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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-05-23, Page 1890 fALS Ly AT S Le House 0 K tetive RASOLS, HOSIERY, rIBBONS, S. irge range of ems, she. and vith :KINGS, hE LINENS e Ottment of Clothing, JD CHEAP. the lowest pose oduce. CUL, a. g in the mach - Mess in corn- tIr. J. Xurrey,. ,s been in the ty years. Mr. and pushing nre to succeed. Seed." :now be in _ horn the cit Y to - rural district wax eloquent Ye intelligent bloocl,the bone ious Dominion, lake your irresis- round the Poll times sires, and ;mat and glori- . in order a few : The politician end and meeting Ithe conteat, and tis friend asked that gentleman. our moat ardent ascl so." " is only a iblavest- Fulness to me is diem." CLODHOPPER. a. Trade. ress, of the 13th evr of the British k3-ood reports hav6- eg growing wheat R-ussia, Gen- e. English wheats alight advance. heats (luting the - quarters at aita rters at 29s 10d kding week last fluctuated under he York market, cy of the market Our was steady, peculati-ve raove- rm. Foreign oats tay'a marketbusi- lish and foreign frir values, Ameri- d. The prices of oyers, and there ud. Oats; beans, teady." y snowfall in the ant of Manitoba, ay, and bushrnen wood to the rail- leighs. f the City blillsi eesday afternoon to a down the chute. i down and investi- 1 in the chute. lie in and slid to the ecl to death. He and had been with ' ebout a yearn He sici in the warehouse krid ROtIS & FOTtt1110. oronto hospital, so is not looked for. S her a ample of pat, of Mitchell, had experience the other me o'clock a couple :e with a request to weie duly provided otle, ehidently,being , gentiernan proeseed- In the absence of ro young ladies who anted as bridesnaaid When the ceremener eded there cisme te door and the groom le with the remark o stop us this tirae,SI ted that he expected me one he knew. Iti gentleman to see Mr. remony proceeded to close the young lady groomsman remark - couple hadn't kissed "Se ain't agoin' to, ,lee too much fun- for se bridegroom's rep*/ o how the cerenteill led. The contracting the township of W03 - TWENTY -SECOND YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 1,171. NEW GOODS ARRIVING WEEKLY AT HOFFMAN & CO.'S. DRESS GOODS, PRINTS, RIBBONS, LACES, • 'CORSETS, GLOVES, FRILLINGS, COLLARS, &c., —AT THE—: - Cheap Cash• Store -OF- HOFFMAN & CO. CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEA F 0 RT H. NOTICE.—Agents for Butter- ick's reliable patterns and publica- tion 'feast week 500 men went up from Mattawa to drive logs ad timber for the different lumber firms. —An advertisement for a principal to take charge of. Ayr Public School, ere - suited in over 40 applications being re- ceived. —Mr. Juzo Keno, a young Japanese who received the degree of B. -A., and a gold medal for general proficiency at Victoria University last week, is the first Asiatic scholar ever presented for laureation at a Canadian University. He is a native of Tokio, and a gentleman of high rank. —The Lake Dauphin diatrict, says the Minnedosa Tribune, will Bonn have three saw mills in operation. This dis- trict of northern Manitoba is evidently going ahead, though it is but a short time since settlers started to go into that section. —The Canada Lumberman, hitherto published at Peterboro, has been re- moved to Toronto, whence it will be issued monthly. The Lumberman is full of all sorts of reliable information in its Hee. All business men interested in the resources, production and uses of wood will find it invaluable. • —After an absence of three months, Rev. Dr. Wild, of Toronto, occupied the pulpit of his own church last Sebbath for the first time. He received a very warm welcome from his congregation, the church being crowded to the doors. At the morning service the pulpit and platform were almost buried in flowers, and plants. The children of the Sab- bath School and the Chestnut Street Miesion School, numbering several- hun- dred, occupied a-sectionof the gallery. As the pastor entered the pulpit, the. scene was a stirring and affecting one. The organist played "Home, Sweet Home," and the children sang a song of welcome, follewed by the presentation to the doctor of a beautiful basket of roses from the hands of two little girls. Re was so overcome as to be hardly able to speak, as he alluded to the kindly and hearty welcome accorded him, and the keen pleasure he felt in again being among his own people after a tempor- ary absence, renewed in health and strength and ready for work. —At Mannheim, county'of Waterloo, on Sunday, 18th inst., while Mr. Jacob lieu, with his wife and two children W& s driving out of the yard after church the horse became unruly, broke the bit and threw the occupants out of the buggy. Mrs.Herr was seriously hurt, and remained in an unconscious condition until she was taken to her home near Petersburg, and has. been bleeding badly from one ear. One of her children was also slightly hurt, while Mr. Herr and the other child es- caped unhurt. The buggy was badly wrecked. • —The St. Marys cattle dealers, Messrs. Robson and Sperling, shipped over 150 head of very fine cattle �n Tuesday last week to the Old Country markets. They paid out nearly- $10,000 for them to the farmers in that section of the country. —Mr. Wm. Robb, of Elma township, is the owner of a goose that is now hatching for the 23rd time. • She has laid and hatched every year for the last 23 years and looks none the worse. She is at present, sittingon eleven eggs arid intends to put life in them too. —Mr. Hogg, a gentleman from Ber- wick, on- the border between England and Scotland, is visiting at Mr. I'. Aventon, of whom be is a relative. Mr. Hogg likes this country • very well, and was agreeably surprised at seeing it. He intends making his ree somewhere in the new world. —Adnumber of the good residents of North Easthope are off on a trip to their native laud, bonnie Scotland. They are Mr. Thomas Low, Mr. John s.Doig, Mrs. Duncan Scott, and Miss Maggie Ogilvie. The first three will rusticete on th,e gowany braes o' Blair- eowrie Perthshire, and the latter will visit relatives in Brechire 1 1 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1890. MCLEAN.BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in- Advance. ANOTHER STAVE FROM of a single armed inan. It would be OBSERVER. muchbetter for us to get rid of all European complications and wars by uniting with the United Suites, whose constitution is broad enough to give every State on this continent the control of their local affaineuniting north, south, east and west by the peaceful bonds of natural and profitable trade, the most enduring bonds that can be entered into by any civilized country; leaving all the fighting to the despots of Europe and their armed hordes. It is a great pity that the rulers who make the quar- rels are not compelled to fight their own battles. The world would then enjoy perfect peace, as the strife -breeders are far too cowardly to fight. If they would only do this and exterminate themselves frotn off the face of the earth it would be a great relief to suffering humanity. (written tor the Expositor.) Countries like England and America that are constitutionally governed, where the majority are supposed to rule, all things being equal, it makes little difference which of the two forms of government a persou lives under. The main consideration with the great mass. of the people is to live. • It seems to me in this enlightened age that nations would prefer selecting their own rulers from amongst themselves instead of trusting to chance and of running the risk of being ruled by either natural- born cranks or fools. It is -a slur on the character of the " Allwise ruler of the universe" to suppose that He had any hand in ordaining the Georges a,ud others of their stripe to be the divinely appointed Kings of England,or Isabella, Queen of Spain, or Ludavig, King of Bavaria, or Pince Rudolph and Prince William to_be the Emperors of Austria and Germany. The only object the Almighty could have in allowing such people as these to fill such exalted posi-' tier's, must have been -for the purpose of opening the eyes of the people to the danger of " hereditary heirship " to such exalted positiona—to show how much safer it would be for the people to select their own rulers. It is true Queen Victoria has someWhat redeemed the character of her ancestors in having ruled in a constitutional manner for over 50 years. Thanks to the power of public opinion, the Queen being a pru- dent woman, and fond of power she found that she had to do just what she was ordered by her responsible Minis- ters, so as to draw six or seven millions a year for the support of herself and family. Although one of the wealth- iest women in Europe she made several bold attempts to make the G. O. M. put his hand into the public chest and pay the debts of the Prince of Wales, that were incurred partly through his extra- vagance, and in having to perform some of the duties of the Queen. 'Mr. Glad- stone had the moral courage to refuse which probably was the means of saving both his and her position. Royalty is suffered to exist in England just so long as the occupant of the throne behaves properly. A family occupying that ex- alted position being surrounded- with natural-born toadies, whose chief busi- ness is to magnify the character of these they serve, don't really require -to be as good as common people. It is a wonder that a family that has been raised in affluence and idleness are so good. Take the case of the young German Emperor, who is fairly intoxicated with power, and is causing all Europe to tremble lest his next rash step or foolish notion, should cause a general European war. Why should the peace of the whole civi- lised world, and the lives of millions be jeopardized by a mere creature of chance? Rulers are, not half so much to blame as the system that allows such fearful risks to be taken. In England royalty is more for ornament than use, and tends to create class distinctions by making the rich richenand theptior poor- er. The royal family are not satisfied with the large allowance they receive from the State for life. They monopolise all the fat offices both in and Out of the country, such as being commander-in- chief of the army and the navy, gover- nors of colonies, where the positions are fat enough, and if there is any religion in the family, which is very rarely the ease, they go for the $100,000 and $150,- 000 positions in the church'. • The Duise of Cambridge has been drawing $250,- 000 a year -for nearly forty years for being "Commander-in-chief of the Arrny, his wife and daughter $50,000 each—and now hie grandchildren and his poor Ger- man son-in-lew are also pensioners on the State. What did this Duke ever do that hundreds and thousands of families should be pauperised to keep him and his family in affluence? Nothing what- ever. When the Crimean war broke out he went to the seat of war and staid a few months—but he could not stand the smell of powder and had to return home, and left his army to "root, hog, or die." It is well known this was the worst conducted the most ex- pensive, and the most useless war Eng- land was -ever engaged in—Such blun- dering and extravagance may suit the English people. If it does they are wel- come to it, but when an attempt is made to transport their extravagance to this country in the shape of a " Govenor- General" who is more for ornament than use, and sports an -imported general of the army who, Tory-like, can steal furs, and who is surroundedwith lots of drones besides, who are all drawing large salaries for doing nothing, and are living in luxury at a cost of $200,000 or $300,000 a .year. This brings the farce a little too near home especially when it affects the pocket so much. Class distinctions are spreading rapid- ly everywhere. Clubs are being formed exclusively for government officials and gentlemen of means in Ottawa. Men who are obliged to earn a living profes- sionally, or in the different branches of • trade are not considered good enough to belong to them. Surely this , is adding insult to injury to think these drones who are living on the industries of the country are too good to associate with those on whom they live and have their being. This is aping old country Tory notions with a vengeance. It will take nothing less than annexatien to cure it. Take the present condition of the con- tinent of Europe where the power is placed in the hands of ambitious • rulers, every poverty stricken country in it, is supporting from, one-half to two millions of armed men te keep the peace, and to gratify the lust for more power. No wonder the masses are in poverty, and are straining every nerve to get rid of poverty, military duty, and despotic rulers, by coming to the United States, where the people rule, where it is a slur on the Christian religion as well as on this whole continent to require the use No doubt the Tories in England and Canada who are enjoying government pap and those whose prejudices have got the better of their judgment, will be shocked at the mention of a "holy land" like Canada, being united to a "wicked people" like the Americans, but this need be no great objection. It will give us an opportunity of doing our • missionary work so much nearer home, than going to Asia or Africa. It is strange that such a "wicked people," as the lip -loyalists style the Americans, should have goverped themselves for over 100 years without electing a bad man as President. Take the Cabinet Ministers of the last twenty-five years; finer specimens of huManity could not be found under the sun. The present Cabinet has no equal on the face of the earth for intellectual ability, and moral worth. Thepresident has been a rul- ing elder andA Sabbath school teacher in the PreslAyterian church for many years. "Like master, like man" is a true saying in his case, as he is sur- rounded with men equally as good as himself. Political immorality is not tolerated in that country, in government officials high in authority. Take the case of Speaker Colfax, a good man, whose chances were bright for being President, but in an evil hour he allow- ed his name to be i4d in connection with the ", Credit mobilier," a dishonest scheme to make money; and ever after- wards the poor man could not be elected to the meanest office in the gift of the people. It ill becomes the Tories of this country to point the finger of acorn at the Americens, saying "we are holier than thou," seeing they prefer to have a man ruling over them, who once prosti- tuted his position by selling the country he had sworn to serve faithfully, hon. estly and well, for $175,000. The good Tories condoued this trifling offence and re-elected him in order to give -the same man an opportunity .of re -selling the country at a price nearer its real value, so that the money or positions could be distributed round amongst his faithful followers. Annexation is wanted if for nothing else than to teach Canadians the first principles of political morality. OBSERVER. Separate S6hoo1s. Mr. Thomas W. Gibson, of Wroxeter, has thefollowing letter' in the TOronto Mail of Tuesday "Will you be kind enough to point out how Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Ontario can be abolished with- out also abolishing Protestant Separate Schools in Quebec? If I read the Brit- ish North America Act aright; the same :rights as to Separate Schools are guar- anteed to Quebec Protestants, and when abolition of Separate Schools is talked of the question at once arises how is it to be effected in- Ontario and not in Quebec!? "This view of the case carries all the greater weight because our fellow -Pro- testants in Quebec have availed them- selves far more freely of their right to establish Separate Schools than have the Catholics of Ontario. There are 916 Protestant Separate Schools in Quebec, and only some 240 Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Ontario. The reason for this doubtless lies in the fact that the Public Schools in Quebec are practically Roman Catholic schools, while in On- tario they are practically unsectarian, and inoffensive to Reman Catholic pre- judice. - " If.we do away with Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Ontario, and at the I same time deprive our brethren in Que- bec of the right to maintain their own schools, we shall, it see.ms to me, strike a far deadlier blow at Protestantism than if we continue to give the Roman Catho- lics of this province the utmost liberty to erect and maintain all the Separate Schools they like. The struggling Pro- testant garrison of Quebec deserves bet- ter treatment at our hands than this, and it is significant that no echo of the cry for the abolition of Separate Schools comes from the other aide of the Ottawa river. To abolish Separate Schools in Quebec would be to place the education of the Protestant youth in the hands of the R,otnan Catholic clergy, or to cast upon the Protestants of that Province the herculean task of organiiing and carrying on a system of education en- tirely without financial aid from the Government, and, we may well believe, without any favors in the way of help- ful legislation. We ought to hesitate before placing these alternatives before our co -religionists of Quebec." - To the above the Mail makes the replyfol- lowinBgutif : Separate Schobls were to be abolished here, would not the Roman Catholic Church, or the Provincial Leg- islature which she controls, abolish Eng- lish Separate Schools in Quebec? •Mr. Gibson's question is usually answered in the affirmative by the clerical press and the clerical politicians in Quebec. No later ago than Saturday La Verite, the principal mouthpiece of the Ultramon: tanes, who held the balance of power in the last Legidlature, stated that this would unquestionably be done,' by way - 'of retaliation, if the Equal Righta men attempted to lay hands upon the Separ- ate Schoolin Ontario. •We venture to think, however, that it could not be done. The Quebec Legisiature could not at this time of day pass,a law limit ing noreCatholic parents to a Hobson's choice of Catholic schools or no schools at all. Certeinly there would • be no justification for such a monstrous step in the fact that, like Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Brit- ish Columbia, and Manitoba, the Pro- vince of Ontario had refused to maintain Catholic schools at the public expense and left Roman Catholics, in cominon with other denominations, to make use of a thoroughly non-sectarian system. But, whatever might occur in Quebec, why should we hesitate to do that which is best in the public interest for Ontario? If we admit the principle that Onterio questions must be dealt with not upsets their merits, but with reference to the possible action of the Quebec Legisla- ture directed against the English-speak- ing minority there, we may as well let Quebec. make our laws. Some years ago an ecclesiastic in the eastern part of this proyince declared that if the Ontario Legislature would not allow the Roman Catholic Church to levy tithes and fab- rique assessments upon the Roman Catholic population under sanction of law, the Church would get an Act passed to • enable her to tithe the Protestants of Quebec. This threat resembled that now made by the Ultramontanes, to de- stroy the non-Catholic schools in Quebec if the Catholic ones are abolished in this province. To quail before either would be to acknowledge the power of the Quebec hierarchy to govern us as well as the habitants. " The leaciers'of French Canada, clerical and lay, are unalterably opposed to a fusion of the two races.. In Dominion affairs, therefore, the °Autry at large must make up its mind to be always weak. Instead of one people actuated by a common interest and a common sentiment, -there will be two distinct peoples, each moving on a plane of its own towards separation from the other. We cannot allow Ontario to be rent and torn in like manger. All the other -English-speaking p oring to protnote the gro geneous society within s are endeav- th of a homo- themselves by means of a single school system and a single tongue; and we 'cannot begin too soon to follow their example. The men- aces of the Roman Catholic Church need not disturb our peace of mind. She - knows well enough that if by any act of hers Confederation were broken up. sbo would fare badly at -the hands of tho United States, which would be the re - aid*, ry legatee. Le Courrier du Can- adariebserved the other day that whilst fusion of races. would be disastrous, an- nexation would be "an abyss" in which clerical privileges and French treaty rights would disappear forever. The English-speaking people of Quebec could probably take care of themselves if the Church attempted any such outrage upon freedom of conscience as that we have been discussing. In any event, it would be suicidal to allow her, by threatening them, to deter us from do- ing the best we can for ourselves." On Board the "United Empire." (Written for Tins EXPOSITOR.) Eleven A.M. So we are really leav- ing the old town of Goderich behind at last. We take our last look at the building where the Goderich magnates dispense justice,round Attrill's point and sail northward to Kincardine. The ac- commodation for cabin passengers is ex- cellent, and perhaps the steerage passen- gers have only themselves to blame that they are not more comfortable. Surely rough weather is in store for us ; see those "wind clouds." Now, we are get- ting near Kincardine. Slowly our stately vessel glides towards the pier. Hor- rors! is she going to run aground on the rubbish that chokes the harbor? No, • she swings round and finds a clear pass- age into the harbor. A young lady tim- idly approaches, and asks for the over- shadowing care of my spinsterhood for a walk uptown: We set off, and when fairly in the town, it begins to rain. We beat a hasty retreat, which terminates only when safe in the shelter of our state rooms. The water is much rougher as we begin to cross- the Lake, but the furniture, etc., stays where it is, put, and does not perform the antics we have read, of such things doing else- where. A glass of water with which I have provided myself keep° the perpen- dicular so that not one drop is spilt. I will not be sea -sick, I am going out into the cabin. My exploring friend is seat- ed at the piano, and one piece after an- other of sacred music floats on the air. One lively young man is pretending to sing bass, but his spirits get the betterof him, and a hush falls on us all, that the -sacred words be not lightly sung. How- ever, it is but the thoughtlessness of of youth, and at a hint from a lady present the lively youth begins to sing with as much reverence and earnestness as any of them. The boat is beginning to roll, the storm is at its height. We retire to our little rooms, but few can sleep, and loud eomplaints of sea sick- ness begin to be heard. I am an old trav- eller, but the waves are higher than I ever saw them even on the wide Atlan- tic. We hear the engines laboring, but suddenly the sound ceases and we bear many inquiring what has happened. Is the ship going down? No danger, not the slightest, the storm has abated, and the frightened passengers, reassured, re- tire once more. Morning dawns. Now, we can see the Michigan shore; now, again we are passing Manitoulin, St. Joseph's and other little islands, and entering the picturesque Sault Ste. Marie. Now we are passing Sandbeach in Michigan, and then We touch "Garden River," noted as the site of a Mission School for In- dian children. Shortly after the noble boat is moored at the town of Sault Ste. Marie. A drive of eight miles through mud roads, over corduroy, and we reach a little settlement at •the -foot of some picturesque mountains,wh ich may furnish the subject of future sketches in Algo- ma, if it so please the reader. For the present we must part. AMATEUR EXPLORER. Canada. James F. T. Black, city treasurer of Montreal for 23 years, is dead. • - —At Port Arthur last Friday a heavy snowstorm prevailed all day. — The St. Clair tunnel is about two- thirds completed. —Toronto College of Music has been affiliated with the Toronto Uni- versity. — A traveling auctioneer named Pier- son was arrested near Paris last Friday on a charge of forgery. —Rev. Jas. Tolmie, of Brantford, has been apointed moderator of the Paris Presbytery. , —Wm. Paquette jumped from the Soo train near Ottawa on Thursday night and was killed. —Mrs. McLaren'of London township, Middlesex county, last week completed her 100th year. — The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Win- nipeg, recently erected by the Local Governtnent, will be opened this week. —Mr. George Munro Grant, second son of Principal Grant, of Kingston, died a few days ago of typhoid fever. —Henry Smith, who murdered his wife in London, on February 18th last, has been found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on June 14th. - —The number of children in the Separate schoota in Ottawa is given as 4,300, and those of the Public schoels as 3,700. —By the collapse of a platform at the raising of a new building at Comber, Essex county, Friday, five men • were badly injured. — Mr. James Dickey, of Yonge town- ship, near Brockville, has a ewe with the remarkable record of having given' birth to eleven lambs in four year. —The water works by-law for $10,- 000, and the electric lights by-law for $2,000 were carried on Saturday in Markham by narrow majorities. —Grimsby Park is being noticeably improved this. year by the addition of a number of new cottages, and an un- usually bright programme is prornieed for the season. —Mr. Marshall Booth, before his de- parture for New York, conducted a Salvation Army wedding before an im- mense audience in the Temple at Toronto. —Port Arthur fishermen are in great luck this year. Thunder bay was never so full of large whitefish; in fact,- tons are being caught right outside of the breakwater. —The schooner Jeseie Breck was badly wrecked in the gale of Friday nightlast, off nine mill Point, near Kingston. The crew, consisting of seven men and one woman, were all lost. — Eggs are so cheap and plentiful in Grey county that one man (Mr. R. Trumblej told all his last week at $2.50 per bushel. He s %ye they are se .cheap that it dosen't pay to count them. —Mr. Sahnuel ti-rigg, late proprietor of the Grigg house in London, who was converted under D. L. Moody'lle preach- ing, has been appointed manager of the Northfield, Massachusetts, suitnrcter re- sort owned by Mr. Moody. — At the initial meeting of the Win- nipeg public achool board under the new law, held the other night, notice of race tion was given that it was expedient that religious exercises should be held in all public schools of the city. —The first convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the county of Dunham was held at Bow- manville on the 14th inst. There was. a good attendance and a very interesting session. —Mr. Joseph Shaw, Provincial Gov- ernment wood ranger, Toronto, and Mr. David Miller of Washago, were both severely inju d the other day by being thrown out of their buggy by the antics of a runaway ones. —Mrs. Bartley, of East Oxford, had a .narrow escape from poisening the other day. She took a quantity of saltpetre in mistake for salts, and required the efforts of Dr. Odlum for two hours to bring her around again. —John Hogan, of Woodelee, the young man who had his foot crushed • while climbing out of a Michigan Cen- tral Railway stock car at Essex Centre Wednesday night last week, died from the effects of his injuries • Saturday morning, —The Cornwall Board of Trade has appointed a committee to wait on the Town Council at its first regular meet- • ing to see if steps cannot be taken to place the roads in proper 6ondition, as it is almost an imposibility for farmers and °there to drive through the town -after an ordinary rain fall. —Douglas R. Pelly, the witness for the crown in the Benwell -murder case, will evade the hunts of men and the busy news -paper rePorters by hiding himself for the next six months with a survey party in the Northwest. —Joel Reddick, a well-known Baptist mihister, who formerly lived in Ontario, and father of Rev. David B.eddick, of Port Hope, -died at Solomon City, Kansas, from the effects of injuriee sustained while plowing, his horses hav- ing run aevay. —The Metropolis Council of Royal Tempters, in Montreal, has, been dis- cusaing the question of establishing a Christian home for intemperate men, something on the same plan as that which has been doing excellent work in New York. It was decided to invite prominent clergymen and citizens to meet the Council and further discuss the • whole Currie,subj ect —Peter a farmer living a few miles from Collingwocel, went to that town on Thursday last week, with his team of horses, putting up at a hotel. Currie imbibed freely during the day, and finally was put to bed at the hotel intoxicated. The hotel people not hear- ing Currie moving around next morning went to hisroomand found he had dis- appeared with nothing on but his pants and shirt. As his team remained at the hotel, the supposition is that Currie awoke during the night, climbed out of the window and found his.way to the lake and was drowned. No trace of the body has been found. —A servant girl named Kate Murphy, employed by Charles Snelgrove, on Caxton street, Termite, noticed a man leaving the house Wednesday with a basket of preserves. She gave chase, and the burglar was captured by the police and committed for trial. —An Icelandic boy was killed at Brandon, Manitoba, the other day while leading a cow, to which the rope attach- ed was wound around his body. The cow became frightened at a passing train and ran away; dragging the boy after it and striking his head against a stone. —Mr. A. L. Dent's store, in Wood- stock, had a narrow escape from fire on Sunday afternoon. A lamp in the cel- lar exploded settitig fire to the surround- ings, and when discovered there was a vigorous blaze, which was, however, speedily extinguished before any great damage had been done. —Mr. John Costigan has received from the officers of his department in Nova Scotia, a massive watch seal fashioned from native gold, and set with a stone of gold -bearing quartz, also the product of the mines of Nova Scotia. It was accompanied by an engrossed ad dressi — s Mr. George Warren was tending one of the machines in Stanley's knitting mill, Merritton, the other day, he ven- tured too close to the machinery and his trousers were caught and torn off his person. Warren escaped unhurt. About a year ago a young lady's dress was torn completely off in the same factory. — Samuel Gauthier, aged 22 years. of St. Jerome, near Montreal, is heir to $25,000. This did not prevent his be- ing sentenced on Monday to four years in the penitentiary for stealing a horse, heving by a series of lies induced a liveryinan's son to entrust him with a valuable horse which he afterwards dis- posed of as his -own. — A resident of Guelph has in posses- sion a legible autograph military letter, written in its entirety by General George Washington, dated New Windsor, 1781. This letter has been examined by ex- perts and pronounced to be genuine. The owner has had it in his possession about 15 years, during which time he has had liberal money offers for it, all of which he has refused. • —Dr. Oronhyatekha, of London, has just returned from a very successful trip to California, Washington Territory, British Columbia and the Northwest T,errirories in the interest of the Indei pendent order of. Foresters. The doctor, with his wife ,and daughter, will leave ehortly for a tour to Scottand, and while there will attend the great Good Templar gathering at Glasgow. — In June of 1889 Mr. Jas. Suther- land, East Nissouri, had a number of c ttle poisoped, two of which died. David Hollingsworth, of Denfield, Lon - d n township, has been arrested and t ied before a magistrate's court for g the poison to the cattle. The prison - e has been sent up for trial at the a sizes. • —Miss Margaret Bleak, of Aberfoyle, Wellington county,lost her life by drown- ing on Wednesday morning last week. She went to the spring to get a pail of weter, and not immediately returning her mother went in search of her, and found the lifeless form of her daughter in the spring. The deceased Was -sub- ject to fits, and it is supposed she lost her life through being affected in that way. —Donald Morrison, the Megantic outlaw, is starving himself in the peni- tentiary. He has not eaten anything for about a fortnight, and has not drank any water for some days. He says he cannot eat, and he will not take food artificially. He is under the impres- sion that he has been treated with less consideration than other prisoners, and is recklese about himself. The doctor thinks he can eat if he chooses. —A farmer north of the village of Platteville shut some village cows m his yard over night last week. Next morn- ing he wrote a notice on a piece of card- board and tied it to the horns of one of the animals which returned to the village. The card said: "There's no place like home. Go South there is wore on cows in the North. Remem ber the law. Citisens Govurn your - Belies ackordingly." —Rev. James Carmichael, for the last thirteen years in charge of the flour-, ishing Presbyterian congregation at Columbus, Ontasio county, preach- ed his farewell sermon on Sun- day, llth inst. He leaves for Regina, where he received a call which; he says, he felt bound to wept. He was beloved by all and received a testi- monial and purse of $100 on his retire- ment. —Some three or four months ago a young son of Mr. Lowes, hotel -keeper at Sutherland's Corners, near London, be- came terribly frightened at an ugly false face worn by another boy. The fright was immediately followed by brain troubles. The boy is just around again, but has been left completely deaf. Mr. Lowes took the boy to Toronto last week, but the experts say there is no remedy for his son. This shows the cruelty of trying to frighten children. —A barber of Tilsonburg brutally abused his nine months old child on.Sun- day night while he was under the in- fluence of liquor. The child would not stop crying when ordered by him, and he went to work to stop it. Before he got through the child's face and body were a complete mass of bruises: Mrs. Pearl called in neighbors to restrain her husband, and he threatened to do them up the same way. Mrs. Pearl has been abused and maltreated by her husband or years, and has now made up her nsind to leave him, what she should have done long ago. Several who heve-seen the child slay that it is a pitiful sight, and that Pearl should he treated to a severe dose of eat o' nine tails. —William Carey, one of the proprie- tors. of the Ilainilton Spectator, died bast Friday; Fle_ was 46 years of age. About two years ago be fell down a stairway in his house and Sustained severe injury to his spine, and never seemed to recover from that accident. Paralysis of the _brain was the immediate cause of death.. He was a man much esteemed by all •classes of the community ; was a promi- nent member of the Maeonie fraternity. He leaves a wife and three children. --Miss H. M. Gunn, one of the best students in Walkerton High School, succumbed to a severe attack of measles last week. The young lady caught cold while under the measles, and -the beat medical skill available could not save her life. —The Orangeville Post says the wife of a respectable Mono farmer put her- self in an unenviable position on Tues- day, and Would now be lying in gaol if strict instice were done her. She was making some purchases.in Judge, Law- son & Chapman's store, in Orangeville, and sneaked ofl with a parasol. The parasol was missed, thewoman was fol- lowed and surrendered the stolen article, . explaining that she had taken it in mis- take for her own. The fact was she had brought no parasol of her own to town with her. —Says the Berlin News: We learn that Mr. A. R. Southerland, late of Detroit, was married some time ago to Miss Nellie Murphy, of Berlin, now of Guelph. They are both deaf mutes. The bride was well known in Berlin, having been for some years an employee of William's, Greene & Rome. She is a fine looking and attractive young lady, and her many friends here will 'wish the young couple every possible mat- rimonial felicity and prosperity. Some one suggests that they are unspeakably happy. —A most audacious case of daylight burglary took place ha Woodstock on Saturday afternoon. Sometime between three and four o'clock an unknown man entered the residence of bliss Barr and stole a gold watch belonging to her which was • lying on a bureau in her room upstairs, The only person in the house at the time was Miss Barr's grandfather, who was in bed upstairs. Besides the watch the burglar got some small change and a cash box which he took with him to the cellar and there smashed it open. He was disappointed, however, as the box contained nothing of value. —Mr. Wilfred Riley, who left Mount Vernon, near Brantford, 31 years ago, and in company with Mr. Lewis Daniels, of Blenheim., and others infected with the " California" gold fever, creased the plains in search of fortune, suddenly appeared at his old home a few days ago. •Some years ago it had been re- ported that he had been killed by In- dians, and his relatives believed hitn long dead. Mr. Riley has been in Cali- fornia, Arizona, Colorado, and for the past eight years in Scarlsoro, New Mexico. He was moderately successful, and liked the southern country well enough to stay in it. —A -French-Canadian named Gauth- ier, who has been working in Colorado for the last few years, has •just had a very herd experience. He had succeed- ed in saving $300, and started for home - with the intention of settling down in his native province. While en route to Montreal the travellerlay down to sleep, and when he awoke the Canadian's earn- ings -with the exception, of a dollar or two had disappeared. However,G-auth- ier was not the man to sit down and cry over hie loss. He has taken a position on board of a barge, where he will put in the summer. It is learned that the robbers have been arrested, but the chances of getting the stolen money back are said to be elim. —Master Percy Thompson, Wood- stock, is the owner of a goat. The other day he took a notion that he would train the goat to drive, and ha carrying out this idea he gave the onlookers some fun. Percy hitched the animal to an express wagon, got into the vehicle and started him along the eidewalk. The goat had not germ far before it took ha notion to run away, which it did in the most approved style, Master Thomp- son picked himself out of the ditch and got in the second time, but again the animal was fractious, and after running the length of the block turned the cor- ner suddenly, throwing itself on its side and Percy under the wagon into the mud. Percy is a nice little Sunday School boy, but be had a great temp- tation to fall from grace. —Mr. Charlotte Jane Nicholls, relict of the late Robert Nicholls, and Peter- boro's wealthiest resident, died at her residence in that town on Thursday night of last week. The deceased was a lady whose acts of benevolence will ever give her name a green and cherished spot in the memory of the residents of that town. She was born in county Cavan, Ireland, in the year 1817, so that she had reached her 73rd year. Her I husband, who was a leading and highly successful business man, preceded her over the dark river over six years ago, leaving a fortune to his widow which was. estimated at considerably over a million. This hast wealth was not selfishly -spent by the lady, for the handsome new Nicholls hospital, with its $50,000 en- dowment, stands as a monument of her munificence, while St. Andrews church, of which she was a member, had its debt wiped off by a gift from her -hand of $12,000 on New Year's day, 1889. These were only some of many noble deeds of benevolence and charity which the de- ceased lady has performed, The news of her death was received with uni- versal regret by the entire community. She leaves no children, Mrs. Nicholls bequeaths by will about one million dol- lars to various religious and benevolent objects. 4