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The Huron Expositor, 1872-08-30, Page 2f -MUST 23, 1879- S .*: OF WALES. TOBACC EERS'. CHOICE GEM cAVY LD I:KET PIECES IINRALSON " It CHEWING C CC 44 C 4 • O. Plated Ware, AND OUTER ARE, SE:stT WHOLESALE PRICES- HITE LEAD. ED OIL, rffs' HARDWARE AzrER,.•Fresh and Dry, MiNt GO.S. SEWED ROBES,. ET COVERS, S omen Shawls. L'1.140% KIDE)1, tearten-TH. erect_ IF THE 999, ' • EAS, Tea for 50e t !!!`04141. it fresh. W LSOPCS. t • 4 VOLUME 3, WO. 39. 1 WHOLE IO M7.j IVIED COAL. • • a • s,saIALE. PE B., Physician, Surgeon . ,a0„' Graduate of Toronto University, Associ- . ate coroner for the Comity of Huron, Wroxeter, Ontario., , 235-13e • . 11.a.VID UTCHIILL, M. D., Graduate of Vieto- -LI rim College, Physician, Surgeon, eto.. ete., garaniaa., Oaa.--Coroner of the County of Huron. Office and residence, at Thompson & Stanley's. ° DLw. R. SMITH, •Physician, Stirgeon, etc. Offiee—Opposite Scott Robertson's Grocery, Main :street, Seater*. 53 TAMES STEWART, M. D., Call, Graduate of tt McGill, 'University, Montreal, Physieian, Sur- geon; etc. -Office and Residence—Brucefield. T_T L. VERCOE, M. D., 0. M., Physician., Sur- -1-1. goon, etc. 'Office and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing -Mill. DR, CAMPBELL, Coroner for the Comity. Office and Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main • street, Seaford'. Office houre, from 11 to 4, each day, and all day Saturday. . 159 ie0 the inhabitants of eaforth' and surreunding .1- country. Dr. J. G. BULL having been called through siokuess in his rally, to suspend business for some time in this pllaco, has pleasure in an, nouncing to the public, that through a kind Pro- vidence he has been permitted to return to the toomaformerly occupied by him, over Mr. A. G. McDougall's Store, Main street, where he intends permanently to remaip, and willbe pleased to see his old patrons and at many new ones as may favor him, with a call. All operations performed accord- ing to the latest appr,oved style, and fees as low as to be found elsewhere. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 la M. 224 LEGAL. . :f M. LEET, Solicitor, Wingham, has been ap- a" • pointed Agent for the -Colonial Securities Com - pally of England, he is also Agent for several pet- , aide Capitalistof Toronto, who loan Money at very reasonable rates. Interest payable yearly. Charges moderate. Wingham, Dec. 15, 1871. 218. reCAVG-IIEY & HOLMESTED, Barristers,' At- torneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolveuey, Notaries Publicand Conveyancers. Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, -Seaforth. Agents for the Canada Life Asanranee Company, N. B.—.a30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farina, I 53 Houses and Lots for sale. 10aENSON & MEYER. Barristers and Attorneys -1-" at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolveney, Conveyancers, Notaries Public eta. Offices—Sea- /01th and Wroroter. $23,000 Of Private Funds to invest at once, at 1. -light per cent. Interest, payable yearly. 53 Jas. II. MUNSON. H. W. Q. MRTER. 11.01TELS. .00MITERCIAL HOTEL, Ainleyville, Ont., WM. 4-1 ANNETT, Propricitor.. This Hotel is under - entirely new management and has been thorongly renovated. The Bar is supplied with the best Licinore and Cigars. Good, Stabling and attentive Hostlers. A First-class Livery in conneetion. 228 'TIORD:CE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., -a- a J. .MeCUTCHEON,- Proprietor. First-class accommodation for travellers. The Bar is sap - plied with the very bestliquorsand cigars. Good stabling attached.. The stage leaves this. Honse every day for Wingham. 204-4t “VERY. A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. • Office—tat Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good Horses and first-elase Conveyances always on hand. THOMSON'S LIN ERY, CLINTON. - OFFICE,—AT COMMERCIAL HOTEL. Good quiet Horses and Far:A-Claes Vehicles always on hand. Conveyances furnished to Commercial Travellers on reasonable rites. 221 '7. JOHN THOMSON. BELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTII, Ont. Good Bones and Comfortable Vehicles, always on hand. Favorable Arrangementsmade -with Commercial Travellers. All orders left at Eacox's HOTEL, will be promptly attended to. Orme AND STAISLES :—Third door North of ICnox's Hotel, Main Street. 221 THOMAS BELL,, Proprietor. MISCELLANEOUS. T onTROBILL, VETERMARY SURGEON • (Member of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs to intimate to= the inhabitants of Seaforth and snaronucling country, that he has opened an Office in Seaford, where he may be oonsulted per- sonally or by letter, on the Diseases of Horses, Cat- tle, et.a Haying received a regular and practical education and having bean awarded the Diploma, of the Veterinary College of Ontario, T. J. Churchill has every confidence of giving satisfaction to all who may employ him. REFF.111:11011S—A.Sxrnth, T. S., Prineipal Onta- rio Veterinary' College; Professor- Bnekland. Dr. Thorburn, Dr. Rowel, and — irVells, M. D, & T. S. Veterinary Medicines constantly on hand. All calla promptly attended to. Office--Carnxichael's Hotel, Seaforth. 182-2m VSTFRINARY SURGEON.—D. MeNAUGHT, V. S. begs to announce to the inhabitants of Seatorth and surrounding country that he has 'been awarded:the diploma of the Ontario Veterin- ary College, and is- now preparedto treat diseases of Horses and Cattle and all domestic animala. He has opened_ an office in connection with his horse - shoeing shop, where he will be found ready to at -- tend to ealls. Diseases of the feet specially at- tended to. Itesidence, office and shop in the rear of Elliman & Ryan's new store. All kinds of Vet- erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand. Merges reasonable. 229 A LEXANDER HUNTER, Licensed Auctioneer, -&-k• Cranbrook, Grey P. 0, Sates attended on moderate terms. Commissioner in Queen's Beneh, _ Conveyancer, Laud, Loan and ,General Agent.— Also, Agent for the following Companies, viz. Huron and Erie Loan Society,London ; Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings and Lan Company, Toron- to ; Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool and London, Fire and Life; Ontario Mutual Fire In- aurance Company and the Agricultural Instfrance Company. Any amount of money to loan at low rates of interest. Several good Farms for sale, ' * 224-6ra cheap. CR. COOPER, Conveyancer, Commissioner in •--/ • Queen's Bench, Insurance and General Agent, Agent for the Freehold Permanent Building and Savings Society of Toronto, whose rates are as low as any Company doing brisinelal in Canada. Appli cationa for Loans promptly etteaded to. Orraca.—Opposite Ross' Tailor Shop, 188-tf AINLEYVILLE. JOHN RRIGHAM, Exchange Broker,,,and Mi- r" way Ticket Agent, Houghton's Hotel, opposite G. T. Railway Station, Seaford', Ont. Through Tickets issued to alt points in the Western States, California and Red River. at redneel rates, affording the greateat facilities to Emigrants. All necessary information given respecting Land Agencies,ete. IGreeubauka, Bonds, Coupons and uneurrent Money, mold and Silver Coin bought and sold at bestrates. E DWARD CASIII - Is buying and paying full prices for- -GOOD DAIRY BUTTER, In any quantities. Also ANY ODD LOTS OF WOOL Brought to town, FOR 'ONE MUNI*. Botericlest., &aorta, Rine 20, 1872. 287 t DR. LIVINGSTONE T HIS BROTHER. Ittom-the Liston) 1 Banner. We are glad to be throw a,litte light on t question whether Stan ingstone or not. 0 John Livingstone, Es Listowel, brother of t explorer, received a brother. It is 'written dated November 16, 1 stone assures us that t Doctor's own hand wri recognised it the me letter. He has also c in a position to o much -doubted y saw Dr.! Liv - Thursday last, ▪ merchant, of e great. African letter from his rom Ujiji, and is 71. 1 MreLiving- letter is in the ingt and that he ent he got the' mpared it with other writing which he has m his posees- ceived from his asiofts, and it is, by the same er letters. The receipt of a let= Mr. Livingstone refers to private ivtngstone says himself and the 'eel, with others, of Stanley, but nd after hearing says about the ubt any longer octor. There is connection with s a little strange. Doctor at Ujiji, er last, and the Doctor is dated clays after, --but ntions Stanley's say that he saw n search of him. written, "This e 14th of March, as the time that of the Doctor. hing to show by rried to England. the envelopeeit was sent to the and mailed there.. somewhat stange es not etiention looking' at the ot doubt but that r. The following er: o"rember, 1871. _ I received. yew.' nary last, written when the "cable news' made you put off .your suits of monrnin This was the first intimation I had t at the cable had been successfully laid in the deep At- lantic. Very few let me for yeanclin conseq speculating where I s west coast, down the Tristead of writing lik of them imagiae that t ile might be found at finder jump up with fogy who ran frtan hie streetaxiaked. The watershed is a tween 4,000 and 5;000 and.some 700 miles 1 of the Nile that arise t innumerable ; it would of -a man's lifetime to one part . 60 miles of latitude gave 32 springs from calf to w ist deep, or one spring for every two mies—a bird's-eye view of them would b like the vegeta- tion of frost on wit clew panes. To ascertain that all thes fountains unite 'n the upper part a work of time y. a weary foot on the ancient at the end of the y bare expenses ave throWn very country than the ir three slavery d for ivory and nothing else. 1 , questioned and was really asham- . being stet down eplialus. I went sideways, -feeling of the way, and in the dark, for rivers ran. Of hich the ',springs the central one the largest. It hatnbeze, which ake Bangweolo. is changed from Chambeze to Luapula, and. that enters Lake Mcero. Comin out of it, the name Lualaba is assu ed, and it flows into a third lake Eamolondo, which receives one of the mentioned abo'4e. It makes two enormous h which made me often f lowing the Congo inste was from one te three neverecate be -waded. any time of the year valley it receiyes an large ricers above men or Lot:name, Which figs have named. Lake 'L joins central Lualaba. only two lines of dra part of the great vette yika and Albert Lak one lake -river; or say, pedantic, Lasustime forms the eastern line.. call Webb's Luala,ba,- i ern, nearly as depict the second century o Lorname enters Luala lake in tbe central formed, but this I h nor yet the link bet Western mains, at the loop. _The great rentr into large 'reedy lakes, ported to Nero's Oen form the western or. distinction from the s which Speke and Gr lieve to be the river o can be called. the Nile mon, and which he r brother on former cc without doubt; writte hand that wrote the ot letter acknowledges th ter from this place by to the Doctor, and also matters which Mr. were only known to Doctor. We were incl to doubt the statement after seeing this' letter, what Mr. Livingston matter, we cannot d that Stanley saw the one thing, however, in the letter which appea Stanley says he met th on the 10th of 'Nevem letter received -from th November 16th—six the Doctor never m name, nor does he even any person who was On the envelope was leaves Uniamembi on t 1872. all well ;" which Stanley took his leav There is,. however, no whom the letter was c Fromthe post -mark o appears that the tette Foreign Offic'e, London Although it may appea that the Doctor Stanley's name. still eircumetauces, we cam Stanley saw the Doc is an extract of the let - lima 16th 1 MY DEAR BROTHER. welcome letter in Feb ers have reached ence of my friends ould come out -e ile, or elsewhere. Christians, most e sources of the a glance and the yell like the old bath through the road upland, be- eet above the sea, g. The springs ereon are almost take the best part count them. In with four great rivers of the Nile, really N‘ra and, much travel. Ma trod .ere light daw-net problem: If I had let two years, for which were paid, I could 1 little more light on th Portuguese who in th visits to Cazembe ask slaves, and heard of asked about the water cross-questioned, till -I ed and almost afraid o as afflicted with hydro forwards, backwards, my way and every ste was generally groping who cared where th these four rivers into of the Nile converge, called the Lualaba is begins as the river flows into the great On leaving it the name our large drams_ hen flows on and ads to the west, ar .that was fol- d of the Nile. It miles • broad, and t any part or at Far down the ther of the four. ioned—the Lock i, -s through what moire and then We have, then,, age in the lower , that is Tangan- , which' are but if you want to be 'ver ; these two Lualuba, which T then the west - d by Ptolemy itt. our era. After a, the fourth great e of drainage is ve not yet seen, e'en Eastern and top of . Ptolemy's line goes down possibly those re- urion, and these etherick's arm, in eller eastern arm, t and Baker be - Egypt. Neither ill they unite; the lakes mentioned in t e central line or drainage are by no m &ans small. Lake Bangweolo at the to est estimate, 150 miles long, ancP4, I t ied to cross and measure its breadth e a.ctly ; first stage to an inhabited Isla d 24 miles ;- the second point, or rathe the tops of the trees on it evidently ifted up by. the mirage. The third was said to bo as canoe -men had stole got a hint that the pursuit and got int home. "Oh, they me, certainly that t only my ,coverlet craft, and the jab above the!sea itw gave in end went the breadth to be - Bangweolo, lookedi on as °he gr one of Ptolemy, the yika, which I foun the north. 1 This g sors must have gle from men who visi The mason why hi was rejected. was in of modern I map -mak in London publishe with killing modes Africa Laid Open,' and in the tage, e main land, ar be ond, but my the e noe, and now eal o ners were in a flu y to return ould come back for ey would, bat I had eft to hire another being 4,000 miles s very cold. So -I back, but I believe etweeia. 60 and' 70 Meer°, at riv other i Kaniolondo, r in lake, is. the Tangan- stead'ly flowing to ogiaph r's predeces- ed th ir geography cl this very region. genui e geography he ext eme modest;Y re. 0 e idle portion a pa pillet which, tled, *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 - y from mails or postage. .The Manyem.' are undoubte edlv cannibals, but 't was long before I could. get- conelusi e evid nce thereon. I was sorely let and 'hinde d by haying half caste Mosle atten ants, unmitie eir prophets!, only imbibed reed me back e end of my bgtWeen 400 azing vertical re rrickle of . ly and mind, ess Moslems as he had done from ith the goods sent to onth t a tirne—he' e Korrn, and founci id off laves, ved t thing of nee( nd I and et en pl rthy h randy, certai be r; ourtee y, ent has made mouths even in the nine travels and dares different from that I am -a great sinner opinion,, and the ravings even when believed to be dead Brougham and I kn say after we are trying to follow the age down has taken • at o find rawn n the imes was al Nob w wh one. central Inc aw gated cowards and laiseas t of whose religi6n th have t e ,fulsome twide. 'hey f w en almost in sig i, of t exploration, a- dist nee of and 500 miles un er a b sun. I came her a m bone, terribly jade in b the head man of m worth remained b ere, and the coast, ran riot me—drunk, for a then divined on t that I was dead, s that remained for himself, and I ar destitute of ever 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—t way, and he was tailing, all expense Stocks,—three mon then he remained .1 You call this smar you don't. I thin From yours 11 the goods nd ivotyfor find. myself xcept a few - Goods are lave to wait es men come ced in charge acl. man got a opium, and. Bania.ns— tailed on the months .rc. being paid outof iny hs were ample. and ere and sold. off all. , do yeti ! ,Sotae do if it moral idiotcy. affectionately, - 1. VID LIVINGSTONE. i Salt as Manure. P " 1 -have some id a of using salt on my farm as manure; c n you tell me of any one who ba8 used i to advlantage to any esctent?" " Yes," I have and rny father and brother have used 't for some years. In fact, eversince we ould buy it at a low price at the. wells I have used it on all kinds of- grain, w.eat, oats, barley and peas: On these c ops 1 sow about five bushels of salt to an acre, sometimes only _ As a guide to yo I sow with both much as the. hand salt is moist the about twice the qu salt will not fly as wheat. ' . As to benefit der ved, I have found the grain average six bushels - an acre of wheat and barley, the first crop, and more from peas ant oats ; and almost as much benelitthene t. especially if clover followed. I have carefully noted this. fact, and -more esp cially 'where young _clover followed bar y, thete was then a marked improvem nt. The difference was carefully show by intervals being left unsalted. . Our mode of app ying salt, is to sow it on the land just bef re we sow the grain ; one harrowing be s g sufficient covering for grain, and salt iso. , If sown on the su face, salt will remain a long tinteeunchan ed, especially.in dry weather ; and app ed thus'it does not produce as good r sults. I I have seen after sowing — At a meeting of the Tovrnship Conn- . land look quite w itened til of East Wa.wenosh, on. Tuesday, Au - salt on the surfac , the rain and dews deputation consisting of Thos. not being sufficie.0 entirely to dissolve gust 13, a ' Churcher, of London, find Messrs: Drum - it, and its immedia e contact with fob.- mond and Sloan, of Blyth, were -present age, I am, sure, is bad at any time. I . - am, therefore, of o inion t is far more the Council to submit a By requestiuge advisable to bury t e salt omewhat be- law to the ratpayers of the township for low the surfacean extra grant of $7,000 to assist in beilde . ing the London, Enron and. Bruce Rail- . I have not round his objection to ap- way by the centre route to Winglam. ply so strongly to fess la ds, unless the It was moved and carried, that a 13yklaw meadow fescue abo ntled, nd too much in favor of the said road. for $7,000 be salt was used. N eubt the moisture , I may observe, that ands, and grasp as bo d, and as the and Will thus hold ntity it will of grain; far from the band as was, however, a most marked effect, re duced the following Summer, OR some clover accidently sownon it. This walk had been formed by re ey- ing all the surface soil to the deptl of about six inchs, for the purpose of expos- ing pure red sand, whi (hformed the ub- ancl Was very pelt—almost in act buten. Near this wa, a small patch of clover, sa ed for the c w, but not b ing required, had been all wed to go to Sttecl. during the following wnter, (succeeding the salting), the clove beads broken off by the wirid, had bee. driven int* the deprission formed by te e walk, and the snow and ram had buri ,d them in the lsoil during spring thaws. • From this seeding, t e following slime mer there was a most remarkable thick crop of clever, quite a niat, in fact; mnd this crop continued mially abundant during two or three years that succeeded. I attribut d this rank growth, on such poor "mile entirely to tl e salt. Nuuib9rs of visitori saw this experi- ment. 1e quality of the soil being so poor, left o doubt ou any one's Mind that the growth was ntirely due to :the salt. I have used saltTh my garden many years to free the Walk from weeds ; and on our asparagus bed in particular, 1:use abimnlaneo of it. But although it all the fescue meadow grasses, many tf the large coarse grases, that F. eed the first y ar, and all the clover seem to thrive wonderfully weti where it is cere- fully used I had a tulip bed much in- fested with weeds, and as they couldnot be hoed out, I was advised to sow salt thickly over it in the f-1.1. But certainly the end was not an wered., for next spring I had a in st extraordieary growth of clover and timothy, the seeds of which were in the nanurc applied. A further proof that salt when not in actual contact' with herbage docs not injure the following crop, but instead benefiting ic to an immense extent. —From " Talks with Farmers," in Canada _Pander. Qanaijla. Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of New York, late of Ha ilton, preached in the Mtro- politan Wesleyan Church, Toronto on Sabbath lst. ---Polittcar agents in Montreal have obtained a large nuMber of unsigned notes, gaited by the Dominion Bank, and are doing a big business buying up votes with them. The notes are of course worth1ess,1 but the votes are generally good. 1 I — Mr. !JohnHilliard. Cameron ,was nominated at the nomination in !the County of Cardwell, awl will contestt the constitueacy in the interest of the Gov- ernment. There is eyery prospect that a tieeond defeat awaits him. - • Sir Francis Hill les is at preeent rusticating at Cacou a. It is rum yed that he intends runni g for a Mani oba cnstitu.ency. . Secret ervice motley will have a much more pptent iniluenc on the half-breeds of Manitoba, than oa the farmers of South Brant. He may there- fore be elcted. --- The grasshopper eilague is again rife in Manitoba this season, although' it is thought that they have come too late to do serious daina,ge to the growing crops. Garden stuffs, however, have to take it; The ground in somelplaces is hterally covered with the pests, 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, A is feared that next season they will be very destructive. -- An eXchange sap one acre of land in the village of Paisley was lately sold for $25,000 (?). There has likely been a cipher added. — Here is the latest from our, old friend, Baron de Gaule. : "Arthur P. Devitt), who, under the name of Baron de Camin,' travelled over this comitry denouncing aud slandering the Catholic Church aod religious! intitutions, I has written a letter tothe Harrisburgh (Penn ) Patriot, stating diet he has re• pented aud returned tp the faith of his fathers, and expressing his gratitude to the editor of that journal for exposing his hypocrisy" If the Execisrron does not shortly receive a similar letter expressive of gratitude, ive shAll. be grievously slighted, for did not we expose the Baron's hypocrisylong before the Harris - burgh Pa0-iot ever heerd of him? — The rate of taxation in the. toWn of Galt this year is a cent and three-quar- ters in the dollar, all 4f which is needed to meet liabilities. _ carries the salt drectl among the roots, a d dry not affect it in th same it must be very car fully years since I Itried owing in my garden, niuc grass. I sowed a bushels an acre; destruction of the from this experim too much to assists times since I have inent, smell quanti lauds, euough to whitened, --the sal downwards submitted. to the ratepayers. weather does — Sir George E Cartier's mother used way, but still to sell apples en Vercheres Midge, near Mauy Montreal, to procure money whereby her alt on a walk son might finish his education. infest d with twitch — The oldest elector in Canada voted the rate of about 15 at the election in Niagara the other day. e result was complete His name is Jones, and he is now, 108 witch krass. I saw nt that I had sowed egetati n ; and many years of age. Jones is an old sanor,and. served in the navy under Nelson. He uses two walking sticks in getting rond, scattered, as expen- but otherwise is apparently healthy and ite of Salt over grss,' strong. A couple of years ago he Mar- ake i4 look a little ried a young widow of sixty, who, how - just fact, and always ss ith th ing the grass, sh dressing to meado very carefully use wing land, at tary institution, with its headquarters in salt d discernible, iu effect 6f kill - hat as a Op salt must -be ribute thie to the fact, that the es not do so the city trom whih it is named, looms menced business last week. much injury to tbe roots, when mixed ever, in a couple of months, eloped with a gay deceiver of eighty years of ag. — The Bank of Hamilton, a new nione- with the soil, but i it -rem ' t1An interesting reunion took place with the herbage, seriously injnree it In all these case ticed the land to by the salt for so it, notwithstandin at intervals. In the ease of t ny len of to e some e time sorne e salt th of time, it 1 at Adolphustown, Ont, on the 12thinst. On that day Mrs. Bogart was -a hundred dressing I DO- years old, and her relatives, to the num- • hat whitened ber of about four hundred, met to cele - ter applying brate the centenary of the old lady's am had fallen birth: She was the eldest child of James Lazier, a U. E. Loyalist, who came to •-walk, there the Bay of Quinte in 1790, and settled • REPEAT near Northport, from whom the numer- ous families of*Laziers and Bogarts in Hastings and Prince Edward, and thoae of Hamilton are descended. The old. lady was as sprightlier and joyous on the occasion as the youngest of her. great- grandchildren. • --- The Windsor Record says many of the votes which went toToll up OCon- nr's big majority were bought with use- less bills of the defunct International Bank. — The " Englib. 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 _Hamilton on September 13 and 14. — The annual Fall show of the Agri- cultural Society of tbe Township of Cul- ross will be held at Teeswater on Tues- day, 8th of October. In the township of Plynipton, on Friday forenoon, Duncan Anderson, a young man aged 27, committed suicide by hanging himselfto a tree. It appears that he was ailing for a few days with pain in his chst, which latterly affected his head. Tt is asserted in Morgan's Trade Journal that the Premier of Canada will shortly be personally engaged in England in making financial arrangements in re- lation to the loan for the construction of the Canada Pacific Railway. — A strange accident of very painful nature occurred on Thursday to David Cowan, eldest son of Mr. James Cowan, whilst out shooting at Pond Mills, near London. He and some other boys were playing with some powder, when a burn- ing leaf caught the flask, igniting the contents, which exploded, tearing open the boy's nciee and seriously burning his face and hands. , On Friday evenieg the 10th inst., the house of Me. Mark Hodgkin, 10th concession, Egrenont, was struck by lightning. The electric fluid entered the the house and Owe Mrs. Hodgson a se- vere shock, She was MiCOnseioate for two hours, and hr right sidewas parti- ally paralyzed.. She has since recovered. The rest of the inmates escaped without injury. It is estimated that there are over six hundred persons at present engage& in rebuilding Ini Ingersoll, This number e.- eludes bricklayers, carpenters, stone ruasous, plasterer, painters, laborers, etc., etc. —Hon. John O'Connor cannot now boast of the largest majotity in On- tario. Mr. D. A. Macdo-mild, the Re- form candidate for Glengarry) and brother of the late Johri •Sandfield Macdonald, was elected by a majority of 1,096 votes. — The mercantile agency of Dun, Wi- man & Co, have opened a branch office in the city of bueinese With th ed through the growing import lUIcLEAN BROTHERS, Publimbern. 50 a Year, In advance. miltiml. Hitherto the city basleen transct- oronto office; but the rice of Ha,milten, and the extension of hegency's operations there, have neceSsitated this chnge. ---- One night n. umber of perso the political situ last -week, amongst a s who were discussing tion, in Elora, were Mr. George A. Drew and Mr. John Ander- son, a commerci 1 traveller. It is said that the former entleman, in the heat of discussion, called the latter gentle- man a, liar, when Mr. Anderson struck Mr, Drew, doubling him up in a moment. The pugilistic " Drummer was sum moned before An august J. P. on the fel lowing day, atel compelled to pay a fine of $20 and cots. A tanner. of Bayfield, Huron Coun ty, named Peter Desing, has been absent from that localiy' for sotne time past, and this, together with his weak financial position has given rise to the report that be has absconded, which, it is thought will turn out to be correct. — In one day last week, 1,600,000 feet of lumber passed over the Ottawa and Prescott Railway, from Ottawa for the American market. — A few eeke since a welleducated young woman, the deughter of' wealthy parents, suddenly disappeared 'from her home near Smith's Falls. She Was final- ly discovered, d-essed in a suit of her brother's clothe, and working in a saw- mill at Ottawa. Her fellow -workmen in. i) the mill never si spected that they had in. their midst a looming maiden.. — On Tuesda of last week a•ehild twenty-two months old, on of Mr. John Ralston, Kinlose township, while run- ning about the floor in a playful mood, happened te approach the table and over- turned a cup of boiling hot tea, part of which ran down the unfortunate child's throat, scalding him. so severely that he died on the following Thursday. — Mr. Delong, of the Woodstock Cheese Factory, sold to Mr. Byron, of Ingersoll, last week, a month's make of cheese, consisting of 22,000 punds, 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 bcd. Gangrene set in, and death ensued in forty hours. —Last Wednesday evening, a woman named Maria Horsfell dropped dead in the shoe store of _Mr. Bergin, a 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 Founds. --At the election in London, on Mon day last. for the LocalParliament, Mr. Meredith, the opposition candidate, lwas field. Mr. Blake Will, therefore, be allowed. to walk the course unopposed, and the wind expended- by Dr. Tapper and other big guns at -Te nomination, will have gene for nothin • —As the news of Refoern victories was received at the Globe office last Friday night the crowd accurenlated.' on the street opposite, and when at about half - past ten o'clock a transparency Was plac- ed at the frcent announcing, eleven Re- formers returned out of twelve contests, the enthusiasm 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, Be addressed them briefly in a con- gratulatory speech. —A grand Reform demonstration is to take place in the township of Burfor, County of Brant, on Friday the SOth inst. This demonstration is to be gotten up in honor of the Reform victories achieved in the Brants and adjoining counties. Messrs. Mackenzie. McKellar and other prominent Reformers will be present. —In of Mr. 33ake's resig . nation of his seat for South Brute 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 1.4th. —21. fatal accident . occurred in the township of Medonto on Saturday last. A young woman named Christina Drys- dale was accidentally killed byfalling headlong from a load of grain, and break- ing her neck. —.Rv. Prof. Inglis, of Knox College, Toronto, has accepted a call from a prominent Presbyterian Congregation itt the city of Brooklyn, N. Y. • —It is said that Mr. ohn Hossie has been appointed Sheriff of the County of Perth, in room of Sheriff Moderwell who resigned some time ago. • —In West %amnesia on Friday 23rd ult., Donald Caropbell, a boy aged. 15 years, was killed.. by falling from a load of wheat, under the wheel of the wagon, which passed over him: —Mrs. Ross, wife of George W. Ross, the Reform candidate for -West Middle- sex, diedsuddenly on Tuesday. —Mr. NreCuaig bas been unseated in :the Ontarie, Assembly by the decision of the Judge, and Mr. Striker declared duly elected by a majority of nineteen. The wrong roll WM used in thetownship of Hillier to benefit Mr. McCtiaig, and when the list of voters was scrutinised by the right roll, that of 1870, MT. 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 connected witht the recent &waft- ful wheat "corner" in -Chicago. -- A fire hi Orillia l'st Wednesday° • night destroyed the following buildings Thomson's jewellery store, Gribbon's two stores, Mutchay & Co.'s store, Ste- vens' drug store, World's dry geode store, Dominion Telegraph Office, Dunn's bak- ery. Kerman & Cook's drug store, Wil- sou's dry geode store. The new hotel just built by Edwards, and all the other houses on that street were damaged. Those named were burnt to the ground. — n Monday, about hlf-past 12 o'clock the shingle factory of Mr. 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 $1,00. —The counties of 'Wellington, Water- loo and Wentworth are represented in the Ontario Legislature by seven mem- bers—all Reformers; and have just re- turned seven more Reformers to the Do- minion Parliament. Well done for the three WA. --- The term "gelrymandering," an often used in the papers now, in connec- timi with Sir John Macdonald's electoral division's, originated. in the State of Con- necticut some 50 years ago. Governor 0 erry a. Democrat, having to form'a RUM- ber of new constituencies so arranged. as to favor big' own paty—hence gerry- mander, with a' hard g. —Mr. George W. Ros, of Strathroy, was elected as the Reform representative of West Middlesex, on • Wednesday last, in opposition to Mr. A. P. Macdonald, the notorious Government -contractor. —We are informed. that Mr. James Sornerville, late Reform candidate for North Huron, is likely to be the Beformi candidate 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 rail- way is now open to Paisley, and passen- ger and freight trains now run daily to that point. _ On Saturday last, a little -girl in Walk- erton, agedfive yeare, .daughter 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 into the air ecream- jug,' and before her parents could reach her, she was so badly bunted that death put an end her sufferings. —A trio of rascals arrived at Windsor On biiiiday, by the Great Western train, and immediately proceeded to business. One took the condoctoits valise, another made a raid on the post office and helped elected by a majority of 41 over his op- I himself to a uantity of money orders ponent, Mr. Darand. —Mr, It.urdon the Governinent cen- dictate for South irace, must he a man of changeable mind. A few weeks ago he issued. an address withdrawing from the contest, and an effort was made to induce Sir John to takehis place. Fail- ing in this, Mr. Hardon issued another address placing himself again before the electors as a candidate. A day or two ago, a third address made its appearance, again announcing hiswithdravral from the • and cash, whi e the third being of a, literary turn of mind, itried to break into Praler's bookstore. They were all caught and. now await trial. 1 —We learn from Galt, Ont,, that one hundred and eighty young boys and girls—the eldest of whom ere aged. about a dozen years, from London, England, sent out by Miss Macpherson, arrived. there safely on Saturday. They all ap- pear to be healthy, and rather intelli gent looking.