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The Huron Expositor, 1879-02-21, Page 1i'..BRUARY 14, 1879. Lu y member of the board.---! Moved. by Samuel Wallace,1 oy John Wood that the See- tuthorized to prooure mape' om the Educational Depart - School NG. 11.-aCarried. George Dobson, secoeded by allece, that the Board do now meet again at Egniondville, Saturday in Mardi, at M. -Carried. -Geo. Sznoer, Meeenee.-The Conricil met ry 5tla, at Dale's Hotel, Eg-. , all the members present. f last meeting read and. eon - Mee following alterations. ware the list of patbmasters E, gad() of Samuel Crich, Joseph in place of Jas. Crich, D.Dor- >lace of Joseph Nigh, Alexara demi in place of Wm. Mee. . McNaughton in place a alky, Alex. Sproat in place of Ike, John Steele, in place a le, Robert Elgie to Work on )etween 29 .end 21, COE.- 31 L. dor, Head, MoDonald, Sohn - art and Gormley to work on ession. John YO -3111g Was ap- Lesessor at a salary of $80. The Deputy Reeve were author- ifer with the Comicil of Sea John Beattie, Esq., regarding ut of a doctor's bill on ac- he boy Ahlborn, who lost an leg in the flax mill, Sea- le Committee appointed to e -x, abridge on, the 2nd Concession, „repeated the bridge in sal 1111.-- . title/a. Messrs. Walker, Han- Landsborough were appointed t with Mr. Bay, and procure -a new bridge, plans ttud speci- to be left at Mr.Hannah's, Lot R. B.: S. The Clerk was in- to -advertise in THE Exeoseree. for the erection of a new 1rhe Council adjourned to meet eee called by the Reeve. --Wm. Clerk. ved this week, at the Oak ;hing E stablishment, the Lorna in all the different ehades. re the latest novelties in the t the present time for a nobby ell and see thein0 RALLY & Seaforthe 1879 OUCALL & CO. j.NCE THEARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST CCDT.3-1\T PIPORTATIONS, THIS SEASON. . r OPD our art of which cOnsists of zgAT BARGAIN WEED AND TWENTY-FIVE :ES OF NEW IIIILLANDS, Viey 0 _er at the Following Prices : at 10, cents per yard„ last year at 12i, cents, per yard. at 124 cents per yard, last year at 15 cents per yard. at I. cents per yard, last year at IS cents par yard. at 17 cents per yard, last year at 20 cents per yard. at 20 cents -per yard, la,st year at 25 ceute per yard. PIECES 400 AMERICAN COTTONS, yarci 6 cents, 7 cents, 8 cents, and per yard. alue We 11 aye Ever Hack NNUAL STO6K-TAKINC: ow goiog on, and for NEXT TEN DAYS INANTS OF DRESS GOODS &e.,, will be sold at PRICEIJP AND SEE !THE GREAT BARGAINS. MGDOLiGALL & Cat Importers and Dealers is Dry Cioods Only. lItWE LF Tit Y EAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 685. BROADFOOT & BOX, SEAFORTH, U,NDEI3TAKERS, &C. Township AgricultUral So - • FUNERALS ATTENDED ON THE • SHORTE8T NOTICE. COFFINS AND SHROUDS ALWAYS ON HAND. HEARSE FOR HIRE. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. • 'fia011 SAT:Fa-For Sale a first class Planing 1 Mill, nearly new and in good running order, • situated in the flourishing-, Town of • Seaforth, Will be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquire of SECCrRD, COSSEN & CO., Goderieh, Ont. VOR SALE. -The subscriber has for sale a 50 1 -t: acre lot in the township of McKillop, County of • Huron, %Tures are cleared and the balance well timbered with heed' and maple; The property will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON, • 8elieitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517 "WARM FOR SALE. -For Sale,LotNo. 5, Bay- -k field Concession, Goderich -Township, con- taining 85 aotes, 50 of whieh aro cleared and in a good state of caltivation. The faxm is adjoining the village of Hayfield, and will be sold cheap and • on favorable terms. Apply to the proprietor, • JOHN GOVENLOCK. • - • 524 /1110ICE FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4, N-/ Cono7, Hallett, Comity of Huron ; 100 acres; se cleared, well underarained, and in a good state of cultivation; buildings convenient and good; terms easy. For further . particulars apply to Messrs. MoCAUGUEY &HOLMESTED, Seaforth., or on the premises to WM. E. COLDWELL., Con- stance P. 0.555 VALUABLE FARM SALE. -For Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. 11. S..„ Tackersmith„,Coanty Of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 34 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and ben:vet:tient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For farther partieulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Egmondville P. 0. - 524 "FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 11, Con. 3, H. R. S., Tnekersmith, containing 50 acres, about 40of whiGh are eleared, well fumed and ander good cultivation,. No buildings. Is within one mile and a half of Seaforth„ ob. the Grand Trunk, aad 6 miles from, Klippen on the .Great Western.. A good gravel - road. leading to each place. Apply to C. JS. VANE.Gil.dOND Egan:mad- - 575 PAWN! FOR SALE -That splendid ifarra, Lot. -I; 23, Con. 3, McKillop, containing 100 'acres,' more' or less; 80 acres cleared and free from stumps; balance hardwood ; good soil; 2 good dwelling houses, 2 good barns, and other out- buildings; large orchard and 2 • good wells ; 18 acres fall wheat ; only onoind a half miles from: Seaforth, on a grim' road. For terms. &e., ap- ply to the propxietor on the premises. WIL- LIAM CLUFF. - • 582 PAW,' FOR SALE. -For Sale, West half of • Lot 9,. Coe. 9,. Itudett, containing, 50 aeres, 40 acres tire -well cleared, without sin mpa , and in a good Battu of caltivatina,. ht ing well anderdrain- ed ; an the premises t.hare ia a new frame hone, 22x32, frame barn.and two frame stebles, aleo good Leering orchard and never4ailing well with pump. Conaiderable fall plowing done; also fall Wheat sown. Apply to DAVID HILL, on the premises, Or to Constanee P. O. - 573-, U.__ pROPERTY .50R BALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, -t- Con 16, they; West halt ot Lot 29, Con.. 6, withcheese fat-a:A:ay complete; Lot 11, Co. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Morrie; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. 11, township of Howitk, all good improved farms, together whit aeaerai 50 acre farms. in Grey and Morris, and houses and lot& and vacant lots in the village of Brussels, Prices low, terrna•eaay, and ,title go.od. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Wes- sels. < 574 FAIW FOR, SALE: -a -For Sale, that most desir- abrIe.farm,„ being Let I, Con. 6, in the town. - ship of Hallett, situated 1 miles front Kinbarn, and 6 mites from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-elttsq 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 cull tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mee MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - 562 forth. • TilAIVal, FOR SALE. --That well-kuown and fine- -1- ly aituated farm.„ Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in the County el Huron, Containing 100 acres, 90 of whieh ere cleared ; there are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house and driving house; also orchard and abundance of water. Thc farm is situated two miles from thq Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Rota For full particulars apply to MeGAUGHEY & HOLME - STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG; proprio - tor, on thepremises. • 553-4x • • VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.:, -For Sale • Y. Lot 11, 'Con. 8, H. R. B., Tuckeramitli, con tainiug 100 acres, 90 eV which are. elefired and in agood state of cultivation, being -well underdrain-1 ed, the balance is good hardwood bush. Goo• d stone house, frame barn and stables ; well watered' • and good bearing orchard. Is situated about miles from Seaforth and Brucefleid, and Si froni Kippen. Sehool close by, aud all other convent; °noes. For farther particulars apply to Davert MO:011E„ on. the premises, or to Egmondville P. O. 543 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -or Sale the t -west half of Lot 27, Con. 3,- MeKillop, conj 'mining 50 acres, known as the Deigle estate. ThiS arm is situated within one mile and a quarter of .Settfortit. The land is of the eboicest quality There is a handsome residence -and good outbuild in.ga. The form is well planted with fruit and oar narnental trees, is in excellent order, nada-well fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired gen. tdaman, a dadry-man„ Or market gardener. --Term easy. This property must be sold at once. Apply to A. STRONG, Seaforth. • 539 , FARM IN elarrzoe FOR SALE. -For• -Bale the North part of Lots 8 and .9, Con. 13, Mc Killop, containing 112 acres; there are about 8 'cleared, well fenced, madmaltained, and in a big' state of Gatti-ration,the balatee is well timbere with hardwood • good dwelling, new bank fram earn 50x56, with stabling underneath, and othe - outbuildings; also a good young orchard and plent of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from -Wal- • ton,. and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel road to each place; convenient to church and schools • will be sold as a whole or in two parts or will b- exehanged for a small Farm. Appiv to Wel ton P. 0. or to the proprietor: on the prem ises. WILLIAM DYNES. . 547 HOTEL FOR SALE. -For Sale or to Rent Int .a term of years, the Railway Hotel in th , of Dublin.. This hotel is situated in th roost central and best business part of the ail lage, being adjoiniug therailway station, the nen aiming mill, saw mill and salt block also opposite the stores of Messrs. Joseph Kidd art Thomas Ring- 'There are ten comfortable bed , rooms upstairs, besides sitting, dining, bar RUC other roams. Also first-class alieds and stabling and all other necessary accommodations and con veniencea. Possession given 1st 'of April: Appla • personally to JOHN MeCONNELL, Proprietor, oi to THOMAS KING, Dublin. . . . 580 • - • Ti`AR.11 FOR SALE. -The subscriber offers 101 • sale Lot 22, Con, n of the township of Stan' ley,: containing one hundred. acres,. 83 acres clear •ed and in a good AM° of cultivation., and gOod fences, balance 17 acres good hardwood bush; one half of clearing seeded down, there will be 18 acres of wheat pat in this fall, -there is about e acres of a thriving oreltard on the premises an a vat iety of fruit trees all sow bearing. The land is well watered, a never failing creek runs through the terra, also two good wells, large bi.tn]) barn -36 by 60: feet with good stabling • untleri math the. barn, and a Jog dwelling house. The farm is situated within two and a hall miles of the village. • of Hayfield. Forfurther partienlata apply to S. MeLEAN, proprietor on the premises ar to W. Connor, Hayfield P. 0. 672 - cieties. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. Srn,-Allow me, ,in reply to your . re- marks on the Township qhows gues- timate say that they remind Me of an, anecdote which I read some time ago, describing -the way our forefathers had of taking their grists to the mill. They put the grist in one end of the bag and a stone in the ,other, and then put it &doss the horse's back, and rode off , to the mill. One day a bright youth, as he was about to go to the mill with a grist, devised a plan to do Without the stone by simply dividing ' the grist equally in both ends of tae . bag, -but when he made known his discovery to his father, he was reprimanded for pre- tending to know more than his father, his grandfather and his great-grand- father, for they ell put the stone in the bag. Now, Mr. Editor, ie upholding township shows, you put yonrself in the same ridiculous position as: that .boy's father did., directly in the way of pro- gression. You mentioned M your re- marks that township shows, oocupy the same pesition towards the larger ones that the Public School's do towards the High Schools. I agree with you there in one sense, for as long as there are rising generations Public Schools will be indispensable; but it is not so in re- gard to township shows, for 'all the townships in the catintyhave been settled long ago and. have !reaped the benefit of townehip Chews year after year. So, Mr. Editor, your analogy don't hold' good in every sense, for there are no townships in the county yet unsettled. Noweeir, dca you think it would be doing -the student justice to keep him in the Public Scheel year af- ter year, whee he has mastered every branch of knowledge whicle is taught in that school, • and the training there would no longer be any benefit to . him. Why not give him the chance in like manner to master all the branchee which are taught in the High Schools. So it is the same with our township shows. We have deeived all the bene- fit from them which they are capable of rendering at the ,present advanced state of our townshipin agricultural pursuits. They have been e. blessing to. our townships when they were in their infaucy, but now they- have almost ar- rived at materity and are no -longer able to satisfy the wants Of our county any more than the „same ;food. which noprished us in our infancy, will satisfy the.'demands of nature in the Years of maturity. Another pointyoU • com- mented on Was time, Now, sir; I don't consider that you are in the position to discuss such an important subject as time. No one is capable of discussing that point but the fernier alone. You said that time spent in atte.nding town- ship or county shows is - well spent. I agree With you there,- but, sir, that is not the point; the farmer hasn't ,got the time at his disposal, let, him be ever so willing. Are you not i aware, Mr. Editor, that. the farmer has been waging war with the trees of the forest for the last 25 or 30 years. Tree after tree has had to succumb under the sturdy blows of his axe, and noW he finds himself in possession cif quite a large tract of tillage land to attend. to, and also to fight a terrible enemy9hich has invaded his rights with a deter- mination to drive him off his farm, which it is quite likely to accomplish unless there is a continual'Warfare car- ried on to impede its progress and. also a determination to annihilate it if pos- sible. I hardly think it necessary to tell you what that enemy i3, but in case you might think it was someformidable ellow me toe'tell you that it is the Canada thistle, and the only way to keep them down is to plow the land twice in the fall which is infested with therm land I pity thehaoor heel& if his means are so scanty as not to be able to procure help to carry on the mighty war with his enemy. - _I --can tell you that his position is anything but en- viable, and yet, in the face of all this, you tell me that the want of time is no • argument at all. Now, Mr. Editor, those men Who neglect their forms to attend to all the shows will soon have nothing to exhibit at eitlier township or county shows but themselves. There is another point I wish to coniment on., and then I'll have doue. You said in your remarks that if farmers would come forward and voluntarily con- tribute towards the, township and county shows, they would be kept in a very. reasonable degree of efficiency. Are you not aware, Me. Editor, that one doller is as _much as the most of farmers care to invest in anything that they are not sure of receiviug some- thing in return from, and this accounts for our county shows being in such a crippled condition, as they, are no bet- ter than _a township Show financially. It stands to reason the farmer will patronize Ins own township show in preference, on account of it being nearer hand. I have had the plea,sure of attending several of our township shows, and I have paid perticulat at- tention to their progress, and I notice their retrOgression year after year, and I don't wonder at it either, when it is the same thing over year after year, without any change or improvement whatever. Why should , we uphold township ShOWS when they are no longer capable of further imprevement, but are nothing more than hindranceto the progress uf our county, show; but I suppose, Mr. Editor, you don.'t ConSithr talein a hindrance to our county show, by the way you uphold them. P11. try and convince you also or this point. What would you think of a farmer who had a very choice apple tree in his or- chard and was anxious for it1to bear fruit, and wondered. why it didn't, and. at the same time he allowed a lot of suckers to grow up all amend' the roots until it resembled an unsightly brariable bush more than an apple tee? I know what you would say to that farmer. You would tell him that hp needn't ex- pect his choice apple tree to grow and thrive and bear fr cut a ay all the su its ro t. So m like expec our county while he township Now, Mr. Editor, I suffici nt proof to Co awkw rcl position place yourself in, i ship s lows, and wi gut of it; I kindly tract hat you hay them. ONE WHO le EAFORTH, F IDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1879. licIJEAN BROS., Publishers, 4;1.50 a Year, in Advance it, unless he first kers from around anner we needn't shows to thrive hews are tolerated. hink I have given vince you of the which you have upholding towe- lling to help you equest you to re - said in favor of ELS INTERESTED. To the Editor of the Sin In. your issu publis • a letter fro on to nship shows, carefu y, as well as same ubject. As y 011 thi important q permi aion.I will o in yo valuable p any pans agree wi dent. He does a shows have done a for ou county, and. wond rful statemen doing ood are pas more han a sham. tion I would ask did h ever attend shows in the count fiftee years ago, N ship ould be. scorn hundied and. the p hunched? I supp about the time he ship s ows did a va And ow I would li teutio of your core ship s ows of late mem ership is freq six h ndred and th from ight to twelv not p ogress enough your progressive e. every hundred spec- atten these show thous nd; and, Mr. you a d your corres show are not kept improvements of th - way head of t Again he says that desti ed to keep th the , pie level a sooth this is really supp se that our co the sine level as o It is fact gener town ip shows are ahead •of county county. shows can have an existence. • take no interest i conducted so long of Directors that th if they did not alma towhship eodety, ti ciety only in name rectors of the count to take the.credit a directors of the tow work.! But a word ship shows being on county shows. W membership of the sonae-of the towns from the last ae, Huron, 255 menab licron Expositor. of Jan. 31st you a correspondent hich have reed your article on the u invite discussion estion, with your er a few remarks per. I cannot by h your correspon- it that township ast amount of good hen he makes the that their days of , and are nothing Wonderful asser- our correspondent ny of the township of Huron . ten or then. the member thing less than a ize list under two se this would be admits that -town- t amount of good. -e to draw the at-- - spondent to • town - years, when their ently from three to prize list reaches hundred. Is this to suitthe views of. Jrrespoudent ? For eters who used to there are now a i'ditor, I would ask ond.ent if township breast with other country and a long e county shows? ownShip shows :are county shows- on themselves. For - something new,. to nty shows are ou ✓ township shows. lly admittedthat growing altogether h.ows ; in fact our hardly be said to The public seem to them. They are y the same Board become rusty,ancl gamete with some ey would. be a so - and then the di- , society would like id hailer, while lthe ship show do the more about town - the same level as will eanpare the county shows with ip shows. I quote ual .report: West rs ; South Huron, 75 members;. East Huron; 43. Do not thesefigures prove rust ?. With thee we will compare th membership of the branch societies of u ullett and Tucker - smith Hullett iembership, 310 Tuck.ersmith, 588.- Is that what your correspondent call on & level,. when the membership of these two township societies is more t an double that of the county shows? Your correspondent then goes on to say that we should have but one show in th county, and after a few years we woul be able to compare it with the Wester Fair. I consider that would be a ste in the wrong di- rection, as it would be helping the rich at the expense of he poor. It would tend to discourage oth the farmer and -Manufacturer-with small capital. As there are about six ye thousand dollars spent on our agri ultural societies in Ontario annually, N ould it be right to do eeuy iwithelow iship1 societies, and throw this large mou t into comity societies, only to g into the pockets of the rich exhibitors, while the poor are left out in the oohl ) My motto would always be, "The g eatest possible good to the greatest pos. 'hie number." But More about the W stern Fair. If we had only one sho in Huron held in any of our towns, i would. not get .half the s pport that ti e Western gets in a city like London. The membership of the 1 estern Fa,ir i not. so great after all, 0 ly 987, and t ie Central Fair at G-uel h 902. I st 11 take: my figures from the last repo t. Although • these. _fairs have been car -led on for eight or nine ears, I think these figures prove that uch shows ar not favored with uyt ing like a lib ral support: They d.o n t even double in membership, as . onie of our township shows in. Hur n for the sa,m year. Themem- bers ip of our looa shows in,the county Of. H. iron, last yea was nearly three thou. and. This oes to show that more general inter et is taken in town- • ship shows. Youi correspondent also seem to grudge th time that is lost at- tending township ehows, but, as you, Mr. 'clitor, very justly remark, that is Iio aa eument at all. Farmers, as a class, are a o much isolat d, and if their meet - legs n such occasions were More fre- quen , where an in erchange of opinion °milt be givell, the would be well re- paid 'or the loss of time. He concludes by s ying he is cp ident he has a ma- jorit • at his back I support of the.ques- tion of doing a ay withtownship show . I think th conclusion hehas arriv d at is very f tr from correct, and if a eote was taken on the question in our oble county o Huron, he would find imself stand ng amongst a very sinal minority. 'AIR PLAY TO ALL. TLC Fela 1 , 1879. t Mitchell, o Tuesday evening veek, Willie and John Lemon Fritz and uaust Goebel on street, an words 4 altercation, they went in on their • uscle. After a short scuffle A. Gcebel et his teeth in J. Lemon's nose, 'Lemon took a bite of Gimbel's fulger, chin, and whenever his teeth touch,e . After chewing One another for a w1 ile, Constable Inch made his appear nce and placed some of the party n the lockup. Next day the mayor imposed a fine on William Lemon of $4, and on John Lemon. $2, with c sts in each instance. lit.st met the , Can.ada. -T1 e father of W. K. Muir, of rail- way fa se, did. in Hamilton the other day, -0 e -third of the population of Bramp on have taken the temperance pledge. -Re .•It. H. Starr is said to be about to resi the rectorship of Grace Church, Brantf rd. -A diligent newspaper reader in Lindsa subscribes for 'twenty-two dif- ferent oru-nals. -T e tax collector of the township of Brock sold the bed on which a sick womas waslying. -B antford has a " colored gentle- man" •ho stands high in the world. He me •Sures 6 feet i1 inches. -It is expected that the Credit Valley Railway will be finished between Toron • and Elora before the end of the year.. • • -T o thousand five hundred, and sevent -nine perSons were tried imam% the pr visions of the Vagrant Act last' year. -M . C. W. A. Dedrickson, late- of the Fr e Press stuff, has taken the posi- tion of eight editor of the Toronto Wok. He wa banqueted before leaving Lon- don. • -B econ sends about 200 cords of wood • week now to London. The freight is ouly p4.50 a, car. The far- mers g t $2.75 per cord. delivered at the static) • -T e people of Ailsa Craig have moote the project of a brancl rail- -way t extend from that village to the Londo , Huron and 13ruce breech of the Ce. at Western at Brecon. -M. Graham, the new Warden of Ontari • County, declined the usual grant f $100 to the occupant of the chair, nd did not entertain the Reeves at the cu tomary Warden's sapper. -M. and Mrs. Churchill,of Petrone, weuti riving on a very cold. day recent- ly, tak'ne a child with them. When they a rived at their destination and unroll.d the child it was dead, having been s •• othered. -It cost $795 to take the vote in Bruce on the by-law repealing the Dun ki Act, and a local journal thinks that ti e papers and lecturers who advo- cated hemeasure should be made to pay that amount. - T le County-Couecil of Bruce have tackle a matter which will likely bring them nder the wrath of the school teache s, viz., petitioning the Legisla- ture t bring the summer vacation to - three « eeks instead of six. -A man named John Land while drivin hom e from Hamilton to the town- ship line betweeu Grimsby and Salt - fleet ith Mr. Robert Watt, last .Satur- day, ent to sleep inthe sleigh, and on an att, Dept being made to wake him it was f und that he was dead. Liquor was t e cau3e of it. -T e township of Ops, • Victoria Count, has got a genuiue scandel. An old m n about 70 years of age buried._ his se mid wife on 2ed inst., got intro- duced to an elderly widow lady of rath- er pre ossessing appearance on Satur- day t e 8th, and was married the same day. Who can beat this? - T rmato workmen have held. a meeti ug to protest against prison Libor, or the teaching of trades to criminals. There is a gooddeal to be said on both sides of the ",question. Those who advoo te the teaching of trades to crim- inals o so on the around that it tends - to rec amation audr'reform. - Mk at a dance at the house of Mrs. mith, on Elizabeth street, Tor- onto, ast Saturday night, John Sheae, in a runkem quarrel, stabbed Mrs. Smit I in the neck, making a -horrible woure , The woman is at the hospital in a v try low state. Sheen has • been arrest a. tramp effected an entrance into the s hoot house in No. 1 section, Blanc ford, one night lately, by raising one of the windows which was unfast- ened. • He must have been a literary chara ter as he appropriated to himself sever 1 sheets of writing paper which he fund in . the teacher's desk, but eft untouched. several valuable books which speaks highly for his n ,Y - police ofp.cer at Kingston was recen ly debarred from serving a sum- mons upon a delinquent dog owner by the o nine animal turning up in a most vicious manner, so that he was unable by an meane to, reach the door. At last it little girl came along, and a brighi thought striking him he called the d at° him and offered him the ons, -which he viciously grabbed mouth and rushed inside the with it, thus serving a summons owner to show cause why he not pay the sum of $1 to the nds. curious case was heard before sum in hi house on its shoul city f (1 circumstances, the claim can be &dolt - ed. Judgment was, therefore, given f the plaintiff for $20. -A prominent lady of New Bright has become mentally deranged by t protracted meetings being held in t Methodist Churclithere. -Mrs. Gedge Thier, an 'aged re dent of the township of Brook, had child on her knees teaching it its 1 tees, when she fell back dead. -Mr. T. 0: Patteson, formerly ma aging editor of the Mail, has been a pointed to the postmastership of T onto, vice Mr. Leslie, superannuated. -1-On the premises of Mr. A. McKi non, Erin township, there was fou an elder bush with green leaves upon as perfect as if it was in June, and wi buds just bursting open. -The -workingmen's Temperance Association lia Belleville, celebraeed t twentieth anniversary of the 'establis ment of their Order, on Friday nig last. -A prisoner at the Toronto poli court, the other morning, on being fin $1 for being drunk, begged His W ship to lend him a dollar to pay fine. -The wife of Wm. Corbett, of Bei' ley, McGillivray, attended church Sunday, and on the following Frid was interred in the cemetery the Cause of death -diphtheria.. ' -Rev. Father Connelly, late of Q bee, is appointed Parish Priest of B dulph, vice Rev. Mr. Lotz, who has be t) London. The people spe very highly of Mr. Lotz, as well as the late Rev. Mr. Logan. -A lady in Springfield has haven and patented a washing machine. is perfect in every way. One thi specially to recommend it is, that boy ten years old, of good moral and mestic habits, can turn the crank. =The store occupied by W. H. F ley, at Morpeth, was robbed. on Sun morning, 16th inst. The thieves ga ed entrance by prying open the la window. • Goods to the amount of $ were stolen. No clue to the robbers. -A tramp sporting the cognomen DeVere was ungrateful enough to st a watch from:Guelph man, who g him shelter over night. He was spe ily arrested and sent to the Cent -al Prison for a year's imprisonment. -Mr. Robert Geary's homestead, the 5th concession of London townsh was burned to the ground on Wedn day morning of last week with all contents: 3. hired man named Jo Everiss, who slept in a back b room, -was also burned to a cin but all the other inmates made th escape. -On Wednesday of last week a yo man, an apprentice at the Teeswa Mills, son of Mr. Wm. Jatvis, farm near Teeswater, was putting on it while the mill was running, when some means he got caught in the chinery and was very seriously injur one cf his arms being broken in seve places. -During a recent storm, the wh 200 miles of railway in Prince Eilw: rd. Island was blocked with snow. Ilhe drifts were from four to fifteen f et high, many of them from a quarteij to half a mile long. One of these dri ts, actually measured, was found to Jbe 311 Coun y Judge Bell, at a late sitting of the D'vision Court in Ridgetown-the case 1 Boughner vs. Young. It was an ac ion to recover the price of a. stove sold y plaintiff to defendant. From the e 'deuce it appeared that the plain- tiff, ho is a dealer in stoves, sold and dolly tred the stove in question on it San - day; the defendant, therefore, claimed that he transaction having taken place • on. S nday, the plaintiff weld not re- cover If there had been nothing furth tr than the sale and delivery, as afore aid, the plaintiff could not suc- ceed, but it appeared from the evidence that he defendant subsequently on a week day promised to pay for the stove. after a few The 11 LO 18 a t- r - a it • d. r- ise s- 11 e. . of a It a' . p, s- 'ts d- • r, ir er r, -it by al le le 1611 twenty-two feet high, straight up fr the track. -There died at his residence, f miles above Dresden, on the 3rd in t., • one of the veterans who fought at T a- falgar with Lord Nelson. Mr. iI- ham Boyle, the gentleman referled to, has been for many' years' a, lo al preacher in the Methodist Church, sind has won the respect of all who knew him. He was about eighty years of age. -A farmer named Edward Kenneldy, of the 3rd. concessien of Brook, while • ascending a ladder so cut straw from a stack a few days ago, met with a clari- ons accident. t The large knife used for that purpose laid on the straw jest above the ladder; as he grasped the topmost round the knife fell cutting wo fingers off the left hand, nearly severhg the bone and. pinning his hand. to th; ladder round. 1 -Mrs. Davis, residing in East Zoera, died on the 12th •instant, at the itd-° vanced age of 91 years. Her sister 1 a, Mrs. Smith, 85 years of age, also' of East Zorra, hearing of her death, was so overwhelmed with grief that She herself expired a few hours afterwa :ds The sad event showS- the great a ec- tion that existed between the two is - tors, both of whom were highly res ec- ted. in the neighborhood. They re buried at Innerkip on Friday. • -In. a small village in Norfolk County, a few miles from Sirncoe, the owner of a mare had. his equine stbek increased by the. advent of a colaa the mare unfortunately• and as • colt was only a fe id when l dered motherless eared tha he 'itheen- would lose it also. appeued, how- ever, to_be also the er of a very quiet and good cow, ud the colt at once adopted" bossie ' s her maternal relative. The two ar now getting along quite- well togelthee, the thriving well an prfsmising to 'be- ' 4 come as good a hose ite progeni- tors. -Last Sued e eight the house' of Mrs. Fogarty, 4th concession of McGil- livray, was visited by a couple of mask- ed .burglars, who attempted an entrance at the kitchen door, which they found sot securely fastened. that they cone- • menced smashing it in with an axe. Mrs. Fogarty, watching her op,portun- ity, seized the head of the axe end drew it in, and immediately through_ the aperture fired a revolver, the bellet from which took effect in the thigh of ,• one of the robbers. The villains ran ' for their lives, but the brave wonean, • being alone, was unable to prosecute I chase. Next morning blood was folund Ion the snow outside, and treed of the I same were distinctly discernible for I nearly half a mile. About two weeks $250.She is reported to have consid- erable :3,vealth from time to time in her possession. Mrs. Fogarty having a strong suspicion of certain parties, pro- ceeded to Lucan and appealed for aid. to a magistrate there, who told her she had better give Everetts- $50, and he -would hunt the °flee up for her. -The final result of the three days' polling for the repeal of the Dunkin Act in Northumberland and Durham, is a majority in favor of the repeal of 1,046. Another effort is to be made to repeal the Dtuakin by-law in Prince Edward. The voting will take place on the 13th of March. -A farmer in Caradoc, who felt no wise complimented on being told there were many things in connection with farming of which Jae is ignorant, had the last of his • corn -stalks harvested last Thursday by two neighbors who thought they were -sufficiently •dry to keep from heating. He has concluded to read. an agricultural paper this year. There is hope. -On Saturday Dr. Beard, of Wood- stock, received a letter from Mr. Joseph Miller, of Norwichville, offering to pay him handsomely if he would procure an abortion on a young lady of that vil- lage. Dr. Beard immediately handed. the letter to the County Attorney, who had. Miller arrested 'on' the above charge. He was tried before the Mayor and committed for trial.. Mr. Miller formerly resided. in Woodstock. ----The Stratford inspecter of hides has inspected 4,400 hides during the 14 mouths ending with December last,a.nd it is claimed prices of hides are .higher there than elsewhere, west of Hamilton. At Wingham and St. Marys, inspectors have been appointed, and working about a month, and inspeeted some 250 hides. Inspectors have also com- menced operations at Blyth and at Shakespeare. • -Mr. A. Lillie°, of Blenheim, early in the present winter had the mis- fottune to get a small piece of stick in his throat. It stuck fast there till about two weeks since, when it surgeon succeeded in loosening it. Shortly afterwards Lillie° managed to ex- pel the intruder, much to his relief, as owing to the' hiconvenience and. pain suffered, the gentleman has been great- ly redimed in health. Ho is now recov- ering. . • -It is becoming almost as •common for township financial officers in Canada to levant with the xnunicipal funds as it is in the United States. The .latest •sinner in this respect is Alexander Mac- donald, collector for Caledon West, who last week went off with $2,000. Tris sureties, however, pursued. him, and succeeded in effecting •a capture on United States territory! After threat- ening him, they induced him to return to Caledon. - -Mr. Alex. Grahanaof Caradoe,pass- ed through Strathroy on Saturday last,with an unusual large load (2000) of brick drawn by his carriage team. Ile was taking them to the residence of Mr. Duncan Sinclair, Caracloc. 'Me. Lach- lan Sinclair had a load of over 1800 on his sleigh at the same time, drawn by his Asbhau colts. These were big loads. Mr. Graham's team has recently been sold for ;$300 to be taken to the •oia country. • -London was last Sunday evening the scene of a Wedding celebrated ac- cording, to the rights of the Jewish Church. The contracting parties there- to were Mr. Conn and Mrs. Rosegarten. The ceremony was performed by it. Rabbi from Hamilton. A good deal of interest was taken in the affair, and a large crowd gathered outside the house in which the ceremony was celebrated -on the corner of King and Clarence streets. • -L-On Wednesday evening, a gentle- man from Acton had a livery horse be- longing to Mr. Macklin, of that town, taken out of the Mitchell Hotel stables, in Guelph, for the purpose of driving home. The animal at this time appear- • ed all right. Another horse was tied. to the back Of the cutter to be led in that particular way. The horse had. •only reached the vicinity of the Grand Trunk passenger depot when it " stopped abort, never to go again.," It dropped_ down and after a few gasps died. The animal was a valuable. one. -On Wednesday of last week Messrs. Dowling & Leighton, of Harriston, had two valuable cows killed on the Great Western Railway. The animals had been let out of the 'stable for a few hours and had wandered down as far as the first farm -crossing, and the gate be- ing open, they attempted to cross just as the train was coming up, -when they were struck and run over by the engine. They were terribly disfigured. A cow owned by Me. Thos. Douglass had a very narrow escape, being thrown off the track by the cow -catcher. -On Wednesday evening last week Miss L. A. Warren gave an exhibition ()flier endurance and. speed as a pedes- trian., in Perry's Hall, Montreal, before a small number 'of spectators. A. track covered wit saa us was ai aro the hall, 32 lapse() the naile, and the feat undertaken was to walk 25 miles in kss than five hours and twenty min- utes.. Miss Warren began in the even- ing at 6.25, and concluded her -25 miles at 12 o'clock exactly -fifteen minutes behind. time. Her fourteenth. mile was done in the shortest timed any -eleven • minutes. -The prisoners in the Owen Sound jail required 70 gallons of whiskey last year to keep up their spirits. We are not informed whether the jail surgeon is a supporter of the Dunkin Act, but we fancy so, for he seems to have pre- scribed a five gallon dose every time it I was recessary to administer a stirau- lant. If this has notbeen the •caee,. it is a matter of wonder how he managed 1 to get rid of so much'of the stuff, unless I we come to the conclusion that he fre- quently prescribed, while visiting the jail, not only for himself, but the jailer the jail must be a very unhealthy place and consequently prudence re- quired his taking a preventative on go- ing in, and. of course another to throw off its evil influences •on coming -out. At any rate, it is a fact that nearly two barrels of whiskey were used. in the Owen Sound jail during the year. Query : Was the jail itself under the influence of the Dunkin Act eonverted into a grog shop. -Geo. A. Miller, •Jarvis, made 476 plow belts in 8 hours and 45 minutes. During the first 5 hours 246 were made, but this was very greatly outdone dur- ing t,he next 3 hours and. 45 minutes, 230 having been. made in that time. It will be seen that on an average nearly one was made each minute of the tune worked. While making the 230 the •average was a trifle more than one -each minute. -A little before twelve o'clock last Friday night, W. G. Scott's cabinet fac- tory, at Duturrvia, was discovered to be on fire, and was totally destroyed, to- gether with machinery, tools, and a let of unfinished work. The fire brigade and citizens were promptly on the ground, and saved the wareroona and adjacent building and lumber piles. The origin of the fire is not known. Loss about $2,000. No insurance. -A terrible accident occurred in Sombre, a few days ago. Charles Sel- by went out to shoot a bird, at the same time bidding his children stay in the house; but one of them, a bright little four year old. boy, ran out of doors. The father fired and killed the bird. Amid the eche of the discharge he heard. his •child's Cry. The shot bad seaAterea to where the little fellow was standing out of sight, and had. entered his head. He lingered for four hours and then died., Mr. Selby says he will never handle a gun again. -Mrs. Henry Cathcart, of the 8th. line, Blanshard, on the hist, .ga,ve • birth to twins for the fourth time. This can scarcely be equalled in the Pro- vince. Her Majesty is in the habit of giving 3 sterling to the mother of triplets, and we think that if this al- most ueparalleled case were brought under the notice of the Queem- she would. mark with some token of her Royal approval a, subject so peelifie. In the last instance the little visitors only lived a. ,few hums. -At the Londen Commercial Col- lege, on Fridley last, the following stu- dents passed. their examination hi spelling, having obtained the several percentages attached to their names: R. W. McGowan, BIyth, 100; Hugh A. Currie„ Collingwood, 96 Henry Dis- ney, Holmesville, 95 - dee. Meldrum, Morristown, 92 ; H. AL Flock, London, J. P. Shaw, Stayner, 88, Charles H. • Lockwood, Delaware, 86; Hiram Dns - more, Egmondville, 79, Geo. Heydon, • Yarmouth Centre, 78; Edwin Green, Union, 76; David R. N,elles, •Oakland, 71. -Mr. Arthut Stewart, of Logan, had James McArthur, of the same -town- ship, arraigned before the Mayer of Mitchell, on Saturday last, charged with trespassing upon his land. After hearing several witnesses, it was shown that the piece of woods where the alleg- ed. trespass was committed was not wholly •enclosed, when •a • non -suit was immediately granted, .each party to pay his own costs. A similar- charee was standing against a. brothet of likArthur'e, but after the decision in the above case was • made known, it was withdrawn. _ -On Thursday t evening Mr. Alex- ander Duffield, of the 2nd concession, Nissouri, was garotted and robbed .of $1 while on his way home from mar- ket. It -appears that two men re- quested a ride, the three men. eonvers- ing convivially until when ascending Governor's Hill, near the city boun- dary, one of the men caught Mr. Duf- field by the throat and held him, whilst the other searehed his pockets and took $4, which was all the money he had. When they had accomplished their purpose the ruffians ran away up a lane near by and succeeded in making good their escape. Mr. Duffield has laid in- formation against the parties, and no doubt they will shortly* be captured, -A. man named Alex. Before, 45 years old, belonging to London, Eng- land, came to Halifax from New York last Tuesday. He went to the night refuge, where he remained till Friday. On Friday night he went to the police station for protection. In the morning, about eight o'clock, he went to the water closet, where he was found by the lock-up keeper covered with blood and almost insensible. On examination it was found that he had stabbed. him- self about eighteen times in the stom- ach with' a penknife and cut his threat in two places. L doctor was called •and. he was removed to the hospital. None of the wounds are very deep; they are serious, but may not prove fatal. . -A case of ,complicated difficulty is that of Mr. J. W. Fowke, of Oshawa, general merchant, who has called a meeting of his creditors, with obliga- tions norninelly equalling his assets, 'though the latter are in such a shape that by no possible mampulation can the estate be made to pay in full. The farmers of the neighborhood have been in the habit of selling their peed -ace- to Mr. Fowke, and waiting his conveni- ence for payment, from year to year, and even giving him their paper to . facilitate his transactions. We hear of several cases of great hardship in which trusting friends will be involved by his stoppage A sanguine nature, witb the best of intentions, but with s disposi- tion to buy anything, from a; chicken to a span of horses, or a car of grain, while his system of aecount-keeping was as inadeqeate to the one transac- tion as to the other, has probably made Mr. Fowke's estate ene which willyield poorly for all his ereditors, with the tion of his 13ank account - otuts have held that und.er these ago this same widow was robbed of as well. It is easy to understand that possible exce p