Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-08-05, Page 2' the e for COti- 03 SUSI irvest will a con- e -The lation toggle cis in I the There ie. and good 1. - =day n and havis 'stern Mr. say ilt tit has mer- iwest. reeks. stock reshy- sitars], liar& ich in B sold large thisi ir fall nil by rning •root day% mer - L' the piers' a and or the Linton ne-xt 3 will - earn - Hugh . Mr. from tees - took tton's it ia a the the =tees La by frame Meese e the ed to that were owns • are is a with d of line, , to :boy* very the idge •ol is .rthy nded .clur- haa will y to the rust. -line, This a es - Our that W148 rn,' 'orris and - la,st 7th nod. un- eter erry wen lug use, am- uct- ast. will tad frig • , an eLe- haa L- ora vy W. ot- J. ohn at ese , of ing the les- cm - on haa 'fee TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,286. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 1892. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. JULY Was a busy month with us. Our special sales on Saturday and :Monday were duly appreciated and many people took advantage of the bargains offered. We will endeavor to make AUGUST Still better, and during this month will offer some lines of goods at such prices as will- clean them out at once, Watch this space every week and it will tell you of bargains, but be sure and come on the days we advertise, as we give the prices for those days only, SATURDAY and DAY, August 6th and 8th. WE OFFER A LINE OF LADIES' OUTING HATS AT 65c. The regular price was $1, they are the latest novelty in. the trade. Our window will contain thern next Sat- urday. JACKSON BROS., THE LEADING HATTERS. NOTES FROM THE QUEEN CITY. TORONTO, July 30tb,1592. The past week was something to talk about. The heat was something terrible. But, bad ae it was on the humans, the poor horses seemed to suffer more severely. It will be a good thing for the horses when the electric care commence running. During the hot spell, although few of the street cars were run on time, the heat was so intense that some six or more street car horses died while at work. The poor brutes would reel and stagger, then fall over and give up the ghost. Toronto is evidently expiating some sin of commission or omission. Daily thun- der storms chase one another over our blaz- ing sky, but very few of the cooling drops light on us, Meantime wilting linen and greasy visages give assurance of torrid wea- ther. It's safe to say we haven't had such a spell of heat for years. Everyone who can get away is gone. As an American remark- ed the other day, this eort of weather drives one to drink. Lager is in great demand, especially at the Island. Our moral police censors are, or rether were, determined to ward Harlan, Durnan's uncle, is said to be very much put out by the matter. THE RETALIATION BILL. The Retaliation Bill in all its possible bearings is being discussed by our mercan- tile community with great earnestneas, and, in some instances, consternation. Two prin- cipal causes are assigned for the action of e American Government, namely, the exi- ciee of a Pregidential election and our Tory Government at Ottawa. The probabil- ity of its turning out a boomerang is hazard- ed by a good many. HOPE YET. The unexpected has happened. Our new court house will sprout a little further. The contractor and architect have made it up and again everything is rosy, lovely and beautiful. A settlement has been arrived a; whereby the architect gets his way about the material to be used, and the contractor gets a longer time in which to complete the building, which, taking into consideration that it ahould have been completed within six months from now, and that a heavy pen- alty was attached for each day's delay, is probably the very thing the contractor was working for. LIBERATED. Thomas Kelly, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was arrested at the time -of the convention of the Knights of St. John for a 17 -year old crime committed in' Toronto when he was a boy, has been pardoned by the Gov- ernor General, and he is again free to come and go at will. The petitions in his favor were largely signed both here and in Cleve- land. THE RETIREMENT OF M. FARRAR. The newspaper fraternity are doing a good deal of speculation on the future of Mr. Ed- ward Farrar, who severed hie connection with the Globe a few days ago.- Your readers will remember the very good like- ness of him produced in your paper some time since. Mr. Farrar is an annexationist of the deepest dye. This did not suit Sir Oliver Mowat, who since his accession to his late honors, is developing an amount of loyalty beautiful to behold. Rumors of Mr. Farrar founding a new paper to be edited jointly by him and Prof. Goldwin Smith, in the interests of annexation, are flying round thick and fast. OUR BIG SHOW. The Toronto Induetriad Exhibition, or Canada's Great Fair, as the directors call it, is makingeherculean efforts to get in shape for September. The space heretofore avail- able has been doubled. It must be said for the worthy president, Mr. J. J. Withrow, that he is a man of indomitable energy, and is ably seconded by Ms whole executive staff. The new grand stand, 675 feet long, will seat 12,000 people. GOOD. It has been noticed that the instalment of taxes payable on the 15th ult., is, according to official report of the treasurer, the beat ever made. Real estate holders are trying to pick up a few grains of comfort from this, but still they can't sell. ONTARIO CROP PROSPECTS. Business men find great encouragement stamp out its sale there. Summonses and in the reports of the magnificent harveat convictions followed fast, but the worm will now in progress all nver the Province. Of reports from 28 counties, 11 indicated that the wheat crop was cinite up to that of last year, 10 were to the effect that the average turn. Hotel -keeper Hanlan sought out his lawyer at a time, when that astute gentleman happened to he studying an official plan of the city of Toronto. It dawned upon him yield would be better than in 1891, and that the Island was not part of the city seven intimated that the wheat crop was proper, and therefore not under the control of the City License Inspectors nor amenable to the hew; Judge Robertson, having been appealed to, thought there was something in it and made an order stopping the trial of all Ieland liquer cases till next September, when the season is over. Now rivers of lager and nines of throats meke common cause at the Island. A POPULAR GANtE. Lawn tennis is making great strides to- wards popularity. Three years ago it was generally thought effeminate and a lady's game. Any one who saw the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association holding its third annual tournament here, the past week, would be of a wholly different opinion. Not- withstanding the intense heat the devotees of the game played hard and enthusiastic - telly. Pretty, bright faced. girls in hand- some costumes, and manly, if dudish, young men, made no E. pretty scene. Special in - remarkably heavy, or the best ever ob- tained, while one report contained the pleasing intelligence that the yield so much exceeded expectations that the farmers' barns would not hold more than half of it. From these and other reports received by the wholesale trade here, it seems but reason- able to conclude that we ehall have this year in Ontario the beat crop of wheat in the history of the Province. The bay crop,1 which now appears to be pretty well har- vested in most localities, was probably never heavier. The oat crop is a fair average in most sections, and heavier than last year in some important sections. Leonard Whitely ...... ......No 8, Hullett WINGHAM. GIRLS. Sidney Aikens M. Anderson Maud Code Alba Chisholm Edith Clark ,M. Clegg Annie Dawson Maud Fleuty Florence Green Stella Griffin Nina Isbister Minnie Ireland ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. At the recent entrance examination 312 candidates wrote at Seaforth, Clinton, Brussels, Wingham and Wroxeter. Of these 180 passed. No change was made bv the terest was taken in the play of Hovey . of Education Department. The Board of Ex Harvard University. He got away with &miners for Seaforth completed its work on our local talent most handsomely. Good J , July loth, and the Clinton Board on July judgespresent consider Min the best player 20th. However, owing to a Departmental in America to -day. AN AQUATIC JUDGE. One of the best known men about the city is the Hon. Mr. Juatice Morson, a clever, painstaking judge. Be is, at the same time, a rattling fine sailor and can box the com- pees with any salt. When counsel at the bar his seafaring knowledge often stood him in good stead, an evidence of which was his great success in Maritime court cases. Ad- vantage has been taken of his vacation to appoint him pilot to the new Dominion cruiser Curlew, which he will take down the St. Lawrence to Quebec. GONE HENCE. Another Toronto judge, R. G. Dalton, Master of the High Court, has passed away. Heart disease carried him away at the age of 74 yearn, last Sunday. Of a:tall, die- . tinguished presence, amiable, patient, he was courteous to Queen's Counsel and stu- dent alike. He belonged to old Toronto, his father being the proprietor of the first news- paper here. He will be long remembered by those fortunate enough to know him for his many lorable qualities. OUR OWN EDWARD. There is no use denying it, Toronto people are just a little bit conceited. Many things tend to feed this little failing. At present the chance of its own native-born, Edward Blake, being taken into the Gladstonian Cabinet is causing the citizens to "feel their oats." The only thing they don't like about it is, his being called "the man from Am- erica ;" the word " Toronto " in place of "America " would better suit their idea of the fitness of things. RULED OUT. Toronto people had a champion oarsman of the world. His day having passed they saw in young Duman a possible successor to the honors, and, backing him with their good dollars, were prepared to make --him their joy and pride. But a change came ever the spirit of their dream. That young man is now thought to have altered the fashion of his moral get up and is charged with selling races. It ie only fair to say that at the first public hint of the charge Durnan engaged lawyer]] who threatened legalaction against the newspapers. Nevertheless his own club withdrew his name from the list of nominations in the Netional Regatta held at Saratoga. More, two other members have been suspended on suspicion of being cows_ nected with the crooked work. The N. A. A. 0. committee followed this up by ruling Duman out of the races, notwithstanding his explicit denial, of the charge. This hen been a sad blow to our self-sufficiency. Ed - regulation, the results could not be publish- ed until confirmed by the Education Depart- ment. All the candidates were notified early in the week as to their success or failure. The papers were very satisfactory this yeer-none being either too difficult or too easy. We give the names of the successful can- didates below. LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED. CLINTON. GIRLS. Wingham No 13, East Wawanosh No le Morris Wingham Wingham No 5, Morris Wingliam Wingham Wingham Wingham No 7, Morris Wingham Mabel Kent . . . . . . h Wingham Lillie McAllister No 4, Grey Wingham Bluevale Wingham No 9, Turnberry Wingham Wingham Wawanosh Catherine McTavish Flora Nixon Bella Pearson Laura Ralph Kertie Rose Edna Strathdee H. Stackhouse No 6, East BOYS. Wm. . Bailey Bluevale Lawson Bisbee Wingham E. W. Bradwin Winghain Fred. Bradwin Wingham William Bray Wingham T. Brenner No 9, Turnberry Guy L. Clark Wingham W. Ferguson No 1, Howick John Gillies No 5, Morris John W. Hession Wingham R. L. Hodgson Wingham Wingham Wingham No 7, Morrie George MoDonagh A. McDonald W. R. Roe Charles Ross Wingham T. Scott No 2, Howick John Stewart Wingham G. Y. Straughan No 5, Hullett SEAFOI,TIL GIRLS. B. Armetrong E. A. Brooks Nettie Cardillo M. A. Carlin _A. Coates B. Carnochan May Delaney B. Devereaux L. Davidson Maud Fowler Aggie Fairley Mary Flanagan Lillie D. Gray B. Hannah ' No 4, Stanley Seaforth Seaforth No 1, McKillop No 3, McKillop No 7, Tuckersmith No 5, McKillop No 1, McKillop Seaforth Seaforth Seaforth Seaforth Seaforth No 7, Tuckersmith Collegiate Institute Tena McGregor ........ , ....No 1, Hullett C. McKinley No 8, Tuckeramith K. Purcell... .. , No 8, Tuckersmith Bella Patterson Seaforth G ussie 'Pickard ' Seaforth C. -Rudolph No 8, Tuckersmith S. E. Story No 2,1McKillop Clara A. Story No 2, MoKillop Ida M. Turner Seaforth Florence Whitely Seaforth A. Wingle No 3, McKillop BOYS. W. Aberhardt No 8, Tuckerernith T. D. Campbell 0 No 3, Tuckersmith P. Clarkson Seaforth George Chesney Albert Colbert Wm. W. Duncan J. R. Dickson John Flanagan A. Henderson N. R. Hoffman J. H. Irwin.... Edward Latimer F. J. Lawrence.... ...... No 4, McKillop No 1, McKillop Collegiate Institute Collegiate Institute No 2, MoKillop Seaforth NAME. SCHOOL, Etta Ayers Holmesville Minnie Atkin Clinton Bertha Bean Nellie Brown Florence Chrysler Clara Ferguson Vina Kerr A. B. Kennedy Ethel Lane M. McLean Millie McLean M. McGowan.. No. 10, East Wawanosh Bella Murray Clinton Annie McCorvie Clinton Maggio Nicol Blyth Susie Powell Clinton Alice Pratt Clinton L. Rowed.. :Un. 5, Hullett & E. Wawanosh B. Rowed...Un. 5, Hullett & E. Wawanosh May Robb Clinton Blanche Shepherd Clinton Reta Stanbury Bayfield L. M. Taylor No. 3 Tuckersmith B. R. Wilson ..Un. 5, Hullett & E. Wa'nsh Maud Wiltse. Clinton BOYS. Rufus Andrews Clinton L. Aikenhead David Blair Charles Brown Robert Brown Union 5, Hullett John Barrett Blyth L. Brigham No 8, Hullett A. Courtiee No 9, Goderich D. Cassidy No 5, Hullett Oscar Foster No 3, Goderich B. W. Hamilton No 4, Hullett Aldie Holmes Clinton John Jewett No 9, Stanley Oliver Jervis No 5, Goderich Myles" Kelly No 1, Morris Charles Ketchen Brucefield J. F. McKay V. E. Miller Alfred Osborne J. L. Packett Fred Rosa Thomas Walker Clinton Clinton Brucefield Clinton Hensall No. 5, Stanley No. 3, Tackerstnith No. 10, Tuckeramith Blyth . No. 2, Tuckersmith No. 2, Tuckersmith No 3, Morris M. J.Lamb No 2, Tuckersmith No 4, Goderich Gorrie Gerrie Clinton Clinton Seaforth Seaforth Maggie McLean, Seaforth Allan Bowles, No 13, Ffullett Lucy MeIlwain, No 5, Hullett Etta MeIlwain, Seaforth Jennie Kirk, Seaforth Sarah McKnight, No 1, Hullett Jennie Smylie, Seaforth George Currey Bertie Jones, J osie McAllister, Joseph Stewart it 3 " 495 Nina Lockhart, " 12 " 450 James Brophy, Sep. S., W. Wawanosh 396 Samuel Draper, S. S. No. 6, Ashfield, 416 Alex. C. Mckenzie, 3 423 George McGregor, 3 449 4_18 Minnie Carrick, • 3 27 LW, imiyG . rnO'Loughlin,4 10 474 gg 11 46 460 Mary Maw, ::38952 Tents McLean, 14 12 Bella McLennan, 64 12 46 3 Minnie Johnston, 12 44 450 Rowaden Grant, 15" 405 Murdock Matheson,"384 15 Maggie West, 64 15 537 As James Bissett, 1 Colborne 391 Mary Zoellner, 44 5 446 Grace Linfield, 5 ft 384 Isaac Hetherington, 5 if 411 Fred Durst, 7 ft 418 5 Hullett 383 Amelia Walper, Frank Munro, 5 460 2 Goderioh 453 Ada M. Ha.acke, , Annie Lamprey, 2 " 474 Maggie Mair, 4C 2 " 431 Christopher Sturdy, " 2 " 419 Fred Burke, 4L 5 " 430 Fred Lindsay, 5 " 480 Edith Cox, 5 " ,4 72 Cora Hewitt, 64 6 " 405 Henry Tisdale, EXETER. William Allison, S. S. No. 2 Usborne 427 Fred Borland, " 2 " 439 Charles Monteith, " 2 " 431 Frank Coughlin, Stephen Sep. School 407 Phoebe Doyle, Kate McDonough, AA 421 Ernest Hill, S. S. No. 1, Stephen 418 Louis Harris, " 3 Usborne 498 John Parkinson, " 7 " 472 7 " 388 7 " 446 7 41 443 4 " 38:3 8 Stephen 456 8 " 483 8 " 482 4 (1553 4 " 385 10Hay, 4189 10 " 462 8 " 382 5 139 Public School, 397 " 421 " 489 11 7W Wa'nsh 471 44 414 Wesley Parkinson, Lizzie Parkinson, Zeta Andrew, Lottie Handford, James -Rush, Bella Mollard, Beatrice Robinson, Lilly Fenwick, Tillie Wurtz, Duncan McEwen, Edith Bonthron, George Snider, Edith Taylor, Ernest Gregory, Russel Hicks, J. Alex. Martin, Arthur Ramsay, Frank Sweet, Thomas Smith, Robert Treble, Janet Brown, Jessie Creech, Gertie Hersey, Mabel Kemp, DUNGANNON, Mary J. Anderson,S. S. No. 5, Ashfield Catherine Gardiner, " 5 IC Wm. R. Gardiner, " 5 Joseph Wilson, 44 5 Boden Ritchie, it 5 Edward J. Wilson, " 5 L. Cunningham, 46 17 Velma Echlin, ft IC 461 455 430 :382 427 403 421 393 41 di 44 tI " 17 Alice MeWhinney, " 17 Bertha Doff, " 16 Madge M. Finlay, " 9 Wm. Finlay, 6C 9 Lilly J. Reed, it 9 P. E. Lennon E. McLennan T. A.McLennan G. C. McDowell A. M. Woodley BRUSSELS. BOYS. William &yang No 4, Grey J. A. Cameron H. W. Creighton J. D. Davidson William Greensides George Irwin T. Laird Donald McKenzie T. M. Mc'gwen James McEwen I. C. Parker D. Stewart No 9, MoKillop Brussels No 9, MhKillop No 11, Grey Brussels No 11, Grey Brussels No 10, Morrie No 10, Morris No 5, Morris Brussels GIRLS. L. Moirthur E. Mitchell S. McLauchlin • A. A. Mitchell Dora Nott I. Stevenson Aggie Smillie Laura Spence M. Watson M. Young A. E. Yuill No 11, Morris No 3, Morris No 3, Grey No 3,Morris Brussels No 4, Grey & Wallace No 10,Morrie No 11, Grey No 5, Morris No 11, Grey No 3, Morrie WRoXETER. • • S. E. Allen L. N. Doig G. Henry. A. Heibein Eva McGrath E. McMichael, No 13, Howiok & Turnberry B. S. Wilson No 5 Howick No 4, Howlett No 5, Howick No 1, Turnberry Ss Grey No 1, Turnberry & Grey No 4, Grey & Wallace Wroxeter No 10, B.owiele Wroxeter No 7, Howick No 7, Howick J. W. Bennett R. Deachman A. Douglae H. Miller A. Mitchell Cecil McMaster Wroxeter George H. Rae Wroxeter Robert J. Rae Wroxeter A. Thompeon..No 13, Howiok & Turnberry J. M. Thompson Wroxeter D. L. Weir...No 13, Howick & Turnberry WEST HURON. There were in all 241 candidata, viz.: 110 at Goderich, 44 at Dungannon, 65 at Exeter, and 22 Zurich. at GODERICH. John Atkins, Goderich Model Thomas Bridgette, Carfral Dunlop, Willie Hayden, Kenneth Horton, Douglas Johnston Thomas Murray, Alex. McIver Waiter Naftel, Willie' Park, Frank Robertson, Oliver Rynas, Fred Shepherd, Albert Stitt, Regie Sharman, Frank Turner, Bruce Watson, Hayden -Williams, May Craig, - Helen Douglas, Gertie Graham, Ida -Graham, Hattie Harrison, Mabel Rutson, Addie Stiven, Alice Brown, Frank Evans, Willie Curtin, Goderich S. Charles Shannon, John P. Tighe, Dora Campion, Walter Hawkins S. S. No. Jennie Hussey, I 4 fg 4' 4' 1.. sehees 14 448 516 444 472 442 432 424 417 456 480 551 434 396 " 10 " 399 " 13 " 475 "1, W. Wawanosh 496 di 1 If 398 " 1 " 403 " 1 " 382 1 " 396 it 1 46 483 "2 " 415 " 3 " 417 ZURICH. Clara Capliug, S. S. No. 9, Stanley, 4-45 Mabel Capling, at 9 " 425 Emma Thompson n 9 " 402 John Euler, 44 9 " 571 Robert Manson, 44 9 " 464 Emma Dunn, " 4 !A 383 Clara Klopp, " 4 Hay 436 Milton Buchanan, " 7 " 447 James Logan, " 7 Stanley 408 School 454 388 469 457 409 482 450 502 554 494 538 473 970 436 421 407 483 450 413 396 431 404 412 393 481 402 404 School, 389 427 383 441 1, Ashfield, 387 2 " 435 .up' in smoke. He says it is impossible to deScribe the sufferings of the 10,090 home- less]] people, of all ages, sexes and , condi- tionsewho are encamped in the pairks and waste places of the city, with no means of support other than what is sent to 4 t1 ern by the charitable people of the worl . Mr. Palmer ie on his way to the Northwest to see what are the prospects there for a new start in life. , -Mr. Brodie, Grimsby, who is looking after the Ontario fruit exhibit bar the World's Fair, has seoured 42 distinct varie- ties of strawberries from Essex. 4 -George Dryburg was fined $3 S tueday morning in Hamilton by the Police trate for throwing a pail of water o1c woman named Taafe. -The temperance people of Killarney, Msinitoba,are prosecuting George Lawrence, the defeats -1d Opposition candidate, on a charge of treating in the recent campaign. -1-Thirty head of cattle belonging to John Black, of Fergus, died on the steamship Virginia between Montreal and 'Father Point. There was some insurance, but not nearly enough to cover the loss. -George Brister, of London township, sold the first load of this season's wheat in London on Friday. The wheat weighed 6We lbs. to the bushel, and the yield was 33 bushels to the acre. -Mr. W.L. Sovereen, a pioneer and much respected citizen of Noefolis county, died on Tuesday last week, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. D. Forbes, in Brantford, aged 82 years. ,----A firm at St. George, New Brunswick, has purchased the Matheson granite prop- erty of 900 acres there, and intends to open up a quarry of the well-known New Bruns- wick granite. -At the recent entrance examinations the highest marks Obtained by any pupil in the county of Bruce were 688 -won by Miss Maggie Miller, of school section No 10, Kinloss of whioh school the teacher is Mr. M, J. McKenzie, - e --Mrs, James Warren, of Strachan street east, Hamilton, has attained the age of 106 years, and is still hale and hearty except that she is troubled with deafness. She smokes her pipe regularly and is a passion- ate lover of dogs and game fowl. -Rev. W. C. Henderson, of a Methodist church in Windsor, has appointed a com- mittee of young men to visit the hoteleev- ery Saturday evening to leave invitations 'to all guests to attend church service • on Sunday._ AMontreal despatch says : The Rev. J. A. MacLean. pastor of St.Andrew's church, New Richmond, Que., leaves this evening for Carberry, Manito,ba, where he has re- ceived a call to the Presbyterian Churph of that place. -7-Winnipeg Industrial Fair closed on Sat- urday. It was a great success both flnan- cially and as a display. Forty-five thousand people visited the grounds during the four days, and the receipts nearly doubled those of -18\h 9v1. -While fixing a street light on Friday night, Walter Childcrase, an employe of the Toronto Electric Company, touched a live wire and instantly fell dead. Deceased leaves a wife and two children. -The Ontario Government will sell tim- ber limits at the head waters of the Mada- waska, Petawawa, and Muekoka rivers. These sales are necessitated by the building of the Ottawa and Parry Sound railway through this tract. -Three barns of John Ashford, Orford township, county of Elgin, were struck by lightning the other night, and with the con- tents burned to the ground. There were 500bushele of old wheat in the granary. -Capt. A. Megraw, late of the Paisley Advocate, was banqueted by the citizens of Paisley prior to his leaving for Vernon, British Columbia, where he is going into journalism. The banquet was held at the Hanna house, Paisley. -Rev. G. Lang, who was for many years the pastor of St. Andrew's ()hunch, Mon- treal, but who is now stationed at Inver- ness, Scotland, is expected to visit Canada in August, Mr. Lang became widely known on account of hie determined opposition to the union of Presbyterian Churches. -Whitelaw, Baird & Co., Paris, received on Tuesday, 26th ult., 300 bushels of New Garfield wheat, weighing about 58 lbs. to the bushel. This is the firet wheat offered for the season, and was grown on their place across the river Nith, near Paris. - Gaspard Pacaud returned to Windsor from Quebec Saturday. Ile says that ex - Premier Mercier is a ruined man'and that even his own party, the Liberals, disown him since the boodling investigations. Mr.'. Pacaud does not think that Mercier will live long. - Mrs. Turner, of Brooklyn, N. Y., lost a watch two years ago while occupying her cottage at Thousand Island park. This summer, on looking over some crockery left on the top shelf in the pantry, she was amazed to find her watch lying enugly in the bottom of a cup. -In 1894 there will be a Masonic demon- stration in Kingston on an extensive scale. That year will be the centennial of St. John's Lodge, and over $3,000 will be ex- pended in connection with a celebration of the event. Masons from all over Canada and the United States will be invited. -John C. H. Herron, clerk of the town- ship of Middleton, one of the oldest and most respected residents of the county ef Norfolk, died the other day, after much suffering from gangrene. Deceased was born in the county of Armagh, Ireland, in 1823 and came to Canada in 1845. , -Julia Murray, only 11 years old, but as plucky as she is intelligent and pretty, ar- rived in Windsor the other day direct frorn Ireland, unaccompanied by any person. She was on her way to Omaha, Nebraska, to visit her aunt. She came out from the old country alone and proceeded to her des- tination unattended. --The barn and stables of Henry Abell, llth line, East Zorra, were struck by light- ning the other morning and consumed, to- gether with a quantity of hay, a binder and other implements. Insured in the East Zorra and South EasthopeFarmers' Mutual for $500 on building and contents. -Thomas Wilson,of the fourth concession of Ble,nheim, near Richwood, was working in the harvest field with a binder, when his two-year-old child came out. He thought it went back to the house, but it wandered into the grain and lay down to sleep. °He drove over it, cutting the thumb off one hand and cutting the wrist of the other. -H.McDonald,near Embro, raised a larg barn on Thursday last week. During the day ,Wm. Dawes received a severe blow from a commander, which necessitated the tying up of his head, and Dexter Day had a fall of 14 feet from the plate, which slipped, but ,fortunately did not come down on top of him -1W. •Homer Watson, of Doon, is win - ping great fame through his fine paintings, which have taken many prizes in Canada and also a number in England. He is,with- out doubt one of the finest painters in Can- ada. A number of his works of oil have been bought by the Goupils, of London, England, who are noted for Mesh - ver an Canada. -A farmer of Colborne had seven head of cattle killed by lightning recently. • -There wore 55 deaths in Toronto last week, 29 being those of children. -There passed through the Canadian Pacific elevator at Owen Sound during last week 135,150,bushels of grain. -A salmon weighing 181 pounds was captured in Charleston lake, near Kingston, last week. -The Winnipeg Industrial Fair was at- tended by 20,000 people on Thursday last week. The Exhibition closed Friday. -John Boumildclood, a patient in the London asylum, died from sunstroke the other day. -Little Amy Jarrett, of Guelph, who Was burned while playing with coal oil, died on Thursday last week. -John W. Kerne'aged 62, one of the oldest drivers on the Grand Trunk, died the other day in London. -John Walton, of Parry Sound, was killed recently by a atone thrown into the air by blasting operations, -Reports from Winnipeg say that immi- grants are crowding into that province from the Western States. -The Department ,‘ ef Marine intends building e new lighthouse in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off the coast of Labrador. -The county of Oxford will spend nearly $8,000 for furnishing for the splendid dew court house in Woodstock. . -The steamer City of Owen Sound,which has been sunk near Clapperton Island for 5 or 6 years has been raised. -Rev. Mr! Small, Presbyterian min- ister at Gretna Manitoba, has been taken down with smallpox. -It is expected that harvesting opera- tions will be general in Manitoba about the middle of Augtist. -Mrs. W. T. Bell, of Winnipeg, was drowned at Rat Portage on Friday, by fall- ing into the water while crossing a boom. -John Andrews, a popular young Man of Port Arthur, was drowned while bathing in Leon lake Sunday morning. -Mr. Else, of Sonthwold, Elgin county, has a wagon between 52 and 55 years old, built originally for the grandfather of Mr. D. McColl, M. P. P. -Four cows and one steer belonging to John Leadman, 9th concession East Nis- souri, were killed by lightning a few days ago. -In the absence of the pastor of the Pres- byterian church at Lyndoch, Simcoe county, on Sabbath last, John Charlton, M. P., oc- cupied the pulpit, delivering an earnest, and praotical address. -Mr. William Palmer, of Random, Trin- ity Bay, Newfoundland, is in London, on a short visit to relatives there. He is en- gaged in the lumber business, and has been-' the victim of peculiar hardship. He suf- fered considerable loss by forest fires in the early part of the month,and had just reach- ed St. John's he market a boat load of lum- ber when the great fire broke out, by which the product of his season's operations went dealing in the works of Raphael, Angelo, Rembrandt Murillo and others of the old masters, and who refuse to bang any paintings but the, work of artists of aeknowledged reputation. It is only a few years since when a mere lad that. Mr. Wat- son was induced to put one of his earliest productions in a store window in the town of (alt. -On Wolfe Island, near Kingston, cattle are suffering from attacks of flies, the like of which has never been seen before. The flies eat the flesh in the forequarters, and at the roots of the horns. To save the cat- tle the owners have to put tar on the parts the flies attack. ,-A young man nained Joseph Silver- thorne was bathing at the Canadian Pacific railway docks at Owen Sound last Sunday, when he got beyond his depth and was clowned. The same day while bathing with several of his companions, James Campbell Was drowned at Lister, Essex county. '-North Dakota and Minnesota have pro- claimed quarantine against Manitoba on ac- count of the existence of smallpox in the Province and all trains south have been cancelled. An engine will be run to the boundary with the express matter,mail,etc., but no passengers will be allowed to cross the line. • -Rev. Dr. Webster, who is about to leave Hamilton as a missionary to Palestine, has been presented with a purse of $100 by the young men's Bible class of Knox church in that city. Mrs. Webster has ale, been presented with a puree containing $150 by the teechers of the Central church Sunday school. -At Lindsay a number of young lade were playing on the lower wharf, when a boy named Michaud, about 6 years of age, was shoved into the water by his compan- ions, who, instead of helping the poor child out, laughed at his efforts to cling to the wharf until he sank, and was drowned. -The street car traffic in Toronto was greatly interfered with by the intense heat last week. Six horses died from the effects of the hal, and many others laid off. Ninety-four degrees was registered at the Observatory Thursday afternoon. The of- ficers there say this is the hottest and longest spell of hot weather for several years. -In the death of Mrs. A. Sutherland, of East Williams, there is added one more to the list of early settlers who seem to be dropping off lie rapidly at present. Mrs. Sutherland and her husband were among the first to hew out a home for themselves in North Middlesex. She was the mother of Mrs. A. S. McKay, of East Zorra, sister-in- law of Missionary McKay, of Formosa, and was 86 years of age. -Mr. William McNeil, of Chicago, brother of Rev. John McNeil, the Scottish Spurgeon preached last Sabbath in Cooke's church, Toronto, to the delight of a large crowd of hearore. Mr.MoNeil attended the great Christian Endeavor Convention re- cently held in New Yhils, and there spoke at an overflow meeting to an audience, of 20,000. -Thomas Kelly, of Cleveland, Ohio, who escaped 17 years ago from the Toronto po- lice, after a sentence for three years in penitentiary for larceny and was re -arrested in Toronto a few weeks since, has been re- leased by the Minister of Justice. He has lived an honorable life in Cleveland since his escape, and on this ground has been re- leased. -A severe wind and thunder storm pass- ed over Brigden and surrounding country Tuesday evening last week, flooding the cellars of the village. The Methodist Church in the village and also the Metho- dist Church, a mile out of the village, were each struck by lightning. The barna and crops of A. Menzies, Moore township, were burned. -Dr. Cavan, Principal of Knox College, Toronto'gave an interesting lecture in Knox church, Ayr, recently, descriptive of his re- cent trip to the Holy Land and the many noteworthy places he vieited while there. Many years ago Dr. Cavan's father. taught the public school in *Ayr, and those of his pupils who still survive love and revere in memory the faithful, fatherly good man. -For many years Philo G. Whyte, of Lucknow, was a well-known character in Brupe and Huron counties, known as sus- tioneer, storekeeper, and stagedriver. Many years ago he mysteriously disappeared, leav- iag a wife and family behind him. It has lately been ascertained that he died within recent years in California, leaving an estate valued at about $38,000. It has since in- creased to over $40,000, and the monthly rental of the estate is over $330 per month. -rhe first death from small pox in Mani- toba this year is reported from Morden. Mr. Stewart Sills died there on Wednes- day of last week- of the dread disease, Sills contracted the disease some time ago, and was immediately quarantined in a building on the prairie some distance from the town. Deceased was a general merchant, and his entire stock was burned on the Thursday following, by order of the Gov- ernment. This was the only case known in that district. -Mrs. Field, detained at Westminister Park hotel, Kingston, because of an unpaid bill of $50, has left for Washington. There was a romance about her marriage. Mrs. Field was Mrs. Mary Kelly, holding a $1,000 clerkship in the Pension Bureau at Washington, a position secured for her by Mr. Benjamin Harrivon when he was in the Senate. During Convention week at Chi- oago she met Field, and after a courtship of two weeks they were married at Detroit. They were spending the honeymoon at Alexandria Bay. A Sarnia despatch says: Traffic on the Grand Trunk railway on this division of the line was never more active than it is at the present time. The grain elevators at Point Edward and Sarnia keep their available storage space fully occupied, and so great is the rapidity with which the elevators are filled and emptied that the rolling stock of the Grand Trunk is taxed to its utmost capacity. Steady employment is given to a large force of men in unloading vessels and loading cars. -Bert List, a colored butcher, of Chat- ham,bought a heifer and drove it so furious- ly that it died. He then bled It, and sold the meat, which was unfit for food. He was summoned, and a conviction was enter- ed in two cases. The magistrate, on the charge of cruelty to animals, which had been established in the evidence showing that the heifer had been driven on a hot day such a distance and by such means that it had died from fever and consequent exhaus- tion, imposed a fine of $10 and coats -in all $20. -An Old Orchard Beach letter in the New York World says: Sir James Grant, of Ottawa, a leading physician of Canada, is at the Old Orchard House, with Lady Grant and the Miens -Grant. Dr. Atkinson, of MOntreel, is at the Fiske, with his wife and four young ladies. They are bathers, and when the sturdy doctor and his wife lead off the procession down the beach at the swimming hour the hotel guests crowd the piazza and enjoy the scene, for the girls are all healthy Scotch lassies of no mean physique. In the dining xoom Mrs. Davis, of Montreal, is attracting attention by the variety of her summer robes, and Mrs.Smith- also of Montreal, by the number and bril- liancy of her diamonds. Mrs. Davis is ea ' excellent musician, and contributes to tbe entertainments given in the parlor in the eve_nin g' Acouple of weeks ago Herbert Banker erne, a young man about 21 years of age, living at Strathroy, had his right hand in- jfauerteodryin. . as&laning machine in R.Nicholson's W. W. Hone) dressed ' the 4\ wounds and found it necessary to amputate - the firat two fingers at the first joiut and all of the fourth finger. Later on he deemed it advisable to cut off still more of the two fingers, and the case assumed a more seri- ous aspect. The young man died Saturday morning. Deceased was well known and popular in Strathroy and a competent work- man. -A storm of great violence occurred last Friday morning in Ottawa, during which rain flooded down in sheets and there was a succession of blinding lightning flashes and startling peals of thunder. The tower of Upper Town market was struck by light- ning during a pause in the rain, and the iron shingles were torn off. The woodwork caught fire, but a fresh burst of rain extin- guished the flames, and the firemen, when they arrived in response to the alarm of fire which had been sounded, found nothing to do. The cellar of the Government Print- ing Bureau was flooded. A great deal of damage was done throughout the city. -Mr. Sidney Jones and wife, from Ham- ilton, Dakota, are visiting their old home at Atwood. -Rev. H. P. Chase, of Sarnia,'is on a visit to Belleville,the home of his childhood. He is a lineal chief of the Ojibways, was for many years in the civil service'having received an appointment from Lord Metcalf when Governor-General, and 27 years ago offered himself to the Church of England as representative of not only his own tribe,brit of all the Indians of Ontario. , He was pre- sented to her Majesty Queen Victoria in 1876, and twice has been presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales. He is a walking encyclopedia on Indian subjeets, says the Intelligencer. -The Teeswater News Bays: Lightning has done considerable damage in the sur- rounding townships recently. Mrs. Joseph Lambartus, of Brant, was rendered speech - lees for a time by a shock received while per- forming her household duties. While Mr, James Cameron, of Greenock, was making hay the winrove was struck and burned. Me. Hay, on the town line between Brant and Greenock, had two horses killed. Mr. James Weir's barn, on the 6th line, Turn - berry, was struck and consumed, along with its contents, among which were several vehi- cles. The barn of Mr. Andrew Sharpe, of Culross, was also struck and set on fire, but luckily the fire was observed and put out be- fore any serious damage was done. -On Thursday last week an inquest was held in Chatham on the body of a young lad named Henry Oxford, 13 years of age, who was secured from Dr. Bernardo's home in Toronto by William Morrison, a Raleigh farmer, two weeks previously, and who died suddenly. On the day of his death he watched the cows till noon; at three o'clock he was working, pulling mustard, for half an hour • at five o'clock he went out for the cows. Not answering when called to tea, Mrs. Morrison went out to look him up. She found him lying on the roadside dead. Dr. Duncan held the post mortem and gave it as his opinion that death had been caused by the excessive heat. -On Wednesday last week nine persons, four ladies, one little girl, three white men and one Indian left Cape Croker in a ail boat for Wiarton. A storm came up and the squall struck the boat when within ten minutes' sail of Wiarton. The sails were all down, but the boat was lifted like an egg shell and the ballast having shifted she went over instantly. John Dance from the east shore heard the screams and went out with a row boat. When he arrived only - two white men and the Indian were left, all three hanging on to a wire on the boat. One - of the men wets just gone and was foaming at the mouth. The names of the drowned are: George Steven and wife, of Chesley ; . Steven's two sisters, of Guelph; Mrs. L. Currie and daughter, of Wiarton-six alto- gether lost and three saved. The storm was the severest ever known by the oldest in- habitants. The three survivors speak of their terrible experience in painful tones. They say the wind raised the boat clear of the water, and then dashed it down side- ways, throwing the helpless creatures into the water. Of the lost, George Stephens and wife lived it Chesley. He was e carpen- ter, and 37 years old. His two sisters lived in Guelph, and were hes seniors and,un- married. Mrs. Currie lived in Wiarton,and was about 50, her daughter Mary about 10. Mr.Currie,her husband, is at present in Da- kota, spending the summer with Me son. Be was telegraphed to, and is now likely on his way home. -In a letter recently received by the London Advertiser from Miss Alexander, the Canadian elocutionist, now in the ord country, she gives a charming account of her experiences in Scotland, where she is now spending a holiday. Here is an ex- tract: "Another most enjoyable trip, else by eoaoh, we made to the Forth Bridge, and were charmed by the scenery on the way as well as the wonderful structure over the Frith. Corning home a queer old Scotch character shared with us the front seat. Her remarks were addressed mostly to friends sitting behind. Seeing a tart -load of people out for a holiday, she exclaimed, s There's Sandy McKillop and his seaster, aye, and the hale rick -ma -tick o' them.' Then to the driver-' Ca' canny man. I'm awfu' eart o' thee braes; I was in es rail- way collusion ince, and I've been nervous ever since. I'm burnin' my hands to save my gloves. Gie yer horse mak time, mon; horses is like men. they'll no work hard till they're pushed to't. I'm thinkin' you're no a Gladstone man to be drivin' at that breakneck pace.' The Grand Old Man was. expected to drive along that road from the. station to Lord Roseberry's home, so the road was lined with vehicles and pedes- trians waiting to greet the famous statesman. A rousing cheer, a great waving of hand- kerchiefs, and from the top of our coach we viewed a scene of wildest enthusiasm. Min. Gladstone acknowledged this more actively than her husband. He simply sat with raised hat (his eyes were shaded with dark goggles in consequence of the injured eye), while hisworthy spouse nodded, smiled and waved her enormous bouquet. I have been delighted with the warm hospitality of the Scotch. Their speech, their charac- teristics of sincerity and strength, their sense of dry humor (and despite Sir Sydney Smith they have it) all appeal most strongly to me. I find my heart warming towards the tartan and my eyes dwelling lovingly on cairngorms and all designs of the thistle pattern. Scott and Burns are enshrined on the highest pedestals, and a tramp thiough the heather will perfect this new-born de- light." .1 r:•1 •11