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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-05-22, Page 1kY 15, 1891. GOOD MRIVA1,3 HMS O SELECT PROlita >NNETS, and EN'S SAILORS - LAS and :TERPROOF CIRCULARS - [i [ERA' and LNG DCADES and RED DRESS GOODS_ McFaul, ORTH. iug who has been ildings lately burnt. 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 - 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.- W TWENTY-THIRD YEA .HOLE NUMBER 1,223. SEAFORini, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1891. BOY'S CLOTHING You should look through our Fine Assortment of BOYS' and YOUTHS' • CLOTH I NG, Almost all styles are there and nearly every price as well. Suits from $1 up. You lean save money with us. Call and see for yourselves. Edward M'Faul, SEA FORTH. 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. The Right place To Get Suited. Where you can get the best Goods for the Least Money. New Prints, New Sateens, New Shirtings, New Dress Goods, New Flanelettes, New Mantle Cloths, Also large Steele of Corsets, Ribbons, Frillings, Laces, &e. Our Millinery Goods are all of the very latest styles. Inspection Solicited. Hoffman & Oa, OHEAP CASH STORE, SEAFORTH, - ONT. MCLEAN EROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. • 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. v 4! • !;)