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flymg "-into his
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tor some time,
on Account Of
sccompanied her
will col --
Tie, on Monday.
rattle they «will_
L.
tilcCiarmont has
ipearance- of his
people will fol -
bridge Nvill be
Wi hear *e are
prefer Summer.
0'; daughtirs of
one, of Clinton,
Vining .4!eopIe of
re, having such
winter -
to- make tat
ming the afters
prograinme
which Went
Come- all,
as the follow-
eid at Dr. Hut -
under the sus -
Society of the
Forest, WAS fir
[and- otherwisii.
auid be desired;
fs,r beauty, her
the light from -
dresses of -the'
ost fascinating
idenee one of
esterii Ontario,
most eteelient
[and coffee were
d was present
d to surpass ail
cell9ney: of/the
dispersing; the
r, referring
which he had
of the social -
n is a sister of
and wen known
lit
illness of In-
inieson,a, young
ivening, 16th
a married and
nday afternoon
. cent. Maxwell
of St. Maryiff
The money iota
ly though the
to dray intfreet
considered an,
t.
Cheap
Cash Store
Having somr repairibg to do to our
ly„ and not wanting to
store very sho
bother movin
oided to. run
in order to do so we will offer great in:
•
the goode,swe have- de -
off the whele stock, and -
Sale noW giling on; Call and see the
prices. Salesifor CASH ONLY.
Cheap
Cash Store
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prAoK,
—The galvation Army barracks atid
1, tion of J1. L, Duntes Mitts -me at.
indsor werO destroyed by. fire on Sun.
--1--The newl teMple at Grimsby -Park
Was opened o „July 2nd. Considerable
disaPponitme t was felt at the absence
of Sir John acdonald, who- Was an-
nounced, to -134 _present. Sir john's ex-
planation is that urgent public business
prevented him from being present.
- —Two men, named David Tyson and
Saturday morning in a fishing boat, are
Inipposed to have been drowned.
s" —Henry Filmotts. M. Pt PS for
Fronteimo died suddenly at his horne in
Kingston 'ler - Sunday night. He' at-
tended church Ithat day, and seemed
well. In the evening he enjoyed him-
self with the family; and retired after
ten ceclock. lIn a few minutes there-
after he wait attacked with coughing,
and suddenly expired. • Heart 'disease
--The Canadian Chautauqua which
has its headquarters on Niagara -on -the -
Lake was opened on the 2nd. The at-.
tractions -were addresses by Hon. G. W.
Rdss, Minister of Educationi and Dr:
—Rosa Isabella, McDonald is too much
married, hatng two husbands. She
was up for btgamy at Belleville, and was_
sentenced to lone week's imprisonment.
Both " husbands" were present in the
-courts one- prosecuting and the other
aiding in- the defence. _ When released
Rosa Isabella will claim, husband nuin.
bor twons her lawful partner. Husband
number one is supposed to have another
—Henry Lye, one of the Central -Bank
-liquidators, while at the Union Station,
Torodto, on Satarday night, waiting for
:the train to Cobourg,was held up by two
men, who robbed him of $300. There
was a_ crowden the platform, at the times
but the robbery was so quickly &mom-
plished that the one whe had posseslion
of the mOney escaped. Tho other - was .
promptly arrested by Detective Davis.
He gives °his name as James Mason. ,
--From CaistOrvilles in the county. of,
record respeoting the ages of the JOhn.
son family e—Mrs.„ Sharp, 88 ; George
Johnse,n, 80 ; Merritt Johnson, 82 ;John
Johnson, 80 Wm.'Johnson, 76 ; Horace
Johnson, 7* ; Smith Johnson, ' 67—
.averiging ryears for the living mem.
bers. The members of the familY dead
These reduce the average tO 72 1-12
years. . The living members are all -
strong and heathy.
ilEr
IAS I propose g ing in my next
,a_Sketoll'of 'what 'may see on -the
adian Pacific RailWay main -line 'w
shall now kival% eketch of what
out in Montana, litst* week. ()Ur
*A in this provance , is mit* so int
o spe-cial .detail. l The crops" are gr
as fast as any ilerops -ought to,
and some correspondents allege
qUite as -well already as ever th
1 t years' The last three week
en wonderfully fine all over thp
rthwest, which has never locate
r since 1882 that it does tows '
Northern Montana shares in thi
6 al freshness- -And .1#3auty. Th
'yo• u'd Great Falls the road bed
ong the river edge or pretty n
L ning out along, the Sun and.
;vi ers, with keresancl. there a few
der eultivaticin- in favored noo
ell -advance/1 for the season.
ottom we could see very littl
here stock has to rustle.all win
must do here, it will take from -
0 acres to maintain one beast, p
. good 'deal more, but when g
4ents are twb cents- an acre, br eve
he.tehicep_exisethrinso'ittehatofdiretchtin;s3
lei aeoviyii sti:temut t.t .h.t-elti ii obe yuwr eh-rstve ioanr sgt hie le
here are 140s000, horses, tookti
50,000 cattle, .To -day there Os
175,Q00 cattle, tout 4t is claimed
reeding ;purposes and' over a
strong winterisuithat of 1886.7, -
But the gritia reliance ofs Mont
or Minerals, They have iso sue
od mutt do woll, unless in sue
cep, Which ot ' flat. ,sbort nut
onty of it, --ani incaloulablo adv
&country which, as a -rules is b
ood in manyyarts and Whish ha
& limitless store( of .mitiontll,Wealt
i g to be angled and . smelted
e total mineral produet wad $.
value, and 25 -per cent. great
t at of any 'other State or Ter
wn -p.tacer mining; for; gold
ulch, _over anti Around which it
o Helena now stanch-, it is els*?
r‘,000,000 worth of gold has bee
eap washing in Places Where the
lye deposits have,not been.' coin
orked over, and after paying e
✓ two of .p -ii dirt Myself and
ow Ieft to Chinamen and poor '
ers.. The Capitalist. has:come in
Tide powerful Crushing machiner
most perfect patterns, and seienc
Mit the gold, Silver, lead and oth
*able minerals Which • are quarri
then cruShed frOM the -solid quart
t Anaconda they will -soon be
rish 1,000 tonii per day of rich.
Ore and the same will be done at
ails as sobt AS eastern capital
ided the , appliances. It is sa,
here are :twee a dozen million
Solid _as any wit -I have yet seen in
America and qnite .as likely.. t stay.;
The publio Windings` and private res -
detces are elegant and substant
there are :two rival railroad
Meeting in it. sl Though 4,200 fee
Sea level_ the chino* winds fr
;vest modify the. temperature,.
ii. is very- light and bracing..
aresome pretty! trying -days in t
of winter . when' the thermomet
Teri low, butit don't stay as w
jail flowers were blooming lux
there more than a fortnight earl
in the Red RiverValleYs' _
Not one -tenth -of the land is,1
be cultivated for 801118 time to c
farmers can- assays reckon upon
residept miniTi population, to
good prides" al that they can ra
suspect that much of the coun
never be profitably cultivated -
(grazing resourdes,will keep. up.
[ degree of material proliperity,
the prize list 114 the Agriculture
i oration. Thevade prize list run
from $1,500 for! trotting to $200;
, is the lowest sum offered. - For '
.prazes run froni $100 to $250. T
est prize they Offer for a thoro
1
1
s.
E FORTH; FRIDAY, -
R. wind out and in ainonethe 1 fty rags,
along -the brink of the - stre m, some-
times boring through a big -st eV f rock _
hat stands out almost half cro s the
There are some very, vigorousl con
ducted newspapers inidelena, wised
up a daily when there,' the Helen Inde-
pendent, which criticides a Thiel i this
" Editorgiller, who, by' the ay, is
disgraoing himself by his vile exh talon
of blackguardism, and making =self
aniobject of kidicule by his in ane apor-
hiss, cavorts around like a ayus with
a cockle -burr under his tail, nd. Miles
like a whipped cur, because f . a ' little
_post mortem -which the 'I dep ndent
held over tho Fisk-gillsnast 1 di graces
ed the people of the territor in t e dim
and riiiiity past. Mills dev lope •• the
groveling instincts of the s tms then,
sliMe, and hi now shows the effe ts of
his early training. And, knowin that-
-this black -spot was stamped ,in elibly
on his recor he had the audacit with-
in the past t ree weeks, to -, Prin - this
tter
an -
saw
ome
rest-
rthy
wing
row,
look
have
bet- s
Mis-
also.
runs
✓ it,
other
acres
hay
, and
er as
rhaps
azing
less
not a
itory
y be
that
for
itious
na is
coal
tidian
I and
Map
ro of
also,
year
than
that
as the
hence
e city
d that
taken
n still
prim-
pesnses
shovel
rought
g. iron
nig- is
o pro-
of the
sorts
val-
d and
le to.
Copper .
Great
•
S pro -
that.
ires
ois as
--Mamtoba.-oheese, says the Emigrant,
has now driVen the imported article out;
and the factories of that province -have
to look to other parts for consumers of
the rapidly Increasing output. The pr-
-duct from fantOries and private dairies
',mill total about half, a million_ poimds,
and the returns haye been so good that
there are -reports of several new factories
or else enlargeitents.--- Within thepast
two years, ip is added; the retail -"price
has fallen 25 per dent. in the province,
. while ,the oonsumption has - increased
- over 50.pen Fent. and at some points has
----,Sam Jones preached at* the Methos
dist Church • in Windsor last Sunday
*rriorningvAdidternoon to' crowded mon-
gregationl.„t'At the _conclusion of Ms
sermon in thce Morning Mr., Jones . said
that the new organ hadcost the church
11,900. . There Was a debt tpot it, hut
• he was going to make the congregation
'$5,00 toward frayin'ent of that debt. " I
ain ready t5 plani dewn $5 it -gold,"
„ter__
an , su twenty men„, to give as lunch
ash,,aral 200 to give $2 each. If yet
don't want-te give anything sneak out
the dopr." 1 The procession started to-
_ Wards the table and notei and silver .
' llvere deposited beside Mr, JOnes' golden
*
The meek, and pious, and holy
the inrface4is guilty' of wilful . a
liberate presfarication. Mills has
blackguard All his. life. gecoul
itythinsselse. It's bred ins -the
The Independent has proved, it;
Re's a dead 'bird,- Long • ago
stuffed by a -.•,axidermist, and he.
simply playing an engagement_ w
territory, confined in a cage a
hibited aS the only surviving op
,.of the Strutting Peacock 'of the,
. don't pretend to undordtand
dead bird oan• be a live liatt and'
orito, but I do foot inclined. to
writer -who has - mush a %tom
•
flowory language and curio mo
Perhaps it is the "ozone " tha
torts} flow of ideas, I
the whole Province with cheap hid. .
About the crops,Iniay say thatlduriog"
the past seven years the old fanners in_
this section of countrY have :raised as
high- as 40 buShels of wheat tO the acre,
croPs in abundance.' This Should be a
.fairtrial of the farming.' capabilities of
Mr; Smith tb Pelican Lake and 'ex-.
ammed that Part of - the country. He •
also Visitedtne Lake of Killarney, and
*as highly delighted with the ektraor-
dinary beautis and fertility of the ceun-
:try. He considered- Mutt Mr. Scarth
took a steP in the rights-diredien When
*he.kcated the Crofters hese, .and hoPed
at the Grand Central, -accoinpatied I, by'
his family, mid he: has spitched: a lane
tent on the hatks of Lake Killardpy,
where they can -enjoy. 'them -Selves" in
fishing, boating, and „bathing, Hes is,
highly, delighted with the beatty Of the
lake, and considers itfar more enjoyable
:to behere, than sitting it the Rouse of
Comnicais -at Ottawa takilig, part • in
parliamentary proceedings till -early in
-the morning..
good
neatli
een a
n't be
bone.
him.
was
s now
th the
d ex-
ocky.
bow a
hypo -
and of
aphor.
lofty
otua
II 1
The seems contingent of Crofters at;
flied here, onsistipg of 12 ,fasnilies and'
coin riding 7 souls. . They came from
the land o Harris.and will be looated
intownships5 iin.1 6, range 16, from 9
to 12 miles.Oom here. Mrs Scarth, M.
-13., °met theih .at the statiOn and pro-
vided -co.mfortable qinuters. for thein
until' snitable . buildings 'are erected UpOt
their hoinesteads.„ Mr. Sea' th provided
quite a nint'ser of teams , . take them
-to the: lake,• where they . all. enjoYed
'themselves bathing on, a s tidy beach.
They arka fine, hardy lot :*nien, and
They are quite intelligent and ostly, all,
able-bodied men. 'They. 'are. elighted
,,witkiheir new homes; and h pe to see.
provided with ones yoixe Ot cxets* one
wagon sine net • of 2 harneds; sufficient
harrOw;and a. sufficient suplir of farm- .
big implenients, stoves, ftritur and
provisions ,,o last some time. Mr r. S.
Young is superintefident of th lo tion,
obliging -and do all id th ir *owe.. to
al sus make the. Colonists Comf rt. .113.1- The
ysterns. land that the CrefterS are! lo . ated on is
ni the dark, rich ,vegetable Soil , ro 8 to
d' the inches deet. . This Section Of O ,nt is
There well adapt 4 for :mixed;:fitr mg, here
e dead: being plentY digress, hay g,o,. water,
th • 'us, attotnt of fish in:Pelican .1a e; which
riantly' 'is 12-miieslopg, ,In fact, Swami of
er than country it1 which they;' 6 ocated. is
second to none:* bea yr., an _fertility._
kely to This- is.. only the .c tie ce nett •of 'a
is, but large emigration .f irr. Scbtle 4. to this
uy at: thousands bf settlers in his SeetiOn of
se. - I .Manitoba - ;las eloccOoTef4o.Eiritrael3 cle; haoumueins...
ten! i the Ntt west who
ell; dome of • he • havitig
now from 00 to 50:acres u 4er mild -
Tittle's, a ., Of supply of took, 'fine.
towards itlling up this: Sos t. prairie
country with a * hardy .and. ntelligent
class of 8 tiers and deserves hethanks
el
of the old pioneers of the. Pr vince,and
Northwes Territories.. Tog are stilt
tens of thotisandi of acres ''o the finest
farming lands in : this provin e. betWeen.
are, : located, . and: the In emotional.
houndary;! held by the Canad an Pacific,
eta . of Railway, .varying from S.. to .10 -dollars
us diS- perjure.- These...prices plac the land
os ifenrieend
beyond the reach of sittendi g settleras
eached and -it is to be hoped that th, . Canadian:
Pacific RailWasswill take ite i to lower"
d that
the Price Of thes :. lands „te -t oSe-ofpre-
boys have arrived at. One dol arSfabili; as. : 'emPti 61* and '-'1' ebate of 's th improve -
horse, is a queer proportion. for - a race men0, as along hq main lit . : If- this
the country by: ell -to-do , fa mers-froni
valuable bull, bue hundred- was.: 'carried out t wonld :ten 1 to fill up
The site di'Relena is a very eautiftl .Ontario and. eth r provinoess ". it would:
one.. A wide undtlating plait etches. increase the tra a- onitlie real Oad4nes,
out to the. north and east, sit- ounded Oircidatea larg aMonnt• of oniey and
by ranges of htlls, .clotted all q ..0enir we irteh. prevett manyof our ' peop e rota_ going
pines, svhich c uster thiokly in to'DakOta. -It ay-, be add se that free
base of theyssige far to the riight and' this prOvinse ca not fail to: 13:ring- the
miles aWay,sruns tile sisoitY 01 s.af the. and wealthy f rmeri of:. t e. different
distant Rockies. - The atmosp ere is so 'cOuntries _of- E rope, _where they can
clearthatyou can see 150 mi•les off, and vest their mo ey to good dvantage.
a thill -fift5i initles atway looks jus a little . : hire Li olread a railway .1 oin Wrinni.!
or ten -miles a • ay. The St. P I, Min- • 200 miles; runnpig Orought the Turtle
Great Falls.. ;The Central Mo tata, 97 'arc tow boilttcl the souther bocindsg.
miles long, ru slor forty. miles through - to kip the 'Canadian- Pacific Railway, at
rocky • canyons of . great ; hea ty 'ind 'Brandon, Which will then be construlet..
grandeur, sometimes it Semisoi les that ed to the coal fieliii of the ouris aid
y
Cr
1888.
necessary signals. Coombe and Gates
Will both be arrested.; Mr.. Doyle was
about 78. years Of "age. t George Milne
and James Carruthers, who were work -
i g in afield near the railway.,,say that
t whistle did not sound at all until
—J. E. Murray; of Granton, has re-
ived an offer' of one himdred dollars
r his ten days old blood colt.
, —Whitfield. Carey, of Hamilton, -he*
ld his farm of fifty acres ih East
_The. trial of Thomas Buckley, the ,
urderer, of Bertha' Usher, has . been .
ostponed to -the Fall Assizes. .
is reported that Ars. Hart, wife
herits 0,000 by :the / death of her,
randfather, Senator Ferrier:
—Abaut 6,000.candidates are writing,
or second and third class teachers' cer-
ificates at the- departmental examin-
tions Which coninfenoed on 'Tuesday.
aster of the Chatham Collegiate In-
itute, -Tesigned his position,
aving been. appointed' inspector of . the.
ore Mutual Insurance CompanY.
4--A young man (named Beers, was
rowned at•Brantford while bathing on
onday„ On the same -day, in that
ity, Mr. A. IL Mellish accidentally
hot himself in -the leg with a revolver., .
—English letters posted in London on'
he 27th of May: reached Vancouver,
ritish Columbia, 6,500' miles distatt;
welve days later. The -route was rvia
he Canadian Pacificiltailway. -
.—The construction of the South On-
tario and Pacific branch of -the Canadian
Oakville has been begun bysi, large force
. Excitement over the. gold discover.
lea at the .Lake of tho Woods is in.
greasing, and is couple .of Ainisrican •
millionairos aro visiting Vic' mines with
a view to investments,
to the local Board of 'Math, was &W-
and costiby tho Ottawa Police Maga
tho Hamilton milk itipply 10614 worse
than the old - test did, Out of thirteen
simples examined •so far only ono hair
mime nri to the Canadian *standard. "
. --J. H. Hanley, a Stratimy furniture
dealer, was surprised to receive a letter
'froms, Manitoba man stating that he
had taken some isood off Mrs Hanley's
Ian& and enclosed $1 as payment there-
Missionary Work. Ili D4kota.
hyterian'minister •Muevale, in this
county, but who is now laboring it -Da-
kota, in. a private letter to his brother,
, writing front Tyner, Dakota, . on Jute
Tyner is about 25 mike west . of Pem-
bina. I left home th.e. beginning of. the .
Week to attend very -interesting memori-
al servioes at. W0,111414; 1,5 milcs westof
this.' theepring of 063 two mfg..
made, their way from Red Lake Palls,.
Minnesota, to SiTalhallas forth@ pyretic
'Barnard, one of the Missionaries! wives,'
died the SAMO fall from .quick etmeninp-
Lion brought on partly by ID years' ex-,.
Ilosuro Among 'the Indians at &Oahe
Tells, but, espeoially by the; jonrney to
Walhalla. . She died at Winnipeg whore.
sho was tiiken for medical aid, . tut: at
her own request her body Was breught
to "Walhalla and buried in -a spot select.
ed by her near theis little cabin.' Abott
the 1st of December,1853, Mr. Barnard
'started back to, 10hio , with .his fotir
*motherless children, ;leciving his coin-,
Potion Mis Spencer. in , charge of 'the
smisiiion. In the spring of, 1854, Mrs.;
Spencer waSkilled by the ..Ifidians, Shot
in the -neck through the window of • their .
own houseswhile attending te her sick.
child. . She was' buried lay the :side of
Mrs. Barnard. Now Mr. Speneer, with
his infant Son and two little daughters,
Was compelled to go east. , started
for 'St. Paul, a distanoe-of 40:4iilled, in
ox -cart, and reached. within 125 miles
of St. Paul when he met mr. Barnard on
Ms way returning to the mission. Here
'Mk. Barnard baptized his infant son
and then -the 'two miasionarieS.,
parted -•s -the one taking -Ilia family bask
to friends, the other to labor among the
Indians whO had dealt sos -treacherously
with them. The - Indians continuing.
hostile; however, the mission.was abans
doted in the fall of 1854.,
Well, our Services yesterday were for
the purpose -Of removing the reitains of
these two 'devoted women froM what'
*LS now come to be the Opet, unculti,
vited prairie to a beautiful' site :2'm the
-were present Mr, -Barnard,-, the old mis-
sionary, .no*.71 years, . and his daighter;
-also the halfbreed tvhoscing the gra-ve of
ago, and his Indian svsi.fe I who Trashed
the blood from the Child' that was in
his mother's arms at the- tiMe she was
Shot ; together with Many other it-
teresting characters, who gave us' many
interesting storiei of these bygone days.
The babe who Was thus baptized in his
mother's blocsilis now. &Minister :of the
Gospel near Chicago, ' Illinois, and • one
of his sisters is a missiotary in Turkey,
it Was one of the most pathetic things I
ever -listened to,. to hear that; old Mis-
sionary give in accminti of his early
struggles and privatiotis,• and. of • th
death of his wife; He laboredfor twent
yearsamong the Indian!! without-, an
,The tombstone, Which Mr. •Barnar
broUght froth Selkirk, Manitoba, an
placed.over his wife's graSe, wad broke
and carried aivay,.but after- some Beare
lit has been -found in :piedes id two dif
:ferent placess• used* as door steps, abou
ten miles away from the grave, Th.
stone -has been - cemented, a . new- in
"scriptionpit 'mit and has been place
Mrs. SpenCer.
Yithcoaulit beMr orf. 080"
al and are doing,
steady
py of
dow
whi
s the
ghbred
bull is $15,'for asheep $10, . for wheat
$10 and for thel hest collection of Tege-
- -They .devote - the munifielent sum
total of $40 tri the encourage
proportion betWeen the rewards
to the meat wiefuI industries a
caterers of sports: the Monte
don't stand alone, but I am gl
we Canadians have hardly yet
the degree of fastness
that Unci
—Rev..Sam Jones held forth at Wind
sor last Sunday. .
Ottawa residence. Theffpice is ;1113011
--HaniittOn has given its band $640 t
play sixteen nights, once, a th
—E !quests' g •Counoil, -Hilton county
paid $42 for sheep killed by dogs; las
—Crosiley -and Hunter"; the revival
the Wilds of, Muskoka:
- —Two young men ot %Thursday rifle
"Ithe poor -box. of the Roman Catholi
—The coronet's jury emi3atelled t
inquire into the: cirCumstances ofth
'death Of.Patri3k Doyle, a Sober and r
spectable farmer of Hamilton townshi
who was killed by a, westbonnd freig
train at the railway crossing West of th
Hon.' Sidney Smith's 'residence; o
Mondaysfountl, 'that he - came to: h
death through the culpable ne,gligen
Grand; Trunk Railway engineer, an
FireMan "A... Gates, for not giving "t
mortem on the meads, havitg suspicion
that death was caused 'by arsenical poi-
,soning. „The -inquiry, however, failed
to'furniali the cause tof death, although
several of the vital organs . were badly
diseased, and the matter remains a rayst
. -sAll the Protestant Sunday schools
-pic-nic at Giiyette's. grove; --near Hall's
Corners; the other 'day. About 1,000
'.big and little people representing fifteen
schools, were present.,
-s-Mr. H. Kennedy, an • Ailsa Craig
dentist, was badly..hurt the other day in
consequence of a runaway.. His horse
stepped in a hole in a defective bridge
on the 7th concession of ,McGillivraY,
and the'animat took fright, throwing
Mr. Kennedysout of the rig.'
—A large delegation fromlhe
Scotch Clans passed through Woodstock
on Sunday of last week, en route for
Boston, svhere the annual meeting of
the., Royal _Clans in to be held. Mr. A.
G. Murray, of Clad.- Gordon, Chicaga,
formerly of Ingersoll, aid on old Embto
boy, was one ofthe number. •
• —Mr. Samuel sHunters the -model
farmer of Rockton, county of Went-
worth, runs a cheese factory, of his own.
He keeps twenty-three milch SOws. He
did not sow any turnips: this season but
platted about 20 acres of corn.,,He is go-
ing to try the' silo method. of feeding
this winter.
—An annex to the London Insane
Asylum is contemplate& and it is un-
derstood the Provitcial architects are
preparing -plans and specifications.. The
estimated cost of the new. addition. will
be between $12,00b and $20,000.
-stars. Shaw, an lady of 80 years,
wife of:Mr. W. H. Shaw,- of Speefiside,
putty of Waterloo, had an •eye which
has troubled herIor years removed the
other day 'to save the other. She is now
about all -right again, .
-=Henrsf. Listeisof Warwick township;
who has been residing at Forest River,
Dakota ;for nine years past, has return-
ed, anciWill again settle down ins War- ,
wick. He sold his ferny in Dakota, a
kalf section, for $5,000, and will prob-
ably buy a farM in Warwick. .,
s -Fields and Bonwell, two bank
thieves, were on 8sturde4r morning Ben.'
tenced at the Toronto Criminal Assizes,'
'the fOrmer tO seven. yeard and the latter
to' four -leers in the Kingston Peniten-
IYChief Justice Sir' Thomas Galt was
sworn in by Mr, McGee, Clerk - of the
Privy Council; as Deputy Lieutenant -
Governer of Ontario, and, Adininistrator
during Sir Alexander Catipbell's absenCe.
--Post Office inspector Dewey has re- -
timed from 13oSton, and reports having'
madepostal arrangements by which the
delivery of letters between I som.e parts
-of Canada and New York. viill be Accel-
erated by five hours or more.
of a widow at Oakville, was drowned
bathing on -Tuesday" night of last week:
Mr., Cassels, Jr., the twolter, recovered
the body. ',The boy'it father, saikr,
,Wat drowned two years ago.
1111.50 as -Year, ist Advanee.
themby the bridle, Nit unfortunately
.he had removed the bit from the colt's
mouth. - The horses did not run far
before the .wason upset, throwing' the
two helpless occupants_ towards the
fence. The child was comparatively un-
injured, butlfra. McKean had her spine
serimisly -injured, the principal injury
being at the base of the _neck, Below
that her body and limbs are paralyzed.
Her husband isicked her up more dead
than alive. Mr. P. Stewart assisted in
conveying the injured woman to his own
home, where she lies at the point of
death, her phYsicians having but little
hopes Of her recovery.
—A few slays ago the customs officers
Joggins, Nova Scotia, seized the wire
rigging -imported from the United
States to be"used on the log timber ship
known aelhe Joggins raft. Mr, R.
Robertson, the contractor, has just
eluded -negotiations for the release ofithe
rigging. This; immense craft,
will be launched in July, contains
logs, uveragin eleven inches in diam
—One day last week a traveler from
Brockville telegrathed to Trenton to a.
livery -keeper Vs ba at the 'station on the
arrival of a certain train with a horse.
The operator made it' read " harse."
The livery man thought the e " had
been left out and met him with a hearse,
which he ales, runt,
--Dr. Laidlaw, of liamilton,seuggeits
aft A'remedy for the difficulties arising
from delay in oboosing ministers In the
Presbyterian church, that 'congregations
_not Making a chola in six months have
tory ofth the optiois of having hlin re-
moved at the end of two nal%
—A ilre occurred st Thomas pays
sawmill at Germania, about six miles
from Gravonhurst, on Thursday morn.
ing of last week, burning tho mill and
contents and 1,500,000 foot of lumber
anti 100,000 shingles. LOSS; over $12,.
.000; insurance, $2,000. This is the
third fire inside of three years. for Mr.
s -Captain Thos. Wastie, emigration
agent for Manitoba, has made appli-
cation to the Western Fair Association
for a liberil reservation of space at the
coming Fair for Manitoba exhibits.
Should this be granted the Manitoba
Government romise a large exhibit of
pereals, _minerals and other productions
of the Northwest. - •
—Some time ago a tunsber of bolts
were -taken out of the Canadian Pacific
Railway bridge spanning_ 'the Thames,
near the 16th line of East Zona, an&
throivnintir the river. Had their loss
not been discovered a terrible disaster
might have been the result. Strong cir-
cumstantial evidenceptints to the guilV
parties. ,
—A .very painful accident occurred at
Collingwood, Monday morning, at the
Dominion Knitting Factory. A young
girl named Woolnet, while workbag
around the fbachinery was caught and
drawn Under a wheel. - Her foot was
seriously fractured and the leg skinned
to the bone. The accident serious
'one and may yet prove fatal
•
—A company has been formed near
Milton Halton county, with a capital of
$20;006, to smanafactiire terra s cotta
goods front a kind of oxidized r6d clay
which has been found there in unlimited
quantities; Different kinds of fancy
bricks will also be manufactured. „Ex-
periments are now -being made as- to
whether the -clay has the proper consis-
tency for terra cotta ware. ,
—Mr. Straithis of Windsor, started a
carrier pigeon for Tormito Friday morn-
ing at 9.10, The bird Was let go off the
roof of the postoffice. It circled around
for about two minutes. . Then it appear-
ed to get its bearings and flew with
lightning speed in the direction of its
destination. A large number of specta-
tors Witnessed the flight of the bird
until it wail out of sights
—The cases' of cattle slisease discover.
ed in Sullivan township,county.of Grey,
have 'been definitely , determined as
pi -atm -pneumonia' , but not of ',the con -
*slots form. Full investigation has
been made by competent authorities re-
preaenting both the Provincial and Do-
minion Governments, Much alarm had
been occasioned by :reports promulgated
by a local veterinary, but sinee _the
investigatio'n matters have quiebAddown.
—Since the opening of navigation up-
wards of 500;000 bushels of wheat has
been received atiPorb Arthur for- ship-
ment. The quantitysistill in the hands
of farmers is estimated at about 1,000,-;
000 bUshels. When the two new ele-
vators; to -be built at Fort William this
.year by the, Canadian 'Pacific Railway,
are finished the storage capacity at
that point will be increased to 4,500,000
r. George Tomlinson,
ing into the river. Re was noticed in
time and his son went in and brought
him out. The physicians have him in
=charge now. It is believed his mind has
been affected by thinking of ids *re-
sponsibility for the amoontof the late
Bailiff A.' Watt's shortage, &lad also the
loss of money' leaned him prior to his
departure. .
—The other day while Mi. Peter Mc-
Kean, of East Williams, his wife
their child, 4 or 5 -*years old, were re-
turning from Parkhill in a democrat
wagon, drawn by a span of horses, one
of Which was a colt, 'a very 'serious mis-
hap occurred. When about two miles
from Parkhill Mr. McKean got out to -
water tbe horses, leaving Mrs. MelKean
holding the lines: Two vehicles passing
at the time frightened the colt, and the
team dashed away in spite of the efforts
—Rev. Mr.- Taylor, Methodist minis --
ter at Foxboro, accidentally poisoned
himself by taking a dose of iodine lini-
ment in -mistake for , blood msdicine.s
Rethodies were 13romptly used, and the'
condition of the reverend gentleman is
still
—At a pic-nic party -on the Gatineau
.river, near -Ottawa, a young lady named.
Miss Stewart was:drowned: A young:
min named Kutch had . undertaken to
row. Miss Stewart over the rapids in a
canoe. The young, Map was rescued
with difficulty. 2-*
_visit. to Brantford purchased eight ani.
trials, the lowest price reaching- $130,
and the highest . $160-. More horses
basis been bought here than anywhere
and a return visit will be ,paid next
—The annual Teports of the Scott.Act.
Inspectors •411" -South and North Brant
show that' in South Brant the receipts
si,g94.61, ;while the North. Riding res:
°mots totalled:$1,039.64, with_ expenses
t —ST6t7e. 15a:
give John -O'Reilly the option of a $20
fine or 'thirty daYs in jail for disturbing
a wedding ceremony, ;Thomas Reddon
and John Marin, -Who- were each fined •
$20. fOr the same. offence, were unable to
raise the amount and svent to jail.
—Mr. John- Fergusons. Dundas
Street, London, had, the misfortune last.
week to lose, in a most mysteriots man-
rier, a valuable and effibicnt team of
horses. Oneofths alliMaiS; after suffer-
ing , severe agony, died on We.dnesday
night and the other was Walked im-
mediately, after with the same symptoms
and died, Friday tight. Veterinary
Surgeon Wilson was 'called it to attend
the animals, and after death. held a post
000
ter
arid 22 feet in ength, and is in the s pe
of a huge cigar, bound - together affili 33
lengths of chain and steel rope. The
value of the raft iS $33,000. It wilt .be
towed to NeW York. •
—After the races w.,ere pies Wedles-
day evening last week ,in Guelph, " a
fight occurred. between Jiin Birmingham
and Jim Linegar, said to Ise the out-
come of at•old grlidge. After the par-
ties hid poundell one another for some
time, Birmingham got -his opponent's
finger in his ,,mouth and chewed it in a
horrible . mannee. A. doctor dressed -
Linegar's wounds, and it is understood
an information kaa been laid -against
/Aght of last week
there arrived at Brampton by the .0,30 •
train from tsha west, ao young lady rather
prepossessing in sppearance, viol! drew
ed and refined, Shottook 6Ab and was
driven to the QUO011'11 hotel and wag
shoWn to *room, She at once OW
the. proprietor to send for a doctor, And
within ten minutes of her arrival
gavo birth to a mato child, Simi is with.
out money', refuses ,to give her name,
Owe of residence or destination, or the
name of hor soducer,1
---Aecerding to the frecent census the
Christian Brothel -es inatitutions Millibar
1,240, inhabited by 15,000 brothers
having the instrtction -of about 400,000
pupils. Canada has 33 institutions, 450
' brothers or mivices and about 15,000
children. There are also brothers in the
United States and in Ecuador and Chili,
In 1837.the Sulpiciat Fathers brought
four brothers from France, „sand from
that colony sprang the founders of other
institutions -in Canada and the United
States. j
—A novel case was tried at the Brant-
ford Police Court the other day when
Mrs. Grimstes,d(oharged a good-look-
ing little girl named Louise Butler with
assault, the offencoonsisting in the cut-
ting of Bella Grimstead's hair in such a
*ay as to makeit look ridiculous. Bella
appeared in court with her head looking
as if rats had been resting in it, and
when put on the stand declared she had
given Iouise permission to cut her hair.
That settled the matter and the case was
dismissed. -
. , —About 2 o'clock Saturday morning
burglars entered the house of James
Leary, postmaster. at King's Wharf, 8
cash.- The family were in a sound
s*ep -until a terrible explosion in the
neighborhood of the barn awoke them.
'Mr: Leary, looking out, saw his barn on
fire. He ran out in hope of saving some ,;
farm utensils, but was met by two
roughs, who fired two shots at him, one
taking effect in his leg, the other pass-
ing through his shirt, parallel with his
_heart. The perpetrators escaped.
—On Monday -evening two young
couples started for Stony Creek, a few -
miles below Hamilton, in a double
'carriage." When -they had proceeded a
short distance the horses took fright and
bolted into the ditch, Upsetting the
carriage and spilling the occupants. '
Miss Grace McLeod had her foot eaught
in the wheel, and Was draggbralong
the ground for 'some distance,- and was
severely cut about the head and face.
'Robert Kirkpatrick, die of the young
men „had his arm broken; The other -
two escaped unhurt.
—Galt has had a -fashionable -wedding,:
the event taking place oh Wednesday of
last week, and the contracting parties
being Miss Hester K. Strong, third
daughter of R, S. Strong, Eisq.,Manager
of the Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, to 'Mr. Wilson A. McWhinney.,
Travelling Pasienger Agent of the -Ch-
son of A, G. McWhinney, Post Off:Win-
spector, London District, The ceremony
took place in Trinity Church, which was,
moat beautifully decorated with flowers
for the occasion.
—While driving home from Orange-
ville, a farmer tamed Robert Whitegot
into a squabble with a ,00mpanion, both -
being., drunk; They Stood Up and a
sudden jerk precipitated White on his ,
head on the road. He was assisted into
the waggon by his eompanion and taken
heme. Atn reaching home Mrs, White
allowed her husband to remain in the
Wagon all night, thinking that he was
paralyzed with drink. IsTextsnorning it
was discovered that he -had received fatal
_injuries, and he died two days after-
wards.
—At the Annual conferenc% of the- -
Peterboro and Belleville Association of \
Baptist Churches the following, resolu-
-whereas the growing evils of the liquor
traffic are constantly contesting every
inch of ground with the ea,use,of Christ; -
and,whereas the various resirictive and
local option measures have but Marked
the various atages of progress in public
opinion and effort -without ascomplish-
ing what is so much need and desired,
tamely, the removal of tbe sgigantio
horror, be it resolved that, as Christian
churches, we will relax no effort and.
never rest contented, trusting GOdf un-
bf Mr. McKean, who WEIS trymg to hold til entire prohibition be carried:'
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