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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
JULY 31, 1891,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
for The ftgure between the parenthesis after
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
the advertisement will be found.
,Great Bargain Sale—Pyder & Beattie. (8)
MortOge hale—A. 0. Jeffery. (5)
Grocenes—Killoran & Co. (5)
Boots and Shoes—Robert Willis. (8) _
Western Fair—Thos A. Browne. (5)
'Jensen Oatmeal Mill—D. Urquhart. (8)
Bats—Jackson Bros. (6)
„ Boots and Shoes—Hamilton & McInnis. (5) '
The Very Best—W. 11. Shaw. (5)
An Early Inspection—M. Robertson. (5)
Monthly Sale—George Good. (8)
Boots and Shoes—George Good. (8)
Watches, &c.—W. R. Counter. (8)
Manitoba Wheat -1E. Hinchley. (8)
.Agent Wanted—O. 0. BensOn. (8)
*won gxpooitor.
:SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 31, 1891.
Frauds in Sed Grain.
There are few thing e in which farm-
-ere are more frequenly victimised than
in the purchaee of eed grains. -Of
couree nearly every fa mer is anxious to
procure the beg, m st prolific, most
profitable and newest variety of seed
-1
grain. Sharpers take advantage of this
anxiety to fleece farmers. They fre-
quently procure some worthless trash,
give it a high souudiiag name and start
out on the concessiona to cauvass for
orders, and are too often succesaful in
selling a large atnetult of grain at five
times its actual value. In this way the
farmer is not only def auded out of the
first cost of the article, but as a result
of sowing it frequently loses his labor
and the use of his land for the season.
In buying seed grain it is always best to
deal with regular seed merchants, who
;have !a business rep tation to sustain,
and who are careful not to place on the
market an article t141,t has -rot been
thoroughly tested aid proven to be
'what it is represented. Mr. Thomas
. Shaw, of the Orleario Agricultural Col-
lege issues a timely warning to farm-
ers on this sabjeet. I He says that the
Experimental stations that have been
established by the i'aorninion and On-
tario Governments are thoroughly capa-
ble of testing eal rains for seed and
• proving their relialaility and climatic
adaptability,ancl ieaidvises fermers not
to purchase new sees, or seeds with new
-nemes, that have not been tested at and
,pronounced %Joel by these institutions.
By following Mr. Shaw's suggestions in
• this matter farmersgenerally will save
-themselves much loas and annoyance.
Be says :
"Bohemian oats were sold some years
"age, and also the Red Lyon winter
wheat, at $10 per beshel, to be sown by
the farmers. The Boherniam oats we
do not consider worth testing, and the
Red Lyon wheat which we grew this
year, along with smite other varieties,
is one of the least promising of the
acclimatized sortiej It woald be well
then in future, When vendors of seeds
are trying to sell them at very high
prices, to ask if they have been tested at
the experimental stations. If they bave
been so tested, and have proved them-
selves valuable, the investment may then
•be a safe one, bet if they have not the
• farmer can afford to wait."
Railway Passes to Members.
THE EXPOSITOR is the only paper we
.know of that haei protested against the
pernicious system of members of parlia-
ment accepting passes from railway
companies, who ar6 continually seeking
for favors and privileges from parlia-
ment. The evil iesults of the example
set by members in' this respect are now
being exhibited at Ottawa in the
developments being made before the
several investigating committees. As
we have frequently urged in these
• columns, there should be a law passed
- which would effectually and at once,
put a stop to what is rapidly growing
into a scandal. Why it is that the
newspapers which so readily denounce
nearly every other form of wrong doing
• on the part of out public men are silent
on this dangerous' practise of corrupting
parliament at the very fountain head,
we cannot say, bat such seems to be the
.caae. It is encouraging, however, to
&now that there are some who see the
• dangers and disgrace of the practise
. and feel it to be their duty to point
• them out. A correspondent in Galt,
signing himself L. M. I. has a letter in
-the Toronto Mail of a few days ago
which has the right ring about it, and
- which so fully coincides with the rosi-
tion we have taken that we re -produce
it in full, as folloWs
"The dog days are beipg enlivened
by the disclosures regarding the crooked
work which hes been ping on at Ottawa,
and members of Parliament are reported
to be waxing very indignant over the
schemes which many poor clerks in the
departments have adopted to supple-
ment their salaries. It is to be hoped
• that everyone implicated will be duly
punished, both by dismissal and, if
-possible, by imprisonment. Turn the
rascals out,' but don't kill the minnows
and let the big fish go. But what can
be said of the legislators who have laid
themselves under obligations to railway,
steamship, and other corporations by
accepting free passes and reduced fares?
We pay our M.P.'s and M.P.P.'s hand-
sorne sessionai allowances and ten cents
per mile or thereabouts for travelling
expenses. Why then should they accept
favors from corporations whose interests
• they are frequently called to legislate
upon? The whale system is demoraliz-
ing. I have frequently sat in the g_same
• seat in a railway train with prominent
• M. P'8; who merely nodded to the con-,
ductor or showed a pass. And some of
• these were virtuous and very pure Grit
M.P.'s at that. To be sure, there seem-
, ed to be s hesitancy and feeling of shame
• as if they would rathernaot have -the
`thing knewn, but the sa:'Hing ef a. few
• bsetrabees goes a long war with seine
linage. On what possible grounds
ahotild these men receive free rides over
ourl railroads, while tile less favored
woifkingman has to pay up tothe last
nickel? The corporation which grants
theist privileges expecte' somethin
C.P.R.retarn. It is known that the .
granted every member in the House of
Coalmine a half -rate over its road,
excepting Watson'of Manitoba, and he
.eva.0 in the black liooks of the company
beaause of his sturdy independence. It
wohld be intereeting to have a list of all
th members of Parliament—Lica' as
we 1 as Dominion—who have been
sa ing a few dollars by this beggarly
m ans." I
Sir John Macdonald's
. Piography. ,)
iltere seems to be a good deal of
wrengling and contention as to w o it is
thet has proper authority and informa-
1
tiop to write the history of Si John
Macdonald's life and la ors. F r sev-
eral weeka canvassers h ve been in the
field 'soliciting orders fora work of this
nature by Mr. G. Mercer Ad m, of
Toianito. A LietttenantiColonel James
Pennington Macpherson claims that Mr.
Adam, not having been it political sym-
pa hy and accord with thie late Premier,
li
an unbiassed history, mid that, more.
is uot in a position to gi e an authentic
,
over, be had no authorit from the late
Premier to undertake sue a work and
no ieroper or reliable dat on which to
base it. This Mr. M ephersoti also
claims that he, and he lane, had the
conaent of the Premier tli write ap and
publish his biography, an that he is in
a better position to do so han anyI other
I
author, owine to his int macy with Sir
Johlni and he. private ecretar
al
Pope, and his ability an autho
gaio free access to Sir ohn's
papers and other docume te. • It
noi:y seem, however, that ven Mr
ph `non has not the auth rity he
to have, and is not in a y bett
, Mr.
ity to
rivate
would
Mac-
laims
r pos-
Hien to perform the ork tha 'Mr.
ladiain. The following author tative
statement was published in the 1 ading
i I
Coaservative papers a fe days a o:
' Lady Macdonald aid Mr. lugh
Joan Macdonald, M. P., for Win ipeg,
hate requested The Mail to say th t the
edaertieements of •Lie tenant, olonel
Janes Penningtou McP cretin's 'ogre -
phi of Sir John Mac onald c ntain
statements which are entirely incorrect.
The beok has neither their sanction nor
their approval, nor has he writer had
any information, assists ce, or encour-
agement from either of hem, nor is he
in possession of any of t e late Sir John
Macdonald's papers, tocuments, or
pr vete opinions. They further desire
it tated that the author zation and col-
lalsoration announced in hese advertise-.
mints as having been gi en by Sir! John
tothis work amounted t , as the el were
1
to d by Sir John himself nothing more
th n a bare acquiescence in its prepar-
at1on. Such acquiesce ce it was Sir
Joian's custom to accord to all prpposed
biographies of himself, on the distinct
mederstanding that by si doing he did
not in any way imply ap, royal, or even
kaowledge, af their cent nat.
ISir John's C. P. R. Stock.
As we commented Last week on the
chicumstance of Sir J hn Macdonald
having been possessed of stock in the
Calnadian Pacific Rail ay Company,
which fact was first made pebliely
knPwn when his will wa publishe , we
de ni it only right that e should give
eri al publicity to the statement f his
exlcutors concerning the matter. Ihere
is nothing in this state ent, he ever,
which makes it necessary for us tc alter
or modify the remarks w then vele,
This following statement ppeared n the
E 'rare on Friday:
IR,—As executors of t e will o the
latl Bight Hon. Sir John . Macdc4naid,
we think it proper, having rega d to
whit has appeared withi the 1aet few
da s in the Globe and certain other
e
e
nevl disposing of hiCa adian Bacific spapers, about a claus in Sir John's
wilt
railway stock, to state as follows: '
li That Sir John A. acdonald was
at the time of his death te holder and
°sailer of 122 shares of th t stock.
21 That he had purchased said hares
in the open market as aja invest ent,
and paid for them out of hia own
moatey.
31. That he acquired the stock is the
'latter part of 1888. .
4, That these shares at their than
market value were inciuded in and
formed a part of the item„ "hank hares
and,other stock," --contained in the sche-
dule filed by us on applying for pr bate,
and which schedele is published i the
Glebe of the 12th inst. ,
5. That except the 122 Phares • bove
imutioned, Sir John A. alacdonal was
rimier at any time possessed of,any ana-
alma Pacific railway stock, either in his
own name or in that of any other p rson,
in so far as we know or can ascert ip.
Yours truly,
E. DEWDNEY,
FRED WHITE,
Jos. POPE,
HUGH J. MACDON LD,
•Executors of the will of the late ight
Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald.
.,,,. FEW weeks ago, when it wa an-
malinced that Mr. Duncan McInty e, of
Mentreal, a former director of th Can-
ada Pacific Railway, had been app inted
to the directorate of the Grand runk,
we expressed a fear that this wa •the
firt
t preliminary step to an amal atna-
ticn of these two great corporations.
Tate wind seams to have commenc d to
blew in that direction sooner tha uwe
expected. There is now a good d al of
ruining back and forth betwee the
dignitaries of both roads on both sides
of the Atlantio ; a great many inter iews
and apparent negotiations ef tiome ind.
The following special cable from Lon-
don appeared im the Montreal Sar a
few days ago. It is, to saj the mist,
ominous :
" Cauadian Pacific and -Grand rank
stocks are buoyant on account e the
•
rumored objects of the visits of Messrs.
Van Horne and Depew. It is not be-
lieve that an actual fusion of the two
road is practicable, although it is gen-
eral' thought that a friendly traffic
arra gement will be arrayed at, pro-
vide the Grand Trnnk adepts a pacific
&Ufa de to the, C. Pi R."
• TRE is a world of truth in the fol-
lowi g paragraph from laet week's Can-
ada resbyterian. If peaple could only
exer ise greater faith they would be
savei from, a great deal of wearing,
crus ing anxiety and worry. Iteays :
" How prone we are to take our
tre bleu in .advance. Three weelcs ago
ma y feated that owing to the continued
dro ght,the coming harvest would be
fail re. Almost everybody said that a
she t harvest would certainly bring
Commercial depreesion—perhaps a corn -
mer ial panic. But the rain came, and
cam in abundance, And now every-
bod says there never was such growth,
and that the harvest will be an average
`one in some grains and some places
abo e average. How hard it is, even
for airly good men to trust the Al-
tnig ty in regard to temporal things.
No matter how many times God may
hav disappointed their -fears and ex-
cee ed their hopes, their faith is as
wea as ever. There is no petition
tha the average Christian should offer
morle frequently than ',Lord increase
our aith.'
•T the meeting of the Masonic Grand
Lodge held last week in Toronto a
mo ion to "prohibit the use of spirituous
liquors as a beverage at all refreshment
tab es in connection with Masonic
lod' es" created a long and interesting
•dis ussion. The motion was defeated
by v6te of 404 for, to 606 against. This
weal a very good vote in favor of the
mo ion and if the friends of teniperance
wit in the order persevere, it will not
be ong before they will have strength
en ugh to carry their point. Temper -
ane sentiment is growing in the Masonic
or er as well as in other quarters.
HE Tomato Etnpire in one of its top
lofty moods says :
As to the Conservative party and
its leaders there need be, no loss of rest.
T e leaders are firm in their policy of
de eloping the country and promoting
it best interests ; their followers are
equally firm in support, and no amount
of traitorous twaddle can alter the
fa t.
No doubt of it. The revelations being
d ily made before the parliamentary
c mil:settees at Ottawa show learly
h sv the country was being developed
aid its interests promoted, and no
• " traitorous twaddle" is needed to show
t is. The evidence of the culprits them -
lives does this. , It would be just as de-
cent if the Empire would sing quite low
for a while and leave its "traitorous
twaddle alone.
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
(From Our Own Correspolident.)
OTTAWA, July 27th, 1891.
A kindly faced silver -haired old gentle -
an was escorted into "Room No. 6"
tberal headquarters on Friday night by
hief Whip Trow. He was at once
elcomed with great ccurtesy and
espect by the assembled Liberals, some
f whom did not even know him 'by
ight. He was Senator Abbott, Prime.
inieter of Canada,, come expressly to
eet Mr. J. W. Bengough, of Toronto,
artoonist of Grip, who wateon.a visit
,
or the purpose of studying the faces of
men whom he draws from week to week
in his paper. His artistic eye took in
the outlines of. the Premier's ruddir face
While Mr. Abliott hoped Mr. Bengough
would not be too hard on him. After
laughing and chatting pleasantly with
the men who were tryiug to overthrow
his Ministry, Mr. Abbott, took his
leave. ,
THE SCANDAL.
,
Again I must record the fact that
there was no interest in the proceedings
of the House last week. All attention
and the time of the leaders on both
sides were absorbed by the committees
which are investigating various charges.
One thing is now admitted on all
tildes : Hon. Thomas McGreevy is politi-
cally dead. Letters written by himself
have been sworn to showing that he was
'the owner of the Steamer Admiral,
which stood ip the name of Julien
Chabot, and that the government
subsidy of $12,500 a year went into his
pocket. This .establishes a& bre4211 of
the Independence of Parliament Act.
It was also established by the oath of
a reluctant witness, Mr. Riopel, ex.M.P.
and ex -President of the Baia des
Chaleurs Railway Company, that the
Company gave Thomas and Robert Mc-
Greevy $75,000 worth of stock and that
Thomas never earned the stock, except
what he did as a promoter of the &theme
through Parliament where the road was
aided to the extent of half a million
dollars, out of which they built only 60
miles of road. What became of the
balance of the public money only Messre.
Riopel and McGreevy can tell.
BRIBERY AND BOODLE.
In the Larkin, Connolly & Co. reve-
lations, Martin Connolly, the firm's
book-keeper, and Robt. McGreevy, have
been on the witness stand. The book-
keeper acknowledged that he had bribed
the government inspectors on the works
at the Quebec Harbor, and afterwards
destroyed their receipts. Pelletier,
Germain and Brunelle were the guilty
inspectors placed there to be a check on
Larkin & Co., but they took bribes from
the firm and in return certified to work
which had not been done. Pelletier is a
nephew of Sir Adolphe Caron. There
was a sum of $2,000 which Martin swore
was set apart for a particular purpose,
• but pretended ignorance of its destina-
tion. Mr. lambert McGreevy supplied
the omission .by swearing that it was
given te Chief Engineer Perley, who was
also Chief Engineer of the Harbor
Works-. So that this firm, of which
obert McGreevy was a pertner secured
he dismissal of strict engineers and the
ppointment of pliable men; bribed
hem with money and diamonds; bribed
the inspectors and drew dishonestly
hundreds of thousands from the Depart-
ment of Public Works.
HE GOT $175,000.
Unless Thomas McGreevy can prove
as a forgery, a private letter written to
himself long before this scandal became
public, he stands convicted of receiving
$175,000 of Larkin, Connolly & Co.'s
money.- This letter is dated July` 14,
1889. and in it Robert tells his
brother :—"I received from Larkin
Corinolly & Co. about $135,000, , 'tome -
thing under that I believe. Out Of that
sum you received from me st-?8,o00,
besidete$117,000 paid direct to you from
Larkin, Connolly & Co.,and still you
are ncit satiefied. ' Robert then Stated
what he was willing to do, and adds
"11 this reasona,ble programme does not
suit you then break up the whole, thing.
I have no desire or interest in being the
medium of conflict between those con-
tractors and you, and of trouble and
turmoil to myself." This wile the
beginning of the quarrel between the
gang which led to the revelations.; The
$58,000 Robert really owed his brother
for money borrowed. The evideace for
the prosecution will be alt in by Wed-
nesday night.
ANOTHER ENGINEER IN TROUBLE.
The Public Accounts Committee un-
earthed some further frauds in the
Interior Department and also in the
Department of Public Works whose
Mechanical Engineer is John R. Arnoldi.
Mr. Arnoldi got a friend, J. R. Wilson,
to register as owner of a steam yacht,
which he rented to the Government for
$100 a month. Arnoldi Wilson swore
got the money. The boat was supposed
to he Used by Arnoldi for the inspection
of dredges, but as a matter of fact, he
used it for a pleasure yacht. His
nephew also swore to rendering accounts
in his own name, and drawing the money
and giving it to Arnoldi.
News of the Week.
YELLOWS IN THE PEACH ORCHARDS. -
The fatal " yellowa " has appeared to an
alarming extent among the peach
archards of Kent county, Maryland.
GOLD FEVER RENEWED. — The gold
fever in Central America has been re-
newed bertha_ reported findingof the
_precious metal in large quantities iu
the district of Biuefields, Nicaragua.
A MONUMENT TO STONEWALL' JACK-
SON.—A monument of Stonewall Jackson
was unveiled at Lexington, Virginia,
last week, on the occasion of the 30th
anniversary of the first battle of Man-
assas and Lexington.
THE STATES COPPER OUTPUT.—A
bulletin issued - from! the Washington
Census Office shows the United States
to be tihe largest copper producer in the
world, the productor 1889 being 226,-
055,962 pounds, or 113,028 short tons.
TUBERCULOSIS. IN THE CATTLE. — Tu-
berculosis has broken out among'several
herds of cattle near Heinesville, • New
Jersey. A number of cows have died
of the disease and ten cows valued a
$800 have been killed:
HENRY M. STANLEY BADLY HURT.—
Henry M.Stanley has met with a, serious
accident. According to information re-
ceived at Genoa from Muerriu, where
Mr. Stanley is staying with his wife, the
explorer has fractured his left lower
thigh bone by accidentally slipping
while mountain climbing.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.—Rose Zaldosk
the pretty young milliner, of Lapcaster,
Wisconsin, who was found gnilty of
poisoning a woman who came between
her and the man she loved, has been re-
fused a new trial, and was sentenced on
Tuesday to the penitentiary for life with
hard labor.
THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA. ,— The
spread of cholera is increasing at Mecca.
There were 140 deaths on Saturday and
38 on Sunday last. The deaths occured
chiefly among the Turkish pilgrims.
The knedive has issued instructaine that
rigorous measures shall be taken to pre-
vant the introduction of the disease into
Egypt.
PRETTY WELL PROVIDED FOR. —
•
Princees Christian has settled ai1,000
yearly on her daughter, Princess Louise.
Prince Anhalt's father gives £800 with a
furnished house in Berlin. Queen Vic-
toria gives £500, and Emperor William
gives £500 and two carriages ant _four
horses, and pays the salaries of a, lady
and a gentleman in waiting.
A DUELLING CRANK.—A man aamed
Guertler recently arrived at Berlin,
Germany, from New York with the an.
pounced intention of challenging the
Emperor of Germany to fight ai duel.
Guertlerat relatives, who are people in
an influential position, caused him to be
closely watched by detectives, in order
to prevent the man from getting into
trouble. Finally the relatives were com-
pelled to have him confined in a lanatic
asylum.
ELOPED WITH AN HEIRESS. —A isensa-
tional elopement has been discloaed, it
being learned that Wm. Bray, a consta-
ble, had eloped with Miss Bens Eckel, an
heiress, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Miss
Eckel was the adopted daughter of the
late P. S. Haines, a prominent member
of the Masonic. order. Mr. Haines,
whose death occurred a year ago, willed
his wealth to Miss Eckel. .The eloping
couple were married in Trenton Friday
afternoon.
A Two . MILLION DOLLAR FIRE AT
DALLAS, TEXAS.—Fire broke out in J.
B. Cowan & Co.'s big liquor house on
Commeree street, Dallas, Texas. abortly
after midnight and spread rapidla over
the Ben Brook school farniture ,place,
the Brewer Storage Company's , ware-
house and Wolfe & Co.'s ecitton factory.
Five hundred bales of cotton were de-
stroyed. Loss estimated at $2,060,000.
TERRIBLE COLLISION.—A collision be-
tween express traine occurred at St.
Mande, France, on Sunday., in which 50
persons were injured and three carriages
wrecked. Both trains were retarning
from a musical festival at Fontenoy.
The second train •craehed into the pre-
ceding train before the latter had left
the St. Mande station. The guard's
van and the three rear carriages of the
fast trains were wrecked and caught fire
from the gas. Soldiers sided Use fire
brigade to quench the flames and rescue
the sufferers. The work of helping the
injured was carried on by torchlight.
SUFFOCA.TED IN TEE MINE.—Peter
Pascoe, Jr., son of Superintendent Peter
Pascoe, of the Republic iron mine, Mar-
quette, Michigan'and James Dower,Jr.,
were eoffocated by smoke in the, mine
about noon on Teiesday last week.
Young Pascoe had deeended into the
mine by s No. 7 shaft with three others
to ascertoin the extent of the fire rag-
ing in No. 5 and 6 shafte. The whole
piety wss overcome ba the smoke.
Pascoe's companions reached the siip
and were drawn up unconscious, but he
fell by the way. James Dower decend-
ed twice to rescue Pascoe. The first
time he was accompanied by four men,
but the whole party was drawn up un-
conscious. The second time Dower went
alone and never returned alive. The
bodies of Dower and Pascoe were 're-
covered.
A GuN WITH A TWELVE MILE RANGE.
—The great breech loading steel rifle,
the first twelve -inch high power gun
built in the States, was fired for the
first time at the Sandy flook,New York,
proving grounds Thursday afternoon,,
with a reduced charge of 250 pounds of
German prismatic powder and a projec-
tile weighing 1,000 pounds. An initial
velocity of 1,473 feet per second was
attainedous
pnd
of the
with a pressure of $20,000
o the square ince. The range
w gun under these conditions
was five miles, so that it is fair to pre -
Fiume that in ordinary service with a
charge of 440 pounds a range of twelve
miles or more will be reached.
GOT A NEW NOSE.—Dr. Wm. Barnes
has performed a wonderful surgical
operation. R. D. Rowe, of Las Vegas,
New Mexico, had his nose broken when a
child, the bridge being depressed until it
was level with the eyes. Dr. Barnes
made a transverse cut on the nose and
chisled the flesh back from the forehead.
He killed a young cat and extracted four
ribs, which he inserted in the incision,
extending from the frontal bone to the
lower portion of the nose. The reselt is
an artificial bridge rhe bones used in
the came of Mrs. David, upon whom he
performed the same operation seven
months ago, have grown fast and the
bridge is nearly perfect. The same
result is anticipated in Mr. Rowe's case.
Huron Notes.
• Mr. Alfred Hughes, an eniployee at
the Grand Trunk station, in Wingham,
had one of his fingers badly smashed on
Tuesday lag, while ;helping to rhove
some heavy trunks.
—Mrs. O'Neill, of Clinton, had the
misfortune to break her leg near the
hip, on Monday morning. Being up in
-
years, it may take some time for the
injured member to beal.
—Mr. Robert Orr, one of the moat
prosperous business men of Wingham;
has taken Mr. J. Ha Hiscocks into
partnership with him, and the firm will
hereafter be known as Orr & Hiscocks.
—On Sunday morning, 19th inst.,
there passed away a most worthy citi-
zen in the person of Mr. Daniel McLean,
of the 12th concession of Ashfield. Mr.
McLean leave a Wife and large family
to mourn his demise.
— Mr. Wm. Steen, of Drysdale, has
corn growing on his farm, Lake Road
west, which measures 7 feet 3 inches in
height. Much has been said about the
shortness of growth his year, but this
does not indicate a v ry bad failure.
—Mr. Robert Cart r, of the . 8th con-
cession of Hullett, had the misfortune
to loose a horse on Monday, last week.
The horse was running about a field,and
tripped over some logs, breaking its
neck.
• —Mr. A. R. Smith, of Brussels, hes
disposed of his sixty-four acre farm, be-
ing part of lot 5, concession 12 Grey,
to Mr. John Mitchell, of London, the
sum of $3,100. Mr. Smith takes off the
crop. There is a No 1 stone quarry on
this farm that yield valuable returns.
ooper, of Clinton,
rthclay on Sunday,
ion of the family.
and has the use of
—Mr. Thomas 0.
celebrated his 83rd b
19th inst., by a reu
He is yet quite activ
all his faculties. alas. Cooper is in her
77th year, and is ai smart as many a
girl but seventeen.
—A new separator and engine have
been purchased by Mr. Wm. Brewer,
of Grey, and are no* ready for work.
The engine is a Braneford make and the
separator manufactured at Stratford.
Mr. Brewar is an old hand at the busi-
ness and will do well.
—On Monday, last week, art Mr.
Charles Wightman, of Est Wawanosh,
was fixing his hay feirk preparatory to
drawing in bay, he had the misfortune
to lose his footing and fall to the floor', a
distance of about twenty feet, breaking
'hie leg and dislocating his _wrist and
otherwise injuring hiniself severely.
— On Sunday afteiTtoon last week,
much surprise and regret was felt on it
becoming known that Mr. John Ken-
nedy, who resides on lot 21, concession
19, Stephen had comenitted suicide by
hanging. it appears he had had a quar-
rel with .some of hie aeighbors a day on
so previous which, it ie thought, was
the cause of his doing the rash act.
—A colt belonging to • Mr. James
Cartwright, of Hullett, met with a
singular accident the other day. Fol-
lowing ita. dam to the stable, the colt
caught a book of the harness in its
mouth, and the presumption is that the
mare pulled away, and thus cut the
colt's mouth, which was torn as far back
as it could go.
—On ,Tuesday evening last week,
as Mr., and Mrs. John Willie, of Exe•
ter North, were driving home, their
horse became frightened at some passing
bicycles and shied in the ditch,upsetting
the vehicle and occupants. Mrs. Willis
received a severe cut on the head and
ear and a bad shaking up, while Mr..
Willis eecaped with a few slight bruises.
The horse in its mad career ran away
and stnashed the rig to atoms.
— Mr. John Murdoch, of the 12th
concession of Ashfield, had a narrow
maim from fatal accident the other
day, while hiving a swarm of bees that _
had alighted in eatree. The limb on
which he wee standing suddenly broke,
and Mr. Murdoch fell to the ground,
lighting on his head. He lay for some
time unconscious; but, we are pleased
to say, he has almost entirely recovered
from' hie injuries, and is able to be
arouyd again as usual. He had an ex-
ceedingly close call.
- Saturday, 18th inst., George
Dark', an old and very highly esteemed
resident of the llth concession of Grey,
passed over to the majority. He had
been ailing for some years, but was only
confined to his bed for a short time.
Cancer was the cause of his decease.
Mr. Dark came to Grey about 38 years
ago, and cleared the farm on which he
died. He had lived in Fullerton town-
ship and Mitchell before corning to
Grey. In the latter place he was united
in marriege to Miss A. Fursmore who,
with ten children, survives him. The
deceased was 71 years of age.
—A team af horses belonging to Mr.
Samuel Burgess, of Grey, ran away
one day last week with .the mower and
stirred up considerable excitement.
James Burgess was moving on the
Richardson farm when the team get
startled by a snake running through the
grass. Despite all the driver could da
,
the frightened horses would- not stop,
so Jim decided he'd get off, and in do -
Ing so was run over by the wheel of the
machine and considerably shaken up
The horses ran against a pump. near the
railway and Wrenched it out, and one of
the animals was slightly injured. The
mower also suffered, and had to be
.taken to the shop for repairs,
—Charlie, son of Mr, T. L. Jobb, of
Wingham, met with an accident on
Friday, last week. He was getting into
a buggy when the horse started, and his
leg.foot was caught in the spokes of the
wheels, splintering a small bone in hie
girl and her brother, three years old,
—On Friday last a little five-year-old
children of Mr. George Ireland, of
Wingham, were playing about, and they
went over to a neighborai and the dog
went with them. Mrs. Groves, who
was upstairs, heard a screech, and on
running out she save the little girl and
dog watching the opening in the cover-
ing of the cistern, which was sufficient
to let a pail through. She just got
there in time, it is thought, to catch
the child the second time he came up.
A considerable amount of water flowed
from tue little fellow's mouth after he
had been taken out, but he soon recov-
ered. The little fellow went to take a
drink and fell in head first.
—It is our painful duty this week to
chronicle the death of Miss Bessie H.
W. Thomson, daughter of Mr. George
Thomson, which sad event took place at
her father's residence, Zetland, on Mon-
day, 201h inst. Miss Thomson was
taken ill with la grippe about eighteen
months -ago, and from the effects of
which she never recovered. She was
well known in Wingham,
being for
many years a member of the Methodist
Church, and was also a member of the
Church choir until the state of her
health compelled her to resign. For
many years she was identified with Sun-
day School, missionary and temperance
werk, going into all these branches of
Christian work with a strong detsrmin-
ation to do good for the Master.
'—There died on Tuesday, 21st inst.,
at the residence of Mr. John Heywood,
Exeter North, his three-year-old daugh-
ter, after P a brief illness. It appears
that the child had been out -playing
with the other children in the garden
and underneath the apple trees several
days before, and had eaten a quantity
of the fruit which had fallen underneath
the trees. Now the potatoes have been
planted, here too, and but a short time
ago they had been sprinkled with Paris
Green. The belief is -that the apples
were lying underneath the leaves of
potatoes and that the fluid had fallen
upon them, and the child partook of
the poisoned fruit whieh caused its
death. Medical aid was summoned to
try an4 relieve the sufferer, but it
proved useless, and the little one passed
peacefully away as above described. *
—About six weeks ago Mr. Bidell, of
Petroles, began lifting the piping out
of the Exeter Salt Well. He succeeded
in getting out 150 feet after many hard
days' labor. During a heavy lift the
qther day the tubing separated, a small
piece being brought to the surface, the
remainder falling to the bottom of the
well. The workmen were unable to get
a hold of the end, as it is supposed to
have fallen underneath a ledge of rock,
and the other day had to resort to dril-
ling another hole along side of the old_
pipe. The first salt they struck was
down about 1,100 feet, and the main bed
was struck at 1,162 feet, so that they
have now, uniting' all the small beds to-
gether, a bed of about 150 feet deep, and
can safely say that they have 62 feet of
pure salt free from rock.
—On the 20th instant, Catherine An-
derson, wife of John A. McEwen, of
Morris, after a somewhat extended ill-
ness, passed to her reward. The de-
cerseed, along with her husband, were
among the early settlers ea the north
side of Morris township, and endured
band, two sons and four daughters to
mo—uronnhNevreldonladay
Wednesday, 15th inst., which rendered
charitable, and enjoyed the. esteem, not
s
ago, and since then she had several
strokes of paralysis, the last one on
her unconscious. She was kind and
only of her immediate friends, but of
all with whom she came in contact. She
was in her 66th year, and leaves a hus
the hardships and priyations incident
to pioneer life. She enjoyed good health
until attacked by la grippe, some time
morning, last week,
about 11 o'clock, Mr. Peter McCann and
his brother-in-law, Mr. PatrickTierney,
drove into Goderich from Wawanosh,
and put up at McCaughey's hotel, in
that town. Mr. Wm. Tighe, who was
tending the stable, came forward to un-
hitch the horses, and as he stooped to
unfasten the tug one of the corporation
workers who were laying a side walk in
that vicinity happened to let one of the
planks fall accidentally. .The falling of
the plank started one of Mr. McCann's
team, a three-year old, and as it could
not run away with its mate it immedf-
ately bit out with both heels, striking
Mr. Tighe in the lower part of the
stomach, and lifting him about five
yards before he reached the ground.
Mr. Tighe was knocked senseless, but
owing to his proiimity to the animal no
bones were broken. He was at once
minveyed home and medical aid sum-
moned, and at last reports was recover-
ing from his severe experience.
—Mr. R. C. Ennis, of Neepawa,
Manitoba, is in Grey on a brief visit to
his old home. He is a son of Councillor
Ennis and has been in the west for ten
or more years. The first four were
spent in Montana and British Columbia,
and six years ago Mr. Ennis went into
the general store business in Neepawa.
He is now president and manager of the
Beautiful Plains Milling' Co., whose
mill is located at Neepawa. The com-
pany ground and @hipped 200,000 booti-
e's of wheat last year. The mill was
erected in 1890, and has a capacity 9f
125 barrels per day. They have also a
60,000 bushel elevator on the railway,
and a 12,000 bushel warehouse. The
whole plant and premises cost $30,000,
including three acres of land and the
office and engineer's house. Mr. Ennis
is out on a business trip, and is very
sanguine of Manitoba's future. He is a
keen, shrewd business man, and will
make a big success of his work, no
doubt. Mrs. Ennis is also an old resi-
de—ntof Grey.
oneduesday
morning, 22nd
inst., about 6.30 o'clock, Mr. George
Vosper, of Exeter, met with an accident
which caueed bim the loss of two of his
toes on the left foot. Ile had taken
the gun out for the purpose of sheeting
some sparrows, and that the hammer
on the cartridge &entre' *men, but for
some reason it negleeted to do it* &di.
•
The gun, which was a single barrel
breech loader, Was being examined.
more closely by him to aecertain the
• cause of the rnisfire. It appears that
having taken the fireartn from, eie
itoulder he placed the muzzle of the
piece in about the center of the upper
pert of his foot, but thinking it little
dangerous he ehifted it until it rested
above the two small toes, and then be.
gan separating the stock from the -bars
Tel when the cartridge went off, the
shot tearing its way through the shoe
and limb. Medical aid was at once
summoned, and the wounded members
amputatedMr. Vosper feels much re-
lieved that the accident did not take
place when theegun was on the center of
his foot.
__Mrs. Potts, who died on Friday
evening, 17th inst., was one of the old:
est residents of Clinton, and o)ae of the
very early settlers in the county. Born
in the county of Hastings, she ca.me ease
with her husband ie.1857,and they eettled
on lot 1, concession 1, Stanley. After 8,
resideuce in Stanley for a number of
years, when all the hardships of pioneer
life were bravely borne, the family
moved to Cliuton, where she has con-
tinued to reside ever since. She was an
unusually intelligent woman. The fam-
ily originally belonging to the Society
of Friends, but being strongly devoted
to the Bible Christian Church, in its
early days was duly ordained as a local
preacher, an office that was by no means
honorary in her case, as she occasionally
filled the pulpit,and preached an accept-
able sermon, there being numbers here
still who remember her ministrations.
For the last seven years she has been
an invalid, having also log her eyesight
for the last four, but her spiritual per-
ception was bright and clear, and at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Me-
Kown, she peacefully passed to rest.
NOTES FROM THE QUEEN
CITY.
TORONTO, July 24th, 1891.
The park ranters were given a yard
but took an ell. Although denunciation
was indulged ia freely, the authorities
saw fit to permit goings -en in Queen's
Park that were highly disgraceful. This
year has seen a fight for every fine Suns
day until a riot of the most approved
fashion was the outcome 'alit Sunday.
"Ju-mbo Campbell" was the cause of it
all. He was _denouncing Romam Cath-
olicism with no delicate tongue when
some one in the crowd yelled " Rotten
meat," alluding to the orator's recent
visit to the Police Court for selling flesh
edibly unfit. This riled the speaker
and he retorted by calling his interrup-
ter a " Mickey" and other disagreeable
• things, invoking the support of the
policernen at the same thne. But
Jumbo's rivals for fame had his friends
in the crowd and a scene ensued unlike
anything since the street railway
erneutes a few years ago. The crowd
upset the park preacher in the midst ef
it all. fle waxed more wrath than ever
and thundered out dirty alure upon the
Roman Catholic Church. Frequent
cries of " lynch him " made music in the
air that would have delighted the old-
time inhabitants. of Poker Flat. The
event was a disgrace to the city's fair
name. If revolvers had taken the place
of sticks with which this battle was
fought it could not have been muck
worse. Efowever, this ia the end of it.
The Council has had its eyes opened to
the possible abuse of the privilege of
free speech, and on Monday night pass-
ed a by-law prohibiting park preaching
in the future. It comes tardily, bait
is a satisfaction to know that as on
Sunday last no visitors will run a chance
of being treated to such -a disgraceful
scene. If the Council had not -done
•this it is probable that the prominent
Catholics in town would have pushed
the matter to a disagreeable dietance.
Under the circumstances, they have
been much more than patient.
A fine of $50 will be imposed upon
any person found preaching or declaim.-
ing in any public garden or park, no.
matter what his religion.
THE STREET RAILWAY.
The Council have hadfor some time
under consideration three offers for
running the street railway. The ene
considered most advantageous to the
city and that which the Council decided
to adept was made by what has become
known as the Kirby -Everett syndicate.
This company is composed of two or
three well known Torentonians and
several Canadians, and it is supposed
the latter furnish the bulk of the money.
There is loud talk about the aldermen
having been boodled, and the noteriotis
ex -Alderman Macdonald caused an
inquiry to be made. It was net very
searching, but the transaction, so far,
was found to be clean and pine business.
Running the street car system by a,
committee of Aldermen has not
proved satisfactory nor profitable, and
it is expected the city will rake a geed
deal more money by dieposing of the
franchise to a responsible company as is
proposed.
THE YORK PIONEERS.
York pioneers and other Toronto
gentlemen interested attended in large
numbers at Drummond Hill, Niagara
Falls, on Saturday. It was the 77th
anniversary of the battle of Lundy's
Lane and the Lundy's Lane Historical
Society provided a programme that was
very interesting to the tasters efaiistori-
cal sweets.
A REMNANT LEFT.
Out of the 15,000 teachers at the
convention and the 6,000 visitors who
were here ;lest week with the disporters-
of the blue badge, it. is estimated that
2,000 will visit the Domiition's pretty
spots, arriving here in tine to see the
Industrial Exhibition in September.
For quite a time yet we will have a
reminder of the teachers' convention in
the large quantity of American money
which was put in circalation. The big
silver' dollar went at! par during their
week.
TAX EXEMPTIONS.
In Toronto, church property and
ministers' residences under $2,000 are
exempt from taxation, and by the time
150 churches are accommodated in this
respect, the city treasury is deprived of
a very large revenue, so large in fact
that the growls are loud and frequent.
For thisreasonthe action of the Jarvis'
street Baptist Church in paying its full
taxes is a distinct and grettifying refresh-
er. Which is to be the first to fellow
suit and secure a niehe in the pillar of
fame ?
SITTLID AT LAST. .
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rtin its sands out. A public vote on the
scheme, as arrived at by the three' eon-
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