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The Huron Expositor, 1876-12-29, Page 1EMBER 22, 1876. 4E CHEAP GASH STORE. TID GazZ,M.A.'11 LE,ARING SALE •STILL GOING ON AT C titioDOUCALL & CO.'S, :SIGN OF THE rn 77771 77777 77777 77777 7777T 77 77: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 S M.A.P otls are being Slaughtered at Hard, Panie :Prices. Oating to the Great tares in Moatreal of some of the Lead- Urholcaale Dry Goods Houses, Large arititiea of Goods have been sold far ow the Cost of Manufacture, and ring parchased seine Of HESE CHEAP LOTS are prepared to give our customer L the public the full benefit of these up Goods by selling at a SMALL k.RGIN of PRaFIT. The following les we offer, confident that ne Houseanada ;PAN BEAT US IN PRICES : ata and Drawers, 50e. per -pair ; Bed sakets at per pair, Horse Blankets per pair; Buffalo Robes at $5 to, ; Vinest Mink Sets at $20, $30, and. ; Alaska Mink Muffs at $1 and $1 50. NOES CANADA TWEED,. diar Priee $1, at 70e.. to 85e. per , . ; 50 Hieavy Wiriter Shavelli at $6. Ular prize from $S to $10 ; 30 Pieces-- :WiriceYslat Tea. 8c, 9ea and. 121.e. yard; 2 Pieces of Wincey, Scotch,. ifie.. and 20eper yard. , ' 1 800 11.0MS1: ew Che keel Drees Goods at 18c. yard, neyer sold less than 25e. or All W4oi Mufflers. VIM SE VARIETY.: 25e,., 35c., and 50e. per ; TapePtry Carpets at 80e. per 1,. worh k1; All Ward Carpets, 90e.. peal yard; 17ition Carpets. at , 45e. 4-n4 50C. per yard. Hemp Ott, yarc wide,. at 14c,, 20c., • 300per yard. Factory Cottons, both CANAD14/4 AND AMERICAN,: d Wide, . at Sc.. 9e. and 10c. per GRAIN BAGS, $3 per dozen. G. ANDOTTGALL & Co. dEAFORTH. W !DEPARTMENT. 7777717 7"TP777777 '7777.777 7, 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 47 7 7 have groat pleaattre in informing the 'eaforth and vicinity that we hake added fica our blisiness the mannuing of! ADIS' JACKETS AND OYER GARMENTS he Newest FRE.NCH, ENGLISH, A_MERiCAN ST,YLES. 'ITEMS AND STYLES a be seen on th.e Premises, and • ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLEDI, Splendid Stock of all the NEW IES' CLOTHS to Select from. CALL RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED. G. MoDOTTGALL &Co. TENTH YEAR. %%MOLE NO. 473. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. WRAME COTTAGE FOR SALE.—Containing 4 rooms and 2 kitchens, situ.ated near Mr. A. Stewart's brick residence in Seatorth. Apply to W. N. WATSON, Seaforth. 468 T_TOUSE TO RENT OR SELL.—Will be sold -LI- or rented, a comfortable frame house, with well arid garden, attached. This house is adjoin- ing the ExPoSITon Office. Apply to A. M. CAMPBELL, Seaforth. , 465 VIRMS FOR SALE.—East half Lot 11, Con.12, MeKillop; also South 50 acres of Lots 1 and -2 Con. 10, Morrie, adjoining the village of Blyth. For particulars apply to MoCAUGHEY&- HOLME- STED, Barristers, &c., Seaforth. 425 rARM FOR SALE.—North half of Lot 12, Con. 3: 13, MoKillop, containing 75 acres, 40 cleared, balance well timbered, with good buildings; for sale cheap and on easy terms of payment. Apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 449 • VARM FOR SALE. — For sale, that splendid 3- farm now in the oecupation of Michael Madigan. being Lot 11, in the 5th Concession, McKillop, containing 100 acres. Excellent build- ings, good fences and terms easy. J. S. POR- TER., Seaforth. - 471 pROPERTY FOR SALE.—That valuable prof). - erty on Goderich Street occupied by the Goder- ich Manufacturing Company as a Machine Shop. Also dwellinghouse and lot adjoining. The above property will be sold on easy terms. For particu- lars apply to GRAY & SCOTT. 439 VIZUILDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE - —Dr. COLEMAN, having laid on t the grounds recently occupied as a Driving Park into Buid- ing Lots, is prepared to dispose of lots on reason- able terms to any who may desire them. Parties desiring to purehase should make immediate aP- plication. 364 -1pROPERTY FOR SALE.—Two lots, with a 2 -L• story frame house and barn, situated on the Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have been need as an egg packing establishment, and are well adapted for any publics busioess. For particulars apply to the proprietress, Mrs. MAL - COM, Seaforth, or to D. GORDON, Goderich, Ontario. 456 NVILD LANDS FOR SALE. --For sale, Lot 18, Concession 8, Mille% NO acres, all wood land; also 40 acres of Lot 17, adjoining. This land is within a quarter of a -nine of the, Lon- don, Huron and Bruce Railway and is well tim- bered; the river Maitland runs through the land. Apply to Bandon P. 0., or to the proprietor on Lot 17, Concession 9, Hallett. LAWRENCE MELVILLE. 471+4 VA1111 FOR SALE. --Lot 15, Concession 4, Town- ship of Stanley, containing 98i acres, about 50 acres clear and in a state of good cultivation,the balance well timbered with maple, elm, hemloek, and cedar. There is a good. frame barn on the premises. It is convenient to school and church, and within two miles of Brucefield station. For particulars apply to ALEX.kNDER BleE WEN, on the premises. , 470t1 VOR SALE OR TO LET—"Bona Vista" farm, containing 47. acres, 32 cleared, rest well wood- ed; on Lake Huron, near Dr. Woods; land rich clay loam ; good 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 stNew Years. 8 acres in fall wheat looking well. WILLIAAI PLUNKETT, Teacher, Bayfield. 459 VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For • sale that comfortable and commodious resi- dence on John Street, the property of Mr. Albert Sperling. The house is new, is well finished, and contains seven rooms besides closets, together with a wood shed, cellar, and ;-all necessary im- provements. Hard and soft water. Two lots planted with choice fruit trees. Terms easy Possession immediate. Apply to Mr. ALBERT SPARLING. 470 - A CHANCE FOR MECHANICS. — For Bale cheap a 1dt with a house, wagea shop and umber shed thereon, situated in the village .of Walton. The buildings are all new, and this is an excellent opening for a good wagonmaker. There are three blacksmith shops in the village and only Son shop. A stook of all kinds of seasoned luMber will be Rol 1 with the property or separately. Apply to JOHN COWAN, 'Walton, Ont. 470*8 TIESIRABLE. PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For --1--' Sale on reasonable terms, the residence and grOnnds in•Egmondville at ,nresent occupied by J. S. Porter. There is a comfortable dwelling t house with all necessary out -buildings and con- veniences, also a largo driving house and stable.' There are four acres of landwell feneeil, and a good beating orchard Of fruit trees' This would be a most desirable property for a market gardener or a retired farmer; Apply to J. S. PORTER. 468 - TT OtISE AND FOUR LOTS FOR SALE.—That -1-1- ele ant two-story brick dwelling house on the -so perpetually. increastng. At last. some Huron Road, Seaforth, with four lots adjoining; desperate appeal is made , for leg before there are 8 bedrooms, parlor, thawing room, diu-. wicket, and an 'umpire, Iong since un-. ing room and kitchen with soft and hard water most convenient; there is an excellent garden ,COn8cious of might that was going on attached, also stables and outbuildings ; this is around him, deditles against the batsman. a handsome homestead, and...'a rare chance is otrintending ourchasersImmediately eleen men prostrate them - to -; it will be sold on v favorable terns. For further particulars apply to selves on the ground in a state. of cot - THOMAS SIEPITENS, Seaforth. 462 lapse, and the champion . marches in- dignantly to the - pavilion inveighing FARM FOR SALE --Tor sale the .West half of against the stupidity of umpires, Lot. 29, Con. 8, McKillop, Containing 50 acres, de - 25 of whieh are cleared and in a 'good state -01 ploring his ill -luck in being 'given out - cultivation, the .balance is well timbered with just when he was so -well set, and ex hardwood. There is a goocl frame house and plaining toall who will, listen to him orchard. It is one mile from the . gravel road at how impossible it -is il:iat, , with Ins sys- 1 rame stable on the premises,, t also a young the village of Winthrop, where there is a Saw (mill, tern of placing the feet, he could ever be dour mill, storea, `school, chinches, and all other leg befoye. wicket. - The match of which viSeafortb.. ApplY,to the Proprietor on the preni- this 18 a.- sketch is but 411 example of village conveniences; also within sixmiles of ' ises or address Winthrop P. O. JAMES Mo.._ dozens isso_f other matches ,of which Mr. DOkALD. ' j 470 Gathe hero. Modern cricket, in fact, seems to have resolved itself into a FARMti. and east half of Lot 12, Con. 12, Hallett, match between . Mr. .Grace On. one FOR SALE.—For sale, north half of Lot containing 100 acres, 85 of which are cleared -and side and. the- bowling strength ed, balance is well timbered; a large framebarn the barWill in a good state of cultivation and wellunderarain- of England Oh the other. and frame stable, good log house and other build- the former succeed in knocking the lat- . ings ; good .bearing orchard; a never -failing ter, so to speakof , oat time, or ll withe -stream. running through the farm, also a good latter be ultimately able to restrain the well; about 8 acres of fall wheat !sown. Is situ- former within some reasonable bounds? At present Mr. Graee has clearly the from Seaforth. For further particulars apply to ated about11 miles from Clinton and 12 miles • the proprietor on , the piemises or to Harlock master over his opponents. His powers, P. 0. ANG -US CAMPBELL. 469 so f r from showing signs of diminution, 1:,)-17SINESS.—For Sale, in one of the best loeali- are howina signs of increase. No long - 0 -.1-' ties., in Ontario, Lot -No. 5, Village of Belmore, - er c ntent .with his hundreds and two - — `toenslito of Howick, county of - Huron, on the hundreds, he has gone in this season for gravel road, 7 miles north of Gorrie and -Wroxeter scores of three hundred and upwards, store; Lot contains about. three-fourths of on aere . and there Fieems no teason why, if he can . . :-;tatiorts,; Dwelling lious4 . and Shop, balk for a find any one to stop in with him aad.' to A FAMOUS CRICKETER. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 29, 1876. It is a blazing July noon, for instance, and the players of England have just ta- ken the field. They have already had three long and fatiguing, days against the gentlemen at the Ova Y; and now their task is going to begin over again. The thermometet in the sun stands at about 110°, and as 'there is no shade at Lord's; it is unnecessary to speculate on what the the reduction would be if there were any. There is a goodly ring of specta- tors, and the pavilion is well filled. The scorers haveensconced themselves,in the retirement of their box, in company with what on a closer inspection turns out to be a jug of goodly proportions. The umpires have adjusted the wickets_ and arrayed the balls, and are now standing in that attitude of contemplation of nothing in particular by which umpires are usually distinguished. Here comes the champion, cool and collected as ever, and ready for the fray. As he walks to the wickets a shudder passes through the fieldsmen at the thought of the hot and weary hours that must elapse before that tall figure executes its retnrn match to the pavilion. Long-leg retreats to a far distant corner, wondering how- many hundred. yards of ground is expected to cover. Coveripoint makes himself up tolmeet the hits that will come straight at him with the velocity of lightning. A sturdy Yorkshire man, I:bare-armed to the elbow, takes up the ball; there is a moment of hushed expectation; and even the umpire, for very love of dear life, feels it necessary to keep both eyes open and to watch the game. The champion stands in his well-known pq- sition—he has described it himself for our benefit. The right leg quite firm, the right fast just inside the crease, the toes just clear of a line drawn from wicket to Wicket. The leftleg about a foot in front of, and nearly at right an- gles to the heel of the right foot. The bat herd half way up the Impale, and not groanded, but gently swaying -to and fro in pendulum fashion; the top of the handle above the belt, and the bottom of the blade almost on a level with the centre of the naiddle stump. So stands the great batsman, and SQ he will be seen standing two hours hence... He begins cautiously—few really great men are. rash; the bowling against him is the • best that England can prOduce, and, for A few avers he feels • his way. But the hitting soon begins,. and; what is still more aggravating to the Opponents,. the scientilic placing of the ball which—frus- trates all attempts to get the field in the right position. The bowling is changed; this and that. expedient is tried, but Without avail. At length the heat of the weather begins to produce its effect. The deliteries of the fast bowler are less deadly ; cover -point and long-leg do not ruu so brisldy as they Ms. The birds were very fine, and Mr. Chatham, early this week. They were did; and the batsman takes advantage Thos. Tadd purchased the lot at 7tc per of the Early Rose variety, And the total of the opportunity to launch out with. lb, for the Nes,v -York market. cOst, including expense of shipment, etc., increased vigor and freedom. The um- • —A valuable team of horses belonging was about 50 or . 55c per bushel. As pire, while taking a furtive glance at his t6 Robert Beach, of Beachville, while they sell readily in this mas ket . at $1, Canada. • Last Saturday 6,000 bushels of grain and over 500 turkeys were sold on the Guelph market. —The Doininion Parliament has been summoned for the dispatch of business on the 5th of February. —Recently Mr. Robert Stewart, of Guelph, caught a large Canadian mink in a rat tap in his cellar. —Sixty' -five car loads of peas have been shipped from Guelph to Glasgow within the past two weeks. —Samuel B. North, farmer, of Can- ning, Halifax, was attacked by his bull the other evening, and died in three hours. - --Mr. Ben. Zavitz, of Lobo, the other day butchered a hog that weighed 550 lbs. He sold it to Mr. Jas. Cox, of Strathroy. —Mr. II: Dickinson, of Newmarket, has been appointed Principal of the looking boy,_and had been strangled by tying A piece of cotton tightly around its neck. I As nothing important could , be elicited from the numerous witnesses the jury returned an open verdict. —A: Wallace 1 farmer, having some busineSs in Stratford, thought he might earn a few dollars by buying a. load of poultr. . He netted $15 by the opera- tion,i d departed highly elated at the succesS of his venture. --The result of the voting on the adoptien of instrumental music in St. Andrews Church, London, was an- nounced from the pulpit last Sabbath. The vete stood -336 in favor of adoption, . to 10 against. —On Monday morning a horse be- longing to Mr. James Somers, of' the township of Blanshard, 'dropped dead near, the old Star inn. The horse was a valuable one Mr. Somers having been offered $200 one, it. Cause of death sup - Stratford public schools. - There were nosed to be over -feeding. five other applicants. - —le the Asylum for Insane at To- -Mr. James Young M. P. for Water- route there are at present 649 patients, Friday night on "The Voices of Nature." commodated ; and this, although it is 650 that can be ac - loo County, lectured in Haysville, last out of a possible The lecture was highly appreciated. only a few months since 138 were re- -Last week the Rev. Henry Hughes moved to Hamilton, besides 111 sent out formerly of the Methodist Church e'f mired or improved, of whom only two Canada, was installed as the pastor of have been returned to the Asylum. the Congregational Church in Stratford. —Rey. W. Currie, who has been for the past two years in charge of the Pres- byterian congregation at Napier, has ac- cepted a call from Kedy, Peabody, and Desbaro', in Owen Sound Presbytery, at Falls. a salary of $700 along with manse and —An officer of the 87th Regiment, glebe Mr. Currie will preach his fare - being unable to take his horse with him well :sernion on the first Sunday in from Halifax to Bermuda, shot it, saying it was better so than to sell it, and per- haps have it starved or beatyen to death. --e-Chief Walton of the , police force, Montreal, died suddenly, a few days ago, of heart disease ; his three children chase, and after more- than an hour's died of diphtheria last week. The widow pursuit succeeded in capturing him. is verging on insanity through. her deep When weighedle was found to be over affliction. 200 lbs. The young lady is only seven- -About 2 o'clock last Friday morn- _teen Years of age. ing a brakeman named Clark, on the ton, —The young son of Mr: Wm. Middle - Great Western Railway Air Line, fell hotel keeper, at Granton, while between two cars, and both legs were cut driving to Lucan on Saturday last to off above the knees. He died the same compete in the township examination night. being held there, had one of his ears so badly frozen that it swelled to twice its —Dr. Lucas, of Stratford,- has been set at liberty, bail to the amount of -$10,- natural size. It did not prevent the lit - 000 having been given for his appearance putting • li. "best tl fellowf licks" at the examination, however. at the next Assizes. He threatens to —At the recent Ontario,County Court bring an action against those who caused his incarceration. Thomas Cowle was found guilty of the larceny of a sum of money from a man —An explosion of dynamite at a freight in Oshawa. It appears that the money shed in Halifax slightly injured one was accidentally dropped in a room, and man, killed a horse, and broke some Cowle placed his foot upon it and after - glass in the building The accident oc- wards picked it up. The jury, while curred while the dynamite was being thawed in a keg of water. ,--.A day or two ago a farmer's wife from the Township of Blenheim brought to Galt market a sleigh load of dressed turkeys, the whole weighing over 600 —The other day over 57,000 pounds of. poultry were shipped from Brock- ville to the Boston and New York mar- kets—all purchased in Perth and Smith's January. —Miss Gilmour, daughter of Rev. J. Gilmour, of Doe Lake, while out in a canoe late this autumn, saw a large deer in the water. She immediately gave finding a verdict of guilty, retommended him to the merciful consideration of the court. —The Windsor Times, December 21, says :--" A farmer brought •a car load (about 400 bushels) of potatoes from watch to ascertain the distance of time left standin that divides. him from his dinner, is very started to r n Idown the banks of the Detroit market price is $1.10 per bushel." nearly cut in two by a vicious. hit to mill pond. Having a wagon attached — he Chatham Planet says that Mr. square -leg, and one of the scorers is Qb- they Were shoved into the water, and be- .Step en White has just returned from aerved to -disappear suddenly from sight, fore assistance reached them they "%We i. amid a crash as of broken crockery. drowned. .After • the interval matters mend but —An unfortunate ex -schoolmaster, little from the outside. , Hour after hour named Joseph Lowry, who says he be - passes, and there is the champion in his longs to Guelph, was found on the street, old_position, with his right and left feet in Toronto. When discovered, the un- placed as before, the top of - the handle fortunate man was in a semi -unconscious of his bat just above, the belt and the state from the effects of exposure. He bottom of the blade almost on a level was taken to the Police Station, with the centre of. the middle stump. where he received attention. The field becomes dem °folioed, the bowlers —A tew days agree respectably dress- are- utterly exhausted -; even the boys at ed woman entered It Protestant school in the telegraph can hardly summon pp Montteal, and asked one of the teachers strength CO put up the numbers that are for a girl.. The teacher went- in search of the girl, and when she returned found that all the boys' seal -skin caps which were hung in a passage had been stolen, also the fur jackets of the lady teachers, some of which were very valuable. • • itt the l street last Friday the venture was a profitable one. The of good land; splendid opening for au) busin s especially a harness maker, as there is none nearer than 7 miles. The above property will be sold, cheap. If required only -part of the purchase money down. Apply to,S. PEEBLES, Hopeville, Ont., col. to WM. ASHDOWN, Merchant, Belmore, Ontario. The above Lot is the rroperty of the late William Fitzgerald. — ' 472x12 MiSkANEOLS. pUBLIC NOTICE.—Th▪ e undereigned having tt rd that there is a report in. circulation throughout the country that the stables of his hotel Seaforth are infected with tbe diselase called Glanders, he begs to. assure the public that all such reports are entirely unfounded, as he has 'never had in his stables or his possession a horse with that disease, and tha stables are al- ways kept clean and pure, D. D. BOSE; Hotel ;Keeper, . 473-2 rrUCRERSMITEL—Having dispaaed of nay prop- erty in Tuckersmith, and not being eligible longer to hold my office of Tovrnship School Trus- tee: I be to state that, at the close of the year, I shall resign the position, hoping that those inter- ested w -B.1 take notice andgovern themselves accord- ingly. In withdrawing from the position I beg to return my sincere thanks to those who have on two different occasions elected me to the honerable and responsible position, and were it possible for me to continue in the position I should only be too glad to land my humble efforts in aiding and admicing the educational interests in Tuckersmith. DAVLD fiPIi0iT. 472 run his runs with. him, he should not next season make 500 off his own bat. How can a few bowlers of eminence hope to -cope with such a man, who can go on all day and, every day in the week, and who, to all (appearances, willbe as good ten years. hence as he is now n d how the meet the demands of the pub- confined. At first .notlung was known about the whereabouts of the child, and —Mr. Ltaarue, the Montreal pawn- broker, having offered a reward of $2,- 000 for the detection of the thief who stole his jewelry, E. Grant, a young man tracked • Marechal, And got -him arrested. He has now demanded the reward, but Lazarus refused to give it up, and Grant's counsel seized the money which is deposited in the bank, and will take proceedings to endeavor to kecov- er it. —When the public school at Kinloss was dismissed on Thursday evening, 14th inst., a scholar named: John Gamble was knocked down by a sleigh, the -driver Of which passed on without stopping to see what injury, had been done. The lad's skull was frac- tured by a blow from the tongue of the sleigh, and but Alight hopes of his recov- ery are entertained. take his departure for Kingston; he set e -The dwelling of Mr. Duncan,McAl- fire to his bedding in Sandwich jail, then -ill f Comber, lin the gave an alarm of tire, and when the jail eatended trip through Kansas. His impressions are decidedly adverse to that country. Some of his friends are enjoy- ing plenty of territory, and living in shanties void of everything like comfort. The oil is fight and porous. Grasshop'- pers abound, and ague May be had in any mantity without paying for it. he Port Hope Times gives an ac- count of the blowing down of a house on • the 4nd concession of Hope, during the severe gale on Friday night, December 224 The house belonged to Mrtjames Rosevear, who occupied it with, his family. 'The roof was blown off, and one end blown in, destroying almost everything in the house. The family fortunately escaped. uninjured. The building was a new one. The loss is .aboat $2,000; and Mr., Rosevear will hold the contractors responsible for it. —Last Friday night three ruffians to thehorses and fired three shots through a window of before 'his thumb the Rev. Dr. Armstrong's residence in terequire to be a Onoedago, the balls passing near the Dr, t —The Presbyt ry of Bruee Met at Ripley on the 13th inst. fot the induction of the Rev. A. Sutherland, late- of Mel- bourne, into the pastoral charge of 'Knox Church, Ripley. Mi. Fraser; of, Kin - cardiae, prealhed and presided, Mr. Stewart -addressed ,the minister, and Messrs, 'Wm. Anderson and Davideon addressed the people. - The church was • filled to its utmost capacity by an intel- ligent and appreciative audience. • Mr. Sutherland enters on his labors in this new charge with cheering prospeets of success. e take the following from. a Ber- lin paper: One oft the inmate's of out P • -- d. th t insti- IIIcLEAN BROTHERS, Publishers. 51 50 a Year, in advance. by a Mr. Basconib, if Uxbridge, who was searching. The body was found close by amongst the low bushes, un- touched by wild animals, although the wolves had been within a few yards of the place, their fresh tracks being dis- • cernible in the snow. —The Dominion Government has pur- chased Sir John Macdonald's farm ad- joining the Crystal -Palace, in the city of Kingston, for the use of the Provincial Penitentiary. The farm , contains about 1151 acres, and has been obtained at the very moderate price of $5,000. —Rev. Dr. Lauchlin Taylor was a pas- senger by the Sarmatian, from Liverpool to Canada. Dr. Taylor was on a three years' special lecturing mission in Scot- land in the interests of emigration to Canada. He was employed by the Do- minion Governmentta‘i . —At the Lambton eneral Sessions, which have recently conc uded at Sarnia, a young man named William Lackie. aged 22, was convicted of feloniously firing a loaded revolver -at Alfred Joyce in the village of Florence on the 29th of November last. His Honor Judge El- liot sentenced him to three years in the .Provincial Penitentiary. —Some sportsmen front Orangeville passed through Little Toronto the other day with eleven deer—ten bucks and one doe. One of the men had been out eight and the other eighteen days, in north east Luther, during which time they killed twenty-three deer altogether, twelve of which they sent home previous to going themselves. Deer are unusually numerous in that region this year, as many as a dozen having been seen to- gether in a drove at one time. . --While Mr. George Anderson, of Guelph, was in the old country laSt summer, he made arrangements there for the sale of an unlimited. quantity of peas. About two weeks ago -he shipped per Grand Trunk to New York, for Glasgow, thirty car loads, and a few days ago he made a second shipment of thirty-five car loads, by Great Weetern, for the same port. It is Mr. Anderson's intention to ship all the peas he can se- cure during the winter to the same -des- tination. i —A Strathroy paper says :" it is said that Mr. Geo. Buttery, of Adelaide, has a un with Which he has killed 400 deer. tthout taking away anything from the laurels Of Mr. Buttery, we will tell a bigger story. Skill in deer hunting lies not so much in the gun as in the man who uses it. Mr. Solomon Dell has shot over 800 deer from first to last. The first one he shot when he was only 11 years old; the last this week. Be has killed. as many as six in a day. —The anticipated strike of the engine drivers and firemen employed on the Grand Trunk Railway did not take place on Saturday night as auticipated. Owing to arrangements having been made by - old eugineeas, who were employed in the workshopPbelonging to the company; to be in readiness, a strike was averted or the time being, but some of the em- ployees are still evidently dissatisfied. Nearly all the engine drivers on the eastern section Are either new hands or men that have been changed from other places. • —At the lasts -meeting of the Middle - Sex County Council the following reso- lution was passed:- Moved by J. B. Frain, secotided by A. McKellar, that the Petitioning Comrnittee draft a pe- tition to the Local Legislature of On- tario praying that no alteration be. made in the Public School Law• making it Compulsory to establish township boards of trustees ; also, that the Easter vacation be abolished, and that the midsumnier va.cation la not exceed one morith. Car- ried. - —On Monday morning of last week Wm. Grey, Jr., son of Mr. Wm. Grey, of the West End, Guelph ,township, while assisting at a threshing.on a neigh- bor's farm, commenced brushing snow ,off the cogs in the horse -power, and while thus .eugaged. the horses were started.; catching his thumb between the wheels. The young man et once called'whoa' hey stopped,, but not and wall The catc Fre ties. Oliver is under arrest and in Brantford jail. Lundy is yet at large, but a large force is in search of him, and he will scarcely escape. ---1-At the Assizes last week in Wind- sor, Switzer, tone of the parties implica- ted in the robbery of Mr. Holton's bank, was sentenced to 13 years' hard labor. The evening of the .day before he was to Mrs. Armstrong, lodging in the where they were afterwards found. Doctor rushed out and succeeded in ing two men, Douglas Oliver and Lundy, apparently the guilty par - J tad been cid-rebel s.a.e.s mutated at the second 1 lister, of, the • age o Cciunty of Essex, was destreyed by fire a few nights since. The family were asleep ' and barely escaped with their lives the children being badly burned. A boy 14 years old, one of Miss Rye's importations, named Wm. Crone, was r'burned to death, he having been forgot- - ten till the flames enveloted his room, and he could not reach the ladder placed at his window. ` . —On the 19th inst., at Watford, an inquest was held on the body of Eliza Blain, daughter of John Blain, of the township of Broeke, who died after being ULL lic and satisfy the requirements of en- terprising managers which every year be- come more extravagant? It would need an unlimited stock of Hills, Emmets and Mycrofts to get through the work of a season of modern cricket; and year by year that work bids fair to be q.ugment- ed: Even with Mr. Grace .out pf the way the present professors of the art of bowling Could hardly make head agaiast tne multiplicity of batting talent they would have to encounter, but while Mr. Grebe is to the fore, and taking part in every match of importance, the attempt of a scanty handful of professionals to do the work of 50 is utterly hopeless. On many Oteiiiii0118 this season it has sweated ludicroua also.—Sctiarday Re- view. all the persons in the houee gave evi- dence that they knew nothing of the birfb of a. child by deceased until in- formed by Dr. Harvey, who was called to see the pat nt, but did not arrive till after she was ead. Drs. Lindsay and Weed made a examination, and upon their evidence, with that of a number of other witnesses, the jury returned a ver- dict that. the deceased had died .of hemorrhage, and not, as was supposed, from trying to cause an abortion. The child was found on Sabbath, afternoon in the garret, hid in a box of oats. An in- quest was also held on the "body of the child, but nothing could be. made out as to how the body came to be in the gar- ret. It was' a large, full grown, healthy doots were opened struck down the turn- key with a shovel, knocking him sense- less, took his keys away, and managed to ek4cape with a colored man sentenced for Stealing a watch. Switzer is sup- posed to have had assistancelwaiting out- side o and to hare gone away for Toledo on a scow. —On the arrival at Paisley station of the remains of Charles McDonald, who was killed in Muskoka by the accidental discharge of his rifle, a large number of the villagers met at the station to re- ceive the body, and welcome home those who have for some weeks been searching for their lost friend. It was for !some time supposed that McDonald had been simply lost in the woods, and a widely extended and most persevering aearch was' made in hopes of finding some trace of him. It seems that on the morning of the accident Charles McDonald had taken a position at a point near where' the two surveys united. While standing on a log which was without -bark, quite smooth, and on which he had rested the butt of his rifle, the gun slipped down, the hammer striking thedeg, causing the cartridge to explode. The bullet struck the young man. on the right side, passing out close to the spine beside the shoulder blade no doubt causing instant death. The rifle did not fall, but stood upright "againstthe log, and WM luckily noticed County ocaHouse e u a titian the other day, at the advanced age of 74 years, and was buried in the Paupers' held, "unmourned, unwept and unsung." He was tfrom a neighboring Coun where he was at one time a was extensively engaged in milling, lum- bering and mercantile business, and did much for the prosperity of this county, where he will be much missed and long remembered by all who knew him. —A son of James Cullen, of Lon- don who had been kidnapped by parties unknown, was found in Guelph on Tues- day, and. sent home on a pas p from the Mayor. —The protest and appeal against the use of an organ in the Presbyterian Church in St. Thomas has been dismiss- ed by the Presbytery of London. The vote to permit instrumental music at their seryices stood 15 for and 6 against the motion. sr -A business house in a neighboring town recently sent an account ity mail to a reverend gentleman; in reply they re- ceived a postal 'card inscribed, "See Mat- thew xvii 28th and. 29th verses." Turn- ing up the passage, they read as follows: "But the same servant went out and, found one of his fellow servants, which owed him a hundred Pence.; and he laid hands on him and. took him by the throat, saying pay me what thou owest. And his fellow servant fell dawn and besought him, saying, have patience with me and I will pay thee all. —On Monday night of last week, — while a commercial man was driving from Tiverton to Kincardine, and when within about two miles of the latter place, one of his horses lay &Wn and turned up its toes." After work- ing with it for some time he took off the harness, and with his remaining horse brought his Conveyance to town, and re- ported to the livery man that the ani- mal had died. Next morning it was discovered that the beast had foaled du- ring the night, and had. died from exposure. —A correspondent from Clifford writes : The late storms have seriously interrupted business, the roads being so blocked with snow drifts as to make travelling very tedioui! Business not- withstanding, is much improved. and our streets present an unusually lively ap- pearance. Railway matters are again. looking up. Since the action of the Mornington Council, in voting $40,000 to the Stratford and Lake Huron Railway hope has again revived. in the -minds of our citizens which resulted in a meeting being held last week to take into con- sideration what plan was best for the village to purse under the circumstances. No definite conclusions were arrived. at, but another meeting is to be held shortly. —The patients at the General Hospi- tal at Toronto were not forgotten in tke general preparation for the season of fes- tivity, and everything was done, thanks to the exertions of the Lady Superin- teudent, the Medical Superintendent and the Trustees, and to the generosity of their friends and of the medical student* to enliven the sufferers and give them a ahare of the happiness which diffuses it- self at Christmas tide. The wards and. cOrridors of the building were festeoned.' with evergreens and decorated with gaily emblazoned mottoes, which gave quite a gala appearance to the monot- onous interior of, the Hospital. A boun- tiful Christmas tinnier was also provided for such as were in a condition to enjoy it. Wiliam Smith, Jr., George Mona- ghan and Captain Torn al:Ioniser, of De- troit, went down to the woods, near Am- herstburg, on a hunting expedition, and. camped out in an oldefish shanty. Dur- ing the day- Captain Tom borrowed a playful Newfoundland dog from a farm- er, and in the evening when the storm came up, took the canine inside, Dur- ing the night he lugged their boots, socks, and other garments outside and hid them away. The snow came and. covered them up, and in the morning the hunters found themselves in a vexatious predicament. After shouting in vain for assistanee (they left out their usual Sun- day morning services), Captain Tom's feet were done up in handkerchiefs, his companions' vests, &c., and he was sent to the nearest house for relief. —Twenty-nine years ago a farmer in. Ekfrid. through domestic troubles, left his home, stating that he was deter: mined not to return again. During his long absence it was reported that he had been seen in the Lake Superior region, but nothing certain was known, whether he was alive or dead. His wife married again ; of two daughters.that he left at- home, one died, and the other has now be.en married for a number of years. Of the family by the second husband, smile have grown up to manhood; his farm has been mortgaged by his wife and the daughter's claim bought up. The Glen- coe Transcript learns that he was seen and conversed with in California six weeks since, ati a place called Indian Hills, by one who was intimately ac- quainted with him while here. The ab- sent man had been successful; had gathered some $4,000 ; but recently loaned his money to a speculative com- pany, the managers of which have dis- appeared, taking the $4,000 with them. prominent and respected citizen, He was some years ago the reputed possess- or of from $150,000 to $170,000, but whiskey andffast living gave wings to his wealth, and reduced him from afflrience to poverty and want. A worthy sister has been payingfor his keep in the Poor House here during the past two yea's, at the rate of $4 per week. —Mr. John Campbell, an old and. much respected citizen of Brooklin, died suddenly last Friday evening of apo- plexy. He was born in New Jersey in 1794, thus having reached the mature age of 82 years. With his father, who was a British soldier in the revolutionary war, he removed to Cataraqui, now Kingston, -about 1796, where at a com- paratively early age he took an active part and a deep interest in the affaias-of the country. About 1830 he was elect- ed to represent the County of Frontenae in the Legislature of the then Province of Upper Canada, which position he held until his removal to Whitby town- ship, where for over 40 years he has ta- ken an active interest in all the reforms and improvements of this Province. He 1 —Ih a prominent theatre in Montreal a few evenings ago the play, "Naaid Queen," dedicated to the Countess of Dufferin, drew a tremendous house. Over, 2000 persons were in attendance, every available space of standing room being occupied. The gallery contained about 800 persons. About 9 P. M. a cry ef fire from some unknown party alarm- e&the audience, and a Panic ensued. It is stated that a piece of frame -work fell down on a personseated in the dress circle, and excited. the audience. Two ladies were tripped and were nearly trampled upon. A general rush from the upper gallery ensued, several falling head- long down stairs. The ushers in attend- ance partially quieted the audience, and. the play stopped for a second and began again. Several individuals pulled down the screen from the windows in their ex-. citement. _ The audience were quieted. and the Play resumed.. Several ladies fainted, and one or two went into hys- terics. From ventilators in the roof the hot air from the vast audience gave an appearance of smoke, and it is thought that caused the alarm of fire to be raised._ No person was seriously injured.