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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1894-09-07, Page 4• NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. li‘The figure between the parenthesis after each one -denote", the page ot the paper on which the advertiaement will be ,fonnd. Central Businete e --Shaw & Elliott. (6) C C.—j. W. W4tervelt. (6) NeW Fall Goodi—Duncan ac Duncan. ( ) Aidioay Time Table. (5) Watellirne Cetnent--Johnson Bros. (8) Notice to Daters—ttra. Tt Coventry. (8) List of Fali shOse. To School Teachers—Henry Armstrong. (5) Yam for Sale—David Dorrance. (6) Fall Season, 1891—E. Mena (8) Cold Weather Coming—Johnoon Bros. (5) Neil Repair Strp—H. ct. Rose. (6) Rowan -nand Coal Stove for Sale—O. C. Willson. (81 Wasbing Maehines—O. C. Willson. (8) Steam Chopping Mal—John Think. (5) Boair for Beryl •a—Jarues Dorrance. (5) Mottos to Rent—Edward Martin. (5) A Word to judiclotte Buyers—Jackson & Greig. (1) Fresh Arrivals—A. G. Ault. (5) Yu:sitar* for Sale—Dr. Smith. (8) Auction Sale of Household Furniture—Dr. Smith. (8) The End—J. McIntosh. (8) Mouse -to Let—A. G. Ault. (5) Ovsten at the Imperial—R. Ilaxby. (8) Notice to Creditors—R. II. Collins. (5) • Wheat --Robert Scott. (8) Faun for Sale—John bleFadden. (5) Ititt won gxpooitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Sept. 7th, 1894. Deep Waterways. A conventiert meets in Toronto this month to- considerthe question of a channel for ocean going vessels from Lake Superior to the Atlantic ocean. It will be attended, We believe, by delegates from Ontario, Manitoba and the Northwestern States, prineipallsh • Of course, such a convention as this can- not da anything very practical. All it hopes to do is to arouse public interest in the mat- e ter under discussion, to educate the people, so to speak,. and, perhaps, to bring it to the attention of the Governments of the two countries interested. The aim of those who have interested themselves- in this matter and made a study of it, seems to be a twenty foot waterway to the coast, so that Duluth and Port Arthur Will, practically, be made ocean ports. The general opinion a,mong such seems to be that the best way to secure this is- to- deepen the present waterways. Of course the Welland and St. Lawrence canals are on Canadian soil aad the Americans would. wish to partake of the benefits should these canals be deepened. Here rises a difficalty--one thathasi,foundationin noth- ing more nor less thanningoism, Some peo- ple in the United States object strongly to haying American money invested in canals on Canadian soil, while some like-minded Canadians object to letting thei Americans have joint control of any of our canals; even if they hlep pay for them. What we would consider the sensible element believe that it would not be fair that Canada shoald bear the evhole expense of a deep waterway and that then the United. States .7should have equal privileges upon it. They think, moreover, that as it is an undertaking of in- ternational importance, both countries Should share the expense, and that it is per- fectly practicable to come to an arrange- mentwhich would cover every contingency, even that of war between the two coun- tries, which, in our opinion, is about the most unlikely thing that can possibly happen - Why ,there should be any more trouble over the canals than there is over the St. Law- renee River we cannot imagine. Of course, if our Government were to begin discrimin- ating' in favor of Canadians who had a po- litical pull, there would be trouble, bat if eonnnon sensewere freelyused we do not see why things should not run even more smoothly than interstate ot• interprovincial affairs now do. This, to us, seems to be a part of the programme that needs little died enssien. The important question is whether or not a twenty foot waterway would pay for the extra expense of making it. As soon as the work now in hand is completed, Can- ada will have a fourteen foot channel to the oceali Men who have studied the question and ere competent to give an opinion say that it would be one of the greatest bene- fits the Canadian, as well as the American iNortintest could receive, and it certainly dais seArn as if it would be a great boon if Manitoba wheat could be shipped for Europe at Port!Arthur and Ontario cattle for Eur- ope at any of the Lake ports. Transporta- tion ley -water is vastly cheaper than by rail, andechea,p transportation is something that eur farmers not only went but must have if our agricultural interest is not to go to th wall. The need for this mill be fully uncle stood when it is known that transpor tatio of wheat from Manitoba to Great Britain represents almost half of the price receieed for it in that market. As the price is fix d by competition at the market and the c st of transportation comes, -in conse- quen e, out of the farmer's share, one can see -a a glance what it would mean to have ten cents a bushel knocked off the cost of getting the grain to market. This question • of deep waterways and cheap transportation is one of the most important of to -day, and Canadians who would be wide awake end " un, to the times " should study it thor- ougl4y, and be ready to act when the op- portunity comes. . 1 CIA Off the Frills. Mr, Laurier thinks the Government of this Dominion can be carried on for at least four Mons of dollars annually less than it costs now. We believe that Mr. Laurier is m der the mark instead of being over it. Four millions of dollars distributed among the ople of this Dominion, annually, woul fill up a good many holes, and pro- vide many necessaries which our people are forced to go without, simply that the drones and barnacles connected with the ship of State may go clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptueusly every day. Whe Globe, in the following timely remarks, gives a couple of examples of how this sav- ing spoken of cotdd ' be effected. It says : " The cost of maintaining the Governor: - Geneta is about equal to the salaries of all the Ministers combined ; yet the Cabinet is overmanned, and its cost could be material- ly re uced by abolishing ornamental offices. -Whe e vernor-Genera's salary of 850,000, is all that a young and not over -wealthy coun- try ought to pay, and it ought to be ample eto suetain the dignity of the office, and to allow of a liberal hospitality and a proper ti'eatment of the guests of the nation. A sitill greater eaving could be effected by the abolition_ of the Senate, the maintenance Of which involves an absolutely -useless ex- penditure of $140,000. The question la no one.of economy solely, though that im portant. The example of a legislative bo abdicating its power and passing th measures of the other chamber, as a mer formality, is a bad one. The abolition of the gubernatorial residence, the Senate, and two or three useless offices s' in the Cabinet, would be steps of considerable importance in the direction of simplicity and economy." 111111111M11111111•111111111MINIMINIMO Not the Reason. A contemporary referring, to the recent timber sale in Toronto, says : The sale of timber limits for private parties, in Toronto on Wednesday, was Something of a failure, as most of the lots were withdrawn owing to lack of bidding: The contention is that so much of our tim- ber limits have been so d of late years that in there is no probability of a shortage in tim- ber supply for many y ars. , It might be well to ention here that the timber limits offered f r sale last week in Toronto, and referred to above, belonged to private individuals and companies. The great bulk of the timber is situated in the Province of Quebec, although some of the best of it is in Ontario. The reason for the failure in disposing of what was offered, is not eorrectly set forth above. The reason given by the the timbermen themselves is,., that owing to the change in the American tariff, by which lumber- is admitted into that country free, the owners of the limits, in view of the prospects of a vastly im- proved trade, put so high an upset price on them, that intending purchasers were afraid to venture. It was, therefore, -the im- proved condition of the lumber market that prevented the sale being a success, and not the large amount of timber that ie on the market. The latest sales made by the Ontario Government show that under favor- able circumstances, there is still ample de- mand for a4I that is likely to offer. Had the sale been a peremptory one it is likely that all offered would have been sOld at good prime. ; Notes and Comments'. One seldom sees anything so aptly put as was the policy of the Liberal party of Can- ada by Mrd Laurienat. Winnipeg. He said : "1 corne te expose to you the policy of the Liberal party. Let me tell you that policy may be summed ep in the good Saxon word, freedom. Freedom in ev ry sense of the term. Freedom of speech, freedom of con- science, freedom o trade. * * The Toronto Globe deserves credit ter its enterpriee publihhing a verbatim report of Mr. Laurields speech at ,Winnipeg in its Tuesday morning editionnwhich -appeared only a few hours after Mr.! Laurier's speech\ had been delivered. This ie a feat any pa- per thightwell be proud of. . In the samods- sue, however, it places the heading "Revolt in Jamaica f' over an account of an uprising in Port au Frince. This is'hardly eXcusable in a firstcUsi newsphper. ! Port au Prince used to be in Hayti when we want to school, and is now? we believe, the capital of a Republic, -nrhile Jamaica is: a British tolony. * There have been terrible fires -in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, many towns in the timbered districts being swept At of existeace, and hundreds of lives lost. Many acts of heroism have. been performed by tra,inn- ten, telegraph operators and Others, who stuck manfully to_their posts in the face of terrible danger, in order to save mans; other livesi * * Tt is still im ossibk, apparently, to get any reliable information regarding the pro- gress of the C ina-Japanese war. There have been severe skirmishes but, so far as can be 'earned, o battle of any importance recently. * * Mr. Laurier; he Liberal 'leader, seems to be making for hi nself a very warm place in the hearts of th Canadian people, and no wonder, for he. its honest, elean, manly and fair-minded. His deliverance on the Mani- toba School question at 'Winnipeg was such as to stamp him, a statesMan of na mean mould. These are his words : " I said upon the floor of the Howse of COmmons : 'Prove to me that the complaint of the Roman Catholic minority is true, that their rights are outraged to this extent, that, instead of sending their children to schools where there is no religious teaching, they are forced to send their children to schools where there is religious teaching not their own, and I will be prepared td go before the people of Mani- toba and tell them - that; such legislation should not stand.' I have nothing else to say in 'Winnipeg than I have said on the floor of Paaliament, ta Quebec and else-, where." The man who earl frankly make such a statement in Manitoba, in the pres- ence of the members of the' Manitoba, Gov- ernment can, if any one can, unite our di- verse creeds and races into one solid nation. Quantities of eggs are alleged to be going to the States. The supply ds new and therefore acceptable. The wool clip was saved for two years, awaiting an opening, but to have kept the egg crop that long t-ime would have been difficult, not to say unpleasant, So says the Toronto Empire. Although this is intended as one of the Empire's hot weather jokes, it contains a World of truth, inore truth in fact than is ustially found in the columns of that journal, on trade ques- tions. It is an admission that the decrease in the American duty on eggs and wool has had the resat of opening a market in that country far these products from Canada,and that the Milted States furniehes a better market for thein than can be found else- where, and that the duty is the one thing which prevents Canadians taking advantage of that superior market. This is quite an important admission from the :Empire, and shows that the truth will, sometimes, come out, no matter -how great an effort is made to keep it back: The Empire's 'usual course is to belittle the American market, and de- - clare that it is of small consequence to Can- adians, and that the British market is our great hope. . Aed yet, according to its own showing, so sooe as the American duty is reduced on eggs' and wool, these products rush in there from 'Canada instead of going to -the Old Country. As it is with these, to would it be with every other product of the farm, and still the Enipire and its political friends fight with all their rnight tu keep this market closed in our faces. It is a hard thing to fight against nature and ,the individual or nation who tries the unequal strife is sure to get the worst of it in the end. This is the kind of battle Canada has been fighting for years, and it is no wonder if it loses in it Tax Toronto Mail remarks : " So soon as the prohibitive duty was removed, the con- .sumers of the United States began to buy amt eat good, fresh, wholegome, Can- adian eggs. Therein they show their good taste." This is only partly true. It is quite true that -the people of the United States show good sense in their preference for Can- adia,n eggs, but it is scarcely corn-- to say that the prohibitory duty has bee: tnoved. The duty, formerly, was 5 cents 1. s lozen ; _now it is ‘three. Had the duty bet . .ertirely temoved,there would be a boom h, ' etadian eggs such as would benefit both fat e. and dealer. This boon for the Cana.di.re hen , can only be procured by a reciprocity t naty between the two countries, and still there are thousands of hen owners who will de- liberately vote in opposition to such a policy and in favor of a poliby that enhances the price of everything they have to buy and,as in the case of eggs, depreciates in value ev- erything they have to sell. How is this thus News of the Week. DROWNED.—A pleasure yacht capsized in Morecoreb Bay, Lancashire, Monday, and twenty persons were drowned. . EATING THE ! CROPS.—Grasshoppers are doing great damage to -crops in parts of NeW York State. ON STRIKE.—Twenty_thousand workers in the clothing trades in New York are out on etrike. -CHOLERA.—Cholera of a terribly virulent type is raging in Russian Poland. . Doos AND Brorcees.—During the coming army manoeuvres in Germany the bicycle and the use of trained dogs will be tested on a large scale. - IVIARRIES A MUSIC HALL SIN-GER.—Justin Huntley McCarthy, son of Justin McCarthy, has been married in Edinburgh to Oissie Lof- tus. a music hall singer. , MOODY'S SON MARRIED.—William Revell Moody, eldest son of Evangelist D. L. Moody, and Mary Whittle, eldest daughter of Major D; W. Whittle, were married in the Con- gregational Church, Northfield,- Massachus- etts, on the 30th nit. Faatserrv.—In a riot at Chicago on Mon- day night one man was killed, two fatally hurt and five other persons seriously woend- ed. -, . A -FAMOUS RACER DIES.—Pamlieo one of the greatest race stallions of the 'Eastern states, died at Charter Oak Park, Hartford, the other day. . BLOOD Polsonntrandltaymond Wood, a contortionist, is lyieg in a precarious condi- tion at Anderson, Indiana, suffering from blood poisoning, the result of wearingtgreen tights. , THE G-REAT GRANDSON.—During the pres- ent week the Queen is celebrating the birth of the eon of the Duke and Duchess of York by a -great family gathering and festivities at Balmoral. TARIFF EFFECTS, —The effect of the new United States tariff in Germany has been the immediate increase in the exportation of de- corative china, ready-made clothing, piper ware, and chemicals. . - A VETERAN SOLDIER DEAD.—General Nathaniel P. Banks, a veteran of the Union •army, and who was Governor of Massachus- eteS at the time the Prince of Wales visited the United States, died at Waltham, Mass- achusetts on Saturday. . LYNCH LAW STILL PREVAILS. —Six negroes who were arrested in the vicinity of Mem- phis, Tennessee, on suspicion of being incend- iaries, were taken from the police who had them in charge on Saturday, and shot to death. - THE OLD ASTOR 1VIANSION.—The old .man- , .tion of the original John . acob Astor, at Newport, Rhode Island, wa sold on Saturday for $205,000. . A DEATH TRAP. —A terrible fire has -occur- ed in the Canton River, China. - A flower boat caught -fire and the flames spread rapidly until hundreds of these vessels were destroy- ed. At least 1,000 natives perished in the flames. A CRUEL ORDER.—Emperor William has ordered two officers of the Dragoon Guards to ride from -Berlin to Cologne, a distance of three hundred and twelve miles within four days, each officer to be restricted to the use of one hens. . PULP Milos —An English syndicate has practically closed a deal for the purchase of all paper and pulp mills in Wisconsin. The mills in the deal number 34, and the price agreed upon is $14,000,000. The transfer will be made March 1. Huron Notes. —Robert Bowers, sr., of Dungannon, is very ill. Owing to his advanced years, re- covery is doubtful. --On Monday,27th ult., Marmion Higgin, Ashfield, departed this life. The deceased was one of the pioneers of Ashfield. • —A young son of Mr. Ben. Webb, of Clinton, was standing on the fence the other day, when he fell. backwards, fracturing his collar bone. —Thomas McLean, of West Wa,wanosh, recently cut twenty acres of good heavy oats inth his reaper and binding machine in 11 hours: —Mr. Cliffe, of Brandon, who was defeat- ed in a bye -election for the Manitoba Legis- lature last week, was the publisher of the Wingham Advince, some fitteen years ago. —On Wednesday afternoon of last week,a, log barn on the farm of Mr. Charles John- ston, in Goderich township, caught fire in soine manner, and was totally destroyed. --W. M. Dunkeld, of West Wawanosh, has leased his farm of 150 acres for five.years to a Mr. Elliott, of Essex Centre, the au- nual rental being $300. —In conjunction with other mill men along the Maitland, Robert Black, of Wrox- eter, has bought the water supply of the pond and lakes of Lakelet, from John Scott. —The other day while Mr. W. Young, of Clinton, was at work on the roof of a sta- ble, he slipped and fell to the ground. He was rendered unconscious, and was carried home, but sustained no other injury. —W. R. Belden _ of Wingham, sold a two-year-old Oliver iVilkes colt a few . days ago to B. Cook, reeve of Howick, for the sum of $90. Mr. Belden has several other highly bred young horses which be purposes disposing of this fall and winter. --Mrs. T. Sage, of Wroxetet, met with a serious accident the other day by falling down stairs. Happily no belies 1, were broken and nothing worse resulted than some sore bruises and a very severe shaking up, from which she is rapidly recovering. —As William Fulton, sr., of Grey, was ascending. a ladder in the barn, One day re- cently,he missed his hold and fell with great force to the barn floor, thereby injuring him- self severely. We hope he will soon be able to be about again. --LA few days ago a little boy in Wingharn was taken seriously ill with what appeared to be inflammation of the bowels; -and a doc- tor was sent for. When he arrided the boy was greatly swollen and the doctor knew at a glance what was the matter, so he corn- -meneed •cineetionifig the '1).ny :- " Have : y'o , , . __ - . , . been eating green apples?" " bTo,'air,!' The dootor was a little non-plassed for a minute; but after another close look he put the same question and received the same answer. Then after another little suspense the ques- tion was put for the third time, " Are you sure you have pot been eating green ap- ples ?" . The answer came, - " No, sir, they were red ones." The doctor and the boy's relatives laughed, and the hors Sufferings were soon ended. :, —Some young men were practising jump - 1 ing in Wingham the other day, when one of them let a stone fly from his haad, which he was using for a dumb bell, Striking another person, Wm. Irwin, on the forehead and in- flicting a gash over an inaii long. —The Oke farm, which has been in Mir - tion for some time was put up at auction at the Commercial' Hotel, Exeter, the other day, and was purchased by Reeve Bawden.' Consideration $5,560. We understand it was afterwar,ds purchased by Thomas and William -Oke, —Mrs. Samuel Fells, of East Wawanosh, is seriously indisposed at present. About a week a,go she had the misfortune to fall down the cellar stairs,bruising herself very badly, , and fracturing some of her ribs ; she is now able to "sit up for a short time each day, and we hope to be able soon to report her com- plete recovery. —On Tuesday of last week, aE erre of the respectable farmers of West Wa,winosh was on his way home from Benmiller, his wagon box took fire and was completely burned ; cause—on striking a match to light his pipe, the match broke and the ignitable part of it fell inte the wagem box among some hay, and the box took fire. —One night last week an aged lady wallc ing on a back street in Clinton, caught her foot in a hole in the sidewalk, and laecame so exhausted in her unsuccessful efforts to release it, that she gave up in despair, and it was only after some time that a good •Samaritan came along and relieved her. The hole has since been repaired. . —J. C. Robertson, B. A.,, head master of the Toronto Junction High School, and formerly of Goderich, has 'peen appointed lecturer in Greek for Victoria University. Mr. Robertson is a gold medallist of'83 class Toronto University, and afterwards took a course in the Johns Hopliins Ueiversity. —One night lately, as Dr. Ferguson, of Blyth, was returning home from visiting a patient, he was attacked by what he sup- posed to be highway robbers, when going through a cedar sWamp. • As one of the men jumped across the ditch, his horse gave a start and the doctor laid on . the whip and succeeded in getting away. —The 'Parkersburg, West Virginia, Sen- tinel, trifles with the feeliegs of two well- known Clintonians as' follows : "Born, yes- terday, to Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Calendar, a daughter. The doctor states that it is the very latestsedition ofit, summer calendanbut rather unhandy for ready reference. It will not be bung up on the wall." —Mk. Russell, an artist sent out• to this country by the ' London Graphic, for the special purpose of making Canadian sketches, has been spending some time in the vicinity of Clinton, and - was a caller. at Miss C. Mountcaetle's, of " The Wigwam," on Mon-_ day. He spoke -in very high terms of her work es an artist, He expresses himself as delighted with Canada and its scenery. —Mr. Patrick 'O'Brien, one of Hay town- ship's best knoWn residents, breathed his last on Wednesday -of last week, • at the family residence in that . township, after a prolonged and painful Hinds, at the age of 63 years. He was a man of good qualities, honest and true. He leaves to • mourn his demise a wife and grown-up family. —While Mr. John Westlake, of Farqu- har, was engaged with his steamthresher on the farm of Mr. Neil, near Lumley, ' the steam chest of the eugine burst, making a total wreck of it,and coniequently he had to buy a new one. This will be quite a, loss to Mr. Westlake as he expended over $100 in repairs before'he started out. ----The other day, while Thomas H. Cook, who manages James Steep's farm, on the Bayfield road, Goderich township, was haul- ing mattere, the line got 'caught over the end of the tongue. Climbing along the tongue to remove it, the hories became un- manageable and ran away, injuring him se- verely, though net breaking any bones. It is a wonder he wee not killed. —A three-year-old son of Joseph Lairds of Wingham, reheived a fearful gash in the forehead, over the left eye, the other even- ing while at play. It was at first thought that he had -been struck by a swingebut it is more than. likely the child fell and struck his head on a brick. The gash was about three inches long and cut clear through.' to the bone. It required several stitches to dra* the gaping wound together. —Mr. W. B.Hutton and family, of Wing - ham, moved to Galt, on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Hutton's son and son-in-law, will open a hardware and tinware establishe . . ment in that to*n - and Mr. Hutton will en -L gage in other business. Mr. Hutton was an old resident and had long been identified with the flouring mill interests in Wing - ham, and he and his family will be greatly missed in religious and other circles in town. —Mr. W. H. Irwin, who has been pub- lisher of the Blyth Standard for several years, has disposed of hii business to Mr. Bradwin, formerly of Wingham, but more recently connected with Saturday Night. Mr. Bradwin has lots of " go " in him, and if there is any chance to make the Standard a more successful venture, he will do it. He was for some time employed in Tile EXPOS - TOR Office. --H. .Zellmar, of Leeburn, had a narrow escape when turning a corner in the field with his binder. The horses became rather too restive, upsetting him from his seat and throwing him before the knife. Fortunate- ly he fell into a furrow . and the machine passed over him,cutting the lines into many pieces.; here the tes,m halted, standing there several hours. , When found he was Unconscious, but seen revived from - the ef- fects of his nearly fatal accident, and. was able. to work a few day$ later. , —Master Hayden Williams of Goderich, while spending his vacation a't one of the Muskoka resorts, had a narrow escape from a broken neck. In a playful scuffle with some boys on, a balcony 16 feet high he fell head first over the railing,but,strange to say, struck the shoulder of a lady who was standing below in such a way as to break his fall without injuring her in the least, and his only injury from landing so suddenly on terra firma was a slight luinp on the forehead. —On Monday of last week fire got start- ed some way in the grass near the Grand Trunk engine house at Wingham, and it was not long before a, good part of ' the plot of land surrounding the building had been burnt over. Word was sent to the Chief of the Fire Brigade, and it was only a few mo- ments before he was on hand and had a stream of water playing on the fire and drowned it out, but none toO soon, as it had commenced to burn the fence near the water tank pumping house. —At the Division Court held at Gorrie on Tuesday of last week; before His Honor, Judge Doyle,there were a couple of amusing cases to farmers and listeners. One was Armstrong vs. Bogue. It appears that Armstrong traded a horse to Bogue for a a land roller and' sundry other implements and warranted said horse to be sound. Shortly after Bogue took possession of the animal it commenced bleeding profusely at the nostrils: The case hung on the point,as to whether the bleeding was a defect or otherwise, and a number of skilled veteri- naries were called for both parties and gave evidence but they did not agree, the conse- quence being that His Honor reserved judg- ment for six months to give him time to see for himself what effect the bleeding would have on the animal. The next cane, Falla- hay -exi MeNeili wits in, ietion to- ricover $60, the,price of .a horse ‘Fallahay had left for one =lath with McNeil to 'pasture, and said horse had strangled itself while tied in McNeil's stable. McNeil proved- that the horse had proved a nuisance in the pasture field and, therefore, had tied it up, and also produced eVidence to show that the horse was in the habit of pulling on its tie and that he was not made ,aequainted with' this fact when Fallahay left the animal in his possession. The point in this case was whether or not' McNeil should stand good for the insurance of the animal, when en- tirely unaequainted with the faults of the beast. His Honor reserved deoision indef- initely. —Residents along the 8th and 9th Con- cessions of Hullett township, experienced a pretty bad fright on Monday of last week, andnot Without reason. A bush fire,which is supposed to have started in the Canada Company swamp, spread to adjoining prop- erty ; a lot of fencing -on the Adams and Carter farms and a hay stack belonging to Mrs. Carter were burnied, and for a time several barns were in great danger. A ditch, cornbined,with the herculean efforts of- the neighbori; alone prevented the destruction of much property. —On Saturday. night, 25th ult.; about half past eleven o clock, fire broke out in tho old unused woolen mill, on Westmore- land street, Blyth, the- property of Mr. A. G. VanEgmond, Seaforth, and before the firemen could get there it watetenveloped in flames, and all they could do was to prevent it spreading. Fortunately there was no Wind ; as it was burning shingles were car- ried to a great distance. The cause of the fire is not known, but suppostd to be incen- • diary,as the building had not been in use for some time. —One night last week, while one of Mr. John Loadma-n's livery horses ,was standing ,U the stable at Grand Bend it met with serious injuries. It would appear as though the animal attempted to roll in the stall,and after getting down was unahle to rise again. When- first noticed in the morning, its head was turned back under its body and in such a position as not to be able -to free itseltand apparently had been in that predicament for some time. The animal was brought home in a badly -used up state, its body being bruised and cut in many places,and its neck terribly deformed. It will never fully re- cover. —Just as we go to press we learn that Mr. G. W. Heiman laas tendered his resignation as teacher in the Winchelsea Public School. Mr. Hohnan has taught this school contin- uously during the past fourteen Years and during that period has been intimately asso- ciated with the history of Usborne, of which township he has been clerk daring the qast nine years. Few men of the years of Mr. Holman can boast of such a record, of which ho may well feel proud. We have not learned. what his prospects for the future are, bat it is safe to predict that he will not be long out of harness. —On Sunday morning of last week one of the pioneers of Colborne township passed away in the person of Mrs.Robertson, relict of the late James Robertson. Deceased met with an accident about a year ago, whereby her shouMer blade was broken, and from this she never fully recovered. She was a member of the base line Baptist church, and was highly respected. She leaves four sons and a daughter, and was aged 74 years. What adds to the sadness of the occasion, is the fact that her daughter is at the present time seriously ill. The remains were in- terred in Ball's cemetery on Monday. s - —By the burning of the old Wesleyan church building, Brussels has lost another of its old. land marks, and very few are now left in that village who were among its. first worshippers. The oxen that drew the stone for the foundation of the structure were owned and driven by the late Thomas Hall, and he and his good wife,svBs. survived him and is still living, were. amoni its first attendants. B. Gerry, we believe, was very early associated with the old chapel. The first minister was Rev. Mr. Craae, now re- tired, residing in Woodstock. Rev. John Hough, also on the retired list, and now a resident of Guelph, was next in charge of the little church. —What might have been a fatal accident happened to Mr.McCallum, the other morn- ing, at the farm of his son-in-law, Amer Dashwood. Mr. McCalhun has been paint- ing in that neighborhood and staid with Mr.' Snider on Friday night. As be was getting out his pony Saturday morning one of Mr. Snider's horses kicked at him, strik- ing him with one foot on the back of his head and the other on the shoulder blade. The force of the kick broke his collar bone and also made an ugly wound on his head. A doctor was at once summoned and at- ' tended to the sufferer. Mr. McCallum is doing well : and will, we trust, be around again in a few weeks. —A..good Story is told of a, farmer not a hundred miles from Brussels. lie was threshing last week, and if seems he has a mania ,for pew kinds .of wheat, and this year had some eight different kinds, all stowed away in one mow, and the fun start- ed. when it was being threshed, to keep it separate. When the owner went intothe mow to see that only one kind of . sheaves was being put down, the man with the grain got,mixed in the granary,and when he look- ed after the grain the men in the mow got mixed in the same way. Some say he got so excited that he said " cuss words," while others say that he only thought them. In either case it ought to be a warning to farm- ers of a speculative turn of mind, not to grow too many kinds of grain at once. —On Sunday of last week, a young man, while walking along the road in front of Mr. Wm. Wise's farin, Goderich township, at- tempted to light his pipe, and thoughtlessly threw the match down on the ground,which in a moment was all ablaie. His efforts to extinguish it being useless, he alarMed Mr. Wise, *ho 'with the help of about twenty other men that had gathered around,worked at it the greater part of the. day, and at last succeeded in extinguishing it, but not before it had burned three or four acres of meadow. Had the fire not been taken in time it might have resulted in a serious af- fair. A few minutes longer and it would have swept Mr.Wise's barns and everything before it. —A very pleasant event took place on Thursday, 23rd ult., at the residence of Archibald Sands; Colleerne's esteemed trees- urer,when the contracting parties were Rev, James Wilson, B.A., of Niagara Falls South, who was formerly assistant to Rev. Dr. Mc- Donald, Sea.forth, and Miss Jessie Sands,eld- est daughter of Archibald Sands. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Robert Ure, D. D., of Goderich. The groom was assist- ed by Rev. W. R. McIntosh, of Allendale, and the bride's sister, Miss Elizabeth Sands, of Buffalo, acted as bride's maid. The pres- ents were numerous and valuable. After art excellent repast the happy couple left God- i laid this fall which will reach from F. erich station on, the Grand Trunk Railway, I Knight's grocery store to the commercial amid showers of rice, for Toronto and other hotel, and will add greatly to the appear - Eastern cities. ance ef our neat little villa,ge.—A " Wonder of the World " show struck this village on Saturday evening last.—Miss Wells, of *r. Sanderson's brick cottages are fast ap- proaching completion. They will add great - to the appearance of our village.—The !weather has been very dry and smoky re- pently.—The bealitiful shower on Monday improved very much the appearance of the -grass.—The Wroxeter correspondent seems ;annoyed at the report, under this heading, tof the Crescent -Union base ball match. Well, there is no doubt that profanity was :used, and that it is not only unnecessary and ungentlemanly, but sets a very bad ex - 'ample to the many boys who attend. base "ball matches. We did not, however, say -that it was the Wroxeter boys who were guilty ; indeed we did not specify anyone, iior did we assert that the Unions cannot rplay good ball. We simply said they did not in this particular match.. Usborne. PRESENTATION.—A very enjoyable. time was spent at the residence of Philip Ryck- Man, Esq., of the boundary line, on Tues- alay evening last, when a large number of the young people assembled to pay, . in - a 'tangible way, a tribute of respect to one of Usborne's most highly esteemed old ladies. 17Virs. Ryckman, although having passed the meridian of her life, retains her cheerful ..disposition and always tries to make life Worth living, and is, consequently, a great favorite with the young folks, who, on the becasion of het sixty-second birthday, pre: .sented her with a beautiful easy chair. Mrs. Ryckman was taken entirely by sur - I rise, but briefly thanked them for doing fe er such honoi, and expressed. herself as ing scarcely able to realize that she should_ ,be considered worthy of so handsome and ;eostly a present. . As soon as this very im- portant part of the proceedings was over, ;the good lady and her genial husband_ sur- tend.ered possession of their commedious :domicile to a merry assemblage bent on 'im- Anortalizing the occasion. After partaking jof the delicious contents of a long array, of ,baskets, and spending -a few hours ip delec- liation and social amusement, all took their leave, wishing. the. old -couple many years of :ease and happiness. ‘ TiLutiES ROAD PIONIC.—The yomig people Of the.Thames Road held their usual har- t evest home picnic at Grand Bend, on Satur- day, September 1st. Quite a number took atlyantage of the day,as they were unable to do much on the farm owing to the severe •rdrought. The picnickers were wending their way to the lake in the wee sma hours IA the Morning, and by nine o'clock quite „a large crowd. had assembled on the beautiful and well kept camping grounds of Mr. Spackman. - It svas not long after their ar- rival until they had Mr. Spackman's boats . , -swiftly going on the rippling waters of Lake liuron. The day being one of the best of the season for boating, a great many took advantage of it by learriing to wield the pars,. and ere -night came there eavere not a :few Hanlans to be found in the erowd. Even some of the fairsex, WI4 shoired. con- .Siderable timidity at steppixtg from terra trma, to the treacherouS liquid, were plying She oars with great ekill and vigor. Hay- -Aug spent several hours of the forenoon in the various amusements, the cravings of the inner man now began to make themselves :felt, and it was not long before the pleasure 'seekers began to realize that something else -. must be sought after for a few moments ; ;consequently the boats were hauled upon the shore and the crowd again made their hhay back to where Mr. Spackman's genial helpmeet had all in readiness for the ladies to give their sumptuous repast Dinner over it was not long ere the crowd found themselves on the beach, ready for several hours more of enjoyment. The afternoon iivas spent in a most sociable and enjoyable finanner. By six o'clock the party were be- Iginnm. g to feel rather tired. from so long a Iday's outing, so after doing justice to the Idelicious viands spread out fox supper, they Pegan to disperse to their various homes, 1 orry that they could not spend a longer I dine on the delightful picnic grounds. Exeter. 1. THE Sronas.--,-A large crowd of people tnere present to witness the sports given tinder the auspices of the Exeter Band., on the Agricultural grounds, on Monday after- noon last, it being a holiday. The follow- ing is a list of the winners in the various events : Open trot, best 3 in 5, h mile heats Hawkshaw's Mell 0 lst, Tbornas Mur - dock's Stanton Kingf2nd, Alexander Dow's Lady Thorne 3rd, . John Leathorn's Lady aane 4th, time 1.17i ; green trot, 3 in 5, half mile heats—R. Heywood's Winchelsea lst, William Bawden's Dick Terry 2nd, White and SnelPs Dan Rose 3rd, time 1.,40 ; half mile running race, 3 in 5—Will Emroy lst, Sidney Davis' Sid's Rilly 2nd, time 1.03 ; hundred yard foot d4ce (open)—Edward Treble lst, Gatnet P. ndman 2nd ; egg in spoon race—Ellward ignan 1st, M. Martin 2nd ; bicycle race, 1 mile—Thomas Smith 1st, Harry Browning 2M1, time 3.47 ; hurdk race, 100 yards, . hurdles—Garnet P. Hyndinan lst, Edward Treble 2nd • boys race, 100 Yards, under 16 ars—F. lietherington, Lumley, 1st, M. sfartin 2nd. The band played several fine pieces throughout the afternoon, which con- taibnted greatly to making the affair a suc- 7188a.aers.—Mr. William J. Clarke, of Tor - oat°, is the guest of his brother, John P. Clarke, merchant, this week. --s-Mr. James Ramsay, of Detroit, is holidaying at the Immo of his parents.—Miss Jacobin& .Dodds is -visiting relatives at Toronto, -and taking in the sights of the" Toronto Exhibition.— Mr. Will Simpson, of Parkhill, spent Suns day and Monday last the guest of the Metropolitan house.—The Rev. David Ram- say, of Mount Forest, preached in the Cavan Presbyterian church on Sabbath evening last. —The Rev. George Cobbledick, of Bras- selS, -preached in the Main street Methodist cluirch on Sabbath evening last. —The Rev. Dr Mockridge, of Toronto, preached the Harvest Horne sermon in the Trivitt Mein - oriel church on Sabbath last. The building wafV:, elegantly decorated by the Ladies' Guild of the church. --Nr. R. S. Lang is busy packing and shipping apples at Chat- ham, he having already purchased twelve thonsand barrels, which he intends shipping to Liverpool, England.—Mr. R. II -Collins, barrister, took a business trip to Goderich on S4turday last. —Mr. T. A. McConnell, of London West, who formerly resided here, is renewing old acquaintanceships in t*,11.— Mr. I3ishop, hardware merchant, Nrkhill, has purchased the hardware businels. from Mr. Joseph Cobbledick, in Pickard's old stand, and is busy stocktaking.—Serious bush fres have been raging in Hay and Stephen townships during the past three weeks, doing much damage to. property.— Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hunt and family, of Seaforth, have been. visiting relatives here. —The, electric light is giving nreat satisfac- tion, and Exeter looks as brilliant as any city or town.—A. granite sidewalk will be Gorrie. Zurich, was the guest of Miss Jessie Creech, BRIEFS.—Mr. T. McLaughlin, who some last Sabbath.—Mrs. Wm. J.' T.homas, of years ago carried on a mercantile business Burlington, is visiting relatives hert.—Mr. in our village, is visiting friends here. For John Moore, well -digger and pump maker, some years he has been engaged in the dug a 30 . foot well for Mrs. Harris, on same business in Michigan, but has sold out Huron street, in one and a half days.—Ad- to his brother Robert.—Some of our vil- vance Council, Royal Templars intend hav- lagers went to Brussels on Labor Day and ing a musical and literary ente'rtainment in two of our bicyclists went to Seaforth 011 Cavan Presbyterian church, on Wednesday that day.—Great excitement prevailsamong evening„,September 19th.—Mrs.J. T. West - the small boys over a rumour to the effect ; cott and daughter, Olive, visited friends and that " a panther " has been in the woods relatives in Colborne township this week.— near our village during the past few weeks. Mrs. Thomas Greenwood, of Whitewood, —Mr. Jamee Walker, blacksmith, is pre- I North West Territory, who has been visits paring to build a two-storey brick shop on ing relatives here the past few days, left for the lot opposite the Albion hotel, just north Benmiller on Wednesday last, to visit rela- of the Forestera' hall.—Mr. Andieen's and tives.—The funeral of the infant d.atighter' rag EMI3E11, ^ of Mr. Phineas Hunter, 'of Usborne, through the village on Sabbath last, enroute to the Exeter cemetery, was largely attended,—Mr. Alexander - left for Douglass, Manitoba, on Tuesda rnoming last.—The farmers are beginni* to Market their grain, on account of very dry weather. ---The farmers -are feed* their stock hay, etc., which has been et0 away for winter use.—A slight thun shower passed over this place on Tu last, with just enough rain to lay the dusk —Mr. Samuel Priskator, Huron street, le building a new veneered front to his red. . deuce. Mr. James Sweet -and Sons have the contract for the brick work.—Severalef the local nimrods spent Monday last at Lake Smith, duck shooting.—Mr. Andrew Hicks is confined to his home throne( serious illness. --A meeting of the terial Association of this district was head in the basement of the Main Street &mit- -on Monday afternoon last, a number of leap. isters being present. —Mrs. Dennis Hallo* of Brantford, is visiting her parents Mt. and Mrs. Henry -Lambrook.—Mr. cikarita Snell, sr., has purchased the store rept* vacated. by AU% R. Hicks, jeweller, And owned by Mr. Thomas Gregory, and will move into the building this week. Ai's! reminded," "of an -I turtles o stream, about I was parb the Mary Lyle at g Up from SSW of rice when yellei to me look at the sea tu sad looked over , as far as cord cove*ed with tt endoin fellows a lazily in the op in which we wei -"it -didn't take Is 4-thialass and taoklel of the old fel the biggest, 4 e oonrse of tin t 26, about a y dispose of ab of them- lived Wit York, and we The shell- ol 0 pounds is 110W ill on lEfouston Would hate to say Were in sight of the or fear somebody pda. yarming, but the, 'fly for five hours, Well into the sohool as the eye eould reac *ere was a turtle roluare feet of wate ten that weighed les .=—Washingtou Star. Varna. PERSONAL. —Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell and family, who were visiting Me, Dan Campbell, have returned to their home in Orillia. FIRE. —On Sunday night, about 11 o'clock,,e fire was discovered in the barns of Me Nathan Peek, Babylon line. The barns and. sheds contained the cinp off over 200 acres, and all his implements, including three wa ons, seed drill, mower harness, ate., an over 40 tons of hay,. All was consumed. The loss to Mr. Peck will be very hearj% The buildings were allnearly new, only be- ing built about 4 years ago, and were le sured in the Hay Company for $1,200. The. cause of the fire is enveloped in mystery, ail there was no fire around the -premises front noon, and it is supposed to have been 'in- cendiary. Greenway. NEWS NOTES.—Several of our young aaeo- ple attended the Harvest Horne dinner and entertainment at Sylvan last week, and were highly pleased. with the affair.—We are pleased. to see Mr. F. Jernette, who has been sick for some time, out again.—Rev. H..Chant has gone to visit friends -in ton and other places east. Rev. R. L. son has charge of his work during his ab- senee. He ex-pects to be gone about two weeks. --We are having very dry weather and fires are doing much damage a few - miles north of here. --Mr. IV. J. Wileon.'!' sold a valuable cow to Taylor & Jones last - week.—Mr. William Brinker and wife; of Fillion, Michigan, are visiting his father and other friends here, after an absence of eight years. --Mr. A. McIntosh has bought__ the Hope farm, out near Moray, He intends to move on it shortly.—Mr. !Harry Neeline of Crediton, visited friends here last week* —We notice by the printed bills, the 2Ist annual Harvest Home dinner and entertain-, ment is to be held on September 12tb, and , among the attractions they are to have ia the Zurich -String Band and Mr. W. Gibson a solo singer and reciter- of London.--MissIS L. Nisbet, who has bnen -visiting at Mr. Robert Armstrong's, returned home last week. —At a meeting held at School No. 10, the trustees engaged Miss Laura, Baker for another year. They are highly pleased with the progress of the scholars and the _ good order in the school. Morris. ANOTHER PIONEER. DEPARTS.---Agaill _fife sad duty devolves:upon us of recording the death of a good man, one of the few remain- . ing pioneers of Morris, in the person of Mr. Patrick O'Rourke, sr., who died on August 20th. Deceased had been ailing for some months before his death. He was; a native of Wexford county, Ireland, and came to this eountry with his wife and family some years ago, and started making a living for himself and family in the wild forests of America. His aged partner died twelve years ago. Mr. O'Rourke was born in 1806, and was consequently 88 years of age. In his last hours Rev. Father Qnigley istered. to him the last rites of the Homan _- Catholic church, of which deceased w during his Whole life, a constant and combo tent member. Mr, O'Rourke leaves a family.: of two sons and three daughters,- all of whom have the sympathy of the connnunity in their sad bereavement, The remains were laid in their last resting place in the Roman Catholic cemetery, Morris, on August 23rd, the funeral being very largely at- tended. Norns.--Swamp fires are still doing a lot of damage and farmers are anxious for rain, n" so as to put a stop to them.—Messrs. Gos- • man and Taylor cleaned out eight barns kilt week and quit early on Saturday night. , Threshing won't last long at that rate.— James Thuell, 6th concession, gave the young folks a party on Tuesday eveningeof. -- this week. Mr. Thuell, having got the lith on his new house, gave the party so as keep the house warm and not shake the plaster off, a good idea.—Mr. J. Craig, 7th line, lost, a lot of wood on Sunday last by fire in the swamp.—Mr. George Parker hu arrived home again. He says the cattle he took over the sea paid him for his trouble. . —Some farmers are selling their lambs. Three cents per pound is being paid, or from two to three dollars per head.—A shower of , raM passed over here on Tuesdny. A few - more good showers are badly needed.—A few from this township took in the races at Brussels on, Tuesday.—Rev. Mr. Law, of elgrave, moved away to Stratford on Vednesday of this week. Rev. Mr,. Me - Williams will preach the next two Sabbaths Belgrave, 1.111111111111MINIMINNIMI • Tuokeremith. CIDER Mune—Mr. Roger Pepper has his cider mill on the 3rd concession now rum ring at'full blast. He will grind every afternoon and farmers wanting cider should bring their apples along and they can have them made into cider while they wait. COUNCIL MEETING.— The Council met at Weiser's. hotel, on September 1, as per ad- journment. The Reeve being absent, the chair was taken by Deputy -Reeve Ma.ckav., The new clerk was present, and after .sula scribing the " declaration of office," entered upon his duties. The aanual rates were struck, as follow,s; For county purposes, as per requisition of County Clerk the suinjo 83,716.73, requiring a rate of 1;92 mills on the dollar ; for township and general school rate, the sum of $3,692.58, -requiring a, rate of 1.9 mills on the dollar. The rate levied upon the respective schools was as follows: Upon Section No. I, $213.32, req • • a . rate of 1.1 mills on the dollar ; Section O. 2, 8250, requiring a rate of 1.14; Section No. 3, $215, requiring a rate of .88 ; Section No. 4, 8100, requiring a rate of .5 ; Section No. 5, 8110, requiring a rate of .6 ; Section No. 6, 8100, requiring a rate of .6 ; Section No. 8, 8350, requiring a rate of 2.5 ; Section No. 9, $100, requ- ing a rate of 2.1 ; Section No. 10, 8248, re wring a rate of 1.7; - Union - No. 1 McKill p, $68.40. requiring a rate of .9. The trust es of No. 7 have not sent in requisition. Committee of the Council reported having let the job of clearing and ditching the side road between lots 5 and 6, Concessions 7 and 8, H. R. S., 100 rods, to George Strong, at $L30 per rod. James Cumming was reappointed collector of rates, at a salary of $90. After passing amounts to the amount of $130, and voting, $25 of re- lief to the poor, the Council adjourned to meet again at Dixon's hotel„Brucefield, on Monday, October 1st, at, I o'clooke—Antex. G. SMILTAtel Clerk. , 'Wire Wei An important eh in 'engineering pra :cuairiof wit:itedrinwgithsteamthreepl, wire, thus near]; pressure, In steamers using WO is lound that, as w '11313116ae 'p5ivireipe Unofdesr tearnesi to the strength, anc' lads have showed stands just' about t ;to have stood. will copper not been inj To obviate the risk rind ettable the thic forming the pipe mininrume at the exlvantages of wit( 1111pioved syster steam pipes has bei even, a -610fier anal than the usual sys —and consists In thjamest practicabl interior to the co -body of the pipe steel wire wound Aeore," the interstice with copper by a dear° deposition. seine alueer The astronomen eral have noted in Ities among the va 'stars" that have ip. the heavens. known as "Xetia form of a plow, l resembling handl The _crook ne jarally elongated t derer stretched ot looked like a floc seplms says that 70 A. D. was in and. that it "hurtA salem) Whole 4221 looked like manse whale, the istioug that it w Several widely the "whale co when first seen 0 'the shape of a Was Weill sha wee the counte ' vatic bird.—St. stic c A sextuple ph lust teen comple twin which ma .ent astronomiea valuable new d• demeras instead Scope eau eover ito that which 0,400 full moon gain of perspee probable that i elating to met may cast new 1 tiving %amid. 2ivee of the Li last year the e pater, and th has discovered -teal change.— Gieve Ellen M recently sowed -sin, Mamie her own. Mi some friends child played peatedly minded her geugh rush thexaddle o Watil speeding of it was t *Named lost, man sprang pushed the e then tried to !We. The her and t track. Whe -street, she sud she di resched.—P A English e pliment mission of 43tates for th American s order to as features th adopted in rated. in oourie of p parliament Ex -Premier alarmingly ill. —On Wadi' tett for now of Scut Dr," Mattie Foster,