The Brussels Post, 1888-11-9, Page 1Volume 16. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 1888.
ONTARIO CROPS.
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Mr. Blue, secretary of the Bureau of
industries, has issued the following re-
port, being the review of the harvesting
operations of the year, based upon thee
reports of 870 corroepoudente.
Tun GRAIN sneers.
The fall wheat wits so thinned out by
the dry and cold weather of early spring
that the yield bas hardly reached a good
average in any part of the Province, brit
t
tho ripening season was so favorable th
the grain matured well in reaped of
quality. It is plump and hard, and
generally exceeds the standard weight.
The spriltg crops were superior both in
yield and quality throughout the south-
western part of the Province, and to
some extent also in the extreme eastern
part; but throughout as for nese: as
nties ou
the Georgian Bay, u
Brockville on the St. Lawrence, tbs
drought of Jund and July lied an stores:
disastrous effect. Spring wheat suffered
least, but opts, barley and peas were
greatly stunted in their growth. The
rains of the harvesting sennet wore also
bad for the spring crops, and a great
deal of the barley was disoolored. In
the western counties oats and they wore
and
peas were heavy crops,
secured in fair condition.
MEN, 131+A05 BUCKWHEAT.
Corn and beans have proved excellent
Drops this season, but late -planted fields
were affected to a limited extent by the
rain and frost.
rrELD E00Ta.
The latter part of the growing season
turned out most favorable for field roots,
and as a consequence the reports aro of
a more cheerful character than was ex-
posited from August returns.
Pw to tes
aare a magaifioent crop.
re-
markably free from scab, and several
correspondents speak of single tubers
weighing between two and three poands.
In every case the yield per acre is higher
than the average of seven years, both in
the aggregate and the yield per acre.
(Mecca MD.
Tho experience of clover this year has
been almost identical` with that of 1887.
The winter and spring were
yr hit B on
son
fields already thinned by g
the second dry summer left the crop in a
very unsabisfeetory condition, so far as
any prospect of seed was concerned. The
fall rains
static, but the midge growth was almost every-
where. In some of the St. Lawrsnne
counties clover is not only a failure as a
seed crop, but it would appear that it is
steadily dying out in the pastures.
ram AND FRUIT Tnn115.
The reports of correspondents emphas-
ize the statements made in the August
report. A leap yield of apples is the
rale, but the fruit is uneven in size and
quality. Pears have turned out well.
The cnrauli° and the bleak knot have all
but exterminated the plum in many
counties. The peach was poor in yield
and quality, and the "yellows" appeared
in pleuos. Grapes, however, were an
immense yield, and the later small fruits
wore nearly an average. Owing to the
raius of August and September there
was a great growth of new wood in oroh-
and and garden, and fears have been ex-
pressed by some correspondents that
this unusually late growth may not be
fully ripened by the time winter sets in.
PASTEnEe AND LIVE STCax.
PALL 100001neo.
Although at harvest tune bbe ground
was Oxtremely dry, the mine which have
since fallen have so ocuuteracted the ef-
fect of the summer drought as to leave
the land in excellent eondltiou for fall
ploughing, The result; has been that this
work le well advanced throughout rho
Province, the only notable exception be.
ing in the counties of Dundee, Stormont
and Glengarry, where the rain wag so
exoo•sivo that exoept on high land little
or lie we, It could bo done, The thresh-
ing and oon5cquent teaming which have
necessarily been hurried this year on at.
Went of the shortage of the yield of 1887,
together with the 'Menage of the root sod
front crops, have retarded progress in
many localities.
LA1105 AND MA0E6.
In almost all cases oorrespondeute re-
port the supply of labor as adegnato,
there being a swarthy only during. her-.
vest and while. 'mooring roots and fruit.
Tho complaints of too high a rate of
wages and of unskillfulness of labourers
are becoming fewer eaoh year. The gen.
oral opinion is that there will be a raise
of wages based upontbe ground thee, as
prices of farm produce have considerably
advanced, the labourer will naturally ex-
pect t.. participate in the increased re-
turn, espeoially as higher prices in0reaee
the cost of living. Some, however, pro•
dicta fall in the rate, as they declare
tbat the laborer is saving more than his
master. Any offeob that emigration of
the laboring class to the West might
have it counteracted by the fast increas-
ing use of labor-saving meobinery and by
the desire on the part of the farmer to do
the work "within the family." As usual,
the supply of domestics is extremely in-
adequate, town life offering mush
stronger inducements.
lf3russellee col Board.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. '
taarrleorr l'robabty Elected.
Amerioans ohoose their President
ce•Preaidsnb every fourth year in
her, and on Tuesday they }vent
this business for the bwentyflftb
Considering the immense powers
in thin President, it is little wood-
y bother bhemsolvee so greatly
the work of-cuoosing him, lIis
Mama are vastly greater than those
ruler in Europe excepting, po-
lls Czar, whose despotle powers,
for life, oro not much greater
hose of the President for four years.
car can declare war and conclude
s ; an American President, though
to do either, on bring the nation
e to the brink of war that it eau
°soap° the plunge, and the nation
choose between his treaties and
The President and his advisers
yond the reach of the people for
°era and the President who has
e.cleated for a second term can rule
ut regard to the fear or favor of Sbe
from whom henceforth he person.
ail expect nothing. An extra son
Tonal law is that no President shall
°ted to a third term ; his career is
unless, like poor President Grant,
es to become a sort of railway king,
is a step above President of the
ed States. The fate of n past Presi-
is, however, that of ex.President
e, of whom no one now ever, hears.
President and Vice -President aro
Meetly elected by the people. Four
red and one Presidents" electors
elected by ballot Tuesday who will,
e fifth of December, et the capitals
sir own States, meet in electoral
ge and elect the President and Vice•
dent of the United States. For
candidate for the Presidency there
omplete est of candidates to the El -
al College. The presidental eleotora
out the mandate of thosewho eleot.
em, voting strictly for the candidate
they wore elected to support. The
dentia' electors are elected as a body
oh State, and vote as a body in the
Elea
College. The Sates aro repre-
d in the College according to their
lotion, the representation being ed -
d every ten years according to the
ing of the decennial oeusus. In
er eleotions a largo number of the
es have almost invariably elected the
idential electors chosen by one of the
its, and may be counted pretty
ainly upon as Republican or Demo-
ic, awarding to their record. These
s, with the number of electoral rep-
ntativos for each, are as follows :
M10050510. REPUBLICAN.
shamsea10 California .. 8
ars 7 Colorado 3
aware........ 8Illinois 22
ride 4 Iowa ...........18
prgia. 12 Katona 0
tueky 13 Maine 6
iaiana 8 Massachusetts.. 14
8 Michigan 13
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sissippi 9 Minnesota .... 7
semi16 Nebraska .... 5
bh Carolina 11 Nevada 8
bh Carolina .. 9 Nw Hampshire 4
'enessee 12 Ohio 28
as 12 Oregon 8
ginia ........ 13 Pennsylvania30
st Virginia.... 6 Rhode Island4
Vermont 4
Wisconsin 13.
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The regular meeting of the Brussels
School Board was held in the Town Hall
on Friday evening, Nov. 2nd, members
all being present except T. Fletcher and
S. Hargreaves.
Minutes of last regular and special
meetings read and confirmed.
Moved by F. S. Scott, seconded by A.
Hunter that account for advertising in
daily Mail and Globe be paid, 03A9—
Carried.
'loved by II. Dennis, seconded by A.
Hunter that this Board advertise for
tenders for wood, viz., 60 cords of hard
green beech and maple, 24 inches long,
to be delivered on or before the 1st day
of February, 1880. p
to December 6th, 1888—Carried. 0 u
Board then adjourned.
lBrUSSO1e Cou11Gi1 „NLeeting
The regular meeting of the village
Council was held on Monday evening,
Nov. 5th, all the members present, Reeve
McCracken in the chair.
Minutes of last meeting read and
passed.
The following ecoounts were present-
ed:
D. McNaughton, street imps....$ 17 25
1. W. Kelly, „ e .... 160 46
Rod. Burns,„29 10
B. Gerry, fire deartment 18 68
3. ea P. Amenb, street imps. and
charity for Mrs. Brent 8 02
00
Mrs. J. Blashill, charity 406 68
Eno. Meadows, st. imps. and sal'y0 00
Mrs. Hart, charity 2 00
Mee. Wallace, charity
T. G. Holmes, M.D., miseell'ous 0 60
P. Scott, fire dept. and st. imps., 0 25
H. Dennis, fire artment 40
J. B. T. McComb,p street imps8 76
Moved by R. Graham, seconded by J.
M.
paid excepting ti T.G. Holmesaccounts
'Car-
ried.
Moved by John Ament, amended by
R. Graham, that Ronald McNaughton
be deputy returning officer for polling
Bub -division No. 1 and that Wm. Aldridge
be depuby for No. 2. Carried.
By-law No. 16, confirming the
above appointments, read 1st, 2nd and
Ord time.
Alex. Stewart, Queen street, asked the
Council to build a sidewalk from the
corner of R. Leatherdal5's lot, Turn•
berry shred, to Melbille °huroh, north
side of William street. No action taken.
Wm. Blashill and A.. Currie, butchers,
welted on the Council in reference to
having a license fee for butcher stalls,
and wanted a By-law passed prohibiting
the sale of meat in less quantities than
a quarter by outsiders. Atter a lengthy
discussion the question was laid over for
the perpone of preparing a By-law.
Moved by D. /Aeolian, seconded by J.
M. to at 7 80 o'cloa
�this meeting
o Carried.
Fall
Nov. 7,
Fall pastures were not in good oon-
ditlou, alahoigh much bettor than was
wee
leaned.
be last t
The great drouth oftlrettearly
part of the summer loft the fields very
unpromising after cutting, but copious
rams since Augusb revived the pastures
to a considerable extent and gave live
stock a supply of fresh, if rather short,
• grass. Cattle, however, will go into win.
for quarters in better form than was
hoped for two months ago, but in view of
the scarcity of hay and fodder generally
many animals were parted with ab a sac-
rifice rather than that they should be
kept over for stall feeding. Sheep were
sold freely during the summer, and only
choice mutton will be kept for the winter.
A great number of young hogs have al•
ready changed owners, and many of thee°
were pnroh'ssed on foot by drovers's ear
fattening. Those handling porkP
favorably of the oondition of the market
dse of
ine se wg he fall. Not a as reported among 'cattle,le tsheep
or swine.
THE DAmr..
The drouth has had it marked effect
upon the dairying industry. There was
e falling off in the mills: supply to so great
an extent that in several localities cheese
factories were temporarily, closed. The
low price for cheese early in the season
was almost discouraging to patrons of
factories, but during the last month a
more hopeful feeling prevailed, Butter
was in good demand all summer and the
good prices oompensated to a large de-
gree for the soarcity of milk and cream
resulting ifrom poor pastures. A pan-
icky feeling existed in Lennox and other
elegem counties during the drouth, and
some good milking cows were sold at a
saol: ice, bub a firmer feeling has been
metered, and careful feeding will bring
dairy animals safely through the winter.
Tho populatity 71 creameries end cheese
factories has never been More severely
tested than during, the present season.
Dnrhams aid thou grades prolomivats
in Western Ontario and are plentiful in
the east also, while in ilia eliese-1naking
ooitntiel along the St. Lawre ee the Ayr-
ahire is the favorite for the dairy. The
holstein end the Jersey arobighly spoken
of, although their adaptation to the aver-
age Canadian farm has yet to bo proved.
Dsvons, Herefords and outer breeds eo
also named ab favorites by a few, bnut the
Canadian 01 "nativecow has manyc
ad-
mirers for her hardiness end good milk-
ing gnalitioe,
eon One' °tor O1' vac, 110011.
4=atera Ora l ."revvera.
•
Onions are twelve cents a bushel he
Iowa.
There aro 49 daily papers published in
Paris.
Germany will resume the building of
ironolade.
An explosion in a French colliery kill.
ed 80 miners.
Cardinal Newman is now considered
out of danger.
The Pope has sent 260,000 to the Afri.
can ani -slavery fund.
Ten Appleton make up tbo firm of D.
Appleton ik Co., of New York.
Australian and Indian Catholics have
presented the Popo with 01,000,000.
Forty men have been massacred by
Pirates at a French post in Tongain.
Jacksonville's yellow fever record urs to
Friday was : Total oases, 4,277; total
deaths, 361.
The aonditinn of the King of the Neth-
erlands tins grown worse and is declared
to be critical.
Seventeen miners wore killed in a Penn-
sylvannia coal mine on Saturday evening
by an explosion.
"Dr," Alice T. Ball, a graduate of
Wellesley, has been elected professor of
physiology in tho Women's College at
Baltimore.
There are over a thousand women and
girls in Pittsburg who work in the iron
mills, principally engaged in making
barbed wtre.
A. curious museum has been opened at
Dresden. "In is is collected boots, shoes
and slippers whish emperors, kings, queens
princes and other famous persons have
worn.
"Some warm day and goodtrack,"says
an admirer of the trotting wonder of this
year, Guy will go out and trot a mile in
2.07, and surprise the world with a record
that will not be beaten for years."
, An Ionia, Mich., shoe merchant offered
a prize for the largest women feet brought
into his store. Miss Grecs Houck, 17
years old, trotted in her No. 8's and took
the prize, laughing joyously at the con-
sternation on the faces of less fortunate
girls.
The Countess of Kenmare has planted
a large collection of Australian trees in
her beautiful grounds near Killarney, in
Ireland. As a proof of the mildness of
the climate in this region, it may be
noted that a Dracaena australis flowered
this season near Cork, after having been
grown in the open air for seven years,
and reached a height of fifteen feet. The
head of bloom lasted in all its beauty for
two months, and measured three and
ons-balf feet in height by titre° feet in
breadth.
In the mach race bltween Prince
Wilkes and Patron at Nashville on Wed.
nssday, Wilkes won in three straight
heats, the best time being 2:15i. Wilkes
and Patron in the first heat worked as
though they load been driven in double
harness all rue way around the track
without a break until within a few yards
of the le w-llon Wilkes forged ahead
and won by half a length ; time, 2:14.
Patron broke in the second heat and
lost by ten lengths ; time, 2;20. Wilkes
won the third heat by two lengths ; time,
3:181.
In the blizzard of last March a good•
sized limb Was broken from a large elm
tree in front of theresidence of Dr. Wile,
of Danbury, Coon. The limb was not
severed entirely from the trunk, but
'rung head down, sue meted by the bark
on the under auto When the sap as-
cended in the spring this limb received
none, and hung leafless all summer.
Now, the tree has shod iteloaves, and the
sap, descending, has entered the limb,
and it is covered with the soft, light
green foliage of June. The rest of the
tree is bare. That branch was bound to
have its bummerif it took all winter.
The reports iodinate for -the aoreago of
the new Crop of, fall wheat oontiderable
felling off in seathwetamiof
the Province, mild a large increase a111tiib
other sestionl,
551)0000 0IEETI05.
A s eoial mooting was held in the
Counoil Chamber Wednesday evening,
according to adjournment. All the mem-
bers preeent.
Bylaw No. 17, for 1888, was read throe
times and passed. The loading fsatutee
of this By-law are : The butchers pay a
yearly Homo fee of 010, commending on
Nov. 7, 1888, a license for part of to year
(not less than throe months) may bo
taken out, but ib must expire on Nov. 7 ;
•persons holding such licensee must keep
a shop for the sale of meat ; anybody
tau Bell a gumbo: of a caroms without a
lienee, but the raced cannot bo disposed
in mailer in lots, without running
risk of a fine of from 92 to $20 and costs
for violating the By-law.
Commit teen adjourned.
DonaTroL. 80
New York 16
Indiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
As the candidate receiving a majority
of rho votes of Eleoboral College is
elected.; 201 votes aro neeossary to a
oboico.
History shows that the ohanoes are in
favor of the return of a President who is
a condidate. Of Mr. Cleveland's twenty-
one predecessors ten have sought re.
election. Of these seven were re-elected
and only throe rejected.
Canadians as a rule, have no idea of
the composition of a United States ballot
paper on a day like Tuesday. Not only
did the average elsotor vote for Podded,
but he in most oases also deposited Ms
ballot for State and municipal diode.
A ballot paper in New York, for inetanoe,
would oontain first the nannea of the
thirty-six .electoral voters, then the
names for Governor, Lieutenant -Gov.
ornor, Aesooiats Judge of tho Court of
Appeals, forty Assembiymeu, thirty-four
Congressmen, and the whole municipal
ticket, containing probably forty or fifty
names. A ballot paper in New York
State would bo as long as one's arm.
Harrison is generally conceded to be
°leaded although there is no certainty as
to his majority as yet. It may be some
days yet before full and complete returns
are made. The aontsot was not only a
hot one but very olose,
0
6
QWTaShinzgton .Lo0tfer.
(foram cur Becalm. 11urras"osl..ut.1
W Aemtir0TON. :Soy, 3,1054
"Leaves Of absence” are as numerous.
iu the Government Departments jest
now as the 'naves from the there on the
streets. The elerke are leaving for their
respoetive voting places to take pert in
the coming election. In some of the De.
partmeete the number of leaves is said to
he an numerous as in previews presiden-
tial years and in other of the Depart.
moots there are less. "There were 123
leaves granted the other day," romerksd
an appointment clerk of one of the largest
Departments. Ile added that every day
for some time the application of olarke
for leave had been received and acted
upon. "There is ono rather notable
feature," he observed, "and that is the
large number who ask for leave without
pay. In the majority of such iuetances
the applicant has exhausted all his
annual leave and new hie party patriot -
lent ie strotg enough to induce, 1ih110 to
sacrifice n part of his salary fur the
privile;e of casting his vote."
There is a very general exodus of the
higher Department officials, although
many of them from states that are we.
sidered sure are not going home at all. It
ie supposed that nearly all the clerks are
Democrats but tine arises mainly from
the fact that they are apt to bo extreme-
ly taciturn when the subject of politics
is introduced. One of the employees
who has a vote in Cleveland, Ohio, has
an ingenious answer ready for any in-
quiry, the object of which is not fully
known. Asked if he is a Democrat or
will vote for Cleveland, be can truthfully
reply in any event, of am a Cleveland
voter." The Ohio voters, by the way,
are not going home to any extent this
year, except where a vote is needed in a
close local contest.
The Republican clerks who have been
retained in office are not going borne to
vote this year, to any extent. The opin-
ion seems to be general that perhaps they
had better refrain from voting this year,
and the consequence is that the present
exodus from the eity is mainly oonfin-
ed to Democratic employees.
The Secretary of the Navy is under-
going an experience seldom known among
cabinet officers. It is the usual fete of
such officials to be praotiaally besieged
by office seekers from the moment they
take possession of their portfoios until
four years later they relinquish their
grace on the handle. In tbs Navy De-
partment, however, at the present time,
this state of things seems to have been
reversed. One month ago the promotion
of a type -writer and clerk in the Bureau
of Steam Engineering left a 0900 -va-
cancy to be filled. The Civil Service
Commission was called upon to furnish a
list of eligibles for the selection of a clerk
to fill the place. A name was fixed upon
and the usually fortunate man was noti-
fied of his uenally good leek. Somewhat
to the surprise of the Department he re-
fused, giving the moose that the salary
was not large enough. Another name
was quickly drawn and another letter
written. The surprise was somewhat in-
creased when the second man notified the
Department that in view of the low sal-
ary whish the place offered bo could not
accept the appointment. A. third man
was selected, but with the same result.
Things began to assume an unheard of
bus, and the Department officials were
at a loss to understand why they could
not find a man for the plane. The fourtb,
fifth and sixth selected met with the
same fate. It was thought that perhaps
the inelcy uevsnth would accept. He,
too, declined. Appointments and .de-
olinations were now being made in light-
ning order, and yesterday a telegraphic
deolinationwas received from the twelfth
man. Hopes are entertained that in the
coursetrf events some one will fall into
the trap. The duties of the position are
comparatively light}s and there is noth-
ing about the place to discourage any
applicant except the eatery, which has
been the objection in every one of the
twelve cases.
A sheenier experience on a slightly
smaller scale is being undergone in filling
a position at 0760 in the Naval War Re-
cords Office. Nine ladies have refused
the appointment, and the tenth has jest
been notified of her seleotion. Of course
there is & good eh' nem of promotion for
such an appointee, but there seems to be
a most aousual besitstion among the
otiios-ssekers. This repeated refusal to
accept the places offered is particularly
odd in view of the fact that the persons
selected have all passed the preliminary
civil service examination.
Tha 29th of November bastion dodge.
adfor Thanksgiving day. This will be
three weeps after election, and both pol-
itical parties will hare had time to cool
off and settle down into a philosophic.
state of mind to prepare to turn their
gory weapons into peaceful carving
knives.
There is some hall: of C. II. lVfac-
ldntoelt, ex.M,P., Intoning for ilio Ottawa
Mayoraltyy,
Robert Tluthey, ham ton, Ont.,
g p
a supsuperannuatedeof Sinehoel teacher, about 84
years of age, of otoontrie diaposibion,
made a determined attempt to take i
biio by cutting his throat almost fora
Or to ear with a raze,. Not h t ing Fre
complished hie objet the first
made a 1100o1d . attempt, when he wee
discovered and p80von8ed from wont.
pbisttting his pttrpeee. $lo is ih a pre.
c arnoue coiditiee, boot with care may re.
Wad.
Number 17.
The Now itrnnswielt 'Supremo Court
ka? roVet`uOr1 Judg i Palmer'e dacioiau re..
gtrdiag the Finch Ad.
Dr. A. sort', of Fiveet, 'tae been sent
to Kettle Point resery . to vaccinate all
the Indians there, Its s. precaution against
smallpox.
Another is eek lois oocnrre'li in the
Cornwall Canal bank and there ie little
prospect of vessels being able to pails
ahrourb thus fail.
I'ha toe rc ttian of Chris:: Church,
Ilamitto: h tv;.,.i rufn..ed to make the
paws tree Omani iliockrithgc tins seat In
h,s resignation.
The ;St atbarines 'antra of Trade
will urge the Dominion Goveruni ant'to
permit manuf,oturers to no the stnrelus
water on the Weiland Ca'oal.
J. P, ti}l3 clever
W tlli•,nn (•'Ober t u" 1,
young writer on the slake, will sauteed
Mr. Pardee as the'alley of that paper.
It is said 31r. Pardee will saver bis eon
neaten with the oto; ..t ern three months.
At Cale loris axed Goya% items the
other day they hadreeleg n e le. dal.
outdo. At Caledonia in tie double
team trot the drivers were covered from
head to foot with mud, and had 1, wash
their faces after every heat before they
oould see,
A fresh young Empire reporter named
Finlay McKenzie refused to give his
name or "more On" when requested by
Inspeobor Ward, of the Tara•rto police
force, after midnight Sunday, and was
accordingly locked up till next day as a
vagrant. Ho has charged the .,fame
with exceeding his duty.
Minister Foster told the Ontario and
Queboe treasurers that the Dominion
Government would not keep its word in
the matter of paying compound interest
on balances due the Provtnees, end the
owe broken offations s esettlement e
andthe there will likely
have to be an arbitration.
Tho chief object of discussion is Chet;
ham just now is whether or not the town
Bluth give a bonus of $40,000 to secure
the running of the C. P, R., or Ontario it
Qriebee extension, through it. If the
bonus is not given the line will run two
miles north. The voting takes plow on
Thursday, November 29th.
The new public school at Chatsworth
was burned on Monday.
tease Hilborn, of Preston, stepped on
n rusty nail, took lookjaw and died.
A large shipment of lubricating oil
left Pobrolia on Monday consigned to
Calcutta, India.
The oats at the Agricultural College
Farm were recently threshed and aver.
aged 60 bushels per sore.
W. W. Hall, a Guelph man, has fallen
heir to an annual income of 28,000 from
land and a personalty of some 1'200,000.
An order has been made appointing a
receiver for the Toronto Zoo. The ani-
mals it is undaretood, will be sold et
notion.
Sohool Inspector Girardot, of Sand-
wich, was recently presented with a gold.
headed caw by North Essex teachers, in
oonvsnbion at Toomnseh.
November
has been
fixed
rthe
hearing, 'before the Supreme Court, of
the ease
of the Canadian Pacific railway
against rho Attorney -General of Mani-
toba.
Premier Greenway says hie Govern.
tent will take other steps to vindicate
themselves from the ehergea trade by
the Call end Free Press, nog that the
libel suite have fallen through.
There aro now three cesss of small.
pox in Sarnia. One ie a little girl, ono an
Indian and the third a baby ten months
olcl. Tho Board of Health has erooted
a second poet -house for males, and is do.
ing everything possible to prevent a
spread of bbo disease.
The Winded Council has permed. a by
law for tiro beitoflt of the C. 1'. R. Co.,
granting exemption for ton years from
all taxes, but water, school and local itn.
provomonb rote, on 'condition that they
build an independent lino from London
to. Windsor 'before August, 1800, piece
their yards and buildings within tho cor-
porate lrmhts,sand build e. brick or stone
station et or north of London street,
Woodstoolt' Sentinel ':--"Itis• Parker,
the College fermo', tees surprised to fine{
on Thursday morning a zebra in the sten
peovionsly occupied by the Old college
fray horse. This zebra was most beauty
ully merited with stripes end circles, end
&leo boos the following insoriptisn:-
"Tiiie quadruped bolouge to the College'
It is needless to gay that Mr, Parker is
now on ilio Warpath, end oleo that he to
glad 3ette.that llhtck pa ut is cheeps bei , alroe a
The Holy Soo has appointed Bishop
Walsh, of Londoir, administrator of the
Diocese of Hamilton until a bishop is
appointed.
It is rumored in Toronto politeel
°iroles that Hon. S. II. Blake, Q.0., will
enter the Ontario administration es
Attotney.Go00ral.
Gondol Manager Hiokoon, of the
Grand' Trunk ltafltvay, has doflnitely re-
fusod the offer of :9100,000 made by the
London Corporation for the establish -
meat of the oar works iii that city.
Mr. Vnndorlip, who 'for a couple of
months past had a gang of men from
Potrolea boring a Met evelh' at Erin vilb-
lege, in the belief that either oil 01 selb
world bo found there, quietly and urtex.
pootodly disappeared lest week: Ito got
aid for lois solnomo to tho marmot
about $600 from the Villagers, and the
men who sunk the well say it would be
bettor for thorn had they made biro a
peos0ut of $800 and nnevar 0110 near the
place. The well ie bored to a depth of
800 feat.
LOCO]. News item9.
Groan.: Ileeneesoa, ,Morris, recsived
2nd prize on general purpose colt at East
Horton lull Show.
D. LOWED'S is away nn a holiday visit
to relatives and friends in Port Huron,
]tick., and vicinity.
Seam arm of money found. The
owner may have it by preview property
by applying to Geo. 'homson, Grocer. 17
WE regret to state that Mrs. Arthur
Veal is dangerously ill but hope she will
be speedily rsstorecto her wonted health.
Fume were flying at the Qnosn'a Ho.
tel and F. C. Rogue' store in honor of
the never to be forgotten 5810 of Novem-
ber,
JNo. N. KNEcn'r11, end Nolte were sum-
moned to Ingersoll last week, by tele-
graph, owing to the clangorous' illness of
their non Daniel
Memo lantern entertainment in Knox.
church on Thursday evening of this week
by D. W. Campbell. His views are ex-
cellent and well worth seeing.
Toe privilege of using the Brussels
market scales will be let by public auc-
tion at the Central hotel on Friday after-
noon of ibis week at 3 o'otook.
Tan Ronald steamer on exhibition at.
Blyth has been purchased by that village.
The price paid was $2,000. Mr. Ronald
is away at Ohesley now.
A moon on Agrioultnrs ovill le set at
the entrance examination in July, 1889,
but the subject will be optional, end any
marks obtained upon it will be added as
a bonus to the others.
Tax latest move in the tee lint by
Adam Good is to keep the kettle boiling
at bis grocery and treat intending pur-
chasers to "the cup that cheers bat dose
not inetriate."
IT is stated that Joseph Clegg, the well
known drover, has routed his farm in
Morris end will once moro become a resi-
dent of Brussels, living iu his house on
Mill Street. We welcome him back to
town.
JAMBS BnoAowOOr hss disposed of his
restaurant to A. Hermison, who took
possession on Monday. Mr. Broadfoot
and family have removed to the old
homestead in Morris township and will
rosemo farming.
Noniron To TAxoArrns.—The ratepayers
aro hereby notified that all taxes aro to
be paid to me on or before December 1st.
I will be Maud at Ross Bros,' store rmadee'
to receive the same. Jon. Ross,
17.8 Collector.
Owtxo to Thanksgiving day coming on
Thursday, next week we will publish a
day earlier Chau usual so as to enjoy the
tissrs will kindly note this end Our endaents and asend
their copy a day sooner than Renal.
POST SI711,5 sEntr THE STATION YAW.—
TM
AEW:Th° gravelling oil the street lending to
the depot was a good job.—During the
past week R. Graham has shipped
otars
her
of peas to Halifax for export.
shipmentsto Sem.
msrsids .1'. E. I., by Mess s0L1Stewart is
Lowick; 2 oars of apples, ono to Mag.
gow-by A. K. Robertson, end one to
Winnipeg, Man.; 0 oars of salt from of e
well.ltnewn Enterprise Salt Work
Brussels ; 2 oars of oattle by Joseph
Ologg for Buffalo and Montreal.. --.Cha
amenity of cars oontiuuee.-Two ore of
apples will bo shipped to Winn peg ote
Monday by Thos. Farrow.—Asatant
SeperhnendentTiffinhas written Station
Agent Creighton that he hopes to be iu
Brussels' to goo the shippers and will do
his best to remedy the grievance.—Cheap
rotarei fares On SILO G. T. R. on Thanks-
giving day.—Tho quantity of eommereial
baggage handled by.'bneman-Beattie in le
Week is really surprising and gives a Very
good kion of the amount of busmese done
in town, as those drannners would not
come if it did not pay the houses they
represent,—Thanks to the opposition 01
the C. P.11. we are not treated by the
Grtrd Trunk he a"train 5rviee of ern
train a day less dntring the winter
months, timelier to the roods running
north of 3aieutesttn1. Oppositioto ig the
Fifa of trade.
Cat lilt (limn Ncw'o alt.
No oriminalcasos ab the Napanee Fall
Assizes.
The Ontario
series of 95 and 9101billse leaned a new
Tine revenue derived from the Chinese
tax last year exceeded 97,000.
Brantford's death rate for October was
the highest in several months.
Two little daughters of Dr, Reid, 00
Gelb, were drowned on Saturday • erIand
Nomination in IAA Northttmb
take' plot oto the 1:4th and0 polling on
the 20th.
The Manitoba railway caro is likely to
be taken 1)p by the Supeorne Court with-
in to week.
A couple of Torente boys have been
sontenoed to a week in jell for stealing
newspapers from doorsteps,
Societies ate being organized through-
out Lambton to resist the Scott Act re.
peal movement.
Mormon intmigration to the North-
West ie inereaaing, The new arrivals are
bringing cattle aerose the boundary 1ino.
Hay packets are ggrebbing!all tine tray
in the vicinity of L'can for slniprnont,
Benno prices rule now firm et 919 to 915
per t0Y0,