The Huron Expositor, 1890-01-17, Page 1a
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customers for
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just closed.
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and community
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nd quantity Oil
lowest possible. ,
PAUL
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I were all present
of Bro. Charles
,yed in Goclerich on
Less.
,dnesclay- evening,
he people of this
were startled on
a. Brown committed
found in ,.his barn
Coroner's Inquest,
on could be assign -
Incased was well -
peaceable man, and
m A. Ferguson is,
,—Mr. James Huss
the Sauble Line to
Archie Jones has.
shle Line to Main
Beattie, of Clinton,
ienda here,—Misses
rgie Connell, Mary
and Mr. George
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ilent Sunday here.—
proud possessor of
'Furora county. While
, township tm Mon-
errned at some oh -
at were unable to
ased that the awl-
erions.—Miss Emma
Clinton.
Is Lottie Kerr, of
hating Miss Annie
Moorehouse left last
scanning, Michigan.
ac Reid have been
• Exeters—Mrs and
n were in Hensall
A.ndrew Roth Taylor,
e last Sunday.—Rev.
ted very acceptably
irch on Sunday morn-
, of Varna, oceupied
it, church on Sunday
r. Hodgins being in
Green.
ret to learn of the
y Hill, which took
last in the very prime.,
tal disease, consurap-
,the fourth in Mr.
died from the same
rge Maines, who had
ick Hills for several
se about a week ago
hely a short time after
s was 21 years of age.
m is vieiting friends in
inity before he again
Sa, where he has a
gonload of, our boys
the party. given in
dence of Mr. James
J. Jarrott ahd Ned
e music to the satie-
nt.—Mr. Peter Hagan
from Dakota soon.—
n of James Hagan,
'attending the Col-
-Mr. Harry McLyn-
to the house lately cc -
me Troyer,
shine.
onery has gone to pe-
--Mr. Henry Clark,
concession of Morris,
shit farmer in Measi-
lends. in this vicinity.
la favorable terms of
cc, and as he has been
year& he should know
the country. He in -
week to visit friends
from thence to his
.—Mr. Downey, pro -
ruin Lime Works, has
se formerly occupied
snd will move it to
as soon as it comes
kimmons intends going
de during the winter.
I has returned home
re he has been visiting
ng colt belonging to
ved a bad kick from
orsea which got loose
night recently.—Mr.
has the first young
ard of this year, beinn
g
. Can they be caed
James Seale purchased
olts at James Smith's
he colts belonged to P.
tit line of Morris.
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR., I
WHOLE NUMBERS 1,153.
Great Bargains
—AT THE—
Cheap Cash
—OF—
HOFFMAN & 00.
Great Bargains going in good useful
and suitable articles for Holiday Pres-
ents at our
CHEAP SALE,
ti
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,0,890.
From the Sunny South.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana,
January 6th, 1890.
To the Editor of the EXPOSITOR.
DEAR SIR,—A8 I have Been several
communications in your papeefrom the.
South, but never any from this, the
Queen City, I thought I would. try and
Of which the following are a few : Dress
Goods, Mantles, Mantle Cloths, Furs,
Blankets, Shawls, Clouds, Scarfs, Hats,
Caps, Hoods, Corsets, Gloves, Mitts,
Hose, Collars, Cuffs, Handkerchiefs,
Laces, Ribbons, ,I4rice Curtains, Milli-
nery, and a host of other article& too
numerous te mention here. Please all
and take a look through the stock be-
fore completing your parehases, at the
Cheap Cash Store
—OF ----
neck at once, and not strangle him to
death in a cruel manner. Consider the
difference—and the 6 cents or one paltry
meal in a week furnished at the expense
of 800 ratepayers, during the year. Is
there no other way to better the lot of
those poor people? In my opinion there
is. By s.11 means let us have a home for
give your readers some idea of what 00. i them. Many ratepayers I heard remark
cupied the time of the pleasure -loving i that they would give $500 free, others
people of this city. $10.00, to have a poor house, and pay.
Any one being in this place on Christ- I $l.00 every year to furnish the house
mas day would have thought the 4th of
July was being celebrated, ae the prin-
cipal amusement consisted of driving
and promenading in the afternoon, and
displays of fireworks at night. The
weather was almpst uncomfortably
warm during the day, and only cool
enough to be pleasant in the evening.
• During the day the streets were filled
with processions,headed by brass bands,
of nearly all the social clubs for which
the city is noted. What the object of
the turnout was I could not ascertain,
except that it was customary on Christ-
mas. Each of these chips is made up
of a different class of society,. and the
various club -rooms of the elite of the
city are very fine. The wealthiest and
most select club is the Pickwick, which
owns one of the finest buildings in the
city. A club has also been recently or-
ganized by some of the fashionable ladies
of the city, who have rented and ele-
gantly fitted up a handsome building on
the principal business street, Canal,
where ladies who are down -town shop-
ping call and get lunch and, of course,
gossip. As , dinner hour here both
among rich and pisor is six o'clock, the
ladies no doubt find this club -room a
very convenient place. No gentlemen
are admitted, and any lady accompanied
by an escort has, according to the rules,
to leave him outside, but whether the
rule is enforced I know not.
The French population of the city,
which is very large, has among its
numbers some of the most wealthy and
influential people of the place. The
upper class are seen to the best advan-
tage at the French Opera House, where lief,and they getsome by begging. Or else
entertainments are given entirely in their bread must multiply (by miracle)
French. As there are not enough in the drawer, and the oil in the jug
HOFFMAN & CO.,
CARDNO'S BLOCK,
SEA F 0 RT H.
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Has Conquered
And made it possible to Restore Defeo-
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J. S. Roberts
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Which will enable him to fit all defects of vision,
ASTIGMATISM,
HYPERMETROPIA,
MY 0 PIA,
PRESBYOPIA,
OR ANY COMPOUND DEFECT.
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with all necessaries. Now, my dear
ratepayer, it would not cost you that
much to have a poor house, and you
would have the satisfaction of seeing
that those unfortunate poor people are
well cared for into the bargain, and not
starved to death as is the case under
township support. I am not going into
details of costs for such a home, the
saMe having been given in THE EXPOSI-
TOR before, and even to the satisfaction
of most of the ratepayers of Huron.
No doubt some one will say, let people
work and save money and not spend it
in liquor and then they will have all
they want. But hold on. We had.
poor in the past; we havetheref at pres-
ent, and no doubt there will ellways be
some in the future. The cause is not
always liquor or laziness, -nor extrava-
gance, I am sorry to say it is in many
cases, but think of the Johnstown flood;
Chicago fire, and other lesser misfor-
tunes where people lost their all.
Others may remark again let each
Christian denomination support its own
poor. Very good, our Lord said, feed
and clothe the poor. But others again
will say there are so many who do not
beloeg to any church; whose duty is it
to support them? Do we not collect
money for the heathens in India, Japan
and China to -help them along.; why
not keep a share or part of that money
to feed and clothe our own heathens.
4 also beg to remark that I often
Nvondered that these poor people are
able to live on such support as they receive.
from towns and. townships. No doubt
church members must givelthem some re -
were encrusted with sparkling jewels.
We were interested and amused to no-
tice the great number of salt cellars
which were in this collection. The im-
pression left upon the mind on seeing
their number, variety and magnificence
was that royalty must -surely be very
fond of salt. One dating from the time
of Charles was in the form of a
castle.
Passing on, from this tower we next
visited the armory. Here a whole day
might be spent with interest. Great in-
genuity is shown in the arrangement of
many- of the weapons of warfare.
Swords are grouped together. on the
walls in such a way as to represent
a sunflower and beetles of dif-
ferent kinds. All kinds and varieties of
armor are on exhibition in the long
room,—suits once covering the burly
form of Henry VIII, another very pretty
suit worn by Charles II, While yet a
boy, belongs to the collection. Many
other curiosities there were, but -we
were hurried through as the time for
closing was drawing near. Amongst
other interesting things, however, we
saw the beheading axe and the block
upon which many a noble head has been
laid in order to undergo the sentence of
death.
There are a number of officials to be
seen about the Tower, whose duty it
seems to be to walk constantly about
and add to the picturesqueness of the
scene. Those officials bear the rather
peculiar name of the " Beefeaters."
When first heard, the name strikes one
as highly appropriate, for most of them
look as if they enjoyed the good things
of this life to the full ; but we were
told that the name was a corruption of
" Buffeteers." In the first place those
officials were taken from the remains of
the regiment called, "The Buffeteers,"
and in the course of time the name has
changed to "Beefeaters." Those men
wear rather a peculiar uniform, consist-
ing of a broad -brimmed hat.with a high
'soft crown ; a navy blue suit of clothes,
the coat having a belt around the
waist and circular tails which look al-
most like a little skirt. Both coat and
hat are corded with bright red.
In an open yard facing Beauchamp
Tower is a large and interesting collec-
tion of cannon. The huge guns which
have borne the message of death to so
many by land and sea, lie here harmless-
ly enough. Some a them date back to
the time of Henry VII. - Some have
originally belonged to Denmark, others
to Wilt, while many others are from
places which we cannot recall.
TRAVELLER.
short time the building was totally con-
sumed. The loss is coneidsrable, as the
house was full of furniture, and also con-
tained a considerable portion of the late
Mr. Howard's valuable library. There
was iesk caretaker on the premises, and
the origin of the fire is a mystery.
—It has been learned .that Ellis &
Co., general merchants, who recently
skippedIrorn Smith Falls and Carleton
Place, alter victimiang many Montreal
merchants to the extent of $25,000,
played the same trick in Philadelphia
some ree years since.
—The residence of a farmer named
Xavier Petit, of Cape Sante, Quebec,
has been destroyed by fire, and g it is
feared that the proprietor has perished
in the flames. His wife had a narrow
escape, having been almrst suffocated by
smoke.—Lady Douglas, relict of the late Sir
James Douglas, first Governor of British
Columbia, died on Thursday, 9th inst.,
aged 78 , years. Deceased was a resi-
dent of Victoria since 1848. She leaves
three children.
—The sneak thief arrested in Mon-
treal the other day, who gave his name
as William Black, druggist, Toronto,' is
believed to be Walter Sheridan, one of
the mostfamous thieves on the continent,
the history of whose crimes would be a
fortune to a dime novel writer.
—The local Grand Trunk train from
Actonvale to Montreal was approach-
ing St. Hiliare Monday morning, when
the cars were blown from the track.
The conductor, brakeman, mail clerk
and- three passengers were seriously
wounded, but no one was killed. Some
of the cars took fire and were burned.
—A little girl named Sarah
Drake, aged 14 years, in To-
ronto, was knocked down by the
Northern express on the old North-
ern track about 8 o'clock Wednesday
evening, 8th inst. She was out on a
message for her parents, and was on
her way home when she met with her
dea_thT.w
o Germans, Alrie Legere and
Emma Seguin, were arrested at Toronto
on Thursday night, 9th inst., on the
strength of a telegram from Montreal.
The charge against them is the larceny
of $500. A bag containing $355 was
found on the woman and $55 on the male
prisoner. It is supposed the pair
eloped.
—A couple of men, got into a dispute
last Friday evening in the east end, St.
Thomas, and one of them named Collins
was stabbed in tbe wrist a couple of
times with a penknife in the hands of
his companion. A physician was called
and the injured man's hand was attend-
ed to. It is not likely the party will be
prosecuted.
—One day last week fie Mr. G. Mor-
rison, father of Mr. -Hugh Morrison,
lawyer, Lucknow, was coming ont of the
new Presbyterian church building, he
slipped and fell, breaking a couple of
his ribs, as well as receiving other injur-
ies. The old gentleman has since been
confined to bed and is maid to be in a
very low condition.
—Messrs. James B. Griffin, John
Miller and Al'. M. Burns, of Toronto,
paddled around the Island on Sunday
last in a light canoe. The distance was
covered in about two hours notwith-
standing that there was a heavy swell
on the lake. It is very seldom that
such a feat can be accomplished during
the month of January.
—Mrs. Johnston, the mother of James:
H. Johnston, an employe of the car
works at London, dropped dead on the
Hamilton road the other day. Up to
her death deceased had been in her usual
health, and her sudden demise was ut-
terly unexpected, and a great shock to
the neighborhood. She was about 70
years of age, and was the widow of the
late Joshua Johnston, of North Dor- '
chester.
—Reports from all over Ontario tell
of the havoc made by Monday morn-
ing's gale. Buildings of all kinds were
destroyed. The walls or a factory at
Niagara Falls were .blown in and one of
the fifteen girls working inside was
severely injured. Other injuries are re-
ported and many narrow escapes but
fortunately no fatalities. The velocity
of the wind at some places reached 90
*ilea an hour.
—About noon Saturday, fire was dis-
covered in the roof of Mr. John Had -
den's dwelling .near Blackwater. The
fire was so far advanced before discovery
that it could , not be put out, and de-
stroyed the dwelling. Most of the con-
tents were saved., The fire is supposed
to have been caused by a defective
stove pipe. The loss is not known, but
will not exceed $1,000.
—Rev. Dr. Cochrane, of Brantford,
is reported to have been victimized by a
female claiming to be the wife of Lawyer
Bain, of Toronto. She asked the Doc-
tor to wire her husband, as her pnrse,,
containing money and ticket had been
misplaced. This he did, and is also
said to have purchased her a ticket to
New York and loaned her $10 besides.
It is believed she is the sameperaon who
has been operating at Brampton.
—A serious and probably fatal acci-
dent happened at the Bristol iron mines,
eight miles from Quio, Quebec, Sunday
night. Four men were seriously injured,
one of whom will probably die. The
names of those injured are Kearns, of
Renfrew, and Owen O'Reillytof Onslow,
Quebec, an Italian and another man
whose names are yet unknown. The
cause of the accident was an explosion
of dynamite.
—About midnight last Friday night
fire broke out iu .&mherstburg in the
large frame factory building belonging
to Heard & Co., of St. Thomas. The
building was completely destroyed with
the exception of the engine room. The
fire got a start. again on Saturday morn-
ing and destroyed the engine room, in
which was a first class engine and boiler,
which were slightly damaged. The fac-
tory was unoccupied, Heard & Co.,
having moved the machinery to St.
Thomas two years ago. Colin Wigle,
miller, had about six car loads of bran
theatre -going people among them to
support an Opera House of the kind,
they have a number of the prominent
men among them every year put up a
certain amount with the manager of the
place so as to insure having perform-
ances during the season. Whatever
money is left after paying expenses is
divided among them, so that in reality
it is run by a stock company, but not
for financial purposes. The majority of
them attend in evening dress, and, un-
like other theatres, the gentlemen go
around between acts and converse with
any of their acqueintances who are
present, the theatrebeing so construct-
ed as to make such a custom very easy.
One thing can be said in their favor
which cannot be said of the English
people here, and that is that they do
not have Sunday performances, which
is the beat night, financially', the English
theatres haVe.
I met a young man the other day from
St. Catharines, Canada. He had just
taken outhis naturalization papers, he
said, as he wanted to have a vote at the
next Presidential election. I haveimet
very few Canadians here, and nearly all
I have met are citizens of the United
States.
Hoping this will interest some of your
readers, I remain,
A CANADIAN.
Astigmatism is due to irregular shape of eye,
and is usually congenital. Many school children
with this defect are called stupid, but with pro-
perly fitted glasses they may become the bright-
est of scholars. This is quite a common and
dangerous defeet.—Hypermetropia is a malform-
ation which keeps the ciliary muscle in constint
use, w.bereas in a normal eye it is at rest when
Looking at a. distance This defect if neglected
may result in nervous depression and pain, and
even prostration.—Myopia is a diseased condition
of the -eye, which should be very carefully fitted
to prevent an increase of the defect, and perhaps
ultimate blindness.—Presbyopia is a loss iof ac-
commodation in the eye, which may cause catar-
act unless corrected by artificial aid.
Frequently nervous or sick headache, and
also serious illness, are brought on by lane or
more of the above defects. Remember, no
charge for testing your eyes.
J.S.ROBERTS, Chemist & Druggist
CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH,
must ever flow. By , all means let us
have a house of industry, and we will
all then have the satisfaction of seeing
our poor well cared for.
Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for so
much space in your valuable paper,
lain,
A RATEPAYJO..
—A despatch from Hawkesbury,Nova
Scotia says: About midnight last Fri-
day night a cottage in an isolated spot,
about three miles from Hawkesbury,
occupied by a woman and three children,
was discovered to be on fire. The occu-
pants barely escaped with their lives,
and didn't save a stitch but their night
clothes. The nearest hduse was half a
mile distant, and the mother and child-
ren almost perished before they reached
it barefooted. The house was entirely
destroyed. It was owned by Isaac
Stevenson, who was absent at the time.
The Badger Mining Company, own-
ers of Badger silver mine, near Port
Arthur, have just declared a first divi-
dend, payable January 15th, of 50 cents
per share on 50,000 shares, equivalent
to ten per cent. on the total capital
stock of $250,000. This is all the more
remarkable when it is considered that
the -mine had previously returned to the
proprietors'authe original capital inves-
ted_ in lands, buildings, mining work,
machinery and mill, besides having
ample cash for ordinary working expen-
ses still left in the treasury.
—Upon the arrival of the 2 'o'clock
train at Brampton on Thursday last a
lady, accompanied by a bright little
boy ten months old, alighted and gave
directions that her trunk be sent to the
Canadian Pacific Railway depot. She
then droppeci dead upon the platform.
Drs. Patullo and Moore happened to be
at the depot and did all that was possi-
ble, but they quickly pronounced her
dead, heart disease being the cause.
It has since transpired that she was on
her way to Shelbourne, where she lives,
and -that her name was Mrs. William
Stewart.
—Rumor has it that Prof. Robertson,
the dairying expert at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, Guelph, does not find
Ins position as comfortable as he could
desire it to be, in consequence of rather
strained relations between Principal
Mills and himself. He is in receipt of a
salary of $2,000 per annum, but it is
said that the Dominion Government
will give all this and a thousand a year
more if he will transfer his usefulness to
the experimental farm at Ottawa. It
is further stated that Prof. Robertson
has decided to accept this tempting
offer, and that he has sent in his resigna-
tion to the Ontario Government.
Travels in the Old World.
(By a Huron Lady.).
[Writteu for Tus EXP08ITOR.1
THE TOWER.
In going to sec the Tower our way
took us across London Bridge. This in
itself is a very interesting sight. There
is a saying that you can never .cross
this bridge without seeing a white
horse upon it. After hearing that this
was the case we were interested to no-
tice if it were true, and certainly in
crossing once we saw -more than one
white horse, besides several gray ones.
The concourse of people, horses and ve-
hiclesapon the bridge is something won-
ful. Wh ile erossing one feels instinct-
ively' that the part of wisdom would be
tolook well after any personal Property
which might be likely to strike dishon-
estly inclined persons as desirable.
There are four distinct lines of traffic on
the bridge : two going side by side
towards one end of it, while the
other two piss in the opposite direc-
tion: Mixed up indiscriminately among
the vehicles may be seen -'men wheeling
trucks, going of course in the same di
rection as the horses go amongst which
they are, but it appears to an unaccus-
tomed observer that their position is
somewhat dangerous.
After crossing the bridge, it does not
take long to reach the Tower. Thiele a
huge pile of buildings which, the guide
book says, cover an area of eighteen
acres, within the garden rails. Before
entering the Tower, the visitor -is re-
quired to leave any satchel or bag he
may have, in charge of an official who,
gives him a ticket which must be pre -t
sented when they are wanted again.
This, I understand, is done as a protec-
tion aganst dynamite.
As we passed towards the Tower we
saw soldiers dulling in the. yard.' It
was interesting to watch their uniform
and soldierly bearing. The place where
they drilled formed, I believe, part of
the moat, which at one time surrounded
the Tower, but which is now drained
and converted in to a yard. Passing On,
we saw on our right the Traitor's Gate,
which was at one time used as an en-
trance from the Thames. It is a heavy
arched gateway and many well known
historical characters have passed under
this arch on their way to imprisonmstat
in the Tower. Amongst those were Sir
Thomas Moore, Queen Anne Boleyn,
Queen Katharine Howard, Lady Jane
Grey, the Princess, (afterwards Queen)
Elizabeth, and Devereaux, Earl of Et -
sex. We asked an official who was
near, if the present flight of steps' was
the very one up which Queen Elizabeth
passed. He answered : "Probably
not,"
under
which
she as
mm
trance
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tMaillIAN BROS. Publishers.
4,1.50 a Year. in Advance.
burned which were stored in the build-
ing. Middleditch's foundry across the
street was damaged to the extent of
$500. The factory was uninsured. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Loss'on
building, $2,000. Wigle's loss on bran
is about $400.
—A sudden death occurred Wednes-
day morning, 8th inst., at the Protes-
tant House of Refuge on Dorchester
street, Montreal. A man who gave his
name as John Campbell, but whose
antecedents are unknown, came to the
establishment Tuesday evening for shel-
ter, and while the stranger was eating
his breakfast he suddenly fell from his
chair and expired. -------------. as
A Voice from Hay. .
DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Our nominations
and elections are now past, and our
respective members and town fathers
are all elected for another year. There •
fore, let the hatchet be buried; let all
hard feelings be cast aside, and let us
once more be good friends and neigh-
bors, and everything may come all right
in the year 1890. But there is one
thing I cannot understand. That is,
the so-called poor -house question. I
read in some newspapers of some Reeves,
Deputies and Councillors having blown
their horns so loud, telling us that they
spent the enormous sum of $100 to sup-
port their poor during the whole year.
Now, my object is not to criticise- the
affairs of other townships with which it
is not my business to interfere. My
subjett is our own Township of Hay.
As I understand by the yearly report I
find that our worthy" .township fathers
have spent abont $100 during the year
'-1889 to feed, clothe and support their
unfortunate popr.• Out of this $100
about $40 have been spent to transport
a poor Irish lady from Hensall to Lon-
donderry, Ireland. Of course this $40
includes an outfit on the way home.
Taking this amount from the total ex-
russditure leaves a net sum of $60 to
support our poor for a whole year.
Now my object, is to tell you how many
we had to feed and clothe out of that
$60. There is one poor woman with
seven children from 15 years down-
ward; another with 5 children all under
14 down to 6 years, and three or four
old and feeble people who are not able
to earn a living, making in all about 20
persons to support for one year. That
amounts in the aggregate to the sum of
$3.00 for board and clothing for each
person during 'a 'whole year. Do not
fret my beloved reader; halt, consider
and think about it. THREE DOLLARS a
year. We have 52 weeks in a year,
that would leave to each poor person 6
cents_ (less a fraction) a week with which
to be clothed and fed. Any hotel -keep-
er or farmer would charge that sum of
$3.00 for one week's board. Who would
support those poor people for the her
51 weeks during the year? By such a
sum of money each would receive from
the towhship One meal at 6 cents a week
during the year. I say, and every sen-
sible man with me will say, is this ,what
people call supporting the poor? The
fact is, it is Practically starving our
poor, not at once, but by degrees. If a
hangman hangs a criminal he tries to
make the knot in a manner to break the
sexton of the -church said that prayer
had been oflered that the abscess upon
the neck of the Penney, child might' go
away without leaving a -scar, and it was
going to be granted.
Perth Iten18-
Dr. Rutherford has removed from
Milverton to Port Elgin after disposing
of his property and practice to Dr.
Egbert, of Dunsville.
—Old Granny Kinsman, of Mitchell,
walked to,. the poll on- Monday and
marked her own ballot, notwithstand-
ing that she is 88 years of age.
—The Mayor elect of Mitchell enter -
about thirty of his most active
the final cause of death(workers to an oyster supper on We -
—Malcolm McDougald, chief of the nesday evening of last week.
Ontario police force at Niagara Fells,
—The complexion of the new council
Canada.
The Manitoba Legislature is called
for the dispatch of business on January
30th.
—Sir Richard Cartwright "viii re-
move to Toronto, having disposed of his
residence in Kingston.
—Many small seizures were effected
by customs officers at Windsor last week
from persons crossing from Detroit.
—The Winnipeg Free • Press has
bought the Sun, and is now alone in
the daily newspaper field in Winnipeg.
—Last year between $1,000,000 and
$1,250,000 was spent among the Thous-
and Islands by tourists and summer
residents.
—A young man who started to drive
a woman and her three children from
Rosebud to Gleichen, in the Northwest,
is supposed to have perished in a storm.
—Senator John Macdonald's grant of
$40,000 to the Park Hospital, reroute,
was paid over to the trustees of the -hos-
pital on Saturday, 4th inst.
—Mr: John Bell, of Galt, is probably
the oldest voter who recorded his vote
on Monday, 6th inst. He is 93 years
and three months old, and is yet fairly
well and active.
—Thos. A. Ritchie, brother of the
Chief Justice of Canada, and half
brother of Judge Ritchie, of the Su-
preme Court of Nova Scotia, died at
Halifax on Sunday last, aged 80 years.
—The River St, Lawrence at Mon-
treal rose four feet between Saturday
and Monday last,and.the fires have been
banked at the pumping stations in case
of an emergency.
—Alex. Ewart, a young man who has\
been working on the Regina and Long
Lake railway, fell dead the other day in
Winnipeg. He was about visiting his
people, who live in Ingersoll, Ontario.
—Mr. J. T. Mackay, who -contributed
to the Christmas Globe the brilliant tale
"The Man with But a Country," hail
won one of the first prizes, or $500, • in
the Youth's Companion short story com-
petition.
—The funeral of Mrs. Waldron, an
old resident of Sarnia, relict of the
late Rev. Solomon Waldron, one of the
pioneers of Methodism • in- Lambton
county, took place on Saturday after-
noon.
—A girl named Annie McDonald,
daughter of Dougald McDonald," of
Antigonish, Nova Scotia jumped from
an express train the other day, thinking
she was being taken past her destination,
and was instantly killed.
—A man said to be Thoinas A.
Adams,who is wanted in Chekenne
City, 'Wyoming, has been arrested in
Montreal and remanded for eight days.
Adams is charged with embezzling $15,-
000 from the Milwaukee and Wyoming
Investment Company,
—The dead body of an infant child
was found by some workmen out on a
new street between the toll -gate and
the Indian yoad, near Queen street, To-
ronto, lasit Friday afternoon. It was
cautioned in an old box buried about
three feet deep in the earth.
died at 9 o'clock last Friday morning.
He had been ailing for the past two
months with sciatica and stomach
trouble. The chief has had charge of
the Ontario police since their inception
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lands.
W. A. Humphriesa native of -
St. Marys, but for several years past a
resident of South Africa, is on a visit to
his friends in St. Marys. Mr. Hum-
phries likes the country well and will
probably return in the near future.
—The Rev. T. W. Magahy, of Sea -
forth, who has been appointed to the
incumbency of St. James' Episcopal
church in St. Marys, officiated last Sun-
day and administered communion. He
expects to take charge for good in a few
weeks.
Dan. Spice, who has been visit-
ing his family and friends in, Fullerton
during the past few weeks, left a few
days ago for Helena,Montana, where
he has been working for some time past.
Mr. James Davidson also went with him
to seek his fortune in that western city.
—Mr. Bailey, the gentleman who ad-
vertised in Mitchell for, horses, did not
put in an appearance on Friday last,
but sent's. telegram that he was confin-
ed to bed with influenza. The Hicks
House stables and yards were well filled
with good horses, and some were pur-
chased by local buyers.
—Mr. Robert Ballantyne, formerly of
Downie, but for many years a quiet and
unobtrustive citizen of Stratford, de-
parted this life on Tuesday morning,
7th inst., after a protracted illness. Re -
had passed the patriarchal age of 90
years, and was able to read and con-
verse cheerfully with his relatives up to
a few days before his death.
—Two barns belonging to Mr. George
Smibert, of Proapeet Hill, were burned
last Monday morning, also several head
of, stock, some implements and a part of
last year's crop, the property of Mr.
Thomas Hayes, who resides on the
premises. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. The loss on both buildings
and contents is pretty well covered by
insurance.The
death of Mae Kallafleisch, of
Tavistock, on Monday, 30th ult., was
the cause of much gloom to a large cir-
cle of friends and acquaintances. She
had endeared herself to all with whom
she came in contact by her amiable dis-
position and gentle manner. She was
ill but a few days. Her remains were
laid to rest in the Sebastopol cemetery.
—Mr. David Adair, of Monclum,
bought a horse two years ago from a
man on the 16th concession of Elrna,and
the other day his daughter came along
with a bill of sale and took the horse
away. She also relieved 14.1dweed Henry
of a cow bought at the same time. 'Mr.
Webin also is a cow short. We -under-
stand the parties will be brought to
justice.
—Mr. Wm. John Tate, who returned
to St Marys a few Months since from
a protracted visit to the North of Ire-
land, expired somewhat suddenly at his
residence frrm heart disease on New
Year's evening. The deceased VMS a -
native of county Down Ireland, and
settled in Downie nearly forty years
ago. Re was honest in his dealings,
genial and whole seeded. Mr. Tate was
an adherent of the Church of England,
and a staunch Conservative in politics-
-One of the Moat= pastoris was -
'called on the other day to unite a couple
in marriage, but when he arrived at the
house of the young lady he was told by
her that she had good reasons not to
take the young man and that his ser-
vices would not be required. It appear*
the young man Was two hours behind
time and had a drop too much of the
creature, It always pays to be on time
and we are sorry for the young man
and hope he will have better luck in the
near future. We are not sorry for the
young lady, for 'tire tlsink she acted
wisely.
—South Eaethope municipal election
for 1890 was one of the liveliest ever
held in the miMaicipality, but the con-
test was carried on in a friendly spirit.
a very large! vote was polled with the
following rgsult : Reeve, John Schaefer;
229; Deputy -Reeve, Fred Oeh)r, 193;.
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councillors, Hey Per, 209, H. haefer,
168; Lor Arnold, 148. When the clerk
made known the result a'number of the
Reeve's friends picked him up and bore
him on their shoulders to Mr. Jung's
hall, where with speeches and song and
general merriment the campaign was
ended. •
—Three individuals were sitting
around the stove in the spacious market
building in Listowel, when all of a sod-
den with one consent, they began to --
sneeze. Fearing an attack of the dread-
ed " Grippe " they set out to find a
doctor, but found the door locked from
the outside. Then began a sneezing bee
such as has seldom been witneased. The
afflicted patients finally got a little
fresh air from a window, and when re-
covered enough to investigate the source
of their dire malady they found
traces of Cayenne pepper on the stove.
Their sense of relief from the dreaded
o
enemy was only equalled by their de-
sirkeer.for vengeance on the practical -
would recover he so willed it. c j
in Mitchell is as follows :—Conserva-
tives, # ; Liberals, 8'; Presbyterians, 7;
Methodists. 3; Church of -England, 2.
—Last week Mr. J. D. Stewart, of
Russeldale, received by express a very
handsome, solid, fawn colored Jersey
—The death is announced of Mr.
Wichael Donovan, a well-known Irish
resident of Montreal. Deceased came
there from Massachusetts in 1862 and
was in his time a large boot and shoe
manufacturer. Mr. Donovan was the
president of St. Patrick's Society. He
leaves six children, one of his sons being
a Jesuit missionary in Brandon, Mani-
toba, and a daughter, the wife of Mr.
H. J. Clorau, advocate, of Montreal.
—Jane Spear, about 60 years of age,
living alone at 16 Agnes street,Toronto,
was found last Thursday afternoon at
her house with a rope around her neck,
in 8. half strangled condition. She was
at once removed to the hospital, where
it was found she had sustained terrible
bruises all over her body. She died
about 7 o'clock, after having told the
doctors that she had been set upon by
two men, one of them of fair com-
plexion.
—The tug Port Elgin Queen, made a
trip from Port Elgin to Owen Sound
on Tuesday,December 31, with a load of
fish and returned on Wednesday, the
first day of January, something that has
not been known on the Georgian Bay
before that a steam boat was able to
navigate on the first day of the year.
It was a little rough on the way down
and a little difficulty was experienced
in getting into Owen Sound harbor on
account of ice, otherwise all was fair.
—A man named Jolioceur and his
family, consisting of wife, son and
daughter, residing in Janeville, were
nearly asphyxiated by coal gas a few
mornings ago. The lad, who slept
downstairs, awoke feeling sick, and
found his father, mother and sister al-
most insensible. He managed to crawl
out of the house and alarm the neigh-
bors. Dr. Prevost says that had the.
family remained half an hour longer in
the gaseous' atmosphere there would
have been no hope for them.
—A young man named Wm. King,
employed as section man on the Grand
Trunk Railway at St. Thomas, loaded
up an old musket last Friday afternoon
and discharged it at the mark. The
gun exploded, both barrels and stock
being scattered into fragments. King's
face and head was shockingly burned.
Dr. Penwarclen was summoned end
dressed the injuries, and although the
wounded man is still totally blind, it 'is_
thought his eyesight can be restored. _
—Donald Chisholm, M. P. for New
Westminster District, British Colum-
bia, one of the oldest pioneers of that
Province, died at New Westminster on
Monday last, aged 68 years. Mr. Chis-
holm was a native of Antigonish, Nova
Scotia, and was born in 1822. His pa-
rents came to Nova Scotia from Inver-
ness-shire. Mr. Chisholm went to
California in 1849 and - removed to
British Columbia in 1858. He was
elected member for New Westminster
in 1887.
—Last Friday night fire broke out in
W. C. Coulson's hardware store, Leam-
ington, and before it could be got under
control two of the finest business blocka
in the town were destroyed. Coulson
occupied the building owned by A.
Foster.' The loss on the building is
$5,000, insured for $2,000. Coulson's
loss on stock, $10,000, insured for 85,-
500. punbar Bros., lose is $5,000 on
building, insured for $2,500; on stock
$5,000, Insured for $1,500. Dunbar
lived over his store, which was also oc-
cupied by the Mechanics' Institute.
—A very painful accident occurred at.
the new Dundas Street Methodist
church, Woodstock, on Wednesday
morning, 8th inst. John Whittaker, a
slater, from London, who has the con-
tract for slating the new church, was
descending a ladder, and, when at the
height of shout twelve feet, fell to the
ground, breaking his right leg just
above the ankle. Although very pain-
ful, the break will not prove serious.
He was removed to his home in
London.
—Early Saturday morning, the 4th
inst., the Roman Catholic church at
Dundas was entered by thieves, who
carried off a chalice and destroyed sev-
eral other articles and broke open a poor
box. It is not known how an entrance
was effected. Early Saturday morning
the bell ringer heard the thieves and
gave an alarm, but the intruders had
disappeared when he returned. The ves-
try was also ransacked, and the way in
which the place was gone through
showed that the thieves were acquaint-
ed with the surroundings.
—Pastor G. R. Penney.% Attleboro,
7 -year-old daughter, who has been ill
with typhoid fever, and for whom all
medical attendance was refused, is bet-
ter and. in a fair way to recover, Mr.
Penney says "The fever has left my
child entirely, so far as I can see, and
she is convalescing rapidly. I have
simply left this case with the Lord- as
the healer of the bodies as well as the
souls of his people, knowing that she
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draw
ut there was another set of steps
eath the more miodern flight
he said, were likely those which
'ended.
ediately Opposite this was the en -
to the Bloody Tower. This is, a
e gateway. Down its sides are
rooves -in which the old portcullis
n, and overhead one can see its
iron spikes which have not besn
up quite out of view. Through
this g teway the visitor passes, turns to
his right, ascends a stair and finds him-
self in the tower where the crown jew-
els elle kept. Those are exceedingly
magnificent, many of them belonging to
the time of Charles II. In a large case
are several crowns, one belonging to the
Queen, which is gorgeous with precious
stones, rubies, sapphires and diamonds,
lending their separate loveliness to make
up the magnificent whole. There were
also several golden sceptres, whose hilts
—Shortly before midnight on Thurs-
day, 9th inst., a fire broke out in Oril-
la at the summer residence of Mrs.
Stephen Howard, of Toronto, known as
"Edinwold." An alarm was given, but
the place being quite beyond the reach
of the fire department, and the fire hav-
ing gained considerable headway before
being observed, the firemen made no
effort to render assistance, and in.a very
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