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The Huron Expositor, 1892-01-15, Page 1ion in daya n this ep as ens as. t that jag- as in ley we :places raging Tleere tat of incted 'axe on ;reners' y 1.5th roads furn- hand. Lon - metes, k. —It little able at mid the In went ee Got - down ,d. -0f1' the tea iinuch Elren of a had a. eechea, idered. -passed y last, guests teets, ef hss the eleeth he cer- '. Otte - dinner russeis. held in Merous from .:coaple • their spe of hie all- ey and in oar .e, who - 'est. few At the, of the ecided , hurch, Wine llowiug . Wm, teth a - solvitag Mrt 'Bible's Pavish, a Lamp. Is presi- lcretary a taken , r hed an g, to a- ject of la his etween tine of ' chant- teached he be an. God ea, and k. Ache - p,, "If him a &scent, —Mr. g child . tPPet pa orth sehool next Meth° - Ding at day.— visiting onteith Thee. Iegiate re laid ;lab of A grand being ite the ork rn ea ihriesda,y re in at - 1 r TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 1,257. •••-• , eeee_alreeeeese.--ek, *trim an$.11$0te enettattatiatthae SEAFOR COLORADO SKETCFCES. ritten for TUN EXPOSITOR.) LETTER. No. 11i. A coLoNADo TowN. Of come all towns differ in meny respects, but as I ca not well describe more than one I will give little sketch of Walsenburg, the county seat of Huerfano County. It is a typical western town, though its growth has not been quite as rapid as that of one my readere may have heard of where an English to rist lay down on the prairie at night to sl ep, and when he awoke in the morning fo nd himself in a four -storey hotel. No such phenomenal growth has occurred in ny town I have as yet seen in the West. The neares approach to the Englishman's adventure hive myself experienced was when I partook of ice-cream in a restaurant moving down the principal street of a West- ern town t teke up a more advantageous business sta d. Five yt a s ago, I am told, Walsenburg could not uster enough buildings to form mere than no side of a street, but to -day it is quite a hriving town of about three thousend i habitants. It contains three or four brick locks that would do credit to a much older town, has a good system of waterwork and is lighted by incandescent electric lam s, and has two newspapers. It did have th ,ee for a while, but one became exhausted Id dropped out of the race. It is very pret ily situated, being almost sur- rounded by hills and in plain view of the Spanish uea s. From several points near the town Pi e's Peak can be seen some sixty- five or seventy-five iniles away. Most of the business buildings and dwelling houses are frame, • u t besides the brick blocks mentioned Ilefore there are a few very handsome p ivate residences. It is situated on a branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, and is in the heart of the coal- . . mining region, having near it the Santa Clara, Picto Welsen and Rouse mines. There are quite a number of good stores in alsenburg, two of which, large general stor do considerable whelesale, as vvell as retai trade. With their tremend- ous and vari d stocks they remind one forci- bly of the H dson Bay Company's stores in the Ganadi n Northwest. But perhaps vrhat would trike an Eesterner most forci- bly is the la ge number of " Exchanges." Almost ever second place of buE3inees is an Exchange. There is the Turf Exchanee, the Live Sto k Exchange, and several others. In some othe parts of the West they would be celled merle Rooms." The fact of the matter the samples are all of liquor, and the exc anges are of liquor for hard cash. In pl in Canadian these places would be called sal ons. In one of them a faro bank and a r • ulette table are run by the proprietor fo the benefit of all who wish to speculate on he turn of a card or the vagar- ies of a mar le on a horizontal revolving wheel. In he others billiard and card rooms form important part of the outfit. .As is nature, to suppose, where there is so much garnbli g there are plenty of shooting sorapee, and ot a few murders, but until very recent' a man has never been hung in' Huerfano C nty except by order of Judge Lynch. Jure s were lxhight up wholesale, important wi nessea intimidated or bribed, Arid the priso er could get off nett free or with a few y ars in the " Pen."• In one murder trial hich occurred recently two young men ere implicated, and it was thought both would hang as the evidence against them as perfectly clear apparently, but one got o entirely, while the other got twenty-five y are. How it was done nobody can surmise, ut the record is in the pro- ceedings of th court. Not long before this in a bar -room a man named Foley leaned tiler man's shoulder and shot om he had quarreled between or committing such a cold - r as this he got only twenty - his friends " went broke " to record has now been broken, few deys ago a negro was oting MAO at Rouse mine. man who shot and killed as for some years a resident g. He was a professional lso at one time ran a motor- , with saloon and gambling- whieh was burned down a ago. Ford is a small, quiet, oking man, but he is " light- igger." One evening, how. his arm on an a man with w the eyes, yet blooded murd four years, bn save him. Th however, for hanged for eh Bob Ford, th JOSSe Jame s, N of Welaenbu gambler, and ious dance -ha hell attacherl, couple of year rather meek -1 ning on the t ever, he met b s match in a Texan, on whom he drew his gun (ell styles of fire arms are ,called guns ou here). The Texan was as taick as he w s, and there they stood anly a foot, or so apa t, each trying to shoot -4ith one hand and nock up his opponent's gun with the othe Bullets flew about promis- cuously, and he other occupants of the Toon' got behi d the stove, the bar, or any 'other place t ey could find, and wished they had stop ed erowing when they were 'children. Fo d was shot in the foot, and the Texan in the hand, but no further in- jury was done. and they were grabbed when they attempted to reload. Another time Ford and ano her man quarreled in the argest saloon n the town. The other man nad no gun, s Ford told him to get one. Then they lei their guns on a billiard table and placed themselves at opposite ends of the room. At the word they both jumped for the table, !lent Ford had the other man covered before he could reach his weapon - up went hia hands, and the affair ended without blood hed. Walsenburg is quieter now than it h s been for a long time. It is pretty cleer of desperados at present, most of the toughes characters- having moved to Rouse or some other mining cannp. There is a heavy penalty for carrying ooncealed wearpone, but everthelege the majority of the men alwa s have a gun handy, and most of them ould as soon think of travel- ling without a flaak as without a six- shooter. An attempt was made by a man named Dr. Martin some time ago to boom a part of Walsenburg a a, summer resort. His idea was to make new town, which he called Tourist City, q the East of Walsenburg, and he man. ged to get the post -office changed, but ithin a few days the Was hi - burg people g t it changed back. Dr. Mar - tire's boom soo eizzled out and left things pretty quiet,b t still they manage to get up a little exciteme t now and agaia, as on a recent Sunday when & worthy citizen got " wild and he rty "and held the main street against all co ers with a six-shooter. The gentleman, se ted on a box in the middle of the road, stop d all passers by and inform- ed them very mphaticadly that he owned that street an they had better go around the back way, which they did. The Mar- shall, or as we would call him in Canada, the Policeman, came up and demanded the gun, but he was promptly recommended to betake himself to a rather torrid climate and left without etting what he asked for. .Elad it been th night Marehall, a very dia. ferent style of an, there would have been trouble. He ould have got that gun or died for it. It is probably largely due to this gentlems. 's efforts that Walsen- burg has beco e so respectable of late. The tudge whoinow officiates in this district la ale° a man n t to be trilled with. He has shut up the Walseriburg saloons on Sunday so far as public selling is concerned, and this it was thought' before impossible to do. But even yet the moral tone of Walsenburg cannot be said to be at all high. There are only two protestant churches, Presbyterian and Methodist, bet very small, and only minister, a Canadi n by the way, talked 81 one has a pastor. The late Presbyterian about liquor sellingigambling and dishonesty, so strongly, and made such pointed allus- ions that his male Audience dwindled down pretty low. I went to a Methodist church concert once in Waleenburg which I shall never forget. It was held in the Court House, and when we arrived we found half of one of the Windows gone. Various attempts were made to start a fire, but the stove smoked so badly that every one who was not too busy shivering with the cold had to gasp for breath. Then a gentleman undertook to fix the pipes and the whole outfit came down w,ith a rush.' This would have entirely discottraged any Eastern com- .1 mittee, and there ould have been no con- cert, but ' Wester era are not so easily daunted. The pip 8 1,98T8 re -arranged and the concert went on. The programme, how- ever, didn't seem t runt to much, and we left early. 1, THE WANDERER. Christmas in the South. " (Written for The Expositor.) ATLANTA, Georgia, / , January 4th, 1:,!2. 1 To a person spending his first Christmas in the &nth, the manner of celebrating that eventful day wouldlappear to him so novel that he would almoet think he had got his dates mixed, and that the time was the glorious lth of July, and not the 25th of December. The Solithern style of celebrat- ing Christmas is decidedly original, and considering that they are not able to enjoy the time as Canadians do, on account of the mild climate, it is ;about the enly public. recognition they could make of that holiday, the only one of the Year which is generally observed in this part of the United Stetes. On Christmas E' e the festivities com4 i mence, and are kept up continuously until a late hour Christi -nes night. During that time the principal streets are thronged with the younger pottion of the male—and in the early eveniage even the female popu- lation. There is a constant, and almost deafening noise, made by small boys with drums, tin horns, fire-crackeneetcein which amusement numbers of the olderpeople also indulge. Then the e are organized com- panies of young men headed by brass bands, who march throug the streets singing, shouting and doing everything possible to add to the general tu ult.. This appears to be the main idea—to ake themselves heatd, and they succeed so ell that sleep is out of the question on C denims Eve, for any but those who are fo tunate enough to live in the ssburbe. Of c urse, on any other °C- ession this would net be allowed, but the police have. special qrders not to interfere with anyone, except in ease of trouble, from the day before ChristImas until the day fol- lowing it ; so that wi h the—at other times, - obnoxions—policeme practically out of sight, the scene in a ity of this size is more easily imagined than escribed. The older and mor settled 'residents, of course, spend the time more quietly. Men who have families content themselres with displays of fire-worksi for the entertainment of children, and ameng the more wealthy people Christmas treep are provided. Very little interest is 'taken in the re- ligious observation of IChristmas ; for though services are held in a! few of the churches, they are rather pborly attended, the general idea seeming be that this is not a day for religious service. But here the holidays end. The New Year is eimply ignored. Beyond the blow- ing of a few whistles and the ringing of bells at midnight on New 'y'ear's Eve, the death of the old year and the birth of a new one would pass unnoticed, All business houses remain open on New Year's Day, and no recognition whatever la made of it as a holi- day. The people appear to have outdone themselves in their celebration of Christmas, as nothing takes place to mark the first of January as being enything out of the common, As I do not wish to take up too much space in your columee I will close. A CANADIAN. Farmers' Club. ‘i [WRITTEN ?OR EIS EXPOOTTOR.] A meeting of the Farmers' Club, of school section No. 14, Hay, wee held in Thompson's school house on the e ening of January 5th. ,This meeting, though not largely attended, was particularly successful. The question of bare fallowing verans other methods for the purpose of weed eradication was ably dis- cussed, almost every one present taking part. Young farmers who were never known to participate in a pbblic meeting before rose and expressed th ir opinions much to the benefit of the others present as well as to themselves. After the topic had been ex- hausted a vote was taken and the house de - hided against the bare fallow. . i/n The questions in he drawer were then taken up and were so ewhat as follows :-- What is the best met od of destroying bind weed ? Is the honey Menet hedge fence, as now being introduld into this county, likely to be a success . Will it pay to keep more fowls on a far than will eat up the screenings or waste g ain ? What is the best method for eradicati g wild oats ? Should the father manage aff ire, or should the son be given an interest iat the business manage- ment ? Does it pay to arow turnips for the purpose of feeding cattle ? Is it a good praca tice to plant potatoes hy plowing them in on sod ? i As will be seen the discussing of such questions could not ibut result in the dis• geminating of much valuable information for aericulturists and felw -meetings of a sim• irer size could be produaive of more good to the farmers present. Why farmers will continue to while awa the long winter even- tf• ings over the stove r ther than attending such a meeting once lin two weeks,we are unable to conjecture. 1 The subject for discussion at the next meeting, which will be held on Tuesday eveningeJanuary 19th, is : "Is it profitable to breed mares to foalan the autumn rather than in the Spring ?" IThis, along with the questions that will corhe up should make an interesting and profitable meeting and we would like to see eVery farmer within a reaeonable distance make a special effort to be present on that occasion, and it hi safe to guarantee that all wila depart assured that time spent in attending _such meetings is time spent to good putpose. , —Mrs. Junes Coevan wife of James Cowan, ex -M. P., Galt, died on Saturday, 9th inst„ at the advanced age of 82 years. Deceased had been in delicate health for some years, but the; immediate cause of death was la gripped The husband, Mr. James Cowan, is still hale and hearty, though 90 yeers of &gm For many years he was one of the Boatd of Dominion Arbi- tratore, resigning the :position only a few months ago. Less than a month ago he re- turned from a trip to Cape Breton on Gov- ernment bueinees. The deceased lady leaves four sons and one daughter. The sons are : Thomae Cowan, the well-known Conserva- tive_ orator, manager of the Galt foundry and po3tmaster of Galt ; William Cowan, V.8., one of the Dominion inepectore of diseases in etook ; Major Laing Cowan, who has farmed "Cloohmohr " for several years, and Arthur Coivan, travelling agent for the Galt foundry. Canada. At the Carleton assizee Friday after- noon the grand jury returned true bills in the McGreevy -Connolly case, —Lady Somerset is to undertake an evan- gelistic campaign in Ottawa. —Six Montreal people were nearly killed on Friday by poisoned flour. —Last year 4,066 steaniers and sailing yea - eels arrived in port at Halifax. —There are 5,797 mere qualified voters to date in Montreal then laet year. —The cigar manufacturers of the ,Domin. ion are said to threaten a big combine. —The town of Lachute, 'near Montreal, was almost wiped out by fire last Friday. —The Dutch steamer Celeber has been fined $400 at Halifax for smuggling cigars. — Wm. Wanless has accepted the presi- dency of the London Young Liberals. —St. John's College, Winnipeg, has raised $48,000 towards an endowment - fund. — Mrs. G. W. Skelding, of North Yar- mouth, aged 82 years, polled her first vote at the municipal elections on Monday. —Henry Wade, one of Brantford's oldest citizens, died very suddenly Thursday last week from heart disease. —Mrs, McKay, mother of Dr. McKay M.P.P. for South Oxford, died in Ingersoli on Sunday, aged 76. —A youth named Featherstone blew off part of one foot while examining an old gun at St. Catharines a day or two ago. —There were 37 fires in Brantford during the past year, with the small total loss of $1,400 ; nearly all covered by insurance. —The annual convention of the Ontario Bee -keepers' Association was held in Lon- don last week. —The great international bonspiel played in Toronto, Friday, resulted in Canada de- feating the United States by 136 points. —On the 2nd inst., Mr. W. Buttermore, aged 102 years, died at Perth Road, near Kingston. His widow, aged 93, is helpless. —The evangelistic services in Elm street Methodist church, Toronto, nightly, are made specially interesting by the Whyte brothers, the well-known Gospel singers. —The death is announced in Chicago of Rev. L. N. Beaudry, who for ten years had oharge of the Methodist French missions in the Province of Quebec. ' —The mail steamer Parisian last week made the trip fromeMoville to Halifax in even days, beating the record by several hours. —Mr. John Campbell, of the Erie Mille, St. Thomas, is now developing a trade with the West Indies, and is filling a large order for flour for those islands. — On Wednesday night last week the Warmer sewing machine factory in Hamilton took fire accidentally and was damaged to the extent of $25,000. a -Dr. Haggerty, of Portage la Prairie, who left for California recently to regain his- health, is dead. He was formerly a protninent resident of Letclon, Ontario. —H. G. Hobkirk, post &se inspector of the Stratford division, has arranged for a mail service over the Galt, Berlin and Elmira branch of the G. T. R. —Louis Wigle has been continued in the management of S. Wigle & Son, the Essex county -firm which failed for over $100,000, and whose assets were sold to realize 20 eta. on the dollar. 1 , — The daughter . of Mi. Gorelin of Oil Springs, Met with a painful accident the hild throwing a fork, hich struck her ii ther day, having her e e put ont by a quarely in the eye. —Miss Mary Brownlee, organist of Shet- and church, Lambton county, was visited y a surprise party the other evening and resented with a handsome gold watch, in ppreciation of her services. 1 —Wm. H. Moorehead, who was arrested n Lansing, Michigan, and brought back to anada on a oharge of forgery committed in Kent county, was convicted on Thursday nd sentence waii deferred. —The Montreal Citizens' League has taken ceion against the Province of Quebec lot- ery, All the agents and ticket -sellers of oreign gambling concerns ere to be rosecuted. —Sir John Thompson, has entered snit gainst Mr. H. JaBronskill to recover the i mounts paid- him by 6 ms with which he ad dealings on behalf of the Government, hile acting as superintendent of stationery. —Leon Labelle, the ditcharged civil sere ant, was arraigned the other day at Ottawa n a charge of murdering his wife and re - ended for a weeh. It is likely he will be ried at the assizes now he progress. — Mr. James E.Brazier ' who accompanied he remains of the late ;W. A. Miller from ontana to Stratford a few months ago,was irnself killed on Sunday, while in the die- harge of his chities as brakeman in Oregon. —Dr. Loomis, the celebrated New York ng specialist, was in Hamilton this week, aving arrived Saturday to consult with A. . Wood's family physician, Mrs. Wood be- g seriously ill with asthma. — D. W. Karn• & Co., of Woodstock, ipped the other day ten car loads of or - ns, numbering in all abont 325 instru- ents. These will be distributed in Ham- urg, London and Liverpool. —For the eighth year in succession Rieh- d Johnston has been elected mayor of Pal- erston, his opponent this year having been a Stewart, who came within eleven of the inning candidate. —A Hamilton woman with a baby, in arch of a eunaway husband, arrieed at Jager& Falls on Monday, and complained at she lost a small quantity of money on e ears. The hostess of the Windsor house ok,up a collection and sent her home. —While three men were chopping down ees in a wood near near Strathroy on Fri - y, an old branch from one of the trees fell d struck John Elment acroes the stomach rting him seriously. It is doubtful he will revover. —John Douglas senior member of the oodstook Public 'School Board, has re- ed after a service of 153 years on the ard. His age is now 79 years. His low-membere handed him a complititent- y address. —Miss Annie Wilson, B. A., has been gaged by the Ridgetown Collegiate Insti- te Board, as teacher of modern languages, the place of Miss Clayton, resigned, his Clayton hes a position at $900 in St. —Mr. Wm. A. Mackay, for some years arys. gaged in the London Advertiser news- om, is about to sever his connection with at department to commence a sp ecial urge of study before entering Knox Col- e, Toronto, ea a student for the ministry. 1 a a a a a lu in eh ga AT se th th to tr da an hu if tir bo fel ar en tu in en ro th co leg 1 a ni • • H, RIDA JANUARY 15 is amulet aturday m roe hand ill be servi ✓ hie' chos pestle St. Inbar' and ✓ A' E. g.M1:1. Mac pos for hi s gave hims a pleasant surprise orning by priesenting him with omely bound volumes, which eable to hi while preparing n calling— ' The Life of the aul," " Th Life and Works of e fine Bib iced Encyclopaedia. hite acted a spokesman, assure ay ot the iehes of his fellow future p osperity, and the ifts wI;re h nded over b Mr. J. Hooper, an., t e " f ther of the chapel." The re- pient repli d very feeli gly. —The firs venture in life of Judge Jamie - n, recently appointed at Guelph, was at e age,of 18 editor of a newspaper in Ren- ew. .1-ridg Jamieson served his appren- ceship as a rinter in the old British Stan- ard office in Perth. --Mr, Ni holes Brill, the oldest resident New ,Ham urg, celebrated his ninetieth rthday on ednesday the 6th inst. In e eve ing h was presented with a valuable sy c air y his • friends aa 8 token and aognit'on of their esteem. e -The nun ber of houses placarded for ntagique di eases in St. Thomas in 1891 as :—Measle , 154, no deaths ; soarlet fever, , three cleat a ; diphtheria 17, one death ; phoid 'fever, 6, three death's. —Sir 1 Dani I Wilson is seriously ill at his sideeca, Tor nto. A week last Thursday attended t e funeral of Sir Adam Wilson d con racte a severe cold, which has de - loped nto b onchitis. --The there ghbred horse Longstop, hy ngfell w, elonging to Mr. Alexander ound dead in his box Thurs- al. The horse was perfectly stable was closed Wednesday s one of the handsomest and at bred horses in Canada. The sale of the Kolfage estate,Amherst- rg, toqk pla e on Tuesday last week. The siness block waresold to N. A. }tartlet for thousand five hundred dol - ✓ the homestead, but this did reserve bid and it was not VI • rathy, was y at ontr wh n the ht. e w 13,480. Thre • s was bid f n t reach the so d. J. B. Wil ard was last week before a G It bench of magistrates charged with ctising de tistry without being duly used. Th re were five_ charges tried, ee of whic were dismissed and two con - 11 them, Mr Willard was fined $20' and ts on each onviction. Mr. Robt Sudden, of Little's Corners, ne r Galtehas sold his farm to Mr. Thomas M Bean -for $ ,500. The farm is known as on of the bee in that locality, and is uni- ve sally ack owledged, though only 100 ao es, to be w 11 worth the money. I Some fa took fire on a stove in J Mrs. wood's kit then, Niagara, the other day. lazed up a d threatened the demolition he house. Mrs. Linwood's son cut down art of th kitchen wall, which was on i) , and put he fire out before the firemen pr lic th vi co L' It of a fir ar ived. The &inlay services of the Canadian Te ad reseed la Re . Dr. Mc byterian chu ing tempera ce exortation. The Whyte brothers gave some splendid selections. ago Canadian -American says : Mulligan, supposed to be a t of Belleville, Ontario, or its vicinity, die recently at Elmwood, Illinois, unMarried, and leaving an estate valued at $12,000 to an only surviving sister. En- quiries are nciw being made as to her where- uts. Peter CuIrry, son of Alex. Curry, of the nlinebetween Williams and Lobo, left ut three menthe ago for Chicago, where ad obtained employment and was doing I until about a week ago. He then took rippe, and on Thursday was brought e a corpse. W. S. Flaugh, while visiting his father John Haugh, at the Central hotel, Guelph, rec f ur Pit to abo of porance League, in Toronto were t Sabbath afternoon, by the avish, pastor of Central Prea- ch, in a most stirring, animat- Th for The Chi mas Ge mer reside abo tow abo he wel la fe ho lived the unpleassnt :news that his iture upholstering establishment at sburg, Pennsylvania, had been burned he ground. His stock was valued at t 15,000,1 on which there is an insurance 1,000. Mr. Woodman, a farmer residing near Sto y Creek, att'ohed to ups t on top was found t bro en and o he an elder hop a of his Mr. John and snowfall at rec of the year in w fall -- The smallest monthly rainfall was in Ma , when it Amounted to obly .5 inches. One of beamington'e business men left ly $1,000 under his pillow at the Luck 1, where it was found by one of the bermaidst a Miss Hastings, who gave her employer, The owner in the mean - had missed it, and wired to Mr. Luck. n he got it he said " Thank you " to the st girl. --eThree novices made their profession as Sisters of St. Joseph at the Hamilton con- ven on Wednesday last week. Miss Daff- ney of Brantford ; Miss Sullivan, of Owen Son d, and Miss Kelly, of Hamilton. Miss 0' are, of Owen Sound ; Miss Devine, of Ca nee ; and Miss Johnsomof Hamilton, re- cei ed the habit of probationers. It has been decided to hold a number of On ario elections on the same day as that alr ady selected for Lincoln county, viz., poi mg Thursday, January 28. On that day the electors in Kingston, Prince Edward, Le nox, East Simcoe, Lincoln, East Middle- sex Peel and Halton will choose their repre- aen eaves. Nomination day will be Thurs- da , January 21. Mrs. Campbell, aged 45, wife of Neil Ca pbell, was going upstairs in her house at Fort Lawrence Dock, near Halifax, the oth r evening, with a lighted lamp in her ha d. The lamp exploded,and in a moment the hall was in flamee. The woman ruehed up taint to save her six year-old daughter, bu mother and child periehed and' the dw fling vies consumed. 1892. {McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. the place b deoided to any such at —Laois fore the fair was ended. It was ake prompt meaeures to thwart empt. Rabeastein, of Montreal, the champion fancyjskater of the world, has almost comPletelt recovered from a severe attack of influenza, which confined him to the house for eight or ten days. Louis is the moving omit in all matters of sport, particularly winter pastimei, and all lovers of winter sports in the city will be glad to see him arehnd again and able to appear at the rinks. —A Wianipeg despateh says : Mr. J. Cameron, qhief clerk of the Agricultural Department, has left for T ronto to assume °Image of the Manitoba i migration office there. H. McKellar, who has been in charge for the past two months, will spend Grey, Ontario, will return to, in take his place the winter in the county o on immigration matters, an the city in the spring to ag thelem. Elam. Irwin and Mc uslan, of Galt, made afi agteement, when hey were nomi- nated for seoond deputy ree e, that neither of them wodld canvass, but hat the decision between them should be lef freely with the electors without the slighte t personal Trea- sure. Thie I agreement wa rigorously ad- hered to and it is quite a te timonal to the even popularity of the two, t iat only 14 votes divided them when the poll were closed. —Anothet death, makin three within the year, lays at the door of the new Parlia- ment buildings in Toronto. This time the unfortunate is a young ma named James Neal, 18 years of age,the so e support of his widowed mather. While orking on the west wing oa the building t e scaffold gave way, and hurled the unfortu ate lad to the earth, a distance of 105 feet. He was crush- ed almost beyond recognitio • ,and died from his injuries 4 few hours afte ward. —Alderman N. F. Hueco, • f Duluth, Min- nesota, expeets to head an ixcursion from that brisk city to Kingston ext year. He, objects to the thurists going to Ottawa, ae the trip is far business, not un, and says : " Now, Kingston is the mos easterly deep- watei port on the great lakes while Montreal is the most westerly seaport n the Atlantic. Both these cities we want to cultivate, and they're abot4 the only ones e need to visit in Eastern C nada." The e. elusion is set i for June or J ly. --Various , re the plots a d inventions of men to evade the liquor la , while equally varied are the subterfuges by those who have licenses and who break the law by sell- ing on Sunday. A few weeks ago a Montreal rascal tried to outwit the law by selling whiskey out of a tin corset but ended by losing this novel invention, besides being heavily fined. Now, "anothe man has been arrested for selling liquor llieitly from a tank kept under his bed. —Miss Gurney, of London scribed ae a remarkably plea medium age and size, address of policemen in London, Ont day. Her address was good and was well received by blue." Among other things want to tell you what the their friends in the old min Nearly nine years ago the C Association was started in quiet, humbt, way. It bega berg, but no it has 6,000. — The pretty Miss Hay, of accepted $200 recently to veal of promise uit against D Grand Valley may secure th her choice ye . She is a scho at an examination the other presented lir with a , ha Among the vi itors present w able Dan, wile was voted to person to place the ring on h willingly performed that dut feeling has been thereby ests may result in a thorough reco — There passed away at th his father, Mr. Edward Barre Wellington county, on Sunda inst., Mr. T. q. Barrett, in th his age. Mr.1 Barrett two y tained a severe injury in jurn at Beaumaris, Muekoka, the was driving a team of horses a load of straw when the Icad d of him. When extricated it at -several of his ribs were e had penetrated his lung. As y man the doctors have small ecovery. McLean observer of rainfall or the Meteorological Bureau wen Sound, reporte that during 1891 he rded 29.6 ow. Th inches of rain and 102 inches re was not a single month in ich there was not some rain- nea hot cha it 't Urn Wh hon The death is announce& of Mrs. P. 13. bre les, of Grimsby, at the ripe age of 79. Sh was the eldest daughter of Dr. Cyrus Stk ner, of Beamsville, who settled in Clin- ton tewnehip in 1798 and served with Gen- era Brock as surgeon through the war of 1812, Deceased was mother of Mr. W. B. Ne lee and eldest sister of Mr. W. K. Sum- ner of Ingersoll ; and connected with the Ne 'leeses of Woodstock. The town of Sandwich has been thrown iut a fever of excitement in consequence of the receipt by a Catholic priest there of a let er signed " White Caps," which threat- ens that the town hall, Catholic church, and oth r prominent buildings, are soon to be blo n up with dynamite. In view of the fac that there have recently been a large nn ber of incendiary fires in Sandwich, the pri st informed several prominent citizens of hat he had learned, and asked that some act on be taken, as a fair for the benefit of the Catholic Church was in progress in the to n hall, and it was feared by Catholics tha an attempt might be made to blow up ffected his aeart and fin eath. He was accountant Reyenue office stationed G ia 1881. He his death wil family and fri —The Galt McIntosh, of has the reco has acted as Westover Poll in London, an uelph. He joi as a very popu be much la nds. eporter says : Westover, Beve d of few of its Deputy-Retur ng Division fo England, de- ent woman of d au audience rio, last Sun - and sensible, the "boys in he said: "I olicemen and ry are doing. ristian Police London in a with 6 mem- Dufferin who draw a b'reach n . Sinclair, of husband of 1 teacher, and ay the pupils dsome ring. s the redoubt - be the proper r finger. Dan , and a better lished, hich ciliation. residence of a in Puelinch, morning, 3rd 39th year of ars ago sus - ping on a boat esult of which lly caused his f the Inland was formerly ed the service ar officer and ented b'y his • 1$ Mr. Benjamin ly township, eeidents. He ing Officer at many years at Parliament ry and Munic al elections, and on Mond+, 4th inst., he elebrated his over Poll at t e Municipal eleetion. Better 84th birthda by again officn ting at West - still, on Wed esday he walke from Weet- n, something ike five miles, orm, carrying is ballot box, eturns to Mr. cDonald, then foot, seemin ly hale and over to Rockt through the to make his returning on hearty. —The Kin posed of six seven _Anglic Quaker and a Oddfellows a Mayor -elect. Donald Mein Mr. John ston City Co ethodists, four ns, two Roma Israelite. Th d four bachelor The Chief M yre, is a lawye cIntyre, Q. C.) and a Method'st. He is ab years of age. graduation in law society. He secured g Queen's Univer Though the ' ncil is corn- resbyterians, Catholics, a re are eight ,including the gistrate, Mr. (a brother of Conservative at thirty-five Id medals at ity and at the ouncil is even politically no deadlock will o cur ; the al- dermen are nat inclined to m icc themselves for the -second time the laughing stock of the Province. —Albert Peacock, of Ea t Zorra, was fined $1 and costs at the Wo dstock Police Court the other day for as aulting Wm. Yates. Both youug men att nded church, and during the service, eacock, it is alleged, spent the greater pa t of his time in pulling_his rival's coat tails a d poking him in the ribs. After the servic I}ome of Pea- cock's friendafallowed Yates nd the young lady along the flied, making their presence as objectionable as possible, Finally Yates was relieved of his friend, w en a general scuffle ensued. Words led t blows, where- upon Peacock, made an ass. tilt upon hie rival, anclat rthe court fra kip acknoWl- edged the offence. —For sonie years Meyer s cave in the county of Frontenac has f bulously been supposed to be the repos tory of great wealth. Recently some -Peterborough gen- tlemen formed themselves in o a syndicate and purchased, for the purpo e of specula- tion, some 465 acres of land i some part of which the celebrated cave Eta supposed to exist. A few days ago the r port was circu- lated that the cave had at last been discov- ered, anda party of interested gentlemen left Kingston Thursday night to t st the truthful- ness of the report. The part was compos- ed of Messrs, A. P. Pousette, Q. C., A. E. Dixon, Edward Brown, A. . R. Young, and J. E. McIntyre. These entlemen ar- rived home Saturday morn ng, and report that nothing has been mierep esentede The cave they saw was lined ith white and pink marble on the one side, while a rich vein of silver and gold was on the other. Within sight was enough mineral wealth to make every man in the syndicate independ- ently rich. Twelve pounds of the ore taken from the vein some days ago produced be- tween eleven and twelve dollars worth of silver and gold. Several specimens were brought back and will be assayed at once. 'I he stackholders in the syndicate are great- ly elated over their find. Up to the present a great deal of ridicule has been,/ cast upon the cave of wealth, but now it is beginning to look as if there was something in it. The cave is said to be situated about 18 miles from Kaladar, county of Addington. —The Bible Class is the oldest organize tion of the Presbyterian church in Orillia having been -in existence for more than forty years. Good work bas been done in the past, and this year the class, with com- , mendable zeal, has undertaken the mainten- ance of a native missionary in the island of Formosa, and also arranged for a course of lectures to be delivered in the lecture room ,in connection with the church. Some of Canada's best known men have been en- gaged for this purpose, and one lecture will be given each month. The firet of tho series will be a new lecture by the Rev. R. N. Grant, on Tuesday evening, 19th inst., on "A Trip Across the Rocky Mountains." —The hen roosts of a number of the in- habitants of Watford were visited on Tues- day night, and over 100 fowls secured. The owners being suepicions of certain parties watched the premises with the constables, and caught two of the guilty ones --Frank Lucas and Robert Cook—in the act of pick- ing the chickens. Cook resisted arrest and was brought to the ground by the constable's baton aad afterwatds secured, when they were locked up, and 85 of the fowls secured. They were brougha before Squires Shirley and McLeay, when the owners identified the fowls. Dick Smith was implicated in the trial and was also arrested, and the three parties were convicted and sent up to Sarnia f o r—t rTi ha le London Advertiser very sensibly re- marks : There is too great a tendeucy to grant holidays in the public schools, and the recesses at Christmas, Easter and midsum- mer could well be cut down instead of ex- tended. Not to speak of the comparatiyely short period that the average child can at- tend school before he is compelled to go to work,there is the fact that extended holidays arein few,if any,respects beneficial tothe child while imposing unnecessary trouble upon the mother. A holiday now and again is a geed thing, but long periods of idlenese are de- moralizing to youngsters as well as to the grown-np. Parente look to the school tras- tees to countenance nothing that will have a tendency to prolong idling habits. —Mr. James Keaohie, of North Dumfries, near Galt, has 36 kens of the Brown Leg- horn variety, which he allows to run at arge and houses in a building 10x12. He has kept an accurate memorandum of their product of eggs in 1891 and finds the total o have been 5,216 eggs, or within four of 45 each. The yields for the different months were respectively,—January, 336 ; February, 468 ; March, 644; April, 737 ; May, 727 ; June, 394; July, 640; August, 544; September, 377 ; October, 111 ; No- ember,122 ; December, 116. The coat for eed was $24.50, and the eggs were sold for 61.73, averaging for the year a trifle over 14—ceTnhtes ptoetradl oszheipnm. ants of Canadian apples o England this season hive thus far mounted to 539,594 barrels as against 69,000 during the season of 1890. Advices tate that Canadian apples have led the world on the London market, commanding pecial prices. Of the different varieties the aldwin has been a strong favorite. The Kings bring higher figures, and any good pple finde a ready sale. A writer from rand Pre, in the celebrated valley of the Annapolis, Noya Scotia, says that that lo- ality has been a large aharer in the benefits esulting from the success of the Canadian pple. An acre of orchard in full bearing said to be worth $1,000. The average rice for the shipment of 1891 is figured at 2 per barrel. —During the year 1891 there was an av- rago attendonce at the Sunday school in onnection with St. Andrew's Church In- titute, ou Nelson street, Toronto, of 121. he sewing school for girls and the mothers' eetinge have been quite euccessful. In onnection with the Institute there is a enny sevings bank which is well patronized. he gymnasium, baths, and reading rooms ave fulfilled every expectation. On Tues - ay and Friday nights a night school is C011- ucted, and arrangements for amusements re also regularly carried out. On Satur- ey 120 of the boys were, through the kind- ess of a member of the church, given a rive through the city in vans, and after- ards were treated to cake and coffee, hey enjoyed themselves in a hearty man- er. Perth Items. A farmer in Elma had a return of 5,500 lbe of milk pet cow, this season and his total returns per cow amount to nearly 180 each. —We are sorry to learn that Mr, F. L. Hamilton, of Cromarty, is a severe Sufferer from sciatica. —Mrs. Smith has been elected a repre- sentstive from Stratford to the board of the Canadian society of Musicians. —An old Kirkton boy, Rev. A. Tuffts of Manitoba, filled the Methodist pulpit at Kirkton oe Sunday evening -3rd inst,, moat acceptably, —The death occurred Wednesday last week of Colonel McCully, of Downie, one of the first settlers of that township. He was 73 years of age. —Mrs. Ingram, of St. Marys, was very badly scalded a few days ago. While re- moving a pot on the stove she slipped and the boiling water fell on her. —Mite Addie H. Clayton, B, A., of Listo- well hai accepted the position of teaeher of modern languages in St. Marys Collegiate Institute. —Mr. Adam Slotzhaner, of Brunner has sold his farm of 100 acres to Mr. kenry Kalbfleisch, of Mornington, for the sum of $4,600. —Wilson's blacksmith shop and carriage works in Listowel were destroyed by fire New Year's night. —Mrs. Wills, slipped on the side -walk in Stratford, the otber day, breaking her arm. —Mr. Smith, of St. Thomas, has pur- chased the general stock of E. A. Cairn - cross, of Shakespeare, valued at abont $20,000. —Miss Agnes Livingstone, of Alliston, Ontario, and Rev. George Honey, Boston, Maseachumetts were last week the guests of Dr. Duasmore of Stratford. —Died, in South Easthope, on Friday let inst., Mrs. August Walter, at the age of 45 years. Several weeks ago Drs. Niemeier, Whiteman and Wilmot performed a delicate operation on Mrs. Walter, removing an ovarian cyst containing over 150 pounds fluid matter. The operation was an entire success in every respect. Mrs. Walter lived six weeks and three days after the operation. was performed and the poet mortem, performed by Drs. Niemeier and "—eh` ' mit Whiteman, showed the parts implicated in the operation in splendid condition and well healed. The immediate cause of her death was heart failure, due to fatty degeneration and valvular troubles as eetabliehed by the autopsy. Mrs. Walter bore her trouble -with great fortitude and patience. —Mrs. Samuel Elarris, of Mitchell, died quite suddenly on Thursday morning last week having been taken ill only the day before. —Mr. Frederick Sawyer, of Mitchell, hu obtained a certificate as apecialist in mathematics at the School of Pedagogy, Toronto. —At the Methodist church, Fullerton, on Sunday 3rd inst., Rev. Mr. Christie of Staffs, in the morning and Rea. Mr. Burwash,in the evening, preached missionary sermone. —Mr. Curtis, of Wallace, who lost his barn a short time ago by fire and who was insured in the Howick Mutual Insurance Company, was paid his claim within 10 days after the fire. —Recently mention was made of some miscreants having destroyed a quantity of hedge plants belonging to Mr. R. Barr of the Mitchell road, since that time the re- mainder has been deatroyed by the eame or other wretches. I —Mr. William Ohm met with an accident w few days ago while engaged in cleaning a colt belonging to Mr. John Squire of Downie. The animal became enraged' and crushed him against the wall. —The hotel at Bornhohn, owned by Mr. Henry Victor, was nearly dettroyed by fire ob New Year's morning.. The fire originat- ed from a stovepipe, but, being noticed in time was promptly quenched. , —Mre. Wm, Keane, of Stratford, received an ugly fall while practising at the dancing sehool the other night, receiving an in- jery on the head which rendered her uncon- adieu's. .—A farmer named Wm. Doig, living in the Gore of Downie, near Stratford, fell fdem the loft of his barn on Friday, a diet - mice of twenty feet, and died a few hours afterwards from injuries received. —Dr. and Mre. Shaw left Motherwell on Monday last week for Michigan where they parpose residing. The doctor was a suc- cessful teacher at Motherwell, for a number of years and we trust he will be equally sac- cessful as a physician. ,—There was a grand bee in Atwood. last Taesday, the object being to lay gravel atound the school, make several walks, and generally improve the appearance of the yard, which has been in a frightfully muddy condition lately. '—Mr. George Barley has returned to Mitchell on a visit from Manitoba whale he his been for the past five years. He has ' been very successful out West, and will re - tarn in a couple of months. He has three hundred and ten acres of land, on which are a good stone house and outbuildings. —A very interesting game of football was played at Staffa in the mud on New Year's Div between the Forest home Club, of Kyle's Corner, and the home club, which eves decided in favor -of the Forest Home Club by 2 goals to 1. —Return of registratiolui of Births, Deaths and Marriages, in Listowel, for the hall year ending December 31st, 1891, is as follows : Births, 23 ; Deaths, 8 ; Marriages 16, The Banner claims more births and says parents have been remiss in registering them. i—The " Perth Home Journal "is the name of a new sheet published as a part ef the Sttatford Beacon and conducted by W. Manro, Secretary of the West Zorra Farm - ere' Institute. The paper will be devoted to the interests of the farming community and will be replete with interesting and useful information. 4—Michael Dillon, for nearly 50 years an eneploye of the Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany, died rather suddenly at Stratford, Thursday, aged 57 years. Last summer he buret a blood veesel and had been unable to wark ever since. 1 --According to the asseseor's returns, the population of Stratford is 9,812, against 9,417 lest year. Phe value of property is pieced at $7,875,445, which is an increase of $79,900 over last year's assessment after the Court of Revisign had made ree duotions. -a-A very happy family reunion took place at the residence of Mr. Wm. Aiken, town- ship of Downie, on Christmas afternoon, when the family once again all gathered under -the parental roof. Joseph with his faroily, who has returned to Canada from South Africa, the Dr. from Port Huron, , Oliver from Manitoba, and Miss Minnie from Bailin:lied where she has been teaching for' the lest twelve months, —The other morning in St. Marys while Mi. Joseph Stafford was driving his import- edhorse Darebin ' along the street a dog enapped at the horse -en I bit it on the leg. This caused the animal to bolt and run. Mt, George White ran after the steed and caught at ite bridle to bring it to a halt. The animal, however, plunged and fell over oniMr. White, struck his arm and fractured the bone abeve the elbow. The driver was thrown from the cutter but esceped injury. Monkton correspondent says : A large number of new buildings will be put up next Beeson hereabouts : Mr, James Blair will build a new brick houle ; Mr, Diehl, 17th coaceesion, Elms, will build a new frame Ileum Mrs. McEwen's new brick house will be built in the village and five or siX new barns will be built oa the different concessions, A house is ale° being built in Miankton by Mr. Thomas Gowan, intended for a home for Mrs. Gowan while he is pur- suing his studies in Montreal for the minis- try, Mr, Gowan went to Goderich this Week, where he will study until June next and from there he will go to Mon- treal. —On Monday, December 28th, Mrs, Margaret Buchanan, reliet of the late Don- ald Buchanan, of Grey township, passed to her tong home. Although the deceased had attained to the ripe old age of 79 years and 8 tnonths, yet in that long life never did she require medical aid but twice, and one of taese was during her lest short struggle. On Christmas morning she arose in her usual way, took her breakfaet es usual, and after- whrds was engaged in lacing her shoes,when suddenly she was seized by a violent pain in the head. She exclaimed, " 0 I My bead," and was soon in an unconscious condition. Her left side became paralyzed, but in a abort time strength was restored' to the peralyzed part, but the shock proved too gteat foe one of her age, and despite Medi- eitl aid she passed away as above stated. The deceased was a native of the parish of Kilimuir, Isle of Skye, Inverneesshire, Scot- land. She, in company with her father, mother and brother, left their native land for America in April, 1829. They settled in Cape Breton Ieland, where she was mar- ried to the late Donald Buchanan. Here they remained until 1853, when they left far Ontario, and settled in the townehip of Grey, then a howling wilderness. On this farm she spent the remainder of her days. She leaves a family of six daughters and two sons.