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The Huron Expositor, 1876-11-10, Page 1gOVEMBER -3, 1.873, Z NOTED THE NOT F777777 77 7 77 77 77 77 77 77 7777 77 77 77777 777 77: 77 77 ,77 `177 77 77 77 77 7777777777 7 177 17 77 77 77 77 77 77- 77 77 CHEAP CASH STORE, is WEEKWi OVI ER DIRER H1JNDPD PIECES Op NEW COTTONS, e Fined and Cheapest Goods ever Offered in Seaforth. ALSQ THIRTY PIECES OF' • CARPETS If} per calf, cheaper than can, he had anywhere in Canada. q MODOUGALL & Co. TAILOR ENG DEPARTMENT Complete in every Detail, abwing the Largest and Finest ASsortment of IMPORTED CLOTHS EVER SHOWN AT THE r77777777 77 77 77, 77 77 77 77 77 77111777777 7\ 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 7777777777 7 77 77 • 77 77 - 77 77 77 77 rurcha,sed and Carefully Selected in the best European. Market for Cash Y OUR MR. McDOITGALL. ORDERS FOR CLOTHING receive Prompt Attentioa and will be found ,recisely Righ in Price. Preeisely Right in Quality. Precisely Right in Manufacture. elightfully Warm for the Fall Season. The Very Lowest Pricea fr - hese Tight Times. Made Most CarefallY on the . Premises. Come Early and leave your illektsure• 1,00 - Firet Conte First Served. can make the Best Choice novi. TERMS CASH, Or 1 per cent per th..‘ onth Wed. GENTS FURNISHINGS, AND HATS AND CAPS, "Weekly Arrivals from New York 9 Newest Styles Out. 7777 7777 7777 7777 7771 I 771 7 7 7 ' 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 ..7 7 7 7 7 7 4 7 7 7 7 1 7 7 A MaDOUGALL - mannler / NINTH YEAR. WHOLE NO. 466. 1 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. A RARE CHANCE. -For Sale Cheap, three very Adeeirable building lots, facing on Victorta Square, Soiforth.. Fbr partieulare apply to HICKS DNeg-, Co. 447 VARMS FOR SALE. -East half Lot 11, Con, 12, -I: Manion; also South 50 aeres of Lots 1 and 2 Con. 10, Morris, adjoining the Tillage of Blyth. ForpartichlersaPplyto MeCAUGHEY & HOLME- an, Barristers. &c., Seaforth. 425 V- ARA! FOR SALE. -North half of Lot 12, Con. 18, MeEillop, containing 75 acres, 40 cleared, balance Igell timbered, with good baildings ; for sae cheap and.on easy terms of payment. Apply to MoCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 449 MM. VARMS FOR SALE IN STANLEY. -Lots -1; and 2, Lake Road Wee t, 236 acres'the resii deuce of Dr. Woods; also Lot 2, Lake Road East, 186 acres, These farms are well improved, and will be sold together or in quantities and terms to suit purchasirs. Apply to Mit WOODS, Hayfield. 4554.4 1.11:1ILDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE Al -Dr. COLEMAN, havinglaid oat the grounds recently ocenpied as a Driving Park into Buid- f g Lots, is prepared to dispose of lots on reason. stble terms to any who may desire them. Parties ee#ing to purchase should make immediate ap- lia4tion. 364 TIPROPERTY FOR SALE. -Two lots, with a 2 -I- story frame house and barn, situated on the Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have been used as an egg packing establiehment, and are well adapted for any public business. For particulars apply to the proprietress, Mrs. MAL COM, Seaforth, or to D. GORDON, Goderich, Ontario. 456 lARM FOR SALE. -Being east half of Lot 6* north side, Hayfield road, Stanley, containing e8i acres, 70 acres cleared, and the balance well timbered with hardwood. Land, clay loan. Nevi frame house, frame barns and stables, an a never failing spring of water. Situated two miles lrora Bayfield, where there is a good market. For fur- ther particulars apply to JOHN ROWSE on the premises. 461*4 WOR SALE OR TO LET-" Bona Vistit " farm; containing 474 acres, 32 cleared, rest well wood- ed; on Lake Huron, near Dr. Woods'; land rich clay loam; vied frame house and barn, good orch- ard of over 100 trees bearing; a well and stream, both of which contained plenty of water all sum- mer; terms easy; possession, given at New Years; 8 acres in fan wheat looking well. WILLIAM PLUNKETT, Teacher, Bayfield. 459 VALIWILE LOTS FOR SALE NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION. -Lots 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55, in Jarvis' survey, Seaforth. These lots from their close vicinity to the railway statien are specially adapted -for manufacturing purposes. Terms -One-fourth cash, balance in three equal annual instalments with interest at seven per cent. Title perfect. GARROVV & BADEN - HURST, Solicitors, Goderich. 456 WARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 13, Con. 1, -L• To .. nship of H•allett, Containing 100 acr a of good land; 70 acres cleared and in a good state of cultivation; balance well timbered; a nice paling orchard, good frame barn, log house and stables, and a never -failing well, with pump in it, 10 acres of fall wheat sown. Is situated about 12 miles from Seaforth and 10 from Clinton. Apply a the proprietor on the premises or to Harlock P.O. )(VAL MURPHY. 461 4* FIFTY ACRE FARM FOR SALE. -East half . Lot 10, Con. 8, Hallett; there are 40 acres cleared, improved and underdrained, the remain- ing 10 is well timbered with hardwood; there are fair buildings on the premises; a good orchard of bearing trees, also a number of Young apple trees, and a good well and ,prunp ; is. situated about,18 miles from Seaforth and Clinton, and 1 miles from Kinburn, on a good gravel rood. For fur-' ther particulars apply to GEORGE MANN, Con- stance P. O. 456. TTOUSE AND FOUR LOTS FOR SALE. -That elegant two-storybrick dwelling hcuse on the Huron Road, Seaforth, with four lots adjoinin; there are 8 bedrooms, puler, drawing room, di - ingroom and kitchen, with soft and hard water most convenient; there is an exeellent garden attached, also stables and outbuildings • this is a handsome homestead, and a rare chance is offered to intending purchasers.; it will be sad On favorable terms. For fartherparticalers apply to THOMAS STEPEFFINS, Sertforth. 4.62 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -West half of ;Lot 12, north side of Hayfield Road, Stanley, containing 971 acres of excellent land, 70 acres of which are cleared, and the balance is vi4I1 limbered with hardwood and cedar. From° barn, frame shed and good cedar log house on the place, also a good spring creek and good well and puraP. The place is situated five miles west of Brucefield station, and four miles from Hayfield. For farther particulars apply to THOS. MILLS, Varna, P. Q.; ANDW. REID, Wingham, or S AMUEL REID, Harlock. 466 • WARM FOR SALTI.-The undersigned offersla -1L• splendid farm for sale, composed of --Lots All and. 42, Con. 1, Grey. County of Huron, contain- ing 250 acres, 150 of which are in an excellent state oi cultivation ; 100 acres are in bush - hardwood,, plop and cedar -not culled. On the premisee are a frame house, barn and stables in good condition, and an exeellent orchard contain- ing 600 frrdt treea, all bearing. The property would make a most excellent dairy farm, and there is a cheese factory on the adjoining lot; the location is 6 miles from the Town of Listowel, and 1 mile from the Village of Molesworth; good roads in all directions. This farm will be sold on very reasonable terms; about one-third of the pnrchase money is required actwn, the remaificler in 6 years at 6 per cent. For further particulars write or apply personally to he proprietor, W. G. HAY, Lis towel. 465 WANTED. TEACHER WANTED. -A Second or Third-class -'-- teacher wanted, for School Section No. 1, Morris. "Second-class preferred. -Duties to core- mence the beginning of the year 1877. Apply to 3:01IN RICHMOND, -,Blyth P. 0. 466*4 _41111111rt Sp.FORTII, FRIDAY, ,NOVEMBER 10; 1876 I IticLEAN BROTHERS, Publishers. $1 50 a Year, in advance. Capture of a NotoriouS Vara. _ A short time ago a pawn -broker's shop in Montreal, belonging to a man named Lazarus was entered and robbed of about fifty thousand dollars worth of jewelry, dianaonds, watches &o. Since the rob- bery the detectives of that city have been on the alertfor the thief. They soon neared such information as induc- ed them to lookelosely after a suspicious character named Marechal. The par- ticulars of the arrest and the robbers confession•is given in a Montreal report as follows : Owing to some hints received by Mr. made the most swag from the robbery of Mr. Silverstone, pawnbroker, in 1874. A more accomplished scoundrel has nev- er infested Canada. He speaks fluently English, French, and German, writes a good hand, and has a pretty daughter, who, it is alleged, is now sneaking around somewhere with several stolen diamonds. -Since the above eves in type, it is announced that on Wednesday night Marechal made his escape from prison. He -cut a hole through the floor of his cell and worked his way down to the cellar of the bnilding and thence to tile to forward to Mr. Black, and there is little doubt but in the future a consider- able business of this kind will be done. -A farmer's wife was confined lest Saturday morning in a wagon at the St. - Lawrence market, Toronto. Both the mother and child are doing well. -A cattle shipping firm' of Ailsa Craig lost a $3,000 Cargo of cattle which they had shipped to England lately. Nearly all the cattle died on board ship. -Jeannie Watson, assisted by Mr. Geo. Henderson, a comedian from Glas- gow, Mr. W. Gardner, a Highland Lyon Silverman, brother-in-law of Mr. his further dancer, and Mr. Jame e F. Hardy, gave a Lazarus; and detective Murphy- and concert in Guelph, on Hallowe'en. Cullen about the time of the arrest of -Shipments of barley from Toronto Mrs. Ward, suspicion fell on a man nam- for September were 78;322 bushels, and ed Isidore Marechal, a jeweller by pro-. for October 303,850 bushels, against the feeeion, *ho has been in this city abolit corresponding months last year 236,869 ten months. Accordingly the officers secured the services of a young man -At Bowmanville the other evening, named Dawson, son of a Mrs. Dawson Charley Gage, son of Mr. Nelson Gage, where Mrs. Ward had etopped, and a a lad about ten years of age, accidentally young jeweller named Grant, to shadow shot his sister Fanny. She died almost Marechal. They saw and followed him immediately. along Mignonne-street, where he stopped -Mr. Baptie, M. A., Professor of to speak *nn yeoman believed to be his Chemistry at the Ontario School of jail yard, easy. He although in Montreal The jail said, feel aS well they where has all riot the have since escape was been heard of, and detectives searching for him. Montreal, it is the escape, policemen been authorities pretty in small over bushels and 789,041 bushels. may. Canada. During the month' of October there - were 17 giarriaget, -52 births and 28 deaths in Londen. -In the Montreal Mellor jewelry case, the Misses Meller were acquitted. Ber- ger was sentenced to three months' km ptison re en t. daughter, apd who has escaped, about Agriculture, has been appointed Science some money. He ' spoke to Constable Master at the Ottawa Normal School in Mamie, who followed him from the cor- room of the late Prof. Gibson. tier Of Panet-etreet down to Robin -lane, -Notice is given that application will where the officer being joined by Con- be Made to Parliament it its next ses- stable Gibeault seized him. lie was sion for an Act to incorporate a Bank to desperate, and turning suddenly drew be Called "The London and County a revolver, but before he could Oise the Bank," with the head office at London, hammer Gibeault took hold of hie hand Ontario. - and dashed the weapon to the ground. -The steamer Ontienio of Beatty's They proceeded to drag him . to the Lake Superior line, arrived at Sarnia, on . Wolf -street station, when he „threw a Monday- last, with a cargo of wheat from parcel from his pocket and Marois pick- Manitoba, e This is the first consign- ed it up. Said Mai:eche), "There are ten ment of grain that has hemp shipped from i thousand dollars in that parcel that Province. - ; let me - go, take it and be a happy man for the -Information respecting the where - rest of your life" "Not much" replied abouts of James Lantbert, aged 22 years, the constable banging to the struggling will be thankfully received by his prisoner, and the latter with his trees- parents, Southampton, Ont. He left ure was safely locked up. The package home about& year ago, and nothing clefi- was found. to contain tever one thousand nite has been heard of him since. al dollars' worth of diamonds. When Marc- -Mr. Rispin, who has been static chal Was examined by the chief and agent of the Great Western Railway at detective and knew of the network of 'Paris for many years, has been ,transfer - circumstantial '.evidetice which had. closed red to the Simcoe station of the Air Line, where he takes a similar position. He round.him, he confessed. all, and said is to be succeeded by Mr. Whitney, sta- that he had made repeated visits to tion master at Dundas for the lett four Lazarus' pawn -shop to acquaint himself with the position ef the sate, ,Sec and, to years. -Mr. C. S. Smith, of Acton, has sold - two T.,eicester sheep to Seth Thomas & Co., 'of Connecticut, for $110, 4nd a ram to an extensive breeder in Illinois, for $100. • -Rev. John Richmond, son of Wm. Richmond, near Ayr, has resigned bis charge in Coluinlens, Ohio, and accepted a call to a flourishing Presbyterian con- gregation in Yipsilanti, Michigan. -At the areat October display of cheese at /Philadelphia. last week. Mr. Thoneas Ballantyne. M. P. P. for Perth. took the gold edal, a first prize of $75 ri and sweepstake for cheese. -Four death occurred last week in the vicinity of St. Thomas, of people over eighty years of aee : Edward Er- matinger, eighty; John Sutton, 85; Wm. Marriott, eighty-one; and Wm. Smith, 80. .. - Mr. David Wilson. of Ffarwich, Kent county, took a flock of Leicester sheep to the Wisconsin State Fair. held at Watertown in the early part of last month, and carrie1. off nine first and three second prizes. -Rev. Merles Clark, the great Aus- tralian orator, who attracts audiences ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 people in the leading' cities in Auatralia, has been lecturing this week in Montreal on the Tower of London. --A few evenings ago a number of the members of St. Andrew's church, Lon- don, visited the manse, and presented the Rev, J. A. Murray, with a horse, buggy and. harness. The gift was ac- companied with an affectionately worded address. -Over 2,000 tickets were sold in Tor- onto for an excursion which started on Saturday morning fro".. that city for the Centennial. If the weather is as wet and disagreeable in Philadelphia as it has been hereabouts for the past three Weeks, Visitors won't have a very pleas- ant time. -The first shipment of grain from Glencoe, by the Patrons of Husbandry, was made on Tuesday of last week. It consisted of three, car loads barley, grown in the township of Mose, county of, Middlesex, of superior sample. It was consigned to Toronto Battle Hill Grange. -Mr. Lachlan McLean, lately threih- ed. for James Moffatt, on lot 8, con. 12, Minto, county of Wellington, 200 bush- els of spring wheat in three hours, and 200 bushels of barley in two and a half hours, threshing altogether 800 bushels of grain in one clay, the products of 38 acres. -A sad case of destitution is reported hemp the township of Hungerford, Coun- ty of Hastings, where a man, named Isaac Lennox; and one of his daughters - were found dead in the house from fever, the other members of the family being confined to bed with the same disease and nearly famished. -On Sunday, Oct. 22, Mr. James Brennan, of the third concessien of Tyendinaga, Hastings county, died In the 103rd .year of his age. He had re- sided eforty years in • the township .in which ' he died, and a cortege consist- ing of seventy-four carriages followed the remains of the venerable old map to the grave. -In Smithville, Lincoln county, on the morning of Nov. 1st, the house of Mr. Courtland Smith wai struck by lightning, injuring the roof, and fearing out one end of the house.. No one fatal- ly injured. Some of the inmates were senseless for over an hour. A barn in the neighborhood was also struck it was totally destroyed, together with all its contents. • --Some graceless scoundrel last week scattered a quantity of Paris green, mix- ed with salt, on a pasture -field. of Mr. Janhes McFadden, living near St. Marys, -aad in which a number of valuable sheep were kept. Several of the animale ate the Poisonous mixture and died. Mr. McFadden offers a teward of $400 for the coaviction of the guilty party. ,--The trial of Grennie and McPhie, at Sarnia, for complicity in the Monaghan murder, was concluded on Friday night of last week, and the prisoners were dis- chaiged, The Judge said -there was no legal evidence to go to the jury. In his own mind, however, he had no doubt of their guilt. The evidence of the princi- pal Crown witness, a girl named Rapelle, was excluded as being unreliable. -On the 24th of September last Mr. John Black, of Fergus, started to Eng- land with six hundred sheep, and wcird has- been received that they arrived at their destination in good condition, only a few having bee,* lost during the passage across the Atlantic. Mr. Black's ship- ment.of sheep is the first that ever took place from Canada to Britain, and conse- quently all parties will be highly grati- fied to hear that the venture has proved satisfactory and profitable. Another cargo of sheep is now being bought up disarm Suspicion, -purchased at 'different • -At the opening of the Wellington Assizes on Monday there were no crimin- times a trunk, ring, cuff buttons, &c. al cases on the calendar, and as is the - One day when he came in he saw the custom, Sheriff Gow presented Mr. Jus - safe keys lying on the counter, and, hay- tice Galt with a pair of white kid gloves. ing wax in his pocket, he took a "squeeze of the shape of the keys, and There were twenty-four civil cases on - the docket. very soon after had the false key e all -Mr. James Johnston, of Paisley,, ready. • Being taken ill of typhus fever, who was injured in a thresh - he was delayed for some time, but on ing machine a short time ago, recovering went down at an early hour is in a very low condition. The on the Morning of the burglary to the arm had to be amputated three tithes pawn -shop and found his keys worked owing to inflammation, and the young all right, and he effected . the robbery. Ward having a hand in it. He said man's recovery is extremely doubtful., -The engine -driver Lester of Lon - subsequently that he had melted up all don, who was injured lately at Hamilton Lon - the cases of over five hundred silver station, died on Saturday. He leaves a and gold watches, tearing out all the wife and eight children. '` The deceased movements, and in one night destroyed was a verY old servant of the Company, workmanship to the value of over ten and much respected by both his employ - thousand dollars. He had a crucible, ers and employees of the road. arid in his room, over a sweety shop, at the est end he melted the precious -met- -Mr. H. Fletcher, late Great West- , als down and then secretly took the bul- ern station master at Galt, whose mys- lion to the back of the 91d burying- terious disappearance we mentioned last ground on the Papineau-road and buried week, has been heard from, he . being in it. The works etc., not beieg valuable Buffalo. Hie friends deeply regret the he put them into the St Lawrence. step - he took, as any little difficulties Detectives Murphy ' and Cullen,- Mr. he was in could easily have been adjust - Lyon Silverman, and the prisoner dro ed. A merchant Tecentl com- to the burying -ground, when the lett directed them to a post, at the foot f which he pulled up a sod of grass, and said, "there it is." The officers dug down a little way and found nine blocks of silver and six of gold, and some loose jewellery, revolvers, &c, wrapped in paper: Getting this they drove down opposite the jail end went down to the river side: Then the prisoner, taking a small stone, threw it into the water to a place where the water was about six feet deep, and said; "I sunk a bag of watch cases and Movements here." Detective Cullen got a pike-wle, and in about ten minutes fished upa carpet -bag full of plunder. The prisbtier said that he had thrown two other bags into the river opposite Molson's Wharf, but as the water is. deep there, 'and runs swiftly, the detectives have- not yet found them. :The stolen treasure was cenveyed to the Central, Police Station, and there spread out upon the f_loor. The nine silver blocks were - saucer-shaped, and it was estimated wei hed 75 pounds br 1,200 ounces, g . worth i1,200. The six gold nuggets, it was estimated, weighed 380 ounces, one alone weighing 97t ounces. If the gold e twelve carats fine it would, be worth $12 an ounce, or making -a grand tete' of $5,760.- as the value of the metal bulliou. Some. indig- nation was expressed at the reckless con- duct Of the thief who destroyed over 500 good watches, simply to get the gold and silver in the; cases, the least valaable part. The bag full of the broken works was a sight to behold. There were crytals, dial -plates twisted; wheels smashed,caps and brass eases all i•usted from their long immersion in the' river, while here and there was.a locket or chain. The ruin -here was complete, and competent jewel- lers said the works were of no use except for old. metal.. The stuff represents value of about $6,500. It is believed Ward has escaped. with torte of the valu- able diamonds -...eet in lockets, brooches, and rings. Marechal has a hard, deter- mined' expression of countenance and seemed vety little affected by his die- - graceful position: Marechal is a remark- Machitie with. which he can open any or- dinary door or safe lock without trouble. His career has been a -bad oite, and under the aliases of -Dutch Gas, Gus Marshall, i to his f containing a number of skeleton keys and. the wax containing the impiessions of the safe keys. Itlarechal, under the alias of Gus King, has served a term- in • Sing Sing prison, and Oracked the safe of Mr. W. Mackenzie, the broker, and that of Mr. Chisholm, news agent, Bonaven- ture street; also a sale in -Toronto. He is on the averag • S4,560 TEA -C14 PI Et ileVANTED.-.4 male teacher wanted -`• for School Section No. 5, Howick, A third- class Teacher with some experience preferred. Testimonials, standing of certificate, and shlary to be addressed to JOHN SPOTTON, Secretary - Treasurer, Gerrie P. 0. 466.1'4 CHOPPERS WANTED. -Wanted a number of good men to chop 'cordwood on the 14th Con- cession of McKillop, 9 miles north of Seaforth. miles east of the gravel road. Gooclavages will De given. THOMAS DENNISON, Walton Post Office. 456*2 ESTRAM strop.K. VSThAY RA.M.-Strayed into the premises el " the subscriber, Lot 6, Con. 4, Hallett, about the middle of October, a Va-o year old Cotswold rara.', The owner can have him by proving propar- tar d paying damages. WM. RINN. 466*4 RSTRAYED,-Strayed from the premises of the - aubseriber, Lot No. 1, Con. 14, Hallett, about the middle of May last, a- 3 -year old steer, red, With a.little white on the face, and a hole,th;ough the right ear. Any person giving information of the above will be suitably rewarded. TIMOTHY NOLAN, Walton P.'0. 466*4 ably talented man, and has invente a VSTRAYrCALVES.-Strayed, from the premises - of the i subscriber, Lot 11, Con. 6, Tucker- 8in1th, IL R. S., on or about the 5th of OctOber, four heifer cabies, two of them, dark red, one red and white, with star on the forehead, the other light red. Any person giving information that Will lead to their recovery will be suitably reward- ed. ROBT.LEITITFIRLAND,Seaforth P.O. 46644 &c., he has been implicated in New York burglaries. He Was remanded till the woman Ward can be brought.n ITILSC:'ELLANEOUS. j)1SSOLUTION -OF PARTNERSHIP - The firra of J. & R.,Clark, Millers and Grain Deal- er, Wroxeter, is this day dissolved by mutual intent. All debts owing to the said firm are to be paid to James Cleric, at Wroxeter, and all claims against the said firm are to be presented ,!,0 the said James Clark, by whom the same will be paid. Dated at Wroxeter this first day of November, 1876. JAMES 0LARK, BODEEN CURE. Witness, DAVID CLARK, Jr. 466-8 • presence. A- small bag has )been ou - London plained before a magistrate' that in one day eleven organ grinders played before his house, three.personEi sang, and a com- pany of negroes performed, which he complained was overdone, and a nuis- ance that ought to be punished by law. him he walked off without even express- ing his thanks for its return. A few leismsogno,sod.incourtesy would probably do h -Another sad accident from the care- less handling of firearrhs took place in Norwich Township on Sunday the 22nd ult. A loaded rifle in the hands of a youngman named Kneel was accidentally discharged, the ball striking a young lad named William Cuthbert in the face with such painful results that he died on the following Tuesday. -A very large shipment of Watson's celebrated grain choppers were sent from the Ayr Agricultural Werke last week to Germany. An order for another large lot of * the same machinery was received. from Germany on Saturday last. Mr. Watson now has grain. choppers at work Africa. America, Europe, Australia and -The Deaf and Dumb Institute at Belleville at present Contains 218 pupils, the largest number at this season of the year since it was opened; We see it stated that it is the intention;. of the • Government to do away with the fee now chargecl for tuition, this offering gratieitously the advantages of educa- tion to a most unfortunate class' of the community. -Last Sunday night about eight o'clock a fire broke out in David Kuntz's barn in, the rear of bis brewery, the barn coutainedeabout 500 bushels of barley and other grain, and was soon burned to the ground, together with Mr. Roos' barn which stodel adjoining it ; total loss, 51,600; no insurance ; origin of the fire unknown. -Whilst Mr. Adam Oliver, ex M. P., Ingersoll, was on his way home from the Centennial on Sunday last, on the New York Central Railroad, .he lost his pocket -book, containing a deposit re- ceipt of the Federal Bank in favor of himself for 53,900; also a money order in favor of Alex. Stevenson for $700, and one in- favor of George Monroe for $639, and'other papers. -At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. James Redford the Stratford absconder, held last week, Sheriff Hossie was ap- pointed assignee, and Messrs. Jas. Trow, M. P., James Corcoran, and James Creerar, trustees. The liabilities amount to about .5200,000, and the assetts to to the new quarters adjoining the Mon- treal Bank, the messenger of the British American Bank -Note Company brought over a package Of new notes representing the value of $40,090. These notes were the first issue under the name of the Con- solidated Bank, none of the issue having yet gone into circulation, the old. bills of the City and Royal Canadian Bank being still in use. The messenger, who is an old min, placed the package in the hands of one of the clerks, who temporarily placed it in a vacancy under one of the desks. When he came again to remove . the package to the vaults it was missing, and has not been seen since. eThe detec- tives were informed of the affair, and are making vigorous exertions to discover the - thief. Fortunately the bills were not signed by the cashir, and it is the inten- tion- of the Board to destroy the plate from which they were printed and the remaining bills of the issue, anl to order an entirely different plate to be engraved for the new issue. -The Toronto Telegram has an ac- count of the investigation into the man- agement of the Central Prison in that city, which commenced on Monday last. The Hon. S. C. Wood, and Mr. J. W. Langmuir are conducting the inquiry. The charges under investigation are al- leged gross cruelty against the chief' guard. It is said in one case a convict was tied up by the hands, triangle fashion, for five days and nights; and. in another, that a lunatic was beaten brutally on the back with a heavy iron. key, 18 inches long, sa that the marks were so livid that it was not till the con- vict was removed to the Insane Asylum at Brantford that the injnries became known. In a third instance, a prisoner - is said to have been suffering from severe illness when placed in the stone yard to work, and that complaining to the made guarde he was reported to the chief guard, who, it is said, struck him a heavy blow and knocked him on a heap of stones. He was sent to hospital and died shortly afterwards. Many other - cases of inhuman conduct are reported, but these are the worst. Hon. S. C. Wood is making a most searching in- quiry, although efforts are being made to stifle the investigation. -At the Toronto AsSizes last week,'a queer case was tried. About a year ago, a Miss Anderson,. of Brampton, was traveling on the Grand Trunk with a dog. Daniel Doran, baggageman, found -the dog in the passenger car, and told Miss Anderson she must let it be put in the baggage car, and pay 50 cents for it. This Miss Anderson refused to do, say- ing that the dog had followed her on the train and. that Doran could. put it off. cases of machinery, macaroni, stoves, thirty-one boxes of axes, fellows, sixty- one cases of syrup, vinegar, lanterns, tweeds, tools, organs, boots and shoes, lathes, cigars, brushes, 425 doors, spring beds, photographs, and horse -nails. -A. few evenings ago the grist mill of Mr. Stephen Harvey, of Glenmorris, whilst running in a regular way, sudden- ly stopped. On examination it was ascertained that the main .shaft of the mill, which was an iron shaft' over four inches in diameter, was broken complete- ly througlalbut, after anlapparently close investigation of all the machinery they were unable to determine the cause of the crash. Next morning the services of a millwright were pfocured and on • due inveitigation it was discovered. that a pig of between two and three hundred pounds in weight had, either by accident or from a curiosity to examine the capa- city of the large water wheel, found ac- cess ta the mill race in tile vicinityeof the wheel, and coming in contact with it, had caused the accident above alluded to. L-A scene occurred on the Great Western Railway a few days since, that is seldom witnessed by travellers and which furnished material for any amount of fun and jolity, hand -shaking and well- wishing. A young couple aboard the train,by their appearance and actions,ap- peered to be anxious to consummate their bliss by being united in marriage. The attention of a minister, who was quietly enjoying his newspaper, having been directed to them, and seeing their eager looks anticipatory yet fretful -at the delay, kindly addressed a few words to them, and much to their joy and astonishment offered to marry them with- out fee or reward. The groom. having already procured the necessary license, and witnesses being easily forthcoming, nobar existed, and withoutfurtherparley the twain weret pronounced man anti wife. They reeeived the customary certificate, signed by the Rev. P. Moore, a missionary from Turkey, on his way to become chaplain to one of the Western - Indian Agencies. They got off the train at Stoney -Point, Essex County.. - -While the removal of the effects of the Consolidated. Bank in Montreal was being effected from the temporary quer- ters in the old Merchants' Bank building $155,000. It is thought that the estate if economically managed will pay about 33 cents on the dollar on the unsecured claims. -A deplorable accident occurred in Port Colboree, near St. Catharines a few days ago. While a man named King, who was in charge of the nitro glycerine used in the harbor improvements, was after a supply at the magazine, an explo- sion took place, blowing the man to pieces, only a few fragments of the body being found. It shattered the crib work and did. damage to a number of houses in the neighborhood,- and broke windows all oyer the village. The explosion was heard for miles in every direction. Cause of the explosion a mystery. -On Sanday morning of last week Mr. Alex. Brown, of the township of Downie, county of Perth, found one of his sheep struggling on the ground, and going up to it, discovered that it had been Mangled by a dog. Looking about the field, Mr. Brown found 12 other sheep quite dead, and three dying. The loss is a serious one -about $75 - and not knowing the- owner of the dogs, ,,Mr. Brown is without recourse, there being no slog tax in the township. The sheep destroyed were picked animals, which hadbeen selected from a flock of 150. -A few days ago when the Court of Assizes was held in Cayuga, the county seat of Haldimand, al case was brought up and the issue tried of a most unusual but extraordinary character. The facts of the matter may be briefly stated thus: -A. woman, 85 years of age, brought an action for breach of promise of marriage against a man 86 years of age. She was a great grandmother, and he was a great grandfather. The old lady claimed that -The County of Wellington has very sensibly decided to hive a County Poor Hotise. The grouhds were purchased some time ago, and now the contract for the necessary buildings has been let, the contract price being $10,000. Would . that Huron could be induced to follow the example of Wellington and her sister county, Waterloo, in this respect. - A farmer named. John , Davidson, from °waded, Middlesex county, drove intO.Londou with forty bags of potatoes. His horse's shoulders were galled to such an extent that they were raw, and this a gentleman noticed and spoke of to Con- stable Templar. The latter thereupon procured a summons, and Pavidson was, after examination, fined $1! and costs by the Police Magistrate. -Mr. H. }Taker, of Oakville, who re- cently became Possessor pf some proper- ty in Postville, found $7;000 in gold and. $1,000 in silver, while pulling down an old chimney. The house was one of the oldest near Postville'being more than 40 years old. If this be true, what must be the feelings of the man who sold. the property to lar. Baker? He will mourn oyes? it all his days. -A peculiar case has just been dis- posed of in Brantford, at the Brant Ag - sizes. IJoseph Knox was ,put upon his trial charged with receiving stolen cat- tle. The evidence, however, went to show that he had stolen the cattle, not received them. He having been already acquitted of stealing the cattle at the In- terim1Sessions, there was . no alternative but to let him go scot free. --A very serious accident occurred at Wanstead station, Lambton. County, on Friday, whereby - Mr. John McVicar, school teacher, broke his leg in two places. He had ridden,from Wyoming, and a; the train did not slack up he went to jump off, the consequence being that he fell on the rail and broke the bone of his leg in two places. There is a good deal of talk of suing the company for. demages for not stopping the train, Wanstead being on the time -chart as a stopping plaee. -About a fortnight since a conductor on the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Rail- road found an overcoat left in one of the cars on his train, and as he could find no ownerfor it, he took it into the ticket office at Guelph. Mr. Grieve, the ticket agent,Ifound a letter in one of the pock- ets addressed to a person in Berlin, to whom he at once wrote, the result being that its owner called for it in a few days afterwards, and on its being handed. to she ought to be allowed her ,winter's wood as compensation for the breach of contract. Both parties were about equally matched as to the possession of worldly goads. The jury awarded her $100. -A Canadian in England -complains that Canadian wares are -not properly marked, being labelled, Ontario, N. S., &c., *which to the ordinary European sonveys no idea whatever of the locality in which they were produced. It is generally supposed that such goods come from the -United States, and they get the credit. The writer suggests that "every package should have Dominion of Cana - do -in big letters on it.' It would. be one of the best advertisements we could have, and I do hope that our manufac- turers will look at this from a national standpoint. -The Montreal Trus Wiille,83 says that Rev. Father Brettarch, of Trenton, He took the dogeand put it on the ground Ont., addressed the Catholic Abstinence Convention at Belleville last month. He took for his subject, "The Catholic Church, what she has done for , temper- ance." He claimed that she taught tem- perance in all things -in action and at the Don station, where the train had stopped for fuel. Miss Anderson's brother wrote to Mr. Spicer, superin- tendent of the Grand Trunk Railroad,. complaining of cruelty the dog, and claimed $20 damages. This was paid thoughts, as well as in abstinence from 1 by the company out of Doran's wages, excess of drink. The modem amper- ance movement, had, he th-J...„tat, lost much of its keenness the moment the world was taught to sneer at Catholic monasticism. The Catholic Church was, he said, the first to teach and the first to practice temperance, and was a model for emulation. -Lait Saturday, Nov, 4th, the "(keen Gem left Montreal en route to Melbourne, Australia, with a miscellaneous cargo movided by our Canadian merchants and manufacturers with a view of test- ing in a practical manner what can be done in the way of opening up a trade with our Antipodes. The vessel was laden with her full compliment of cargo, valued at about $20,000. It is a very miscellaneous collection,including among other things the following articles :- Reaping machines, clothing, hardware, lumber, furniture " from Bowmanville, split peas, thirty tons of slate, Wooden ware, 130,barre1e of salt, plaster, car - who was also reduced from baggageman to brakeman, at a lower rate of wages. Doran then brought a suit against Mr. Anderson for datnages sustained. by him through the letter written to Mr. Spicer. Chief Justice Hagerty, in reviewing the case, regretted that owing to oddities or eccentricities some people could not travel often without getting into trouble with conductors oil other railway men, while many persons could travel for 50' years without any trouble whatever. It was a very good rule on the part of the railwey companies not to allow dogs to be carried in passenger cars. Re was quite aware that it was not the paltry sum of 50 cents that the railway company was concerned about, but the comfort of other passengers. From all ° that had been brought out, it appearedthat Doran had suffered considerable injury in con- sequence of Anderson's complaint, and. it only remained for the jury tow what amount they corusidered sufficient. Ver.- riages, sideboards, wagons, fiftY-five diet for plaintiff, 5200. 0