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TWENTT-SECi014D TEAR. -
WHOLE 'NUMBER i 1,126.
SEAF9RTH FRIDAY, JULY i2,.1.•88•9;
New Millinery
PROM TEE SUNNY SOUTH. -
AMU/MLLE; LOIlitgana,
July 3rd, 1889. I •
f—OPENED GUT— ,DEAR EXPostiroz.—I have :promised
to write to so many of my friends and
'acquaintances in Wroxeter and vicini"ty
'jjliEE I NCT that I doiVt know. When- I. Will betaZ
to get around'them„ And 1 thought by
•
—AT THE.,-- inserting this letter in your widely cir
. culated paper, I might get through with
th in a kind of wholesale way, in the
CheapCash Store. meantime. After a little 3 .ina,y have
- ' , more time for letter writing, I *left
.. .
-Wroxeter onthe13th day of June, by
the Canadian Pacific: Railway, . and I
must*csonfess not without a sort of " I -
wish Thad not left" feeling, at leaving
the dear old home where I had spent
many happy .days, and the many -tried
and trusty, friends. ..About half an -
hour's ride brought Me .to -Wingham,
from there I took the , Grand ',Trunk
Railway to London. At Clinton I unet
with a crowd 'of acquaintance804-ho led
been up to Goderich attending the cere-
brated Hopper case; some as witnesses,
. othereas jtirOrs,land I don't- knew what
;, elie,. . Some of thein.Seemed to be quite
liatiiified that no evidence was required,
others would Aothave objected, ifthe
case had lasted -all sinnmer-,• so - long as
the pay went on.. I arrived in London
about 7.,p, -m., where I met with my
brother, John R. Miller, Thomas Gib;
son,- of FOrdwich, and Archibald Mc-
Intosh, of Listowel, who were in :the
City attending the Foresters' Conven-
tion. I had my trunk examined here,
and as I had nothing in it -Worth taking,
a piece of white Chalk was brought into
requisition and :some • hieroglyphics
.scratched on it which I did not under-
stand. I don't know whether any per!,
son else did: or not, but which- I sup:.
posed moat PASS: (acoording to Hoyle)
and I was left struggling with a rope,
almost wishing that those Who Would
not go for .Free Trade had - it . around
their necks; All aboard is sounded and
- We are off. . The cats go thundering
along, I sit a stranger in the,. midst. , of
strangers: . ,I had just left rilk home on.,
, a long journey, exchanged the parting
tokens Of affection With my family, and
the friends that I loved, who- not only
had a strong hold on my affections, but
who in the tokens of -regard and kind -
nese shown to me -in view of my, -depar-
ture had added indissoluble ties to the
bond that united Me to them.. ' Detroit'
irreached about 10 p., m. .13d8 X have
toenub for the night. I had no chance
to sae the city as I left at 7.20 in. the
morning. TO see the river just here at
night, with the many different colored
lights, is A fine :sight The hotel - I
struck was. pretty Well filled up, but I
was told that there was a double roorii-
occupied hyra champion wrestler, a big
-fellow buftery quiet, I risked it and.
came out all right. Seven thirty a. m.
has vitae around and. we are off- again.
Aftersettling down and examining -iriy,
wallet I find that I have a ten .dollar
Canadian bill which won't be' much use
to me . on "Louisiana shore," :'• as the
poet expresses it I asked the conduc-
tor if he would give - me Yankee money
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for it ? but he said no that they got
fooled sometimes in this Way. . I iguesi
he thought I was tether suspicions
looking. We piss througha fine tract
oteountry between here and Toledo. I
take-nOtice that the cropii are a groat
dealfarther forward than • in; Huron.
Fall wheat is all headed out, and a fair-
ly good crop. Arrive at Toledo about
10'a. m., and it seems to be quite a live-
ly place. • From here I took the Cincin-
nati, Hamilton, & Dayton Railway to
Cincinnati. For quite a distance , the
country seems to be very level., in a
ruzi3Of 109 miles I don't think we passed
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through a cut of - ten feet. It is 10
quite an. oil region,. and near ktPlaoe,
called Lima, the country; is. Teirlidotted .
over with, oil tanki•:.: There must
be 4hundra4s of • theizi,-, and none
of them :closer to each other . than
I weitild suppose, 150 feet, and *here peeed-t olnow.all. 'about - sugar.: making
;that close embankment of earth 860..,but if all goes tight I =tibia able to
Ore ' feet in -height :is thrown up all tll you sOmething about it eix months
f oni this, as by that dine if Ilive I ex.
ilinii h tank which, I imagine, will
which was Constantly left open. In the.- . be in case of fire to ,prevent its spread- . rot to see the While pities* . As far at
----- , Meantime the old birds had grown se. leg to 'other tanks. ,Thole tanks . are •Pori learn, the proepects fors good crop
. of • cane are good. The corn crop is Also.
' 'wilier with the fanillylit to pay no round in shape,50.or-60 feet in diameter;
good.' It is a finesightto, _ see- 200. or
- heed to them, • no matter who might be and about 15 feet high. - Cincinnati is
in the room. * - reached about dark, consequently I
0 bad .300 Acres of it under cultivation,, and
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,still a better sight, to see thatinneh cane,
—At Knox Church, :Woodstock, on., net much chance to lee anything of it.
on .:and More money in it. The cotton crop
Sunday evening, Dr. McMtillen preach- • It seems to besurrMinded by hills.
ed a sermon on the doetrine-of holiness, our leaving. it by he Queen** Oteiceat lgoing=to he late; owing to the very dry
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4,43ather in May and • the first part of
which has been brought.prominently be. RailWay we inak a circuit partly reund
June. 'I have. travelled over quite a bit
,. ' fore the attention of Presbyterians by it and crone the *o river. The scene
of the property, -hut not nearly all,
- what is known as the Gait heresy case. is ohanged,' We now 'pass throug_h one
4900 acres Is not easily.got over,) and
Mr: McMullen dealt with the doctrine of the roughest trade- of country. r ever
ani well satisfied with it. ,
,from a historical and theological stand- travelled over. Although it is night the , .
• Point. 4iie showed by ample quotations sky is clear and .the moon ,nearly full, ._ ,INc. doubt some will be anxious to'
and -argument that the belief that men which enables me to get a very fair view :bear something about the heat, sing -
'can live ina state 'of sinless' Perfection; of what we are passing' through. Our tors end niggers. With regard ftd.- the
-is unsound according to both.1 he stand-. train is not a very long One; seven ' or :firet, I hove not found it oppressive!
- ards of the Presbyterian Church and the 'eight passenger coaches, but the grades since I came here. The highest temper.,
- Bible itself,. on which they are based. arelvery steep"; gometimes.Our rate of •atureeince I came itas 82 degrees;that
Incidentally, he- [showed. what large speed is not much faster than .a. walk; • was fon:the 24th end 25th of June an
rights and. privilege the constitution of at one place we stuck fast and had to .92 degrees is the highest it has regieter.,
the -Presbyterian Churoh gives to indi- run back about a mile and. take a race at .434- so far this season. It hag rained ai
victual- by explaining how this' case it. , ,The next minute we. were. rattling, -gOod deal for a week back andhas been -
had been dealt with, first bythe Session, down grade, curving. °ter.- some rickety
then by the Presbytery and Synod, and looking bridge, or darting into a tumiel,
lastly 13y the General Aseembiy of the to emerge from it and have the dose re -
Church'. • He referred in a kindly way .peated. At one spot we had three en -
to those Who had gone astray on .thie gines on, and then it ohnoit seenied as
doctrine,atal pointed -out thst they had if we wet° going to.stay there for 'a
not been suspended from .the chUrclf on while. This is a great Coal. region, but
account of their belief., . buts because not.worked to any great extent: We
they refused to refrain from propagating reached Chattanooga about 10 a; m._ .It
it !um:1g others„ The sermon was a Is not. a Very large place lipd rather:
clear exposition of a ease that has excited .dilapidated lookini, but meraerablefor
Nvide interest.
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o'FFmArst $4,
In Hats„ Flowers,- 'Feathers, Laces,
Ribbons, and Ornaments.
Also full stocks of Desi Goods,
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Prffital• Muslins, Shirtings,
Oot-
tons Lace Curtains, :Cretonnes,
P• arasols, Frillings, Corsets, GloVeak
- Lace Mitts, Pan.iers,
1arsOuffS Hosiery, etc. All oc
which will be Old at ,very low
prie.es.
Call and have a look through.
Cheap Cash 'Store
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—George S. Clissold, sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary at the
General Sessions in St. Thomas, for a
series of burglaries,. eonfessed to the
officers in charge since he wassentenced
that his "pal" in the ,britglaries was
Kelly, a well-known thief. On the con-
stables at St. Thomas taking. him to
Kingston he was at once recognized by
Warden Creighton as Peter Kelly him-
self, who had served a three years'
-term for burglary, and was only re-
leased on Nevember 21st last. The
judge in sentencing Clissold, alias Kelly,
• believed him to be a young men of re-
specUble _parentage,"led by want into
trouble, and gave him a light sentence
accordingly.
—On a quiet street in Montreal re-
cently, a man was at work plastering
up a crack in the outside wall of a
house. The lady of the house at the
-time noticed the "cheep, cheep"" of
some young sparrows and requested the
plasterer to leave room for the old
birds to come and go to and from the
nestlings. The man refused. A little
later, the lady could not bear to hear
the poor little things crying for. food,
and rather than let them starve in their
dark prison she took a chiseVand,work.,..
big on the inside wall, from an upp
room, finally reached the nest through
the interior walls. In the meantime the
old birds had congregated. As tool as
the nearest window to the neat WU
opened, the lady retired- to a distance
and watched proceedings. The old
birds at once entered the room and be-
gan to feed- their young. This contin-
ued for some days, when old birds and
young departed by way ef the window', '
Called_ Tuscanola, brings me in mind of
the landaround Exeter and Brudefield.
I reached New Orleans on the. Sunday
Morning about seven -o'clock, tired and
'weary. I could not understand • how it
Mate a good living. But I would Say to
any one who may think of moving, come
arid see for yourself. I have not been in
the couutry very long and cannot say as
much `about it as those who have been
was that such crowds of people, male here longer ; I have °imply stated what
and female, young and old, were around
theSouthern Pacific Railway Transfer
Depot, but I soon found out that there
was a big excursion _down the flier to
the Gulf. . When I left Canada I Was •
weiaring heavy clothing and had not
thrown ably under clothing. On this
day, however, Ifelt as if I would like
to .get rid of them as I struck. this glade
on one of the botest days of , the season
-so far, and being in a Spot where there
is net much breeze it did feel :hot. The
business places in, the City were closed,-,
thatis in the English speaking part of
the city, but the French don't seem to
be .,,tery particular in this respect.
• Saloons, bylaw, Are not allowed to be
open' bn-,SundaY;:bnt:herer etsewliers,
004311re back &ore -which open easily
if .iyon have a nickel. staid' he•re
.nntil the following Tiiesday, at 11.30 "a•-
uV'and* left for Jeanerette,"113:
west, There is considerable swampy
land near the city, but as.we get
ward it gradually improves until We
reach the Tiche Country:
• There' is one thing which takes the
traveller's attention, who for the first time '
has visited this country. It the:Moss'
which' covers the. bought of the- trees
and hangs toward the ground -like a fine.
drapery, large quantities of it is pulled,
dried and sent north, where it is used
for mattresses, 8d. ' I am now in. the
Tiche Country, _ the Garden ,of
Louisiana. After a 'stay Of 24 hours
in this place, I again movi3 •on: towards
.my destination. Eleven milesfrom here
is the town of New. Iberia, with a popu-
lation of 4,000. This is one of the finest
towns in the south, /The inhabitants
are principally Northern people, which
has a great deal to do With the pros-
perity of the place and shows plainly
what is wanted to develop this country.
The next town I strike is St. Martins-
• ville, which before the war was called
the Paris of Louisiana, or as Longfellow
in -his Evangeline cane it "The Bolen' of
Louisiana." But its glory hal departed;
yet there is to be seen traces of its former
geed:less and of the wealth that was
lavishly. expended and the . life' of
ease and indolencein which many of. its
inhabitants lived. There is no doubt
but that in alivery days. this has been a
very wealthy part Of the country, and
may again 13e if the people can - be
aroused from 'their lethargy, or give
plebe to those who by their energy and
industry will bring to light the hidden
reiourCes,of this Wonderful land. This
is ithe home of thexiled Acadians, arid
their descendants occupy the land, at
• least to a certain extent. They are .an
indolent race, and are not much thought
ok by the creoles' or natives of the
country. •
.7rora here I have to hire a livery rig
and am driven up to the Huron Plantation.
'Ufa a fine drive the road runs along
the bank of the Bayou Tedhe nearly all
the way. Here for the first time I saw
the Magnolia tree full bloom, and r
can &genre you it is a fine sight. The
Owen are nearly as large as a dinner
'Plate and pure white:. and to the touch
feel like velvet. The live oak is another
viand tree. They don't grow very high
but have spreading tops.' I measured
one -that was•nearly'100 feet. ' I arrived..
at Plantation just at noon,,end right
glad I -was to meet with old friends from
Hilton, the first ken'd faces since I left
London. They all look hale and hearty
and as far as I can learn are Well sada-.
.fied With; the country.; Of course it has• .
its..drawbaolts, such al the want of
schools ,..ehurgheii but: this wilt
evidently tha :Overcome. can remember
‘the time when " they • were not 'overly
I know to be facts. When people see
for then -pelves they can believe: A great
many pamphlets- have been circulated
through the describing this country
and as far as I have seen a good deal, of
what id said is true, but some of it re -
Tikes to be taken with a .grain Of salt.
We have here as well .as elsewhere un-
scrupulous land agents, Who are ever on
the watch to take advantage of the un-
wary.. Against all such would say,13e-.
:ware. As far as I have seen the Creoles,
that is thosOborn in the state,whether of
French or English decent, are very
. friendly, and like to see northern
coining in, Hoping I have not taken up
. tee much of your valuable space I will
now draw di% rambling epistle to a
dose. I will be willing at any time to
give any information I can to any one
Who, may wish to learn about this
-.664ntry. • -
. . T. F. isfif.t.en.
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said that he was Badge
Haverland Was four times
the Creseenkand just as earl
Warfield was a v-ery, valuabl
would yield morerand larger
the Crescent. The aim bf t
tion is to advance the. fruit.
terests of Ontario, and
the wealth etthe country,
oomplish this end the bette
determined by the Governnr
the most skillcd specialists '
ture whether directors or
the 'Association, to address
of the Farmers' Institutes
methods of conducting wit
industry.
, •
Vanada.
An effort is being.ms,de
world's fair in Toronto in 1
• —Interest on degosits in ,
S avings Banks will be reduce'
per cent. • _ •
—Nine young 'ladies hav
from the convent of Notre,
ston;
Mr. A. P. 'Cockburn li
Waited by the Muskoka, Li
Legislature. : -
—Rev. Principateaven
address on the anti Jesuit
Montreal last Friday. night
•A prominent young so
Kingston recently - wedde
mother's eldest sister.
—The sum of $87,000 -.ha
scribed towards the new P
sane Asylum in Montreal.'
—The Grace • Method
• Winnipeg, has extended a
Janies Henderson of Mont
Montreal boarding
whe seized the uniform of
for unpaid board, was fine
—Donald Morrison, the
. so far recovered sato be
around.
• IstoLEAN BROS. Publisher&
*1.50 a Year, in Advance,
the He testified that the damage done to the
e as wheel amounted to 9,80, but said that
t the an entire new wheel could be had for $5.
rry and The Megistratoreserved his decision.
rfiiiithan —Canon Bill, of Trinity church, St.
soc.•1 •
Deaf Mute Race. •
tstef and numb Institute, Belleville, July 8, _
• r DEAR- Eiroarron : You have doubt-
less noticed e in various newspapers
,articles.,statire; that a deaf-mute variety
•of -the-human race . is likely to be the
;orsult, in thenear future, from the mar-
riage -of deaf mutes. From the informa-
tion r have been able to gather up :to
this time, I have only learned of oNz
deaf child zin Ontario (a little boy now
About four years of age), whose parents
are deaf and dumb. Of the hundreds
of children who are novr-attending or
have 'attended, this institution, there is
not. one congenitally deaf child who has
deaf inute parents. I would like to ob-:
tain full and itcourete information in re-
gard to thikmatter, and if you or any of
your readets know of any deaf mute
married perscins, with or without chil-
dren, -if you or they will kindly send me
theiraddresses, I shall feel obliged, -
There are deaf children of school age
• in theProvince that I have not heard
Of, and I am making an effort to get,
them 'into_ this Institution, where they
may receive an education that will :fit
them for the duties of life. The condi-
tion Of an uneducated deaf mute is more
deploral3lectban that of any other human
Will you be good enough to
help me to bring these children* to
060°1? You can do more than any
ther :person I might addrees..• The.
arents. of some are not aware that an
netitution exists where. their Deaf
phildren can be taught :to read and
Write. There are others who have heard
,of,theinstitution but are probably not
acquainted with its real character, or
from. oth
Children
by a
causes, tail to send their
o us; these might be induced
ttle effort to send them. Deaf
child en between the ages of seven and
twenty are •admitted, educated and
hoarded at the expense of the Province.
IR is only. required that the child shall
;be of sound mind and that the parents,
'or the municipality if the parents are
unable, pay the railroad fare and pip-
'11,ide necessary clothing. Application
papers may be had by writing to me at
1Be11evi11e and any information required
will be cheerfully supplied. -
Yours faithfully,
R. MATHIsoN, Superintendent.
!The Whit Growers' Associa-
'don. •
At the Summer meeting of the Fruit
:Growers'. Association held in -Seaforth
',last week among others the following
igentlemen were present:—Mr. A. Mel).
tAllan, Goderich ; P.. E. Bucke, Ottawa;
IA. Morton, Wingham ; P. C. Dempsey,
rTrenton • . H. Race, Mitchell ; /d.
plentiful hi:Huron-,Ontario.. Now thoughl tPettit, NV' ona IL Pettit and L.
Itive arrived at ourplantation and. be-
Woolierton,Grimsby Thom Beall,Lind.
clime a southern planter, I ani not suP. and"; -John. Little, Granton. The.
the. amount of ghting done in and
around it during the civil war. -We now
—The Exeter Times of last Week says run for a long distance between two
- The matrimonial fever has been raging. ranges of Mountains. The valley is
in Exeter this week among the widow- perhaps two or three miles- in width.
ers, twp of whom have taken unto them- All along the scenery. is grand and pie -
selves blushing brides, tosharethe toils ,turesque. We are now coming into the
and pleasures of their later, days. On great iron State of Alabama, and which
Tuesday -Mr. James Miner, a • highly re- is being developed by English capitalists..
Spected resident, was wedded to Miss nig, is going to be a grand thing for the
Jennie Oke, of 148 Angelos, California, South, and will open the eyes of north-
. white on Wednesday, Mr. James How- ern people to its vast resourcei. As far
- ark -another well-known resident, and as I have seen it is not much of a farm -
Min Mary Ellen, daughter of Mr. Wm. ing -country. From this across the
Brimaborabe, of Exeter, were made State of Mississippi there is e good deal
husband and wife by the strong bonds of swam y land with occasional ,good
of Hymen.
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nice and cool. Our gulf. ° breezes! are
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very refreshing, and kperson whe has (2) Productiveness; (2) Hardiness ; (4)
,meeting waetheld in Cardno's Hall, and
an addresslwas delivered by Mr. D. D.
;Wilson, of Seaforth. . Among the eub-
i.jects d,ilicusseci'. Were: the following :—
"Grapes ,forMarket,'"" V.'Cuftivation of
I the Currant fOr Horne use and for Mar-
ket," "Strawberry Culture,"* and the
.
{ "Culture and Propagation eof Goose-
berries." Onevery important subject
was that concerning the "Judging of
Fruit s at Fairs," intioduced, by Mr.
Thos Beall; of Lindsay, director of the
Association for Agricultural Division
No. 5. He claimedthat, in order to se-
cure uniformity: and fairnees in the.
• ,Awarding of prizes, was absolutely
necessary that a scale of points should
be carefully prepared, and that instead.
of three judges, as at present employed,
the one judge system should be intro -
duped: In this way the best talent
could be employed and suitably remun.
erated._ It was also recommended that
a card, with the scale of points marked
plainly on it, should he 'filled out by
the judge and ettachad to the ptize
fruit. The following list of_points was
• Suggested, viz i—(1) Commercial Value;
nht felt -them has no idea how cool they
.ate. With regard to alligators, I have
Oen none yet nor has any of our crowd,
and I don't expect to see one should I
iifre here for 50 years.' I cannot•say the
same about niggers, but they are just as
harmless, (and more so.) I have seen
one _snake since I came here, and that a
dead one, and not very large, ; The:
mosquitoes are not so numerous as they,
are in Ontario. In the day time we see
Quality; (5) Perfect 'Growth, each of
these to count Eve points, except the
last, which- was to count ten. The
whole question of arranging a scale kof
points, however, was passed over to a
committee which will report at the next
meeting,;.which will be held in the Vity
of Windsor, in December. A pry
practical -address was also given by the
President, Mr..,A. McD. .Allan; of Gode-
rich, upon the best methods of • milling,
very few, at night a few ef them seren- packing and grading apples for market.
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ade us, and if they do bite we are apt to, llesaid that buyers should , arrange a
knowit, - •' iscale of Flees for perfect fruit in pro.
i Arnaudvilleds our nearest village, portion to its cOmmercial value in the
about ai miles off, It is not - a*. very British markets, and thus encOurage the
large place but still there is , quite an' growingof only the most profitable varie•
&Mount of business done. • It has45-,or 6 tie. He recommended some such scale
general stores, and all of them -deem to -of prices as the - following, When the
do a good trade: Land can be bought Baldwin is worth $1the other . varieties
here at from $1,0 to $30 per. auprent should range in somewhat this way, iris:
(French acre) one sixth less than one Ribston Pippin and Blenheim ,Pippin,
acre:- There is also any amount of it .to $1.50; King,$1.50 ;. Spy, $1.30; Ameri-
rent or on shares. The usual rental given can Golden Russet, $1.25, and Green
18 One third of the 'Cr° raised. There ing $1. In speaking of •Strawberries
"—Three ballot boxes bei
the official count of the Soo
in Elgin county had to be
' ;--01 the 753- settle an
carried by the,Carthagenia
Liverpool it is expected. th
lost. •
• —At the Ayr Plow wor
three blacksmiths in one.
combined length is eighte
inches _I ' -
—At Ottawa' last Fri
yonng man who hid liner
marriage notice inita ne
smindly thrashed by his vi ,
r
It —A number of -Bellivil
Veen summoned before th
-to *newer the charge of • r
mite and destroying the li
' —Three C. P. R. cats.
buffalo bones from the, p
Northwest went - east- fro
Fridey to be manufacture
• —The.Gmlic Society, Of
its annual excursion to Ni
day last. Pipers Minro an
livened the voyage heroes
their music,. .
7 -.Alf. Scott, of Winni
Lientenent Colonel Scott,
deed last Saturday night i
is supposed he over-exerte
lacrosse match. .
—LOA Sunday morning
worth, a bey about 16 years
Russell, had his brainoblo
explosion of a gun while h
'crows.
—Efforts will be made
Royal Humane Society
Willie Whiter, of Toronto
has saved five person's 1r
within a year.
— J. J. Sloan, of Lea
_poisoned on Saturday; and
evilly. He wept to a dr
the druggist gave him salt
of salts.
—A sixteen months old
Mr.. F. J. _Reed, e- builde
was run over by. a lumber
en by's drunken Man the oil
child was considerably inj
„ —It has been decided
in Southern Manitoba tbi
-Mounted Pelice patrol,. w
son did valuable service i
horse stealing And similar
—Mr. Henry S. Krug,.
while riding alibis bicycle
line towards the Dover sta
' foot caught in the 'pale
whirled -from his steed, and
ed his arm. ' Ho- will be obi
day" for awhile. '
—Rev. R. J. Laidlaw,
minister, of Hamilton, ask
junction to step the buiine
peranee -Colonization - Co
which he claims rernittin
paid in by him in stock.
—The other day, Geor
Toronto newsboy, courage°
into Vie Water at the Hum
cited a 6 -year-old boy fro
He was presented with a p
by the party of pidli*ker
child was a member, '
—A large tarantula was
bunch of bananas in Won:
shop the other evening.;
keeper struck at it with a
venomous spider fell into a
dies. _,The candies and the
, hustled , into the dotes, tei
and every one breathed Me
—Wm. Anderson, aged,
resident of London, Ontar`
lug to cross the railroad-
foet of Hastings street; D
o'clock on the night of-.
was struckbya freight tr
ed under the wheels. B
run over; He was taken
al, where he died shortly
—Richard Shuter,- a,
'farmer, was defendant at
Police Court Friday in
damage suit brought.age
Vernon.. .According --to
testimony the - defendin
collided with the °Maple
and destroyed a wheel,'
fendant said that the doc
have backed intehis. A
the mile was the *widen
tracts. Zne of these tracts, near a town are homes for thousandshete and I be- John Little, Canada's Strawberry King, witnesses, who. is ' a c
g in -
creme
o ao-
been
lend
u cul-
ts of
etinge
best
this
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wherever it goes. Freni the county of
Essex, (tomes a report that I the grain
aphis or louse is creating great damage
-to the wheat crop there. Some of thenr
have wings and some have not; the
Thomas, was the other evening present- later being the most prolific, it being
ed by a few friends of his congregation
with a handsome bouquet. After their
departure he found in it a letter con-
taining $80 as a gift. '
—The other night Mr. James Goldie,
en behalf 'of.a number of friends waited
on the Rev. D. McGregor, M. Z., ot the
Congregational church, Guelph, and
presented him with a handsome purse
containing $136at a slight token of their
esteem and affection.
--Of two scholarships Competed for
the other day the Toronto Conserva-
tory of 'Mimic:J.:nue entitling th i3 winner
'to a year's free instruction in piano, was
won by Miss Flora Boycl,daughter of the
late Rev. James Boyd, of Crosshin.
—The Misses Dimsdele, the revival-
ists, the elderi-of -whom has been ill for
so,long, left Welland the other. day for
their home, Lefrpy. Miss _Ditnsdale,
although considerably -better,, is still
weak, butit is hoped the -change_ of air
• will do her muoh,good. • " •
—Mears Atwater -and Meals have
'entered an action or 11,000_in . the
Montreal Superior- Court ' against the
trustees of the Temple building, on b
half of , the Widow- of the late J. H.
•-Webster, who lost his life by falling
down the elevator shaft ef that building:
on June 21. , •
—Cot, John Thomas - North, 6"the
nitrate king," of London, Rigland,Pass-
ed through Toronto. the -other evening
on his way from Niagara Falls to Mon-
treal. Col. North was accompanied by
a -party of gentlemen, who, like himself;
were all millionairei., The party repre-
sents over $100,000,900 in wealth. .
—Alexander Stinson died at the jail,
London, last Saturday Moping; He
-
was under Arrest for . shootinjg at his
mother-in-law, Mrs Wm- unt of.
London South; with intent. Mr. Hunt
hit -him on the head with a hoe during
. • , .
the scrimmage; causing a large scalp
wound. Stinson had been drinking
pretty heavily. • '
—Harvesting commenced last week in
Ontario county. In EEO Whitby the
rye =pis a heavy one, the straw being
8 feet long. .Farmers are haybig and
never in madly Vets has the yiefil, been
sci heavy, some meadows taming out
three tons to the acre.. Both East and
West Whitby can highly boast of all
crops except fruit, which will not be
large owing to the frost of May 28.
—Monday night When Mr. P. Jones,
of Woodetoek, Was closing up his cigar
store he noticed that one of his feet and
the floor of the shop for a donsiderable
dietance were covered with blood. In-
veitigation proved that a blood vessel
inhis leg had burst. The blood flowed
-very freely and Mr. Jones was soon re.
duced to a state of weakness from which
he will not recover for some days yet.
-estimated that they produce four young
each day. No remedy has been found
to prevent the destruction by these
pests. They are provided with sha0p-
pointed bills, with which they pierce -
the leaves and stalks and suck the juice
of the grain. The pests have a natural
enemy in several species of parasites and:
the "long beontgbug.
_AHamilton
Police Court, the -
• other day, Louisa Park, the keeper of soi'
baby farm, was charged withshamefully
neglecting and ill-treating an infant
which had been left in her charge The
evidence showed that thehaby, which ie
scarcely a year old, had been 'half-starv-
ed and half -clothed, whipped, scrubbed
with a broom, soused in a tub of water
and otherwise cruelly treated by the
prisoner, who tears a hard name. The
child may die, in which Case the charge
would be murder, and the woman wee
re mended for a week. -
—Constable Whitehead, of Wood-
stock, the other day ran in a man who
geve-.-his name as Wm. Ayres and car-
ried what the boys call a beautiful "jag."
"This," said the Magistrate, is -a sam-
ple of the good effects that are follow-
ing the repeal of the Scott Act."
" Yesh," said William, "1 `thee--hic—
throngh--hie—it now, Couldn't un'er-
stand'--hic=how 'spectable man like
•me—hic—got so drunk. But I shee it
now." .He was remanded to jail to
sober up.
—Health Officer Leberge,of Montreal,
is having a special report prepared on
the gauges of prevalent infant mortality.
Inquiry reveals some startling facts. It
will probably show that infantrnortality
is far greater amongst bottle-fed infants,
and that the largest number of such
deaths are amongst children of mothers -
who are natives of Montreal, and who.
beforemarriage spent their lives in
factories and workshops. Next on. the
fatal list are said to come infants of
women who have hereditary tendency to
consumption.
—On Monday forenoon, 1st inst., as
Mr. Wm. Hall, of Jedburgb, -near Ayr,
was fishing in Cedar Creek, his 100
slipped from the log on which he Mood
and he fell -into the water, which was
about two feet deep. The old gentle-
man was unable, to help himself and
would probably hate drowned- but for
two little boys who BMW the mishap.
Charles Meggs, aged 10 years and George
Willison, aged 8 years, sons of Mr. E.
Meggs and lir. W. Willison, are the
brave little lads. The former jumped
into the water and held Mr. Hall's head
up while the latter ran and brought the
old gentleman's son, Thomas, who lifted
his father from the water. These brave
little fellows deserve credit. . -
—On the morning of the 4th
seven lads ranging from 8 to 13 years of
age faced the Hamilton Police Magis-
trate, on charge of larceny. They all
pleaded guilty, some of them having
stolen firewood, others fruits, mita, etc.
Five of the boys were very reuweetable
looking. The Chief of police said that
most of them had been convicted before
of larceny and allowed to go under de-
ferred sentence. He Also pointed out
that during this year between 50 and 75
boys had been- convicted of burglary,
shop -breaking and larceny and had been
allowed to go under deferred sentence.
The magistrate lectured the boys and let
them go.
=In December, 1888, the publishers
of the Montreal 'Witness, In order to
set the boys and girls of Canada at
work studying the history of their
country and gathering up interesting
incidents not recorded in history, offer-
ed prizes to the writers of the best
stories. • In response to this offer'1,193
stories Were received from different
parts of the D.Jminion,.703 of them be-
ing from Ontarin. It is now publicly
announced by the Witness_ that " Miss
Lizzie A. McKay, of Woodstock,
daughter of Rey. W. A. McKay, is en-
titled to the prize for the county of Ox-
ford, which consists of Macaulay's his-
tory of England in five volumes,
worth
$5, Miu McKay's story was foimded
on the St. George disaster,•and will be
published in the Northern Messenger.
was .
reit
and
Stead
in of•
Odon,
dr -it -
'The
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lbe:g
11 e:
Was
fain-
rian
in-
ern-
rom
oney
sp
nged
res-
oney
oh the
64 in a
fruit
-t store,
nd th-e
r: in0:vu were
lry;
!delay,
ars, a
aaits.eht,
nook -
8 were
ospit-
orville
iiiiiton
,in a
ildo a °Dr.
he de
• must
ipait of
'of the
maker.
:—A daring robbery was committed
on the London Loan Bank on Monday
last, about 1 o'clock. A stranger came
to the front door and called out the
teller, and while he was absent another
one summoned the ledger -keeper to the
rear. While they were absent a con-
federate entered the building and seized
all the moniy/- within reach, said to
aishm_7roeueHneotencla.topee..dEa.b.o; ;it $1,30• 0. The whole
oster,•M'';;inister L -of 'Fin-
ance and Mrs. Addle C. -,Chisholm, the
well:known temperance worker, were
quietly married in Chicago on Monday
lit inst., by Rev. S. P. Henson, D. D.,
of the First Baptist Church. The min-
ister and eirs.Foster arrived at the Capital
the following Wednesday evening. Mrs.
i
Chisholm's first husband s living some-
where in the Stites, but .a devolve re-':
cently procured left the lady free to
Marry again. •
, —The large barns and granary on the.
'farm of Mr. Sidney Jackson, on the
town line, North Dorchester, near Der -
Went were destroyed by fire about mid -
'night on the 4th inst. A couple of
waggons, a quantity of hay and straw,50
bushels of oats'&large quantity of sugar.
making utensils, several valuable hogs,
and a shorthorn bull, were also burned.
'the driving barn and house escaped.
There was $500 insurance on the Fern
and $100,on the granary, but Mr, Jack-
son's be heavy notwithstand-
ing. .
. 1 —They had guite an exciting time at igho a few weeks ago gave a series of
=Miss Case*, the Nun of Kenniare,
Geary Brothers stock farm, near Both- clever lectures in oronto tolarge and,
well, on Friday night. A thoroughbred intelligent audiences, is staying at Grime -
Polled Angus cow walked on to the plat- by Park for the season. She is busily
form of 1 well, which gave way, precipi-
tating her to the bottom,where she stood
on her hind legs,pawing with her fore feet
ageing the curbing, her nose just above
the Water. After unsuccessful attempts
to pull her up, the crowd dug away the
earth at the side of the, Curb, which was
partly 'broken away, and the animal
walked up the slope, .
—Mr: Wm. Chadwick Jones, editor
and proprietor of the Paris Star-Tran-
scipt,died very suddenly soon after com-
ing to his office last Saturday morning.
Deceased was born in-Jerseyyillein 1837.
During his residence in Paris, he filled
municipal Offices„acted as secretary 'of
the North Brant': Reform Association,
and also filled the position of church-
warden of St. .4amea- Churche He WAS
e man of .sterling integrity, . sociable
characteristics and general good citizen-
ship. Awife and four children, the eld-
est a girl of 14 years, are left -to - lament
his loss. '
—A -new grub is attacking crops,;
'various parts of - Ontario, The Sarnia,
•Danadien says The worm that has
been doing so muchdamage in the
spring wheat and oat fields in this local-
• ity is more like a cat worm than a wire
worm. It is a grub -about a' half or
three fourths of an inch loqz, as large'
round as a slate, pencil and brown in
color. It works in fields where lied or
.stubble was turned over lost • fall. The
latest advices indicatethat it has caw
menced to Work in winter wheat Its
mode of procedure -is to cutoff the blade
close up the root and make e clean sweep .
employed writing a new book, which,
it is promited, will cause a sensation
when it appears. The title of the work
has not yet been selected, but the sub-
ject matter will be the inside history of
the Roman Catholic Church, especially
in regard to the lives of priests and
those within convents. The book ,will
be published simultaneously in London,
New York and Toronto- The history,
will cover England, France, Ireland and
America. Miss Cusack states that it
was her intention to remain in Canada,
although much pressed to return to Eng-
land.
—The annual camp of the London
District Salvation Army at Woodland
Park, near London, broke up on Mon-
day last Upwards of 3,000 pertains
visited the camp last Sabbath, and at-
tended the meetings. • Services were
conducted morning, afternoon and even-
ing, the principal attraction being ad-•
dresses by Staff -Captain Baugh, of
Woodstock; Staff -Captain Sweetman,
of St. Thomas, and the latter's wife.'
•The services were enlivened by the
singing of army tunes and the playing
of the London army band. Although
the crowd -was so large the best of order
was Maintained, in fact the crowd was
composed of people of very respectable
appearance, who conducted themselves
as if going to and returning from church..
Six special constables looked in vain
for disorderly tharactere, while Comity
Constables Allen and Graluuti also visit-
ed the camp and returned empty -hand-
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