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The Huron Expositor, 1877-10-12, Page 1OcroBER 5 an. MeDOUGALL & co. SEA.FORTII. THE TA4OR1RC DEPARTMENT T THE SIGN up HE THREE SEVENS broW COMPLETE ALL THE NEWEST NOYELTIE& OF" Tin SEASON, - f Darted Direct from the Ola Cotintry, Consisting- of RENCH WORSTED, Diagonals, Checks, Broken hecks, and Plain Goods. Alm er One Ilinadred of the Nevip•-• t Patterns- of wok _MUSH AND CANADIAN; ;weeds, offering to the pur-- er 4 variety to Select frora Exlelled by any HOUSS nada.. UR WELL.4KNOWN MOTTO 'II SIVE A T 'IA PROFITS AND QUICK SA.LES,' • Bringing a Stea*ly Increase,. Customers to letiive their aures.. E ARE BOUND TO SELL._ CHEAP FOR GASH. Ea1.y and Leave Your - asure First Come First Ser- i. and get 1E MK OF THE STOCK.. A. Fit Guaranteect ixrived this Week, a Lot or Arderican and Nnglish. ts7 at all Prices from One ilar to Four Dollars. SH RTS. SHIRTS. The Martha -item Shirt, E • The Diamond Shirt, he Centennial Shirt ha Double Breasted Shirt e Grange Shirt, Sizes from la to 18, in whits and Colors. A SPLEND D LOT GentsNew Silk Scarfs ancl vs. in an' the New ChealrEr,— Colors. thc"Inc e_-777 MaDOUGALL &Co Nei THP TrfltEE SEVE, . , AFORTH, - ONTARIO. a TENTH 'YEAR. AB. •NUMBER, 514 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. • -poR S A T.11.-1 two storey frarae house Mad -I: buildings, situated on the Market Squat Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building iEr V fitatable for a boarding house or a public, basin For partioulars apply to W. N. WATSON, earth, or to DANTW. GORDON, Goderich. 49 nt-: of rY ss. a - 'WARM FOR SAT.14.7-200 acrea in Wawauo h, -1-7 Huron County, 2 miles from Auburn, 100 me es cleared, well fenced and wateted ; log hous a a young orohnxd, franca barn and stabling. Te s liberalfor cash or on time to suit purehaser. Ap _to WM. BROWN, Aubana P. 0. .50q "'WARM FOR S Alalil.—For Sale, Lots 1 and 2, Con. B. Howick, 200 acres of first class land 50 cleared, well feeted and, in good cultivation, all fitted for mower and reaper. To good springs, good orchard and good commodious- builclings. One third of purchase money down. WILLIAM AaaTIF.RSON, Delmore P. 0. 509- FFOR SALE.—For Safe, Lot 2, Con. 9, ARIf Tnekersmith, It R. 8„ containing 100 acres, '70 acres cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The balance is well timbered. There is a good frame barn with stone foundation, log 'house, g od orchard, plenty ef water ; convenient to seho els and churches. For further poaticulars apply to MRS. Mt:DONALD, on the premises, or to S a - forth P.0 I 511x VAENT FOR SALE.—For sale, West half of o -1; 9, Con. 9, Hallett, containing 50 acres, 40 ao es are well cleared, without strunps, and in a g• ed state ef cultivation, being well underdrained ; .n the premises there is a new frame house 2242, frame barn, and two frame stables, also a god bearing orchard and, nover-failing well with pu p. Apply to DAVID HILL, on the premises, or Ito Constance P. 0. 500- TIESTRABLE RESIDENCE IN EGMON VTaLLE1 FOR BATA; —For Sale, that deaira e and pleasantly situated residence, the property of Mr. Mr. John Stoddard, Egmondville. The ho se is comfortable and has in conneetion all necess v conveniences, with a good eellar. The lot is lax e midis planted with fruit and ornamental fro4s For particulars apply to the proprietor on tile premises or to Egmonaville P. 0. JOHN STO DARD. - 513 VARA/ FOR SALE.—For sale lot No. 27, a half of 26, and half of -28, on the Fourth Co cession London Road Survey, Tackersmith, emi- tting 260 acres. The farm wild be solit as a whole or in two parts to suit purchaser. First-class oat buildings, good orchard, plenty of water, arid within faux miles of Seaforth, and three of Bruce - field _stations. Apaly on the premises, or to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 508-4x VIPIT-AGRE LOT FOIL SALE.—Being st aL: half Lot 2, Con, 10, Hallett, 35 acres of t lot are cleared, well fenced, and in a state of go i d ()titivation; the remaining 15 acres is covered wi h dry swamp timber and hardwood. Is aituated , 1 miles from Raabe= and 9 miles from Seafort with good roads leading thereto, and is convenie Lt to grist and saw mills. -Will be sold on easy ter s. Apply on the premises or to WM. HARILIiix0 Il4 arlock P. 0. FA_Par FOR S.T.—For sale, the north half Lot 15, Coucessioa 3, McKillop, ontaining acres, katire, 40 of whieli are .°leared, We aimed and in a good state of cultivation. A. go bearing orehard and splendid water, the son branch of the Maitland River running through t foam. It is within four miles of Seaforth The is no waste land, and the greater part of the clet ance-is seeded to grass. Comfortable buildba Apply on the premises, or to Seaforth JAMES CARLIN. 512x.4 0 1- te r - s. SIPLEN'DID FARM FOR ST,T.—For sale, L t Pa" No. 6; Cunceasion, 7, Hallett, containing 10 acres, with the exception of some village lots, sit- uated alose by the -Village of ismtunt, ts ma a from Seaforth, and 81- miles from Clinton, wi li good gravel roads-, to both. Never -failing watt r, an orchard containhig aorne 200 trees. Coinfot - able- house, good bun and stables, fences in go( d repair, 90- acres under cultivation. For furth particulars apply on the premises, or by post to ti o preprietor, R. N. AlaKar-S, Constance 1'. 0. 5a8 _ . VA.LUARLE PROPERTY IN HARPURIIEY, For Sale, a cbmiortable frarite dwelling haus , with about 21 mores of land attached. Good atabl well and other conveniences. Them axe a ntmth r of choice young fruit' trees of various kinds. TI e baildings are all in good repair, and the land s clean aml ea good order. The property is pleasan - ly situated. Also two park lots containing 4 acr a each, well adapted for market gardening. Pr farther particulars apply to the proptietur an tl e premises or to Sealottli Post. Office. MOSES 1.11.11iLIG. 501 palms FOR SALE.—For Sale Lot No. 30, Coi - -L. cession 7, Hibbert, containing 100 acre . There are 80 acres cleared and ia a good state f cultivation the balanec is well timberekl with Beee mul Maple. First class buildings and a good boa ing orehard. Is six miles from Seaforth and cm veuient to Schools. The farm is oue of the be t in the county of Perth, and is within 3 miles 1 the Grand Trunk and 6 miles of the London, Hu a on and Bruce Rallis-1Iva. There are three spline. wells on the farma . For further particulaxs na ply to the proprietor Carronbrook. JOHN M CONNELL. I 302 LARGE FARM FOR SA Taa.—Foo Sale, th t beautiful farm, comprising Lot 26, Con. 1, and the email three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 1 , 175 acres iu all, situated in the Township of M- Eillop, County of Huron on the leading gray I road, midway between Sealarth and Brussels. Th farm. is in a geode tate of cultivation, well fence 1 and watered, and convenient to church and school; 135 acres are cleared and the balance hardwoo 1 timber. °oath° farm is a dwelling house, goo 1 outbralaings, and o. '3-onna, orchard. Por furthe partiealars address S.A.MIJEL HANNA, Oil Cit3, Pennsylvania, U. 8. i 473 VALUABLE PROPERTY FOB, SALE.—For ' Sale, Lot 24, Coil. 6, McKillop, containing .100 acres, 80 of which .are cleared and free from stump. A bearing orchard, four wells, also n liv- ing stream of water; , a brick house and two large frame barna and sheds ;, within 3 miles of Sea- forth.—Also the south 25 acres of Lot 25 Gen. 7, MeTaillop, half of wbach is cleared, with a frame house. --Also that beautifully situated brick resi- dence and grounds, containing 7 acres, in Bo:3-1101cl, lately owned by Jr. litownson. Terms liberal. Orte-lialf or less of the purchase money down,.tha balance to remain on mortgage for 5 or 10 years Immediate possessioa giVall. Apply to the pro- prietor, Seaforth P. O. 8,,, HANNAH. 506 ' -- ATAIXABLE P (WEE TY FOR la ALE. --Po ' Sae, Lots Nos. 24, 25 and 26, in the fith Cou cesaion of McKillop, containing 200 acres, ithou 80 of which are cleared, well fenced and in a good state ef cultivation; the balanee is well timbered with the b. st of hardwood. There is a new 'frame t house with s Late foundation, also a -frame stable and lee barnthere le also another frame dwelling house on the place. A bearing orclmril of 150 trees, also a young orchard with Battle number. Plenty of good water. Is on the northern gravel read, 5 miles front Settforth, and adjoins the village of Winthrop, in which are all Tillage conveniences, includiug a cheese factory, saw and grist mill. -Also the building known as Hannah's Hotel. The Property will be sohl in one parcel or in lots to suit . purchasers, Apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Winthrop :post Office. ROBERT HANNA.11, Proprietor. 485-41 - — - - — - - - - - — ThaRal EOR SAT.F.--For Sale, Lot 3, Con. 8, L.R.S., Tuckeramith, containing 1.00 acres, 8 01 valich are cleared and in a good state of cuitiva ttou, the balance is well timbered with the best hardwood; there is a first-class brick_ lionee 38x28 kitchen 24x18, with stone eellar under both lions and /adieu ; a good frame barn 60x40, drivin house 45x80, with stone basement and cattle houses the whole length of both buildings ; 'cache from the cattle house below is a large root house 20x9, dug out of the solid bank:, built of solid ston aad lime and arched. over with briek, and is Pros P500!; there are 3 wells, each about 40 feet deep built up with brick, and are never-fa:Mt:1g springs o water ; there is a good orehard of apples, pears plums, cherries, grapes, and moll fruits; als about 300 roods 61 drains with ties carefully laid down.; the stables are all floored with atone, care - tally, and evenly Iald ; also log barn 48x28, and ,2 -stables. Is situated 7 miles from Exeter, 10 from Seaforth, and 2 from Hensell station. Convenient to. schools and churches. Terms—$.2,000 to be paid down, the remainder to suit purchasers. Ap- ply to the proprietor on the premises or to Hensall P. 0. mt. STONF.atAN 496-4x Coroners' Inquests on Siuiday. The following correspondence has been handed to us for publicatioia. It explains itself ATTORNEY-GENERA128 OFFICE, 1 TORONTO, alst Sept, 1877. . To M. Gforoner Vercoe, Seaforth Sin: I am desired by the Attorney - General to transinit for such explana- tions and _observations as You may think fit to offer, the enclosed dopy of a, communication received by him' with reference to an inquest alleged to have been recently held by you bu ,Sunday. I am desired by the Attorney -General to say that if the facts are correctly stated, no grounds occur to Lim upon which the Government wouldbe justi- fied in paying your fees, even assuming, which he presumes is the case, you overlooked the!passage in "Beers "cited by the Attorney -General's correspond- ent. He -will be glad to considerany- thing' you may think proper, tourge with respect td, this The Attomey-General wit holds the name of the writer of the letter, as no good purpose can be iserved by com- municating it. Your obed.jont servant, J. G SGOTT. unication The following is the comn above referred to: Baaacatrn, Sept. 17, 1877. To the Hon. O. Mowat, Prem.. er, tor- ney-Generalli, &c.: • Hos. Sin: I have been req ested by a number of the religious and awethicl- ing, citizens of this town to ask yen the questions, "Is it legal to hold a coren.er's inquest on Sunday?" and, "Do yen al- low pay to a coroner who desecrates the the Lord's day without any necessity for doiug so?" The cause of my being requested to ask you the foregoing ques- tions is as follows: A young man ip. the Consolidated Bank in. this placeshot himself on Sunday, the 9th inst., sup- posed to be about noon of that day, He had been under the treatment of Dr, Vercoe (who is a coroner) for:several days previous, for delirium tremens: and the body was found. between. 5 and. 6 in the eVeniurc. The doctor arrived and. proceeded.%) summon a jury immedi- ately:taking people who were passing to ehurch, and even sending the constable into some ,of the churehes for persons he wanted. A large crowd gathered, and the holding of the inquest lad. s rehtions, and of Dr. Colentan, increased the ex- er citement, anci. thinned several of the this town, induced me tobeg n th inquest at once. The evi- places of worship. He was told dis- cle ce w a short and clear, and no object tinctly it was illegal to hold eoroner's inquest on Sanday, and that the like d. ha been attained. by adjourning had never been heard of in this, County e n xt day; so the verdict was ren - .before, but he disregarded the, remon- • strances, and went on and had the .piry Sitting until atter 10 o'cloc.k on the evening of the Lord's day. He had "Boys on Coroners" before him, which distiactly says at chap. XI, that, "The proceedings by Inquisition being judi- cial neust not be conducted ou a Sun- day." The people did not see any ne- cessity for it, .as the young man was not to be buried. until 4 o'clock thefol- lowing day, and the weather was cool. The Press -have commented unfavora- bly upon the action of the coroner in this manner, and I have been requested to ask you as Attorney -General of On- tario if you allow pay to a °broiler who knowingly desecrates the Lord.'s day in this Manner, contrary to the law in such cases made and provided. 1 have also at the request of the religious portion of the community, notified Ira, Lewis, Esq., County Crdwn Attorney, and the Trees - neer of the County, A. M. Ross, : to hold back payment to both coroner and "fled - Mal witnesses until you are heard him. If it is right to hold an inquest on the Sabbath; all coroners have a right te do so, and if it is wrong it ought to be stamped out, and. no prelalitaM thetild be held out for desecratiOn of the day of rest. An early answer from you ialthe matter would oblige a large number of your supporters in this town, and y - self amongst the number. As the Court will soca' sit in Gederich, aud the accounts in cauestion will -come be- fore a bench of magistrates it would satisfy.the discontented and dissatisfied iu this town and th.e County to -Mits.-en the County Crown Attorney what to do in the matter. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain, Hon. Sir, your aim - client servant, ••• , The following is Coroner Vereoe's ro- ply to the above : • . • , SESFORTIE, Sept. 4th, 1877. The 1-lo4. 0. elfo: teat; Attorney aenfral the : AFORi`14 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1877. . i . the question as to whether a coroner had done his duty in a particular case or not had anything to do with political parties. Now for the charges: 1 , 1 1st 'charge. ,That the • inquest was held on Sunday, eontrary to ' Boys ' and te, precedent, and without neces- sity : 1 I ! I did not overlook Boy's remark that it ' as illegal hough I supposed. the onl objection -was to finishing the inquest, i. e., rendering the. verdict on the Sunday 'when the verdict might form the ground of future judicial pro- ceedings, such as a verdict of wilful murder, (kb, In that case I considered, that after the preliminary enquiry the inquest should be adjourned to the next or some other day. And. I considered that " Boys "was simply a commentator on the law, and laid down a general principle, which, inf special cases might be pet aside. To put an extreme case: A man is found at daylight on Sunday morning, apparently murdered outside a church door, with bloody footprints .on the spewalk. Both public conveni- en e an publio safety (in so far fili t he athninis ration of justice is conducive to et) de • and. an immediate preliminary enquiry, to say the least, and evidence cot d. t , us; be gathered which a few ho s mild utterly destroy. I had further he example of the celebrated Malady murder case. The inquest 'on that ca:e Wal3 begun oh the Sunday evening efore' Dr. Coleman, then cor- oner, a d those conversant with the facts of he case will admit that materi- al links n the evidence which convict- ed the c e 'nal would have been lost if any dela had occurred. That was a case , in t 's county a,nd speaks as to the ace/exec of the statement that such a thing was unknown here before. Lea,v- ing' the around that I was right in law in holdiZea the inquest on Sunday, Iwill mention the special reasons which • aimed me so to do. 'The boy was lyjng naked. ax.d exposed in his room, and. no one cou1t attendhina and prepare him for buri till after the inquest. I con- sid r on of the points that distingudsh ci,7 lized jnations fro n savage tribes, is the resp ct paid by the former to their i de d. his, with the special request of M. 1 EIaes, Esq., managertof the Co solidated Bank iin this town, who, as the ad had no relatives in this c u try, stood in the place of the cou to der d, a d. the ;inquest closed. Under the circumstanees I respectfully submit tha, I was fully justified in my act. - 2nd charge. That I took jurymen frona those ,.going eto church, sent the Hos. Sir. :—I have received from your office the copy of a letter sent to you by a correspondent in this town in refer- ence to an inquest lately held • by nay - self. - In the accoMpanytfig note Of Sept. 21st you request 14 to make such explanations and observations On that letter as I Way think fit to offer. he writer of that letter makes certain state- ments end charges wleich may be thus -summarized : - 1st. That the inquest was held on Sunday, contrary to "Boys," and to precedent, and without necessity for so doing. 2nd. That I took juryanen from. those , going to church, andeven sent the con- , stable into some of the churches for = persons I wanted; thus thinningseveral places of worship and increasing the excitement. I 3rd. That I was told the inquest was • illegal, remonstrated with, and told that - the like had not been known in the county before, &c. • 4th. That the Press have commented. . unfavorably on ray aetionin this matter. • i 5th. That -he wrote by request of the religious portion of the community. t There are also some minor points in t his letter not worthy alengtheued reply, such as the statement that I had, been t treating' the young man for several days previous for delirium tremens, which is s untrue ; and if it had been. true, hot relevant to the subject; andthe allusion e to "your supporters in this town," as if 1 onstable into cluirchee, &c. - • I is. Sufficient a.n.swer to this to state that none Were forced on the jury, but each juryman was simply asked, " eveulcl he serve on the jury ;" that the jury Was taken from those in the crowd around the deer, the con- stable never - going 20 yards from the door; that the place is remote from all he o 'arches ; and that it was then rat er la e .church time, nearly 7 P. M., and. that neither the constable nor any messena r authorized by me, went near it c tunii. at all. . The constable also ine- r fo m that he particularly. asked tho. e wh m he knew to be church .at - tenants if they were going, that . he mig t de ain none. The thinning the clan clips and increasing the excitement. must ha-ve been a mere delusion of your correspo dent, as the fact was that very, few ,chur h attendants knew anything a,boilit th affair till they came out from church. 3rd Statementf That I was told it. was Mead., remonstrated with, &c.: 0 , . T is statement is false from begin- . nin to end. 44Statement. That the press have com ent d unfa,vorablyupon my action in t matter : • The only comment on the -matter in the pressIthat I can find is by the Sea- cor esponclent,of the London Ad- verti er, ho under the heading of Sea - fort use the same expressions as in the lette of your correspondent, but anoi ynapusly. I have asked M. Y. 111e - Lea , Esq., editor of the Minos Ex- roseron, and. he informs me thathe has not seen it word on the matter. iu any. other paper, nor in. that paper edit- orit ' may add. that the Seaforth corr spon ent of the Lonelcin Advertiar is ge era y admitted.' to be Dr. Camp- bell, of th's place. 5th Sta, ement. That he wrote by re- quest, and, on behalf of the religious per - tion ,of th.6 comMunity NI the absence of any meeting at which the views of the religious portion of t ly cord ally diff pain who The the ers e community could. be collective- xpreesed, the only persons, who . speak for thein, would natur- e tliHr leaders, the clergy of the eart ehurches. I have taken the to personally call on all the clergy officiate in this town. They are: Veryillev. James, Murphy, Dean of iocese of London, Revds. Fath - car tth, Lamont and Weat, cler- gym , n of the Catholic -Ch -arch ; Rey. Thee. Go dsmith, of- the 'Presbyterian Church ; ev. G. Bti gin; of the Meth- odist Ch ch ; . Rev W. T. Canap- bell, of th Episcopal hurch, and Rev. Mr. -Pier e, of the- -Methodist Epis- copal Clie ch. Tlies- Without excep- tion disclaim either having authorized any representation to you on the mat- ter, or of being aware of any excitement : n the reliaious community with refer- ) encetsio th inquest which could furnish he glit, st grounds for such represen- ation. he Very Rey. Dean" -Murphy 1 nforras Me that in hie. loag resideace in i his eounty he has knowea several in.. ' quests to he held on- unday, and cons 1 4, iders that eircumst ces often arise which render it both right and expedi- nt to hay an immediate investigation. This sufficiiently answers the fifth state- • ment and proves it equally Ile a d presumptuous. ' In conclusion, I would say that I hare made my defente against this unwalr- ranted.attaek,aa a, public officer acco t- able for his public acts. The attack n the Advertiser, like many another a onymous slandeir from the same sour e, I had treated !with contempt. Tllie witholding !the' name of the writer bf the letter witholds no real infornatioi. When one, a member of the same profes- sion, and holding the samepublip offie who has alr:adyhad to aoknow1edgo public apo1s,. and the payment of 1 costs, that he had falsely slander another fellow practitioner of this to (viz.,Dr. Co man)takes his pen nnhaiid to falsely ac use me, while pretending fotorthe eliorldp blic morality, and to speek ous portion of the cemmuii- ity, I ha,v on y utter contempt for the man an th deed. Whether you, honorable s , see fit to disallow the in- quest fees o nob, is, pecuniarily, a very small matt r, but whether or not you condemn m offioial action in the mat- ter on such stet ments as have been sent by your correspondent is re more near- ly touching my feelings and mer honor. In oonclusion,I respectfully subetaitthat the matter is not one calling for Govern- ment interferet but sho-uld yon think otherwise, I thi I may fairly ask that no decision be, arrived at without a thorough examiniation of the circum- stances, I have the honor to be, honor- able sir, your obedient servant, ' H. I. VERCOE, M. D Coroner, Countylfuron. Canada. i Rev. W. Donald, of Port Hope, has refused the call extended him from Pic- , tou in Nova Scotia. 1 1 — aer. Priest, hotel -keeper in Beach- ville,has brought 's suit fors lender against the Woodstock Sentinel. 1 —The munber of French Canadians who have settlec in Manitoba this year is estimated at 4,000. ' I —A young lady in Kincardine had $6 abstracted from her pocket while at- tending one of the churches in that , Plae—ltie. essrs. Brojvn Bros., of Wyoming, and McCort, of etrolia, who ha,ive been prospecting for o1 lately inIVIargiaville, struck a fifty be rel well last Saturday. —The Wesley u Methodists, qf Oak- ville, are build ng a very handsome new church, ehich is -expeoted to 'eclipse any edifi e of the kind in the country. 1 1 —A correepon ent writing froin Dun- dalk states that hesurrounaing country "abounds in ems bears, partridges,' pigeons, &c." "no day," he says, 'ray chum and I wen out and shot ) part- ridges in less thon 10 minutes. —Mrs. R. Frarne, township f Bos- anquet, last weoJ marketed two hun- dred and fifty po nds of first-class No. 1 butter Made b her, inside of three weeks, besides d4iing all the necessary wok on her large farm. .27, At the request of the congregations of Sb. Andrew's Chinch, Sangeen and North Bruce, thi y have been declared one pastoral club ge, under the dare of the Rev. John Scott,' of North Bruce, his salary to be ,Inpo, with Manse and glebe. d. —Last Friday night the watchand. jewelry shop of, Mr. Ben BOwnean, Waterloo,- was entered by burglars and goods -worth from One hundred to one litualred and seventy-five dollars stolen. The entrance waS effected through a bacle I 1 window of the shop. . ' - • . i —Samuel Strang, formerly clerk of the Canada and Western (sic) Lail -trance Company, has been arrested in New York for forging large sums on the above company, and • the Commercial Bank. $5,000 are known to have been obtained, and it is believed it great deal MOTO —On the night of October 3rd the barn and other outbuildings belonging to Mr. J. Caswell!, of the llth concession of Biddulph, was entirely destroyed. by fire, involving as heavy loss of newly harvested. crops. . It is supposeEl the fire was the work of au incendiary who eii. tertained a spitef against the Caswell family. . —Rev. Richard Saul, of - the Sweden- borgian church., 'died at Strathroy on the 2nd inst., in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Mr. Saul was one of the oldest inlia,bi th ants in at part of t the country, havi g gone to Strathroy forty years ago, a id lived ou the present family homesteat during the whole of , that time. • . —A Hatiailton exchange says, it took no less than a span of horses, five men; three crowbars, seven blocks of weed, ninety-eight advi ors, thirteen overseers, four drivers, thr e policemen, twenty feet of rope, innumerable gamins, and • half an hour's sw ating, to get a partly loacled hav rack dtut of a small rut. in one of the Palace drivee, yesterday after- noon. —The first annual sale of thorough- bred stock, the p operty of the Govern- ment Alf Ontario, ook place on Thursday afterndkn at the ntario School of Agri- culture, Guelph. There , was a fair attendance, about 200 breeders from various parts of Canada and the United States being eresent. A number of good sales were made. —While evetaged in unloading a boar for the Prolvineial Fair, Mr. Harry Caswell, of Ingersoll, was severely in- jured. It appears that by some meanfl the animal broke loose, and rushing to Mr. Caswell, ter° his leg from ther knee up to the hip, inflicting a ghastly Wound two or three inches deep. Medical aid was summoned and the patient is doing well. , —A certain man of Aylmer was guilty of calling one of the girls at the Ma-nsion House hard names. The same coming to her ears she was determined on re- venge, and thinks she haagot it- Wbile! engaged in washing one day last :week, she saw the man approaching, and just as he was passing the window of the washroom, he received. "all over him" j McLEAN BROS., Publishers. .51.50 a Year, in Advance. the contents of two pails of hot suds - He retired in disorder. Quite a crowd witness laughte d the affaireand their shads of were heard. all town. - —Soine 500 Canadians are among the vic mas of the Savings Banksfrauds at Chic go, and their approximate loss is esti ated at 5150,000. - ert Currie and James Eddie, of the tolviiship of Eldricl, recently thresh- ed forJlames Stinson, Jr. on lot 2, 2nd concess on, Mose, 900 bushels of oats in four hotirs. —Sixty packages of liquor were found by the eustora authorities, concealed in the woods on Barnaby Island near Rim- ouski, Frovince Quebec, and were seized for illicit lauding. - —The Ayr cemetery has been survey- ed by Mr. Pollock, P. L. S., of Galt, and the ground properly laid out into drives and Walks, and the lots all carefully' staked at the proper size. —Mr, Lewis Kribbs, of Waterloo township, lately threshed out the pro- duce of eight acres of fallwheat, obtain- ing therefrom the large average of a trifle over 45 ,bushels to the acre. —Mr, Robert Orr, of Waterloo Town- ship, lately sold for the American mar- ket a team of matchedhorses, o/gainiag therefore tlie good. price of 4350. The horses Were of the "Bing of France" ; stock. —Mr. Wm. Tilt, township clerk, doinity of Waterloo, has in his garden a raspberry bush IffiliCh is load. - ed with ripe raspberries., The berries are very large—a sight to see in the month of October. —Some good. potato digging was done -by Mr. Sohn A. Smith, of .Burford,.. a few clays ago. He dug 65 bushels in the forenoon after 7 o'clock, keeping two men and a boy busy all' the time picking; and at the ,end was some dis- tance aliead of them. Can any one do better? • — SaYs the Aralierstlnua Echo: A milk snake, over 18 inches long, created a furore in Yr. 5 McGee's dining room, on Thursday night of last week. It was gamboling about the floor whoa discovered, but MS speedily dispatched by a blow On the head.. I —A son of Mr. Donald. Sinclair, of North Yarniouth, a,ged14 years, f01131d. Ell punt, containing $40 and some valu- able papers,on Talbot street about two -weeks age. = Like a good honest boy he aelerertieecl it, and the owner was i found in the perscin of a Mr. Stockton', who paid the boy $)2 for his -trouble. 1 —afr Thames Stewartson, of the 12th concession, Ntosanquet, has on hie prem- ises ceSiberian crab apple tree ;Which has bloesomed at four different periods this- year. 'Another gentleman, ' living im Plmipton, has an apple tree which hest'. s year borne two separate crops. .The flrst cop was destroyed by the Rune fr9st, end in July the tree bios- somo4 and bore fruit the second. time. —ThM wife of Patrick Hearn, of Ing- ersoll,- was badly gored by a bull OLT Sat- urday morning while walking up King street, She was wheeling an infant in a carriage a the time, and he had. dashed her 4.gainst the brickevall, break- ing several a lis and otherwise injuring her, hp ,inia ha. the carriage to pieces. The child tikat was in the carriage was picked tip unhurt. —The handsome new iron 'gates, recently put up at the entrance to the Parliamenty grounds, by H. R. Ives & Co„ of is ontreal,. have -.been; very neatly painted, the side ones in dilack and gold, enil the main one in black, vermilliOn, blue and gold, They, now present an elegant,appearance. These gates are the finest -in Canada. The main gate costs nearly 56,000. : —The Post Office Inspector was en- gaged - gaaed for seine days last week between Kilcardine and Walkerton, engiiiring into the lallejed losses of Imoney from registered letters. Mr. Jaanes .Ander- son, anassistant in the Riversdale Post Office, *as arrested on Saturday, and has bean eommitted to the Walk- erton 'ail' !for trial. Anderson plead. guilty, and has , t3ince ' been sentenced t five years , in the. Re- forniatery P ism. • , - —A few d tys ago there was a large attendance at the Loretto Abbey, Mont- real. The obcasion was the profession of Miss Hawkins; of Brantford, who made b.or final vows, and the reception as novices of Miss Massy, . daughter of the late. Henry Massy, Esq., county Derry, and. niece of Mr. J. G, Moylan, Inspector of Penitentiaries, and Miss Kelleher, of Guelph. Miss Massy en- tered. religion as Sister M. Ides —A terrible story conies from the suburbS Of Quebec, where , it is stated. that a ;brutal husband, on returning home it i.l!ay or two ago, took up one of the hot flat irons which his wife had been using and rubbed it down her back, severelyhuii I ng her. On being -spoken z with relativ to the matter, he stated that he burnt his wife to minish her for drinking: It is assertecl that a similar outrage was Committed by the same man , some years ago. . . ----The scliooner Nettie Weever, of Cleveland:: IV. H. Reynolds, - 'nester, with seven men and one passenger, loaded. With iron ore froni Hanse, Lake Buperidr; for Detroit, went down in the gale abbut fifty miles west of Kincar- dine, beetweeia four and five o'clock yes- ' terday evening, Oct. 4. The passenger, named Birch, of Buffalo, and one of the crew, nained Emery Robertson, of St. Catharines, Ont., were drowned. - The captain and the rest of the crew arrived at Kincardine in tbe yawl boat on the next day:, , —A few nights since; an attempt was made to throw the Pacific express going west, off the track, near Stony Point. Three ties and a fence rail were placed across the iron's, but fortunately, the obstructions Were discovered. and re- moved before the train came along. ' On Wednesday .11 Buffalo tramp nanaed Sohn Jones watataken into custody on - suspicion of being the guilty party. So well had the detective worked up the case thatthe prisoner saw no hope of .escape, and finally confessed. his guilt. He was arraianed before the Police Magistrate, of '7Windsor, and sentenced to six monthS'imprisoninent. 1- i —News from Montreal says, that the potato bugs, which have halted for some time back owing to the ! difdcultv of crossing the river, are now on the march southward again. They have cline:bed the abutment of the Victoria Bridge, and axe passing over on the plank walk on the roof. —We are glad to notice the 'introduc- tion into the Dorhiaionof a new indus- try. A branch factory of Messrs. Beld- ing & Co:, !_silk manufacturers in the United States, has been opened. in Montreal, *here they make from the raw silk,' iMPorted from China, about .two hundred pounds per week of silk thread.. About ninety hands are em- ployed in the factory, mostly young girls. ; —It is reported that Rey. John Por- teous, of Dundas, is about to receive a eall.finen Pert:Dalhousie. Se;tne thirty years ago Mr. ;Porteous was in charge of three stations, St..Catharines, Thar - old a4d Pen Dalhousieefrom 'whirl" he was called to B,everleys- Port Dalhousie being now a separate and. self-sustain- ing church is about to invite its former paste . to return te the scene olf his first labor in Canada. ' . —4t the meeting Of the Board of Ex- amin rs of Land Surveyor for Ontario, held 1 at the Department of Crown Lands during last Week,the it:A:lowing gentl4men passed a successful' exaraina- tion, and were duly admitted and sworn in as laud surveyors for Ontario : G. B rew aaad G. Et. Beasley, of Ham - i Mon., and R. H. Colernan and C. A. Shaw of Toronto. ' Several candidates were rejeCted for want of knowledge of the S ey Act; astronomy, division of land, r and. inethod of preparing descrip- tions f property. . : ! —Owing to theextent of the fires now raging in ,the marsh near the Low - banks, Sherbrooke township, Monck county, Mr. Moses Dodge, in conapany with some of hie neighbors, proceeded to the marsh to save some large stacks of cord -Wood. He had barely reached. the -900d pile when he was severely bit- ten near the ankle by it huge rattlesnake which had sought safety from the flames in the neighborhood of the cordwood. The malignant creature inflicted's, seri- ous and deep wound, penetrating -nearly to the• bone. Mr. Dodge's recovery is hopeful. —On Monday, Mr. Duncan ,McPher- son, of Crieff, effunty of Wellington was assisting at a thr7shing atGeo. Patter.= i son's, ho was driNlute and in going from the machine to the horse power, while in motion, his whip tripped. him; and he tuMbled, getting both feet into the paring of the power. One foot was ` mangled in a- most frightful manner the other was also badly inured,' Mr. McPherson met with an accident of a shnilar kind about atyear ago, and was litid. upifor 1 over six month. The un- fortunate young 'man was quite uncon- scious for some time after the accident. —The barn and stables belonging to Mr. J. Snyder, lot 4, Prince of Wales' Read Mono, were destroyed by fire about 2 o'clock, on Friday Morning last. A span of hbrses, agricultural imple- 1 ments! and. the year's crop of grain., were cense-med. with. the buildings. The ' loss t Mr.' Snyder must be a serious 13110, qnlpe9ially 'op the property destroy- ed; h11 had but very little insurance. The o igin of the fire is supposed. to be the w rk of a tramp who had taken up quarters in the barn for the night. The d.wel ig"house of Mr. Robert Benson, in the sVme township, was also burned to the ground with all its contents, e, few days ago. No insurance.. —A Port Stanley correspondent writes • 'The Blue Ribbon 'Movement has r ached our village. A series of meeti gs ;Were helki last week in the Met]iojlist chapel, and about 200 adopt- ed the symbol of temperance. The work s still progressing. A meeting will be held in the Presbyterian church next T esday evening. Setae of those opt5osed to the temperance movement thought they were perpetrating it clever joke by tying a blue ribbon on the pigs tails ifithe'village—thus giving to the porker it better. character Mr !temper- ance than thy possessed theinselves. It shotild be borne in mindi that pigs will not drink iatomicating li4uPrs with- out even blue ribbons or pledge . —A . woman arrived in Hamil- ton on Friday, from. Simeoe, or that neighborhood, in search of her daughter, who, she says, has been absent froin home since the 1 beginning of the Central Fair. The girl l.fift! her home in company with scene' friends belonging to the village, taking. the Hamilton and North-Western railway train. - Iii Hamilton they 'lost bee in. the viciuity of the. Palace, ani. naturally enough, the mother is in deep cliatress as ,to the wheredionts of her daughter, 'whose name is Elizabeth Strange. The friencls,whopi elle came to Hamilton with did not trouble about searching for her; as they thought possibly she had met wilpi some relatives from the township o Beverley, whom She -Thad. ' been talkin"o a,bout visiting this a11. late meeting of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Three Rivers, has _resulted fn a very bitter quarrel Springing 'Up between doctors, and in legal proceedings being taken against two of the prominent, Members of the. Board, Drs. Fenwick 6 this city (Registrar of the Board), and Worthing- ton, of Sherbrooke. At present the de- positions are in the hands of the Police Magistrate, but no service of warrant has taken place. The accusation is to the effect that the accused. wtb othere (licopiToprairaeed toolelyfi rfeoenirtifionosatee,11 wi .einh edicalhad t been signed in blank for go sons who had no right ,to tb.em, and th t in turn for receiving these the person aforesaid promised their vote and influ nee. The t new act passed at last Bessie provides for the reissue of certificates 0:physic- r ians, and the Board was scharging this duty. For the defence it is alleged. the prosecution. is dictated by profess - alone]. rivalry and. that the accused had filled out the diploraas under the old medical act. • —One night last week a Torontopo- etceman found_ a woman lying by the street side. On his rousing her and questioning her she stated that she be- lonos to Brantford, that her name is Elitz'oeltfurphy, and. -that she is 43 years of age. She had walked all the way from Brantford to see her husband, -who is at present serving a term in the Central Prison, and being overcome by fatigue and sickness she lay down to rest on the street. As the poor aytare.8./1 was evidently ill a conveyance was pro- cured, and she was taken to the General - Hospital, where she now lies. Dr. O'Rielly, the Medical superintendent, says she is sufferi g from an attack of typhoid fever. —Near London a young man named. Irwin, 'nineteen years of age, was gored in such it frightful manner by a bull on his father's faint last Sunday afternoon that his life is despaired of. While- he was leading the animal from one field to another it attacked. him with great ferocity, goring him in the abdomen and. almost disembowelling hire. The young man pluckily hung on to the rope, and in. this way hindered to some extent the furious onslaught, till his father and others soon came to the rescue and drove the bull off. Medical assistance was at elite slinamoned. from the city, but the lad's injuries are so great that he is not expected to live. The bull has been shot. —In Montreal a few days acre as a carter was turning up Latour areet, a' little child ran across the street, was knocked down by the horse, and for some moments lay just before the wheels, under the horse's heels. Several. ladies and gentlemen were in the neighbor- hood, and for some time it seemed as if all the observers were paralyzed. Some of those climbing Up the hill. turned their faces away, wringing their hands, while others gazed despondingly as they Saw the hone, which remained station- . ary, lifting up and. down his hind feet as if trampling out the child's life. How- ever, the little one \Vita rescued end re- turned to his mother's arms, fortunately. uninjured, the intelligent animal hav- ing put down his feet as earefully and tenderly ae if it knew the value of life. —One day lately at the residence of Mr. Lockwood, in. HarrowiEssex county, an invalid child was lying on the floor, when the attention of one of the mem- bers of the family was drawn to it by hearing a buzzing sound which. appear- ed to issue from the child's clothing, ;Thinking that it bee had become en. tangled in its apparel, she lifted the child from the floor, when she was startled to behold a large rattlesnake glide from the place where the child had lain. A cat which happened to be in the room attacked. the reptile, and ' was bitten, from the effect of which it soon died. A. man who eves about the premises, being called. in, despatched. the snake, which was found to have 7 rattles. The child. was iminjured. —What might have been it serious but fortunately turned. out a laughable incident, occurred a few days ago Hanailton. Two brothers were digging in the cellar of it house about to. be erected at the corner of Pearl and York streets, when one of the sides caved in, ,and completely buried one of the men. The other, who was not M the cellar at the time, instead of setting to work to rescue his brother from his uncomfort- able position, stood on the f3olid earth, the picture of frightened despair and agony, crying, 4 ' Are yez- dead, Pat? Are yez dead.? Shure I tould yez ye wud be killed, if yez didn't /mind- yer- Bel' !" While Pat's broth.er continued. his agonized wailing, some practical by-standers set to work to extricate Pat himself, -who was found to hack, esca.ped with only two or three slight -br—ilisLeas`st weele Mr. James Cowie, of Nichol, Wellington county, missed. a young duck and an old one from a flock of sixteen. During the day the old duelt returned, and had the appearance of having gone through the naill, The following morning the whole flock was inissiurr, and a vigorous and determin- ed search was instituted. Some dis- tance from the house a baker's dozen of the ducks were found...buried in the ground, the head. of each being barely visible. At no great distance off A fox was Been, which looked so self satisfied that it was evidont he had a duck for breakfast. The flock were unearthed and taken home, and - appear little the worse of their- interment. 7 No doubt. Il-kiynard. intended feeding he flock and gusted with having been this deprived using them as the cravings if nature de- manded, and 'mist be ex remely ells- (lf ,-T1n1(1)elltlitir'sacP:17iidsgifttAli'ree Gravt Utz:WM has the following story : 'A domestic event has transpired here itownship of Ryerson) of much interest to our seclud- ed community, namely a marriage be- tween Miss Lambier and Mr. Johm Vaughan. The bridegroom bad to walk 121 miles to get a marriage license. He , first had to start from his place of fu- ture residence, five miles from Beggs - bore', and walk to Burke's (nine miles.) Mr. Burk not being at home they sent him out to the place of the road where he:was working, a distance of 24 miles from the residence. Mr. Burk seat hiayi back to the house for a form, after - weeds gave him the license, and Vaugh- an returned home with it to the Bridge, a 'distance of 18 miles further -99 miles so far. Then they went to Rev, Mr. Gihnour's, it distance of 12 miles, and here were happilyenuited, and returned home to her house another 12 miles off. inTouteals,finor hthere 24.azinlescraursuind ftoroilaimmx nariaesiencrviugtYeth.waswNoteelaltrhrkeavtoheserosstuileat:220:hftnoollameefott.all.r,asytit swiltdis:reonpth occasion.