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The Huron Expositor, 1876-11-24, Page 4- '4 1 I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Witicey Shirtings--The GOlden,Lion. Chopping Axes -Wm. Robertetnn &_Co. Fines -Thomas Kidd's Emporium. Property for Sale -J. S. Porter. School Teacher Wanted ---J. Stewart. a Estray Ram -W. Pollard. County Connell Notice -P. Adainsofn' Farm for Sale -Joseph Taylor. ° Frame Cottage for Sale --VV. N. Watson. Farm for Sale -James Johnson. Coolie Dog Lost -Thomas Nash. • Estray Heifers -Mrs, Hart. Estray Steer -David Moore. Chattel Mortgage Sale -Benson & Meyer. Entered by Burglars -William Hill. Situation Wanted -William Geddes. Notice -West End Cheese Factory. apparent. Whether there be really an unders tending_ between Rusia,1. Austria, and Germany to play into the hands of -each other, as anany have been accustom - to think, will most likely be definitely 'ascertained. And how far England cif .efecessity-has been isolated, in her policy rom that pursued by the three Emper- ors, if isolated at all, will no longer be a matter ''''''''''''' tAte---mm Its current that the Czar has instructed 'Gen. Schouvaloff, his ambas- sador in London, to inform the Queen that the Czar not only desires peace, but also desires that England should be in formed of his peaceful intention. This seems strange after the Czar's recent speech in Moscow, which really meant war, without asserting it in so many words. Doubtlessthe Czar personally desires peace. And if the wiir party in Russia, headed by ,the Czareetitch, could get all they wanted, including the kill- ing of the "sick man" and the possession of the Bosphorus, withont going to war for these objects, they mould. doubtless desire peace as well as the Czar. With regard to the autonomY of Russia allow' Herzegovina, it is reported that Turkey, willing to conciliate the other Powers, has consented to concede a degree of self-government to three -States, provided that Midhat Pasha be appoint- ed Governor. If this be really true, the credit will be duelo the English Govern- ment, whose pressure 'upon the Porte has actually brought it about, as well as Turkey's consent to the pQnfere4ce. New Parlianient Buildings. The Toronto Globe urg s the necessity nio 0-ximoitor SEIFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER'24, 1876 Trade Between Canada Jamaica. Immediately befoee the accomplish- ment id Confederation, the establish- ment Of_ trade' relations between this country and our sister colony, the island of Jamaica, was a prominent subject of discussi4n. From various causes the project fell through. Lately, however, the subject has to some extent occupied the attention of the press, as well as of commercial men in the various centres of trade, mainly through the efforts of Mr. George Mason, a Canadian, who has lately visited Jamaica, with a view, of • making inquiries regarding the staple imports and exports of the island, and of directing the attention of the leading merchants arid planters to the mutual • advantages to be derived from commer- cial intercourse with the Dominion. Mr. Mason, having returned, met the Board of Trade in the city of Hamilton, last Tuesday, and read before that body an elaborate statement of "exports into the island, and from each market that has • supplied it for centuries." Frorn this statenaent we find that Jamaica takes from other countries the following arti- cles: White pine lumber, shingles, • pork, kerosene oil, corn meal, boots and shoes, hats and caps, lard, hams, apples, furniture •made of wood, flour, corn, cheese, butter, carriages, readYmade clothing and cotton manufactures. Jamaica -exports to other countries. Cocoa nuts, coffee, fruits, lime juice, pinaento, rum, sugar, woods of various kinds, logwood and flour. The total population of the island, by last ce was 506,154; divided as follows : White ling." 13,101; colored, 10O346; black,. 767. Mr. Mason concludes 'his eating and elaborate statement as lows: "I hare now, gentlemen, to best of my ability, pioneered 'your ests in the Island of Jamaica, and your able assistance I can at once up the trade, and am prepared, if merchants and manufacturers of th minion will supply me with samples only to substantiate what I have you, but create a large trade for yo once, not only in Jamaica, but in duras, Hayti, Cuba, and in all the •o West lndiaeIslands." ememeememaneeinnen,... The Election of -President Though another week has passed definite decision has been arrived a to whether Tilden or Hayes is the P dent elect, although -it is scarcely possi- ble that victory does not rightfully be- long to the former. The public interest •, is at present directed to the litotes of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, in all of which the result of the late elec- tion ia as yet undecided. That all the returns have not come in, has beenthe 0 \ reason assigned for the delay in seer- taining the final result. The matter is now before the returning board of each State. Both Democrats and Republicans claim their candidates to be elected, the former -giving figures to back up their as- sertion, the latter not venturing to be so positive as this. In Louisiana, however, • the returning board has gone to work, a committee of five Democrats and an equaltnumber of Republicans having been appointed to be present at t14 sittings the Board, and to watch proceedings the interest of the respective parties. orida, the returning board are await- • ing the coming in of all the returns the being yet some nine counties from whi • no returns have been received. Tild requires the vote of but one of the three States to elect him, while Hay to be elected must have them all. The Eastern Question. The latest despatches from the Bast are not of such a warlike charactennas • those received last week, although prepar- ations for war are going on with great vigor. Then war appeared almost in- evitable. The Porte would not consent, •nor even listen, to a proposal for the Conference of the great Powers, unless accompanied by guarantees, which, un- der the citcumstances, it would be un- desirable, if not impossible, to grant. • Now, however, it Jis reported that the Porte has not only accepted the proposal for a Coiaference, but also that the ac eeptance has been made without any conditions. So, the Conference „will, in all likelihood, proceed with its delibera- tions, and peace may result. What are the ulterior designs of the principal ac- tors in this intricate and complex prob- lem, the "Ea.stern Question," will then be more fully disclosed. What the • Triple Alliance amounts to will then be and nsua , map, chait, and all the re Of the immediate erectio ment buildings at Toron "We believe there is a sal conviction that the p ment offices and Parlia.m this city are neither e c architectural sense norisaj itory of the Provincial expense of repairs annual keep the rickety edifice proof is something con when all is done there is for the money. In the 'Department are preserv all the originals,tbut also of its valuable records ; suddenly destroyed the evitably would if it gott1 the loss would be irretrie litigation arising out of it template even in itna yet the breaking of an oil heating of a flue, or any o of mishaps that will occu knows hew, would sweep trace of every deed, re 369,- inter- fol - the inter - with by any corporate body has We would like to kn contemporary has gained tion which justifies it in is an almost universal co Neither in the Tress, in P of new Portia o. It says.: almost univer- esent Govbrn- nt• buildings in editable in an e as the depos- arc h i ves. The y required to nd and water- iclerable, and othing to show Crown Lands d, not merely he duplicates and if a fire hole, as it in - e upper hand, 'able, and the fearful to con - nation. And lamp or the e of the score open viction been expressed. the universal conviction'. is th e Po- imaginary on its part. T , not article in question is si told thrown outto gain an expr u at r , • • imen , and the rece Hon- it should be such as to c nvince those ther making so extravagant a propositionjthat the public do not agree with' their views. If the danger to the valuable documents in the Grown, Lands office is so imminent, , no it is astonishing that it has taken the t as Globe over 'nine years to find it out. resi- I Knowing the danger which existed it should have given a warning note long ere this, and urged that -steps be taken to secure increased safety. ,That it has, not done so, and that we are for the first time hearing of it, when an !agitation for new and costly' buililings is being, com- menced, is pretty good proof that the .danger is by no means so imminent as our contemporary would have us believe. • If danger to these important documents does exist, no matter how little or how great, it,can surely be removed without the erection of:, entire new buildings. The Globe speak very very eontemptuously of the "rickety edifice," but many of our readers, were they to view the substan- tial structure would not think by its exterior appearance at least, that it was very rickety while the interior is of oomfortable and elegant. We venture to say that there is not one ratepayer in in twenty in any town, village, or town- ship in this County whose residence will at all compare for warmth and. comfort News of the Week. MED. -A cricket, ball struck a boy, aged 13, behind the ear, in London, Eng- land. He fell senseless, and died in two 11°D"Esing RATE -The annuol death rate in London, England, now averages , 18 per 1,000, in Edinbufgh 12, in Glasgow 21, in Dublin 19. WIN E CROP. -The wine crop of France this year is unusually large, being a third larger than the vines promised at the out- set of the season. Loss AT SEA. -The loss of the British gunboat Lapwing, off Chefoo, and of the mail steemer Windsor Castle, near Cape Town, is announced. No lives were iosAt.N A GED MISSIONARY. -The death of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston, one of the origin- al American missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, is announced. She had reached her 81st year.. WAGES IN SCOTLAND. -At the Earls - ton, Berwickshire, hiring fair on the 16th inst., men's wages rangedefrom £12. to £14 10s.; women's from £8 to £1O; halffins, from £8 to £10. AN IMPROVEMENT. -Sotne of the New York churches are reported to pay their pastors weekly,. and the effect is said to be a great improvement in the sermons and in the fervour of the preachers. • TRIAL OF POINTERSAND SETTERS. -A trial of pointers and setters for a purse of $500 wakmarle at Memphis, Tenn., on the 18th inst. Drake was first, Stafford, second, Paris, third. Stafford and Paris are from Strathroy, Ontario. GR EAT DESTRUCTION TO SHIPPING. - The Tinited•States Consul at San Juan, Porto Rico, reports to the State depart- ment, 'Washington, that in the recent hurricane in that island, 45 vessels were lost and injuted, and several seamen drowned. • - A CANADIAN TRAVELLER ROBBED OF $1,700. --J. E. Strickland, of Canada, a passenger on the southward bound St. Louis express train, left the sleeping car at Albany, on Monday last, for lunch, and during his absence his stateroom was 41.1 I have just been applied to by a woman from Canada. She came here five weeks ago, accompanied by her husband. They were told that trade was good in Detroit, but have beeneuna.ble to procure anything to do, have Spent their last dollar and. are now on the bounty of the charitable. • They would be glad to return wiser and sadder thanthey came, if the means were furnished for them to do so. I could give many more such facts which have come under my notice during the last few weeks, and I think the sooner the better that the true state of the labor market be known. EASTERN NEWS. -Turkish adherence • to the Conference is wavering. The English Government threatens to call a European Conference without the parti- cipation of the Porte. The Radical sec- • tion of Parliament have convoked a meeting to consider the policy of England in regard to the autonomy of the Chris- tian provinces in Turkey. A .Eteuter's telegram from St. Petersburg says that in pursuance of the partial mobilization of the Russian army, preparations are now being made for the mobilization -of a sanitary corps. Moveable hospitals are also being got ready • committees of ladies have been formed' on the model of those which worked with so much suc- cess during the Franco-German war for the private nursing of the wounded. The Empress of Russia and Grand Duchess, it is stated, have assumed the patronage of these asseciations. It is improbable that General Tchernayeff will retain command of the Servian army in the event of Russia being driven to action, as his whole conduct in Servia has not given satisfaction in official quarters here. TILE HORSE PLAG UE IN EG YPT. -A correspondent of the London Times writes from Cairo: "The horse plague seems to be losing itSvirulence with the approach of cooler weather. A tropical storm of singular violence broke over the country with floods of rain a week ago, and seems to have cleared, the air. Though a few cases occurred at Alex- dria, •they have not been followed by hers, and wellope the city will escape. robbed of $1,700 in bills. bt VETE RANS OF THE AMERICAN ELEC- TION. -Wm. Cullen Bryant, aged 83.; Peter Cooper, aged 86; John A. Dix, aged. 78; George Law, aged 75 ; Moses. Taylor, aged 72-; James Lennox, aged 72 ; and Jellies Brown, aged 75, were amoog the New York veterans Who took a conspicuous part in the late election. A FIRST-CLASS MARKSWOMAN. -There is a lady in San Francisco -Mrs. Frank G. Edwards -who enjoys, the proud dis- tinction of being the first woman in this country to shoot at and hit a target at the distance of -one thousand yards. , She • adopts- the Creedmote posture, which most ladies -would coesider slightly in- convenient. The California Rifle Associ- ation has voted her a gold medal. S UBMERGED. -Three large islands' off the coast of Bengal, containing a popula- tion of 340,000, Were submerged by the wave of.Oct. 31st, over two-thirds of the . . - . nob d inhabitants loeing their liverit The 1 - o y ever way the last ord, register, t in a twink- w where our the informa- eying "there viction," &c. rl iarnen t, nor such a con - The "almost refore purely e fact is, the ply a feeler, ssion of pub - tion accorded 15 re ch with the least comfortable office in the en Parliament buildings. Itis true that the se present &hidings may not be sufficiently es ornamental to suit the refined tastes of the citizens of Toronto, but we fancy the people tif the Province generally will think twice before they will allow an expenditure of many thousands of dollars simply to 'gratify their vanity. The •eesent Parliament buildings. are, in very respect in keeping with the re- uirements and resources of the Pro- • ince, and. will amply serve their pur- ose for many years to come. It would e the very height of madness to expend t ousands, perhaps hundreds of thous - a ds in the erection of buildings which e not required. If the treasury is o erflowing with wealth, it would be 1. uch more to the advantage of the evince and acceptable to the people to ' distribute the surpins among the muni- cipalities than to expend it in erecting unnecessary public buildings. ; A REnonet Convention, to choose a eandidate for the representation of Card- well, in the House of Commons, render- ed vacant by the decease of Hen. John Hillyard Cameron, will be • held at Orangeville on th 29th •• arg est island was 800 square milLs in extent. It had a population of abont 240,000. The other two, Hattiah and Sundeep, together, had about 100,000 of a popula- tion. An metbreak of cholera was hourly. expected, owing to the miasma from the putrefying bodies. A SORRY MISTAKE. -A newly -married pair on their way to New York, when betwedn Cochecton and Narrowsburg, on an Vie train one day last week, caused no little sensation to the occupants of the car. On the bridegroom taking a roll of brown paper out of his pocket, the bride suddenly snatched it, raised the window and threw it out, t‘You said you'd quit chewing tobacco, there's so much of the nasty stuff gone.," But her laugh changed to tears when her husband informed her that the roll was not tobacco but $100 in greenbacks which he was about to place in a safer place in hit pocket. As it was dark at the !time, any attempt to recover the money Was thought to be use- less. Tire SEIZURE OF THE STEAMER MONTE- ZUMA. -It is reported that the steamer Montezuma was seen near the Tortugas • Island, off the Venezuelan coast, tnakiug. for Laguayra. A Spanish war ship has gone in pursuit. An eye -witness of the seizure of the Montezuma says eighteen passengers, including four women, came aboard at Puerto Plata. The men de- manded the surrender of the steamer in the name of the Republic of Cuba. The female passengers on the Montezuma were apparently accomplices, haying made several demonstrations after the capture of the steamer in favor of the captors. The cargo of the vessel con- sisted of 50 cattle, some! 2,000 bags of coffee, 1,500 bags of corn, and numerous packages of dry goods from St. Thomas. DISAPPOINiMENT AND SUICIDE. =-A tragic scene was recently enacted on the steamboat Aucithm, jest as she reached Lauterbach from Criefswald on the Rhine. A young lady fell heavily to the deck; she was lifted up, but after a few gasps expired • It appears that she was a teacher, betrothed to a young man who was studying chemistry in Griefswald. In her pocket was found a despatch from her lover, Say jug he could not see her again, a little bottle containing pieces of cyankalimu (a deadly poison), and a farewell letter written to her lover, say- ing that she had been to his house and found what she wanted (the poison taken from his laboratory). In her hand was a large flask which had contained; a solution of the cyankalium, the means of her death. THE FRENCH EMPRESS. ---A London correspondent who recently visited the Empress Eugenie describes her as the model of an elegant, well-dressed woman, and little more, her tall slip of al son standing by her side, looking, perhaps, more like her brotherthan her son, for misfortunes and reverses have certainly not aged.her handsome face. If I must state my impression, it must be that I was reminded of the consummate 'grace and studied leerfection of some of the stars of the Theatre Francais, rather than any ideal picture of fallen greatness. Her life at Chiselhurst is quiet and simple. The Queen and the Princess of Wales pay her occasional visits, and French Imperialists, when in London, make pilgrimages with Violeta in their buttonholes to Chiselhuteit and. the grave of Napoleon III. DON'T GO WEST. -A correspondent in a Detroit paper says: "Canada and the Eastern States are sending their unem- ployed "west," under the idea that work is brisk and wages good. Detroit is easily reached from Canada, hence we may expect a tide of unfortunate immi- grants who will be doomed to disap- pointment. We have hundreds of strong, able-bodied men and women of our owne .who are able and willing to work and cannot g0 it, and if present prospects are not like "coming events casting their shadows before," I am much mistaken. Cairo has suffered terribly. The death of 1,800 army horses and 2,700 belonging to private persons was reported up to the 1st of October. Horses of price, well kept and well fedi were. most attacked, and succumbed most easily. It is de- scribed as a kind of typhus, and death, after great apparent pain, ensues in few hours. The disease crept down th river, clinging curiously to the righ bank, and was -so destructive in many dastricts that bullocks are alone in use from the total destruction of the horses. The Goveitiment is now fully alive to the danger. Stringent regulations have en issued as regards isolation of the ectdcbanimals and their burial. But regulations. somewhat defeat their ect by the imposition of a fine of a llar on each infected hose -a rule ich leads their owners to conceal the eatla. , be int the a obj do wh A' Row in the Central Prison Toronto. At two o'clock on Monday it was re- ported to Mr. Langmuir that there had occurred at the prison what almost amounted to a mutiny of eighty-six of the 326 convicts that the institution at present contains. The trouble commenc- ed at dinner with a great deal of turbu- lence and loud talking, and afterwards the rebelli▪ ous men refused to work. Mr. Langmuir at once proceeded to the pris- on and caused the 86 to be drawn up in line. He then addressed them, tell- ing them that the rules of the prison would be rigidly enforced, and that while he was at all times willing to hear well-founded complaints, he would, under no circumstances, permit them to take the settlement of any grievance into their own hands. He warned them that any insubordination On their part would at once be put down with a firm hand, particularly if it were of a combined nature, offenders being flogged in the prison square before all the rest of the prisoners. Having been informed that the alleged cause of their complaint on the present • occasion was that the dietary was insuf- . 'dent, Mr. Langmuir told them that the dietary was of the most liberal kind - more so than that of any other prison in Canada, and fully equal to that of any industrial prison on the continent. He said that it was infinitly better than what was given to British soldiers, being equal to from fifty to seventy-five ounces of solid food per head.. He then ordered such of the insubordinates as were win- k, resume work instantly to remain in line,jaud those who were not to step to the front. Four of them came forward. Mr. • Langmuir gave orders that these :should each receive fifteen lashes on their bare backs before all the other prisoners and: the prison guards, except one of the four whom he found to be mentally weak, and therefore not en- tirely responsible for his acts. The sen- tence was immediately carried out, and since then everything has been going on i tl qu e y. speedily retribution overtakes the wreng- S. roads 5 and 6, Con. 8, $6 ; William Horan, for ditch on S. road, 10 and 11, Com 5, $6, part payment ; Thomas Murray, for culverts and ditcheinton Con. lines,10 and 11, Lots 4 and 5, 810; also $5 to widow Hart for charity, and $5 to William McCleary, who appears to be in indigent circumstances. After some further transactions the council adjourn- ed to meet on the first Saturday of December next, at Mrs. Leslie's Hotel. Londesborough. 'CHURCH OP ENING. -The Presbyterian church, Londesborough, will be formally opened on Sabbath, Nov. 26th, when the following gentlemen will be present and conduct the services Rev. Dr. 17re .of Goderich, will preach at 10:30, A. 14.; Rev. Mr. Aikens of Vaughan at 2:30, P.M.; and Dr. Tire at 6 P. M. Collec- tion taken up atithe close of each service. On the following Monday evening, a soiree will be held in the church. Revs. Messrs. Danby, of Bayfield; Hartly, of Exeter • Aikeus, of Vaughan; McCuaige of Clint'orr McLean, of Blyth 1 Pritch- ard, of Bfuevale ; Davey, of Londes- borough; and Sieveright, of G-oderich, will be in attendance and deliver shott addresses. - The Londesborough choir, under the leadership of Mr. N. J. War- ner, 1 will be present, and enliven the proceedings with selections of choice music. Hullett. 6 FARM SOLD. -Mr. George "Mann has sold his farm on the 8th Concession of Mullett to Mr. Francis Crich for the sum of $2,600. The farm contains 50 acres and is well improved. BARN BURNED. -On Saturday night last, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the barn belonging to Mr. _Peter McDonald, gul- lett, was discovered to be on fire, and although he had not yet` retired', the fire his body was fhouendabrytitews,o r:t iheembworihyo wha: • the Sauble er, on the bank of which NOVEnMdBuIRshooting. Although t which place an inqueit arthe home of deceased, facts returned. The body a verdict in accordance s id e by one 24, 181_6. Grand Bend, BubWhne IrnSwaignaaligitetoiedcrki ey, who conveyed it a in Bayfield cemetery on age, and laasnta. t andwa sconveyed jue r rd with the abov was held, an ve of County Antrim, Ire - Deceased -was 65 years of land. ronrNotes. • A few n ghts ago, Mr. Pra t of d a watch and a pair of en from him. - petitive examination in di, will take place on Pri- ould shot on lot 7, COn. y owl, which. when its xtended, measured flve Rodgerville, h pantaloons sth -The co West Wawan day, Deb. 15. -Mr. John 4, Hay, a sno wings were 'feet. -Mr. Jame Laird, of Brussels, leas been, sentenced to 15day' imprisonment for selling liqu r withoet a licensee -sec - station on 'Mon ay last, while harnessed ond offence. -A horse Alexander Brussels, drepped dead at the in the Brussels .1:Louse 'bus. -The enterprising citizens of the yin lage of Credito have erected eight new street crossings, at a cost of $80, all of which were paid. by public subscrip- supply Eadie's station, near Winghein. tion. -Rev. Jame Pritchard, of Bluevale, has been appoi • ted by the Presbytery to Service there e ery Sabbath at 2:30 P. M. , .-On l Friday Nov. 3rd, a little girl, aged about thre years, daughter of Mr. onald Stewar , con. 14, Grey, while rrying a stick of wood fell and disio- ted an elbow. -As Frederi t of the saw th a load of agon, the wa in between th -Mr. J. T. ipped from Nov. 14, 301p on Wednesday, ed butter, to E $12,000," and wa .weeks. favorable to the passage of the Dunkin. -A largely al Act, took place in the temperance hall Maitlandville, t Thursday evenin 'are that Colborn thebill,ifThe ligitnisnrs detectives, Case and Brunstone, were in the vicinity of Brine sels last week, And. succeeded in working' up a number 011cases. They "struck as each hotel keeper, y appeared, was fined dollars, and one was olmes, Bible Christian alio, while driving to d elonging to Mr. John spread so rapidly that he was unable to • ea save anything except his horses, which ca he had great difficulty in doing, as they - had become frightened. The barn con- tained the season's crops, and nearly all the implements belonging. to the farm. 'There was no insurance on the barn, but the contents were partly insured. There is no doubt but what the fire was caused by incendiarism. We learn that a bad state of feeling exists in the neighbor- hood, and law suits have been long pend- ing between different parties for one cause or another. • Brussels. MONEY, Moaenv.--Parties desirous of borrowing money on real estate security would do well to give me a call before closing arrangements elsewhere, as I can offer the best of terms to bor- rowers. All applications for loans strictly confi- dential. Mortgages bought on favorabrc terms. Office in Town Hall, Brussels. C. R. COOPER. REMOVAL. - Mr. Thomas Fletcher, jeweller, has removed into his new build- ing one door north of the Brussels House. • GRANT. -At a meeting of couneils held on Monday last, a grant of $30 was Made to the Brass Band. EXTENDING His P_REMISES. -Mr John Parker is erecting a wooden building ad- joining his hotel on the north, for a ha.r- ness shop for John Duncan. It will be completed about Dec. lst. - NEW Burroneo.-t-Dr. Holmes is filling in the space betWeen the buildines known ou wi ar sh . k Roditts was coming, ill yard at Cranbrook, edgings on a one-horse on upset and broke Itis elbow and the wrist. Brill, a butter dealer, eaforth, on Tuesday, kages, and from Guelph, 525 packages of select - gland. The butter cost all collected. within two • tended meeting of those wnship of Colborne, on last. The indidations will give a majority for bnattt d. 'oil" everts time, against whom th the usual twenty sent to Goderich • -Rev. Mr. 11 minister, of Cele an -a ointm t pp o week, sustained which has for aw active service. IE i f en y, a • as Lasham's Hotel and Fletcher's new convalescent. building, with a wooden building. This -Messrs. Chi with Parker's, connects all the buildings other Great Wee from Parker's Hotel to Armstrong's Ho - tea on the west side of Turnberry street, and which are now likely to remain as they are until a repetition of. our great conflagration of August 20th removes, them. We were in hopes that those who were in a position to build. would have erected something more substantial than wood. Most of the new buildings in the burnt district are of a good sub- stantial kind, brick and stone with iron roofs. - Clinton. _ [FRAM THE 2•TEW ERA.] VOTERS' LIST A_ court for the adjustment'of errors in the voters' list of Clinton, will be held in the town hail, on Dec. 4th, at 10 A. M. The court for Hullett township at noon, at the isame place. Quinn NUMBER. ---A short time since the Secretary of the Clinton Common School advertised for four teachers, to fill positions in the school, and reeetved no less than 86 applications, which cer- tainly indicates the desire of a large num- ber to change their location or the largely increased supply of teachers. A COIDENT.- OnThursday evening last, while Mrs. Alex. jordain, of this place, who drives the mail to Porter's Hill,was returning to town, she met with an acci- dent, which, though not serious in its results, was somewhat painful. 'When near the London, Huron and Bruce rail- road, her -Vehicle was run into and upset by a farmer, she being slightly bruised and the shafts of her vehicle broken. Seeing what he had done, the farmer, put the whip to his horses, and refused to render assistance, although repeatedly called upon to do so. Now mark how doer. Arrived at Holmesville, the f.... DISTRICT MATTERS. Tuekersnaith FARM SOLD. -Mr. Racey, of Clinton, has disposed of the farm on the London road, T,uckersmith, which he purehased a' short time ago from Mr. Mahaffey. Mr. R. Peacock is the purchaser. The price paid was $7,200. The farm is said. to be one of the best in the township, and, accOrding to the way farms are now selling in this neighborhood, is cheap enough. McKillorp. A GOOD BEEFt. . -Mr. Michael Rawley, of McKillop, on Tuesday last slaughter- ed. a year old steer, which, when drese- ed, weighed 420 pounds. This was all good clear beef. This animal was pur- chased from Mr. Williana Reedy, of the 5th Concession. COUNCIL MEETING: -The council met at Herman's Temperance House. Pres- ent, Messrs. Malone, Kerr, Evans, and Grieve. The following accounts were presented, ordered to be paid, and de- bentures issued. therefor, viz.: James Henderson, for gravel, $7; George Lock- hart, for gravel, 50 cents e Robert Gov- enlock, for gravel, $10.05 ; John Cuthill, for drain on S. road 30 and 31, Con. 10, 83.70;. Stephen Godkin, for drains on S. road 15 and 16, Con. 10, 87.50; Henry Weiterson, for culvert on Con. line 10 and 11, Lot 2, $4; Henry Comer, for dram, $i; Michael Madigan, for gravel, $4.30, and for drain on. S. roads 10 and 11,Con. 5, $2; William Bell, for repairs to bridge on Lot 18, Con. 14, 86; Walter Burke, for deepening creek on Lot 8, Con. line 6 and 7; $8; Thomas Dennison, for -drain on Lot 24, (on. 114, $4.50; Charles Halletz, for culvert and' ditch on passed over th Bruce Railway, tour oof inspecti pressied himself the appearance of through. Huron. --The special with the Methodi at Ethel, townshi to a close orgVe A large addition membership. At vice, $542 were s erection of a, ch which will be i e ark evening of last an injury to the leg, le „laid. him, up from e is, however, progress - d will soon be again ders, Broughton, and ern Railway officials, London, ,Huron and. few days ago, ofit a n.. Mr. Childers ex- uoh delighted with the country in passing , ervices in connection t _church- of Canada, of Grey, were brought • nesday evening last. as been made to the the close of the set.- bscribecl towards the rola, the contract for a few weeks. 111 -Mr. W. S. R bertson, of Seaforth, last week shippe from Exeter to the old country, 269 ibs of butter, which be had purcbase in that place, and which weighed 1 ,140 pounds, arid .for which was paid th sum of- $3,200. In addition to this, l's r. Robertson shipped at the _same tim 50 tubs, which he had bought from it r. Parsons, of Credi- ton. -Mr. R. Morris n, of Irsborne, has a carrot which me sures 29 inches in length, and 12 inc es in circumference, and weighs 5 pounds 8 ounces. The ground on which this was grown, has been cropped three years in succession, without manuring The equalization committee -should ext year %recall to mind the kind of soil there is in Us - borne. -Mr. James Jo nston, of Grey, has leased his 200 acr farm for a term of five years, to Mr. dam Angus, and has sold off stock an, implements. The stock consisted pri cipally of high -bred, cattle, and trotting stock of horses from the celebrated sta •ion, Young Warrior, of which horse he is -the proprietor. The farm consists of lot 6 and 7, con. 11, ey, miles from Brussels. The rent $450 per year. -A coupleff ge tlemen from Strat- d intend erecting a flax mill in Exeter. ey have purchase six acres of land m Messrs. Hodg on and McPhillips, the Hawkshaw rm, for the purpose erecting building', &c. They purpose ng extensively i to the fia=x business; in a few -weeks ill be busily engaged securing land for th purpose of growing the fibre. -Messrs Petty s id three more lots last week at Ifensa 1, at an average of $95 per lot ; and si ce the village was laid met they have s Id $9,700 worth of village property. Ni e months ago there evas-not a stick of ti ber on the ground for building purpos -8: 130W there are Gr er took a liberal quantity' of "corn juice," is after which he started homewards, but the team became unmanageable, and for not being able to control " them, they Th ran away, entirely destretying the wag.- fro gon. on Hay.. goi of - ANOTHER VICTIM. -A resident of the last week found lying dead in a field near and township of Hay, a farmer named Henry Agnew, was on Thursday morning of the village of Grand Bend in the toevtn- ship of Stephen. A coronor's inquest was held on the body and the jury returned a verdict of, "Died from cold and ,ex- posure." It is stated that the man had been round the village hotel all the Pre- vious day, and in the evenin h as tnotaced by several to be much the werse of liquor. It is supposed that he wan- dered into -the field not knowing where he was going, that he lay down, and the oaight being cold and wet that ihe succumbed to the exposure. [ANOTHER ACCOUNT.] S AD AFFAIR. -This week it is our pain- ful duty to chronicle a sad affair which occurred to Mr. Henry Agnew, an 1d resident resident of this township. Mr. Agnew is well and favorably known throughout the County, and was one of the oldest pioneers of the settlement, having been residerit of the township for upwards of 30 years. The particulars of his sad end are as follows : It appears on Mon- day of last week he started on a visit to see a friend of his living in the township of Stephen, and when passing Grand Bend he had unfortunately taken the wrong road. Night coming on, besides being in the woods, he was at once. ' circled by darkness. His 'path led hiM into a large creek, which empties into 50 about 100 buildings tp the place, whicli speaks well for the enterprise of its in- habitants. -The township council of Stephen has a little- elephant Ion its hands, in the person of a live male baby, which some unfortunate left to the mercy of the road and the Council some time ago at Grand Bend. The Council -would give it a lit- tle fortune and start it in life, were it willing. The baby is open for adoption, its venerable guardian, the Council, wishing to be relieved of it. Here is te rbaarneheclhnarInce for some enterprising Stephen -A vereeserioue, happened on Monda of Robert Herdsman, Waalelace.ftappears nmdwni. Rolph, Rolph, of the townsh the building lost his h • ground, striking one c back. His whole bod the blow, and he now not fatal, accident , at the residence in the township of that a young man son of Richard p of Ilowick, was engaged in roofing a barn. and while on old, and fell to the the sills with his y is paralyzed by lies m a state of A in ! ri:m .y,tounotingtItyypeo, teoLantp. ;Te l le,esAfaoperfetiawboetillountpil n'Ietefargapon"11,-i st svi se:110ii Isatgli' inthithaircusaistividlsostrt,,iNvoonfTimii:hncietaptnh:raeu• l yw..:$08tothitacraseWtts:tslinog,traisinlitmabasebe.nanatieveiisee:-"fg.,urbassotuw • iaudS of thet° the County fon $o oiumbers of ...Ilse andafe • eidthew gesanbdomduesckast. rods passed tiarou to 'ago, bating been -nofLalatigm. View igri dargAliterofMr.Mr. Morris, Id %tse aftet ed. It seems she other little girl, at -river op a plank •dence, 'and when feeling the plank : she became fright her hinds and k ...current of water came dizzy and fe who had. got .as fast as possible, was "she is drove ing near by, who, ran to the river, a about five feet of .-out life was etetinc -The Brussels -season of the yea pirants for honors town get up early take "constitution the back streets. men these always •ness and pleasure compound; that y •freni which." If y the list of -voters friend, and the bo -neceseary to show would astonish a fi -They won't ask yo beware!• that =enough, and ratep :keep a sharp Ica . and give them a h - singular Cos hloaeliofringigt i niot9Mr. , con. .mal had. a foal last time bad done no -ally pined away, stant running from vices of Mr., John cured, and that ge the mare (being an . trilled, as nothing c her recovery. Afte shot, it was found t ,nawaitte itcaayged,an noseg On opening the h -that a quantity of way up into the h in the tooth. Th of being well ms etity was nearly ly elogged up the Mise --in TD the County Of •jorith; oflui5n -Another jail from Sandwich. Switzer; shortly a thirteen years in fected his escape bedding, _ raising a down gnn_eAtttnhTethe recen ottleirndok.7 isfarm !stock belon estate of Jaines township of Doe 1,000 persona pres the first day's sal Eleven cows reali :$2430, -one at $110, heifer calf sold at BI LOcAN.-In Blyt of Mr. James `Seinnite--In Seal wife of Mr. Wil ter. efonoesnose.--In B the wife of M daughter. *SCOTT,..-7in Brass of Mr. „Samuel MC QUAP.RIE.,--ia wife of Mr. D. MA • BENNETT -- TAM Oct. 16, by Ite Joseph Emmet to Miss Ellen T Deeensit-INIrre-n Parsonage, Br Rev. C. E. Sta of Stephen, te of Grey. WarsoN-MeG th.e bride's Rev. J. IL G only son of Mr. shard, ADM John McGrego HAN DFORD --- 'SE Nov, 6, at Dei J.. Miller, lr Miss Marion ship of Hay. . IoGuann-NInK Nov. 8, at the father, by RCN% of St. ant's James McG - Miss Hattie, McKay, Esq., CAMPBELL -Tout residence of th Mr. Denby, son. of Malcol Annie Tough, Charles Tough BROWNELL-CH. 22, by Rev. &nee of the b Brownell, of • Jane, eldest worth, Esq., *