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The Huron Expositor, 1893-01-13, Page 11893. 4NCE ITHS ES . iTS rs m00 S LLD ineFautl, election of Mr. 'Mr. Robert -Mc-- the township of rbrook, wife and Mr :J T West - tether, this week. a are apending a is expected mence operations ieamen and tarn - eat Wednesday.— Coronto, who heal oast two weeks re, Tifesday morning Ca. rhe town Council ipoited. aa follows : leeve. R. C. Spar - F. Brockenshire ; D. R. Fovtler ; J. e, J. H. Hiscocks vik, J. Elder, J. Si. or the House of ; ;mere of the Union t mill privilege of erect a building Inglis has h frienda in Wale . miss -the old gent he oldest aud beet is well qualified to \ a few good elections on Mon- ly, as there were no .rds for councillors, ared elected, by ac - contest ir as for R Brockenshire e result was a mat ire of 48 votes, The Inge was carried by tw votes being cast complexion of the ten Reforraers and te will tell whether better than their owing is the list : -; R. C. Sperling, lire, Deputy -Reeve. reed, Wm. Johns, Herdsman. NG. 2 Dr. Towler J. J. George Mckenzie, Hiscocks. No. 4. S. Jerome, E. C. ---- t ,C-k- ery suoceasful ex - he echool in seotion rsday, haat week, at d visitors and the reseat, viz : lifiesea J. Keine, of Gor- en, a Carrick ; er • re ; J. Darroch, of iorrie, and C. M. he different classes ecitations, readings, violin and mouth veiling a" grand en - The school house doors. The pro- citatians, readings, and mouth organ. ented songs, duets, , dumb-bell exerciaes e teacher, Mr. John , waa presented with token of the esteem the people of the ter. The new Presbyter- er Was opened on at. Rev. Principal . x College, Toronto, t sermous morning : istened to most at - large audience, the • being filled to the from Brussels, also amuse to the Sab- the afternoon. The eter have displayed able and handsome -rected. It reflects ehitect, Mr. E. J. from Toronto, only s; alga en the con- vicleon, from Mount pastor af the con - be mestere of their On Monday evening ireeetion provided a- eno6dious baeement of the auditorium, was when thorie present -Heckled treat from a eers, who came from ine selection of mimic of the congregation. urn. supper given by the f Good Templars wait of the Leeburn mem- hie vseek an oyster by Leeburn lodge. rs from other lodges e ia expected.—Mr. EL College, Kingston, bath. Mr. Fairbairn, hes during the next d Mra. •A. Mut- e at the home of the rid Mrs, Fathering - Miss E. Horton and and Horace, spent dater's, Mra. G. H. TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER,1,309. SEAF0FrrH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1893. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. Why Not Enjoy tbe opportunity that pre- sents on our Semi -Annual Bar- gain Day—Saturday, January 21st,—we've a grand line of aoods. 6 And That's What Causes our customers to return over and over again. We don't dash yiDur hopes as The Wild Waves Dash doWn a house of sand, but we liye up to what we ad- vertise—St all events that is what our, regular customers Are Saying. Prices (tucked next week, and it will payi you to be ready for - the day. _JACKSON BROS., THE - FAMOVS - CLOTHING PEOPLE, 'SEAFORTH. NEW ONTARIO. (written for the Expositor.) I have noticed lately, with a good deal of interest, tbei letters appearing in different ne‘fspe.pers relative to the many inducemeuts and opPortunities offered by the District ot Easteen Algoma as a field ,of colonizetion and immigration. I have lived in Algoma for several years and can speak from expericece. The climate is very health- ful. There are no blizzards in winter or hurricanes or disistrous storms in summer, In winter the cold ii not so severe as in the Northwest, nor is the weather changeable, as in the old country and in older Outario. The days in winter are clear and cold, yet sunny. With the eiception of three or four days, at the most, al winter it is a pleasure to be outside working, walking or driving. In summer the nights are always cool and refreshing. I do not think that the climate cau be equalled. Or4 can always cnune on good sleighing in winter. One reason why such excellent fall wheat is raised in Algoma is thet the snow staye on the ground and affords good proteotion friem the frost. To r . prove this any orm who hes lived in Algoma i • knows thet there is no frost, or hardly any, 1,i'te the groanad all winter. If you dig away 'the snow you will find that there is no frost in the ground ; the anew has kept the frost away. Directly the BDOW gdes away in the spring the grass comes up green, and it stays green add luxuriant all summer. It does not wither or get parched Or brown as in other countries. For this reason and the fact that clover is indigenous to the soil of Algoma arid grows everywhere; -I think the country cannot be beaten for stock raising, both in cattle and sheep. The hay crop is frequent- ly two and a half tone to the acre, and there is good water everywhere. I do not suppose that one can travel a mile on the Itorth shore, betiveen, say, the Bat- chewana river and the Mississauga river, - without coming across a spring creek, and one may say that there is a spring, or springs, on every quarter section of land in the district. The same applies to the beau- tiful islend of St. Jewish. As to the. fer- tility of the soil, oats, fall and spring wheat, barley, buekwheat, peas, roots of all kinds, and everything usually grown on a farm or in a garden seems to do excellently well here. Apples, crab apples, plums, cherries; and the smaller fruits such as currants of different kinds, raspberries and etriewherries 1. do very well. Farmers a e commencing to set out orchards all over he district and the trees are doing very well. There were some splendid exhibits of apples, pears and other fruits at the recent fall exhibition at Sault Ste. Marie. Professor RObertson, the Do- minion Dairg Commisaioneri and Mr. N. Awrey, the Onterio World's Fair Commis - }dotter, attended the exhibition for the pur- pose of getting exhibits to take to the World's Fair, and they speak iu the highest terms of the exhibits of grasses, grain roots, fruits and dairy products. Visitors t'o the World's Fair should ask to see the exhibits of grain, gramma, roots, fruits, etc,, from Algorne, as welt. as the grand display. of Al- goma minerels. ; With reference to Minerals, it should not be forgotten that Algoma possesses great mineral wealth in addition to its great agri- cultural resources. Copper, silver, gold, platinum, plurnbagm nickel, iron, asbestos ani other minerals are being discovered all along the north shore. Within the last few weeks very rich deposits of gold bearing quartz have been found to the north of Bruce Mines and near fhessalon. It is be- lieved that the townships all around Sault Ste. Marie, north, east and west, are rich in minerals of all kinds, but es yet there has been little or no exploration made of those townships, and it would probably pay ex- plorers to visit these townehipe, as the indi- cations arevery good. It is the only corm- , try in the World where rich mineral lands and rich agricultural lauds are found lying side by sill -e, and where mining and agricul- ture can bii cerried on side by side. As to markets : One good thing about Al- goma is that there is a home market and good prices for all a farmer, fruit -grower, stock raiser cr market gardener can raise or grow. The lumber camps, mines and public works need a large eupply all the time, and, tte the mineral development in Algoma is only in its infancy, one can always be assur- ed of good markets, ' Then, as soon as the ship canal at the Caned* " Soo " is finish- ed, which will be next year probably, the d.emancl will be greatly inereased, as all the vessels will pass through our canal, instead of going through the American cane) as at preeent. The vessels will need a large sup- ply of produce. The large water power canal, naw in course of construction on the Canadian side of the rapids on the St. Mary's river, and now nearly completed, will else help, not only in building up a big city at, Sault Ste. Marie, but in the develop- ment and proeperity of the whole district, ae large pulp mills, flour unite, furniture factoriee, &c., will be erected on ite banks. Ais to land : There are dozens A town- ehips of free grant and twenty cents an acre land, and there are dozens of townships of Indien.(surrendered)lands, open for location and settlement at fifty cents an acre. For the sum of $1 hent the Crown Lauds De- pertment atiTdronte, the reader can obtain - ; a large tnap df the north shore of -Lake Huron. He ivill eee the Indian townships I painted red. &round the town of Sault Sti. Marie there are the following Indian town- ships—(Settieri cen be located on any of them ma a,pplicatiori to Mr. Wm. Van Ab- bott, the Indian Agent at Sault Ste. Maris, Ontario,) : Deenis, Penuefather, Fenwick, the west half df Awree, the west half of Van Koughnet, ii4nd several other townships of fertile land id ; ehe; yalleys of the Goulais, Chippewa, fteernoriy, Cranberry and Bat- chewana revere', Around the town of Sault Ste. Marie there ere the following town- ships of Ontario free grant and twenty cents an acre land Park, Prince, the east half of Aweres aed the east half of Van Koughnet and otler townships north and west. I will Croivn -Land Agent at Sault Ste. Marie, arid I ehall feel it'a pleasure to do all I can t.) :mishit settlers in every way possible by giving them all the information I can, and I rail sure the Indian Lend Agent will do all he ban in the matter. The recetitly forined Algoma Colonization Soeiety will also b4 glad to give any inform- ation, either sui to Ontario free grant or '20 cents an lithre lank or Indian land, or as t itnproved, partiallY improved, or wild lands p/aced in their hands by the owners for set- tlement. If any One wants full and reliable information About Algoma they should read a book just published by the Society, en- titled, "Algoma Farmers Testify." I will be glad to get and send copies free to any one, or they may be obteined frem the Sec- rettry of the Society, Mr. Fred. Rogers, Barrister, &c,, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This work containi iieformation, not only as to the agricultural resources of the district but as to; its minerals timber and -shipping, statistic° as to the makets and imports into the district, a m,ap of Eattern Algoma show- ing the townships on the north shore and St. Joseph's Island, and a large amount of general information. Every intending set- tler should get it and read it. It shows a good many reasons why Canadians, Euglish- men, Irishmee and Scotchmen should prefer to come to Algoma rather then go to a for- eign country or to the far West. I have: notes:rade to touch upon the great timber Wealth of the district, its valuable merchantable hardwood, nor to do more than inentioe lets mineral vvealth. The pamphlet mezitioned gives full information. And it should not be forgotten that Algoma lies close at hand—Seult Ste. Marie is within 24 hours ride of Montreal or Toronto. I am glad to leern that Sir Cherler Tup- per, the High Cernmiesioner for Canada, in London,' England, and Mr. P. Byrne, the Agent for the Ontario Goaernment at Liver- pool, Eagladd, have each promised to do all they can to bring the claims of Algoma, as a desirable field ot colonization aud immigra- tion, prominently before the tenant farmere and others likely to emigrate from the old country, and, at their request, supplies of the pamphlet have been sent to each of them. Anyone in England, Ireland or Scot- land desiring to receive a copy of the peen- phlet sliould drop a line, either to Sir Charles Tuppee, High Commissioner far Canada, London, Englund, or to Mr. P. Byrne, Ontario Government Agent, Liver• pool, England, asking for a copy of " Al- goma Farmers Testify," and they will re- ceive one by mail. WILLIAM TURNER, Crown Lands Agent. Sipur Sft. MARLS, Ontario, JanUary 4th, 1893. • NOTES FROM THE QUEEN CITY. ToRorrro, January Sth, 1893. The fiercenetis of t he municipal election fight has about simmered out, but it will long be remembered. Mayor Fleming de- feated his: journalistic opponent by 3,118 votes, the largest majority ever gained by a Mayor of Torpnto. E. E. Sheppard goes back to writing " Dan" articles in Saturday Night, rejoicing, however, in getting more Votes by 173 than did Mr. Fleming's oppon- ent of a year ago, Mr. Wen That the rate- payers believe in the municipal government idea of Mr. Fleming is very apparent. In every ward of the city he gained eubstantial majoritieteand every alderman who support- ed the Mayor's actions in 1892 was success- ful in the aldermanic fight. Mr. Fleming goes to the chair better than ever able to cope with those who would like to see a re- turn to the old etyle of civic rule, which found se great favor in the eyea of contract- ors, Probably- the only thorn in Mr. Fleming's flesh is the re-election of Alder- man John Shaw. This gentleman has bad a series of encounters v,ith the Mayor, aud as he was Chairman of the Board of Works, Mr. Flemieg found him very much in the way. It is to be expected thaaa battle royal will now ensue to supplant Mr. Shaw by (some say) Ald. Leant), one of the Mayor right hand men. THE COUNCIL POLITICALLY. Of the new council about helf the strength can be claimed by each political party, with a shade of benefit to the Conservativee, Among the alderrnanic candidates, Mr. Jury running in ehe interests of the workingmen, was left at home. Ex. Ald. E. A. Macdon- ald is also among the slain. From the- 351 votea that he got can be gathered how deep- ly among the people of Ward No. 3, the an- nexation sentiment is imbedded. Ald. Saunders, who beaded the poll in Mr. Mac- donald's ward, received 3,144 °votes. The. question is whether the Sun,published by the latter for the advocacy of annexation, will continue to shine iu the face of this snow - under. Among the surprises vraa the elec- tion of ex-Ald. John Hewitt in such grand shape. Mr. fitewitt's earnestness of purpose makes his presence in the council this year quite desirable. ELECTION AFTER -CLAPS. The Chief Magistracy race leaves a trail 9f dust behind it in the shape of two crimin- al libel suits brought by the Mayor againat W. F. Maclean, M. P., who is editor of the World, one of the two Sheppard organs. One grew out of an article published by Maclean, intimating that T. C, Robinette had been appointed to a position in the City Solicitor's office because he had a pull with the Nlayor through real estate transactione. The other case was the result of a printed account of the failure of A. H. Rundle, who is reported to have cleared $10,000 an the plastering contract at the new Parliainent Buildinge The article stated that Mr. Rundle's assignment was due to the Mayor's having filled iu two notes bearing his name for $6,700 more than he was authorized, and pocketing the cede Maclean declares the cases wilt never get past the grand jury. • BUILDING OPERATIONS. The City Commissioner makes public the following figures this week to augment the prevailing tale of woe. They show the per- mits for buildings issued by his office during 1892 and suffice to make very much in evidence the extent of the collapse. During 1886 the permite granted were for $1,198,- 220 ; in 1887, $1,276,600 ; in 1888, 795 ; 1889,82,356,174; in 189042,364,750; in 1891, $4,388,900, and in 1892,82,682,765. HOCKEY BECOMIN\G FASHIONABLE. Large and fashionable crowds led by Mrs, Kirkpatrick watched the hockey game at the Granite Rink on Monday, when the bank charnpioaship of Canada was decided between the Provincial leaders, the Bank of Montreal of Quebec and ehe Imperial Wink of Ontario. The Montreal seveu had no difficulty in defeatieg the local team, the score- at the finish betreg 6 to 1, As an exhibition of first-class hodkey the struggle did not rank very high, both teams exhibit- ing very little combination play. But the attendance at the game showed how hockey is worming its way into the people's affec- tions. rile championship fights which ere 'to be soon inaugurated, are sore to have big gate receipts. FIXING UP. Atnong the li t of estimates prepared by Park Commissioner Chambers is an item of $7,000 for drives and walks, around the Parliament buildings ln Queen s Park. Citi- zsns will scarcelY know this old-time re- creation ground when free from bricks and lumber, Another amount asked for is $10,- 000 required tor permanent works in the grounds abaut the Exhibition buildings. A NEW PUBLICATION. As the prominent ones among the man- agement of the lately-lam:lobe] Lake Maga- zine figure in the prospectus of the Ontexio Publishing Company,which will next month issue the Canadian Magazine, it is fair to suppose the Lake will disappear quietly from view. Some new blood is infused into this party with ifaith that the country need° and will support an illustrated magazine of politics science, art and literature. Among those Who will venture on the path so plen- tifully strewn with wrecks are the Hou.J.C. Patterson, Minister of Militia ; the Hon. Thomas Ballantyne, Speaker of the Local House ; Thorne! Mulvey, barrister, and Dr. Ferguson. Moses Oates—in private life be- ing J. Gordon Mowat—will edit the Cenadian. OUR WATER SUPPLY AGAIN. Engineer Keating has had his staff work- ing all the week examining into the costly accident to the very costly conduit under the bay by which the city is suppoeed to be furnished with pure water, and which vieit- ed us on Christmas Day. The proper situa- tion ot the pipe at present has been accurate- ly determined and several submerged breaks have been discovered by the diver, let down through holes cut in the ice. Tho opinion is growing that the work of laying the im- mense pipe will have to be done again, from the beginning, to make a. proper job of it. The calls for a searching inquiry into the management of the Water -works Depart- ment have not yet been silencer], and the chances are that an inquiry will be shortly made. It is the general impression that there has been a vast deal of jobbery in connection with this department in past years as well as in connection with some others. For the $4,000,000 already expend• ed on the system of waterworks we have, there appears to be very little to show of real value besides a flooding conduit, bat- tered end torn, a sand -damaged collection of engines, pipes, hydrants and valves and a precarious supply of water, two thirds of it being from the sewage -contaminated bay. At the City Hall they tell us that 18,000.- 000 gallant, is being pumped a day, J2,000 of which ie bay water, holding a great quantity of sand. If this be really so, the lawyers will make money out of a fine crop of lawsuits against the City when the hoists - and elevators in the big buildiugs break down. The new Council has a great work of reorganization to perform, and it will hive also to decide once and for all coucern- ‘ing the advisability of getting water from Lake Sirncoe. This acheme, which would cost between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, is receiving renewed attention at thie junc- .ture. THE DRUMMERS. The Commerodal Travellers' Association of Canada keeps moving along with a pros- perous gait. At the 21st annual meeting, held on Thursday, President John Burns of Hsmilton occupied the chair, with Dar. Kennedy, arho has been working for the society for the whole 21 years, in the seat of honor on his right-hand side. An effort to enable members of 20 piers' etanding to draw out 10 per cent of the amoutit of the policy each year after they had reached 65 years of- age was not successful, it being shown that the present $10 membership fee would have to be increased. During the year 18 deaths have occurred and $20,568 paid out its gratuities. The year's receipts were $66,195, of which is left as balance $14,696. The amount of insurance upon all the merebere was $2,288,000. Mr. G. C. Van Norrnan was elected President for tbe ensuing year, with Mr. J. C. Black Treasurer. HARD ON THE BY-LAWS. Four by-laws .were submitted to the tax- payers last Thursdriy, and although not very nufch interest was manifested in the measures enough opposition was forthcoming to show thee none of them were dear to the citizens' heart. The by-laws were to raise $138,000 by debentures for the purification of Ashbridge's Bey—only defeated by 10 votes ; to exempt wooden sidewalks from the operation of the Local Improvement by- laws ; to provide $57,000 for the additional public school -accommodation; and to take an opinion of the electorate as to the advisabil- ity of seeking legislation whereby the city might abolish taxation on personality, this by-law being defeated by 1,024 majority. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE. On New Year's Day the inmates of the Home for Incurables, a four-story building, had a very exciting experience. Early in the forenoon William Birch, a consumptive who has latterly exhibited signs of insanity, eluded hie watchere and by means of a trap- door ascended to the roof. When pursuit was attempted Birch threatened to jump off, and the authorities in desperation tele- phoned for police and the firemen. After the man had been on the slippery roof nearly two hours the ;police arrived and spread a life -net near the ground, while the firemen prepared to capture the maniac by climbing up by the extension ladder. JED t as tho ladder hail reached the eaves Birch nia,de a run and leaped off the high building, but his fall was brOken by the net, and upon examination it was found that he bad sustained nothing more than a good shaking -up. The desperete jumper is a 26 - year -old Englishman. TAXING THEI INSURANCE COMPANIES. Judge Macdougall had no mercy on the insurance companies on Saturday. The Confederation Life for 1893 was assessed by the city officials $150;000 on income, which the company decided was extortion and ap- pealed to have the amount fixed at $15,000. The case being taken to the County Judge, the assessment was raised to $165,000. The North American assessment was originally $6,000 on income and raised by the Court of Revision to $50,000. Their kick for a re- duction resulted in Judge Macdougall still further raising the assessment to $62,000. Both companies are very sorry they did not leave well enough alone. —Duncan Darman one of the oldest resi- dents of Collingvvood, has passed into rest. Born in the island of Naull, Scotland, in 1816, he was in his 77th year. He had re- sided in Collingwood since 1853, and for over 30 years held a pcsition in the post office. On account of the loss of his eye- sight he retired frotn active work about 8 yeare ago. He was -a rnetnber of the Pres- byterian church and highly respected by all who knew him. In Defence of the Banks. DEAR EXPOSITOR. —Sir : Will you allow me to make a few comments upon the fol- lowing remarks which appeared in your edi- torial columus last week : " The banks fatten upon the -profits of the pro,: tected manufacturers, but the profits of both come out of the farmers, and the N. P. affords him no pro- tection. Besides this, the more dependent and needy the farmers are, unless they become utterly bankrupt, the better it is for the money loaners." Newspaper editors nowadays are supposede like Bacon, to take knowledge for their pro- vince, but that they sometimes fall short of their high ideal,I think the above para.graph shows. Why should it be in the interests of the banks to have the manufacturers rich and the farmers poor ? Why should they not fatten upon the profits of farmers as well as of the manufacturers, or upon the needs of the manufacturers as well as of the farmers It is not, by any means, in the interests of the banke to keep the farmers upon the verge of bankruptcy. Any farmer will tell you that an individual in that condition, or in anything approaching to it, cannot bor- row from a bank. Nor do the banks fatten upon the profits of the manufacturers, at least in the sense in which your remarks will be understood by the general run of your readers. As a matter of fact, tbe greater the profits of the maonfacturer the lesa is the profits of the bank in proportion to the amount of business done for him ; and the banks are well satisfied to have it so, for their interests are identical with the inter- ests of the country, and both prosper or de- cline together. It is a commom saying that when the farmers are well off business every- where is good, and its truth is nowhere more apparent than in a bank. Were it of , advantage to a bank to be surrounded by poverty-stricken fanners; there would prob- ably not be a bank in Seeforth, for, what- ever may be the conditien of the agricultural class in other perts of the country, it is de- cidedly making headway here. It would, of c6urse, be easy for anybody to bring for- ward individual experiences to support a contrary opinion, but the result of individu- al effort is very lieble to be affected by per- sonal characteristics, and cannot, therefore, always eupply a safe criterion by which to judge of the capabilities of eny given indus- try. It may interest you to know that, so far, instead of the banks finding an Outlet for their funds among the farmers, the move- ment is quite in the opposite direction. For every farmer who borrows from a bank there are probably ten who have money at their credit ; and, if the respective amounts are taken, the proportion which the loans bear to the deposits will be considerably smaller. It is q.uiteerue to say that both maitufac- turers and banks make money out of the farmers. Everybody and every corporation has a more or less remote connection with the farmers, and may, in a sense, be said to make money out of them, In the Name way the farmers make money out of all other classes. Those whom I have met are not so lacking in intelligence as to do business with a bank—or with anybody else—unless they see some advantage in it. The principle of mutual profit is the basis of all commerce, and is the most important element in the theory of free trade. I should not trouble yon. with a reference to this matter were it not that the senti- ments you express circulated through the country and backed up by the powerful in- fluence which editorial utterances always carry, particularly in rend districts, are cal- culated to create ill -feeling on the part of the farmers towards the banks where there has always hitherto been cordiality and good -will. I should regret such a change of feeling, not only as a banker hut personally, and as one who. wishes well to the country ; for it is always pleaeant to me to meet the farmers, and it is very much to the advan- tage of the country that the motives, as well as the standing, of the batiks should be above suspicion. It is the peculiar function of the banks to apply the savings of the peo- ple to the development of the national in- dustries, and anything which tends to render its performance ineffective must be detrimental to the general welfare. . Yours, &c., M. MORRIS. SEAPORT11, January 11th, 1893. Canada. Hon. G. W, Ross will sail from Liver- pool for Canada on January 14th. —Four rinks of the Granite curling club, Toronto, defeated Detroit by 12 elicits. —A rich yield of gold has put Truro,Nova Scotia, in a state of excitement. —The byilaw to establish a free library in the town of Lindsay was defeated by 150 of a majority. —Canada's wheat product is receiving considerable attention in the British market at present. —In 1829 the site of the present St. Law- , ranee market, Montreal, was purchased for $120. It is now worth $30,000. —On Tuesday evening last week burglara entered the quarter° of the Salvation Army officers at Guelph and stole $14. —Rev. S. H. Edwards, pastor of the Wiarton Methodist church, is spending a few Weeks' holidays for the benefit of his health in sunny Florida. —II. A. Zed, of Winnipeg, but formerly of Mount Forest, died recently in California where he had been sojourning for the benefit of his health. —Mr, Ezra Adams, of Drayton, visited friends in Acton during the holiday week. He is in hie eightieth year, and has been a familiar figure around Acton for sixty-three years. —A Winnipeg despatch says: "A chinook wind in the West has relieved the anxiety of the ranchers, who feared great mortality among the stook in consequence of the cold weather." —The Dominion immigration returns for 1892 show that 36,895 people arrived in Winnipeg for Manitoba and the Territories during last year. —The choir of Knox church, Galt, held their 16th annual concert last week, when they had an audience of over 800 and realiz- ed the handsome sum of $200. —A corner in seal oil has been attempted by two Montreal brokers, who hold between them 1,000 barrels, all the supply in Canada, It is wanted in the States to take the place of lard oil. —There is a good deel of diphtheria in different parts of the country, and the fol- lowing receipt, given by the Scientific Am- ericae, and said to be always efficacious, should be preserved : At first indication of diphtheria m the throat of a child, make the room close, then take in a tin cup,a quantity of tar and turpentine, equal parts. Then hold the cup over the fire so as to fill the air with the fumes. The little patient ott inhal- ing the fumes will cough and apit out all the membraneous matter, and the diphtheria will pass out. The fumes of the tar and turpentine loosen the matter in the throat end thus afford the relief that has baffled the skill of the physician. , —The County of Bruce has paid out for indigent purposes during the past seven years the eum of $23,566 95 ; of which amount the county paid directly, $3,285.82 and the municipalities the balance. —The jury at the assizes in Toronto on Saturday found Patrick Fentomof Highland Creek, guilty of manslaughter and culpable negligence in the killing of Minnie Davis, on December 26, but strongly recommended him to mercy. _ —The extensive barna of Jaines Givens, East Oxford, were burned on the 4th inst., together with their contents, including 40 tone of hay, a new binder, eight hogs, and a couple of calves. The loss will be $3,000. Insurance, $1,000. —Adam Palmatter, Thomas Ccrttam and John Bailey, of Madoe, have juet been 'fined $5 and costs each, for trapping.muskrats out of season ; also Donald Heederson was fined $10 and coets'for fishing in Moira lake with nets. —A lad named Livingston, in the employ of the Henderson knitting mill, at Thorold, accidentally had the elbow of his' right arm seriously injured between two cylinders on Saturday afternoon. It is feared amputa- tion of the arm will be necessary. —It hi understood that the post office in St. Thomas will be made a city office short- ly. The postmaster and clerks will then be paid a stated salary by the Government,and not by feen as at present. A staff of' letter - carriers will also be appointed. — Mr. Wm. Caldwell, of Arnold Park Nurseries, Gale, has an orchard of 1,200 Duchess of Oldenburg apple trees, all o which -bore fruit last year, and the product of which be sold' readily for $1.25 per barrel to a dealer who shipped them to Dayton Ohio, realizing well from his venture. — Five weeks since Miss Sophie Ford, oi Toronto, and Dr. il. R. Walls, of Highlands,. Denver, Colorado, were wedded, and on Tuesday evening of last week Mrs, Walli was brought home a' corpse. Sbe died in Denver a few days previous of remittent fever, after a brief illness. —All the stone for the new Methodist church at Granton has been drawn to the place for erection, along with over 70,01 bricks from Crediton. This is. gratuitou work and all denominations have taken hand in the work. This 'is exhibiting truly brotherly spirit. —The 20 -year lease of the London an4 Port Stanley railroad by a Cleveland syndit °ate was closed on the 8th inst., by the latter depositing with the corporation of the city of London, the sum of 425,000 as guaranty fund in accordance with the term of their bid. —A short time ago a farmer a short die tance from Tyrconnel, Elgin county,counte out his tax money and placed it on a stand . tile by an open window. A gust of wind took $10 bill and a $1 bill out through the vii - dow,and although search was at once rued , they wete never recovered. —Mrs. Elliott, a young married woma , arrived in Brantford on Saturday, December 31st.; from Denver, Colorado, and going to the home of her husband's father, M. Elliot, kidnapped her child, which able found in the room with the grandfather. She got safely away with the youngster. The woman and her husband are separated. —The residence of Frank Thomas, of Elk- horn, Manitoba, a well-knoivn farmer of that locality, was destroyed by fire Saturchy last during his absence, His mother, bemg unable to escape, was burned to death. A man named Walter Haulding, who was also in the house was so severely burned that he i has since died, —W. T. Vale, a Toronto man, has recent- ly perfected a machine for the manufacture of barrels, which is a marvel of ingenuity. Staves are fed into the machine, and it shapes them into barrels in as workmanlike a style as could be done by an expert cooper, except that the ends and hoops are left to be put on by hand. The capacity of the ma- chine is one barrel a minute. i —Mr. George McMillan, of Morrisburg, is the owner of one of the largest pip in Can- ada, perhaps in the world. Only 18 months old, weighs 965 pounds, 11 feet 11. inches from tip to tip, girths 6 feet 6i inches, and stands 9 bands high. He eats well, but is lain poor in flesh. His footprints are like those of a cow. Five hundred dollars was offered for him. —For the first, time in seven years the Niagara River at Niagara town is blocked with ice. A path has been staked out acroes to Yonngstown, and people are crossing freely. The block extends to Queenston Heights. At Lewiston and Queenston it is piled high above the wharves, and it is fear- ed when it goes out that much damage to the wharves will be done. This is the earliest in the season an ice bridge has ever been kuown there. —A man 011 his way from Dakota to his old home at Bothwell claims to b,ave• been robbed of $100 by a fellow -passenger, whose acquaintance he formed on the train. On reaching Detroinnn the prete t of hav- ing scene baggage to redeem, the swindler borrowed 4100 from the Bothwell man, banding him a $500 bill as security. The swindler left the train and failed to return. The Bothwell man says it was hie savings for 3 years, and he was on his way to see his mother, intending to make her a present of it. —On Monday, December 26th, the annual Christmas gathering, which has been ob- served for the pest 20 years, was held at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Field,in Salem, near Elora. All the children, now men and women, of Mr. and Mrs. Field were prevent, including two sons, eight daughters, and several grandchildren. It is a remarkable fact that there has never been a death in the family. Those present were J, M. Field and family, of Milton, W. J.- Field and family of Guelph, C. W. Reynolds and fami- ly, of Guelph; S. Brown and family, di Clin- ton Mrs, Barber and daughter, Misses Soeihia, Esther and Jennie of Buffalo, Miss Mamie of Toronto, and Miss Crime who lives With the parents. —The annual holiday dinner of the county of Middlesex House of Refuge took place at the home, near Strathroy, on Wednesday of last weak. The festival was under the di- rection of the Women's Christian Associa- tion, the members of which eociety prepar- ed and served 'the dinnee. A party of ladies and gentlemen with the resident clergy and the citizen's band, went out to the House and entertained the inniates 'with a couple of hours of songs, readings and addresses. There are about 80 inmates in the institu- tion, and under the efficient direction of Mr. Hodgins they all look happy and con- tented. —Mr. Stephenson, of the Chatham Planet, had. an amusing experience in Lon- don the other morning. He arrived there by the 4 a, m. express and proceeded to the residence of his sister, Mrs. McWhinney. He knocked at the door, and no one answer- ing he tried the door. It _was not locked. He walked into the parlor, lighted a match, and prooeeded to make himself comfortable. 1 Re looked at the pictures on the walls and ' - • - - at the doraestic surroundings. All seemed strange, so strange that he began to think eomething had happened to him or the household. Suddenly he heard a footstep approach the door. He moved towards it. Then he met a man almost his own counter - pert. There was a brief conference, ex- planatious a good laitigh. Mr. Stephenson had entered the house or a morning news-. paper man, which is side by side with that of his brother-in-law, and which was acci- dentally open. —On Wednesday morning of last week, between 5 and 6 o'clock, Mr. Edward Clay, of Galt, got up and; lighting the lamp for the purpose of warming a drink for the baby, placed a tin cup on the top of the lamp glees, which forced the flame down into the lamp. He made an effort to,get down stairs to throw the lamp out of doors, but it exploded while he was on the stairs, and, .being in his night-shirt he was very se- verely burned frorrt his head down. With the aesistance of his wife and brother-in-law the flames were put out as soon ati possible. Mr. Clay was taken to the hospitel, and though severely burned, hopea are enter- tained of his recovery. —A young Toronto man named A. L. Morden, a brakeman on the Great Northern railway, met hie death in a snow elide about 60 miles east of Kalispell, Montana, on the weetern slope of the main range of the Rockies, on December 31. The engine and van with a snow plow attached, were en- gaged in clearing the snow off the track for the passenger train. While backing down thir mouatain on their way to dinner,Brake- man Morden, who was on the top of the van, noticed the slide coming and signalled the engineer to quicken speed, but it was too late. They were caught, and the en- gine was overturned and fell on a ledge of the mountain. The van was knocked front under Minden, and he fell underneath 30 feet of snow. The engineer and firemen were crushed against the boiler head and were burned to death. Morden lay in the snow ten hours before they could locate him. When taken out he was still alive, but expired almost immediately. —Mr. Robert H. Eyre showed at the Pic - ton Times office a few days ago, a knife which he says is about 300 years old. It is a handsome silver pocket fruit knife with the initials C. J. engraved on a plate on the side. The knife is in a good state of pre- servation. The initials are those of Mr, Eyre's mother whose maiden name was Clara Jabs, Tlie knife was lost for half a century and returned to Mr. Eyre's posses- sion in a singular manner. When he was a _child Mr, Eyre's mother frequently gave bim the knife to use, but after a while it dieappeared, Years afterwards Mrs. Eyre died. One day an old man entered Mr. Eyrehi store and asked him if he would trade knives. He showed the eilver fruit knife and Mr. Eyre immediately recognized it and traded a tack -knife for it. The man said he had got the knife after his mother died, and she got it from her mother who was a ser- vant for Mrs. Eyre when the knife disap- peared. Perth Items: The whole staff of teachers in the Mit- chell High School belong to the Presbyterian church. —The celebrated temperance lecturer, Joe Hese, will shortly give a series of lec- tures in Fullerton. —The sum of something ovee $12,000 has been paid to Patrons of the Honey Grove cheese factory during the past season. —Mr. Grant Anderson of Listowel, and lately from the Normal grilled, Toronto, has taken charge of the Atwood school. —The total proceeds af the anniversary services at Main street Methodist church, Mitchell, last week, were $134. Rev. J. A. Morrison, 13. A., graduate of the Montreal Presbyterian College, has ac- cepted a call to the pastorate of Knox Church; Listowel. —Rev. D. Deacon, M. A., of the Home Memorial Church, Stratford, has been made Rural Dean of' Perth, place of the late Rev. Canon Pattersoe . —Rev. C. Goodspeed, D. D., of McMas- ter University, Toronto, preached the anni- versary sermons at the Baptist church, Lis- towel, last Sabbath. —Mr. W. H. Gill has rented his farm, at Russeldale, to Mrs J. G. Roy, for a term of yeare, and intends removing with his family to Oak River, Manitoba. 7 -Mr. Wilbur Nugent, formerly of Mit- chell, has been appointed classical master in Jamerion avenue Collegiate Institute, Tor- onto, at a salary of 41,000. —At the recent examination.s at Toronto, Miss Millie E. Aiken, daughter of Mr. Wm. Aiken, of St. Marys, wee successful in pass- ing the examination for First Clue and High School assistant°. —Mr. ,D. S. Skinner, formerly of Blan- chard, and a graduate of St. Marys Colt legiate Institute, has been appoipted head master of Batton High School at a salary of $900. —Mr. John Woolsoott, of the 12th con- cession of Logan, sailed for Hilifax on Sat- urday, for a visit to hie old home in Devon- shire, England, which he left thirty-six years ago. —Dr. S. T. Rutherford, of Liatowel, left on Monday, last week, for a two months' course in the New York hospitals. Dr. Parke holds Dr. Rutherford's practice until he returns. —Meesra. Dougherty, (Dr.) Hurlburt and W. R. Davis, owing to their election to the Mitchell Council Board, will be obliged to resign their positions as High School Trustees. —The old council in Fullerton, was re- elected bys acclamation : Reeve, George Leversage ; Deputy -reeve, Joseph Jackson ; Councillors, Peter Arbogast, Thomas Ed- wards and J. Butter. —The Patrons of Industry, at New Eden, had a diecueeion on dehorning cattle on Wednesday evening, last week. Ile previ- ous meeting had the topic of doing away with the present system of statute labor. —The stag head, captured by the editor of the Listewel Banner, ha Muskoka last fall, now adorns a wall in his office, hexing been mounted by Mr. Henry Goddard, a skilful texidermiet. —Mr. 3. H. McDonald, of Listowel, ship- ped out of that town a monster turkey, weighing 25-1 pounds when dressed. It was sent as a Christmas preseut to Mr. Cope Stinson, of Brantford. A jolly Christmas (limier it would make. correspondent of the Stratford Bea- con writes : On Thureday last the fam- ily of Mr. Peter Fryfogle, of 'South East - hope, met with a bereavement under most terribly distressing circumstances. On Tuesday, December 276, Alice Fryfogle, in company with her recently married sister Ellen—Mrs. Hoffman, of New Hamburg— went to the office of Dr, Nierneier. Both sisters were suffering from goitre, and the doctor, whose patients they were, injected some preparation into the neck of each. Shortly afterwards both became delirious, apparently from the effects of a terrible mis- take. Mrs. lloffman is recovering, although still in a prebarious condition, but her sister grev. alarmingly worse, and oa Thuradey morning died, in :mite of alt thee levirg hands and medical skid ueuld do. Botal young ladies enjeyed /ioal genesal heath The eymptome exhibited eft: r the operation were those of blood peis njug. ased was a very eetirnable yourig wemerreund the deep affi ction btr bereave,' re!a'ives cue better be imagined than dc?cribed, —Mr. Wm. Barker, cf whe was run over by a binder white witrking fer Mr. Wilson last summer, is out ',gide (;.t crutches visiting acqualutences. He hes been ire the. hospital, at Stratford, ever since. —The following, are the officers of the Christien Endeavor Society, ateMetherwell, kr next term : Preeidant, Thames Steele ; Vice -President, Mary Gibe= Correspond- ing -Secretary, Kate Ferguson ; Secretary, Joseph Mountain ; Treasurer, Bella Oliver. — Knox church anniversary, in Lietowel, is to be held on Sabbath, January 22ad, when Rev. W. G. W. Fortune, B. A., of Knox College, Toronto; will occupy the pul- pit, and Rev. J. Ross, B. A., of Brussels, wilt deliver his noted lecture, "Bunyan," on Monday evening, 23rd inst. —Miss Ida Hacking, daughter of Mr. J. H. Hacking, of the Winnipeg Free Preis, was married a few days ago to Mr. W. A. Brady, of the firm of Kennedy & Brady, agricultural implement dealers, -of Virden, Manitoba. The young :couple will reside in Virden. — Mr. John Skinner, is about establish- ing an independent incandescent electric light system id Mitchell for use in privates houses and other places requiring light. The headquarters of the syetem is to be in Mr. Dafton's woollen mill and the necessary power will be supplied by Mr. D-ufton's engm• e. —A cow belonging to Mrs. 1. H. Dunbar,. of Downie, recently gave birth to a calf that is a freak of nature. It is possessed of two heads, perfect from the eyes down, having four eyes, two noses and two mouths, while it has but two eara. The animal is of ordin- ary size in body. It drinks with both mouths, and is naturally the talk of the country. As a singular fa.ct it may be men- tioned that another 'cow on the same farm lately gave birth to twin ealves. —Mr. Joseph Callin, one of the most re- spected of North Easthope's pioneers, died at Shakespeare, on Saturday morning, at the advanced age of 82 years. He settled in that township in 1837, having come- from county Tyrone, Ireland, For the past fifteen years he rissided in Shakespeare. He wae an earnest Presbyterian and a thorough Reformer. He leaves a family of four sons and two daughters, all of whom are in com- fortable circumstances. — The chins gathered at the residence of Mre. David Hyde, of North Ea,sthope, on the 2nd inst., to help her to get away with the turkeys and other good things ehe had provided. There were 47 altogether at the party, and 41 of them were related to each - other. Just a week before that they gather- ed at Mrs. Robert Hyde's somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 being present. The beat wishes were that Mrs. R. and MTS. D. Hyde may be long spared to have such gatherings. — The Galt Reporter of last week, says : " The death of Mr. Pelin, Smith, was an- nounced on Monday morning last; The deceased was 93 years of age. He was per- fectly well until about a week before his death. Mr. Smith was a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, and came to this 'country about twenty years ago. He_ leaves three sons, Mr. Andrew Smith, of North Dum- fries ; Mr. Fulton Smith, of G -alt, and Mr, James Smith, of the township of Morn - Wigton. —Mrs. Richard Harris, formerly Of Ful-* larton, who has been residing in Carberry, Manitoba fer the past year, part of the time with. Mr. Roderick Morrison, of Petrel, left Carberry -with Mr. Morrison ands Miss . McLeod, the day after -Christmas, to go to d the htter's home. On the way it was no- ticed that Mrs. Harris did not answer when spoken to. Becoming alarmed thhy hastily drove into Mr. Wm. Chisholm's, where it was found she could not speak. Medical aid was sent for, but the spirit fled before four o'clock. The deceased was ei daiighter- in-law of the late Mr. Harris, for a number of years cheese maker in Elena. —At a small village in Elgin county a Christmas tree entertainment was being held on Thursday evening. Among those who attended was a Mr. Cempbell, who left his horse ''and cutter in the driving shed. An Indian named. Dan Kirk mime .along, and beine under the influence of fire water, seized tit% rig and drove off with it. He eame in the direction of Stratferd, and 'at a place called St. John traded cutters. Tbe Indian and hie booty reached Stratford Saturday night, when the police seized the outfit and lodged the red man in jail, Mr, Campbell eame on to Stratford and identi- fied his property, and the Indian was re- manded to jail for hearing. He was not in a fit state to stand his trial, and was very soon found to be suffering from a dangerous attack of pneumonia, from which he is re- ported to be recovering. He seems clearly to understand hie position, and sums up the situation in the charecteriatic sentence " Injun good Injun ; whisky make him bad. ' —Mr. John Pepper has lived alone on his farm, a short distance north of -Mitchell, in Logen tewnship, for some time. For years the old man has been quite helpless and could only get about with the help of crutches. On Monday, last week, hie sou William, who also resides in Logan town- ship, a few miles away, called upon him and left him several days provisions as well as fuel handy by his stove. Imagine the son's surprise when he called on his father again tbe following Wednesday to find him on the floor in his bed. room, stiffened with cold and just breathing his lase.- It is BUppond that the old man had fallen out of bed on Monday night, for nothing had been touch- ed that the son had left on his last vieit, The deceesed. was lying ou his face and his hands ; his knees and face were considerably contueed from his continued and fruitless efforts to raiee himself up, When found he was considerably froat-bitten and quite stiff, though still faintly breathing. —Last fall Mr. J. M. Draper, at the Listowel Express office picked up an egg out of a lot being shipped hy Mr. A. Bow- man, and wrote on it a requeet that the finder should write to hie address. The other day he was surprised by receiving a very interesting letter from Mr. J. John- stone, a grocery clerk at 12 Milton street, Glasgow, Scotland, in answer to his recenest, The writer says he has heard of this pert of Canada as being the fineat country m the world, but this he thinks may be " a bit tall, but they always make an allowance when an American spe,aking of hie coun- try." The firm with whom be is employed bendle large qua.ntities efCanadian eggs and apples, and were in the midat of a busy Christmas trede at the time of -writing. He gives an account of Scotch jollificatioe at New Year's time, the panternimes at the theatres and larks at the first fitten." If the reader does not know the merming of the latter just ask some Scotch friend.