The Huron Expositor, 1876-08-25, Page 44
TilE HU
ON EXPO ITOR.
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AUGUST 25, 1876e
Vir ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dissolution—Boohler & Weber,
Plows, Plows—Thomas MeHis, Kippen,
Fall Importations --R. P. Rogers,
Bull for Sale—J, S. Brownlee.
Saw Mill for Sale—J. & Wt, Mustard.
House to Let—Andrew Lees.
Valedictory—E. Hickson & Co.
Autumn Importations—Thomas Kidd.
Farm for Sale—Charles Fowler.
New Goods Opened- Hoffman Brothers,
Felt Hats—George Dent, '
Removal of Office—J. W. Elder, V. S.
Plain Words—If. li. Smith,
Itr011 xpooitor.
SEAFORTE1, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1676
The Business Outlook.
Judging from present appearances th
business prospects for the coming yea
are by no means encoaraging. Ther
has been only a very medium crop her
vested, and prices for all kinds pf pro
duce are sure to rule low, Spring grain
and hay in tide eection of the Provinc
are a fair crop, but with us wheat is ye
the staple. It 'es upon wheat that farm
etsalepend mainly for money, and vehea
is this year a short crop, and priees fo
this, as well as all other kinds of produc
are very much lower than in forme
years. There is abundance of money i
the country, but there is nothing tobrin
it into circulation. In view of th
facts business men of MI kinds would ac
wisely to proceed cautiously. Mer
chants should purchase sparingly, mann
facturers aim) ehould curtail their oper
taints to the mauufacture of rouch staph
articles as cannot well be done without
and all should live economically. Ther
shouldthe a geueral taking in of sail, an
if it be found, bye -and -bye, that thing
are not likely to be so bad as they now
promise,. it will then be much easier td
expand than it woulabe to curtail in th
event of the revere(' being the case, 0
course this. general curtailment of busi
• ness wiH inkc the lahor market eve_
duller than it now is. This is certainl
unfortunate, and the heaviest of the bur
•den will fall upou therm who are leas
able to bear it. But the difficulty ha
to be squarely met, and the sooner an
more determinedly it is faced the more
speedily will it be overcome. We fear
that next winter will be the most, trying.
we have yet had, and we sbould put ouri
selves in the best possible shape to over-
come the difficuaties which await us.
A Carnital of Crime.
Crime, like contagion, seems to be
epidemic. There are seasons when
crimes of magnitude are scarcely heard
of, and then again there are times when
the most revolting crimes are of. almost
daily ocettarence. The present seems to
be of this latter class. What it is that
has so great an effect upon the evil pas-
sions of man, can seercely be conjectur-
ed. There is one fact, however, which
must have been patent to most observ-
ing people, and thee is, that in times of
• commercial prosperity mimeo; are of much
less frequent occurrence than during sea-
• sons of extreme depression like the pres-
ent, But, whether or not it be the ex-
isting hard times that induces the un-
usual and even appalling crime recorfl of
the past few months, the fact that such
a record does exist is sufficiently start-
ling to induce ,meny to enquire into the
cause, and consider the lint means to be
adopted to stay the hand of the assassin.
Scarcely does the public mind become
relieved from the shock received by the
announcement of one horrible crime, un-
til another of even greater, atrocity is
committed. The last , recorded is the
most horrible and cola -blooded that has
yet been -perpetrated. An old man is
decayed from his home in the dead of
night and this brains are knocked out
with an axe, and worst of all bis own
son is strongly suspected of 'being the
perpetrator of the torrilae deed. We re-
fer to the murder of AV:amides, which I
took place in the township of Esqueeing,
near Georgetown, on. Monday morning
last. As for minor crimes, such as rob.
beries, burglarice, anion, &e, these are of
almost daily occurrence, acarcely a pa-
per come to hand, but the first item
which strikes the cyo ig an account of a
crime comae, under some of the above
classes. This state of things is not con-
fined to 0 rinada alone, but in the United
States, and, in Europe the same dreadful
state of affairs E(:CMS tO OX114. In view
of the alarmam prevalence of these atro-
cities, the authorities should be doubly
on the alert, so that but as few as pos-
sible of the guilty may _escape punish-
ment. And, when guilt has been brought
home to any the most severe _punish-
ments the law w!ill pemnit should be in-
flicted. It is only by administering tbe
law with the utmost firmness and rigor
that this tidal wave of crime can be
checked or • stayed. Although, as we
have already stated, it almost seems evi-
dent that the slackness of labor and the
geaeral business depression is the pri-
mary cause of much of the crime that is
committed, yet firmness in administer-
ing the law will overcome in a short
time the disposition of the daring and
wicked to continue the carnival. There
are some people so constituted that they
cannot lest inactive. When, as is the
case at the assent time with many, they
cannot obtain employment at their usual
avocations, they dislike to take up any
other employment more menial, and
having no principle to restrain them,
they rash into crime to secure the means
e existence. There are others again
who, being too i doled to care for em-
ployment at any time, and being natur-
ally evil disposed, are only too glad to be
relieved from werk, and have some slight
excuse for wrong doing. These go from
bad to worse very quickly, and, no
doubt, fur ish the ;perpetrators of the
more atro ous 'rimes. So soon as both
these clas s co$e to see that swift and
severe pan hm nt will surely be meted
out to tIen for their crimes, they will
desit, and the public will be less fro.
quezitly sbcke by occurrences such as
that we ha e a luded to, as Well as by
the minor sffences,
A 'Lasso VIVIsith Should Yield
The disa
ited Bruss
full descri
colamns, s
other town
ed. 'Had B
ficient fire
bable that
fined to the
ie notBr
in this res
smaller to
vine, whic
shorild hair
Instruction.
tro s conflagration which vis-
or. Sunday night last,a very
tion of which appears in Other
ould be a warning to many
and villages similarly situate
seas been supplied -with sulfa
rote tion, it is more than pro -
he ffre would breve been con-
uil mg in which it originate,d.
ssels alone which is defficient
et. There are few of the
no .nc.1 villages in the Pro
-
h have the fire protection they
e. lt is only within the past
year that our own town. enjoyed protee-
tio eveneof the meet -limited kind, and
in view of the many narrow escapes we
have had, e have fortune rather than
oarrielves to thank that we have not, ere
this, suffered even more than Brussels
has. As we have been, and as Brussels
now is, there are hundreds of other mun-
icipalities in even a worse positien. We
know that the temptation to delay is very
great. Wh
ous kinds
almost uni
re local improvements of vari-
re ressing, and when, as ie
lly the ease, the cry o
ers
high taxes QOM 8 frem the mouth of every
rateirayer, the temptation - for the local
raters to d lay the expenditure required
for Saitable fire protection is frequently
too reat to: be overcome. The outlay is
post oned frorn year to year in the hope
that; increa ed growth or SQMO `other
circt meanie will give a more fa-
vora le oppartuaity. But with idcreased -
lation °mos increased necessity for
diture aid eacb succeeding year
brings with tittown burdens and require.
marts, and he Ireault is the lenge; the
dela the le s the inclination to face and
;
oVer eine th o difficulty. Some few escape,
but ' n the irajoity of instances the con.
fiagr tion conersi before the people are pre.
pre to met it, and. the result is that
man thousnd of dollars more are lost
at ohe fell sweep than it woulki have
cost 'to furnish the most ample fire pro-
tection. It has been proven time and
time again a dangerou4 and focilish policy
to delay the procuring of fire proteetion
ample fer the requirements of the place.
v,
There wee another itoticeable feature in
connection ith thie are, which slaould
furnish add tional warning to bus ness
men, and that was the, very small rim unt
of insurance on the property destr yed.
It is a duty which every man in bus; ness
owes: to himself) to hie family and tie his
creditors, if ae have any, to protect aim -
self from sudden and ruinous lees, soling
as the insurance compenies are ready and
willing to offer him the facilities for so
doing. It may, at tlie time, feel hard to
pay out, year after year, large sums for
insurance, It does, in fact, often seem
like to much money thrown away, but it
almorit inva iably turns out that, like
suitable fire rotection, it is the most for.
tunate inves ment ever made.
In this co nection, we might suggest
that, in view of the very heavy calamity
which has t us overtakefi Brussel, it
would only lar an act of due generosity
on the part of the County to refund the
County rate taii1 by that munieipality for
this year. On aceount of the large amount
i
of valuable proerty destroyed. the bur-
den of local t xetion will this year come
very heavy ou the ratepayers. The re-.
fund of the Comity tax would afford some
relief, and he amount would not be
felt by the other municipalities; and
would' be c eetfully allowed by every
ratepayer in he Comity.
popii
eaPe
• New f the Week;
• THE PRE !DENT'S VACATION.—Presi-
dent (rant it1 his family is rusticating
at Long Bra eh!
• DEPARTUR SCOTCH CENTENNIAL
TEAM.—The bcotch rifle team which is
to compete i thc Centennial rifle match,
• embarked • a Liverpool on ' Saturday
last.
WARM W ,ATITER.—It has been so
warm in Icel nd this year that many of
the old snow banks have melted away
until they ar& only 500 feet thick at the
baae.
COSTLY CI, MRS.—thirty-six thousand
six hundred • oll rs was paid by China
to satisfy t e 4lairns of the German
Minister for ncemnity and retribution
in the case of th hip Anna.
AMERICAN USTRY.—All the waiters
of the Profit House, New Hampshire,
save three, a students from Harvard,
Dartmouth, Thaw, or Amherst Cob
lege'', while i toe kitchen there are girls
from various ormal schools and semi-
naries,
ABYSSINIA CRUELTY.—The Stand-
ord's dispate from Alexandria, Egypt,
says that. re ode have been received
from A.byssina that Welds Mikel, the
Jnsurgent chi ,f bas defeated the Abys-
einians at Z Image, and 1,500 women
and children • ve been massacred.
CRUELTY 0 THE HIGH SEAS.—Capt.
Grindel, of the American ship St.
laMarks," w ch sailed for Liverpool on
arch the lite 1875, was held on
Thursday in ew York, to answer in the
'United. States Courts for cruelty towards
portion of • crew on the he sew,
1whereby
n named Long Tom had
died of the beauties he received at the
captain's Unica Another man named
Soldier had also sue,cumbed to the same
influences. Bath of the victims were
Englishmen, wed , "green" handsi. • The
ship went to Callao, and was Wrecked
iles south of that port.
• B evo Tatete—The famous Bravo
Tria in Englana, has been brong t to a
clo with a very unsatisfactory erdict.
On t' e 12th inst., the Coroner's ary re-
turn ,. a verdict of "WilfnaMurcler" in
the e, adding that "there is nto suffi-
eien evidence to fix the guilt mean any
pe n or persons," :
• R LWAY STIIIKL—The employees of
the ew York and New Jersey Ithalway,
eom • rising engineers, conductors, arakes-
Men and trackmen, struck on Monday
mor ing, and ranee that time traffic over
the oad has ;Nen entirely suiiended.
The strike wari caused by the nn -pay -
of four naniths' wages.
dem IN MISSOURI, ---A terrib e wind
rain stoma passed over po ion of
tern Mi11130116, especial y ale g the
go and Reek Island Italie ad, on
rdey evening. The damage 1oue to
s, houses, 'midges, &d., wi hin a
of about ' thirty miles square, is
ated at ovee $100,000.
and
We
Chi
Sat
CTO
seo
esti
C vie &Tyree Ramemmer.-eUnder
the ecent redaction decreed by Cangress
abo t 16 employees will be dis barged
from the depatiMent of the lnt.tirior at
Washington on October l6thL next.
Twenty-nine Male and ten feniale clerks
will; be discharged from the Peat -office
Department at the same time.
DROWNING ACCIDENTS.—Fiv boys
were drowned in the North nn1 East
Baia r of Ncw York, on Sunday, the
boa a in which they were rowing1 being
run down by b steamers. Four olored
erg ns attending the camp -meeting at
Red Bank, N.J., were drowned by the
'inta ',ping of : a boat RI Shrewsbury
Riv a
G ORGIA COTTON MILLS,—Th re are
fort cotton mills in full opera ion in
Geo gia' and they hate kept con tantly
at orkduring all the hard time which
.,,hav. shut up ;many mills in the North
and put others; on short tim , The
:
Geo ma mills have not only kept in oper-
atic.., lout are paying good dividend.
Som of them paid beet year 24 ea r cent.
S IMMING CONTILST.—A 8W1 ming
ma h for $200 a side, between Frank
Pri • ce of St. Louis, and Tom Sutcliffe of
Eng and, took place in the Mississippi
rive , ten miles above St. Louis, where
the swimmers entered the watcr and
swa ie down to the bridge. Prin e, the
vict r, reached that point in on ' hour
and orty-one minutes, and Sutcli e two
enin tes later. i The contest w4 very
dos . throughout.
L DIA NS IN TII1E WEST. -‘,Well armed
Indiz ns recently ran off a herd of 400
beef cattle from he Black Hills, lulling
all •ut one, A large number of ,horses
hav Mae been run off, the boys Ilailling
one when, and his head. preservled iu
alco ol will be sent to Washiugto when,
opp 1 rtunity presents, Grey agle's
seal 1, by Dave Campbell, was sent to the
Bis oi arck Triblaie by the steamer Jose -
phi • e, so that settles the q estion
whether the fellow was scalped.
A JAPANEWE JUNK SHIPWRECKED.—
The captain of the British barque Abby
Cowper, just arrived at San Francisco
from Manilla, reports that on Jul* 3rd
he boarded a Japanese junk, which left
Ho adi for Yokohama Novembee 9th,
187. The vessel was dismasted soon
afte wards, and floated about untia found
as above. Nine of the crew, including
the captain, died from scurvy and ariva-
tion the bodies lying on boarde The
surv vors were in a perishing condition
whe picked up.
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S.STARDLY ATTEMPT TO WR lE A
N.—On Saturday night last, 4. des -
y attempt was made to wrec the
ouis Express a few miles est of
ester, near Lincoln Creek bridge.
embeakment at this point is 7a feet.
was placed in such a mannet as to
it an absolute certainty that the
e train would go over it. Fortun-
a man walking on the trac dis-
ed it, and he notified a farme nam -
V right, who succeeded in st ppiu
rain just in time by swinging a red
rn. About 100 passengers weke on
1 at the time,
'SSIAN SYMPATH Y.—The Tim e ' cor-
nclent adde : Russian eyeapa, hy in
ervian case is becoming more Osten -
s. Russiae officers are i4 the
al in uniform, and many Rassian
8 of Charita are seen in the treets
iospitale. ,The Servian Govcr4ment
ust obtairieil a loan of 3, ,000
es in Ruseim and the war is radu-
mcoming an affair, not Of the1 Rue
-
Government, but of the R issian
e. I feel no doubt that th re is
danger of Russia drifting, or bcing
n into war.
11
nece Coemana rifeennuee, The
Scot ish National, alemorial to tht late
Prin .e Consort Ives unveilecl on the after -
neon of Ang. 17, at four o'clock. '• Her
Maj sty, the Qae n, who petformea the
cere ony of io uguration, • arrived in
:Win urgh the lay before, accompani-
ed. b theDuke of Connaught, trince
Leop Id,- rind tae Princess Be rice.
Ther was no offieial reception or mere -
mon on their , arrival, but at three
o'clo kin the afternoon Her Majesty re-
ceive • an addrees enclosed in a go11 ancl
silve casket from tbe Magstrate4 and
Caun il at Ifolyecood Palace.
:
A AMERICAN PASTOR AND UEL-
LING. —BONvl in g Green, Ky. , has just been
the s ene of an extraordinary trial. ' The
Rev. Dr. Smoo'
t pastor of the Presby-
teria Chu, ch iiithat town, was eh amed
with iolating the law—saying no
of mi isterial peoprieties-ein challe
a ma with whem he had quarrell
fight duel. This was the interi
tion ut, by the prosecution, on a Ivery
fiery etter sent: by the clergyman. 1 The
defen e claimed that such was not its
mean lig. Both sides argued so i well
l
that he jury edeild not agree, statcling
seve for convietion and five for e.ci, uit-
tat The Presbytery has taken upi the
case.
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PEACH OROP.—The great ieach
ds ofMaryland and DIewarel are
ing their cornucopia into ew
filling railway cars, and giving
yment to naarketmen, drayinen,
xters of all descriptions. To -day
• it trains comprised. 63 cars, atia at
o'clock vehicles loaded down aeith
are still crossing the ferries in aong
sions. Threglut, however, is not
to that of a, few days ago, wheat 91
•ads arrived, and prices kept up
better.
NG EGGS, ---In St. Louis a 1arge
ishment is Cngaged in drying ggs,
sleds of eggs are being criutafed
ied. The eggs are medulla ex -
d to see whether they are good,
ey are thrown into an immense
acle, broken, and, by a circalar
•, the shells are separated, hen
uid is dzied by a pateit p
zied product resembles y4low
auger, and is barrelled and ready for
shipment and transportation to any part
in omeletwig or cooked in
of the globe. ,It cannotbe distinguished
from fresh
any Manner iii which the form of the
egg is broken.
DESTITUT[ON IN_ Nave Yonma-The
NewYork News gives the following
picture of destitution in New York City.
,
It says:"There really are hundreds of
deserving and, .ndustrious men who are
suffering for tbe necessaries jof life be.
Catit4i they are unable to obtain work at
any price. All our public eleemosinary
institutions srs crowded with the deserv-
ing Ooome Th� Superintendent of Out -
dot -t ,Poofr and of the Bureau of Chari-
ties and Correction has more applicants
for relief than he can satisfy, and there
is not a charitable family that is without
a corps of pensioners sufficient to consume
all they can �btain in money or pro-
visions."
DEATH OF A FRENCH CHAR CTER.—M.
de Peutuit, the most scientifii carver in
France, died a few weeks ago, aged
seventy-nine. He was of good birth,
but ; being in reduced cir unistances
adopted the art of carving. I Sometimes
he was engaged for months in advance
when a State dinner - was meditated.
Once when a young snob asked, after an
exaggerated compliment to the cheval-
ier's dexterity, whether he had learned
his art at the Kama' tablc or in the
royal kitchen, M. de Pounat replied :
"At neither place; it was from leaving
so often to slice off the ears !of insolent
puppies that I acquired it, and you see
ow I cau cut up a goose."
ATH OF S EAKEREERR. Mr. Kerr,
er of the American Congress, died
k Bridge,
ly content
orld. He
gentle and
e was con -
wards the
, He had
now
D
pea
on
on aturday evening at
Virginia. HeI was thorougl
and prepared 1r the unseen
was eonscious 4nd. intelligent,
brave, to the 1ist. His dise
sumatioa of th3 bowels, but
last his' lungs were involved
been for days ast in fact a desembodied
intellect—a ere skeleton. I His body
was taken to 1 New Albany, Ind. An
embsUmer wati sent to Rock Bridge,
AJur4i Springs to embalm tire body of
the 1 te Speaker Kerr, and a casket for
his remains was forwarded. This is the
only cage whete a Speaker of the House
died occupyi the position. • .
M. DISRAELI TAKING FIREWELL OF
His 1 CONSITUENTS, —Mr. Disraeli has
issu d a farew ll -address to his eonstitu-
entsl tbe eketors of Buckilighamshire,
by shom he h4s been returned to the
/Imam of Co 008 continuously since
1847 He sa s : — "Throughout my
po1i4ca1 life I have arrived, at two chief
results not into ible to the Principle of
progress. I h ve endeavorea to recon-
cile change witi that respect for tradi-
tion Which is e of the maia elements
of our social , strength au11 internal
affairs, 1 h4va endeavored to develop
and, streagt ea the empire i believing
that the com Mation of the aahievement
1 and the respentability elevate the char-
' eater and coadiaion of the people.
MOTING OF ilbiILK MANUFACTURERS.—
A meeting of the sewing and machine
twist silk manafacturers of America was
organized in New York last week, and
Wm, Skinner, of Holyoke, Mass. was
elected Chairmen, and Franklin Allen,
Secretary. After the general expression
i
of views on tie recent unprecedented
rise in prices o • raw silk in all the mar-
kets of the word, amounting from 5 per
cent to 60 per cent.; in the past six
weeks, a gener I advance of a5 per cent.
I this trade wasierecoinmended, to take
, on all elasseg o silks manufectured for
i effect at once, a a measure of protection
tom
was
ed
acti
nufacturermand a committee of five
ppointed te submit, at tlie adjourn-
eeting, -al plan for mere united
a than h retofore in ell matter
affec ing the we fare of sewing silk and
ma,c ine twist tjrade.
Mits. GARNE 'S F0REBODI4GL—MT8.
g of cal -
liking for
became a
him not to
prevailed
Garner always lied a forebodi
amityfrom ber husband's
yachting. When he first
yachtsman, she pleaded with
buy yacht Her entreaties
for a time, and it was not until two
yeara after he joined the dab that he
decided to buy e yacht. His wife could
not quiet her anxiety. When he was
about to buy the Magic, she again be-
sought him to ;reconsider his intention
and try some other form of diversion.
When the Mohawk was about to be
launched, Mrs Garner was Selected to
break the bottle of champaiga over the
bows'. She said as she went through the
ceremony, "I christen the Mohawk ;"
and then, turnitig to her husaand, said,
"We 1, I understand that this vessel is
liablo to capsize- I believe that it is,
and tliat in some way it will bring deatli
into the family. I wish that you had
never had anything to do with it."
TtIVAL DESTICTION OF A_ CHA
RISTIN
VI LLAGE. —A French correspondent al-
leges, that he has seen Peroatchitza, a
Chriatiau village of 350 helmet, between
Philit)popoli and Pazarchylal Of this
village, one of tbe most flourishing in
Bulaeria, not; a Wall is left [deeding, and
of its two thousand inhabitants there
only remain one hundred and fifty old
people and children. Not an able-bodied
man or woman is left. All the men have
been ikiIlecl, and all the women who
mei? el the nos acre have beep led into
shivety. beyond the Balkans by the
Christian renege es, more ferocious than
,
the a usulmaus hemselves, who hasten-
ed t the pre . The children who
wand red aban • oned throu bout the
country have hen taken and sold at an
avera e price o fifty plastr s, rather
more han eleve francs; the : ittle girls,
those who were iretty, have been taken
to Co stantinopl to be disposed of in the
secre markets, hich still. exist.
DE RESSION 0 TRADE IN ENGLAND. —
The depression of trade in • England
affect thee wealt y more than the poor
papal . The Lo don S'pectatr says that
the re,enue retu ris indicate a positive
improvement , in the condition of the
labo '• g classes, t the same time that
there has been shrinkage in the in-
comes of the wea thy. In 187o, in spite
of co tinned decline in trade, the impor-
tation of spirits tobacco, tea, wheat,
and b:tter all increased, the importation
of coIA • on spirits having grown 75 per
cent. The Com issioners of the Eng-
lish c stoms therefore say in their report
that t e year 1875 was one "in which
those dependent i upon 'agricultural and
other partially *killed labor for their
main nance—whose labor is paid for on
the lo er scale of remuneration, but who
form he great majority -of the people --
have oo Aerially advanced in the posses-
sion of wealth," '
AREIVAL-t ear
—The whaling
thony, arrived a
day morning fro
the Fenian prime
that countrysome
the men are Mich
RE ESCAPED FENIAN&
rk Catalpa' Capt. An -
New Yorklast Satur-
New South Wales with
ere who escaped from
three since. The names of
I Harrington, Thomas
Darragh, James Wilson, Robt. Cranston,
Thos. Henry Harnett, John J. Breslin
slim Collins, Thomaa Desmond alias
Johnson, John King Alias Jones, and
Thomas 13rennan sills* Hall. When the
ship arrived dispatcheot were sent over
the city to members (if the committee
appointed to receive the men, and short-
ly after daybreak the ommittee assem-
bled at the battery and boarded the Yes-
sel. There was a hearty, whole-souled
greeting. Men laaglied and wept in
turn, The Catalpa as a sloW sailer,
having consumed nearly four months 013
the voyage. After two months the stock
of provisions was so meagre that 'the men
were put on short alloWance. Mr. Farn-
ham, second mate of the Bark, died on
the voyage. The men disembarked from
the vessel and proceeded to O'Donovan
Rossa's hotel, where they will temporar-
ily remain.
Two Prominent Men Dead.
MR, OGLE R. poweei. 1
At 11 o'clock oil Monday ev4ing Mr.
Ogle 'It. Gowan breathed his last, his
age being 81 years. • He came from Ire7
land. to Canada in 18a9, and settled. in
the County of Leeds. i; Having been edi-
torli of a, political newe aper in Dublin,
he soon 'became proma ent in Canadian
politics, and found hiaway int ; Perlis- -
•led
Parlia-
ment. Mr. Gowan intro& the
Orange order into this aountry, 1 During
the troubles of 1837 he was very active
as a soldier, holding., various commis-
sions, and being wounded in the battle
of the Windmill near Vreseott. ; Though
Conservative in his tendencies, he was
at times found in oppotition to Conserva-
tive ministries. His devotion to Orange -
ism was such that he iii reported to have
refused the Registrarship of Leeels, when
the offer of it was made conditional upon
his resignation of the Grand Mastership
of the Orange body. fie held an office
in the Crown Lands ',Department, and
was Supervisor of 'Tells upon Public
Workmbefore his final retirement from
Parliament, which oaeurred in 1861.
Since that date he wart; Inspector of the
Money Order DepartMent of the Post
Office, and afterward Jnspectot of Li-
censes for the city of Terontoi The lat-
ter position he -filled am) to May last.
The death of Mr. Gotaan removes an-
other figure who has been very :promin-
ent in early Canadiaei history.: About
the wisdom of many af his acts there
may not be general aiteement, ant none
can doubt his consistency and vigor
In the course" he belieaed to he right
The funeral takes plaae at Toronto On
Fridley.
• MR. SHERIFF ORANGE.
Mr. J. G. Grange, Sheriff of the Coun-
ty of Wellington, died at his residence
in Guelph, on Saturday list, after a pro-
longed suffering from put. Mr. 'Grange,
who was a native of Ireland, came to
Canada in 1834, and took up a farm near
where the boundary of the town of Guelph
now is. His occupatien was a combina-
tion of farming, distilling and milling.
He took a prominent *art in the organi-
zation of the District of Wellington in
1837, and when- the Court House was
built he became the first Sheriff, assum-
ing office in 1840: ;In 1854 Sheriff
Grange was elected President of the
Guelph and Galt Ratlway, a position
• which he held till his death. Be was
• also a Lieutemmt-Colonel in the militia.
During his terni of °ago Sheriff Grange
often acted as Returniag-Officer at elec-
• tions, winning the respect of both par-
ties by his impartiality; He was a Con-
servative, but, of couree, took no per-
sonal part in politics'owing to the na-
ture of his position. The Guelpa papers
speak of the deceased gentleman' as hav-
ing been popular and italuential*hen he
was able to be activeaand general te-
spect is shown to his inemory, At the
time of his death be was 67 years of age.
Manitoba iTotes. '
i '
. [FROM THE FREE P486, AUG. 12,)
Big vegetable storiea are now in fash-
ion. The Latest is a geed sized cabbage
weighing 13 pounds, grown by Tam Tay-
• lor, of the Lower Fort
—At the last teacher' examination for
the Province, held. in Winnipeig, there
were granted one firstatwo second, and
four third-class certificates.
—It is estimated that the wheat crop
of Manitoba will average this emar at
least 40 bushels per ante. Grasshoppers
have done little or no damage to crops in
the Province this geese*. .
—Recently 76 potatoes were taken from
one hill by Mr. Hendereon, of Winnipeg,
of which 55 were larger than hen's eggs.
This is illustrative of the wonderful pro-
-ductiveness of Manitoba, and slime that
it is no "small potatoes and few in
a hill."
---The following is given as an instance
of the varied nationality, of the population
of Manitoba : An Engliettma,n, Irishman,
Seetchman, acelander, taavadian, French-
man, Yankee, Half-brded, Freneh Can-
adian, Negro, Indian, Mennonite, Nor-
wegian and Welshman Passed clover Main
street Winnipeg in rapia succession the
other evening. •
—The ifollowing is a list qf ithe pre-
vailing market pricers of articles in the
rural districts of the Province : Lumber,
clear'per Me $24 to $O; flooring, $32 ;
shingles, $4 50 to a-5.; lath, $5 to a -ea ;
flour, extra, pet bag, 5 ; flour, XXX.,
$4 50; flour, XX., 84 butter, per lie,
20e to 25c ; bacon, clear, 16c to l Se;
hams, sugar, 18c to 20c1; shoulders, lac;
pork, prime, 140 ; tea, 48c ; sugar, loaf,
14c; yellow, 13c ; dried apples, 130 to
16e; cheese, 18c to 20e1; eggs, per doz.,
25c; potatoes, new, pea bushel, $1 25;
old, 40e. -
—Tho following is a Aatement of the
grinding capacity of the several nail's in
in Manitoba : Palestine, C. P. Brown, 1
run; Totogan, Chisholm & Bubar° 1 run;
Portage la Prairie Wail; Smith, 3runs ;
St. Norbert, J. amay, a run • Point de
Chene, Wm. Smith, 1 run; Winnipeg,
J. W. McLane, 4 run; Bassett & Mc-
Millan, 2 run; St. Paul's Parish, H.
Pritchard, 2 run; St. Andrews, R. H. G.
G. Hay, 2 run ; Mapleton, Hudson Bay
Company, 1 ran. Tale' makes a total of
20 run of stone with a grinding capacity
of about 4,000 bushels per day.
—The fine days and hot sun of the last
week have had their effeet and the har-
vest has commenced. Fields of barley
are falling before the reaper; oats are
ready for the scythe ; and wheat is yel-
lowing in the head. Nothing can sur-
pass the present luxuriant beauty of the
country; nor can anything be more cheer.
ing than the busy, hopeful tone of gener-
al society. •Past troubles are forgotten;
abundance and prosperityare in the hands
of the farmers, and. the future is • bright
for all. Lone constitutional croakers have
ceased awhile to croak. ' Travel has been
brisk,and though heavy Iloads of machin-
ery and implements have 00M6 into this
coantry,the number of threshers is scarce-
ly adequate to the demand thatwill short-
ly be made upon them.The imporeasx
of steam threshers is a subject which
will soon claim the farmers' attention,
and would, we believe, this year be A
highly remunerative speculation.
—On starting from Beran's river -for
Winnipeg recently, Rev. E. R. Y
was entrusted with $10 by a man in -thae
locality to 070 to the officers ottheRtd.
son's Bay Company at Winnipeg. The
person stated that some years ago be aid
pilfered pipes, tobacco and little trine
kets from theeCompany's store at
but since then he bad bemene a geed
white man, and desired to make restitia
tion. The amount, he stated, would an.
ly- pay for the goods stolen. Reit Ili,
Young acceded to the request of the con-
science-stricken individual, and has hand.
ed over the money to the proper parties,
4851101•1111WRIININI
guron Notes.
Mr e Caleb Whiting, COL 11, -Grey
has this year grove oats of the New Ze‘
land variety, the 'heads of whichnuessure
from—x1r6.toFitito7.nin;cohfesExinetelern, ,gtinhte. nig start
ing s branch jewelry store in Hensall,and
Mn Cottle, of Exeter, intendshis rake removing
factory to embryo town,
residents fDoon held
their civic holiday Oil We011C8daY last;rneraSill7ydavYisseitedh°°Pon
lcihitFidr:rnm,and
andvillagspegell
a v—erymrp.lepasaavnidt
daohYri's, of Exeter • ,_haspn-
chased the storenow occupied by Menne
Samwell & Pickard, of that town for
$2,800. This latter Erni intend remov-
ing into their new aria premises shortly
—Mr D. Braund, wagonmaker, of
Exeter North, has erected a very aand-
some two-story brick wagon shop, which
when completed will he quite an orna.
ment to that
hors apse f rr t 0 of mtthiaes town.
County for ex
hibition at the Centennial were to be ship-
ped on special cars provided. for the pur-
pose to -day (Friday), and it is expeetea
they will reach Philadelphia about Sun
day
Ross, Esq., M. E E ,and Mrs.
Boss ieturned on Saturday last from their
European tour, looking very much fin -
proved by the trip. They visited the
Centennthaexialirsntiheenofoverirwayboill3,%
—A00 persona
from stations between Berlin and Stmt.
ford visited Goderich on Friday last
There were two long trains. As a result
of this mammoth exenrSion, the Goder-
aienhpaidleay,had scrimp living on Saturday
d
—A bod.yevas exhumed. frotn. the grouncl
in rear of the Irisht,ownehurch the other
day, which was found to have turned into
stone. It had been buried. for about 20 '
years. Other laodies in the same place,
it is thought metals') petrified.
—A serious aecident happened. at ..
Winghamt some days ago, to Mr. Alex.
McDonald, of Culross. He was
upon a load of lumber and fell off,—
ing among the horse's hind ,feet, the ant- .
mals, after kicking him :severely, 'passed
on, and drew the wagon over him.
—Last spring MT. John Fisher, of Col-
borne purchased from Mn D. Fisher, a
half interest in the colt, "Young Beatty
of the Dominion," for $400. • Mr. Sohn
Fisher being occupied building a new
house and being prevented from going to
the Centennial with the horse, has sold
his interest to Mr. Jos. R.- Fisherfor$500.
The horse is certainly a beauty.
—A carpenter in Brussels named Sam-
uel Brown became ill on Sundayafternoon
of dysentery, and. died on Tuesday mona
fling. He was boarding at Strettona ho
tel His wife was sent for, and. was just
ascending the stairs to hie room on her
arrival, when lee died. He waa a stran-
ger, having been week -am in the village
onslyda week or two, .
—The Council of Exeter have selected
as the site for the new market building,
three-fifthe of aa acre'on the corner of
A
Gidly and Main reeta, the property of
Mrs. Hamlin, paying therefor 81,400,.
They intend submitting a by-law to the
ratepayers forj their approval for $5,000,
for the purpose of purehasing the MAP
ket site and erecting the necessary
building.
—It is rumored that the 'United States
Government has decided to strikeGoder
ich and Windsor off the list of United
States Consular Agencies, Should this
rumor prove well founded,Dr. Thompson,
the American Consulor Agent, will be re.
moved from Goderich, an event wale'
will Occasion general regret among the
residents of that town and many of the
business men of the Connty, •
—On the 14th inst,,Mr„ Thomas Weir,
-of Exeter, formerly of Usborne, died be
the 63rd. year of his age. For some time
Mr. Weir has been tronbled with a disesse
which he felt would at some time carry
him off, and. during thepast three or four
weeks suffered exceedingly from it He
died peaceably and happily at the ripe
age of 63alas life was an rouprecedena
edly bappy one, errernimalie bed zone;
friends, everyone acquainted with him,
His loss will be keenly felt in the Meth-
odist Church, of Which he was an active
member.
—By the decision of the directore, the
gold medal offered last year bythe Elm*.
and Wallace Agricultural Souiety will be
competed for again this year, Tho medal
was offered to the person taking he lart
eRt n11711lier Of 271';;:i 4 in 8i0ek, grain, v174.
roots. Mr. R. Brown of Grey, took the
largest aggregate nuelber of prams bat
year, biet4n stock and root' only, alM
Tomlinion,of Maryborongb, took the next
highest aggregate, but took them in,
three departments, and on account of the
somewhat ambiguous language "lament
number of prizes in stock, grain and -
roots," both claim to ha,ve won the media
Thedirectors proposed. to decide the quese
tion by arbitration which -the claimants
did not accept, and in oede.r- toEave fur-
tlaer trouble and contention, it has been
decided to put the medal up again for
competition. The medal will be given thie
year to. e the perzon taking the greatest 4g
gregat,e number of prizes in all of the
".
three departments, viz., stock, grain and
roots.
—On Friday, Thomas O'Neil a "broth
of a boy" was brought before His Honor,
Judge Toms, charged with hiving stolen
a silver watch from Thomas Staeey, hate
tier at Hawksha.w's hotel, Exeter. Tas
prisoner, • a laborer •ea tie London,
Huron and. Bruce Railway, bearded at
the hotel, and a few -days ago got' on- a
spree which ended in the piety beui
lodged in the lock-up. When. arr
O'Neill was examined, but nothing wm
found. on his person, bite a short time 4-
terwards the lois of the wateh was dis-
covered,and. the prisoners Were again ea-
amined when the watch vas found m
O'Neill's coat pocket. Stacey bad left
the watch in his room frocawheuce it was
taken. The queetion was raised. of the
possibility that when_the cry.was r1184.3d
about the loss of the watch, tbe real thief
might have slipped the watch in O'Neil's
packet while he was in his drunken state -
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ern
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or Ii
11:It'sien.a:Iti,
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fa
t the gold:en .gml
$id erop
thelilthat e 'tehel
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of the 0
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ly s foot, and
heimatitfaiooirrt
for the
attrloie Wrongei.mr:
aw:ardOmeeiltin.
$8, awarded to W .
iiallieperbneisintait',000:renit°ati,,518eat$h7°,,:9trdh_
lilbei41"1"Illjnillige7'etfhat'eiajj3lItUartItObli;
--,te Very . foolii
Henry, of Bruss
larder to elettide
*leaked; Them bare
bUT1ieanattef
; a'
able
•'e'r3elv
itget3:;;
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:•chl):11418; f-ifetekawni'
Iperiter work, Jeli
• of,other tenders
14,1*p:eat:i00 ewe
1Naughton, -We 11
the brick,
—A .strange
• Exeter, on Sund;
maeelstorth,s;doelae:Ty.artsi
lir:*.iitirelateGelyhus7(Tvlitwairoorli
1 itlign, and. t*.
I
and 4Usty,
--Last 'week I
WAVrail.30811, was
Street, Wienhan
I
chines in hie ,ole
jumped, n past
ierking the mac
Mr. Cumniings-
Mae in the
ing on his Nyx,
gave another jel
out a second
: . oompeti
,1 villag of I'da
grel:Isi.tia7,
1 beet, tieetea i
il :Hutro. r e,, joiskeeci:arEe,t:Biji.
to • tile amount
subs
pnroh
,:e:,
was last
ieb a 11:12:1:173,71:1
..;4" :e1:1' b:::;(1,sh*amino:5";
loo d arena
lint uting th,
• tr;bpbe, me 77 *nsv '..
of 1 TWi
ugheauff-e;
414fewttgr;goeiiintth,brie pa:30
,raoyiltit 7:31
xns
ge.-hv:u
luoft:or:e
of o tonl:the ner:o1
rtbTi_'
•
I3C
the town
t week.
-with a ma,
„fitaghterted
-who was AT
'Otleof his
positio
lance. W
badly fract
emery to a
ktiee. alr
the tow=
atod demi r
4ent wield
' —The
• for the -foil
teem has 4
alcohol, le
it to do y
mum I
•groeery
ttled
a ;report I
disappear
porous
• cork and
bottles
rockets in
He was c
profusely
• farmer,
Esqueein
1.17€
be aseert
pears
awidetn.e(1