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1 the value
/ it they re.
•Ing trade is
to analyze,
ar business'
Lying power
lifficulty dist.
r beeaMes
n fact, We .
!ith. income
Under-
ps,
i.ercoats,
spleadidly
every - gar -
All its;v7
suety and
iy.—Cox &
i office iere
awieted a
delivering
i Irispeeter
ety an the
pieg ant af
.—Divition
. t was riot
e presided,
4 by N. B.
A. Hodge,
is,
. disposed
t-, street to
tmton has-
ltur la berry
O.
nual plow -
a of James,
en 12., on
:tare wat a
and spee-
d off very
done- was
ears, The
-'elook, and
heir judge-
trtaken of
;4ts. Stern-
: of other
list of prize
t, H rant
Wm. Bird,
--1st Peter
- John Mc -
lass men
tam plow;
iroe plow;
ziloW ; 4th,
ciasse
a match.—
a's class—
jaw ; 2nd,
law. The
\ieKiUop;
et Martin,
seated to
pro-perty.
:0, for the
thrlawll.
met. were
ie eveiting
rlowdan's
condition
11), in the
- 'resident ;
; A. Ray-
! Slew mo
their a' ri-
tual as the
last Meet -
was held `•••
the
t Mr. Jas.
by Waiter
t Bryant? ;
ived from
irid be de -
ere Wing-
f1f the rail -
le 17th of
itaitec used
1-11ie Reeve
It negotiate'
deben-
inasing the
that they
net out on
tuna.: fi
ttter of M.
1fee on road
a. it was
:.aontled by
Fii bo
read
lir the coita-
1 a certain
11,
jik-umi.pleted
itird. The-
1re the col -
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INETEEN II YEAR.
-HOLE NUMBER 987.
4
SE A FORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
121 1886.
McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
: -
118 18 THE. PLACE FOR
Is
- The question often
shall I go to get 'a goo
well salted, and at a re
,I would give yon a speei
call at
• ,
rises, !` where
1. article, to get
•sonable rate ?"
al invitation to
empthorne & Co.'s
'BOOT STOR El
•
,
u g
-Aird see if yocannot et thee ques-
tions folly answered to your entire sat-
isfactian, as I have a large and varied
stock f winter goods recently arrived,
and a; riving almost daily, in Ladies',
Gentlemen's, Misses', Boy's and Chil-•
dren's! wear. I have in stock some of
the fa lowing lines. There has often
been an enquiry for. American Rubbers
and 0C-ershoes. I an. able to meet this
exiguity at present. ,
Ladies' strong button flannel -lined
boots ; 'ladies' ball do.; ladies' felt, ex-
tra qeality ; ladies' fellt gaiter foxed
hoots ladies' slippers; ladies' kip ball
strongl rubber goods ; .adies' carnival
hattori boots, new style.;
Ladies' one strap, sa dal drab lined
Bris•tol ; 'ladies' featherweight croquet
gosamers ; the Gipsy in andals.
-
G.NTLEMEN'a WEAR.
I hat' .e on hand a nutuber of hand-
made lo -ng boots, which give good satis-
faction. I have quite a large stock on
hand ef most all kinds tf• Long Boots:
Come mid get suited. Alien's felt goods
in great variety. 'Gentlemen's Over
shoes in new styles, something special
this teason. Gentlemen's American
Rubbers, rough sole, not easily- worn
out, fOur kinds.
Ladies' and GenUem- eds Slippers in
quite a variety. - Some f the best on
hand that I have ever ' offered to. the
public. I have some lines of goods that
I will sell at a little above cost.
My determinattom is in Custom Work
to meet the wants of my customers in
that department better than any time.
in the past,
I have still on hand some Men's and
Bey's Winter Caps, clearing out a little
above cost A liberal ditcount given.
Remem.ber the addrest,
W. Kern pthorine & Oo
SEAFORTH BOOT STORE.
of •
NEW GOOD
—AT THE—
heap 0 a s h Store,
S =_A_M" E�OEi
All Departments are now
tomplete with, newest goods.
Some rery special lines
in Dress Goods,Mantle and
Ulster Cloths, Flannels
attons, etc. .
An injpection respectfully
solicited. tit the
Cheap Cash St ore
—QF ---
Hoffman & Company,
Cardno's Block, Seaforth.
CANADA AT THE COLONIAL
EXHIBITION. • I •
AN INT.KgEsTliNtPUTTER .11:11-3lit. A. MOD.
Al.a.E.N IN iltE kiAu.
FRUIT DEPAItT-MItNT, COLONIAL _AND.
INDIAN EVIIITOTLON,I,OrldOO., Enp,-7
land, October. 1gS6.. ,
DEAR Sine—This exhibition is so dif-
ferent from any ordinary exhibition that --
is utterly•impossible-ie even a series
of newspaper articles -to give a concise
description, and: as my time is pretty
well taken up fromseveno'eldele in the
morning .until ten at, night in • my de-
partment you may only look for a _short
note in which I shall generalize.
• To the most ordinary obterver it is
evident that Canada it the ;backbone
of the whole- exhibiev
tion • in ery de-
partment, and as a leading French jour-
nal puts it, .".Cantda, Makes a most
extraordinary exhibit, more like'. one -of
the:European nations than ---a colony."
Then again in every. depp,rtnient the ex-
hibitof our country is thoroUghly
practical and useful,.whereas.that of ,the
other colonies is largely sue -h. as thould.
be found in any mutenin. •India.cettain-.
Iy exhibits very !eostlyatrticles, but for•
the most part they are ornamental, and
show the finest of skillekhand labor in
construction. I 'cannot, see hot/ it it
going to pay these • colonies to exhibit,
.artieles of vertu only, as these 'are.mere-
ly luxuries that the. wealthy! only can.
afford to buy, whereas in every depart-.
meat of Canada's exhibit although the
-Mita:mental is not forgotten, the practi-•
0
cal is always more prominent. .And the
public fully appreciats this; Or we find
a wonderfully large trade • being done
daily in all departments.•. Furniture
manufacturers of all kinds can be teen
negotiating sales,' and *implements for
farm and garden us•e-are finding a good
market. Musical instruments, espee-
ially• organs, are disposecL, of ia large
quantities, indeed, I do not knott of•any
product or manufacture of Our . country
that has net found 'la goad market here. •
But you will deubtlets feel interested
in knowing that Huron has contributed
a good share towards the great • exhibi-
tion. I find the following exhibits faint
our own county:" W. N. Cresswell, of
Seafor'th, has, three .pictares entitled,'
"Lake Huron," " .Sheep, ' "Cattle.-"
W. Doherty & Son, of Clinton, • halve a
number of cabinet and c•hurch organs,
and they are dtaing a very large trade,
indeed the agent here peas me they can-
not manufacturefastenough to 'fill the
orders from here. From the crowding
about their exhibit constantly I judge
that the public admire beth the finish
and tone of the Doherty more -thtn• any
of thefoth,ers. They certainly !drawthe
largest crowd, arid Lam informed Ithelir
sales are far larger thanthase clif any .other
•firm. A. (I. VanEgmond, of. Seaforth,-1
Blyth and Exeter WO can mil:1*h° ws a fine
lot of anion and woolen draggets, fancy
check wool flannels and union flannels,
spotted Halifax .tweeds and . -woolen
tweeds. B. GovenloOk, of Sea -forth,
shaws ten varieties oft apples apd one
variety of wheat. G. .McEwen,
showksalt. North: American Chemical
Company, Goderiela have t 'very fine. exa
hibit consisting o -f. various kinds of;, re-
fined salt, for dairy and table use, in
sacks of .various :sizes • as nianufactueed
and put up. - They 'also have .a good col-
lection of of chemicals. 'John :Po•rtere Of
Goderieh township, shotta white • and
black oats, black barin, democrat idid
ela-wson wheat, and his &tipples are asi
fine as onv in the ;exhibition. Wm.
Rehill, of Seafortb, I haspeas, white
winter !wheat, red Winter wheat,' spriag
wheat 'crossed with Olden ;drop - and
club. West, Riding - Agricultural ,Se -
ciety has 21 varieties of applet,.. S of
pears and four of plumspreserved in
jars., and A. McD. Allan, Of Gederich,
has 24 varieties of apples, 11 of pears,
'9 of plums and 7 of grapes, •• also pte-
served.• 1 . 1
, .
..
a
In the educational department We find
very creditable s• pecimens of examine
ation 'work from Goderich, Seaforth and
Myth Meelianict". _Institutes, and sin
county collections specimens' of . pupils'
work from Myth,. In the art deptrt-
ment are photographs of the Goderiah
High, Central and, • . Public ' :Scheels.
There is also a collection of photographs
by R. Sallow's, Goderich, ofec•enes along
the river Maitland aid hatbMt farm and
town buildings
,
- cattle and 'horses. So
you 'see, Mr. Editor,- that goad old
Huron is pretty well represented. But
this is.not all by any mew; for in the.
large conservatory,' where oar display Of
this season's fruits is exhibited, we have
a magnificent display from the • West
Riding Agricultural tSociety, contisting
of 240 plate:se:A apple, 3 of quinces, 60
of grapes, 65 of pears and 10 of *plums,
occupying one long table tanning down.
the middle of the conservatory. Many
of the grapeswere crushed and uselest,
and also some of the- ;early .pears and
mast (tithe piurns, but r still the. exhibit
draws universal reniarks of ,wonder, and
it.: is really fine. Just fancy, this
di-
pIay is larger than aby ofthe others,, ex-
cepting that of the Provincial .Exhibi-
tion, 'and the specimens are very fine;
indeed, there are a. great many Varieties
_
in it that I was net aware beforewe
possessed in Huron. The displays from
Nova Scotia, New. Briinswick, Quebec
and British Cohimbia are all smaller
than that of the West Riding, Then
again the displayt of vegetables 1 and
melons is very creditable,botii in quan-
tity- and quality.- I hate labelled these
collections thoroughly -with large cards
so that everyone can sec where these fine
fruits and vegetables' were grown. But
the growers cards were so mited ..ip in .
the boxes that I could -nottell -" tothee
from which." The. specimens. &IOld
have been all. put up paper and the
grower's card enclosed with each lot.
But I have.giyen all the credit I• can to
all whose cards were sent • and I.feel ex=
tremely proud of Huron. every time I
look over our collection, which is very
often. The shipments we made beforeI
left home reached here in good condition,
excepting the plums, which, they tell
me, nearly all heated and spoiled. They
werealtseldiin the Col•opial
fore arriyed here. •
There are a great many qu
tinually arising in my depar
are interesting to °lir count
I am now corretpondieg with
Norway,- Sweden and Demat
purpose Of establishing *a tea.
With 'Canada. •• Next' week I
imu•ket be-
stions con -
Ment that
y at latge.
patties in
k, . far. the
le in fruit
m to inter-
View the consuls 'of these c untries in
this city and'hope fijp,- intete 'ting prbs-
Pects, Already I have disp sed of 10-
000 barrels of apple to be hipped to
Norway, antl the pr spect fo other good
*orders is fine. The i arket f r our ap-
ples has kept up higl here o% ling to this
foreign competitimi. • Then ur govern-
ment will endeavou no doubt before
:another sea.ton to ..get out Canadian
steamship lipes,to pl •ce in eeery vessel a
latgesectiod of cold torago fat carrying
'our early fruits to t le markets of this
country. This stor ge will altabe used
largely for greei cor bunhushed for table
use. . Indeed, I belizve from what I see
and hear every day, t tat the t ade in corn
will be immense. -If had. a -couple of
toilet here now it coul be disposed of at
one ata large price. Then thia storage
will he hused for the green flesh musk
mellon which is wanted here at a high.
price,* its quality is much -I liner than
that of aay of. the melons here, which are
groWn wider glass. • There' is also an
.unlimited demand for turkeys in the
markets 1 ere, which couldlie slaughter-
ed and se t forward in cold storage. We
have pro) ed most satisfactor ly that this.
system of cold storage Will nswer, by
the cargo of ripe fruits and ) egettbles I
-had with me on the S. S. Sc itlinian. I
unpacked all these the secon day after
arriving, tnd .in every instan .e found the
*samples iright and beautif 1 as when
packed in Canada. I would 'anhetitat-
ingly adv se farmers in.Huron and good
apple .CQ1.1 ties to plant -largely of the
bestkind , give proper attention•to the
orchards; and in a very few tyears the
-returns w 11 come, and now that our
markets re increasing as the superiority
of our fru't is known, the prices are im-
proving. It is an- absolete fact that
they can ot .grow -fruit in this country
to compe e with ours. I have examined
their app es at several:exhibitions since
comia here and . they are very inferior
inflat r. This 'week we are showing a
display tile - by side with a British dis-
play at • their greatest frui show, the
Royal Horticultural* Show and you/
should se howfar we .surp ss them ; it
it a clean walk over, for us. ' But they
won't all w us to -compete fo 'prizes, or
they 'cvou d never get even smell. It.
make t a f -now feel like atm ting about
and eroning. But more anon. There
appears t be a demand for usangolds for
stock4eeding, as I have be4n asked by
many', toive figuret of wh t it would
cost to &liver them here. have sub -
I -rated the matter to a competent
authority ,
1.
What , do you say to a factory at
Godetich 1 for preserving almon .and
white fish ? I met the ge erat agent
of i at we'llthy firm, in !Pari , who have
taler ou the patent in Canada, as well
as bther countries for !anew process for
preservin r. -I have inVited him to come
to Godeaich when be goes 1j to Canada,
whic 1 wi I be this ceming winter likely.
But ii ca ..e anyone ' there would like to
f go7ia o pi rticulars and give these par-
ties sach, the address it, enc oeed.
• To -day I leave for Edinb rgh With a
la,rri coil ction- of fruit fo 'exhibition •
there by cable order of the Do -minion
GOveram itt• yesterday. I am doing a
large bumess here dispos ng of Can-
adian a,p les. • Up to the pr sent time I
have s.oldt22,000 barrels at )rices rang-
ing from $4.50 to $6.75 pe • barrel de-
livered. Prices will average over $5
.per barrel. - Baldwin, Spy, ' Ontario,
King Ri ston, Pippin and Mann will
contemndi the top figures when fine.
. ALEX. MO. ALLAN:
k
Canada.
•
—A. P. Zoeller, of New York • State,
*has Shipped $85,000 Worth of eggs from
Woodstock this season. .;
--Two fine young foxes wtre recently
capturediat Lynden, and have been pur-
chased for the use of the Lendon Hunt
Club.'
Quantities of ripe raspberries hatie
been produced in various sections of Oa-
tatiot during the late mid October
weather., *
—H. Stephenson, of Wo dstock, has
been conticted and fined. by the Police
Magistrate • for carrying on a livery
stable without a license.
1 -The late R. B. Betla•nd, music deale
er of Toronto, bequeathed between'
. al
rr0,000 apd $70,000 to the lento Gen--
1 —Last!. Friday 402 perso s, per the
Raymond and Whitcomb excursion,
from Boston to Califlernia, iook dinner
it the London depot rqresh nenttboms.
—The Canadian Club in Ne* York
has arranged for a seriesof ddresses by
preminent Canadian's on sibjects con-
nected with the DoMinion.
—Five men of the Mclu ted Police
at Regina have de erted,arrying off
with them the entir pay of . one troop,
, amounting to $2,000 *
—Win. Watts, ho elkeeper, and Jon
Wonnacott, • grocer,- both -of Thamis-
wille,
havle been fine( $50 eaqh for Nicil It-
ing the Spott Act. 1
• —Miss' Edith We therby, of Quebec;
is plainti f in a brea of promise suit for
$15,000." The parti1es concerned move
in " good society.
. —Mr. lIsaac Grob, residing between
Preston, and Hespelere made 1,225 gal-
lons of cider in one lour ar
fastest timii on rec
aturday eight ag
fifty m let uy
awa, . was boasting to some
f the amount of money he
utes, the
.t -On
Shawvill
from 0
friends
had on hini, and produced an apparently
pocketbook. On retiring to
rest he placed his coat co tafaing the
pocketbook at the head of is bed_ and
wentto sleep happy and conftented. On
Sunday Morning he awoke from a sound
sleep and found that,altbough his clothes
d fifty min -
rd.
ntieman at
the river
•
•
wereapparently as he left them, h pock,
ethook was gone,and that he was relieved
•of $400 in bills. Re iinme.diately put
himself in communication with t detec-
tive, and hopes that the thief May be
caught ere bong. .
—Marriages are becoming so' alarm-
ingly prevalent in 8t. Thomas that a
bachelors' chili has been proposed, with
a $200 penalty uric+ any member who
breaks his pledge. 4
f —It is stated alai a !commit:ton of
Medical men from all Parts of the Pro-
vinces will meet at Ottawa in about two
weeks to draft a health bill for the whole
Doininion.
—The first shipment of apples from
Harriston for the Northwest was made
last week —oue car-laad, comprising 160
barrels. They wereeseut direct to Cal-
gary.
—Mr. James Steele, catechist for the*
Bruce Presbytery, left last- week for
ManitoullitIsland, where he will! engage
in the work of the •chiirch during the
winter.*
—Eight hundred t and eighty-three
immigrants arrived f in Winnipeg last
month. The total iiiimigration into the
Northwest during this season is esti-
mated at 10,000.
—The members of ;the Montreal Flack -
men's Union have agreed to cease plying
for hire on Sundays, and urge' all the
city hackmen outside the organization
to adopt the same &avec.
—Miss M. McCartney, late assistant
matron of the Mahatvk Institution,
Brantford, leaves theieity in a feW days
to fill an appointment in the Asylum for
the Insane, Toronto.. -
—Rev. -John Dunlop and Rev., Aaton
Matthews, from • London, England, of
the British Society for -the propagation
of the Gospel among the Jews, are hold-
ing special services in Toronto. ! •
--Hit Excellency ; the Governor-Gen-
eral, accompanied by Lady Lansdowne
and suite, and the iBishop of Algoma,
were among the 'passengers on the mail
steamship Parisian, who landtd Satur-
day at Rimouski,
—The other night, at:..hatham, Peter
Hammel, 65 years of age; in stepping °flit
train while in motion; fell under the
wheels and had one leg cut off. He
died next morningtnevertecovering con-
sciousness.
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-- AN
—Mr. Jas. Thite, of Peel, :has re-
ceived $50-dama„aet from the Woolwich
township council for his horse , which
broke a leg by stepping into a hole at
the bridge near Rappel's factory, El-
mira, some time ago.
— Mr. George. Gloissan, of London,
and his two ,daughters were badly
poisoped cm 'Friday, evening by eating
supposed mushrooms that one of the
flintily had gathered. The prompt .use
of emetios resulted in their recovery.
—The medical students of Toronto
have formed themselves into a !temper-
ance letgoe, with pledges against drink-
ing and against treating. This is an
excellent -move on the part of the stu-
dents.
—It is -reported from different parts
Of Ontario that Attorney -.General
Mo‘vat's open letter to the Roe •G. M.
Milligan on the Catholic question is hav-
ing a good deal of effect in allaying sus-
picions and irritations.
—Bishop McLean, of the Saskatche-
wan, died at his residence, Prince Albert, -
last Sunday. His death was the result.
of an accident a few weeks before. Dr.
MeLean was a native of Banffshire, Scot-
land, and was born in 1828. -
—The body of a woman named 'Maria
Maypath was found the other day at the
foot of the cliff near the cantilever
bridge at Niagara. She had been miss-
ing since October 17th aud had a bottle
of whisky in her pocket when found..
—Mrs. Henry Parr, of Elora, a woman
-
weighing over 205 pounds, and standing
5 feet 10 inches in height, met with an
accident. While washing clothes on the
river bank, she slipped on a round stone
and fell, breaking one leg between the
knee and ankle.
— A most disastrous fire occurred in
Southampton on Thursday last week.
O'ver 50 buildings were burnt. Thirty
families were rendered homeless, and
some entirely destitute. The total loss
is aboutl$50,000, and there is very little
insurance—only about $12,060.
• —The North-West Council hs passed
a -resolution asking that all fines in.
liquor cases be devoted to the Territorial
fund, instead of the Dominion. The
Connell recommends that scrip be given
the Mounted Pplice on service during
the rebellion.
▪ Miller and James Hamilton, of
Clifford, were last week made to feel the
smart of heavy- fines with costs for dis-
turbing the Salvation Army meeting.
T -his being Miller's second offence during
the past month, he was fined to the tune
of over $20.
—aA plasterer named Shales, Who con-
templated leaving Winnipeg for the old
country, recently sold his wife and,
children to a man named Williams for -
*S70. A regular legal agreement was
drawn up between the two men and the
property, was formally transferred. The
police are investigating the matter.
—Captain Morrison, of Sarnia, is at
Sault Ste. Marie inspecting the rapids
and arranging for the construction of the
railway bridge between the two Saults.
The bridge will be provided with a foot
and a carriage track, and. work. upon it
will be begun early in the spring.
— Mr. R. Colquhoun, of Minto, re-
cently shot an owl Which measured 4
feet 6 inahes across the wings, and was
possessed of claws that a ould easily en-
circle a base -ball: Mr. colq!uhoun says
this night prowler had been very de-
structive to his poultry, haying killed
and .carried off several turkeys. !
—Mr. Robert Craig, J. P. of Corn-
wall, went out in the orchard the other
day for the purpose of driving al:mil into -
the barn -yard, when it suddenly turned
upon him. The old gentleman seeing
po chance of escape, calmly faced the
infuriated brute, which pitched him
.upon its back. The animal then bound-
ed in the air, throwing Mr. Craig to the
ground. His son then happened along,
and sc.:nig the perilous position in which
his father a as placed, seized a heavy
stick and rushed at the hull, which he
succeeded in driving oft Mr. Craig's
escape, from death was miraculous. He
‘vas ntt even injured. ' .' •
!
—Dr. Caniff, the medical health offi-
cer, o Toronto, reports that during the
past car the' death rate had been in-
crease 1 by 600 deaths owing to the sew-,
..
age b ing drained into the bay, thereby
poluti ig the city supply of water Which
is -tak n from the bay. '
—Senator: Schultz has matured a
schei 'e for the settlement of vacant
lands about Wiauipeg. It is his inten-
tion t organize a company with a cap-
ital o $1,000,000. All these lands ate
now 1 eld by speculators. The company
Will uy thelands, erect buildings and
sell t em,to 'settlers.
—Mrs. Upton, of St.- Thothas while
sitting in front of the fire -the Other day,
suddenly became aware that her dress
was a slaze. Shutting the doors • of the
room shc rolled herself up in rugs and
wrap $, smothering the flames. Her in-
juries are not severe, though her cloth-
ing N - IS se- badly burned as to beuseless.
.LJ number of Montana _cattle men
arriv d in. Winnipeg on the •4th inst.
from hicago, Whete they had taken- a
train lbad of cattle. They got there
just in time. Three days later the
-strike in the st ck yards broke out.
Their cattle sold Or $3.50 per hundred.
Last year they'w mid have brought Ave
clollalts
e.
— O.: M. Kennedy, of Ayr, had his
trunl robbed of $66, a few days ago,
besid s having a silver watch, gold ring,
and wit . of clothes taken. Michael
Robs n's hardware store at the same
place was entered Wednesday night last
week and ahout 880 worth- of goods
taken. No ttace of the thieves. !
—A. barn, belonging to Mr. *Malcolm
Wee' •nnel, concession 6, Elderslie,:county
of Brace, Was • burned recently, with
6.000 feet of , clear pine lumber, 12,000
feet c f maple flooring, 10,000 or 12,000
shingles, 10: or 12 tons of hay, a horse
rake, mower, reaper, two plows, a lum-
ber vagon,cutter, two sets- of btb-
sleiglis, and several implements. In-
cendiary. . ° ,.
• . ' —A dastardly attempt Was made- at
Baddeck, Cape Breton, a few days ago.
to bl w up the house of a promment
Scot Act worker. A can of gunpowder,
with lighted fuse attached, was thrown
throi gh a window into a room in which
Mr. Vatton and - his wife and four chil- :
dren were sitting, but fortunately the
fuse vas extinguished by striking on the
floor. . . !
—.list Jane pulyer, of London town-
ship, has instituted an action for breach
of pr mise against:Andrew Elliott. It
was oppareatlyithought that Elliott con-
templated leavIng Canada; therefore; a
'ctpias was isttied against him, and 'on
Friday afternoen he was arrested by
Detective Sehrtm, but was subsequently
bailed out.1 The amount claimed by
the young lady it $2,000.
• -a ne evening lately in .Waterloo, 'the
mem ers of 'the Orpheus Singing Society,
gave a pleadh,nt surprise to their esteem-
ed p•esideat„ Mr. H. A. Zoelliter, by
pres nting him with several. -valuable
piece of silverware. . The occasion was
Mr. 1 Zoellner'si 65th birthday. Mr.
Zoell et hat been a teacher of music 43
year, 25of which have been spent in
Wat rloo and Berlin.
arry , Shay, a well-known and
popular negro !comedian., whose early
home -Was in London, died at the Ladies'
Hospital, Paterson, New Jersey, last
week,* after a long illness of consump-
tion. Shay wat 32 years old. He was
one of the : most versatile and origipal
coinedians On the negro minstrel stage
until he was seized with. consumption.
Shay was cheerful and witty to the last.
—
oi)
ne night last week a mouse got
bite he sand mould prepared for a large'
late (tasting 'at the Londett Machine Tool
Com any aod ran all over it, burrowing
here ind there. The pouring was done
in -tie morning, but on opening, the
whol casting was found to be spoiled.
invol ing a1 loss of $50. The burned
skele on of the mouse was found in the
face 4f the asting.
—A sad; accident has happened in
West Luther. Mr. Alfred Beal:am, lot
15, concessibn 5, was drawing tirrnips.
While resting his horses, his little five
year Id danghter climbed up the wheel
unno iced by him on the opposite side
of th wagon. When the horses started
she lung to the wheel, which passed
over er body, and she died in a few
minu es. ! .
rave !robbers have been paying
frequent visits to Sidney, Hastings
county, lately, and residents are greatly
excited over the matter. A few _nights
ago. a corpse was stolen from a burying
grou d at Ftankford, ,and Friday it: was
disco ered that the body of Mrs. Ann
Van ervoort had been stolen front the
Houth burying ground Hi .the 2nd con-
cessi n of Sidney. • .
— new firm of dyers has opened .out
in P eston. The firmeis. Composed of
D. J. O'Keefe, assistant manager of the
wool n mills; J. W. Parks, late boss
dyer of the Elora carpet factory, and
Mr. Wm. Walker, late of Sir Peter
Coat-' thread works, Paisley, Scotland,
Everr class of goods will be received for
dyea, r but the firm make a specialty of
le
dyeing cottan yarns.
=Market Clerk Wilson, of London,
took hold ef the bridles of a :team of
horse on the square SaturdaY to back
them up. While doing so the strap at-
tache 1 to the neeksyoke broke, and one
end f the yoke swung out and bit Mr:
Wils n a set -ere blow on the upper lip,
nearl knocking him down.Two of his
teeth were loosened, and the lip badly
cut b the blow.
—.Ir. Jas. Henry; of Harriston, ar-
rived home last week from Dakota. He
reports crops only fair, with an average
of les than 20 bushels to the acre, n
secti ns that missed the great: hail
stor , ahd where the Atorm was there
are nb crops. Wheat at the opening of
the market brought 51 cents: It costs
cents per bushel to thresh, which bring
the price down to 43 cents per bushel,
t len deduct expeAse of marketing, and
a 20 bushels to the acre,theDakota
f' mere' will not grow wealthy any more
r pidiy than, in Ontario.
—The well-known evangelists, Rev.
essrs. Hunter and Crossley, have pur-
c lased- two -islands. in Muskoka, Fair-
y ew and Ireland, on which they intend
t erect adarge summer house, probably
ith the intention of holding religious
s •rvices during the summer holiday sea-
s n. At the present time they are con-
ducting evangelistic services in Cobourg,
t ie university students coining within
t le range of their work.
----Sam Small, the :evangelist, has
paid for the gold 'watch, and silver -
are he purchased of a Cincinnati jaw -
e er, and the suit against him has been
iscontinued. - Upon the payment of the
bill and costs of suit the Jeweler gave
.1r. Small' a letter -declaring that •th-e
atter has been amicably and honorably
djusted, and that he never thought
1r. Sitall meant to swindle him. The
ill amounted to 330.
—The Gospel Hall, Brantford, was te-
e ntly fitted up beautifully by a, number
of young ladies interested in forming a
light school. The othek night, however,
• gang of bad boys broke into the build -
i g, smashed windows and chairs, tore
own and destroyed mottoes and pie -
t res,- daubed the new131-papered walls
ith paint, and, id fact, did everything
t at deviltry could suggest to destroy
he interior of the room.
-a-Last Saturday in Woodstock, little
red, son �f T. F. Brown, was :playing
%-ith a companion iu the postoffice whea
yellow do,, owned. by a farmer, rush-
pon him and bit him very severely in
the face. 1 he brute's teeth went deep
into the boy's upper lip close to his
nose, and also into his :throat, besides
scratching his face. It was impossible
to find out the owner of the d-og. Young
Brown was immediately taken to a doc-
tor who dressed his wounds.
—The church of the EVangeli:cal Asso-
ciation. in 'Canada is one of the most
energetic in every Christian work. From
lately compiled statistics it is found that
its membership in this Province is 5,689,
With 78 churches, 43 itinerant preacher
and 25 local preachers. It has 82 Sun-
day schools, with 1,058 teachers and
4,868 scholars. The church has also a
rge membership in many parts of the
rifted States and by its faithful proelae
'nation of Christian truth is doing a vast
amount of good. •
.—A six year old. -son of Mr. M John -
Son, a respected farmer in Cornwall
township, while playing around the
barnyard, fell headlong into a barrel of
His mother missed him, and ,on
going to the stables was .horrified at see-
ing his feet protruding out of the top of
the barrel. He Was quickly taken out,
and every effort made to resuscitate him,
but to no avail, as life, was already ex-
tinct. He was very intelligent for his
age, and, being the only child, was the
idol of his parents.
—A fire broke outinCalgary,Northwest
Territory, last Sunda,y morning, which
destroyed over 8100,000 worth of pro-
perty. At 6 o'clock the same evening
another fire was discovered in a barn
filled with hay. There IS no dobut but
that both fires were th:e work of an in-
eendiary. Mayor King, addressing the
eitizens, safd "If you detect a white
Man or an Indian setting fire to any
place 1 hand him over to you to do with
him as you like." Judge Lynch ivill
unquestionably be called in.
—Doctors Graham, of Dorchester
Station,• and Campbell, of Belmont,
performeda difficult operation Thurs-
day last weeek on a three year old son of
Mr. Kelsea, section foreman of ;the Can-
a.dian Pacific Railway at Mossley, by
successfully removing a button front the
:throat and directing it from the opening
Cif the stomach into the receptacle. The
'lad was placed under chloroform and is
:now in a. fair way of recovery. The
'button was about the size of a 25 -cent
;piece.
—The death is announced at Welland
of Mr. James R. Johnson in his 70th
year. ' The deceased was horn at York
Mills, near Toronto, in 1816, and was
a.nephew of the late Bishop Richardson,
Of thel Methodist Episcopal Church.
In politics he was a conscientious and
ilifelong Reformer. He sided warmly
with%he patriot cause in the stormy
days preceding 1837, when to be a Re -
:former meant political and almost social
;Ostraeisen, and when the rebellion broke
Out he cast in his lot with the patriot
reause,and was taken, and remained a
-..prisoner in Toronto for about three
'Months. He afterwards resided in
Stamford and subsequently removed to
Welland.
—A peculiar case of death occurred in
London last Friday. A Mrs. Crooks
fell down on the floor of her house and
Was supposed to be dead. Dr. Belfry
was called, and he pronounced the.
woman dead. The body was laid out,
the funeral notices given, and an under-
taker engaged. Dr. Belfryeame to the
house again in the evening and made
another examination �f ,the body, and
found still a little warmth. He ordered
the woman put back to bed and hot
water bottles placed around her. The
coffin was sent balsk to the undertaker,
and everything possible was done, but
to no effect, and the woman has since 1
been pronounced dead. 1
—Mr. James Stephenson, Superinten-
dent Grand Trunk Railway, has issued t
a circular to the agents and other em-
ployees of the road, calling attention to
the melancholy accideut which happen-
ed at Berlin on the 2nd of October, by
which a boy was killed and one Mc-
Donald was seriouely injured. The un-
fortunate boys were playing in the sta-
tion grounds, jumping on and off moving
tars, and were caught between two of
them. Agents and other employees are
ordered to take determined action against
allowing boys about the yards, cars and
premises, and.' to warn their parents that
legal proceedings will be taken against
any boys found trespassing on the pre-
mises or property of the company, with
the view of avoiding such calamitous
accidents as the one referred to.
—Mr. Zechariah Flieming, carpet
weaver in St. Thomas-, ihet with a sud-
den death Sunday evening. He visited.
the Salvation Arm -y at 7 a. m., and in
the 'evening attended Grace Methodist
church, being then apparently in
'his usual health. On his return home
'he seated himself in a chair, and abeat
15 minutes afterwards complaieed ej)f a.
'pain in his !.iody, and lay clown On a
lounge. About five minutes afterwards
his wife went over to the sofa and was
horrified to find her husband dead. A
physician pronounced the cause of death
paralysis of the heart. Deceased leaves
a •vidow but no children. lie was 44
years of age. -
—Violators of the Scott Act in Hal-
ton have been experieneina a good deal.
of trouble of late. Jobn-°Bell, of Mil-
ton, was charged by Inspector Brothers
before W. F. Young, Police Magistrate,
with selling intoxicating liquor, and
fined 850 and costs in each of the three
charges on November 2nd. Murray
Williams, of Oakville, was on October
27, fined $80 and costs for keeping in-
toxicating liquor for sale, and $50 and
costs for selling. Win. Pittman of
Georgetown, was, on -October 26, t fired
850 and costs for selling, and again on
November 2tul, $50 and costs for selling,
and Thomas Little, of Palermo, was
fined $100 and costs on November 2nd,
for selling.
say, you know," remarked a
mutton -chop -whiskered Engliehman who
was spending a day ar two at Om' Rot -
sin House, Toronto, " I came out here
loaded down Aith wraps and furs, and I
bought a pair itf snowshoes in London,
which I thought I would be able to use.
But I've been awfully sold. I !could get
as much snowshoeing in England as I
can get here in November, anyhow. I
thought your winters began about the
ends of July and lasted until the end of
June,.but it was actually colder in Eng-
land last October when I left !Liverpool
than it is here in Canada in Nrovember.
The thermometer has not been below 50°
since I got here. I think I shall stay
here and escape the severity of the Eng -
fish win -ter."
—A few days ago Thomas Helferty,
who worked in a threshing mill near
Eganville, was caught by the driving
.1 shaft. and after being • -whirled around
twenty-five tim-es at lightning speed
was crushed through a space thirteen
inches in width. The young man was
dteadfally bruised, cut up, and broken.
The flesh was torn from the right side
of his head as far as his eyes, and the
skull Was left completely bare. The
shOnider and right side were laid open
down to the kidneys, while the thoulder
blade was fractured in two placet : the
flesh was torn off from the knee to the
ankle, and a splinter six inches in length.
teas fractured from the bone, and his
arm was broken in three places. Not-
withstandinglis terrible racking, hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Union is Strength.
DgAR F,x.rosiToR.—The Rev. T. L.
INfilkinson, agent for the Dominion Al-
liance NV o has been organizing Electoral
Unions throughout this township daring
theweek, will hold a meeting on Saturday
13th inst. in the Methodist Church, 8th
concession McKillop. - Although he has
met with disappointments at times on
account of insnfficient notice of meet-
ings, unfavorable weather etc., still
on the whole he has been very success-
ful in meeting the Temperance people.
The obligation taken by those joining
the Union binds them not to vote for
or siipport any one seeking municipal
or parliamentary honors unless they
are known to be in favbr of temperance
legislation and prohibition., This ob-
ligation does not compel the members
to vote for a party politiCally opposed
to them on other issues unless they i3ee
fitstabut the Union simply gives the
temperance people a power over the
parties to which they respectively be-
long, in causing them to bring out
temperance candidates (of whom there
its an abundance on either side) well
qualified for the position. If Mr. Wil-
kinson and the others who are now
prosecuting. the work continue in the
field, and are as successful as be has
been in this Riding, either one or both
of thepolitical parties must yield, and
we ehall have straight dealing in the
matter of temperance. 'The return
made to the eounty council last year
was on accouut of the lack of union on
the part of the temperance people, but
clearly proved the necessity for the
action taken by the Alliance in forming
unions. The Temperance people divided
on every imaginable issue, and the liquor
men went en block resulting in our
electing a county council as a body en-
tirely in sympathy with the law -break-
ers. We trust that last year's experience
may halve had a salutory effect on the
temperb.nce electors. • G.
McKillop, November ..9th., 1S56,.
—James 'Watson, the agricultural
implement agent, left Wingham rather
suddenly Monday night, of laet week,
and now a number of the business med
of that burg who trusted him not wisely
but too well, very much regret that
they had done Sc. His effects are in the
possession of a bailiff, but they will not
realize sufficient to square offeven a small
portion of his indebtedness.
—About 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday
morning of last week, a fire broke out
in a barn belonging to Richard Walters,
sr., near Lower Wingham, and in a short
time the building together with its con-
tents consisting of the year's crop of
grain and roots, valued at -about $100,
and all the agricultural iMplements,
were reduced to ashes. The building
was valued at $200, and was insured in
the Agricultural Insurance Company for
$100. There was nis insurance on the
contents. It is supposed that the fire
was caused by children playing with
matches.
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