th batt Ilion
celebr ted the capture of Batoche ' ues-
day nightoflast week by a grand ban-
quet a; the Queen's Hotel, Winn peg,
which lwail a great success.
—T o girls in Brantford have een
senten ed for assault, one to three ears
in thol penitentiary, and the oth r to
three riontha at hard labor.
—F1 tcher, on trial at BattleiLrd,
Manit ba, for the murder of an In ian
named Dakota, has been found g ilty
of manilaughter and sentenced td 20
years i prisonment.
—Th mayor of Alliston, on behalf of
the citi ens, has issued an appeal for aid
for the sufferers by the late great fire.
Many • the people are without food
and she ter -and have no means.
—Th Bank of Montreal statement,
showin the result of its business for the
year en ing April 30, 1891, was issued
last we k, and created a decided sense
. -
tion in nancial circles, as it exhibits a
startlin falling off in its profits.
— Th Dakotans who have settled in
Manito a have issued a card saying that
they fin. matters even better than the
Canadi n agents represented,. and ex-
pressin their complete satisfaction with
their ne home at Yerkton. -
— De iuty Reeve Morden, of Stamford,
townshi Lincoln county, hse laid a
charge gainet a lady teacher, who re-
priman ed his son for misdemeanor and
said he «as an abominable creature and
unfit to live with animals.
re was a heavy rain fall, on
—The
Friday
vi-
cinity, hich completely extinguished
Vght last, in Kingston and the fire, which, for several days had
been d vastating the country in the
Kingstoidistrict.
—A deranged young man, named
George Oregory, jumped from thenpper
window j of his father's residence in
Hayne's lavenue, St. Catharines, a dis-
tance of about twenty feet, and alighted
on his h ad, receiving injuries which re-
sulted ir his death next morning.
—The Widow Merritt, of Caietor
township, Wentworth county, who
eloped With a married man named Palm-
er Steph neon, left a letter behind ex:
plaining that' they loved each other for
twenty ears, and couldn't stand the
pressure any longer,
--Con let Hill, a notorious safe-
breaketO escaped from Stoney Mountain
Penitentiary, Manitoba, on Wednesday
night of last week. He was beyond
doubt, the worst crook in prison. He
was ren enced about three years ago for
a term of eight years for blowing up the
Hudson Bay Company's safe at Portage
la Prairie. Since he came to Stoney
Point hedaae been a continual source of
trouble his guards. How he escaped
tt
and whe e he has gone to are equally
mysterio s, but those who know him
say that he is not the kind of jail bird
to be eas ly recaptured. Strenuous ef-
forts are being made to recapture him.
It is stated that in making his escape
through One particular air -hole he had
,
to battle against a. drop of about 30 feet
below, but that was a
some feats of his in
escape.
ok place at Brantford
at week in his 80th
!son, formerly of Wil-
• lis named after him.
first member of the
for North Norfolk.
and a little girl, mem-
on family, living at
tawa, were burned te
use on Wednesday
week. The father,
ughter escaped, but
nts were all destroy-
..
r. P. Purcell, ex -M.
as stolen on Thurs-
cemetery at Sum-
nwall, and it is be -
the purpose of exact -
for its restoration to
on the hard rock
trifle compared t
accomplishing his
—The death t
on Thursday of 1
year of Mr. J. W
sonville, which
Deceased was th
Local Legislatur
—A young ma,n
hers of the Hud
Ironsides, near 0
death in their h
evening of last
mother and one d
the house and cont
ed.
—The body of 11
P. for Glengarry,
day night from th
tnerstown, near Co
lieved it is held for
ing a heavy reward
the friends of the deceased.
—Michael Corri sn, a brakeman on
the Northern P- cifie Railway, was
found dead in rear of the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway teleg aph offices at Win-
nipeg, Tuesday mo ning, last week. An
hour before he was chatting with
the telegraph opera ors. He was a na-
tive of Brockville.
—Mr. Clifford Si ton, member of the
Manitoba Local Le isiature for North
Brandon, was awori in Thursday last
week as 'Attorney- eneral in, Mr. Green -
way's Cabinet in pl ce of Mr: Joseph
Martin, who retiredi from the Ministry
before the recent ge eral elections,
—Rev. John T ompson has been
pastor of the Sarnia Presbyterian church
for 25 years, and on May 1, the 25th
anniversary, he was presented by the
ladies of the congre ation with a purse
of $200 in gold, in token of their
appreciation of hi long and valued
services.
—A young lady went from London to
St. Thomas the othe day by the Michi-
gan Central Railwa , and aftet getting
off the train misfile her pocket -book.
She waa sure she lef it on the train, and
took the first train ack to London. On
arriving there she found she had left it
on her dressing tabl . at home.
—Mr. Henry W. darling left Toronto
on Monday for New York, where he in-
tends to take up de reeidence. Mr.
Darling intends to e ter into bueinees in
Nev York. For any years he had
been a leading wh lesale merchant in
Toronto, and latter' was President of
the Canadian Bank if Commerce.
—Thursday eveni g last week about
dusk, a yonIng man amed Claude Ker-
by, of Sombre, Bot iwell county, who
was employed by a torekeeper named
Stover, of that villa e, in the capacity
of running what is vulgarly termed a
"bum boat," was d owned while pur-
suing his avocation.
—Mr. John Voll, •f New Hamburg,
met with a painful, accident on Mon-
day morning of last yeeek. A runaway
team came in collisio with his wagon as
he was driving acre s Helmer's bridge
in that town, throwing him off, by
which he had the -m sfortune to break
three of his ribs.
—The workmen e gaged in drilling
for sulphur water at the Arlington
House, in Paris, have gone down over
45 feet, 29 of whici is through solid
rock. -Traces of sul hur and iron have
been found in quan ities that justify
drilling deeper throu h the rock. It is
slow work, and thro gh the rock only
about three feet a da can be drilled,
—A strange acci
Erin, Wellington co
daughter of Henry
into the barnyard witl
that was intent on the
lambs ran at the d
refuge behind the
struck the child and
two places.
—Mr. Adam Brow
High Commissioner to
hibition, gave an ad
Montreal Board of Tra
which he said that Ca
profitable market in
for flour, cheese, bu
implements, musical
seed potatoes.
—Mr. Harrison A
Royal Military Colleg
an inventive turn, an
this direction has at la
He hss sold a half rig
lock for railroads for
Drummond, of Montre
in England. Mr. 11
working on the lock fo
has at last got it perfec
—The members of th
tute of school sectio
Zorra, Oxford County,
cided that the heavy h
try is played out.
Clyde is too heavy; m
ed in cleaning the hair
he is also liable to disea
speakers thought a hal
most serviceable horse.
—A deputation fro the Toronto
Board of School Trust es waited upon
Sir Adolphe Caron last week, at Ot-
tawa, and requested bit to provide uni-
forms and something etter than the
presebt wooden guns fo the use of the
senior pupils of the Public schools. The
Minister of Militia pro ised a supply of
stronger arms, but c uld not pledge
himself with regard to niforms.
—Joseph Kelly,whil walking through
the park in London, m t Jessie O'Toole,
a girl of eixteen, who ith another girl
was on her way to wo k after dinner.
The girls laughed, and Kelly, imagining
that he was the objec of their sport,
stepped up to Miss O'T ole, slapped her
face and kicked and c reed her. The
magistrate let him off ith a fine of $10
or one month in jail.
—A number of cou terfeiters'who
were arrested some tim ago near Wind-
sor, were sentenced on 'hursday morn-
ing last week, John S 'nson, the old
man, will serve ten yea a in Kingston
penitentiary, and Willi m and James,
his sons, three years eh. Stoddard,
ent happened in
nty, to a little
ang. She went
a dog, and a ewe
protection of two
g, which sought
irl. The sheep
roke her arm in
, the Canadian
the Jamaica Ex-
ress before the
e last week, in
ada could find a
ho Weat Indies
ter, agricultural
nstruments, and
mourer, at the
, Kingston, is of
his ability in
t been rewarded.
t in a patent nut
$20,000, to Mr.
1, and to partiee
rrison has been
five years, and
ed.
Farmers' Testi-
No. 2, West
have about de-
rse in this coup -
hey think the
eh time is wast -
in his legs, and
e. Some of the
-blood to be the
charged with makirig inetruments for
the counterfeiters, was released on giv-
ing a bond for $1,000 to appear when
called upon. The gooley woman was
.
also found guilty, ar will stop at the
gaol for two week Her sex is the
cause of the leniency of the sentence.
— The Toronto Telegram says: St.
Catharines has voted a free lot in the
public cemetery to a retiring civic offi-
cial. The aldermen might have thrown
a tombstone in with their gift. Unac-
customed as he was to public speaking
the victim of this unique burst of muni-
cipal gratitude failed to award the gen-
erous donors - an appropriate oration in
return for this small block of real estate.
—A cow near 1 Bawtry, Oxford
County, being house4 and fed near a
mare and colt, findir: a knot hole con-
venient, took it into ier head to pilfer
the hay the other night. The mare ob-
jected, and while the cow's tongue was
through the hole -bit bout half of it off.
The proprietor was relieved of all diffi-
culty by the butcher homing at the op-
portune moment and ipaying a reason-
able price for the co.
—The first of the annual list of drown-
ing accidents in Toroeto took place on
Monday afternoon in the treacherous
Don. Frank Howard, aged 12 years,
was tempted to take an early swim at
Sandy Point, above Winchester street
bridge. While disporting in the chilly
waters he either was eeized with cramps
or got beyond his depth, for without
warning he suddenly disappeared, and
before help could arr ve had sunk for
the last time.
— Mrs. McLaren, living with her
nephew, Mr. John ISi,1 cLaren, in Lon-
don, is possibly the oldest person living
in the Dominion of Canada. She is
now in her 102nd year, having celebrat-
ed her 101st birthday the other day.
Despite her advanced iige she is still in
good health and -in th possession of all
her faculties. She pe forme her ordin-
ary household duties 1 every day, and,
judging from appeara ces, is likely to
live for some time to chine.
— While Fannie Jacobson, of Matte -
wan, aged nineteen years, was seated in
the parlor of a lady friend two weeks
ago, Charles Lewis , approached her
stealthily with a wooden snake, intend-
ing to frighten her. The shock was so
great that she at Once became hysterical,
and has since b en demented, The phy-
sicians attendin her fear that her mind
is permanently njured. In her delirium
she does nothiu other than fight off
snakes. . 1
—Wm. Tem le, a white man,has been
brought to jail at Brentford, from the
Indian reservat on, on 'a charge of big-
amy. It appea s that he has a wife liv-
ing in Michigan while aboutS year ago
he entered in o another matrimonial
alliance with n Ind an woman. He
has also since se arate from the latter.
The accused et tee as his excuse that
wife No. 1 refu ed to I've with him,and
that he though he h d a right to as-
sume the bonds oncenIore.
t
Bryan , an 18 -year-old ;
ced to ve years in the tiary hy Judge Davis,
, on pleading guilty to
7, the barn of hie late
ge Haskett, a farmer
yant was caught in the
way from the premises
s noticed. The strue-
s were totally -destroy-
teining several calves
a: valuable quantity of
—W. S. K.
boy, was ileac
Kingston penite
Friday morph]
burning, on Ma
employer, Geo
near Lucan. B
act of running
when the fire w
ture and content
ed, the latter co
and hogs, beside
hay. -
• —A span of h
Burke, of Dover
an awning on M
Chatham. A y
Coutts ran out t
ed down and r
wounds. Mrs.
pant of -the w
deshboard, whil
ning at full epee
with some diffic
cessful in gettin
trol after ruhnin
—The steam zi
A. 13. Saylor, of
night Wednesda
discovered to be.
completely filled
it impossible to
origin of the fire
greatest precauti
a small insurance
loss to the place,
to a- number of me
Mr. Saylor's loss
$4,000.
—Last year a fa
Guay, was well -to -
Remould, county
his property and w
states to settle. H's experience was all
raps belonging to Mr.
became frightened at
y ill and ran away in
udg rnan named David
stop them, was knock-
ceived two ugly scalp
Burke, the only occu-
gqn, reached over the
the horses were run-
e -eel secured the lines
lty, when she was sue -
the team under
some distance.
ills owned and run by
loomfield, about mid -
of lapt week, were
on fire. The flames
be buildings, making
save anything. The
is unknown'as the
was used. There is
This will be a heavy
s it gave employment
, women and boys.
ill amount to about
mer named Antoine
0, and resided in St.
f Levis, Quebec, sold
nt to the western
• t
against him, and
Finally he decide
Remould, and was
when the unfortun
on the train, and as
he sprang from thettrain and fled to the
woods. He has riot yet been fonnd,
notwithstanding Mint several days_ have
passed and parties reinnsearch of him.
—Nellie M. Livingston, of Siincoe,
who last week obtained a verdict of
$5,000 in a suit for
yer Knox, of Coude
because of his failu
matrimonial engage
got the money. I
likely have to go
course of legal proc
ducats' will come i
The counsel for the
filed a motion for
he lost all he had.
to return to St,
on hie way back'
te man lost his senses
he was nearing home
25,000, from Law-
sport,Pennsylvania,
e to carry out a
hent, has not yet
fact Nellie will
through another
edinge before the
to her possession.
aged' Lothario has
new trial on the
ground that the dameges awarded were
excessive and that the verdict was con-
trary to law and evidence.
—General regret teas felt on Thurs-
day lest, when it b came known that
Senator Leonard, of London, had pass-
ed from thislife. The illness from
which the honorable gentleman suffered
arose from an impaired digestion. He
had been confined to his house for over
a year, and although the most skilful
medical attendance and careful nursing
were lavished on him, all was powerless
to stay the fatal male1.y that grsdually
Wore out his once powerful constitution.
Senator Leonard was in his 77th year.
He has resided in London for the last 53
years, over half a -century, and the busi-
ness which he established on a very .
small scale has grown ana
until it is now one of the largest and
most profitable manufacturing enter-
prises in the province.
—The Dominion Government has is-
sued a new order -in -Council governing
the shipment of cattle. The order re-
quires that all aeimals intended for ship-
ment shall be in the stock -yards for rest
and inspection during twelve hours of
daylight before embarkation. The
transportation companies are to provide
chutes in which the animals are to be
inspected. Each animal, alter passing
the chute, shall, if found to be healthy
and suitable for shipment, be stamped
with the letters V. R,, and no animal
shall be allowed to embark unless so
_ I se tda—mpe d.
from Aterriblecase of suicide is report-
• the village of Cainsville.
David Irvine, an aged farm laborer, was
on Friday last told by his employer, Mr.
1 D. Whiting, to go back to the house,.as
he was too old to do hard work in the
fields. The remark seemed to prey upon
Irvine's mind, for when next discovered
he was seated in a chair in the barn,
having hacked away at both arms with
a knife until he had bled to death. De-
ceased was 75 years old. He had always
received the utmost kindnese frorn his
employer, and it is supposed thinking
himself of no further' use, he took this
horrible means of ending his existence.
—Under the amendments made to the
Assessment Act at the last session of the
Legislature, the poll tax in cities, towns
and villages is reduced from $2 to $1
and young men in townships, who are
not assessed, will hereafter only have
one day's statute labor instead of two.
Owners' eons residing on the farm may
be assessed as joint owners under the
Franchise Assessment Act of 1889, in-
stead of as farmers' sons, and are thus
exempt from statute labor, and the act
of the late session relieves tenant farm-
ers' sops, residing tit home, from statute
labor in the same way.
—Sir Edward Kenny, one of the most
worthy and highly esteemed eitizene of
of Halifae., died on Saturday evening.
Born in Ireland in 1800, he came to Hal-
ifax in 1825 to manage the firm of James
Lyons & Co., of which two years later
he became a partner. In 1828 he and
his brother Thomas established the
wholesale firm of T. & E. Kenny. For
many years Mr. Kenny was a promin-
ent figure in the civic affairs of Halifax,
at one time being mayor. For 26 years
he was a member of the Legislative
Council, and for 11 years president of
that body, Sir Edward had a family of
six sons and four daughters, of whom
all are living except one, who was lost
in the steamer City of Boston,
—Thomas Smeddirn, a lad of fourteen,
employed at Wood, Duffy & Code coal
and wood yard, Toronto Juecdon, met
with a serious accident on Monday af-
ternoon. He had occasion to go into
the engine room to get _a pail of water,
and nobody being round was tempted
to place his hand on the fly wheel of
the engine. His arm was caught in the
spokes and he was whirled violently
round by the machinery. The timely
arrival of a fellow employe who stopped
the engine probably -saved his life. He
was brought to the hospitiil in the am-
bulance, when it was foiled that the
right arm was broken in four places,and
the fleish torn from the thumb and
hando
—One of the largest fires that has oc-
curred in Bowmanville for years took
place about 4 o'clock Friday morning,
when the extensive buildings of the'
Bowmanville agricultural and carriage
works were completely destroyed, with
their contents, which consisted of reap-
ers, mowers, rakes hay tedders, plows,
harrows and a large number of car-
riages, besides lumber and a great va-
riety of other material used in manufac-
turing, as well as the machinery, tools,
etc. Only a few buggies and plows
were saved, as the fire had made great
headway before it was discovered. Some
adjacent buildings were scorched, but
were not oeriously damaged. The agri-
cultural carriage works consisted of a
brick building tilted as a foun lry and
machine shops over 200 feet in length,
and a frame building two storeys used
as ,show rooms, storerooms, paint shops,
etc. The property belongs to the Craw-
ford estate, and was insured for only
$3,200 in the London - Liverpool and
Globe Insurance Association. The loan
will probably reach $10,000. How the
fire originated is a great myetery, as
there had been no fire in that part of
• the buiding during the -veek.
—A case posseseing its own peculiararities was tried by the Police Commie-
sioners. in Hamilton last week. Detec-
tive McKenzie was the offender, and the
charge was disorderly conduct and inci-
vility. It appears that some time ago
McKenzie called on a man named Berry-
man, who lives next door to a liquor
-
seller on King Street West. Accoi ding
to Berryman's version of the affair Mc-
Kenzie -wanted him to lodge a complaint
againet the liquor dispenser, and be-
cause he refused, McKenzie se ore and
acted in -a disorderly mariner. Not con-
tent with that he threatened to put the
"derbies" on both Berryrna,n and his
better half, as well as consign them to a
dungeon. At the time that McKenzie
was acting in this unseemly manner
Berryman says he ware -intoxicated and
unfit for duty. McKenzie had no dis-
tinct recollection of the affair. He said
he had heeu suffering for some time
previous from an attack of la grippe,
andin order to allay the effects of it he
swallowed large doses of quinine. The
quinine had a strong effect on his mind,.
and consequently left him in a dazed and
irresponsible condition, Testimony Wile
produced to show that he was using the
drug at the time, and on the rather
peculiar plea of irresponsibility through
the effects of quinine he was acquitted of
the offense -charged against him.
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