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The Huron Expositor, 1878-07-05, Page 4t- • ••"-- „- NEW AD VIIRTISEMENTS. Undertaking—Broadfoot & Box. Farm for Sale--Williana McFarlane Mowing Match—John A. Young. Special Induceinents—Thornes Kidd. Farm for Sale—ja,rees Davidson Remelt Mills—McGregor & 'Urquhart. Shawl Lost—Expositor Office . - Adjourned Sale --j. H. Benson. High. School By-Law—Wra. House and Lot for Sale—J. Redmond. Farm for Sale—William Shouldice. r itron expeoitor. SBAFORTIL JULY 5, 878. • •. . .... • The Opposition and. Protection. We last week showed by extracts from their public speeches, the incon- sistency of the leaders of the Opposi- tion in their advocacy of Protection. ' We shall now proceed to prove their in- ' L' • sincerity. As an exeuse for their in- consistency the presei4 "National Polic.y " advocates assure es that there was not the scone neceealty fOr Protec- tion. when Sir John Macdonald was ire - power that there is now, because then the American war had just terminated and the resources of the ,United States were so exliauste - that the .Amerioan people consumed all their own peodacts, • . but that ROW the American production more than eqeals the AMOriCall de- mand, and that the 'surplus is " slavgh- tered " in the Canadien market to . the f great detriment of the Canadianinanu- facturer. Int order, however, to melte this excuseteneble they must prove that i n the Canadian` manufacturer was then a' subject to less foreign competition than he is now. This they cam not do. The h . Oficial returns show that the imports . e ,-..e. t -w ioare less than they were during Sir 1 c 'John's rule.' It matters not to the Can- ! e , adiaaa manafacturer where these im- portsfr1 e, come from so long as they are re- ceived' and consiimecl. Cottons and. woolleris imoortedfrom England injure the Canadian market for th Canadian 1, manufacturer just as- muell" s similar goods imported from the United. States 1 propos to make up the- revenue de- . - I stroyed by the degree of preteetion they. t giv . They britzeuly ask the pee- : pie to take them: on trust; to pia ! them in power on the strength of ev THE HURON EXPOSITOR. erable paper, simply for polittcal effect, does not hesitate to- endea4 to lead its readers to the belief that the action ce of the Governmeet is the caupe ef the as- preeeut strife between the Orange or- ganization and the Roman Catholics•of Montreal, and that it is reeporible for the deplorable results which have oc- (furred through that strife. The entire military force of the country pi; at the disposal of the authorities of ,Montreal if they require it to keep the peace of ey that country, but the Government or of any other power cannot forcethose au- thorities to avail themselves o military s, assistance if the 3 don't want , It. The r' Montreal, authorities, and they alone, • were to blame for the disturbance on t= the last 12th of July, and blame will u rest upon. the same shoulders should n ! there be a, disturbance this year. efim . ive and indnite promises. They re- ' . fuse to commit themselves definitely to i anything. They ask the confiderice Of ! ! the people and they refuse the people t their confidence in re ., ,. In nhort, ! they. wish - us • place them in . power unpledge an. e ve them !to do as- they fit when --th i f , accomplish their object. - In view ,their past dealings with this questio is it safe to do this? Our answer i and it will be the answer of every pe son who candidly arid without prejudi considers. the matter, that it will no The question of Protection is not i reality and should net be considered a • issue in the forthcoming political sting gle. The Gpposition, as we hay shown, are merely Using it as a con venieut implement with which to de calve the unwary, and. as a 'means o , epabliug them to get back to power The real issue before the country is, no Protection; but has the GaVernment o Mr. Mackenzie and his colleagues been capable, holiest end econoruical o would it be in the interests of the cote try to displace them and -reinstate Si John and his collea,gues. The issue is fairly and squarely drawn, and none can evade it. Every man who vOtes or Sir John Macdonald or his ca,ndi- dates endorses the Pacific Scandal, the Northern Railwaft frauds, the inanipu- s atioof the Secret Service nacneys, ncl the other rnisa,pPropriations of moneys which have been proven against ini. On. the other hand, those who ote far Mr. Ma,Ckenzie or his candi e- . ates vote to sustain in power a Gov- rument against which wrong -doing has ever been proven. This is the correct 1 issue faarly. and squately put. Which , , will the people do :''Which should they do? We leave this for each one to an- swer with; his ballot in accordance 'with. the dictetes of his conscience: We e • • News of the Week'. -• PEACE TREATT.—The EuroPean war _ congress it progressing favorably. The ; conclusion.of a Peace Treatyis expected ie next week. • • ! Femintes.---Heany failures . are an-. t . nOunced in the South Staffordsbire iron f I trade, and trouble is threatening in the •Liverpool corn trade. LARGE Cola, SHIPMENT.—Duting the ✓ h of May 35,400ons of cda , were ; shipped from Ayr Harbor. This -is. the ✓ largest .shipinent ever recorded. • 4CCIDENT. — .Twenty-seven persona i were buried on Friday eight , by the falling in of a tunnel near Barmen, in the German province of Westphalia,. IMPENDING TROUBLE.—Ordersiare said ; to have been issued at Washington to I recruit the army to its full strength of ; 2.4,dpo then, in view of poseiblei Indian andfltlexican troubles Fen -mins . IN NEW Yoke. There •were fifty-four failures in Neill -York ! city in June. Total 1iabi1ities, 4,S12,- 030. In May there 'Were 95 lailures, withliabilities-of $5,686,306. • MORMON LIMIGRATION.-221 *mons arrived in New ,York from Europe a few days ago, and six hundred more, •includina f• ive hundred Scandinavians and one hundred EngliSh and Welsh,. sailed from Liverpool on Saturday. - , h or any other country. This is: so evident ; go that it efeed scarcely be stated. Wend; I to tice, therefore, by the Trade and Nevi- i gation returns tha,t the Canadian -ira- ! ports during the last two years of Sir 1 John ittacdorta,ld's rf rule exceeded those ca of the last two years of Mr. Mackene ave far too inuali confiddece- in the odseuse aud integrity Of the people _fear the result. • A Specimen. " As a specimen of the mode of politi- • 1 warfare adepted by Some of the Op-- sitiou j o u rn ale; we quote th e follow - A NOBLEMAN ARRESTED.—CSCil Carr, a young journalist 'under arrest in New Ycirkeity, in the comprivint of a Boston lady who loaned him a thousand dollars, is sa4t3 be, Lord Ogilvy, son of the Earl .of itlie. TER STAGE. Miss-Yap/1y Davenport is said to hew° th $75,000. . Miss May Davenport, yo aer sister of Miss Fan-. lay, is about to lnter on -a regular en- gagement at a New York theatre. She is said o 1 an actress of much promise. GENERAL Ju iILEE.—Over eleven hun- Communists have received oreor a commutation of honor of the Paris rty thousand.fra,nes among the poor of zie s rude.. For the year 1872-3 the I ing from the London Herald ef a few (lied French Value, of entire imports days ago: • ! either a remiss , -their sentences was $128,011,281 against „,$93,210,- "It is -probably a part of the policy of ' Exhibition fete. 346-- for 1875-6; and for 1873-4, $128,- Hon. Alexander Mackenzie to foment - were also distribute .• • 213,582.against $90,327,962 for 1876-7. religious differences on the eve of a .gep. - Paris. n Hoe IVEITHER IN .Loxe.ox,—The 25t1i and 26th clays of June in London, e Eng., were hotter than ever known, the t temperature in the shade being 91. At Nottingham the thermometer rose to 95,"and the 'temperature in the sun at a Kew. Observatory exoeedecl 146 de- _ grees. - SUMMARY PeNISIIMENT.—Hong Kong t advices of itta,y 27th states that the , -proclamation by the Viceroy of Canton announces that attempte bythe Chinese to lure emigrants on false pretences to. perm Sandwich' Islands or • else- where will be punished with instant death. PUINTERS' WAGES.. — In Cleveland, four years ago, job printers Were paid a . salary of. $30 a week.! To -day they - can't get more than $1 or $1.25 per day - and less than full time at that. This is only a sample of the cOnditiett of Amerisan industries, under a burdee- some tariff. •• . FLOATING• IICNEY FACTORY,— A barge • •with two thousand - beehives , _ aboard is afloat in the Mississippi, and is tope moved up and down the river It will be Peen from this that ',here was brought into Canada the produCtee of the industries of with onr ho eial election. On .no other suppositie can we account for the course his Goy ernment has pursued in reference to th -e Orange celebration in Montreal, or th recent utterences of his Toronto . orga. on the same subject. If it has not bee offieially.decreed at Ottawa that Orange men end. Roman Catholics must be pre vented at all hazards from going side by ogle, side to the then we mug say the appearanees are wonderfully deceptive All our readers will remember the cir- eamstences that attended the celebra- tion of the lastfOrange seniversary in Montreal. r &though the Orangenieo had iritencled to have a grand parade that day, they gav.e way in the interest of, peace, i and merely marched to church. -They applied•to the authori- ties for -protection., and were informed that lfrfeltlacken,zie had . a battery of artillery under " arms at Kingston, who would start for Montreel as soon as the expected. riot .iiterild get heyond the ccin- trot of -the local:police. • A single • com- pany of volunteers from any one of the Montreal battalions, would. have been sufficient to preserve the peace of the. }ther nations to compete e industries nearly $32,- ,000 wort1j a year more during each 6f the last to years of Sir John's rule than during the lest year of Mr. Mac- kenzie's rule. And yet Sir John , and his followers wish to make the people believe that they are the true friends of the manufacturers, and that Mr. Mac- kenzie is legislatipg for their ruin ; that the industides of the country vere bet- tor protected by Sir J lin then they are by Mr. Mackeeazie ; ihat a- 15 pericent. duty with e,fold at a piremiumewas great- er protection in 1873 then 171- per cent. with gold at par in 1878. We leave it for anytreadez, be he- Conservative or Reformer, Prefectiothst or Free Trader, to say whether or not he can conscientiously believe these parties are honest in their professions when they endeavor to delude the people inathis way ? • Does- any person bialieve the, when Sir John Macdonald kefused to give the manufacturers of the country more than 15 per cont., he is honest in his promises now to give them 30 per ceat., although they have very math Iasi foreiga competition to contend with? We do not believe there ia a man in the county of Huron who will, in view of these facts, eleliberately say that he be- lieves Sir John even intends to try to • carry Out what he promises. Why not, • then* once turn awayfrom viewing the allurements .of the deceiver and those who assist him in practising his decep- tions ? That a very large majority of -the people will clo so' when the time for them to be heard arrivee, we feel- fully convitmed. „ To still further show the hollownes of the protection professions of the Op position, -we have !only to look at the 'matter in another light. They profess` to desire a tariff that will protect man- ufacturers from foreign competition. • 'This means the utter exclusion of foreign importsand consequently the , • abandonment of the revenue derived from duties. The annual - reveille° de- rived from goods imported into this country amounts to $12,000;000. Now, if the Opposition are sincere -in the ad- vocacy of this policy, they must reiy have sour scheme matured wher y they propose to replace this deficiency in revenue. Why do they not take the public iuto their confidence so far as to acquaint them with what this scheme is? The public have a right to know, and the Opposition leaders have -fre- quently been challenged to Make it pub - 1c. They have been advocating pro- tectiou new for over two years, they ask the people to place them in power on the strength of their advocacy of this 'principle, and yet they refase to say &finitely what articles they propose to protect, what degree of protector' they propose to give, or in what way they ! thface of this k 90$ n city. But they .received. :o orders t that effect. We will not say that Mr, Mackenzie hoped for a riot that would `stamp down all local authorit and per- haps -lay the best part of the city i ashes. Such an event, happening as would under a Conservative local Gov enamel* Would be a trump card fo Mr. Mackenzie, but it would be a vei dangerous card to play. More the that, we de net think Mr. Maekenzi could be capable of the deliberate fiend 'sinless which such a policy would re- quire. But the fact remains that With Alexander Mackerezie Prime Minister, and Edward Blake Minister of Justice, an unoffendiug and unarmed Orange- man was shot down like a, dog in broad daylight in the streets Of Montreal, and his murderer is still unpunished. The blood of poor Hackett Hes at Mexander Mackeuzie's door. e The subsequent failure of justice can be traced to but one somne—the indifference, if not worse, of _the man whom the coun- try had entrusted with its adrniuistra- . ton.' S A. meerier, more malicious, and more - 'untruthful accueation than is contained . in this extract,' against Mr. Mackenzie, never appeared in print. The journal which is so lost to all sense of shame and decency as to publish such a dia- bolical libel. • knowing it to be such, • simply to stir up the worst pa,ssions and prejudices of a certaire class against a Political opponent, should eot be toler- ated in e respectable community. The writer of the above knows very well, if he knows ane-itlfing at all, that the Gov- ernment hadano more power to prevent the Montrealfriot than he himielf had. He also knows that, under a law passed by his own_ political friends, the Gov- ernment were'prevented iaterferiug, ex- cept 'on a requisition from the Montreal civic authorities. He also knows that on the occasion referrad to the Govern- ment had every preparation made to quell the riot referred to and to prevent any disturbance, aud that they notified the Montreal authorities to that effect, but those authorities failed to comply . with the itequirements of the law, and, consequeutiy, the military forces of the Government dare not interfere. Yet, in e it -Sr 11 THE INDIANS Or THE WESC—A.dvi_ces have been received at Washington to the effect that large numbers of Indians are assemblieg in Oregon and Idaho, and making preparations for war. It is said the Indians have made an attack on Canyon city, Oregon. Parties have commended moving their .families to a rade of safety. A general uprising and prolonged war is 'expeeted. DEA.TH OF 9UTEN MERCEDES.—The; announcement of the death of the young Queen of . Spain was received with profound serrott and sympathy throughout Eurtipe. ; She had been blended but a few months, was only 18 years of age, and was greatly be- loved by her people fot her beauty and amiability. , The President ofthe -Medi- cal Faculty of the Royal Palace attri- butes the Queen's death to nervous gas- tric fever, accompanied by severe inter- nal hemorrhage. CHESS CONGRESS.—The, International chess Congress is in Session at Paris. Twelve of the principal chess players in the world are entered in the Interna- tional Chess Cougreet of eleven rotinds, representing 132 games th be played. They are NVina,wer, of Russia; - Black- burn of London ; Rosenthal, of Paris; Anderssen, of 13reslau ; Seukertort, of Berlin and London; clere,of Beeancon ; s n_owledge, this mis- duffing the season-, so as to be all the time in the midst of flowers. The bees will thus be kept continually within.the reach of the best material for honey. •Fon EttliOPE.-650 .saloon -passengers sailed from New York for Europe on Saturday last. Six steamers sailed, all loaded to their utmost capacity, consid- erable freight offerings having to be left over. Grain and cheese shipments are much beyond the average, the former aggregating about 220,000 bushels and the latter over 60,000 boxes. . Munn:- AT SEA.—The British ship James S. -Wright, from -Philadelphia, arrived -at Belfast with - two of her crew in irons. -The captain reports th at shortly after he left Philadelphia a mutiny broke out, during which the boatswain was murdered.' The two men in irons were charged with • the urder. , Denexcirisonn COMPAL—Lord Duf- ferin met a brilliant company one even- ing during his visit to the other side, at the summer residence of the- Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, at Brookline, Mass: About 100 persons were present at the reception, includiog Governor Rine, Chief justice Grate Oliver- Wen- dell -Hohnes, Mr. Longfellow. and the Hon. Charles F. Adams. - • English, of Vienna; Bird, of London; Mackenzie, of New York; Gifford of London and Paris ; Pilshell, of Stutt- gart. • Eastern. Affairg The Congress for the settlement of the Eastern Queetion is still in session. `Several minor matters have already been settled by the Commissions. Some difficulty is anticipated over the ar- rangement of the 'boundary of Eastern Roumania, but the subject of the Gov- ernment of Asiatic Turkey, and. the navigation of the Danube and of the Dardanelles, are the important matters now awaiting discussion. Four, or at most six, sittings will terminate the work of the Congress, when the Com- mission appeinted to draw up the final treaty of the peace will submit that ht- strument clause by clause., Peace is considered certain at Constantinople,, ,and G -en. Tocileben is reported to be making arrangements for the with- drawal to Adrianople pf the Russian troops now in the neighborhood of the, Ottoman capital. • The Austrian army that will occupy Bosnia and the Herzegovinawill consist of 140,000Lmen, and will cross the frou- tier upon 'the close of Congress. The Porte has stipulated as a condition upon which it will accord its assent to the occupation that the duration of the Austrian stay iu the two principal- ities be limited to two years, but the Vienna Government has declined to be hampered by any such restriction. At one of the recent meetings of the Congress, Count Schouvaleff brought up the question of the employment of In- dian troops in Europe, and it was sub- sequently decided that the matter was worthy of consideration by a special Congress called for that purpose. Per th Ite The Mayor of Stratford. will get a. salary of $200 a year in future. —The citizens of Listowel -have ar- ranged to have their civie hliday on Thursday, the 8th of August. An. ex- cursion to Port Dover will be on the programme for that day. • —Messrs. Cummings 85 Honey, veter- inary surgeons, of Mitchell, recently performed a difficult and critical opera- tion, for poll disease, on a young horse belonging to Mr. Murray, of Kin - kora. —The number.of :scholars attending School Section No. 1, Fullerton, have so iucrea,sed under the management of Mr. Shaw that the trustees have been compelled: to erect ae addition to the already large school building. • .-Rev. G. Dunkly and Mrs. Dankly, of Fullerton, were presented by the members of their church with a .beauti- ful writing desk, a work box and a sum of nioney, on the eve of their departure to Wiarton, their new scene of labor. —A valuable colt belonging to Jas. ard, of Fullerton village, while gal. ping in the pasture, struck his leg gainst a projecting rail in the fence, reeking his leg between the knee and flock. The animal had to be shot. he loss to Mr. Ward is about $70. / —On Monday night of last week a ief entered the barn of Mr. Edmund urner:Fullartomand stole.some 30 ibs wool and two packages in which it was affect The same eight the house of r, john Clark was entered and three teken away. It is supposed that e same person committed both -thefts. —On Friday of last week, as a sou of r. jogeph Rozell,of the 60th concession, mamas returning from conveying his her home from another of his sous' idence, the horses took fright and uanon the throwing the occupant of the go the ground, causing instant ath. As there were no marks to be e on the body, it is supposed that death was caused by:' the severe ock. —Considerable amusement was ex - ed at a Catholic pic-nic in Stratford t week by the voting of a gold -head - cane to the roost popular gentleman Stratford, the two candidates foe thameetary • honors— Mr: James her, M. A., and Mr. S. R. Hessen ng the favorites. On counting the es, polled there was found, to be a jority in favor of Mr. Fisher. He a, therefore, the fortunate recipient he cane. lo 81 fe T th of wr ha th El fat res ref tve ere see his sh cit las ed. in Pa Fis bei vot ma; wa of t , —Accidents have been .numerous during the past week.. Mr. John Gam- ble, of Burns, while -assisting at. a barn raising for Mr. Wm: Climpbell, fell from the reef and was badly injured. On the. same day, a little boy nanied Watson was thrown down by another boy while playing at school, and had his shoulder disl6cated. On the same day, also, Mr. E. ler, of Elltee, had an ugly wound inflic ed on his ieftlaa,nd by a circular saw, an on the following day Mr. James Stevenson, of Ellice, was thrown from his wagon and sus- tained a dislocation of - the right ankle as well as other injuries. —On the drain survey of Ma. McFad- den; engineer, in Elma, his men one day lately seeing • in a dense swamp a large. eagle hovering around, -watched. her movements for some time, and at last made the discovery that the deni- zen of the forest had; a nest in the top of a large tree. They at once set to eviark to fell the tree, which was a short job, but instead of coming to the` ground it lodged . against another tree,. when -one of the men- climbed up to the nest and took therefrom a fine young eagle, apparently only a few days old; measuring from tip to tip about 12 inches. The young vulture was taken to Monckton, and placed in care of Mr. C. Burns; and is showing signs of -pros- perity in his newly adopted .honie, hav- lug a most voracious appetite. • —On Wednesday morning of last week a daring outrage was perpetrat d on the Grand Trunk night express a few- mike west of . Stratford, whic however, failed in its object. An Au. trian gentleman, going from Calif° a to Europe forthis wife and family, too his ticket for New York via the Gran Trunk. railway, tlirough Canada, an had the wise forethought to buy e , change on New York for $4,000, retat ing only sufficient inonee,; to pay his e- penses by the way. When near S Pauls, a small station between Stra ford and St. Marys, ore "Wednesday thorning, he went outside on. the plat form of the car, and while there fiv men appeared. One guarded eac door, lme presented a revolver, th other a knife, and demanded the mon.ee he had in his possession. Seeing n hope Of escaping out of their clutches he leaped from the platform, fortunate- ly not injuring -himself, and made his way to the house of Mr. Charlet. jick- ling, near St. Pauls, where he told his story. Mr. dickling accompanied him to St. Pai, to telegraph adept his baggage, whi h was stopped at_ Paris. The Austrian gentleman, whose name we could not 1 arn, is of opinion that he was followejl by the would-be rob- bers for a Ion distance, as he had no- ticed them, on the cars at Omaha. • The railway police are on the look out for them, and it is hoped may be able to bring them to Justice. • —Mr. George McGill, of Donegal, who got into a difficulty with a person from Mornmgton, by placing too much confidence in human nature, whereby he bought a horse which was of age for a three-year-old colt, had the matter adjusted at Milverton a few days ago, the.judge deciding that Mr. McGill get his note again, -and. "Dobbin," of uncer- tain age, be restored- to his previous qwner. This will doubtless have the effect of causing Mr. McGill to trust a little to his own observation in buying a. horse, and 1, ill probably give the other to underst nd that he can't de- fraud ow:4)1e W1 Hurop. Notes: Mr. Alex. Ingram, of, the 3rd Con- cession of Mott* has orchard grass theasuting over six feet in length. 1 —Rev. Mr. Davey and family left Londesboro -on Tuesday of last week. for Dungannon, his new sphere of labor. . • -e-Mrs. Luker, of Exeter north, while at work in her garden a few days ago, fell against a large box, breaking one of lier ribs. i—The Clinton Foundry has found it necessary to increase its large staff of hands, in filling orders for the approach- ing harvest. —The firm of Webster & Stacey, hardware merchants of Brussels, has been dissolved. The business will here- after be carried on by Mr. Webster. —On - Wednesday Messrs. Ogilviesek Hutchinson received 5,000 bushels of Manitoba wheat by the propeller On- tario from Duluth, at their mills in Goderich —While_i „ enry Marshall was sowing turnips for 'Mr. Wm. Russell, in the township of Hay, with a seed drill, the hers.0 tookfright and sowed .a drill fastar -than turnips are commonly SOWit —A few clays ago Mr. Eta Thorne, Of Eieter, received per express, a hand- some present from some pf his friends in, the Old. Country, a :genuine English thrush, which is besides a curios*, a velry handsome bird. - Mr. James Stewart, of the 4th cot- ce sion. of Stanley, has a iield of fall wilteat which Will teverage over 6 feet 3 inches in length. sf There will be oon- si erable perspiratientepent over that field before it is haMsted. --Mr. Frazer, who has this yeet rent- ed/the Londesboro cheese factory, is do - jag a good business, many persons now giving their milk who formerly inade hater, the low price for the latter ar- ticle being the reason of this. , —Ur. Wm. Brnith, of the second concession of Grey, has oats growing on hisfarm which measures -3 feet 10 inches in length. Ifa several 'places al this township the fall wheat has been considerably injured by frost. —Mr. Hector McKay, of the 4th con- cession of Grey, met with rather a se- vere- accident While at Mr. Coombes' -raising last week. A pike pole which was being ta,ken down fell across his left fdre-arm, crushing it badly. -:—Previous to his leaving Loudesboro a number of the friends of Rev. Mr. Davey assembled at his residence, and preseuted him with ahandsom.e4riting desk and. silver goblet, accompanied by a highly complimentary- address. —Last week Mr. John.McMillan, of Goderich township, sold two ordinary cows for $28. each. Mr. J. Dayment, of Clinton, also sold. four head of cattle at cents per lb. live weight. All the ani- mals were shipped to Sault 'Ste. Marie. —Mr. John McMahon, on the 3rd concession, Hay, planted a- patch of corn about a month ago, and imagine his consternation, o11 pinta one day kilt week to see it, to find only one soli- tary blade, the crows having taken up all-thee:est of the seed. —Mr. Sohn .Gardiner, of Usborne, near Farquhar, left last,week with his family for Iowa, followed. by the beat wishes of all who knew him. He was . one of the 'earliest settlers hi the neigh- borhood, and by hie candor and justice has gained many friends. —The house of Mr. John Whiteman, corner of the Stanley town line, was d.esttoyed by fire a few evenings ago. A portion of the furniture in the lower part of the building was saved. Loss about $800. Fire supposed to have originated from the stove: —At a meeting of the Directors .of the Howick Insurance Company held at Gerrie last Saturday 149 :applications for members -nip, COVOTillg an insurance of $158,0402' were accepted. This com- • panyds becoming very.popular, and is doing a good work in farm insurance. are pleased to learn that the fanning mill business of M. McTaggart & Co.. Clin tom, is in such a flofuraieg condition. They usually make 600 mills every year, and they would this year make more if they could get them out. Last Weeke14 Were shipped to the Al- goma district. —The blind line between third and • fourth concessions, Hay, has been con- siclerebly improved- in appearance by the erection of two new frame barns, size of each thirty-six by fifty-six feet. One is built by . Mr. J. G-ould and the other by Mr. P. 013.rien, on their new farms,. this week. —Mr. James Mains, of Hullett, re- ceived. severedujuries one day last week while handling a, fractious horse. The animal struck. him with .his fore feet, one of which ctit a deep gash in his head and the other badly bruised. his side, rendering him in.sensible for a time. He is able to be around again, however. - —Mr. John Thompson, poundkeeper of Blyth, advertised a couple of :pigs for sale the other day. TWO hotel keepers of the village attended the sale, and each bought a •pig, driving tie!Tne home, feeling happy over their bargains. Imagine their feeliegs; though, when they discovered that cattle had. bought his own pig. . —The total assessment of the village of Exeter this year is $30,000 lefit than. that of last year. The value cif real property last year was $418,355, and of ipersonal property, $61,600, against $401,775 for real, and $49,970 for per- sona4 • The population, according to the census of the aseessor, is 1,562, be- ing an increase of 84 overlast year. In • .. 1877 the village was the, fortunate pos- sessor of 128 head of cattle, 28 sheop, 156 hogs, 155 horses and 94 dogs ad bitches. In 1878 there are 128 head of cattle, 25 sheep, 6'; hogs, 168 horses,and 87 • —4°Mgrs.. Robert Beattie, of McKillop, lost 1)fule horse on the 26th ult. Dur- ingthe night it ran against a phingla, the handle of which,, penetrated the icyh.eet, killing the animal almost instant- _ —A certain farmer in the township of ilullett has an interesting family comprised of nine boys and. no ir Nov' he wants to find a family equally as1 rge, comprised entirely of the op - i posi e sex. ' A promising son of Mr. John Har- ris, • 16th Concession, Grey met his death on the 29th. He went out shoot. ing, nd it is supposed he was pulling the ,gun through the fence when it w off,, the charge entering his body. He nly lived five hours 4fter. — i . • he neW Rciman 'Catholic Church fa E.-eter has been handegmely refitted and Situated, as it•is;in a Iromantic pc, - Aiwa presents a good. appearance. The nte4or has-been reseated and an altar MR,' a tastefel arrangement ,charac- erizina the imptovements throughout. he refitting expenses' will be about 300. ' ,• . , — r. James Whenham, who some ime ago went from Londesboro to Man- toba, on -a, prOspecting tour, has return - d; fringing with him a very poor pini rt cif -that ProVince.1 Inducements ave jbeen offered, him ,hy one or two lace thereabouts to re-engage in busi- ess, but he has. not decided what he %fixre.: Francis Bryden, of Lot 34, onceSsion- 7, - Grey, sowed last spring wo and a half acres of ground ith what oprported to • be Seneca heat. The field is now covered with rnething that has the appearance of mmon chess, all headed out, and, range to say, there is not one stalk of heat in the field. - —About four or five weeks ago three rsea belonging to Mr. M. Clark, of xeteie broke out of the pasture field, d strayed to Strathroy, where, they ere ithpourided. A few da,ys ago Mr. ark paw an advertisenient in a paper nouncing that the animals would be d. He immediately went to Strath - y and released the horses and brought em home. They looked well after eir short change of paiture. —On Thursday • last.. week Mr. C. abb was having an excayatio for a ched a 'depth of 'thirteen feet' there 1. k made in the rear of • his e ill derich, wed when the workmen had s fa strong smell of.petrolerina." A In was then dug about a foot lower, d ' a -smell barrel of water placed it, and in ' ii, short time, re was a considerable quanti- of oil 'floating on the.surface, and the ell of coal oil was very strong. ' f —Mr. Joseph Coombes, of Grey, ose barn was burned about three nths ago, on Friday last raised the me of a new building on the site of old one. The size of the building Ox60 feet. The 'lemming was done Mr. John Carr, of _Grey, in that g lea's usual Ptyle. t'a. substantial erne--- i; - SO CO St ho an 01 au sol ro th tan Go rea we, ho itt itu the ty sin •wh 1110 *fra the is • by tlen purse, accompanied.by a complimee . JULY 5,187g . hasj; remove thither. tthhiyetsehevevereui.: of precentor, has, we understand, cepted a similar position hie connectiel ctollinrnteTiednelivittehs.the Presbyterian Choree of Clinton for some time, bathe mallet, with a Guelph church, and -wilt ehort team logged two acres in two leeys alit David Campbell, near Walton, ae, him by the Presbyterians of Clinton, address. . su_rOirlisee: Mr. being —Mr. C. Crawford, who has beta __At a logg,ing bee on the feria et Stew Pa r tr e sheen of the 24th his acceptance of the ca,11 extended to 9dtahugch9tnereeosfsMienr. AefngTusneKkeenrnelendityh,, Ina accident by fallingee ef- tla Ir the sharp edge of a scythe, which ea,- _asthtive,ell;:nrwmdaesknrp'snotcHkneopateblya, soai\i_tvitucetaitetli,omeal.ir._AlsTahtabeeor: ee—eclisen-amp ;0:0amayetitliimegie :Igoe nuity,of$390 yearly. This is consider - Cooper, et $1,500, subject to a life ae. mhearkliengghaenweeantnhat,hwe hltzelle., bilnetaa pthreef uhsoelye: —The property in Clinton, knotvn as tS;a5b,01e00eawatase • Bruce Railway. The followina is the 1:1-5 op.nmF.;;.ierax,.atyireass,v7e:r2y4 p. m. station: Going north, mixed, 9:45 mail, Lg s4olt5h,pm.mail, express, m8.:-,25roiriTd., ilffteorfeodrcferotnhethPreelnLiosneds.on, Huron me order in which trains leave thb °Clinton, wedding party *drove through Clintou. "After getting outside the corporation, as is frequently the ease, a couple of the par- ties commenced racing, and they sue. ceeded so well that when near Alma one ran in-totedi theottehlijee4ilasrigdeatnuirangiinngg it over into h considerably. Aaddbevning accident occurred at Grand Bend, Lake Harem, on Mon- day, by which a young man named Cas- sels, of Stephen, abont a years of age, lost his life. It appears that he, along with others, were in bathing, and being unable to swim got beyond his depth and molt. His body was recovered about an hour and a half afterwards -- 0o late to save his life. —On Saturday last Messrs. J. Reed, Sohn Watt, And Jas. Flynn, Of Hallett, were charged befOre Messrs. Wilson,. Drummond. and Clem X. P.'s., of Blyth, with assaulting Mr. J. Mills, a farmer residing on the 14th concession of Hullett. The affair as reported. to us is that on Friday Mr. Mills was pro- ceeding homeWard, when Reed stopped him and, assisted by the others, would not allow him to- proceed, and it was not untii Mills' hired man went to his assistance that they desisted. The magistrates fined. Reed $5_ an(.1,,. costs— itt. all n61-1.0 flrst Jnly a young ma and womanefrom ee neighboring town- ship; startafrom home with the in- tention. Of prOceeding to a pienic at Benmiller, but, changing their mind, they coecluded to drive to Clinton and get naarried. Proceeding to the house of a friend in that town, a marriage cer- cate and minister were procured and ey were soon declared man and wife e bride, as soon as the cerinony was or, turning round to her husband, and claiming, a Now what will Miss nk. " Ithey had only known knob. other two weeks previously, and Were not yet out of their teens. It in to be hoped that the marriage so - hastily entend upon will prove all :that is anti- cipated. • —On Thur§day, June 20th Mr. Bap- tist Whitely, one of the oldest_ _residents of Goderich township passed. away, and h him one of the link -s which coa- ted the present with the very ear:1i- history - of that town and county. was born in the county Fermanagh, and, in 1806eand came to Canada 831. He rem -edited two years in tle York -110W Ttionto—and then led on the farm cin the 6th coves- ), Goderich Township, whichtehe ied -up the time of his death. ile Irelandehe became a member he Orange body. When hp first to-Goderich township he took up firm, but,,as many of the early set- s dtd,le divided his time in working is land. and working at his trade in t was then the nucleus ofiwhat is the town of Goderich./ At the ripe age •of 72 years' he passed. away, ected by all who had known him ng the many years he had lived es The funeral was very largely nded., showing that his upright- -acter was felly apprciated. in referring to the proceedings ,of Moore, the rope manufa,cturer, who was committed to jail by the Brussels mag- istrates last week for forging notes on that corporation and negotiating them in Harrison's 113ank, the Post says: "Notwithstanding the fact of hie being •e itt back water' ,fielancially, the efforts oore to keep up style were extreme. -at three weeks ago his only daugh- Vas married, and the wedding—cel- ted with great eclat...—was the 'talk o neig,hborhood. was the ouly aristocratic bridal dispfay, so far as evince went, -that has ever been in tine section.. The preparations le auptial feast were complete. endemic equipage dashed around own and up to the chum marriage bells pealed ihnerdriolry)li the bridal party, and drove them at the conclusion of the eere_ • It was understood that a dolle- n hard cash was given to the bride le 'fond father, and the people d about who had come to look upbn e as an impecunious indivridual, dazed by the lavishness of -ere oc-. n. The sequel -will account for milk in the cocoa,nut.' - Mr. J. V. Detlor, of Goderich, died nday, the 23rd of June. The de - d gentleman had been sick for al months and had been a great er, but lie bore his' affliction with - patience and Christian fortitude. ts 110111 ill the county of Lennox, ary 1411, 1806, and during the part of life he was engaged in g, lumbering an -d general` mer- e businees. In l851 lie removed. derich, and having been prosper - and by his e.stimable persobak ies having secured the respect ofi fellow townsmen, he was erected_ e honorable position of Mayor times. Ite also served for several in the county and town council% n the Board of High School Trus - He was a desceinlant of the Pal:- t , and his grandfather and father, the American revolution, rather eke up arms against the British past was. prepared by Mrs: Coornbes, taifi for the " workers " on the occasion, of 47-6'1 which " " partook, and expressed. themselves; highly pleased therekvith. • ov —At the last regular meeting of Exe- ter Division Sons of Temperance No. • 199, the following officers were duly elected. for the current quarter: Bro. John • Carrick, W. g.; - Sister flora Verity, W. A.; )3ro. M:RodUsatr, E. S.; Sister S. Balsdon, A. R. S.; Bro. J. 3. Pickard, F. S.; Bro. Richard Crock- er, Treasurer; Bro. :Alb. F. Manning, Con.; Sister Mary .Giclley, Assistant Cone Bre. T. Wanless, S1; Bro. wit Puke, 0. S.; Sister E. Smaie, organist; nee Bro. J. TaY1 or, Chap. . _ est —We are pleased to learn that the He Rev. Mr. Livingstone has been returned Irel to Kippen circuit for another year. He 111 -1 - is an excellent minister, and stands *reit high in the estimation of all who know sett him. His a,mtitble deportment has 8103 greatly increased the congregatioias and, OWi it is to be hoped, that in the current Wb year much good. will be accomplished. of t Wade, of the 5t13 line of 'HOWick, came riage. • Ile tied, or thougbt he tied. the r,esP., horses securely in Mrs. Days' shed, and 'fen to Gorrig with a team ot horses and car- ethi:.: went up street on business. Suddenly „ a crash was heard which was caused by a"e the carriage striking egainet a post and char the horses; after breaking the pole of the — carriage and thus- freeing themselves, rat with lightning speed up the hill at the south end of the village, and disap- peared. On 'examinationfit was found that Mr. Wade had: ta,ken the tie ropes from the carriage and tied orie end of each to the rings in the shed, but had. He preedles on Sabbath, as usual, at earn Fansville, 10 a. Kippen, hall_ the ,past three in the afternoonpj Sexstnith, half -past sixin the evening. —One evening last week Mr. Win. v • On h wha forgotten to. fasten the other to the • 0 M horses. .• Abo —A young lad named Jesse Cooke I ter met with a painful accident last week, ebra while doing etatute labor in- East Wa- of th wanosh. He was engaged, in drawing real gra-Vet with a,. spirited team, when an- appe other teatn tried to run past him, and seen Cookt to prevent- him, . started to run for ti his teeth-, arid in going over some rough The ground the neck -yoke broke,• and the A 11 tongue ran along the groimd. ; the 4 tile t wagon becoming unmanegea,blp it was totally d.emol sh the gr with run against -a, tree with such force as to home break Cook's leg in two the knee.. The horses we the collision., Medical moned and ok is doin could. be expe ted. • —On the 1( th ult.; the friends of the Canada M bath Schools f Kippen ci very enjoyabl day in .ft grove, near F insville, in of Hate, ethic was rende to the lovers f simple a engaging in quoits, and e quiet and ear use Byfon's nords, Soft love to eyes which spoke a indeed a unio ceptation of ti we observed den.orainations Which the yo the tables deco chomestsdelica ees deservee teertoon-the r s -ed by I llis, and th the midst of tha,eth pesreeLeievati mentioned gentleman Was vel box and - m0 -11Y pieces above ; ti -0111. e stopped by ! 15 t) id was sum- MUD as well as Moor were - children and easio thodist Sala cuit spent a . a-- Ferguson's on Su he township cease .ed attractive sever. uPernents, by suffer laying (teem et, base -ban, . great winging, and the more He w eable anius ment, or—to Febru eyes looked • early fain." It was the full ac- cautil as much as to Go he different ous, he way in qualit ansville had , all his uquets, and ; to- th special no- three large corn- years vs. R. Tre- ami o: minister in tees. :g stone. ! atines gs the last during soinewh.at 1 than t mc -mc in e term, in entibers of present. n a ladies of ate(1 with b tice. In the a pany was ad. leaven, J. 0. F charge, Rev. j1ILY asmorm"vrirr forces, left came to ("; 8atps inch time, than From his t'slal the Metienliel lest took a '41 welfare, ea -alter in resperitY f"r ,s 1111 • c 'Ciltrs' °},°,1ileei,131aa,,eact,i_liuti:',IL.atlits.leletil a .),,NtIsai''i- ( ii.i ''sketemed to kilt hiliasvese(risiieco.t:s Iii • for her, and ii :s'ItS:ee. : \ irvalgri i°ellraelltli-11;I' '...1 11 )Th'1 t'lllilt:1' •/uncle hetter t fully- recovere. , afterwards al; . o atiomrgkit to sIal(eet) rf) iflin) 4,eiri: z el:kfti 1, ,1,1, naviteetsoosie,;:e: a-el's skill and ment. • Your la:11S NI IT 1;i; .Nimmina4 - Let To the Ea.& DEAR, Snt, mart: ‘vit;nvolltiigiiit to believe at funds, but h. munieipalit it is simply ta like Seaforth -be left in tOt81 they have hee that the part) tend to the ti jected onreJig out on Sundal other well-kui itt ti mueh, but in; - especially en PlY1p:1ss ab ela:epaths e1-1, like to ask yo eifTiet bouses shouid btelii with the foot prineipal str ratepayers a would be mu any one sho vieite:rtnite:sp nnm-its the toot pati z the lanips ex SReeve ineJu: 0011113rstionuotiltie fhowever, 1 ' -" 4vie them ) nights for t otherwise at may find t Yours truly - Mach su ing to want • failure of a- -The Go apscal, in 1 'excursion o' ,—Several ;anring 'the lemma Tor —Bicycle ready bee to the Que C6n held at Pa John. Mae(' -era' local p • The weath but there NN ent. —The t bag the pie der, will in Westmore opens on tI meeta are e se -An att burg to hi of the \to • Railway, library 00 Two shots effect. —A rcql of influen • proper stet • tion of pea eented all probe)) made for Toroeto two tars • across frol cars were -extursion • Her linein home and occurred. classes in ricultural alarm in of mach - fresh de these nia —remunera they are d eery, tO a bad seat tective" —The Ives an arising '1: arms, of etantly r hoard the trip, while Mines. youna latel; arra on his - While col his part • thim ou therm are ing the w pulle -going off • nelPs th Pi