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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-09-01, Page 145t ,25th, 1893. 300CIS :1ST C4T-e e we will ads stock of Dry 11 Trade. itcFaul, daughter. Mrs, y township, went and deugh ter. — se 'in time to save eatatoes are now ery smell and few ain tarnips were - very bad.—Two rey township, are aid fever ; also e, enchlin, and a son the same town. etne complaint, hag is about finish- rners are preparing a. Robert MeAllise (tended visit with insin.—Mr. George eenway, where he f his sehool.—Mr. recently success - clan certificate, de Model school, eve. Makina came ey last, and was IcAllister. R. H. Ekut and -Cameron nd Mrs. Albert ,nd Mr. and Mies limn, spent Sunday trothers, who have eawsmill basin - • past three years, a, where they have triber land, While ay friend's and Will aociel as well me wish them stamen ,ebor.—Mr. knd, purchased Mr. Baylield road, near refer the sura of Wednesday evening a friends and well Morrow, waited on a with a highly come a beautiful lemons r. Morrow with aa gold pen', A pump- ed by the ladies and ening was spent in )urse, Mr, Morrow a. Although regret-, erture, we congratu- burg in getting emelt mg them. -Quite a number of attended the English Beyfield on Friday s them we noticed and Thomas Johnse wife, Mr. and Miss L the Misses- Logan. ring time, though the alee.eant ea it might David McNaughton, 7., and Rang Keys- - ;aces at Goderioh on Ie need not be d the euting.—Mrs. 5 the guest of Mr. l'ater McDonald and Lines:ate, are visiting " .Pete " seeme to it degree, as he is aa • ever.—Mr. W. A. r spent Iast week at •nie, viaiting friends dr. J. T. Cairns took st Office Store last e able assistance of the arduous task of (ife and decorating the from the 2od conces- ere on their way to ing breezes of Lake ad.—Miss Lucy HU- s has been the guest the last few weeks ay, after spending a table -tin -le in our vil- familiar ringing of us thet once more our h Harrison and Mist ngaged in the glori- the yoathful minds eare,—Messrs. Kaiser 'eld, spent last Sun - evening in Varna.— i Thomas 'aVard, jr., to the Northwest on a r. Ed. L. Elliott de - on Friday last to his unty of Eseex, where suer achool at a large Ed " is another of our II, thus showing that le having. —Mr. Thos. af the town, has been neat], of the Clinton e past few days. UPTURED. ers who -are interest- vould recemmend the ng letter. It certainly y to the skill of the o is announced to be HOTEL, CLINTON, all Tuesday, 29th inst.!, • eteention to all him, Physicians &TO *an and inspect some imeats the world ever nd advice free. Hernia -Specialist, 266 (fronts), Ontario : duty, in the interest of itupture, to afford you, equairsting them with you may think beet. 1 • r over 40 yeara. Dist- end, and also in Tors Large number and year - one was thought -at ea, thet cauld be get. eree. In Guy'a floo- d, I was under treat- ptiances wero made for efs My case was cone a,t I was tald vsas n to aid me. Thilt aieh of mind, so reach myself a hopeless ion- ne and persons calling neachiniate, at various were compelled tilti- eir inability to benefit eel ell Lope. By the -ard of you and Your e- ease& Three months and was encousaged- an appliance especially and. I thankfully aes benefit I have received up and down stairs, go Wag, ia fact I feel ner never expeoted, 'le, careful and skilful subscribe myeelf youf RS, TYNER, 65 EitA to, Oatarios 134/-1, • • • • • • • • • • Writ n_. 1R1 a TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,342. - SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1893. IMcLEAN BROS., Publishers - $1.50 a Year in Advance. AUTUMN, 1893. With the increase in volume of each season's business, all departments urge renewed claims to attention. We put forth strong efforts to make our store bright, attractive and interesting. More than this, we mean that it shall be the representative Men's Clothing and Furnishing House of the County, where buyers may be reasonably sure of always finding the latest and best goods at popular prices. We have pleasure in offering for early inspection a lirie of Scotch Suit- ings ',hat we feel stare will meet the approval of all buyers. In Overcoatings, Worsteds and Serges, we have new and unique pat- terns of confused designs in all lines, -which have been greatly augmented over previous seasons, and comprising as it does all grades from the finest to the cheapest, presents an ensemble for completeness that is not equalled else- where. In Black and Fancy Trouserings, it is impossible to convey even an im- perfect idea of the many attractive features of our fall line. It is formid- able, not alone for its matchless variety of patterns, but because it embraces the latest achievements in design and weave of the tweedmaker's art. Buy- ers will readily discover a considerable saving in values by ordering from us. " We are in the manor born " so to speak. Our facilities for handling large quantities enable us to out -dis- tance all competitors. curves, horse shoe bends snow sheds and echoes amo above which, " A few baby peaks will b peeping, From under their bed el tbes of snow." Further on past the hotispringe of Banff, the ecene will' change, and what a ohange ? The world has no duplicate much less com- peer of this. Behold the hiome of the buf- falol—the prairiee of the Northweet,divided into three provinces, Alberta,Assiniboia and Manitoba. The West is suitable for grazing and many fine ranches are' to be found e'er the mountain peaks go doVan behind the western horizon, In the east, towardsWin- nir eg, there are fine tracts of farming land and good,inducementa are extended to in- tending settlers, Passing on from Winni- peg the --Canadian - Pacific Railivay goes through Rat Portage, north of the Lake of the Woods, and on to Fort- William, near Port Arthur, on Thunder Bay. Here, al- though the Canadian Pacific Railway keeps on north of the lakes,steamers can be taken and after passing through tWo of the great- est fresh water lakes in the world, we come to the Province of Ontario, the beet settled and wealthiest section of' the Dominion, Again east or northeast we have the Pro- vince of Quebec, through which the great St. Lawrence so proudly rolls on to the At- lantic. In this province the soil, as a rule, is not so good as in Oatario,and it is largely settled by French Roman Catholic,. South of the Gulf . of St. Lawrence lie the Mari. time Provinces, Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward Island, and al- though principally agricultural and lumber- ing, minerals are found, notably coal in great abundance, There are extensive sil• ver mines on Silver Islet in Lake Superior and copper and nickel are very plentiful near Sudbury, north of the Georgian Bay— These mines have lately fallen into the hands of an American Company, and are likely soon to becoMe better known. Fish. ing is extensively carried OD in many parts, but agriculture is the backbone and main support of Canada as a whole. The sea- sons are marked and regular, genial springs, warm eummers, gorgeously attired falls or autumns on account of the variegated and changingtints of the dying •, and falling leaves, and cold winters, with bete of snow, extending over nearly half the- year. The atmosphere, though frosty,is dry and bracing, and with warmer clothing than in Australia, besides better cooked and wore nutritious food, enriching - the blood, one seldom feels uncomfortable. I have often felt colder in Australia than I ever did A- i home. The warming appliance! are m ch better than in Australia, and the haloes re more comfortable. The winters are not No dreary or monotonous as may at first ap• pear. People drive about a great deal in sleighs and cutters, drawn by one or a span of horses, not a pair as in Australia,keeping time to the music of jingling bells, Hunting is a favorite sport, but the buffalo days are done, and deer and other game are getting scarce. Toboganing and skating are favor- ite amusements, as well as many interesting indoor games. Political parties • ere better defined than in Australia, and the govern- ment is very similar to what that of Aus- tralia will be when Federation takes place, when in the near future common interests will be united under one Governor General, instead of under five or seven imported ones. How absurd ! a governor for each colony of such a scattered heedful of people. Can- adians do not read more than they do in Australia, but they read a higher class of literature, and with as good a schtol system and a_high standard of eduaation, they are generally better informed oe useful and im- portant subjects. They are more domestic than national, making family and friendship ties stronger than in the land we have just left. The spirit of gambling and specula- tion ie not so strong, and a more reverential feeling prevails towarde those older in years or wiser in counsel or judgment. The • old woman" and " the Gov. ' are not so often heard, and we are not ashamed of our pedi- gree. Our fathers end mothers came to a . , -• free country of their own accord, instead of being sent out by " the best judges ,of Eng- land ' at the expense of the Motherland. Laborers, " willing to work between meals," and intending farmers will always find a good home in Canada, For profes- sional or business- men too, it is a good field. Tradesmen may as a rule get along all right, but as a manufacturing country Canada is not equal to the United States and sothe other parts of the world. Clerks and counter jumpers are not much in demand. Mining men will find an uncertain and scat- tered territory, with " rushes " seldom " on," and the -sporting speculator had bet- ter stop in Australia. Waget are not so high ;as in Australia, but the cost of cloth- ing and living is proportionately low. No ed go idle, and I never a " unemployed " ap- men there. Strangers c1 in the thickly set- tled parts and made welcome, for the people of a great and prosperohs country are not so narrowly constructed as to waste much' tinsel op ' the defensive. Australiane will never hear there what Canadians are re- galed with so often in the evergreen Island behind us. There is 'no such cry as Canada fonthe Canadians—the reverse may be felt, if not expressed—Canada for the world. There is no Canadian Natives' Association, promoting a narrow, ' selfish spirit and fencing out even those in whose veins runs " the crimson thread 9f kinship." No in- telligent man *ill be brhnded as a " green- , horn " which is the Canadian for your An- tipodeon " new chum," and few reflections will be cast on the land from which y,ou hail. Canada is a moral and religious country, where the church is as prominent as the theatre and " pubs " are in Aus- tralia. There -you will find men with a backbone, and. women whose aims are' high- er, and whose -motives are more sincere than " doing the blocle " or " going out on the . i • mash.' " - There are uo barmaids there, so you can not very easily have a " yarn " with a giirl of doubtful reputation, and you will have to go to a man for your " booze," Loose and doubtful relationships are not winked at but tabooed. , Prostitution is not paraded on the prin- cipal streets while the sun shines, and under any circumstances is put dowel with a high hand and is compelled to retire to the shad- owy shades of almost obscurity. In conse- quence men are more tiourteous and respect- ful to ladies, and ladies having a higher es- timate of men, are not so much on the de- fensive, are les, suspicious,less cunning and more genuine than where balmier breezes blow, and where brighter sunshine splashes gilt or golden tints over the tad -pole civili- zations, scrubby hill sides or interior plains of the remote " Blaokfellow." Stringers soon fall into the habits and customs of a people whose actions are open and above board. You will soon understand a people who say what they -think, but who think be- fore they speak. You will not bear as much boasting and " blowing " as you have been accustomed to, among a people whose coin - try and institutions are strong enough to stand on their merits, where loyalty to the British flag has not died out, and where the JACKSON BROS., THE LEADING CLOTHIERS, SEAFORTH. and tunnels— g the tall pines CANADA. Ta TUE EDITOR- OY TUN HURON EXPOSITOR : DEAR SIR,—On board the Steamship Mi- owera—one of the steamships of the new Canadian -Australian line, connecting with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vancouver, British Columbia, the following addresa was delivered, at the request of the Literary Society formed on board, by Mr. J. Smillie, lately arrived from Australia : Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,— We are all travellers from a land of depres- sion, etagnation and bankruptcy, at peesent associated for mutual improvement on board the Steamship Miowers, amid the un- told vastness of Pacific Seas, and moving at the rate of 14 knots per hour toward the great countries of North - America. The United States, my friend Mr. Belmont, of Kentucky, has ably described to you in the interesting lecture just given. The twin sister af that great Republic—my own na- tive land—I shall now briefly attempt to describe, giving some information which from my point of view, may guide some of those not acquainted with the conditions of our great Dominion—not like the colonies of Australia with border duties, and interco- lonial jealousies over imaginary lines,—But federated and consolidated—to better itn- ' pressiona, wiser conclusions and more stead- fast aims and objects. I take for granted all paying their way from Austral shores to - this greater country, where brighter hopes are centred. and capable of realization, are open for instruction. The object of this lecture is information to visitors or these intending to make the Western Hemisphere their adopted home. I also assume that those around me have an object in view and are not drifting wrecks --the debris of which is not an acquisition to any oountry. The American continent, large as it is, has no room for driftwood. Only men who are willing to work with their hands or brains will succeed anywhere, and for such men, I believe to -day that Canada and the United States hold out greater inducements than any other lands. As we lesve this boat at Vancouver, probably without one regret, some. of you will, with the exception of landing a few hours at Victoria, the capital of the nearest province, haate anxiouely up- ended yourselves on Canadian soil for the first time, and if you continue going East you need not get off till yomreach the west- ern waves of the Atlaetic, distant over three thousand miles. You will pass through a lumbering and agricultural country with a population of about 6,000,000, and with an area as large as the more densely populated territory over which the star-spangled ban- ner waves and the eagle spreads its wings. The -unmeasured boundaries of this British possession you can see on the map, and from the same source you can get some ides of its colossal mountains, elephantine lakes and majestic rivers. From all railroad and steamboat agencies you can get mispieguides and all information relative to travelling, free. Every courtesy will be shown, but ri- val interests will be manifested in connec- tion with the many and great lines of steel, diminishing distance and destroying isola- tion. The facilities for travelling in both Canada and the United States are bettei than in Australia, and the cost is not any more except far the meals in the _dining car —75 cents each—vvhich Australia has yet to introdUce. In going long distances, second class is better than in Australia—with a rug and pillow you can get a comfortable bed in the car you travel in. For food it is best to take a hamper to start' with, and there will be opportunities by the way to buy more. If yeu have a pot and some tea you can go down the passage to the kitchen on board, and get all the hot water you want. You will be in a free land abreast of the highest civilization and progress of the age, and not cooped up in compartments of a car like a horse box., with side doors locked' to pre- vent your escape. The Eastern portions of Canada can be reached es well by the United States com- peting lines as by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way. So to those going across, it becomes a matter of choosing and bargaining for the cheapest. Of the Pacific slope—the bonen- -za of the west—I need -hardly speak, most of you are already acquainted with its va- ried resources—notably its sahnon industry —fine scenery and mild climate. The Rocky Mountains—" Like rough columns of granite built up to the skies," and alone in the untrodden desolate realms of immensity, you. will see. The wildly grand end ever changing passes, canyons, glaciers, crags and rushing, foamy streams will be there ; religion of humanity goes hand in hand with the worship of mature s clod, where there is fidelity to principle, where principle is high, and where a conscientious feeling 'Of right and wrong enforces laws which hold in wholesome check the rough, rowdy, " hood- lum," or " larrikin;" as well as the fluctua- ting small fry of bur own or any other country. THE GREAT SHOW AT THE WINDY CITY. CDICAO0, August eeth,1.898:c AN INTERESTING CHAT WITH DIRECTOR GEN- ERAL DAVIS. I- walked under the statue of Victory into the Administration building of the World's Fair to -day to see the Director - General. This building contains, the offices of the men who are managing the great show. It is covered by a great gold dome and a mortgage. The dome is very big and very costly. The mortgage, by which I mean the indebtedness of the Fair, is also big and it represents minions. The dome covera nearly half an acre, and it shines out under the sun above the great oity of Chi- cago. The mortgage covers all the 700 odd acres of shows here, and it can be seen blaz- ing over Chicago all tbe way from New York to San Francisco.- The dome will be wiped out at the end of the Fair, when the Administration building will be sold to the highest bidder. Whether the mortgage will be wiped out or not remains to be seen- The Director -General thinks it will. It was to ask as to this that I called. A 011A.T WITH GENERAL DAVIS. Walking over the marble floor of the ro- tunda past the pretty girl in the centre who peddles out; for $1 eaoh, silver souvenir Co- lumbian half -dollars, though in reality they. contain less than 15 dents' worth of metal, I reached one of the half dozen steel elevators which carry you to the upper floors. At the second stop I was landed, and a moment later through the introduction of Major M. P. Handy, was in the big parlors of the Di- reotor-General. A tall, robust, gray-haired, gray bearded man, with an eagle eye and a brunette complexion, was presented as the manager of the World's Fair, Direotor-Gen- eral Davis, and he, in response to my ques- tion, said " The World's Fair is doing better every day. It will pay all its debts and we will. come out even. We are cutteng down our expenses in every way, and the saving from the music under Thomas is to be followed by. other radical reductions. Professor Thomas aind hie orchestra cest us just $1,800 a day, and the people who heard him hsd to pay a doller apiece to go to his concerts. It took 'nee rieveral months to get rid of him. Think of it Eighteen hundred dollars a day ! Why, it costs only $1,200 a day to run the great buildings of the Exposition. We are reducing right along. Our next cut will be as to the gates, which cost us $1,800 a day, and we will out also in other quarters."' " What does it now cost to run the Expo• eitioti ?" said I. " It costs just about $18,000 a day now, but an average iu the past has been far abeve than When we were building we spent $40,000 and mme a day for weeknand money had to flow like water. We inive la- bored under great disadvantages. All the work has been done under the eight hour. law, iind that law has increased the expendi- tures of the Fair over a million dollars. The trades union have regulated our ,prices, and we paid double weges for the work we had to have done on Sunday in order to get ready in time. Some of our contracts were made for the ehtire periode of the Fair, when they sheuld have been made for a short time, and the expense of the whole has been materially increased through the haste we have had to mike." that some such movement will be under- taken." HARD TIMES AND THE FAIR. " Has the panic hurt the Fair ?" I asked. " Yes," replied General Davis, " it has reduced our attendance at least 25,000 a day and our receipts proportionally far more. The rioh men of the oountry are not coming to the Fair. Capitalists, bankers, mer- chants and the men who usually spend a great deal of money at ouch places ae this are staying at home to watch their businese. The financial condition is such that they are afraid to go away. The banks are spinet us. Senator Maoderson was here a day or so ago. He told me that one of the chief enemies the Fair had was the banks: Said he : The banks don't went the people to go to the Fair. They are hard up all over the country, and it hurts them to have their money taken off tO Chicago by their deposi- tors. They have been doing all they 'can with the railroads to keep their rates of fare up, and they discourage the World's Fair in every way.' I believe this to be true," Di- tector-aeneral Davis went on. " A great deal of money comes here from every point in the United States, and at this time the loss is being seriously felt." CHICAGO AND THE FAIR, " Has the Fair helped Chicago ?" " Yes," replied Mr. _Davis. " It hes practically saved the Chicago banks. There has been less trouble here than at any other pointin the oountry, and the Chicago banks have plenty of money. The merchants are doing a big business and some of the larger &mare. having more custom than they can attend to. I don't think the hotels are making much, as yet, and there is by no means the extortion practised that has been charged. The probability is that September and October will see bigger crowds than ever, and the richer people will come at that time. Now many of them are at the sea- shore, and we could see the falling off of this class as soon as the hot weather began. It is this class that patrenized the beet hotels, and that spends the money which comes into us largely through the concessions." one ivanting work n heard such a word plied to any body of are Very soon absorb FOLICE AND DETECTIVE FORCE. . " Where_ does this $18,000 a day that it requires to runi the Expoeition go ?" I asked. " It is spent in°all sorts of ways," was the reply. 'A large amount has to be paid out for guards police and detectives. We have about 200 detectives and 1,600 guards. The number of guards has been criticised as being too large, but we need them to pro- vide -against fire. The etatue Fire Con- trolled ' about this building is typical of our work. We have here one of the most in- flammable cities of the world,and one of the most dangerous as regards loss of life. Sup- pose ,a, fire should break out in the Manufac- tures building, Machinery Hall or the Elec- tricity building and should gnin headway. Think of the electric wires charged with hundreds upon hundreds of volts of elec- tricity that might fly.about as wild wires. If we were not prepared for them they would deal death at every ' touch. Why, some of those wires are charged up to 1,000 voltage. One of them broke the other day and fell into a pond covering nearly an acre of ground. A man was standing in the waters thie pond a good distance from the wire. He is now laid up with a sore leg comiog from the electric shock he got at that time. I have it now arranged so that these wires can all be deadened at once. If it were not so and a fire should break out the results would be more terrible than any conflagra- tion of history. We have already had 50 fires, but they have been put out so prompt- ly that the people have never heard of them. As it is, our fatalities have been very few. We have had in round numbers 7,000,000 people on these grounds. We have built these great buildings with the men clinch- ing the bolts on some of these great iron structures as they were put together, hang- ing onto the beams while they were moving, and all told only 50 Men have been killed, and not more than 700 wounded. In other words including visitors, only one man in every 10,000, so far connected with the Fair, has met with an accident. The only build- ing burned has been the Storage building, and for thie we were not responsible. CONCESSIONS PAY THE EXPENSES. " Does the Fair management make much from concessions ?" I asked, " Yes," replied General Devil, "our re- ceipte from the concessions we have granted to the different show' in the Midway Plai- sane° and to others doing business in the grounds now more than pay the running ex- penses of the Fair. We get a percentage of the gross receipts of all the 'thews and a per- -oentage of the receipts from nearly every- thing sold. These percentages range all the way from 20 per oent. to 70 per cent., and every girl who chews gum in the grounds gives 70 per cent. of the amount she pays for the gum to the World's Fair. In other words the Tutti Fruti Chewing Gum Com- pany pays us 70 per cent. of its receipts. Of the shows in the Midway I thiek the Cairo Street pays best, though we get a good round sum from all. The big Ferris Wheel has paid us nothing as yet. It was not to give percentage until it had received enough to pay the expenses of putting it up. This has been about accomplished, and we will get a good income from it, Some conces- eions have not paid nearly as well as was expected. The roller -chair 1111%11 leas not been doing as much as he thought he would, and pop -corn, which was considered a very good concession at Philadelphia, is not worth much here. There is not a great de- mand for guides and the Waukesha Water Company, though it does a big business, is not turning out as much as '-was expected." Texan, where Maggie was stricken down ! Mr. Pritchard stepped out on the balcony to with typhoid fever and after eleven days' ascertain, if possible, what was going on, illness passed away. She was only twelve He was very gruffly invited to retreat, bnt years and two days old. - before doing so, however, be opened fire. —Andrew Clegg, of Millwright, formerly I The burglars responded quickly, and several of Port Hope, was caught between two cog wheels at Rat Portage the other day, and crushed to a pulp. —Mr. Samuel Pennieton, farmer end ama- teur jockey, fell at the butchers' picnic in Montreal on Wednesday and broke his back, resulting in death. —Mrs. Sinclair, relict of the late Chief Factor William Sinclair, of the Hudson's Bay Company, has just died at Brockville, aged 89. —A telegraph operator named St. Clair, of Waterloo, Ontario, committed suicide in Buffalo on Saturday night by stabbing him- self with a penknife. —A despeteh from Ottawa says that the re -arrangement of the military staff jor-General Herbert will ,eesult in a tieing of $10,000 a year. —The Liberals of Welland are ma)king • extensive preparations for the monster pic- nic to be held there on September 7, in hon- or of Mr. Laurier. —Mr. John Leckie, Sprague's road, near Galt, purchased on Saturday by tender the farm of Mr. Peter McKie, lying along his own farm. The price was $6,610. —W. L. Leall's tailoring establishment at Portage La Prairie was destroyed by fire on Saturday. eLoss about $5,000. Most of the stook was got out. —The body of an unknown Man, about 60 years old,was found in a swamp near the village of Centreville, recently. A package of Paris green was found in his pocket. —Mr. Jae. Stark of London, England, who deals very extensively In mioa, is visit- ing Canada, and leis has bought a large quan- tity of white mica in the vicinity of Dan- bury, Quebec. s- -British Polumbia salmon exporters are unable to get a sufficient number of refriger- ator oars from the C. P. R. for the shipment of fresh salmon to the east, and orders are somewhat delayed in consequence. —Hamilton is proud because the sharp- shooters of the 13th Battalion won about $650 in prizes at the Ontario metehes, being one-third of the whole a ount offered in prizes. —Sir John Thompson arr ed in the capi- tal oa Saturday from Paris, ranee. He was met at the railway station by the oity council who preeented him with an address on be- half of the citizens. —On Friday last fire destroyed the stable, barn and contents two horses and the sea- son's crop of J. deBrian, a farmer residing near Port Dover. A spark from a threshing machine caused the blaze. —The new Canadian Peciflo Railway grain tariff for Manitoba and the Northwest has been announced. There is a reduction varying from one to nine oente per hundred pounds. • —A very fine and very rare steel engrav- ing of Simon Fraser the Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lower Can- ada in 1760, was found by a Canadian in an old print shop in Edinburgh,the other day. —Wm. Newport struck a flowing well on the farm oi John MoCallum,Mosa, recently. A three-inch stream has been flowing from the well ever since, and drains had to be dug to carry the water off the flats. —Mr. Cronyn, of Toronto - who is spend- ing the summer at Murray 'Bay with the Blake family, got lost in the woods recently while out shooting, and was only recovered much exhausted, after an absence of about 20 hours. —A party of sixty-three, from Pittsburg, Pa., who had been camping on the Severn river, pawsed through Toronto, Saturday morning, going home' with two special sleepers and a baggage car on the G. T. R. —Afthe last meeting of the North Dam - fries Cdencil eeveral large bills for damages for sheer killed by dogs were ordered to be paid. 'he Council will have another large lot to pass at their next meeting. —Prince Komatsu Yorthito,cousin of the Mikado of Japan, arrived at Winnipeg on Friday from Vancouver and left for the World's Fair. He was received in Winni- peg by the Provincial and civic authorities. —Mr. Ironeide, M. P. P., left Winni- peg on Friday with two trains of ranche cattle. The cattle were- purchased at the Cochrane Ranch, and comprise over 500 head. They will be ehipped to the old —Miss Merrill, daughter of- George .Mer- band of his pantaloons, being- the only country.' rill, of Belleville, rode on her bicycle the clothing on his person. There were sev- other day from Toronto to Belleville, 120 eral cuts and bruises on his body. The re - miles, in twelve hours, taking breakfast at maim were identified by a brother ae being Whitby, dinner at Port Hope and tea at Brennan, the bricklaydr who was drowned Trenton. about a week ago off Buckhorn Island, in —Five brand new weddinge are on the the upper river. tapis in Petrolea. Four out of the five —Prof. Thos. Shaw, who was disciplined brides will be permanent residents of Pe- by the Ontario Minister of Agriculture for trolea, one leaves for a foreign shore, while declining to obey the orders of Principal Petrolea gaina a fair bride from a distant Mills, has resigned his position on the staff town. of the Ontario Agricultural College at —A horse and cow belonging to R, Smith- Guelph. Prof. Shaw ie a practical far - son, a farmer residing near Cainsville, were mer and Principal Mills is not, hence the poisoned last week. Strychnine was used, friction. Prof. Shaw's friends are very in and the animals, which were in a field, were dignant and claim that he is the victim: of a evidently held while it was given to them. petty conspiracy. The mare was valued at $100 and the cow —Some three weeks ago Alex, Beaton, a at $40. young man of the 4th concession of Kinlose, —Trooper Percival, the member of th e and who has been confined in the London English military tournament who was kick- Asylum for eleven years, escaped from that ed by a horse while lyiog asleep in camp at institution and walked back to his old home Toronto, died on Sunday from his injury. in Kinlose. For e time he appeared quiet Deceased represented the Fifth Royal Irish and harmless and his parents intended keep- Lanoers in the tournament, and was orderly ing him at home, but later he became den- te Captain INWOOD. germ; and unmanageable, and it was found —Alex Robb, a Lobo township farmer, necessary to send the poor fellow back to had a narroiv escape from being dragged off the asylum. a load of hay and probably injured while -e0ne day last week when J. C. Thomas, passing beneath the C. P. R. overhead of Toronto, met his affianced, Mies Annie bridge in London. When he realized his Elliott, of Galt, at Woodetock by appoint - danger he clung tenaciously to the top of his ment, arrangements were going on at the load and escaped with some bruises. —In Quebec suburbs the other evening, during a heavy thunder storm, lightning struck the Edson Fitch Compsny's match splint factoey, and the entire • building was consumed with its contents. Lose not es- timated ; insurance $20,000. About /00 men are thrown out of work. —Mrs.„John B. Miller and her son Clauson were drowned Friday at Sloop Island, Parry Sound. The boy got beyond his depth, his mother tried to save him and both were drowned. Mrs Miller was wife of Mr, J. B. Miller, president of the Parry Sound Lum- ber Company. —A singular case of hydrophobia has come to light. A horse belonging to Mr. Alex, Ogg, of Burlington, was bitten by a mad dog belonging to a man named Millar. rho horse took hydrophobia, and, after bit- ing itself fearfully, broke out of the stable and attacked a calf. It was finally shot, and the calf was also killed. —A desperate gang of burglars raided the town of Drumbo, early on Wednesday morn- ing last week. They went through Pickard's store and safe, but the thieves were poorly rewarded for their work. Their next call was at the Queen's hotel. Gaining an en- trance through the bar door they secured a large flask of whisky. Then they paid a visit to the G, T. R. depot. Forcing an en- trance, the midnight mechanics attempted to blow open the safe, but before this was completed the inmates were aroused, and shots were fired. One shot passed through the window shutters and struck Mr.. Weaver, a sister of Mrs. Pritchard, who has beea visiting her for some time from Buf- falo, in the right breast. Her recovery is likely. The burglars escaped. —One night recently Mr. Robert Fox, of Lucan, got up in his +deep, and while walk- ing about felt and broke hie right arm and cut the aide of his face very badly. He got back into bed and knew nothing about it till he woke up in the morning and found him- self disfigured and unable to move his arm. —A trainp named Eberhardt, who on Sunday night broke into the fgem house of Caspar Schenk, near Baden, and attempted to murder the.farmer with a knife when he tried to oapturnhim, has been found guilty and sentenced to five years in Kingston Penitentiary. —The will of the late George Murray, of Woodstoolc? is still missing, and an applica- tion is to b made to Judge Finkle to allow .i. the exeout rs to prove -it as a lost document. The late M , Murray left an estate valued at about $30,Q00. The major portion wae left to- the widow, his only son getting a small portion. —Mr. J. B. McLean, who had charge of the commercial news for the Toronto Em- pire, has left that paper to devote his whole time to the Canadian Grocer, the Hardware Merchant and the Dry Goods Review, Mr. McLean is one of the best writers on finan- cial and commercial matters on the Cana- dian prees., —William Hawkins, of the second line, Erman' had a horse tramping peas in the mow. iredneeday, while he and his men were at dinner the horse climbed down from the mow and jnmped out the baok door of the barn, falling a distance of some fifteen feet. The animel broke its back and had to be destroyed. It was worth $60 or $70. HOw THE FOREIGNERS KICK. "Are the foreigners satisfied with the Fair ?" " Not very well," replied Director -General Davis. " They do not like the concessions, and they say that the allowing them to ped- dle out things from the different countries materially affects their business. Many of them have so decidedly. objected that we have changed the rule and allowed them to sell things in the various buildings. We expect them to pay, a percentage to the Fair. They are not doing, however, the business they expected to do. This is largely from the fact that the richer class of our people are not here. The crowd you see on the grounde to•day is not made up of men who buy thousand dollar vases, fine carriages, or order beautiful china and pictures. If the times let up we will have some of these peo- ple in September, but not now. As to keep-' ing the Fair open after November, it would be an impossibility from the fact that the exhibitors would not stay, if it were not so from the buildings." HOW THE OFFICERS HAVE LOST. " You must also remember that theee great buildings are not like ordinary struc- tures. • They are fragile, and, solid as they look, you could kick a hole into them at al- most any poipt.," FUTURE OF THE FAIR BUILDINGS. " What is to become of those buildings ?' I asked. " Will there be a Fair next year ?" " No," replied Director -General Davis. " A fair next year with these buildings is an impossibility . They would not last the winter through. The glass roofs are so constructed that they would be broken by the ice, and the buildings would fill to piecee. I know there is some talk of an Exposition next year, but it is out of the question." " How about the extending of the Exposi- tion on into November ?" " I can't say whether it will be extended or not. I think it might be a good thing for us if we could have ten days, two weeks or even more in November, and it would help us out. Whether Congrees will be asked for this, and whether it will be granted, I cannot now say, but it is very probable " Who are making money out of the Fair ?" I asked. " The Chicago merchantsea few of the hotels, the railroads and some of the conces- sionaries," was the reply. "As to any one cennected with the Fair making money, I do not know of a cent that has been gotten by the officers. As for me, as large as my salary is I have spent more than it right along in the duties I have had to perform in keeping up with the position. I think the same is true of the other officials." Canada. A movement is on feet crematory in Toronto. —InToronto, paving contracts to the value of $70,000, were let on Friday. —A frog -catcher on the' Trent river .has earned $496 so far this season, says a Belle- ville dispatch. —Very early Thuriday morning of last week, tramps attempted to break into neer- al places in Tavistock. —London Liberals propose to give Mr. C. S. Hyman, M. P., informal reception on his return from England. —Pincombe's oatmeal mill at Strathroy was totallY destroyed by fire the other morn- ing. —The Secretary of the Montreal Street Railway Company has received 55 cents conscience money for stolen transfer rides. —The Bay of Quinte District United Em- pire Loyalist Historical Society was formed at Belleville Saturday. —Dr. Munro, a former resident of Win- nipeg, died a few days ago at Green Bay; Wisconsin. —Last fall Mr. Thos. White of Branob- ton sowed one pound of Early Genesee Giant fall wheat, and last week threshed from it 135 line —J. A. Freeman, B. A., late of the Glen- coe High School, has been appointed princi- pal of the Waterdown High School at a salary of $1,000, —The Lucknow Sentinel of last week says : Our many readers in this section will deeply regret to learn of tha death of Maggie Meths, daughter of Mr. Wm. Mellis, formerly ex- press agent in Lucknow, which took place in Texas, on Wednesday, August 9th. Little Maggie was a beautiful and attractive child and was universally liked and admired by everybody in Lucknow, and in her death Mr. and Mrs. Mellis have the heartfelt sym- pathy of the entire community in -their sad bereavement. The family had only a short time previously removed from Mexico to to establish a —H. Lemiager, who was sentenced to Kingston penitentiary for a term of six years for stealing sausages in Berlin some years ago, has been liberated after serving five years, owing to his good behavior. Leminger had quite a record, having served terms at Kingston and Toronto previous to this term. —After 24 years' connection with the East End Presbyterian Church, Toronto, as its pastor, Rev. J. M. Cameron has decided to take a long rest, and in order to do so has sent in his resignation. Mr. Cameron is one of the best known and most eeteemed ministers of the city, and his friends will be glad to know that he has no intention of re- moving from Toronto. —The first of the series of concerts to be given in Canada by Mies Nora Clench next season, under Mr. Baumann's management, will take place in Hamilton, about the fourth week in October. Miss Clench is much more robust than she was when she returned from Leipsio, and is playing better than ever. English air and life agree with her. —M. Ceimarson, the Portugese surveyor who received severe injuries in the Canadian Pacific Railway smashup at Komoka six weeks ago, hhs had his claim settled by the company paying all hie expenses and giving him $350. The settlement was effected by a committees of St. John's Masonic Lodge,of London, who discovered in him a brother Mason. —Ira Burgess, 18 years old, was Married iu Hamilton, by Rev. Mungo Fraser, to Mrs. Traverner, John street, south, aged 45 year's. Mrs. Traverner's former husband has been dead about five months, and left his widow $2,000 insurance. Both parties positively deny the soft impeachment, but Rev. Mr. Fraser asserts that he tied the knot. —Almost all of the crew of the steamer Dixon, plying between Duluth end Port Arthur, Ontario, have been diecharged. They have been engaged in smuggling Canadian, whisky into Duluth for a year or more. Many thousand dollars' worth of whisky, tobacco and other dutiable goods have been smuggled. It is believed a great many Chinamen have been brought across tbe line also. to have our mouths closed ? If we do, then farewell Orangeism . We are on our trial now. Let us etand by our principles ; stead by the British crown. I did expect somes thing from that Grand Lodge ; but I ant amazed and humiliated." —The Rev. John G. Felton hi holding meetings in Montreal this weelc, where many are flocking to hear the venerable, es missionary, —The Rathbun Company, of Deseronto„ have received orders for 10,000 barrels of Portland cement. The new burner of the, latest description has arrived from Germany for their works. • —Sir Charles Tupper left Montreal last Monday night for Winnipeg, enroute for the Salt Coats and Killarney Crofter settle- ments, which he will visit at tie request of the Secretary for Scotland. —Archdeacon Kelly anrounced at St. Mary's cathedral, Kingston, on Sunday that all Roman Catholic parents were compelled to send their children to the Separate schools, or the Church penalties would be en- forced. —Mr. Adam Kauffman, of Baden, is send- ing a collection of 27 cases of insects, but- terflies, etc., to the Industrial Exhibition, Toronto, besides drawings of 5 different olasees. He intends to exhibit all these in the neighboring shows to be held the next few months. —Dwelling houses seem to be in great de- mand at Baden. It having been refiorted that one family was removing somewhere elle, no fewer than 9 appliestione were made for the dwelling they occupied. From $3.50 to $7 and $8 a month is given fer a decent place of abode, and capitalists could make a paying investment. —William French, of Newboro,' went on a fishing expedition from Kingston last week: He fell from a tree, and hurt his back, After two days the piece of bark on which he had written his whernabouts and placed on the water was found, and his father started in search of him, He found him in a stupid condition, and unable to speak, —Rev. Augus McIver and wife, from Stornoway, Scotland, spent two days last week at Mr. Norman Smith's, in Kincar- dine. It is four years since Mr. McIver left home, and sioce then he has been in Aus- tralia, New Zealand and Califernia. Mr. - Smith and Mr. McIver were schoolsmates in Sootland. —A majority of over 1,000 against Sun- day oars is the result of the vote in Toronto. Great excitement prevailed throughout the city on Saturday, and very little business was done while the vote was being taken. The vote was the largest ever polled on any municipal question 30,000 persons voting, Opponents of Sunday street cars are jubi- lant. The other side, though downcast, say they will not allow the question to drop. —The body of a man was found in the whirlpool at Niagara Fails the other day. His shoes and stockings, with the top —The other day a party picked up a pocket -book on the streets of Guelph con- taining $204. There was no trace to the own- - er in it. The book and the contents were• traced to the owner, who thanked the find- er and promised a reward. The reward was seat later on, and He was 50 cents. The , finder's intention is to have a hole bored through the piece and carry it on his watch chain as a souvenir. His first intention was to return it, But as he considered that honesty was the best policy, and tlais his reward for this policy, he decided to keep it. —D. Patterson, eldest son of the late John Patterson, of Berwick, near Cornwall, has returned home from South Bend, Indis Etna where he has been reeiding lately. Mr. Patterson has been absent nearly 12 years, during which time he has traveV led pretty much over the whole of the Ams erican Continent, as well as twice visiting England, Ireland and Scotland, and some of the countries of interest in 'Europe. He haii always been known as a natural genius in painting, and it is now an acknowledged fact that he stands at the pinnacle of success in his art. —Lippincott street barracks of the Salva- tion Army,Toronto, presented a pretty scene last Monday night. The interior was taste- fully decorated, and many Salvation is.de and lassies in their uniforms added to the brilliancy of the scene. A double wedding was the cause of this unusual stir, and the contracting parties were Staff Captain Banks and Ensign Maltby, and Captain Horn and Lieutenant Lank. Commandant Herbert Booth conducted the service, which was pre- ceded by a banquet at five o'clock. Many valuable presents were received by both couples. They start on their married life with the beet wiehes of a large circle of friends. —On Sunday an estinaable lady passed away at North Bay in the person -of WO. Me McKenzie, mother of Mayor McKenzie at the ripe age of 78 years, She was 'the daughter of Donald McKay, an old warrior whoee military career of 21 years carried him through engagements in 11 different countries, was born in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, and came with her husband, then late Murdoch McKenzie, tothis -country in 1836, settling firet in Toronto or Little York, where they lived through the exciting tirnes of the rebellion-. At the close of the trouble she and her husband removed to Richmond Hill, where they resided for mealy years, and where most of their large family of 16 chil- dren first saw the light. They subsequently removed to Dufferin county, where deceased resided until she went to North Bay about six years ago. Of the family of 16 children, 8 survive. —Conductor Sydney Smith, of the C. P. R., was shot by a tramp between Galt and Drumbo at 8 o'clock Sunday morning last. Four of the itinerant fraternity were riding on the train and Mr. iSmith was putting them off when one of them drew a revolve! bride's. father's in that town tor the wed- and fired at his lower limbs. The ball took ding. When it was learned that all the effect in the right leg below the knee. The Protestant clergy of the town were away on train hands caught the tramp and bound him by ropes to the stove iu the ceboose, At Woedstock he was handed over to the officials and on being searched a revolver, a knife and $65 in cash were found on him. So much money on the person of a tramp must have surprised the seerchers, for Mr. Tramp watched his opportunity, and throw- ing himself out of the window, he was soon over the bills and far away. Mr. Smith brought his train on to London, where he was removed to his home on Pall Mall Otreet. I —There was a very large attendance at the funeral of the late Mrs. Peter Murray, which took place from the sfamily residence, 10th line East Zorra, on Thursday, 24th August. The family history of the deceased is certainly a most remarkable one, she be- ing the mother of 15 childTen, all of whora survive her. Eleyen of the children attend- ed the funeral, five sons and three sons-in- law acting as pall -bearers. For 57 years she had been the comfort of her now aged their vacation the happy couple became un- easy, but the nuptial knot was tied in the orthodox manner by Rev. Mr. Hartzel, of Burgessville, who wall summoned by special me—seuenagwerre.nce Ir well, well-known as a writer for magazines and newspapers, was arrested in Toronto the other night for larceny. When searched 32 pawn tickets were found in his pockets. The articles had all been stolen from fellow-boardern Irwell owes many bills in the city, and seems to have lived as a high roller pretty much at other people's expense. He came to Ameriee, as the representative of a big English brewing syndicate, and lost all his money. He pleaded guilty in the Police Court and was sentenced to 40 days. —Rev. Mr. Sutherland, Presbyterian min- ister at Ripley, preached a sermon to the Orangemen of Zion Lodge and surrounding country in J; W. Hunter's woods on Sunday 20th Auguen - He referred at some length to the recent Orange Grand Lodge meeting at , partner, who is yet living, he having attains Sault Std. Marie. Speaking of the resolu- the geod old age of 87 years, and being still tion which denounced the criticism of I able to be about and take an interest in the Orenge leaders, he said : " These are heavy work of the very large farm, on which be, tidings from men who are made drunk by with his now deceased wife, has spent 51 the Jesuits. If you Submit, I, for one, will years of his life. This is the first des.th Put off the emblem. We have the right to 1 which has taken eelace in Mr. Murray's. criticise our chief. Let us stand for freedom family. The internIent took place at Mc, of speech. Shall we, Orangemen, submit Tavish's cemetery, near Tavietocks