The Huron Expositor, 1887-01-14, Page 11887.
iitsistinieenneweesee
season with
hTRONS
El
new season
tke
our great
EV R. t
very depart-
lats we have
ea,
y and Cloth -
:eh.
at the chair '-
Rev-. A. Y.
he choir for
v. Mr. Rosa
akers, Rev.
; McQuarrie,
of Bluevale,
ldresses and
the best of
rem. valuable
aumber of
ed solos was
L, our pre -
playing an
•bert a weft-
`anada" and
tieran
a stranger
singer, sang
ne." Also a
ok was very
eat part to a
Phuudo
and Jeanie
a King and
at applause.
t, Bella Max -
(ere wen re -
if tVingliath,
ihed the cli-
ui his
elt Brother
is deafening,
net cheerful
third Psalm.
I trek, filled
tria choruses
redit is due
or the effic-
te performed
her. After
e part in the
waabrought
ttfawing is a
for the var-
at the Tant-
a last: For
a55 ; Samuel
.eve, George
Evans, 216.
I-, 265 Wm.
216; El-
' The Council
rson, Thomp-
Berton .
elections are
led ap a fine
, about fifty
The School.
tilted in the
far the third
1, last Tues
-
ch is mirth
whofives
taken out to
Le eou hi not
asked which
a- Hays. He
te for no one
aiy gets as
has already
t. -.—Mr. Me-
n declined to
Itee-veshint
; T. M.. Kay
! acclamation.
it (if the Yates
West Ward
4 Martia,29
itydd, 73;
East Ward,
zetwood.,, 34.
'aerieron, 72;
it will,, there -
Kay,. Reeve,.
S Shier and
The Deputy
:at the cearn
hy them, at
, 'NINETEENTH YEAR.
• WHOLE NUMBER 996.
Store Closed for
TWO DAYS,
We have decided to hold a
MOTSTER
CHEAP SALE,
And in order to give us a eha
ma kall our goods down, we are o
to alose our store an January 11
.ce to
bilged
h and
12th, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY.
NEXT:
fe connection With the aline, we
wi6, to; state that our sale com tenees
the following day, January 13th,.and
any one wanting anything in Staple
ma Fancy Dry Goads, Mantles, Hats
and 'Cepa, Fees,. Gents' Furniehings,
ate., will do: welt to call early and often
and get some of the bargains, as we are
determined to clear out the whale stock.
The goods axe all new, having been
purchased for this season's trade.
• IL-.
'
kll are cordially invited to inspect
th !goods and prices.
Hoffman & Co,
Cheap Cash St
Cardno's B
ock, .Seaforth.
e,
---Mr. John -annex, B. A., of Ste
Marys, has been appointed a teacher on
the staff of the Liedsay---Hign School.
sonie young people were t&
iniegaanag in St. Marys on Wednesday
tous accident happen-
aith, daughter of Mr.
Mg down the steep
k the front of the to -
he snow and those on
of last week, a se
ed to Miss Galb
J. Galbraith. ti
bank of the ere
beggan stuck in
it were thrown high into the air. Miss
Galbraith received very severe injuries.
It was thought kit first that bet spine
we.s injured, but fortunately that has
proved not to be the case, and she is now
slowly recovering' , -
• —About 11.30
last week an ap
council chamber
tieed, and on ente
the floor and m
on Monday ,ght of
• earaece of fire in the
at. Stratford Was no-:
lee it was found that
tting in the neighbor -
hod of the. stay -6 were on fire The fire
• began itemediateY over the brick wall
between, the tre- sarer's office and the
hallway, and its peogress was nedeseari-
ty, slow. The flijemen.. turned °Int but
the flee was put &ut without the; aid of
the hose. Its can only he sus-
pected, but might easily be caused by
the stump of a, igar„ as the carpet is:
much torn and frayed in the vicinity of
the stove..
sane county board of exert:Antis
have greeted thir certifieetes to
the following, as the result of their re -
eat training in the schools at Stratford
and,. Mitchell: jeseph IL Beckton,
Archie Bothwell:, Truman Baxter, Robt.
thilley„ Sam, Coach, -James- Cosset.
Charles,' Albert • Catlin, !Frank
Doherty, Gear Dobson„ Sam. Darst+John
IL Eby, Fa L. Evans, James Foster, Ede
gar- Flethieg, Jahn. Griffith,. Robt
W. A. Humphries+ Wm. Hackney,W.
IL Kalbfleiach, Wm. Minto, Alfred
Macklin, Donald Munro, Micha4 Mc-.
Gairiess, E. J. McDonald, David Mc-
Lennan,Alfred., Reymann,. .clantael:
ube„ Robert T.. Stewart, John Swann,
Jas. Switzer, C. Steureagel, Gerry yg-
ley, Elle A. Aiteheeon, Lima B Auer,
Bella Chippa, Sarah Deltnage, JCarrie
Dent, Mary Edmunds„ Bella ( ibsore
Ida (riffith,. Letta 'Hail, Mary .
vet,. liar -
Minnie Henderson, Hannah rwin ,
Christiaa Kirk,: Elizabeth Laing, Mary
-
Lavern, Jessie Moffatt B. M. Morris -eta
Mary -Maudson„ Nettie Q„ Mottahan,
nereh E. Orr, thlaggie Patterson,Annie
tanith, May l'Tyer•man„ , Susie -Wren,
Maggie L. Wilson, Etta Woodley,
W ray.
• -We regret to.: learn that a se-rio s
asaident happened to Mr. Jas. Hill
'brother of Mr, Thos. Hills,. of. Eginoth
vile, who is einplo'yed an - the Dicks
faani west of Egieondvide. He fell fro;
a loft above the barn floor a distance jd
over 20 feet ,; Hewas taken up- ins
:able and remained in -this condition oifsr
tit hou re., He Was-exainined by a, medical
man who found that with. the exception
tif ;the fracture of a rib or two • Re' r the
back boee, there were no broken bones.
The accident happened on the 28 h nit
and although it will be some title yet
beforeheis fully recovered, he 's get -
tee along nicely.
Upholdin' the Protestunt
Religuri. -
ORATE KONITENSIDELN OF, PATRIUT8 AND.
IONSERVITIF AND GOSPEL MINISTURS.
To the Editor of THE nthiert Ex:Posta*
:Rum Valley Korners, Dec.127,'86.;
"I've bin so biey in the bak townL
ships uv late diffasin kepieS ratthe Male
and other sich. yuseful infininashie
where they wood du most good, that I
haven't writ much .fur the papers shag
my ietterz to yure, valleahle iaper last
yore. • !
" The idee uv this assemblij fast awake
in the pins buzum tie Brother Bunting, ,
who has long felt a deep konsarn fur the
Protestunt az well its fur public morality.
He imenshieed it kasynelly to John A.
and others, who. all felt that the Protest-
• mat religun west- going to the dogs in
Ontareo, sure ez guns, if Mowett diden't
let go the nines uv poikver, end that,
moraver,,a grate konvensain and the en-
thasyistri it wood Medd in the -hertz. ue
the faithful wood help Merey.deth in his
distree. So we Eked on S';u-Oday,- the
-
26th„ konsiderin' that day Ivery ape
nrepriate fur defendin' the Bible. After
some konsultashin we those Karling's
brooery as the plase uv.meetin, not only
beceuz it wuz offered free but also fur
the konvenyens uv the dely-:gates.„
"It proved a grate suksess : Nearly
all the grate partee lites wuz present.
Sir John Foster, Bro. :White, Karling,•
Sheede, John,
Bro.' Bunting, Rev'.
D. - Kettles, Cannon Damouline Bro.
Hughes, Bro. Evans, the edi orof the
Reveo, Mr. Chapleau and yti e hembel
servant okkapide seets on the platform.
” The - perceedings opened in truly
Konsereitif manner by ,tappi " a hogs-
head ue-Karling'a XXX., whi h he had
generusly donated for the happy oh-:
kashan ft Me. Edam., it wad hey done
.yare hart good to have seen Kerling and.
Foster, Dr. Kettles and Chepleau,
Bunting and the Ite:voci Editu , Brother
White and Bro.. Hughes -Sir John and.
Sheelds, a sitting side hi sid , inspired
by one hely and patreutic desire to up-
hold the Protestant lathe by driving
Mowett rom power • ! -
" Thespeek in win truly movie, aooth-
un and satisfyin, eloquent and logical,
.and wood hey koqvinsed •and .kon verted
etrery- heethen lied th-a bin thate, The
. .
apple= wuz unbounded . :
"I will konteot ;myself with:06n the
outlines in the speeches, butf the rezye
lushins-I 'pat in terbatem, - -
"Bi the time the speekin wiz finished
the enthusyisni had reached its klimaks
and a second hogalied wuz railed! in.
"Sir Jahn wdeI the feint s'peaker.
• He wuz the anthbe. uv Konfedereshin
and uv the Sierra 'Akt, and i he either
- wrote the last. vershun, ay the Proteitunt
• Bibel,or .hiz Government hired men to
do o it—he disremembee.d Wien. z
hart he•d bin deeply moved be the base
-attempts uv Arclibithip Lin:eletO
under-
mine Protestuntism by the Rose -Bibel.
• Bat theiz traterg wood be defeeted and
Merrydeth wood kum forth to deliver:
Ontereo from the Pope. He Wm gettin
to be an old man now,. and he had bet
one dezire before he dide, and: that wuz
to gee the Pretestu.nt religtunoese more
tolerated and the Protestant Bible on.se
more in the heeds ay his fellcaltuntre- -
men in -Ontareo . (Long liontitiude ap-
planz.) .Foster and'Karling beth follode
in half hour addresses in wiett tha sbode
up Mr.Blake's inkousistensy on the pro-
Mins:hue questyure Theez speeches, in
wich Foster shodethe awful evils air in-
temperance, and axlini the wikedeees
uv vice in not ietradusin probibishun tu
us fust, fast melted the autieace to teerz
and then rouzed !th indiguashun, -so
that at the kloee the people wuz reddy
to tar and fearer that hard-harted mane
•
Bat, the speeches ; uv the day- Nvuz
made by Bunting and Chapleau on the
-Ross Bibel.. Bea. I Bunting wuz. fur . the
hull, the hull I3ib ,and nothin but the
hail. He ai-gye4l that without this
there wood be nd pubtik morality and
• that bribery and liorninshati wood face
us, Mr. Chaplead 'held that ,.the open
Bibel wuz the ark uv our parteez, and
showed the perfidy uv Ross in fine -
stile. Th:a proved very . planely that
Mowett had sold hisself to the -Arch-
biship—that the 'Ross Met wuz a skil-
fully 'prepared dtAkyneentwritten bi
the Pope, aad that therefur the only
hope tar the Proteetunt religun was in
Mr. Merrydeth. ' The applauz Was
tremjas at .the kloze, Dr. Kettles led-
ing.
," I had the honor uv presenting the
folloing Tezalushins L That ;the in-
• trodukshio uv the Ross Bibel into the.
skates. uv the keuntry is an akt of gr4ss
tyrreny„ and is tkalkulated to destray
Protestentism. 2. That the omissun iv
the story ny Potifer's wife is a direkt u-'
kouragement tu vise and is .kalkyletcd
to make Archhiship Limb the pope he
Kanady. 3. That our thanks are due
and herebi tendered to those G-ospil
patrent ministers who hey seen it th re
bounden dirty to uphold Pretestunti in
clueing the past three weeks and h v
used there pens -and pulpits, 'With Si h
godd effect to the party. 4. That t e
theismu tie the Bible is mutylaehia v
the Bibel and, that all ministers a d
Sabbath School teachers who diVide
" Here Rev. Dn. Kettles- eroze -a
Pointed out that thetrezylushin, .if c r-
ried out on that line, wood pat him i a
tite place, as he belonged' to the Int r-
nas;hinal Sabbath School kemitty, a t1.1
led to divide tip the Seripares. n•
deferens to his feelins the rezylusl in
wuz amended, • leaving' out all eb ut
ministers end teechers.
't Sir John then: moved the klozi i g
rezylusbin as follows : That we koun el
all our friends in ;upholdin the Prete t-
ent Leith to follow apostolik advise a d
-bekum all things to all men.:- Verb rn
sap,'
"The -Protestunt refigure said •
John, is not in enny pertikler danger in
Quebek—and there!. are koenties in • n-
tareo where the Katholik vote is la
where it ie in no danger.
• "In konklushia, said he, giving ne
ay his knowin' winks, if you want a r de
n th
ou
old
Iliis
'he
Protestant hogs iump
ide him into 'a Katholi
be sere he is well b
joek produced grate atno
onvenshin then busted u
" Youers treoly,
I 4 4 BLOOMINGNOZE P
•
.
he Leader of the -Opp
E. E. ShepPard, of the Toro
us writes of Mr. W.' W.; Mer
'of the Oppositienl in th
ORTI-1 FR
n, but if
strong-
auketed.
zement.)
FFER."
to News,
dith, the
1 ader -Ontario
4 .1
ogle ature.—I feel a strong iking for
Mere4lith as a white man and honest
bevy r. I do not go much on him as a
politi 'hie, but I know hitn to •e an hon-
. Iu Lon -
you can
Bill vote
greatest
mily his
lied ,with
" Bill "
all every
st name,
state the
fer to all
aptly as
near re-
n and a
and men -
ay, and
know it
man to
°rub! ; gentle and loveable ma
ecko that those who cp.11 him
on t ley call him "Bill," an
he same way. He has the
ry of names, faces and f
ever saw, and I've nay
pretty slick politieians.
ood handshaker and can
his constituents by his fi
nd enquire after the wife and
xi rtitcht
if he
lativ
1
pont
tione
mem
tory I
Some
is a g
one
infes, a
oliti
o
ician
to be
4vho are at the time beneath
)
who striyes to be in symp
ever body's afflictions and
Can't(1,be a very badman, and
pend ,d upon to give to ever
hie, and not give it grudgin
nuinber of babies, and r
, marriages and deaths a
were a relative. I lost
while I was in Loud
later Meredith met me,
the trouble in a kindly
d- him pore than ever.
ea.k thing for a full grow
s himself open to the
chin, but somehow I thi
with human nature enou
considerate of the feelin
iles of a
k' a poll -
h in him
s of those
him, and
thy with
troubles,
an be de -
man his
ly either.
:in trance Exam in a t • ns.
The following is a'list of t ose who
successfully passed their exa -. indtions
for admission to the High chool, at
Goderich and Exeter. 103 wrote at
Goderich of whom 54 passed, and 24
wrote at Exeter of whom 18 p ssed :
' PASSED AT EXETER—MALES
aker, Henry '
' • owerman, Arnold ,
bell, Daniel
'acrett, Earliest R
'ollick, Horace H . •
'regory, John Albert
arvey, Wesley H.
litchell, ' William J
luldrew, Robert -
tuby, Abraham J. .4
'erity, Percy..
ell, Ellie
_Illerington, Margaret
'rigg, Alibi
-licks, Maud .
Kydd, Ida J. •
ollins, Pearl..
•
'tewart, lirggie
.
1 ASSED AT 000gR.1011—MALE
Ron, Joseph, Belfast .
Bissett,AIexander," Colborne
Crabb, FrNnk Goderich M. 6......
Christilaw; Albert, Shephardton
Chilton, Thomas, G. M. § - .
Donaldsoit Albert, Saltford. •
Edward, -William; 6 Ooddrich
Finlayson, Malcolm, Lochalth,
Farrisb, Kenneth', 10 Ashileld
Gledhill, Albert, Baimiller,.
Grant, John, -1-. M. S.
J oh nston,-J ohn, 10 Ashfield •
Johnston, Wiliam,
9 ''
Jervis, Edwin, Porter's Hill -
LeTouzel, Robert', Senmiller,
Murney, Fred, C. M., 8 '
Morrish, James, remniller
• FEN
441
..591
510
491
• 481
.576
........ ... ..... 518
• 454
514
422
481
ALES.
McLennan, Dona. d,)Lochalsh ,
blaKenzie, Rod, " ..... ...478
421
Sheehan, PatrickGoderich Convent 473
Tait, Robert, G. M. S' •420
Treble, Charles, 1. Colborne, • 400
Tigert, James, 8I-ephardton.
481
Vanstone, Agust s, Bemniller
479
Williams, John .4., G. M. S
Whitely, Albert, 2 Goderich
FEMALES.
Addison, Alice, G. M.
Bell, Grace, I "
COlwell, Mary, POrter's Hill
Curran, Emily G M S
Carrick, Bella, 3 shfleld .
Evans, Alberta, M. S
Edward, Mary, 6 oderich -
Foster, Emma, eppardton
Finlay, Lizzie, 9 4sh6eid
Fraser, Jennie, 01 M. S
Gardner, Minnie, lPortr8 Hill
Ginn, Elizabeth, '?Goderich
Graham, Birdie M. S
Jones, Josie, 1 C
ervis, Minnie, P
illier, Minnie, 01. M. S .
cConnell, Mary, Goderich Convent "chool..430
• faherson, Nellie, G. M. S. .481
ceartney, Tillie Porter's Hill 522
eCabe. Mary, Sti. Agustine Sep. S 457
antosih, Fiore* G. Convent Sch ol 383
502
430
382
636
431
641
527
430
581
416
499
641
395
- 421
538
447
• 433
455
• 547
421
439
528
522
578
450
538
463
474
McNee, Frank, Shephardton
•
.
• 452
.407
450
415
446
426
404
452
669
460
475
390
443
473
440
440
lborne: . •
•iter's Hill.
aitin, Florence, 14 Wawanosh
i
ay, Dora, G. M. S.
Mitchell, Mary, '
otts, Mary A, Stilltford
Scott, Bertha, 2 Goderich
traiton, Nellie,. M. S
In addition o the above a
thers were r4ommended. If
issiou is sanctioned • by th
nent, their names will be pul
Canada.
—The city Of Brandon, Man'toba, will
e lighted by 4lectricity shortl
—The St. C air river at Co r▪ twright
is frozen civet, and teams c oss with
safety.
--Eight of the trembers of tle newly -
elected Windster council are 'nights of
Labor.
-- -Sir-John Macdonald was 72 years
ld on Tuesday. The Premier spent the
ay in leingsten, his 'native cit
,a -The winter service •betw en ▪ Char-
lottetown, Price Edward Is and, tied
the main land has been abando tied,
—Eb nezer lllawiey, aged 2 • yeats,
was instantly killed in the toi nship of
awn, near Pptrolea., on Mo day by a
aw-log fallinglon him.
—The Canadian Pacific Rail ay Com-
pany's earninfor the we k ending
. anuary 7th, ere $157,000. For the
t::
ame week last year they were 117,000.
—David Da.nby, of .Port ll.pe, con-
venor of a .freight train, w s fatally
rushed betwden the ears. at iiingston
station last Mthiday evening.
—The otherlday the Rev. E. C. John -
on, rector of !the Episcopal hurch of
iristel,'ConnetIticut, tried to alkaon a
lippery sidthealk and narrow y missed
ailing. Ai he was pawing t e air to
-eep • int his I feet, a big rail oad man
ame atong and remarked wi h a grin,
Guess 'nother drink will just 'bout
etch you." Mr. Johnson str ightened
and inquired with sever dignity,
..459
437
495
umber of,.
their ad-
Depart-
lished.
" What's th
'bout fetch'y
ing railroad
leaving thea
after him.
— The Nor
tend shortl
the Indians
adopting the
—Mr. Mc
a son and da
each other
was aged 13
— The Sb
brooke, Que
taming one
destroyed b
—David
named Mc
Dawn, was
ing tree.
—A lige.°
Saturday fin
tingtine'tbe con
'the
by
age.
—The C
offered the 9
a special tra
to, Ottawa
posed'Irip f
--The Ra
steam barge
She will b
all, 21 feet
depth in hol
— Prince
has expor
mostly to
half a millio
ter of $35,0
—P. Colli
well-known
Sporting T
judge of tur
in Dundas 1
—During
issued by
378 more
1885, the re
ing increase
—Lord L
of Canada,
ing the lin
reason the
in its pres
knows whe
— George
one month
pair of shoe
don. MeC
whose thre
were suspec
—Bogus
circulated.
by the wre
the counte
wards from
uine they ti
—Saskat
per ton n
At this ficr
ere a ton of
cord of woo
er value.
—The
ordered the
of all copi
sensational
States—sen
under this
this week.
--Throe
some reside
Winnipeg,
for taxes, a
purchaser n
land holds
time is exp
— The ri
most solid,
of ice in so
railroad fei
time. The
hours, and
freight, whi
Wabash is
— Mond
Finkle and
out drivin
of horses
•
both out, b
The Judge
—Wm.
Belleville,
by shootin
revolver.
cover. Des
the rash ac
had threa
trate.
- —The Ro
don, which
the last ten
building fu
having reali
terest was e
gold -headed
receiving 90
donald 619.
—The me
liquor in E
Scott Act h
A. S. Shep
over $100
flee, while
village, atm
with $50.
—Mr. P
Knights of
est advocate
favoring the
saloons by t
his executi
were solem
fleece as a
official insta
—Mr. Jam
dulph, has
Rogers' Pa
Selkirk ran
with prospe
He writes
fall of over
of the loca
snow slides.
=Captain
den, Engla
the Nerde
undertook t
ducine the
purchase s
has had i
Caron- and
is not likel
DAY, JANUARY 14, 1887.
, sir ?'.' 4"Nother drink'll
u," replied the sympathiz-
ian. And he walked on,
tonished clergyman Staring
h -West Salvationists in-
to commence work among
earning their language and
✓ habits. •
ichol, of Tharnesford, lost
ighter within a few days of
tern diphtheria. The girl
ed the boy 14.
nbrooke house, at Sher -
cc an extensive hotel con-
undred rooms, was totally
firat noon 011 Sunday.
tin_ working for a farmer
o.ry, in the township of
illed on Saturday by a fall -
dealer in Kingston was on
d $40 and costs for permit-
urnption of whisky on his
two boys twelve years of-
,
ada PaeMe Railway has
th Battalion, of Winnipeg,
n to convey them to Toron-
d Montreal on their pro -
$3,000.
hbu-n Company is building a
or use on the Rideau canal.
99 feet keel,. 106 feet over
am, and six feet nine inches
I.
dward Island this seison
91,000 cases of lobsters, ,
rope. They are valued at
ad involved the slaugh-
0,000 lobsters,
s, of pandas, a gentleman
s publisher of the Toronto
mes, - and a level-headed
affairs, died at his home
st Saturday night.
ast year 2,611 patents were
e Department at Ottawa,
, • the number reseed in
enue showing anorrespend-
nsdewn, Governor General
as definitely declined join-
sh Cabinet, giving as his•
wisdom of leaving Canada
t political condition. Het
he's' well off.
cCabe was sent to gaol for
nq 'Saturday for stealing a
from T. J. Murphy of Lon -
be; is the same individual
wives died suddenly, and
ed Of being poisioneda
ralf-dollar pieces are being
They can eatily be detected
h Qn the reverse 'side. - On
fejt the leaves all turn in -
he stem, while on the gen-
rn both ways.
hewan coal is selling at $6.75
✓ in the city of Winnipeg.
re a focal authority consid-
oal is as low in price as a
, while being of much great-
ominiou Government has
stoppage through the mails
S of the Sporting World—a
journal published in the
into Canada, and seizures
order were made -in Ottawa
some blunder, the hand -
ice of Hugh Sutherland, in
as sold for a trifling sum
d not being redeemed the
ew claims it. Mr. Suther-
e tax receipts, and a lively
eted in court.
-er at Windsor is frozen al-
nd piled up with whidrows
e places ten feet high. The
ry boats are having a hard
-ound trip takes over three
11 the roads are blocked with
they cannot transfer. The
ver 500 cars behind,
evening, while Judge
sister, of Woodstock, were
their team—a spirited pair
an away, and threw them
eking Miss Finkle's ankle.
seeped with a few bruises,
cCarthy, an old resident of
tempted suicide on Friday
himself in the head with a
t is probable that he will re-
ondency was the cause of
which the unfortunate man
ned several times to perpe-
nan Catholic bazaar at Lon -
las been held there during
• ays in aid of the Cathedral
d, closed Saturday night,
,ed about $4,000. Great in-
cited by the contest for a
cane, Hon. Edward Blake
votes and Sir John Mae -
who will persist in selling
•t Nissouri contrary to the
ye to pay for the privilege.
rd, at Thamesford, handed
he other day by way of a
. McCartney, of the same
itted his guilt and got off
wderly, the head of the
abor, is known as an earn -
of total abstinence, and as
"boycotting" of the liquor
e working_men, and that all
e associates for this year
ly pledged to total absti-
art of the ceremony of their
lation.
es Carroll, formerly of Bid-
tarted a general store at
, the highest point in the
e of the Rocky mountains,
ts of a good winter's trade.
hat there has been a snow
'0• feet, and that residents
• by have witnessed several
Douglas, R. N. R., of Lou-
., is at Ottawa, representing
feldt Gun Company, and
,e trip for the purpose of in -
Dominion Government to
e of this. ordnance. He
erviews with Sir Adolphe
r Frederick Middleton. It
that the Department will
take any immediate action, as the esti-
matenadopted last session do ,not pro-
vide for any such purchase. 'Major-
deneral Middleton said: "The or-
deefeldt guns are now being adopted
the, English army. They are very ef-
fective, and I regard them .as greatly
superior to the Gatlings used in the late
rebellion."
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• —Railway Mail Clerk Walter I H.
Cousins, who does duty on the 6 a. m.
train leaving London for Suspension
Bridge, while getting off a train at Lon-
don East station, Saturday morning, slip-
ped on the platform and slid under the
train which was moving slowly. The
wheel struck his foot, so smashing it
about the instep as to make it necessary
to amputate it.
—It was first announced that •Dr.
Dowling was elected M. P. P. for Sputh
Renfrew by a majority of 3» A receunt
afterwards held before Judge Deacon,
gives Mr. McAndrew 9 of a majority.
Several ballots for Dr. Dowling, wrong-
ly initialled by deputy returning offi-
cers, were thrown out. A scrutiny will
probably be demanded. Poor DowIling
gains his political honors hard. He has
had four elections within as many years.
' —About six o'clock Tuesday moroing
the servants at the residence of A. F.
McIntyre, on Sandy Hill, Ottawa, put
the heating apparatus in operation as
usual. About twenty minutes later the
inmates were startled by hearing a great
noise in the kitchen, and on investigat-
ing it was found that the heating, pipes
had been frozen, and the force• of steam
had caused a genera t explosion. The
-cook, who was in the kitchen at the time
narrowly escaped fatal injuries. The
report of the explosion could be heard a
considerable distance. i
—A new $2 counterfeit' bill has' ap-
peared. in Montreal. It is pronoueced
the best counterfeit that has yet been
made. The bill is one of the Du erin
issue (with Lord Dufferin's pictut on
it.) The vignette is perfect, only the
face is a little too broad, and the fore-
head slightly contracted ; dots on the i's
are emitted in the words " Bilitish
America," amid the color of the back is a
very pale green, and the paper is slight-
ly poorer than that of the genuine bill.
It is payable in Alsintreal. The number
tzif the counterfeit its of series B. 1
—The Church of Ascension, - 'Hamil-
ton, was buttned to the ground on 'Sat-
urday night; only a portion of the tone
walls tied tlie to er being left start ing.
The organist went into the chamber at
the back of the organ to oil a part of the
bellows machinery which was creaking.
The organ took fire from his taper, and
though the firemen were promptly on
hand the whole edifice was soon in a ,
mass of ruins. There is an insurance of
$11,000 on the 'building, and the con-
gregatioi. is one of the most wealthy in
the city-. tk
—Mr. Samuel Carrell, a farmer and
drover from near London Ont., died at
the Crandall House, East Buffalo, on
Saturday morning, aged 18 years.
Shortly after midnight on December 4th
he entered a car containing his own cat-
tle, between Erie and Cleveland, for the
purpose of assisting a steer to regain its
footing; when he was severely hooked
by one of the animals. He was attend-
ed by Dr. Dorr, and received the best
of care, but from the first his recovery
was considered doubtful. He was un-
married. • The remains were returned to
friends at Landon.
—A brakeman on the Lake Shore
main line had a thrilling experience a
day or two since. The train had just
left Hudson, Michigan, and was run-
ning 25 mileean hour, when he fell be-
tween two cars. By chance he caught
the brake beam as he struck the ground.
He was partially disabled by the fall,
but clung to the beam desperately until
he reached Clayton, over five miles,
when his cries were heard and he was
rescued. His clothes were torn to
shreds by contact with the frozen
ground, his boot heels torn off and the
flesh of his legs badly lacerated. He is
all right now, and will be ready for
business shortly.
—At five o'clock last Thursday morn-
ing a terrific explosion occurred in the
new roller flouring mill at Carberry, on
the Canadian Pacific Railway, about
100 miles west of Winneptg. The ex-
plosion completely wrecked the building.
Ritchie, the miller in charge, was badly
burned on -the face and hands. Every-
thing was running as usual when the
fine dust flying about took fire, com-
pletely filling the building with flame.
Sonic heavy timbers of the mill were
thrown fully sixty feet. The mill was
erected only a year ago the building and
machinery costing $35,000. The loss
will be half that amount.
—Mr. John A. McAndrew, who on a
recount of ballots is declared to be the
member of the Legislature for South
Renfrew instead of Dr. Dowling, is a
pledged supporter of the Mowat Ad-
ministration. In his election address he
said: "I have always identified my-
self with the -Reform party, and have
no reason now to change my principles.
Thc Mowat Administration is, in my
opinion, entitled -to the support and con-
fidence of the people of this Province.
I am, however, not a blind partisan,
and if elected will not be a mere voting
machine in the hands of anyone. I shall
vote for no measure which will not, in
my judgment, be conducive to the best
interests of the Province."
—General Neal Dow, in a recent arti-
cle regarding the effect of the liquor
traffic on the business interests of the
country, says: No business can add to
the wealth of a community that earns
nothing; gambling twines earn noth-
ing; distilleries, breweries, saloons
earn nothing. They live on the earnings
of other industries and upon the wages
of other men's labor, giving in return
for what they obtain from them nothing
but poverty, pauperism, wretchedness,
crime, insanity, and premature death.
The entire sum spent for strong drink?
whatever it may be, is an absolute loss
to the community, as well as to the in-
dividual citizen, because no value is re-
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McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
ceived for it. The 000,000,000 spent in'
the nation annually for drink is a loss to
the country as entire as if that value
were destroyed by conflagration, ship-
wreck, cyclone, or earthquake. In either
case the property is gone, with no equi-
valent received for it.
,
—Mr. Justice Armour gave an im-
portaet judgment, regarding the Scott
Act, tit Osgoode Hall, on Monday, in the
'case of Queen vs. Heath. In December
last ti motion was made to quash con-
victiOt against the defendant for aiding
and abbetting in the sale of liquor con-
trary to provisions of the Canada Tem-
perance Act. The exact offence was
that he purchased the liquor as an eider
and abettor. The learned Judge is of
Opinitn that a purchaser is not an eider
and abettor, and he quashes the con-
viction. • It will be seen that if the pur-
chase of liquor sold unlawfully is an
offente punishable by conviction, the in-
former would be deprived of his streng-
eet weapon of attack, and prohibitory
meastres could easily be evaded.
—Thomas H. Johnsr, Assistanteorn-
inissitmer in the Crown Lands Depart-
ment at Toronto, died suddenly of heart
• diseaee on Saturday. He Was • in his
• usual health and spirits on Friday, but
felt enwell during the night and on
Saturday while changing his pos-
ition on the lounge, where he lay, at
4.30 p. ne, he fell back dead. He was
born in Caledonia in 1810, and before
• Confederation represented Prescott for
,
sevee years in the Old Parliament in the
Conservative interest. • Subsequently he
was !appointed a Stipendiary. Magis-
trate„ and he discharged the duties of
this important office until his removal
to Toll -onto, 17 years ago. Here be en-
tered' into the position in the Crown
Landis Department that he held at the
time I of his death. He leaves behind
him ft widow, four grown up sons, and
four daughters. He wasene of the fore-
most! members of the Spadina-avenue
Methodist church congregation. He
was 1T7hey
efatornsoowfing
age.• despatch from Win-
nipeg: shows the dangers of travel
thratigh the Rockies in winter even in a
Canadian Pacific Railway Car : The
Pacific express due at Winnipeg from
the 'West on Saturday evening did not
arra- till Sunday 'evening, and then in
t
a rat ier demoralized condition of ventil-
ationt The windows of all the cars on
one 4de as well as the stovepipes were
broken, which was done by a falling tree
between Kamloops and Donald, British
Columbia. The train was delayed by a
snow' slide east of Donald. Fortunate-
ly fot the passengers the slide was not a
great qne, but while the majority of
thent remained under but a few minutes,
the rest did not escape so lightly. One
of them. was buried entirely out of sight
for one hour and thirty-five minutes be-
fore a gang of searchers came across him.
When brought to the light he was re-
moved in a very weak and semi -frozen
condition to a car, and with proper at-
tention soon revived from the shock.
—We clip the following item from the
Picton Times. The hero of it probably
had a, little more on board than he could
very well manage: A man named year -
horn, from' Sophiasburgh, made a ;very
peculiar mistake a few nights since! -He
started home late at night and took his
horse from the hotel shed. Be drove it
out on the street and tied it up and then
went into one of the hotels for some-
thing. When he came out he forgot
about his horse and went back td the
-shed to get it. He found only onm rig
in the shed and drove it off, away down
the High Shore road home. The owner
of the missing rig soon discovered the
loss- and after a few enquiries started
with -a livery for Milford in search of his
rig. , He failed to find it in Milford and
returned to Picton, instituted farther
inquiries, and started for the hone of
the real culprit. Meanwhile the latter
had driven home and having found out
his mistake drove back to Piston by an-
nother road. He left the rig where he
got it and drove his own horse 'towards
home. He had gone but a shortdig-
tamfrom town when he met the owner
of th missing horse returning after an-
otheil fruitless search. Ile man from
Soninasburgh finally put up ten dollars
to p4 for the livery hire and the trbyble
incurred, and went home a sadder and
wiser man.
—About e year ago a laborer, living
in Centre Quebec, left his wife and
family to join the force of men who an-
nually go into the Gatineau region to cut
lumber. When he came -back last spring
he did not return to his first love, hut
remained in Ottawadoing odd jobs
about the Chaudiere in the daytime,
and courting a fair young widow during
the evenings. A few months ago he
was Married to the object of his atten-
tions, find since then, until last Satur-
day, his latest matrimonial Scheme ap-
peared to be a decided success. On
Saturday the first wife put in an ap-
pearance. Going to his domicile she
met wife No. 2, whet was told the whole
story, and the two women made up
their :minds that the destroyer of their
happiness should suffer., Calmly and
patiently they waited the hour when
the husband should return to his even
ing meal, and as he entered he was some-
what surprised to receive a; blow from a,
broomstick held in the heeds of wife
No. 2, while wife No. I followed it up
with P. cut on the right cheek with an
axe. : Of course he succumbed and
begged for mercy, but none was shown
until after a sound thrashing had been
administered, when the women together
left the home never more to return. A
physician was called, who dressed the
wounded man's cuts- and bruises and it
is thought he will recover, although
i
seriously injured. ,
- —Mrs. James Matthews, a woman of
excellent repute and good character,
about 45 years of age, the wife of a! pro-
minent mechanic of Tilsonburg, and the
mother of a large family, attempted to
dommit suicide Friday under singular
circumstances. Mrs. Mathews' husband
is a carpenter, and prominent enough
among his townsem to have been at the
recent municipal elections' a candidate
for, councillor, but was defeated. Fri-
day morning he went to his work as
usual, but was summoned home shortly
after 10 o'clock by the intelligence that
his wife had cut her throat. He hurried
home and found her lying upon the bed.
in her own mem with an ugly gash
across her throat and a bloody razor
neer by. The unfortunate woman had
put the dinner on the stove, and had
then proceeded upstairs and deliberate-
ly endeavored to complete her own de-
struction. As soon as the blood had be-
gun to pour from the self inflicted wound .
she became frightened, and her screams
attracted a young son, who alarmed the -
neighb,,ts and brought assistance. Three
doetors were summoned; but it is con-
sidered impossible for her to live, as the
windpipe and other organs were severed
and she suffered a great loss of blood.
No cause can be assigned for the act.
The family is much respected in Tilson-
burg.
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Perth Items.
—Every ward in Mitchell gave a Con-
servative majority at the late Provincial
elections.
—Alderman Gordon distributed a
whole carcase of beef among the Strat-
ford ;poer on the day before Christmas.
—The libel suit of Mr. Hogg against
the St. Marys Argus is to be tried at the
London assizes this week.
T—Mr. D. Holmes, one of the oldest
coedits:tots on the Grand Trunk Rail-
way, is laid up ith erysipelas in Strat-
_ford.
'—Upwards of thirty electors refused
to, vote for either Mr. Dougherty or
Mr. McClay at the recent municipal
elections.
—The name of one of the candidates
for municipal honors in Stratford was
left off the ballot paper by mistake, and
the error was not discovered mita the
polls were epee a couple of houts.
—The county of Perth Sabbath school
convention will take place in the town
of. Listowel, on the 9th and .10th of
February. Au interesting programme
is in course of preparation, and the con-
vention is expected to be the best ever
held in this county.
—St. Marys will have two former resi-
• dents in the Local Legislature, Mr. G.
-B. Smith, who was elected by the im-
mense majority of 800 for tett York,
and Mr. Ingram, son of Mr. Joseph In-
gram, who was returned as the labor
candidate for East Elgin.
—Mr, Wire Robertson, an extensive.
and wealthy manufacturer of Pennsyl-
vania, has been spending the holidays in
Stratford, the guest of his old friend Mr.
John - Corrie. Mr. Robertson was a
well-known citizen of Stratford a little.
over 20 years ago.
—The Mitchell Recorder gives us the
following: A good Tory of the north
ward inquired if it was on account of
Mowat's return that the week of prayer
was being held. Even the Tories, you
see, have a proper idea of the,greatest
temporal blessing that has been bestow-
ed upon the Province.'
—Three St. Marys ladies were among.
the exhibitors of nate at the Art Loan
Exhibition in London a couple of weeks
ago. Among the figure or historic pie -
tures' the work of Miss Moscrip took a
first place. Mrs, G. H. MeIntyre's
flower piece was not excelled, the papers
say,in the entire collection, for brilliancy
of color and light. Miss Moore had also
a very beautiful flower picture.
1 -t -A young man named Wm. Card-
well met with a severe accident on
Monday forenoon of last week, in the
Grand Trunk Railway yard at Strat-
fOrd. He was in the act of coupling to-
gether two engines, when an iron bolt
was driven clean through his right arm
between the elbow and shoulder break-
ing the limb and making a very bad
wound.
—An occurrenoe of a rare and danger -
os sort happened in St. Marys -on Sun-
day evening last, by which a young
couple narrowly escaped serious injury,
if not sudden death. -It appears that a
young man named Mead, of Nissourt,
who was accompanied by a young lady,
had just driven from a side street
to the main road, in the west
ward, when along came a rig driven
at a furious rate by one Nogles,
and before Peed cou:d get out of the
way Nogles' horse was prostrate of his
cutter, and in e few minutes later had
passed over it with cutter and contents
following. No person received injury,
and it was miraculous, from the fact that
the cutter passed directly across the
other in the vicinity of the dash, Mead's
cutter was completely demolished, while
that of Nogles' was but slightly injured.
—Thefollowing is a list of the suc-
cessful candidates for admission to Mit-
chell High School. The minimum num-
ber of marks to pass 378: Lillie Babb,
• Mitchell; 431; Agnes Broderick, Mit-
chell, 391; Mary Casson., Mitchell, 462;
Lizzie Corcoran, Dublin, 44; Annie
-Doherty, 6 Logan, 467; Mary Douglass,
8 Logaq, 383; Lizzie Dow, 2 -Hibbert,
405; Chtissie Dow, 2 Hibbert, 404;
Lillie Elliott, Fullerton, 530 ; Minnie
Engels, 9 Mornington, 491; Louisa Fan -
son, Mithhell, 459; Edith Gerry, 2 Hib-
bert and Mitchell, 468; Nellie Hata--
ten, 2 Ellice, 380; Susie Hamilton, 2
Ellice, 390 ; Mary Hendry, Mitchell,
381; Ellen Kemp, 2 Hibbert, 539; Ellen
Laing, Mitchell, 396; Lizzie Laing, Mit-
chell, 370; Jennie Lester, Mitchell, 380;
Nellie II,ynch, Mitchell, 409 ; Jessie
Meehan ; Mitchell, 422; Maggie Mc-
Laren', 383; Jennie Roy, 6
Logan, 430; Cora Sanders, Mitchell,
506; Mabel Taylor, Fullartonit 484;
Georgina Watson, 2 Hibbert, 382; Car-
mine Walker, Mitchell, 406, Lizzie
Waugh, 8 Logan, 408.; Fred BabbeMit-
ehell, 385 ; George Bald, 3 Ellice, 387 ;
Gilbert qampbell, Fullerton, 420 t John
Clu low, fitchel1, 379: Blake Durrant,
6. Fullerton, 412; Benjamin Gerry, 2
Hibbert and Mitchell, 423; Win. Hart,
Fullartola 4136; Amos Martyn, Fuller-
ton, 384 tWin. Stoneman, Mitchell, 404 ;
Wm. Waugh, 9 Logan, 426; Louis
Wood, Hullett, 477.
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