The Huron Expositor, 1870-11-04, Page 4•
RAILWAY TIME TABLE
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Trains leave the Seaforth station as folllws
GOING EAST. GOING WEST.'
10.47 " "
3.,30 8.45 " 1.37 r. la.
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2.07 "
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The Official Paper—of the CountY,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1870.
INDEPENDENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
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,
IF there is one thing more than another;
which should be jeEdously gitarded by the
‘1.
people of this.countey, that thing is, the en-
tire and comPletu independence of the peo-
ple's representatives, of the Government Of
the day: There is., nothing which has . a
greater tendency to kreate, and afterwards
to hide Irene ..public gaze, political corrup-
tion of the gravest kihd, than to permit the
chosen representatives of te people, to look
for, and receiv personal fayt
rs or pecuniary
aid fromtheGavernment ovei whote actions
they should maintain a Watchful eye, and
whom they are expeeted to restrain from
departing from the paths of iirtue-and rec-
titude. There are few men, so pure and
upright, who for a consideration in hard
cash. could not be induced to turn a deaf
ear to many a discordant sound, and moi -
dentally look in the wrong direction when
a doubtful transaction; or one Which wonlel
not bear public scrutiny was being perpe-
trated. - More particularly is this the case
with regard to many of our Canadian poli-
ticians of the present day. It is a lament-
able fact that rnany, if not Most of our re-
presentatives,e--especially those of the Do-
, . minion ParliaMent,—ere merely political
adventurer si Who Slake politics their profes-
sion through which to gain a respectable
livekhood.-Thus it is that so many of these
"independent rep5asentatives" are to be
found almost constantly hangineround the
Governmental Kitchen, ready to snatch *at
every crumb, no matterhow small, which
..may fall from the table of their masters
Thus it is, too, ,that °so many corrupt and
unjust measures are allowed to be placed
-upon the Statiite Bobk, which have been .
carried threugh Parliathent by oveiwhelm-
ing majorities. ,This being the case then,
it is the dtity of the people to use all the
means in their po.wer to prevent . the viola-
tion, or breaking througla of such laws as
are designed to keep °these hungry Sharks at
bay. .
• We are sorry to notice that there are in
this Province, a few journals who are
in their power to establish a precedent
whereby the laws which ' we now have
guarding against this evil may be violeted
with impunity, and,a door opened through
which the, most flagrant species of corrup-
tion may be perpetrated. The ccinduet of
the Minister of Justice) in violating a law
which he himself had 'Etssisted to place upon
the. Statute Book, by 4y:canting COl. Gray
to a lucrative government berth, while he
still held his seat in Parliament, is attempt-
ed to he justified on the ground that Col.
Gray'eltas a roost suitable person for the Po-
sition. ' - Granting, that Col. 'Gray was most
competent to perform the defies - of the of-
fice to which he was appointed, surely he
was not the `cmly competent. person in the.
whole Dominion; whO coald be - found Wil-
ling to,accept a government office to which
was attached a salary of $3,600 per annum.
B4t, supposing he was, even that would
\
not justify Sir. John Macdonald in
\ per...,'itting him to violate the. laws of . the
1
an . contemporary informs us, that
Col .1 Gray it SO great a patriot and so ex-
ceedingly self-sacrificingthat he even I" sac-
eificed the comforts of his home in New
Brunswick, and removed to Ottawa, that
.
' 110 might place at the disposal of his coun-
try, his great abilities." ,, It Must beremem-
bered,, though, that he did not commit this
generous action until he was poreised'the
,moderate sum of $3q0 per month, for per-
forming that which Could not, at most, oc-
cupy more than a third\ of his time, as he
had in addition to attend to his parliament-
ary ,duties, as well as the service's imposed.
-upon him as Dominion arbitrator, for both
of which he was handsomely rewarded, But
to ttill further convinee the public of the
. unselfish and disinterested motives which in-
duced this patriot to accept so many official
positions, and in doing so to violate a law
'which he had SW0111 to yespect and Obey,
another apologist says:
,
cc -
A man of his talents (Col. Gray's)
could easily earn the fee he has been paid
in the pnrsuit of ordinary profeisional du-
ties, or; if be could not, talent of a high
order must be of little value in a moni-
tary sense."
We 40 not much doubt, but that, if his
talents are of so high an order as his friends
claim. they are, he could " earn the fee he.
has been paid,. &c." But would he, or did
he? We think we are pretty safe in saying
\ that he would, nor did not Is there a pane
man in the Dominion who could be found,
to,. say that Col. Gray put himself to the in-
convenience andloss of disposing of his ef,-
fects a St. John, and abandoning a lucra-
tive occupation, simply that he might place
his serviceat the disposal of the Dominion,
solely for ,the Dominion's benefit? The
thing is absurd. The fact of the matter is,
Col. Gray is one of those political adventur-
ers, who is either. too indolent or tob inca-
pable to gain a, livelihood by ordinary
means, and is consequently continually un-
der the table ready to grasp at any crumb
which falls, and this time, he succeeded in
catching a good large crust
If Col. Gray were the only crumb -watch-
er in the Dominion Legislature, it would
not be se basi,bu
are entnyleitliers
the Oppd tunity
that the. Iaw has
guarante
be evade
and
md
asti
ted,
inde
maj
tteti
lose
nt w
s
t is
end nt
rity, o
y is too
ho
ee
ve w
or
mo
may
th'
less
acti
the
requ'red y he G
ny of t
ire luthasiosbtvd
in the
e G
to ctrry
they req
and her
it. The
1Io Se
serv t
indi ecti
vors o
r
fuse to d
tool
F r t
gre4 'in
ban � se:a
they do
a
do
spec ble
of li e,
Let he
man
too
1 1
aed
'not •
barr te
the e fron tIie cit
own peo le, u
have hate co irse
ever., da, 4d u
can ly,- n de
ss n ed ifor a
liam nt ct," an
;cam 'd Iy he
tive .
MU
is g
d t
no
ve
vi:
qually as ,rapaci 'is, did
ffer, as he. And, now
n once violated, what
that it will not infeture
er to satisfy the demands,
the ofevery hungr cor-
1
present himself. , So long
g is continued °ripe mit-
for the people to look for
a from many, if not the
r legislators. The oppor-
ting. Whenever support is
vernment, to enable them
eir nefarious schemes, all
is to hold forth the, bait,
found plenty to grasp at
unted independence of the
'sham. A man cannot
If he be directly, or
ervice of, or receiving, fa-
vernment, he cannot re-
ir bidding and become their
THE
are Berry tos4y. there
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rev
re, t
hey
Pe, the people have, in a
e remedy in their own
re exceedingly foolish if
ly it. There are far too
ture -3,--inen who are either.
ent or
liv liho
fin th
eo le sr
ly ore u
lace so- in
who
wh
that,
coun
remi
sam
fed
mor
cials
th43
who
al.
grcvp
er,
subj
were
more for netp, ea
wor to do, with it
pres nt rate of co
cent on the first
25 pr cent on the
50 per
200 and 25,per ce
Bill proposes to
$200
'cent.
nam
$200
50 •
the 0
for
chane in
Although
offic s co
Bill- leav
00 at t
per ent.
to in
on a
amm
lecti
perf
per c
woul
$160.
o incwable to gain a re-
d in the ordinary •walks
ir way into Parliament.
card alt such at the polls,
n themselves: Let them,
h tonffdence in briefiess
ay be 'pitch -forked upon
"es, and more upon their,
n men with whom they
nd business transactions
on whose integrity they
nd upon it there will soon
"Independence of Par -
fewer corrupt. measures
otes of bribed repres nta-
POS MASTERS.
me lime ag we palled attention to
we b�lieve o be a manifest abuse, in
since the eduction of postal rates,
ry postmas ers are very inadequately
nerated for heir labors. Abouti the
• time w� no iced something to the ef-
hat the Gov rnment proposed to make
liberal prov ion for this .class of offit
from the 1st of January last. lJp to
ate, howev r, we are assured by t ose,
certainly .kn.w, that things are aa usu-
A corresporui ent to the Toronto Tele -
over the si nature "Town Post ast-
.
tticbs si4me xcellent reMaiks onj the
t. kle say
have hist ov r $200 yearly since the rates
reduced, inor i this all ; I have had to pay
• sed by having one half more
increased responsibility. The
mission allowed is 324 per
collected every quarter and
urplus. When night work is
cent is allowed ,itin the first
t on the balance. The new
rease the rate on the first
collected -qu erly,' from 331 to 40 per
•
but to lea e the rate as it formerly was:
ly, 25 per cen , on whatever amount i; over
en nigh work is performed it llows
r cent on the 1, t $200 ad 25 per cent on
alan e. I believe there ma great necessity
g eh, go,but think the proposed
the new gilis not carried for enough.
ne alf i f.the revenue is derived from
lecting o er $800 yearly, yet the new
s the C0;s ,, "zson on whatever exceeds
e same r te as it formerly was, viz., 25
TO do lustice, the clepa4ment ought
rease the com i"ssion from 25 to 30 per cent
collections, • henever they exceed $800 per
. Take an ffice, for example, whose coi-
ns. amount to $4,000—allow, if day work is
rme per cent on the first $8,,0, and 30
nt, instead of 25 per cent, on $3,200, which
m d. erence to the postmaster of
•
110
s
1)
/
0 Thu?. day
the • L
mad for Sc tt's
Morin th
the signers of t
Dr. thu4z, Dr.
You s g, called at
Comilanied to the
'Fort in eiThit t
situ ted, by the ;
an o der., was th
pick • and shovels
poua ed:dut the I
grew was uic
W..
er '
COe. of the gra
of Vs lunteers off
eurr0 unded the g
sign of th co
wer: at w rk,
four feet, . ropes
plan ingi As t
the 1 ttei every o
tens eagerness,
it wi s found to
coffio b t & long
vati g n was made
but s o other sign
disc e vere . A
migl t have bee
in o by, the box
can drop ed ther
raitt • e e pressed
the oily had not
Ord one person
to find it there.
as to the final dis
*pop ar belief is
river. ' ere wa
the xcat ation, a
.,duct d quietly an
goes up t Saska,t
er there is any ne
troo s there Mr
et a rived here
peac an.€ other n
poin d Everyt
ly. • reait corapla
al a ran ements
new .aper, the ,
day.
18
iver
he 13th inst., search was
oiey. At ten o'clock in
committee appointed be,
le petition, consiet'ig of
yncla and the Rev. Geo.
the Fort. They wete ac -
principal square of the
e greve dug for Sco t is-
ieutenant-Governor, and
n given to bring ou the
- The Rev. Geo. Y ung
cality of the grave the
ly turned up, and the
e discovered. A nu ti ber
duty and some civiF. ns,,
aye while the ex.ca,v tors
etching eagerly f� the
n. After digging bout
ere discovered, and then
• e spades struck, ag inst
e pressed forward wi de-
but the box being brs ken
e empty. It was ot a
dead box. Further xca-
mat water was rea bed,
of the coffin or body was .
ieee of something hich
hair and flesh was found
it is assumed to be I emi-
by accident. The om-
hemselves satisfied that
beeen buried in the ort.
hat I know of exp cted
arioue rumors are afloat
osition of thp body. The
that it wEfT Bunk it the
little excitement during
d everything was on -
orderly. Lieut. Biltler
hewan to ascerta•in whith-
essity pr any facilit for
Archibald and da ht-
.
o -day. Justices of the
agistrates have been ap-
ing is progressing q iet-
ints a,re nip.de of the °st-
et Pembina. Ano her
anitobian, appeared t�-,
• •
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•a
-
Belo
telOgi a
.War.
The
unusu
is desi
may b
ef the
Ma
iropris
examp
and, p
render
lotion
HURON XPCISITOR.
W±.11 UMMARY,
will be 'found a daily 4lge8t of the
hic newollanerit the Fra co-Trussiap
THURSDA.Y.
teleg ams to -day contain nothing. of
1 inte eke; It is said that Bazaine
owe of arranging affai▪ rs so that lie
come dlciator of France at the sad
war.
hal Itazaine has( grown weary of s is
nme 't in Metz, and has 1bI1owedt te
e of l»s Imperial master at Sed'
o15ab1y on, the same terns, has, ea
a. r-
d to be Prussians. By, the capit
he i vaders make 150,000 prisone s
000 sick nd woencledT e
y that has been Occupied -
1 be able to, march at on e
and assist , it the mediato y
Great To Were should pro e
in the siee and bombardme t
etrong7hold of French pow r
m. The ilitary situation
thout any important chang s.
orts in the dire tion of peace ha e
been( successful, nor even encoura
•
including 2
Truss n ar
fore etz w
upon aris,
efforts of, th
unsucc seful
of the eat
and pa rioti
other ':ise w
Thee
not ye
ing.
Mar
his hu
pears to hay
before finall
thoog
make
throug
but ca
would
ed sol
Opportanity
ger, though
keenly felt
render to th
of Mot was
throug out
of a h 'Are
the ev nt.
stand
the for
may b
ILondo
lief th
,Freec
:come omt
Gover
despa
army
as it .
foece,
plaCe.
that i
resista
.who h
countr
8
SATURDAY.
shal liazaine, eff ctuaily shut up wi h
died and. fifty 1 thousand men, a
resorted to many stratege s
yielding his gword. He h d
t, it i said, of allowing his troops o
desp rate attempt to cut their w
Li the Prussian lines at Gravellott
e to Ithe conclusion that the sacrifi e
e oo1 great and bloody. The fatnis
16rS ill be glad enough to get t e
f satisfying the pangs of hu
their national pride must ha e
he indignity of having to su
invader., i The news of the f 1
received with great rejoici g
ermany, and in Berlin a salu e
guns was fired in honour f
The German pepers have I
demanded that Metz shall be one f
ress retained in any case by Pre s-.
here still hope that an armitti e
arra ged. A eorrespondent of t e
Ti 8 at Berlin expresses the ,b
t the fall of Metzwill induce tIie
to r consider their rejection of p
s for an armistiee, and endeavour o
ter s with King William. T e
men of To-prs continue to withho d
hes r specting the movements of t e
f the Loire, but it ;s anticipated th t
clo e to a considerable Truss n
noth r great battle will shortly,ta e
A 4espatch from - Besaneon sta s
the asttrn Provinces a success 1
ice h4.s been offered to the invad s
ve a peered -in that portion of t e
. -
MONDAY.
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The news of the surrender of 13a.zaine s
been receiT d withiindignation at Tou 1s,
and M. Ga betta, in a spirited circular to
the prefects has branded it as a Jrime, s-
serting that its authors should be outlaw.d.
Ile will not admit, however, that anythi g
. can diminish the courage of the French
,
people in "his epoch of i ascally capituia-,
dont," and he 'stontly affirms that I4ie
Frepeh Rep blic will never capitulate.
There as not ing decisive respecting an
mistiee. _It is probable that the great po
ers are still ndeavouriag to exercise th ix
good o ces jr that direction, and it is to e
hoped hey jvill succeed. There have ben
a few light engagements, out no milita y
moven ents bf importance have taken pla e.
A porcon (4 the Prussian army before Metz
has lef for Paris. its said that the 1 t
. 1
deman for the surren er of this city his
been f4rwari ed to Gen e.al Trochu, and th t
early tllns w ek the long deferred bomber t
merit i to ommence. "Our Fritz" a d
Prince Fred rick i Charlee have deserved y
been Made ield Marshals of 'Prussia, n
account, of toeir succesees, in the field. Ge
Voln Moltke' who has just attained his 70 l'a'
eltirthdey, h : ,.: been made a Count.
. .
TUESDAY.
The furth r details telegra0ed to .t
New ork ribune of the surrender of Me
are bo at al creditable to the military r
putation of arshal Bazaine, who is no
held ir.. universal detestation by the Fren h
pepplei Some of his soldiers were so ex -
perated, tha4 the Marshal, it is id, had a
narrovi -esc pe from assassinati n. T e
Piussiins h ye captured Dijon after a s
vete b mbar ment, which lasted the great r
part' ofj Sun ay. The French Govermre t
ackhe ledg having magnified the streng h
of the A.rzny of thet-Lone, which really nu
her o ly 60 OGO men, and they are said o
be strokeely esirous foe peace, even at a
price. The eeling, in favour -of peace is b
lieved to be ore general than is suppose
The situatio t at Paris is practically u
change1, tho gh the Prussians report th t
there aJie evi ences already of the want uf
food
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Grn
Fre*ch
COD LIC
dan an
French
all con
to arm
public.
desper.
Freder
Paris,'
reinfc r
north a
Eugeni
helmsh
other
story o
in or de
be rem
betta
arra
wIti
Met
WEDNESDAY.
las issued a proclamation tot
and people, denouncing t
h lead to the surrender of S
arid calling on all patriot
en, pow that tbey have thrown o
ectioa with the Borapartes, to rue
and tepel the invaders of the R
The sitUation grows daily mo
e for France. Two corps of Prin
ek aro4 have gone towar
nd the other kit* will be divided t
e the Prussian forces now in th
d sot th of Fi•anee. The ex-Empre
has joined the ex-EMperor at Wi
he, here also have -Bazaine an
cers of the E pire. There i
Rus ian. pressu el on the Germt.
to t rminate tl4e war, but it w
mber d this watelegraphed befor
0
88
81
1
and proved untrue. It is said the bombard-
ment of Paris will commenoe shortly with
250 siege guns.
anommemenseeneeses
For the Cieapest Doots and Shoes in Seaforth
aacording to quality) go to Coventry's.
Australla
South Australian finances, it appears, are
not in a
Treasurer,
ment to th
day, estim
fibiency at
which he p
of long -da
ry flourishing condition. Phe
in making his financial statee
Legislatiff assembly the other
ted that there would be a de -
the and of 1870 ofet200,000,
aposes to make up by the issue
d bonds. The question has not
yet been discussed in the house. A meas-
ure for the amendment of the constitution
of South ,Australia has been submitted to
the Legislature of that colony. The bill
movides, among other things, that after the
pi esent Governor tall retire the salary
shall be only £4,000, and that the salaries
of the Ministry, including the Postmaster
General, shall in the aggregate be £3,000.
The GOvernment of South Austrilia pro-
poses to construet 8, railway 200 miles north-
ward frora Port Augusta. An offer has
been received from England to construct
the line upon a good guarantee of iaterese
at the rate of 5i. per cent. for £3,600 per
milehalf of the earnings ofthe line over
the interest to be paid to the Government
until the guarantee is liquidated. The
line is to be Completed within 30 months
of the arrival in England of the mail after
the contract is signed. The Tasmanian
Government hat definitely concluded its
railway negotiations with Captain Audley
Coote, who represents certain English capi-
talists. The proposal which has beee ac-
cepted is to construct a main lint of reit-
road, 3ft. 6in. gauge, at a cost of X650,000,
by a company, the Government to. guaran-
tee of 5 per cent for thirty-five years. The
Government share the profits over 6 per
cent. If the line cost over the amount
stated, no additional guarantee is required,
the Government to take possession at any
time on giving twelve naonths' notice, and
paying the value of the line; The with-
drawal of the military forces from the .Aus-
trilian colonies has occasioned an import-
ant changein the provisions for the assump-
tion of the acting -governorship during the
absence of the Governor. The practice
hitherto has beeii for the officer in coratnand
of the Imperial troops to hold this tempor-
ary office. This arrangement is now pre-
cluded bYethe, changed circumstances, and
it is intimated in a despatch. from Lord
Granville that the Chief Justice, or the
senior judge for the time being, is to be the
Adininistrator of Government in eb-
sence of the Governor. The new rule op -
plies to all the Austiilian colonies.
mmemea
No. 1 homemade kip boots for $4 : cow hlide
do, $3.50, at Coventry's. •
Terrible Lake Disasters.
We learnfrom the Globe that the gide
which prevailed here on Sunday swept with
furious force over the three great lakes,
causing several terrible disasters,, and the
loss, as far as is at present reported, of
eleven lives. Eight were lost from a large
white unknown scooner ctriven ashore near
Picton. Some of the men despairingly clung
to the rigging, others ventured to plunge
boldly for the shore, but the merciless tein-
pestuous waves,,, engulphed them all. The
caber three—whose names, deserve' to be
placed on an imperishable roll of lioneur
and fame—sacrificed their lives in a braire,
but, unfortunately, vain attempt to save the
crew of the scooner Mary Ann Rank"n,
i,
which was breaking up on Sugar Loaf Pont
reef,. near Port Colborne, The heroes Went
out in a life -boat of the propeller Young
America, and were,driven back twice by the
waves running mountains high, but they
nobly persevered, and went .down in the
third attempt Their names were Emil Har-
mon Sampson, a young Englishman only
- twenty years of age ; Alexander McGregor,
who has ,a wife in Scotland, and John Mills,
who left a wife and fourchildren in Racine,
Wis. The crew of alp Rankin were filially
rescued by Captain Noble, who with a part
ef his crew from the //ippogrier manned a
yawl and brought the half &owned men to
land. The 1?ankin is a total loss., The gale
was terrible in its fury on Lake Erie, and
drove many vessels ashore at Port . Elgin,,
Port Burwell, and other Places. On Lake
Huron it was- equally fierce, and seyeral
schooners and tugs are reported ashoie.—
The wind on Monday on the lakes was still
very high, and several vessels disabled (hir-
ing the gale on Sunday night and Monday
drifted ashore. The Jessie, of Port Stanheye
loaded with wheat, was ashore on the north
side of Salmon's Point, near Picton, and
rapidly breaking up. The crew were all
drowned e]cept one man, who was hanging
to the rigging,.expecting every moment to lie
swept away. The gallant conduct of Capt.
Noble and his men, in saving the lives of
the men on the Ramk,in, going to pieces near
Port Colborne, rn the most terrible sea, has
been handsomely recognized by the Buffalo
Insurance Companies, wilt) have also ex-
pressed their intention of providing for the
family of the sailor Mills, of Racine, Wis.,
who was drowned with two more comrades
in an unsuccessful endeavour to save the
-crew of the Rankin.
For No. 1 home maAle Shoepacks, go to Thos.
Coventry's. '
A young man narnedIWilliam Stark, who
was working at a cider mill near Hespeler,
met with an accident on the 24th inst. which
will cripple him during his days. While
driving the horse attached to the cider mill's
horse -power his foot got caught between the
large driving wheel and th,e traveller, crush-
ing his foot so that an impression of it was
made in the timber work of the machine.
4
NOVEMAR 4 1870.
.NEWS. OF -7T1-14 WEEK.
The Toronto drill -shed i to be re -built;
but net on the old'site.
Port -Burwell I professes to have felt an
earthquake shock on Tuesday last.
The Prince and Prince es of Wales are
visiting the Ern press Eugenie at Chiselhurst
,Garibaldi was nearly made prisoner on
Sunday, and considerable anxiety is felt for
his welfare.
The latepayers of Peterboro' have decided
to give a bonus of fifty thonsand dollars to
the Teterbero' and fIaliburton Railway.
Aman named Robert Eastman commit-
ted suicide by hanging, on the morning of
the 25th ult., near the village of Wards-
ville.
The Italian residents of New York cele-
brated the liberation of Rome from the sway
of the Pope by a grand cencert, public meet-
ing and bell.
The punting office of the Kincardine -
'Review was consumed by fire on Friday
night, with nearly all its contents. Two
other buildings adjoining were also destroyed
On Saturday, in Lendort, England, and
throughout the country, rain fell in torrents
all day. There was a high wind, and the
telegraph lines were prostreted in all direc-
tions.
The official statement of the loss ii.. Stras-
burg is -1,700 civilians killed and wounded,
400 houses burnt down, 8,000 persons home-
less, and damage estirnatedl at 180,000,000
francs (X7,200,000).
Another agrarian outrage has Occurred in
Ireland, no doubt thework of some Fenian.
Mr. Fox, a farmer of King's County, was
on Monday fired upon and wounded by an
un -known assassin.
It :is said to be the general belief in. Mi-
nisterial circles at Ottawa that "President'
Riel, and M. Royal, lately of the Le. N ouveau
Monde, will be elected to represent Manito-
ba in the House of Commons.
Considerable excitement has been occa-
sioned in Florence and other Italian cities
by the massacre of eleven persons by bri-
gands near Marsico, Nuoyo City, in thee:
province of Naples.
The bridges across theitrac. k of the theatti
Western Railway areetto 'be raised so that
the brakesman can stand on the top of the ,
cars while passing' underneath without fear
of coming in contact with the structures.
A young man named John Carroll, while
going up the Gatineau to Ee shanty, had an
attack of tooth -ache. He Undertook to pry
the ailiDg tooth out of his jaw with a jack- -
knife, • the rough ueage caused nittamnettion
whichsoon reache4 the brain, and he died
in three days afterivatds.
An oil still explosion occurred on Thurs-
day week at Londdn, in the oil factory of
Mr. A. M. Ross. One of thP main lids had
been removed wht the gas and tar inside
took fire, causing the it. explosion. The still
and brick work by which it was supported
-were a total wreck. Loss about $2,700,
destructive fire occurred in Newmarket
early on Saturday morning, in Mr. R Simp-
son's dry goods store, causing a loss of over
forty thousand dollars worth of stock, which
was insured for only eight thousand dollars.
The fire extended to adjititing stores, but
was extinguished, before much damage was -
done.'
Late adaices from Martinique announce
that the French authorities have already
shot twenty ringleaders in the recent insur-
rection. One hundred more have' been ar-
rested, and are liable to be shot. The opin-
ion is said to be gaining ground on the
Island that the rebellion was instigated by
the Prussians.
The right of way on the Glencoe Loop
Line is being purchased' as rapidly as the
maps are prepared, and that the contractor
fas the western section has several gapgs of
men at work grading, &c. It is the inten-
tion of the company to let the contracts for
all `bridges this fall; so' that the timbers may.
be got out during the winter.
A s n. of Mr. Thos. Steele, Downie, aged-
; was caught the other.
g rod Oa' threshing ma-
nson's farm, and. dragged
with iiresisuahle fdrce.
ped off; actually leaving
ody but his wristbands
don N•yabruised badly,
eth knOcked.but.
about txteen years
day -by the tumbl.
chine on Mr. Stev
round and round
His clothes were ri
nothing upon his
and boots. His p
and several of his
A dispatch from Bombay- announces that
a, day has been fixe1 by the Chinese for the
massacre of all forei ners: They are march-
ingand distributing their troops accordingly..
This information has naturally caused much
eecitement among the English and French
residents of the "celestial empire." Active
-
measures for their protection will certainly
he taken by the Eifiropean powers concerned.
Von. Moltke has adopted a plan anato-
gou,s to that suggested by al celebrated En-
glieh wit for securing safety on railways.—
The French, in the country ,have frequently
tom up 'railway tracks, and caused thereby
vete, much inconvenience. To stop these
unpleasant proceedings, the Prnseians place
influential citizens of the departments exiothe
locomotives, and compel, them to run the
risk. ,
An accident cf an exciting nature, which
illustrates the skill of raftsmen and the dan-
gers to which they are exposed, occurred
last week in the St iteweence, at the Vic-
toria Bridge. The strord wind and swift
current carried a large ,raf& against one of
the piers, and it was instantly broken to -
pieces. .Sixteen raftsmen *ere plunged in-
to the foaming rushing river to battle for
life, and this they did with k.lespetate
eier-
gy and remarkable coolness.' They were all
successful in clinging to pieces of the raft, .
until they were picked up by ;parties in
boats who Tame to their rescuea
We, last week, sats
1„7rey,squirrel„ which
Th» South .Eturon
having an anmial di
day, of thelannual 18
Thomas Rida has o
stock of _neW goods,
stand. See advert
From Suturday`evel
one of the greatest
vailed., ever known. m
Jas. Kelly, of Mor
two mamraoth potatoe
ozs. They are o
Jenny Lind,"
On vei
'will deliver -the first l
Pthreestu;tePiricesanoCfhturheehl.1-
,
I n
At the Lena() 2
found guilty oii a awl
two counts-, Sentence
jourinent of the eo
instant.'
In the orchard of -4
there is *tree that has
for the seaaon, -well on
tree that was never I
now a yotmg crop.
In mentioning the dot
Agricultural Society, a
Match, in a 'previous
overlooked $20, by M.
for the Boyd c14s&
J. R. Want's Dnig 8
for the gu41ity as well
Stuffs, {re4able Dye Re
Proprietary and Paten
etc. books atid..Sta,tiot
prices. Leave your or
Mrs. Wm. Fowler, ol
the seaSOil, just ended,'
three daughters. made,
$1.075 Worth of cheese,i
household of fourteen
selling between -$75 and
islonra iiunsoli Roo
root crops for the Nort
-ciety, have completed t
follows :—CAREUTS :
ht
Taylor, - 3rd, R. M
18t, R. kantang; 2n
1st, G. Spooner, 2nd,
lair. POTATOES: let, J
STANLEY PLOUGIUNG
last, the Stanley Agric
Match was held on Mr.
Brucefield. On acOOIM
season– fanners been a
their root crops--neithe
attendance of sPectators
other eiretmistances, in
Them were four entriek
ancl one in Boys. The
not probably exceed on
John Cameron ; 3rd. D
4ciffest
ne friend,
nwsd 0,t8hf:esrtw.LRatteo:exy' was: anistuifiri,v;e4,
self, was very good. T
Ilugh McGregor. The
U kinds, and any guar)
a.
The Judges of the plowi
enae plowmen"of the
gatheredvutenhges,ofielsvro toan B ead411 a 1 tvi
ile rsa andeit r u e e
lik44 .
had so bountifully pro
pressure of business co
Grey Pio
The Grey Plowing Ma
of Peter McDonald. E
Grey, on Tuesday -the 1
was all that eotild. be A
was in good order, witir
places which W -ere'lo'w-
ooa turn out irf both
one by_.men and boys,
deed. Mr, McDonald,
every thing.in his powe
pleasant and agreeable
ties left for hone satisft
- plished his object a.timir
PRIZE
MEN,—Ist, Alex. Fors
3rd, Willie. Johnson. ;
Bos, -1st, Robt. Bur
ard, Dond. Scott ;f4th,
and groomed team, W
Junozs,---Wm, vravit
Donald, Grey. ; Mr. Cha
A 001.11
Upon the first a,pp
ExposiNr, after the des
iire,in the course of an 4
duct, ,and intentions,
paragraph :—
" Everything calcula
CAS of 'Brantford, and
particular attention. A
ty of Brantford is just
kinds is being rapidly i
buildings of a substantia
bets, are either in proms
be ; and 1871 promises
progressive and prosper°
witnessed. It will be th
tor to ‘keep a faitful re
provements—to urge th
when praaicable. Corr
esting character, and of
interest, is respectfully s
partinent our motto will
and 710 favor."
The week after, the fo
an original 1?) 4f blow -ha
the Clinton New Bra: --
Everything calculate
ests of Clinton .and its
ticular attention. A neN
C1inton isjust-opening.
being rapidly inoe,ased.
•of a.sugtantiai
either in process of erecti
1871 promises to be th.e b
and prosperots year the
It will be the privilege o
faithful record of all our
urge them on and extend
Correspondfnce of an in.
of a more ei-iless general
solicited, and in this de
always be, 'Pair plait, taI
If this was a coinciden
certainly; and if a, pia
judgment, for the gold
-
criminating between the
ford catemporazy, and h-
-
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