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- Reeve. Conn-
. Kirkby and
el Proctor tak-
and Baseman,
ftriaiseal of the
lay night and
school meeting
ast week wag
John Gard.
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ciared Robert
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TW ENT Y -FIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,048.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANU
RY 1i, i88.
{McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
A _Merry Christmas
AND A
HappyNewYear
TO ALL.
We take great pleasure in tendering our hearty
thanks to all our numerous customers for their
liberal patronage extended to us through the
3 ear 187 and in this connection beg h ave to aik
the same support for the year 1888, and we
pledge our word for it, that -.ve will use our best
ability to put on our shelves and counters only
such goods that will stand the closest inspection
and at prices that will tempt all, who are in need
of any goods, to buy. And now last, but not
least, we wish to impress upon you that our
•4tock is too large to carry over, and taking into
consideration that we ha.ve had a good season's
business, we have decided to give our customers
and the public generally great value for their
money for the balance of this season, in all lines
of goods. A call is respectfully aolicited at the
Cheap Cash Store
—OF—
Hoffman & Co.
SEAFORTH.
NOTICE.—<•`'
terns, Fashion D
nts for Butterieks Reliable Pat
oks, Sheets, etc.
—A woman' w came to Montreal
from Beston'pret4 I to Have been
betrayed and dese ed by a man hom
she discovered to have seno previonsly
married, atid substantiating Mesteddieful
tale by apparently authenticated letters,
obtained the confidence of a good family
in Montreal. She was given full charge
by her too confiding friends, and a few
days ago while they were absent the
lady from the 1-Itib disappeared, taking
with her $200 worth of jewellery and
20 in cash.
—Mrs. Freelton, a Guelph . lady,
is at present visiting friends on Gerrard
street, Toronto. Saturday afternoou,
whileon the street, she noticed two men
following her, who shortly after sud-
denly attacked her. One of them
grabbed her by the throat, while his
companion snatched her parse and pulled
her watch chain, to which a small fob
-was attached, out of a small pocket in
her jacket, and was in the very act of
removing her earings when a gentleman
hove in sight and the ruffians took to
their heels, and though followed were
too fleet for their pursuers and escaped.
—Mr, John Flanigan, formerly
deputy -warden of the Kingston peniten-
tiary, died recently, aged 72 years. He
became an Orangeman in 1837, and hav-
ing remained in connection with the
order ever since was an active Orange-
man for over half century. He was
one of those who arranged the grand re-
ception there to the Prince of Wales in
1860. He was a mason for over 30
years, hattbeen Mayor of the city, war-
den of the county, and one of the most
influential Conservatives. He was a
brother of the late Colonel Flanigan, who
died recently in Detroit, and a warm
personal friend of Sir John Macdonald.
-Mr. O'Hagan, M. A., the talented
principal of the Mitchell High School,
assisted at an entertainment given in
Hamilton the other evening under the
auspices of the League of the Cross.
The press of that city speak highly of
Mr. O'Hagan's elocutionary powers. In
Dickens'" Death of Paul Dombey "he
made a decided impression, and in re-
sponse to a unanimous and hearty
.encore gave. Longfellow's " Excelsior
in fine style.
-On Monday, the 16th inst., Com-
missioner Combs will lead a big demon-
stration in the Stratford Salvation
Army barracks. All the officers of the
Stratford division, which includes Gode-
'rich; Mtchei1, Seaforth, Clinton, Varna
and St. Marys, will be present to lead
the attack. In the evening a banquet
will be spread, and a jubilee aud half -
night of prayer will take place after-
wards.
—On the 27th of October last, a most
uncalled for and rascally assault took
place in the township of Elma. A man
named Robert Soper charged Mr, Wm.
Keith with telling lies about him. Mr.
Keith denied this and was instantly
pouneed upon by Soper, who kicked and
beat him in a most disgraceful manner.
Soper has kept out of the road since,
but was apprehended a few days ago
and was tried before Justice Scott. The
Juetice, on hearing the evidence, fined
him 35 and costs, ($25 in alPe or thirty
days imprisonment.
---There was delivered during the past
season to the Avonbank cheese and
butter factory 2,572,529 lbs. of milk,
out of which was manufactured 241,991
lbs. of eheese, almost 121 tons, requiring
on an average 10.63 lbs of milk for 1 lb.
of cheese. The average price per lb
obtained was 10.3 cts., ine.king the total
amount received for the cheese $24,921.-
7d. The board of direetors for this
year consists of Messrs. Wm. Rodger,
Wm. Tier, James McVittie, Chas. Baird
and Alex Miller. Mr, Muir, of St.
John's has been engage!: A3 maker for
the coming season.
-FROM THE CAPITAL.
(From Our Own Oo respondent.)
0 TAWA, January 10.
The Fisheries Corn nission re -assem-
bled yesterday at W shington. Many
do not know what this fisheries business
really means, and an e planation in few
words will be of vs, ue. In the first
place the value of the roduct of Domin-
ion fisheries is somethi g over $18,000,-
000, and our fish ex ort trade totals
about $7,000,000. The number of boats
employed is 13,300, and the number of
t the industry is
se figures show.
8 the Americans
liege of fishing
fishermen 26,780. Th
of vast importance th
By the Treaty of 18
were granted the pre
along with British subjects on certain
coasts of Newfoundland, Labrador and
the Magdalene Islands. In the •seventh
article the United Sta es renounced for
ever any right to take dry, or cure fish
within three marine iles of any of the
coasts, bays or harbor of British Amer-
ica not included in th limits mentioned
above. In Prince Ed % ard Island, Nova,
Scotia and New Brun wick the Ameri-
cans reserved t� thei selves only the
privilege of landing fo the purposes of
shelter, wood and N ater, and for no
other purgiose_whatev r. This Treaty,
therefore; protected w at are called our
inshore fisheries. Repeated misunder-
standings led to negotiations which re-
sulted in the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854
opening the fisheries of both countries
on an equal footing in consideration of
certain commercial advantages granted
to Canada by the United States. The
latter power, however, ahtrogated the
Treaty in 1866 although it had worked
well. The next step was the Washieg-
ton Treaty of 1871 which accorded -equal
fishing privileges without regard to the
three mile limit. In part compensation
the American market was opened free to
Canadian fish and fish -oil, and the Hali-
fax Commission awarded $5,500,000
additional compensation to Canada.
The fisheries clauses of this Treaty were
abrogated by the United States in 1885;
and things relapsed into a system .of
seizures and forfeits. This is the state
of things at present, and provided no
new arrangement is agreed upon by the
Commission now sitting at Washington
it is thought they may at least define the
bearings of the renunciation made by
the United•States in 1818 What the
three mile, limit really comprises seems
to have been all along the chief bone of
contention.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
As Lord Lansdowne was appointed
Governor-General 18th of August, 1883,
his term will expire this simmer. -It is
the opinion here that all • statements
about his successor are premature.
Lansdowne is the fifth who has held the
office. He lives a quiet life, being seldom
seen outside his official quarters except
at the theatre or at church, for His
Excellency attends both , places. He
spends nearly every evening, however,
at Rideau Hall, as vice -regal etiquette
preciudes him from accepting invitations
to private houses.
SOME PHASES OF SOCIAL Lil•'E. -
Speaking of the theatre leads me to
say that no where else in America can
such fashionable looking audieuccs be
found as in Ottawa. A profusion of
bare -shoulders, backs and other portions
'of the anatomy appear in all their
charms,- and the escorts ere invariebly
in full dress, The civil service dude,
however, frequently appears alone, he
and his collar. r He is arrayed in the
veryebest his. confiding tailor will give
him credit for. Indeed, there are two
or three society pets who pay nothing
for their clothes, the advertisement they
give the tailor being considered clieaper
than a 'newspaper' 'advertisement. The
place where the Ottawa dude works is
known here as the House of Refuge; to
outsiders, as the Government buildings.
He never marries—cawn't afford it you
know,—and thinks more of the favor of
a married lady than of a maiden, how-
ever fair. He breakfasts at half -past
nine, and is compelled to work as late as
four. More of hiin anon.
.
ELECTION MATTERS
Election trials have yet to be held in
East Simcoe, Glengarry and Centre
Wellington. The petition against- Cas -
grain_ (Liberal) in L'Islet has been dis-
missed oh the six months ground. Mr.
Waldie, hiving been unseated for Hal-
ton, Mr. John Turner may possibly be
the Government candidate. Turner is
known to be desirous of representing
Halton, and claims to be county man as
he lives in Oakville. Mr. Waldiets
majority over David Henderson was 9.
Mr. Prior -will probably be elected for
Victoria, British Columbia, to the Com-
mons in place of . Mr. Shakespeare
appointed postmaster. By the way the
election of Mr. Humphries to the British
Columbia Legislature brings to mind
that his snccessore Mr. Stenhouse, has
gone to join the Morinone. The Ontario
bye -elections in Dundas and East North-
umberland are fixed for February 1st,
In Dundas, Dr. Chamberlain's (Liberal)
majority was 25, and in Northumberland
1 Dr. Willoughby's *(Conservative) was 51.
1 Mr. Whitney will again -oppose Dr.
1 Chamberlain, but Mr. Clarke takes the
1 place of Mr. Ferris in Northumberland.
The Conservatives of Carleton meet to-
morrow to choose's, candidate in place of
Sir John. Warden Dawson, (Conserva-
tive), ex -Sheriff Powell, (Independent
Conservative), and Mayor Stewart, of
Ottawa, are the names most prominent.
The fight will be to get control of the
convention, • as nomination means
election.
ILA v REFERENCEs. „
The Brockville, Westport and Sault
Ste. Marie Railway- has just been com-
pleted to Farmersville, County of Leeds.
It is proposed to extend the- Grand
Trunk Alidla.ncl east to Ottawa and for
that company to build the line on
through Russell and .Prescott, connect-
ing with Montreal. Most of those inter-
viewed in Ottawa favor a bonus. The
Ontario, .Mauitoba and Western Rail-
way Company will apply this session for
a charter to build a line from l'ort
Arthur t� Winnipeg. A British Colum-
bia railway asks fur power to coniseet
with American railways by ferry across
the Strait of Fuca. The Dominion
Government having discontinued the
mail service by steamer between Victoria
and San Francisco there is a big row in
prospect, as it is claimed this service was
one of the terms of union.
dile NEW SENATOR..
Hon. John Robson, Provincial Secre-
tary of British Columbia., has been called
to the Federal Senate. He was born and
educated at Perth, Ontario, and is
almost 64 years old. _Re married a
daughter of Captain John Longworth.
In British Columbia he is called a
Liberal.
DO YOU DRINK COEFEE ?
Dominion Analyst McFarlane is prose-
cuting his researches into the food and
drink sold to us with vigor. He has just
finished his exposure et the poor quality
of the milk sold in the Office, and in
formed me that he is having samples of
coffee collected from the various grocers
sent in to him. .
POSTAGE ON NEWSBAPEIL
On the best authority leca.n state that
the Postmaster -General has no idea of
re -imposing postage on bane tide news-
papers. He is trying to eorrect abuses
though. For instanice a prominent gun
dealer in Toronto issues a sporting pa-
per .with the -sole object of advertising
his weapons through the mails free...of
postage. The law was not 'intended to
be taken advantage of in this way, but
it is in a large number of eases.
OUR CANAL SYSTEM.
•
The Trent Valley Canal Commission,
consisting of Judge Weller, Frank
Turner and Mr. Kennedy, of Montreal,
with Dr. Oliver, of Barrie, as Secretary,
is said to be about to take evidence re-
specting that portion between Peterboro
end Trenton. This canal is designed to
connect by a short cut the upper great
lakes with the Bay of Qeinte. I may
mention that up to the present the
amount expended on1Camedian canals is
$50,000,000.
Drvoncli ()Ash's.
We are to have another divorce case
before the Senate, that of. Eleanor Hart,
Of Montreal, against her husband for
adultery and cruelty. This makes the
sixth application, and ,the manner in
which six or eight Senatorsavill struggle
with the cases will be a further argument
-
for those who advocate the establish-
ment of a divorce court. Each succeed-
ing year a larger number Of Senators de-
cline to sit on the divorce committee.
They don't like the job. S
• HUDSON BAY NAVIGATION.
The H.udsolde Bay Reilway- Company
has offered to furnish a vessel for another
expeciitimi this summer i,f the Govern-
ment svill pay the other expenses of the
trip. The intention is that the vessel
should winter in the Bay so as- to see
when the ice forms and when it breake
up, in the, spring.
GENERAL NOTES.
The gross debt of the Dominion at the
end of the year was $274,710,702; Assets
S47,371,000.
A repeal Scott Act contest takes place
in Westmorelaud, New . Brunswick, on
February 16, This will be the third
vote ; 1870, majority for it 783 ; 1884,
majority for it 73.
The revenue of the Post -Office Depart-
ment had an 'increase of $134,000, and
the deficit is $854,000.
The Government will appoint a Com-
missioner to the Argentine Republic.
It is worthy of note that no woman
has yet been con-victed of a penitentiary
offence in Manitoba, or British Columbia.
There are about 1200 convicts in all the
penitentiaries.
Because of the scarcity of white ash
the Government is asked to place that
lumber on the free list in the interest of
the manufacturers of axe handles and
forks. . life and salvation. Yours faithfull
The Marchioness of Lensdowne gives the Gospel, J. K. SMIT
skating and toboganning parties every
Saturday.
Canadians. All dress like ourselves
cep& the Chinese., lilt State can ea
hold 15 millions of people. Wisely
people are turning their Main atien
to agriculture, fruit growing,and
industries which lead to steady halite,
and solid growth. The air is full at
movement and life. • To me the time is
critical for this laud. To whom shall it
ex -
the
hth
he
belong? To. the 'world, or to ,Chr
The world has now the grasp of the c
ing multitudes. Shall it not be
quered for Christ?
et?
)0)-
on -
Comparing the Church position of his
city to -day with that of sixteen y ars
ago, I scarcely trace progress. 'he
population has more than doubled. 'he
city has grown in fine streets, ele ant
buildings, attractive theatres, art al-
leries, magnificent educational establ sh-
ments, but not in churches or •nly
slightly. Good authorities 'l state ibat
the membership of the Presbyte ian
churches is not greater now than in
1871. In the southern portion of the
state where the population is growing
with fabulous rapidity, great and n ost
creditable efforts are being madeto b ild
churches and organize Sabbath seho1ols.
So soon as built these are crow ed.
Small churches are being enlar ed.
Many good Christians are corning to his
coast and they are behaving nobly, ut
the greater proportion are bent upon
speculation and money. p Imagine a long
line reaching several blocks, of pa ties
in one Southern city moving along t the
post office for their letters, and two
hours being consumed in this slow ro-
cession ere they attain their object. No
field calls for more -consecrated service
to our Master and humanity than this.
The churches ought to be filled with an
evangelistic spirit. Lose the pre ent
golden opportunity and it may nee re-
turn: Embrace it now, pla.nt the imper-
ishable seed of the Gospel amid this
moving, teeming population, an ith
God's blessing the multifarious a d ex-
quisite natural fruits of the valle s and
elopes of this land may be far surpa sed
.by the spiritual and more beau iful
fruits of the Holy Spirit.
My son and I found our hands full of
work as soon as we arrived. The church,
St. John's, which I was asked te ake
charge of had been under the pastoral
care of the Rev. Dr. Wm. Scott' for
about twenty years andhad been . h rge
and wealthy church. He died la out
three years ago, and Mr. Meldrn , a
Canadian student, succeeded him, and
labored earnestly for a brief period. He
was called to a church in Rock fsl. nd,
United States, where he now la ors.
St. John's had from various causes be-
come enfeebled. The attendance di in-
ished greatly. The Sabbath eve ing
services were discontinued. Promi ent
families connected themselves with ros-
perous churches. I hesitated to ake
charge of a church in this condi ion,
which was surrounded by several St ong
churches. . But as it was opened to me
in God's providence, I took the • ch rge.
It is with gratitude to my Master tl at I
record the return of life to this ch rch.
The attendance has improved in a
marked degree, despondency has given
place to hope. By unanimous re olu-
tion the present church lot is to be .old,
a new lot in a more western part Of the
city is to be purchased (if not ali ady
done) ; and the new church will dc upy
a most hopeful field amid a populati in of
about 50,000 people who have only one
or , two Protestant churches amongst
them. A young people's 'praise and
prayer service has been initiated, hich
is Pexeeedingly • encouraging. A y i ung
ladies' prayer meeting has also; leen
organized. The scattered families are
being drawn together. Others are om-
ing in. 'My hands are full of ork.
The people receive me kindly. A iv kit-
ual interest is being manifested. I look
for the rain from heaven which b ings
in.
A Canadian Clergyman in
California.
Rev. Dr. J. K. Smith, late pastor of
Knox church, Galt, who is now pastor
of a congregation in San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, in a pastoral letter to his old con-
gregation, dated December 23, gives the
following interesting particulars concern-
ing matters in that country. Mr. Smith
left Galt and -went to California with the
hope that the change of climate would
prove beneficial to his wife and daughter
who were in very delicate health. He
says.:
Touching the health of my wife and
daughter I am thankful to say that there
is decided improvement. Our experi-
ence in this respect is similar to that of
our previous visit to this coast sixteen
.years ago. To GO be all the praise.
We had a pleasant journey from Galt
to San Francisco. We tarried for two
days at Salt Lake City, most beautiful
for situation and healthful for climate,
but cursed by its Mormonism. In the
Presbyterian church there I gladly assist-
ed in a missionary service which was ad-
dressed by missionaries on their way to
Siam, Japan and China. But while the
Mormon temple had six thousand wor-
shippers; we had scarcely a hundred.
The probability is that Salt Lake City
and valley. will at no distant day become
a great sanitariutn, and hold an im-
mense population. What need of a
faithful Gospel ministry and practical
evangelistic churches.
Our train was crowded with travellers
to California. So it continues to be day
after day, week after week: An im-
mense multitude is pouring from the
Eastern States and Canada into this
State, particularly its southern part.
Many come for health, many for wealth,
many for a tourist's visit, many to see
friends. Vast numbers will remain and
folin a permanent portion of the popula-
tion. They come from all lands, no
population is more cosmopolitan. We
can discern the faces of Swede, Nor-
wegian, Russian, German, Swiss, French,
Spaniard, Portuguese, Japanese, Welsh,
Italian, Jew, Irish, English, Scotch,
Canada.
— There are .10,548 more men han
women in Manitoba.
- —Pictou has been connected by ele-
phone direct to Halifax, a, distan e of
150 miles.
—Ex -Governor St. John, of Ks. sas,
will deliver 15 lectures in Cana a in
June.
—Mr. Ira Morgan, has been re -le ect-
ed Reeve of Osgoode Township fell the
thirty-third year.
— The Canadian Pacific Rail WEi3 has
erected a handsome station at
Falls at a cost of $40,000.
—The strength of the Salvation rmy
in the Dominion up to date is 290 c rps,
88 outposts and 851 officers.
— An extra train has been put o the
Canadian Pacific Railroad betwee St.
Thomas and Toronto, commencing last
Sunday.
—Application for a charter for a rail-
way between Port Arthur and Winn peg,
south of the Canadian Pacific, is o be
made.
—A mammoth shed is being et cted
at Fort William by the Canadian P cific
with a capacity for half a lion
bushels.
—The people of Manitoba sent over
4,000,000 letters and postcards through
the mails last year. There wee an aver-
age of 21i to each person.
—The Sunday School in con4etion
with Knox church, Hamilton, ie the
largest in the city. An average attend-
ance of 536 is claimed for it.
—Mr. W. E. S. Knowles, the unsuc-
cessful mayoralty candidate in Dundee,
will apply for a recount. He was defeat-
ed by one vote only.
— Friday evening at Montreal Mr.
Edward Murphy, a prominent hardware
merchant of that city, was run over by
a carter and badly injured.
—At the conclusion of the eletion
trial held at Picton on December 13th
and 14th last, at which Dr. Platt, the
sitting member, was unseated and the
election voided, a number of too zealous
supporters of the Doctor were held for
trial on the charges of bribery and such
charges were deferred until to -day for
further hearing belore Judge Patterson.
rhoinae Coltier was fined Vi with costs,
avid two days in jail. Recliner) Ostrand-
er was fined $50 and costs with two
lays' imprisonment. David Welbanks,
was ale() fined $50 with costs and sent- their children and their grand -children
enced to three weeks' imprisonmeut. gathered cogether they would make a
—The Montreal jail is very much large community in themselves.
overcrowded at present. There is room —At 12.12 on the morning of the 5th
for 220 prisoners, but the actual number inst., a magnificent meteor, traveling
of inmates amounted the'other day to from east to west, burst, apparently just
298. close to the town of Port Perry: The
—Duncan Currie, of I McGillivray light of the meteor effectually paled that
townline, retired to bed Monday night of the moon for a limited area. A long
last week seemingly in his usual health, train was left by the midnight visitor
but next morning was found dead. and a section of it remained visible in
—At Hamilton, Friday, Daniel Poole midair for fifty or sixty seconds.
was committed for trial ona charge of - --dAn unmarried woman named Sarah
obtaining notes amountiog to $3,000 McPherson, living in Parkhill, wasfound
from one Isaiah Jenkins. ' by Mr. Baird, of that cillage, dead in
—Gen. Middleton, in a' paper on the her bed on Monday night last week.
Canadian militia, declares, that he will She had been missed from around the
back Canadian gunners to fight their village for some days, but no notice of
guns against any artillery in the world. it waS taken. She was badly frozen
—Dr. R. McKenzie, of Galt, has been when found, and nothing in the way of
engaged by the Japanese Government to food or fuel was found in the house. It
teach the English language in one of the is not known how long she suffered.
public schools of that country —Richard Wilson, whose parents re-
-Canadian Pacific Railway trainmen side in Lobo, was home spending the
are notified not to put cars loaded with holidays with them when he met with
cedar posts, telegraph poles, etc., next an aceident that caused his death. He
engines, in consequence of the danger was in his father's barn when some tur-
from fire. keys, roosting on a rail over his head,
—Out of 149 candidates for admission by some means knocked the rail down,
to the Woodstock Collegjate Institute striking the young map a severe blow on
the local examiners passed:87and recom- the back of the neck. He died in a short
mended seven others. - The majority of time.
failures were in geography; and history. —According to the files of the Quebec
—The' Electric Light COmpany at St. Chronicle the total number of casualties
Catharines, have shut off their incande- to vessels bound to or from Canadian
scent light for a month for the purpose ports was 260. Of this number 81 were
of putting in .another 100 -horse power totally lost; 77 were injured by going
turbine water wheel. ashore; 41 suffered damage .to hull, rig-
-Mrs. Peter Marshall, near Ayr, a ging, etc., by rough weather; 4Q were
few days ago disemboweled the family in collision and 19 were injured by ice.
pin cushion and toher utter astonish- The casualties in 1886 were 267.
inent found no fewer than 'four hundred —The Dominion Immigration Agent
needles in good working order. for Belgium writes Mr. McTavish, Can-
-The vegetable evaporating factory adieu Pacific Railway Land Commission -
of S. G. Kerr & Sons, at Canning. Nova er, that he starts from there about
Scotia, the only industry of the kind in March .15th with 500 Belgian farmers
the province, was burned en Wednesday for Manitoba. He wishes enough home-
lashweek. The village had a narrow steads selected for the whole party and
escape. a contract entered into by parties for
—Miss Mary Barry, danghter of the the erection of small faren houses and
late John Barry, Hamilton, was buried stables, to be ready on their arrival.
on Tuesday last week, in her wedding —George Brown, the bartendec who
dress. She was to have been married was shot twice during the 'frneas at
Tuesday and was. carried off by typhoid Myrtle Station, on the night of Decem-
fever after a short illness. ber 14th last, is improving wonderfully.
—A Lucan youth named Daniel Shea He is now at home with his family in
suddenly became deranged in his mind Port Perry. No trace, however, of the
while waiting upon a sick -companion. two bullets which entered his chest•has
He was seized with violent internal been obtained, and it is believed they
pains, causecisid is supposed, by want of have become incisted in the tissues,
rest. He is the main support of a wid- where they may remain for the balance
owed mother. - of his life.
—The Galt Reporter says: Advancing --Much excitement has been created
age and the infirmities which so surely in Cartwright township, near Lindsay,
follow, have decided His Honor Judge over the mysterious death of a young
Miller, for 35 years County Judge of woman named Caroline Heron. After
Waterloo to send in his resignation. burial the body was exhumed, when a
This will be a, matter of serious regret post-mortem revealed death by poison -
to all our people. ing. A dog having died from eating her
—Robert Carroll, of Toronto, had a vomit first excited the neighbor's sue -
busy day of misfortune last Wednesday. picions, and hence the inquest. .The
He first got drunk, then got robbed ie a surgeons report thegirl's character Un -
house of ill -fame, and when going to re- blemished. The inquest was adjourned.
port his loss got arrested. To wind up —The other night in Strethroy a seri-
he got eighty-five days from the rnagis- ous aeuident befel George Perry, of
trate.
- .Brooke township. Mr. Perry was at-
-W, K. Allardice, of Nichol, county tempting to turn his team by their heads,
of Wedington, purchased'at the sale of a hen lie slipped and fell under their
Mr. Henry Groff's famous herd of short- feet. One of the horses stepped on his
horn cattle, the bull "Waterloo War, head, the cork of a shoe inflecting a seri-
rior." This animal was the pick of Mr. ous scalp wound some six inches in
Groff's celebrated herd, and the price length, and another of. the corks pene-
paid was a fancy one. trating the head near the ear. He was
—Mr. Frank M. McDougall, barrister, at once placed under proper treatment.
fourth son of Hon. Wm. McDougall, —Mr. Clarence Harnilton,chief city tax
and brother of Judge McDougall, of To- collector, of Halifax, is supposed to have
ronto, died a few days ago in California, been drowned in the Dartmouth Lakes
where he went a few weeks ago P' on Saturday' evening. He was skating
account of his health. He was only 32 down alone from the head of the lakes,
years of age. and has not been seen or heard of. The
—On the evening'of the 3rd inst., the lakes are 15 miles long. Mr. Hamilton
Rev. G. Munro, M. A., moderated in a was 36 years old, and had a wife and
call to the pastorate of Knox church, one child. Mrs. Hamilton is in a very
Ingersoll, which was given unanimously critical condition. The chief collector
in favor of the Rev. Herbert C.Ross, of received a salary of $4,000, out of which
Ancaster, in the Presbytery of Hamil- he paid four assistants.
ton. There was .but one nomination
all that number Mr. Baker knows of but
two who ever regretted having tied the
nuptial knot. Connubial bliss has in-
variably followed the consummation of
his work. Were those he rnarried,
—A daughter of Mr. A. E. Ridley, of
and the call was thoroughly hearty. St. Thomas, had a narrow escape the
—A. A. Stagg, the college pitcher, other day. She, with other children,
does not intend to enter the base ball was coasting down the hill at the east
profession, as he expects to study for side of the street, the sleighs running
the ministry. He says that he does not across the road, when the sled on which
pray before the commencement of a she was seated ran into a passing r.g,
game for aid in winning, as the news- between the horses' heels and the bobs
papers have it, but for strength to do his of the sleigh. She was picked up un -
duty. conscious, and it was found that besides
—Miss Harriett Annie Wilkins, who being stunned she was cut about the
died in Hamilton on Saturday, was a head.
writer pf considerable ability. Miss —One of the latest arrivals in St.
Wilkins published two or three volumes Catharines from the other side is said to
of poetry, and for many years has been be a prominent comriiissiorihmerchant of
a valued contributor to the local press Buffalo, who left that city rather sud-
under the 'nom de plume" of "Har- denly, named Everett B. Wilber. He
riett Annie." is alleged to have been receiving grain
—Mr. Donald Cowan, 6th line of from the railroads without- the bills of
Erin, Wellington county, met with a lading and disposing of it. The New
serious accident last week. 'When he York Central railway is said to be a suf.
was attending to his stock a cow hooked ferer to the extent of $4,000, and Mr. S.
him in the eye, piercing the eyelid and S. McCrea, the freight agent of the
dislodging the eye from its socket. Grand Trunk in Buffalo, to the extent
Medical aid was called, and it was found of $13,000.
necessary to remove the eye, —On Monday evening the London St.
—The Canada Southern Division of Andrew's Church Literary Institute
the Michigan Central Railway contem- gave an entertainment of a somewhat
plate putting on five more crews to rush novel character. It was made up corn -
their growing freight traffic through and pletely of Canadian music, vocal and in -
keep from getting swamped. They will strumental, selections from Canadian
also at once place on the road new im- authors, biographical, scientific, and
proved sleeping and palace cars, and also literary. The whole entertainment was
library cars, with all modern imprcve- under the personal charge of Principal
ments. Woods, of the Collegiate Institute'as-
-Eleven members of the St. Thomas sisted by a corps of able assistants. Mr..
fire company, who were injured hy the Wilson, organist of the church, was in
explosion in the disastrous collision of
July 15th, will enter action for dam-
ages against the Grand Trunk Railway,
as they had not received the $1,000
which the company's solicitor had led
them to expect would be given them as
a donation.
—On the 29th day of December, 1841,
r. Alfred A. Baker was appointed clerk
of the first Division Court in the county
of Wellington. Since that date 36,780
claims have been entered for suit in his
office, amounting in the aggregate to
$772,380. On the 5th day of June, 1855,
Mr. Baker was appointed an issuer of
of marriage licenses, and up to the pres-
ent date has issued 2,775 licenses. Of
the .track above. .The engine -drivers
and brakemen, seven in all, were hurled
down with the cars and instantly killed.
The conductors, who occupied vans at
the end of the trains, are said to have
esca.ped,P as well as one brakeman, who
managed to jump safely into a tree, and
was only slightly injured. All the cars
were filled with freight, and hie scene of
the wreck waa terrible to witness.
Everything was smashed to atoms. The
train coming east wee laden with Mani-
toba grain, and there are thousands of
bushels of grain lying all over the ice.
The accident was caused by the mistake
of the conductor of tlee train going west.
He i; said to have been comparatively
new to the route and mistook orders.
—It is rumored that Mr. S. Well-
ina.n, Wallaceburg, has skipped out.
lie was one of the contractors for thedih
new pnblic school builo now about
'completed. Within the last week or
ten days he had drawn $1,400 ; of .this
he paid out only about $150, the work-
men having received nothing for about -
three weeks. A great portion of the
euppliee for the building have not been
paid for, and as a consequence a number
of liens have been registered against the
'building.
---A farrner named Wilkinson, living
between Allanpark and Hanover, has
been duped by two sharpers who repre-
sented themselves, one as a inember of a
firm of real estate agents at Geelph, the
other as an intending purchaser offering
hienote for ten days in payment for the
farm, which was accepted, and the pre-
tending agent then claimed and was
paid in cash the per cent. commission
which is due the firm when e sale is
effected. The purchaser has not turned
up yet to redeem his note, and Wilkin-
son is out the commission paid the agent.
—A very sad aceident occurred in
Montreal last week, resulting fatally on
Sunday laid. A conple of weeks ago
several sons of Mr. Wm. Ryan, whole
sale provision merchant, Toronto, were
sent down to Montreal to spend their
holidays with their uncle, 3,1r. M. P.
Ryan, Collector of Customs. One night
during the early part of last week the
boys were put to bed as usual, but
shortly afterwards screams were heard
from one of the rooms, and the family
rushing up -stairs found Charlie Ryan, a
nine-year-old boy, completely enveloped
in flames. With much difficulty his
uncle succeeded in extinguishing the
fumes, and the boy, who was badly
burned, was attended to, but he never
recovered, and died Saturday. The
supposition is that he got hold of some
matches, and whilst playing with them
set his clothes on fire.
—Mrs. Mary Malony, an old Irish
woman who died the other day in Ham-
ilton, is said to have been 107 years of
age. She was born in county Clare,
Ireland, and has resided in Hamilton for
40 years. Her husband, Thomas Mahony,
died about 32 years ago, and she was at
that time considered a very old woman.
Until within a year of her death Mrs.
Mahony was able to walk about without
aseietance, but has been qnite blind for
some tune.le
—J. A. Mccane and L. S., Mann, of
• Wallaceburg, have only nine head left of
, the ponies that they brought from Idaho
1 out of 23 head. They have only been
captured from their wild state about six
weeks. They are making tine horses of
them, and getting good prices. *These
aninals are the only, tot of Spanish and
Mexican thoronghbreds ever brought to
Canada and are perfect beauties. They
are all colors and perfectly bui.t, weigh-
ing about 800 to 900 Des. each.
—The Toronto police are searching
for an alleged procurer, who engeged a
young girl through a registry office in
Hamilton and brought her down to Tor-
onto last Saturday night, taking her to
a house of questionable repute on Huron
street. Discerning the character of the
house and the inmates almost immedi-
ately on entering, the girl escaped from.
the house and went to the Richardson
House, where, after relating her stirring
adventure, she was allowed to remain all
night.
—Wm. Kyle, of Toronto, now serving
a five-year sentence in the Kingston
penitentiary for forgery, on Saturday
morning asked Warden Lavelle to be
allowed to see a reporter, as he wished
to make a statement, A reporter visited
the institution and saw Kyle, who car-
ried on a rambling conversation for about
ten minutes He said Very little, except
that he goes to Toronto this week when '
his case will be reviewed. His actions
and conversation indicated that confine-
ment and anguish have affected his
brain. Truly the way oi the transgres-
sor is hard.
—We clip the following from the
Montreal Witness of last Saturday:
Fire will be opened for the first time in
a Montreal barracks dedicated solely to
Salvation Army work ,in the French
language -to -morrow morning. The old
Champ de Mars theatre has been secur-
ed for that purpose. The cadets are .
studyizg with redoubled zeal so that
they may be able to .epeak with fluency.
Captain and Mrs. Sinico'e, • who have
th
charge of the work, say at they intend
commencing quietly and will avoid ellen-
sive methods. The knee drill at 7 a.
.m. will be followed by public meetings
at 10.30, 3 and 7 o'clock. No French
outdoor services will be held at present.
churge of the "musical department. It 1 Major Spooner and staff and Captain
was a most complete success.
—Two freight trains collided on Wed-
nesday last week on a trestle 80 feet
high and three quarters of a mile long,
on the Canadian Pacific Railway, near
Schreiber. The traine and trestle were
wrecked and the lives of seven men are
reported lost. The accident occurred at
what is known as the Horseshoe curve,
near Red Sucker cove, and beween the
stations of Peninsula. and Stewart.
Two freight trains, one eastbound and
the other west, met on the trestle work
bridge. The trestle gave way, and the
trains tumbled, car after car, into the
ravine below, a distance of 80 feet from
Simcoe ha.ve just returned from the first '
anniversory of the Salvation Army work
at the Ancient Capital. They report Pp
the corps there two hundred strong,
twenty-eight formerly Itoman Catholics.
Several of these have, it is statede been
turned from their homes or situations on ;
account of joining the army. The corps
is enthusiastic and stimulated rather
than daunted by the legal proceedings.
Nothing new is expected in the case
until it comes up for trial in April. An
excellent brass baud is in training to
head the triumphant march after their
right to parade has been again estab-