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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1896-08-19, Page 1m,. TEflrt8--$1.ASPer Annum, 1.00 In Advance. VOL. XVIII INRSPNNDENT IN ALA I111NQ13—NSITTRAL IN NOTigINO • CLINT:�� HHR,ON COUNTY, ONT. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19, 1896 SRECOR A. fd TODD, BMus • ad Owner ftigUe d eakness elkto the persuasive powers MALT STOUT The best Tonic and strength chines with the first few bottles. You can sleep sound- ly after taking it, and lift the sys- tem into a condition to resist the enervating --heat of summer. it gives mental power to those who use it properly. The Clinton Liquor Store. Lack Kein edy rY=�, 1896 * AUGUST * 1896 Su. IMo. I Tu.IWe.I Th.1 Fr. I SH. - x 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 as 12 13 14 15 a6 17 x8 193 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 130 53z Town Topics. LEARN SHORTHAND,—Mr. W. J. Elliott, Principal of the Central Busi- ness College, Stratford Ont., has issued a beautiful Catalogue which is mailed free to all interested parties. He states that l.he demand for young men who can write Shorthand is increasing every y r. This popular school opens on Se '',., TOE A.—On Wednesday evening the Salvation Army will have an open air meeting on the Market Square, when A"djt. Hunter of Stratford, and Adjt. Crawford of Chicago along with the local officers, will to part. Next Saturday and Sund the meetings will be led by Adjt. Crawford. HEN FRUIT AND UNIONS.—In the absence of the household Mr. James There are several correspoitt'ents we Sheppard presented ye editor with would like fo hear from. some magnificent hen fruit and unions Mr. arid Mrs. A. J. Holloway and children spent Sunday at Blyth. - Me. John.l•unt,of Galt, is holidaying t the o/d Home, Princess street.' Town Topics. THE FIRST OF THE SEAsoN,- .Yester- day u i ning about 10 o'clock, r. T. L. Forturke presented THE NEWS CORD with the first snow ( ice ) ba11 of the season.,;- As a result of the hall storm the walks and streets were for a time white With the missiles. APPLBS.—Apple King D. cartelon reports an enormous yield o :fall and winter apples in Goderich township. One of the heaviest is that of Mr. Thomas Harrison, who will`have five or six hundred barrels. On his tour Mr. Cantelou found the owner of this grand orchard propping up many of the limbs that were not already broken down from weight. Farmers •who have suitable surplus storage . room should keep all the good Late. apples they cannot find a market for... BAYP'iELD VISITORS.—There is said to be some four hundred visitors at. Bayfield this week. The village is One of the prettiest on Lake Huron apd the (scenery, is magnificent. Sorne`"'are in cattagee ethers under canvas, while the hotels •ttre severely taxed. Sorfle time ago THE NEWS -RECORD advocated the erecting' Of a summer hotel there in order to accommodate the large hiumber of tourists who go there aanuajiy, but as yet rio. action has been takeo. For some time the Bayfield harbor isas been in 8i• disgraceful state and teeve Burns succeeded through propee'repte• sent•ati9riss in having the late Oonse a- tive Government Rilace $12,000:in the estimates for repairs. If this ri!eded work in carriedp out by the , Reform ,party it will at least be a long step in "the riggtat=direction to induce e.apitalists to look'13ayfield way. Once the htte- hor is iiiehape steamers. would be induc- ed to call and land and take on passen- gers• sL}t'd freight—even onpe ea week- stimulus to trade would be ed ande urgent wants of the public ,would Oa certain extent be met. Of isutnmePtourists at present there is lenough and to spare. With the har- bor in shape to receive 'steamers and a usagnifident summer hotel, froeo'- one to two- 'thousand visitors could be se- cured a't; •Bayfield during the heated term, afeli all could be accommodated if enougif'rnoney is ingested in the prop- er direction. • Brief Town Topics. last •Monday. The egg was dropped by the wyandotte or white leghorn, a small bird, and measured 8# by 8 inches; the respectable weight was 3i oz. One of the onions was a dutch •' Mrs. Seymour, of Berlin, is the guest set weighing 14 oz. and measuring 11 uniforn size, grown from the ordinary Mrs. J. A. black seed, one of them measuring 12i her visittto Listow:b1 and vicinity. by 9f inches, and the three of them Kearns Tent No 88, K. O. T. M. has weighing 1 lbs. adopted by -lbws to govern the Tent. Rural :Bean Hodgens, of Seaforth, PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL.—W. Jackson preached inert. Paul's church last Sun - ticketed the following passengers da ; during the last week :—Geo. Swallow y and wife, Ottawa; Miss Archibald, The 1 uses Waiper, of Berlin, are the Miss A. Doan, Miss E. Doan, Miss F. guests of, their brbrother at the Mason Rance, Mackinaw; W. J. Holmes, use. Winnipeg and return, F. -Plewes Mr. Fred Jackson and son have re Moosomin, Manitoba, Miss Higgins, turned -from a two weeks outing a Miss White, Winnipeg A Towns-; Barrie. end, J. Scotchmere, W. • Elliott. A., The taking up of, mined crossing on Al - Plummer, W. Kitt, E. Blacker bert street north has coasider- Estevan, Manitoba. able "crossing." LEFT TOWN.—We exceedingly regret When.will Clinton receive the long - promised $10,000 of the Staveley estate inoney. of her brother, Mr. G. J. Stewart. by 14 inches. Three others were of a Fowler,has returned from the removal from town of such goo citizens as Mrs. and Miss Rye, who leave Goderich this morning by boat for Sault St. Marie, Mich. Mrs. Rye;, has been a resident of Clinton for a great many years. Her family havM during that time settled down to life in various' parts of the world, on married daughter being at the Sault, We wish the lady and her estimable daughter a pleasant journey and abundant prosperity. They were ticke by A. T. Cooper, ager.t for S}ere Cambria and Carrnona. CLINTON BEATS MITCHELL.—One of our most successful clubs in town is the Bowling Club. During the present sereton they have won several victories, but probably the most notable one was that over Mitchell last Friday. It was a two -game contest and resulted in 37 to 42 in favor of Clinton as follows: -- Clinton. W. Taylor, J. Harland, D. A. Forester, J . Tisdall, sk First Game. Mitchell. S. Ford, W. D ugherty, W. Ilott, 18 Dr. mitt, sk . . ...18 Second Gam Clinton. i tch of l W. Jackson, H. Ford, W, Brydon, W. Dougherty. D. A. Forester, W. Elliott, G. D. McTaggart, sk.24 Dr. Burritt• sk. Total ..... . .. .42 t fetal THE FRUIT CROP.—'] field of fruit, as far as erned, is enormous. Tl e providentially escape bove result. A marker . dee ound for the earlier entries, and now p Tums and crab apples, 'i hile hardly ' ing Last id y t crickete was an here between interest- orth. handling, are �a drug. In (3 ome sections of this . county the ton and Waterloo, the latter winning mailer varieties of plums)/found sale at as follows :—Clinton, 18, 29; Waterloo, only 15 cents a bushel. i - �' price, for better qualiti at from 50 cents to one d case in Colborne a farmei bushels of plums from was afterwards comps hethe Limbs in ord ,branches from bre `Fall and winter apple v "Critip • and will llkelly be low its p lee.: In fact advice$$ are to the .,ee'fecb that it will pay farmers to store at �letet a ortion of their fruit until 'spring in the hope thee' the output Mast be exerl:isealize a ed the Great d ison to `` .he sold to advantage. Mrs. (Dr.) Cartier and Mrs. Thomp- son of Blyth were the guests of Mre.,J. A. Fowler last week. Cooper Bros. have the contract for putting in the new fronts and refitt- ing Harland Bros. two stores. Brief Town Topics. 'Auctioneer Howson conducted a suc- cessful sale for Mrs. Rye on the n>,,arket last Saturday. - The lady. we are sorry to learn, will take up her resi- dence in Michigan > ' Me. Thos. M. Johnston, of Chatham, was on a wheeling visit to town and country friends and called on THE NEWS -RECORD last Wednesday. He left here for Seaforth. - Last Monday Metiers. W. Brydone. G. D. McTaggart, W. Jackson and W. Taylor left for Niagara -on -the -lake, where they will take part in the pro- vincial bowling tournament. Win. Srnithson is disposing of a large number of step and fruit ladders arid will pay a visit to Auburn and other northern poipts on or about the first of September, with a full supply. Mr. Alpert May, of Stevensville, Montana, joined bis wife and family on a visit here yesterday. Mr. May was about fifteen years ago engaged in the dairying and butchering business here. The Hensall Observer has given just cause for action for libel in saying that the editor of the Blyth Standar has gone and gqL married to "Miss Tena Highly." TM -fresh young man of the Observer should -not so slander his confrere. , i Goderich. - WORK TILL CH$,jSTMAS.—The spitt- ing Company has c rdere on hand suffi- cient to keep all th . present employees in full work until hristtnas. THE HARBOR. he schooner Clara Youill came in last week, with a cargo of (teals for N. Dyrpent, to •be shipped to tie old country 'The schooner, Mary S. Got3lon brow h ,004, feet of,Iuniber the local plat g -Mill firms ; and t,ifh'iolfage left ,000. feet for Wm. . Hutson. s. • _ FOR THREE MoTUS.-On Tuesday a young man named Nichol, of Settfor;,h, was before the ounty Judge on a charge of stealin a watch and razor from a fellow bo der ; and on being called on to pleaaa acknowledged his guilt. His lions; then sentenced the prisoner to three;ponths' hard labor in the common jail. MASONIC DEMONst#tATION. — On Thursday, the 20th of August, there will be a grand 'Masonic demonstration in the city of SteAtford, in which the Knights Templars; Royal Arch Masons and Master Masons will take part. 7• m promises tidy matderthe com- m ee is convinced'that on the 20th of August Stratford will have the largest gathering of the Masonic fraternity ever seen in Ontai'fo.- - Miss and Miss Ethel Galloway, of Leamington, are spending a few days this week with Dr. arid Mrs. Freeborn. Miss Jessie Ratray, who has been on a two months, visit to her parents and friends here, returned to Montreal on Monday. There was a little change to cooler temperature last, Wednesday, and many a weary soul enjoyed refreshing sleep during the night. Mrs. A. Askwith, of Auburn, called' on her relatives Mrs. and Miss Rye, Monday, previous to their departure for the American Soo yesteeday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cole were on a 19 few weeks visit to relatives at Rapid - River, -Mich., and returned Saturday, 37 Mr. Cole prefers Canada to Michigan. is year the uron is con- A farmer near Clinton is responsible is last spring for the statement that his MO acre frost with the farm was recently covered with hail b stones as large as hen's eggs and a foot Clinton hae ranged Caritelon Bros. during the past few Ilar. In one days have bought and shipped about pulled three two thousand basiets of plums. The 'WO trees and price hat ranged from 50 cents to $1 a ed to prop bushel. ;:ir to keep Mr. Edwin Jarvis and Miss Stevens king down. left Monday to attend the Normal sre a big School in Ottawa. Mr. A. Townsend, J. H. Scotchmer Wellington Elliott, Mrs. Pollock -and 'Miss Poliock,William Nicheylon,- J. Pfemmer, H. Walker and, G. Brcrwn left yesterday for Mani- Coopef, Agent, Clinton. Miss Emily,,Turner :Paul returned to Gorrie stone work being nearly completed.— Bowls are played daily, afternoon and evening, on the cowling green, West street.—The party that visited Main station on a bass fishing expedition last week returned on Saturday night. The nine members Mayor Shan- non, dopy -reeve Holt, councillor Cern- ion, treasurer Horton, deputy -sheriff, �R ynolds and Messrs. R. U. Hay& Heaton and Attrill report a delightful time, the bass being on the feed,afford- ing excellent sport. We have seen the big bass.—Misses B. and Ora Wilkinson are at the Thousand Islands canoe races.—Mr. Geo. Porter has bee`h suffer- ing severely the past two weeks from rheumatism.—The tea ers of the township schools are again teaching the young how to pass the various exams. -9.p les of the early kind were unsaleable the past two weeks, and as a matter of fact it was a hard job to give them away.—Miss Ethel Aceson visited the camp at Grimsby Saturday and Sunday.—Mr, W. Gallogher, of the Galt Reporter, was visitingold. -scenes the past week.—Mr. Thos. Jack- son, of Clinton, was in the Circular town on Thursday.—Early communion was celebrated in St. George's on Sun- day.—One of the jokes put around by a well-known townsman was that the Waterloo excursionists would bring with them two fully loaded cars of lager.—The town council meets on Fri- day.—It is expected that before August passes away, the new water works schemes will be under way. —Mine, host and hostess of the Hotel Bedford are busily engaged preparing for an early opening.—Miss Minnie Campbell was at Grimsby Park over Sunday.— Mr. and Mrs. Cluness and child, of Galt, are visiting their relatives, the Saults Bros.—The train taking house the Waterloo excursionists left about 11 p m.—The general salute the past two weeks was Its warm,"just as if one wanted to be told of such a, burn- ing fact.—On Friday the two Clintron editors were in the circular town, and yet our P. M. had a clean charge sheet the following morning.—Miss Flo. Ball was at Grimsby Park this week.—Ano- ther wet Saturday night for Goderich. —The hot spell has passed away until next surnmer, but there will he pleasant days the next two rronths.—Babb's bathing establishment has been fairly patronized lately, but if there had been a decent pathway to it there would have been much more fun on the beach. • .A Lona TRIAL.—On Tuesday John Green was up before the county Judge on,the charge of „stealing fifty dollars ['roam one Higgiret and on being called on Ito answer entered a plea of not gui ty. The trial was then proceeded st rift And lasted'some time, many wit- ne es being examined on both sides, thelast one being the defendant. At Be , who appeared -for Greep, made a the4conclusion of the evidence J. M. stietarg appeal on behalf "of his client, pciitting out t there was not the letist proof tharlkt sum had been stolen and claituitig,0 acquittal. The crown in reply smenticieed the strong points in the .riVidedee against the prisoner and leftjhe case to the Court. His Honor summed -up at length, and decided that the evfdepce was not of such a nature to prove the guilt of the defeudant. Green w'as then discharged. THE No RTH- 'ilftSTERN. —There was a lar•ge attendance at the meeting held h the directors of the Great North- estern Exhibition in the county clerk's office on Tuesday afternoon. The appointment of judges for the coming show was the leading item of business. A committee consisting of president Dr. Clark,' A. McD. Allan and the secretary, was appointed to meet the committqaof the council and consult as to the Governor General's reception. Samples ot large posters were placed before the meeting to select from. The appointment of caretakers and constables was left to the Manag- ing committee. Arrangements were made for an addition to the henery and the introduction of wire hen coops. It was agreed that the machinery should he shown in the oven this season, and that the old maChinery Juin should he used as a booth runt rented for that purpose. . A DAY OF EXCURSIONS. —On Friday Mitch( 11 excurtpd to Goderich, it being civic holiday, and there was a very large attendance. Kinaardine sent a, not, very large, d'etachment and Water- loo and adjacent towns filed MO Gode- rich in large numbers: With the latter party were the- Watiiii•tloo and Elmira bands, two exegedingly perfect musical aggregations that it was a pleasure to listen to. In tire afternoon there were bicycle races, in whicb Clinton kept up ite end, and a base ball match which was witnessed+y over one thousand people. In Ole evelling the Waterloo band gave a promenade concert in the skating rink;„ at whiCh ow five hun- dred were preeent. ' Miring the day and was gengily•wrll gittronized. On the whole tho4nrs annreMents were a success anieltrgfieet great credit on the Bicycle 4);!vdMase Hall Clubs who initiated the' time • tl eaftied it Sri ough so sl CIRCULAR_ '0 13R.IIFS.—Mr. and ing in the p, tii-mt& on satordny. Wirrtketit busy all Fri- day supplyi the Simuraftmists with ilaskets of tithr -e-eTfliattle id now daily 'Peter't eh idly, the KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—During the storm early Saturday evening John Waugh, a retired farmer, was standing in the flax mill effice. He was etruck by lightning and instantly killed. BRIEFS.—Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, of Seaforth,are visiting friends in town.— Mr. Jas. McQuarrie returned to Toron- to on Wednesday after spending a few days' well-earned holidays with his rela- tives in town.—Messrs Willford & Wettlaufer have closed down their brickyard,having got through the seas- on's work.—Large quaittities of flax are being drawn to the flax mills these days. A large gang of men are in the mills threshing it.—The brick work of our new public schools is about com- pleted. - It is a fine-looking building and will be a credit to the builder, Mr. R. Howard.—Wednesday (to -day) is our civic holiday. A great many of our citizens intend taking in the excursion to Kincardine.—On Sunday evening the Rev. Mr. Armstroeg, of Dungan- non, officiated in Trinity church. WHOLE NO.926 Grey. SAD DEATH OE MICHAEL Fox.—The first intimation people had of the sad and suddep death of Miehrtel Fox, of 10th of Grei> was a notice from the pulpits of the various churches on Sun- day that his funeral would ta,ke place on Tuesday afternoon. He was alive and well up to 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon when he was in the field harvesting beans. Mr. Fox was on the top of the load when the horses stop- ping suddenly, he lost his balance and fell ahnost on the horses, which gave a etatt and the wagon passed over his shoulder. He was taken home and medical aid summoned, but nothing could be done except to assuaire the pain and he died at o'clock the fol- lowing morning, conscious almost to the last. The deceased came to Grey from Biddulph sorne eighteen years ago and with his wife, formerly Miss Hawkshaw, and family and settled on the /0th con. where he has since resid- ed. He was a consistent member of the English church, a Conservative in politics and an orangeman for 23 yeas s. He leaves a large family, William at Sundridge, formerly of Trout Creek, where he occupied a prominent posi- tion; Edmund in Michigan; 'Charles in Manitoba; Mrs. Porter, whose hus- band occupies the next farm; Mrs. Dark of Attwood; Albert at borne; Mrs. Holmes, wife of a prosperous merchant in Newry; Thomas, with his. brother-in-law in Newry; and Susan- nah at home. The funeral on Tues. day afternoon was ver•y lar gely attend- ed, the deceased being much respected in the community. After service at, the house, which was conducted by Rev. A. K. Griffin, the body was laid to rest in Brussels cemetery, His three brothers and three sons-in-law acted as pall -bearers. T noire rsmi th. NOTES.—Mr. Frank Plewes is taking advantage of the harvest excursion to Manitoba and karted for there on Tuesday last. Mr. James Craig, of the London Road, went with him.—Mr. Roger Pepper is kept busy these fine afternoons making cider.—Harvest will be fairly well finiehed this week in this vicinity. The majority of the late peas are badly rnilldewed and will lessen the yield considerably.—Farmers are busy picking their fall fruit.- -School re- opened on Monday last.—Mr. Arm- strong, of Goderich, addressed the E. L on Sunday evening, on mission work.—Mrs. John Brown, of Stapleton, underwent a surgical pperation yester- day, but with what results has not been learned . —Mrs. George Crich is visiting friends in Goderich. BRIEFS.—Mrs. Forbes, an aged lady of Winghain, formerly of this place, died in IN inghaiu last Sabbath and was buried in Brandon's cemetery here on Tuesday.—W. Walsh and Arch. Tunnery of Westfield were in town on Sunday.—Miss Grey is visiting at John Bridges this week.—A number of farmers are through harvest here, Wm. Bryans and Richard Prector being the first to finish.—Saturday was pay day at the cheese factory here. --A large number of our young men intendgoingouttp Manitoba this uson th. —Despite the hoasting of the Blyth Standard correspondent from West- field our football team chn hold its own with any team Westfield can honestly get together and are ready to play on redeye notice if Westfield will come over here aud they will be well used. Belgrave always enter- tains visitors well.—Among those who left for the North-West on Tuesday were, D. Robertson, Ed. Miller, Prof. Vannorman, Jos. Brandon, Miss Brandon, Peter W. Scott, Thos. Armstrong, Joseph Camp- bell, Jas. Agnew and Lew. Russel, most of whom will work at haryesting. Prof. Vannorman will go through to the coast, where he purposes inspecting the mines in the lower Kootenay dis- trict.—We learii that the electric light plant will be removed from here short- ly, having been purchased by an Au- burn gentleman. • Goderieh Township. FARM LEASED.—Mrs. J. Rudd, of the Maitland concession has rented her farm of 163 acees to Mr. Wm. Archer of the Hayfield line, for a term of five years, at a rental of $300 a year. As Mr. Archer is an experienced farmer and a thoroughly good citizen, we predict he will prove a good and reliable tenant. Mrs. Rudd has not decided where she will retire to yet. ACCIDENT.—A colt belonging to Lindsay Bros. pasturing at Mr. John Kyles ran through the barn and fell a distance of ten feet to the hard ground, br-naking its back. Mr. Kyle had the animal shut in the stable for the time, but it burst the door and came Into the barn and in spite of his efforts to beat it back it bolted over a pair of sleighs and met its fate. NOTES.—Some of the farmers have finished harvesting. This is exception- ally early.—Mr. E. Butt goes west in about a week With horses, apples and lumber. He is also taking a numbe of Ns patent .elothes driers.—Miss 0. esbitt is visiting het sister, Mtg. gem near Thornbury.—All the way froth Hayfield to GoderichNthe tents of pleriVire seekers may be seen. Street Crossings. DEAR SIR.— Knowing that you attend the Council meetings regularly would you kindly inform me how it is that the crossing on Albert Street, north, has been removex11 I believe it has been there for thirty years or more. YOUrS truly, TAXPAYER. [NOTE. — The matter, as far as we are aware, has nevffir been brought before the Council. Vor some thne the crossing, made of plank, has been in a dangerous condition. Last week Tux NEWS -RECORD called attention to the fact that a lady wrenched her ankle on it, and we have since learned that the axle of a wagon was also disabled. Doubtless the Street Committee desired to save the town expense and in the meantime removed the dangerous obstruction. Although reports are to the contrary, we do not doubt that the Street Committee or Council will soon replace the crossing by a better one. The northern business portion of the town is certainly entitled to a crossing at that point.— Port Albert Poiwrer.—Mr. and Mrs. Crawford have returned to their home at Toron- to.—Harry C. Hawkins, street -car con- ductor, Chicrigo, is home for a few days.—Henry James, of St. Catharines, and family, who were visiting with friends here, received a telegram that their residence in St. Catharines was burned down and only little household effects saved.—One day last week during a severe thunder storm the lightning struck Mr. Wm. Baxter's barn and along with matbuildings and contents was totally consumed; there was light insurance.—The severe rain and wind storms during the past week have done serious damage to the fruit and grain crops through this neighbor- hood.—Cha.s. Monroe, of London, and Geo. McVicar, of Toronto, Sundayed at "Portland cottage." News Notes. The salmon catch in British Columbia is reported to be very poor this season. There are twenty typhoid fever patients in the Hamilton City Hospi- tal. A little girl narned'Harrison was shot dead by a boy playmates near Woodville. Mr. W. II. Nelson, grocer, of Kings- ville, shot himself through the lungs The body of Ernest Lang, of Teronto,. who was drowned ie Humber Bay, cm. Monday last, was found Wednesday. Mr. Barnett of Toronto will con- tinue the. inanagnient of the Houee of Corn inone--restaurant for t he corning session, Prof. Hubert A. Newton, head of the mathematical department of Yale, died on Wednesday night, aged sixty- eight. In New York, for the five days ended at noon Thursday, theisi were 1,200 deaths, of which 434 are attributed te the heat. Mr. Thomas H. Paterson, one of the oldest and most respected residents of _Colborne, Ont., died last week, aged Vandals pried up the corner -stone of the new Southern Congregational Church at London and extracted there- from the coins which had been depos- ited init. Noad, charged in New York with the misappropriation- of live thousand dollars from the Canadian Pacific railway, was discharged. There was a disastrous fire in the vil- lage of Deschene, five miles from Otta- wa, Thursday afternoon, which result- ed in the destruction of thirteen houses. The New York Times was sold last week under order of the court. The property was bid in by the Reorgani- zation Committee for seventy-five thousand dollars. Dean Grisdale, of Winnipeg, was elected at the meeting of the syuod in Brandon to the Bishopric of Qu'Ap- pelle, and accepted the appointment. James Hendy, a Bernardo 'boy em- ployed on a farrh in West Zorra, com- mitted suicide. He first cut his throat with a razor and then threw himself into a pond. Colin McIntosh and Reuben H. Tis- dale were each sentenced at St. Cather- ines last week to two years in peniten- tiary for attempting a criminal assasilt On Alice Marjoram. The Toronto police, recently received word from Baltimore that Albert Her - aux, who was arrested there on a charge of stealing $810 from the Tug- endhaft fasnily, Toronto, has been re- leased on a habeas corpus. John Daly, undergoing a sentence of penal servitude for life, who was con- victed 119 a dynamiter at the Warwick Assizes in 1884, has been notified that he will be released from Portland pris- on in a few days. The Anglo-Cenadian trade is still most satisfactory. Exports to Canada increased six per cent. in July, as com- pared with the corresponding month of last year, and imports from Canada in- creased seven per cent. POLITICAL. —Mr. Charles O'Connor of this Port, like the editor of the Signal, has got "Tarte" on the brain and like the editor from the circular city he has got it pretty bad too. The Public Works Department and harbor matters are raked up from Genesis to Revelation—the Tories have squander- ed money on Public Works, &c„ &c„ but now this Tory renegade Tarte is going to put our harbors in ship-shape and make !every hundred cents count one dollar. Fiddle -sticks, Charles, there is no use in trying to paint your political ideas up in such high colors. „.eep on your hat, pull down your vest, and hew RS near the line as your Grit Conceiver will permit. Your party never helped to improve this Port, notwithstanding the fault find- ing during the past eighteen or twenty years. A.11 your talk will pass away in smoke. Grit promises are seldom WELL Dorm—Mr. G. M. Kilty, prin- cipal of our school, sent two pupils to Clinton to write on the Entrance, and two to Goderich to write on the Public School Leaving examination. They all passed, the name of Ethel- bert McIlveen, who passed the P. S. L. being in some way omitted from the list when first published. his highly creditable to Mr. Kilty, not only that all his pupils should pass, but that. they 4hould also receive a high per- centage of marks, showing that good and faithful work was done by their teacher. The earnings of the G. T. R. for the past week endieg Aug,7, are as follows : lc'assenger train earnings, $147,794 ; freight train earnings, $213,817. The fig- ures for 1895 are respeetively $143,- 979 and $191,891. The totals are: For Joseph Jacobs was sentenced at Toronto last, week to one year hard labor in the Central prison for having committed highway robery on John Bilhanan, a young farmer. Buch- anan was led by Jacobs into a lane off a leading street and knocked down and robbed of The name of Rev. Dean Grisdale, of Winnipeg, was submitted by the Home of Bishops at Winnipeg to the lower house as the new Bishop of Qu'Appelle The Qu'Appelle Diocese delegates objected, and the nomina- tion was returned to the Bishops for further consideration. Archbishop Fabre will leave Mon- tr4al for Rome Sept. 3, via New York, accompanied by Rev. Abbe Aubuc. He goes to report to the Pope on the state of religion in the archdiocese, and will return home by Christmas. Ex -Mayor W. G. Smith, of Guelph, died Wednesday last from a stroke of apoplexy. He left his store after din- ner, not feeling well, and laid down. Mrs. Smith who was out at the time, on her return found him dead. The chestnut trees of Toronto, yvhich suffered severely from tne rav- ages of the tussock motls earlier in the season, in many eases began to bloom again near the top, and itatizens are afforded the spectacle of blossoms in August.