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The Huron Expositor, 1886-06-18, Page 1r v wevia GFS is and !i/ WY HOG Dep art meut Tv ht �Cka flflfl4: Uti MPLE,i, THE Trade. ECU', p' LERICAN P anted fast in color price. Also Cream MUsii :s and Stripes, Lace Effete, At FAUL; Y GOODS AND }: LY HOUSE, 0 which. accomplish/40e preciated by our tone tgfie € . inert --We clip thsfeh- Toronto Globe of Sate my friends of the Ike ttuart, of Toronto, id Farn that their kadak ce on the 31st of Ida i elativ es from States were present e to the highly favor >grar me for thenein- f a. praise_serviee, aft `sat down to a sump rooms and tables ween eted with flags,, foie ile bouquets of whin valley, ete., were di nests. . Co plimentny Eleli Bred by theRee. 1 the Rev, D. 3. Me >inner performed their Ey fifty years age, what awry, of Iowa, glee sion,«as present heti ed his early trainingin 4 Belfast, Ireland.. -Ile r the ministry of* reit. In 1836 he min- a daughter of the die , Rev. John Lowry, of s, county of Tyrone, iigrated to Canada is successfully, as a ma. y terian Church of cut. Rn with the Church of Lepton, Quebec, Mark- and arkand Woodstock, On- nily consisted of nine whom. died in inf >hn L. Stuart, fo :redrew}s church, Teta- da in 1881. The °thee Stuart, of Balder', Theophilus Stua - tanbury, wife of Dr Reid,_. and Miss Floral • [to A -very plea -ening- was spent bi Lucie -eh, and other reit ed in wishing Mr. an more years of health rev. Init .—Tlie court of township met on the he following cixan° roll W rn. Elliott, Ilkor lot 26, concession$;: Shed as tenant for pod on p-; Albert, Geoff tfield, jr., assessedit t 26, concession I2,he r.'s sons ; Geo. IAA: owner, lot 23, cones. aw, lot II, conceeeis< uchlin, south half of ession 6 ; Bennettll in cssion S ; Jas. Per 12; John McLauchli 12; John Roberts* 13 ; Jas. McFa l 17 Arch, Duncansa« 2, concession 17; lob' half of lot 12, coin Johnston, west half 4 IS, were, all aase ns. Walter Long Chas. Williamson wet criers.. The court d' 7th dune. eting was held ons leave. Peter Robin c3 be expended in go. inion:. €� in. Cook std were gicent permis oicilt tate lah'or on the to and 1, coneesSO. lair c avid=ingtiletow fling scab division W Mr. Itobt.ltoss Weit stcr in place of Ch Mr. Aiet• r�it�g away. itt; eted arbitrator :drool Section No 1 , Mr. Jos. r )tr 0( cenber of the B Sir. (neo. Brownt 'UIe sue m of $25 W and gravel the tsw he 3 and 24, on gum of $120 was S nilvd oads Fn each of the s of the township; Iy ed to expend el road between Gm cling Morris -wills EIGHTEENTH -YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 966 SEAFORTH, :FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1886. McLEAN BROS. Publishers. If1.50 a Year, in Advance. BUST OPENED OUT —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store, Dress Goods, Mantle Ornaments, Silk Gloves, Dress Muslins, Hoop Skirts, Parasols, Dress Clasps, Mantle Silks, Cotton Hose, —AND A GREAT MANY -- too nuraer(ms to mention. Call and see them, at the Cheap Cash Store Hoffman & Company, The Ministers' Parliament. SOME PARTICULARS' AS TO ITS COMPO- SITION, WORK, ETC. — THE NEW MODERATOR. The twelfth General Assembly of the 1 Presbyterian Church in Canada, com- menced in St. Paul's church, Haanilton, last week. The several branches of the Church were united in the year 1875, in the city of Montreal, and since then the General Assembly has met twice in Montreal, twice in Torento, once each in Halifax, Ottawa, Kingston, St. John, N. B., London, 'and now for the second time in Hamilton. The church compri- ses forty Presbyteries, extending from Newfoundland to British Columbia, and numbers nearly two thousand congrega- thins and stations. There are about 895 pastoral charges, the number of minis- ters and ordained ' missionaries being in the neighborhood of 900. Last year there were 75,000 families and 130,000 communicants,with 12,000 office bearers, 12,500 Sabbath -school teachers, and 120- 000 Sabbath -school pupils. There was 000 for ministers' stipends, $400,000 for - church and rnanse buildings, $250,000 for missions and colleges, and aboin $1,750,000 for all purposes. Since the union in 1875 rapid progress has teen made in all departments of the Chinch's work, party lines have almost entirely disappeared. and it is now almost impos- sible to tell in a church court to which section men belonged. HOW COMPOSED. . The General Assembly consists of about 420 members. Each Presbytery sends one-fourth of its ministers, with an equal number of accing elders. In most Presbyteries one-half of the repre- sentatives are elected by rotation and the rest by ballot. This ensures all the members being nent once in eight years, and also provides lor those being sent who represent ceztain interests which Presbyterians desire to further. Minis- ters not in the rastoral work who act as elders in the eongregation with which they are connected, are eligible for elec- tion both as rainisters and delete. With one or two exceptions, ho--wever, these decline to sit in the General Assembly except as ministers,believing it not night that they Ihould have an advantage over their brethren in being eligible for elec- tion both as ministers and elders. ,Dur- ing the past year some writers in the denomiaational newspapers have been persistently declaring against the elec- tion year after year of many of the same persons as 'members ' of Assembly. Whetiler as the result of this effort to coerce Presbyteries or not,not a few who have taken a most active part in the work of the church in former Assemblies, are this year not members. Several of these will be very much missed, as will others who, though elected, are unable tc be present. The absence of such well known faces and voices as those of Dr. foot, .Dr. Campbell, Rev. D. J. Macdon- nell, etc., will be greatly felt in the de - 'aerations of the General Assembly. The College of the church will be well represented : Halifax sends Principal McKnightand Prof. Pollock; Morrin, and Our Monthly Fashion Sheet just to hand, and those wanting one will please eall and get one before the supply runs oat —The Canadian Minister of Militia is abont to visit British Columbia for the purpose of deciding definitely as to the military works t°() be erected there. Three points, viz : Exquimalt, Victoria and Vancouver are to be fortified, at the expense of the Canadian government, to the extent of $100,000, at once, and equipped as soon as completed by the -imperial Government with guns, torpe- does, etc., to the extent of $150,000. It is expected that these works will be enIange.cliu tile near future. —Mr. Jas. Casey, one of the original stockholders of the Canada Southern Railway, and a contractor on 'the same road, died at Erie, Pennsylvania, the other day. Deceased was born in Ire- land in 1814, and came to Canada in -I82L He first worked on the Grand Trunk Railway during its construction as a navvy, and after a short time was -ap- pointed timekeeper and section boss. Then he became a contrahtor, and died a millionaire. His residehice in Erie was of a palatial character. One of his sons is the Very Rev. Thomas Casey, vicar - general of Erie. —One of the pleasing incidents of the commencement proceedings at the end of the academical year in Toronto Univer- mpal Mac\- rear and Professors Scrimger and Campbell. ; Queen's, Kingston, Frill-, sity, was the presentation by the male cipal Grant and Professor Fowler ; Knox, Toronto, Principal Caven and Professor McLaren • and Winnipeg, Professors Hart and' Bryce. Among the- Elders who are members of the Assembly are such well known names as Hon. D. Mc- gurcly,Hon..G. W. Ross, Hon.A.IVIorris, John Charlton, M. P., John Whyte, M. P. P., James Maclennan, Q. C., W. Mortimer Clark, W. P. Hudson, M.P.P. George Hay, David Morrice, Er n . R. Laren, and others. A CENTRE OF 'PRESBYTERIANISM. Presbyterianism- is strong in the city of Hamilton, there being six large con- gregations, with a membership of 2,800. The church in mhich the General As- sembly meets is one of ° the finest, archi- tecturally, in the Dominion. It was erected in 1857, at the cost of $56,000. year or two ago Sabbath -school rooms. -etc. were erected, and it is now among the 'best appointed churches in the body. The present pastor is the Rev. R. J. Laidlaw, through whose instrumentality congregation has been successfully uilt up, its present membership being upwards of 500. THE NEW AIODERATOR. .The new Moderator is one of the most genial and lovable ministers in the church and one who has rendered most efficient services as a pastor, as also in the gen- eral work of the church. He is a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and received his art training in Marischal College, in that city, from cvhich he received the degree of M. A. He studied theology in the Free church college, under such enlinent men as Drs. ChitImers, Cunningham and Buchanan. He was licensed by the Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen,in 1852, and though called by two congregations in his native -land, his heart was set on Canada, where he arrived in 1853. He was almost irnmediately called to Ram- say, where he labored for theee years. His fame as an earnest, vigorotis preach- er, soon spread, and the First Presby- terian congregation of Brockville, laid hands on the popular young minister of Ramsay. He labored for nine years in Brockville,and did much to build up the Presbyterian cause there. The congre- gation of Knox church, Galt, served so long and so faithfully by the late _Dr. Bayne, called Mr. nmith from Brock- ville, after the Rev. J.Thompson's trans- lation to New York. Ilere for nine years Mr. Smith worked with increasing success, the congregation during these years erecting their present church build- ing at a cost of $30,000. Mr. Smith yielded to the urgent appeal of the then tecently formed congregation of Fort Massey church, Halifax, and spent two years there, when, owing to his wife's health, he went to San Francisco for about a year. Ile was called to the students of two handsome bouquets to Miss Balmer, the only " girl graduate" a this year. The presentation meg a happy variation of the usual stereotyped proceeding, and it was greeted by the crowded audience with hearty applause. Miss Balmer's course has been peculiarly brilliant amongst university students ivithout respect to sex, and there are indications that the young women will always be table to hold their own in the competition for places of honor in the class list. —A daring attempt was made to rob Scott s bank at Palmerston on Wednes- day morning last week. The manager was -got rid. elf by a device, and about 11 o'clock a person closely veiled, and dressed in weman's clothes went into the office and wished to deposit $2,000. Bert Boomer the teller, showed his cus- tomer to a siat in the private office mita he got throegh with other customers.. When he returned to the veiled one he* lock the door until the de7 de. The customer appeared, s. Boomer complied with and on returning to the the rty displayed a large knife and ordere him into the. wash- room. Boomer refused to go and a struggle ensued, the teller getting badly, cut and otherwise injured. Finally he overcaniethe robber, took the knife from him, and en stripping the veil from his face 'found, himself confronted by one BenRiggs. The would-be robber was arrested. ' —At the court of general sessions last Saturday tin Sernia, two desperadoes were sentenced to long terms in the Kingston Penitentiary. For some time past the villege of Watford and vicinity has been the scene of several fires and a lt, number of . urglaries. These fires be - mines so prevalent and increasingly mys. terious thaq the people applied to the Ontario Gdvernment for assistance, which reached them in the shape of Detective Joseph E. Rogers. After some investigation Detective Rogers be- came satisfied that two youne fellows, Geo. gpurraway, aged 22, an Ernest Roberts, both known hard characters of that village, were the guilty parties. He aecordirtgly had them arrested a.nd brought to trial, which resulted in both prisoners being convicted. Roberts got 12 yeare and Spurrawaie 14 years. Rob- erts' father, who was present, was very glad teat his wicked son had been fixed. This pair have been a perfect team. of ter- rors to the people of the vicinity where they lived. was asked posit was m very nervou the request private office —The foundation stone of the New Evangelical Church at Listowel was laid on Monday. The ceremony was con- ducted by Rev. S. L. Umbach, of Ber- lin and addresses were given in Eng- lish and German. • pastorate of the First Presbyterian church in that city, but unwilling to sever the strong ties that bohnd him to Canada, he acceded to the strongly ex- pressed desire of histformer congregation in Galt, and. was again inducted as pas- tor of Knox church there, in 1874. ,His congregation is the largest in the denom- ination, numbering 450 families ane' 1,000 communicanta the chin ch building seating 1,400 persons. Mr. Smith a sti- pend is $3,000 and a house. Ere is not yet sixtyyears of age,of fair complexion, frank and kindly, and verytopular with this brethren, as evinced sy his unani- mous election to the litioderatot's chair. He belongs to a family of ministers. Two of his brothere now deceased, were pastors in Scotlaad; a third is a minis- ter of the Prestyterian church in Mani- toba,and oneof his own sons is the popu- lar young minister of Newmarket, Ont- ario. It Zs generally conceded that Mr. Smith ;rill make a good Moderator, and prove a worthy successor of those who hare presided over the General Assembly ia former years. THE NEXT MEETING. It has 'been decided to _hold the next meeting of the General Assembly in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in June next. North Huron Teachers. A convention of the teachers of North Huron was held at Brussels on Thurs- day and Friday of last week. The at- tendance was fair, and the meeting was one of the most interesting that has yet been held. All the subjects on the pro- gramme were taken up but one ; the - papers read were to the point and sen- sible, and the discussions thereon were interesting and profitable. One notice- able feature was the unusually large number of young men N't ho took part in the discussion, and judging by the clear and pointed manner in which all exe pressed themselves, we should say that the profession in North Huron is not re- trograding at any rate. Mr. D. M. Malloch, President, occupied the chair, and the first order of business composed of Messrs. Burchill; Pluen- mer and Stewart—a committee to prepare and forward,reports of the pro- ceedings to the local papers—which was iu itself a sensible move, and one which _we are sure will be duly appreciated. For the folloWing report, therefore, we are indebted to Mr. W. H. Stewart : - - THE OPENING ADDRESS. Mr. Malloch gave his address eon " School Discipline," in which he gave some useful hints to the teachers. He thought persuasion and kindness should never take the place of authority. He urged upon teachers the necessity of giv ing the pupils plenty of work to do. The teacher must be an example of industry. Fdleness, carelessness, etc., on the part of the teacher beget like qualities in 'the pupils. The teacher should come well prepared. He should enlist the good will of both parents and pupils by show- ing himself to be in earnest. Mr. Groves concurred with the presi- dent in his remarks. Some one thought that it would be difficult to keep pupils busily engaged. W. H. Stewart thought that the little pupils should be allowed long recesses. Mr. Malloch, in addi- tion, hinted that visiting parents is an important factor -in securing disciplirle. Mr. Dorrance outlined his method of be - becoming acquainted with the parents and the — of the section. GENERAL TOPICS. Mr. Linklater, delegate to the pro- vincial Association, read his report, which centained some very useful mat- ter, and gave the teachers a fair idea of how things are progressing at Toronto. At the couclusion of the report Mr. Groves said that he believed that the payment of teachers' salaries quarterly should be compulsory and not optional. The secretary's report was read and adopted. Moved by Mr. Burchill, seconded by Mr. Thompson, that the " School Sup- plement" and " Educational Weekly ' be added to the list of papers received through the association. —Mr. J.; K. Cline, a former resident Moved by Mr. J. W. Shaw, Blyth, of London, was killed by- lightning at seconded by Mr. Burchill, that the dele- Moosejaw, Northwest Territory, the other day. —The next meeting of the Presby- terian General Assembly will be held in Winnipeg in the third week -of June, 1887. —A morment is on foot he Toronto to get the retail dry goods and clothing stores to close at two o'clock on Satur- day afternoon during the summer months. —In the garden of Mr. P. Howard, of Collingwood, a large white rose, about two inches in circumference, has grown out of a clastet of small apple blossoms. —A veiy successful Salvation Army jubilee was held in the town hall, Tees - water, Monday evening last week. Special Van Allen presided. —The Canadian Pacific Railway pro- poses to attach refrigerators to their freight trains, and to deliver frozen salmon in Toronto from Vancouver for a cent a pound. —It is alleged that some Ottawa youths, who limited young ladies at a Saved Artily meeting in Kemptville, were soundly thrashed by incensed young mere of that village. —The corner stone of the new Jarvis Presbyterian church will be laid on Fri- day, June 18th, with Masonic honors, by the Grand Master, assisted by the members (4 the Grand Lodge. —Mr. John Barnes, one of the oldest employees of the Globe staff, died at his residence in Toronto on Saturday night, at the age of 71 years. Mr. Barnes was born in the city of Quebec, and served his time as an apprentice at the printing business in the Chronicle office in that city. During the rebellion in 1837 he servei as an artilleryman with the Loy- alists, and afterwards came to Toronto as a Government printer. Shortly after- ward. he.entered the Globe office and as- sisted in turning out the first copy of that paper in 1844. Since then Mr. Barnes hels been constantly employed in the Globe office until within a few weeks was moved, seconded and carried, that we meetat 8 o'clock this evening. THE EVEANG SESSION. On resuming business, Mr: Groves gave a very iastructive lesson on the Quite a disaussion followed, in which Lithgow, an old teacher, took a part. The conventio adjourned until FRIDAY'S ELTING. On Friday morning W. H. Stewart dealt with Short Methods and Peculiar- ities in Arithmetic. Mr. J. W. Shaw, Blyth, took up the subject of Drawing in a very nice man- ner, showing how simply this subject may be taught. - Mr. Duff followed with an address on Time Tables for Ungraded. Schools. Mr. Duff presented. two styles of time tables, either of which he thought was good. Quite a lengthy criticism followed. THE OFFICERS. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows : President, Mr. J. C. Linklater, of the Model School, Clinton ; Vice -President, W. H. Stew - Groves, Wingliam ; Executive Commit- tee, Messrs. Harstone, McFaul, Dor- ranee, Duff and Burchill • Auditors, Messrs. Dr. McDonald and,'A. H. Mor- ton, Wingha.m. The follovving reaolutions were brought before the Association : seconded by Mr. D. C. Dorrance, that this Association heartily approves of the suggestion made by the Public School Section at the last meeting of the On- tario Teachers' Association that the amount of British history required for entrance examination be limited to one period, to be changed from time to time, and it regrets that the Honorable the Minister of Education has not seen fit to adopt that suggestion. _ seconded by Mr. D. Johnston, that the teachers of North Huron, having con- sidered in session the subject of Relige ious Instruction in Schools, desire to ex- press our approval of the action of the Honorable the Minister of Education in preparing the book of Bible Readings ; and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the secretary to the Min- ister of Education to the school jour- nals and to the Globe and the Mail. III. Moved by Mr. J. C. Linklater, seconded by Mr. S. Hicks, that in view of the opposition in certain quarters to the authorized series of Readers this Association desires to place on record its entire satisfaction with the series and its approval of the action of the Honorable the Minister of Education, in authoriz- ing the said series. Each of , these , resolutions brought forth considerable discussion, but as they met with the almost universal ap- proval of the convention each one was carried. • After pasii.ng votes of thanks to those who had faYored the meeting by reading papers, the convention adjourned to meet again in Seaforth in October. • of his death. He leaves several- grown- charging her usual duties, she now c up children. • ducts Salvation Army services in —At the Scott Act Convention held evenings. at Fergus on Thursday last Week, it was —Mr. John Kelly, a West Lut decided to endeavor to raise a fund of $3,000 to be used in enforcing the Act in Wellington county. —Mr. Stephen White, of Belleville, has sold his brown mare to a horse buyer from Rome, New York, for $1,100. The mare was raised in South Marys - burgh, county of Prince Edward. —The St. Thomas Court of Revision is engaged in considering 1,018 appeals. Already two weeks have been put in at the work and about 700 cases yet remain to be disposed of. —At the Liberal, convention held in Winnipeg the other night, Mr. E. G. Conkling was nominated to contest North Winnipeg, and Mr. W. F. Luxton for South Winnipeg. - —A witness in a Scott Act case at Oshawa was sentenced to ten days' im- prisonment for refusing to answer a question, but he succeeded in escaping from the -court room, and has not been seen since. —Last Monday Mayor Howland, of Toronto, received a despatch appealing for aid for the peopleof Vancouver, Brit- ish -Columbia, the town having been re- duced to ashes. He responded on be- half of Toronto by sending a checque for —Kincardine freeholders have voted to grant a $6,000 bonus and ten years' tax exemption to Mr. John McDonald, of Tiverton, if he will remove his tan- nery business to the former place. —Ridgetown is organizing an early closing movement. The desifie is to have all places of business closed at nine o'clock on Saturday night and at seven o'clock on other nights of the week. —Rev. Mr. Smellie, of Fergun'and Mrs. Smellie with their son-in-law, Rev. D. J. McDonnell, of St. Andretvis church, Toronto, left last week on a visit to England and Scotland. —The Commission of civil engineers 'appointed by the Dominion Government to investigate the periodical floods at Montreal, are actively engaged collect- ing data to enable them to suggest a remedy. —Mrs. Dandy, of Milton, whose hus- band is caretaker at the junction, was fined $20 and costs or 30 days in jail, for whipping a little girl too severely The girl is one brought to this country by Miss Rye. - —In his farewell sermon last Sabbath Rev. Leroy Hooker said that for mo- rality, religion and church -going people Kingston was in advance of any place he had been in during his ministry of 25 years. —A young man in Mulmur township, as a charm against the mumps, consent- ed to have a halter- placed 'around his neck, to be led to a creek to drink, and to be walked seven times around a barn. No statement of results is to hand. —In a letter from Mr. Moody to the Secretary of the Ministerial Association, he expresses his regret that other press- ing engagements will not permit him to accept their invitation to visit London, for some time at least. —Warden Porter, of York coenty, declines to give the annual dinner to county councillors, and mill pey $100 for erecting a fountain on the grotinds of the county poor house, at Newmarket. Sensible man Warden Porter. —Fishery Overseer Wilkins. seized at the express office, Belleville, a mask- inonge, taken out of season, weighing over 20 pounds, which had been forward- ed from Harwood. The fish was sold by _public auction. —While Mrs. Lambert, of Toronto, was at dinner last Sunday she wit's very nearly choked by a piece of melt stick- ing in her throat. A doctor was at once sent for and arrived in time to extract it before fatal consequences ensued. —Mr. Dearness, Inspector of Public Schools, lectured to a -large and appreci- ative audience in the town hall, Kincar- dine, on Thursday evening of last week, on educational subjects', at the request the Bruce Teachers' Association. —The St. Thomas free library has an active circulation. The librarian reports that during the month of May there were taken from the library 1,760 vol- umes, and during the year, to the end of May, 9,416 books had been borrowed. —Michael Monaghan, of War wick , county of Lambton, has the highest steer in- the counties of Middlesex and Lambton. He measures 6 feet 7 inches in height. He has another, a fun brother, that he has refused $115 for, whose weight is estimated at over a ton. —A large crowd assembled at Burns' church, 10th line, East Zorra, on Tues- day evening, last week, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Scott, 'their pastor, with a purse of $50. Mr. Scott is on the eve of starting on a t.ip to England. —The other day a couple of Western M. P.'s on their way home from Ottawa by their own thoughtlessness missed the railway connections at St. Thomas, and went west on the special train which took 300 Mormon emigrants to Utah. —Collections of Customs and Inland revenue at Winnipeg last month were as under : Customs, $33,805, compared 453. The value of goods entered for consumption was $143,362, where in the previous May it was $284.893. —Dr. Wilson-, V. S., of London, Gov- ernment Inspector under the Aniinal Contagious Diseases Act, has removed the quarantine from the infected farms in Kintore and Putnamville, as he found that all symptoms of the hog cholera have subsided. Canada. The port of Quebec is 73 vessels and 43,352 tons short in arrivals as compared with this time last year. ---eThe Canadian Pacific Railway man- agement is said to be meditating start- ing an Atlantic steamship line. —Four Alliston -hotel -keepers and one grocer have been lined $50 -each and costs for violation of the Scott Act. —Mr. Stephen Walgther, of Carrick, in Bruce county, has a field of fall wheat which averages over three feet in height. - —The Knights of Labor shoemakers of Canada iind the United States' have adopted a distinctive label for their shoes. —Rev. Wm. Clarke, of Paris, has re- moved to Bracebridge, where he will take charge of the Presbyterian congre- gation. , gate, Mr. J. C. Linklater be paid his travelling expenses. At this point Mr. Malloch read a cir- cular from the Department about the formation of drawing classes for teachers. ARBOR DAY. Mr. Groves then read an essay on Arbor Deye The essayist compared the school -yard of a few years ago to the more beautiful one _which is in the near future arising-fronethe right use of this day. 'The work on • this day cultivates taste on the pant of the pupils. He said that men might be hired to do the work, but that it is a great deal better to have it done by the pupils and teachers. He thought -that the teacher should have some definite plan in view, contributing a little each year towards the consummation of the same. Mr. Malloch said that 1,015 trees were reported to have been planted in I 885. Mr. Linklater said that last year the teachers of the Model School did the work without the aid of the pupils. He noticed that the pupils showed no in- terest in the matter. This year the children did the whole work and the op- posite effect was quite astonishing. W. H. Siewart thought that the idea of making a map of the school -yard con- taining drawings ofathe trees, etc., and to be placed in the school -room a good one, and advised the teachers to try it. A committee, consisting of Messrs, Stewart, Linklater, McFaul, Plummer and Dorrance, was then appointed to se- lect officers for the ensuing year. ORTHOGRAPH Y. Mr. Burchill followed with a very carefully prepared essay on Orthography. He advised the teachers to keep a list of words commonly mispronounced. He also gave a number of good examples. Moved by Mr. Groves, seconded by W. H. Stewart, that we adjourn to meet at 9 o'clock to -morrow. An amendment he er township man, was chased several ti i es around a tree and out of the woods by a big black bear a few days ago. A neigh- bor, hearing his shouts for help, came to the rescue and frightened the animal away. i —Two centenaries will be held in cOn- nection with the Presbyterian church in Nova Scotia this summer. The Pres- bytery of Truro will have reached ene hundred years of age in August, end James' church, New Glasgow, will also hold its centenary in the month of Sep- tember. —While Mr. 0. E. Howell, of Jersey- ville, was teaming toes into Mr. Obed Howell's mill yard°, in some _e+ay one of the logs he had on the trucks lid and caught him. When found the og was lying on his breast and he was Un- conscious. It is thought he willrecorr. —During the heavy thunder storm which passed over Ailsa Craig on Wed- nesday night 9th inst., the spire of the Presbyterian church was struck by light- ning, and was so badly shattered th t it will have to be taken down. The w ole building was badly shaken. —The •Scott Act is in force in wood on Sunday evening accident broke in his pocket a bottle of whis the contents of which spread over seat and trickled slowly down to floor, to the great amusement of the —A despatch from Port Arthur so, On Friday night the Ontario ran as four miles from Verte Isle, and the Mary Ann took a lighter and wen her assistance, but so far had been unable to get her off. The tug Safety J ck went down to her assistance next m rn- ing. The passengers were brough to Nepigon and proceeded by rail. —Mrs. Mansfield, who lives near ley, lost two of her children within a days of scarlet fever. Her husband killed by a falling tree less than three years ago, she having previously to his death lost two children. Now the one widew and one son 12 years old are the only survivors of the once happy fa of seven. —A lady passenger had a na escape the other morning at Sa. She attempted to step from the while in motion, slipped and fell u the train. She would have been fatally crushed were it not for the prompt action of Mr. George Pitfieid, who was near at the time of the accident and bravely res- cued her. —A remarkably fast run was i over the Grand Trunk railway last day, from Niagara Falls to Winds 229t- miles—by the train in char Conductor David Ellison, in three hours and 57 minutes. The run from London westward was made at the rate of 60 d of el- ck- Ily the the on - ore ug to —The Calgary Tribune says that among the men hired in Toronto recent- ly for work on the Canadian Pacific Railway in the mountains, was to all appearances a boy of about 18 years of age, who found employment in the cook- ing establishment. It was soon discov- ered, however, that the supposed boy was a female, and she assumed her pro- per clothing, announced herself to be a member of the Salvation Army, and in addition to retaining her place and din - ais- few was row nia. rain der rade Fri - e of miles per hour. The party corms a number of French railway manag —Mr. Wm. Dobbyn, of Shetland, Sarnia, met with quite a serious acci on Saturday last, while driving to es ark. es a rove the rses establishment, we are told, has tank ac- commodation for 1,750,000 gallons. This represents a good many headaches and desolated homes. Haines, of the 7th concession, McGil- livray, was badly crushed between a wagon load of gravel and the side of the pit on Tuesday afternoon, lasf week. When extricated he was insensible and now lies in a precarious condition 'from the serious internal injuries which he received. Dr. Caw, of Parkhill, is doing everything possible for the unfor- tunate young man. -eThe St. Thomas papers of last week contain estory which would go to make an excellent romance. It is to the effect that 18 years ago a lad who had been adopted by a lady now residing in that city, disappeared, and nothing was beard of him until last Saturday, when one of the ministers attending the Methodist Conference walked into the lady's house and announced himself as being the miss- ing boy, explaining his career during the long years he had been absent. —The General Assembly of the Pres- byterian Church, on Saturday, after a. long and able discussion, adopted the minority report, rejecting the proposal for consolidation of the various colleges. The question of marriage with a de- ceased wife's sister was remitted to the Presbyteries to consider whether the discipline of the church shall be exen- cised on the subject, and will be finally dealt with at the next meeting of the General Assembly. —Two Brampton boys having quarrel- led at play,one of them, 14 years of age, seized the other, aged 11, and held him across the railway track until a freight train had approached within a few yards of them. The engineenseeing the peril- ous position of the boy, whistled on brakes, and the persecutor just succeed- ed in removing his victim in time to save his life. The younger boy was so fright- ened that be was seized- with vomiting, and for a time was seriousle —Before leaving Toronto; on their trip to the olcl country, Mri. Mackenzie, wife of the Hon. Alex. Mackenzie, was presented with a check for a handsome amount, which -was transmitted by some of her lady friends in Ottawa, after she and her husband had left the capital. The money was subscribed by rnembers of Parliament and other friends of Mrs. Mackenzie in Ottawa, who in this man- ner manifested the esteem in which she is held by them and by all classes in Ot- tawa. —A few clays ago a youne man named Henry Brett, son of Mr. Jan Brett, of Mulmur, to all appearances died and was was buried, but his mother since insists that he was not dead, and it is proposed to exhume the body. The mother'e belief is based on statements that while the corpse was lying awaiting the hour for interment moisture gather- ed on the inside of the glass over the face of the coffin, and though wiped away at intervals always returaed ague The matter is causing a profound sensa- tion in the neighborhood. —A despatch from Boston says : Big Ed. Rice alias W. H. Moore, alias 1 Hen," Rice aliae " Hen." Summers, a f notorious bail sneak thief, arrived here from Canada Saturday morning. Hate,. was arrested at the depot and locked up. The most notable jobs done by Rice and his pals in Canada were the robbery of thouslands of dollars from the Bank of MOntreal, of the American express of- fice at London., Ontario, and a s$10,000 silk robbery at Port Hope. As there is no charge here against him he will be railroaded out of town. —A young lady, daughter of Mrs. Shearers, who lives on the 9th conces- sion, Culross, went into the bush adjoin- ing her mother's farm, on Tuesday even- ing, 1st inst., to look for the cows, and as she has not yet returned, nor has any - thine been heard froni her although dill- gent°enquiry has ,been made, the family and neighbors are very much concerned as to her safety. A later rumor says that the young woman has beea seen in the vicinity of Gorrie, and her brothers went there in search of her. —H. S. Roy, the Stratford bank teller, who fled to the other side with a boodle recently, and who was captured. at a fashionable ball in California, has been discharged. He was before the Judge on a writ of habeas corpus, erred out on the ground that he was restraireid of his liberty without warrant of law. His counsel took the ground that his crime would not be more than grand larceny, which is not an offence within the provisions for extradition, and. 'Judge Toohy holding the same views, the prieoner was ordered to be dis- charged. —On Thursday last week 95 healthy, red-cheeked boys of from 10 to 18 years of age arrived in Toronto. They were in charge of Mr. Brace, who brought them from Mr. Fegan's Home at South- wark, London England, and were Ituar- tered at the Coklonial Distributing Home, Toronto. On Thursday tbe boys wan- dered about the city wherever their int, clinations led them. They visited the jail on Friday and sang songs to the prisoners. The boys had a big time Oil Saturday. They all went up to Mr, Wm. Gooderham's residence, at the corner of Carlton and Sherbourne streets, where they tried alt the ap- pliances in the gymnasium. They then formed a semi -circle on the lawn and revelled in slices of bread and jam, iarts., sponge cake, buns, sweets and lemonade. Mr. Daniel McLeen spoke encouragingly to them. They attended service at the Friends' Meeting House on Sunday morning, and were addressed in the Park in the afternoon by Mr. Brace and Mr. McLean. These boys do not be- long to the criminal class, but are the sons of poor widows and workingmen. Their edueation has been attended to at • the Home, where printing and shoe- making are taught. They all want to be farmers, and already Mr. Brace has had over 100 applicationts for them. They can be seen at the Distributing Home. ear ent Mr. Dobbyn went to give the hor drink. He unchecked them and them to the edge of the river, an bank being very steep, both h sprang into the water and were drai ned, the water being 16 feet deep. —The Sarnia Observer says : Ca.fish Jim, a notorious confidence man, arrested at the Elliott House, Huron, the other day. He is want several Michigan cities for crimes mitted. Last week he visited Gratiot, and beat a farmer out of n $100. When arrested he had i possession a handsome gold watch $525 in money. —A daring burglary took pla Dorchester station Monday mor The thieves pried the bolt off J. N. dick's store door with a chisel, ea off the till and abstracted nearly al money, about $30. They also took three boxes of silk handkerchiefs. Mr. Burdick's dog, in the past a most faith- ful animal in raising an alarm, was pois- oned during the day. —At a late meeting of Mutual Grange, No. 32, of Lambeth, a resolution was passed favoring a reduction in the number of county councillors, and suggesting that one represen- tative should be sent from each township and incorporated village, with power to vote according to the val e of assessable property of their resp tive —An old lady arrived at (Nee o depots at Port Huron, last Friday noon from Toronto. She Baid her was Elizabeth Phelps, and that sh been robbed of $37 while waiting f train to cross at Point Edward. had no money and wanted to get t son who lives in Carsonville. A c tion was taken up and the old lad on her way rejaicing. —There was a flutter of excitem Markham the other night owing arrival at the post office of some se registered letters, but the eager was ort d in om- Fort arly his and e at ing. ur- ried the the fter- ame had r the She her sent nt in the enty tici- pations of the recipients were soon loud - 41 ed by the discovery that the enclosure in each was a notice to the party r ceive ing it that his claim to have his naine on the Dominion Voters' List was disputed and was appealed against. —Constable Robert Howard,of race - bridge, has been committed for tr al on a charge al forgery and embezzlem nt of corporation money. The nature ef the charge was altering the dates oil two receipts which Howard, as collec , had received from the municipal tree urer, making it appear that the receipts were for money paid in during 1886 instead of 1885. —The Monetary Times says The cheim is made and we have no! good reason to doubt its correctness, that the distillery of the Gooderham & Worts Company in Toronto, is the la the world. For eight months year, this concern pays excise d $12,Q00 per day, which means, a excise per gallon proof spirit, over 9,600 gallons or 240 barrels per day The est in. the ty of veto