The Exeter Times, 1879-2-13, Page 7�',;I31tL'AR� 13,1870
SCOTTISH NEWS.
Glasgow.—The Glasgow ooaohmak-
ers have resolved to aecept a reduction
7i per cent,—Stewart & 1:Iighet, build-
ers, Larbton, have been exarnuled iu
bankruptcy.—The City flow( mills at
Port Dundee, of the insolvent firm of
Hay, Sun Co., have been exposed for
sale at £80,000.—Harry Howard, a
man who is said to have oparatt d sue-
cessfully asaaforgor in Edinburgh and
Glasgow, hay been apprehended in
London.—It is reported that Mr Lewis
Potter., one of the imprisoned dir'ect'ors
of the City of Glasgow 13auk, has taken
the necessary steps for "running his
letters".—John Stewart, the sole part-
ner of the firm of W. a. Lorrain & Gil-
lespie, merchants, has been examined
in •bankruptcy. The liabilities aro ov-
er £138,000, and assets x1,379.—Tore
- are 8,052 persons ou the relief roll in
l Glasgow, and these have 15,84.8 de -
ponds, making in all a grand total of
22,9110 luau, women and children, hi
receipt of relief,—It ha(;been intimated
by the liquidators of the City uf Glas-
gow Bank that all contributors who
him:failed to pay the first lnetaIn eut.
of the $500 call, payable on the 28rd
ult., most do so without delay, outer.
wise judicial proceedings will be insti-
tuted after the 17th fust
L.arruuc.—A soup kitchen has Leen
opened iu Biggar,—There are indica-
tions of an improvement in the copal
trade of the County, many of the pits
being well supplied with orders. --Two
hen named William Wright and John
Welsh were preeipitated to the bottom
of the shaft at Brownieside (lallury,
Airdrie,ou the 9th inst.. and killed
through the aooidoutal npyettiug of the
cargo in which they were desoeudiug to
their work.
1'vts ri iitaw.—A plebasite of the me n-
bers of Sir iUiehael street U, P. congre-
gation, Greenock, has just beau taken
on the question of introduoiug iuitrn•
mental music iuro the church, and the
majority decided against the proposal
for an organ.
AYR,—Tile price of gas has been re
TILE TIMES
dustriee and commerce of the Levant ;
but we should add that the juxtaposi-
tion of asphalt in. great gnantities, fur-
nishes the elements of a nurture of lig-
nite and asphaltum in the form of
brieke, which is equal in heating ca.
parity to the richest bituminous coal,
while its Dost on the ground is only
x(2.50 a ton. It is known that similar
bricks, made up of coal dust and bit-
uminous debris from gas works, are
much sought after by French railways,
slime, besides their heating power they
kroatly froilitate stowage,owing to their
regular shape, Of course the bitumen
of lower Palestine has been knowu from
immortal times and was used to impar
solidity to the structures of unbaked
clay iu Assyria and Egypt ; but it may
be said that the discovery of the sub-
terranean combustible has lifted once
for all the curse which has so long
rested upon Sodom and Gomorrah,an
will transform the wasted shores of tb
Dead Sea into a focus of iudustry;,and
a magaziue of wealth.
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Bir,,TTEll TfiAI� E1111
White Ca.,
(successors to G. 13, Smith)
Mr, Duncan Henderson (of the wholesale firm of
(4.13. smith and Henderson, Toronto) is now in
the European markets beyiag our retail spring
stack for St. Marys as well as our wholesale stook
for Toronto. Our wholesale first is Beading{, us
goods now at less than manufacturer's' prices
because they are making a grand wholesale
sweeping clearing sale before stocktaking. and
therefore our canto 'fors got their gee ds tbo acme
as if they were buying diroot from a wholesale
house. A large shipment of goods to hand this
woek, Newl'rosir tloads arriYiug aluu,st every
t day, a livtn. stream pouring in and pouring ant,
don tae time, (roods retailed at wholnaalo prteos
Look at them, see thorn and handle thorn, Tho
price tolls and every cnstomor 1s nob afraid to
tall the price. iVe aro ctotothninetito solll sall II
sell Irl • It m b d 11 ill l l 6
our Oamtdian 7 woods t 9, 0 a
tit t' h p `75 5U 1 y a
HOW TILE Y. LIVE,
On a stipend of sixty or eighty cents
a day, the Swiss workman not only sop.
por's himself, but also pays hones rent,
raises a fatuity of three or four children,
send them to school from the age of
eight to fifteen, cud, perhaps, lays up
something fur a rainy day. To be able
to do this, however, he must use econo-
my. He cannot have heat three times
a d ty, or spend much of this earning in
saloons, fortunately for bis health and
to the welfare of hie fauiily, Hie ttvo
truing rooms serve as a kitchen, bed.
room, sitting-rootn and parlor. His
breakfast will eousiat of some subsitute
fur coffee, a soup, and plenty of bread ;
his dinner of a soup, the meat from
which this is tirade, potatoes and bread
with,perhaps it measure of rin. ordinaire,
ust a ono anc t w ie d one,bee
a 5 4 nd 450 and ane
a is c oa a, c, ato, Fot ar which Kills all
(c ��zposrt ou i.wtll S pray l
I['aetory Flauhiels for pray per yard lase than the
maker, s price. lzico plain and fancy 1)rnss Goo(ls
loraand 0, up. Nothing to boat Munn
in tho'market, All wool heavy Frena Cashmeres
and Moriuoes,.splendid value, for 730„ now 500.
Wiuoeys at prices that astonish every one who
segs thorn. A 24o• Winooy tar 15e., aria all the
way down from that to 50. per yard, equally cheap
Mantle anal Millinery Department running in full
blast rnet doing splendid Mantles and Jaelrets
in stook from 75o. up td :F0. Such value has
never been offered in this market, sue them.
A Nice Fur Muff, silk Iniad, for $1,
WHIFE & Go.,
successor, to G.B. Smith.
St. Marys.
p i . " e ra F annals fon: 150. Platd,
�1f 8 30,
or beer. His supper is a repetition of
rile breakfta: t,ithe ouffeee being omitted
and its place taken by wine. It is sur-
prising what au atnutrit of bread is
eaten by the poorer class in Europe.
to Germany it is a bleak or rye bread ;
dnced in Irvine 5t1. per 1,000 cubic, ul witzeriaud it is a veru heavy wheat
feat.—Mr. T. Finalyson Laidlaw, sop. ! bread that is nearly black. This breed
of Mr. Laidlaw,of the Clydesdale Bank, is baked in immense loaves and sold by
Stewarton, has been admitted as a law weight. A good quality costs five cents,
agent.—The masons belouging to the' a pound. Women are the principal
union in Ayr, have resolved to resist a vendors of this importaut article of
reduction in their wages from lid. to diet.
7,1 per hour.—On the 4th iestaut au Area ort coulee to us to the effect
old reeidenter,nlamed John Potter, aged
68 years, fell dead in a close leading to that the local elections for the
his abode in Kyle St., Ayr. Province will take plane iu April. They
should take place iu April, but whether
ARGYLL.—A soup kitchen is open in
Dunoun.—Lochfyne is frozen over, and
traffic is suspended.--Iu the Argyll
iawl Bute Lunatic Asylum there sire
210 patients from this county.—Dur-
ing the recent heavy gale at Camble-
town, a number of the fishing ozaft
was sunk, and others stranded.—
It is stated that the Duke of Argyll'e
"History of the Eastern Question" has
been delayed by the outbreak of the
Afghan war, and that His Grace con-
templates writing a special chapter on
this new and important phase of the
1!jasteru Question.
KIrtovoBRIGIit.—The congregation of
the Kireitdbright Parish Church have
elected as their minister the Rev. A.
D. Campbell, St Gaorge's Parish, Pais-
ley.—Ib is stated that Randolph Stew-
art will offer himself as a candidate in
the Conservative interest, to the con-
stituency of the Stewartry.
SaLKIRK.—In Galashiels there were
488 births last year, 110 marriages,
and 261 deaths.
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PROMISED REVIVAL OF SODOM
AND GO:+MOERAH.
they wilt or not depends entirely upou
Mr. Mowat. If he is of the opinion
that an April eleetiou will give him an-
other lease of salary, we will have an
April election. If not, not.
They say that theUnited Statss See
retary of the navy was recently inspect-
ing a war -ship at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, arid it was thought proper
to show him the depth of the vessel by
removing nue of the hatches ; when, to
the astonuishmeut of all present, he
exclaimed, "Why, the old thing is hot-
low 1"
Itis reported that French capitalists
have secured a grant for a railway line
from Jaffe to the iuterior of Palestine,
whiclh will open up the Jordan valley
and the whole region north of the Suez
canal. In certain eontingeucies this
read might become of great military
neefuluess, but it appears further that
the productive resources of the country
are considerable, and what is more sur-
prising that the Dead Sea itself can be
burned to commercial account. Chief
o,tihese at present ate the stores of oat-
.. (ural coinietaestibles for which that region
ie .rooted.
Hitherto the train obstacle to the
development of steam traffic in the
Levant lams been the total absence of
combustible materiel. Not only Egypt
but the shores of Syria and the Red
Sea ate completely stripped of wood,
and .the Boal- imported from the went
commands a price ranging from $10
( to $24 it ton. Now the masses of'aspb-
1 nit continually thrown up by the Dead
Sea attest the presence of vast subter-
femmn layers of fossil vegetable mat-
ter, and these signs were not long over-
looked by the euterprising men attracted
to the Suez beetle opening of the canal
and the movement c•f commerce in tit -t
directiioii. Recently nninorous sound-,
inf have beau made between Jafftt and
the beard Sea,' which, so far, have not
disclosed any deposits of coal proper,
but have lad bare iuexhausibie, beds of
lignite, '
0.r itself this stare of lignite is likely
to prove au int stitnablo gain to the in -
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THE VICTORIA. HYrosrirr2Es is emphatically
a nerve food; restoring the vital force, and re-
invigorating all the functional processes of life.
It should be used promptly in every' case of
loss of nervous force or general debility, from'
whatever cause. It is also one of the most
powerful tonics and blood -generators known.
41 per bottle.
Ennons in diet bring on disease -National
Pills drive it
IF the storm of adversity whistles around
you, whistle as bravely yourself : Perhaps the
two whistles may make melody. If you feel
an inclisposition to exertion, weak nerves, pain
in the back, eta., or are afflicted with any af-
fection of the secretory organs, use VroronIA
Bucrru and Uva Unsr. It improves the digest-
ive powers and strengthens the weakened and
debilitated organs. For sale by all dealers. 61
per bottle.
Nornr.ra so good to killwormsin children as
Freeman's Worm powders.
MILLINERY
mI S S GARLICK,
Has now in stock a complete line of
SPRING HATS, BONNETS,
FEATEIERS, FLOWERS,
and Trimmings of livery Kind, in
Latest Style and Lowest Prices
A full Stock of Fancy Goods,
Berlin Wools, Iioniton Lace, Braids
Patterns, Cardboard Mottoes, &e,
Y'•.d-Jaokets out and made to order.
MISS GARLICK,
Grain St. F,.ceter.
Andrew Jackson said that Napoleon stood
the man of his time, and that it would be five
hundred years before the earth produced bis
equal. It will also be five hundred years be-
fore the earth will produce a liniment equal Le
Hagyard's Yellow Oil. For bums, bruises,
wounds &e., it cannot bo rivalled. In rheu-
matism, neuralgia, spinal complaints, ate., it
proves a messenger of mercy. For sale by all
dealers. f,
National Pills nuriiy the very fountain of
lite.
A LAMP, rather inclined to flirt, says most
men are like a cold,very easily caught,but very
hard to ge; rid of. It is the easiest matter in
the world to get rid of a cold. UDR HAorAnn's
PEoroiun Bataan, the great Canadian remedy
for oolcls, coughs, hoarseness, bronchitis, and
all diseases of the throat and lungs. For sale
by all dealers. •
Feverishness in children is cured by Free-
man's worm Fpow(lers.
NEW BLACKSMITH AND
GENERAL JJ3BiP1G$rnJP,HENAtL.
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Having my new shop now in full blast, I would in-
form the public that I am prepared to do all kinds
ofAiaotcsutithing+ 1uolottug repairing of all 'kinds
of Agricultural Slaoliinory, suchh as Rompers, hfow•
ers, Thrashing Machines, and Ef..orso Shoeing will
reeoive my careful attention. Horses that inter-
fere, and having tender toot treated in the most
approved manner, and satisfaction given.
es Moderate.
e.ad
x have on band all ki""da of Agricnitaral Impie
mats from the Massey tlanutaeturing Co., New
mottle.
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Post ()ace, Kensall.
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WHEN YOU WANT
CLEA RING CALF,
BEFORE TAKING STOCK
SAMWELL & FICgARD
Will offerfor cash or 10 Days the balance of their Fall and Winter Goods at Cost so as to
make room for their Spring Stock. All goods wo shall offer are new goods bought for this
Season's Trade at lower prices,
LADIES' MANTLES, at cost. HEAVY MANTLE CLOTHES, at cost. MEN'S and BOYS'
OVERCOATS, at cost. MINK SETS and MUFFS, at cost. FUR CAPS, at cost.
CLOUDS and SCARFS, at cost. Also a full assortment of general
DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SI•IOES, HATS CAPS,
CHINA .TEA SETS and CROCKERY which will be
offered at bottom prices wo are glad to say our stock is
not large but fully assorted in all lines.
Although this has been a very hard season we are
happy to say our mode of doing business has been ap-
pro( i
ated by the public as aur sales for past year has far II`
clod our expectations. Thankall customers 511(1
patrons
C. & S. GIDLEY
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for past favors and still solicit your patronage,
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SAMWELL (-C PICKA.RD, I.
Exeter, Ont,
Furniture and. Und.ertakin .
FAIIt]3AIIIN has ou hand at Henson as large
— � and as handsome a stock of FURNITURE as can be
.._. found in any establishment in Huron, all 01 which he
IS PREPARED TO SELL CHEAP
UNDERTAKING IN ALL iTS BRANCHES
Having procured a handsome hearse, he is prepared
to attend to UNDERTAKING,
On the Most Reasonable Terms.
In connection with the Undertaking Business, he uses the Anti -Septic Fluid, which pre.serves
the body and destroys all offensive odors, and prevents contagion arising from dead bodies. .1 call
respectfully solicited,
1878) PALL (1878
THE OLD RELIABLE HOUSE
At all limes, stud particalarly at a period when Trade is universally depressed and money
scarce. It is in the interest of every buyer to purchase where he oan get the article he wants
at the lowest rate. In calling your attention to my present stook, I do so with every con
once; it being moreearefully assorteu and selected than that of any previous season:
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In the Dry Goods
Every department is replete with the most seasonable and fashionable fabrics, markedr a
prices which should command the attention of the very closest buyers. TRE MAUI)
CLOTHIN kstill has MR. W. IVES at itehead
In Millinery
Underthe management of Miss MoGloghlon, we oan suit the most fastidious. Our stock of
Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Canadian, English and American
Shelf and Heavy Hardware
one of the largest and best assorted in the County. Intending purchasers will consult their
bestinterests by examining my stook before going elsewhere.
JAi'iES PICJ A.RD
A_T TI1ii
Standar, Sash Door BSind
FACTORY,
[soon sin ntivkept .anband,allkinds ofbuilcttne
material, 1F'loorllng hard end soft, Siding Mould
age (&o.; sold chow. Planing jigging and Turning
•' promptly attended to
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BUILDINGS CONTRACTED FOR,
grid satisfactiohi guaranteed, As we have of
land a largo s; ock of dry Mintier, we Poet sure lin
jnfinfying those who may siva use call,
ROSS 331.OS. do TAYLOR
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GODERICH FOUNDRY
Founders, Engineers and Machinists.
• MANUFACTURERS O1'
ENGINES AND BOILERS, FLOURING, GRIST AND SAW MILLS
STAVE AND HEADING M 3CHINERY
Middling Purifiers of improved kinds.
Agric ui ura Implern ents
COOKING, PARLOR AND BOX STOVES
Potash Kettles, School seats, &c.
Iron and Brass Casting's to'order
.For sale cheap-Seoond hand Boilers and Eugires Steve and.
Shingle, and Heading Machinery.
Repairs on Boilers, Eugiues, Mills, &c., promptlyattended to;
GODZRICH FOUNDRY and MANUFACT'URINtx co.
GOD RICH. Ont.
THE NATIONAL POLICY
Raving triumphed at the polls,
ISAAC CARLING
Is prepared to give all his customers the beroflts ;that will accrue from its adoption, and has an
hanti alarge stock of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Wines and
Liquors, Crockery, Etc.,
At his Store, Main Street, Exeter, which will be sold t�
Which will be sold at prices unheard of under Free Trade.
The farmdrs of the surrounding country will find it to their ad-
vantage to sell their produce without paying market
fees, on the Exeter rnarket,wbich is second
to none in the roost, and. then
ogall at the store of the subscriber and
Secure Immense Bargains-
there
argains..there to: be had in Overcoming, l+1111.t;loths, Broad-ctloth
Doe skims, Silks, Wiuoeys, Delaines, and everytIt ug
needed in the Dry Goods line. The Grocery
Department very Cowpleto.inspection invited.
No trouble to show ,00hs ISAAC CATLING