The Clinton New Era, 1878-07-11, Page 4NOW ADVERTISEKENTS,
Notices -J. A. Yuill,
Hardware -a: Davis,
Caution -s -W,
Surnmer--T. Jackson.
Leather -J., TWitehell,
Farm watited-J,-BeP.
$25 •Rewerd-S. Lowry..
Isotind notioe-A, 111lien,
Canada Ptioitic,--F. Bratfie,
Change -Asher, Oraib Co,
Fatal for sale -W, L, Gene:lore
•1V)use wanted -G. 117, llail ton.
'Chancery' stdo--11. Mifedertnott.
Fly brick-Bet:Attie illedicine Co.
Precentor seantfM-Tas. Tu:
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Coyies et to-aay's ;mem En.s. ,itny bo 116t nt WIL1
St 01'0 Of MMIJr14. 448. A. Yetn and eIt
3. A. Nes
Albert strttt, Pri co 5 pouts 1,o), 044 • ,
OP-
no a• portion of the Sultan's territory
in 'Asia not ceded by the (Unitive
Treaty or Peace, Greet Britein engages
to joirt the Sultan in defetiD 1is.tr.
ritory by tem) of arms. • The Sultan in
return promises to ititreduce the neees-
sary reforms to be Agreed on later, In
erder to eneble Greet Britain to , make
the necessary provision for executing
her eng,agement, the Sultaii,consents to
assign the Island of Cyprus •te her occu-
pied and administered by Great Britain,
who sigma to pay to the'Porte the pre-
set t excess of the Island'a' revenue over
-ite. expenditure- . -Finally-4 reatAbitain
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i engageto ,evtteeete the Islend mid ter -
I initiato. the coneention if Russitteeetorea
'i patient; Kers arid A.rdahatt of Turkey.
The convention iS toi be ratifi d Within
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This 1 i torally enetensthae .T 1 rkey has
theen taken utulee the pret6t on of Farg•
htrele and that if any further. movo is
(1...k)1)71i1111041;city fr ' made aaii).
gst the integrity of lie fermet
v4.1,124.017 TaB ou-;,41:1,•
` .mylst. be Peel/rued:to' meet
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17HURSDAY6 JUTX11, 1878.
Twgiapript IN MONT1/2A1-
For s.onie-months past• great fears
haVe. •beett•e entertaiued that eerioue
trotalle, if not bloodshed; WoUld he .
tweed in IN.1 :tree I .011 2th : inst.,'
enthe•occasion ,of the welking of the
•Orangemen in procesSiot. on • that :day.
Thg the •Oetiegentet -hevt, aright to
.walk in procession- with their .regalia on
• is. an undisputed fact, that if molested.
they should he protected by. the. 'Whole
strength of the Mimicipal authoribieS -is'
• also an undisputed trete, but whether
it was wise to pereiet in the •right,
a question . •open • for discussien.
The Catholics exercise their right
to walk, and. have. done so without
molestiou, but they do not appear wal-
ing that the Orangeei.ene shall ekermse
'the saute eight, end it is this spirit of
opposition that has loosed the feelings
of the Orangemen,. • • ••
• The Mayor of Monti -eel, My. Bettildiy,
has issued' peoclartation..fothidding
theprocession, which is mit of his piii:ver
.. to prevent, The Cethieljee iri Montreal
step but inatead of being - epplituded he
deserves. severe ceusino) for instead of
•
.upholdieg law its he shotild de, he ie a.p-.
•tanilAing to carry' t Act,
and it Will, more than 'ever, eXtzepeetiit
the Orangemen aid incite thern: to Walk,
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let the censequerficee he.Whiet they' :rimy,.
We are net. in sympathy..with the,
• Orangemen • auk •mere than 'with the
• Cathelies• in this. Matter; but I, VO tfrmnk
• that now the Mayor has thus showii his
• weakness mid epartieen feelings byrt-t-
- tempting to go beyolid 'his •powers, we
think we shouldebe inclined to walk at
• allhazards; for there is no tolling what
ieference they be drawit by obeying the
illegal peoithimation of the Mayor.
• The way mat-terse:10W stand, it is per-
tain the Orangetion. will, walk in pre-
cession,. and that lal'g6/11.1111:!)e)11 will
• • thex itt Mentrfial from other places,like
Kingeton, that had intended to celebrate
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the day at home, hatrezelintinishiel that
intention and willenew go to -Mofitreal:
That the pertee will be maintained we
have no -doubt, ne Sir Selby Smith will
°entitlnd the Militia, four bettalions of
e
whiehileve heed Ordered from the town-
the, Military forces...Of Englanc
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l'This, we think, in the Oyes fifairope;
Wilt be lotitked upon es a breaelrof kith
With these .colititriee who are eber takingpeet intlit Congress., Fuld a sluirPerick;'
but, ea- nothing amid he gained by re-:,
ista net'fli-ey _Will have to eit bm it to it,
and • Onto kind .of a peace settle:melee
e
matle:betWeere Turkey and Rfiesie. •
•7iEw. ovo W0.10..n . P itoT.E04,10N.
'When the •Englieli farmers were
threatened Witlethe repeal Of tho Corn
taWsi rain, they believed, ared them
intim fitee •• While the measure was in
progress, end its ultimate benefloial ee-
eults not yet frilly' developed, the Most
glcomy forebodings infected the whole
ageionllural commetnity. The days of
cheap wheat bad cemee and, the farin
had begun to lose • the days 'of. mum- ,
teaming prosperity had' not ce'
ine tor
had the re:gulling den:maul for etherfatm
producee hy which he was. Ititgely to,
'gain. . • A• *Apt ef the peril:kb visiting
a market 'town!' hear's a fernier say Of
lids rent :' This,. isepai,c1 ; thank God;
this is paid; but Where, or whim, or hoer
I :shallpa' the rest, 1 know not; sold
all to pay at tady Den not another
hrtshel left.. ' 'What ia to, be done •at
Mithaelturta 1 know. : not, Peel, ;they
, toll meess, out of eieselleAyenfeh.
Jeteoetielj „they ; %ere, %,tereekeeclieM.-1),„41„
I'M „hi in j'the toril.b p treat lifiChaelitiei.
These' gloomy Anticipations were 42t:'
fulfilled, The certainty,. of 'cheap food,
the neinterrepted ;entry' of such' raw
• material aa was unproducible-nt home,
and the assistance giVen to foreign trade
ihy the repeal of ;meal restrictiona, -gave
an immense impetus to British mann-
featuring operatious. Factoriee,
• workshops, multiplied in all directions,
-and the benefits of the, home niarket,
thus stewed -to the British fiirmees were
enormous, • Distant lands mink' Send.
grain, and such feed As We .eperetions
or transport would not injure ;• hut of
• the more bulky articles, mid of those
tho wealthier and -better paying alessee
chiefly used; he had the monopoly still,
and manylmore customers than before.
Thus, es Mr.' 'Mackenziestated in his
Toronto .speech, ' a meek Ailed:her-price
is now got foratreost everything except
the cereals; twice as much is now paid
for a•horse'rents are nearirdeilliNdian
hilltops° benefits have accrued' to 'the
proprietors -land:and their tonante.'
Time, What Was called Free Trade in
Britain .opertied principally it givine
cheap food, to the. 'workers :directly to
•the encouragement of manufacturee.
Manufactureprospered it consequence,
and how the farmers prospered in censc.
pence, all know.•
ships, esides the local fame, and A and
n• 44esi1i beeeen- hemh-frir oI
which will assemble en Dominion. Square
aint be used to protect the Obmgernen,
There is 'not a resident iti Montreal
but what ha§ 'been injut•ionsly affeeted
by the Tier:eels. and riots hetWeet the
Orangemen and Catholics that have tak-
en place during the past-. few. months.
Wherever lawlessimss is not checked and
• stamped mit teede will deeline, as menu-
--facturers and Men -of -business will slam
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such a place, knowing that their pro -
is not safe. - it is the interest, ia
aS the duty, of all: to see and aid
.in the triaintainance of law and order,
end negleet so to do will, sooner or Ia,t_er,.
he reflected baok in some shape not con-
genial to the interest or feelings of the
parties eorieertecl.
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TIM IC AMMAN 401,11sTION.
A. new move has been by England in
• the Eastern tierestitifis by 'mitering into
lreaty with Turkey of whic. h the fol-
.
Imeing are the features fiastipulets
ed that if Betwixt, Kars, end,. Ahlaban
are retained by 'Retake and it an at..
tempt is Made at. any future time to an.
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Who wetild imagine that so much
truth would .136 littered by tlie Ards but
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atich is the fad, as we clip the above -
from Monday's issue, The above fade
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tu•e so well known that it ii no . use at-
tempting to deny thorns but the in
drawing its conelnsione; Wishes it to be
tinderstood that similar Ter:Jolts would
take place in this emintey by put -ming a
vary opposite eourse, which no sensible'
person will belibve. The Mait, ea well'
as every other tolvoeate of protection,
know e full well that ail the filets awl
logic are 'against them, and unless they
can deeeive people by throwing dust in
their eyesatheir labor wil1 be in vain,
and defeat Will meet, them at the polls.
Itt the same article that we elip the
above from, the Mai, says, "there is
land snilicient in Canada to afford, hoines
for all," That is also true, tuid we cen
Offer them as good markets for the pro -
duets of their labor as the eedrld afforde,
and that without the imposition of brie
cent forther of protection, and, we else
promise that the utmost ecOnotny shall
be.praetieed so that the least .pOsSible
royerruvrtay be needed, and that teed°
shall be made as free as the wartte. of
the Conntry will permit. •
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THE OLLTrox NEW ERA.
VDITORIAL, NOTES.
Is the Quebec Legislature, on Mune-
day, Mr, bly had a, majority , of one,
without the Speaker.
Hox, Me...Tremor has forwarded MS
.resignation to Ottawa, Ho is entitled
• to credit for SO aping. e
• Tay revenue of the Donliniou fur the
eleven 'needle ending 31st Alaye,esees...
• $21,433,410.82, And the expenditure
• $20,270,004,45. Theo fignreAvor 'a
surpltla for the financial year 1877-8,
in-
steacl of a: deficit as in the two pieyious
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•
A T Parkhill last, week) sy.
seid the clerk of the Welillter 'e.'ae a, good
Tory."' Perhaps thaVe the reaSee. -why .
he sent down suele torrents of rein, Up-
• • •
ing to give them a good washireg, 115
they very much needed its after wallow-
ing so long 111.0MT:1Am), end dealing_
in foui abuse.
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AT 14, ,IVAsoxto pienie at Weston, on
Dominion Da,),'; Sir joint Macdonald
ettid that ".thaeks to Providence; they.
•NVOTO now in the, teeth year of Confeder-
. •
Olen a prosperiMeelieppYeaud eeutented
pet:Pie, with hope, ia -the future ef the
country." .Sir John, for the moment
was not talking politics and. bb„ow
truth.
•
.ErlaWriONiinthe�ontity of Menek
have alweye been very obese, the °ea-
sel-Valle:es heieg sevat a 1 remelt ma-
, .....
jority. • Recent ievisiots of the voter's
lists have ohanged.this,''. there being, At
increase of 93 Heibein voteS, and in all
probability these will oarry for Mr. Ed
gar into the HOMO Of •Connuoile,„
•
The eatue journals which defended,
Me. Mowat's descent from the Bench,
are now abusino, Mx. Tilley for re-enter-
ing public hfe after his term of office
has ' . •
: They -are tieing' nothing. of the'lxind,
but as: the Mall ehneed Mr. Mowat for
taking Office in the. OntarioMitietry, it
imagines it'ean condone its oilefice- by.
falsely • charging Referral . peperewith
abeeing' Yr.T31ey, The slendets of
theedlicawofild not be werth.eimteedic
‘r17(itiM
believe them- to be trne if they were net
eentrAited. .
1h:e'en es- ' Aorry
tolearn of. the deetth of Christopher
Tyner' chief editer.• of the, Hamilton
Tim.es,--who* died stuldenrk eit dettlay
e . •
evening' hast.' 'He ilftd been for Settee
time in A feeble State of health, but•able
to attend hie editorial elides up to,
Sattueley, on Which day he was . compel-
led besindisposition to leave. hie offiCe
and go• home, from which timehe rapid-
ly sunk: '_ Me. Tynerehad beet on the'
editorial staff of the Tinzesforsome four-
teen or fifteen years, exercising abilities
of a very high _orderAnd the less to the
Tinemeeillehe setter great. ,We hadethe
pleasure of associating with Mee. Tyner
a 'limber .of years age; midelweys.found.
hitt Worthy of bi,gh esteem', The Times
.has, within a very few yors, lost several
by death who had, busittess ethufection°
with it. Two successive proprietor%
three ot four editoes, on 'of its managerar
and its late tinning r. 1farris is .an
invalid.
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' The Ohio farmers are secretly organiz-
ing for mutual proteetton'against,traanps:.
Work has commenced ort the :Ameri-
can road connecting with Alm Pembina
Branch. •• . • " •
Mr. 3. W, Cull, ef 1itcboJl, reture-
ed a few days since:from It trip through
the Western States. It6 states' that
trade in Canada is in a flourishing eon-
dition itt comparison to that in. the
United Statee. In consequence of the
shutting down of -a great number of fac-
tories throughont the States, diamonds
at mortire ont of employment; and aro
roaming about the country hi idleness,
a terror to those whose property is in
danger of being taken by such hordes of
termite. This gate of things is Without
doubt the •result of the high proteetiVe
tariff imposed on foreign goods. When
the high tariff was first put on by the
:United States Government the different
brmiches of trade appeared to prosper,
and the produce ef the factories was
rushed into the home marketeitntil it
glutted, arid trade stagnated. Goode
could not be manufaetured lo the States
and sowiri, a foreign market leaving a
fair margin of Profit. The people, there-
fore,•ire now reaping the benefit of protective duties, in boil% the &atones
closed, bueinese tagnated, arida horde
of hungry: lien ainping through the
couttry.
• Et1R.011 IT411aB.,
The reported diseovery of coal in
Stephen turas out„as w.e anticipated, a
Myth. . •
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J, T. Sutherland bits been re engaged
to teaeli in S. S. No. 1, 'Camille at
$500. • • • •
While trying to jitinp on a- waggon
last week, a son oriVir. Williemson,
,Wietvenosh, fell end broke his
Mr, B. Alexander, of Godeeich town -
drove lns tee re le holt '
home, a da eirm po ritilee it it day.
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Mr, a. 1uvker ites leaSed the Queefes
Hotel Brussels, from' J Strettoo,
and will take possession me the 10th'
hest, e,„
J., and A. Qampixell;. of Steplam, fel;
cutting -.tanbark • on the Cenacht. Com-
peny's.latik'were. fined $2etrel, $20
'wages' and $5.50 -e.ests.. :
• Mr. R. Long has' sold his -farm of ,100
acresin the third on, of Stephen, iteer.
Centralia, to AtItitiOn of USbornie
for •tho &um of $8,000. • •
A: tramp nettled Cain made au inde.
cent assent -6
ohester, lest Week; for Which he 'was
Cemmiti ed to jell for BO daye.
Ari': M. Derrick, split for Mk ja.ines
Elliott; Gederich township, 550 elm
reile. from one tree,and left As Much,
wood as erefilti have made the 6.00„•
On. July 1St ,as the night express -was
appoaphing1Jrnsse1s, . and while on the
farm of Mr. J. Overate' the: train ran'.
over tero litirses belongingto 'that gen-
tlerrent, beth: .
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.: A valuable horse: bolo -iv -40g to Mr.
Porter, near Perter's 1•471, got en the
railway. tritok,• and a' 'passing trein out
one of It* legs, oft • The' Anirnei was
shot to put it out of pain. :
OrriliondaY lase, as Mr,. j. Stewart,.
'of the Commercial Hotel SetifOrthe' was
aliening aginger •ale bottle, •the bottle
burst and e piece Of the broken. glass
sttack hint on••••the. hand, Inflicting
painful woond of aech, peoportians, that
it luta to be sewed. • '
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• On Tuesday, 25.t1 J-tme, some geed
wOrkin the tore -ging line, wee perforated
on: lot 12; conal, Pashorne, the farm of:
Mr. W. Balkwill. • He; with the assiste
emit- Of D: -11.ic1ittedsseT. Lenaport, T.
Crowley and A. Powell, and . one ' teem
ofhorses, legged six acresin 12 hours.
O'n Friday last, sari of. Mr. 3. S.
• and G. Anderson,. Seaford', two 'young
bays; got possession of.' it.eitelI vial. of
amnionia. Andersbnwitain the act of
'giving yeunrePerber it smell when -the
• cerk flefoul, sCatteritg the..c,oritetts..in
:theeyes., ,of, 'both the, boys; .,:ylity,fitive
• Mrs liebineon;a•tat-liel resides on..lot. 5,
core 17, Elute, heads etrerythine we have
yet Seen in rhubarb; on Tuesday Mr.
Loire brofight into..".our-bifiee Several
...Stalks' of rhttbarkgrOWO by her; some Of
which from roet te tip .of leaf measure
fully fiVe feet in) length', • The , clean
stem tivera4-es about t Wo feet nine inches.
Who oat, berit,this Poet• ,
The 'Court for revising Mid confirming
the 'VetterS'.46 'of 1877 \ for' tlie to Wu -
ship Of Stanley hai: been 'closed. • Tour
Conservative votes have beenadded to
the' liSt, and three.struck off. Twenty.,
three. Reform Netes htvvo been -ridded
and none Struck off tints making a. gain
of.22. litefeent Votes' ,. . .
• One day last week„Mr. :Alex. Taylor,
of Gocterich townshiP, was 111 tkoilerich,
at Somerville's mill, with h grist.'He
observed a runaway town coming in the
direction of the 'mill,. while he- Was tin -
loadings and he at onee jumped into hie
veggon'• for the purpose of turning lifs
temn out of the way nt the other, which
was. coming direetly towards.hint
speed ; bur& before be got his teatxt.tuim
ed, the other Wai. rip to him, and j ufnped
into his -waggon, striking Mr. 'Taylor
with the pole, and Wining hiet_severely
but .not
Airo, 8:Carrick- of the 4tli Hey,
wbehee brie of ;he largest apiaries in
the county,' has developed 8 very. Pro.
lifia stock °I boos, -.Ccommenci,ng with it
swarm .of Black Italians. Which Wore
taken iron the limb Of it tree seine throo
years ago, he has Dow, as the r,Osult of
care. and Ain't their management, no
iesithan thirty-tWo hives. This eeason
streitg hive eent etre swarm of hoes,
.and in 15 daya the young Witten filled
a hive with new combs and honey, and
then ‘started out it new colony, Another
performed a like feet in 17 days, afid
8hould they cotitineeto increase at the
present rate during the coming year,
Mr. Carrick will find thon to be great-
er soffidd-Of"profit than the filen,' •
On Friday lett Mr. A. rorbes, of the
CominerciAI Iivery &Medi', lost a, vitt-
able horse it, rather A peculiar way, 'Ale.
Girdiesten, -Inland Revenue 'officOs
drove the horse to Bayfierd. Having
occasion to visit the brewery before en-
teringthe. village, lie tied the horse to a
tree with it rope halterearoutul hid neck.
He bed not been goneover ten minutes
until he retuertad to the horse; when, to
his congertation, he, found the AltiOlAl
lyitig dead. The halter; lied been tied
pretty hig,li up.on the -tree, . atid the
horse, endeteiering to get hitAreed flown
to eat the geese., tnened the loop around
ort neeki 'se Wet 'the knot was on
the npper skte .thuw.bringing all tho
peessure of the •haltee 'directly on the
throat, and in his strug'gleili0 strangled,
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• JuLY 11, .17:
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' • 41117 i0m11140 1 VAitiinnti AND DIEQuoixerit
• ,atM.OVI4T101,1,
• The annual mowing mateli iu connec-
tion with the • abut) assomatma took
place yesterday, at 13rucetield, eo tbo.
farms of Messrs, Young and Swan. The
.day was fill0 Ala there was. it large est -
Omit% of spectators. The grass woe it
good crop and en excellent, opportunity
was arfortled fey itlt xhibitiOu of the
working qualities of the several Ula.
chines: The work, both of the combin-
ed and single machines, was well done,
and them would he the greatest difficulty
in depicting which Was 'done 'best. Seve-
ral of the machines that eentested were
pureitatted by pieties thee went there -fa,
that pitrpoSe; 'These tuatchee 'give a
god opp-ortimity to the-agentS Ao make
Stiles, end farmers would find it 'veey
convenient to attend the match for the
object of purchase, They can there
make comparisons and witness the worki'ngs of the several machines end `select -
accordingly.'
The difference between -the virtues of
tho respective machines are so slight
that the judges \only Made eightem
'points -in -one -.1nrnitreci between :therm
--
The following were the coinpeting ma:
zhines, with their draft and width of
cut :-
. COMBINED.
• Paragon, 21illbanielsia1ufacturi4 Co., ?0;)
911E uosr ruAarur. OALAIU11; ne-
COTW-CITIE4 FAIRLY DEPe.)POLATkil),
' Shanghai Cin---"., Zolnloa %Iowa, .
The: famine seeins now:to. be '•ateits
worst, Th,e impoverished Country con.
sits of the goatee part of the Previnee
of Shansi, parts,of South-western Chili,
'Western Sher:lung, and the .Northern
dietriete of Hoban, eOrtiptising an area
variously estimated et front 70,000 to
• 100,000 scleare miles. ' The . greatest• ,
diStress . is hi in the sonthem , half of:
Shansi, including the provineiateapital,
Ti Yuen, the population ef. which, un-
less•eam comes at once-, hida faie to be
come. obsontoy. extinct. In its . hor
cillielletelik :As gteCtiaby aPrWittlee,
foreign.eficl. native, .oflicial andinissien- .
&ivy, it ..is .tho „di t•est ,ealatnity that this
or anyconatr..sr has been Visited with,
Tile sturdy Chinese . peasants ' do.: xtoV
;calmly fold their hands and die,. 11,ko.
our poor: f1 ±110 the Mattresses,.
lest year; they eat the dead, andoWlien
.there -aro nene to thicathey kill the liv-
ing: for the sante purpose, . Tide is'no
-On:Mt&eitagpration --but-':Vfe -fatiiiii:
State of things in it Clistriet not, 100
.odleir Vete .Sgafighei.• ' In, the „ekiti
Geeetteof the lfith' of ..Marclis ,there ape
Oars : it Memerial ' friern.. . Li . He nien,
Giti-'keener a Honore and Yuan, SPeeial-
Ifigla Com missioter: fel- Familia. Belief,
.appealing. for 'State aseistance to the dis-
tressed province. Vora it 'may be,ge-
thered thegraits . to:NO.116h the fnmine-
.stricke4 country is •redneed. • ' 1 there;
•fore append', a trapeletion of it,, and I
eDust'reulied eiy . catintey men as they
yead, it that itierio -sepeatirenalepieture
to nietie the teareofediotional et:timer:1h,
ere,. but it *lei edeseription Of the stete
of the provinee. bYits responeiblertilera
in, the . language' of. it Blue•- hook:: .
... The &might. With; .which the pro-
vince has:. been Visitoci for severe'. years
, in succession bee .reeultett' in 'A' 'flunine.
of an intensity andextent hitherto une
hetted of, - As at.ititmn-adv41100 iilto,
winter the tunther of those iti need of
relief.increased daily, imbil at last they
could be counted: .by . nAliene., •The
lower clesses'•.was-the. first t� be affeetede-
Mid may. soon Aisolipained or••dispersede
iti seareli of sebsistence elsewhere. .' Now.
theefarny#10 beeeattacked ' the well4e-do
land_seti 0 ' wealthy; : • who fitd . them -7
selves' reduced to greater ntliery as each.
day. goes by; tind they in their turn,. exe
.dying off or fellciWing -those .who have
migrated elseWhere. In the earlier:pie:
OM of distress -the ,liVingled iipen the
bodies of the dead ; .next, the itrongde-
veered the' weak; 'arici-noy, the 'general
destruction him arrived ,ot such a' climax
that men 'devour these Of . their - own
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.,ttesti -anct4modemeeetlieteeerseconteletSeites
'record of severy terrible and distress-
ipg . ,:ii .state of things,„ and 'if Prompt
Measures Of relief be erg instituted the
.Whole region. meat become.depopulated.,
tent .senreek- a supply *are 'entirely ex.7 '
haustecl; the graharieseato empty,- And
the' Treasueydrained dry; while ' the.
'few wealthy' people.in the proVinces.
have helped with ' centrilmtions . an.d
• Loia;10.14..
s-.it,ill etlinti.reeif:,ee. 'tea naAre.i. I). Oir71:•:..
.'. hie .dretitlful.'pieture is., fully'liorte
•ion
f
by the letters -received in Sharigliai
fro u. tho missionaries in -Shansi. ' .• • •'
•' . •In the. Prefecture in Which the mini-.
tal Of Shang,. Is Situated the .population
lunt diminished from .over.:1,000,000,to
1100,000; and the Chinesc; newspapers
here' give: the ntitnber . of ; people who
have died of: starvation,
or. Met the' aw-
ful fate. jog recorded- atoyer.5;009,000.
'Bola Robbery.
-Thomas Buckley,- treasurer • of tha
•hosiery mills at Albin, r. Y., drew $3,-
000 front a bankon Monday morning,
*ending to pay off -the operatives at
the mill for the 'mouth Of lute. He
entered a street car about ten o'olock,
Two men Also. got °teed different pointe.
A tiverY hack follovied the ear; , When
the antskirte of' the city were reached
oee sof the mon ihruit.t." his arm under
-Buckley's chin, forcing his head Ixtelc.
oVOr the seat and preventiog any initcry.
Another 'meaty, abstracted the• paekage
of money froin Buckleys pocket. There
were fourteen passengers on the ear,
but the robbery was too, sudden and
adroit for ieterfeeenee before the meo
had jumped froth the car and. .into the
carriage, which was close behind,
Buckley drew le revolver atd fired sev-
eral shots at the thieves, but failed to
stop them. One of them shot back
without effect. After driving furiously
fo4 some distance the robbers abitudoned
the coachedivided the money, and clio
appeared in different,direetions through
the woede, The mirriage was stolen
front the railway dept tut hour. before
the theft. e
The ladies of the higher clase in Spahr
are fast eeasing to attend the buil fights.
On the day before Queen. Mercedes
died, 11,000 inquiries as to her heelth
were made at the palace, by - letter or
telegram or it person.
Kingston has begun the manufactore
of Metallic life-boats'which is a now lee
&nary amongst us, bat ought to have
been begunt before, considering how
great an extent of water routes we have,
and hoW large a passenger traffic covers
the lakes and rivers. Messrs. McKelvey
dt birch have the honor of being the
poineer lookers there.
lbs., 4 it, 5?; in.
Iron Harvester; Teompeoe "Si
Stratford, 205 lbs., 4 ft. 5 in, ' •
Osborne Nn, 0, Osborne Manufactui ing
A.uhurn, N. Y., 214 lbs,; 4 It. 8.in.
• Iron Clad, BIliott, London 215 lbs 4 ft.
20 A. 1 Sndard, Nihon Bros, ingsrsoll,
200 its,, 4 ft, 2L: in.
•
Cishorne No. 5, Osborne Manufact g
Attbern,S. 11.'61086.11)s.'4h. 2
New Model, B. Boll, St. George, .
4 ft. 2 • . .
larb3/N-6. 1, Harris,' Son !.C.: Co., Brantford,
170 Ilia., 4 f t., 5 in.
Wrenght Iron Mower, Thompson ct. Wil. ,
liatts,'Stratford, 183.& lbs., 4 ft, 2 in. .
• Iron Clad,' L. I).H
-Sawyer,. amilton, 175'
lbs., 4 ft. 51.; in.. ' -
Toronto Mower, Toronto Mower company
205.1bs., 4 ft, 11 in. - '
The_ following were the Single machitma
.taking -prizes ; 1st Icirby• ; 2n4 Osborne ; Ord
'Iron glad. ' '
Thejudges were .11:lessee S. Smilie,
Hollingshead; J. McMillan. jas. Mai- •
• 'The reaping inateh hitonfieetionwith
this Society will eonie off it4 about two
weeks. .
4. great business is growing up in
Chloage of diasieating eggs, Ter .tna.rket.
Hitherto the'drying.of eggs hes been a,
•irenblesome.and costly, proeess, but now
maoliinetk has 'been cent.riVeCT by. which •
,.0Y,11.11,V;.,thoAf9.04, egg8- Ori.„1?-P..i1P111.t
'n elay rind -Preserved" 'efin- •
of• time.. The egg, es dried, is 'describe
.ed As being a "•rich golden -colored gm-,
nulatien," Whicli can hi.34iniide as _geed
as new at any.-atinie- by simply add-•
• ing to it 'Water or milk. Here is a hint
for thoso. who export theusancIref doz-
ens of eggs from Canada to .New "tork
annually, The British market is open. •
to us, vith he „duties to ,he paid, and
with:far higher than-Arnericart prices to
he realized, .The-Froneh, dispose of 200,-
• 000;600. eggs to Britein yeerly at pricee •
Which wOuld ineke• the. moutha of otie
•poultrymeli- . water. 'An nttemPt'
should he untae to gain a share itt this
ptefi bible trade.
!taantreal Cattle Mantel.
July 8,
This market. to -day was dull for Tay -
thing below! choice, fat cattle, which
were in fair .detnand, itt 12e to 51e. 'The
bulk of purphaset forlocal Ilse sold .at
de to die, and were slow sale at tlitse
figural , Hogs sold at front 4,Ic te 'go •
hve weight,
MARRIED: .
jAVK5ON-CAMiTO1sO.-4'0A A1145 1s1 hist, et
the reside.= of tho bride's father, by the "
Rev. Mr, Cainoron, 11. T. Jackson, mar. P
chant, Hamill, to Jane, eldest daughter of
prawfotd, taik,;:poltetsmith.
'Motituu-Youxo.-InTlIyth by the llov: A.
11,toticLitorb, o.T"hr.of,(oi
C. jllblooxPnlem.e, Miss-Botsy
v
awrrzte-Powsw.,-At the residence of .the •
•-.bride's brother, Clinionon the -1st itists,Aty
tho Bev. Mr. Droloy, Mr, Jas. Switzer,
• Gederich tewnship, to Susannah Powell.,
Mrsarevseesr..-LAt the residence of the
bride's father, on the 1st inst., by tho Bev.,
A, Stealth, 1), 1),,. rector of St. john'a.
• church, Mt. T. W. Mingay, Manager of the
Time*, Wingliate, to Maryi:, eldest daught-
• er of 111r. Wm. 11. Dustan,Bowmaevills,
•
CAvAll..-4.11, Galt, on tho 451i inst., at tho
residence of hor son.in-/mv, John .1Ity,-
Esq. , Margaret, toilet ot the late <Tames
• Cavan, Strauraer, S igi�pthiro Scotland,
and mother of lk,Ir; 'Pour Cavan, bf this
town, agod 72 years,
armosemevilararearamomviimsimr-
ctINToN 31Anttinr8.
July 11,,1878.
Whoat, fall, red, ltilflmsh, $0 90 ;a 0 05'
Wheat, Ode white, - 08 a I 00
Spring, ••• .0 80 a 0 85
Fite, s 088 a 000
4 029 a 0130
• 085 a 045
058 a 001 •
• 50 a 500
• - 050 is 080
450 a 500
. 550 a 050
Butter, . • * • 0 10 a 0 11
Bggs, . 4 4 0 09 a '0 10
Heir, 1300 a 10 00 ••
• 450'al600
Sheepskins 0 60 4 1 00.
Clover. *-' % 8 50 a 400
Timothy at 1 60 a 2 05
'Wool * 0 22 a 0 24
()IAA<
Barley,
Peas,
Flour,
Potatoes,
Pork,
Beef;