The Huron Expositor, 1891-01-02, Page 1„
•'WHOLE NUMBER 1,203.
TWENTY-THIRD - YEAR.
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SEAFORTil, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 1891.
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DECEIVI E3 E R.
FINE AtSORTMENT
OF
MILLINERY,
'MANTLES, -
DRESSES,
SHAWLS,
WOOL GOODS,
UNDERWEAR
And Well Made Clothing for Men
and Boys, at '
distinguiehed dead bore inethe hearts of
all. Vican, General Rowaypreached the
funeral tiermon, whiclfwas a very touch-
ing review of the life and many virtues
of him who 'shad been his life-long
friend. lAseiquiteitian, Father Laurent
hod a idistinet position. A thorough
knowledge of its 'technicalities was his.
In pers n he frequently conducted the
choirs p actice for special services in
the Cat edrali The dead priest led a
busy lif . The new St. PateiclesChurch
stands monutnent to his tireless ef-
forts for hie parishioners' welfare. They
will at soon get reconciled tb his ab-
sence fr in, his wonted Place . among
them.
Sunday street cars have stirred up is
Ed wa-rd
M'Faul's t,:veerrreibalegattienmppreesatenhteerde.te lexegecepuentietiiioen:
Monday; and notwithstanding that such I
names ag the Bishop of Toronto(Angli-
can); the Archbishop (Roman Catholic),
SEA.FORTH
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NOTES -FROM THE .QUEEN
CITY.
TORONTO, December eeth, isoe.
Merry Christmastide, without snow is
not as merry as one with'i a but few peo-
ple have allowed the want of it to bother
them. From all appearances* Toronto
folkhavetbeen having a mighty pleas
ant time. The hurly-burly of municipal
politics is raging ,imore and more, but
eveiethat is relegated to the second
. place: Pleasure and good cheer is the
motto most popular. The scene in St.
eseeeenee Market is calculated to ease
every burden the on -looker bears. The
farm -yard, forest, lake and river -have
been drawn upon to make make a gorgeous
display in table delicacies -more gore
geous by reason of the evergreens and
bunting that adorn the !brick walls ei
tWola market. In other lines trade s
quite , brisk, - despite the cries -Of t h ct
times:, ifelany merelants parthis is e
star season of half a dozen years. -
It does not do for us to erow too ecsta-
tically over the bright future before our
city, but a small allowance of ” big. -
head" is not a bad thing. It is pleas-
ing to note that after all the scare late-
ly about niunicipal extravskancii there
ia every reason to believe that next mid-
. summer will see the corporation in bet-
ter financial state than ever before. Af-
ter the next instalment, of taxes is in,
the city will have caught up on all the
'ocal improvements made of late years,
' odpayments will only have to be made
or construction yet to be,started. This
comfortable *Insurance comes di ectly
i from Mr. Coady, City Treasurer. 1From
late newspaper reps:14 Moat Ontario peo-
ple have gathered he idea that the
capital had been biting off more than it
;could ohew. They will, wait in vain
-tor any crash, and should remember that
minty wonderful reports can arise out of
keen competition for places in the
City gouncii.
iiTorento has a good outlook, to say
the least. ' The growth of nickel -mining
wilt be of inestimable value in shoving.
us forward; Prospects of our being a
great steel and iron centre are not want-
ing. Dreams of rolling Trials, steel and
nickel steel manufactoriem the homes
for the many Wir0 will be employed, and
, the big capital that would be invested
i are not wanting to the business menwho
have the city's good at heart.
Then as to the scheme for the reclam-
ation of Ashbridge's Bay. There is
more in it than moat people think.
Beavis & Browne have made an offer to
do the work oz certain terms. The
people vote shortly to decideowhether
the City !teal will undertake the scheme
: or leave tt to the firm mentioned. Be-
hind this firm are financial institutions
1 in London, Englaud, willing to put up
$100,000 ai a guarantee that the job
*will be completed. They evidently
mean business and are supped to have
' their eye on part Of the reclainid land
ferameltzing works. In any Ale over
500 men would find employment for a
'
number or years. Theose most inter-
, *sated in the scheme -property holders
in the' East knd-are in favor of the
work being done by the syndicate. The
-remit of the popular vote will be
watched with great interest by all .
classes.
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The Fish and Game Commissioner is -
hard at work taking evidence. Sports-
men from all .pver are being heard. The
preponderating belief seems to be that
shooting from sailboats and steamboats
should be _prohibited. The lumbermen
of the Georgian Bay -district are accused
of slaughtering deer in a wholesale
, Manner on Sundays. Complete anglers
-from the dominions ofi Uncle „Sam are
! down on the books, as responsible for
'the depletion of many inland lakes in
the Ontario northlands. Grouse and
quail aregetting 80 scarce that some of
, thesportionen favor a total stoppage of
' their sale., As a rule, there is a strong
idea that. dog hunting should not be
practised at all: The cpmmission will
finish its labors this week, I.
The event of the Toronto season is
the annual ball of the itoyal Canadian
ii Yacht Club. The Yachtsmen always
burn with a great desire to put the
other eventsein the shede,and this win-
' ter they have decided to leave no doubt
about the issue whatever. So they have
- rented the Caledonian rink on Mutual
Street, which has the largestdoor, it is
; claimed, in all Canada; they will spend
i $1,000 to heye a dancing floor put in for
the occasien, and in -decorittions, which
are to be entirely novel in treatment.
. The Royal Canadian Yacht Club will re-
fuse to listen tO the good music of our
local bands and have already opened ne-
gotiations with', a well known band of
Buffal9„. Theyllook forward to the at-
tendance of 2,0,00 dancers aid the total,
eclipse of all their past successes.
'In the death of the Very Rev, Father
Laurenathe city at large and the Roman
Catholic community in particular, have
lost a loved ,and respected man. Heart
failure was i the cause of his death on
'Friday night, The boded -lay in state in
St. Michael's Cathedral till-th.e final ob-
sequies on Tuesday. The attendance of
i
such throngs marked theposition the
the Re . -Professor Clark, of Trinity
College, and the Rev. Mr. Jones, that
body aa fit once more to refuse to
counten nee the people's voting whether
they sh uld have them or not. The
aldermei still hedge theirfaelvea by say-
ing that the Sunday car is the fore-
runner f a Sunday beer garden, music -
hall era, and it is against that they are
fighting. In this the Toronto aldermen
show th
to keep
wedge.
ir good sense. They'are right
ut even the thin edge of the'
Abou a month ago James McFar-
lane wa arrested on a charge of felon-
iously ounding his wife by breaking
her arni and injuring her skall. She was
sent to the hospital and he pleaded guilty
to the offence. It has since been learn-
ed that they are brother and sister, that
they have lived together as man and
wife for labout five years, and that her
right name is Mrs. Ellen Insell, whose
real huideand resides in this city. Mc-
Farlane was an Maimed name,the man's
proper name being' James McRae. The
morality, department 'laid a charge l of
incest againat them, and at the Police
Court the woman pleaded guilty, but
tbe man 'denied the -charge and was re-
manded for a few days. The woman
was remanded for sentence till called on,
as the magistrate believed that she had
been compelled threugh terror to lead
the life: • This is the first case that has
been brought in court in Canada.
"The highest authority" is given by
a recent cable dispatch from London for
the announcement that Mrs. Birchall
will soon be wedded Privately to Mr.
Arthur Leetham, of Montreal, her late
husbapd's college friend. The sante
dispatch, which= has been published far
and -wide, states that -Mr. Stevenson,
Mrs.. Birehill's father, who for many
years has oecupied a prominent position
in the management of the London and
Northsiesteen Railway, has been forced
toresign from the company's service by
the disagreeable notoriety the murder
trial at Woodstock hasgiven him.
_A, man in this cityawho received a,
letter recently from Mrs. Birchall, de-
nies both statemente. Ile states that\
the rumor about Mrs. Birchall's mar-
riage is met by an unqualified contra-
diction in the letter, in which she writee
at some length about her plans for the
future. Before her departure from this
country Mrs. Birchall received many
proposals of marriage by letter, all of
which she disregarded. Her father's
resignation was not 'due in any way to
the unpleasant notoriety resulting from
the murder trial. Mr. Stevenson is al-
most 70 years old, and *as superan-
nuated a short time before Benwell's
murder. He is, in receipt of a yearly
allowanceiof $600 till his death, from
the London and Northweetern Railway
Company.
Something About Michigan.
WebswoaTu, December 20, 1890.
DEAR EXPOSITOR. -While reading the
Simshineinotes in your issue of Decem-
ber 12th;I noticed a Morris toy's
opinion of Michigan," and it was a poor
otie indeed., But, as he has only Veen
across the line about six.weeks,no dtubt
the effects of croseing the line, 'McKin-
ley Bill, &c., hate been a little hard on
him, and as I happeia to be a Morris
boy also, I thought I wouldigive you a
little of my experience of nearly a year
and nine months in Michigan. I think
Mr. Michie musesurely have been at a
mortgage sale when he saw such low
prices paid. I will not quote his figures
as they will still be fresh id the minds
of your readers, butI will take the same
articles. Lambs • this year have had
ready sale at $4 per head; and a neigh-
bor of mine isold -three two -year-olds
steers for,40 , per head, while another
neighbOr sold a bull for nearly $100.
The grain market also has rated higher
than in either Seaforth or Clinton. Mr.
Michie says the costa running farms.
here is higher than in Huron. I don't
know how he makes that out, for ma-
chinery is as low if not lower, than over
there. For instance, one of my neigh-
bors bought a new fanning mill this fall
for $25 and two years to, pay it. Wages
are not quite so high as in Ontario, $1
per day 'mit% the highest I know of be-
ing paid since I came here.. He also
says the•soil is not as good as in Ontario.
Of course every one know...that Michi-
gan has had two severe fires that did the
land some harm, but I never saw such
catches of clover in Morris as I have
seen here. For instance, last spring I
cleared up a fallow -(burnt land) and
sowed it with oats and seeded it with
plover, and when I cut the oats, the
clover eves up to my, knees. When
land will grow clover like -that, Ails- the
farmer's fault if he does not have l it fit
to geow anything, and I have helped
to take offias heavy crops here as I ever
did in Morris.. Now just a word in fa
vor of the burnt land. As soon as it
is cleared it is fit for a self -binder to rim
on. Hoping that Mr. Michie 'will soon
be able I to give a better account of
Michigan, and that you will excuse me
for taking up so much apace, and wishr
ing you Mr. Editor and aloo your readi
- It
era a happy and prosperous New Year,
I remain,yours sincerely,
- GIDEON G. HOOD,
iWadavegrth P?
.0 Huron Co., Mich.
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The National Policy. 11
DEAR EXPOSITOR. -I noticie-d in THE.
EXPOSITOR of the 12th ult., a' communi-
nation from a Turnberry subscriber,
said to be one -of the, moat prosperous
farmers in the township• pd seems
terribly troubled about the National
Policy and 1 feel inclined giving the
poor fellow a sympathetic smile. His
case reminds me forcibly of a lengthy
and very impertinent letter in the Mon-
treal Herald and Star, sent by a farmer
and money lender some five or six
years ago to the editor of that paper,,
whith I think too rich to be lost sight
of. I -have_not the paper now but 17
will giye.,somr of the papiculars as well
as I can remember. -Be said, "Mr.
Editor, you told us in your paper re-
peatedly that you would give us a- good
Reform paper and you do nothing, of
the kind, for I find that sometimes you
give the Reformers n,early as many
kicks as the Conservatives. Now you
know ehat wrong; you should keep
all yonr kicks for the Conservatives for
they need them all. You also should
devote all your energies and use all your
power to drive JOhn A. and his hateful
crew out pif office, which you dci not do,
for they bave rained the country with
their protective system or National
Policy, Now to illusteate the case more
plainly, I will tell you who I am and
what I intend doing. Well, I am a
man of 111.6a118 itnd moiteye I havelFarm
property and I' have mortgages on some
of my neighbors farms. Now if !these
parties are not driven out of office the
:country will go • from bad to worse.
Live stock and all kinds of farm pro-
duce will come down almost to nothing
in price, while at the Pame time nearly
eVerything we require to buy will be
almost out of our reach for dearness and
as a consequence these farmers cannot
pay their indebtedness to me ; then I -
will foreclose their mortgages, get their
farms into my possession, sell them and
my own, pick up the money and leave
for that fair and free country south of
us." After reading that, letter through,
I thought like this: Mr. Editor, your
chance is good, go for lain. Well, Sir,
the way that Editor went for that man
the following week made me feelteertain
that it would be a long time before he
would send an impertinent letter to a
live editor again. Yours reipectfully,
ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER.
MORRIS, December 23rd, 1800.
Canada.
There are 135- candidates frit ad-
.
mission to Brockville High school.
Clarke, Belleville, has a Sun-
day -School clan, composed of bachelers
and,benedicts, numbering 100.
-41. fire in Yarmouth,- Nova Scotia,
on -Saturday night caused' damage to the
amount of $125,000.
-About 50 Toronto newsboys en-
joyed a Christmas supper -at the expense
pf the Grip Printing Company,Saturday
evening.- '
- Street railway stelefes at Quebec
were burnt the other morning, -causing.
loss of over $40,000. . Tweety horses
perished.
-Mr. end Mrs. James Dorman, of
Byron, near London, celebrated the
50th anniversary' of their marriage a
few days ago.
- Mr. John A. lark, of Blenheim
township, is feeding over 60 head of cat-
tle most of which are for the export
trade. .
-The Montreal city and district sav-
ings banks on' Christmas eve distributed
$10,800 amongst the various charities of
the city.
-Mr. J. Ca Clarke, of the Pictof
•
High School staff, has received the ap-
pointment of classical master in the
Guelph Collegiate Institute. , • ,
little boy in Paris named Holwell
had his leg broken above the knee while
sleigh -riding down a hill in that town a
few days ago.-
-The Presbylterians of Doecheeter
have presented their minister, Rev. W.
A. Cook, with $160 in cash , with which
to purchase a horse.
-A Valuable gas well, yielding ten
million fAet in 24 hour, has been struck
on the Canadian aide of the Niagara
Falls.
-Mike Maley, a Canadian, 60 years
told, working in theMichiganwoods for
Rust -Bios., near Watton, was found
dead in bed one morning last week.
-There are now seven patients suffer-
ing frornyaribus tuberculous affections
being treated with the Koch lymph in
the MOritreal General Hospital.
- American speculators have bought
up all the potatoes for sale in Nova
Scotia, and the price has gene up from
35 to 50 cents a bushel. '
---,-,W. A. Fritch, of near Drembo,
railed 14,009 bushels of turnips and
mangolds this season. Mr. Fritch. had
2,3 acres of turnips in one field,
-Mr. H. H. Dean, Of Harley, Oxford
County, has been appointed professor of
dairying husbendry in the Ontario Agri --
cultural College.
--Five hundred'and forty-five bags of
mineral wool at dilamilton. Ontario, and
a batch of opium cans at Victoria, Brit-
ish Columbia, have been seized by cus-
toms oflicere.
-Patrick proprietor of the
Armatrong House, Glen Ross, Hastings,
fell on Saturday and injured his hand.
Blood poisoning set in and he died on
Friday.
-The Eby farin at Waterloo,' con-
sisting of 60 acres, has been purchased
at 874 per acre by the Town Park Co
mittee, who Propose making it - one of
the finest parks in Qntario.
as -The St. George's Society Relief
Committee in London had a very lively
experience on Christmas Day, having in
the neighborhood of 300 families to meke
happy with their liberality. The
suPply they served neLconsisted of
2,000 lbs. of beef, 1,400 lbs, of ',flour,
600 loaves of bread, 350 lbs. of sugar,
300 lbs. of raisins, and 150 lbs of tea.
Eaeh' basket contained two loaves of,
bread, five pounds of flour, five pounds
of beef, onepound of sugar, one pound.
of raisins, and a hatf pound of tea. The
Irish benevolent Society made a similar
dis ribution to about the same humi
ber •
'Suit has . been entered against
Th miss Deery, Q Montreal, for penal -
tie Amounting to 868,000 for exporting
der, partridge, woodcock, and other
gate to the United States.
The people of Teeswater expressed
the r appreciation of Mr. T. A.. Reid's
ser ices as principal of the public school
by presenting him at Christmas with a
gold headed cane and a complimentary
address.
Mr. RobertsFox, of the firm of R.
& J. Fox, bankers, Lucan, is still suffer
ing,from the effects of falling down a
traio doorway,*a few days ago, Whereby
sone of his ribs were broken and other
ini ries sustained.
4 -Two smugglers, a man and a wo-
ma , were captured at Cliftme a few
da s ago by special officers of the Do-
rm ion Customs Department, with a
lar e number of valuable spectacles in
their possession.
'-Senator Murphy has decided to de-
cliiie to run for the Montreal mayoralty
in he temperance interest. He request-
ed Ithe deputation who waited upon -him
to !transfer their allegiance to Mayor
Grimier.. •
-1--It is stated that Mrs. Birchall is en-
gaged to be married to Arthur Leetham,
he late-huieband's college chum. It is
ad ed on the same authority that the
ma riage will occur soon and be made as
priyate ea possible.
Winni,pegers working on railway
struction in Montana have written
tht there are at leitst 15 men in that
einalintry for every job there is, and
ma y of the men who went from Win -
nip g are destitute.
The other -night some person or per-
son, whii are fond ofturkeys, paid Mr.
DOM Bland's turkey coop in East
Gaeafraxa a visit and carried off there-
froin thirty-nine nice, fat, plump tur-
keys.
1 Toronto Lodge, Independent Order
Go d Templara, has adopted a resole-
tio heartily indorsing the fiction of the
ald rmen in refusingitci allow a vete to
be aken fpr or against Suriday street
car
T• he other morning at Milton', as a
fre ght train was shunting in the yard,
a f rmer named Wm. Harrison, who
wa standing on the track, was knocked
do n and so seriously injured that he
die before medical aid could reach
hini.
-An Indian known aaPeter Shar-
bott has been lodged iri Kingston jaii on
a charge of having murdered the child
of his wife. He has: admitted that he
,wa t =intoxicated at the time of the al-
leged murder,' and did not knosi what
he was doing.
-The Dominion. Government has de-
clined to grant the request of i the On-
tario and Quebec Indians to revert to
the old system of 'electing- their own,
chief, on the greund that the Indian
Advancement At gives perfect satis-
faction.
-Grand Trunk Detective Humphries
gallantly rescued a boy from drowning
in thebay at Hamilton on Wednesday%
The boy was skating, and getting upon
a thin piece of ice went through. This
is the third rescue made by Detective
Humphrien.
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-The design for the monument to the
late Premier Norquay has been accep-
ted. Mr. Hooper', of Winnipeg, is the
one choaen. The monument will be of
Selkirk stone, and there will be a
memorial tablet placed in the church at
St. Andrews where Mi. Norquay for-
merly lived. e
-The annual report of the Minister
of Justice on the- penitentiaries of Can-
ada shows the number rof convict e in
Government penitentiaries as follows:
Kingston, 586,; St. Vincent de Paul,
342; Dorchester, 174; Manitoba, 73 ;
British Colunibia, 76. Total, 1,251,'
corresponding time last year, 1,195;
s -The work elf clearing • out the St.
Clair tunnel at Sarnia, will be complet-,
ed in about one week, and the stone
abutments in ten days. The two steam
shovels on the American side will com-
plete the work of excavating for the ap-
proaches by January 15.
-The barns and stables of Mr. Hen-
ry Boyde, near Clandeboye, were burn-
ed last week. A horse and a quantity
of hay, straw and grain , were also
burned. The fire was - accidentally
caused by the falling of a lantern. Mr.
Boyde was away from home at the
time. - • 1
-Advices from Newfoundland say
that between 60 and 70 vessels were
wrecked or badly damaged on that
coast during:the recent storms, which,
together with the destruction of
wharves, fishing gear, buildings, etc.,
involves a los of hundreda of thousands
of oilers. - , e
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W. C. Rathbun, Deseronto, has re-
ceimed intelligence that 100 of the
turkeys' which he shipped some weeks
age for the British market died on the
paseageehaving. been crushed in the
crates by the heavy seas which prevailed
during the voyage. '
-t--Mr. Chas. Wade, a farmer living
neer Norwich, had a narrow escape the
other morning. He was driving" to
toWn when the train came along as he
wail -crossing the track, striking and in-
stantly killing both horses and smash-
ing his wagon into splinters. Strangely
enough he escaped with few injuries.
-A Wi ' g deapatch•says :-Inter-
psrevinc a trade in the west is gradual-
incr _ming. Ten car loads of Manitoba
'wheat ave been shipped t Victoria, B.
Cal fee the new flour mill just erected
there, and although this is the first ship-
ment, its not expected to be the last, as
the mill will Jargely receive its Wheat
from this country. From the Calgary
rariches a large number of sheeep have
ales) been shipped to the British Colum -
bia markets, and 1,5 more will be
shipped this week.
-Fix-Senator Stewartrof Dakota, is
visiting his old home in Elderslie. Like
many other former, Canadians now liv-
ing in that country, he fails to aee much
good in legislation like the McKinley
Bill and believes that the United States
will suffer Onancially in consequence
of it.
-A Man residing in a village near
Kingston forwarded the other day a
sum of money to the Rathbun Company
in payment for some oats taken from a
shanty of the company years no. He
is now a member of the Salvation Army,
and conscious of his offence he seeks
thus to make restitution.
-A large stock company is being or-
ganized at 'Berlin, with a eapital of
about $75,000, for the manufacture of
beer. This brewery will be the largest
in Canada and will have extensive con-
tnections. Mr. H. J. Jung will take the
management of the new institution.
Waterloo county will theti have eleven
breweries and one large distillery. -
-Last week Messrs Jas. Ogg and
Samu-1 Pulman, of Caradoc; in the
County of Lambton, cut a large elm tree
which measured 5-t feet across at the
stump, on the farm of Mr. H. S. Brown,
lot 7, concession 7, Caradoc, from which
they cut, split and piled 42 single cords
of twenty inch wood. This is the larg-
est tree on record in Caradoe.
-Rev, Dr. Carry, of Port Perry,
dropped dead on the streets of that Vil-
lage on Monday of last week while on
his way to visit an aged parishioner who
was ill. The deceased was an abli0
writer,. and regarded as one of the it est
informed men in the church. It is, -Sup-
posed that the rupturing of a blood -yes
gel was the cause of death.
-The inmates of the London Asylum
were given a splendid Christmas dinner
with plenty of dessert. , A Christmas
entertainment was held in the evening,
in the nicely -decorated banqueting hall,
where two trees weke laden with gifts -
one for the men, the other for the .wo-
men. A dance was subsequently held,
the music being furnished by the
Ally lu m band.
-The Paisley Advocate has just re-
ceived a card of congratulations from
Parry Sound District, written on birch
bark., It assures friends that the climate
there is bracing, and as an evidence that
farming can be successfully carried on
the writer's neighbor had just finished
threshing arid his crop for the year was
2,000 bushels.
-Mr. James Young, postmaster at
Doncaster, in York county, who disap-
peared on Monday evening last week,
was found Tuesday afternoon standings
up in a new culvert on the Cenadian
Pacific Railway track over the NM. He
was almost benumbe_d with cold. No
explanation was given for his strange
actions, bit it is thought that he was
temporarily insane.
-Wm.Wobertson, a former agent of
the Wiese °ate swindle, was arrested
at his home in Belleville last week, on
a warrenti charging him with fraud,
in that he and a man named Lucas, who
has since disappeared, induced. H. C.
Rogeeas of -Camden, to purchase fraudu-
lent oats for which he gave notes
for $300. The prisoner was taken to
Napanee for trial. ,
--On Sunday evening in,Knox charch,
Paisley, as the sermcin was in progress
a pike of plaster became detached at
the lower side of the gallery and fell
on the floor with a tremendous rattle.
Those ire the vicinity were aroused from
their reveries rather suddenly,and their
efforts to look both innocent and uncon-
cerned at the same time were very
amusing. •
—Mrs. Gordon, wife of Dr. Gordon,
-rth Si, St. Catharines, has received a
cablegram announcing the death of her
father, a very wealthy retired gold-
smith and jeweler in London, England,
at the advanced age of 99 years. By
his death Mrs. Gordon, who is sole
legatee, will, as provided by the old
gentleman's testament, become heir to a
vat fortune. via
-The grand jury at St. Johns, New-
foundland, in al presentment say that
notwithstanding the powers given the
Board of Health for its suppression,
'diphtheria atill prevails at St. Johns in
its mot virulent form. It is estimated
that daring the existence of the epidemic
there have been 4,1500 cases and between
soct and 900 death's. It is also spread-
ingfto the outports.
-Mr. Walsh, chief of the dead leiter
office at Ottawa, has just had placed in
his hands a latter postmarked Birnsing-
ham, England', December 3, 1890, ad-
dressed as follows: "Mr. G. Mar-
berett, at,a farm 1,700 miles beyond
Montreal; Northwest Territory, Can-
ada." If thiashould meet' the eye of
Mr. Marberett he will itheF. to whom to
apply for his letter.
-Two'weeks ago the St. Lawrence
woolen mills at Gananoque were set on
fire by the upsetting of a lamp in the
hands of a man lighting fires. In spite
of the town fire -engine and a railway
steam-pemp, the, Whole building was
gutted, and the loss is estimated at
1 $18,060.e„ This is half covered by insur-
ance. Thomas White's machine shop
iwas on the premises, and hia loes in ma-
lIchinery dndtools is uninsured.
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t the residence of her father, Mr.
Craig, on Christmas morning, and
t her on thetr behalf with a
iful gold watch.- , Iltiss Craig, al -
h astonished, expr,ed her grati-
for the handsome gift in fitting
r. George- A. Schmidt, son of Mr.
idt, of the Stratferd Colonist, has
engaged to teach the school in East
, taught this year by Mr. G. D.
who so narrowly escaped assess -
n a couple of months ago. Mr.
was re-engaged for 1891 at a sel-
f $450, but resigned after the re-
booting affair.
pitch -in occurred at London on
rnia beanch of the Grand Trunk
ay at 1 o'clock Sunday morning.
in became divided, and the rear
n was run into by an engine which
ed. The engineer and fireman
d? Lind escaped unhurt, while a
ho was in the caboose was scarce -
retched, although the caboose was
ed to pieces. The engine was
smashed, as, were a couple of cars.
mber of hogs wero killed.
young man nanied Murdock Mc-
Leod, son Of Mr. Alex. McLeod, of the
4th
brok
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cal
bro
oncessien of Kinloss, had his leg
n while.workilig in the lumber
s near Deluth one day latelte Medi -
id -was promptly secured and the
k n limb proper y dressed, b
three days after the 'accident
poiscming set in and death resulted a
few !hours afterwards. His remains
were brought home by his brother and
inter ed in the Kinloss cemetery on
Saturday 20th ult.
• " t-tein analysis of the Quebec House of
•Aeseinbly shows that it is composeckeof
27 lawyers, 7 notaries, 5 doctors, 8 farm-
land surveyor, 3 journalists, 1:
grapher, and 21 representatives of
and conimerce. Thug, of 73 mem-
39, or -cuusicierably more than one -
represent I" hivii and physic,"
agriculture and labor and com-
merce combined have little more than
orie-third. Of the 73 members only 4
are unmarried, and therei is but one
widower. The total number - of new
members is 22. '
1 -The etatement is made on good
autherity that the French-Canadians
living near the New Ham-pshire line are
farming organizations with. a view of
o tailning many of the abandoned farms
o that State and of Vermont. It ' is
b lieved there will be considerable emi-
gratipe from the lower part of , Canada
into the States the coming spring, The
moyement is well organized, and com-
mittees have been sent to buy up aban-
doned-Afarms.
remarkable instarme of cani
sagacity recenttly occulhed at Heap er.
Mr. J. Wayper lent his valuable fox
heund, "Sam," to a gentleman going
hunting in the Bruce. Peninsula. The
gentleman took the dog to Wiarton, and
ion Monday at noon let him loose in the
hash', and on Tue8day morningiat 7 a.
ni. the dog was back 'at Mr. -Wayper'a
in Hespeler. He :had never travelled -4
the road before. Lieutenant Cargill, of
Cargill, has niece, purchased this sagise-
ieus 'animal.
-On Christmae morning, while, 22
young people were driving home across
Rice Lake to Harwood, from Bewdley,,
vrhere they had spent the night dancing.
the eleigh and horsas broke through the
We, treeipitating the whole party into
the ,ater. After a desperate struggle
the Men succeeded in getting the girls
and themselves out on the ice, but be-
fereithe half drowned people could get
aahore a number of them were severely
frost-bitten. One of the girls died from
the effects and several others of the
part
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On Saturday afternoon of laet
week while Mr, Thomas Sweet, late of
Manitoba, and Mrs. Wm. Sweet ands
dam hter, of Exeter, were out driving
for leasure, and on returning home the
hors became frightened, and turned
the &mice of ,the street in Exeter
rather sharply When the cutter turned
over throwing the occupants out. For-
tunately none of the pries wereehurta
The driver -still held the reins and the
hOrse had no chance to escape, there-
fore the cutter was only slightly dam-
age&
-The LucknoW correspomient cf the
Goderich Signal writes: licareeelyr. as
year passes but some young ,men front
this seetica is brought borne from the
Michigan lumber woods either badly in- i
jured or dead, and they ar generally
the fineet epeeimenDs' of our young man-
hood. Murdoch McLeod, son of Alex-
ander Melmod,4th doncessinn 9f Kinloss,
was brought to Lucknow station, taken
home anel was buried in Kinloss ceme-
tery on Saturday. The young man had
broken his leg in the woods and died in.
Duluth. Death at home surrounded by
loving friends is sad enough, butavhen a
young man is cut off among strangers in
estrange land, the sympathy of mere
acquaintatices and even strangers natur-
ally goes out to the bereaved once. -
y are in a critical condition.
The fall session- of the Toronto Nor-
mal School was formally closed on the,
18th ult. Among other noted educe-
tionists resent was Hon. G. W. Ross,
who COD atulated the class upon the
good spi it ftliown both in the school and
in the literaty and other societies- con-
nected with it. He declared his e opin-
ionf
hat -no profession made a man ao
man sided as that of teaching, and
warned them that success depended upon
*se attention to their work ancli deep
thought concerning it, so that they
miglit achieve the best respite with the
children in their charge. Mr. Charles
-N, . Corless won the gold medal.
---The Canada Presbyterian notices
the 'marriage of Miss Edith- "sl-rns,
secodd eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr.
Bur a, of Halifax, to Mr. hiefeKaY, of
ee, Scotland, which'took place in
Maesey church, of which .d..)r. Burns
tor. „Although the admissien was
ket the edifice was packed, and
eremony was performed by the
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by ti
the
father of the bride lin a new gown given
him by the congregation for the occa.
sion, and was Resisted by the Rev. Pre -
feasor Currie, D. Dean(' the Rev. Presi-
dent Forrest, D. D., both members'. of
the Session of Fort ',Massey church.'
The bappy couple sailed for Scotland
and will reside at BrmightY Ferry, a
suburb of Dundee.
--Some eight or nine 'deaths have oc-
cured from the terrible accident below
Quebeel on the Intercolonial Railway
two Weeks ago, and several persons are
still suffering froni injury. The train is
said to have been running too fast,,when
it rorinded a curve and tumbled. over.
Amolsg those on board was Mr. E. J. ,
compressed air, -established by the Farrell, of Dundee, who was on his way
Government at the light station at 1 home, from the,Old Country, Mr. Far -
Point Peter, on the north shore of Lake i rell had se narrow escape with his life,
Ontacio, in the county of Prince Ed- I and Was removed to' the hospital some -
ward, ti in operation, The fog alarm 1 what bruised. He says he was sitting
building stands close to the lighthouse in the middle of the car, when he felt a
tower on the lake side and is of wood, few jolts, and then the ear turned right
painted white, with a brown roof. The over. There was no shouting after the
horn is elevated 16 feet above the level
of the lake.
-The ushers of the First Presbyterian
accident, only some groaning. He thinks
there were about thirty passengers in
his car, and about one hundred on the
Church, Loodon, have for some months t train. The people in the vicinity of the
pant been supplied with button -hole aecident threw *open their houses for the
boquets by Miss Eva Craig. Together wounded, acting with the greateet kind -
with the other church officers they de- ness to everybody; bringing in. clergy -
sired to express their appreciation of men and doctors, and- supplying victims
this kindness, and therefore deputed 1 with stimulants, etc. The mayor of
thel putter of the congregation, Rev. 1 Ramouraska and a member of paella.
W. J. Clarli, to wait oI the young 1 ment were killed, besides end others.
-The annual social and entertain-
ment in connection' with the Sabbath
school ar Shine's school house in Grey
came off on Tuesday evening of last
week,' and, as usual, was a grand suc-
cess. Notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather the large s school roorn
was completely crowded. It does' one
good to attend one of these meetings,
everyone is so friendly and good-humor-
ed that it is in reality a social in the -•
beat sense of that term. After partak-
ing of the good cheer, so liberally --pro-
vided and well served, a lengthy and
interesting programme of vocal • and i
instrumental music, readings,recitations,
speeches, ete., was gone through with.
During the evening Mr. Pickard, the ate
retiring teacher, was presented with a -
neatly worded address and a teacher's
bible, a beantiful album and a :volume
entitled "Teachers arid Teaching", by
the members and frieeds of the bible
class.
-On Friday evening, 19th ult., Eliza,.
relict of the late John Jackson, of
Grey, crossed over the river of death
at the advanced age of 82 years. The
deceaeed was born in Sligo, Ireland,
and ;plaited in marriage to her late hus-
band about the year 1836. They came
to Canada in 1860, settling on lot 9,
-concession 3, Grey township, which
they purchased from Robert Herbison.
Mr. Jacinson died We years ago. The
subject el this notice has been ailing
for the past seven years with a cancer .
in the breast but had not been confined
to her bid until 9 months agoe When
19 years of age Mrs. Jackson united
with the Methodist cinerch in the green '
isle and through allahese intervening
years lived the life of a warm hearted,
devoted Christian. Seven children are
living who gratefully remember her
loving counsel. They are Rev. Thomas
Jackson, of Camlachie ; Rev. George
Jackson, of Brownsville; Irwin, of
Kiniosim James liven on the home-
stead ; ;Ira Wm. Patterson. of Whig -
ham • Mrs. M. Walker, of Wawanosh ;
and Mrs. Joseph Raynard, of Grey.
There are 50 grarid children living and
17 great grand. children.
-The Goderich Signal of - last week
says: DGeorge-
During the past fall when
Morris, of Colborne, wee disposieg '-- of
his apples to Thomas Harris, the Ash-
field buyer, he dropped thee -toile -wing
note into one of the barrels : " Who-
ever gets, this barrel of apples please
= -write to George Morris, Goderich, On-
tario-, and let me know what you paid
for them arid how they kept." The
other day Mr.' Morris received the fol-
lowing letter in reply: "Wexford,
December 1st, 1890. -Dear Sir, I re -
received the barrel of apples in' which I
got your note. It was your wish to
hear the way they turned out. They
turned out very good, for not one bad
one wae in the barrel. I can not really
say 1what. the barrel cost when they
landed at Liverpool. na
Mr. tzsimmon
boughtithern there when they landed
there and I bought them from him.
gave 22s for the barrel and he sent it to
me. I am living in Wexford, Ireland -
John Carty fruit dealer, North- Main
street. P. Ss -Your apples would keep ,
svell for winter. They are good and
I irm. iwould like to know whether you /
received thie letter or not." Mr. Morris
is of opinion that there hi a bonanza in
the apple export trade if it was proper.
ly worked.
-On Friday, 19th ult., one of the
best known and highlY respeeted busi-
ness men of Goderich departed this life
in the person of Mr. T. B. Van Every,
He was born in Mimico a little over 07 `
years ago, and came to Goderich in.
1853, at once taking his place amongst
the. progressive business men of the
town. For many years he was largely
interested in the ehipping and forward-
ing -business, - and did a great deal
towards building up the lake traria that
formerly existed in Gederich. About i
four years ago he establiehed a' large i
tshing company at Port ColdWell, under --/
the firm name of T, B. Van Every & Co.,
and during the past three seagons did a
thriving trade. • He returned home a
little over a month ago, at the close of
the seeson, and everyone in town was
glad to see " Van " back again, for he -
bad the good -will and estsem of every
resident of this section. On the llth
ult. he was seized with sudden chills
and too to his bed with a severe cold,
whic veloped intopneumon ia, to which
he eumbed on the 19th. In the
death of T. B. VatiEvery, Goderich loses
one of its oldest and best respected resi-
dents, St. George's church - has lost one
1 of its staunchest members, and his .
wife and family have to mourn for a
devoted and loving husband and father.
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