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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 188G.'
Around the County..
It is propa'sed to.erectv"a.ne..w Episco-
pal church at Wingham.
Mr. Robt. Spicer, of Exeter, kris graft-
ed 500 fruit trees this spring,
C. J. Miller, has rented his farm, lot
1 and 2, con. 1, to Wm Patton,of Turn
berry.
Mr. Alex. Barron, jr., of McKillop,
has purchased a 100 acre farm in Grey,
from Mr. Fulton, for the sum of $8,200.
On Tuesday morning as Mrs, Paul, of
Whitechurch, was coming down stairs.
she accidently slipped, fell, and broke
her arra.
Mr. W. C. Carters, of Hensel!, has
made airassignment in trust to Mr. J. t
C. Clausen, of that village, for the bene-
fit of his creditors.
badly shaken up, andit i3 feared the
he has received internal injuries.
On. Friday last Air. ,, R. William
factory, Gerrie, had a narrow esdai
from being destroyed by fire, the ha
caught fire from the smoke stack but i
was discovere I and put out before anR
serious harm .was clone.
The Winnipeg Free Press., of the. 2nc
April, says that Mr,Rolat. Lang, of CalLake; and formerly of Rodgeerville, it
this. 'county, has sown about 400 sorer
of wheatthis spring. We hope he will
reap 21 bushels"(aer acre of No. 1 hard,
Mr, Angus McKenzie, son of Donald
McKenzie, of Culross, died very sudden -
y of inflammation in. Manitoba a few
days ago. His brother Robert started
for Manitoba, but only got as far as
\V
ingharn, who he was also taken with
he same disease, and had to return
ono,
Mr. Christopher Muldoon, of the 13th ,
con. McKillop, has purchased the 50
acre farm opposite his own, from Mr. A.
Barron, jr., for the sum of $2,800,
'thos. Maunders, of Ethel, has pur-
chased the handsome Canadian -bred
horse 'French Lion,' from Wm. Barrie,
i f Morris, and Wm. Hyden of .Gerrie.
It is reportede'Brussels Caledonian
games will be held at a much earlier
date than last year, and in this'way
better weather will probably be in-
sured. . .
Mr. John McMillan, of Hullett, has
sold an imported stallion to Mr. Wm.
Pinkney, of Seafortb, for $900. He is
coming three, and is n very superior
animal.
Mr. 'WVnr. Drummond, general grocer,
of Blyth, has succeeded in making a set-
tlement satisfactory to his creditors and
himself, and has again iesumed his form-
er. business.
Chas. Mitchell, of Morris, who was
taken to Goderich a short time ago for
being of unsound mind, is getting all
right again. Ile was not sent to Lon-
don, as the asylum was full. .
,lames Smilie and wife and Thos. Mc-
Laughlin, all of gray) left Brussels for
the Old Country. Mr. McLaughlin
intends bringing back a number. of fit,
lies and perhaps a f'eu horses with bin.
.Mr. P. Curtain,. of Adare, left last
Monday, for. Scotland, for the purpose
of importing a number of Clydesdale
horses., M•. C. has been in the busine,s
for several years and las been' exceed-.
''ingly fortunate.
Some body the other night left a jad-
ed horse in the barnyard of J. 0.• Ste=
wart, Colborne. It -was found dead in
the mornrl. - . o re
the storek. The Stewarts, of course, pati
to bury th dead horse. •
Last Thursday while a young son -of
Mr.'Jas.- Hamman, Exeter, was trim-
ming an apple tree, • be fell from . the
branches to the ground, a distance of
' ;about 12 feet, dislocating his shoulder
and otherwise seriously injuring
sclf. -
The body of the deceased James Bird
of Crunbrook, who disappeared -save
weeks since, was found on Friday 'of List'
- week, ins ditch ori the .farin of Peter
fobertson,• lot 9, con. 9, Gray.. An
inquest was held in Oranbrook at which
it was concluded that the deceased, Jas.
• llird, carne to bis d:eath.l?y accidental
drowning. The remains of the deceaspd
were interred in the Brussels cemetery
on Sunday last.___._ __
A. stallion race for horses owned in
the counties of Huron, Perth and •Bruce
will be trotted at Seaforth, on Septem-
ber 3rd. The following. ownets• have
made the second payinent for • their re-
spective horses : J. Campbell, Magician;
GQorge Whitely„ c.Jarlisfe; 'E. Living-
stone,
ivia
stone, Mountain Eagle ; • J. Ward, M -o?
kawk Chief ; ASmith, Goderich Chief
and R. Thompson,-Golddust:`.
The oiadination class for the Metho-
dist Conference for 1886, will consist of
feur members, three of whom Messrs.
Salton; Carson and West, have all been
stationed in Goderich, Mr. Burton,
the fourth member, is the young elan
. now at Bet vie. Salton ]ed in his year
at the conference examination with 87
per, cent: --Carson was well up with over
85 per cent.
•
Rev. J. Ross, at Pi esbytery meeting
held at Brussels, last Tuesday, declined'
the call to Scarboro. His congregation
seem pleased over the result -and should
shew their pleasure by increasing his,
salary to the figure offered .in Searbore'
astthey should .remember—that-if-.irs-ia-
worth $1,0G0• to the people of Scarboro
he should be worth tho same amount to
Brussels and should be paid it. •
The Gtnad-ian Presbyterian of last
week pays : ' Among the names of those
proposed for the Moderatorsliip-of,,the
General Assembly, is that of the Rev.
A. D. McDonald, of Seaforth, formerly
Ilk of Clinton. Mr. McDonald a few years
ago was Moderator of the Synod of'Lon-
,..don and Hamilton, and'earned a good
degree as presiding officer. Huron Pres-
bytery, of which he is a member, nomi-
nated him for the Moderatorship of the
General Assembly.
Last Wednesday afternoon while"'Wm
Cornyn was employed in erecting a bal-
cony in the front of the Queen's hotel,
Wingham, the slender scaffold on which
he was -standing gave way, precipitating
Irim head -first to the ,sidowalk below, a
,distant° of about twelve feet, M"
('ornyn was struck on the head and
"with great force and was knocked uisen.
z;ible. In a short tine he regained con.
SOionsness, when it was found that al-
though n;, bones were broken, he was
Geot;gc3 Sedler, of " gbaor, had his
aw broken by a ' wild' ball while play -
ng base ball on the park last Friday.
George was at the bat, and the pitcher
sent in a f•liot one''which took haul
square on the jaw, with the result as
stated. The'injury is not a serious .one,
and George will be .all right again short-
ly.
Mr. Andrew Montgomery,; of Wing -
ham came near losing a valuable horse.
a few days ago. He was. harrowing,
when in'turning the horses around he
turned too, short; the harrows, .tipping
up and atrikino `the horse on the hip,
which frightenedr it; causing it to at-
tempt to -rim -away. The horse;jumped,
but only to fall over on'its side on. the
teeth of the barrow, which 11aci ;been. -up
turned. For a time it was thought best
to shoot it, but is now improving, al
though ix•wili not be ;able.te work this
summer.
Last Thursday Iris:pector'Cavan,. of
Stratfprd, and Constable Scot•t,' of B'rus-
eels,. made -a raid on the• house of Geo.
Barber, in Howick towtiship;near.Ford.
wicb, aa�dLarrestetl Barber for having':an
illicit still on "his' premises. -Jas, Burt
was also 'arrested for being a partner in
the affair,' A nlash.•tiib anil'mush were
foundin the .cellar. Sonie 6f1- gallons
of liquor ,had :been Manufrtctured and
sold The-- charr;es wee- withdrawn
against Barber, and be', told that the
ha'htnce of the manufacturing apparatus
}vas stored in the' garretiover the kit-
chen, where it was found.by e officers
on • 'Wednesday night. • Burt; ••,at first:
pleaded'oat•guilty .bat afterwards .vitlr�
drew the plexi. .He•was fined 500.ntul'
two'nionths im.prisonwent in' the•Coun-
'ty jail.. Constable Hicks' took hint to
Gocterieli on Tbursda .,
• A tweeting for the purpose .cf organi-
zing a Good Templars' ledge, was held.
in the . temperance` hall, 'Kinbti•tn,, oil
Wednesday econi ig There was i fair
attendance of the people.of the. (re
and vicinity. A deputution.,froni T:
con Lodge, Seaforth, • was present <„
gave a very pleasant liteuary en
Lainment, at the con, fusion of. "whi�
Mr. Pyper,1' oclge 'Deputy; assisted b},
others, ,initiated fifteen iced 'members
.!1-}=--ua�cl-.del-y-for-mad th:o--ledge;-•�he--Yollbgt'
ing officers we're installed : Geo ''Brown,,
W. C -T.; Jas 'Iji�tichleyi'W, S.; James'
Sutherland, W.11I.;; R Snell, W.D.M:.;
J Hull,. W. F. S.;- Geo.' Stanley, W:
S.;; Mt Lindsay,. P. \V...:C T.James
Stanley, Chaplain.;':Miss'Scholes, `W.V. •
T.; Miss Stevenson,'.• W.L::U; J."tlinrh,
ley, W. O. G and lei: Hinehley, Bodge
Deputy. 1Vednesday is the'• night of
meeting, '
•-Daniel')aansoiir, of ;E:xtter,. who. bail
for months past .given signs'c f insanity,
was -lust week :removed to 'thea, asylum,•
itt'Loudon,-in charge, o€i4lessi•s Bissett
and Thomas. "He was taken•.down And
g 'placed in safe keepingwithout any difli=:
-eulty, although he 'vealdered•why.these.
men. took so Much interest in 'him. . He
-is`now'doing well,. and there rs:a possi;-•
bility that in time'lie tray recover. from
Ms insanity. TMs. Irian Ransom came
from the townsliip,, of Stephen to .Exe-
ter, about two orthree'months ago, hav-
ing .lost his farm throtrgk mismanage»
ment. He engaged in the peddlingof
washing maphines'i ;and ,,wringers. At
first signs of insanity were slight, but
day by day he became worse, until :he
began to beat his wife, and give lectures
on religious topics;'. Becoming at last an
intolerable nuisan'ce,• lie was ...removed.'
The losing of his property may have had
something to do with bringing; hie' to
his present unfortunate condition, but
those who .have .known • him. -tor yeifrs,
say ho was always a: little'' peculiar.; ,
1%ainfig In Happenings,
There is now being manufactured tore. an
article for. instantly removing. pain of any
acute external nature, and it certainly is the
moat perfect. cure ter Neuralgia, Feddaolie
Tonthoohe and the like thatba."eyer been
tried. itis carrell Plaid Lightning hum the
rapid manner in which it acts, and. i4' maim.
faetnred lay Meategor'et 'Parke. Sold in'
(Minton by Combe, druggist.
PERTH NEWS,
E. Sydney Snaith, revising officer for
South Perth. has.been appointed revis-
ing officer for the North 'Riding of the
county, in place of J. ' Grayson Smith,
Esq., w,ho shortly retires for Etiag1itnd
for a number of yearY. -
On Friday last a; vagrant._eow_tnade.
a savage Attack on two little children of
Mr. I rris, in the Smith" ward, St.
Malys, and were it not that the attack
wris noticed by Thos. Raper, who :was
working near by, the 'brute would have
seriously injured, if not tailed the chil-
rot).
Mr. \•Vera. Pierre, on retiring from the
tnanngrtnent of the A bion betel; Strut-