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The Huron Expositor, 1894-05-11, Page 1.4 th) 1894. LETE STOCK NOW— or Yout of new 1-iats and Bon es awl styles, at prices gh as you vranil to go. of Parasols, durable large assor4ment; leen quite a birsiriess .1apes, still there is a eft, chiefly in medium nes. For those .-who have their Capes, pa r,iade up, we are assortment of Spring hs. on we have Lad a on some special lines oods, which are not linary value. :You [ Our customers are - makes of Colored fie 'fairest and' pret- daily being cut up s These are ail h trimmings to . allies, Muslins, De- r washing materials well worth, seeing. 'are choice, and the est that can be pro- - anythina in Cur- t of our stock quick - Every Curtain, -we , from the loivest Jarpets are in 'very ; shadings. sed to have you call our Spring stock. -ill gain something Inimminmemmosimmemil diMon. No hopes 4tre :!covery.—Mr. George Steen laid up for some e to he around again. sax is visiting friends vn, of Londesboro, is the home of Mr. 11. , of the Manse, Las for some days with to go about agaio. Holtzman left last sy attend the funeral Moses Bak:ker.—Mrs visit to his broth Or his home at Cairo, visiting his parents, a -Mr. Amos Geiger', for some years, ia asssed through here- to his new field of H. Perrin, pito= few days ago, and - photos. He did a quiet and skilful s ,goods and:style§ in to supply the de- Jdock.—Fred Hess hss Ma, 'deal work. Hicks have erected new S.—Most farmers seeding about a or the last three ad the crops were Some fall wheat Fruit blossoms rally three weeks s building them- -Jere this summer. here, as there is the village.—The y School teachers '5chool. Convention Imlay. We hGpe appreciate their their beet.—Mr. Ly, spent Sunday B. Foster's little 'all and break his - Canadian Order (pen meeting in y evening, and it ge crowd attend - prevailed. Mr. , Inspector of the ye a very a.ble sheiorder, which it, and was well The members y enjoyed. The nood, while the 1 by the Zurich [. especially the sn by Messrs. Misses Faust nived, while the Janis was highly ,ve a reading in :7ecitations given ; of seven years, he evening's en- rouuds of I, you are wel- tional anthem. 1 Friends, and evening's pro- p' room, where aembers of the ts spent in so- ent. - Ted from the rho has been He is now eautiful har- the moat im- itor, WHOLE NUMBER, 1,378. j Pride in a Boy sually an evidence of self-respect, and that virtue in a boy is encouragod with well -made and good -fitting cloth- ing. A larp-e share of the high repu- tatiou enjoyed by us arises from the Stylish and reliable character of our joys' Clothing, and by keeping our prices lower than elsewhere. We have this season a well -selected stook, the values are exceptionally good in every range. Boys' Two Piece Suits, Boys' Three Piece Suits, We have also a full range of Boys' Furnishings— White Shirts, Fancy Shirts, Linen Collars, Windsor Ties,. Bow Ties, Felt Hats, _rang Caps, Straw Hats. If you waist the best values in Boys' Clothing, we can give it. A lacrosse stick and ball given to buyers of Boys' Clothing. MEN S STRAW HATS. The finest selection of Nen's Straw Hata is to be found with us. We are in a position to offer you the very latest American shapes. The latest shapes in Stiff Hats are now in—colors, black and brown. We are leaders in our line. Jackson & Crei Leaders in Moderate Prices, SEAFORTHT DULUTH AS IT WAS AND IS. BY AN OLD INICKILLOr BOY. Duhum, ainnesota, 'April 14th, 1894. DEAR EXPOSITOR.—The earth has almost made twelve' revolutions arpund the sun since I last wrote for your valhable columns, and I must confess I have boot). very care- less and as Pat would say, • tc I must ax yer pardon." for my almost mapardonable oons duct, but an old adage man • `Tis better late than never," and from this T derive a little consolation, that there is a ininbeam of hope left for me yet. . When I '1 st wrote yea I was a resident in Manitoba a part of Her Britannic Majesty's poseessi its but since that time I wandered away from 'British ssessions and am nona a sojourner in Utah, over whiels. floats -the stars and. stripes of Uncle Sam. I Caine here in the latter end of June 1887i and have been a continuous resident here Oyer since. Those were the palmiest days of her booth, and times were good. The boOrd here was not fever which smote Winnipeg and: other: cities and tennis in Manitoba, in the neigha horhood of '80, Of course, as wen As the boom rolled this way, property went up pretty high in values ap*PbabIy 33 per cent. higher than such property would bring now. This extraordinary filOanCial depression which is now prevailing oVer the United States is soinething• unprecedented. The country fell from prosperity in an incredi- bly- short time. A year ago to -day, mills, manufacturing concerns' and. plants, and other industries, employing thousands and hundreds of thousands (4 men, were in full blast. TO -day, they may be partially running or not and as a result of Such, it is OM:pitted that two million wage earners itee oat of employment in this weary to -day and depending upon these for support, are six minions more. So you eaa easily see it is terrible times for those .who earn their living thus, issid jnst as hard, if not more so, for milliops of those who •are depeoding directly upop them for support. But. I ism digressing from the main subject upon which, and abosit which, I intend writing this time, and that is Duluth. Weil, this city, including its suburbs, is es- timated to have a population of 60,000 .sonls. This may be a little over the mark, but it is a sort of "lateral weakness for the -residents of a blooming, booming city, to circulate teports broaddast through the world-, slightly exaggerating the number of its popalation. But do not wish any of your readers to be carried away by the idea that I wish to over-rate the population of this place, I only wish to give you the plain, „ untarnished truth, as neae as I possibly can. Duluth is sometimes called " The Zenith City of the Unsalted . Seas," and its resi- dents are sometinieS called "Cliff Dwellers," by some of the inhabitants of its aspiring competitor, Superior, located across the bay iraWisconsia, but . the former could with equal propriety, term the latter mud-hees, as Superior is built on low, and in parts marshy ground, -whilst ces the other hand, the site of Duluth as ip recedes from the lake, becomes more and snore elevated. It can truthfully be said that this city cannot ; as it is built upon the rocks, but in one sense, and that is financially, it has taken quite a tumble within the last twelve Duluth is a. long, whiding city of some fifteenaniles in length and from two to four miles wide, but yoin must bear in mind that a very large percentage Of this tract is not built upon, arid win not be for some time to come. don't doubt that within twenty years that this city may be twenty-five miles long. If it were to include all its suburbs tp-day, it would be that 'length at present, but there would be lots of waste ground in the meantime, Little tawns have aprung up along the lake and bay. Capital- ists would buy up property; probably. thousands of acres, survey and plat part of it into lots, offer strong inducements to some firm to' locate a manufacturing plant or business upon part of that property, by giving them a bonus of Several thousands of dollars and also a number of lots thrown in. Building operations upoo a plant would commence, such plant would be said when completed, to employ half a thousand or twelve hundred men ; the lots would be put on the market for sale and they would be bought by the hundredS. The plant would ga up ; dwelling housea would spring up everywhere and business would boom. Probably the plant wbuld run for some time, then shut down fel. a time, and again resume operations with•about the same re - SE FORTH, FRIDAY, MAT 11, 1894. stilt, Some plants -which have thus been Should the College Fam ble Made others haVe scarcely run at all. But with the (Written for THE EXPG:SETOR) 1 During the recent session (;,f th Legishie ture one of the criticisms aga,ins the De- partment of Agriculture was that , he minis- ter had been unable to shosv that the Col- legetfarm had -been so condueted as to afford a profit in its transactions. To this caiti- cism Mr. Dryden replied in snbstarice as fol- lows : His first answer was that, under existing circumstances in thiS country, it is difficult to make any farm pay any consider- able profit. Second, that ,so long as the farm proper is conducted in Connection with the College as a part of an educational in- stitution, it would be utterly imposssble to make it pay in dollars and Cents. The in- stitution was not organized for that pur- pose. Mr. Dryden truly- stated that if he desired a result only in dollats and cents, he would not employ a, farm seperintendent at 4 cost of $1,200 per annum, with sufficient experience and educational ability to give instruction to the students ; neither could he employ an engineer, part, of whose duty is also to give instruction in the manage- ment of a farm engine, at say $500 ; nor much greater task then he bargained . for; but he kept• up his . courage, and finally, after a walk of forty miles, under a b-urning sun, he found the other end of the jaw and ' afterwards learned. it had belonged to a giant who had lived in olden times. Well, I guess we will try to get back to Doluth - . erable expense 23 male am als representing ,23 different breeds of cattle, sheep *and swine, when one, two or three, as the case might be, would answer the purposes -of the in the west end, whilst the centre contains ordinary farmer ; nor would he set apart the wholesale and larger retail business forty or fifty acres purely fdr experimental blocks, also the two operas, both of swhich purposes, bringing no profit whatever, but are fine buildings ; but the Lyceum takes the lead. This latter building cost some $500,000 ; is owned by one man, who seven- teen years ago was a poor man, a jobber in the woods, but through push, perseverance these things done in connection with -the arid honesty, he has made himself what he College Farm ? the answer is that already is to -day, a millionaire. It is not often the stated—that it is conducted! for educational cnee, where a poor man becomes a million - purposes alone, and so lon as that is the case just • so long will it . e impossible to show- satisfactory results 'lin dollars and cents. No doubt if the items mentioned were taken out and charged, as they have been on some occasions tcd education, the stands was purchased by the present owner farm as at present conducted would show a for a few thousand dollars, but to -day, -balance on the right side. No person offer - without the building, would be worth even ing criticism has yet ventnred to aay that with hard times -prevailing, some $200,000. any individual or particular expense could Duluth; prior to 1873, had climbed ahead . be dispensed with. Mr. Dryden's first.aim, until it was a eity of- ten thousand souls, as he stated in the House is educatienal but *hen the Northern Pacific -Railway efficiency. Thet efficiency, as he asserts, Company failed, she went down until only a should be secured at as low :a cost as- pos- few thousand of her inhabitants were left, sible, and he further states without fear of and the Majority of these would also have contra.diction that the waged given are as shook the dust of the city off their shoes if low as the services required ean be obtained they could have disposed of their property. for. . - I heard ore case where a property owner 1 • 1 Money in the Farmers' Pockets. In his nominetion speech at Whitby, on Saturday, Ontario's Minieter Of Agriculture, Ron. John Dryden, referred to the good work done ley the Travelling Dairy. Ile pointed out that while, according to Tor- onto market prices, creamery butter remain- ed unchanged from 1892 to 1893, the price of dairy butter advanced on an ' average a cent and a half a pound. Mr. Dryden considers this due to the improved quality of our but- ter product; a result that he -attributes to the labors Of the Travelling Dairy. Accord- ing to the Dominion census teturns, about 50,000,000 pounds of dairy hutter are pro- duced annually in this Province. Au in -- crease in value of a • cent and a half on that quantity represente. no lesg a gain than $750,000 to the farmers. Mr. Dryden has all along been keenly alive to the desirabil- ity of securing for our buttei as enviable a reputation as Canadian cheese has won in foreign matkets. If this improvement con- tinues. along with a better system of pack- ing and transportation, it will not be lone before his hopes - are realized and a proe- able trade of unknown possibilities opened up for farmers and their wives. . Commenting upon Mr. Dryden's state- ment, the Toronto Evening News, an Inde- pendent Conservative paper, kays : " The claim does not dank justification, and the fact that this is so shows how much can be done towards the advancement of a great in- dustry by, means of intelligent I government direction. ' . Mr. Dryden has the astutenees to discern the needs of the farmers at ithis jinicture, and the success that meets elll his efforts is the best proof of the practicability of his ideas. If the Minister . had accomplished nothing more than the improvement refer- red to, he would have earned the salary the Province pays many Mince oner. , - built Ilene run most *of the time, whilst to Pay ? now dull times prevailing, the majority are closed Own, and with the result that the expectatiOns of thousands have not been realized.! ; And it is these towns, built and thus stained in the most of cases, which have ginen Driluth its length of base ; but at the same time it is only natural for a city to follow the water front when building. The greater part of the city lies between the Water feont, and a high ridge of rocky ground and bluffs. This ridge must be nearly twenty-five miles or more long, and it&shape, resembling to a certain extent the windings of a serpent twenty-five miles in length, but it has been stated on good au- thority that no serpent has yet grown to that length. I remember reading one time, (but I do lot ask any of your readers to be- lieve it, hey do so let it be of their own free will), o a man walking over a plaina when he can across what appeared to be an immense human jaw bone. Astonished at its size, and being of an inquisitive turn of mind, he concluded that he would walk until he reached the other end. - It was a would, it be necessary to employ an expert herdsman at a similar sum ; nor would he spend from three to five hundred dollars an- nually in advertising, etc., in connection with the sale.of surplus stock, which might be disposed of to better min ntage in the or- dinary way ; nor would he keep at consid- a, ain or we will get lost. ' The eastern part o the city is used for the residence part, though residences are built almost every- where. The main manufacturing plants are -entailing a considerable- ampunt of labor in addition to what would otherwise be ex- pended on the same area. If the question be asked, why then are a,ire in such a short time,that he does so hon- estly, but. in this case it is absolutely true. The Lycetun epera house is entirely fire proof, and its owner I understand does not have it insured. The site upon which it had two cords of wood to saw, split and pile, and he offered a man a lot if he would de the job, but so little did the latter ap- preciate Duluth soil, that he refused to take the property owner up. To -day the bare lot,. even with a financial cloud .enveloping the country, is worth some eight thousend dollars. Another cane I will mention, but it is across the -bay, in West Superior, Wisd! patty whe owned apart of the land. at that time upon which a great part of the site of West Superior of to -day is standing, onet half of what they would chop, clear and ! burn, as the owner intended to seed it down and turn it. into a hay meadow. But, as .in I the other case, they, refueed to take him up at his offer. Thit such -cases are common] the world over. What rich and smart peo- I ple we would be if we .could see ihrough the Misty clouds of the future. When first came here in 1887 the street car systeM was only about two and a half miles long, and the cars were &alive by the long eared, jaded. mules. One man was conductor and mule puncher, both of these duties devOlved upon him, and the Mud, (ilid I say there was no mud in Duluth ? that it was staid rock ? if I said so I beg ho, be excused for such a misrepresentation.) Well, when it rained, yon had to wade through to reach the car. This sort of bus- iness *as more tryine upon the nerves of women, especially tliose hysterical- sort of creatures who once in a while are to be found everywhere. Now the electrical car travels the streets, the jaded mnle is no :longer seen in this capaeity. There is one main line fifteen -miles long, with byanches independent of the main, aggregating in the neighborhood of fifteen miles more. The same company operates an incline road the cars being run 'by cable. This ineline eon - mots with a short- electrical car system, which runs back from the city to. a new town,_called Duluth Heights, which, how- ever, is part of Diduth city. Here the oWners, or at least part of the owners Of the Electric Railway Company, have land, part of which they have pla,tted out and sold. Some one hundred and thirty houses are built here. The Electric car railway system here is simply fine, and the motor men and conductors of this line, with very rare ex- ceptions, act the pant of gentlemen. They are on the whole civil and. courteous and. e think by their looks and appearance- they are ffaturally SO • others, no doubt, act so thrOugh fear of l'osing their situations. One thing the_ company are very particular about is, that their men have tO behave properly. They will not keep any whom they know are addicted to the use of intoxi- catin f liquors. Last fall the company went to re latte uce the employees wages, and the agreed to one-half the reduction the comp ny proposed, until the 1st of May, 1894, but no agreement- could be reached and the men went out. it was the most orderly strike that ever 'occurred in this city or anywhere else. The boys were quiet and well behaved, and they had the sympathy of the people from the mayor down. Influential men said they were willing to walk until the company would come to time. One venerable minister of the gospel Who had to walk into town about fine miles, said he was willing to walk six months if it would take that time ' for the boys to win the day. ,, But the president of the company Was a stubborn man ; he said he would never give in. Committees were appointed to wait upon him, but of no avail. He tried to run the eers ; it was of no use, not a wheel would turn. The circuit was cut. He had skilled electricians trying to hunt up where the wires were cut. They either could not or would not remedy the difficulty, and the matter stood like this. Mass meetings were held. The mayor, ministers, prominent lawyers, all spoke in sympathy with the men. The public were with -them. At last the• president gave in and in an incredibly short time the cars were spinning, along the track as if nothing had happened. The motor men and con- ductors were cheered that morning as the cars sped along, and they felt happy that they had gained the day. But strikes here do not always turn out so favorably for the strikers. And now I will close for this time, trusting that this ramb be deemed worthy of a place of your valuable paper. re Yours g letter may the columns aim .DEAR EXPOSITOR.—As the controversy carried on -in different newSpapers in the county, under the head of `i Stanley OM- servative," has taken a decidedly personal turn, it is to be hoped it will, now draw to a close. The letters published last week in the Seaforth.Sun, the Clinton News Record and other papers, have an injurious tendency on the.eleetorate and should not be coun- tenanced by right thinking p'eople. Yours, A READER. [We agree with -our correspondent and in ao far' as THE EXPOSITOR is cencerned, there was not a word in any of the letters pub- lished in it, that the most refined- or sensi- tive Could take exception to, and had they been on the same plane as those in reply to them, they would not have been published by us, We would be glad, however, should the controversy now close.] ED. Ex. • Canada. Hon. G. W. Allan, speaking in Ottawa, said the Bible should be taught. in the pub- lic schools. —Twenty cows were sold on Kingston market Saturday, at prices ranging from $21 to $39. —John Carew of Lindsay, has just erect-- ecl a lath mill, vihich cuts 40,000 to 50,000 - lath per day. News, is very seriously ill. His heart is affected through rheumatism. —A new steel bridge is to be erected over the river at Nithvale, Ayr, at a cost of $2,081. —The enrfew by-law Ita-a been passed in Galt. The hour it 9:15 p. and'the ' lim- ited age 15 years. • —Registrar and Mrs. Master, of Berlin, celebrated their golden wedding Monday evening, 30th ult. Mr. Master has been twice married. —A m,agnificent monument is being erect- ed to the memory of the late Rev. L. Cam- eron, in the Thamesford Cemetery, by the family of the deceased. e —Lindsay, the constable shot at Comber on Thursday night, died on Friday morning. He suffered, intense agony an hour or two before death, but the closing moments of kis life were peaceful. Truskey, the mur- derer of Constable Lindsay, shot himself at 12 o'clock, while being pnrsued by the of- ficers of the law. He wes -located in 'hia own woods, and stood behind a brutal heap, and with revolver in hand defied the officers. The officers commanded him to throw up his hands, and he refused, whereupon they fired several shots and advanced. See- ing. that he was being overpowered, he pointed his own revolver to his left breast a,nd. fired. It is thought he is mortally —Rev. J. P. Rice has collected $7,000 in subecriptions to pay off the debt on Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas, since July lst, 1893. have been fined $50 each, and J. Randalls $20, for shooting ducks this spring at Weller's Bay. —Ten years ago there were seventy tavern licenses granted in Kingston. This year the conunissioners licensed thirty-eight, refusing two applicants. —A sow belonging to Graeie & Harrigan, of Todmorden, gave birth to 27 little pork- ers on Saturday, an occurrence said to be —Mr. C. Heller, for many years one of Berlin's best hotel -keepers, has retired from the business. He came to Berlin on Oeto- ber 5th, 1843, nearly 51 years ago. —The Governor-General has leased the residence of the late Sir John Abbott, in Montreal, and will take up his residence in it next winter. —The sacrament of the Lord's Supper .was administered. to the members of the old Mennonite church, at Roseville, Water- loo county, on Sabbath 29th ult. —Five Kingston druggists have been fined $20 each by the police magistrate for selling liquor during prohibited hours, without de- manding a doctor'a certificate. —In Hamilton, khe other day, William Brenton, aged 61, fell -down in his home just after returning from a long walk, and ex- pired almost immediately. Heart troable, was the cause. —The steamer Truant was burned to the water's edge the other day at Burnt Island, Georgian Bay. She was owned by Herbert Cleland, of Collingwood, and Insured for $2,400. —Mr. W. A. Reeve, prineipal of the Toronto Law School, died very suddenly Wednesday night of last week, of heart disease. -He had lectured during the after- noon. —Rev. Thomas Woolsey, an old retired Methodist minister, died at his residence in Toronto, last week, aged 75 years. He was one of the first Methodist missionaries in the Hudson Bay Territory, over a quarter of a century ago. —There is a novel club in Picton composed of. a number of ladies and gentlemen who are engaged in the production of a novel. Each member contributes a chapter. One of the contributors is Rev. D. G. McPhail, Presbyterian minister of the town. s -The Indian popnlation of Bruce county is 780. According to religious beliefs the Chippewas of Bruce are as follows : Cape Croker reserve, Protestants, 278 • Catholics, 125. On the Saugeen reserve, Icotestants, 358 : Catholics, 19. — Albert P. Brown, son of County Treas- urer Brown, died in Woodstook Saturday, aged 30. He contracted a heavy cold while curling in ,Minneapolis, and came home to and was a popular young man. —The three Galt Presbyterian churches, with the Methodist and Baptist congrega- tions are at present holding a series of evangelistic services in union. The cele- brated evangelists, Major Hilton and Rev. G. C. Tuner are givins valuable assistance. —The other day Frank Kimmerly, Deser- onto, caught a pike weighing seven pounds. Wfien opened, it was found to contain four- teen small black bass. He also caught an- other or about the sante size which contain- ed seven small pickerel. — Early Friday morning the barn and contents on the farm of Solomon Gage, about three miles from Hamilton, were totally destroyed by an incendiary fire. Five horses implements, grain, hay and fowla were 'destroyed. Loss over $2,500 ; no insurance. —Edwin Fisher an old-time lumber mer- chant, of St. John, New Brunswick, has assigned. The liabilities are $10,000, and it is said the estate will show a nominal surplus. At one time Mr. Fisher was con- sidered wealthy. —Discoursing on trout fishing, the Galt Reporter says " The dry and warm weather has lowered the creeks very much and developed the mosquitoes and black- flies freely. A few more warm days and one year, he had spent his whole life. He only a pronounced Christian should go trout was of German descent, his father having fishing. emigrated early in this century from —At Glencoe, on Tuesday last week, Pennsylvania, The disease from which he Professor Wesley, proprietor of the Arch- died was a peculiar one, and first shewed it - an el Herb who prescribed for Lydia self in the mortifying of one his toes, and McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. seem contented, prosperous and happy, with comfortable surroundings." —When news went abroad at Ottawa Isome few weeks ago, that the saw -mills would commence work the following Mon- dity, men flocked from all directions to get employment, and when the hour Of starting came it was computed that a thousand men were on the ground ready to be "employed. —The sad news of the death of -Mr. Thos. Howell was received a few days ago, by his The deceased was found smothered in his bedroom, in a burning hotel, where he was staying over night, at Chehoygan, Mrehigstn. He leaves two sons. —Dr. Dixon, of Toronto, whceremoved to Uncle Sam's domain and was going to locate at Alpena, Michigan, took over in kis household effects $300 worth of lace cur- tains, but they were seized by the custhms officials over there and the d.octor had to . pay the duty. —A sad and fatal accident occurred to the daughter of Isaac Way, of Tilbury West, on Monday last week. The child, a little over two years of age, by Some means got possession of a darning needle, and in a fall the needle entered the eye and pene- trated the brain. She lived two days after the accident. —William Taylor, a young man who pumped. the organ at the Norfolk Street Methodist church, Guelph, in ascending the church stairway Friday afternoon, stumbled and fell over the railing to the floor below, a distance of ten feet, receiving such in- juries to his head that he died early Satur- day morning. —D. E. Sprague, of the Winnipeg saw mills, states that this season's cut of logs amounted to 3,500,000 feet. His camp is on the Rosseau river, near the Lake of the Woods, and there has been in his employ, during the past winter, upwards of one himdred men. The logs will be floated down the river to the mill. —One night last week, the valuable flock of Shropshrre ewes belonging to Mr.Andrew Elliott,North Dumfries, was visited by dogs and almost totally destroyed. Out of twenty-five yearling ewes, nine were killed, three driven off and lost, and seven more or less torn. The dogs, a Collie and a hound, had evidently been busy all night, the sheep being acattered around a 20 acre field. —A beautiful young swan, the property of Mr. James Goldie, Guelph, was killed by a dog on Sunday night The bird was ia an enclosure on the grounds and the dog broke in and worried it to death. Mr. Goldie has been extremely unfortunate in his efferts to rear these birds. Last year, some beys de- stroyed the eggs. This season a like mis- fortune has come at a later stage. The only consolation is in the fact, that the old birds still remain. —At the late meeting of the -Toronto Presbytery, Rev. D. S. Macdonnell gave no- tice that he would move for an overture to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, asking that action be taken " for the shortening and simplifying of the West- minster Confession of Faith, or for the sub- stitution of a shorter and simpler creed for the said Westminster Confession of Faith, so far as its use as a test of admission to office in the church is concerned." . —A laborer named Henry Dodgson died. at the General Hospital, Toronto, on. Thurs- day of last week, a,nd the widow wished to take a last look at her deceased husband be- fore the coffin was finally covered. When the cover was 'removed, the poor woman was surpriaed to find that she had been weeping over the corpse of a stranger. Several other corpses were in the morgue, and on examin- ation it wait' found that the tags had been. transposed. . —A horrible accident occurred the other day in Montreal. A man named David Descharap, about twenty years of age, was examining some coal oil barrel's to find which -were empty. Being in doubt about one he lighted a match and leaned over to see what was in it. Immediately a loud explosion took place, and poor Desehamp was burned about the head in the most horrible manner. He lost both eyes, all `his hair and most of the flesh . of his face. It is probable, however, that he will survive. —The death of Mr. .Alfred Main, a prom- inent and respected resident of Beverly, Wentworth county, "'took place on Friday, 27th ult., at the age of sixty-four years. Mr. Main was born sin the farm where he died, and on which, with the exception of Virtue, a young girl, -Ao subsequently this epreading, blood-poiehming supervened. died, was fined $100 anti: costs. Wesley —A despatch from Simdridge; Muskoka, served a period in jail there recently in de- says owing to the extreme dry weather, they fault of a fine for a similar Offence, have been having bush fires on all sides of —At a meeting of the Western Retail that place for the last few dap. The Lumbermen's Association of Manitoba, held houses and barns on three unoccupied farms during the past month, considerable atten- nine miles from there, belonging to John, tion was given the matter of securing a re- David and Mrs. Hird, were destroyed by duction in freight rates. It was resolved fire the Other dey. Several other farmers that whatever concessions ate made will be had great difficulty in saving their build - given the consumers in redieed prices. ings and property. Hundreds of cords of —Alexander Cruickshanke heaa master of shingle bolts were burned also, and a large the Hess Street Public sch,00l, Hamilton, quantity of standing timber. The fires were was fined $5 and costs by P. M. Jells, on extinguished by rain. Saturday, on the charge of assault, pre- --The Galt Council has discharged. Chief ferred by a pupil named Willie Hale, whom of Police Ahern. Councillor Cununings he whipped with a strap on the hands and said that the town was infested with black- legs. guards, women of ill -repute, tramps and. —The other day, in the Supreme Court at ilrunkards. He consid.ered that the citizens Ottawa,during the argument on prohibition, of Galt had better put their hands' in their Chief Justice Strong said, when Mr. Mac- pockets and employ better men than they laren, for Ontario, claimed the right to pro- had at present, rather than to live in hibit the manufacture of intoxicants that terror. He did not find fault with Chief they might as well claim the' power t'o pro- Ahern, who was good for certain kinds hibit the manufacture of cotton. of work, but he was no expert in detective —The young daughter of Mr. 'Peterson, work. who runs a saw -mill at Northbrook, Adding- —Seven years ago, W. D. Card, tarrister ton county, caught her clothes in the re- at Ottawa, but now residing in Galt, 'stamp - volving shaft of the mill a few days ago, and ed his name on a twenty-five cent piece. suffered considerable linjuries. Her father, Subsequently he paid this money out in a who went to her ashistance, had his knee confectioner's store in that city and heard cut. no further of it until a short time ego, when —In a letter from Formosa to Rev. R. P. it was put on a collection plate in a Galt Mackay, Mr. Gould., theePresbyterian mis- church. Mr. Card failed to secure it, but siodary, says : " We are all well and are has since been on the watch for it end still enjoying life in Formosa, very much. It strange to say, the identical quarter was is a source of great encouragement and handed to a Gaitmerchant on Saturday, in spiritual assistance to meet some of these making payment for some goods, by a cus- native Chrietians who are pessing on to per-, tomer from Branchton, and. Mr. Card now fection." has it once more in his possession.. —Mr. David Shultz, of Snider's road, —Wm. Frederick Guest, the London New Hamburg, removed a family of bees township farmer, with two wives, was froin an old hive -the other day, in which. it brought before Judge Edward Elliott, at had lived for the past thirty years. The London. the other day, for sentence. He hive was beginning to fall to piee,es on ac- was nervous, and when asked what he had count of its old age. The inhabitants were to say, reauested the judge to be very len- still strong and in the best of health. ient. Ju ge Elliott, in speaking of the pe- -Wm. Hare, a prospero4farmer of Yar- tition which had been presented in the mouth, who is now sojournae g in North Da- prisoner's behalf, said he did not have much kota, writes from Bottineau, there : " I faith in such. a document. The crime was am a Canadian, and always wid be, and one which was altogether too common in the upon arriving here find the `ways and cue- country and could not be dealt with in a toms of the people almost identical with my very lenient manner. The sentence imposed. own, and upon closer acquaintance, and on VMS two years and six months in the Pro - making enquiry, I find that the leadiag vineial penitentiary at Kingston. business men, and farmers as well as the —One evening during the month of Oeto- county officers, are Canadikul, the majcrity ber last four young men left the es,m of of whom dreaded Manitoba and_ crossed Mr. John. Lovering, on Moon river, over the border to better their condition, Simeoe,in a row boat, which. was founcl soon afterwards upside down. The eonclusion ast and to all appearance have done so, for they was come to that all of them were drowned. They- were 3. Douglas and Nelson Wood, of Wa,ubaushene • N. Sweet, of Port Severn, and William I:ynch, of Coldwater. Sweet's bod.y was found in a few days, but no11, un- til the river had got rid of the winter's ice was that of Douglas found, about a month since. Last week Nelson Wood's remains were recovered and on Wednesday that of William Lynch. All were fine, smart young,. fellows, respectably connected, and much regretted. --William Stephen, brother of Lord ,Mountstephen has returned to Montreal from an eltended trip through the Australian colonies. He says times axe very hard out there. A number of people are out of work and prospects of trade be- tween Canada and Australia are not very bright at present. —There was a tremendous land -slide at a waterfall fill the parish of St. Alban's tounty Portneuff; Quebec, on. Friday, 2ith Alamily of four were buried in their house, under the debris. The displaced land covers about six square miles. Many hundreds of animals perished. —About three weeks ago Dr. ingersol Olmsted, Professor of .Bacteriology, in the Tiniversity of Pennsylvania and formerly resident physician the Hamilton City hospital, returned h e suffering from what was supposed to be sciatic pains in one of his legs. His eondition became worse, and was admitted to the hospital, when it was found. that the bone had become dis- eased and blood poisoning was imminent, and it became necessary to amputate the leg below the knee. It is supposed that the doctor became infected by some lymph with hich he was experimenting, and has thus en a victim to science. —Ben Short, the young Parkhill shoe- maker who left for Edmonton North West TerritOry, after his shop •was 'destroyed by fire about two months ago, is now resting •auietly behind the stone walls of the county jail in London. Government Detective Greer brought Short to Parkhill, and he united efforts and the assistance AA a, little rain that was falling at the time the fire was confined to the kitchen. Airing the progress of the fire, Mr. Bell, who•was on a roof, slipped and fell to the ground, suffer- ing what was at first -supposed to be a dis- location of the wrist, but turned out to be a severe fracture of the right arm, which will' lay him up for some time. He, however,' has the satisfaction of knowing that his prompt action saved several persons from a, fearful death. —Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carson and daugh- ter, of Pollokshields, Siotland, are guests of Marys. They are taking a trip around the world, and will leave St. Marys for Van- Couver, British Columbia, and take ship from thence for China. —Mr. Georae Wood met with a _painful accident in the planing mill at Mitchell, a, few days ago. While working at one of the machines dressing some lumber, a large splinter flew off and pierced his nose,and en- tered his faee just below the eye. He had a very narrow escape from losing the eye. —An unfortunate accident happened to a team of Mr. Yost Wilker, of South East - hope, a few days ago. -Me hired boy, a re- cent immigrant from Switzerland, was har- rowing a -field, and in some rammer upset the harrows upon the horses and, in oonse- quenee, one ox the horses is fatally hurt, but under skilful medical tres,tment the other is expected to recover. —Mrs. Joseph .McFadden, of Millban.kt after a long, lingering illness, passed peace- fully away a few days ago, and was fol- lowed by a large number of relatives and. friends to, the Presbyterian cemetery, of which church the family/ are devout mem- bers. By her quiet and amiable disposition. she had endeared. herself to the hearts of many. 'She leaves a husband and two grown up ehildren. —Mr. John Blum, ot Brocksden, wish* to keep abreast of the times,has eommen operations for the erection of a handsome two store white brick residence with slate was given a hearing - before Pollee Magis- , roof,whic will be fitted. out with all modern trate Wells, the result being that he VMS conveniences. The cost will be in the vieint. sent for trial.. Several witnesses were ex- ity of $2,000. Mr. Daniel Campbell is also - putting u a. similar structure, 'which will, undoubte y, be an ornament to the -com- munity. It will cost upwards of 1200. —For some time,past an organized system of petty sneak thieving has been practised in Atwood by parties who do not resides. thousand miles fione that "Maga. Severs./ bags of oats were stolen -from Mr. Tan. Bell, two hams of pork were takesefrom Mr, George Danbrook's sheds and another party in that town lost several bushels of flAx seed, taken at various times. The Central. prison will open its doors to weleome those. marauders one of these days if they don't mend their ways. —Early Monday morning, last week, in Hibbert, Mr. Thomas Jeffersorde barn and stables were totally destroyed by fire. The buildings must have been set on fire, as no other cause can be surmised. There were twenty-six head of cattle and a number of sheep in the stables, which were all burned. The horses were all got out in safety, but considerable harness and other fixtures were destroyed. The loss to Mr. Jefferson will be heavy, although there was an insuranc* of $2,000 on the buildings and contents. —The other day while a little son of Mr. Alex. Anderson, of the 14th concession of Elm% was playing in front of' the school- , house, he was run oVer by a passing team. He attempted. to cross the road. in front of the team, when some of the other children called to him and he -tried to turn back. The end of the tongue struck him fult on the nose, just below the forehead, -crushing in the bones, while some sharp projection - passed through the bones into the nose. Dr. Rice set the nose and dressed the wound, and the boy is doing as well as could be expected. It is a, wonder he was not killed. —Mr. John McIntyre, teacher of School Section No. 8, Elmo, met with a bad mishap, on a recent Sunday night After attending the Methodist church, ha Listowel, he attempted to pass Mr. Wm. Wilson, jr., on the road in front of Mrs. Har- vey's store, mid applied the whip, which frightened the animal, and it ran away at a reckless speed , when it reached Mr. D. Murray's blacksmith shop the baggy struck against two wagons, upsetting, both, and up- setting the buggy as well And violently pitching out Mr. McIntyre and his lady companion, Miss Mary Thompson. It IS -11: marvel that both were not killed, but for- tune seemed to favor them. . The rig was. badly damaged. Mr. Wm. Wilson's horse Was frightened by the sound of Mr. Win - tyre's whip and nearly ran away, too, biet was sharply pulled up by its driver. People cannot be too careful in passing rigs on the highway, and in the 'application of the whip to a spirited horse. Sir Walter Scott, while making a tour of' the Western Highlands, wrote to the inn- keeper of Arrochar, Loch -Long, to have rooms prepared for him. On the appointed day it rained ceaSelessly. As Swtt drew near the inn, he was met on the hill near the house by the landlord, who, with bared. head and backing every yard as Scott ad- vanced, thus addressinghim —" Gutleguide a downpour 1 Was ever the like ! I really ' beg your pardon ! I'm sure its no fault ed mine. I canna think how it shottld happen the warld, should come to see us. It looks amaist personal ! I can only say, for my part, I'm just ashame4 o' the weather !" Furnishing a Summer Piazza. . To quote our friends of the Emerald Isle the most important thing in a country -home is the piazza which is outside of it, and the fitting of this outdoor parlor is an important item, writes Mrs. Garrett Webster in the May Ladies' Home Journal. The porch should contain at lea.st two stout and ser- viceable hammocks, swung from strong and properly placed hooks, Equally necessary is it that each ham -mock shall be provided with -at least two cushions, and afghans of light and heavy weight. The cushions are , most serviceable when covered -with. bright bandanna kerchiefs, turkey red cotton, or blue denim made with a double ruffie, and, if the time for its working can be spared, with the name of the house embroidered thereon. in bla,ck on the red, or white on the blue material. The wraps may consist of woolen afghans in gay colors and of the cheap Italian or Mexican silk blankets. Next in importance to the hammocks and their accoutrements are the porch chairs. At least four large rockers yith broad arms will be required, and to these should he added, if possible four smaller chairs inno- cent ot rockers. 'Two steady tables of what- - ever fashion may be desired are important requisites. A large fish net tanked On to tb.e walls of the house forms a convenient abiding pla,ce for newspapers and novels. A conple of jardinieres of cheap pottery with growing plants therein, Japanese rattan. screens as protection from the glare, one or two inexpensive rugs, on which are dro them and then gan to fight the fire. By and luxury, amined, and the evidence went to skow that Short had tried to hire different per- sons to set fire to the place. A man named Johnson, who was very friendly with Short, told a remarkable story. He said that Short had offered him $15 to burn the build- ing. The offer was refused, and Short gene hiin 25 cents to purchase a candle. John- son did hot make the purchase, but gave the money to- a little boy. When the youth handed the candle to Johnson, the latter gave it to Short. The two ---Short and Johnson—then went to the store. The former opened fa drawer, placed some waste in it, poured sOme coal oil on the material, set the candle in the center, touched a match to it, locked the drawer and went home. At the time of the fire the top storey of the building was occupied by a family, several members of -which were ill at the time. johnsonnaid he knew this, but after he went home he slept very soundly. Perth Items. The 'nephew and niece of Mr. John Mc- Curdy, post master at Kirkton, leave this week for Ireland. —The greater part of the fall wheat in Downie and Fullerton townships looks well, but an occasional ragged field is met with. —Rev. Mr. Braun preached his farewell sermon in the Evangelical church at Gad's Hill on Sunday evening, 29th ult. —Rev. James Ballantyne, pastor of Knox Church, London, and son of Hon T. Ballet), tyne, has received a call to Knox church, Ottawa. —The Ancient Order of Foresters have organized a juvenile branch in Mitchell,With eighteen members between the years of ten and eighteen. —A young Hibbert farmer was arrested on Thursday, last week, on a charge of as- saulting his father-in-law, Mr. Ezra Annis, with a manure fork. —George Pepper, station master at Brun- ner, died in Toronto General Hospital on Thursday morning, last week. His remains were interred in the Presbyterian cemetery. at Milverton. —Mr. T. D'Arcy Lucas, teacher of School Section No. 6, Fullerton, is away on a trip to New York. He intends being absent about three weeks. Mr. Robert Stewart has charge of the school during his absence. —A spirited horse belonging to Mr. J. A. Roe, V. S., of Atwood, ran away in that village on Fridaynight, nearly smashing the buggy to pieces. Fortunately no Joie . was in the buggy when the animal Started, otherwise it might have been more serious. —While driving a land roller on Friday afternoon, David Armstrong, aged 16; son df Mr. Adam Armstrimg, of North East- [ope, was thrown ofe and instantly killed, his neck being broken by the fall. —A young man named Gaffney whose parents reside in Mitchell, was killed the other day at Dunkirk, by falling from a roof. The remains were brought to Mit- chell for burial in the ROM= Catholic cemetery. —At the recent examinations at the On- tario Agricultural College, Guelph, Mr. J. M. Vipond,. of Donegal, took honors in Agriculture, Judging Cattle,Judging Sheep, Dairying, Practical H_nrse, Hydrostatics and Drawing. —Mr. S. Marriott shipped four car loads of fat cattle from St. Marys last Friday for the Liverpool market, and the Messrs. White shipped a double -deck car load of hogs to Toronto on Monday. -- - —On Saturday evening, 28th ult., Mr. Oliver Aiken, of St. Marys, while helping a neighbor to break a colt, had the misfortune to have his right leg broken near the ankle. He is doing well, but will be a prisoner in the house for a month or so. --Mrs. Eisler, sr., died at the residenoe of her sOn, Gustave Eisler, of Logan, on Fri- day, 27th ult., and was buried on the follow- ing Sunday in the Lutheran cemetery in Logan. There was a large munber present at the funeral. The old lady had lived 93 years, and left over one hundred relatives and descendants. —Mr, George Reaney, of Downie, will leave for old Ireland about the 12th of May, and will be. absent two montha, He will probably be accompanied by his cousin, John Reaney, of Carlingford. They both came to this country in 1868 and will no doubt see many changes when theyreturn. —A pretty and quiet wedding took place on the 25th ult. at the residence of Mr. 3. E. Goforth, of Mitchell, when his sister-in- law, Miss Ellen M. Berwick, was united in marriage to Mr. Heary Smith, of Elma. Rev. A. F; Tully officiated. Miss Catharine B. Proudfoot,' of Brucefield, acted as brides- maid, while Mr. Edward Smith, brother of the groom, wits best man. —On Thursday of last week, about five o'clock'in the morning, the back kitchen of Mr. Hurst's house, on the 12th concession of Eima, was discovered to be on fire. Wm, Bell, who lives half a mile away, happened to rise about that time and noticed the fire. He ran a,eross and found everyone soundly *sleets. With eat difficulty he. aroused