Loading...
The Huron Expositor, 1878-12-13, Page 1, 187a tiles and reel - v. W. H. Kerr, vonaldson, Dr. of Loflte. tshed by tlie its were served rter, Esq., oc_ usual ability. to 00 -tit $32, iart14 the erec- !'ffulatior equal to bett4.r than. any qiiancingeash. - ADAM GRAY. "ft adlast them to reated from, Cora. CLINE & Co. RLS." NDt1) SILKS, ,ND DRAB, a RI> CES, CO' NILES, ,7.50F at S. RLS' 5, 70e I 25 175 2 70 s . 400 12 50 as 16 00 20& AS. 4 .. 1 AT 22' 00s M ONE Y,. -0 ROBES, -Eurchased at the Had- - ontreal, Prime E3ES7 .Mowing • low ..$10 50 asrfect. & 50 - 00 (; 00 550 400 300 2 00 )8a -ler in TWELFTH .YJAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 575. SEAFO "TH, FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 1878. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE: VOR SALE.-FOr Sale a first class Planing Mill,.nearly new and in good running Order,. situated in the flourishing Town of Beaforth, Will be sold cheap. _Terms eau. Enquire of SECOBD, COSSENS & CO., Goderich, Out. •Lsou SALE. -The subscriber has for male a 50 acre lot in the tOwnship of McKillop, County of Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well timbered with beech and maple. The property Jain be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON, Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517 p•HOICE FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4, N-1 Con. 7, Ilullett, County of Huron; 100 acres; 80 cleared, well urlderdrained, and in a good state of cultivation; buildings convenient and good; terms easy. For furthei,. particulars apply to • Messrs. McCAUG10.1Y & HULMESTED, Saaforth, or on the preraisea to WM. E. COLDWELL. Con- stance O. 555 NTALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, • the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, R. R. S., Tnckersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 84 miles frcira the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further particulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite thepremises, or to Egmonclaille P. 0. 524 VARM FOR SAVA -For Sale, Lot 14, Con. 7, -a: Hallett, contalniig 100 acres, 8001 vrhieh are cleared and free fron stumps. There is a frame dwelling house with stone cellar underneath, also frame barn. and stable. Plenty of good water and a small orchard. Is within six -and -a -half miles of Clinton and about 9 miles from Seaforth. Ap- ply at THE EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. 528 'WARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 11, Con. 3, -A. H. R. S., ruckersmith, containing 50 acres, about 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and antler good cultivation. No buildings. Is within one mile and a half of Seaforth, on. the ,Gtand Trunk, and 6 miles from Kipper", on, the Great Western. A. good gravel road leading to each place. Apply to C. It. VANEGXOND, Egmend- ville. • 575 TIOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.=?For Sale, a frame dwelling house and one-fifth aere of land. The property is situated opposite the resi- dence 01 9. G. McCaughey, Esq., and is very pleas- antly located. The house is convenient and com- fortable. A good, well and cellar. The lot is a corner lot, and has in it a few choice bearing fruit trees. This property will be sold cheap. Apply to the proprietor, JOHN ATKINSON. 560 "VARM FOR SALE. -That well-known and fine- -A; ly situated faara, Lot 1, Con. 1, Ilullett, in the County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared ; there are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house and driaringhouse ; also orehardand abundance of water. The farm is aituated two miles from the Town of Semforth, on the Huron Road. For full partienkra apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLME- STED, Seaforth, or to SLNION YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premise& 553-4x VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that most desir- able farrn, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated i relies from Kinburn. and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildinga on the promises, ineluding a firat-class stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A. spring creek runs through the farm; good orchard, good fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the preilaises to JAMES Mc - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea- ford'. 662 TaROPERTY FOR SALE.--a-For Sal e, Lot 14, Con 16, Grey ; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheeue faetory complete; Lot? la, Co. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Cone 5, toirn- ship of Mores.; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township of Ilowiek, all good improved farms, together with severed 60 acre farms in Grey and Morrie, and houses and lots and vacant lots in the village of .Hrusaels. Prices low, terrns easy, sad title good. Apply to j0 -HN LECKIE, Brasile& 574 VALUABLE FARM FOR . SALE. -For Sale, T' Lot 11, Con. 8, H. It. -S.., Tuckeramith„ con - tabling 100; acres), 90 of whieh are cleared and in aped atate of cultivation, being.well underdrain- ed, the balance is gbod hard -wood bush. Good stone holm, frame barn and stables ; well watered, and good. bearing orchard. Li- situated about 6 relies- from Seaford' and Brucefield, and 31 from Kippen. Schnol close by,. and. all other conveni- ence& For farther particulars apply to DAVID MORE,. on . the prentiaes„ or to Egmenclaille P.0. • . 543 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale the - • went half of Lot 27, ;Con. 8, McKillop„ eon, 'ening 50 acres, known as the Daigle estate. This arm is -situated. within one mile and a quarter Of 8eaforth. The land is of the choicest quality. There is a handsome residence and good outbuild- ings. TIxe farm ia well planted withfruit and or- namentaltrees,. is in .excellent order, and: well fenced. It is admirably shited for a relired gen- tleman, a dairy -man, or. market; gardener. Terms easy,: This property must be sold at once. -Apply MA. STRONG, Scatortil. 539. PARMS FOR SALE. -For Sale, two splendid farms in Ilaborne, Huron County, being Lot 31, Con. 8, containing 106 acres, 85 cleared, dis- tant from. Exeter or 11ensall 4 miles, has good brick house and good out -buildings. Aide south half of Lot 32, Con. 1, London Road, distant from Exeter 3 miles, and from Hensel]. 211 miles, (both stations on the London, Huron and Bruce Rail- way), go od triune house and good outbuildings. Both farms aro well fenced, well watered, have avdenclid orchard s, and are convenient to school house and ohu relies. For particulars apply on Lot 31 to RUSSELL T. BOSS, or to Rodgerville R. 0. 57414 pAilmIN McKILLOP FOR SALE. -.--For Sale, the North part of Lots 8 and 9, Con. 13, Mc- Killop, containing 112 acres; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, underdrained, and in a high state of cultivation, the balance is well timbered' with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame D arn 50r56, with stabling underneath, and other Outbuildings; also a good young orchard* and plenty of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Wal- ton, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel roads to each place ; convenient to church and schools; will bo sold as a, whole or in two parts. Apply to Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the prem- ea._WILLIAM DYNES. 547 VARA! FOR SALE. -The subscriber offers for "41- sale Lot 22, Con. 12 of the township of Stan- ley, eoutainbag one hundred acres, 83 acres clear ed and in a good state of cultivation, 'and good fences, balance 17 acres good hardwood bash; one half of clearing seeded down, there will be 13 acres of wheat put in this iall, there is a -bout 8 'kens of a thriving orchard on tlie premises and a vatiety of fruit trees all now bearing. The toani it well watered, a never failing creek funs through the farm, also two good wells, large hank barn 36 lay 60 feet with good stabling under- neath the barn. and 6, log dwelling house. The farm is situated within two and a half miles of the Tillat.7e of 13aytield. For further particulars apply to 8. MeLEAN, proprietor on the promises or to W. Connor, Eayfield P. O. 672 LARGE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, East half of Lot 4 and Lot 3, Con. 13, Hullett, con- taining 223 acres of land, 180 acres cleared and nearly free from stumps, the balance is heavily timbered. with beech, maple, elm and basswood, and is iirst-class, not having been cul -led.; there are 65 acres iu fail wheat, 80 acres newly seeded down and is a good catch ; the laud is of the finest quality, being a rich (Jay loam; the land lays a little rolling, but not hilly ; it is watered by a never failing spring creek ; there are three and a half acres of a oting orehartl, with apples, pears, Plums'peaches and cherries just beginning to bear; the buildings are largo and commodious ; the barn is 58x60, and is nearly new; the driving house and stable is 400:60, and is also new; the iletme is a large two-story frame, with good stone cellars under the whole building., and. is filled be- tween studding with lime and gravel; the farm is aitnated 16 miles from Seaforth, 12 from Clinton and 6 from aonaeonotousa; there is a good gravel road from the place to all -the above markets; there isa school house and ost office within half a mile ; a good part of the purchase money can remain on mertgage long enough to make it out (Ileath? Oeffipclea.". lIOMAS ATKINS°Ne Hair56irk • AUST.R BOUNDARIE North, the Arafura S a and Torres Strait; east, the South Paeific Ocean; south, Bass Strait and he South Pa- cific ; west, the Indian qoean. EXTENT. Australia is the larges island in the -world. It extends from 100 45/ to 380 45/ south latitude; and from 112 20/ to 153 0 30/ east ongtitude. Its greatest length from eas to west *is 2,- 554 miles audits greates breadth from north to south is 1,933 ilea Its area is about 3,000,000 NI are miles, or nearly equal to the Co tinent of Eu- rope. PHYSICAL OUT INE. There are three i eat mountain ranges in Austra1ia-th0 great dividing range of the east and south-east, ex- tending through Que nsland, New South Wales mad Victo is, the South Australian range and th main range of the west, running parall 1 to the coast of- Western Australia. ach of these is somewhat different from the others in its geological charactzr and in the minerals which it contais s. The great range of the east and s )uth east con - Sista mainly of granite, upper sifurian rocks and a vast thick ess of carbon- iferous sandstones. All the richest gold 1. olds of Aus- tralia are more or less c •sely connected with this range, and ext nsive and val- ua.ble coal beds are fo nd among its carboniferous strata. he mountain range of South Australi is -composed for the most part of st ata and sand- stone df Palmozoic age a d abounds in copper. From the mountain ranges to- wards the coast the slop is in general pretty rapid and the and originally covered with heavy ti ber is on the whole well watered an fertile. The -landward slope, on the ther hand, is very gradual, sweeping g ntly away to- wards the interior, and. hen fairly suP- plied with water afford splendid pas- tu re.The extensive traet f countrydrain- ed by the Darling,the L chlan,the Mur- rumbridge and the urray contains pastoral and agricultur I lands. The interior has now been crossed in sev- eral directions and its more prominent features are pretty - well known. It consists mainly of an extensive low- lying plateau of ridgy, ndulating sur- face, broken occasionalls by ranges of hills and masses of laa,s ltic rock, but with an average elevatio of only a few hundred feet above the 1 vel of the sea. There are hot, stony de erts, tracts of barren sand, dotted here and there with shallow basins'of salt, •lains of light red earth, where noth ng grows but scattered tussocks of coa ae spinifex or samphine, and other pi ces where the tussocks are aCcompanie. only by the gum trees (Eucalypti), •eculiar to the country ; but on the oth r hand there are also extensive tracts of undulating country comparatively1 well watered, which in favorable seaso s are covered with a luxuriant veg ation- As a, whole, however, the i terior is very Badly watered. Whil rain falls, streams are abundant and the low grounds are converted in o shallow lakes or marshes, but when he dry season returns, the streams are soon changed into disconnected pools nd finally dis- appear . altogether. Th lagoons are dried. up, and all is parc ed and arid as before. From t is cans there will al- ways be consider ble ria t in turning to any practical account tr as of country which at certain seaso s show abun- dant fertility. Vast po ions of the in- terior are still altogether unknown, but are being gradually expl. red. The con- tinent is already travers d from north to South by the telegrap wire, and it is conteraplated at no very distant period to have a line of railwa in the same direction. LAKES. So far as is yet knownj nearly all the larger lakes of Australia consist of salt or brackish water, while jthe fresh water lakes are few and of no eat extent. AUSTRALIAN ALPS, CEIIF SUMMITS. Mount Kosciusko, 7, 00 . feet, the iv am highest mountain in Au tr. RIVERS. The Murray, 2,400 mi es f• rom Forest Hill, on the borders o New South fl o s north west, , Wales and Victoria, forming the boundary etween these two celonies, then wet and south through South Austral a and passing through Lake Alexandri a or Victoria, fall into Encountu Bay. The Murray receives from the Nort the Darling 2,000 miles,and the Mur umbidgee and from the South the M tta-Mitta, the Ovens, the Goulburn he Campaspe and Loddon. The MU ay and Mur- rumbidgee are nayigabl for hundreds of miles, and in the seas n wool is sent down to the seaboard. CLIMATE. .• More than a third of Australia lies within the Torrid Zone, nd the climate of this portion paztake4 of the usual tropical character. Generally speaking the climate is remarkab e for its dry- ness. Although not at t e same period of the year in all the colouies, each seems to have its wet a d dry seasons with considerable regula ity. In- West- ernsaud. South Australia the wet sea- son occurs 'pretty regularly during, the winter months -June, J ly and August. In New South Wales tae climate is more variable, and in Vitoria there is generally a season of we weather dur- ingtwo of the autumn maths, March and. April a,ud auothEjr during the spring months, September and October. South Australia, Victoria and New , South Wales are all liable to be visited by a hot dry wind from - ?.•.; orth 'or ' Northwest during the summer. While it Continues this hot dry -wind produces ' a certain degree of lara,auOr and a gen- eral depression of spirits, i but usually it is not of long continuaace. At other times the summer is beautiful and the air although hot is pure.' The eastern slope of Queensland sems to be free, from the peculiar hot wi4d which -visits I the other colonies, and tjhe climate of , • this colony has been compared o that of Madeira. It is rather a re i. arkable fact that the mean annual tem rature of Queensland has fallen gradua ly from 720 in 1869 to 68 0 in 1874. 1 With the exception of the - co st of North l Australia the climate of all the colonies is considered healt y, and that o Western Australia is g nerally &HOW d to be pre-eminently s a The mean summer temperature o Mel- bourne is about equal to that of Paris. GOVERNMENT, RELIGION AND ED CATION. The -political government of t e AUS- tralian eblonies as well as of N w Zea- land is a constitutionat one, and , of great similarity. The Exec tive •is , vested in a G-overnor appointed by the Crown, aided by an Exacutive eland', principally consisting of R,es onsible Ministers. The Legislature co sista of two Houses, the Upper one beine desig- nated the Council, the TO 63)1 ers of which are generally nominat d, and those of the Lower one the As embly, elected. State aid to Religion nd De- nominational teaching is b coming gradually abolished. TJniaersi ies are established in Sydney, Melbou; e and Dunedin, and one is conterapl ted in Adelaide. Free grants of a lib al na- ture for Elementary Educat on are .made by the State. The abol tion of school fees was initiated by Que nsland. Victoria subsequently passed &s Act by which public education in that colouy became free compulsory and. se lar. PRODUCTIONS -VEGETABLE , The forests consist mainly of arious species of Eucalypti, the gum ees of the colonists, -while gullies ar filled with a luxuriant giowth of t 1 tree ferns and palms, mingled wit sassa- fras and blackwood trees. Th white gum (Eucalyptus) is one of the `largest trees of Australia, often growi g to a heightof 300 feet, and upwar s, with aa diameter of 10 or 11 fee ,-- with pink or white blossoms, which 'xi this country are the representatives of the British heaths, this with the te tree oc- eupies large tracts of more:open ountry. The following are some of t more valuable and Ornamental tre s and other plants. Moreton Bay pi e, Nor- folk Island pine, the cedar f New South .Wales, blue gum, whit gum, jarrah, mahoeany sandal woo „ebony rasbetry wood., gold and silvei Most of the fruit trees and other v getable productions belonging to tropi al and temperate climates are &build iIit, and -attain to great perfection., ,Th cocoa- nut, banana, pine apple, almond lemon, melon, sugar cane, coffee tr 'es and ether tropical fruits are coin i on in Queensland and New South Wa es. In several places there are e tensive orange groves, peaches, pomeg anates, withallthe ordinary fruit tree found in English gardens are everywla e com- mon. Cotton and sugar are ex ensive- ly cultivated in Queensland. Of the former, according to the returns ' f 1873, nearly 10,000 acres were under ultiya- tion, and ef the latter 15,000. Large quantities of tobacco are grown pi sev- eral districts, and vineyards are umer- ous and extensive. In Victori' alone there are 300 acres under the (Amoco plant, and nearly 6,000 acres ar plant- ed with vines. The yield of to :acco in 1871 was 2,307 cwt., and in t e same year the vineyards produced 1, 50 tons of grapes, about 714,000 gallons wine and 1,600 gallons of brandy. !Wheat, maze, oats, barley and other icereals and root crops are extensively c ltivat- ea in most of the colonies. Th wheat Of South Australia is well knoss to be of very superior quality, and con titutes a large export, not only to the a jacent colonies, but occasionally to the other Country. . ANIMALS. The indigenous animals of A straina are no, less peculiar than itsnative vegetation. Marsupials, or uched animals, form its most disting ishing feature. Of these there are op i1ssums, several species of kangaroos, wor bats, phalangers, dm. Some very cubit' animals also belong to the fa ily en- dentata, or toothless animals. There are two specimens of ,porcupi 1 e, and that extraordinary of all know ani- mals half mole half bird. The e with the dingo or native dog, several pecies of bats and 21 species of rodents,r ts,and flying squirrels, constitute the la • d ma- malia of this island continent. BIRDS. Birds of various kinds are nu di erous 1 and more particularly the parro i kind, are famed for their beauty. T 1 e vul- ture, white eagle, falcon, hawk, parrots, paroquets, cuckoos, cockatoos, ml: gpies, quails, pigeons, turkeys or bustari s, and the lyre -bird, the pheasant of Au tralia, the emu, black swans, wild gees;, ducks -of various kinds in great abunda 'ce. . - REPTILESL ,t Ten species of serpents are fo nd in Australia, and of these aeved pecies are venomous. PIM. There are very few species o fresh water fish. The most noted is ti e Mur- ray cod, found most abundantlyi in the Murray and in smaller quantidee in several other rivers. This fish 1 grows to a, great size, and is said 1 to be - excellent food. Black fish and eels are also found in the river: Li river - estuaries are found isream, mullet, and a small fish called 4erring or grayling. The salmon an trout, have in parts been successfully intro- duced and acclimatized. ANIMALS INTRODUCED. Nearly all the more useful which belong to Britain, are no mon in Australia. In the colony of 'Victoria t o im- mense nuggets have been dis verecl, each weighing over 2,000 oz. f the finestsgold. In 1871 nearly 60, 0 per- sons were engaged in gold re ng in -Victoria, and the gold exported a cant- ed to 1,355,477 oz. J. . M. . -An attempt was made 14 ely to burn the Collingwood Baptist urch. A pane of glass in the rear of the hurch was broken and a quantity of turning 1• 1.1 • • nirnais COR:1- III 1 I • cis • rags, saturated with coal oil, thrust through. The caretaker discovered them while they were blazing. Canada. Over 900 people have lately been vaccinated at the Lunatic Asylum in London. - There are six oil refineries now in in operation in. London. The trade is improving. -A herd of twelve fine deer were dis- covered feeding in a field near Chesley a, few days ago. -It is said that their Royal High- nessea Prince Alfred and Arthur will visit Canada next summer. -The firm of Ogilvie dc do.,Montreal, are at present shipping wheat from Manitoba,to Duluth by rail. -The credit Valley Railway has dis- continued funning between Ingersoll and Woodstock for the winter. -The by-iaw for the incorporation of the village of Tiverton has been passed. by the County Council of Bruce. -Red River is frozen over opposite Winnipeg city, and - predestrians crossed for the first time on November 27th. -Scarcely a day passes in Montreal without some person being fined $75 and costs for -selling liquor without a license: -Mr. W. F. Alloway, agent for the firm ,of Ogilvie 86. Co., travelled all rail from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Montreal in 76 hours. -..An elegant copy of Stewart's book on Lord Dufferin's Administration in Canada has been bound, aid is to be presented to the Queen. --A newspaper, fond of dealing in de- tails, comes to us with the intelligence that a dog belonging to the Princess Louise has the influenza. - James Hodgins, a farmer on the • 8th concession of Biddulph, was killed 'Satarday afternoonT hy, the fall of a tree which he was in the at of. felling. -Joseph Schmidt, a, former resident of Wilmot, died in. the Count Y House of Refuge, Berlin, a few weeksago, at the ripe age of 90 years and 11 months. aasPetroleuni has been discovered at Cobden, in Renfrew county. It is highly inflammable and will burn brightly even in its present crude state. -The London police have been fell- a mg into dissra,ce. Detective Phair has been fined te'enadays' pay, and Police Constable Poaters disemissed, for dere- liction -dainty, sa I -Mr: Klosternian,' it manufacturer in London Emit, has started a manufac- tory tor the purpose of making chewing gum from petroleum. Now boys,hurrah ! for a coal oil chew. 16 18 said Mayor Beaudry, of Mon- treal, intends retiring this term, and that Mr. LeprohOn, well known and re- spected by all classes, will be asked to accept the nomination.. " -Rev. Job Turner, a deaf mute mis- sionary from Virginia, translated the afternoon , service at St. James' Cath- edral, Toronto, last Sunday for the benefit of the unfortunate. - Some farmers of Cowansville sent a hundred dollars' worth of turkeys over the line without paying the duty. The - United States Customs' officer distri- buted the birdsround to his friends. , -Complaints are being made by farmers living in the neighborhood of Mossboro' and Breslau, that consider- able shooting is being done on Sundays by regardless sportsmen from Guelph. -One day last week while. a lunatic was being] brought to .the Asylum in London, from St. Thomas, he jumped from the window of the car, and is at present roaming about the township of Westminster. -A London sportsman while out gunning in the nighberhood of Wards- ville the other day, succeeded in bring- ing down a wild turkey that weighed 30 pounds and. two ounces. It will be cooked. in sections. - Mr. Hickson's car'which conveyed the vice -regal party to Ottawa, was broken into immediately after being brought back to Montreal, and the remnants of the vice -regal lunch ap- propriated by the thieves. -A philanthropic dry goods man in Montreal gave, all the newsboys of the city a pair of undershirts, flannel socks and mufflers and- then treated. them to lunch. All the newsboys to the smallest tee-totum i will vote for that man. -A young man named Allan Far- quhar, 22 years of age, while at his residence at Western Head, Nova Scotia, accidentally fell. He had a knife in his hand, which entered his throat, severing an artery. He died in a few minutes. -Mr. James Wells, silo resides near Kingston, had last spring ten hives of bees-this:fall he has thirty-one. From the whole he gathered 2,200 pounds of beautifully extracted honey, leaving 600 pounds in the hives for winter consump- tion; total 2,800 pounds. -It is reported that the Governor- General and the Princess, while in Mon- treal, disguised themselves in very com- mon clothes, and took a walk through the city, returning after, dark. • The distinguished couple were dressed. some- what like habitans, and were not iden- tified, although the streets were crowd- ed. -A young man named Wm. Mc- Donald, a native and former resident of Ayr, and for the last few years super- intendent of a button manufactory in Brooklyn, N. Y., died of consumption on the 14th ult., in Calorado, where he had gone in quest of health. He went direct to Pueblo, and had been there only a few days when be died. He left a wife and one child in the East. -The Ontario Government is to be asked to offer a reward for information of the whereabouts of the girl Mar- garet McVey, whose mysterious disap- pearance from her father's home, in the township of Yarmouth, has caused so much distress to her relatives. The Russ twins, who were suspected of knowing something about the girl, offer fifty dollars for her recovery, and the father of the gin has increased his offer, of a, reward. from $100 to $1,000. -By the recent storm on the Atlan- tic, the Toronto expert firm lost six thousand head of cattle. It is estimat- ed that cattle to the value of $3,000,000 have been exported from Toronto this year. -The Princess Louise received. a despatch Monday afternoon announcing that her sister, the Princess Alice of Hesse, was dangerously ill -with diph- theria. It is not long since that the Prin - cess Alice lost a child by the same dread disease. -Mr. T. W. McConkey, the Gospel temperance lecturer, has been meeting with good success in Milton. Crowded houses greeted him every evening, and after three nights lecturing he had obtained over 200 names on the pledge - roll, some of them hard drinkers. -.Toe Beef, the Montreal saloon keeper, has been presented with &Bible by some members of the Young Men's Christian Association, and has in re- turn presented a watch and chain to Mr. Jennings, who for some time past has held gospel meetings in Joe's sa- loon. -Captain Crozier, of the North-west' Mounted Police, whose comma.nd is stationed. at Cyprests Hills, arrived at Belleville on Friday and will remain There with his parents during the win- ter. He was eighteen days earning from Fort McLeod and reports all quiet amongst the Indians. - Miss Louise Currier, 14 years old, daughter of Mr. Wm. Currier, black- smith, of Chatham, has just completed inside of 12 months (besides attending to her school studies and assisting her mother in the house work) a friendship quilt, containing 1016 pieces, all of different patterns. - The Irish Catholic, Union of Mon- treal has disbanded. It appears that Father Dowd. has been using his in- fluence against the organization for some time, and in addition, it has run out of funds. It was organized with the special object of giving armed oppo- sition to Orangeism. -Mr. Edward Hornbostel, who shot Miss Ryder,in Guelph in October last,has returned to his farm in Puslinch. He says that a settlement has been effected with the father of the girl he so serious- ly injured. It is said that 4250 was the amount paid.. He is still liable to the charge of carrying a revolver. -On Saturda,y a little boy skating in Ottawa broke through the ice and _would have been drowned had it not been for the courage of a negro boy named Charlie White, wile plunged in after him and held him up until assist- ance arrived. Both boys were badly frozen and are confined to bed. -The steamer Quebec has arrived at Sarnia, where she -Will be laid up for the winter, after having been repaired and thoroughly overhauled at Detroit. She is prenounced by shipbuilders in Detroit to be stronger and more sea- worthy than ever, and is said to be worth at least 45,000 more than she was before her mishap. -Simultaneous with the arrival of the new Governor-General Mrs. Rich- ard Cridlin; of Walsitigham, presented her " Dick " with triplets -two boys and a, girl all doing well. The girl is to be named. Louise. The two boys are to be named Lorne and National Policy. Of course the Campbells are expected to come down handsomely. -Last Saturday night a hotel keeper, of Byron, when returning from London and whea only a few hundred yards from the city limits was intercepted by a couple of men, who stopped. his horse and dragging him from the buggy, beat him unmercifully ,they then jumped into the buggy and drove off. Mr. Fortner has no idea who his assailants were. -Mayor Beaudry, of Montreal, want- ed her Royal Highness the Princess to drive with him in Mrs. Tiffin's carriage, which he borrowed for the occasion, from the Bonaventure depot to the Windsor Hotel, but this was not exactly. in accordance with the rules of etiquette, and his Worship was informed tahan. tetheir Excellencies must drive lo -Allan Rose, the old man who fell from a sidewalk on Sandwich street, Windsor, a couple of weeks ago, died last Friday night in Harper's hospital, from injuries then received. The body was taken to his home near Fairfield, Kent County, Ontario, where his family of five or six children live. Rose was returning home from a visit to a son in Minnesota, when he met with the accident which has resulted in chis death. -A number of changes are being made in the main departmental build- ing at Ottawa. The entrance to pas- sages on either side of the Chanaber are being altered to correspond with those of the House of Commons, while in the reporter's new closet, apartments are being erected for the reporters, in which the Blue'Books are to be placed. Every Speaker carries away his chair, and a chair is now being made for the next oc- cupant. -John Johnson, a notorious horse thief, made his escape from Woodstock jail, on Saturday evening, by digging a hole through the wall of the jail. Johnson was awaiting trial at the gen- eral Sessions which will be held next Tuesday. A reward of two hundred dollars is offered for his capture. He is about five *feet eleven inches in height, with light complexion, active/ move- ments and a great talker, and is very egotistical. -A couple of tramps were in Milton a few days ago soliciting charity on the plea that they were deaf and dumb. Mille standing before the residence of one of the citizens,however,they were heard. conversing a,bout the advisability of canines One said, That's a likely lookin' place." The other said, "Yes, fashionable folks livin' there; they ought to give us somethina" and they crossed over and rang the bell." The deaf and dum sham leaked out on them, however, and, they were subse- quently taken i • charge as vagrants, and the Mayor ve them thirty days in jail. ' -In London the other day, two men and A Wo an, loose characters, were charged *th playing cards on Sunday in the ce of a county con- stable. They pleaded guilty, and the men were fined 8 and $7 respectively. The woman wa discharged. -Last Monday morning John Chea- dle, & brakesraat on a Grand Trunk freight dovvrt a decline' mile west of Weston, traih, inutting on brakes going Er missed his footing and fell between two cars, but fortunately he lodged between the rails, and escaped with a fractured wrist and a few bruises and cuts on the head. -The annual Convention of the dif- ferent representatives of the Temper- ance Lodges in Canada and the United States was held,in Galt last week. A large number of representatives was present and business of much impor- tance to the cause transacted and dis- cussed. Mass meetings were held in the evening. -A man named Alei. Camelon was killed in the township of Darling, in Lanark County, on the 5th inst., in fell- ing a larcibe tree. The butt sprang back crushing bus thigh against a rock and severing an artery. He bled to death in about two boars, no medical assist- ance being at hand in time. Mr. Came- lon was married, and leaves a yoimg widow to nioura lais loss. , -The cheese -maker at Wolverton, Oxford County, has cleared out to parts unknown, leaving behind him- his wife and family, 'besides a great many en- quiring friends, singing notes to the tune of from a suit of clothes to $125. He said. the daylbefore he went that he was going to visit a brother in Illinois, but he bought al travelling bag in which to put his cloth; and money. ,- - Mr. Jas. ykes, the well-known draughts champion, was reported dead by the daily papers on Monday, it being stated that he died at Wardsville from an over -dose of 1 morphine. The same dity he made his appearance in London, to the great astonishment of his friends and the public, in general, and em- phatically denied the allegation. The report arose from a stupid joke. -Last Saturday evening Paul H-uyck a farmer of North Fredericksburg, was found dead on the roadside a short dis- tance_ from hisi residence. It is sup- posed -he was thrown from his horr, his foot catching in the stirrup, when lie redeived a kick from his horse in the forehead. which fractured Ins skull, Opausing intan1 death. He was 35 years , of age, narried, and was inuch addicted to dri . - The Circassian, from Glasgow, brought to Montt -eel this week about 23 foreign, 28 Irish, and 69 English im- migrants, of which number 13 were for Quebec, 20 for Montreal, and the re- mainder for the west. During the pro- cess of transmission between the steamer and. Montreal, a G-erman wo- =tau became detached from the party, and another ha her purse stolen, ;con- taining all the oney she had. -A clever charCh treasurer in Col- lingwood becoming disgusted at the number of coppers thrust into the col- lection plate, resolved to withdraw the coppers from cisculabion altogether, so that his congrellsettion would be com- pelled to " come down handsomely" with silver. T s gentleman is report- ed to have 1,900 coppera on hand., but the importation of $100 of cents- has burst the ring and relieved the fin- ancial pressure. -The Agric ltural and Arts Asso- ciation of Onta 'o have made the award of a silver cup to John Mallon & Co. for the best fatt d pair of cattle at the Provincial Ex ibition in September last. The cu s a handsome article. It is set on a t od formed of a fork, a hoe, and a rakle bearing a figure of a fat Durham o n the Dtop, representa, tion of fat cattl on one side, and an ap- propriate inscri tion on the other. It is a very fine pr e. -The Peter orough police magis- trate claims an retains fees from three classes of cases viz.: those involving offences commit ea outside the town; wages cases and complaints to keep the peace, in which o punishment can be inflicted; Said t wn cases which never come to a heari g. The Town Council has referred the natter to their solicitor, to see if the nannicipality be not enti- tled to the whole or part of such fees, amounting, it is said, to Imo per year. -Mr. Sayers, of Ballinafad, while at- tending Division Court at Erin Village on Wednesday ast week, had a very valu ble team f horses and a light buggy stolen frort him. Owing to the muddy state of the roads it was impos- sible to tell whi li direction the thief had taken, and that could be done was to telegraph to the different points surrounding E n. The team is a valuable one. •ne of the horses is a bay color, and t e other a sort of roan. -A few days wheat in Toront 80 cents per bus get his money th the chagrin of hi W a tavern for stances were so the usual health farmer felt harm overburdened he or twa," but He cursed Sir J. ars with right g in his maledicti National Policy, acme of Ins agon a dash of concen exclaimed: "Ar "_Your wife," sa bow; "wbysolL ilat got me to v first Mine in na wheat would go never got so li go a farmer sold Ins at the low figure of el. When he went to purchaser, in pity for customer, took him horn. The circum- rying that instead of and " sentiments "'the lf bound to relieve his rt, not with an " aith -th a whole volley. ha and all hiS follow- • d was frightful ,ns of all Tories and and at last, in the very , and to give his oaths ration and variety, he d God. -my wife." a friend at Ins el- ard on her? Why, th Conservative for the life, telling inc that p, and there, hang it, tie in my life before - (I McLEAN BROS., Publishers. 101.5o a Year, in Advance, only 80 cents. So - my wife." We pity that wife. She may be coin- wAreonnptgr.e.al, made number of sisters in affliction, -and will forted, however. She has a goodly have more bhfore all the play is played out. bon, with 'a, view to regulating the proceedings the Municipal Council establish a ,Property Owners' Associa- Downey was convicted in theCircuit ' Court, St. John, N. •B., of having griev- ously assaulted a keeper in the peniten- taint opreventing too high rate of taxa - years' imprisonment It was contend- knowled.ge to distinguish between right pinsanity risoner guilty; that a mere ties of judging between right and. but the Judge instructed the jury that, and wrongs they could not but find the clear him unless it destroyed his facul- tiary, and he was sentenced to fifteen ed in his defence that he was insane, unless there was an entire lack of upon one or more subjects svould not -Ratepayers in St. Marys propose to -On Monday a convict named R. Beamdry, a millionaire, of bargain some years ago when he purchased a, lot in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, to which, for burial, he was about to transfer the bones of the late Members of his fam- ilythat they would keep the remains in the cemetery vault until he built a private vault for himself, the remains have never since been disturbed, and. Beaudry has made no movement to build his vault. The authorities of the cemetery have consequently taken pro- sceedings to recover rent for their vault, which Beaudry contests OR the group& that the .remains were to stay there without charge until a private vault was construeted. -Ottawa. is swarming with pick- pockets and thieves. Detective Ban- niag has recovered Maj. MacDottaldr& geld watch and chain and Connected it with the gang of pickpockets at paesent under arrest. The parties arrested at Prescott have been discharged, there being nothing againat them. It is not supposed any of them have given right -names. Stanley, it is known, passed as PhilhPs in Montreal. They all car- ried two caps, so that a sudden change of appearance could be effected. With Miller was found one 41,4300 bill and ten $100 bills. He is supposed to be the notorious Paddy Guerrin, supposed to have been implicated in an extensive jewellery robbery in Chicago. --Two brothers named Bacon trav- elled With a threshing machine in the township of Brock. One day lately while threshing at a farmer's plate in the township, the youngest. Ephraim, jumped on the machine while it was running at full speed to clear the ele- vators. On coming back he slipped into the cylinder and one of Ins legs was torn into shreds. The horses were i111- mecliately Atopped, but he had to stay in that position untll the machine w_as taken apart. Dr. McDermot, of Sun- derland, and Dr. Nation, -of Uxbridge, were called in with all haste, and de- cided to amputate the mutilated. limb, but his nervous system had received such a shock that he died from pros- tration befor0 could be -taken off. -Miss Elizabeth Garland, of Sim - else, a young lady 22 years of age, died somewhat suddenly on Sunday morn- ing, 1st inst. She went to bed in ap- parently good health, but was taken with vomiting during the night. Medi- cal aid was Bent for, but the girl lived. only a feaeminutes after the -doctor ar- rived. A post modem examination was held, when it.was found that she came to her death from congestion a the stomach. She had eaten her tea rather late and had partaken pretty freely of canned plums, which had been put 'down in an earthen jar, and the doctors thought it was possible the acid. of the plums might have cut the glazing on the inside of the jar, which is made of poisonous ingredients, causing the ir- ritation of the stomach and death. _ -Last Sunday afternoon, in Ottawa, the Governor-General, the Princess Louise, Lady Sophia McNamara, Col. McNeil, and several other members of the staff, walked from Rideau Hall to the Chaudiere Falls, and returned, mak- ing a similes' journey. Their Excellen- pies were mu -ch pleased with the ma- jestic grandeur of the falls. Her Royal Highness wore a plain cashmere dress, looped up to display a black satin petti- coat, a long grey cloak trimmed with fur, with opera hood attached, and a mink cap. Both ladies carried small canes. His Excellency Visited his offi- ces in the eastern department block for the first time on Monday. He will in future be there on Tuesdays and Fri- days, between the hours of eleven and one. The Princess Louise rises at an early hour every morning, and imme- diately after breakfast, uhless the weather is stormy, takes a walk in the grounds or the vicinity. -Montreal seems to be overrun with thieves and burglars. A gentleman. had. two registered letters stolen from his pocket while in the post -office on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday a gen- tleman was attacked near the cemetery and his watch stolen from him. The silver stolen on. Friday night from the residence of Afr. Henry Buireer was re- - covered. on Tuesday through the hon- esty of Hugh McNeil, a laborer, -vvhose son, a penitentiary bird, was implicated in the affair, and had brought the plun- der home and. hid it in the garret,where the father happened to find 16. The son attempted to ahoot his father, but failed, andafterwards fled from the city. About $2,000 worth of stolen goods have been recovered lately by the de- tectives which have been stolen from several stores in the city. There ap- pears to be a regularly organized society of burglars, known as the "Star Club, comprising a gang of dangerous charac- ters. The detectives thirds they have disbanded them for the present, hav- ing arrested several of them.