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The Huron Expositor, 1882-11-24, Page 1••• , • • ••••,, ot- 18$2. ______Neeseaseeseettgem LOU complained Blanchester bid certain charge!' `e against them i been deprival Clearing theme as mstructedt� it without delay *nit to the Pres. Buti-ug- Jdr. ejeo, of the Goderich irda uPPointed to ✓ Session in, thee r. Johrt Jackson information re. umion a the Sea. id Smith: 11111 me yeara ago. ,& a the ReeOrda though au* a ted, it had never The Presbytery, rUKiti the opimort a minister of tile I all along acted. sr the Conviction aad been actually weed to °smarm nt Sessions while ession that the en adjourned to raesday Jana - 11. tang of the 12th er brother -ire -law, et London Road, wuthers, aged 61 ive of the parish eve Scotland. 'She e along with Mr. tme 40 years ago, re with theta ever was a quiet, un- person, and watt y all who had the rtately acquainted ai long in delicate [disease, which L Her end wag lay week, Th anks- er very quietly in was generally ola- There was no ser- -Messrs. G. & J. er Packing House, tine away several a—We notice Mr. alime house near Le of the railway cl he itttenda rent - to Mr. Cornish, of Ir. Campbell, ed an an •intereating 'ening, on Mission irt Se Paul?* tame was not as ired.—A little stir illage, a few days if Mr. James Cox - ears his son. Ar- g of straw and iD Mt caused theload tg the ponies se sey and ran madly When near Mr. hostler, familiarly itterapted to stop was anfortunately horses and conside d about the head. that, although he ittles, he never re - ns as he did from of ponies, but he )4 from his in- to resume duty. to kern that Mr. is pIase, who has several weeks, is a We hope soon seta again. IS. s belonging to Mr. area of his man, t miles south of s ran home and ase, but the buggy fees of the public _ t errata, were sold ay last, and were r. John. Tait for tars in excess of sheet, red winter, wheat, 85c to 88o; t 92e; peas, 650 to 3e ; barley, 450 to 35o; turnips, 120 to 18e; eggs, 210; , $5. annual raeeting krreign Bibde 80 - Knox Church. on 111 be addressed by A union choir, ✓ raerabers of the ` will farnith the 'steam fire engine .randon, Manitoba, inesclay last.—Mr. 'tyldd the, hotel pro- , Teellatseh House, ldupied by Mr. J. ey, late of the Gen - • paid was $5,000. Up possession ort r next.-1Yfr. j. N. is, intends. having n sale of thorough - took on the 30th of iwn authorities are W13 bell rung four G Italian boys were esiday last with two ) is a great scarcity wells in town.—The ,son, fell on Monday — The deputs,tion Perth, County of "test Teenage's last urpose of exeminirig me of the Ronald e were J. W. Pink, re Committee; Wm- - tind Waiter Deder- Perth Boit Factory- eey had only two - dr town, which is * inhabitants. They v for the parohase of he CoUncil. W8A1 di- ;earrter they shouli he purpose of the . They expresso& )II satisfied with the teen the engirie Put 'hist a message Witil- nald, saying that the /decided to purchase a and asking him to for them as soon FIFTEENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 781. E. MCFAUL Is ilow offering Special Inducements —TO— CASH BUYERS IN THE FOLLOWING New Fall Goods. 4 Mantle Cloths, Ulster Cloths, Tweeds., Flannels, Black Cashster88y Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Flushes, Sash Ribbons, &c., &c. See our .Winceys at 5 c, 8c, ldc and 1244 the best in the trade for the money. • Goa. Brown Rolland at 10.6 per yard.: Splendid Canton Flannels at 10c and 12 ic per yard. _Extra value in Table Linen at 20c per yard. Wool Flannels and Ttoeeds very cheap. Dress Goods, Shawls, Mantles and Millinery at prices to suit ectery- body. Those who give us a call will find our Pricee right FOR GASH and will receive the full beiaefit of the Cable System. E. McFAUL. . SCOTLAND RE-VISITEID. 14 Y I NEW YORK SCOT. Letter No. 3. , The fa servauts in Scotland ap- pear upon Ithe whole to be considerably better off than they were 20 or 30 years - s) ago. I hay had an opportunity of visiting three or fur of their cottages, and " of having a cOack with the gudeman and his wife by the ingle-side. Wages, I am informed, are very much better than they used to be, and the servants are, comparatively speaking, about as well off as the* masters. While bad years turn the hair of the master grey; the serving -man goes on the even tenqr of his way, doing his day's work, and sleeping the eileep of the just. The farm cottages are, for the most part substantielly built_ little houses, con- taining t o zooms,—a but and a ben, 11 bed -room. They are al - ted by the married servants, tried men sleeping at the achelor' squerters. e men change their plaoes in Novemben which they frequently do, they take l all their goods and chettels with the* including the kitchen range, which is kenerally a wonderful piece of kitchen f rniture.. The cottages are rnarvello the worn alfl l weath EIGHT GASES NEW GOODS Just Received at WEIR'S NOVELTY —AND-- Fancy Goods Store, OPPOSITE WEIR'S -HOTEL. Novelties in China -Goods, Vases and Toilet Sete, Toys of all Made, JapInese Goods, Jet Bracelets' and Brooches, Dolls at low prices, Pocket Books, Hand Bags, Photograph and Autograph Albums, cheap and fine Note Papers, Envelopew in lots at. very low prices, School Books, &shoo' Supplies, Violins, Sup) lies, Month Otgans, do. We can and will sell cheap, as- our expenses are low. Call and gee. ALEX. WEIR, Seaforth and Parkhi 1. MISS SHANNON, Manager. CARD OF THANKS. and a sm ways tena the num bothy or When t reThere t - sly clean, considering that n work ont of doors all day, in d is not mucla a S4FOR'Ill FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1882. many ancient hindmarks,jand long for- gotten memories. I witle partieularly struck with the many old and beautiful pglicies and parks to bp seen oe the banks of the Forth. Eery few miles you come upon some familia old house, , the seat. of a wealthy earl, a well•known country gentleman, or a prorperous city man. Earls appear to havels, fine time of it in Scotland, with nothiag to do but draw their 'reptals and speed the hard- earned money of their Aeneas in Lon- don, on the Continent, and elsewhere. Some of them are well spoken of as lib- eral, enterprising men, partieularly Lord Rosebery, while others appear tb be of little use either to themselves or to any- body else. • The earl business is fading somIewhat in importanee in the Old Country. Hedged in, by lofty gates and densely wooded policies, these lordly exclusives nurse their pride to keep it waren; but the world was onteide with magnificent indifference to their existenc; or opinions'. These great folks seem to e about the most solitary people in Scotland. They are too noble, too aristocratic to asso- ciate with the common fry who vegetate within their !domains, so they are per force compelled, to call their guests from afar, or fly sway to London, or to the Continent, to meet their peers. Famili- arity is breeding contempt quoad the representatives of many of these ancient honses,•and with the march of progress, tempt at decoration, and all the pale. i and the entering wedge of reform in the wife's val ables in the shape of 'sheeny I land laws I very much question whether cups and saucers are closeted in a' cum board with a glase door in the corner of the principal room. The worst feature ef the Scotch farm servant question, appears to be the empleymeut of women in the field. Constant expoeure and henistoil itt the open sill are surely not a wornan's proper or natural vocation. As a result of this gincling, weary life the features of the women are,for the most parehard and unloivelyrdeeply browned,andworn- out looking. You see many comely faces among the house-servante, but few among the out door workers. Femi- nine grace and softness soon pass away with the constaht exposure • to the elements, and arms, made for house- hold work at their best, become mite- cular and honey. They make good wives neyertheless, these hard-feeture stolid locking women. After the day's toil is over, they "redd up the hoose,' prepare the supper, mend; the claes,an look aft r the weans, who -.seem o ealthy looking specimens, an ok after themselves. ength of some of these w men 1P remarkable: I heard of a ca -e the °thee day of a femalefarm labor r who was delivered of a child. Wh n the doctor called next day to- see ho she was getting on he found her vsor iug out in the field, perfectly unco earned and taking it all as a were mai ter of course. It is true that far laborers know no other life, have, ,o higher aims, and are in some respects ,comfortably and moderately happy They get fair wages, aud when thy have children who are able to bri g grists to the mill are not so badly off At the same time the majority of the spend all they' make, and when old a e and rheematiern overtake them become burdens to their children or the parish. Some few of them, possessed of more than average intelligence and ambition; emigrate to other lends, but for tbe moot part I- am informed th) lire content to toil frora b yhood•to tie grave, looking not beyond the press time, carieg for nothing higher, hopi for nothing better, existing in sto ignorance of all that is going min t great world around them. _On Sund these good people dress up meet r peetably, and gang to the kirk like decent folk, and the "Cotter's Setur ay Night" I am glad to say is still one of the eberislaed institutions of one net ve land. I enjoyed a delightful drive the-ot day from a town on the coast of Fife Queensferry. It was not so delight at the start, because the young 'agric turist who was driving the dog c managed to let leis horse drop while ing down a hill, and sm,asliech bot the shafts. Having obtained anot trap at the hotel, we proceeded on journey. Our route took us threugh " laiag tool) o' Kirkcaldy," Burfitisla Aberdour, Inverkeithine—along banks of tbe beautiful Forth. Kirkcial- dy has well earned its nape. It is the longest n as Paddy Would say, Ifor nk re th st- ks. ng ny pretty villas, however, in the Deign" er- GENTLEMEN: Please accept ray many thanks for the very liberal pat- ronage you have extended to me during the past five years in Seaforth as hair dresser, and 1 beg leave to ask for a continuance of the same. I have my preraisea fitted up with the new patent adjustable chairs, which for comfort and convenience are second to none. With a cordial invitation to all, I am, your obedient servant, JOHN C. CONSTABLE, Practical Hair Dresser, Opposite Commercial Street, Seaforth. N. B.—Bowling Alley Cady's Block, Hotel, Main in connection. 2,000 CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE, Suitable for Board, Wire, or Straight Rail Fences. One mile and a quarter west of Winthrop. ALSO RAIL TIMBER By the Acre or by the Thousand. W. C. GOV1NLOCK grow up able to 1 The et: 0 ug id ys 5- er to ul 1 - rt o, of er ur he he d, its size in you have he eountry. When-yeu th ot to the end of it you only begi ning. It represents len without breadth, and although inter ing on accbunt of its ancient landma it does not strike a stranger as be particularly beautiful. There are m the next centpry may not heve to whistle for many of int nobility. ' 1 uee aferry, mid thdomainse. of! It is a berrentifal country all ' aroundl South Q Rosebery, Hopetonne Ranesey of Bart ringi-on, and others. The fields are now waving with the ricb, ritie grain, and the harvest promiees well4 Lord Rose., berY, who; from all accoun man in nature as well as ereeted a fine castle upon t feudal castle of Barnbogl to the old' Scotch baronial Style, and i splendidly fitted up fog the entertain- ment of gu'eets. I The britge across the Verth at Inch- gavie, is still an unaccomPlished facti but the work will probably, begin before many moettis are over. We spent the • evening at a, gentleman's house in the neighborhood, and togive your readers an idea of Seotch hospitality as it still exists, I may mention that before the evening was well begun a ont twenty people dropped in by chelnee to tea, cards and mimic, and thirty in all sat down to supper—and a ha' dsome sup- per if it was toe. After the 'ountiful sup- ply had been discussed, s,ings- became tbe order of the eveningeand tbe Scotch blood leaped in a' my vet heard from the lips of B ladies and gentleman pre Scotch ballads sung as th 'Sang, in the place of I, Italian skirling, which is eow•a-days so rnuch in vogue among woeld be fashion able people. My entlaustasm reached so high a pitch that I gave them "The _Laird o' Cockpen." with all the honors, omitting the verse abont "nae chick- ens appearing at Ccickpene in ceise it might shock the tender sensibilities of some of the young ladies. After the songs had been pretty well exhausted the ladies rose, and the jovial old host took the foot of the table, and called for hot water, and tbe most res pectable loqkiug rummererl ever hap- pened to look upon.`11 hen came a long crack upon crops and kyedn which although I could not take ,much part, I was deeply interested. When the toddy began to circulate and warm the cockles of the old gentlenten% heart he callecl.for bumpers, and tiesan the first toast. "Gentlemen," httlremarked,"we are favored tbis eveping by the presence of a young gentleman from the other side d the river. We have all heard what he has to say in favor of steam plows. We ate a poor ig- norant set Over here, and are always glad to be ipstructed in 'petters that we ken naething shoot. All T have to say, gentlemepr is that in my opinion, and I have had forty years experience in. the business of agriculture, that the cheap- est and bet way to cultivete laud is to UB8 men and horses. At the same time we feel deeply grateful to our young friend for his renderks. I under stand that he hasna got 't.iwife yet. A man isna much worth until he gets a wife; but, the first thing lin getting a wife -is to be able to keep her, and I don't believe that ony man was ever able to keep a wife who pied a steam plow. Mr—, your health; we're very glad to see ye, and to have yet views. The young farmer then replied and in the course of his remarke cracked up steam plows to the best of his ability., Then came another farmer, Who pro- ' posed the host's kealth' in the most' laudatory manner, and when ' it came to my turn another ()rater told a story e—how he was at a supper party one night, when a guest whO drank rather more than was good for i him, thinking it was abut time to go home arose and said, "G-ehtlemen, we're a' drunk, and I think we had better gang hame." "Ex- cuse me, =lister Tampon," said the narratore "you may be Lip drunk as ye like, but I'm no drunk."' "O'd man," replied Tamson, "ye dinna under- staan', its no`us that' s 41 -lank; its our healths." With this appropriate send- off the gentleman proposed my health, and hoped 1 would give e good account of them when I returned to America, which I shall certainly 41o. After • a little more talk and "an ieek," just to keep out the cold, we all rose and re- tired to our good, • c9mfortable, old- fashioned Scotch bed. I E. N. L. , , —On the 14th bast, 'a young men named Blackwell, on his way to Drum - bo, tad his valise taken from the waiting roOna a4 Paris station while go- ing to the telegraph office to enquire about the and beautiful woods. trein. Detective Ingr ha S, is a nobles n name, ha e site of the , It is buil hood. The most famous man in caldy was Robert Salmon, the gin bread manufacturer. I enquired a tionately for his well-being, but was formed that he now lived in Aberdeen. Although Robert is awe, his shop is til ir- er- ec- iu- the headquarters for gingerbread sweeties. I remember Robert very when he used to come south ou days. What an auctioneer that would have made! As he stood in fr nd ell ter an ut s, when I veral young pint the old ly should be erman and custody upon the charge. The suspect- ed party took- the valise from his board- ing house that evening after tea, which made it look more suspicious, and after a long and tedious search the detective captured him in a cedar bush, with the articles corresponding to what Black well lost, about a quarter of a mile from his boardinghouse. The party arrest- ed will give 130 name or particulars con- cerning himself. • Canada. New emigrant sheds and offices are to be built in Hamilton by the Govern- ment. Cosi $4,090. - —Rev. Principal Grant,' of Queen's College, has returned borne after an extended tour in Scotland. —The -New Dominion bolt works at Toronto, when completed, will give employment to-abcnit 700 persons. S. F. Terwilliger, who for three years past"hascarried on a restaurant in Kincardine, has remor1 to Inger- soll. —The Kincardine Dorcas Society is doing a good work as tie destitute, helpless and poorly -fed families in that town can testify. —The propeller Dromedary was burned to the water's edge at Hamilton lastth , Sarday morning, loss $16,000. She was insured fo,r nearly the full ariaonut. —Mr. W. M. Smith, 'of Fairfield Burford township, noted for his fancy fowls, has ta' ken at the fall shows, between e500 and$600 in prize money. —Waverines have killed four hun dred dollars' worth of sheep in the northern district • of Queen's county, Nova Scotia:, this season. —Atither Agricultural Exhibition at Chicago Friday, the Dominion led with first adzes in sheep and shorthorns, and took the crown for yearling steers. —D. H. Marshall, M. A„ F. R. S E., formerly assistant to the celebrated Professor Tait, of Edinburgh 'Universi- ty, has been appointed , Professor of Physics in Queen's College, Kingston. —P. Irving, of Drumbo, is doing a big business in turnips. He ' has shipped over 3,000 bushels, of his own raising, to Buffalo. and Detroit. He has about 2,000 bushels more to ship. —A football match was played on Saturday last, at Belleville, between the Deaf and Dumb Institute club and that of the Commercial College. The former won by tbree goals to one. —Thursday afteruoon last week, a young man wetted Leith, employed in a iiteam wood yillrd at St. Themes, had his hand badly smashed. a -steam axe weighing 500 pounds. —Joseph Mitchell & Co. shipped to Winnipeg lately the first carload of apples from Port Stanley. The barrels were packed into nearly two carloads of etraw to prevent damage by frost. • —Carl Zowski, 92 years of age; &a- scribing hiinself as having gone with Napoleon to St. Helena, and having been through several European wars, was run into the Hamilton lock-up as a drunk the other day. ' , —The Dominion Government has givern a bonus of $5,000 for a steam ferry during the winter . acrose the St. Lawrence at Murray Bay This will teat the practicability of a winter port in the St. Lawrence. —At the Grey Assizes 'concluded last week„ the jury in the libel .suit of Pearson against Bingham & Campbell, publishers of the Wiartou Echo, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for el00 damages. —Ata Salvation Army meeting at Toronto on Sunday a fight took place - between a drnuken disturber and some of the members. Before being ejected the former helped himself to a piece of flesh from the leg of one of the soldiers. —The rumor comes from Montreal that at the next session of Parliament the Independence of Parliament Act will be emended with a view to permit memberSof the Canada Pacific Syndi- cate and its directorate to hold seats in • the Senate oreCommonse —The annual barbecue of the Mun • cey Iudians was held on the reserve on of his hist calling out, "Feed the ate ens," e Here's loedstane, lads, for caech- in' lassies," "Phe lassie said she di net 'nk me nd he like a dashiu' color, but rose and p were a' the fa.wshin," and at the s. time scattering gingerbread, nuts, cakes, and pocks o' sweeties among crowd, he was in his element. A great man Was Robbie Salnaon in his day. Burntiteland is a pretty water ng - place, soleewhat flat and uninteresting, but readily accessible to Edinburgh, end upon that account much patronized by sea bathers. It was here that rs. Somerville, the astronomer, passed ih youth, and of which mention is by her daughter in her mother's life Aberclour is a very much prettier pl e, with its quaint historical old houses also a deeply interesting place, boasting aud on Friday evening took a man into Church, a Lindsay, on Wedneeday, earth, the tree falling on tehem so as to village, which failed utterly to justify Inverkeithing is lost no time le working up the ca e, er de MCLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. 15th inst., in the presence of a 'large andeorrowing congregation. Archbish- op Lynch conducted the servicee, assieted by Bishops Jarnot and Farrell3i, andpreached an eloquent sermon., The ssion was exceedingly largei and red many Protestants ip iti: —'rank Robertson, of Amhersiburg, rem ved a corncob from the throat of one lof Matthew Rankin's home. It had ea there for two weeks, and the animal had great trouble in eating, bet got over all difficulty as soon as the oqb proe EtUlx. rank was side removed. A long tooth wee we- ed the trouble. -eThursday afternoon last week, an Indilan doctor named Ninham bearded a Canada Southern train at Charing s without ticket or money. He eepted to et on again, but s glippe , put off, and as the train start? Cto was atte one of his'feet getting under the wheel and was badly crushed. ,—;James G-raham, of Hamilton, w s to have married Miss Lettie Muirdoc , , and nelph thin up. F He got there on Friday, but it wan too late. His girl would not hates him, and served him right too. ' Men are at work digging amqng the rui 8 at the Halifax Poor Muse to rec4ver the remains of victims. T o more bodies, or rather charred remains of them, have been got out, but of se are past recognition. Daniel er. one of the sick men removed the as31um during the fige, has e died. Last Friday morning some seventy- hraue omits, g that ad of equest ecic10 of eve for uelph, on Thursday last wee y preparation was ma,de at he wedding, but Jim did no cou Ma fro five men employed in the Co matufacturing company, St. T sen in a petition to the firm aski the Y be paid fortnightly inst rnohthly as at present. Their not being complied with, they to strike and quit work, which they did. --The License Inspectors hive ee- eei ed notice from the Provincial Secre ter to be a little more assiduous in att nding to their business, more especi- ally in regard to Sunday selling. Tbey are also notified not to wait on the information of informers, but be their own detectives, and to stablish detec- tive agencies. e—Oil Springs people are offering the Capada Southern railway the right of way, station grounds and other indhee- ments as an incentive to build a brauch from Oil City to that point, distatice two anl a half miles, and should th' boom in pil continue it is probable th wi I be granted. - •Miss Reidy, of Simcoe, Mr. n, of Hamilton, and Dr. S E , Loudon, have been secured secjular concert to take place at linger - sol on December 6th, in commemora- tiop of the twenty-fifth anniver ary of r the Priesthood of the Rev. Father Bqubat, of that town. • 4-1t is understood that the 'special ect of the visit of the Hon. Wm. ith, Deputy Minieter of Marine and Fi heries, to the United States, is to examine the life boats now in course of copstruction at Buffalo, and investigete the lake and river marine laws, in view of the late terrible Asia disaster on the Georgian Bay. le -It is not known when the Governor- Gsineral and the Princess will return to Ottawa. A telegram was received from Victoria as late as Thursday, and at that time no deciition bad been arrived at' as to the date of their derarture from the Pacifier Province. The Prin. cees seems to have great reluctance to returning to Ottawa ,--Mr. M. A. Smith, of Forest, sold a "setter" dog to a Pittsburg gentleman a few weeks ago for two hundred dollars, and her owner is so well pleased with her that he has written Mr. Smith ask- ing him to put a price on another one of his doge. At this rate a dog ranch would be a better investment than a horse, cattle or steep ranch. —A few days ago, the youngest ton of Mr. Jesse Taylor, of Port Rowan, while working in his father's factory, was caneht in a shaft and whirled around very rapidly, and his feet striking the wish as. F. of or the ob angle across the shoulder of the nigh horse and the hip of the off horse. They wereereleased after a time, and, although' badly used up, it is thought they may recover. —Friday morning the valuable and well known roadster stallion "High- land," the property of Mr. T. D. Hod- gins. of London East, was found dead in his stall. When groomed and fed the evening previous, the animal ap- peared to be in a good state of health. An examination by J. H. Wilson, V. S., and Mr. Tennant, Y. S., showed that he came to his death by rupture of the stomach. "Highland' was sired by Rysdyke, tbe celebrated Hambel- tonian stallion. —A young man belonging to Kincar- dine, named James Farrell, met with a very bad accident a few days ago. He was driving a wagon loaded with furni- ture down a hill, when the horses be- came frightened at the displacement of some of the _furniture, and became un- manageable. Mr. Farrell fell off and the wheels passed over his body. lacer- ating the lower part of his abdomen. He is lying in a very precarious condi- tion. —Thursday afternoon last week in Hamilton a young married woman named Mrs. Thomas Gray, entered the printing office of A. Lawson and enquired about some printing. She then turned as if to leave the office, but producing a pistol imme- diately shot herself in the left side. She was taken to the hospital where she died Friday morning without making any confession as to why she commit- ted the act. Mrs. McKillop, the mother of the unfortunate woman, states that her daughter has not been "right" for several months past, and has on several occasions acted very strangely. —The body of Mr. J. W. Thompson, of Biddalph, who was drowned in a Manitoba river last August, has been recovered. It appears that while oper- Wednesday, members of the Moravian, 1- floor were severely bruised, and one of Chippewa, Muucey and Oneida tribes hiS legs was broken. His coat and shirt beiug present. Six deer and three oxen were completely torn off,/ He had a were roasted whole, besides great quan- narrow escape from being instantly tit ies of other kinds of game. killed. —The steambarge Kincardine, from —A writer in tbe Educational Ad. OwenSound to Michael's Bay, with a wince asks "What's in the spelling 04,000 cargo of mill supplies and mer • hook ?" He recently received a letter in chau ise, i under the water near Little which " kind" was spelled " cind." and Carrot . She is owned by J. M. Jones, , two or three other ludicrous similar of Detroit, and was valued $7,000; fully mistakes; yet the writer was distin- insured in the Royal Canadian. gaished as the champion at two or —It is the intention of the Govern- three " spelling bees " where the words ment to open military schools of instenc- tion, during the coming winter, at Lon- don Ottawa, Quebec, and St. John, New Brunswick. The schools will only be open to officers appointed provisionally Ellen Weingardener, at Woodstock, by a merchant and druggist, where they for the infantry branch of the active rt. &et of not guilty. A obtained clothing, Bilks, revolvers and militia service. , —Nearly a conflagration occurred, the a other night, in the house of Mr. Howell, of • St. Geerge. A lamp exploded, end the scattered coal oil ignited, but, with great presence of mind, Mr. HoWell threw a quilt on the flame, smothering it out before it had gained any headway. —A gang of horse thieves are depre breakfast, for a drink of water. Sher -Cy dating the western part of Lambten. after taking the drink she felt nuyiell, No fewer than five notices having been Red her son in-law, Mr. Eiliott, went to received' by Constable Windred, of the pump and found that Paris green . • en ge, ld the promises. The board consisted of wretched fare in roofless adobe pens, and the mine was so dangerous that the natives would not work in it. The shaft was 600 feet deep, and the descent had to be made on a Meifican ladder, which is merely a notched pole, or in the bullock skins in which the qnsetz was raised by ropes. Tho NOVA So - tins refused to work, and were im- prisoned for breaking their contract. Then they escaped, and started across the plains on foot, but were overtaken byi a military company, and. two were killed. At the end of a year and a half of hardships they have been released, and are now on their. way home. e—An instance of the odd way in which a person happens in with old acquaintances in Winnipeg is given by a correspondent: Last Sunday a young man -dropped into Eloly Trinity church said was shown into a pew Having no prayer book, he availed himself of one evidently belonging to the owner of -the pew, who, however, were not pre- sent. Imagine his astonishroeut on opening the book to read the name of a yuung lady to whom be had been engag- ed some years befere in an Ontario town, but who in a lover's quarrel had broken off the match. It appears that after the disagreement with his affianced he had. gone to the States, and after working in Chicago for four years came on to Winnipeg. During his voluntary exile he bad heard nothine, except indirectly, of Miss —, and for the past ' year was in entire ignorance of her Whereabouts. Ile presumed, however, that she still lived in Ontario. The belief that his old flame would not be displeased to see him led him to make efiquiriee from 80/310 personal friends, brat nothing could be learned. At the evening serv;ce be took good care to attend church, and staziorted. himself in the pew immediately in rear of the one oecupied by him in the morning. Iinagine his delight upon seeing just ating on the Souris River last summer, before the service noE0133.813C8, 1118 formor Mr. Thompson, in some unaccountable fItaucee walk in. She ' was perfectly unconscious of her not unforgotten loVer'S proximity until after the bene- diction was pronounced, when, turning around to enwrap her cloak about her, she Sew his well remembered handsome features beaming forth love and. kind - 01688, Causing her heart to swell with emotions of joy and bliss. All the past differences were at once forgotten and —the young couple Walked home arm in -arm, where after explanations having been given, and mutual apologies accepted, vows of eternel constancy Were pledged; and it is said by the few Who know the circumstances that a Wedding is shortly to be the result. el !1—On Monday evening as Mr. Wm. illion, of Colborne, was returning home, from Goderich he met with a very serious accident, and it is almost iMpossible to imagine bow he escaped being killed. It appears that Mr. Million, together with two or three of bis neighbors, were driving along the --e oad which for some distance runs quite dose to the bank of the Maitland river, and when opposite Mr. Sands, owing to title darkness of the night, be -drove over the bank and man, horses and wagon —A Cabinet Council. at Ottawa. the were precipitated a distance of about other day, discussed Pacific Railway 200 feet below. Mr. Million's neigh - matters. In connection with the pres- hors who were a short distance in manner, was precipitated into the river; and although every means was adopted to recover his body, vet it was not till the following month of September that the remains were found and decent sep- ulture insured on the hank of the river where he met his nutimely fate. De- ceased was a respected and well known citizen, having taught school for a length of time at Sylvan, and was also popular in Biddulph and Liman. —A most heartrending accident hap- pened at Walkerville; in the county of Essex, on Friday last. Robt. S. Fleck, a workman employed in the sugar re- finery, was doing some repairing among the steam pipes, and by some misman- agement turned on the steam. At the time he turned it on he was bending over the open end of the pipe, out of which the steam rushed, scalding his hands, arms„breast and face very badly. In taking off his clothes about half the akin of his body peeled off, together with particles of -flesh, and most of his finger nails dropped off. He is an. Irishman lately from the old country, and it is said his wife and family are on the way to this country to join him. It is not probable he will live. ence of several members of the Syndi- cate in Ottawa, the rumor is current that it is doubtful whether the Souris dr Rocky Mountain Railway land grant will be made. Another rumor says that the Canada Pacific Raiiway, having pur- chased the Manitoba South -Western Railway, will discard the original char- ter of the road. and call> it a branch of their main line. The South Western having thus been abandoned, the Gov- ernment will cancel its land grant, ex- tending six miles on each side of tbe road, s.nd the Syndicate will quietly take possession of the lands for twelve miles on each side under their charter. —Teeswater News, of the 17th inst, says: A few evenings ago- the friends of the Rev. P. A. Tinkbani, pastor of the Baptist Church of this village met at the residence of Mrs. Braden, to ex- press their regret on his departure from this place for Toronto, where he purposes pursuing his studies at Mc - Master Hall. They presented him with self from the buggy, while the horse be - a few mementos of their good will and ,10.13glng to the other came in centact esteem. Such a leave taking was quite with another tree, after having turned unexpected, and the fact that friends his buggy upside down, and succeeded not connected with his denomination en escaping also, but was captured near shared in this pleasure added to the the, market and taken to Mr. Swener- evening's enjoyment. The tables were ton s stable, where it remained until a tribute to the taste and ability of tbe Tuesday morning. Mr. Cornish's horse ladies. Mr. Tinkham, has labored i7 as Fut stopped until it arrived at Mr. here for the past six months with pro- oreish's gate. Mr. Pridbam, besides fit and success and was exceedingly • A • , having his buggy badly broken, received Several bruises about the face. ibis part ofthe country. —Burglars cornmitted several depre • advance, not hearing him coming looked back, and seeing no -sign of him return- ed and found what had happened. One Of the horses was instantly killed and. the other badly hurt'. Mr. Million had several of his ribs broken and otherwise seriously injured. This is a very dangerous piece of road, as large pieces of the road are washed down pearly every spring by the heavy rains. An action will likely be brought against the council for damages. —A colliaion, of rather a -serious na- ture, occurred on Main street, Exeter, a short distance north of the Methodist Church, on Monday night of last week. It appetrs that a horse belonging to Mr. S. Cornish, of Usborne, was coming south when it collided with a horse be- longing to Mr. Pridham, which was be- ing driven at a furious rate. Both ani - male jumped to one side, Mr. Cornish's horse running against a tree, and break - the harness, succeeded in freeing it - were taken from the spelling book read sorry to part with his many frienas. —The jure on the ial of Letitia dations last week atTottenham. They —It is reported that Mr. Joseph Cor- -The the tie ress for the murder of made their way into a store occupied bitt on Thanksgiving Day took a load 'grain. to Wingham and sold it. After getting his money he put his team up at a hotel and was talking with amen who had a span of horses for sale. He went to see them, and while talking a stran- ger came up arid asked thern if they 'wished to bay a lock, producing one. They said they did not. He handed the lock to Corbitt and stated he could not ror made the singular admission jewelry of the estimated value of $250. ter leaving the box, that they were They next blew the safe at the Henan- animously of the opinion that the ton & Northwestern station to atoms acensed was morally guilty of the crime obtaining $145. They then went to the bet could not conscientiously convict on banking establishment of Messrs. Bea- dle evidence. teds & Co., obtained admittance by I—The other day Mrs. Bain, of Thamesford, went to the well, after Sarnia, of different animals having stolen within a week. Adam Dalm miles off next morning, and made their of Camlachie, has had s three-year escape. Detectives are tra,cking the Corbitt said he had not that much horse, valued at $200 stolen. matter. money with him, but would bet $25. —On Friday evening last Da iel • —Twenty-five 80U8 of Nova Scotia ' The money was put up in ' the other Budd, blacksmith, aged about 48, ho farmers, tired of humdrum agriculture man's hands, Corbett being allowed a carried on business in Hawtry, as ' —A team' of horses belonging to Mr. and desirous of adventure, m certain time to open the look. He killed in a quarrel with George Shi on, Matheson, of Reidsville, North Dum- tract to go to Mexico to work in a silver i failed to do so and the money was a young man of questionablereputat on, fries, was engaged in hauling logs to mine. They were promised good. pay, • handed over to the stranger. Mr. hailing _fttom Dunnville. Shirton was the saw mills While standing in the comfortable board, and all the known - Corbitt seeing it w-a-sa, fraud, demanded hush the choppers cut a tree down, safeguards against accidents in the his money back, and after some sharp had been put into the well during the night. The doctor had been seut for and it was with great difficulty that Mrs. Bain's life was saved. The affair bas caused a great deal of excitement around the village. breaking the door, and tried to drill the Bale. Failing in this they.broke off the open it, passed on into the stable and combination, and from the quantity of in a short time returned, again asking fuse and burnt matches found in the them to buy the lock. They declined, when tbe man again said to Corbitt, "You can't open it." Corlett said he could, as he had done BO. The stranger wanted to bet $40 that he could not. bank now doubt tried to blow it up also. They then stole a handcar, which was found in a swamp fifteen committsid for trial on the charge of murder. —The remains of the Rev. Father Stafford were deposited within the nctuary of the Roman Catb lic mine. After a horseback journey of 325 miles from El Paro, in which they were menaced all the way by Indians, tbev arrived at Cmilhustchie, a miring ytfaich in falling struck into the crutch of another tree, splitting it off and causing a large part of it to fall on tbe horses. They were crashed to the _ words the stranger said he wouid re urn the money if Corbitt would buy twe locks. This was agreed to and the stranger started off to get the looks aud has not been heard of since.