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The Huron Expositor, 1879-08-01, Page 1JUL'i 25, 1879. E first prize for atrananiv he 'Toronto 1%lox-ver on. eau Combined machines nsni ,pete in reaping before ali :le given. Lrstlay last as Mr. Currie, at vusitip of IIay, was draw. met with a seriotia aeon pettra that while loading up started suddenly, throning ff the load, breaking one ot bruising lama considerably., unts he was doing as well as iecten. 41 Selfool -Board of Cliatea 1 the services of Mr. Rana. -,inatical inedalist of Toreine . and an ex -pupil of Brants 1 ite• Iustitute, to fill the ea_ a by the resignation of Inas 6 comes highly recoronaends doubtless Etid in su§toduing , t reputation of the Clintort i t- ) rd ay afternoonthe hose of kera Exeter, was left stela. hos. Tivitt's gate iri charge tly, son of Mr. Bell, while - aelf went inside. Thea frigbtened at sonaet - - Ile ran down a side- Iriling the corner leading :street, the wagon upset, a child viole11tl3r to the s face was badly cut in :u was was promptly takert ,. neighbor. and his wounds ' The bread was spilt ouf. asusen the horse to titop, s secured and held until (.1.e his appearance. t Presbyterian clmrch in the ,Colborne, will be reoperied h. The former church was lire last November. The is a frame structure 40x26 in front 15x14. School Steeple 60 feet high. Tha the new structure will be 10. The loss of the greater ::;:naurance through the fa- ' the Ottawa Agricultural 11 leave about $300- to be, ny complete the building. i exercises will be concluctea E4-ieverig1it and 1Zev. A.D. f Seaforth, who will preach nul 3 p. na. ',.ia-al of Fall Goods arrived the ()ak Hall Clothing ht. A very fine lot of Ca - ids suitable for fall wean i.tits at $13, $15, n16 an -;,..toNis are extra good valae. ig orders- elsewhere, please' tnaine otir stock carefully : them with goods front in our line. Ila.LLRY ct ak Hall, 7 " 777 CALL & C0.1 MER SALE OF DRY GOODS hare .21..713 had asmany anes to o r as at the Irkt every Department C00(1.9 Bought at Len 1,.:scde Cost Pi --ices, the Stu' ck RTLNG G- NS - WE GIVEN FOR THE IIRTY DAYS. TION INVITEE). DICDOLIGAL,L ZS CO.'S RY DEPARTMENT English Orapes (gar nthich stand the Wet Weather. BONNETS tb.e lieweet El2gri511- _Trend' Cakt116r8 'qua/Etas for Dreves ill Stock. :e a Specialty of 'all 500de. ICDOUGALL & CO- TWELFTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 608. SEAFORTH F IDAY, AUGUST 1, 1879:, °LEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. .REAL ESTATE FOR ALE. pROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that con- venient and desirable residence on the corner of High and- Market Street, lately owe pied by Dr. Vereoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 488 SALE.—For Sole a first .class Plealing Afill, nearly new and in good ranning order, situated in the flourishing Town of Seaforth, W11.1 be sold cheap. Terms easy, Enquire of 13EC0RD, COSSENS & 00., Goderieh, Out. •L'Alig AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, J PRICES TO SUIT THE TLNIES.—Lot17, on the llth concession, McKillop; price $40 per sore; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; parehasers can make theie awn terms of payraent, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE. 591 nnALMIELE FARM FOR SATE.--eFor Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tnekersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 3/ miles from the Town of Seaforth, and • convenient to school.. 'The land is of the very beg quality. For farther particulars 'apply to JAMES IICKARD, opposite the premises, or to 52i Egmentlyfiie P. O. _ WARM AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, OHEA.P.—Lot No24, Con. 9, Alelaillop, 100 Bares; nortb, half Lot' 30, Con. 9, McKillop, 50 acres; north half ef north half Lot 31, Con. 9, NolCillop, 25 acres; residence occupied by Mr. lIalcolmson on Gouirdock Survey, Soaforth ; building lots on Jarvis' and F. G. Sperling's Sur - • Apply to Ci -RAY, YOUNG & SPARLING, r 595 Seafoth. WARM P011 SAT,F...—Being Lot 12, Concession x 9, Toivnship of Stanley, containing 100 mires, et which 80 acres are cleared, well drained, and having excellent fences; the remainder is good hardwrapd bash; there is a good. briok house, good barn, atable and outhouses; never -failing well and good orchard ; is within 3 Miles of the -village of Varna'and convenient to other markets. WM. L. KEYS, Varna P. 0. 603x8 'VARA' FOR SALE.—For Sale, the west part of 35 of whieh are cleared, well fencedAnd in a state of good cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orchard and plenty of water. It is on the hifLaemaNgeo .01f ,tChoenv. 17, Geroofy,vic,oanittoainni.Angpr15105„ oairtehse, adjoins a church and school. It is also withiu gravel road leading to Brussels and Seaforth, and premises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES MURCHIE. 493 HOTEL FOR SALE. Far Sale °heap, the -1-1*" Unien Hotel, Ha.rparhey, at present Oceupled by Geer ge Filch. The house is large and 'commo- dious, with good stabling, also about one acre of Ind attaehed. There is a good business. This is an excellent opportunity for any one _wishing to go into the hotel business. Satisfactory reasons will be given, for wanting to sell. Apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Seaforth P. 0. GEORGE FACE, Proprietor. 606 WARM FOR SAT.E.—That well-known and fine- ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con. 1,1iullett, in the County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of whieh are dozed ; there are two frame dwellie.g holism, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house and driving house; also orchard and abundance of water. The farm is situated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full particulars apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLME- STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises. 553-4x 'PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 14, L Oen 15, Gray; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese factory complete; Lot la, Coo. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town - hip of Morrie; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township ofHowick, all good improved farms, together vtith several 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris, and houses aad lots and vacant lots.in the village of Brussela. Prices low, terms easy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LiOICIE, Bruia e els. 1 574 'WARM FOIL SALE. --For Sale, that most desir- able farm'being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated la miles from Kinburn. and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A_ spring ereek rens through the farm ; good orchard, good fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Me-, MICHAEL, or to MR.JAMES H. BENSON, Sea- torth. ' 562 WARM FOR SALE.—For sele Lot 17, concession -A; 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 cleared, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation, the balance well tirabered with maple. Frame liOuse barn and sheds. Five acres of good bearing orchard., and two never failing wells. Is on a good gravel road -within 2 miles of Varna, 6 miles from Bruce - lad station, Great Wes tc.rnRallway, and 12 miles from Seatorta and Clinton. For further particu- lars apply to the proprietor en the premises,or to Varna I'. 0. JOHN REDMOND. 598 FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, West half of Lot 31, Concession 12, McKillop, containing 50 acres, 40 of which are eleared, well fenced and in excalIeet cendition ; a. deed log house, also a young orehard commencitte to bear and abund- ance of splendid water; is within half a mile of 8, good grarel road, and is . convenient to ehurchea, school and post office; is withal. 9 miles from Sea - forth and an equal distance from Brussels. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, or to Leadbury LO. IS.e.AC GRAHAM. 603-4x WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 26, Con. 2, Turkersmith, containing 100 acres of excellent land, about 70 of which are cleared and a consid- erable part of it well underdrainecl ; the balaneo is good haidwood Ludt; frarue house, frame barn, and stable; an orehard, geed Well; convenient to schools, churches, &e. Is situated about 6 miles from Seatorth and 1 mile from Brucelield station, an a•good gravel road. For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Brumfield P. O. THOMAS' MUNRO, Tuckersmith. • 601 FARM FOR S A —F6r Sale, Lot 2, Con, 11, H. LS., containing 100 acres,- 82 cleared awl in a firstailass state of cultivatiou, the balance being good headwood bush; log house, with stonE cellar under, and well finished; frame barn B&W, with stone stabling underneath; good bearing orchard and 3 goodwells ; couvenieat to *arch, sehool and. post oftice ; is situated 8 -miles Irian Seaforth and 5 front Hensall, ou 8. good gravel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises'or if by letter to Chiselhurst P. 0. JOHN C. ST.EELE. 603-41 WARM FOR SALE.—Foi Sale, -Lot 22, Con,. 3, " Township of Tuckersmitb, L. R. 8., contain- ing 100 acres, a.bont 70 of which are cleared and. in a good state Of ealtivation ; the balauce is good hardwood briah ; good. panic house, ban' and etable ; excalltut water on the premises ; srell fenced; good young orchard, and every conveni- ence appertalniva ta a farm. Is situated about 7 miles from. SCILIOCUI, 2i from Kippen, and 8 from Brumfield, in the Loudon, Huron. and Bruce Railway. The hind is first-class clay Loma- For further partieulars apply to the proprietor- ao the premjses. or if by letter te Brucefield. 1'. 0. MILES MeMILLA.N. 601-4x _ ARM FOR SA.LE.—South half o- f Lot 26, Con. 5, Morris, County of Harou, containiue 100 acres, 85 acres cleared, balance hardwood's; 60 acres clear of stumps and unclerdrained ; soil clay loam ; 13 acres fall wheat; good. bearing orchard; bank beau 40x60, nearly new. a,nd other outbuilding.; good log house, with new frame addition ; 2 wells; well fenced. The above farm Z8 only two mil, a from Brussels, on good gravel 43ads; school house on the lot. For farther par- ticulars apply on the premises, or to C..11. Cooper Brussels P. O. ROBERT BROADFOOT, Propri"- eta; Brussels P. 0. 588 WARM -IN McKILLOP FOR SALE.—For Sale, the North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Mc- Killop, coutaining 112 acres; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, roaderaraiued, and in a high state of eultivatien, the balguce is well timbered with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame barn 50x57, with stabling underueatb, and other outbuildings, also a good young orchard and Plenty of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Walton, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel roads to each place; convenient to church and achools ; will be Bold as a whole or in two parts or will be exchanged for a small farm. Apply to Walton P. 0. or to -the proprietor on. the premises. WILLIAM DYNES. 593 A REMARKABLE LIBRARY. , HOW A CALIFORNIAN BOOKSELLER BE- CAME A GREIF HISTORIAN—IIIS WON- DERFUL -COLLECTION OF BOOKS—HOW HE HAS GATHERED AND HOW HE USES ' THEM—A MAN WHO LAYS OUT WORK FOR HLNISELF AS IF A LIFE OF TWO CENTURIES AWAITED HIM. SAN Fula -casco, June 18, 1879. In many particulars the most impor- tant collection oE books in the United States, the library of Mr. H. H. Ban- croft, acquires a peculiar interest from the object which led to its formation and the manner in which it is used. j The literary world has already received substantial evidence of its s ope and great value in the "Native Races of the Pacific States," but this erudite and comprehensive work is only the precur- sor of others, which, if the author lives long enough to complete them, will ex- haustively quer the literaturee antiqui- ties, ethnology, history and philology of the whole Pacific coast, eastward as far as the Rocky Mountains, and south- ward from Oregcn to Central America. Since the publiaation of the "Native Races" Mr. Bancroft has been engaged with a staff of ten assistants on his sec- ond. and still more voluminous work, "A History of the Pacific. States," which will not be completed for six or seven years to come; and. while he is in the midst of his present labors, despite their immensity, he prospectively con- templates others of no smaller scope, with an almost amusing disregard - of the inevitable limitation -which • nature sets to all human -endeavors. That which would be a life work with - most men is with him a mere instalment of a series, and. the boundless horizon which, his plans have is pointedly and charac- teristically Calif arnian. 1 HOW THE COLLECTION WAS k.A.DE. I believe the circumstance that di- rected him toward literature has never been correctly recorded. He was the leading member of a successful . book- selling firin, through which he amassed a fortune, and about sixteen or Eeven- teen years ago he undertook the pre- paration of a handbook of the Pacific Coast, in gathering materials or which he searched all of his own stock and all of the other bookshops in the city. By this means he segregated a small number of volumes ou Califrnia, and when he had compiled what ite wantea from them, instead of replacing them on the shelves for sale, he kept them for his own use, and. ,actded to them by sev- eral visits to the eastern cities,. Though he had no definite literary anipirations, he says that in his youtb.he had. a vague idea that he would one day necome an author. He did not begin lifci with a liberal education but in after,iyears he made up for his early deficiencies; and he was still a young man wnere resign- ing his active pal; at the bdoksellina business to his brother, he renolved to devote himself and :as fortun4 to those 'researches which Lave alreaily borne fruit. The library DOW contains more than twenty thousand volumes in English, Spanish; Portugese, Latin, Russian, Frenclnand-Dutch, all of whieh relate to the region bounded. by Oregon, Cen- tral America, the coast and. t e, Rocky Mountains, and it includes a 1 rge num- ber of manuscript, without iiplicate and without price.' Having attended nearly every auction itaid expl red most of the book shops in_America Mr. Ban- croft visited London, Paris, 1.: ipsic and other large cities in Europe, nrchased as Y volurnes as h couicl and ap- pointed agents to probure all dditions that might come on the market after his departure. In 1868 he had acquired five thousand volumes, and he again crossed the Atla,nt'c, visiting Rome, Vienna and Madrid. Never was a book - buyer more insatiabl , lavish or persist- ent. He secured every book and pamphlet of the kinil he wanted that was on the market, ijut he waS not sat- isfied, and when he despaired. of further increasing his collection the -library of She Emperor Ma,xinailian, collected dur- ing forty years, was offered for sale, of which he purchased 'three thonsand volnmes. Later still he procured six hundren volumes of Mexinan works eon lected by Mr. Porter 0. BliSs, United States Consul at the City Of Mexico, and in some instances he Paid $400 for a single book. It is estimated that he spent fully seventy- -five thousand dollars, and :this sum does not include the salaries of his librarians or assistants. Accrimulation was a mea,us, not an object. ' The ob- ject has been modestly described by Mr. Bancroft himself,who say: "Mine is the labor of the artisan ',rather thau that of the artist, a forgiug of; weapons for a,bler hand's to wield, a producing of raw materials for skilled_ mechanics to weave and. color at will ; yet in undertak- ing-1to brin to the light from sources innumerab e, essential faets, which from the very „hornless of life, if, from no other cause, Must be otherwise left out of the phy- ical and ,social generaliza- tions whic occupy the ablest minds, I feel that I engage in no idle pastime." In other words, his purpose is to digest, condense, and cast in a perspicuous mould the diffuse material Which the historian of the future will require, and to relieve him of the multifariousde- tails which would embarrass and delay the impetuosity. of genius. Mr. Ban - croft's work exceeds his purpose, how- ever, and has itself in a measure the color and form of literature. . ' A WONDERFUL CULKECTION OF 3IA:`.f U SCRIPTS. In, all probability there is no impor- tant written or printed matter extant relating to the region described a copy •of which is net in the ,library. The public archives have affbrcled not less than twenty-five thousand ;pages of manuscript—secular, ecclesialitical, inn tional,a, rovincial, departmerital, terri- torialfu d municipal. Each document in the S sveyor-Generars office has been read by , ne of the assistants and copied in its entirety, or condensed according to its value. Fifteen men were exclu- sively occupied for more than eight months in this division of the work. The mission archives have afforded ten thOusand manuscript pages of copies, condensations, extracts and original documents, beside -which More than twenty -thousand manuscripts, the nor - respondence, records and accounts of early Californians—have been gathered, indexed arid bound. In some instances agents of the library have been employ- ed in Mexico, Spain and Russia, pro- curing copies of d.ocuments ; and per - baps the most unique department of She library is that which contains the personal reminiscences of the Argonauts and old Spanish residents. The recol- lections of General Vallejo fill several volumes, which were written at his dic- tation, and altogether there are more than. sixty 'similar volumes containing more than seven thousand pages of manuscript. As the deponents wene mostly old men, an amanuensis, pro- vided by Mr. Bancroft, waited upon them and -recorded. their statements verbatim- at their- homes, being in one instance occupied more than one year by one man. Several years ago Mr. Bancroft purchased a collection, includ- ing the documents of the Pioneer So- ciety, the Vigilance Committee of 1851-6 and of the Russian government relating to its possessions on the Pacific coast. At the same time he purchased nearly one hundred large" volumes of classified newspaper clippings, chiefly relating to Southern California, and it shobld be added that he files one hum dred. and. '-fifty California newspapers, all of which are carefully read and in- dexed. The Russian documents com- prise three thousand Pages, and the of- ficial and. private correspondence of Thomas 0. Larkin, the United States Consul at Monterey, given to Mr. Ban- croft: by its author, fills twelve volumes. THE PECULIARITIES OF THE INDEX. 15 would be fatuous -to attempt an enumeration of the valuable books in She library, and I have already said enough to, show the extent and novelty of its scope. It is housed in the tipper stories of the book store on Market street, and here Mr. Bancroft, with ten assistants, labors from eight to twelve hours a day. The index contains some -sixty-thou- sand titles and was devised, I believe, -by Mr. Henry L, Oak, who is Mr. Ban - croft's first lieutenant. It is so practi- cal and. complete that should any one desire information on, say Santa Cruz, a,n attendant could place on a table be- fore him in half an hour enough books to occupy him for six months. Primar- ily it classifies by means of cards the contents of the library under some fifty general headings, such as Agriculture, Antiquities, -History, Biography and Education. The cards, measuring tbree by five inohes, are . ainanged alphabeti- cally and areinept ' in shallow wooden cases standing against the wall, each case being divided into two hundred and fifty compartments. For example, should any one desire information about the Chinooks in _Washington Territory he would follow the alphabetical ar- rangement of the compartments to the letter I, following which. he -would first reach a set marked "Indians," then a set marken, " Indiansi Washington" and. finally another set marked "Indi- ans, Washington, Chinooks." From the latter compartments he would take about one hundred cards, all exactly alike in the upper lines, that is, " Iudi- au s, Washington, Chinooks," while in the lower lines of each card he would find the name of a book on the subject, a reference to various pages and a brief analysis of the conapiete volume. HOW THE LIBRARY IS USED. All the works in the library are read through by the assista.nts, who extract from them brief or extended notes and references, which are classified and pre- served •in large envelopes., These are finally read, verified., condensed and re- written by Mr. Bancroft personally, who proposes to vitalize tl e whole by travel and. observation in the regions to which his history 'eters. t is not un- usual for him to work fifte u heurs at a time, and the zeal with which he ap- plies himself is sustained by a constitu- tion of. iron. While he is aman of large proportions, the energy of. his character is concealed by a quiet, almost apathet- ic manner. This simply dressed. and. genial gentleman who enters the cars of the overland train at Colfax to meet his young wife and children, -who are coming Lome from the East, has the appearan6e of a, prospenous merchant, aud as we speed though the golden val- ley of the Saeramento, it is evident that the Argonauts and the old mis- sions are huperseded. in his mind, for a time at least, by the fresher charms of domestic.life. Mr. Bancroft's position is unique. Not only has he devoted a fortune to a scholarly pursuit in a com- munity which is distinctly and persist- ently commercial, but while in the prime of life, with the possibility of du- plicating that which. he has gained, he has abandoned business and applied himself to those higher pursuits, which. With most men who turri from the couutiug-house to literature, • are deferred until any substantial . achievement is impossible. W. H. R. —lames McCaffery, alias nimmy Papes, a notorious thief, known all over the continent as king of his class, is in Toronto seriously ill. He was reported to have (lied, but he still lingers, al- though very sick, and has not given up • hopes of his ultimate recovery. He was iuterviewed a few days ago and talked quite freely of his pant doings. He • told the story of his. robbing Brown's Bank in 1875, of $1,600 for which he served three years in Penitentiary. He confessed. to having an acquaintance with all the most notorious thieves in Americas but said he had given up his evil ways, and having made, by a lucky stroke at gambling in New York, suf- . ficient to live on, he intended to con- : duct himself respectably to the end of his days. Should he ever get strong enough Colora there. to novo, he intends to •visit o a d take up his residence Canada. —Si Johi A. Macdonald and. party sailed jor Ei gland on Saturday. —M. U. . Grant, Jr., son of Gen. Grant, visit d Montreal last week. — M . Joh Buckley, Mayor of Pres- cott, di,. ve y suddenly a few days ago of heart iseas Bo nitaille was sworn in as Lieute ant- overnor of Quebec, on Sat- urday' la or ng. —M is. D . Fleming, youngest daugh- ter of 'on. . McKellar, died on Sun- day at hat am. --A. ; an reception is in course of prepar tion at St. John, N.B., for the Mugu s an Princess. —T e cri ket match, on Friday, be- tween 1 aris and Norwich, resulted in a victor • for • aris by 65 runs. — Tisgfa, Clang and party, of the Chines, Le ation, have visited Niagara, and ar .sto ping a fevadays. —L st Sa urday in Madoc, two men namedj Nic ol and Hobson had a fight, itt whi h Ni hol bit Hobson's lower lip off. —Ai Ott wa Orange Young Briton was se tone d to 24 hours' imprison- ment f r di harging fire arms in the city. —Him. Iia, Morgan, M.P.P. for Rus- sell, w aye y seriously injured by the lransuiaing_ aw, y of his horse on Friday t. —A boy • amed Willie Gillespie, aged about nine ears, was drowned. in the canal t rnwall, on Saturday after- noon. . Ja u es N. Lap, -ex-M.P. for Addin ton, led. at Centreville on Sat- urday •ight last, after about a week's illness —E --Lie tenant -Governor Letellier and fa ily leave Spencerwood, for River Quill , County of Kamouraska, next •eek. —M :etin s are being held at George- town ud o her places for the purpose of fav ring he passage of the Scott Act in Hal on c unty. —S veral nights ago some scoundrel entere tb barn of W. H. Lloyd, in Sand ich n est, and cut the throat of a, valu ble 1 orse. —A.t out 00 tons of steel rails were la,nde at T ronto a few days ago ter the Cr :nit alley Railway. More are expect d sh rtly. —M . W. F. Luxton, of Winnipeg, has sued au address, soliciting the suffra es of the electors of Rockwood for thq Logi lature. —A. large number of ladies were ex- amined and passed. successfully the lo- cal ex min tions at Toronto University, held a shor i tirde ago. —T iGr nd Trunk Railway oattle cars a e .w itewashed every trip; the proces is b lieved to b condi:wive to the he lth • f the cattle. —P of. e =ley,' mronaut, has re- ,turne to 4lontea1 from San Francisco, and is pre aring for another ascent about he ft nt of August. —T e 8t.re of W. P. McDonald, near Brigthn, wi s entered a few nights ago. The t.iievei got off with $90 in cash and $200 o $30l) worth of goods. F. bite, of the Department of the 1 iter or, has gone to visit the Moun ed olice stations and Iptdian Reser atioic in the Northwest. ' —It has been found necessary in Chath m t send it policeman to each of the ohuri hes on Sunday evenings to disperge lot ngers about the doors. —Au exc rsion train passed over the Canada So thern Railway to Niagara Falls, the o her day, having on board 1,000 excur ioniste from Kentricky. —The 0. ssolidated Bank has taken out a wri against Ascher, Laurie S.c Co., a Mon real, for $9,000. The firm will contes it on the ground of illegal- ity. —Mr. Ki iney, proprietor of a grist mill, is cut ring suit for damages against the city • f Toronto for building the dam, elaim ng that his property is in-, jured there —A chil three years of age, son of Mr. Andre Giffin, of Glenhuron, was run over b a train. on the Hamilton and North esteru Railroad, Friday af- ternoon, an. instantly killed. — The Or tario Fruit Growers' Asso- ciatioil met at Peterboro 013. the 23rd July. A la .ge delegation. was present, and cchisid rable important discussion relatine to ruit growing indulged in.. —In the ower portion of the county of Petrbors the farmers are, in many instanpes, smplaittittg of not having sufficient b rn room for their hay and wheat—so treat is the yield. this year. —Alchbijthop Lynch left on Monday for Rdme. His clergy presented him twieth.22,500 to defray the expenses of She e will return in December. Vicar-Genetal Rooney has been ap- pointe adrhittistrator during the Arch- bisho 's ab. ence. —The b nsf Mr. Jacob Rosmel, on the 5th c ncession. of Gainborough, with ciente ts, hay, grain, wheat and other crop , together with shed and other nalua le contents, were destroyed. by fireearl Friday morning. The fire is evidently the work of an incendiary. Loss f om 4.500 to $2,000. — The st amer City of Toronto went ashore in a hick fog at Niagara Friday afternoon. The passengers were con- veyed 'n s n all boats to the dock. The, passe gers were completely panic- strick n. '.ome fainted, and others at- tempt d to jump overboard, but by good lisci line among the crew, din passe gers vere safely landed. —R char Mills, a young man be- Tongin to Huron township, was, on Th -urs ay, harged before Messrs. J. A. Macp erso and. Alex. Campbell, magis rate of Kincardine, with wil- fully am: • ng property belonging to the G eat " estern Railway Company. Mills as rned $20 and costs, amount- ing to $40. 5, or two months and a half in jail The offence consisted in piling some ties upon a band -car and dump- ing the same into a culvert, and it was only by the merest accident that a train was not wrecked. , —Mrs. Lydialtevington, othiddulph, aged 75, quietly passed away on the 23rd ult. Deceased was one of the first set - tiers in Biddulph, and. is sister to John Atkinson, Esq. — His Honor Lieut. -Governor Ca,u- chon has erected a beautiful and taste- ful tablet in St. Boniface Cathedral, in memory of his late respected. Wife, who died some 18 months since. —Hon. Alex. Mackenzie, Mrs. Mac- kenzie, Major Greig, Miss Greig, and about thirty ladies and. gentlemen from Toronto and other places arrived. at Rosseau, Muskoka, on Saturday mgt. — A man in Ottawa, named W. Gib- son, who gave himself in eustody on a charge of setting fire to a public schOol building, has been pronounced insane, and. will be removed to Rockwood ASys lum. —A glycerine blast hung fire at Cross- Lake, on Monday, and Patrick Dolan approached, when it exploded blowing him to pieces. His rein- nants were collected and buried at Ss. Boniface. —Monday morning a Mr. Turner, it tax collector in Toronto, found six ounbes of dynamite on the roof of his house. It is supposed. that the explo- sive was placed on the. roof with felord- 0118 intent. ..:News of Lieutenant -Governor Le- tellier's dismissal caused. intense excite- ment in Montreal, and stronger feeliug than was before manifested in the city. Trouble is feared, as the people are well worked —Wellington County Council has agreed to give $400 towards enter- taining the Grevernor-General and Princess when they visit the Central.' Exhibition, to be held. at Guelph in September. —Mrs. Spraight, for some time housekeeper at the Deaf and Dumb In- stitution, Belleville, has been promoted to the position of matron and house- keeper of the Blind Institution I in Brantford. —A new mining company has been formed at St. John, N. B., called "The Prospect Coal Mining Company?' The new company starts with a capital of $300,000, to be divided .into 100,000 shares of $3 each. —The anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, will be celebrated. at Sb. Catharines on. August 3rd. The Irish Catholic BenevolentUnionof the city will hold an excursion to the City of Saints" on that day. —Mr. H. Utter, of Arkona, offers $1,000 . in cash, a free right of Way through his farm, and a sufficiency of • ground. in the best place on his farm for a station, to any company that will build a railroad to Arkona.. —The first load of new wheat on the Hamilton market was sold on Fri- day by Mr. Blaxen, of Saltneet, to Morgan Brothers at $1.05 per bushel. It was .cif the "Scotch" variety, and weighed 62 pounds to the bushel. Halifax despatch says the shad fisheries are excellent, and never in the history of man have such large catches been reported. All along the coast fishermen have been taking immeese hauls in seines and by net hauling. —Two Canadians, Robert McLean, of Toronto, and Johnson Skinaer, of Drummondville, Eire among the suffer- ers of the Buffalo round house tragedy. Skinner had both legs broken, and Mc- Lean received severe internal injuries. =The Foresters' Convention, in ses- sion last week at Toronto, decided. to petition the High Court of England for the establishment of a subsidiary high court for Canada, which is expected to hold its first meeting some time next year. —Marvin Knowlton, the celebrated. temperance lecturer, came near losing his life on Saturday by, not whiskey, but cold water. He fell off Hanlan's wharf at Toronto, into the water'and was with great difficulty saved from. drowning. —Nearly 300 engineers on strike at Bradford, England, are prepared to emi- grate to the United States and. Carta.da, in accordance with invitations received. from the various branches of the Amal- gamated Engineers' Society in the prin- cipal engineering centres. —The board of examiners, consisting of Col. Brunel, Ottawa; H. Godson, Chief Inspector, Toronto; Jno. Davis, District Inspector, Windsor; and C. E. Romaine, District Inspector,Guelph, were holding examinations of Inland Revenue officers last week in London. —A. keg of splendid butter has been shipped from Ailsa Craig, from Mrs. to save him, which he tried. to do, but not being able to swim both were drowned. The bodies were both re- covered. —A tug, together with a timber raft, said to contain about two million feet of lumber, has been seized at Point Ed- ward, for non-payment of Crown tim- ber dues, amounting to about $1,500. The raft was from French River, bound for Tonawanda. . —John McCrank, postmaster at Clearville, Bothwell county, abscond -ed last week. Besides other defalcations he is said to have forged his brother's name to a note for 1$800, He is supposed to havegone to the United States. —Wm. Turner, a member of the Sault St.Marie School Board,was public- ly censured by his colleagues at the lust naeeting` for "disgraceful, insulting and obacene- language," and declared. to have forfeited any respect the Board might have felt for him as one of its members. —There grew this season on the farm of Mr. Wm. Atmore, Sr., of West Williams, a wonderful stool of Clawson wheat. - It has over 70 stalks of wheat growing from it, and the heads are completely filled with very plump, bright grain. The stalks average about four and a half feet in length. laborer in Hamilton named Meade, almost killed. his wife in a drunken fury the other day. He struck her on the bead with a chair, tearing away a portion of the scalp three inches one way _ and two the other. The woman lies in a very precarious condi- tion. —The congregation formerly worship- ping in the old Bay street Presbyterian church, Toronto, last Sabbath met for the first time in their new edifice on Can -Howell street. The place of wor- ship, which they have named Erskine church, is large, convenient and orna- mental. — E. Botterell, Jr., distribution clerk of the House of Commons, Ottawa, whose son was (frowned with young Hen- ley in the Remieux Rapids a, few days ago, is the recipient of hundileds of let- ters from all parts of the Domini -on ex- pressing condolence with his family in their sad bereavement. — The City Clerk of St. Catharines has received a letter from a gentleman resident in the United States, asking information respecting the facilities in that locality for the establish- ment of an extensive sash, blind, door and moulding factory to supply the foreign.markets of Australia and else: where. —The meteorologists prophecy that the remainder of the present nummer will be the hottest known for many years, the heat, commencing about the first of August, and continuing until about the middle of September. Ev- erybody will hope that the scientific gentlemen will turn out to be false prophets. —An Icelander died. in the Toronto General Hospital last Thursday, after suffering severely from internal pains. A post mortem examination showed that the unfortunate man's intestines had got twisted. It was supposed. that this state of things- had been brought about by straining during sea sickness. —Malcolm McArthur, son of John McArthur, of Eldon, was instantly killed, and six others seriously but not fatally injured, by the falling of a bent on Saturday last, at a raising of a frame barn on the farm of Mr. McNevin, about four miles from Woodville. The parties injured are reported doing well under medical treat- ment. —Mrs. Fred. Harrison, of East Wil- liams, while out in the harvest field driving the reaper, met with quite a se- vere accident. The reaper having dropped suddenly into a furrow, the lady jumped forward to save herself from failina, but instead of jumping clear of the knives, jumped . right in front of them, and sustained severe cuts .about her legs ere the horses &mild. be stopped. —A ease affecting excursion, passen- gers' rights came up in the Grand Trunk Railway depot at Montreal on Saturday. Tourists from Minneapolis to Portland, -with through tickets to the latter place, wished to stay over a day or two in the city taking their baggage with them, but were refused. except on confiscation of tickets. The case came before the police magistrate, but it is referred to the civil courts. —The house of Richard Haden, of Middletown, Guysboro' county, Nava Scotia, was struck by lightning and completely wrecked. Mrs. Haden was killed instantly. Mrs. John Mann, who Amos' dairy, McGillivray, to the Lieu- happened to be present, was also strifek tenant -Governor of the Province, at by the lightning and rendered insensi- Toronto. It is gratifying to find that ble, but hopes are entertained of her some of the dairies in this western sec- recovery. Mr. Haden and. a number of tion send to market an article not in- children who were present escaped. ferior to any in the Province.' without serious injury. —A terrific storm, accompanied by —The question of the city's right to hail stones as large as robins' eggs, assess the mains of the Toronto Gas swept through the village of Brorae, Company and the rails of the Street Province of Quebec, and neighborhood Railway Company, is likely to be tested. last Sabbath night about13 o'clock. The this year again. The mains are valued glass in almost every house is broken. at $300,000, and the rails at $200,000. The crops are riddled completely, and. The two together, therefore, represent fruit trees broken down. The damage an exemption of half a million. In is said to be ,,aceat. 1877 Judge Mackenzie decided- that —A. terriblii thunder storm passed this species of property was personal, over Brockville and vicinity a few days and, therefore, exempt, but the County ago, and hailstones as large as marbles : Judge has decided that it is real, and, fell. The lightning was very severe. consequently, assessable. The city will The wife and. child of George Hutton, use the latter judgment in support of boat -builder, who were on the Ameri- the case. can shore, opposite Brockville, took re- —Tile Kingston Whig says: Two fuge under a tree: The child was killed noted doctors of medicine are employed. in its mother's arms, and Mrs. Hutton as convict clerks in the same depart - fatally injuredremit of the Kingston Penitentiary. We —Last Saturday evening, about eight refer to Drs. Sparha,m and Davis, both o'clock, two young men named Lingle- punished tor abortion. Davis seems to bach and Schweitzer, aged 20 years, be becoming reconciled to his position, farmers' sons, living about four miles and. is more content, while he is allowed out from New Hamburg, drove into 1 the luxury of a full whisker, which is town on their way home, stopped to I not, however, so long as It was when he have a bathe in the river. After being 'he first became an occupant of the in the water for some time, Schweitzer Penitentiary. Mrs. Davis .makes a took cramps and called Linglebach poor convict. She is demure and. mg a tornado swept over Port Burwell ; it lasted only about 40 minutes, but cawing that time trees were uprooted, q iet, keeps to herself, and seems to feel her position and the punishment silt fences and chimneys were blown down. by ligbtning and one of his horses was '11.1e barn of W. a. Hayward. was -struck idled instantly. been holding a, series of meetings at Vell known Eriglisb. evangelist, has vsited Owen Sound, and many were unable to gain entrance, so large was An4eaford with great success. He also i tsteeglet. - e suffers as a partner in her husband's gilt.—About 4 o'clock last Tuesday morn- -Rev. John Bernaett Anderson, the niangugdissi.ence. Mr. Anderson's fine a -great attraction at the : —A few days ago a lady in London, oh cutting open an old potato, discover- ed nestling directly In its heart two Well formed and complete new pota- tees. There were no green stems at- tached nor yet any sign of there ever having been any, not a' break being visible in the old potato. The ravages o the potato bug would. soon cease if aU our new potatoes were grown in this Way. ' —On. Wednesday, 23rd ult., a terrible thunder and rain storm passed. over Smith's Falls. The lightning struck Mrs. Down's temperance hotel, knock- ing the chimney all to pieces going down the stovepipes, breakin!g the stove, tearing up the floor, breaking all the windows in the house, also striking 8.4 little girl on the lea, burning her fTora the knee to the foot". I —An elderly lady was the other days standing on the platform at the Luc= station apparently taking great notice of the cars. As a train was passing out the by-staiaders were entertained by the f011owing : "M-i--c-h Mike, i-g-aen. Agan! Mike ?Agan. Shure I knew him. at home in the old country -when he hadn't the seeond shirt to his back, and now he owns a whole trainof cars." ,—Miss Merrill, of Picton, is said to be a most astonishing mathematician. In 1876 she solved the problem sent to the different Professors of MatheMatics in Canada by the Mathematieal Society cif America so brilliantly, that she was requested to attend the meetings of that body as the representative of Canada, 1 and when there, was eleeted Vice - !resident, an honor never before con- ferred on it woman. -She is 19 years of age. —A few days ago a pedlar was arrests a in Loudon, on a, charge of having len some silver spoons from a house he had called at in his rounds. It turn- ed out, however, that the pedlar was entirely innocent, the spoons havin been found in a drawer, where they h heen placed by a mischievous neighbor who happened in when the lady of the house was absent, and by"- way of jiake hid all the silver spoons he could find. I —One evening last week a small sail boat on Burlington Bay upset in the - Vicinity of the Desjardins CanaL The boat had three occupants, two young Men and a young woman, belong- ing to Dirndl's. - 0118 of the men. bravely held the female on the bot- tom of the boat until. assistance ar- rived from one of the boat -houses. All Were safely landea on the other Iiide a the bridge, the boat riglated, and the arty proeeeded on their way rejoicing. • ! it —A madman, dressed in a light grey Suit, has been haunting Leslieville, near Toronto, for three -weeks back. Until tedently lie constantly promenaded the ngston Road, between the Presby- terian church and. the railroal -track. When questioned, he answers that he is expecting a load of cattle from Eng- land, and is waiting their arrival. He ils now located near the railroad crossing. Ile has dug a hole and sleeps in it, sub. isting on bread which he occasionally purchases at it store. He is perfectly harmless and. talks sensibly on other subjects, leaving the impression that he is well educated. I —A week or two ago, it boy residing in Sunnydale, North Simeoe, tried a novel, and as it turned out, a dangerous plan of keeping cool. He took it hoe and scooped. a hole about it foot deep and stepped into it. No sooner had he Stepped into the excavation, then he four* himself sinking. Gradusnly he Was going out of sight, until tile sand. Was up to his hips, and the more he struggled to free himself, the deeper he Conk. He gave the alarm, and. when his mother reached him, he was covered Lo the chin. A few nainutes more and he would have been buried. alive be- neath the treacherous quicitsand. ; —Another Orange and Green row oe- urred on Saturday night in Ottawa. Some Orange Young Britons ,were re, turning from the railway station,' Whither they had. escorted it number of Montreal Young Britons, who were then leaving for home, they were met on ussex street by a lot of young Catholics, nd a row ensued. Revolvers were freely used. by both paities, and it is estimated that about 100 shots were ' fired. A squad of police arrived prompt- ly on the scene, and succeeded in dis- persing the crowd before any serious tonsequences resulted. So far as beard from only two were wounded by pistol shots. ! —George Westfall, who has been run- ning GB engineer on the St. Clair branch Of the Canada Southern Railway, be- tween Courtwright and St. Thomas, for the last five years, died very suddenly the other morning. He seemed. in about his usual health at five, when he -came to take his engine. About -5:30 he COM- plained of it curious feeling in his chest, ,3.nd said he felt as he had several tin2es , just before taking ill. That he would wait until it was time for the train to leave at 6 o'clock, and if any .easier Iwould go on to St. Thomas. He felt better daughters. and went lame and died at 1 11:15. He leaves a wife, a son and two