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The Huron Expositor, 1886-07-16, Page 1e 8 d Feu nd 7 llotIS&` artmeat PLET FIE—.— kALY5. AN FRE fast in color) at, .. A:T'to ken Diftus Stripes, Effects, fS: -AUL, ODS AND 1 : OTJSE, Ofitt refreshments they next Istof ,,alit„ ter. Vol closed here on< iolidays Quite &. pupils go to Hat. Eieates. We have: do well and show Eiic Lodge, of this, neral of tkeir ds- Wilson, of Ford~. :re were also quite s there. It took h ult., he having tus.—Rev. Father crowded house on 30th ult. The• - • as well filled and repaid for being ng in large straw ;, peas and apples. le reported in next g them in before' —The 1st of July .ce was everything and the managers 1 praise and thanks tanner in which the zed out. The bee - ly the principal !ea - EL the athletic sports€ of attention. The st money, beating ;S ; Mildmay 3 t took second money, play off with them, doubt if Mildmay rz they would hive t as first money they oected to get, and' a fine ` appearance alt beside our boys, to second place. • eople witnessed the sprinkling of the t have encouraged y. We think noir st base ball nine in lowing is the list of setitors in gams:, ,. J. Deber,. 11 feet C. McLaughlin, 11 ning jump; let, T. - at . inch ; 2nd, R. ch.E Running bop,; t, T. McLaughlin, a, R. Linton, 39feet - ng high jump --Ts Linton, ties, 5 feet - 1st, R.: pearel f . Side -hold wrestle' , R. McCosh. Pat- —1st, G. F. Gibron,: and, John Bone; 35 )-yard race -let : Geo. F. Gibson;t-1st, H. Joh stan; teeple chase—Ilk t`' illantyne. Weal* e. " horse trot -- S. S. Brampton. anoW. Our Public School ays last week. Ito ',ions were held dun pupils of the B r second-class ex ssa rine last w eek.--` 11. and dry. Some faX ;need their be ther light in this crops look fairly.se gent, of B Methodist chin ;ion sermon last- S lit acceptably.—Aft s been operator la ,re for the past t. • e ago for Branf ition there.—Thi Lucknow Caleddo'OAS ill ge oil` in dile v a .were f irlyr a e the leading t aa :the games, on ss. • preached rnbull the special bent meetly i u Listo ell eeler who bat Maker in Mitch has been sum isf actory coma and has opener' and. deli and Mr sine time in S ,e} having seYe he school, taa sing day Elie pupils.- EIGSTEENTH YEAR. WB OIiE NUMBER_ 970. �UST OPENED OUT —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store, S. A.Ti o RTH_ Dress Goods, Prints, Corsets, Bustles, Buttons, Mantle Ornaments, - Silk Glove's,. Dress Muslins, Ginghams, Hoop Skirts, Parasols, Dress Clasps, Mantle Silks, Cotton Hose, AND A GREAT MANY— NEW GOODS, too, numerous to mention. Call and see them, at the Cheap Cash Store —OF— Hoffman &Company, Cardno'.s Block, . Seaforth. NOTICE. CALIFORNIA. LETTER FROM MR. THOMAS KING. The following interesting letter, writ- ten by Mr. Thomas King, formerly of Dublin has been kindly furnished us . Oar Monthly Fashion Sheet just to hand, and those wanting one will please call and get one before the supply runs out. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1886. feet, where the general is said to have encamped when on his exploring tour 40 years ago. Slater, a° trapper, occupied it and had several children born there. This section is a great resort for tourists, who find lots of enjoy - for publication by Mr. B. O'Connell : ment in visiting the lovely canons, or ALAMiDA, June 20, 1886. MY DEAR MR. O'CoNNELL,—The favor with which my last letter was re- ceived by your local press has induced me to trouble,you with another on a different subjct.' In this I shall en- deavor to describe A TRIP TO SANTA CRUZ. On a lovely Sunday morning in com- pany with my friend,' Mr. D. Barry, formerly of Hibbert, we started for Santa Cruz, the Lovely City by the Sea. We took passage by the South Pacific Coast Railroad, and at . the foot of Market street, San Francisco, went on board " the splendid ferry steamer " Newark," one of the many floating palaces of the beautiful Bay of San Francisco. Crossing the bay, ; a dis- tance of nearly three miles, we arrived at the Alameda Male, where a train is in waiting to convey us to Santa Cruz, a distance of 80 miles, passing through the beautiful little city of Alameda, with its lovely flower gardens, delightful homes and groves of trees, mostly eucalyptus or Australian gum trees. Alameda is a Spanish word for grove or walk. We cross another arm of the bay, and the road now runs between San Francisco Bay and the foothills of the Coast Range Mountaine over the Salt Marsh, where great stacks of salt glitter in the sun: The salt is pro- duced in great quantities by the evapor- ation of the sea water, the sun doing the work much cheaper . and as well as the wood or coal in Seaforth or Dub- lin. It requires no shelter, owing to the long continued dry season, from May to November. Indeed, the absence of out buildings is "a marked feature in the California landscape. AIL kinds of wild fowl abound in the marshes, and in the hunting season it is the sportsman's para- dise. At Alvarado are located this beet sugar mills, which, turn out large quan- tities of the sweet stuff, and consume a great quantity of the large beets that are raised here: Some of these beets at- tain a very large size indeed, and one man told some tall stories of some nota- ble ones, which one man was hardly able to lift into a wagon. Not to be outdone, I told them of a 'big " beat" I saw in a town in Canada (Mitchell) that weighed 20U pounds, and required two men to lift him into a wagon. This, of course, was true, but they did not know that it was a Canadian dead beat I referred to. The road runs through a level and well cultivated country, devoted mostly to the cultivation of strawberries, toma- toes, asparagus, and garden stuff, for shipment to San Francisco, At Newark the company's shops are located, as also a large manufactory, whererailway cars and coaches of all kinds are made. A good view of Mount Hamilton and the Lick Observatory can be obtained. Looking out at the various stations one is struck with the diversity of the popu- lation, people of every nation are here, and in all sorts of costumes. Some re- markable ones suggested thoughts of home, and a cross -looking little Spaniard with a hairy cap suggested Peter Mc- Gowan, while a big strapping fellow, evidently a bull whacker, with broad sombrero, and pants in boots, gave us an idea`of Bill Wall keeping down pride: Leaving Newark, we soon enter the celebrated Santa Clara valley, justly described as the garden of California. At Santa Clara is located a Catholic university, and here are educated a large number of the youth of California. and many men who are now making their mark in the State, are proud to claim Santa Clara College as their Alma Mater. The beautiful city of San Jose is next reached, and to do the city and surroundings even partial justice, would require.a stay of several days, which we could not afford. This is a great fruit country, and all the leading temperate and sub -tropical fruits are . raised in great abundance and of excellent quality and flavor, fruit raising being one of the chief industries of the valley. Among the productions are almonds, filberts, walnuts, prunes, peaches, oranges, figs, apricots, melons, and grapes of the finest quality. Leaving San Jose we run on to Las Gates, and here we begin the ascent of the Santa Cruz mountains. The scenery of these mountains is grand indeed, and travelling throughthem one is delighted with the pleasing succession of picturesque scenery. As the train passes around the numerous -curves, a fresh and even more pleasing picture is presented to view, and as the vine flourishes in high altitudes, the vine clad hills are indeed a lovely sight,not soon to be forgotten. About ten miles from Los Gatosis the celebrated Alamedan quick- silver mines, said to be the richest in the world. The,road follows Los Gatos Creek, and its course makes many grace- ful curves. The air is fragrant with the perfume of lovely wild flowers, and the rocky cliffs assume all manner of curious shapes, as the traveller's fancy may dic- tate—castles, towers, pyramids, . ani- mals, . &c. The streams wandering throughthe mountains are numerous and clear as crystal. Now and then you see some wood -choppers, and the saw mill to cut the big redwood into lumber. There are several tunnels on the route, the longest_: being about a mile, and the sensation feltwhile passing through is strange. • The brakeman lights the lamps; and Here isdarkness visible. Out in the daylig_ht again, and a con- tinuation of the same lovely scenery meets the eye. We next arrive at,the Big Tree Grove of Santa Cruz, and here for the first time I saw the gigantic redwood in all its . pride and magnifi- cence. The trees here are not as large as in Mariposa, but I thought they were very large indeed, the largest being 370 feet high and 22 feet in diameter.k One tree, called Fremont's tree, has a hollow space or room at its base .16 x 15 —A horrible discovery was made by John Forrest, a Grand Trunk railway fireman, while bathing in Kettle Creek, south of the Air Line bridge,St. Thomas. He caught sight of a bundle, and on putting it from the water and opening it, discovered the body of an infant, which had been first wrapped in a copy of a Detroit newspaper and then enveloped in a sheet. The bodywas very much decomposed. There was a catgut string tied around the bundle, to which was attached a - small stone. The body was that of a fully developed infant, about - three months old. The child had been in the water about twenty-four hours, and met its death through foul -means some days before it was placed in the water. The Detroit paper, in which the corpse was wrapped was of recent' date. The police are working out the case. - —Says the Kincardine Review : John Humes, uncle of Mr. Wm. Reckie, has lived in this locality at least 33 years. He is now 80 years of. acre. Over 60 years ago he parted with his brother William, now 85 years of age. William has wandered all over the continent, and for years was employed by. circus man- agers. Latterly, however, he has been living in the great State of New York. Little or no tidings of each other had been known to these brothers during their separation. Last week, however, John was surprised by receiving a visit from his long separated brother. Fancy sixty years intervening since these two had clasped hands !' What changes had evolved in that time ! The meeting of these two tottering old men, standing on the brink of the grave, is said to have been most affecting. —Mr. Robert Scott, of Galt, who has . just returned from a visit to Scotland, attended one of Gladstone's political meetings in Glasgow. Mr. Scott, wish- ing to secure a good seat, started two hours before the time appointed for Mr. G1adstone's arrival, and then found every seat occupied and a dense mass packed in 'every conceivable corner where a view of the great orator, could be obtained. The scene on Mr. Glad- stone mounting the platform he de- scribes as marvellous. The dense mass rose as one man, every house top in all directions overlooking the circus was packed, and the cheering and hurrahing almost deafening. Mr. Gladstone's ap- pearance indicated a buoyant old age, and his speaking as being without effort,. bat the mass of people was so immense that many of theinwere unable to hear. —The eastern train on the Canadian Pacific Railway, which left Port Moody at 3 o'clock Wednesday, 7th inst., and was due in Montreal the following Tues. - day, met - with a serious mishap a few miles from Donald, the principal station in the Columbian Valley. The_ extreme hot. weather had caused the bush and prairie to be exceedingly dry,and a fire into which soon spread a vast conflagration. The intense heat caused the rails to warp, and the result was that the train was derailed. The train consisted of _a baggage and mail car,. and first-class sleeper. The fire was a considerable distance from the track, and the train would have passed through safely if the rails had not been warped, causing the train to leave the track. The baggage and mail car, with the first and second-class cars, were destroyed. The sleeper, with all the- mails and baggage, was. saved. None 'of the pas- sengers were injured. collecting specimens of the beautiful flowers, mosses and plants that abound all through the mountains. - 'Down the mountains to Santa Cruz the scenery is grandly beautiful, and many of the choicest bits have been transferred to the portfolio of the artist in search of the sublime and beautiful. More roman- tic scenery cannot be found anywhere, and a trip by the South Pacific Coast - Railway from San Francisco to Santa Cruz is well worth the time and expense. and will always be remembered with pleasure. Next we arrive at Santa Cruz, the city of the Holy Cross, as the Spainards call it. ,It is indeed a city by the sea, and a floral paradise. We had not much time to inspect the town, as we spent most of our time watching the breakers as they came in from the" mighty Pacific ocean with irresistible force dashing on the beach, where thousand of people of all ages and sexes were having a surf bath without money and without price. Santa Cruz is a'great resort for invalids, and is said to be one of the healthiest places in America. I was truly sorry when our train was ready and the con- ductor's cry of "all aboard " reached us, and we started on our return trip to the Golden City, but well pleased with what we had seen and our wish to take an- other trip when we could spare time and money, was often expressed. We ar- rived home in good health and all the better for our pleasant journey to Santa Cruz. On another occasion I went to Pleas- anton, Alameda county, 40 miles from San Francisco. I had Neil Prendergast, nephew to Old Conn., of the Dominion hotel, Dublin, for my travelling com- panion. From Oakland to Pleasanton we passed through a fine, .well culti- vated country, and the Livermore Val ley is highly _spoken of as an agricul- tural district. Our object in going to Pleasanton was to see some Canadians who are..living there. On arriving at the town we enquired for Michael Donally, formerly of Hibbert, and we found him taking his ease at his inn. It is needless to say he was glad to see us, and while in the town we had the',free- dom of the whole place. Mike seemed tli1 be a great favorite, and I am sure he deserves to be. He is a fine-looking young man, and a credit to Hibbert. After refreshments, Mike hitched up anddrove us out to Richard Farr's ranch, but, unfortunately, Richard had gone to Livermore- and we did not see him. Peter Matt went with him, so we did nbt see him either. We next drove to Michael Farr's ranch, where we found the good gentleman and his family. I had not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Michael Farr in Canada, but hereceived us very kindly and seemed pleased to make our acquaint- ance. Here we found Wm. Farr, who left Canada some twenty years ago: He looks well, and was glad to see us. Of course, we talked over matters in the old home 'where he lived so long, and some droll and some sad subjects were revived in the course of our conversa- tion. In speaking to Mr. Farr about farming, he said there were a great many drawbacks, the principal one being the waist of water. A dry year, Mr. Farr said, meant no crop, but with rain in <, season, or irrigation, the soil was capable of producing enormous crops. Hops at one time were a staple, but theapast two years the prices was so low it would not pay to pick them. All kinds of fruit do well, and grapes are getting to be a staple on many ranches. As the time drew near for our departure we reluctantly bade farewell to our kind Canadian friends and left Pleasanton, well pleased with our visit and a prom- ise to call again, which we will do with great pleasure. I am .pleased tosay that myself and family are well, and we shall at all times be. happy to hear from our old home, where we spent many happy days, and will again ask you to convey to our many kind friends our best wishes and regards. THOMAS KING. is altogether likely it will remain. It is used when - heavy trains are brought across. The train is divided in the valley, one half taken up the heavy grade and left' on the siding, while the tossed several times out of the water by the huge waves he was shot through the rapids into the whirlpool. He made one circle of the pool and dashed out into the lawn rapids, quickly passing through engine returns for the balance of the them, and safely landed at Queenstown. train. A short run . from First Siding This was a trial trip. Graham proposes and we are on the brow of the hill, down to repeat the feat frequently during the which we must run,for three-quarters of season. a mile before reaching the valley. Down grade all the way, and a pretty lively down grade it is. The brakemen stand with their hands on the brake during the whole descent. When the train ap- proaches a " dip," of which there are a good many, the men apply the brakes with all their strength. Thenwhen the " dip" is passed the brakes are put off. As these sudden declines occur every few 'yards, there is a constant twisting and untwisting of the brakes, which gives the cars a jerky motion that is in every way conducive to bringing your own and your neighbor's heads violently together as you thunder down the grade, through deep cuts barely wide enough, you fancy, to let the train pass, and as you hear the shale, loosened by the vibration, rattling down the escarpment on either side, the sensation is not as agreeable as you would wish it to be. You wonder, not that there is an acci- dent occasionally, but that there is not an accident to every train. You decide, too, if you are anyway nervous, that your past life has not been as full of good works as your future one will be, dating from -the present moment. Re- flections of a moral and religious nature are uppermost in your mind until you reach the valley ; then, looking back, you feel that you were unnecessarily moved, and that your serious thoughts were quite beside the mark, so far as danger to your valuable neck was con- cerned. Arrived in the valley of the Pembina, which is about a mile wide, a short run across the river, a year that one could and we are at La wn which it is said Notes from Southern Manitoba. (From Our Own Correspondent.) down the valley and stream at this time o1 jump across almost, Riviere, an embryo t Canada. —Berlin is to have a Crompton corset factory. 4 -Sir John Macdonald left Ottawa on Saturday night for the Northwest. —A drive of logs, covering sixteen acres, arrived at Bobcaygeon the other day. —Mr. Jesse Willard, of Galt, has lost the sight of one eye through the care- less use of a strong hair liniment. —The Ayr Plow Manufacturing Com- pany have this year turned out $40,00Q worth of ploi,vs and harrows. —The largest hotel in Woodstock has been changed to am organ factory, a re- sult attributed to,the Scott Act. —The mayor of Cornwall has had to reprimand a member of the council for improper language at the board. —Mr. Nicholas Norris, of Nassaga- vveya, has several tenths four months old which weigh over one hundred pounds each. —An imposing labor demonstration took place at London on Friday. Up- wards of 5,000 laboring men took part in the parade. —Geo. Whitehead, a young farmer in Guelph township, was thrown from a horse rake on Wednesday of last week and. instantly killed. —T. D. Brown, charged with being implicated in the manufacture of coun- terfeit money,has been arrested at Tren- ton, and taken to Coboarg jail. —Mrs. Peter Deforest, of Nassaga- weya, paid $1 and cost for insisting on the privilege of chastising her son-in.law as she chastised her own children. —A testimonial is being gotten up by the Ontario Temperance Alliance for presentation to Police Magistrate Mun- ro, of Orangeville, the victim of the dynamite outrages. —A great many cases of diphtheria exist in Hamilton at present, and the disease is proving very fatal. Three deaths occurred in one fa.mily during last week from this cause. —The Grimsby park attractions have commenced,and large numbers of visitors are daily arriving. Rev. D. Savage ana -a band of workers are holding services at present. , —Mining operations are progressing vieorously along the north shore of Lake Superior with very satisfactory results. Settlement is also going on —The wheat harvest fairly commenced last week in Essex and Kent and in the vicinity of London several fields of wheat were cut during la,st week. This is said to be the earliest that wheat bee ever been cut in Ontario. —Mr. Andrew Bell, near Chesterfield, sold a colt two months old to Mr. Kyle of Wellesley township, for the neat sum $500. This colt's darn was " Cassey " by " Scotchman," and his sire " War- rior." —Last Friday, in Toronto, 70 sum- monses calling upon people to appear before Colonel Denison, Police Magis- trate, on a charge of breaking the city by-laws were served. The unfortunates pay a fine of $20 each. —Mr. Wm. Patterson, M. P. -of South Brant, addressed a mass meeting of 1,50, 0 persons at Picton on Thursday night, last week. It was the most suc- cessful political meeting ever held in the county. —The other night while nearing Omemee a special train ran. over a cow on the track. The jar threw from the top of a car a brakeman named Powell, of Millbrook. The unfortunate young man fell on his head, his neck being in- stantly broken. . —The -death is announced of a' Mr. Jas. Moore, of Harriston formerly a well known resident of No;th Dumfries. He died at his resideuce, Harriston, on Sunday, 4th inst. Mr. Moore was an uncle of the Messrs. Moore, of North Dumfries and Waterloo. —The Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation of Lindsay have decidedly dis- sented from the view that it is their duty to undertake espionage upon hotel - keepers of the town, with the object of securing a pioper enforcement of the hursday, as George Dotson, a farmer, from near Cottatn, was crossing the track at Essex Centre he was struck by -an engine, and instantly killed. One horse was so injured that it had to be shot. He leaves a wife and several an Arran township farmer drove into Paisley with a load of sheep in a wagon, on the box of which was painted in large letters " home manu- facture." The Advocate says there was doubt expressed as to whether the label referred to the sheep, the wagon, or the driver. years of age, while getting over a fence, was attacked by a colt. The animal caught hirn by the shoulder with his teeth, pulled him down, dragged him around, ki ked and trampled on him and broke his thigh. He will recover, but slowly, o ing to his extreme age. the C. P. R. intend boom, At pres- ent La Riviere is not( overgrown, a soli- tary farm house being the only object which affords a break to the monotony of the surrounding waste of scrub and marsh.. But the prophetic ones tell us to " wait and see." Large petitions have been sent in to the company,from settlers in the surrounding country,praying that a permanent station may be located at that point. It is said, with what degree of truth I do not know,that the C. P. R. will not only locate a permanent station, but that they will make this the ter- minus of the first division west of Winni- peg, and otherwise assist in inaugurat- ing a boom. The report, whether. it be true or false, has caused consternation in more than one town which, in the natural order of things, would have a strong rival in La Riviere. Leaving this prospective metropolis, we almost imme- diately commence the ascent of the eaet bank of the river. Upward we •follow the winding track, and, as we ascend, we conclude that climbing the grade, though slower, is to be preferred to the run down. Just at the entrance to an immense cut the train comes to a stand. This precaution is always taken here, so that the train-handa may satisfy themselves that there has been no " cave in " to cover up the track. On more than one occasion a heavy 'cave in " has occurred at this cut, causing considerable delay and not a lit- tle danger to traffic. Waiston's Cut, as the place is called, has been- the source of much trouble, and is likely to continue so for some time to come. Passing through this cut in safety, we soon reach the level prairie, a few min- utes' run bringing us to al anitou, until last fall the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway Southwestern. Treelay we find the town gay with bunting and streamers, and crowded with people from a radius of twenty-five miles and more. But Manitou, though lively and full of stir on Dominion Day, has aeen its best days. Time was, when the terminus, that it boasted of a busirtess second to no other town in the Province barring Winnipeg. Now it has to 'de- pend wholly on its local trade for sap - port. Then, it boomed and its business men waxed wealthy.' Now, one sees empty stores and dwellings, which s more eloquently -than words of the trogression of Manitou. As the cou settles up and the unoccupied lands McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. Mr. Jas. McLarty, East Nissouri, 67. Five of these spent the greateapart of their lives in the county of Oxford, and Mr. Dawes was a • resident of Wood- stock for 20 years. Truly Oxford's gen- eration of early settlers is fast passing away. —There is much dissatisfaction among militiamen over the fact that at this sea- son of the year, when the brigade camps are being held, both General Middleton and the Inspector of Artillery are away enjoying a holiday. There is no one to inspect the camps, aud the militia .ser- vice must take care of itself. —Captain Egerton A. Denison, Third Staffordshire Regiment of Militia, died on board the steamer Vancouver, while on his way home on sick leave. He was the youngest son of the late Colonel G. C. Denison, of Toronto, and served through the Soudan campaign with the Canadian voyageurs. , —Reports to the Manitoba Depart- ment of Agriculture show that, though the bright prospects of the early part of June have not been fully realized, owing to vegetation having been retarded ,by drought and excessive heat, the condi- tion of the crops generally is encourag- ing, wheat being especially flourishing. —The high respect in which Mr. E. D. 'Eisen, of Tilsonburg, is held by his employees was evinced on the occasion of the burning of his oatmeal mill and grain elevator. They subscribed and presented him with $600. If all em- ployers were like Mr. Tilson there'avould be no necessity of legislation or labor troubles. ak re- try are brought under cultivation it will no or - the cks doubt regain a goodly share of its mer prestige, but it can never be town it once was. It has outgr settlement, and, in regaining its eq brium, it must ex erience the drawb which such a con ition of affairs al ays brings to a town. Manitou has ,one thing in its favor.- It has energ pushing business -men, who would credit to any town. Their aggress ness in business ethics, it is true, is appreciated by merchants of rival to but it is a good thing for Manitou, w thereby holds more trade than it c otherwise draw. To the business m the town is due the honor of getting up a celebration in every way worthy of Dominion Day. Despite counter attrac- tic, do ve- not ns, ich uld of tions at Winnipeg and nearer home, turnout was very large. The sports deal of keen competition. Au occasi row, caused, pf course, by an over of , whisky, avas stirred up, but hatchet was generally buried in ano the and eat nal ose the her glass, or by the intervention of friends, and the incipient Donnybrook Pair " snuffed out.' On the whole, how er, the day passed off pleasantly. Rock Lake County, July 5th, 1886. _ —Great excitement was cause Niagara Falls by C. D. Graham, Buffalo cooper, formerly of Lon Ont., announcing his hazardous at to go throu h the rapids and whirl • at the on, mpt ol below the ails. In the presence of a vast multitude of people he success made the voyage last Sunday afte in a barrel specially made for the After pounding over the rocks and nlly oon ip. —At St. Thomas, on Friday evening, a lady attempted to pass in front of a horse which bad fallen down, and which she imagined was unable to move, when the animal suddenly started to get up. The lady in her fright made a jump backward and went through a $90 plate glass window. —A fire broke out in a stable in St. Thomas, occupied by Mr. L. McGill, last Saturday morning. Mr. McGill succeeded in rescuing the herse " Major Allman," but he was considerably burned about the feet and scorched about the face in removing the animal. The remainder of the contents was burned. —Mr. Gurnett, formerly a well-known leather merchant in Toronto, while get- ting 'off a train at St. Thomas Friday night, fell, and his foot was caught by the wheel, which passed over the heel, crushing it so badly that the probability is the foot will have to be amputate.d. Mr. Gurnett is about 65 years of age, and has a wife and nine children. —A hearty reception was given lately by the congregation of Underwood and Centre Bruce to their pastor, Rev. Jas. Malcolm, on his return from his wedding trip. A grand supper was provided in the toevnship hall, to ,which over 300 persons sat down. After the supper an address, accompanied. by a purse of $100 was presented to the Rev. Mr. Malcolm. —County Crown Attorney Hutchin- son has ordered an inquest into the cir- cumstances surrounding the death of John W. Vaughan at Avon, Mid- dlesex county. This has been done at the request of the young man's father, who was not satisfied with a burial without enquiry. The body has been in the -ground about ten days, but will be exhumed. —Some low minded miscreants enter- ed the new dwelling house of Mr. J. Courcy, 2nd concession Biddulph, which was just being completed, and daubed the -newly painted walls all over with an old paint brush, literally spoiling the magnificent designs executed by Mr. Quigley, painter, Lucas]. Mr. Courcy estimetes the damages at not less than —A sad accident occurred in Dela- ware township Saturday morning re- sulting in the probably fatal scalding of the four year old son of Mr. John Orr. A pail of boiling water had been placed on the floor preparatory. to scrubbihg, waen the little fellow accidentally fell backwards into the pail. He was frightfully scalded on the back, and bis recovery is very doubtful. steel ones.—Capt. Merriman's wrecking party are now hard at work at the Al- goma,,and have already recovered a good part of the cargo. On the 23rd ult., while the divers were at work between decks they discovered a dead body lying partly under the iron cargo, and cannot get at It until the cargo is removed. The divers find it very difficult to work owing to the coldness of the water. —A St. Johns, NeW Brunswick, dis- patch says : Unless legal entangle- ments prevent, the most remarkable raft of logs ever put together will leave here for New York in a few days. It is a cigar-sbaped cylinder 400 feet long, with the beam and draught of a sea- going vessel, and contains 3,500,000 feet of logs. Its value here is $35,000. It will be hauled by a regular ocean steamer and will follow the coast pretty closely. —While Mr. Logan, of Lindsay, was delivering an organ just sold, his herses became frightened and made a spring which upset the organ on top of Mr. Ray, his assistant, who endeavored to hold it. Mr. Logan, too, in trying te hold the organ was thrown oua the horses running into a ditch and upset- ting the carriage. He held the horses firmly, though one arm was put out of joint and his right leg tyres terribly —While Mrs A. Leslie, of Northport, Prince Edward county,was out berrying the other day, he was startled by the sound of a rattlesnake and pursued it to its hole, which he plugged up. He then went home and tot a milk can and a boy, .and returning e succeeded in captur ing three snakes alive. Rattlesnakes are not at all scarce in the vicinity of Northport, butit is not often a haul like this is made. —An Ottawa mail bag, which was on the steamship Oregon at the time it was wrecked off Sandy Hook, has been found on the coast of Georgia, some 450 miles from where the wreck took place. The bag, which was feund imbedded in the sand, arrived at the postoffice in Ottawa on Friday, and • the newspapers and letters are spread out to dry, so that as many of them as possible may be forwarded to the parties for whorn they are addressed. —Parties of engineers have beeu sent out all over the Dominion by the Public Works Department to survey the rivers and harbors and secure information pre- paratory to making extensive improve- ments next spring. In addition to the contemplated operations, work is now going on at 63 different placea in Ontario and Quebec and 48 in the Maritime Pro- vince ,s besides a good many points in the West. —Proceedings have been taken against Mr. -T. 0. Steel, a Barrie school teacher, for alleged assault on a pupil. The pu- pil's punishment was due to a refusal to anewer a second time a' question on the blackboard, the boy alleging that he could not do it any other way, and that if it did not please the teacher he could do -it himself. The teacher is alleged to have broken a stick over the boy's back and to have struck him between the shoulders with his closed hand. —Edward Kearns disappeared from St. Thomas in January last, and nothing coula be learned of his whereaaouts until last week, when his body was found badly decomposed in a swamp in Mose, township. Kearns was only 28 years of age. His father died five years ants and left him a farm worth $6,000. Irreviously a steady young man he did badly after his father's death; mort- gaged his farm for $1,200, spent the money in drink and .died as stated. —Last Friday evening at Bracebridge, a man named Patrick Murphy, in the employ .4 Tilson & Co.'s sole leather tannery,fell headlong into a vat of scald- ing hot thud. He was immediately rescued, but is so badly scalded that his chances _of recovery are very un- -The names of in a few aays of each other in that town and vicin'ty recently. -They are : Rev. Anthony Dawes, Woodstock, 75 ; Mrs. Alexande Hill, Innerkip, 83; Mrs. Robert Iennedy, Richwood, 75 ; Mrs. John ndle, Washington, 86 ; and oodstock Review gives the ix aged people who died with - —Mr. J. P. Watson, the secretary of the Cornwall Manufacturing Company, was the other evening presented with a splendid gold watch by the congregation of Knox church, Cornwall, of which Rev. Mr. Hastie is pastor. The pres-- entation was made in recognition of the services Mr. Watson has liberally .ren- dered in the chuach and Sabbath school as well as leader of the choir. —The Commissioners appointed to in- vestigate the claims of the Northwest settlers on account of rebellion losses have returned to Ottawa to prepare their report to the Government. - They have examined about seven hundred claims, and the aggregate amount awarded will reach $670,000. The claim of the Hudson Bay Company for losses has not yet been settled. e -Bush fires are raging near the Sut- ton branch of the Midland Railway in the vicinity of Ravenshoe, York county. The woods are on fire for miles around that village, and it is in great danger of being destroyed. Score§ of settlers have deserted their homes, - and are hurrying with their effects away from the bush. The loss to settlers will be very great. church, Guelph, sailed last week for Scotland, by the steamship Furneesia. Before leaving the city, two young halide in a very quiet and unostentati- ous manner, left at the manse for Mr. Smith's acceptance a small package, with a note enclosed, containing the handsome sum of $205, the generous gift of a few of his friends in the congre- -Capt. S. A. Murphy says that the hull of the propellor Quebec is not in such a bad shape after all. He thinks that an expenditure of about $5,000 will make a good freight carrier of her. He says she is worth $20,000, but be will not sell her. It is his intention to cut her clown int,o a freight propellor, re - —Mr. David Boyle, formerly of Elora, secured recently, on Withrew avenue, Toronto, once the site ef an Indian cemetery, for the archteological collec- tion of the Canadian Institute, a stone tomahawk, stone knife with hole, three stone chisels, one flint scraper, an arrow- head, a number of fragments of pottery, and twelve almost perfect skulle. It is supposed the relics belong to the Mas- sassega tribe. —A couple of young men from Ham- burg recently made a trip to Haysville by water. No doubt they had a trying time in openine and shutting the num- erous fences wfiich cross the river. After getting through the last fence they left it open, thinking it belonged to his Sa- tanic Majesty, and they might take lib- erties with him. It was, however, the property of Mr. J. Laird, and he has lost a cow through the transaction. Don't know who is to replace her. —Mr. Wm. Thurston, of Bobcaygeon, lost a valuable cow in rather a strange manner. The cow was put into a pas- ture field in which there were a number of scrub cedars and other trees. On being missed, search was made, and she was found lying on her back in a clump of cedars dead. Her horns were fas- tened into the boughs, and it is sup- posed while tossing among the boughs as cattle sometimes do, to rid themselves of flies, her horns became fastened, and falling over she broke her neck. —Mr. Joseph Wrightson, of Bruce township, who owns some 300 bee hives, had a warm experience a few days ago. Sixteen swarms that came off at the same time all lit on one branch of a tree and formed one huge roll several feet in circumference and about five feet long. Mr. Wrightson separated them, finding out each of the sixteen queen bees, which he put into a hive end gathered enough bees to make a swarm until he had the whole sixteen quietly settled in new hives. —A Haysville correspondent says: A young man of this village. went to a neighboring village to celebrate Do- minion Day with old friends, and while attending a social party in the evening, met a lady friend of younger days in the dancing room, and, after having a dance, asked if he might bring her a :glass of lemonade, when a gruff voice be- hind him said : " Vel, if she wand a dreed her mineself." Shades of last winter fell o'er him as some one whis- placing her wooden crown arches with pered, " That s her husban