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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1879-09-11, Page 1, INSEL.Ommassozascua • 0.0T, VOL. 14, NO, 37. rer Annum, 1as advance. AND CENTRE HURON GENERAL CLINTON, ONTARIO, TEIVRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1879. • Nov AtivtrtiOnnent$, For Sale, QPAN Black Potties, sound, and good traeel. leo, cheap. DINGMAN te HUM)3LE. 'etesties, 'fleet. Ste, 1870. Wanted. erispecea.fiee_ineuraegesse Anted • LS- in this neighboiliea AdVite; eheffis 'Ineas-lauTuer, Frew BAC S COMPANY. Galt: • -Dissolution of Partnership. • NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership hitherto • existing under the name and style of FISHER, GRAZE & CO. has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. wrwrinse: ' A. S. FISHER. • MARE TOWNSEND. mast CRAW, • Tel conflation the above the undeasigned wonld 1 beg leave to state that they have entered *into co- partnership under the name and style of °RAID, MAO. ,WEURTER & CO., continuing business arjormerly, at the Montreal House, Clinton, where they hope to merit a continuance Of the liberal patronage bestowed o the old firm. All on.Standing debts of VISIDIR, ORAID & 00. will be colleated by the DOW fIrm,4eicept some that shall receive notice from A. S. Fisher, reserved by him as per agreement), and all liabilities of the late firm Shall be paid, by them. - • MARE TOWNSEND.• • •• JOUN PAID. WITNESS: EIN MacWHIRTER,, Dated at Clinton, Oth of Sept., 1879. In severing my eonneetiOn—with the above•Dry Goods bssiness, With which ThaVicbeen identified for the past ▪ twenty-five years, I take this 'opportunity to thank the general public and my many friends ter the liberal pat- ronage and hearty support accorded me during the past • quarter of a century, and have great pleasure in mom - mending my old friends to continue with the. now firm pf CRAI/3, MAcWHIRTER & CO.'the same business relations that have eo long and happily existed be. tween us. A. S. FIBBER. 'WESLERN FAIR $12,000 OFFERED IN. PDIZEG: • WILL TIE SLED I 'MB CITY T...01•73DON', Sept..2. 9.& 300 anti 1st 211dic 3rti Opt ' Fans LISTS and entrypapers may be had on applI: ' cation to Smetary. All entries aro requested to be raade on or before 20th Sipt. Railway arrangements have been made for mei Fare to London and return.. Steam Motive Tower futnisliCa. Size Of turned alien- ing, 2 18-82.ineh,m; revolutions .per minute, 800.. Bx- .. provide their owls pulleic- • • , • lgoBBIDB, • Westem Fair °Moe, .. • London,lst Sept., ifi79.1- .. • CAUTION..' • e• To iusiire the obtaining of "ItIonailsterrrat” Liam FRUIT Jules: and Ito eteparatiens, the pablicris request- ed to see that every,bottlo purchased has the Metal Capsule with tho liratielturk of the ItoriTsun. RAT Co. on it, as well as on tho label. one other is genuine. The Consignees deeni this caution' ne: oessary, from the feet that manylieleterious mix- tures are now being offered and sold to the public as substitutes fir the Genuine 'Nontserrat Lime Fruit Juice. . . Be sure you ask for " DIONTSEI1RAT,” and SCO that you -get it. • Caution, • . . . • . NOTICE is hereby given that the...under- signed will not be responsible foe any debts contracted in his Mime without his writ- ten order. • ROBERT CRAWFORD. Bullott, Aug. 28th, 1879. •• Strb y ,Cattle. ciAME, into subscriber's eternises, Lot 52, Bayfield Concession, about the niiddleof August, a ted HEIFER, and red and white UTEER, both 'opining three. The owner is hereby notified to prove property, •pay or - pelves, and takethem-Away. JOHN MeMILLAN. • Goderibh Township, Sept. 4, 1879. . • 7:Stray. -Cattle. 0AME into subscriber's premises, lot 26, Bayfield.con., about a month since, two STEERS, oho red, the -other red end:white, and two HEIFERS, orie red and one edand white, all two years olcl. Tee owner is hereby notified to prove lit eporty, psy charges, a,nd take them away. ' • JOHN 0. ELLIOTT. ' Oodericb township, Sept. 3rtl, 1870. • • M..12,..A.C3HTY., • CARRIAGE & DliliDERS'.1IARDWARt ' oFF/Ats' • I"ECI•••:.A.1.., BARGAINS 11BV.U11111 .111/0.1;111; -Full-plated 7 Shot, for $250. RAVING BUN 14ADS BXPRtItSlik edit Tem ENGLISB, ItUSSfAbl ANT! AMBIIWAS ONLY A LIMITED QUANTITY, Ai- M.- EACEY'S. SIIBLP 7.1A111) TA PE, BhACKSMITIPS COAL, RAE 1110.1V, CALCINED . PLA,ST.11111, & WAITE Ll ozszt,.1/4rr0N, eels 10, We • ' 4.* • TORONTO LETTER. special ecccespca-4eace of the NW Etta. • • THE MARQUIS AND reenoess. • Toronto, Sept, 9th, 1870. The preparationefor the first public re- ception of the Marquis Ot 'Lorne and the Ptiticese Louise, in Ontario, was . begun some weeks ago in this piece, and was made on an extetaiee and magnificent soIe Friday, the day•on•whieh they et -- rived, was fine and an immeinie crowd gathered to witneee the reception, but which' a yet* great Pany had to submit. to the matifice.tion of not geeing, although the tope of all the buildings;windowe _ _ I were taken advantage of foe,that EeEPTIOIT )3Y THE SOH001, CHILOIY, The most prominent feature in the pro- gramme was the gathering of all the -school children on .platforms breded for the -occa- sion On Lorne Street, close to the railroad. So aiion as the couple dieembarked the childeen broke out in a song of welconie that had been composed for the occasion. The voices of 6,000 children in concert was trfily greed and pleasing, bla unfortuna- tely the affair was somewhat marred by the occasional firing of cannon Immediately followed the presentation of bouquets and the time of welcome to the Princess by four youug girls, and then the party took their seats in the carriage. Diving all this time the police and a large body of soldiers had been etigaged in keeping open a pas- sage with mat difficulty, aa the orowd was immense. The procession was then start- ed, and as it moved through the throng all eyes wereAtretchedepeneto_eatch it view ofiltbe—henorect—couples: •The—Princess- wad- the primmer &brat —617ettellotion, as she was the daughter of our beloved Queen• , A good many were, at first, deceived, by leelieliegthrecarriage that contained eVIrse DeWhiton and Mie0 Mtiouamarri—aii—the' fevered one. NOT VERY MICH V0140BRNEB. • . • The' Marquis and Piineess appeared to take things in e very easy and natural manner; the formeislowlyand continuous- ly raising.his hat, and the, lattee nodding to. the right and left very gracefully as they proceedecleilopg, in response to the cheerihg of the crowd on either hand. ' • • • A GRAND PROCESSION: :, The procession was beautiful, especially the' fire engines, hose reels; hook and Waste waggons, &c., ell adorned with wreaths of flowers aud flags. , The fiternen, also were very Attractive. 'The HorticulturalGar. den was the objective point of the procession, where the addresses were to be presented; and tb e•Princess was to plant a .tree ;cam-. memorative of the occasion. • As soon as these ceremonies, wet* over the procession returned, and wended its way to the Lieut. Governor's residencet where the. Marquts and Princese will reside during tlieir sulk - • in -Toronto.. ' • THE ILDUMINA . . In the eveeing, tho'crowds began wend- ing their way..lowa. it Yong° • and King streets, where the principal illumination displays were made. They. consisted of the word " Welcome,i' " and ,L." Stare And other cleviees pi jets and an nn .manse number of colored gla'sit globes and Chinese lanterns: Throughout the city, the best of the resideriees bad theie.gasaliere and jets burning,and their blinds draten,en- abling outeiderato Vie* the interior. The remark was repeatedly made that the owners of the eorgeoesly furnished estalf- lishinents must be very wealthy. .' The crowds on the principal street's were vety dense and it ie a great 'wonder that accidents dia not ecciir. Some store wine delve were beret in by the press'but noth- • ing painful •recurred. The Marquis and Princess droVe out in theevening to wit-. ness the illureination. •, . • • ATTENDING DIVINE SERVICE. ' ,,On neasty the Episecpal Cathedral was jammed to the do& to se the couple at• there, and in the evening there were hundreds at the door .cif the St. Andrew's churoh' who could not gain , entrance s but those who did get. in only • 'witnessed the Marquis, as the' Pfurcess steel at borne, rentro 01N1,. • They•are well apeken of; their 'conduct having been satisfactory to most people, Tcironto girls aro not surprised atall in - the Princess falling in love with the Mar- quis ; they only wish they had a similar chance, for he is the haudipmest man they ever saw." • TBD INDUSTRIAL EXIIIIIITIO'S% • Although the exhibition is -only just open, and there are yet teary thiugs to be broug,ht on the ground, it is it great mid, ctn. Tho buildings and ground are sple?i. dia, and in a few years, after the trees and plantesgrow, and all the improvements are finished, it will be the most magnifieent ancl,perfeet exhibition grounds in the Do- minion, and the locetion crtnnot be sur- passed. The absence, yet, of nearly all the egricultural and animal display is fully reelieed ; bet the indoor show of goecle, machinery, 8se,,,is good. Tho. Glass lien attracts many visite*, and whatever its benefits may be es ehicken hatcher, it is; at Any rate, a money mating institution, a peep shoes, and a producer of chicks for the lemm tters of mementoes, who pay a toed pficefor them. • . ARONTO AS A CITY Toronto ia rapidly becoming espial in architectural beauty, mercantile business, the ntimbet and splendor of its churches and other public buildings, tts gerdens, lawns and parks, to any city on the con- tinent, and there are not wanting evidences toeprove that it will soon surpass Montreal in population, wealth and business. This year all kinds of produce itt remarkably cheap, and many who brought fruit and othetegarden productions to its market will return with a loss on the transaction. This is, no doubt, owing to the economy that is being practiced by a great many of its population, who are clegying, themsel- ves of everything but.'essential requisites. Wages are low, ranging from seventy-tive :cents to a dollite a day for 'laboring men,, and from $1.25 to $1.50 for mechanics. Many are leaving for.the west, and empty houses can be seen in every street; but this we do not think will continuo very long, as the businees 1EUtit be done for the country, and here is tho place td do it. eroT eteiev VISITORS.. Visitore, to the show *repot very burner-- met yet, but.there is plenty eetetiretleettle the Weather le favorable. The faculties for reaching the ground are abundant— somehalf•dozen steamers, street cars and- the,G. W. and G. Te• railr,oads, • and the Northern and :Credit • Valley stop at the. grounds.. •••••— ' HURON ITEMS. . . • Wingliam band has- a fine' uniform. For township purposes only Stephen raises 31 milis On the $. Stanley Branch fall Show will beheld at Bilyfield, on the 7th and 8th of Oct. , A little bey :Denied Doerance, of Mc- Killop, fell from a tree laid week., breekieg his arse • ' Peter Fisher, Of Colborne, had several' pork bates etolem.froni hia smoke-heuse recently.. • •• Blyth lost-tweeesidentebY eudden death last week"; iii tho pereons Of Mr. ..0;Greech and Mr. Niel McTavish, ' • , Mr. J. Gomnan, of Blyth, is a.lucky mate 'He hie lately 1(1M:fled:that the sure of :0,- 330 sterling.has-been.lefe.taltim... • • , _ Mr. Jettnes Stewart, of Turnberry, bought the Millen farm, 100 acmes on the secend concession of: that township, for • $4,400 cash. • • ' • ' . Ge`Metidson,:sold his farm of 100 flares in the township of HO, Co Messrs. Eirsie .5t Mune, of that, ; twins:hip, for the seen of $1,200. Mr. R. Phillips, late editor of the _Record Blyth, has entered action against' the pro- prietors of thet .paper, Messrs. Wrighton St Sons laying datnages et $po. • . . A tramp attempted to cog:Unit suicide in Belgrave one day led week, ' by hanging himself. He had the rope around hip beck, .anclehad he not been defeated in the' rash act, the wouldhe-suicide would'have been strangled inside of a fees minutes. . On Monday e trainwas nearing Brussels •those standing on- the station platforin no- ticed' one of the rear cars to be on •fire. When the train stopped, the fiamesi-which had spread rapidly,were quenched. The car was crowded with sheep; and -they had- e Aatrow escape from being turned into roast inutton.' ' The Winglimp Advanerithiterrogates". When will women mind their own, business? Mrs. Malough, of Kinloss, while Splitting wood one day laseweek,,out -her foot with an axe, inflicting' such it severe wouna that the flow, of blood could not be stopped un- til the arrive./ of nphytrician," While Mr, W. Duncan, of Belgrave,"tvas coming into Blyth, 'the horse .took fright at a dog; and threw Mr. Dungan out of the buggy, leaking him betiveeti the 'wheel and 'the' boi.of :the vehicle. Had the horse started.while Mr. D ecap_wasitethis tion he Would have been seriously hurt, but as it was no damage was den°. , Captain Cox, of the British Exchange, :Goderich, hitea small Plot undet'oultive- tion ; for the last three years' ho has raised. Iwo crops on it each year. This year, after raising a matuted cropef eetei, he_ sowed • ,eabbage seed and has,. by .thinning on t, ob- tained a largetemoupt of geed foq&dor his. create; what are left to mature for teineer Arse are now filling up the head tie fast that 'You can almost see them grow. • . Mr.: Chas. Howson is possessed of a great amount of pluck. A least we would judge aa from an action of ,his on Monday after- noon. A team of horses was standing on Josephine street, and, becoming frightened' ran witty: .At least they intended. They had get necely started. %Olen Charley ran alongeide one of the, horses, rettehed• over its back, got hold of the lines, and stopped them in a jiffy. Charley deserved the thanks of the -owner of the horses, but • he. didn4 get them.— Wingliam Times. • Last fall tho Victor" wheat Was beteg introduced to the farmers of this section, and from the reports which had preceded it, considerable attention was directed thereto. The dernend for it was great, a -high prices were Weed. We aro informed that e Seaforth firm, in order to iticrease their irales of that peculiar wheat, increas- ed the-qupiptity, by adding Werke' brands., A eumber,. to their disgust now, . purohas- ed, tend rejoice -in the most cong'Ionierated vartety of wheatin the country, making their whole crop almost a tote' boss—as far as its adaptabbity ter seed in concened. Boxier Reffeci6e, • . It is announced that an appeal is shortly to issue to Irashinen in all parts of the World, to sic/ in eraating a elass of peasant proprietors in T:laielan and 1VIe38re David Ward and • David Shaw went to Rochester on. TU03. day to meet Courtney und his supporters, and arrange the preliminaries for .a five tnile tams either on Seneca Lake or Chau. Minim Lake during tho second week of 0et�be, 8111114141•1. Callodiftn N*ws Item*, - Potatoes are being ellipped 'from Mon- treal to England. . A brute named Sands ontrageo a ant year old chit(' at London, on Friday: . While elaying crack the whip.at London, last week, a boy named White had his arrn broken,. .•, crop of Manitoba exceeds thirty bushels 1.2.taicsree.stimated that the average wheat e • • ee— ,-- . At Port Newcastle, on Saturday, two lads named C. Farnicornbe and -F. -Garvin were drowned. •• Mr. A. Brooke; a noted railrciad contrae. tor, and a wealthy citizen, died at his red. donee at Breckyille en Farley night, •et nine o'clock. • On Monday _Mere .1, Catopbellotidontioni. shipped toWinnipeg, a coosignment of tweritY-five Red River ox carts and forty -eget eeggiefee.... , e • • The English Commisaionere cni Agrioul. tural depression • arrived he New York on Saturday, and left 'that city for Toren- • to on Monday, Near IVIorpeth, on Monday, While dos, • Calaway wan driving a horse•peAr, he lost his footing, and, falling on 130111E1 of the wheelie had an arm breken in two plitees. • Fifteen milli on the dollars is the rate at taxation fixed upon for Winnipeg this year, II mills of this amount is for muni- cipal purposes, the remainder for schools. Late accounts frotn Prince Edward Island eeport the country looking remarkably fitie. • The.harvestis looked upon ,as a bountiful one. The mackerel fishery is eaid to be a . At tho Galt seed fait': last week .prices for need wheat ranged 'from $1.05' ta i. 12e-. A. load of ClaWson brought the latter figure. sthn t!"-Levett N.Vhit ge - . Since•the. opening of navigation up to the let inete, $210,996. have been Collected at the ._Que'bc(4. ,Qnstoni, House,....against $235,055 'for the same period last eear; showine.iefalling_off et $25,000. • .Adainp was. accidentally neertnreed rit ttit residence of the ger. .T. 13. Duncan, ..Fereat, a few days ago, apd the oil taking: —fire was with difliteltee-extingeiehedeettet destroying about $30 worth of household effects; • • , . • • -Mr. :Tolley, sketoliet fer-the.Canadian•Ile luierated Newer hitehed.his akiff by n.tow,, line to:the steamer. Petsia . and '• tried to make e'veyage to ..Kingeton ' from Breette• vil,le, bet ',kali drowned on jthe:trip by. the boat swatupino. • There has not . been en execution . in the. United Counties of Stormont, Dun- dee end dlengaery fore -over -thirty years. The Counties have been singularly feeo. froni anything • like heinantu. crime until within the laat year or two. -• • •. There is living at-Margaree, 033.,•i1ero- -Man.:named McLean; agea-97--yeers who recently carded and spun ',sixteen eiceine of yarn 10 one': week. The old wounati's so good •that she ,haa not yet been compelled to nee -glasses. • . . • •On the evening of•Thnrsday Mr: Jantes• McAlpine, of lot 15, -Ekfidd,' lost his barn with the harvest contents'by fire, involv- ing aloes of $1,500.- - lied an. tesurence of $1,000. 'The:Conflagration itt supposed to lnive 'oacurred through -a 'spark from the amoke steeled 0 passing engine in -the air Hee, Great Western Railway. , -serious accidenteiceered. On Friday evening, ab the Great Western' Railway Station, WOodeteck: As the train was mov- ing mit of the statiou i.nan named, Wine Gregg, 5f Beachyille, .jumPed-An..thetraiii and fell off, the last cat passing ovek•hiin. Hie coetwas completely torn off his back,' 'and his righeleg was biokenaboye the tinkle: • • • 'A. crazy man named •Richard O'Brien created quite sensation. in St. • Mary's' Roman•Cletholic Cathedral at High Mass, 'Hamilton, oil Saturday„ by commend:deg to yell et the top of hie voiceitethe vestry as soon as the Kean' began to play; and when •the•eltar beyeleeked- round to. see , what. was the mette4 bee started :pelting. them • With everything lie wield lay his hands- on. 'Father O'Leary was celebrating mass at „the titne, and did not .allow the antics of the mad man' to disturb him. The mao. was set sequently arrested and locked tep. ,The afternoon train on Thursday .tOok ItWaY freie Guelph two sisters whit 'some . time Age pledged their word .that• they' ivotild.'Inget their mates when.they sent for thane .Two young "Men, brothers, . went to New Zealand; nyear or two ago, tofind a home, and succeeded Pretty well, kept. true to their parting word with their core end &little while ago sufliciont.-funds Were received to enablethe yew* women to go to-ththu..' The young women arenote On their journey; and expect to be.in.Now Zealand by Christmas, ,at which time a double wedding will take place. They first go to England, and from there take tho Australian lino to their deetinatione _ • The shipment of cattle and sheep to Great 'Britain continues upon an extensive sole; and -theta can new be no gnestionbut that the °epode of. the..preseet season will be far ahead 1878.' Since Pirentey let, bp to e4.ugust '31st of the present year, the Ville!, ing live stook have been gapped from 11161,1t treele in 0080pftriSOrt with ;the samo period last year , • *, • 1870. 1870. Cattle a a ... ..... a a at :a ; a.' 11,40 10,844 Sheep.. ...,.,... .... . ... 53,550 31,188 nags—. 1,334 848 Horses .0 I ...... • • • • ... 0 . 0 I 0 • • • • 232 1,1. 420 The feed alone for lied stock emerging the Atlantic ftoni Montreal this year has Cost. over $40,000; the tetel valets of Hee eta* shipped being eatimatod at $1,750,000. All the regular lines of cattle steamers are en. gaged up to October 1st. • p • - Five hundred and forty head of cattle Were shipped from Montreal, on Tuesday, to Liverpool. A suit for daeseges for false imprison. tnent on the 12th of.July, 1878, by County blaster Grant, of the Orange. 'Sooiety, against Ex -Mayor Beaudry, will be heard before it judge OR 00, 1St, , Jobe Kennedy, a boy of about 16 years. son of Mr: Samuel Kennedy, of the Grand Trued, fell frorn a hickory tree near Mon- treal whilst gathering nuts on Timedae atlfl broke his neck. Death was instantaneous.. On 'Wednesday a little boy belonging to Detigald MolVfurphy, of Lobo, fellout of an tipple:tree afid cliplocated.his arm. -On the following day his sister came /vete from school with one of ethe bones 'of the Wrist displaced, by playing in pollee]. . Viola Mercer, a young widow, eornieit- ted fieleide hy shooting lime% ns.Catiotouu on Tuesday, in the store of F. E. Keys. Therverdict.of the Coroner'e Jury give the ea tifirereeitiFe tern edfeffeefi7M for Itle: Key.' ,Ter TIsiettye.roudrateat .' him blame -in the n . Much talk has been created in Halfai by Ceeneetil MacDougall driving a four-ip•hand teem through a :funeral procession Which ivaa.proceeding across •the common to the cemetery, on Saturdey: One of :the car- riages in the funeral was nearly upset by the General's horses. Donald Fisrgueson, a Barrie grocer, hit . . Wm. Macklin, ..a dry goods clerk in the town, with apetnui of butter. Taken be- fore the Magistrate; the following hill had to be footeeby the defendant : Baiter, firsecest 1.0c. ; fine $2; Cottle . cost, $5.75; damages taxed at $1.15. In all, $9.: - . At Toronto, on Saturday, Daniel Sinith,. aged nine.years, ran after and clambered into a wagon. The driver Whipped him off and he fell On the toad, and a passing hack ran over his acedet- eompletely off. Tim child will ale and Is now lingering in anunconscious state. On account of personal sqabbles between. two a.ntagoeistic factions iu the Town Coun- cil of Windsor 'the citizens -ham; for the past three months been deprived of • gas in the streets', De. Carney:. chairman ef the responsible comtettteetha vine, tostted an or - tier that the lamps should not be lighted; The steamer Alaska, when aboUt fou miles nut in the lake front Ateherstburg, on Friday, buret her- steam denue, killing both engineers .'• The steamer City of; Detroitei anuediately -wane to her -assistance and took her parisengere oft, It hi said she • wasracing with the steatner City of De- troit at the•tinie of the accident. " On Saturday attempt 'ffati triede to wreak a train 'on the Great Western Railway, Which however, did not result as thecowardly iniaoreants anticipated. A , tie .was placed on the tiaeteeabont • three miles east of Lewisville, • near Chatham. •The driver notified it in tirne to sive hie train; but the engine was badly injured. • The Stelebn Foreeinceit has the.following: Unless we greatlYmiseake; a strong; and in minty case it bitterleeling against the Do:- miriien Government is 'prevalenI in all the Marititrie Provinces. • In some sections the :the people. would %lee all they are worth in the world to have their present political relations terminate and to be:in a posi- tion, to form A Maritime Union, witlifaver- a;ble trade relations with Great Britiarisend theUnited'States.” • 'Cheap John, junk dealer, Windsor, .itae e • genuine curiosity in theshape of it French ebook. printed "at Amsterdam in 1723, being, a Collection. of "Settnons des 'verites ireportantee de la Religion," by Wereutele, doctor and professor of thee- • etigye The • red and Week ink with. which the book-waeprintedie as Cleat aeid dis- tinct as if, only n efew : day e :41d, . in stead of several generationsapd-tlie leaves are clean ' end ahsoletely. ?red' front any blemishes, although, 'of 'conrse; somewhat •yellow with extreme age. Adurione incident mowed on the Exhibi- tion Grounds; Toronto, on Seterdey: De- tective Sheehan neticed a, pickpocket ply-• . ing his avocation, and just at the same tnos • merit tho thief saw the detective and took to 'flight." • Sheehan • gave chase, but the light-fingered gentleman plunged boldly amongst the .machinery end was knocked down by emowee arid reaper, but before the detective came up -hs managed to oteep tender the revolving rakes and made good. Itis eseepe in the crowd. • • • •', • A fever, said by some medical men to be malarial, by Others to be typhus, has been prevailieg in Sarnia during the het four Weeks. Five deaths have resulted from it up to this date, • The citizens generally rit- tribute•the .fcistr to the water' supplied by the Water -works, and asa consequence font sa rapiers of the inter were taken out of the hydrants at different parts of the town and submitted to Professor Croft, of Toronto,. for analysis, who has declared,the water to be -exceptionally ettre. The everts which have hitherto remilied the pfess regarding the lager atui the number of deaths resulte .ing therefeorn have been greatly exeg- gegahtela.. Tte v. D. 4::14 McDonnell who, Aotne three years ago caused somo stir in tho Ptesbyteriatt'folt1 by the adveucenient of opinions deemed heterodox by it large number of the Clergy and laity, but who subiequently, to 'some extent, retired from his positron and merle peace with his Miele- siastical superiors,preached before the Vice-Itegal party in Toronto last Sunday 'evening, in the new St. Andrew's Ohara. in this connection we may state that it was a subject of ternark during the Yeefillt sit- ting of the Presbyterian Synod at Ottawa; that Mr. McDonnell was not invited to preach in any city pulpit, to the great die, app,ointinent of large nutnbers of rresby. tenons and others who *era anxious to hear him., • a a {.. E11101.1/ES ot SON, PUblIsheirts. Latest General News 'Items, The cereal harvest in some sectione of Ire- land has'heen almost teat by recent floods. It is estimated' that France will require to import between 49,00,000 ana 55,000,000bus- he's of wheatehis year. • . The Norwegian bark, Columbia, from Lon- don to Quebec, collided on the 4th ,inst., with a .large sit or sea -monster, and flank: The water internee bloody after the shook Witefelt. The crew were repelled and eroughe to Now York, on Monday, ---e--ee.eose---e- It iii estimated that.$0,000 persons ere still out of work in Glasgow. The iron trade alone is doing well. The building trailes are in the worst condition, atel is will be necessary again to make provieien to assist the unreal, ptoyed the °emu% winter. Dirk Mul, banker, of Winchester, Holland, and epublio man of unlimited eonetlerice, 'half felted. He atiteesi that be lost 500,000guldsn by the collapse of two Holland 'flour mills. Great excitement prevails, and thereinto been . some rioting; The.police are obliged tepro. teat thepremisesof tho .aefeelter.„,„. Aii-a bale -Of eldpiPer was being unloaded from the European steamship, Castle Wood, at New York on Monday, it suddenlybaret into a blaze. The fire evas extinguished with great difficulty, and tier diseo very made that the bale had been prepared with combustiltlefluid and friction reatchesewith the evident -purpose of firing the ship; The ship's officers Bey that liad tbe voyagebeen stormy se that the bale had stirred about the ship must have been destreyea. • , . . . • „ A plutekseyouug woman on a sleeping oar,. passing through Union City, Itide the other night; 'drew a revolver.from ureter her pillow• and forced a scamp; who•barl tried...tb enter her apartment, to make an abject apology on hip !Knees before the awakened passenger. • The praotioal eondoeter, -feariig. the girl. would shoot, seized !unarm end poieted the • • • weapon up. .The Apology. still Wellt OU, 111:1Wai ever, and the wretch was kept on his knees for fise •ptieutes. then" made haste to .e 7sTiiikTelf; tires§ and move inte• a forward Oar . as quickly as he ecedri, • •. •,, • • . Miss Waterman' and her' sister, residing . e-- near•elontrese, Pa., event to a taainp Meeting • a trieek age on Saturday. A -•young :men ine . • .,„ vitedethe sister to have a carriage rido by , • . ' -,pieeoecerted Plan 110 separate Oto two. • Miss. Waterman,' returning home' alen.e,' was set. •' upon by a.party of •fourteen young Amu and '. outraged; She Was carriea home in e pitiabbo. .coedition, and arrived a rasing Maniac. She lingetetratititTeeedey, when -she died.. ' - arrests.. Two of the scoundrele see iceewn to. to have stolen money trete- then pareees• to . enable them to hem. the °winery. . The agticulturalreturns of Great Britain .for the past year, 'efst issued -by the Stellate: cal aud Comm•ercial Dspartment of the Beare.: Of Trade; ditcher) several interesting facts. • Sitio 1877, there has.been a steady decrease' . in the aereege 'cif land under wheat ; the de- crease during the present year es compared with 1878. is 328,281 acres, or emelt) pot pone' oethe whole. The barley crop shows an in -- crease of 197,451 acres, or 8 per c.ent. of the. wholee in oats, these is, a decrease of 42,332' . aerate or 1.6.per Cent.; potateee have iccrcas.- ed by32,411 runes, or 6.4 per cent.- and hops • have decreased by .4,074,, or 5.7 per genie: • ' . Whet is Most remerkable,•hOWever, is the feet e • • : • '5. that, notwithotaeding the very large inorease in the number of cattle -shipped from this eons •e. tient for the British market, the number cif cat --- Me in Great Btitain..has varied hem 5 697 98a heed in 1877 to 5,856,599 head in 1879—ere increaseof 4.9 per cent. IP the same period, . however, the number of sheep, decreased by nearly 300,000—edearease, difficult to betree coupted for, seeing the.great tendency of land ' owners in the north to tarn their prepeettes into, ' • • • sheepfarnis. 'A depreeiationintheprice of wool., '..;s. .ettesed bYtise depeesokm intradbe may be the. •.• • e :most probable explanatinn. Thesdeereasie in -• ' ;• pip has beentnore marked, thenumbers in: • 187e felling sheet of, tbose of 1877 by 407.864 .. deovet 14 per eeet. The eery low price of „• • ' hams in :the foreign markets, enabling dealer's •• to send them into Beene ateunpreeedontedly : • ejeee. bow • prices, is doubtless ,tire--eseese of. the ' • deCrease; • • . • Mr. itereet 011 ems:Wien Protettim • Mr: Jolla .13-eightlitts inl•ireesed the - letter given below to 11. invniineht rein - dent of New Terkel-, It_teil;1...beettleeteresedeee.........e.s. ; that the' hon: ge7i i'leman • :1 in lid' • . • • '•,•.•••,.. stinted ni it n tier witif ille 1)114PCtiOli trpza.• • in Canada, .aria prediet,i th;ct titles's t.he -.net'on of the pres.ent. Ooverntnent is speedily t eyersed • "groat •changes" bust be made itt tho relationship !be • - tvileciii tile McAbee Ladd. and the Do- • • • iVir.7Etigh Vs words, are words ' • • 'of wisdom and Watnin,g; and„ Ottnedians would do weilliosearnestly pondor-over•• ' .• • • ' :41 • • ,r•k, • .7 , ONE ASH, ROCHDALE, A u0.4.6r1870,-- ,-• • 'DnAlt Si,—Tho policy of the -Canadian Government seems to no injurious to the ieliabitants of the Dominion, and, if per- sisted in, Will' be fatal to ite connectieri. with the Mother Country. To shut out the manufacturers of 'England is bad en - (nigh, but at the eamo Uncle to seek to bor. • - row money from her on a gnatantoe' for a . loan is a scheme abd a policy sru impudent that it cannot Succeed. . " • • The great railway project (the Canada Pacific) can only add,to the debtpf Canada, and this can only cause heavier taxes, au& will bn-inado the excuse for still ' highoe protective duties on iinports, so that Eng- lend's generous but foolish help to her Co- lony, if further given, will tend directly to cripple the trade between them. I believe the present policy,of the Oana, aian GOvernment is inflicting It wound on the union between the colony and England, frotn.whieb, if it be not speedily reversed, great Changes mustcoine. I watch the progress of the protection malady in the States and in Canada, with groat interest. I cannot think it will con- tinuo very long. Your letterswill, do something to weaken its 1101(1, upon .thOse affected by le—I am very.' —^tfolly your, ' tom BRIGHT. • 0 4 r .. .4