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The Huron Expositor, 1879-10-31, Page 11879. DENS1AV .ES --At &lea zena aec. At 12; cents est Bargains TS -1n New - Choice for EIVT. 'ELT HATS, CENTS. - N ETS, in all the Lud orders to h despatch RTIVIE • wool Tweede tr yard—Goods LA N K ETS, per pair. LLL & COe a.lers in DRY :d any, he alga ms more sager . It is certainly Lring turnip we ac, Mr. Jame : scale 23,0104 8 drills to the Meat 'cultivated ett regular crap, _ ibt but it will 11 of any whea he crop is fresh .ater, and not se ere. Those who. a have the ad - the crop whea s are brougbt. so le soil must be 1 iu order to eat:: 'ratty of note also aerally speaking, ills are retuning tason for }Ti alt sides of the el the sun,where- ; and west one [ways ahadeci. ?moats, reat&et to are very cheaa • 4 fully -appreciate • • . - • Itt 11 I TWELFTH YksAR. ' WIIOTJE- NUMBER, 621. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1879. { McLEAIT BROS., Publishers. $160 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. • A BARE GHANCE.—Twenty-five acres of laud with house and barn for sale in Egmondville. This property is well situated for either farm, or gardan purposes. Title indisputable. Apply to ROBERT BRETT. 615 SALE.—For Sale a first class Planing -A: Mill, nearly new and in good running order, situated in the flourishing Town of Seaforth, Will be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquire of SECORD, COSSENS & CO., Goderieh, Ont. VARM FOR SALE.—Lot 20, Con. 3, MeKillop, J. containing 100 acres; 80 acres cleared; 21 in fall heat;wtwo aud a half milei from Seaforth ; conaenient to sch.onls and churehes. Apply on the premises or to .TOIIN ADAMS, Seaforth post 619x4 office. 'WARN! AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, 1. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.—Lot 17, on the Ilth concession, McKillop; price $40 per sets; Building lots in .different parts of the town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own terms of payment, at 8.per cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE. 591 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. 11. S., Tueltersruith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 sores, 34 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to sehool. The land is of the very beat (plant": For further particulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Egmondville P. 0. 52 t — AND TO WN PROPER TY FOR SALE, CHEAP.—Lot No, 24, Con. 9, MeKillop, 100 sores; north half Lot 30, Con. 9, Mali -1110p, 56 acres; north half vf north half- Lot 31, Con. 9, se•Killop, 25 acres; residence occapied by Mr. Malcohnson, on &ell -into& Survey, Seaforth .; building lot' i ou Jarvis* and F. 0-. Sperling's Sur- veys. Apple t� GRAY, YOUNG & SPARLING, 'Seaforth. 595 -VARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, the west part of Lot No. 1„ -Con,„ 17, Grey,- containing 50 teres, $5 of which are cleared, well 'fenced, and m n state of. good. cultivation. Thereis a. good frame house, good- orchard and plenty - of water: It is on the gravel road leading to Brussels and Seaforth, and adjoins a enureh and school. It is also within lief andip of the Village of Walton. Apply on the .premises or to Walton Post •Office. CHARLES - fifURCHIE. 493 '▪ ARM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 2; con. 10 Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, about- * el.earea, the balance well timbered. There is a Stone house and good frame barn, i; is welt fenc- ed and underdrairied. 'Phere is a young bearing orchard. It is about aeon mile" 'from Seaforth and four from Hensall, and is , convenient to school. Two good wells at water- Possession given at any time. Apply at. the EXPOSITOR' office, Seaforth, • 610 AKE 'qua FORTUNE.—Five hundred ALL dollars in cash, and $500 on time to -suit purehaser with.- interest at 7 per a_nt. will buy . 200 acres of good farming land in Vicoria County, 20 acres cleared, and a good house -on -the prem- ises ; within 11 milea of a market' town -and- a steamboat bolding, within half a mile of a good road, and, within one raile of .t" store, church, school house and peat unit*. Apply to JOHN WILLIAMS, Constance P. 0. -615 WARM FOR.SALE.—For -pate, the west half of Lot 83,- Con. 5, MKiflGp,co1itaining51 acres, over 40: of wide h aai. e cleared and 1 roe front, tau raps, There is -a good. fra•rne barn leg house and orchard.. The soil is heavy cilia- fit for raiediag all kinds of crops. It issituated within four and a half miles of Seaforth. For further 'particulars address the proprietor, Poole I', 0, or .apply personally at his residence wi,tlain ono and -a half miles of Milverton railway station. GEORGE DICKSON. 6188. 1pR0PIIRTY:-F011 SALE.—Por Sale Lot 14, -1-• Con 16, Grey ; West half of Lot 2:9, Con. 6, with cheese faetory complete ; Lot 11, Coo. 6, end Bomb half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Moms; Lot '22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township ofHowiek, all good improved farms, together wit h several 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris, and houses •and lots and vacant lots in the village of Brussels.. Prices low, terms easy, and title good. APply to JOHN LECKIE, Bras- : eels. ' 574 'ARM FOR SALE..—For sale Llt.17, concession - 8, Stanley, 10.0 acres, 80 cleared, well termed and in a goat' state -of earltiyation, the balance well timbered with maple. Frame house barn and Sheds.. Five acres of good .boaring etcher d, and two never failing welts. Is on a good gravel road within 2 miles of Varna:, -6 miles from Binee- fi" id station, Great WesternRailway, and 12 -miles from ,Seatorth. and C.inton. For further pa rtied• tars apply to the proptietor.on.the premises,or to 141.114- P. 0. JOHN BEDALOND.• 598 - -LA' A HOUSE AND LOT EOR $200.—The under- signed will sell a neat and comfortable Cot- tage in Egniondville, situated -opposite the mill, for $200: ; there isa. good lot, cellar, water and all other -conveniences ; easy terms of ,payment ; if net sold it will be rented, with privilege to -buy. He also offers for sale the building at presort t oc- cupied. by Mr. Jacob- McGee - being a newt and -oommodious etore, wish dwelliUg house and stable attached, .situated on Main Street; terms easy and rent low. Apply to A. STRONG; Land Agent, Seaforth. • .611 wAniNt FOR SALE.—For Sale, tot 2, Con. 11, IL B. S., containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and in a first-class state of cultivation, -the balance -being gool4arclwood bush; log -house, with stone . cellar , ander, - and well finished; _frame 'barn 86x60, with stone stabling underneath; good hearing orchard. and 3 good wells ; convenient to ehureh, school and post office • is situated 8 miles from Seaforth and 5 from :Henson, on a good gra-vel. road._ For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Chisellini•st E. 0. JOHN C. STEELE. .608-4x -• 147ARM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 2, Con. 17, Grey, and part of It 1.„ Con. 1.7, containing in all .129 acres, about 90: of which are cleared, and ander good cultivation. The balance is well timbered with hardwood. There is a hewed log house, and frame barns, sheds and stables. There is a good-Deadly,corchard awl good water, Is situated on agooel gravel road within half a mile of; Walton village ; five miles from Brussels, on the Gmat Western Railway; aud ten miles from Seaforth, on the Grand Traok Railway ; with a choice ot markets- For farther particulars apply to the proprietor on the pretenses or to Walton It. O. REIN McFADZEIN. 610x20 VARM FOR SALE.—Fen Sale, Lot 22, Con, a, ToWnre-hip of Tucker:omit-b., L. R. 8., contain- ing 100 acres, about 70 of whieh are cleared and in a good state of cultivation ; the balanceis good hardwood bush ; good fraine house, barn and stable ;. excellent water on the premises ; well feud; good young orchard,and every couveni- eneeavppertalaing ta a. farm. Is situated about 7 miles from. Seiaiuit.a. 2t from Rippe'', and 3 from Brneefield, on the London Huron and Bruce Railway, The land is firat-e"lass elay loam.- For farther particulars apply to the. proprietor on the pronciies, or it by letter to Brucefield 1'. 0, MILES MeMILLAN. 601-4)z _ PARM FOR SALE.—North half of Lot 22, Sat"- ble Line (Lake Shore Road) Stanley; 80 acres; 60 acres cleared and in good. cultivation; '20 acre good bush ; 9 acres fall wheat; 15 acres fall plow- ed,; three -qua" fors -of a mile from DrysdaleP. 0. and store; first-class:laud ; convenient to school and church; brielt house, 20x30, story "Led a half, well finished with good cellar; bank barn, 4&)x58; fine Ktrenia of runningwater ease to barn '• a splemlid orchard of bearing trees. Terms will be made to suit pnrcluisets„ it time iti required; but for cash a good bargain will he given. Apply on the farm or to NELSON . MOUS8EAIT, Drysdale 619x4 VARM IN ItfeKILLOP EOR SALE.—For Sale, • the North part of Lots 8 AO 9. Con. 13, Me- •• Eillop, containing 112 acre ; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, unelerdruaned, and in a high atiatea)f coitiratiou, the baignee is well timbered with. hardwood - good &Mane- new bank frame barn 5Ux7, •elth stabling underneath, and other - outbaildings, also a. good young orchard and: plenty of water. Is 10.reileS from Brussels, 5 from . Walton, and le from .-Seaforth, with good gravel roads to each phee;lconvenient to &arch and schools; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, or will be exchanged tor a squat farm. Apply to Walton P. 0, or to tbe proorictor on the premises. WILLIAM DYNES, 593 AMONG THE GEOLOGICAL DISTRICTS OF CANADA. ELORA AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. It ha's been truly said that science is still in her infancy in Canada. Clothed in modest reserve, and awaiting the. smile of public favor to be allured from her retreat, she has not yet made her favorite ballets household words in the land. • Otherwise, the little village from whieh this letter is addressed, would not have remained. so long prac- tically unknown. For here in their most attractive forms are spread some of her stores,—stores Which might ani- mate again the pen of another Miller, or be the source to which another Shake- speare migat owe some of his most bril- liant and pernianent lines. Professor Nicholson, it is true, has done what- a scientific teacher in Canada an do to bring the place into public notice. His work, however, has been very little read. Accuetomed so :much to look abroad for something to - imitate or to admire, eager -to turn to the rising sun for what, but for their blindness, the setting orb would grant iii quite as great a degree, Cana,diaus often allow the most striking scenes to lie neglected and unvisited. Tourists do find. their way lute this district, and the zealous and untirine efforts of Mr. David Boyle to keep its atractions before the public, and the exteut and variety of the collec- tion he has gathered in the public school museum, has perhaps done more than anything else to make the village a popular resort., Elora then, be it known, uotwith- stauding the heathenish, fantastic name, is not a home of savages but an old and well-established village in the county of Wellington. It is Situated at the confluence of the Grand and Irvine Rivers, and it is these which contribiate the striking scenery of. the neighbor- • hood, and give the geological student an opportunity to pur4ue his investiga- tions. It rests on the Guelph forma, - ton, and its fessils bellong to the Silu- rian system of the llaaceozoic .Period. Along the Grand Itivea, which, through ages of journeying ibas plowed its course far down. into the rock, the strata iS well marked, and fossils are found in abundance. Here, too, the scenery is woucierfully fine. Far away to the north, winding and throwing out in clefts its rugged masses ,of rocky cliffs, stretches the river, now narrowing its channel to a tiny gulley, through which the waters deep down dash along- , now broadening its embrace to almost a valley, along which the stream seems to crawl, the banks lined. with trees and. 'verdure, with flowers blooming every- where in the spaces between them. Here and there along the bed of the stream the wateas spread out into area- teur lakes, until a, some distance below thejunctiou they ' roaden jute one love- ly basin, that bra tes strongly to ime's mind some of fa scenes of Scott'sfine poem, "The Lady of the Lake." As I sat down beside the limpid waters-, the rocks towering far above me, the sound of a not distant fall in my ears, and the deep gulches, shrubbery lined, narrow- ing and aroadening far away, behind me, I could scarcely have been surpris- ed had the wild note, rung out from the horn of Fitzjames, and speeding out from under some of the encircling trees the tiny boat cleated forth that bore:the Lady Ellen teller fate. - Here, at intervals along the bed of the rock which forms the bottom of the river, are " dips " with all those attend- ant pbeuomena which are so intereating to geologists. What is perhaps more remarkable are the little cireulae holes found here and there along the river course, beautifully scooped out by some mysterious 'agency, which has not yet been, satisfactorily explained. At one place is the remains of an old Inaian portage, where many a warrior, .no doubt, has struggled Manfully tip the steep cliffs, reeling under his burdens of war or the chase. Another feature of the scene is What is known as the4' hid -- den well," where the sound of rushing water is constantly heard, but where no trace of it has ever -yet been seen. The rock beds are here rich in fossils, and the banks of the stream likewise abound in them. The most character- istic is that one so common in this formation—the megalomus canadensis— many beautiful specimens . of which, preserved by the care of Mr. Boyle, may be seen in the museum. Here, too, are very many other fossils fmind in the Silurian system, that mighty rind of the Palreoeoic Age, the isediments of which—if we are to believe Mr. Ford's late artieles in the New -York Tribune— were slowly depositing_ themselves through millions of years: The Favo- ,sites Gothlandiea, and Tumciella Axton- enata are likewise found here. -Ne less than ten thousand species of anitnal life havebeen traced by Mr. Ford to this system. The Guelph formaion belongs, I believe. to the middle brauch of thiEeperiod. No land plants appear. No traces of them can be found in the entire period, extending as it does over the vast apace of time above mentioned, but land auimals are occasionally dis- covered in the later deposits. The thoughts, of course, to which any reference to this subject give rise, to which, let our faith in the, broad doc- trines of Christialeity be what it may, any investigation in this matter natur- ally leads, are, how far does this evi- deuce- around us conflict with Scrip- ture, or does it conflict at all? , While these mighty gorges were being hollow- ed; while, step after step, this stair- case of the earth was ascending, was man in existence? While successively vegetations rose and withered, while 'animals appeared and diea,ppeared, while mountains rose end 'fell, as the ocean became dry land and dry land melted into sea, did. the sun keep on his course and the -seasons roll their roende as now? Did that series of epodes of ani- mals, that continual and successive 'series, that beginning with protoplasna at last developed into the finely foutted vertebrates of the last period, of which man is the highest type; did these originate by natural laws, the last from the first, or did they not? It is useless for theology to ask us to avoid that question. It is useless to demand that man, a rational, thinking -being, is to, be debarred from using that reason, simply because it leads him into a- diffi- culty. The writer of this paper is not a geetogist, other than an/amateur, but it is his candid opinion there is no con- flict between the world of science and the world of revealed religion. There is too much system in it all e there is too muoh - regularity and order and beauty; the la.w of arrangement is everywhere too admirably illustrated to allow any other inference than that of some great intelligence over -ruling all. I know this intelligenee cannot be proven, but it is surely as reasonable to believe there is °DO, as to believe what, to me, is more difficult, that all this is the Work of mere chance. ..At the risk of being tedious, I must venture to offer in this point also the opinion of Mr. Ford, expressed in his recent admirable articles to which reference has already been made: "The facts in opposition to the theory that all Silarinn forms have been derived from -common pre -primordial anoestor through the operations of • the laws of natum ate not only -numerous, but ap- parently insurmountable. In the first place, no such fine gradations exist among genera and species as we should expect to meet with on this theory; while the stability of certain generic types, as well as of certain speeifie forms, through 011013110US periods of time, is a positive 'fact, bear- ing in the same 'direction, of even. greater fince. * * * The order, too, of the various classes is widely at varia.nee with the require- ments of this theory. If the earth has been stocked with living forms in the way it supposes, we should expect to find in the lowest Premordial beds; first, sea -weeds, then sponge's and other Protozoans; next, Polypeorals and Cicalepliai with, later on, Crystids and Crinids'and lastly, Ostracoids and Trilobites; but the facts give a contrary rendering." But I feat, Mr. Editor, I am tres- passing on valuable space and so will conclude. . G. W. F. . Emma, October 8rel, 1879. . Canada. , A great many new settlers are pine into the Parry Sound townsbips. —Geo. Armitage, of Biddulpb, from 11 quarts of oats sown, threshed 23 bushels. —A horse, 39 years old. died last week in Galt. Mr. Dark, of Goderich, has anolder horse than this. \,r4. —A hipment of lithographic same, for Boseon, intended as a trial lot, was taken dub of the Bobcaygeon quarry last week 1;1131 forwurded by - It a proposed by C. L. Thierry Soused Boston, to open a factory in Montreal, employing 50 to .60 hands, for • the manufacture of watch cases. —Dr. Davenant, one of the largest _property owners in Windsor, died very suddenly last week. Only the day be- fore his mother died, leaving him heir to $75,000. —Wm. . Kerr, of Warwik, was 1001 -years old on the 176h of March last; he is a native of Monaghan, Ireland. John McNab, a Highlander, in Enniskillen, has attained his 116th year. —Thomas Puley, Mariposa, hason bis farm second crop flax four inches higta and pumpkin plants with four leaves and over three inches high. Mr. Paley may have fresh pumpkin pies for Christmas. —Mrs. Kirk, mother of C. Clark, M. P. P., ,Elora, died in that town last weelc aged 88 years. The deceased came to Canada ill 18.13 and settled in the Niagara District. She settlein Elora in 1848, where she resided ever since. —The Parkhill grain .buyers are urg- ing the creation of a market in that town, where' all grain would have to be brought for sale. This would save buyers from having to- place - men ou all the roads to get the advantag,e of the fia—at Smith, of Hepworth, Bruce. Peninsula, has on his farne a cedar -tree measuring ten feet three inches in circumference four feet from the ground. It is a straight. tree with no large branches. Another standing a few feet from it measures fourteen feet ten - inches. - =The shipments of apples from Mon- treal last week were over 6,000 barrels; consignments to England have dune • well. Importers have. about .stopped sending potatoes; owing to expenses of freight they ca,neet compete with Ger- many, whence great quantities are ship- ped to England. —George Barber, of Guelph, engineer in cleaxge of the steam fire engine, last week attemptedto cross under a train of cars' which was stauding on the I road. . While in the act of passing un- der tl ttt cl. poor Barber and cutting him in ttewhaig in. About a year ago a sister of Barber was • aceidentally burned to death. ,—On Sunday afternoon last, as a woman named Mrs. Connolly was row- . lug in a boat acrossthe Ottawa- River to the Gatineau Point the waves raised ! by- the ferry steamer, added to the roughness of the water from the high wind, upset the boat, and threw her iuto the water. She clung to the boat for a whiles but feeling h-erself getting chilled, swam to the Gatineau Point, a distance of over two hundred yards. —A settler who has been eight years in Muskoka writes: We . have as good soil as can be found in any 'part of On- tario. We have all kinds of soil—loam, clay, muck and sand, and the best of soft water from springs, creeks, rivers and lakes, also mouutain and valley. We can produce as good grain, vege- tables, roots and bay as can be raised in in any new section of * Ontario. We have as good horses, cat- tle, sheep, swine and poultry, as can be raised of the same breeds anywhere else. Our climate is healthy. We have game, • fish, wild berries and nuts in a.bunclen.ce. We have a highway by cars or steamer to any part cf the world. We are a reading, thinkiug and working -class. We are pushing the forest back into the wirderness. Most of us came here poor, but we are living better, growing richer and more generous. —Mr. E. 13. Eddy, of Hull, on Mon- day sold' to one American 'firm, $40,000 worth of lumber.. —It is proposed. that the name of Prince Arthur's Landing be changed to "Nindooning," an Iudiae lord signify- ing "the mouth." . —Four Lindsay gentlemen -have re- turned from a very successful deer - hunting expedition to the North, bring- ingwith them fourteen deer. -- • —The house of a farm laborer named. Donald Graham was burned. on Tues- day in the township of Pittsburg, and his youngest child, an infant, burned to death. . —The kaoka factory at St. Thomas is now completed and in fi I operation. Although the capacity is half a' ton daily, it is found neoessftry to run' night and day in ceder to keep up with orders. —The friends of a yong man named Ernest, from Toronto, wiao joined the Northwest mounted police last year, have received official notificatioa that he bas been shot dead by Indians near the Rocky Mountains: --At the Caledonia, Fair, an Indian from -the Grand River reservation took, the second prize for -apples'. His Dame is Levi Johnston. Specimens of other productions shown by the "noble red man" wereequally stood. -2-Mr. A. A. McArthur, of Strathroy, has returued from the World's Fair at St. Louis, making ate of the most com- plete records in the Berkshire class ever recorded by any breeder on the con- tinent. He won four first prizes and two grand sweepstakes. —The poetic young editor of the Woociville Advocate in writing a " hymeneal" paragraph says: "A mar- riage is such a rare thine° hi our towu. notteatdays thait is not„without con- siderable emotion that we are enabled to announce the event." —A mau -named Thick, residing in Aylnier, nine miles from Ottawa, has in operation his invention • of the hydro - incubator, or 'egg -hatching machine, with rearing apparatus combined. This invention he has recently patent- ed, and is now hatching cut chickens. —Mr. Wm. McIntosh, Inspector of Public Sehools, Madoc, has been ap- poitited by the Minister of Education, a commissioner to enquire into certaiu impropertpractices in connection with the intermediate examination, held at .1Smith's Falls, ouuty of Lanark, in Slily last. . —The first session of the Haxriston Model School opened ?n Wed.nesday, when some twenty-six or thirty teachers took their first lesson in wielding the •birch. InStructions have been received from Hen. A. Crooks, Minister of Education, for the perma- nent location of a MOdel School in „Ilarriston. —The Woedstock Sentinel says: Ern- bro has lecl the van at the present Assize Court. It has farrashea both long, im- portant, and disagreeable oases; and its citizens have brought their carpet bags and stayed. with us during the week. Embro.can clearly work up more law suits to the square acre than any other part of the County. —On Tuesday of last week Adam Telfer, a Galt grocer, committed suicide about eight o'clock Ity cetting his throat with a razor. , No reasons could be assignedfoil the act, ex- cept that at times. lately the deceased had been noticed to be very despondent. He was •a married' .men, about fifty years of age, aud leaves a wife and three childreu. —The business of the telegraph -com- panies is generally regarded as a good index of the state of trade. And ac- cording to this index business must be brisk indeed, for in both Montreal and Toronto, and in a number of large towns we have heard from, the number of messages is 'unusually large, indeed actual receipts are larger than at like periods last year, although the tariff has bean lowered twenty per cent. _ • --eA young man went to Chic4teteL few years ago end invested his "little all "-in produce; in due time he realiz- ed a handsome surn. The transaction soon came to the ears of his old associ- ates in the Canadian town he had left, and they formed a sort of syndicate, sent the Chicago resident all the Money they had and allt they I could borrow. Every dollar.of this was speedily lost, and the young man utterly ruined - as well as a number of his confiding friends. —Groff Brothers, of Waterloo, at the - late shows took over $1,000 in prize money. They took 92 prizes, many of them firsts, besides two gold. .medals, four bronze medals and sundry diplo- mas. They have also made very good sales, including two calyes, Young Ab- erdeen 2d and Baron Bo th, six months aud four months old re pectively, sold at Ottawa for $300, a$ a fine four year old bull, sold at London to Mr. Hooper, of St. Marys, f a175. They also sold one ram aud iwo lambs for $50. This is a gratifyin success for. a young firm. , —Francis L. Gundlock, of Montreale and Wm. Drought, of London, had • fracas at the Grigg's House, in Loudon, on Friday of last week. " Gundlock conceived that he had been insulted by Dfought, and. struck him in the face Drought then drew a shert ebony cane and struck his opponent e blow on the side of the head, just below the temple. The parties were separated and nothing mere- was thought of the matt& till morning, when Gundloca was found in- sensible on the floor of his room. Efforts to revive him were fruitless, and he died the following evening. Draught was then arrested and his case has been set for trial • at the next assizes. Both Gundlock and Drought were young men and had no previous attend or ac- quaintance. They were. both commer- cial travellers and of good reputtttion among their fellows. The blow struck was ouly a slight oile, the cane used being scarcely more than a switch. At one time a filler, of tbe finger will kill a man, at another he may be run through a threshing machine and come out not much the worse. - ' movement is on foot in Mon- treal to have Sir Francis Hincks as next Mayor of that city. A committee of citizens waited upon him a few days ago to ask him to become a candidate, bat be has not yet given his decision. —Mrs. Hugh Davidson, of the town- ship of Smith, met with a sad and probably fatal accident on Saturday af- ternoon. While crossing a newly -dug cigtern on a plank she lost her balance and fell into it, a depth of twelve feet; breaking and. splintering her thigh and fracturing her skull. —Mr. Thos. Moore, the Dublin journalist, who was on a visit to Canada with the agricultural delegates from England, after having made an extend- ed tour of the Eastern Townships eud Western Ontario, left for Europe. He is preparing a complete sketch of Cana- dian points of interest, which will be illustrated. by a series of engravings. —The Exchange Bank is prepared for the resumption of business on Mon- day, and DO difficulty in connection therewith is- anticipated. The Direc- tors of the Consolidated Bank having failed in negotiations to get a loan from other banks, it is not anown whether the bank will resume or go into insol- vency. An effort is being made to get an extension of time. —The skipping out of Walker, the Ailsa Craig drover, will cost his friends nearly $50,000. The family •connec- tions are heavy losers. One farmer from Petrolia sold him 80 head of cat- tle at $40 each. Farmers along the line of the Great Western' suffer most. Ansa. Craig banks come off safe. A London banker is in deeply. No ac- count yet of McLean, who is supposed to have moved in the same direction as Walker. —In answer to Mr. Blaikie's proposal for another race with Courtney, to set- tle which is entitled to the Chatauqua stakes and thus avoid a law wit, Hau- lm says that, as he prefers to wiu what is already his due on the water instead of in cella of law, he will row Courtney again if the money be placed in Blaikie's hands for a play or pay race. "Let the race be play or pay," says Mullane "and if anybody cuts mYboats • Mr. Courtney can have the money." —A fastidious tramp, a little more polite thee the general run of tramps, late on Saturday night entered_ the house of Mr. Dan Phillips, near Ailsa Craig, and selected the spare bed -room on the ground floor and slept in peace and quiet- • uess until 10 o'clock on Sunday, when he was discovered and brought to task for his presumption and misconduct. He said that he had done no harm what- ever, but if they would render him their account, be, on his next trip would fully discharge it. — On Monday last Dr. Charles Clark, of Aylmer, administered a dose of ether to a Mrs. Newton, of that place, before extracting a tooth. She became in- sensible and never recovered. -She was 25 years of age. An inquest was held on the deceased, and after a very full investigation the jury returned a ver- dict to the effect that death was caused by paralysis of the heart, inau.ced by administering a dose of ether, but that the medical attendant was not in any way to blarcle. —At a recent wedding in London, just as the couple were standing up be -- fore the minister, the girl's mother ap- peared at the window of the room and forbade the banns. The minister re- fused, to proceed, and the parties went outside and hid in the yard for a time. When the coast was clear they pro- ceeded to the residence of another clergyman, and succeeded in having the knot tied just as the mother again appeared on the scene. But the two were one, and there was no help for it. —A farmer named Kinsey, living on the lake shore near Sarnia, last week hot a large black bear in the woods bout three miles from the town. The carcase of the animal weighed 360 pounds. It was exposed for sale on the market, and was an. object of curiosity to a large number of people. The bear had been making free with hogs, sheep and other animals on the Surroundiug farms. His depreciations led to a search for the marauder and re- sulted in his death. It is stated that wild cats are more plentiful than is pleasant in the woods. —Some time ago a gentleman from near Harriston, bought several cattle, among them a pair of fine young steers. - During the night they were spirited away and no trace of them could be found for some time. They were at last fouud in the possession of a man, and the owner offered to buy them, but said he could not remove them for a while, and woeld pay $1 per mouth for their keep. This was agreed to, when the seller was surprised by his customer re- marking, Well Mr. , those are my steers that I lost a while ago, and if anything happens to them I shall hold you responsible." At last the rightful owner got his steers. —A friend gives some Winnipeg news in a recent letter which -may prove interesting. Board in the city, he says, cannot be had under $5 per week, and it ranges from that figure up to $8 and 810. The washing of a shirt, 25 cents; a hair cut, 25 cents; a shave, 15 cents; coal is $18.50 a ton, aud the poorest firewood is $8 a cord. Houses that in Ontario would not fetch $7 a month rent readily for $25. Business of all kinds is exceedingly active, but if anything overdone. There are in fact too many people in the city, more than are required to do what is to be done, and consequently many scores go about half idle and find the times just hard` enough, .cousidering what they have to pay for their livelihood. Out in the country, however, it is quite different. Those who go farming cannot help do- ing well if they have any industry whatever about them; but let thern not think of coming without enough spare cash to make a good start and put them safely through at least one season., —Manitowaning,, on Manitoulin Is- land, is fairly crowded with land hunt- ers they generally seem well pleased with the Island. —A gentleman just returned from a trip to Pembina Mountain states that during a drive of four hours he counted thirteen steam threshers at work. --Farmers returning from market, and having money on their person should, just tow, be very careful, as several highway robberies have of late been perpetrated on such persons in various parts of the country. —Notice is given that application will be made to the Parliament of Canada, at itis next session, for an Act to author- ize and make provisions for the winding up of the affairs of the Consolidated Bank of Canada. _ —On Monday of last week. John Brydon, a young farmer near Galt, was thrown from his wagon, while his horses were running away in one of the streets of Galt. He was so badly injured that • he died the second day after the ac- cident. —Great men are alike in some par- ticulars. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and on Saturday night a resi- dent of Scone, County of Bruce, quietly went on with a game of euchre white his house was on are. The fire was noticed by some parties outside, who rushed into the house and informed the iumates. Mr. Couch paul no attention to the warning until the place -got too hot for him. , The building was entire- ly lestroyed, but most of the furniture was saved.. . —An ocburrence which might have proved fatal happened in Guelph- on Saturday, in the family of Mr. John Hogg, dry goods merchant. It appears that the cook, in preparing 901.128 pastry for dinner, put in some poisonous ina gredient, which Was partaken of by all the family, with the exception of Mrs. gogg. Shortly afterwards they be- came ill. A doctor was called. in, and proper emetics, cac., were administered, which left nothing worse than a de- cided scare in the family. —On Tuesday morning a min up- wards of seventy years of age, named. Francis Morgan, �f Moorefield, was in a field, and approached. his horse and. clapped his hand upon it without speaking, as was his wont. Immedi- ately upon so doing the animal kicked, and broke one of the man's legs above the knee. He lay a long time uncon- scious, when by !gloating_ and waving 'his hands he attracted the neighbors' attention. They found him nearly bled to death, owing to an artery being severed by the kick. Fears are enter- tained that thehart may result fatally,. owing to his lying so long exposed to loss Of blood and cold. • —On 'Wednesday afternoon, as Mr. John Thompson, from the township of Derby, was driving home from Owen Sound, his horses became frightened by a team that was behind trying to pass him and bolted.. They had not run far when the wagon came in contact with • a stump on the roadside, smashing the • axle, and precipitating the occupants, which consisted. of three persons, to the ground with such violence that one of the number, Mk. John Beaton far- mer, of Derby, received injuries Beaton, which he died in about half an hour. Mr. Thompson was also found to be insensible, but will recover. --The private residence of •Squire McArthur, near Ailsa Craig, is said to be the finest private dwelling west ef London. The place is called Lyne, that being the name of the McArthur • family house in the old •country. The . mansion is about in the centre of 600 acres of fine land, all now owned by Mr. McArthur.- All the farmers in that part of the country who have prac- tised honesty, thrift, sobriety, and in- dustry, areein very independent circum- stances, and perhaps not one more so than Mr. James McArthur. Such are the facilities for cheap building now that this beautiful brick house will cost only about $3,500, when fully furnished. —Three Ailsa Craig sports left the Hub for theedrowned lauds, in hopes of scaring a few hundred ducks, after two days' hot firing one of their number suc- ceeded in shooting the dog. The sarne individual had a. narrow escape from drowning. Happening to be away in his own boat some distance from his comrades, his gun went off, accidentally blowing a hole in the bottom • of the boat. He had the presence of mind, however'to tear the lining from his coat, and with it plug up the hole. e --A cooper in London named Crowe, while under the influence of liquor, auniped on to a locomotive standing at the depot, the men in charge being temporarily absent. He turned on all steam and sent the engine flying around the curve at a great velbcity. On reach- ing the curve the engine jumped. the track and turned over into the ditch a total wreck. Strange to say, Crowe escaped uninjured and jumped up from the ruins, declaring that he could lick any man in Canada. He was at •once arrested and placed in gaol. The dam- age done will ailment to between $4,000 and $5,000. —A marriage of romantic character took place in Guelph jail last week. Thos. Fennel was under sentence for sheep stealing, and was about to he re- moved to the Central Prison for thee months. Previous to his arrest he was making preparation e for leading to the altar an interesting giraof about 20 years of age, named Abbey Groat. • For some • reason it was not desirable for the fair damsel to wait till her lover bad served his 'term of punishment, and according- ly it was arranged and. permission given that the nuptial knot should be tied in •gaol. A minister was sent for and the marriage cermony performed in the presence of the bride and bridegroom's relatives, the Chief of Police, Major Macdonald, an issuer of marriage licen- ses, a sheriff's officer, officials of the Prison and other guests. After the cere- mony was over congratulations were ex- tended. to the bridal party from all pres- ent. An unplesant •event occurred. shortly after the ceremony, in the ar- rest of the newly' made bride, on a charge of purchasing a :drug used by abortionists. —The vein struck at the Duncan mine a short time ago is widening out nicely, and the indications now are bet- ter than they have been for some months. The mine will be run all win- ter, the supplies for which are being rapidly laid iu. They are down to a depth of nearly six hundred feet. —Near Wiitrton, on the farm of aohu Hodgins, Jr.. there is an elm tree which measures 28 feet 6 inches in circumfer- ence. Its two limbs at the crotch are as large as the trunks of trees USIDIlly considered an average size. Unfortu- nately this "giant of the forest was blown down a short time since. • —While the Manitoba was exehanging freight at Providence Bay, Manitaulin Island, one day lately, the passengers on board witnessed quite an interestingteri- al fight between a bald eagle Baia an os- prey. The latter had a, fish in his talons whichthe eagle wanted. The osprey doclgedup and down for perhaps five minutes closely followed and attacked. by the eagle.. Valten the two combatants were within eighty yards of the steamer the female eagle came to the assistance, •of her m -ate, when the fish -hawk relin- quished his prize and flew away. —Mr. Andrew Wilson, one of the old- est journalists in Montreal. Died on. Friday. The deceased gentleman was born in Ddinburgh in 1822. He came to Canada in 1834, remeriaing about 12 months in Quebec. Arriving in Mont- real, he entered upon bis connection with the Herald newspaper, then pub- lished by Mr. Robert Wier, Jr., on the lst of May, 1836, Mr. Wilson continuing an interest itt it till the time of his deatb. • In 1837-8 he turned. out in de- fence of the Loyalist party and did good •service for the 'Crown. He never took a very active part in politics, ---Itt addition to two scholarships taken at Toronto and one at MeGiJl, the following scholarships have recently been won by students of Hamilton Col- legiate Institute : Third scholarship, Trinity Chureheltoronto, valued at by R. N. Hudspeth; first scholarship, first year, Knox Collegiavalued at $60,by W. Farquharson; third scholarship,first year,Knox College, valued at a40, by R. C. Tibb ; first scholarshia, second year, valued at $60, by W. A. Duman. The total number of scholarships taken by students directly from this Institute for this year alone, is seven, and their value cannot be much less than $600. —In Belleville,last week,Dmicau Mc- Intyre a young blacksmith from one of the adjoining villages was shot itt a dis- reputable house by Lulu Ellis,one of the inmates. McIntyre was struck in the •head by a ball from a small revolver._ He lingered about a day and then died from the effects of the shot. McIntyre had been very abusive to the girl -and it was not without great provocationthat sbe fired the revolver. The coroner's jury returned a, verdict that the deceas- ed was shot in self defence by Lulu. Ellis, but the Grand jury have found a true bill for murder agaiust her, and. she will have to stand her trial for •murder at the assizes now going on. —The Monetary Times says: Ain Wm. Colwell, fancy goods dealer, Mitchell, who got an extension from his creditors in. May last, failed. in his payments, and has since been put into insolvency: At a meeting of creditors he offered 60 per cent. on his liabilities •secured. This was accepted. One feature worthy of notice in this small business is the large number of credi- tors, over one hundred. No wonder he found it difficult to get:along, and it is not surprising that he should find twenty out of that number sue within a year. The costs in those suits, the heavy interest be had to pay, and a series of misfortunes have brought Mr. Colwell into this unpleasant position,. —Crime in St. Marys and its neigh- borhood is at preseat evidently en the increase. Scardely a 'night passes without some depreaation being com- mitted. One evening last week a far- mer from Downie was 'returning borne • with the price of a load of wheat in his pocket. Although scarcely out of the corporation. a party seized. his _horses by the head while another jtimped into his wagon. He had sufficient presence of mind to put his hand in -his breast poeket and say tbet he would shoot them dead. in an instant. The parties ammediately took fright and left as fast as they could. On Saturday evening, • lie Mr. Roger, of Fullerton, was on his way home up the river read, two suspicious looking characters jumped. into his wagon,. The unstinted. appli- cation of the butt end of his whip very soon, however, caused them to Jump out again. a -The New York Sunday papers con- tain a great deal about Harden and Courtney, but nothing very new. The New York Sun sums up the matter thus: "Referee Blaikie has shown eo conclusively to both liaailan and Court- ney that the only honourablecourse for them is to meet again at once, and in an honest aud manly fashion row a five mile race for the medicine mert's$6,000, that both bave consented. As the sea- son is late, it is feared that Chautauqua Lake can no longer offer suitable water for such a contest, and Mr. Soule, the dotter of the $6,000 prize suggests that the race be rowed on the Potomac river • at Washington. He also makes an ad- ditional offer of $500 to each DtItID for expenses, if they will go there, Haul= does not fancy Washington, lent is wipe • ing to go there or any where else if Courtney insists, and he names Nov- ember 6 as his choice of a date for the contest. Courtney will makehis-choioe •of time and place known this week.