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The Huron Expositor, 1887-09-16, Page 1:att like and !wretetheeof kLI.NQ LY-rE Y EST V-Attls ear earlaa z,EST ci Elegaae OO 4stles, "hese et, NE -se -Teel REST, ellEAtEn. ER CG HOUSE, UL, ETEENTH YEAR. OLE NUMBER 1,031. 11 SEAFORTH 4E1=11 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1887. Les, spent San- Lylor and his sh has been on ss, but he is Thos. Gibson in the Metho- ling, and his iated.—Quite neighborhood games at late of Kluge- s and mantle rooms aver A. a had a long ne will he able Lerican styles, fits, and\ we rho was mar. in Brooks, re- - erresideneeon a they were with a big ton is drawing ith a tractions Lefair and Min 'ding Clinton adop, of For )ending a few er William the covering from while coupling Gee. SW9.11.3011 fair buildings, , sts and cuthis (alasequenee of his house. He mkt be eirpect- tee him around .;.--One of the ,rs, that has ever a on Thursdah eldest daughter , was anited_in roan Wilson, of Ure performed church. The and numerous, and esteem in was held. The noon train fore oneymoon. ;sea Jennie and been for airline Goderich, left 'd. They have - teal there with S. We heartill peo,pie of Brante is Brantford's active SundaY re the- sale and insionary school.; er seemed tired ting slip an op- te distressed and e, in providing ; those desgtute faces and genial t'only in Chris - he social circle, 'in McBride, of ;ed last week for ;, and the case rn, was fined PO -qr. Philip anit, te present at the vay and did 110t as partly tried. inaeistrate not that the train ' non-appearanco the stated hour ;dal, What aibel ',judges are u° .. McBride beg lati opened mit u )11.1 stead, wherif 6-eeks, lie dyes him, and makes le Clinton P&P' Dixie WtktionY 'Regina, left for Before she re: for a Gedearieuff tunity- a heara) kfurcu Lonon d.on oals to one. riel'e_1' rt goal- 1-r; 01 in getting toe as goals in sti ea/netlike ie. own- by th° eer 631 66 Winter PA.ILLINERY Opened & Ready for Inspection & Sale. Dress Goods, trimmings In all the latest designs. antles and Ulster Cloths. We never before had. such a complete stock. Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery, Frillings, Ribbons, But- tons, etc., in all varieties. Underclothing, Mantles, Shawls, Flannels, BlarilK-- ets, &c., At the very lowest prices at the Cheap Cash Store Hoffman & Co. DOWN AMONG THE BLUE -- NOSE 1 SEAFORTH, Agents for Butterick's Reliable Pat- terns, Sheets ,and Books of the latest styles. —An old man, who has not yet been identified, dropped dead in an eating • house in- Toronto about six o'clock Set - WHAT 1 SAW IN NOVA SCOTIA, A second Letter by H. N. in the Str Beacon. i SOME OF THE LEADING TOWNSi [ The railway from Truro to P 4ou runs north-easterly and, passes through some deep rock cuttings, and, for mike parallel, to the §almon river. The latter in the course of ages has cut for itself a deep rocky channel. The fade of the western bank is high, angular and seamy, showing the dip of the different strata of rock of which it is composed. Intet- esting not only to the mere traveler, but to the geologist, it must read a strange • 1 tierd chapter of the earth's early Iistory. Touching the head waters of West river, and the eastern extremii y L the Cobequid range on the left, e soon reach Stellarton. The country is dotted with whitewashed farm houses th land decidedly rolling and every prdspect pleasing. To the left, on an ineuce, stands an insane asylum, a large, white, wooden structure. Stellarton is grow- ing rapidly. A 'region of coal -mining industry, everything seems to be af the 1 coal, coaly. Next, New Glasgow co a noisy, black, coal-besme al lively town of 5,00 bristling with manufactori es into view red, but with, inhabitants, s of furniture', „ iron, steel and glass, etc., klarkening the air with the smoke' of their furnaces. This is one of the most important to ns in the Province. While its neigh or, Pictou, has increased since '671 f om g 3,000 to 4,000 in population, Gla,s oyv in the same tithe has gained by 3,000..It is situated on the east balnk of the East river, which is navigable to its Mouth, some eight miles, and wats noted at one time for its ship-buildiag. Onward to Pictou landing, on the south-east side of the harbor. Near this is the new coal- ing station -for vessels., The harbor is four miles long and 'Wei wide, safe and commodious, completelyi locked by the - land, which rises up bold, ly in nearly all directions. Three lax& rivers debouch from the south—the Eat, Middle, and West; the latter two 'are not navigable. Pictou stands on a pretty !sloping site, facing the south, but a nearer view re- veals a great many grey hairs in her head. In former years she was "a mart of nations," but now " Ichabod" is writ- ten _in very large capitals on her every lineament—her glory has verily depert- ed. Where are now the gallant ships urday night. He ordered a bowl of that once, made her harbor resemble_ a two or three slaves aeleast, but happily, the institution of slavery never took root on this soil. Seven years after- wards about 190 Highland settlersar- rived, followed soon by several ship- loads. The Highland immigrants continued arriving until about 1830. Several were disbanded soldiers who had served in India against Tippo Saib, and got grants of land, some 50,000 settling in Pictou County, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. The country was largely G;i.elic, but at present it is scarcely spoken The last Gaelic sermon preach- ed in Ilictou-was less than a dozen years ago. !These settlers brought many curious relics, such as old arms that had figured in the risings of 15 and 45; some brought stone hand -mills for grind- ing grain. They named places after their various distr as Glengarry, Loc Young Pictou, pea soup and was commencing to sip it when he fell off the seat, expiring in a few moments. The remains were taken to the morgue. The man was dressed in a dark suit and appeared to be a me- chanic in not very affluent circunastances. He had an iron -grey beard and in his pockets were $1 03, a handkerchief and e pair of spectacles. There was no name or clue to his identity. —Mr, M. M. Elliott, postmaeter of Brampton, died suddenly at the Forks of the 'Credit on Saturday. He left home in the morniiag in apparent health to transact seine business at his quarry, and immediately after dinner he was suddenly struck with paralysis, which terminated fatally at 9.30 p. ea Mr. Elliott was born in Brampton, and was highly respected by all who knew him. lie was the originator of the Brampton water works system and carried it to a successful completion throu* almost overwhelming opposition. was a member of St. Paul's Methodist church, and to him. is largely due the credit of its erection. He was councillor for sev- eral years, reeve and mayor for three years, and was appointed postmaster fifteen years ago upon the resignation of Ur, K. Chisholm. He was a prominent Mason, First Past Principal of St. John's and. St. Andrew's Chapter, To- ronto, and a Pastmaster of Ionic Lodge, of Bramptan. Union Forever Beelaimed the customer who found how splendidly forest of masts? The merry • '1 o, heave oh," of the sailor scarcely ever breaks the stillness of her waters. Her ship -building is gone with her forests. The sound of the workman's hammer again is music indeed. Her very side- walks dilapidated, her houses built flush with the street, some falling o# the per- pendicular. Stagnation has taken the place of former activity, . her market building even falling into decay.! A one storied, small, octagonal, wooden struc- ture, it is now a court for e-w1S, full of doleful creatures. In its !ruined stalls the satyr plays hide-and-seek, and cries to his fellows. Yet she has somefine buildings. Several churches and nejv court house adorn her slopes. Neat the station stands the new customhouse. There is also a fine academy, one of the oldest in the Province, Which has done good work in the past. There 8XO a few industries, prominent the "tanning company limited," an iron foundry, tobaceo and woolen manufactories. Pictou contains a jail(?) built before Napoleon went to rusticate in Elba. To the inhabitants who dsvelt in a bark - covered shanty, doubtless, 'L this building, as they say here,would be .4lgraund alto - ether;" it is a wooden affair built on a stone basement. Externally, it might pass for a small barn in Ontario, and in- ternally it is as well adapted for the par - pose for which it was intended as it is 'for the cabin of an Allan liner. I eeill not attempt to describe its atrocidus appearance, as I know of nothing to compare it to in the heavens above Or the earth beneath. -Yet it has done duty for 74 years. • Pictou boasts of giving two Professors to Canadian colleges, viz., Dawson, of McGill, and Grant, of Queen's College, -Kingston, besides judges, 'missionaries to the Cannibal Islands, and scores of others who are known through the length and breadth of the cpntinent. There are no exports worth mention- ing unkss freestone, of which commodity there is an inexhaustible supply and of the best quality. There is a new, rail, way branch along by the West river, undergoing construction'; the harbor is spanned on the west by its bridge built on pies; great expectations are ha- dulged in over the benefit that will ac- crue by this new string to their bow, but from what I have seen I think' there is an -over-estimate of its value. Al- ready country stores are cropping up all along the line, cutting off many little streams of commerce that formerly found their way into the town. There grown in this caunty for home c is another, the "Short Line," for which time Hereagain Ontario and three different surveys • have been ad- EdWard Island supply the lack,t ready made within the last six years. er principally oatmeal. Th e is to start directly from The hemlock trees are nearly all cut sold at go to I have (about y miles cts lair the Highlands, broom, Lochalsh, &c. as presented to a visitor from the w st, appears to be full of joyous life, a fine healthy glow on the countenances of all; while the number of dark -eyed people seen ithrough the country generally is amazing.- Picnics and pleasure parties from their fre- quency appear to be very much ap- preciated. Why not? The glorious water, the delightful breezes, and the sunny tree -dotted slopes would tempt even an anchorite from bis "cell "-,— even the Indian enjoys his day out to "Indian Island." ROW TREY DO THEIR FARMING. To give some idea of farming here, I Will first describe the process of clearing the ground. The land is terribly rough, the trees and, underbrush so dense that it is a puzzle how a rabbit can wriggle through. This is equally true of the plain and -mountain. I shall speak of both in general terms, for the same style of farming is peculiar to both. By dint of hard work one man can chop about three acres during a winter. Every tree is cut up into lengths to enable four men to carry the pieces on hand -spikes; the branches are spread over the surface of the soil with the view of burning up the smaller ground -bush, and the whole cleared as best it can. This is sown with wheat and harrowed (?) in with hoes. This clearing and hoeing process is con- tinued until there are perhaps 60 acres out of a hundred -acre farm cleared. By the time the last is cleared, the greater portion is croppedto death and never restored by proper cultivation by this process: The farm and farmer are im- poverished. . He knows no way but•orte of farming and is generally too poor to purchase artificial manures, even if le possessed any knowledge of them. He knows as much' of summer fallowing pa he does of the song that Sappho sun!g. He simply plows, sews and learrows, ad treats to Providence for the rest. His farm .becomes a flower bed of noxibus weeds. He knows nothing of rotatior of crops, or restoring the exhausted soil by sowing clover .and plowing it down manure. That very useful implem the cultivator, to him is an unlin quantity. His theory is, "if I culti I exhaust the soil." Such an ing,en argument is irresistible,' and per nothing could better illustrate th umph of theory over experience. hayfield is frequently left unchange yeaxs 'until it will yield nothing McDEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. stranger always feels as if he were tres- passing, but meets with no trouble ex- cept from the " quatest dog in the world." In regard to the exodus referred to I was inforned by a man on Mount Dal- housie that 80 young people of his ac- quaintance that formerly lived within a radius of three miles, of which his place was the centre, had left and only four were residents now of the Dominion, the rest being in the "States." Here in some places the snow lies thirty feet deep, barring all egress for weeks together. The winter in the mountains lingers fully two weeks longer than in the neighboring lowlands. Though far ahead of Qntario for sheep raising, few are kept, and even some of, these fall a prey to bears. A reward of $5 is paid for the scalp of the latter'but few are killed, their lairs being in deep mountain gorges and difficult of access. A farm with good buildings and fences peculiar to the country, can here be bought for from $500 to $'750, but ifi more level districts a farm may cost from $1200 to $2000, but there , are no purchasers. Many farms are deserted entirely and. are more or less in " com- mons ' and relapsing into forest. The soil in the two Cariboo Islands (in Pictou county) would be considered fair in Ontario, and is enriched by the refuse of the lobster factories, of which more 'anon. Large quantities of this lobster refuse has been worked into com- post on the main land with excellent re- sults, shbwing that the soil is capable of a great deal. Near Pictou is situated Acadia farm, 320 acres, owned by a Mr. Donald Fraser, a gentleman who represented the county in parliament prior to Confedera- tion, and also the builder of the first railroad in Nova Scotia. On his farm may be seen fields of wheat, clover and timothy that would compare favorably with anything of the kind in Huron. He has brought a piece of swamp into cultivation which will apparently yield three tons of timothy to the acre, and there are thousands of acres of such land through the country which might be cultivated with equally satisfactory re- sults. Fruit is cultivated to a small extent, sufficient to show that certain varieties will succeed well with a fair chance, but this important source of wealth does not hold the place it deserves in the estima- tion of the people. The sea north of the Carriboo Islands was at one time swarming with lobsters. Some Americans discovered this source of wealth and established ten canneries, but the business has dwindled clown to two or three at present. Millions of these " creatures ' have been caught in traps set in the shallows. These traps are on the' same principle as wire fly- traps, and baited. The lobster finds his way in but forgets the combination and thus remains. The traps are visited twice daily by boats who gather them in, reset, and so on. This was a very flourishing industry at first, the lobsters were very large; some of heir shells measuring nine inches in length by five in breadth; now those caught are very small frY indeed. The north shore and Carriboo Islands abound with oysters, many of the shells measuring fully , nine inches in length. There is any amount of freestone here and in the county generally; on some farms enough to make a fortune were they only in Ontario. Edward licFaut —HAD UNITED THE— BEST QUALITY —WITII THE— LOWEST PRICE —IN— y Goodsi, M ineiy Readymade Clothing. THIS UNION Is Throughout the whole for nt, wn ate ous aps tri - His for but "brown -t p," something inferior, but equivalen. to our June grass, yie about a ton to three acres of gr This he laboriously secures and Li ding und. ys it is "grand altogether." But whe ever the soil gets h, If a chance it pro with proper cultivation to yield crop. One very intelligent young while looking at his hay -field, rem that "this is a very good crop for that has only been plowed once years." I relate this for the that it in a degree explains th satiefactory status of farming a tised in this part of the Do Very few sulky rakes have 30111 use yet. The old double -toothed ing variety, discarded in Ontario ter of a century ago, is -still in use here. • The farmer cannot raise sefficie dry year to winter hie few head of and he is then compelled to buy hay from Ontario. He general' but one horse and clubs forces neighbors in the spring, or hires he cannot afford to keep two all He sows again the seed grown u own farm for years, sometimes as the 150—and as I have seen in stance in 1877 upon the 21st—of His wheat does not ripen full field, and hese to be hardened grinding, bY artificial process possibly, from lack of phosphate soil, and owing to late sowing, t dark,slaty colored variety of fl makes bread darker than our ises fair man, rked field in 80 eason un- prac- inion. into evolv- quer- eneral. It in a. stock, bailed keeps it'll his one, as vinter. on his late as one In - June. • in the before This in the rns out ur, and brown vestigation into the matter, f ling sure that when the facts of the caseare laid before the Department of Fisberies the order of dismissal will be revolkd and he will be reinstated in hie former" position. 1 —Several farmers around Belmont ha - been swindled to the amount of $7, 00 by giving their notes for the Red Lion wheat. It appears that they were to have this wheat by the 1st of August, but the day has come and gone and still no wheat to the fore. —From one of our exchanges we see that Miss Fitzgerald, B. A., a graduate of Queen's University, and a gold 'medallist in classics, has been appointed principal of Drummondville high school. This is the first instance of a lady's be- ing appointed principal sf a high school in the Province of Ontario. —Dr. $ippi, the well-known musical professor of London, has been appointed by the Ontario Government to the posi- tion of burger at the London insane asy- lum, left vacant by the death of Mr. Thomas Shot. The salary is $1.200 a year with ire ideuce and fuel, and there IE were upwar s of 100 applicants. —Joseph lliott, of Claremont, On- tario, wise Acilled Wednesday of last week while Working about a scaffold at his son's residence. A falling plank struck' his bare head, knocking him down.' . His head struck on a stone when he fell. He lived about tea minutes after receiving the blow. He was about 75 Years old. Thursday and rendered insensible, con- cussion of the brain ensuing.. The doctor does not think the injuries will prove fatal. The assailant accused Francisco of being the cause of the spil- ling of a pail of oysters, and on the latter denying the charge the blow fol- lowed. —A ,report from the United States Consul., at Pictou Nova Scotia, says there a dangerous and contagious disease existing in Nova Scotia among cattle, horses and sheep which threatens the whole of Canada, and may spread to the United States. Telegrarns have been sent to the collectors of customs on the northeastern frontier notifying them of the existence of the disease, and until further notice to prohibit the entrance of cattle and hides into the United States from Nova Scotia. —Mr. Smith, Deputy Minister of Marine, who has just returned to Ottawa from a trip to the island of Anticosti, says there are about 350 people now resident on the island, arid that Mr. Stockwell, the owner, intends to put ep a fine house next year and to reside there. A number of Yarmouth, Eng- land, fishermen and curers have settled on the island this year, their intention being to go into the fish -curing business on a large scale. They will endeavor to make the Anticosti bloater as famous as the Yarmouth one. —The other day a Guelph youth named Albert Busselle was out shooting with a. companion. He was sitting on a log with the gun resting on his erne. By some means the fit -Elam discharged and recoiled with great force. The hammer tore into the flesh under the boy's arm, inflicting a frightful gash, —A young man giving his name as -Robert McCleish was arrested in Mon- treal Saturday morning on the peculiar charge of attempting to kidnap a three months old infant which was lying in which bled profusely. He walked home bed by its mother's side when the ac - —three miles—and did not acquaint his cused cooly opened the window and en - parents of the accident till three hours deavored to make off with the infant. after his arrival. He lost a great deal He was remanded for trial. —On the 27th of June Mrs. Janette of blood, but under the doctor's care will probably .recover. Greville, of Montreal, eloped with a man —On Saturday night of last week a named Louis Brenout. The misguided. woman, who was 45 years old and the mother of ten children, was traced by her husband to Detroit, where she was found living with Brenout as man and wife. Brenout fled on Greville's ap- pearance accompanied by two officers, and he forgave his wife and took her hoine with him. —A lady in Toronto has patented a method of making thistledown into a merchantable material. The machine in question grasps and binds the thistle - heads, causing these to spread out int a ball which may be shaved to imitate plush or left natural. This material in its natural state resembles raw silk. Milliners' ornaments may be made out of the thistleheads under this process. bread but withal very palatable../ Most farmers have to buy some Ontarlo flour., I am ipformed that Pictou County alone' purchases at least 15,000 barreld during the year. There is not enou h oats nsump- Prince e form - Moncton, I think, running by the down, the bark stripped off an north shore, to connect with that to "the tanneries." The proceed Cape Breton. This, it is claimed, will buy flour and other necessaries. shorten by three days a voyage to the frequently seen cart loads of bar old country from the western world. half a cord) hauled over twen Canada'. The Canadian Pacific, it is rumored, is endeavoring to secure control of the Windsor hotel in Montreal. —Jolin Plummer, a Grand Trunk baggage man, had his head crushed while coupling cars in the yard at Windsor Thursday of last week. He is seriously, if not fatally injured. —P. C. Pape, a new member of the Toronto police force, was ducked in a horse trough by roughs Monday night of last week. He subsequently captur- ed one of his tormentors named Francis Flynn. —A number of false 25 cent pieces have -recently been introduced into Mon- treal. They have a good ring, but the centre of one side of the coin is slightly indented, and it is larger and heavier than the genuine quarter. —A young man named Patrick Ryan, of Port Colborne, working on one of Dunbar's dredges, was killed last Friday by falling in the canal between the dredge and scow., The two coming to- gether caught Ryan's head, crushing it and killing him instantly. —On Wednesday of 'last week two Toronto ladies, who were out rowing near Lorne Park, were blown out into the lake and have not been heard of since. It is supposed they were drowned. —Dr..Miller, a surgeon in the North west Mounted 'Police, committed suicide at Battleford on Tuesday of last week by blowing out his brains with a Snider rifle, which he exploded with his toe. He was undoubtedly insane. —Messrs. McKenzie & Son, who have been importing horses to M,anitoba, in- tend, says the Call, to try the experi- ment of shipping native horses and bronchos to Ontario. They made their first shipment on the 2nd instant from Brandon. ing was completely demolished, not even the walls remaining. The entire tannery, shoe factory and belling factory, the pro- perty of Mr. Porter, besides the two tenement houses, were completely de- stroyed-. lhe factory was very complete and included the most modern machin- ery. Over three hundred hands are thrown out of employment by the fire, and the loss is estimated at between two and three hundred thonsand dollars, which it is believed is only partly cover- ed by insurance. Mr. Porter was on a trip to Toronto at the time of the fire and wai telegraphed for. —The attendance at the Induetrial Exhibition at Toronto on Monday, which was citizen's day, was nearly 50,- 000. —W. J. Smeaton,- a Napanee mer- chant, on Sunday night last was walk- ing along by the Parliament buildings on Front street, Toronto, when he was attacked and knocked down by two memwho robbed him of a gold watch and some smell change. A Grand Trunk employe, named Thicken, appeared on the scene and the robbers. decamped. before they succeeded in finding a roll of $140 in cash which Mr. Smeaton had in an inside pocket. —Superintendent White, of the Cana- dian Pacific Raieway, told a St. Paul reporter the other day that if the Red River Valley road were built his com- pany intended to make a big rednction. It has been stated on outside authority that the intention had originally been to .make a reduction of eight cents per bushel instead of 21, as actually made 'By the blocking of the Red River Val- ley Railway this season, the Dominion Government is depriving the farmers of - the Province of $500,000 really their due and handing it over to the coffers of the monopoly. —A man named John Bilham, about 30 years of age,' was arraigned before the Police Magistrate at Toronto Tues- day of last week, at the instance of County Crown Attorney Badgerow, on a charge of bigamy, to which he pleaded not .onilty, and. was remanded t� Monday. °The prisoner is a recent arrival from Scarboro, England. A iort time ago he went to Stouffville, here he won the affections of an inno- c nt and respectable named Sadie raham, -daughter of Greggston Graham, _ tinsmith. The two were married at Toronto on the 2nd of July last, and hved happily together until a. few days ago, when the bride discovered that her husband had a wife living in Engrand. The discovery,led to an immediate prose-- cution, and the prisoner puts in a plea that while he did marry in England, his wife had a heaband living when he mar- ried. ber, and that therefore the contract was not binding. —The _Department of Customs at Ottawa has been apprised of a pretty smart trick which has just been played on the American authorities :by the captain of the Alfred Adams, a British Columbia sealing schooner. The Adems was seized in Behring Sea last month by the United States Revenue cutter Rush, and her sealskins and fishing tackle taken away. A prize crew was put on board, and the captain ordered to navigate the schooner to Sitka. The captain seemingly obeyed for a time, but having parted company with the un- savory Rush, and knowing from past ex- periences of other sealers the treattnent he would get in Alaska, coolly headed the Adams for Victoria, British Colum- bia, where she arrived a few days ago. The prize crew could. do nothing to com- pel the captain to proceed to Sitka, as it is understood to have consisted of only two men, and the crew of the Adams not having been rernoved was too strong for them. —On Monday night James Enrington, aged. about 19 years, only son of Mr. Robt. Ellrington, of Drummondville, went with two or three others coon hunt- ing. They treed a COOD, and this young man -resolved to climb the tree and dis- lodge the animal, but, to the horror of his companions, poor James fell to the - ground from the height of 40 or 50 feet, and, of course, never spoke another word. He lingered till noon on Tues- day, and theh died. 'About the time James Ellrington expired a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. John Trice, next door to where the above young man was taken when the accident oc- curred and where he expired. Mr. Trice entered the dwelling to try and secure, as it is thought, his cash box, containing, it is said, over $200, but the unfortunate man neither saved himself nor money. He was so badly burned that he only lived about two hours after the accident. He leaves a widow and, two children to Mourn their sad loss. • —About • half -past three o'clock Monday afternoon, at the Toronto Exhibition during the most excit- ing part of one of the contests in the ring, the extraordinary weight upon the upper part of the stair at the Zoo which leads to the top of the bears' pit caused the supports to yield, and the " stair gave way with a terrible crash, precipitating more than a score of people in a screaming, struggling mass. The majority extricated themselves un- injured, but ten were found to be more or less hurt; Of these, three were able to leave as soon as they were taken out of the ruins. The others were taken as tenderly as possible to an improvised bed of straw near by and messengers were sent among the crowd to bring - whatever doctors could be found. Dr. Barrick. and Dr; Moorehouse aeon ar- rived -and examined the patients. The result of a hurried examination indi- cated that the injuries were not serious except that of one young girl whose , thigh was broken. —Mrs. Jonathan Wilkinson, wife of the proprietor of the St. Thomas Times, died last Friday morning. She was a resident of Hamilton in 1871 and 1872, when her husband was publishing the Standard. Mrs. Wilkinson suffered from an affection of the liver, which caused blood -poisoning. She was a fine- looking, thorough business woman, and had a large circle of acquaintances. --Henry Pearce, of Montreal, who has done business in importing Birming- ham jewelry into Canada, has had his last consignment, valued at over $12,- 000, seized on the ground of alleged undervaluation to the extent of from 50 to 75 per cent. Wholesalers say the market has recently been flooded with this kind of goods slaughtered at figares which renders competition impossible. Pearce denied the undervaluation. —A young man named Elias Moore, As it is now hanging fire foisix years for this purpose, the trees eing made —Between two and three hundred and Pictou to be enriched by it, why ieCr into log -fences, or more genera ly left people were rendered homeless, and it not pushed ahead '? Not being a to rot on the . ground. This i about many destitute, by a conflagration in politician, I will hazard no conjeclure: the last of Pictou's famous lu bering the village of Newburg on Wednesday f last week. The total loss is esti- serious accident happened to Mr. George Pitt, jeweler, Dundas street,' London. °A young man came into his store and called for some article that was being repaired. He tendered a bill as payment.- As Mr. Pitt's back was turned to make the change the young man grabbed the bill and started to run away. Mr. Pitt made a hasty chase for his money and in doing so he slipped at his door, falling very heavily and dislocating his shoulder. He was taken home in a cab. The fel- low who caused the trouble was brought back and made to settle. He claims the whole affair was a mistake. —A 16 -year old youth, named Edward ho lives at Galt, was arrested' at the Thorne,fillion Station, Toronto, on Satur- day afternoon on a charge of vagrancy, his joking propensities having got him into trouble. He went to the station wearing a false moustache, and several people who noticed this mentioned the matter to the detectives. They took the youth into the station agent's office and on searching his pockets found abu'lldog revolver loaded to the muzzle and over $73 in cash. His story is that he was on a visit from Galt, wher he attends the nle Collegiate Institute, nd went to the station to meet a co panion donning the false moustache to see if 'he would be recognizable. He was detained in the Court street cell over night, and on Sun- day morning was sent to gaol. —The Canada Atlantic Railway Com- pany is having all its first-class cars fit- ted with the incandescent electric light. Each car will be lighted with eight lights, with one Oil each platform out - of Crowland township, died on Friday sthideelitghhetesaorn. thWe ph leant fao rtraininwwill notinrnboeti oi lit, of of last week, from the effects of a pecu- . . liar accident. Moore was standing near his horse when he touched it with his hayfork, and the animal kicked vicious- ly, the hoof striking the fork, which re- bounded and struck Moore a terrific blow in the side. The unfortunate young man lived but three days after receiving the injury. —A _statement of the public debt of the Dominion on August 31 was issued by the Finance Department on Friday of last week. -The total gross debt on that date was $273,029,561. The assets amounted to $44,535,100,1eaving the net debt $228,494,461. The increase on the net debt since . June 30 is $3,467,699. The expenditure on capital account to June 30 was $5,411,045, and the expenditure in July and August was $1,628,199, making a total of $7,039,244. —The lobster factoriee in northern New Brunswick, not finding their usual Vocation so profitable as formerly, are this summer working night and day in canning blueberries. The canners pay two cents per pound for the fruit, and each can holds one pound. Blueberries canned are in increasing demand as an article of commerce, and the St. John's Globe declares the fruit keeps its flavor well and rarely spoils when canned with ordinary care. —Two bills for injunctions against the Red River Valley railway have been filed in Court at Winnipeg in the name �f the Minister of Juttice. Chief Jus- tice Wallbridge indicated on Saturday that the Browning case would be dis- missed. The Manitoba Government have raised money enough to pay the contractors $100,000 and to release the rails at Montreal, but efforts to float the bonds in New York and Montreal have failed. —In the steeplebhase at the Niagara racecourse on Wednesday of last week Joseph Warder was riding Lucy Light- foot. The mare stumbled after taking one of the jumps, bringing her rider and ESTABLI s HIMENT great deal of wealth, possibly it does Some of the farms in the mountains, mated at $200,000 to $2.50,000, eath only cien mariners reside year after, year, roads winding protective cruiser " Vigilant ''''ho was lungs. He lived but a few minutes It is claimed that Pictou possesses e business. b•ut there is nothing ip the exterrial Owing to the " wash," have large spaces small insurance. b the Department after the accident. The body will be but as soon as the train arrives a a station the conductor by pressing a but- ton, lights the illuminant on the plat- forms, thus affording abundant oppor- tunity to passengers corning from a well - lighted car to see their way out of the train without any danger of accident. The power required for running the dynamo which supplies the electric cur- rent will be obtained from the loco- motive. The first train in Canada to be lighted by ekctricity will run between Ottawa and Montreal. —County Constable Anderson, of Wentworth, has succeeded. in breaking up a gang of Dundee boys Who made frequent visits to the township of Bever- ly and burglarized farmers' residences. The gang was originally composed of five members. After burglarizing the residence of Abraham Betzner they split. Three of then' were found guilty /sad sent to the reforrnatory for four years. Wm. Atkins and Jas. Mills, the other two, were not arrested at the same time. They ccntinued on with their work, and broke into the residence of Wm. Smith on August 27th, taking a revolver with them. ° Constable Anderson arrested them in Dundas on Monday, and they were committed for trial by Mayor Gwyn. Wednesday of last week the youthful burglars were arraigned before Judge Sinclair. They both pleaded guilty. His Hoeor sent than to the re- formatory for four years. —At an early hour Saturday morning one of the most disastrous conflagrations that has been seen in Montreal since the great fire of 1852 broke out in the leather goods factory and tannery of Henry Porter & Co., on Visitation and Sher- brooke streets, in the east end of the city.. The buildings, which are substan- tial brick structures, three and four storeys high, formed a complete square. About a quarter past four the watchman discovered flames in the eastern portion of the building and sounded an alarm. A second alarm brought the whole bri- herself 'to the ground. Warder fell gade to the scene of the file, u t the underneath, and the weight of the mare flames had already made such headway ' that the buildings were doomed. The flames spread to the tenement houses in the neighboring street. Two large brick dwellings, four storeys in height and oc- cupied by sixteen families, were soon ablaze. The terror-stricken inmates fled in their nightclothes, and in a short while their horhes were in ruins. In all some twenty families, comprising about seventy persons, loet all they possessed. In a couple of hours the tannery build - appearance to lead to -that conchision; of bare rock. croppiTh ne up and enlerging --Mr. Hall, the officer of the fishery crushed in his ribs, which penetrated his Edward McFaul's A great many an around hills become in spring of torrents and are in many inst lapsing into a state of nature. to the depopulating process ` g the few people who remain are here, and in passing along the street the he beds receptly dismissedy salutation, "how do you do captain owing to occurenees at Souris, Prince frequently greets the eat. Edward Island, has given his version of ' ame of the matter. He says that he is the races re - Owing ing on, ot able POPULAR DRY GOODS, Pictou is supposed to be a n , Indian origin. The site for the town Millinery and Clothing House, I was chosen 99 years ago, though 21 yeers previously some score or so of victim of sensational journa ism, an by statute labor to keep them I repair. that the accounts telegraphed of his hav- Some of these roads are through fields„ ing been drugged and otherwise mobbed and perhaps a dozen gates have to be by Yankee sailors were grossly exagger- opened in the space of two miles. A ated. He intends to demand a full in - 1 Philadelphian families were the first to SEAFORTH, ONT. break ground. These settlers owned forwarded to Warder was shortly. —Mr. C. -B. his parents at London. to have been married Francisco, a young theo- logical student, was struck a violent blow behind the ear with a stick in the hands of a clerk in the Grand Trunk offices on Dundas street, London, last —A Farmere' Club has been organized in the west end of Tuckersmith, and several very successful meetings have already been beld. At the last meeting Mr. John McMillan, M. P., delivered a very able and exhaustive address in favor of Cormnereial Union, to a large and ap- preciative audience of ladies' and gentle- men.