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The Huron Expositor, 1876-04-14, Page 1APRIL 1876. SPIR/TINTC1-. 18 THE NOTED .E.AP -.STORE. -7 7•7 UST OPENED: 30 PACKAGES Of D RY-.G.C.$()D ig the Largest, Cheap* arid Beer ted Steck to Select from in See. Most of these Goods we Import teat from are determined to sell them al as any First -Class House in the aim of Canada. We make Dry a Speciality, and in many Iftiet tods we have some 'BARGAINS, mg them Six Hundred Pieces Na, N'T$, Warranted Fast Colors, at front ,ants to 15. cents per yard_ ;, Pik :es ZS.- 02003:Ds, k and Neat, In all the Choice Fit I of the Season,at from 121 cest cents per yard. Forty Piecet BLACK LUSi'RESI able Warp Reversible, at 14 cent; cents, 20 cents, 25 cents, 30 cast; cents, 40- cents, 50 cents, sa cep* Gents and 85 cents per yard. nificent Display New Silk Scarfs, New Ecru Lacek Maltese Laces, New HOU' es, New ACI 1.1.A.005, Swiss Embroideries, broiderie.s, New Guipure Erabol" es. _1.ACE CURTAINS u $1 to $8 per Set. ,A.meriail Pons, American Ducks, America &c., L Free Trade Prices; rt viroi Five Dozen Ladies' Seet4 cents per 1air, worth 45 pair. A Great Bargain, SEE Tiff A. G. DilcDQUGALL 84. Sign of the Three Seveate &FORTH, siontaisomatmaimattriesera WHOLE NO. 4315. NINTH( YEAR. " AtORTII, FRIDA1C APRIL 14, 1876. The Dominion Senate vs. the House of Commons. The clever Ottawa cOrres ondent of the Hamilton Times11 one of hs racy letters makes the following interesting compar- isons between the surroundings and' de- meanor of that staid, stolid, expensive and worthless body, the Dominion Sen- ate, and the equally bustling, active and valuable Commons. While speaking of the Senate, he says it may!not be unin- teresting to make some reference to that calm, dignified and generally grandilo- quent body. When one st4ps out of; the busy House of Commons, ith its hum of voices, restless memb vs, hurrying pages, snapping fingers and whistling for messengers, its crowded alleries,the the rush of loud tones .of the speakers, business, amid the score of other never-end- ingineidents which catch th� eye or arrest the ear ; together with t1e impression left on the mind from the dark green icar- pet,the chairs upholstered in green leath- er, the deep green trimmings around the chamber, the hats on the embers,' ancl the other items that give th; place a dark and uninviting cast. t Wh n one leaves this bedlam and enters the! quiet, Otto], airy ancl cheerful legislative hall of the ge instantly. nators, with paneled peil- of theCorn- sit. _In- the feel easy and e oneself as those of the still, walk most perfect active in the posite is the one finds' the - Senate, he feels the chit - The room, seated for 70 s its lofty carved woodenan hie, is the same size as tha mons„ where 206 members Commons galleries one may ohat, walk abou,t, and ma comfortable as possible. I .Senate one is impressed to noiselessly, and observe th quiet. There is nothing att House of Commons; the o fact in the Senate. There magnificent apartment- brill:ant with life size oil paintings,* marble- statues, a ,gor- geous throne, elegant wainnt desks, , and easy chairs, rich crimson carpet, benehes upholstered in. crimson cloth to match - the chairs- and. chief color in the room, - polished brass railings atirmounted at ; frequent intervals with gat lamps, &c. .The apartment is rich and elegant in all its appointments, and, suggestive of Com- . fort and -wealth. Mr. Speaker, to whora the greatest DEFERENCE IS PA ID, sits beneath a rich crimson canopy, sur- rounded by the imperialicoat-of-arms, carved and gilt. This throne is smaller than one behind him, which is used by no one except Lord. Dufferin when Pres- ent in his constitutional capacity as Gov- ernortGeneral, in opening or proroguing Parliament. On the rightf Mr. Speak - i er stands a fine marble bus of H. R. H. the Princess of Wales, ae on his left one of the Prince her husband. Both are of life size aad well executed. At the end of the chamber opposite to `Mr. Speaker stands a life size statue that any inconvenience in white marble of Her Majesty, arise in the alteratioq . of the tariff, .for no one has been able to mounted on a red granite ped - g estal six feet high facing the Speaker's out any financial difflehlties that chair. The Queen is represented as she in the way, and the argument th might have been 20 years ago. She we cost of the necessaries bf life wo to adjourn is made the Sp ak er m says, "Mr.— moveii th t this H do now adjourn. Is it you pleasur adopt this motion ?" and If sce he "Carried !" If the ewe irto ion, eve opposed, was made (in , Senate Hon. SPeaker would rise d say in formula " Hon. Gentle it, it is ed by 1 -Ion. Mr. seconde Hon. Mr. --, that is Hous now. adjourn. Is it yo pleasur adopt the motion? All th se in fav the motion will say 'content.' All not in favor of the m ti n will say content.'" And then Speaker "The contents have it," which is onyinous to declaring tha he moti carried. • A Few Stray Th ughts. 4 r. hich force rove pref- ger's his last ; de, h of I enge and perehan e be when th fal- :have ap- My rticie and ely use ys, un - the thin ov4 by de t� of ose not dds is To the Editor of thl Harlin &post Sin : I think theiconcln ions to men are compelled to arrive by the of circumstances not unfre uently ibi) to be more lasting than t1lir fond erences, and when the Usborne Gra " brother farmer" has enitivate intellect, as in his letter in ; you weeks issue heffecommeadt him t he will fain acknowledie the tru this-, and his smile at aa the 'non written about " their in nsistenc unworthy motives," ma changed to a sardonic gn lacies which , have led h become apparent, and he ply the axiom, "save friends." Your liberal and comprehensive on Protective Duties is well timed I trust the Government ill soon see the expediency of a little he lthy legislation on this matter, to stem he growill feel- ing of dissatisfaction at heir commercial policy and the present tariff. i Long con- tinued depression of trate and the flood- ing of the Canadian mar & ts with Ameri- can goods have united manufacturers aid prcducers in a common desire for higher restrictive duties. Extreme free tra principles are less and les supportedcl it is admitted that thopesition of Canada is commercially so peculiar that she re- quires peculiar treat e t, and Call it what you will, incidenta protection or national policy, there is aidoubt a change is demanded by the co intry and som Oi be made. I V Alai t th vhel o m estray is forced t me fror concessions will have really seems paradoxical, And not the bounds of common reason, th United States are allowkl to over us with their productions'free fro restriction, When our own, cannot 1 e Without the i y, an anomal. 'so aptly ill s review of thi Y own perks? a I cannot th Of princi le res n poin at -..n t th lcl b • a mitted across the horde position of custom du state of things which y trated last week in you question. As far as feeling is concerned, ii • is her crown carries a, coronal of roses in th her left and the sceptre m her right hand. difference wouldI not be appreciab y fel She is dressed in loose drapery after the iu the increasedstimul s to the corn -me • much increased is no tenable,' Grecian style.- Her statue is the most of this country, resulting in steady ; striking object in the; room. Behind it general prosperity. T and against the wall -are stispended two remembered, when in . - life size oil paintings of George IV. and declared himself to be • ' f t 'der and I s e 'Premier, be cotland last yea an uncom ffo in' mita d h 't of at mc 1 Queen Charlottom their coronation robes. g , ppose his a Both are young, and arrayed in the cos- have not undergone au change, a tunic of 100 years ago. In the Speaker's they are shared in by a number gallery there is also -a splendid painting supporters, but the Lib, rail Cons in oil of her present Majesty, painted in and Independent members have f oil when she had but latelyiaseendecl the time maintained that theories mu Throne. -• She, too, is in her coronation *ay to facts, and that Cana 's robes. All these attractive objects, to. duty is, for Canada to take care of gether with the heavy gilt mace on the self table and its crimson cushions, the Ser- All conjectures whighl the residen s geant-at-Arms; the Usher lof the Black our goodly Own have for months 11,e Rod, the gaseliers, the uniformed pages, indulging in, as to the intentions of o the messengers and attendants, in cut- civic rulers Nv4h regard to a bonus f away coats and white neckties, and the the establishment of sonic works, is no other matters too numero s to mention, set at rest by the publication of atirropos- and, perhaps, too tedious to read of, ed by-law in, your columns, for the pur- throw an influence over th chamber of Pose of carrying out this i desirable object. the Senate much as may be ought for in 1 think the bonus and conditions are on - the in the Commous. he Senators ceived le a liberal spirt, and will to d to of 'ere 1 y b that the $ We t as sing re' s- theii 24 mounts resbyte ast rs, at p esen on hat de uate ion $, no ter.' In the ong Rae stu ther du cula let tion, of of the C Johi Pre tho teri as tee Ca relik Lea herd of t and Ov andl Go mit tley' tak rem tarti ext iston byte ne, in C inis Cons eron on k an Co Ha Wa sal all at 1' 15 este, wh posed of son, an love Hone me ting HaMilt n during the meeting of Synod. The Pre bytery adjourned to hold its reg- ul• me ting in Seaforth, on the second Tu aim) of July, at 11 A. M. h inst., but that as regards the remised in the *papers on the y table as stipends of future e Presbytery takes no action beyond an expression of opin- he amounts mentioned are not to the abilities of the congrega- te the necessities of a minis - accordance with the request of egation of Bayfield, Mr. W- ent, was appointed - te-labor ng the next three months. Cir- rs wete read- anent the recep- v. Mr. McGregor, a minister ngregational Church, of Mr. . a minister of the American ian Church, and of Mr. Haw- minisser of the United Presby- urch of British North America, rs of this Church. A commit - sting of Messrs.' Gracey and was appointed on the state of Mr. Gracey, convener. Messrs. Messer were appointed mem- e Assembly's Committee of Bills rtures, and Messrs. Ferguson don, members d the Synod's ee of Bills and Overtures. Mr. resignation of East Ashfield n up, when it was agreed that ation lie on the table, and that ‘s interested •be cited to appear • nd tongue. The sewing is done ith the regularity and neatness of ma - bine work, and exhibits the wonderful capabilities to which the human frame can be educated. I —Mr. E. J. Muina, a merchant of rumbo, Blenheim, was set upon whilst on his way home one night recently, but he held fast to the money—about $100— and after a brief hand-to-hand engagement With his assailant, succeeded in getting Jaway. Country merchants had better be on the alert. e —Mr. A. S. Whiting, an industrious and persevering manufacturer at Cedar Dale, near Oshawa, died recently) at the 'age of 69 years. The agricultural classes are much indebted to him for introduc- ing the superior class of harvest and gar- den tools now in use. —A dastardly outrage was committed ion the Egremont road, a few days ago, 011 Mr. A. A. Hicks, who was on his way to deliver a temperance lecture. He was overpowered by three ruffians in masks and made to swallow about a pint of whiskey. —The passenger traffic over the Grand Trunk railway is at present very large, between 300 and 400 through western - bound passengers passing through Strat- ford every day. The Port Dover road is egular meeting for their inter- becoming quite a popular route, about n said resignation will be dis- tickets being sold daily at the different Messrs. Ferguson, Brown,and stations along the line. lder, were appointed to prepare —An interesting case was considered re to the Assembly on the before a full bench -of magistrates in South ission Fund, and to report at a Marysburg a few days ago. The com- a Presbytery to be held in plaint was that a patron of a cheese fac- tory had delivered milk in which a cat had. been drowned. A portion ' of the magistrates agreed upon a conviction, but the defendant gave notice of appeal. —On a challenge, given by Mr. R. Ferguson, of Listowel, a game of draughts was played between that gentleman and six players of Millbank, _Perth County, on Friday, March 31st. The result was a complete victory for Mr. Ferguson ; be having won 25 games eut of 30, and the remaining 5 being draws. Another match is spoken of. —A servant girl named Jenny -. Mar- shall, living in Napanee, Ontario, last week received a letter from England, in- forming her that by the death of an un- cle she has become heiress to 000,000 sterling, equal to $1,000,000. Mr, John Perry was shown the letter, and there is ne doubt of the good fortune of the poor servant girl. —The friends and well-wishers of Rev. Mr. Musgrave, pastor of Milverton and North Mornington Presbyterian churches, have shown their respect and apprecia- tion in a tangible manner by presenting Mr. Musgrave with the handsome sum of $84.50. Mr. Musgrave has labored faithfully in his present field for the last 8 years, and the presentation is well -tie - served. —Window robberies are becoming com- mon in Dundas. The plan adopted is for the parties to break one or two panes of glass, then help themselves to whatever is within reach. If this style of robbing is continued much longer, Dundas store- keepers will be compelled to re -commence the old-fashioned practice of putting up their shutters at eight. --As a Canada Southern freight train was coming into Ridgetown yard the oth- er evening, a brakeman named William 120, Clark, of St. Thomas, fell from the top --Harriston has a pottery just recent - of the train, the wheels instantly passing ly established where they are able to over his legs, badly mangling them, from glaze white ware, and. burn it equal to the effects of which he died 15 minutes any stone ware manufactured, and it is after the accident. He was 19 years of difficult for experienced persons to tic - age and unmarried. tect it from the best stone ware it takes —The young man Alexander White, a superior finish rings well, and is who was accidentally killed at Chatham ly as hard. This ware can be manufac- station lately, by the buffer overlap- tured as cheaply as the common clay ping, was from London, where be leaves crocks. They have now a kiln burnt a wife and two children. He was about which can be tested by any person call - 35 years of age, and had served in the ing This establishment is quite an :se - 78th Highlanders. His body was for- quisition to the village, and the future warded to London the same evening. The prospects of Messrs. Cadwell & Peg - inquest showed that his death was the ret ler, the proprietors,. are as bright as suit of his own want of care. those of any firm in the village, as their —Donald Campbell, a young man, ware only requires to be seen to be ap- went from Owen Sound to Toronto a preciated. couple of weeks ago, having in his Pot' —A Hamilton lady lost her purse a . . session $600 in $20 gold pieces. On Sat- few days ago, containing a $4 bill, a, few urday evening a man named David Quig- street ear tickets and some loose change. hotel, and while there, it is alleged, stole On Friday she received a letter by post, retitreing the purse and other contents ley got hold of him and took him into an from him a gold watch and chain valued (excepting the bank bill) with the, fol- manded. searched at the. station. Quigly was re- lowing note written in a good hand: MADAME—ipicked up the enclosed purse at 000, Campbell had not a cent when Mr. left las land. b ed bet and ins Peinbr. Rev. ran, po pulreha in Ont tly pie ing i chased p nine sum of 1-111 most Ohtari e I—T left lt day of v4th g atvessel:ha been 1 t� this Giarde r—R fax in a d cc rn pi • c urc ss simbT1 arni ▪ eth e t . E. —T With r fyperamrse iiache Who s 2,0 om has a tihe c -- ed a etal redl 4 man, arres eed. hoot otoli hro are — bou pld r teadi pp, 1, iten in 0 leona tproeosis. NwVionr . Mr. far weel the lasyl Che a V Thi sect thin has wit Ma - the boa ma at Bru fee do era tin pa we • ive Canada,. . allantyne, M. P. P.,South Perth, week on a business visit to Eng- akesman named White was crush - eon the cars at .Chttliam station antly killed on the 3rd inst• Presbyterian congregation in ke ha e given a unanimous call to; . D. Ballantyne, late of Whitby. ring this season, Mr. John Cur - k and cheese dealer, of Montreal, ed $156,676 worth of dressed hogs rio. nry Cusack, of Wallacetown, re - 'at once in two, eight cords of vood with a buck saw, including 10 hours. e authorities of Guelph have pur- a team of hbrses for their Fire De - it from the Model Farm for the $400, ' - ' •. Kennedy and family, after uccessful farewell tour through , have this week been giving fare'tertainments in Toronto. enty car loads -t --a special train—e ris station, Brant County, Tues est week, on the Grand Trunk,' ods for the Centennial, collected point. . enty-two steamers, 23 sailin t. • have nothing in common ttith the Com- mons. They each have a esk to them- selves; they have soft bond 'table chairs; everything is better than in the Com- mons, even so . far as _pent}, pencils, sta- tionary, &c. are concerned.! In the Senate there are 7 few OCCUPANTS IN THE OA LERIES 1 that no attention is paid...to them. , The style of speaking is more c more easy, the diction mor better English and French thought is ' more easily brc cause more time is taken. the Senators use good matt them only are Of excitable these make very ieteres sometimes. Except a half lters of the r-.-.-.. th.. the nversabonal, e cultivated, are used, the ught out be - Nearly all 1. A few of emperament ; mg speeches dozen mem- rest may be the mutual advantage o the bonus and the tow is little doubt the r their unanimous ratifi law at the polls, satisfy the coticil they have, in this inttance, sec red the rectpien and that t epayers Will ation of -this popular will. Let us pe the succe may predict for Mr. \ Maw may a an incentive to some qf our ent rp men to introduce other breathe o dustry, so that our interests, and perity may be largely aUgmentec . ' ONE Wu° TitIN1 SEAronTit, April 11, 187p. ; _ • ; ' Prespytery of Huro The Presbytery n et at Cli Tuesday last. There Was a largeat auce of ministers, elders and other said to be inferior speakers to the major- terested. Petitions front the c ng ity of the Senators. Spine speeches tiaras of Rodgerville and Brae 'eld which would have comm nded general presented, praying ior moder tio admiration in the Commor s have been ' calls " to a minister. The p ay delivered this session in t e Senate, anti said petitions were &ranted, nd that, too, without any seeming prepara- Gracey was appoint, d to mo era tion. On the floor of the ..'enate td -day a call in the former cdn regation sit lawyers, politicians, j urnalistaland McCuaig in the latte t. In a other gentlemen who have undispated with the request of th congre talents, and as many of tit m have been Bluevale and Wingh in, thes for many long years in the arena of pub- gations were separated and eac he life, they would be of great service to a separate charge. 1 the country in shaping its legislation if aided to remain in B the constitution of the Senate were not ly Wingharn become of a kind to rob it of its egitimate in- gation. ISIn.ltieLea fluence. ' declare the Wingha HON. DAVID CHRISTIE, Ti E SPEAKDR, the 23d inst., and to is an elderly gentleman, top well known Session. The follow to the people of! this country to require ance of Presbytery very particular allusion. He is the first of the congregations ;I Reform Speaker the House has ever had, having taken into c and well does he dischar ,e his duties. titions from Winglia He has a fine presence is dignified in his ' dissolution of the u ., manner, prompt in his decisions, and, tween them, and ha above all, never for one moment does he utations of both con Ito allow business to lag. He is energetic, of the pastor, find - and : always has the House at work. He gragations, • especial is blessed with a perfectly cleat and very of Wingham, have I pleasing voice, one of the best, if not the ifying progress du } best, in the Chamber, and, as is admitted of Mr, Pritchard, on all sides, makes a capital Speaker. solution is desirable, With one of his temperament, one can almost think he is half annoyed at times with the long round -about modes of ob- taMing the sense of the Chamber, even onthe most trifling subject. For instance, if in the House of Commons a motion an cor ati to 8 s. n d- n- ae re in of r. C in Mr. a ce n of ngre- form Ir. Pritc iar de - vale, consee tient- a vacant c was apppin pulpit ar' ca et as Me era irk is th , cl liver - 1 n nt the s pa •ation "The I' es ytery idetatio t e pe - end, Blueval for a u now existi g be- i ig heard the c egations, as e ,st, That the - time i co 'gre de extre lel the minis That such , not only in terests of church ettension, JO especially as the we k has bee() much for the pastor ; • 3d, That th- or of tho petition b granted, iin as the dissolution f the union ' eerned, that said dissolution 'tak ogre- edi to tion or of 1. I, a ep- 1 as -on- ion at - of a dis- h in -1 morel e too; pray - far! pon-1 e eet , and 57 barges have this winte id up at Kingston. In additio 12 steamers and 10 vessels are a Island and. Portsmouth. v. George Grant will leaste Relit the next steamer for England legate from the Presbyterian in Canada to the General Asl- . . • ere are 11 Methodist Churches ia ton, '6 belonging to the Canad dists, 2 to -the Primitives, and ' the B. C., the M. E., and the denominations. ere is residing in Collingwoo is parente, a young man ninetee of age, well developed and we in body, who stands only high. the case of Georgina McKay, ed the corporation of London fOr damages, for injuries sustained defectore sidewalk, Judge Ellio t aided the sum Of $22 damages an sts of the Court. he township af Warwick, has offet- eward of $200 for the arrest oft the -rem Of Patrick Monohan, and 14- Monohan, brother of the murder* as offered a reward of $500 for the of the parties that committed 9e . , r. Valentinei Boehmer, a studeht High School, Berlin, shot himself th the thigh, while fooling with mg iron, a few days ago. Revolve langerous playthings even in tlte of full fledged young men. I n Monday meaning of last week, 8 o'clock, as Thomas O'Connor, an spected resident of Colebrook, was g a horse to water, the horse, pa g, kicked hira in the side. He got alked to the house, and expired n iinutes afterwards. he sum of $900 has been collected hawa and placed in the hands of a. ittee for distribution amongst of the village. Considerable di prevails inconsequence of the H s having been closed during tie r. We are sorry te notice the death !of Richard a&lliday, a well-knoWn or of the to ship of Elma. .A few s ago, signs of insanity presenting selves, he was sent to the Lonclion m, where he died on Monday mon- April 3rd. .. Mr. Matheson, of the Cold Springs se Factory, West Zorra, has ordered t capable of holding 600 gallons. vat is the largest ever made in that n of the country, and will cost sortie - over $100. ' ! Mr. Thos. Ruisell, of Charing CrOss, a Leicester ewe, that had six lantbs in a year—last year on the th i of ch she had three, and this ear - on th she had three more. Who ean this? • ' A piece of patchwork quilt has been Le by a woman named Godin, living ip ugar Island, above Fredericton, ew nswiek, vrho has neither hands or that are of use. The sewing Was e with her mouth. The various !op ions of threading the needle, Joliet - the thread, cutting the squareil of hwork and sewing them together, I — ; 1 1 111c1,11BAN HILO 1110118,Pablideers. 01_ 50 a Year, in advance. Mr. Gould, though considering that the. felicity richly deserved punishment, for- bore to prosec him out of respect to vor his wife, a If Y' respectable young lady of the city, whom he lately married. Nichols left town, immediately after the exposure, for the west, promising to re- fund the money he had stolen. • --Among Nova Scotia's contributions to the great Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, are a number of paintings executed ,by residents of the Province. Mr. Forshaw Day has sent several of his most excellent works. Miss Bessie Brown, of Paradise, has contributed two pieces: One of them is an oil paint; ing, representing the inn at which_ the Duke of Kent was entertained during a tour through the Annapolis Valley. The other is a sketch in India ink, entitled " Resting." —The 11th annual milk meeting of the St. George, Brant County, cheese factory was held on Wednesday, April 5th. The object of the meeting was to make various arrangements connected with the dairy business, and to settle upon milk routes for the coming season. This factory has been in successful operation for 10 years and is the oldest in the country. Laat year over 120 tons of cheese were manu- factured. The factory was started by Mr. John Richardson, who still conducti it and maintains his reputation. II is s- 11 --The inquest on the remains of Mrs. Ward, who, according to her 'husband, was burned to death in their. dwelling in the township of Caledon East, on Thurs- day morning of last week, has been con - chided, the jury bringing. in a verdict that she came to her death by the act of her husband. The evidence beard at the inquest implies that Ward first murdered his wife and then set the house on fire. She had been in Toronto for some time on a visit, and returned home with her husband on the day previous to her death. —Here is a little story as told by a Hamilton editor: "A man named Pang - icy, who went to St. Mary's bay, geese hunting, seeing a moose on the opposite shore, he fired, and, at the same moment a porpoise floated to the shore, and the hunter used it as a raft to paddle acress to the moose. There he found that the bullet, after killing the moose, had gone into a hollow tree, in which was a store of wild honey, which was flowing through the hole -made by the bullet. Reaching for what,he thought was a stick, to plug up the hole, he caught a rabbit by the leg. Rather startled, he threw it violeut- ly from him, and struck a convoy of 18 partridge, killing them all. the blinds were pushed aside, and eager faces looked out at the sky. It was a dull, dismal night, but about 11 o'clock a few rents in the clouds appeared, and hopes were raised in the breasts of the adventists. By midnight all the clouds had vanished, and the moon shone out brightly, the earth showed no signs of 'dissolution. A feast had been pre- paied, but was not partaken of, and about 1 o'clock the disappointed ones dispersed to their homes, sadder, but let us hope, wirier individuals, i -1—At the closing last week of the first Setsion of Knoae,s College, held in the new building, Principal Cavan read ' a most able and logical -address on the "Immor- tality of the Soul." The Session just closed has been more than usually suc- cessful. There were 72 resident students in the college, which was greater than the average number of any previous year, and had filled up the space which it was thought when the building was commenc- ed would not be required for a long time to come. Forty-two of the students had entered in the plass for theology. And the Professors have all reported satisfac- tion with the deportment and diligence of the students, and with the interest L ev need by them in thei. studies. Among the winners of prizes we find the follow- ing: Scholarship of $40—Proficiency in Gaelic language, A. F. Mackenzie. Also the Medalists for 1876. Governor -Gen- eral's Silver Medal --For best examination ini classics, for third year, W. E. McCulloch. Governor -General's Bronze Medal—Best examination in classies,sec- d year, Jas. Ross. —Palmerston has a resident by the name of James Dixon, who was born near Park Hill, Ireland, in 1766, so that he is near fl years of age. He Was pressed into the British Navy at an early age, in whieli he remained for over forty years. He served under Nelson at the battle of the Nile, Trafalgar and others. . He immigrated to Canada and has lived. for 25 years near Granton, Ontario. 'On Tuesday of last week he 'was brought by hi grandson, Mr. J. D: Caswell, to Pal- (te erston, where he intends to spend the eat of his days, which, from appear- nce may be many. His father reach - e the ripe old age of 116, and a bro her Huron Notes. The Brussels school register shows a attenda-nee *1 299 scholars. —Rev. T. Brock, of Clinton, occupied t e pulpit of the Metropolitan church, T ronto, on Monday evening of last* wafeek. 'Lel,the " Royal," and Mr. Alexander —Kincardine is very proud of her new McLean is jus the right man to have charge of it, an old hand, and. one who i k —Twelve horses have been entered f om Huron for competition at the Phila- d lphia Centennial. The names of those h ',ring entered. them have not yet been p blished but will be in due time. —The License Commissioners of East uron have appointed Mr. John McRae hairman of the Board. The COMMiSs- I ners meet again on the 24th inst ,for tile purpose of considering the InsPectors port. —The London Free Preei says: "We egret to learn that Mr.- Greenway, M. . for South Huron, his been obliged to uccumb to the commercial pressure of he times, and has made an assignment o his Creditors, It is supposed that his state will yield a very, fair dividend." - on the street yesterday, and return it to °—The family of Mr. Martin Kitchen, you, less a $4 bill found in it. For the visited by diphtheria. On the 2nd of reasons : I have been out of employ - present I keep it, and for the following South Dumfries, has been most painfully on the 31st of March, a daughter aged 20 ment since the first of June, and was totally out of money to supply family January, he lost a son aged 17 years, and years, and on the 4th of April another wants. It may be a Providential send daughter aged:21 years. This disease to me. I will consider it as such, and as has raged violently in certain sections of soon as I get into employment again, I South Dumfries, but in no case have we will, from my first possible spare earn - heard of so severe an affliction as has ings, send you the sum for the present LOLL u.pon the family of Mr. Kitchen. kept by me.—Tne FINDER. —At the Hamilton Police Court on —On Thursday, March 23rd, MTS. M. came before the police magistrate. A bore, vomited, under the most painful Stinson, of Seymour, County of Peter= Tuesday of last week, a difficult case man was charged with stealing a pigeon. circumstances, a large lizard. On the Complainant and defendant claimed the day mentioned she was visiting her sick bird, both sweariug to its identity. The brother, (who has since died) and porn - who claimed a certain child when King heart, accompanied with pain and sick- plained. of a violent palpitation of the magistrate. thought of the two women Solomon was called on to arbitrate, and ness of the stomach and in attempting instructed the sergeant to set the bird at large, saying that it would find its way ,home. —VVe are called upon this week to an- nounce the death of one of the oldest residents of West Zorra, George Harris, Esq., which took place on Tuesday of last week. The direct cause of his death was the shock he received by jumping from his horse which became unruly while riding, horse, never entirely recover- ed from the effects of a severe attack of typhoid fetet last summer. Mr. Harris, settled in West Oxford in 1811 and has been a resident of Zorra for 40 years. He has been a Wesleyan local preacher for 30 years. --For some time past Mr. Joseph Gould, dealer in pianos, &c., Montreal, has had a young man, named C. A. Nichols, in his employ as clerk and col- lector. Nichols was trusted by his em- ployer with eonsiderable sums of money, anti from subsequent revelations appears to have taken a base advantage of his po- sition, and embezzled regularly and per - e done entirelyby her lips teeth sistently to the extent of over $ 1,000. —On Saturday, a number of their).- abitants of Hensall, on the London, uron and Bruce Railroad, visited Lon - on, as guests of Mr. T. J. Wilson, of hat place, the party being mainly cornrised of his employees. The excursion- sts visited some of the principal mann- acturing establishments of Londen, and. ere much pleased with what they saw. —The annual examination of students ttending the Ontario Veterinary Col- ege, Toronto, was concluded on Wednes- • ay. Among those who were awarded the diploma of the Council of the Agri- culture and Arts Association, we notice the name of Mr. Harry C. Doan, of o dgerville. Mr. J. T. Duncan of God - rich, was appointed on the Board of Ex - miners. --An attempt was made Friday night • rob C. Tait Scott's bank in Wingham. he burglars entered the front door, inch was locked with two locks, one ing a Yale combination lock. The utside door of the safe had an ordinary Yale lock, which required a flat key to adjust it. The burglars put in a flat piece of iron in the keyhole, and by some means it broke off, when they were baulked in their further efforts to open the safe. —An applicant for the position of teacher in the Ayhner public school pens his application thusly. " Dear Sir hav- ing Seen your notice in paper and as my school Gives up on the 15th and weach- ing to take another on Yous will please oblige by Letting me Know by Return of mail As to my certiffcate i hold a a Grammar school pas for ontaoto with is Equal to a first plus a plus certificate and Good Ref erance is needed," Better go to a Common school for awhile young friend and. learn how to spell and. use your Capitals. —On Thursday last two young men, Charles Baker and Robert Morrow, un- dertook for a wager of $20 to cut 15 cords of stove wood, 22 niches between sunrise and sunset On that morning they commenced on the farm of Mr. Richard Baker, Goderich township, the trees being cut down and trimmed for them. Instead of it taking the time specified, they cut 161 cords in 81 hours. The best time made was in cutting two cords in three quarters of an hour. Hands were engaged in splitting and pil- I • to sit up she fainted. ortunately Dr. . Patterson present a t e time. _ -mg it as they sawed it. They not only was immediately administered a powerful emetic, when the sufferer at once vomit- ed a quantity of matter having a solid and unusual appearance, which, upon being examined, proved to be a dead lizard ofnoordinasy size, of a greenish color, and about six inches in length, fully developed, but in a slightly de- composed state. Mrs. Stinson, though proving.isunfortunatetand deluded persons i the_ still in a low condition, is gradually hardly necessary to state tha and about Listowel, who expected tha the end of all things would occur o Saturday, April 1st, were again disap- pointed, and that several persona who had sold their property and made pre parations for the great event are now be wailing their folly. The event was have taken place at midnight, and earl in the evening the little baud Where in the house of Mr. Patterson, to wait for the final dissolution. They met r room, and every now and the (.1 won their wager but earned $5 for cut- ting the wood. On Friday last another display of muscular power took place on the farm of Mr. John Churchill, Hallett, when two other young men, B. Church- ill and Wm. East, cut one cord of 22 - inch wood in 15 minutes. Horse -power sawing machines are at a discount. • • A Timely Suggestion. Mn. EDITOR-: In these times of great changes in hotel business and liquor traffic, a few remarks may not be out of place. Although from the imperative limitation of the law,, a certain number of the hotel keepers will be shut out from the more lucrative part of their business it does not follow that tbehouseshouldfte closed. Some might do *. • II a business as board- ing houses; and Pu • lie accommodation in strictly temperance principles, and al- though, not so lucrative, may be fully as respectable and in harmony with sA- vatieed public sentiment in the matter. Yours rospootfully, Onszavgn.