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iOL. 14, NO. 30.
'!'EUS -81.60 Per Annum, in advance.
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AND CENTRE HURON GENERAL ADVERTISER.
CLINTON,, ONTARIO, T HURSIaAY, JUIJY 24, 1879,
pew g%dvertigigintnift.
Strayed.
STRAYED, from Clinton, on Saturday lust,
a GREY MARE and BAY COLT three
years old. Any information that will lead to
their recovery, will be thankfully received.
JOHN GRAY.
Clinton, July 24,'1879. • 11
Farm_ to Let..
MO LET, for a term of years, Lot 18, 4th
Ji. con. of Hullett-100 acres, 40 cleared.
There are on the premises a good frame barn,
log hoose, young orchard, .ltcr. Rent low, as
improvements are to be made. For terms
apply to
"m W. W. FARRAN, Clinton.
Farm For Sale.
111HAT FIRST-CLASS FARM, No. 35, on
_IL the 15th con. of Goderich Township, be-
longing to Mrs. C. Gordon ; will be sold for cash
or on part credit. Only one mile from Clinton. ,
The farm contains eighty acres of choice land,
in good condition, fine orchard, Sic. Apply to
H. HALE.
Clinton, July 21, 1879.
Property for Sale.
/ItHE subscriber offers that conveniently situ -
1 ated farm, Lot No. 25, 16th concession of
Goderich Township, containing 80 acres, nearly
all cleared, for sale. It is good clay soil,' well
fenced, under good cultivation ; has good build -
in and three wells on it ; ten acres of summer
fallow, and is only two miles fr.rm Clinton.--
'1'erms easy.
8, RUMBALL.
tioderieh township. July 17, 1879.
Notes Lost.
'-(OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all
ill parties are forbid purchasing or negotiat-
ing the following notes of hand :-One of $220,
given by Geo. Sheppard, of Blyth t two notes,
one of $100 and another of $50, given by Mr,
Hicks, of llth con., Goderich Township ; one
of $100, given by Japoth Holland, 11th con.,
Goderich Township ; one of $100, given by H.
Young, 9th con., Goderich Township. All
drawn in favor of the undersigned.
`Vila. GOLCLOUGH.
Codericll ToWa.8Wp. July
Valuable Farm for Sale.
The East -half of Lot No. '27. in the 7th con.
oesstou of A awauosh—Soft Acres.
E ING one of the best farms in the Cou.
nt
of Huron, and situate in one of the best
farming eeetio"s,with good roads and good
markets. The soil throughout is tt.hoavy clay
loam, well drained, and all good wheat laud.
About 84 acres are cleared, fenced, and in a
high state of cultivation. The buildings are
new, and consist of a two story ,frame dwell-
ing, and large barn. The orchard is large and
bean ing. This valuable farm will be sold cheap
and liberal ternis of payment given. Apply to
W. i:'. FARRAN, Clinton P3O.
Clinton, July 24, 1879,
Hickson & Bleasdell,
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS,
MA. F0RTi3,
Have been appointed Sole Agents for the Bale
of the
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11011118 11 LIVER PAD,
For the ridings of South and Centre Huron.
'DESCRIPTIVE TREATiSE SENT POST
FREE, ON APPLICATION.
ltrirOEDERS ZIT X1.111, PRo31FrLS ATTENDED TO.
Seaforth, Jnly. 94, 1879.
Voters' List -1879.
P/MUNICIPAI.1TY .OF THE TOWN
OF CLINTON, COUNTY nF HURON.
NOTICE is hereby given that I have trans -
witted or delivered to the persona mention-
ed in the third and fourth sections of " The
Voters' Act," the copies required by said section
to be so transmitted or (telieered of the list,
made pursuant of said act, of all persons ap-
pearing by the last revised Assessment Roll of
the said municipality, to be entitled to vote in
the said municipality,at Elections for
members
of the. Legislative Assembly and at Municipal
Elections ; and that said list was first posted up
.it my office, at Clinton, on the Tenth day of
July, 1879, and remains there for inspection.
Electors are called upon to examine the said
het, and if any omissions or any other errors
are found therein, to take immediate proceed-
ings to have the =aid errors corrected according
to law.
JOHN CALI/ANDER,
t'lerk of the said Municipality.
i>ates: at Clinton, ibis 10th day of July, 1879.
Storehouse For Sale or To lieut.
LARGE FRAME STOREHOUSE -
/I known as No. 4, situate at the Grand
'Trunk Railroad Station, Clinton, is offered for
sato or to rent on very reasonable terms. Far-
1ienian•Q ••n 81)0041tinn to
JA MES ROBB,
3i Herald office, STRATFORD.
SCOTT & BOWNE'S
PALATABLE
CASTOR
011
Is prepared in a form perfectly agreeable to children
and most sensitive persons. In its Manufacture the
properties of the oil that produce pain and griping are
eliminated, and it is rendered not only mild and plea -
ant in its action, but absolutely tasteless and palata-
ble. It is pre-eminently the finest laxative and ca-
thartic known, and as a remedy for Costiveness, Con-
stipation, and all Intestinal Derangements i t is une-
qualled, and is destined to tate the place of crude oil
.md all drastic piNs and purged, em. For sale by all -
Druggists et 25 cents a bottle. Don't fall to try it.
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Publishers.
CROMPTON CORSETS. Cnna011ax News Items. A Cornwallis, N. S., man killed
LARGE stook of Crompton Improv Oprerect e or
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Children, Hisses, and Ladies. Bolling of summer
e ook at greatly reduced prices. Now is your time to
receive bargains.
Clinton, July 28rd, 1879.
MBS. $E,VSLEY.
REAPER 'FOR SALE..
ASECOND-HAND "KIRBY'REAPER" OFFERED
'st a bargain, as good as new. -
Alec two LUMBER WAGGONS and oneDEMOOBAT
WAGGON, secoutl.hand, very cheap.
Apply to
Clinton, June 18, 1878• W. W. FARRAN.lm
Lot fqr' Sale.
New potatoes cal the Winnipeg mar-
ket were offered at•$4 a bushel . on, the
4th of July.
Mrs. John Rollinson, 'of Mitchell,
broke her arm in two places,' on Fri=
day,;.by a fall.'
4. farmer named .Stevens diet, on
Tuesday while going into a Bzockville
grocery store.
Conductor McLellan, of the ..Air Line,
fell off a' train on Thursday, breaking
his len in two places.
'.phdre were 5,700 sheel) end 115' eat-
THAT eligibly situated quarter -acre Lot, or, tlo: shipped from Montreal to" England,
Queen Street, adjoining the rsaidehce of • g wilt s. ast 'Week. '
Mr. E. Holmes, is offered for sale. olixeasunahle.-eurIng w __ day k
terms. Particulars on application'to 11 •e. J,. Horrigan, residing near:
J. CURTIS STEVENSON, Brighton, committedsuicide on Wed -
Clinton, July 17,1879.
_ nesday, by taking Paris peep -
Notice. The Kingston Corporation are about -
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all
parties found trespassing nn 1'ark Lots G.,
I. and L., on the west side of the Great Nest --
ern Railway, will be prosecuted according to
law.
A. O. JORDAIN.
Clinton, July 17, 1879.
TO 'CONTACTORS. •
TENDER'- .
XT1LL be received by the undersigned, up
V 1' to the 15th of August, for the erection of
THREE BRICK STORES,
in the Tnwn of Clinton. Plans and specifica-
tions can be seen at my office. The lowest or
any tender not necessarily accepted.
WILLIAM COATS.
Clinton, July 171b, 1879.
House to Let.
to dispense with gas for lighting the
streets.and to use coal oil lamps instead.
The cost of carrying on'the'St. Marys
High School for the past year was
$6,300. 'The teachers salaries alone ran
up to $3,133. .
App, $300 Durham cow - belonging to
Mr."P+isher, Hyde Park, ran: .ta'plough
handle into her bowels the ether- day,
necessitating her being shot. •
Mr: Whitehead, contrautoi, says the
work on section No. 15, Canada Pacific
railway, has been a -good deal retarded
this su.minei, bey the wet weather.
Two boys ged.respectively.fourteen
and sixteen • years, have been committed
to jail.for two'months- each at Meetreal,-
for indecent conduct with young girls...,
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LET, house containing six rotate. Hard and soft • Oakville shipped' two 'hundred tons
water. Apply to' of strawberries during the. season.; the
MISS IfOUNTOAAT'LF., Spence -et. berr icker w 1
ero' zaid at.the 'rate of
Clinton, July 9tn,1879. y p
a cent a quart and received $2,100 for
216,000 quarts
To Let.
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nIVELLING'eoutaioing 8 rooms, over vim ,,tore-- _-A gentleman feetw• lar itebry fib:V S
A of the eubeariper, with tiara mai soft water on that already this. year, nearly hall: a
the same sat. Aptly to
N. ROBSON. million acres of land •have been taken
Clinton, July 9, 1879. up in the Prairie Province,' as conipay.
ed with 150,000 'acres. duringt, similar'
BONES WANTED.
Good wages oan be made by collecting and chipping
bones and horns to us. ,
Bags loaned. Prompt•remittanec. For faits&r
portieclare, address
PETER It. LAMB az CO.,
MAaur eeeeens, TORONTO.
R. M. RACMY,
IMPORTE1t
CARRIAGE & BUILDERS' HARDWARE,
OFFERS
SPECIAL BARGAINS
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R!VOLVZRS R RSVOL ii
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Full- lated '1 Shot, for $2.50.
HAVING BEEN MADE ESPRESSL7t roe THE
ENGLISH, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ARMIES.
011LY A LIMITED QUANTITY, AT
R. M. RACEY'S:
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SHELF HARDWARE, BLAUff,S':,VITH'a
COAL, BAR IRON, r'tAI,CISiED
PLASTER, tt WATER LIAfE,
CLINTON, Jnly.10, 1819.
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period len year.
There is a letter in the Winnipeg.
post -office addressed to - ".His :Satanic
Majesty Sitting Bull,' on. the =rampage,
British North. A- merica?k--If thewriter
ever takes a turn out by Wood Moun-
tain he . had better :leave his • hair at
home. • .......
Messrs. Reeves; Frankland, & Co.;
of Toronto, 'ship by the Grand Trunk
Railway -this week •font. car loads of.
horses for the London market. The IQt,
which is composed of roadsters,•carriage
horses, hunters, purchased, 4t a- cost: of
from $150 to $300•each,' will `be .ship
ped by the Dominion Line from: 'Mon,
tical. The .same Company will ship
along: with the horses.:a. quantity of cat-
tle and sheep. The entire shipment is .
valued at $97,000.
About. 3._ o'clock -on Mollda mornin
Y g,.
a farmer's house two: miles from Cot t
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'weight, occupied by d'. Jack, wag' Whit.
to the ground,,burniug .to a erisp two.
of' his b11ildi'en,'one' six. •and the ether
eleven years of age. The father is so
badly injured .there is: no hope of his.
recovery, and his wife :also was badly
burnt. The fire is tholigkt.. to have
been caused by the children,having car-
ried elni roots, which' they seem. to have
been in the habitof smoking, to bed
with them. •
A few days ago,: says .the Stayner
Satin, a boy residing 1n Sunnidale, think-
ing by . digging into .the ground . he
would be able to find a cool spot, •took a
hoe ani scooped a .hole about a foot
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dee 'ii
some loose e 1
p o se sand, and stepped.
into it. No sooner had hestepped- into.
the excavation than' he found himself
sinking. Gradually he 'wasgoing. out
Of sight until' the sand was up to his
hips, and the more he struggled to free
'himself, :the deeper he sank. He gave
the alarm, and when bis mother reached
him he was covered to the chin. A.
Tew minutes more and the lad • would
have been buried alive._beneath the
treacberons sand.
The Ottawa Free l'eesstells the fol-
lowing story : A couple, 'of parties
dropped in while the Wednesday even-
ing ball was in , progress, .but not hav-
ing been invited were not allowed to
enter the room occupied by . the . guests
of the evening, so they passed into an-
other.. A. Minute later the butler, in
white coat and brass buttons, came
along the hallway with sixteen glasses'
of wine on a server. ' This way, please,"
observed ono of the men, 'just get it
en the table, the ul other petite will Come
Here," The butler,
his innocence,
did as requested,. and retired. Then
the uninvited went to, :work and were
jest draining 'the . last of the sixteen
glasses when the mistress of the House
came along to see what was keeping the.
waiter. Then there was 'a row, and the
pair of champion imbibers got.. the
" grand bounce'; on abort order.
!seventeen skunks oto his'. place last week.
New barley, •plump, bright, ; and:
weighing forty -Bine pounds to the bushel,
was shown in Belleville. on Saturday. -
John Sutherland, . a Toronto lad - of
fifteen, had bothlegs severed from his
body while attempting. to jump from -a
train at Brockville, Friday. .
Thiekpeuny, the- murderer, has .been
put to .breaking stones itt Kingston
Penitentiary, He is credited with
'having said that-1`re intended to work
well and earn re -good reputation for
discipline.
A. seriouscase of Mayhem 'Occurred
at Mad+i--near Belleville, on•Saturday,
night; ' 'WO men, named •1g0ltis and
Hobson,'engaged in• a rou10hgh and tum'-
ble fight, 'during which Nicholas bit off
ILobson's lower lip. The culpeit haste
far escaped arrest, •
Mr,- W. Friend, an ' English painter,
is ire Ottawa .interviewing the' Minister
of Agriculture. He wants• to getup
paintings illustrating Canadian scenes;
tobe accompanied by a lecture setting,,
forth the advantages of the cQIony.J.ts,-:s1.
field for immigrants. .
W. Athlete; on` lot 25, 21st cop:,
West. Williams, exhibited at 'the Park:
hill Post Office the yield from one grain
of fall wheat -eighty-five stalks—the
largest head having fifty-four grains and
the smallest:eighteen , ati-erage_ number.
3,075. Whocan beat this. -
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A Watchmaker at Giieltlli.'indeed J.
R. Porte was discovered in his shop on
Monday, in a dying condition, by some
passers by. On gaining: an eutrauce• it
was fotind that he had been vomiting
blood. Dr. Herod had him renoved to
the hospital, where he now lies.
On Tuesday afternoon a son of Jacob
Walters, of the si-ath coli,, of W'allabe, a
bey of:abniri~'ten. ears 'of a e' -me ih'
y y ,.ca.
contact with a. reaping..teschine while it
was•at work inthe .field'on 'his father's
fainly 'and the knives cut ofone . of his
legs' about three inches above. the ankle:
Mrs "M cCiilluuni, svife'oi a' piominei
citizen of .Brockville, eloped with a nran
named;,McDonald. ..The affair is the•
general subject o€conversation. Airs.
1GIcCalltim -is •a—Woman, `.thirty sears' of
age, and leaves a -family. of feur children."
The guilty pair Were caght at Toronto.
lir. G. Bell, a farmer living hear Ca-
ledonia, met • with 'a ' serious" accident
while `cutting grain'on. Wednesday. His
,hat having blownoff he leaped over..to
catch i't,•and the machinebeing still in •
motion the rake , caught, him, drawing
hint before the knives, completely sever-•
ing one .aria and inflicting' other mj cries.
There is'a 'wheat f' coiner" .'at' I.Peter•
boyo, the. grain having been actually
bought and peid for, •a Peterboro' mel'-
chant, with others connected,: with
having bought the. whole of the' wheat
from Port Illotie north, holding '.a
con-
siderable
,quantity at ' Portiope, l
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brook, •Peterboro , Orilemee, .and other
.points on'the Midland Railway.
' • The steamer.Marquette which arrived•
itt Winnipeg, Man.,' on.Sunday.,-from
Fort Ellice, reports that thereate about
four hundred Indians there who are
starving•and acquisitions aro being daily_
added to their number; . A band of three
hundred are reported within a few.'
days' march of Fort Ellice, but they
'are unableto Proceed further 'from their.
weakiress.
• On Wednesday evening last ;a brutal
ease of•yape took place in East. &tam,
about ..three, miles from--Toodstock;
About eleven o'eeck,•a Taborer- named
-Lata,,,ran• wot iig 'for Mr:. Peacock '
'farmer, wentin
the house
of a 'Mrs.
Legg, ewho..was suffering frons heart
'disease at the time, and whose husband,
is in Dakota, and outraged • her. person
in `e most horrible manner. ; He :was
arrested by Chief McKee, who tracked
him from. Mrs. Legg's to Mr. Peacock's,
about one mile and a half away. "Groat
indignation is felt in the. neighborhood,
es the victim ,•is much respected. On„
examination before magistrates, • the
prisoner was committed for trial.. •
' We' have often heard of 'peculiar bete
being made, but , the following; from a
Listowel exchange takes thecae :e. -Two
young men named Gibbs and Soper,: of
Listowel,, were matched to play a game
of checkers. Soper Wagered two dol
]ai,s against.yoting Gibbs' pants that he,
Soper, could vanquish him, The genie
proceeded, Gibbs lost,. and Soper• de
manded'the pants. Gibbs at first res
fused to strip, but under threats' of•
bodily harm he says he was compelled
to fork .over, and .had to go .home, a
distance of nearly a' mile,. without his
garments. Gibbs afterw'arcls brought
an action against Soper for robbery' of
hie pants, claiming •that he had- not
'agreed to the terms of the 'wager as
above narrated. Case was 'dismissed
and Gibbs had -$10.50 costs to provide
for.
It is said that. Hon, Alex. Macken-
zie will visit Manitoba this summer,
• 'Mr. D. J. O'Donoghue, ex -M, P. R.,
has been appointed. Deputy Registrar
of the County of Wellington..
Samuel Wilson a farmer of Garafraxa,
was killed on Tuesday by lightning while
leading, his horse to the barn. ms min,
who was close. by, was badly stunrie(,.
M.r, Wilson leaves•a large family. '
A. Williams, a negro, 60 years of age,
hasbeen committed fee trial ht Toronto,
for trying to outrage Annie Huntley,
an unmarried woivan aged 30. - The
offence vas committed on Sunday. • The
woniantrpulled • out two ' handsful'."of
whiskers from the negro's face -and.
badly scratched him. Finding himself
foiled, the•bi•uie struck Miss Huntley
a terrible blow across the face with a
stick, laying the -cheek-• open- • - •
In the Quebec Legislative Assernbly
Hon. Mr: Langelier, ,Provincial Trea-
surer, made his financial statement,
showing the ordinary revenue of the
Province for the year eliding 34th' June,
1878, $2,604,554.06 ; railway. receipts,
118,048t56, 56::".Total,$2,7S4,835.62.•,-:Ex-
,penditure,-ordinary,-•$1;958 243.56 tai - `
way expenses, $870,200:70. •Total, $2,-
828,444.26, leaving a deficit of $43,60$,;
64, as against the deficit of the previeus
year of $685,503. The 'Treasurer esti-
mates a surplus of $370,000•for the pew
just corirntenced. :
Geitteral News Items. -
There. has .been a fall of snow in
Daughmy, in southeastern France.
A oerrespendent at. Perth. 'telegraphs
that hat vest in 'Hungary s:'an utter•fail-
ui,
' ,Charles Landseer,the English painter,,
brohter of the, late ;Sit .Edwin Lanthteer,
is deed
In Wilmington; Del., a .Methodist
minister, the Rev. J: iii. Wiley,
found guilty :of'ire morality; and hasbeen
excluded from the church.. -
=The first--direet':consiginnent of tea,
ever imported .at Baltimore is expected
this week, by the Allan steamer, • coo
from India direct by of London.
-.....Thousands of acres -of- woodland hat'o
been burned in Dinwiddie comity, Vii-:
ginia, and :a long area in Prince George
county; The .drought is unprecedented.
:The Philadelphia'. Leader, talking of
the. -•lives lost, the persons maimed; and
the 'property destroyed, through 'Fourth
of July fireworks, •earnestly urges:muni-
cipalities everywherete. prohibit the nee
of :fireworks in tote. ; This'_ suggestion -
should. be acted upon: '".
It:was. lately • rumored in Brociklyn.
that the Rev. Di. Talmage, now in,Eng.,
was going to remain there ohs could
get, a call. It was said he had discos+er-
ed-that Spurgeon was 'growing ;feeble
and was losing his' power with...the
In lasses, and that Eng. was.ripe for such
a preacher- ocher• as TaI :+
g
• p• e m pe.: The 'rumor,
llowever, is not' generally. credited. '
Boatel, Tpavellet :7 -Fret)/ almest-every:
departfuent of trade and manufactures
there conies reports that business is im-
proving.. There is 'en increased demand -
,for goods, larger.: sales, -better, 'prices,.
more erployinent for men and women,
.and, . what is of much consequence to
those who have lest so heavily in
past years, a credit on the'right side of
the ledger. •
Thirty-two; American horses . arrived
at Halite on Sunday for the French ca-
valry...Thcy. were -ell accepted at prices -
ranging from $220 to $270. "',The hrrrses..
were= -in- 'splendid. condition-, and=the
success of 'the experiment is • compl'ete.
As soon: as .transportation can be had
as•cheaply from New York to Heave •••as
to Liverpool large shipments of Muer,- ,
can horses for the French :•army Will be
assured. This.shiptnent'is ;the 'entering
wedgeof another e1'ement, of export
from the 'United States.
Latest reports represent the crops in.
the 'Red River valley and the • North-
West, to be exceedingly,large. It;is•es-
boated that ten dollars per acre . will,
cover all expenses for raising wheat the
first year, railer seven dollars Per acro
after that tithe. The yield will average
twenty bushels to the acre. The cost
of the'wheat on ears ,at Fargo, Dakota,
is about thirty-five cents. 'l`he freight
to Duluth, including elevating charges,'
is.17 cents per bushel ; freight. to. Buffa-
to from Duluth, riot to exceed five eche,
making the. cost of the wheat laid down
in Buffalo, 57 cents per bushel, or about
r Undoubtedly
62 cents in New i'o k. U
y
within ten yeara wheat can bo taken
from Fargo and delivered in Liverpool.
for 'twenty cents ler bushel. If there.
is distress among •the English fanners
at the .'present time, wheat will be their
condition when wheat from. Manitoba
and the n rth-western States can be laid
down iii their markets at fifteen cents -
belQw present prices 1. d a
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BLLTEVALE.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. --Itis our
pain-
furdaty again to recordserious acci-
dent, which may prove fatal, which
happened to the . family Of Mr. John
Powel, about twomiles. from Biuevale.
As Mrs. Powel and her two sons, John
and Peter, and daughter Priscilla, were
driving to church, on Sunday, at a
lively rato,•the ring come out of the • .
i:eck-yoke, letting the tongue drop,
which struck against a stone, breaking_
it, also the whiflletrees. The carriage,
which was a very high one on springs,
turned suddenlyoff the road,throwing
the occupants out on their heads on the
hard read. Mrs,Powel was at' 'first • •
supposed to be 'dead; The neighbors
carried her home on a bed. Drs. Mc-
Donald and Blucher,,of Wingham, were
soon in attendance, anti founda dtsle _
Cited knee joint, and fractured Bone, '
arid other severe bruises about the body.
,Peter had one side of his face skinned
from above the right- ear to the chin
the left'arnr sprained,.'pd,:,plt
rlier,br l iae.
The Others escaped.rwi . , small ,bruises.;
Last January we :chi
led :tIia; drown-
-ill of •- n. lac niter in . . w 1 ie'
g. ,b. ,:_ - __.....el I-:1>, .the`:.
house; a year previous it son was killed
under a '.waggon on the farm, and a „
neighbor assisting at •the; raising of a,
barn,was killed.
HURON ITEMS.
Mrs, Jones has absconded from Blyth.
Winghem has now the salt well fever.
• There ate no prisoners in: Goderich
jail . •. .
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11r, S. Sloan, of «oderieh, is'-oti' 4i1.1a
visit • to, Ireland.. •
• East,Wawangsh branch fall. show vri11 -
be'lield at Belgraee, on the .8t1i of Oct. •
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Mrs. James Clark, of Grey, recently
broke her •aim in juinpingfrotn••,a•bugey:
Mr. Luker of Hay,. has ret
turned
from. Manitoba bringing diseoaraeing
reports... .
•:',A son of Mr. J Stinson; Usborl e,
received''kick--,iii—the face 'froth..
a.
colt, p:1' the 14th.
A short trine since X'. Ronald, of the
Brussels steam fire engine; works, .pre-
sented the. village wtth,a::hose cart,;
worth $125. '•
The town of Denville' having suffered
a good deal.of.late by„fires, has ordered
..steam; fire. engine• from J... D. Roflald,
of Brussels.
Leeburn - C. P, -Church 'will. be i'e
opened on Sunday. • Rev. J. Sieveright ,
'Will • preach .iri the morning, Rev. A.'
Macdonald ion the. evening:
On Wednesday the . Bluevalc cheese
factory shipped 400'pieces of cheese to
Ingersoll,:whei'e,it was sold for a little
more than five cents' per pound.
Mr. C. F. Miles P. L. S,, of Winghani
has received an, appointment.from the
Surveyor General in `Manitba, kits
'a 11 )ointmwent * ill las r s
o t f ”' 1x '.
months
Mr;. John Henderson bas sold Newton
farm, on the 4th Con,,, of MoKillop;.'tivo
end. a. half' wiles` from Seaforth,: to his
son-in-law, Mr. 'L.,.11/eFaul, for the sum
of $6,750 cash.' .;a ` ' -
Mr. Alexander Hunter has been -ate->
pointed Clerk of the 4th Division: Court
the liealquarters of which is located -in
ussels. Mr. F. S.. Scott. has also
been appointed: Bailiff,
Two cases of smallpox are reported
from the western side of Usborne. The
disease was carried thither b7 a. girl. '
named Somerville, who was working:es •
;t -'servant in Willis' hotel,, St. - •Mary's,
She. has since died, . and her Mother i
S17,
reported'rts'dangerously ill
On Friday, lith inat., Mr. G..Tholnp• .
'ton; of Hay, familiarly known as "Elder"
Thompson,had a stroke of , paralysis,
from which he died on Sunday morning.
Ile was aged 72 years,. and was one of
the oldest residents of that neighbor -
ho, Al•t'
Aa mowing match, on.\Vefinesday,„.
on Mr. Blanchard's ,farm, near •'UVing-
ham, the following machines were test-
ed s Sawyer's Ironclad, Toronto Mow,:
er, Champion, Meadow Lai'ke'end the(
Winghatn IKTe Decision was giV i.
for' Sawyer's. Ironclad, for durability-•.
and cut, and to Toronto Mower, for
convenience. •
On Sunday, Constable Kippon, of
Brussels, .arrested a young than by the.:
name of Torrance, from Hullett, on •
a charge .of stealing a watch and $20 it
money: The constable confined hint in
a room in the third story. of the Queen's,
Brussels, leaving him there Saturday and
Sunday nights. ' On Monday morning, •
when he went for hisprisoner, he was
gone. Instead'of making 'a ladder of
ropes, ho .made a rope of sheets and bed•
clothes, which reached within 14 feat of
the side vralk, and, it is supposed, by
that means let himself down. Allthis
was done, it is said, with the handcuffs
0111.; no trace of him has been obtained.
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