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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Aar The figure between the parenthesis atter
each. line denotes the page of the paper on which
ihe advertisement will be found. -
• Conveyancer, &e. -G. J. Sutherland. (8)
• Entertainment (8)
Great Reductions -Kidd & Son. (5)
Genuine Clearing Sale -John Way. (5)
Christmas Groceries-lAidlaw & Fairley. (6)
Insurance Agency -W. N. Watson. (5)
FarmersMeeting-- M. V. McLean. (5)
Fann for Sale -James Watson. (5)
Life Size Photographs -A. Calder. (5)
Farmers' Meeting -John McMillan. (5)
Kippen Saw Mills -Bell & MeNevin. (8)
Suffolk Pig for Service -X. McMillan, jr. (5)
Estray Stock -Sarah Tierny. (5) -
Cheesemaker Wanted -G. Barton. (5)
To Builders -Wm. Elder. (5)
Auction Sale -Thomas Agnew. (5)
Teacher Wanted -4.- Titreau. (5)
Dairy mens' Convention -04E. Chadwick. (5)
Something New -Pullman &Co. (8)
Stammering cured,. Miss R Haynes. (8)
Christmas Goods -J. S. Roberts. (5)
Estray Sow -S. Carnochan, jr. (5)
urea it tpilitero.
'SEA:FORTH, FRIDAY, Dec. 11, la$5.
A Farmers' Institute at
Seaforth.
'We are glad to be able to state that a
Farmers' Institute will be held in Sea
-
fettle on Wednesday and Thursday, the
13th and 14th of January. Mr. M.
McQuade, Secretary- of the Division
Grange, who has for some time been in
correspondence with the Minister of
Agriculture and the autherities of the
0-ntaxio Agricultural College with the.
view of having this Institute held, has
receiVed the following communication
from Professor Mills, Pr* cipal Of the
College; which speaks for itself. The
letter is as follows
AORIOULTURAL COLIMA }
Guelph, Dec. 1st, '85.
DEAR. SOY—We have fixed on the 13th and 14th
of January as the date for a Farmers' Institute at
Seaferth, to commence at 1.30 p. in. the first
day and continue till some time in the afternoon
of the second day. The afternoon of the first
day and the forenoon and part of the afternoon
of the second day will be spent in reading and
discussing papers on Agriculture, Live Stock,
Dairying; Veterinary Science; &c.; and the
evening of the first day there will be a public
meeting, at which there will be Music and short
addresses. Please arrange for the evening, and
select at once some of your best farmers to pre!,
pare short, pithy and practical papers -say five
or six -on such subjects as you -wish discussed,
at the Institute. Please advertise and arrange
so that there may be a good meeting. Wm.
Brown, Professor of Agriculture ; F. C. Gren-
side, V. S., Professor of Veterinaiy Science, and
S. M. Barre, Professor of , DairyIng, will go to
assist you. Very truly yours,
emus Mtus, President
Ii compliance with the above, a meet-
ing of all those interested will be held
in the town hall, Seaforth? on Friday,
December 18, at 2 o'clock Pr m., for the
purpose of reeking the. necessary.' ar;
rat gemente for the holding of the In-
ettitute-. We hope this meeting will be
largely attended by _the fax -niers, busi-
ness men and others of the vicinity; as
much, of the success of the Institute
will depend upon the completeness of -
the arrangements made.
A County Engineer.
Since the County Council ceased to
employ a professional engineer, some six
or seven years ago, the construction and
repairs of bridges and other publie he-
provernents, have been under the super-
vision of commissioners selected by the
Council from among its own members.
eAt first therewere only three commission
ars employed,but subsequently the num-
ber was increased to five. This increase
was made because it was hoped the ad-
ditional number scattered over the coun-
ty would decrease the cost in the way
of travelling expenses. Of the five com-
missioners employed during the past
year we beliet-e only one ia a practical
bridge builder, and we do not know that
the others have any special technical
kno*ledge of the works which they have
been called uPon to superintend. There
is now a very prevalent feeling in the
Council that it would be advisable to
again change the system and employ one
professional engineer, whose duty it
would be to superintend the whole
works, and who would, instead of the
present commissioners, be responsible to
the Council for thoseworks. In deference
to this feeling a' motion was passed at
the last sitting of the Council, instruct;
ing the clerk to receive applications for
the position of county engineer, to be
laid before the Council at its January.
session.
It, in urged in favor of thta appoint-
• ment that it would secure more efficient
_
service at less cost. Whether or not
this would be the case we are not pre-
pared to say. The actual amount paid.
to the commissionets for their services
this yeitr is $607, and when we consider
• that work to the value of about $26,000
has been supervised and directed for this
sum we do not think it can be said to be
in:treasonable. In fact . we think it is
remarkably cheap; at any, rate, we
know that the services of a aompetent
engineer could not be procured for any
such sum. Bat where .so large an
amount of money is expended, the mere
salary of those who supervise the work
is a matter of small .consideration. A
competent and careful manager might
save five times his salary by efficient
supervision over what would Itpved
by one who was less judieionp and
skilled, and it is in this way that those
Who. advocate the appointment of a Pro-
fessional engineer say the saving will be
effeeted. This may possibly be -the case,
as we believe that any pees= to be sue-
cessful in- any business or undertaking
must thoroughly understand the work
in which he is engaged. , No sensible
person would ever think of employing a
Merchant or an Editor to superintend
the erection Of a brick or frame- build
Ing, of Which work he has practically no
knowledge whatever, and it does_ seem
equally ridiculous to hand over to a far-
mer or an ordinary business man the
Management and supervision of the
erection of iron, stone and wooden
bridges. But, whether or not the pres-
• ent Commissioners are iufficiently
skilled in the work to which they are
Appointed by the County Council, is a
matter we len; the- members of that
body to decide. There is one thing we
do know, however, that the members of
the Court* eil would be -much more free to
criticise the actions of a -public servant
in their employ than they now are to
question the doings of one of their own
nuinber. A more faithful, efficient and
honest , official than the late engineer,
Mr. .Bay, we believe never existed,
and still his actions were frequently
canvassed and criticised by Councillors,
whereas now itisa very rare thing for
the doings of a Commissioner to berm's-
hely or openly comniented upon, al-
though' there are occaSional private
grumblings. HaWever, 'be this as it
may, we believe that the Commissioners
have in the past striven earnestly. to do
their duty to the best of their know-
ledge, and if they have erred their errors
have been due to lack Of judgment or
skill and not to remissness or carelessness.
But, if the •present system be continued
there is one change which should cer-
tainly be made, and that is in the
method of paying the accounts for work
done. We understand that now all
accounts are paid direct by the county.
Treasurer on the certificate of the Com-
missioner, and never came before the
Council at all. This is not as it should
be, and. is _a very -loose way of " doing
business. Thee accounts. should- be
audited by the Finance Committee, and
should only be paid on the certificate of
the Warden and clerkethe 'Same as other
accounts. No matter how honest and
•
trustworthy. the Commissioners may be,
the present mode of treating their ac-
counts not in accordance with the
procedure required by our municipal
institutions, and should hot be continu-
ed. The Commissioners, although
members of the Council, should be
treated the same as other officials, and
the Council have no right to delegate to
them powers which rightfully belong to
th collective body.
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;The Fats- of Conservative
•1 JOunitiliSnl. '
,.
It is not at all surprising that the
Co servative press should be very bit-
teaf against their old friends the French
Bis:These papers know right well
that if the Bleus hold out the Dominion
Government must go, and theConserva-
tiv papers are -not by anymeans personal-
ly, isinterested in the -fate of the Govern -
me t. It is not the interest of the coun-
try altogether either that causes their
alarm, but personal interests are a very
important consideration, as the follow-
ing figures will show. Durixig the year
• 1884 the snug little sum of about
$110,000 was distributed among the
various Conservative newspapers of the
Dominion by the Government. The
following table will show the manner in
which this sum was divided:
Name of Paper. Pringng. Ad*Vertising.
Toronto Mail . 1 0,856 $1,270
Montreal Gazette.. ..... . 8,744 737
Hamilton Spectitor6,593 301
London Free Press 6,095 333
Quebec Chronicle-- 3,954 808
Winnipeg Times... ,, . . . . Not given 1,619
Prescott Messenger 6,141 81
Courier de St. Hyacinthe... 7,688 175
Regina Leader118 1,710
Ottawa Citizen . .. . 1,706 515
Montreal Herald 5,267 ' 246
Quebec Canadien 2,326 .723
St. -John Sun ... ...... 207 809
Montreal Minerve213 700
Quebec Courier 607 418
• Tlie Brandon Mail received 8§19.
In addition to the above, every Con-
servative paper in the Dominion and
every paper that had even Conservative
leanings was paid sums varying from $75
to $500. ' This sort of thing has not been
confined to one year only, but has been
a regular annual occurrence,. sometimes
more and sometimes less; but averaging
about the same, ever since the present -
Government Came._ into power. We
challenge any paper in the Dominion to
deny , these statements. In -view of
these facts, there ore, it. must be ad -
mated that the onservative papers
have had a pretty good thing of it, and
that their support of the Government is
not as disinterested as they Viould some-
times have us believe. Neither is it
surprising that they . should be exceed-
ingly anxious- concerning the future
course -of the French Bleus and the fate
of the Government that feed S them so
libeeally. .These figures also will give
our 1 keaders some idea of the kind of
oppdsition that the Reforth papers have
. _
had to contend With for the past seven
years. A journal that is subsidized by
the Government to the extent of from
five hundred to five thousand dollars
•makes quite- a formidable rival for its
opponent that has th depend solely upon
its OW11 energy and. enterprise for its
maintenance.
As WILL be seen by our report of
the County Council proceedings, that
bod have passed a resolution instruct-
ing' the Warden and clerk to at once
me orialize the Ontario Government
asking them to appoint a Police Magis-
trate for this county in accordance with
the prayer of the petition of the tem-
perance people last fall. That petition
asked that Mr. Jahn Beattie; of Sea-
for*, be appointed Police Magistrate
without salary. The Government should
accede to this request at once. Thele
seems to be a very general feeling among
the members, of the Council, that the
Scott Act, having been adopted by the
peO` le, should have a fair trial And that
the necessary machinery for securing
this-shauld be giVen. So manifest was
this feeling that several members who
are, upon principle, opposed to the Act,
voted for this resolution. It is evident
*that we need notekpect much from the
Commissioners and Inspectors appointed
by the Government, and if the Act is to -
be even moderately. well enforced the
burden and expense must be mainly
• borne by the tentperance people them-
selves, With an efficient andlfearless
Police Magistrateeto administer the law,
and an energetic and competent public
prosecutor it is believed thet it can be
made effective. At any rate the people
will not be satisfied until the Act has
had at least a reasonably fair trial. It
should have this, and if then it is found
to be inefficaciouslfor good let it be re-
pealed, and let us revert to the old sys-
tem or something else.
,
Oueclever cOntemporary, the Toronto
Mail, has a pretty- formidable- contract
on its hands at the present time. It is
engaged in the double-barrelled opera-
tion of trying to convince the Ontario
Grits that their leaders are conniving
with the French Bleus to turn Sir John
out of power because he hanged Rid,
at the same time it is laboring with
equal earnestness and apparent sincerity
to convince the Bleus that Mr. Blake,
the leader a these, same Ontario Grits,
is the worst enemy Riel ever had, and
that he was the cause of a reward of
five thousand dollars being offered for
his head, and , he is, consequently, a
dangerous man fee the Bleus to have
any dealings with. Our big brother will no
dcnibt find its task as difficult - as it
would be to reconcile its dual positions
or to prove their consistency, and it
would be just about as easy to convince
• a blind man that he could see oe to do
either. By the Way, we would begleave to
ask the Mail hoar it is that it never dis-
covered that the English-speaking resi-
dents of Quebec are being persecuted by
their French-Canadian fellow citizens to
such an extent its to make life to them
almost intolerable in _the Province until
the French Bleus threatened to turn Sir
John out of office? This persecution of
the one race by the other and the conse-
quent animosit4 between them cannot
certainly be the spontaneous growth of
the past two weeks, and if not, why has
the Mail been silent on• the subject for
the past ten years- simply to awaken "to
the terrible dangers of the position now?
Speak out, brother, there is light
wanted.
WITH the most sublime effrontery, the
Conservative papers are now asking the
Reformers of Ontario to come to the aid
of Sir John Maedonald and rescue him
from the .wrath of his own followers.
Because of one imeritorioes act, if such
the )11anging of Ltiel may be alled, the
Reformers are asked to fog4t and for-
give the thousand and one out ages that
have -been perpetrated againstd cency and
political moradittis and becaus the lead-
er of the rebellion has been executed,
the Reformers eale asked to f
pardon the real culprits, wh
gence and corm/Akin originat
_bellion. Because Sir John
as a matter of politibal exped.
fit to do right for once, the Re
Ontario are asked to swallow
ciples and prcdeseiotis of a life
take to their bosoms -the man
have' proclaimed and believed
incarnation of political immo
won't work, gentlemen of the
tive press. The Reformers o
-
are not so simple minded as to
in any such trap: Their cou
present emergeney is quite cl
quarrel between Sir John and
bee followers is none of their
If any portion of Sir John's
,see fit to vote against him at a
on any subject, that is their o
rgive and
se negli-
d,the re
acdonald,
ncy, saw
ormers of
the prin-
ime, and
horn they
o be the
ality. It
onserva:
Ontario
• C caught
se in the
ar. The
his Que-
concern..
following°
y time or
wn affair
and it is no part of the business of Re-
formers to shield hiin or hie Government
from the enmity of their own friends.
Reformers believe that Sir John and his
Government are carrupt to the very
core, and that by their corruPtion they
ha,ve driven this country to the verge of
:bankruptcy and ruin, and the sooner
/they are driven froin power the better.
This being the case it matters little by
what legitiniate or Constitutional means
that desired end is accomplished. No
Reformer can honestly or conscientiously
-vote confidence in the present Govern-
ment, and every Reformer is bound
alike by honor and principle to vote
• want of confidence in it, no matter by
whom the vote is • proposed, and every
Reform representative who refuses to do
SO gives the lie direct to his former votes
and professions. The first duty of the
Reform representatives in the Dominion
Parliament, is to secure the defeat of
the present Government. After that
they must makeitheir own terms.
'
THE English elections which are still
in progress have created more than
usual interest in this country. There
are still seven elections to -take place.
The latest returns show the election of
334 Liberals, 248 Conservatives and 81
NationaliSts. It is expected that the
Liberals will secure three of the seats
still vacant. This Would give the Lib-
erals 337 tgalnst 333 Conservatives and
lcationali ts combined. It will thus be
-seen that 'vhile the Liberals ill have a
large maj rity over the Co servatives
they will ot be able to ove come the
combined forces ot. the Co. servatives
and Nati nalists. What th ultimate
result will be it is impossible Ito predict.
It is note orthy, hotrever, hat there
was not a ingle Liberal elec d in Ire-
land. Th number; of memb rs of the
new Hoes of Cominons who ave never
before been elected to Paella ent is 332.
This has had no parallel sine the first
Parliament under 'the Refo m Bill in
,
1832.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ha delivered
his first message tb Congres . It is a
lengthy aid comprehensive document,
but does not contain much f interest
for Canadians. - In referen e to the
Fisheries question, he rec rnmended
Congress tip appoint a commi sion, " in
which the, Govermilerits cif e United.
States andGreatBritain shall be respec-
tively represented, .charged with the
consideration and settlemen upon a
just, equitable and honorab e basis of
the entire question of.: -the fis ing rights
of the two , Governmets and their re-
spective citizens on the coats of the
United States and British -No th Amer-
ica." But there is not a. ord said
about charging this commissio with the
duty of negotiating; a new eciprocity
treaty between the• United tates and
the British colonies, and, jud mg from
the utterances of the Presiden it is not
likely that any steps will be taken in
that direction at present. e also re-
fers to the unsatisfactory E tradition
treaty at present existing be ween the
States and 13ritain, and urges. pon Con-
gress the desirability of takinL steps to
have a satisfactory treaty arra i ged.
• .
• News of the We:)..
GiRMANY' AerxtouS.-Germ ny is con-
cerned about her weak coast d fences.
PREsmENoY.-Senator She man has
been elected President of th Un'ted
States Senate. e _
MORE TROOPS FOR EGYPT. -- ive rit-
ish battalions have been order d topro-
ceed to Egypt. '
ACCIDENT TO DELESSEPS.- I eLesseps
on Monday, in Paris,was thr svn from
his horse and severely injured.
JEwELRY STOi*N.-Jewelry 'valued at
300,000 florins was stolen by b rglars in
Vienna on Sunday night.
POPULATION . -The census o the city
of Berlin, taken December is', shows a
population of 1,316,382, n crease of
200,000 since 1880. , a
THE FAMOUS DR. .1ASTE . Six chil-
dren, who were bitth bY m d dog at
Newark, New Jersey, haa ben sent to
Paris, France, for treatment b Dr. Pas-
teuErs.oArza
OF CRIMiNI ALS.1 - eventeen
prisoners, including ' some of the most
noterlous- criminals in the $te, have
escaped from the Beaver co4inty jail,
near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
AN ENGLISH LANDLORD.- lr Wm.
Ilardyke, Conservative memb r -elect of
Parliament, has offered the wo kmen on
his estate in the colinty of K nt, small
holdings at an annual rental o 'five shil-
lings per ace.
SPAIN'S DEBT. -The Spanis Govern-
ment debt statement !reveals hp exist-
ence of a floating debt of $9,0 0,000, of
which $7,000,000 is secueed by national
stock in th e Bank- of Spain.
ALFONSO DIED IN DEBT. -It has been
ascertained I that King Alfon o died in
debt. His i expenses.- for seve al years
have exceeded the amounts all wed. him
by the civil llist. '
A WINTER. SToRm. - A furiou blizzard
raged through Michigan and o her west-
ern States Friday, Saturday and Sun-
day. During the gale on Friday a
prairie fire roke out near Burton Kan-
sas, which wept over an area of about
30 miles, deatroying 10,000 stacks of hay
and grain, and.a number of sheep, hogs
and cattle sheds. Some two or three
lives are reported lost.
WAYS AND MEANs.--Virorkm n's clubs
are being formed throughout the United
Kingdom to which the Working classes
are contributing small sums, to admit
of their visiting London during the In-
tercolonial exhibition, in order to study
the manufactures, etc, of the colonies.
HONORS TO CA_NON FARRAR.-Seven
hundred clergymen, embracing Hebrews,
Roman Catholics, Friends, male and fe-
male preachers, and all shades' of Pro-
testant clergymen'were present at the
reception gieen 1:tyGeorge W. Childs, of
Philadelphia, to::, Archdeacon Farrar.
SruRGEON VERY ILL. -The- 'linen of
the great preacher Spurgeon is very
Serious, an4 nOw causes -the greatest
,
anxiety. - to hjs friends. it: is eported
that he is permanently broken down in
health.
SAILED FOR ENGLAND.L-Can n Farrar
iailed for England frorn New Yo k on Sat-
urday. At a farewell reception wen him
at the residence of Cyrus W. Field, Fri-
day afternoon, the venerable "Arehdeacon
was for three hours shaking ha
persons who had assembled to
good-bye.
A NEW ISLAND. -A new Is
arisen out of the sea near the Fij
in the track of California vesse
island is two miles long and
high. '
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CO MERCE.
-The New York Chamber of C • mrnerce
has adcipted resolutions. deplo -.Mg the
'decline of American shipping, nd sug-
gesting as a remedy the establis ment of
a bureau of commerce under th control
of the Secretary of the Treasur
THE POPE APPROVES. -The ope has
written a letter to the Catholic bishops
of England approving of thei opposi-
tion to the Radical scheme of f ee edu-
cation.
ds with
bid him
and has
islands,
s. The
250 feet
THE MIDDLEMEN CURSE,. -Ab ut1,500
tailors employed in shops in N w York
were locked out on Monday • ytheir
employers because they refused to sever
their connection with the Tailor 'Union,
and to do more work -without mi re pay.
The employers 'limber about 150 and
act as middlemen fee the • olesale
clothing houses of the city.
&vow AND WINTER.1-A despa h from
St. Paul, Minnesota on Satur ay last
says: Snow began t fall early yester-
day morning and the w.eather grew
gradually colder. The storm was ac-
companied pwienraiie by wind which blew *tr for the find time this year.he snow
in gusts,
akingl the day savour of genu -
The storm,was general throughout Mani-
toba A ota,. Minnesota, Eastern Mon-
tana; DSad Northern Wisconsin.
NDAL y CONQUEST. -On Sun -
1
mber 8th, King Thebaw sur -
in. th presence of the Minis -
embarked for Calcutta under
e Fre eh Consul accompanied
sty. The Queen has sent a
o General Prendergast thank -
✓ the skillful manner in which
ted thq expedition to Mande-
eral Pijendergast has received
from Lord Delfe in full power to estab-
lish a temporary government at Mande-
layiand for the present personally exer-
cise control. It is probable that a native
will be appointed ruler under the
suzerainty of QUeen Victoria. A later
despatch says : 'Although the British
are in possessicpn of Mandalay they
have by no Means overcome the ill -
will of the people. The Dacoits, the
organized thieves and murderers of India,
are corn nutting great depredations.
These ,in rauders look upon failure in
the comn issipn of a crime or detection
in it as disgrace, the man .so failing
being held up to contempt and ridicule.
They have no fear of the consequences,
however, nd when ordered to execution
have wal ed boldly up to the gut as if
they enj yed being blown to pieces.
'Having si ch characters to deal with the
English i Mandalay will not feel secure
even thou h an English army is there to;
protect th in.
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Huron Notes.
- —M!..) . L. Courtice has been ap-
pointed P stmaster at Holmesville.
-A po er belonging to Dr. Carder,
of Blyth, hen killed and dressed weigh-
ed 34 po nds.
-It is reported that Messrs. Joseph
Carter, of Blyth, and A. Taylor, of Bel -
grave, he e -fallen heirs to a large and
valukible e tate in the old country.
-4A fe daysagoMr. Thomas Ham-
lin, of Ex ter, had his hand badly in-
jured by he explosion of a cartridge
whieh he as removing from a gun.
-A son of Mr. Jas. Cowden, Turn -
berry to ship, was climbing up to the
hay loft ir the barn, on Friday last,
when he f 11 and broke his leg above the
knee.
-Jas. int, of the 10th concession of
Ashfield, ian purchased 100 acres on
the 4th c ncession, West Wawanosh,
and is dis osing of his present home-
stead.
-Mr.Musgrov ,e etexteher at School
Section N. 19, East Wawanosh, has
purchased the old Methodist church, and
purposes fitting it up for a house near
the school.
- Will ohnston'formerly of Lower
Wingham, who has been in .Dakota for
the past t ree years, retdrned home on
Tuesday vening and will put in the
winter wit 1 his parents. .
Davis, of Wingham, has
sold his f rm in Stanley township to
Jas. Ross, of Stanley, for $4,350. The
farm cont ins 73 acres and is situated
on the Ba field road near Bannockburn.
-Dunce, McTavish, ot the Mill Road,
Tuckersieith, left for Kansas on Mon --
day ; he has been in poor health for.
Some time, and hopes that the change
may have a beneficial effect on him. -
- The members of the Presbyterian
church, Bleth, are building a large and
commodioes shed on the north-west corner
of the chureh property. The shed. is 128
feet long, nd has a capacity for holding
16 teams.
-Mr. J1 mes Broadfoot, of the Mill
Road, Tuckersmith, returned from Kan-
sas last week, where he had been called
to wait on 3., son who was ill with brain
fever, but who is now so far recovered,
that he ace' mpanied his father home.
-Mr. Jalmes MeCracken, of Butter-
nut Row, I Colborne, recently sold a
three year ld heaey draught mare to
Mr. Heave Howell, of the same town-
ship, for $ PI She.was purchased for
the American market.
-On Tu sday cif last week the fifth
daughter cf Mr. Chris. Dale, er., of
Hullett, d ed at ,Londoh, of consump-
tion, after , short illness. She was aged
33 years ati 6 months, and her remains
were inter ed in Clinton cemetery on
. Friday. 1
-Rev. a 'Williams, General Super-
intendent f the Methodist church in
Canada, and lately of Goderich, is lying
dangerouslY011 at his residence in To-
ronto of cmigestion of the lungs. Later
accounts s y ihle , has improved very
much and i notti out of danger.
- Mr. anU Mrs. Geo. McKenzie with
their famil returned to Wingham on
Monday from their farm at Brandon,
Manitoba. 1 Mr. McKenzie expects to
return to Brandon in the spring, when
he will dispose of all his property there
and come ack to reside in Wingham
permanentl . .
-Mr. Dekson barrister, of Wing-
hame has ben appointed clerk of East
Huron und r the new Franchise Act,
and Dr.11 mes, cbunty treasurer, the
clerk for hest ,Iluron. F. G. Neelin,
of Seaforth has received the appoint-
ment for the South Riding.
-Mr. Henry Ford, of Goclorich town-
ship, while using a wheelbarrow last
Friday,slip ed and fell on it,. cutting his
under lip o severely that he had to
secure the services of a doctor, who
found it necessary to stitch his lip be-
fore dressing it.. .
-Mrs. Bell, wild has been a- resident
of TuCkeremith fee Over twenty years,
died at the residehce of her son-in-law,
Mr. Waters, 3rd concession, on Sunday,
at the age of -84 years; dropsy was the
immediate cause ofIdeath. She was very
highly esteemed. Her remains were in-
terred at Tirner's Cemetery. 1
- Mr. Join J. Denby, son ef Rev.
\Mr. Denby of Varna, has been engaged
as teacher for the ;school in section 9,
Morris, for the couling year at a salary
of $415 per anouna. Mr: Danby is a
very- clever young man and the trustees
,of the school in question have made a
good choice. b
-Cad George traser, one of the
pioneers of Goderich, and a man who at
one time occupied important official
positions in the district, died last week
in poverty, and waa buried at the ex-
pense of the town. He was a man of
splendid physique' in early life. He had
been a resident of Huron for about 53
years. • , ,
--A Hensall correspondent says: It
is with sorrow anal regret that we this
week record. the death of Win. S. Stur-
geon. He had been employed for some
time as station agent at Wheatland,
on the 'Northern Pacific Railway,
and where he took Manitobafever about
a year ago, and from which he recover-
ed. He then returned home, but it was
not long until the hollow cough and
other symptoms told too plainly that
consumption had claimed him for its
victim. Everything that medical skill
and kind care could do was done, but
all of no avail, as he gradually failed till
on the morning of November 20th he
passed peacefully away, at the early age
of 23. The sorrowing mother and rela-
tives have the sympathy of many friends
and acquaiptances in this, t eir second
great troub e within so short I a time, as
it will be remembered that irhounan S.
Sturgeon diid on the 28th of April last.
-Much
over the ad
Ashfield ho
4.A lbs. On
interest 'has been created
rent of a pair of twaitin an
Behold., ' They weigh only
is a tiny midget of only li
It. The li tle ones are alive, and like-
ly to thrivei The eeighbors are flock-
ing to see the two I wee strangers, the
smallest of which could - almost be
:
hidden in the hald• of the stalwart
reeve .
-Last Sinday as James Shurrie, of
Morris, and familyI were driving into
Brussels to attend c urch, the back seat
of the cartge was erked loose as the
rig went ov ,r a cr ssing on the Main
street in that village. The occupants of
the seat were pitched out, backwards,
and one of the girls was somewhat in-
jured.
-Last Friday as eo. Lemmex, eldest
son of H. Lernmex of Wingham, was
entering the door cif Black's old livery
stable, now used a a meat house by
Wm. Blanchard, he as attacked by Mr.
Blanchard's dog, whrh bit a large piece
of flesh clean out of his left arm. The
effects.
.
but the -lad is re -cove mg nicely from its
very painful one,
wound proved to be
-When J. A. re ghton, station -mas-
ter at Brussels, was ()ming home from
Toronto last week, he • had a little boy
named Russie Mar in, a grandson of
Arch. . Taylor, of *rids, put into his
care at Guelph. The little fellow had
strayed away from his father, who lives
at Tottenham, and Was trying; to Make
his way to Brussels. Mr. Creighton
took charge of the lad and brought him
to his grandfather safe and sound.
-Mr. Alex, McD. `Allen, of Goderich,
who is Working with enthusiasm in col-
lecting exhibits for the Colonial Exhibi-
tion in England next year, has been re-
quested by the Dominion Commissioners
to make a collection of grains, seeds,
beans, corn, 1(shelled and in the ear) as
well as of freit A peck of each is re -
()eked, eacksample must be accompan-
ied by name -and address of the grower,
together wit the name and variety.
-Last we@k two fine yearling colts
were sent fr m Exeter to the American
market. One was purchased from Mr.
John Dow, Of. Hibbert, for the Sum of
$500. It weighed 1,450 Ms., and was
sired by "Major." The other was sold
by M. 'Wm, Dow, of the same town-
ship, for $375. This colt was !sired by
"Count Caieless," and weighed over
1,300 lbs. The sires of both animals are
owned by Messrs. Colquhoun & Dow,
of Exeter.
-t
Othnethhoueight of Saturday or Sunday
-las,
e of Donald Bruce, Bay-
field road, ) Goderich township, was
entered by facing off the lock, and a
number of articles stolen therefrom.
The old gentleman, who is blind, has
resided for some time with Mrs. Den -
lop. The discovery was made by David
-McBrien, w o with two others examin-
ed the prem ses, and found that among
the articles missin were some new
blankets, a family Bible, a large look-
ingl glass, an some smaller articles. •
-A heavyweight contest took place
at Owen Sound on November 25th, for.
$50- a side, b tween _John McPherson, of
Kintail, ,As field township, and Sandy
Spence, of Owen Sound, which re-
sulted in kn easy victory for Mc-
Pherson, who put the 21 lb. shot 34
feet 7 inchesitto his opponent's 31 feet
9 inches. large amount Of money
chenged hapds. McPherson has sur-
prised the jpeople up north this fall,
as he won itematch in Owen Sound,
one in Duttrn, and one in Coiling -
wood.
-The vilage council of Blyth have
decided to give Mr. Robt. Forsythe a
loan of $2,000 to be paid back in fifteen
equal annual instalments, together with•
interest at the rate of 6 per cent per an•
-
num, on coralition that he erects in
that village , a building 35 by 60 feet,
two flats with a lean-to 15 by 30 feet,
to be used aa a woollen mill, and to con-
tain the necel sary machinery for a com-
plete one set : mil, and to be in anteing
order on th, first of June next. 'The
loan is to be 'secured by a first mortgage
on the property.
-Mrs. Jeremiah Whitely died at the
residence of her daughter Mrs. Glazier,
16th concession Goderich township,
Sunday evening last. She had been
afflicted with dropay. Deceased was the
second wife of the late Mr. Jeremiah
Whitely, of Summer Hill, and was a
sister of Mrs: John Beacom, of Clinton:
Mrs. Otterson, of Michigan, Mrs.
Glazier, of Goderich township, and a
son, Mr. Henry, Kerr, of Wingham, are
her living children. Deceased was aged
65 years and had been a resident of this
county for the past.36 years.
-Miss Ellen Porterfield, daughter of
Mr. Peter Porterfield, clerk of East
Wawanosh, ' met with an accident on
Saturday evening In riding home from
Wingham she became very cold, and
arriving at home she tamped out of the
rig, striking her ankle on the wheel.
Taking no notice of this, she went into
the house, had supper and got thorough-
ly warmed again, when her ankle began
to get very sore. • On taking off her boot
she found she had received a deep gash,
almost big enough to lay a finger in it.
It will be a few weeks before she is able
to go about sgain.
. -On Saturday last Mr. Geo. Quinn,
an old and xespected resident of the
township of East Wawanosh, was thrown
from his wagon while teaming ! wood
from his buth to his residence. Mr.
Quinn was proceeding toward the house,
when on approaching a small water •
hole the horses sprang forward to escape
getting into the water, when the sudden
stopping of the wagon had the affect of
pitching Mr. Quinn off alighting on his
head. He remained insensible forsome
time. Medical aid was immediately
summoned and he was restored to con-
sciousness and is now recovering.
-On Saturday before last as Thomas
Ferguson of the 12th concession, East
Wawanosh, was leaving McInnis's grain
warehouse in Wingham his horses be-
came frightened at a passing train and
rare away. In his attempts to hold the
horses the dash -board of the wagon gave
way, throwing Mr. Ferguson to the
ground. One of the wheels -passed: over
his side, breaking three of his ribs, and
another passed over his head, which was
badly. bruised. The horses continued
running until opposite Scott & Bell's
Dzczurtml 11, 1885.
furniture factory, when they collided
with and upset a wagon belonging to
Robt. Currie, of East 1•Vsevanosh. The
horses continued on their mad career,
until they reached the Exchange hotel,
where they -came to a standstill% conse.
quence 'of one of the animals falling
down. Strange to say neither the horses
nor wagon was injured. Mr. Ferguson
was taken home the same evening and are pleased to learn he is rapidly
—Tre-
covering.eWingham Times says: Some
and
about $20 worth of gloves were removed.
In his haste to get away with the goods,
the thief left
behind
himachicken neat
yctitishawrapped
duringpanetaluasuerSyaptwuarpadeeayn
paper,
uwrghiligachhrizt heWde
evidently for his burglarized
dinn-
lThis wa apaedtaken
secured aes a clue, and, byb
going
to the different stores, it did not take
long to find out who sold the fowl and
who the purchaser was. He proved to
be a young man well known about town,
and who holds a good situation in one of
our manufactories. Mr. Chapman 'Charg-
ed him with the theft and promised that
proceedings against him would be stayed
if he returned the goods stolen Saturday
night, besides those previously stolen.
The young man agreed to do this, and
the result was Mr. Chapman that even -
ling received a large lot of gloves besides
$10 in cash, which represented the value
of the goods the young man was unable
to return, It is a pity that such a ras-
cally piece of business should be allowed
to go unpunished. -
;
' Perth Items. -
--A knitting factory has been started
in -The ilee. Is' LiteraryClub has been
re organized for the winter at Avonton.
-A farm adjoining St. Marys com-
prisiog 130 acres, was recently sold for
$10,500.
s a -Mr. James Othen, St Marys, has
tehil_el:sRedmavall. hog eine months old which
having declared their intention to run.
4c. undelivered and 5c. delivered, for
Weighed 331 pounds.
over the reeve -ship, several gentlemen
-Bread is now se -hug in Stratford at
-There -is a squabble in Mitchell'
19Dra.f.Ki-lroy*, of Stratford is at
present suffering intensely from the ef-
fects of vaccination.
-Dr. Paul, of Sebringville, has been.
appointed health officer by the township
council of Downie.
-Miss With has resigned her posi-
tion in St. Marys public school and ac-
cepted a situation in Yorkville at a large
adyance in salary.
-i-Rev. j. T. LeGear, of Hohnesville,
has been spending some weeks_ at his
hoine in Kirkton, recuperating his
health.
-Mr. Thomas Page, of Hibbert, has
a grade bull calf, only ten months old,
which turns the scales at 1,020 lbs.
-Mr. James Trow, the popular M. P.
for; South Perth, is to deliver a lecture
in Staffs. on Tuesday evening, December
151h, on "Manitoba and the North-
west."
e -Mr. Josiah Shier, of Kirkton, has
returned from Manitoba, whither he
went last summer. He likes the coun-
try and will return in the spring,
-Several large brick barns are being
built in the township of Logan. A num-
ber of brick houses will also be erected
during the coming summer.
---The Good Templars' entertainment
at Poole, the other night, was very
lar ely attended and the programme
wa an excellent one, the whole thing
being a complete success.
St. Andrew's day was celebrated in
Lis wel by a dinner at the Royal hotel,
wh re, after disposing of the "haggis"
and the puddins', -a grand time was
spent in toast, speech and song.
-sAilother of Mitehell's octogenarians
has.joined the great army of the dead in
thej person of Mrs. Thos. Paecoe, mother
of Nrs., 3. S. Coppin. She came to
Mi chell 15 years ago from Cornwall,
England.
-e-For the past nine months there
have been convicted at,, the Stratford
police court, -for various offences, 116
Canadians, 30 English, 40 Irish, 20
Scotch and 8 Americans.
1
J -Dogs have again begun their ravages
among sheep in ullarton. Mr. Charles
Keir had four killed the other night
andl on the following night Mr. D. Mc-
Doitgali had fourteen worried.
-hit is said there is an Anti -Marriage
Soclety in Atwood, but one of the mem-
ber broke loose and the other day went
the, matrimonial btate. This deserter
bocrly over to the enemy by entering
was Miss Annie M. Donaldson, now
Mr4. Samuel Boyd.
While Mrs. T., G. Efurlburt, re-
sidii.g near Dublin; was driving to
cher ch on Sunday evening, the 29th
ulta her buggy collided with one driven
by. Mrs. Noel Green, the result being
the overthrow of both vehicles and their
imfortunate occupants. s
1
Mitchell for number of years, has re-
hee Mar. N. M. . rLeisvpiencretod ner,eswidheont hasof
rem ved to Hagarsviile, near Brantford,
winfre he will be manager of a branch of
the Bank Of Hamilton about to be
ope ed there.
-LThe person who has furnished the
St. larys Argus with a racy and inter-
est- g correspondence -from New York
for he last nine years, signed ‘! Bread-
bri " is expected to deliver a lecture in
tha1 town some time in January. Be is
the Lion. J. IL Warwick, a well-known
wri r and lecturer.
The officers of No. 4 Company, 28th
Bat lion, Captain James Hamilton,
have presented Master David Robert-
son,' of St. Marys, with a Very handsome
silver medal as a reward of merit.
Master David having scored the highest
number of marks of any volunteer in
camp, at target practice, -during the en-
campment at London this summer.
-The people of Milverton were thrown
into a state of wild excitement on Fri-
day by thearrival of a band of angry
Italians, who had been engaged in the
Ellie and Elms, ditch. The cause of
the trouble being that a sub -contractor
had unexpectedly departed without pay-
ing the men their wages. Temporary
quarters were provided for them and
the necessaries of life supplied by the vil-
lagers. The case of these poor men is
one of extreme hardship, with winter at
hand, without either money or clothing.
What these poor fellows are to do is a
problem not easily solved.
-Rev. P. Wright, of Stratford,
preached the annual sermon for the St.
Andrew's Society of Mitchell, on Sun-
day, 29th ult. Thereverend gentleman
-took his text from I. Cori 16-13,," Quit
you like men." Among other good
things, he said, let benevolence be the
first aim of a St. Andrew's Society.
DECEMBER
If he thought that
society 'as to ea
drink Scotch whis
crate the Sabbath 1
The relief of paver'
conferred on us all:
have done it unto
(lone it unto me." :
-A Logan torn
corder says; I
the County Conn
Thu ronito take stel
the boundary line
MeKillop. A fare
McKillop, lost a -a
few days ago, it ha
-one of the holes on
-The Beacon 1
Iferridge, B. D.,
church, Ottawa so
ridge, Stratford, w
fax, on Thursday 1
ory Dnoean. The
elected by Rev. Pr
by the bridegrooni
nage, has a shads
it. Two summers
visited Scotland:'
,(
that brought horn
nom also earrie
Is now his bride,
-visit her married]
Bauld, of H.alifax. l
before. But sea W
.ductiv-e of reatrana
had thrown them i
played sad havoc
Before the voyage I
board the steamshi
Two souls 'with Ind
Two hearts that be
Terrible Expel
sertgers on
Pam&
A Toronto dispa
passengers east fret
y the Ca.uadian ps
details of a terra
that happened to a
-were . travelling et
I rain was rung;
early in. .the morn
Sudbury JunctiOn'
a rail which had be,
ties in some marine/
train to leave the tx
a short distance th
&vat a, steep mbar
being overturned se
Most Cif which were
sengers, many of NV
the, time. -All the
with their lives, alti
jured, and some vi
fatally, burned. s
down the embanku
train was a complei
gage axed mail cars
senger ears were i
fire.- The paslenga
ting out the fire el I
byilenutphsaepttinpengedofinth.a4
through-,
r otuhzeh countryo.uth e
able to find a placl
very much from col
and children who
sgleee
epr inthaineir
ni
nd torem
it
an hour or more, th
below zero at tii
saved. from, being
near the burning
arrived.
The Iresditaonn
. . i
Mr. Samuel Bea
Manitoba PeSaiteutil
on a Visit, a report
order to learn so0
life of the balms
were punished for
recent rebellion.
Indians are handy
make themselves
industries of the P
tention into teaoh
will- make them es
and especially hi
maker, tall and eta,
solemn and not ill -f
and a, dignified
to shop, watching
the Crees, 0 -her w
sort Of general e
has great infinPfle
and fulfils his tr
Bear is learning to
plies his saw and
steadiness, and it
hihis deep black
the wide plain, the
and the trusty rifl
gaged in the fro
shoes. There ate
•-diens in gaol. Th
-discipline, but p'
life, their wives
affection appear
them. The Half
tractable, and
regret at the part
mg.
W. IL Van
Win. IL Vend
telegraith. monopo
,died at his mkt
Tuesday last. mi..
in Richmond con.
May 8th, 182L
college course he
Staten Island, bel
until he was 44 y
age his father re
farm and made him
Harlem railroad,
meneement of his e
ful career. At th
he inhen'ted most
he augmented nut
est man in the
his death he w
least $220,000,000.
were with him in
After arising Mr.
his usual rnornin
sons, Cornelius a
active managers el
ties, anti afterwa
Rossiter, his pr
treasurer of the
road. During ti
he had been more
and active, so new
uncut, to which 1
humored, jocular
goad breakfast and
with pleasant nut'
the bouleiard wU
afternoon. Afte
the studio of Mr.i
sit for a bronze bu
turned and took lu
wife, son George -e,
at the table was n
oheedul. At Ion
president of the
railroad, called
Vanderbilt in a lo