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The Huron Expositor, 1886-10-29, Page 44 TH HURON XPOSITOR 'MICIGIUMEIMMINOMIk NEW ADVEATIS EMENT S. ear The figure between the parenthesis after each line danotee the page of the paper on which ho advertiSement will be found. By -Law No. 11 A -Win. Elliott. -(1) Combs and Pipes -I. V. Fear. (5) To Gentlemen -M. K. Pillman (5) Montreal House-Duneatt, Duncan. (5) iv Great Success -E. McFaul. (8) to. Auction Sale of Farm Stock -R. Irwin. (5) PIP Abbey's Uncle Tom's Cabin. -(8) November Sale -j. Kidd &, Son. (S) Hats and Caps --J. Smith.(8) Note Lost -Robert McLeod Jr: (5 Lacrosse Club Meeting -C. A. Strong. (8) Marriage Lecture -J. H. Pyper. (S) Apprentice Wanted -D. Weismiller. (8) Millinery Opening -Miss Ball. (t,) Business Announcemene-A. Govenloek. (8 Teacher Wanted -John Diament sr. (5) Strayea Ram -John Short. (5)t Teaehers Wanted - John Tough. (52 Land for Sale -Win. Elliott. (5) Ice Suffolk 1 McMichael.• (5) C„, Carriage Team. for Sate - A. Fors3the. (5) Bush for Sale -J. McInt8sh. (5) Fine Photos -R. J. Wade. (61 Dressed ilo.g-s-0. C. Petty. (S) Watch Repairing -W. J. Ncrthgraves. (5) Loof Tailoring- -McPherson O'Brien. (6) 911.151103MINOMIIIII • Itt,o4 expe5itiat SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 1886 - Canadian Horses for the British Army. The Canadian Live Stock Journal for September has au admirable article on horses for military purposes. The arti- cle is published in connection with the recent -visit to:Canada of British officers sent out here to see what sort of field Canada: was as a. source of supply for horses for use in the British army. It appears that the Imperial GoVernment has every year to purchase about 20,7 000 horses for military purposes, and aa it is difficult to procure that number of horses of the right stamp at home it oc- curred to some one in authority to see what could be done in Canada. Two British officers, one the colonel of a crack cavalry regiment, and the other -a colonel in the Royal Artillery, accompanied by. a veterinary surgeon of the Guards, were sent ta Canada to see what could be done here in the way of buying horses for array use. It is to he regretted that this well -meant experimtmt was not more successful. The number of 110rSeS Which the commissioners were authorized to purchase was 300, and the limit of price was fixed at X.40 per head, including freight to Liver- pool. It appears the British colonels have failed to procure in Ontario that number of horses of the right des- cription, or near it. The Live Stock Journal saYs " The officers sent out here have no doubt obeyed ordera s but at the very start aperhaps fatal Mistake was made in giving them orders to buy on their own account. had they contented themselves with ancertainine the most capable dealer or buyer ineael neighbor- hood, and uudeetaken to pay him a com- mission on horses purchased through him, the arninals Selected by their com- missioner to' be inspected by them at any town having railway or ateamboat communicatien with- Moatreal, in lots of riot less that fifty, they would long ago have puechased the 300 hprses that they have anuouraced as the object of their visit. ft is doubtful whether the two monthe that have passed since , their arrival; they have secured thirty horses, and; those who have seeti. the horses already bought declare thew to be in the man? such horses as a qualified , dealer Would not have dared to submit for their approval. If these horses are really up to the standard set by thte im- perial authorities, then there are ill this country five times as many suitable horses as the' most enthusiastic promoter of. the new trade ever dreamed of. Many of the horses purchased had tbeen bought for th50. or more below 'the Price at which. they were passed OR tO the English colonels.. la fact it may be positively alleged that no Canadian ex- pert would give for the lot gathered at Cobourg _anything like the prices paid. The horses ,selected are presentably sound, and the large number of herses rejected, for uneoundness proves that, a deliberate attempt was made by the fanning class to put off their worst ! horses ea gentlemen whose personal ap- pearance must have led the uninitiated ! countryman to mistake them for dudes. A colonel el. a craek hussar regiment and au artillery officer travelling with servants and veterinary surgeon of the famous Royal' Horse Guards Blue, con- stitute a cavalcade ceitainly calculated to impress the rustic- mind with a*e, an-cl equally with a notion of boundless wealth,. Horses that the dealer could have readily secured for $150 have been put at $'175 to the colonels, and would have beea put higher if that had At been understood to be their limit. The result of all this will be that Canadian horses will be reported to be exception- ally unsound,. Whereas the contrary is I known by all I experienced horsemen to be the case. !Their value else will be reported upOn, under circumstances favorine a great miscouception in this b particular."' ! If it be really the fact that any con- ; siderable number of our farmers toak the English officers fdr dudes and fools an whom they could pa.lin off unsound horses at a high price they committed a very gross Mistake indeed. There is one thing an Euglishman, no matter what his rank:, afwayslcontrives to knew, and that is- hiS particular business, no matter what it ina,y be. He is often careless of other knowledge, but he sel- : ; dOM firiIs to understand his own busi- ness. :Niel). of the cla,ss too from I whom Britizilt officers are taken generally know a good horse when they see him. Most of them are sportsmen, and many of them experts iu the matter of horse-fit:eh. These fanners who ex- -Pected to deceive them, and to deceive moreover a trained veterinary eurgeon, were far more cuuning than sdiee, Their dishoneety, for it was no less, has been juetly punished lty disappointment. It is to be hoped that honest men and the country at large will not suffer in cone sequence, by the Ioss 'of what premised to be 'a profitable- market for horses, but it is to be feared they mew. If these British colonels repott that Canadian horses are generally uneound and unfit! for military purposes there will be nel' more commissioners sent out by the Imperial Government to buy Canadian horsee for a long time to comeermless somethipg is done to remedy the mis- conception. If the matter were placed in its- proper light before the mili- tary authorities in Londen by the Canadian High Commissioner, and the plan of employing experienced and re- liable dealers here to buy the horses in the first instance, subject to acceptaneii by the military experts, as recommend- ed by the Live Stock Journal, we hay° no doubt the results would be satisfac- tory to all' parties concerned, and that it would be proved to the satisfaction of British military men that Canada can supply any number of first-class horses for the British army at reasonable rates. Ibis ought to be done, and Sir Chailles Tupper communicated with on the sub- ject by some of our leading agriculteral societies. If a few copies of the article from the Live Stock Journal were print ed off ,and sent to Sir Charles with th communications in question, it would place the matter at once in its propet light before him, and make it so plain too that he could not fail to understand it. It is a pity so promising a market should be lest, first:by the dishonesty of a few over -sharp farmers, and secondly by neglecting to remedy the conse7 quences of their dishonesty. We think the suggestion worthy of considera- tion, at least by those more immediately in. -sted. If some of the agricultural societieS, for instance, were to take the matter up the High Commissioner would be bound to listen to them, and have the mistake now made, rectified. AMER;ICA. is almost the only country whose harvest this year are satisfactory. England, has had So much cold ;and damp ev&ither that she has been .unable to raise 4uite one-third of the food sup- plies th t her people need. Generally she rais s nearly one-half. In France and Ita y also the cr ps are short. • In Hungary' and in the D nirbien provinces the harv,6ts are, according to the Satur- day Review, from thirteen to forty per cent._ below the average. In moet of Russia the crop is bad; and in Geruaany. it is late and deficient. Europe will therefore, be eompelled to import unusu.al quantities of grain. Even without bad harvests the amount of these:imports would be enormous. The fall in prices , hae had the, effect of lintiting the_pro- duction in Europe. Meanwhile, in India, ustralia, and South America the prod" ction of cereals is being rapid- ly exten ed. The difficulties placed in the way f commerce with the United - States and Canada seem to have- had the effect of protecting. and stimulating the production of grain in countries much further removed than our awn frem the European markets. This seems to be one of th many ways in which the high ii, tariffs un er the National Policy injuri- ously affect the country. INNIIMINOINImmmiumegmllEMININI A RA LWAY COMMISSION appointed by the minion Government to take evidence with the- view- of determining' the advisability of establiehing if per- , mama Board of Commissioners for the regulation of traffic and' the settlement of railwaY disputes, has been _iii session this week in Toronto. It will be re- memberec. that for the last two or three 1 sessions- Mr. McCarthy has had a Bill before Parliament providing for the aph rintment of a permanent Board. The ailway companies are, of course, bitter- [ y opposed to such a step, and the Gov- • raiment seemed loath. to go against them, and under one pretext or another n duced Ir. McCarthy, session aftet ession to withdraw his Bill. Last ses- ion the overnment promised that if it ere withdrawn this commission would e appoin ed to enquire into the matter. 'he probabilities are that when this liommission has completed its labors and eported, Parliament will be just about ; s wise as before, and the only practical results frOm the commission will be the bill of costs which the country will have to pay, and that bill will not likely be srnalr. Sir .A. T. Galt is the chairman, and experience proves that he does not give his services to the country tor noth-1 ing. However, the a.ppointment of the commission will have another result, it trill afford the Government an_ excuse kr further delay. - The- mode in which he commission takes the evidence is , . u relent to preclude anything like -a air undei Standing of-. the real eirenm- tances being:obtained. Those who are •ost likelt to give valuable evidence on matter of this kind are those who use he roads most. The evidence of each itness is istened to by representatives the le ding railways who have seats the cm 'mission and are 'watching ratters closely. Ia this way a certain terrorism Will bee exercised ot'ver wit- nesses. a large shipper gives dtevi- deuce prejedicial to the interests of the r, ilway companies, there are many wave in which [they can, and em doubt will, plunish hire. It is noticeable thus far tliat niost of those who have advocated o advieed the appointment of a permit • ut commission are men who are com- p ratively independent of the companies, while the large shippers have given their evidenee very guardedly, and if they etpress an opinion on the subject at all, it is in accordance companies. ./n. th thils fishing corritni and if it conies to a conclusion can scar is a subject whic have the courage being. backed up The members of Pa tci be able to know interests of the cou of the evidence of and deferring -the sion is simply panc of the railway com bad thing for qhi railway cempenies Parliament, and it speedy and redice fate which is Surely svitli the wish of the way, if in no other, eion will beafailure, bonclusion at all,that eely be reliable. This ParliaMent should te deal with without by any commission. &lament are, or ought -What would be in the ntry withoutthe aid interested witnesses, matter to a commis - ring to the w'shes anies. It will be a country when the I get the control of there is not soon a 1, change this is the befalling us. THERE seems to"de no doubt now brit a majority, of the: members. recently elected in the Pro nce of Quebec will oppose the Rose Go ,ierntnent. Already thirty-five have sig a declaration of -non-confidence in t 0 Government. The Government, howet fiCe, and is likely t lutely turned, out be is now said th not be called togetl in March, and that ernment will hold con tin ue tO adlnin is Province with the 1 will turn.up in thei time. Had it been merit, or atmosten but Ithat of Quebec such a reverse at th not have stood on ce have rendered up' t once. But in the P the successive Gover callous. by lolg cont. the leading politicia r, still clings to of - ,so until abso- he .Legislature. It the House will ✓ until some tiine he moribund C-ov- ut until then and ✓ the affairs of the pe that something favor in the mean- ie Ontario Gov( en - other Government that had met With polls, they Would mony, but woild e seale of •office at vince of Quebec, ments have become. ed corruption and s have -reveled in wanton, exttavagaric ,so long that they seem to have lost all sense of honor and become icoMpletely. clareless of public 'sentiment. I . i AVE understand th 1 lof Gorrie, [has been •'magistrate 'for EaSt James Wanless, of V pointed to the sa,m Huron, and both witl appointments were i with a request made organizations of the Mr. Smith, we •belie\ •tive, and. Mr. Wante . , We hope. 1 oth gent responsible .iositions" sel v es and advantass It; w6ld have been however, if the rec the ; office of Police emanated from the C-1 Mr. J.- G.iSmith, appointed Pol ce Huron, ;and r. rna, has been p - position for South at salary. Th se a,de jeomplianee y lihe temperance espective ridin s. is a Conser a - is a Reform r. men will fill t th credit/to ther - to their fellows. ery mucih bett r, nmendations f r Magistrate h d nty Council. The Southern No eVent in the 1 for many years has 's lace asi the sermons the Southern Evlang dna Sam Small. • Nig cley after flay, and t thonsande of .people these noted men • dis old story. Those w - lie that religion must see in these rid Toronto a refutatio ihdories. • The most.g orator the world ever course on any .oth times each -day, am ; ' I , sive dayss to the sam . . up the inte--rest as thes The power is not in t meesage thty presente in which it was -deli\ thus.descrilbes Sam Jo; , • . ing on Theeday night„ 1 t . . From ;Sixhohl-ock nu I nigh t VI ei-`e , was co crowd of People. aroa and' Matt al istreet been held.; ; It . was „ lit rink in wh ch 'the rev meeting Of the 'seri services, and some ter left their hinnes with: _Sam dones preach his of . these ten thousa fclur thousand suffere The ether AhSthousan the rm - in a space t about four thoueand, by nevem o'clock; the ing half an hour after itceidept the Matual Opened at fifteen min. the crowd Paured in, , . - . appointed ones return eral hdndred remaine gazing eagerly at the 1 and'.every. five' minut from the Mutual -stre the Dalhousie steeet do from, -Dalhousiel street 'always with the same of the choir, reporter actually policemen, ;we crowded oet o the I fleeting, The' ,eral dressing- ropin. of the rink ai re filled with people, thoegh nene_Of them coald hear a word. Of the sention; a see an inch of the preacher. Smile :o these people at last began a get tir c 'of 'hearing and ; seeing reathi rg, and th 1 ht it would be a goo& thiag to get out specially as one , or two ladies had faint d in the rOoms. But it wes las hard to et out a5 to get in, and theiushers refu.. ed. to -open the doors for fear of the ou .i4e crowd rush- ingein. At ldst one.of he outsiders bit on the expedient of am4 /ring a window, and through' the smash -window there emerged ieto the str a couple of dozen half -suffocated 1 n and women. A Inindredipeople rushe I to the window to secare the- favor Of ing 'suffocated in the places- thus vaca d, but two or three reportern alone se 'red the privi- lege, wer hoisted dri tl •ough the, win- dow -and left to their wn resources. The window Was raise( .onee or twice after this, and the str Inge sight pre- ; evivalists. story of Toron o tirred the pop a knd discourses f ists, Sam: Jon s after uight a d ee times a da , thronged to he, r urse on the ;oh I profess to lb ills lost its pow.r iy gatherings of their absur 1 f ued statesnian r w could not di if subject thre I for. ten succe People and liee men ha.ve don e men but in th and the marine sd. The Glob s' closing mee t : nearly het las tinuattely a bi the Dalhousi rs of the grea 1 seryieee hay c final evenin of evangelisti housand peopl • idea of hearin al sermon ; bu people at leas isappointment vv -ere packed int t accommodate d were all th.er eting commenc t tat ; but by a freet door wa tr. after six, an • est pf the dis .home, but sev on the outside, doWs and doors, or so tradgin dpor around t and then age, Cle. to Mutual, ult. Member and paliceineu t_ ; , s nted itself t r (of the M i g through i t cle affOrde o re, even to 1 ajority of tl Pla d ry appears oken mass t ousand ea t riled stead r the spec s mesvhat sh t e Metropo nall preach t e singing. f a lady or b. reverend doc- 13 thodist per uasion) climb - into the h 11. The spec - inside the 1 all was a novel those who have seen the e crowded ervices of this form, auditbrium and gal - to be one ontinuous un - of hurnareity, and six er, expectaht . faces were stly towards the platform of full hAvo hours. A liar scene vtas enacted at itan church; •where Sam d, and Alni, Maxwell led he Youn Liberals Inaugural. The Youn Liberal qui) celebrated t eir inauguration on Wdlnesday even - g last. In -he afterno n Sir Richard rtwright d- Hon. Mr Hardy, Proe ✓ cial Secretary, arrived front Torontol • d Mr. M. CI. Cameron f Goderich, 1 ley were /het at the tatio.n by the o cers of th club and s teral friends. e carriage w s in waiting for them, and aded by th band, they were escorted t the Comm ‘rciaI Hotel, !where quar- t rs. had _beer provided Or them. In e afternom they were didven around but, infortunately, -soon • after eir arrival heavy rail set in which more com ortable. Mr. the. guest • o key. Father Richard nd the• • Pro - ti. made indoors A meron was lee, and Si nein,' Secret ry dined with Mr. D, D. 'ilson. 1. At about seVen o'clock the evenina: tl e distinguis ed visitors Wete escorted' to the rooms f the Young Men's Club, w ere -they w re met by and introduced to many, menbers of the Club, and a h If -hour was very pleasantly spent. The hour fo the opening Of the pub- li meeting ha ing asirived all repaired to Cardno's all. The hell was very ta tefully dee rated. The walls were h pg with_ ev rgreens and appropriate m(Ittoes, while colored streamers adorn- ed the ceilin . On the front of .the st ge was,an xcellent portrait of Hon. E ward Blake and on either side a por- tr it of Hon. lexander McKenzie and n. Oliver lOwat. The stage also w d neatly arpeted, and the hall th oughout • pr sented a charming ap- pe ranee. n everythin except in the niatten, of we ther the Ming men werehmost for unate. Ea ly the afternobn a dr nching,,;rain set in which continued wi hout int rinission (hiring the. evanieg, end tl e night was as dark as it ould be. 11A. any' who had come in •frci n the -count y in the afternoon With th intentien o remaining over for the eveningkent ho e,andnedoubt hundreds we e prevented from coming in.. Not- wi hstanding tl is draw back, . however, ma ry were sur rised to see the large -hall despite the weether the the country was very y, also, which Was re - was well filled. ,occapied by Mr. J. A. nt of the Young Liher- 'rept speech he explained aims and ob'eets of the cleb and in - ted the p easure it afforded the g men to witness the sympathy nded them as manifested by the e numbers vho .-ittended their in- ral meeting des• ite the inclemency • re -weather% r. W. Came on Smith the Secretary le club then read an address to Sir iard Cartwr ght-the Honorary Presi- of the club. In response to this .ese, Sir Ri ha,rd delivered a most and linteres ing epeechh He deelt the benefic al results, both men - and physic:illy, which aSsociationS is kind cal accomplish, and gave I 'much use advice and admon- ldress is • to be publish - via. not now attempt:i'a it shalt _take occasion in give extracts from it. fey two houirs,and was breathless attention packed full, an att •ndance froi fai . The galle ser ed for ladie r he chair wa Wi son, Presid al's Club. In a the tim yon ext lar aug ot t of t Ric den add able witl tall of t to a itio . As this a ed in full we sum nary here b futu 'c issues to Sir Pichard spok liste led to wit throiebout. . A the concl Ision of Sir Richard's spee •11, the Seer tery read an address of welcimeto Mr. lardy, in which the cf- ficier t and ecort mical management of publ c affairs • the Government of wine s he is a leading mernber was spec ally referre to. the oriag Liberals on their organiz- 1 In his reply M . Hardy complimented atio and wished' for them a prosperous, care:r. He then' dwelt upon Provincial affai s, making special reference to the Fact ry Act, the' manner in which the Onta io Government had been hempered in it operations by the• Federal author- ities, and showed the wise and prudent man er in which the Government had for s many years conducted the busi- ness of the, country. Mr. Hardy made an e cellent speech, but • he was eonsid- erabl hurried for lack of time, as it was some time after ten before he corm enced. His remarks, however, were well received and will bear good fruit ith those who heard them. At the conclusion of Mr. Hardy's ad. dress Mr. Archbald Bishop, M. P. P. fOr S uth Huron, was called upon and Made a few humorous remarks, eonfin- ing unself principally to the gery: man er. ' Mr Cameron had to return home by Use e -ening traip, and consequently did not ave an opportunity of making 'a 1 speec , much to the disappointment 'of many of his old friends. Th Young Liberals are certainly to be co gratulated on the. success of their inang rad celebration. Had the weather been exorable the hall would not have held he crowd that would have been prese t. Having made such a good cornm ncement we predict for them an activ and useful career in the good old cause of Liberalism and under the grand old b nner of Reform. ' ented on an in Bo Austi merit music. and j meted glasse piano, bell ri °eche glasse Their Besto played ences, turous was in goers. ment a these rs. Sage, of Welton, and her tal- daughter, Miss Annie, ate away eastern tou . We noticed them ton, Massa husetts, on the 16th lling a two eeks' engagement at Stone's m seism. The manage - speaks of hem thus :- " These 1 phenome a, are from Canada, erform 11 the latest popular es Of the day upon the magical . Talk of eveet muSic from the talk of the harming music. of the igers, they can never equal the ting harmo ries produced on the by these gi ted musical artistes." ,performanc so delighted. the ians that th following week they in the theatre to immeuse audi- ,ncl at each ppearance *ere rap - y encorel. Their success there oed a mark d event to theatre, Aftei• closi g the week's engage! other thee re manager secured lented m sicians for a two weeke' engagement, and their success was mairked as before. It eeldom falls to the lcIt of musicians to charm city audi- encesfor such a lengthen d. period; We are also 'pleased to annou ce that Miss Anni 's health is very Much improved. throu 11 the beneficial efftet of the sea air, a their spare time was principally spent at the sea coast. It was on ac- count of her daughter's health that Mrs. Sage Made the trip more than anything else. The Ameridan people never •let such eal musical talent lie hidden but at on e give them the place of honor whicl they so richly deserve. News of the Week. Wan.—War preparations continue on a heavy scale in Turkey. - Ram—Rain has destroyed the -Scotch oats and barley crop. TIM QUEEN. —The report that the Queer would visit Ireland is officially ,denie .; T11 1 1QUEEN'S -SON.—It is stated that the dke of Connaught will succeed General MacPherson as commander of the Madras army. - Lin “tAL.—Emperor William has sub- seribe 1 ,s„"450,000 marks towards erecting a monuthent to Martin Luther in Berlin. KA LBARS' DEMAND REFUSED. —The Bulge dan Government refuses to com- ply w th General Kaulbared demand for the in lefinite postponement of the Great Sobree je, Cno aERS GAOLED.—Five rebellious Croftes on the Isle of Skye have been ,,seuten'ed to six months' imptisonment, and three others to fonr menths each. . Pos `AL DEFICIENCY. — Postmaeter- Gener 1 !Vitas says the deficiency in the Unite( (States Postal Department this year ill be less than $7,000,000. It was es mated at $9,000,000. Fon. ONATE WINDFALL.—JOhD. dam, a inmate. of the Kingston, •New York lity,Altus House, is a claimant to end is ikely to receive an estate' worth $2,000,000 in England in the near future. ONE LANDOWNER.—Mr. Scully, a Tipper ry landowner, hae reduced his rents 2 , per cent., •saying he must share with h tenantathe inevitable loss from the'exi ting state of things; . Kean AND AND EGYPT. -4t is report- ed the Germany has joined France in urging England to vacate Egypt, and that T irkey and Russia ere agreed in their olposition to English occupation. DEA'IU OF A. T. Srewahn's Wthow. —Mrs. Coenelia M. Stewart, wife of the late mi lionaire dry goodafmerchant of New• Y rk, A. T. Stewart, died sudden- ly -Tue alay 'morning at her residence, 34th street and Fifth asenue.• OPIU 1 SEIZURE. —Another consign- . ment o opium from Hong Kong. to Chines merchants in -Sao Francisco, worth d,20,000, has heen seized by cus- toms/ o icera at the latter pert. Feocreine TO THE DIGGINOS. —An im- mense- .•xciclus of men towards Wauka- ringa, i South Australia, ie in progress conse pence of _the discovery of allu- vial gol I there. nen. Misneeen.—The Ceer on Thurs- day sho dead an officer Wire he' errone- ously s ppoeed was about! to draw a weapon against him. ' AN U -red ENDLy MEASC com- mittee f the French.Chamher of Depu- ties has reported favorably a bill to tax foreiene s doing business•iin'France. BAD •OR THE FISIIERMEN.—This sea- son has- men. one pf the worst ever known for the Tew England Mackerel fleet, the total c tc.h being only -69 000 barrels; against 310,000 barrels .dliat year, and, 404,000 arrels in 1884. - Wom *,'s CONVENTION. —The National Conventon of the Womards Christian Temper, rice Union opened at Minne- apolis .riday morning with a full re- meesden. ta ion. Miss F. E. Willard pre - A NA IONAL SCHOOL -WRECK ED.—A Nationa School at Cahermurphy, West Clare, Leland-, wee Nvrecked last night by unknOwn parties. The teacher had admittw to the sehool children of boy- cotted eople, in spite of warning -no- tices posted in -public. - Karen QUAKH SnooKa.—Sharp earth- quake .s socks were felt on M.onday Chariest n and Summerville, South Carolina and at several places in North Carolina Georgia, Tennessee end Ken- tucky._ o dathage, however, was done. TERRI LE- FIRE. —Farmington, Maine, was the .eeue of a disastrous, conflagra- tion on Friday night. Starting about eight o' lock, the flames raged until Saturday morning, destroyieg, 73 build- ings, the oss exceediug $250,000 with but small ins -trance. - Stioterkoits.—Two' Shorthorn bulls, la cow mil a heifer have been{ purchased Ifrom the ;Queen's farm at Windsor, end have left for the UnitedStates, where they are to be used. for breeding pur- poses.. Imeteadeernser Wases.—Mrealadstone, while felling a .tree at Hawardem the other _day, disturbed a nest of wasps. They made an attack upon him, in con- ' sequence. of which he was :unable to attend church, as his face was terribly swellea from the effects of the insect bites. HELP FOR THE Assanounm.—Anar- chists claim that Mrs. Perseus by her speeches land lectures is making over .$100 daily to help the men now under sentence of deathin Chicagd, getting 0. new trial, and that a larg4 !.amount is corning from other sources. ;, QRAMP1NG A BRITISH Gannikos.—The Sirdar of Canda,har has forbi'dden mer- chants to supply cattle or cern to the British garrison at Quetta, and native laborers have been forbidden to work in the British camp. I • SOciaLtsuo BoatnasT.—At a Socialistic banquet giVen in London on Saturday night, Mr. Quelch, editor ef Justice, seid if peaceful' efforte failed to better the condition of the London poor, huh- dreds of thousands of persons *ere ready to stand ehind barricades and take pot- . Shots at tl eir enemies. - K. OF 1.1. DEMONSTRATION.h-Thirty thmtsand men took pert in a labor de- monstrati n .at • Philadelphia„, Saterday eeening,ii honor Of the Kaights of Leber delegates -eturned froni Riclinnond, PRANCE AND ENGLAxn.—The relations of Englaed with France are becoming critical. lie war feeling in v ry strong in France, and it is even rep rted that arrangem nts. are being made °Lan at- tack on E glantl in the eveut f hhr re- fusing to evacuate Egypt. It is said that her C rauvinism is only held in blieck- by Genna y, which refuses to saietion any overt et by the rrench. ; --At 'meeting of the credit rs of Mr. 4 W. A. MeClymont, of Wing am,a held last week, Mayor Neelands wa' aptoint- ed assigne , and was instruct d to col - lea all a ness as advantageously as he could. The estate will only be able to pay a ,very small per centage, as the liabilities foot up to some $3„500, while the unencum- bered assets will only amount to between $300 and $400, Huron Notes. A farmer rifler Benmiller planted a half acre of potatoes this year, and got a return of one pailful Of "murphies. ' —Mr. Humphrey Snell and wife, of Ilnllett, celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary on Saturday. We hope they may both live to see at least 34 more. —Mr. John Scott, of Listowel, Purs chased lest week from Mrs. Thompson, 2nd concession, Grey, 23 lambs, weigh- ing 2,490 pounds. The price paid was 3,cc live weight,i or $87.l5 for the lot. —The township council of Grey has paid off the balancp of their railroad debt ($7,000) and have yet $1,000 in hand from the Land_Improvement Fund. Grey township -8 getting in good shape and its affairs ate very well managed. —Mrs. C. W.l Watson, wife of the Postmaster at Molesworth, in the township of Gr .y, committed suicide Tuesday, by hanging. She had been sick for some th e and was supposed to have been derai ged. —Mr. James Loadman, of the 2nd concession, of fay, last week sold a five [-months old olt, sired by " Major," to Mr. Murray, f Fullerton, for $200. This colt, Mr. Loadman saye, is the best he ever raised. It took first prize at the Exeter fall flair. —Mr. Herbi4ori, of the GoderiCh township Creamery, sold his make of July and August butter for. 1% cents per 'pound. He has had a good offer for the ballance f his season's make, to be shipped to Br tish Columbia, and it is likely he will ccept it. —J. W. Ro ertson, cheese maker, shipped $5,000 worth of Cheese. from Brussels station ast week. It was con- signed to the ol coun*, and was made at the Grey an Morris factory, which has new closed wn after a fairly 611C- eessful season. -Last week, wh' le Mr. Robert Sturdy,of the 9th concessioir of West Wawanosh, was busy preparing for the threshing machine, he fell fsbout fifteen feet from a scaffold, 'Which he was erecting. break- ing his leg a litd improving as we -Mr. Cherie farm of 100 acres above the ankle, he is as can be enpected. Wells has sold his on the Bayfield road, near Varna, to his neighbor, Mr. John Reid, sr., for the s m of $6,900 ash : f as the farm has pira tically no buildings cli on it, this is con idered a good price. Mr. Wells purp se removing to Mis- souri, where his hrother resides. —Mr. A. K. Robertson, the well- known market-gardiner of Morris, has purchased 300 berrels of prime apples from the fruit rowers of Morris and Grey townships, Glasgo w, Scotia Robertson will a ment and see th the other side of —Sunday mon of Mr. Stephen P a narrow escape f , death. Mrs. PON -almost boiling wa er off the stove and placed it on the filoor,`And was perform- ing other deties, vhen the child, while playing around, fell into the water. It was badly sea tiled and little hopes are entertained of its recovery. --About a 'Mee ago Wm. Cruise, of lot 1, concession. 3 E: D., Colborne, dis- covered a curibs-ty in the shape of a bird's nest suspe ded by a string be- tween the limbs f a tree. The string was manufacture( by the bird from cot - toil and wool, and showed considerable ingenuity. The uriosity is 011 view at. Mr. Cruise's hous . —On Saturday night . last week, ae Mr. James Girvin of West Wawanosh was going home from Lucknow he was suddenly seized weth a fit of appplexy and fell out of Ilthe buggy. He was taken to -Mr. Alto 's residence where he lay for some days n a very critical con- dition. We are g ad to learn, however, that he is now mu di improved and was able to be taken, h me on Wednesday. nd. will ship them to A, this fall. - Mr. company the consign - t he gets fair' play on he Atlantic. ing last a small ehild, *ell, of eExeter, had om being scalded to ell had taken a pot of —On Monday 1 st week, Mr. John Donley who reside a few miles south of Gorrie had a very narrow escape from losing his life, he N rats in the act of fix - missed his hold and fell a- distance of 13 ing the eavetrough on his barn when he about 20 feet, but he fortunately escaped with a few slight bruises and a bad shitking np. A few inches from where his head struck the.' ground was an saxa lying edge upper ost. s ,, —During the dndy Thursday even ing, a couple of we ks ago, a: young man named McPhail, o' Goderich township while driving fro' Clinton, had an un- desirable experie ce. ' He had just reached the farm f Mr. H. B. Evans, when the wind cat ght his wagon rack, lifted it clear fr in the wagon and turned it over inht - e road, McPhail fall- ing beneath it. •Firtunately he was not injured, and wee a le to load up and re- sume his journey. , —At the last Co nty c ourt a ease was tried in which a nerchant of !Clinton sued a resident -of hat town for goods purchased by hie i ife. The ground of defence was that t e wife was not the agent of the husba d, and he, therefore, should not be held esponsible for debts contracted without his consent. Judge Toms gave his de ision last week in favor of the mercha t for the full amount claimed, which esta lishes the fact that the wife is the ag nt of the husband, where a published rotice to the contrary is not given. - —The annual me4ting of the Goderieh Curling Club was h Id on the 8th inst., when the following officers were duly I elected for the e suing year : Peter Adamson, PreSide t ; W. T. Welsh, Vioe-President ; C. A. Humber, secre- tary -treasurer ; H n. A. N. Ross, M. P. P., and Thorn s Gibson, M. P. P., representative me bers ; Captain Dan- cey, M. Hutchison, . Martin, A. Dick- son, committee or council of Manage- ment ; Rev. Dr. Cr.:, ehaplain ; James H. Findlay, C. R. Donsford, T. J. Moorhouse, W. R. Miller, honorary members. • . —Mrs. Monk of tl e 3rd concession of Hallett and relict o the late Stephen Monk has paSsed as, ay. She was one of the . early settler of the township. Sh8. was born in Irel nd, emigrating to this country when quite young, and married about t e year 1838 ; she ed to thiii town ip about the year , Mr. Monk s ttling on the lot e the family as since resided. Monk was a wpman of good con - tion, and by her sociability. soon e warm and. lasting friends among arly settlers of the new country. was MON' 1853 wher Mrs. stitu mad counts and whit' up' the }nisi- the e OCTOBER 29, 1886. She was the mother of eight children --- four boys and four girls, all of whole are living. .Until about six months age she never had any sickness worth men- tioning, but at that thrie was trotibled with inflammation of the bowels ; she subsequently suffered from cancer in the stomach, which was the cause of her death. She was a member of,the Meth- odist church and was esteemed and re- spected by all. —Some time ago the wife of Mr. D. mamereaa, of Clinton, had a cancer rernoved fkom her breast, as it was gradually extending its way into her system, and it was thought that remov- al would bring relief: It did, but we are sorry to say only for a short time, as the presence of it, (or rather its tendrils) has again become' manifeet in other parts of her system, and she is suffering severely from the effects. She is . under skilful medical treatment, by which, is is hoped, ehe may be restored to health. —Th e soh ooner Rathbun struck against the north pier at Goderich on Wednes- day night of last wee.k while trying to 'slake the harbor. Her masts went by the board, and she drifted helplesely along, and went ashore near; the break- water at the mouth of the river. She is a total -wreck, the storm having broken her up badly. , She had on board a cargo of 285..tens of coal for Ogilvie & Hutchinson. The vessel was owned by Wm, Lee, and was uuinsured, as was also the cargo. The crew esca,ped to shore, the cook being assisted by the life -boat. —The farm of Mr, Hugh McDonald, of the West End, Tuckersmith„ has been sold to Mr. Geo. Turnbull, 'of Us - borne, brother ef Mr. Jas. Turnbull, of Clintan High School, for the sum of "$7,150. It is lot 44, 2nd concession of Tuckersmith, 100 acres., with newstorey and half frame house, 2 acres -splendid' orchard,' good buildings, 85 acres free from stumps,- and is as. good a farm as' can be found in the •township, being close to the school and church. Five years ago Mr. McDonald refused $8,000 cash -for its He retains•possession of it mita next February, when he will Proh- ahly take up his residence in Clinton. - a -While Mr. and Mrs. Kelly of the 7th - nceision of Morris, were. returning 1, sale from Blyth fair a couple of weeks age, they. met with an accident whieh n.ight have proved fatal, as they are both advanced in years. The horse When it came near- the c.orher at which they turned into Morris, being some -I what anxious • to get .home, turned too' quickly and they boll) were • thrown nut of the buggy a- when they were pieked up, Mr Kelly was , insensible but was not otherwise • seriously injured, While Mrs. Kelly was badly cut and -braised about the head and face ; they . were taken honae at 'once and medical aid summoned, and they are now slowly recovering. . —Mr. John Peek of the Babylon line, Stanley, and family have siiffered an- other very sad bereavement in the death . of their youngest danghter, Nancy,' which took place on th,e 15th inst. 'She had been ailing for some time, but late- ly her disease developed very rapidly,_ taking her away sooner than had. been anticipated. She, was a little over eighteen, years of agea and was .beloved by all who knew her; being of a very amiable disposition. -Her end was peace. Of none wham we have ever seen conld it be said, with equal pro- . priety-a--" .0h, lovely appearance of Death.'.'• She iS the fifth which has s been taken 'from that family by that terrible malady --consumption, and. the . parents and surviving , members of . the family have the warmest sympathy . the entire community.; -h-The Brussele Post of last week says : Several persons have complained :to ns of the brutal treatment of W.m. ,MeGarvie. to his wife. They live ;on Mill street. It is said that after ahnoet strangling her he kicked her in the side, breaking several" of her ribs. The neigh- bors are supplyiag _the family a ith the necessaries of lik. Is there no law for • this MI:Inman kind of conduct or d,oes devolve on adaw-abiding comm -unity to adininieter a coat of tat and a free ride out of town ? Any man who would treat a Wom,an, more especially his wife, as this !woman has been used, is un- worthy of the name of man, and should be made to smart for it. The people of • the localiV say _this is not the first time • 'Mrs. McGartie has been beaten and , cruelly dll-treatect She is now tinter the care, of a physician.. . —Anothereof the old settlers of the township of Ushorne, has peacefully gone to her last resting place. Dorothy, beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Shute, • of Usborne, died at her home on Sunday, 17th inst., at the age of fit -years and 7 months. Deceased was born in Black Torrington, Devonshire, England, March, 1820. She was married to Mr. Shute, in the month of May, 1848, and in the following April, they emigrated iro America, arriving at London, On- tario. After residing in London, for seven years, they came to Exeter and - settled on a farm, lot 14, concession 5, , township of, Usborne, which has since boen the family hoinstead. When they arrived in Usborne4 the township was a partial wilderness, and the deceased lady being strong and possessing an ex- cellent eonstiOtion, toiled together with her husband, as only the early set- tlers- conld, to clear the forest, and she lived to see tOe farm cleared, good buildings, roads, markets, &c., and in; - her later years she -enjoyed the reward of her labors, and was ever cheerful and thankful for her comforts. —The Wingham Times of last week says : Last Monday morning Messrs. Willson, McKenzie and Gregory, the committee recently appointed to pur- chase the riOt of way for the Canada Pacific Aailway from Glenannan to Wingham, started out on their mission, and within two days they succeeded in making satisfactory arrangements with every person in Turnberry township through whose property. the. line is to run. No difficulty whatever was ex- perienced, and in every instance the price paid was within the estimate. The committe'e'exe now eneaged in baying the right of way thronghr'the town, and it is expected that they will be through by tohnorrow night. This being the case, the work of building the line will pro- bably be commenced next week, as the company have agreed to start immedei- ately that the right of way is ha.nded over to them. The line starta a short - distance east of Glenannan and makes an easy curve through Turnberry order to escape the Maitland river out there, and enters the town by crossing the river a short distance above the Josephine street bridge. It then skirts the river, passing betwen Brennan's tan- nery and McLean's saw mill, and under OCTOBER 29, 1886. 1. -11.11.11"......."...........".. ----- the i;pare wpan ,of the Grand Tr= iffq Drisage. Continuing along i batik it passes through the 'mai Desk, and from thence in e dim Victoria street, which will g canaele, Pacific Railway a clear s ease they want to go further, '-1 tion of the station has hot yet 1 aided upon. Mr. Young, youug & Sperling, is in town, , sgeement between that firm , •corporation , has been finally sign location of the salt block will b 4d unon at once, when the sj ammence the erection of their It is fully expected that both ni ings will be under course of cons before the end of next week. 1 --The large roller skating I NV -Ingham. was destroyed by the the eveiaing of the crazy Thurah wind caught the roof at the was1 -of the building, and with a terril the entire structure, with the e, at the sections at the eastern ss taining the gallery, was laid in a rains, Fortunately no one sea, rink at the time, but had it is two hours later the loss of 'ill .il undoubtedly have been great, big atte,ctions had been annen: that night which would have large crowd. The Blake ineetinl have been held there on Mewls) noon, a,s it was the largest bal fawn and could have aeconat 4,000 people easily, lint in ‘:ona of the collapse the meeting had 1 aff in Black's hay press, build next largest building in town, ' -did new maple floor was Owns 'building a year ago and it was ti at great expense fer a roller rinl was considered one of the fine4 Ontario. The building was $2,000 and is a total lose. Ar Chittick, the proprieeors, state ti will not re-bnild, and we are . that the remnants will probabla chased by the curlers who will 1 as a curling rinke ,10,11.1•1601121111111Milar -Perth it ems: A new skating rink, costini is to be ereeted.'in Stratford. —The new Methodist church; towel be opened on the °ember. —Typhoid -fever is prevalent parts of Elms, township. —John Boos, a former Stratie man, died in the London awl eently. P. Wood, Esq., of Strati. been appointed Deputy Judge fol m-11111Yh'e carcases of two fine de in the Ellice swamp, Were exhib week in front of a shop in On—eilevieri.gAh!dBr205\0v!i,,s\evh o has be ing up sheep and lambs in Do\ shipment, the other day shipp sheep and lambs, besides other s —The Art School Board in S have secured the services of Donovan, of Toronto as assistan er. Sbe comes highiy recommex —A number of shop windowa street, Mitchell, were blown in recent wind storm, also .0110 .ew Collison House brick :-,table. —Mr. J. D. Moore, of -St.! shipped. the other day from Tii three ear loads of superior appl chased from the farmers -of —The tannery in Listowel ha beensenlarged and improved la terprising owner, Mr. Towner. :now a capacity of 30,000 sides a= —At. the Provincial, at Guel other week, Messrs. Balla; Son, Nehlpath Farm, Downie, s the short -horn bull -calves they exhibition. —The other day, Mrs. Mor lady of 86 years of age, walked home in Logan, a distance of -0 to Mitchell to do some shoppin old lady was only slightly fatigs ;--A horse belonging to Mr. ; Watson, near Motherwella wori i100, fell the other day while. - through the pasture field, an& le of his legs. The aninAl had to: —Mrs. Camway, the willoW who was so outrageonsly abuse.i 'home in Ellice, stip. lies dangera It is hardly likeiye at her advan that she -will recover. The p cused of the ontra,ge.still remain —Mrs. Ps Harding, of St. Mai _is about removing to Detroit, a has been for some years a teach James' chnrah Sunday sehool toemerel-aasuilia,sstawortrks pwrietsiei n at present of silver plate. —A careless sportsman in sent a shot crashing through tdhoew ST. hGearrfoaenhliTy Tve present in the room, and were, 01 greatly startled. The gun v charged about a hundred yards! 'L still retaips great mental and 1 lof the editors of the Toronto GI ,vig—or.N.Irs. Cameron, the respect* visit last- week, and was for soi the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Georg Though three score years and- ondon Advertiser, pa.iid St. lammostamisivatriessiest WiPlsoRnti&ITI:jontli)tgls,asileasfolzretisi_ `13611 es:r°vNelLti°\;ec.:'Tisa-13N-;:si ot.). tSiecaef:ril ,_TeNaVisiLv THE best and cheapest sugars1 serving are at Wilson .6z \remits's, ssato of n12,- practice, 1 ain eomPelled VA di FEAR, L. D. S., Dentist, SeafOrth. Inin33,DwvaElistt::rt,e8noItt_Soo:din.el—iritiscosOhls.eetiii.;Datgo, I. dtt ho;lhii:0,4firi ;:ploliii;:sii ra tha.. T will astonish you. Sati-,faetion n• lo ns, any amount, private funds, a L e tFh". ItesVs: E:01 ttArhiNa: NnIi8) ito,;;;;:itIofilli.1 .t.3,1-: osr ene p Jew: at "e. e;.: , - of 54 per cent per annum. S th 'WATCHES:- -t ; old -filled eaV..., IV movenient, for $20,at L'orsTElet- ATTENTIoN ! ATTENTIDN ! - eh 11 and Seaforth 4 >atineal M;IINInave va I,: and the public ran Ite s3;11)04 .gacyan Lati:Loaelefur[mait(1,01l:fni \t‘-„ilral7slelo:11"eot:31,afil:a%)::‘: th .se mills, (+atnieal exiiaati.4eil. an larlpiltiTindn somosf, jexh. cap feed. :ec,lers .t;1 h Paid for any unlimited /plant' S • 'foal'. se.o Ida ail tmeTr,is,tvkfeotr and prices from Coi.."NTER'S JAnvellie' j-wylry, consisting of Watches, Clqi7:si IO 'mg goods are in rolled plate, trolii • •tsall, tal:c this ni.,,ans to youthat havv the m. d of the Tiewe.t tiesigns, 1.1-1?t: LOOK Out for Christmas adve A Kran,v, Watchmaker and • kre, Stationery, Pipes, Purses, a -d Society Pins, A complete toct' (°:hiatrt114:1Siteha.ls",*1'tilhr: ts, Broorche,A, Ear Rings, Cuff Buf!