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The Huron Expositor, 1872-08-30, Page 1WALES TOBAC Ct. CHOICE " EM AVY IeD DKET PIECES -11NRALSON HEWING e 4 ted Ware, AND OT afARE 5 SENT WHOLES ALE PRICES WHITE LEAD. FLED 01L, MS' • HARDWARE :aaes It Freak and Dry, ;ON & CO.'S. EEK . SEWER ROBE'S, ET COVERS, ED SKIRTS, to -man Shawls. C`f HOS. KIDD, SEAFORTH. 9 a 9 _ TIIE 999, Se 75cta., Wet. Tea, for 50ct3. L fresh. WILSON IS. - 1111111011116. VOLIPICE 3, No. 39. WHOLE IVO -247. „ eatemeensallate ItILEDIEC.ALL. 0 B. t43X.AlriE, /I1E.B., Phyeician, Surgeon &e., Graduate of Toronto University, Associ- ate Coroner for the County of Huron, 'Wroxeter, Ontario. 235-18e- araAVID MITCHELL, M. D., Graduate of V1eto- .1J Lie C,011dge, Physician, Surgeon etc.,' etc., Er:melee ONT.—Coroner of the Couney of Httron. Office and residence, at Thorapson & Stanley's. Dit. SMITE, Physician, Shrgeon, etc. Office—Opposite Scott Robertson's Grocer)", Main street, Seafortl. 53 TAMES STEWART, at. D., O. M., Graduate of •It' McGill, University, Montreal, Physioian, Sur - goon; eta. 'Office and liesideuce---Brueelield. - TT L. ITERCOE, M D., 0. M.; Physician, Sur- ▪ geon, etc. Otlice and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing Mill. DMPBELL, Coroner for the Coenty. Office and_ Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main street, Seaforth. Office hours, from to 4, each clay, and all day Saturday. 169 TO the inluNbitants of Seaforth and surrounding • conntry. Dr. J. G. BULL having been called through sickness in his faMily, to suspend businese for some time in this place, has pleasure in an. nowacing to the public, that through a kind Pro- vidence he has been, permitted. to return to the roams formerly oecupied by him, over Mr. A. G. MeDougall's Store, Main street, where he intends permanently to remain, and will be pleased to see his old patrons and as many new ones as may favor with a call. All operations performed accord- • g to the latest approved, style, and fees as low as to be found elsewhere. • Office hours froln 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. 224 T M. LET, Solicitor, Winghara, has been ap- ti • pointed Ageut for theeColonial Secnxities Com- pany of England, be is also Agent for several pri- vate Capitalists. of Toronto, who (lean Money at eery reasonable rates. Interest payable yearly. Charges moderate. Wingham, Deo. 15, 1871. - • 218 lacOLUGHEY & tiotamsTtn, aanisteis, At- torneys at Lew, Solicitors in Chancery and. Insolveue,y, Notaries `Publie and Conveyancers. Solicitors for the R. O. Bank, Seaforth, Agents _for the Canada Life Assnranee Company, . N. B.—Z30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms, Houses and Lots for gale. - 58 TIENSON & MEYER. Bairisters and Attorneys at Law, Solieitors in Chancery and Insolveney, •Conveyaneers, Notaries Prtblic, etc. Offices—Sea- forth and Wroxeter. $23,000 of Private Funds to invest at once, et Eight per cent. Interest, payable yearly. - 53 ' JAS. IL BLNSON. IL W. C. IsIBTElt. IKOIVEILM. OOMMERCIAL HOTEL, Ainleyville, Ont., Vat •-/ ANNETT, Proprietor. This Hotel is under entirely new manageraent and has been thorougly renovate& The Bar is supplied with the best Liquors ancreigers. Good Stabling and attentive ostlers. is. First-class Livery in cormeetion. 228 tpRLNOE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., -a-C J..meCTITCHEON,- Proprietor. First-class accommodation for travellers. The Bar is sup- plied -with the -very best liquors and..cigars. Good stabling attaehecl. The staga leans this lloase every day for Winglusra. 204-4t LAVERY, Fr A. SHABP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. • Office—At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good Horses and first-class Conveyances always onhand. • rrITOMSON'S LIVERY, CLLNTON. oFFien,—AT COMMERCIAL HOTEL. Good quiet Horses and. First -Class Vehicles always On hand. Conveyances furnished to Commercial Travellers on reasonable rates, 221 JOHN THOMSON. RELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont. 'Rs' Good Hones and. 'Comfortable Vehicles, always on hend. Favorable Arrangement8 made with Commercial Travellers. All orders loft at ENox's HOTEL, will be promptly attended to. ea, OFFIcr: AND STABLES :—Third door North of Enoi's Hotel, Mein Street. •, • ' • 221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. 11.1iSCELLANBOVS. T J. CHURCHILL, VETERINARY SURGEON -1- (Member of the Ontario Veterinary ocillege,) begs to intimate to the inhabitants of Seaforth ancl surrounding country, that he has opened an Office in Seaforth, where' he may be oonsulted per- sonally or by letter, on the Diseaseof Horses, Cat- tle, eto. Having received a regular -and practical eduestion, and having been awarded the Diploma of tbe Vetelinary College of Ontario, T. X. Churchill has erery confidence of giving satisfaetion to all who may employ him. REFER Smith, T. 5, Principal Onta- rio Veterinary' College; Professor Buekland, Dr. Thorburn, Dr. Rowel, and — Wens, M. D., & T. S. Veterinary Medicines constautly on hand. All calls promptly ttended to. Office—Carmichaers Hotel, Seaforth. 182-2m • -VETERINARY SURGEON.—D. MeNAUGHT, V.. S., begs to 1111pOTMC6 to the inhabitants of Seatorth and earroanding country that he has been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Veterin- ary College, and is- now prepared to treat diseases of Horses and Cattle awl all domestic animals. He has opened an office, in conneetion with his horse- • shoeing shop, where he will be found ready to at- tend to cells. Diseases of the feet specially at- tended. to. Residence, office and shop in the rear of Eillorati & 'Ryan's new store. All kinds of Vet- erinary Medicines kept oonstantly on hand. Charges: reasonable. • 229 A LEXANDEB, HUNTER, Licensed Auctioneer, Cranbrook. Grey P. 0. Sates attended on moderate terms. Commissioner in Queen's Bench, Conveyancer, Land, Loan and General Agent.— Also, Agcut for the following Companies, viz,: Huron and_ Erie Loan Society London; :Farmers' and. Mechanics' Savings and Loan Company, Toron- to ; Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool and London, Fire and Life ; Ontario Mutual Fire In- surn.nco Company and the Agricaltaral Insurance Company. Any amount of money to loan at low rates of interest. Several good Farms for sale, cheap. •224-6in CConveyancer,- Commissioner in • . Queen's Bench, Insurance and General Agent, Agent for the Freehold Pe/final:mut Building and Savings Soeiety of 'Toronto whose rate e are as low as any Company doing busiless in Canada. Appli- cations for•Loans promptly ettended to.• • OFFIce.—Opposite Rose Tailor Shop, • 18641 • AINLEYVILLE. JOHIG N: BRHAM, Exchareee Broker, and Rail- " way Ticket Agent, Houghton's Hotel, opposite G.- T. llama-- Station, Seeforth, Out Through Tickets issued to all pante in the Western States, Collier/lie and Red Riverat reducel rates, affording -the greateet faeilities to Emigrants. All necessary ;information given respecting Land Agencies, etc. .Greenba eke, Bonds, Coupons and nnemrent ItIoney, Gold end Silver Coin, bought end sold at bestratos. EDWARD CASH Is buying and payingfull prices for -GOOD DAIRY BUTTER, In any quanta -lei.. Also A 31 Y. 01)D LOTS OF 'WOOL Brought to town, • 1 F31t, 01V.E Do4erlela-st.,.Sesdnrth, June 20,1872. DR. LIVINGSTONE T 'HIS -BROTHER. From the Listot el Bawler. We are glad to be in a position to throw a little light on he much -doubted question whether Stan ey saw Die Liv- ingstone or not. 0 Thursday last, John Livingstone, Es ., merchant, of Listowel, brother of ti e great African explorer, received a letter , froin his brother. It is written from Ujiji, and is dated November 16, 1 71. Mr. Living- stone assures us that the letter is in the Doctor's own hand writing, and. that he recognised it the me ent he got the letter. _ He has also ompared it with other writing which h has in his posses- sion, and which he ceived from his brother on former cc miens, and it is 'without doubt, writt n by the same band that Wrote the ot er letters. The letter acknowledges th receipt of a let- ter from this place by Mr. Livingstone to the Doctor, and Asa refers to private rnatters which Mr. 1 wingstone says were only known to hicaself and the Doctor. We were inclined, with others, to doubt the statemen of Stanley, but after seeinktlis letter, and after hearing what Mr. Livingston says about the matter, we cannot d Ate any, longer that Stanley saw the ) octor. There is one thing, however, in connection with the letter which appea s a little strange. Stanley eayai he met t e Doctor at Ujiji, on the 10th of Novem er last, and the letter received from th 1 Doctor is dated November 16th—six days after,—but the - Doctor never m ations Stanley's name, nor does he even say that he -saw any person who was search of him. ' On the envelope wa. written' "This leaves Uniamembi on t e 14th ofMarch, 1872, all well ;" Which as the time that Stanley took his !lea e of the Doctor. There is, however; _no hing to show by whom the letter waso' rried to England. From the post -mark p a the envelopeit appears that the tette was sent to the Foreign Office, London and mailed there. - Although it may appea somewhat stange that the Doctor es not mention Stahley'S name, still looking at the circumstances, we cam et doubt but that Stanley saw the Doc • r. Tim following is an extract of the let er: ' Unar, 16th ovember, 1871. MY PEAR BROTHER. I received your welcome letter in Feb inary last, written wheu the "cable news' made you put off .your suits of moarnine. This was the first4grn4tion I had h at the cable had been auccessfully laisl in' the deep At- lantic: Very few -let ers have reached me for, years, in conseq ence of my friends speculating where I sl ould come west coast; down the ile, or elsewhere. Instead of writing IA: Christians, most ,of them imagiee that to e sources of the Nile might be found a a glance and the finder jump up with yell like the old fogy who ran from hies bath through the streetanaked. . The watershed is a. greed upland, be- tween 4.000 and 5;000 eet above the sea, and some 700 miles long.. The springs of the Nile that arise t a ereon are almost - innumerable.; it would take the hest part of a man's lifetime to Count them. In 'one part. 60 miles of latitude gave 32 springs from calf to w, ist deep, or one spring for every two iles—a bird's-eye view of them would. 1.): • like the vegeta- tion of frost on veii dow panes. To ascertain that all thes fountains unite - with four great rivers in the upper part of the Nile, really wa a work of time and much travel. Ma y a weary foot I trod Ore light dawne( on the ancient problem. If I had lef at the end of -the two years, for which • y. bare expenses were paid, I could 1 ave thrown very • little more light on th -country than.the Portuguese who in their three slavery tsisits to Cazembe ask d for ivory and slaves, and heard of nothing else - 1 asked about the water, questioned and cross-questioned, till I was really asliana ed and almost•afraid o being set d win as afflicted with hydro eplialus. I went forwards, backwards, sideways, feeling My way and every ste of the way, and Was generally gropin in:the dark, for who cared where th rivers ran. Of these four rivers into which the springs of the Nile converge, the central wee called the Lualaba i the largest. It begins as the river .'hainbeze, which flows into the great Lake Bangweolo? On leaving it the nam is changed from Chainbeze to Luapula and that enters Lake Mcero. Comin out of it, the name Lualaba is -a' ssu ed, and it flows into a third lake amolondo, which receives one of the our large drains. mentioned above. It hen flows on and makes two enormous erids to the west, which made me often 1, ar that'1 was iol- lowing the Congo inste . of the Nile. It was from one te three miles ' broad, and never cah be waded t any part or at valley it receives Far down the any time of the yea men an ther of the four large rir.ers above ioned—the Locki, or Lorname, Which flosrs through what I have named. Lake Coln, and 'then joins central Lualaba. have, then, only two lines of drai age in the lower part of the great valle , that is Tangan- yika and Albert Lakone lake -river; or jay, iwhich are but f you Want to be pedantic, Lasustime iver ; these two form the eastern line. Lualaba, Which 1. caern, nearly then the west - ll Webb's Lualaba, i the second century o as depict d by Ptolerny.in our era. ' After Lare inthe ameentecresnLtruaalla, a, the fourth great l formed, but this Ib' ine of drainage ve not yet seen, it not yet the link bet wen Eastern and Western mains, at the top of Ptolemy's loop. The great cent 1 line goes down into large reedy lakes, possibly those re- ported to the esowNeterrol'ior s Ce turion, and therie form • etheriek's anna in dislichipeketi:ic8tio nfrom the s eller eastern arm, wl be- lieve to be thiarilveGrrao t and Baker be - Egypt. Neither can ba called the Nile ill they unite; the lakes mentioned in ti e central line or drainage are -by rio nians small. Lake Bangweolo at the lo est estimate, 150 miles Jong, and I ed to cross and measure its breadth e actly ; first stage trees on it evidently lifted up by the to an inhabited Isla, d. 24 miles ; the second point, orrathe the tops 'of the • mirage. The third stage, was said. to bo as ar be canoe -men had stol n thee got a hint that the' real o pursuit and got int a flu home. "Oh, they ould me, certainly that bey w only my coverlet eft to craft, and the lar bein above the sea it tear ver gave in and, went back, the breadth to be betwe Bangweolo, Mcero lookad on as one eat ri one lof Ptolemy, th yika, which I faun the north. This g sors must have gle. from men who visit Thereason why hi was rejected was in the ext of modern map -ma era. in London publishe a pa with killing modes y, en Africa Laid Open, 'and has made mouths in the even in the Tim s, at , travels and dares o find different from that rawn I am a great sinner in the opinion,. and the &inn , ravings even when was al believed. to be, dead .N ob Brougham and I kn w wh say after we _are one. trying to follow the central FRIDAY he main land, orid, but my floe, and now rners were in. y to return cane back for uld, but I had hire another 4,000 Miles cold. So I ut I believe n 60 and 70 Kamolondo, er in lake, is other is the Tangan- eteact y flowing to ogiap er's predeces, neel th ir geography d this very region. genui e geography me modesty ne idle person phlet which, itled, 'Inner ver since he newspapers, ny one who the country his twaddle. poor fellow's ublished his o universally dy but Lord t people -will - he work of line of drain- age down has taken me away from mails or postage. The aiyema are undoubt- edly cannibals, but it was long before I could get- conch* e evidence thereon. I Was sorely let an hindered by baying half easte Moslen atten tants, unmiti- gated cowards and alse as their prophets, of whese religion th y have only imbibed the ,ftilsonie pride. They forced me back when almost in sig • t of the end of my _ exploration, h dist nee of bet*een 400 and 500 miles un er a blazing vertical sun. . I came I er a mere rnckle of. bones, terribly jt1de. in beely,and mind, the head man of m. worthless- Moslems remained here, aad as he had done from the coast, ran riot ith the goods -sent to me --drunk, for a onth at a time—he then divined. on t e Korrn, ancl found that I was dead, s ld elf all the goods that remained for laves, and ivory for, himself, and I ar ved to find myself • destitute of every thing except a few of (meta Goods are and I have to wait end other Mem come en placed in charge rthy head man got a irandy, opium, and certain Banians— be retailed on the ourteen months re. being paid outof my hs were ample. and - ere -lima sold. -off all. goods I left in case the currency here, now till other good. from Zanzibar. W of my goods my w supply of soap, gunpowder from British -subjects— way, and he was tailing, all expense stocks,--ethree mon then he remained 1 You call this smar , do you ! ,Soine do if you don't. • I thin it moral idiotey. • From yours affeetionately, - D VID LTVINGSTONE. '111, • 11110. 0...alt a " I have some id farm as manure; c one who has used extent?" • Yes," I have, brother have used. i faet, ever since we price at the wells kinds of grain, w peas. • On these c bushels of salt to a three. As a guide to yot I sow with both much as the hand salt is moist the about twice the qu salt will not fly a wheat. - As to ben'efit der grain average six wheat and barley more from peas an Much bene!it.the ne followed. • I have fact, and more esp . clover followed bar marked improvern was carefully sho left unsalted. Our mode of app on the land just bef one harrowing bei for grain, and salt . If sown on the su 1 Manure. a of using salt on my n you tell me of any to advantage to any and my father and for so.me years. In ould b y it at a low I have used it on all eat, oats, barley and ops 1 ONV Ab011t five acre, sometimes only , I may observe, that ands, and grasp as hold, and as the and will thus held ntity it will of grain; far from the band as ved, I have found the bushels . an acre. of the first crop; and oats; and abnost as t. especially if clover carefully noted this cially where young ey, there was then a nt. The difference n by intervals being ying salt, is to sow it re we ao‘v the grain; g sufficient covering iso. face, salt 1'411 remain a long timetuncha ged, es ecially in dry weather; and app ied th s, it does not produce as -good r sults. • I have seen land look quite w itened after sowing salt on the surfac the ain and dews not being sufficieu I enti ly to dissolve it, and its immedia e cont ct with f1i- age I am sure, is bad a any time. I am, therefore, of o inion 't Is far more advisable to bury t e salt omewhat be- low the surface. I have not round this objection to ap- ply 80 strongly to rass la ds, unless the meadow fescue abo nded, nd too much salt was used. N doub the moisture carries the salt directl downwards among the roots, a d dry weather does not afect it in th same way, but still it must be very ca fully pplied. Many years since I tried owing alt on a walk in my garden, mac infest d with twitch grass. I sowed a the ra of about 15 bushels an acre; t e resul was complete destruction of the witch rass. I taw from this experim nt tha I hacl sowed too much to assist N egetati n ; and many times since I have scatte ed, as experi- ment, small Tientties of alt over grass lands, euough to • ake i look a little whitened,—the sal just discerfle, in fact, and always a itb th effect or kill- ing the grass, sh wing het as a top dressing to meado land, salt must be • very carefully use.. 1 at ribute this to the fact, that the salt d es not do so much injury to t e root, when mixed ains in contact th of time, it with the soil, but i • it re witht the herbage, uy len serioa sly injures it -In lall these case. of to ticed the land to by the salt for so it, notwithstandin atlinnh t:ilres intervals. of tee t It 11 dressing T ne- e *suite h t hitened e time after applying some ain had fallen t, &walk there AU -UST 30 1872 was, however, a rctost marked effect, pro- duced the following summer, on some Clover aacidently sown on it. This walk had been formed by remov- ing all the surface soil to the depth of about six inches, for the purpose of expos- ing pure red sand, which formed the sub- soil, and evas very poor—almost in fact barren. , Near this was a small patch of clover, saved for the cow, but not being required, had been allowed to go to seed. during the following winter, (sueceeding the sa1tin4), the cloyer -heads broken off .by the wind, had been driven into the deprissionformed by the walk, and the snow and rain had buried themin the soil during spring thaws. From this seeding, the following sum- mer there was a most remarkable thick crop of cl ver, quite a mat, in fact; and this cropj continued equally abundant during tw9 or three years that succeeded. I attributed this rank growth, on each poor soil, ntirely to the salt. • Numbe s of visitors. saw this experi- ment. The quality of the soil being so poor, left no doubt on any one's mind that the g owth was entirely due to the salt. I hate used saltin my garden many years to fifee the Walkfrom weeds; and on our asparagus bed in particular, 1 use abundance of it But although it kills all the fescue meadow grasses, many (f the latge coarse grasses, that seed the first year, and all the clover seem to thrive wonderfully well where it is care- fully used. I had a tulip bed. much in- fested with weeds, and as they could not be hoed out, I was advised to sow salt thickly over it in the fall. But certainly the end was not answered, for next spring I had a most extraordinary growth of clover and timothy, the seeds of.which were in the manure applied. A f urther proof that salt -when not in actual contact with herbage does not injure the following erop, but instead benefiting ic to an immense extent.—From, " Talka with, Pa ers," in Canada Pander. • Uanada. Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of New York, late of Hamilton, preached in the Metro- politan Wesleyan Church, Toronto on Sabbath lest. ' r i --Politicel agents in Montreal have obtained a large number of unsigned notes, iiseed by the Dpminion Bank, and are doing 'a big bush)* buying up votes with them. The notes are of course worthless, but the Votes are generally . good. i , -- Mr. John Hilliard Cameron was nominated. at the neminatiea in the County ofl, Cardwell, and -will contest the constituency in the interest of the Gov- ernment. i There is every prospect that . , a teeond defeat awaits, him. -• — Sir Francis Hincks is at present rusticating at Cacouna. It is runtered that he intends running for a Manitoba constititency. Secret`pervice money evil have a much more *tent- influence on the half-breeds of lvfarlitoba, than on the farmers of South Brant. He may there- fore be elected. — The grasshopper plague is again rife in Manitoba this seaspn, although it is thought that they have come too late to do serious damage to the growing crops. Garden stuffs, however, have to take it. The ground in some places is literally covered with the pets, and the air is filled with them, so much so that it re- sembled a heavy snow storm. • If they remain long enough to deposit their eggs, it is feared that next- season they wills be very destructive. — An exchange says one acre of land in the village of Paisley was lately sold for .525,000 (?). There has likely been a cipher ad.ded. i — Here is the latest from our old friend, Baron do Calvin.: " Arthur P. Devliu, who, under the name of 'Baron de Curtin,' travelled over this country denouncing -and slandering the Catls.olic Church and religious institutions, has written .1 letter - to t. the Harrisburgh (P (Penn ), Eat,iot, statieg thet he has re, pehted au i returned to the faith of his fathers, aid expressing his gratitude to the editor of that journal for exposink his • hypocrisy." If the Exeosiaaa does not shortly receive a similar letter expreesive • of gratitude, we shall be grievously slighted, for did DA we expose the Baron'shtpocriey long before the Harris - burgh Patriot ever hoard of him ? — The rate of taxation in the town of Galt this year is a cent and three-quar- ters in th dollar, all of which is needed to meet liabilities. • ---- At a meeting of the Towuship Coun- cil of East Wawanosh, on Tuesday, .Au- gust 13, e deputation consisting of Thos. Marcher,' of London, and Messrs. Drum- mond and Sloan, of Blyth, were presents requestin the Council to submit a`By. • law to tb4 ratepayers of the township for an extra girant of $7,0q0 to assist in build- ing the Leaden, Reran and Bruce Rail- way by the centre retitle to Wingham. It was 'neve(' and cariliesl, that a Ily-latv in favor ef the said oad. for $7,000 be - submitte4 to the rate i ayers. _ _-- ttir qeorge E. Ca tier's mother used th sellapples cn Verc eres Bridge, near Montreal) o procure reoney whereby her son mfghti finish his ec ucation. , --- The Oldest elect° in Canada voted et the election in Nia ara the other day. His name is Jones, a (I he is now, 108 years ef age. Junes i an old sailor, and served ia the navy nder Nelson. He uses two -walking sticks in getting round, but otherwise is apparently healthy and strong. . A Couple of years ago he mar- ried, a yheng widow of sixty, who, how- ever, Mts. couple of n onths, eloped with a. gay deceiver of eigh y year of age. • —The Bank of Hamilton'a new mone- tary institution, with its heackinarters in • the city, from whiche it is named, corn- menced besiness last reek. — An 'interesting eunion took place at Ado1phu3town, Ont., on the 12th inst. On that Jay Mrs. Bogart was a hundred years old, and her relatives, to the num- ber of about four hu died, met to cele- brate rthe centenary of the old lady's birth. She was the e dest child of James Lazier, a U. E. Loyalist, who came to the Bay (:)f Quint° in 1790, and settled. aemoseeemenaW BEOIMUILERS, Publishers. :SI 50 a Year, in advance. near Northport, 'Irma whom the limnerous families of -Laziers and Boaarts in Hastings and. Priam Edward, and those of Hamilton are descended. The old lady was as sprightly and joyous on the occasionn4-eildrehastn. he yoiingest of her great- gra —The Windsor Record says many of the votes which I wept to roll up O'Con- nor's 1)4 majoritY were bought -with use - leaksns bills of the defunct International B • • -- The "Eng1ih Eleven" will play in Toronto on September 2nd and 3rd, and September 6 and 7; in London, on Sep - temper 9 .and 10, and in Ilaniiltou on September 13 and. 14. — The annual, Fall show of the Agri- cultural Society Of the Township of Cul- ross will be held at Teeswater on Tues- day, 8th of October. • —In the township of Plympton, on Friday forenoon, Duncan Anderson, a young man aged, 27, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree. It appears that- he was ailing for a few days with pain in his chest, which latterly affeCted his head. --Tt is assert d jn Morgan's Trade Journal that the remier of Canada will shortly be ersonil1y engaged in England in making inland 1 arrangements in re- lation to the loan for the construction of the Canada Pacific Railway. -- A strange accident of very peinful nature occurred on Thursday to David Cowan, eldest son of Mr. James Cowan, whilst out shooting at Pond Mills, near London. He an4 some other boys were playing with some powder, 'when a burn- ing leaf caught he flask, igniting the contents, which xploded, tearing open the bay's nose an1 seriously burning his face and hands. --- On Friday V ening the 10th inst., the house of Mit. Mark Hodgson, 10th concessi▪ on, Egre ont, was struck by lightning. The electric fluid entered, the the house and gave Mrs. Hodgson a se- vere shock, She was unconscious for two hours, and her right side was parti- ally paralyzed. She has since recovered. The rest of the i mates escaped without injury. • --It is estima ed that there are over six hundred pertons at present engaged in rebuilding Ingi ersoll, This number n - eludes bricklayers, carpenters, stone reasons, piasterr, painters, laborers, etc., etc. —Hon. John O'Connor cannot now boast of the la gest majority in On- tatio. Mr. D. A. Macdonald, the Re- form candidate fo Glengarry, and brother of the late Joh .Sandfield Macdonald, was elected by a najority of 1,096 votes. --- The mercen ile agency of Than, Wi- man & Co. have Iopened at branch - office in the city of ijamultrn. Hitli(iito the business With th t city haaheen transact- ed through the Toronto office; but the • growing iroportince of Hamilton, and the extension of the agency's operations there, have neceesitated. this change. • --e-- One night last -week, amongst a number of persons who were discussing the political situation, in Elora, were Mr. George A. Drewi and Mr. John Ander- son, a cornmerci 1 traveller. It is said that the former entleman, in the heat of discussion, c lled the latter gentle- man a liar, when Mr. Anderson struck Mr. Drew, doubling hiin up in a moment. The pugilistic " Dnirinner " was sum- moned. before an august J. P. on the fol- lowing day, and compelled to pay a fine of $20 and costs, — A_tanner. of Bayfield., Huron Coun- ty, named Peter Demng, has been absent from that locality for some time past, and this, together with Ms weak financial position has given rise to the report that ( he has 'abscond d, which, it is thought will b tern out to e correct. l — In one day est week, 1,600,000feet of lumber passed over the Ottawa and Prescott Railwate from Ottawa for the American market. • — A few weeks since a well-educeted • ynung woman, the daughter of wealthy parents, suddenly disappeared from her home near Smith's Falls. She was final- ly discovered, dressed in a suit of her i brother's clothes and working in a saw- mill at Ottawa. Her fellow -workmen in the mill never s spected that they had in their midst a blooming maiden. -- On Tuesday of last week a child - twenty-two months old, ton of Mr. John Ralston, Kinloss township, while run- ning about the floor in a playful mood, happened to approach the table and over- turned a cup of boiling hot tea, part of whieh ran dowe the unfortunate child's throat, scalding bini so severely that be died wi the following Thursday. - I — Mr. Delon, of the Woodstock • Cheese Factory,, sold to Mr. Byron, of Ingersoll, last week, a month's make of cheese, consisting of 22,000 pounds,- at , • 10 cents a pound. • —A child . of Mr. Daniel McLeod's Parkhill, two weeks old, was bitten by a large spider on Sunday nieht of last week, while in tbed. Gangrene • set in, and death ensued in forty hours. —Last Wednesday evening. a woman named Maria Heriifell dropped dead in the shoe store of Mr. Bergin, at Point Edward, as she was in the act of trying on a pair of shoes. Cause of death, heart disease. . . —A party of gentlemen from Toronto on a fishing excursion to Ashbridge's Bay, caught six salmon trout which together weighed forty arreneds. —At the election in London, on Mon- day last. for the Local Parliament, Mr. Meredith, the opposition candidate, was elected by a majority of 41 over his op- ponent, Mr. Durand. —Mr. F. H. urdon, the Government can- didate for South Bruce must be a man of changeable minds .A. few weeks ago he issued an address withdrawing from the contest, and an effort was made to induce Sir John to take bis place. Fail- ing in this, Mr. Hardon is' sued another address placing himself again before the electors as a candidate. A day or two ago, a third address made its appearance, again announcing his withdrawal from the 0 field., Mr, Blake -will, therefore, be allowed. to walk the course unopposed, and the wind expended by IYr. Tupper and other big guns at the nomination, will have gohe for nothing._ • —As the news of Reform -victories wa.s received at the Globe office last Fliday night the crowd accumulated on the street opposite, and when at about halfb past ten o'clock a transparency Was plac- ed at the front announcing eleven Re- formersreturned out of twelve contests, the enthesiasm. of the crowd knew no bounds and cheer followed cheer for the successes. Loud calls were made for Hon.. Geo. Brown, whose appearance was the signal for tremendous cheering. He addressed. them briefly in a con- gratulatory speeeh. —A grand Reform demonstration is to take place in the township of Burford, County of Brant, on Friday the 30th inst. This demonstration is to begotten up in honor of the Reform victories achieved. in the Brants and adjoining counties. Messrs. Mackenzie. McKellar and other prominent Reformers will be Ilrese—Ilnitconsequence of kr. B:ake's resig- nation of his seat for South Bruce in the Local House, the writ has been issued by the Sheriff for a new election to fill the vacancy thus created. The nomination takes place on. the 7th September, and the polling on the 14th. •. • • —A fatal accident occurred in the township of Medonto on Saturday last. A young woman named Christina Drys- dale was accidentally killed by falling headlong from a load of grain, and break- ing her neck., —.REV. Prof. Inglis, of Knox College, Toronto, has accepted a call from a prominent Presbyterian Congregation in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y. is said that Mr. John Hossie has been appointed Sheriff of the County of Perth, in room of Sheriff Moderwell who resigned some time ago. • —In West Wawanoth, on Friday 23rd ult., Donald Campbell, a- boy aged. 15 years, was killejs by . falling from a load of wheat, underthe wheel of the 'wagon, which passed. over him. --Mrs. Ross, wife of George W. Ross, the Reform candidate for West Middle - Sex, died suddenly on Taesday. —Mr. McCuaig has been unseated in the Ontario Assembly by the decision of the Judge, and Mr. Striker declared duly elected by a majority of nMeteem The wrong roll was used in the township of Higier to benefit Mr. McCuaig, and when the list of voters was scrutinised by the right roll, that of 1870, Mr. Striker was found to have a majority. —Mr. T. Butters, the extensive pro- duce dealer of Montreal, has published a card' contradicting the report that he was coneected with the recent disgrace- ful wheat "corner" in Chicago. A- fire in Orillia last Wednesday' oight destroyed. the following buildings . Thomson's jewellery store, Gribbon's two stores, Mutchay & Co.'s store, Ste- vens' drug store, World's dry goods store, Dominion Telegraph Office, Dunn's bak- ery, Remelt & Cook's drag store, Wil- son's dry goods store. The Dew hotel just built by Edwards, and all tbe ether houses on that street were damageds Those named were burnt to tlae ground.. -- 3n Monday, about half -past 12 o'clock the shingle factory of Ma Thomas Edgeworth, in the village of Teeterville, was completely demolished by the ex- plosion of the boiler, occasioned by a high pressure of steam. Luckily the hands -were at dinner, otherwise a fear ful destruction of life would have been inevitable. The loss is about $1,000. — The counties of Wellington, Water- loo and Wentworth are represented in the Ontario Legieleture by seven mem- bers—all Reformers'and have just re- turned nieed seven more Reformers to the De- niileNty8. 1".a,rliament.Well done for the — The term • 4.‘ gerrymandering," au often used in the papers now, in connec- tion with Sir John Macdonald's electoral divisions, originated in the State of CM- necticut some 50 years ago. Governor Gerry, a Democrat, having to forma num- ber of new constituencies so arranged as to favor hisown party—hence geery- mantle; with a' hard g. —Ma George W. Ross, of Strathroy, was elected as the Reform representative of West 'Middlesex, on Wednesday last, in opposition to Mr. A. 1'. Macdonald, the notorious Government contractor —We are informed that Mr. James • Somerville, late Reform candidate for North Huron, is likely to be the Beform Candiclato in the Local Legislature in South Bruce: We trust this rumor may prove -true, as Mr. Somerville would be a most useful member of the Local Legislature. —The Wellington Grey and Bruce tail - way is now open to Paisley, and passen- ger and freight trains tiow run daily to that point, On Saturday last, alittle girl inWalk- erton, aged five years'elaughter of Alex. Currie, jun. was in the act of lighting the fire. Her clothes caught fire and when discovered she Was enveloped in flames. She ran out lath the air scream- ing,, and before her parents could reach. ...her, she was 80 badly burned that deatb put an end her sufferings. -,--A. trio of rascals arrived at Windsor on uuday, by the Great Western train, and immediately proceeded to business. One took the conductor's vaii8e, another made a raid on the post office and helped himself to a quantity of money orders and cash, while the third being of. literary turn of mind, tried. to break into Fraser's bookstore. They- were all caught and now await trial. • —We learn from Galt, Ont., that hundred and eighty young boys d • 'girls—the eldest of whom are aged. about a dozen years from London, England„ sent out by ittiss Macpherson, arrived there safely on Saturday. They all apt peat to be • healthy, and rather intelli- gent looking. _