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The Huron Expositor, 1879-08-01, Page 44 "nelnes THE LRON EXPOSITOR. NEW AD V ERTISEMENTS. Cottage to Let—Edward Cash. Auction Sale of Property in Wroxeter. Estra,y Colt—Robert Jones. Chain Foinid—Commercial Hotel. Notice to Creditors—Charles Davis. Land for Sale—Charles Davis. Auction Salo of Mill Property. Farm to Rent—D. MeMillen. • Edison's Electric Beit—J. S. Roberts. Sunbeam Art Gallery—C. Moore. Farm for Sale—Jeremiah Ryan. Situation Wanted—J. S. Welsh. ..11111••••••• k. r, 'iron expooiter. SEAFORTH, AUGUST 1, 1879. The Dismissal of Lieutenant - Governor Taetellier. Contrary to general expectation the Governor-General has sanctioned the dismissal of the Lientens,nt-Governor 'of Qnebec. The order for the dismissal was signed. on Friday last, and Mr. Let- tellier's successor was appointed on. the • following day., In this rna,tter the Gov- ernor-G-eneral has displayed a lack of firmness and decision of character which might have justly subjected him to se- verercensure than he has received. His whole course would seem to indicate that his final decision was given con- trary to his better judginent, and in order to evade a collisien between him- self and his constitutional advisers. . Had he remained firms to his first deter- mination, and adhered, Closely to the course which his sense of right and jus- tice see ed. to ; mark out for him, he • would to -day stand ranch higher in the estimation of a majority of the people over whom he has been placed, than he can now possibly do. Of course his po- sition was a difficult and delicate one, and he has chosen the easiest, although • not the most valorous way of getting out of it. It is true that apartizati ma- jority of Parliament decided that the act of the Lieutenant -Governor in dis- missing his advisers when they had , a; • majority in the Legislature entitled him to dismissal, asacl it is equally true that • the Government of the day recommend- ed his dismissal, on the plea that his "usefulness as a Governor was gone." It is urged that in view of this declara- tion of Parliament, and this recom- mendation of the Government, the Gov- ernor-General could not constitutionally decline the advice tendered him.. If this view of the case•is correct, then he is blameless. But, to accept this view is to admit that the Governor-Geheral is a mere automaton, a figiire-head,— that he has . no function, no discre- tionary powers, but is required to do simply as he is bid. If this be his po- sition, why cell tinue the expense of his Maintenance ? The office is •a fraud, and its officer a useless nonentity. We cannot, therefore; admit this view of the case. We believe the position of Governor- c General is not a sinecure. We believe o that he has respensibilities to bear and. I li -that he has functions to perform, and. if that one of the mos' t important of these is to prevent the rights and privileges of the several provinces forming the Do- minion being trampled upon by the 'central power to hirthet partizan ends, or to gratify partizan spleen. If, there- fore, we be correct in our estimate of the position and power of the Governor - General, Lord Lorne was on under no constitutional obligation er ei tu the wishes of the, people of the DoMine ion, but is also directly' opposed to the expressed will of the people of ethe Pronince interested. It is, therefore, very difficult to conceive how any per- son not utterly blinded by political Prejudice and partizanship can judtify such action even °utile part of a drov- ernor-General. • There is one good, however, which may grow out -of this evil. The people of the several Provinces will have their eyes opened to the very dangerous plesi- tion they occupy. They Will be forced to recognize the fact that they do not, as they supposed, enjoy the gloribus privilege of aelf-government. They will. be led to see that, after all, they are -only the tools of the central poWer, that their wishes need. not be respected, and. that they are continually at the mercy of a partizan majority of the Dominion Parliament. The Lieuten- ant -Governor of Quebec has been pan- ' ished by dismissal from office • for Ian act which was approved of by a Ma- jority of the people of his Province, be- cause that act was distasteful to a cer- tain political party in the Dominion, and -in like manner, the Lieutenaht- Governor of Ontario may be similarly punished, should he refuse to obey the behests of that party, no matter 1.1w distasteful it might be to a very large majority of the •peopleof this Province. All that would be ne- cessary would be for a disinterested and partizan majority in. the Dominion Parliament to pass a vote of censure On him, when the Government,the mouth- piece of that partizan majority, would assume that his usefulness was ended, and would on this ground recommend his dismissal: The• people of Ontario might protest, but their protests would go for naught. The Governor-General Would act on the advice of his consti- tutional advisers, the Lieutenant -Goy. . ernor would be sent to the right -about, and a pliant tool of the Central Govern- ment would be installed in his plaCe. .This is evidently the way that those no* in authority in the Dominion propose to get control of the several Provincial Legislatures. This is the way they hope to -gain possession of Ontario. They know well, that left to themselves, the people of Ontario will have none of them, and they hope by th ia round= about means to gain what. the people refuse. 'It rests with the people to say whether they are willing to continue such a state of things. If they are, they may as well do awaerwith the Lo- cal Legislatures and throw the entire government of the country into the hands of the Dominion Government. If, on the other hand, they wish to continue to manage their own local affairs instead of having them managed by the people of other provinces, they must at once remove the Lieutenant - Governors, an1 through them the Lo - al Legislatures from under the contr f the Dominion Government and Pa ament. It is now quite evident th we wish to continue to manage o own local affairs, we •Must have change in the mode of appointing th Lieutenant -Governors. Theleooner th change is made the better. 0, -hese offi cials have to do solely with ',local Go ernment, and as such they should b responsible to the people directly i terested, and to them only. This ca ol r- at ur a is v- n- ly be by having the Lieutena,nteGov- nors of the several provinces elected ther by the people or by the Legisla- res of the respective provinces. This Aid re move them from under the control and influence of the central -authority, and would render the perpe tration of an outrage such as the dis missal of Lieutenant -Governor Letel lier impossible. to sanction an unjust or tyran- nical act, either at the behest of Parlia- ment er on the advice of his political advisers. Had the Lieutenant -Gover- nor cf Quebec been convicted of an un- constitutional or grossly immoral act, or had the people of the ,Province in- t erested asked for his . removal on the ground that his " usefulness was gone," then the action of the Governor in sanctioning the dismissal would haVe been unobjectiona,ble. But, in- stead of this being the case the consti- tutionality of his condact was so evi- dent that it was not even mentioned. in- t -he recommendation of his dismiesal, and the people interested, those of his own province, approved of his course at the polls, and their representatives. in Council assembled, only a few days ago, expressed their fullest confidence ill tion him, and protested against his being pres interfered. with by Italy outside authority. hav It will thus be seen that in I sanqioning neit the dismissal, the Governor-General has to th acted on the advice of those who have elle no direct interest in the matter further our than -to gratify a grudge against a polit- it of legal opponent, .and contrary to the it by wishes and will of those solely concern- as b ed. Common sense must certainly Tory make it clear to any person. that this is "gam not right. But, even if the Domiuton easil i Parliament and the Government have a. agai in a m.atter in which they alone are table right to over -rule the people of Qnebec with torested, it would. only have been reas- 1 that enable to expect that before the Gov- I discu eruor-General sanctioned any such ty- I quen rannical act he would appeal to the I brief people of the Dominion directly on that ticle. particular question. The result of the ' fills° recent elections could not be taken in could -any respect, on this question, as a cri- ago w tetion of public opinion. The question for its had been submitted to and. decided upon by a peevious Parliament, and was considered settled. • It _ w ,s not even • generally discussed, much les naade an issue of that election, and coinsequently it may fairly be assumed that His Ex - e11 ency's action is not only Contrary to . 7 WE NOTICE that 'our esteemed con- temporary, the Goderich Signal, does not fall in with the views we -expressed a couple of weeks ago anent lhe ma,n- ner in which Mr. Blake is beingtreated, especially by a section of the Reform press. Well, we suppose it is impossi- ble for all men to see alike through the same pair of spectacles, and we do not know that itwould be well if they could. We have expressed our honest convic- . s on. the . subject; the Signal, we ume; has done likewise. We each e a perfect right to do so, and her of us is justified i m. e e other improper motives or imbe- judgment. Because we differ from contemporary; we shall not accuse having "fallen into a trap laid for the enemy," nor shall we class it eing of "kindred spirit with the press," and being possessed of a grened soul." We could, very y, maintain our position even list the arguments of the Signal, out resorting to any such unchari- hauendoes, but we do not think good would eesult from a further ssion of the subject, and. conse- tly we content ourself with this allusion to our contemporary's Ler- , We may say, however, that its me panegyric made us feel as if we repeat our article of two weeks ith the very greatest relish, and special benefit. seemeameapee.see,.. IT A NEEDED CONVENIENCE.—The New s Centraland Hudson River Ritilwq tompany will greatly enlarge their Ex- change street depot, where all passenger transfers will be Iliad°, instead of at East Buffalo as at present. News of the Week. -FIRE.—A fire ih Emporia, Kansas, last Friday morniog destroyed property valued at $11,000. SHOT.—A wontan in Port Huron was Pilot fatally by her husband, who mis- took her for a burglar. , TRIAL or NIHILISTS.—The trial of 200 Russian Nihilists by court-martial will cbmmence at Odessa in August. ST01111.—A violent storm and water- spout in the canton of BerneeSwitzer- land, caused great injury to crops. ,IseencessioN.—Ex-Empress Eugenie his written to the puetm, begging that no penishment be inflicted upon Lieut. CSlaeFreeApYsy; Tom, made the fastest time on ES' T • TIME.—The pacing racer, record at Chicago on Friday. Time 2.12. SUICIDE:—In Syracuse, N. Y., 011 Fri- day, 'Henry H. Wheeler, formerly a prominent business man, suicided with morphine._ GOING TO,EVICUATE.=—RUSSia has giv- en assurance that the last Russian sol- dier will have quitted Turkish territory by the 4th of August. RESIGNING.—A despatch from South Africa states that i Lord Chelms- ford - contemplates tendering his re- signation immediately. EXPLOSION.—Near Gondola, on the 23rd ult., the boiler of a thresh- iug machine exploded. Four men were killed, and eight wounded. JUDGE LYNCH.—A colored man was lynched at Quincy, Illinois, last -Week. He WM taken from jail by a gang, and his body riddled -by bullets. A FUTILE ATTACK4—A8 the King of Spain was going to church on Saturday an old woman, supposed to be insane, threw a large stone at the carriage. AN AMERICAN FORGER.—The opera- tions, of Wm. Fish Raymond, the American forger, lately _ -arrested in Liverpool, amounted to over 0100,000. EPLDEMIC IN JAPAN.—A disease has broken out at Hiego, Japan, resem- bling cholera. Over six hundred cases were reported,' one-third of which prov- ed fatal. THE WINE Ceor.--sIn consequence of _the ravages of the philoxera in the French vineyards. A movement is be- ing made towards introducing Ameri- can vines. NEGROES IN KANSAS. — Since the Southern negro exodes has conamenced, 4,400 have flocked into Kansas. The people think it too mach and discourage furtler arrivals. ATTEMPT TO ASSAgSDIATE.—All un- known man made an attempt on Thurs- day to assassinate Count Guisso Sindie, of Naples. The Count received two poniard wounds. ANOTHER VICTDf.—Laban Sutor, the second victim of the late accident at the round house, East Buffalo. died a day or two ago, aged. 43. •He leaves a wife and four children,. SUDDEN DE4TH.—W. E. Runyon, telegraph opeeater, was discovered dead in bed in a hotel at Buffalo, on Friday morning. He retired oh Thursday night appareotly in good health. WRECKED. --A British , ship from San Francisco, Dec. 28, is ashore on one af he Scilly Islands. It is ex- pected that she will become a total wreck. ‘The crew have been rescued. NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.—Tbe Anglo- Arnerielu! Cable Oompany has deter- mined to lay a, new cable next year t o meet the anticipated increase in busi- ness consequent upon the lower tariff. • CATTLE DISEASE.—A fatal epidemic has broken _out among cattle •about Lincoln, Nebraska, and they are 'dying at the rate of 50 per day. The mor- tality is principally among mulch cows. ACCIDENT TO LORD NOR THCOTE.—Lord Northeete,Chancellor of the Exchequer, was thrown from his carriage by a col- lision at Fulham, on Saturday, and much shaken. He had a narrow escape. OLD FATORITES.—Moody and Sankey participated in religious services last Sabbath at the Cooper Institute, New York. There was a large attendance, and hundreds were unable to gain ad- mission. Ameeceterennee.—At a meeting of the Manchester shareholders of the Great Western Railway held on Friday, a resolution infavor of amalgamation with the Grand Trunk was passed unanimously. CATTLE IN THE WEST. — The cattle drive of the present season from Texas and the so.uthwestern ranges is placed at 250,000 head.. From Montana and -Oregon the drive of ,1879 is estimated at 100,000 head. ' ANGRY CELESTIALS.—A couple of men had a dispute with the keeper of a Chi - hese laundry in Boston. The China - Men, four in number, became infuri- ated and assaulted the men with an axe, inflicting fatal wounds. AFGHANISTAN AFFAIRS.—Major Cav- agnari and the members of the British Mission arrived at Cabul on the 24th ult. The were received With brilliant military nors and salutes. Yakoob Khan ac _ in a friendly manner. ELECTION IN IRELAND.—At an. elec- . tam held itt Ennis, Ireland, on Satur- day, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wm. Stackpool,• Mr. Finnegan (Obstructionist) was successful, defeat- ing Mr. O'Brien, the Clerical candi- date. • Orruer SHIPMENTS. — Shipments of • opium to the value of $60,000 have re- cently been made from Victoria to San • Francisco. By the last direct steamer Sun Yee Chau shipped 030,000 worth in bond. The shipments may be at- tributed te the increased. import duty imposed by the new tariff. ,RUSSIAN PROPOSAL.—Au Odessa pa- per, referring to the Russian march on Merv, says if Great Britain will pro- tea their frontier from Afghan inroads and their commerce from Afghan pil- lage, that having extended their way to Hindoo Koosh, they will not want to go, beyond that natural boundary. YELLOW FEVER.—Cases of fever are ocourring daily in Memphis, but it is thought the epidemic will not attain the severity it assumed last year. Re- fugees from that city are having a ough time of it in the interior towns. hey are looked upon as carrying the eeds of pestilence, and. the moment ne complains of any sort of illness he s put down as a yellow •fever subject, the, house occupied by the unfortunate is shunned, andl he suddenly finds him- self isolated. lhe fear of yellow fever is so intense in character that Mem- York Central and the Hudson River 1 o Railway Company have obtained the i right to lay two tracks across the city of Buffalo to their main line east with the Niagara Falls branch. As soon as the connection is made the New York ans lare often peremptorily and ab- ptly nedted out of houses, even by old frie ds. Now the refugee says he is,from aitywhere else but Memphis. ,ANTI SLAVERY MOVEMENT.—It 18 Uhi- d4i-stooi that the Spanish Cortes next se S1011 Will introduce bills for the g du extinction of slavery in Cuba, aid th compensation of the proprietors of 1 the lives. Fienjr WITH DESPERADOES.—A des- perate 4ight 'occurred recently between a body of detectives and a gang of thievesand murderers, near Omaha. 0 e d tective missing is thought to be fa ally $vounIed. HE 1 WIMBLEDON TEAM.—The rifle petition at Wimbledon concluded on y, when the Duchess of Con - presented the prizes. Hearty reeted Colonel Gibson, who won ee of Wales' prize with such a, score. CO nSaieutughrdt cheers the Pei brlliaii nithj,elin souV 3 abbut h cr4ps re but .tlte bae1t c Trn midni near ja entered; an. aged selves. killed. death a PROSP I ST IN FRANCE.—The harvest in heast of France is nearly ter - and in the southwest it is if finished. The quality of the orted is better than last year, quantity falls short, and will me up to an average. ES {IND MURDERERS. - - About t on the 24th ult., a farm house- estown, New York State, was The house was occupied by couple, unable to defend them - The -man was shot but not The woman was choked to d the house robbed. 'CTIVE MARKETS. — Produce dealers itt New York just now are dis- cussing the prospective demands Of Europe or grain, flour and. provisions. It is ar•hed that Europe will furnish im anus al market beCause of the fail- ure of cr ps and. the exodus of farmers and the t emend occasioned by the war in Afric NEW •RLEANS.—The entire city of New 011 ans is being disinfected after the ne plan of Dr. White, sanitary director of the Association. Seven thousen gallons of zinc iron have been purchas: s for the purpose. Thi a pre- caution i being taken in anticipation of the ye low fever scourge, two sporadic cases of the fever having already oc- curred. MISFO TUNES OF RUSSIA,—NO sooner do the p one misf take its one , time over the the Nihil diaries -s - from sett as an off Russia h locusts t and laid lan . In the um c the urpo sect ; bu late o be crop of t Rus ian 1 the adven Wes ern they take the mica, good as t thou origi their choic clud rave fligh will Of Bit unse crops by the traders, and business is on through a loop -hole communic between the two. In many of the in the plain country the trade- oo cleverly contrrved so as to preve suddenrush of the Indians, th proach from outside the picket§ through a long narrow passage,only ficient width to admit of oneIndia time, and bent at an acute angle the window at which the trader st This precaution is rendered noce by the frantic desire which some seizes upon an Indian to shoot cleik, which he might easily oo the passage straight. • -their progress. Then there is another cla,ss, who at home have been accus- tomed to have everything to Ltheir lands—not always, perhaps, by their arried Being posts m is AUGUST 1, 187-9. nt a own hard work. They come here and e ap- talk as though they expected to find being the country an old instead of a new of suf- one, with the roads all nicely graded n ata, and gravelled, bridges across all the near streams and a nice, dwelling for the ands. and they might rcemain ; but no. ssary it is, they wouldn't stay in such a conntimes try. Luckily, as I've said, such are the the exception; and most of our people have were shown .themselves men worthy of t 8 At most of the interior poste MOWS slowly, and change is alrnos known. To -day is the same as a dred years ago. The list of good dered from England for this year exactly the same items as that of Strands, cottons, beads, and tr guns are still the wants of the Ind and, are still traded for musquash beaver. • The system of trade at the Corap posts is entirely one of barter. I recent years money values were known; but this medium of exch has gradually beeorae familiar to Indians, and the almighty d.olla 'rapidly assertinn its supremo.° savagedom.—H.°M. Robinson, " per's Magazine" for June. ' Another Letter from M Greenway. The.following letter from Mani by Mr. Thos. Greenway, we take the Exeter Reflector. It will be with interest: Dnen, Sin,—After other month's sojourn in the Pr Province it short letter may not be of place. When we arrived here month we found the wet seasori fairly set in, the effects of it being q apparent in the shape of an. unlim quantity of Bed River mud, such as is to be found nowhere else. It at this season of the year, howe that the great advantages to be gai by the settler going to the Rock L district were most easily seen. W11 those bound for that much . adverti region, the Little Saskatchewan, w wading through almost internaina name, possessed of common sensie time enough to be a,ble to appreciate what they see lying before them at no very distant day. Speaking of our own set- tlement, it is doing all that conld rea- sonably be expeotted. At ;this place, evhere.just three mouths ago no onewais to be found, numbers are seen busy working their farms, numbers of tents t un- hun- s or - h as 1779. adiug niais and are seen dotting the prairie in every rection, and houses are being built i any's many places, and breaking being don Jug' on most cf the half sections. On the an_ enclosing of the first- house at Crystal liege City, the following Sabbath service was the held by the Rev. Mr. Ilarrisen, Canada r is Methodist minister, of Nelsonville, and, y in although word wits only sent the day Bar- before, a congregation of over thirty turned out. The next evening a meet- ing was held in the same house, and with an energy and spirit most conis T. mendable. A 'subscription list was at once started.for the purpose of erecting toba a smallchurch, and quite a sum was at from once subscribed. This church is to be rcad erected this fall. The next .Sabbath' an_ service was again held. when there was aliarsiet minister was appointed: to theRock an attendance of about fifty. At the out - Conference recently held in Toronto, a bad Lake mission, whoseheadquarters is to lifts be at C. C., and I am. told other ited denominations are to be represent - mud ed. very soon. We hope soon to have was ver, ne ake ile sed ere ble ople of Russia recover from ro rtune than another comes to t lace. The plague. which at a threatened to extend itself mpire has been subdued, and F sts—if they were the incen- a ave been of late prevented so ng fire to the lare towns; but a et the southern Provinces of si ve been visited by swarms of d at 'have devoured the crops aste two millions of acres of ePi. the district of Cherson alone -I., f 040,000 has been voted for m e of exterminating these in- ni this precaution comes too va of much good in saving the fo is year. The coming of the ab cust is about as uncertain as co of a similar pest on our cr prairies. The place where ce their rise is in dispute, and lo pa Mountains have about as a cla to the unenviable notoriety e sells of Turkestan. But h do ibts may exist as to the , th re can be no question as to des ructiveness. Some of the st w eat lands in Russia are M- in the area over which their es ar reported; and unless their is a ested there is fear that they at do n the average wheat yield. ssia, o much the .same level that eona le weather has reduced the of E gland and France. 'id and water, scarcely able to make en miles a day, our people could get long for the most part over a corn- aratively good road at the rate of hirty, and frequeetly more; but we re now glad to know that the wet see- n is over for this year, and -the ioads re fast becoming all that could be de -- red. This peculiar mud, when it ries, forms a street nearly equal to a aved pne, and, what may appear very ngular, there is scarcely any dust. be weather is very fine, but the ther- °meter is • daily ranging among the neties. The nights, however, are in- riably cool and refreshing,. always af- rding an opportunity for a comfort - le sleep. The weather is all that uld be desired for the benefit of the ops, Which present a really magnifi- nt appearance, except in the very w and wet parts of the country I lly he me n - is ng is i nd ry id ' ° he I t t e a o, r5e ts a a - S. 4 II' A I I 11 dso Bay Trarli-ng- Posts. Th traddeg and interior posts of the Comp ny re strange, quaint -looking place , bu t according to a general type. They tans generally upon the second or lo er bs nk of some navigable river or lak:, so s to be easily accessible to the b • ats hioh annually visit them with :uppl es. A trading `post is in- varia sly a quare, inclosed by immense trees or pic ets, one end sunk deeply in • the gr•und and. placed close together. A pia form about the height of an or- dinare man, is carried along the inner side o the qtiare, so as to enable any one to peep over without danger from arrow or b llet. At the four corners are ba tion-, octagonal in shape, pierced with e • bra ures, to load the Indians to believ t e existence of cannon, and intend d to strike terror to any red- skinnes reb 1 bold enough to dispute the su rem cy of the Company. The entran e to the stockade is closed by two m ssiv: gates, an inner and an outer sne., n the centre of the square stands the r sidence of the factor or trader "it ch rge, and of the upper class of emp oyee , while about its four sides, close t the stockade, are ranged the tradins stor, , the fur room, the ware- houses serv nts' quarters, &c. Beside the la er welling rises a tall flag staff, b arin the flag of the Conapany, with i s st ange device, "Pro pelle cutem"Lski for skin—and near by a bell to -en t e tones from which mark the ho rs fo labor and rest. In front of the ate le liege a few half-breeds or Indian- in tasselled cap and dirty white c pote or' tattered blankets. A band °Mors s graze in a: distant mea- dow, w dle earer by a few leather tepees, sr bar lodges, from the frilled poles of whic the smoke curls lazily, indicat: the home of the aboriginal hanger -in. t one side of the palisade a few r de c osses or wooden railings, stained by Ma and snow -drift, and blown o er b the tempest, mark the last res ng p aces of the dead. The t a,de- arrange wit wants the they att act. the low ceil traps, ti oorns at all the posts are strict reference to the this s peculiar custom which in so From the heavy joists of some ng depend twine, steel not, h n ket les, frying pans, etc.; on sayin various hely s are piled bales of cloth it is b of all. colors, capotes, blankets, and many caps; end i smaller divisions are count placed files, s alping knives, gun screws, better flints, balls of twine, fire steels, canoe times eads o a colors and cases never saw such a prospect for rea good. crops as is now to be seen in t Pembina Mountain district. If so_ of our friends. who are somewhat i credulous as to the character of th fair land, could see the fields of spri wheat, oats, barley, etc., west of th place, they might possibly be co vinced. Fall wheat, timothy a clover, too, can be seen of the ve finest. These we were repeatedly to could not be grown here. At t Mountain, twoi weeks ago, I saw as fin fall wheat as I ever saw in Ontari stalks taken from the field measuring feet 3 inches. Fine new potatoes a now in the market, and haying oper. tions are in progress in many place Vegetation is very rapid in this cou Mrs'. Seaton, and her ch-ii-d,--froni ' semi, were seriously but it is not fatally injured. The other escapee with a few slight bruises. The' lingo, was a total wreck. . • —A 'religious' -denomination callea "Brethren," and who claim to leula. up their Church on the dowafan other denominations, have of late been holding meetings at Troevbriage with moderate success. —Mr. Thomas Strachan, llth eee. cession of Mornington, lost a Valhable horse a short time ago. The atinue - backed through the high door of a beak barn, and fell to the ground, receiving suclLinjunes as causedhis death. —The stock of cheese reanufacturea at Squire's factory, in Logan, this Bear. son, has heert sold for Eve eents pee poued. Some of the ps.trons ha.ve eeas- ed sending their milkethirtking it will pay better to manufacture butter. —A party of SOMC 25 or 30 from -Lie. towel have atarted for a _holiday teip., and have chartered a boat for a. trill% of ten or twelve days on the Georgia), Bay and among the Manitoulin Nana& The party will take their stock of pri3. visions, fishing tackle and other neces- saries with them. —On the evening of one of the hot- test days this season, it valuable horse belonging to Mr. Theobalel Litt, near Sebringville, dropped dead in Stratford, from the excessive, heat. It had been driven upwards of '60 miles during the day, along with a mate, which is -enough to kill any horse_ with the tenapeiaturs at 110 degrees. —Rev. Sohn Kay, who hoe been officiating in the l Presbyterian churches at Milverton and North Morni was inducted into the pastoral charge of those congregations on Thursday. July 17th.1 Rev. Messrs. McLeod a.nd Waits, of Stratford, W. A. Wilson, - of St. Marys, and .Messrs. Croly and Boyd were present and took part in the induction. all the privileges and conveniences —On Sunday afternoon, in Stretforel e 188,SC Rigg and Wm. Fletcher, had it dispute, when the la.tter drew a revolver, and fired twice at. Rigg's head, fortunately_ the weapon missed the. Pour of the seven chambers were loaded. with ball cartridge. Fletcher was knocked down tor. and the revolver taken from him. The necessary to make our beautiful loca- tion still more attraative and desirable. Yours very truly. THOS. GREENWAY. EmEtskm, July 14, 1879. Butter Business. To the Editor of the Huron Exposi • DEAR SIR,—A8 this subject is so o commented upon and discussed fluently, yet so imperfectly tinders in many rural sections, it may not amiss to offer a few suggestions thro this widely circulated paper to many manufacturers of butter grease in Western. Ontario. Every we rise, Sunday hardly excepted, subject is rehearsed. to us by every t of humanity. Granny tells us she can- not understand. why it is that butter is so cheap, and all her posteiity corrobor- ate her. She has made butter in Can- ada, for the last 40 years, and her but- ter never was faulted; but now it is bored to the bottom of the Lucket be- fore her very eyes, and the rascals (the store keepers), for they are all alike, to depreciate its value, put it to their nose and tell her it is not gr (A), but very likely on account of warm weather. Now, we need state that butter is very low, but it m be information to some to know . cause, which is simply this: The putation of Canadian butter is very n foreign markets, and deservedly from the fact that it will not comp with that exported eleewhere, Americ reatnery batter for example. One h he butter made, if not more, is not itled to the name, and until such tim S merchants classify butter, keep eparate, and. pay prices according his state of depression will remit nd, if possible, probably increa When we say we are paying so mu or butter, that means only for No. Park, two young men nana a deteotives are now on his track,. ften —Mr. Trow, M. P., who recently re - so moved from Trowbridge to Stretford, tood was given a patting supper, at which& be large number of his friends were press ugh ent. Thirty-six years have elapsed the since Mr. Trow came, an unknown and young man, to the township of North day Easthope, and engaged in. the profession this of school teaching. His probity and ype sterling common sense were readily ap- premated by his country neighbors, and he was soon made their confidant and banker. He filled almost every drum itt the gift of the people, from reeve to member of Parliament, and he has fill- ed them all so well that he never feared to appeal for a renewed,expressioxi of the confidence of his supporters. ade General News Items. the —Steps have been taken to submit not the Scott Act for approval in West aY Middlesex. the —A daughter of Mr. M. G. Humes re- of Wardsville, had &leg broken in two flat places, one day lately, by jumping out ees of a wagon. are ! —Mrs. Graham, of London, had the all 'misfortune to fall headlong down stain' alf a few days ago. She was taken up en- 'insensible, andstilllies in a piecations es icondition. it —A grand denaonstration of some ly, .kind offered by the Liberals of Mon - in, :treed to ex -Lieutenant -Governor Letel- lier, to mark their approval of his ch icourse, has been practically decided. 1, upon. try, as we remarked* before; all kinds 1 and the consequence is a large percent - of crops grown in our section of On- age of the butter we buy is bought for tario can no doubt be raised success- less than No. 1 price. We consider fully here. I have seen numbers of this justice to the weed butter maker, , usual varieties. The great rush has and an incentive to the bad. Hopipg first-rate gardens, containing all. the for the present ceased; still this custom will become more common, Elj number and thanking you, Mr. Editor, for this large numbers are again expected. space, I remain, yours respectfully, arrive almost daily. After harvest This place is still rushing ahead rapid- BLAKE, Ray 25, 1879. " J. &num. ly ; buildings are going up in all dieecs eesesesmemmemeameseem tions. Some idea of how the country Perth Items. in and around Emerson is progressing —A number of large water tanks for limy be gathered from the quantity of use in case of fire are being built in Lis - building meterial being used up. I was towel. told by MT. Carney, one of the leading —On Thursday, 24th ult., 023,000 lumber dealers here, that his sales were paid out to employees of the Grand. Trunk at Stratford. —Civic holiday in. Listowel on Fri - brought in 60,000 feet, and I under- dioarya,..8th August. There will be an ex- cursion to Goderich by way of Strat- stand have just sent an order for an- other similar lot; besides there are the —Mr. J. B. Watson, the Canadian operations of other dealers. Two sales humorist, has been electrifying the of lots have lately taken place, which St. Marys people by his wit and elo- were well patronized, a large number The Hudson By Company are also quence. being sold and. good prices realized. —The interesting ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Presbyterian falling into line in the onward march, (Knox) church in St. Marys, took place and are surveying their property' on the on Friday of last week. west side of the river into lots. They —Mr. Milner Hart, P. L. S., of St. a to those who will build upon their lots. upon as in - -alone, since the first of January last, have reached a million feet. The Guelph lumbering company recently —s specia general meeting of the 1 1Stadacona, Bank wati held a few days ego, when, after &good deal of discus- sion, it was resolved to go into liquida- tion and wind up the affairs. The ground 'upon which this action was based was that there are too Many banks doing -business in the city, and that itis next to impossible to hivest capital profitably. The bank is in perfectly solvent tondition„ —The following postal money order regulations are announced in the Officiat Gaaettf. There shill be regular ex- change of money orders between the two countries (the DOThillicil and the 'United States) for sums received from remitters in one country for payment in the other. The maximum amount Of any money order issued in either - eountry is fixed at $50 in lawful money of the country in which the order iginates, but no money order shall in- clude a fractional part of a cent The provisions of this article took effect on the 1st July. —A very successful Kindergarten school has been iii operation in the city of Guelphomder the charge of Miss Gache, of Des Moines, Iowa. The ex- . namation and closing exercises were ecently held, and were deemed mine ntly sa.tisfactory. The samples of ork, consisting of perforating of pies ares, weaving and mat plaiting, em- roidery and slat facing were examinea, nd the beauty and precision of every- ing admired. The system has taken ch a hold on the Guelphites, that it eipntteetanbdeerd. tt,a continee tiae sohool —Early on the morning of tbe llth Aleut several burglars repaired to the sidence of Mr. Narcisse Menard, Mm- es.'. After effecting an entrance they. andered through the house, collecting 1 the valuable clothing they could d, rolled it up and threw it outof the indow that they might have it con- venient if surprised. They soon fonnd their way into the bedroom where Mr. Menard and his wife were asleep. Here they found a watch and chain, a gold ring and several other valuables, of which they quietly tookpossession. The last of the burglars to leave the room had to pass by the bed where Mrs. Menard lay asleep. He paused for a moment, and then resolved to wind up his programme by the theft of a kiss. He stooped down andkissed sthesieen- ing beauty," who was awakened partlY by the tender inapression, and partly the stifling odor of whiskey. flicker- ing lamp in the adjoining _room shed a faint light upon the scene of this truly amusing romance, and as Mrs. Menard opened her eyes, the first object that met them was the burly face stoop down to kiss her again. Sberecoliected having seen the face before. A scream awa„keiaed her husband and surprdsea the burglar, 'who fled, the enraged tug- gibavhd at his heels. The descriptionivas en to the detectives, and from it the purpose putting up some large build- Marys, has been sent by Dominion r ings, and offering liberal inducements Government to inspect and report e ection of land the North In all probability quite a town may be west- t , seen upon the present site of the old —A stranger staying at Yr Robert b fort before long. In fact everything up- Brown's, Carlingford, accidentally shot a pears to me to be just the opposite of himself with a revolver. The ball -th what we see in most places in Ontario. lodged in his hand, producing a painful su There is more stir and activity in this wmila• is place in a day than would be seen in a --The wife of a citizen of Stratford s week in a place of similar size with you. was picking berries the other day, Property too is rapidly increasing in and before she could reach home in value, instead of the very reverse, as is one more was added. to the population re too often the case in so many places in of Canada. Mother and infant both do- tr the older provinces. Just last week a ev mg well. farm was sold, but three miles from —A few days ago two young villains al this place, for $5,300 ; two years act° it in Stratford, who ought to have- a fin was worth but little. Claims taken thorough taste of the cat -o' -nine tails w pring have been sold at a profit of, roe cases, 0400, 0500, $700, and in instances as high as $1,000. I do owever, wish to be understood as g that all who come here do well; y no means the case. There are who come who, both for this - ry's good and their own, might stay away. The reason is some- , not very obvious, but in some ' is easily perceived. It is fre- ly surprising, too, how a person • awls, and gla b sizes. Drawers in. the counter contain. quent needles, pins, , s - oo s, t im- bles, and. ver thou for painting -canoes and faces. 0 the floor is strewn a variety o cop kettle, from half a pint to a galloa ; and in. one corner of the room stand a, dozen tradiag guns, and beside them a keg of powder and a bag of shpt. In som f trade looms a small space is ailed- ff by the counter near the door, behi which the Indians stand to trade. Sometimes they are confined o a separate apartment, called the India -rooia, adjoining that occupied were caught in the act of setting fire to a rat which they had. first peured .over with kerosene. —A young girl named. Somerville, who was employed as a domestic at Willis' Hotel, St. Marys, and who removed to her mother's house in Us - borne, while suffering from an attaele of • sina.11-pox, has since died from this loathsome disease. —During a thunderstorm in Lietowel. last week, the town constable found tve evill be mistaken as to the success of men lying on the street stunned, and. particular individuals. Versons ac- their lower limbs paralyzed. They knowledged by all to be just the men f were at first supposed. to have b eett for this new country, turn out the most &truck by lightning, but after a couple complete failures, and in numbers of , bf hours in the lock-up, it was found instances the very reverse is the case. that whiskey had done it, and they were These, however, are mere isolated fined each $2 and costs. cases. There are seine who all their " —Last Friday morning as two wo- lives long have been used to working in , men and a child were driving into th a certain groove; thrown. out of that, town of St. Marys 111 a buggy, some they become like a disabled machine, ; part of the harness got detached, causs worse than useless. Not only will they ing the horse to run away, -upsetting not do anything themselves, but they 1 the buggy and throwing all of 4.h stand in the way of others and obstrudt cupants out. One of the wo s men, named e ffer • relied ottett18 tithe vaTil -jam e erlY a Pr fek, whe rata" to celifera* hi.bagings r - beenobb seneY lasa. #71 via whom hisbeer:lite' swityrepi.00wveit -e=0 Yea t haa tab the safetY malting on Valle!). pt to Um' ere it *mid arihking for tbe ;ctiQfl of tedbyE Xont0r0, 111 ot sbovine_asaren.iieaaeaenb_ ).vilio,swnhwdeo, tfs u r_s e aw ittit:100t3:311, t inh:200e ei r anis ale afrf:t " 11 41 r-11118:°Vthere,yee for sere of laid, 3. 10119 -of fodder e nage Were °sermons V last year, tor:::gg8wmwbibeueetruvlsehBkmr:oensme?gfs,uuwebbvol°eeanftsmgtfza' • inerous, is:nineoatwPrinPia e leeette1TraP:hlit ;:pareahmus: tal of uc ?rime Lucien, - irks, who h er tigellaninete'llre' "sbal° esesc* cf of those have di ealtathIlunendt, nage being -dee —lust after a intolliontreal on isttIoaded do -considerable . iers, a han "ea tlattearlilly an no oical indiffere ofdeers of th with* eYtiettnit:eel4otadn:;(4 theCanadian ta plinroinwoasbstillearteisbf t al, they were co th smuggling urea the V Stite bordwearsvei,n *men? wagon anilt 4)aveetru.re h .. • 13 hink e follow ill Y ?fo7:1 al eett:8111:: cenllthat ar: its eth. e°11; peII1torform lisrlelch'eg3-'Pata 11 11 ore by lig ea the p tUteh IYalt:in:bh711 G-th: ear:1 'Pat°thneauPa:: le ovrtetr, 4.wahO' di- dit etY,gfb 'itfl:PC °I'vtlni '141hee egotor r tte ti ebYullt:lettaitde Sank, pas A