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Sailor -Hata,: Children's • and Misses'
Fancy Hats, Ladies' Fine and Sun Hats,
Boys' and Men's cheap and good Straw
Hats in-Seaforth, is to be found
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Cheap CAsh Store
HOFFMAN & CO.
so
Special Notice.
Another Iot of those Nobby Jackets,
and special value. in Kid Gloves. Also
a fine line of Lace, Art Muslin, Plash
and Scrim Curtains and Curtain Nets.
can and see them
—AT THE—
HOFFMAN & CO.,
OARDNO'S BLOCK,
Tree Planting.
EDITOR "EXPOSITORI—It WOUM be of
great value to Ontario if this spring
could witness an increased amount of
tree planting ; and, perhaPs, not of Iess
value if it more general care were taken
in the preservation of the small portions
of forest which here and there still
- exist. We should remember that the
experience, of all nations teaches us Aftit
when the forest is destroyed fertility
ceases in the land. On the great west-
ern prairies people at first thought they
could do without trees is the ground,
deititute of forest, was fertile. But it
was soon found that. the great mass of
dense prairie grass had answered the
purposeof the forest,' an& when the Jand
was- chiefly brought into 'cultivation the
same evils occurred which had been ex-
perienced on clearing wooded countries.
What is wanted here ts not so much the
planting of lines of trees,thpugh these are
excellent in their way, as the planting
Of large numbers of young trees in plan-
tation fortis, covering a strip, of some
In such a plantation as this, valuable
timber can be rapidly grown. It is sur -
rising to see in Kansas,'where the rail-
road companies and also private inditid-
tads have planted forests by the square
mile, what great trees have been pro.
duced in ten years. They plant them
four feet apart every way, and do not
-- intend to thin until they can take out
trtmks large enough for railway sleep-
ers. This they have probably been
doing for some time, as when I saw
them, four years ago, they were nearly
-,large enough. In a closely planted wood
trees grow to timber, but set out alone
they igrow to branches. The plantation
alio loos the impetus in growth given it
of each tree striving to rise above the
• others so that at last instead of short
branching trees, tall,listraight stems are
pranced. Good timber of many kinds
is already scarce iu Ontario and the
'owner who secures a valuable plants.
tion of useful woods will add greatly to
the worth of his farm. There are two
poinls it would be Well to attend to in
doing this. The plants, if taken from a
'forest, should be chosen from the out-
side ; and next, the plot should be culti-
vated to keep down weeds for a couple
of years, or longer if necessary. After
that they will, if cattle be kept away,
take care of themserves.
Ike' forestry report for thia year is
now printed. I will send it to any of
- your readers who forward me their ad-
dress. There is no charge for it, and
no postage to pay on it ; it is a .pampli-
let sent free yearly by the Ontario Gov-
ernment in the interest of forest preser-
vation, and this year contains many arti-
cles of interest concerning forestry.
233 Richmond street, Toronto.
—The other morning the barn on a
farin on the 9th concession of Morning -
ton, belonging to Mr. J. Ferguson, but
rented and oecupie&by one Alex. Stew-
art and his sob, was discOvered in flame-
andbefore anything could be done the
fire had made such progress as to render
it impossible to rescue anything save a
few head of cattle and pigs which were
in an old building -to the rear of the
barn. In the main building and stables
were six cows, two horses, binder,
waggon, sleigh, buggy, tannin); mill,
three sets of harness, about five hundred
bushels of oats, besides other grain, hay,
straw and various farm *pie-
ments, whioh all became a prey to the
flames. It was ichideous sight to be-
hold. The barn was insured by the
proprietor, Mr. Ferguson, but there was
no insurance on stock or contents; con -
loss, The cense of the fire points very
strongly to incendiarism, as facts have
bees revealed which look rather suspie.
lova, and the indignation of the public
has been aroused to its utmost exten-
The Last Shot from Pringle. -
DEAR EXPOSITOR, The ingenuity of
man has fairly demoralized the labor mar. `
ket. The power of manufacturing goods
of all kinds is far beyond the powers
of profitable consumption. The money
earning powers of the people are great-
ly reduced but the !buying power of
money is greatly increased. Such being
the case, it makes little difference
whether wages. are $2or $1 per day, if
the buying power of the latter is equal
to the purchasing power of the former.,
Since the cost of living is so much re-
duced,'there ought to be a great reduc=
tion in the pay of- all .civil servantsin
the employ of both Governments. In-
stead of increasing the salaries of gov
ernment officials, and that of Supreme
Court Judges, they ought to be reduced.
The sooner the people realize that money
earning powers are reduced, and tha
they must turn over a new leaf and " e
on less, the better it will, be bot for
themselves and the country. t is a
bad state of `affairs when a',re- •ectable
household is ruled by he gir s in the
kitchen, but it is infi itely orae when.
the Civil Servants of c ' ntry become
the rulers of it, "as they re at present.
Instead of fat oflicee being- given to
creatures of chance or party services, --
regardless of abili , these offices should
be made a so ce of revenue to the
country, and s . ould be filled by compe-
tent- salaried 'fficers., ' According to the
present sta of the labor market, and
the cond" ion of the country, thousands
of men nd women could be got to fill
first , _ eeond and thud -class offices for '
$1, ? ', $750 and $500 per annum.
ake the offices of Registrars, Sher-
iffs, Clerks of theeace, First -Class
'Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, and
such' like. If theee,offces were alt filled:
in the way proposed, a saving of from
$1,000 to $5,000 per 'annum would be
made to the country oheach and all of
these offices, and the. I public would be
much better served.; Instead of the
cream all going into the pockets of Po-
litical hacks, it would Igo to help to but-
ter the bread of the long suffering tax-
payers. If the patronage was taken out.
of the hands of both lgovernments, fat
offices would not exist, party warfare
would cease, and the Country would be
better governed.
Being Reformers in name only, in-
stead of in reality, is played out.. If
Mr. Mowat, who professes to be a Re-
former, would go to work and inaugu-
rate this new. system, and show by his
actions that he is a genuine' Reformer,
every man, woman end child would
support him. Reform, instead of being.
a byword; would at once become a
living power in the land. His services
would not be confined to this Province,
but would be sought after for the whole
Dominion. It is only y genuine -reform
that Sir John can be uperseded, as no
living man can cope w th him at whole-
sale bribery.
The Mowat Governirient should not
have advanced the pay of the deputy
ministers $200. Neither should the
Dominion Government advance the pay
of Superior Court Judges, $1,000. . But,
strange to say, these advances are sup-
ported by both the Globe and the Em-
pire ; being a clear case of robbery they
are quite willing to divide the spoils.
Little Davis is trying to .. move both
the heavens and earth; to oust Mowat
out of power, so as to secure the sweets
of office.If he succeeds, the higher the
salaries are, this better', ; the Tories will
ike it. It is not possible for a soulless
corporation, whosechief object is to,
Make money, to run a � genuine Reform
paper,"! hence the reason why the Globe
did not oppose these advances, but • sup-
ported, them. The I Mowat Govern-
ment being liberal supporters of the
Globe, it was in duty.bound to support
them. It is not.possible for either gov-
ernment- to do anything bad enough that,
their organs would not support them in.
Little Davie was greatly annoyed at the
Opposition. press finding fault with his
master, "poor old man," . for,- merely
Lakin $1,000 that did not belong to him
or cab hire. If a trusted employe of a
mercantile firm was to j appropriate half
hit amount to his own use, he would
oon find himself in 'Davie Jones' locker.
The Globe favored its readers with a
'ong editorial, giving 4 comparison be -
ween the salaries paid to the city. offis.
ials of Soronto, and the salaries paid
to the Cabinet Ministers of the Prov -
nee, which went to show that the Cabi-
net Ministers, poor men, were greatly
underpaid. The Globe was living up to
the present system of government,
' claw me, I am . clawing you." These
ministers are not undo paid. Take the
case of Mr. Mowat.. When' he was a
much better man for work than he is
ow, he was quite, willing to devote all
is time as a Judge on the Bench for
$5,000 per annum. Now, he gets nearly
s much for about two months' work,
axing a deputy- and a number of . paid
Ierks to do the work. I' He is also sl-
owed the privilege of y being a member
f a law firm, which according to the
dobe, these firms in many nstances
am from $20,000 to $50,000. In fact
he law business has become so-profit-
ble, first-class men cannot. be go
o go on the Bench for' less than $7,
r annum.. The pres ige•given to ose
awyers who are Ca inet Mi . 'stela,
along with the free advertisi - of 'the
Globe, must greatly help •th =:" business
of their firms. Then the; R tronage is
worth a - great deal; Asp ;; rally when a
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titer can give his so n office worth
any fathers woulcl e quite willing to .
ork for nothing they could.provide
r their sons in his way. I sincerely
ust my- de friend Dickson will
orld for e bad exaMple he set 'neut-
ers of ' • rliament to provide for them -
Ives d their families. The tempo-
ry am ere will be Poor recompence,
e treme heat has got to be endured for-
var. Just think of the good men who
ave followed in his footsteps: Archibald
tack ; Moses Springer, of Waterloo ;
1-11.McKim, of Guelph; and, lastut
not Ieast, -honest Donald Sinal ir, of
Walkerton, and hosts of others, ho left
their party and the service of their
country, and became either : hangmen,'
tmasters.
the services .of
ependent mem-
to _ removethe
t offices out of their
ay to do that is not
Registrars, Collectors or P
the only way to retai
good, experienced, in
bens of Parliament '
temptation, or the-
reach.
he
reach. The only
to have any, an w to have ail. fat offices
filled in the w. y proposed. It is a grand
sight to•see • man'' like Cleveland, who
has been r the last four years the ruler
of the ost prosperous country in the
world returning to his'office a poor
man to -again earn his living by the
sw=at of his brow. 'It was equally as
and a sightto see Harrison, a man of
the people, a ruling ,Elder in a Presby-
terian church, made the Chief Mag'..
trate of a free people.
What a contrast between such met
and the. -Divinely appointed rulers of the
nations of "Europe. Take the characters
of King Ludwig, King Milan -and Prince
Rudolph. These men_ were all much
better fitted to be inmates of third,
class - • brothels, : than of being the
rulers of powerful nations. The less
said about the Prince of Wales the bet•
ter. His greatest admirers must admit
he would make - ae poor Elder in any
church. The English: government take
a cheap way of pandering to the vanity
of her colonists by conferring titles to
strengthen the cords that bind her
subjects together. If such common
names as William, John, Richard,
Thomas, Hugh and David are good
;.enough for such men as Gladstone,
'Bright, Cobden, Carlile, Miller and
Hume, names that will live forever,.
they ought to be good enough for an ole'
Yankee like 13owland,°and also for the
Macdonalds and MacPhersons, who
never knew what it was to have a pair.
of .pants to cover their nakedness, un-
til they came to this country. Sandy
Mackenzie deserves credit for refusing
to have a handle putto his name, and
being nicknamed Sir Alexander.
. The progress the country is Making in
aping old country eel-atm:ratio' notiona
beats all. A few months ago an effort
was mede in Ottawa to form a " select
club " that only Civil Servants and'
men -of independent Means could belong
to, professional men and . m-orchaats,
who had to depend on the public, not
being good enough to belong to it. Trusts
in some instances pan be formed so as to
benefit the public. When two concerns'
bY uniting can reduce their work-
ing expenses, and by increasing their
capital, can turn Out better and cheap-
er- goods,_ they ., become public bene -
that can biri' - formed on this continent is
to unite the two countries into one, and
dispense with the useless and expensive
ornament of a Governor-General, and
the expenses of Rideau Hall, and the
host of laekies that are sent- out „to ape
royalty. This silly show costs over
$1001000,annually, besides it is a posi-
tive injury, as it poisons the mindi of
vain people, and causes them to •put on -
airs unbecoming in a people having a
common origin. The time' has come
'when there must either be a " trust "
formed ' with our neighbora or else a
radical reform in the present' system of
g.overnment. The people are getting
sick of the way Sir John has kept him-
years,by pandering in an indirect way to
Catholic interests b sick of the Globe's
harping about the 'hanging of Riel ; sick -
of the way4both political .parties are
providing offices for their Catholic
supporters ; sick of maintaning Separate
Schools ; sick ' of keeping up two lan-
guages ; sick ef supporting a host of
drones who are. preying on the indus..
tries of the country-; sick of being ruled
by railway influen e, and sick of party.
The only effectual are for all our sick-
ness is annexation. It will greatly re-
duce the expenses of government, min-
imize. the:cost of defence,would give 115
one common school, one language, coun-
teract all railway influences. and would
kill off all the drones. In short, it
would give equal rights to all, and fa -
The time has also arrived when Cath-
-once and Protestants must. come to a
proper understanding before the poun.
try becomes another Ireland. Protest.
ants have no rights that the); are not
willing togive their Catholic neighbors,
but if Catholics really believe that the
Pope has the right to rule over them in
both spiritual and civil matters, it must
of necessity be their chief aim ,,,to make R.
him the virtual ruler over this Country.
It must be confessed they . are play.ing
their cards and gaining their ends nice-
ly. They are playing one.party against
the other, .by bringing their united vote
to bear on whichever party will do the
most good for them. The result is,
they are picking- up the offices from
both governments as fast as they become
•vacant. By, pursuing this course the
Chu eh is . getting wealthy, and is
m mg her influence felt. Catholics
rely don't expect Protestants to • be-
come more Catholic than their co-reli- ,
gionista in Italy and in Spain, where
they refuse to allow the Holy Father to
rule over them in civil /natters, even in
the Papal States. The people having
experieuc_ ecl the character of Papal rule,
must be -much better judges of it than
theirtanadian brethren can possibly be,
Prieetcraft, in whateier form, has ever '
been the mast intolerant and the most
deapotic rule the human family have
ever been cursed with. In this country i
religious toleration is as free as the air
we breathe. . People may believe any-
thing, everything or nothing, just ai-
they. please, none daring' to make them
afraid. If the Catholics persist in im-
porting the atil power of the Pope into
this country, it will bring about An-
nexation much sooner than people ex-
pect. The next best remedy to counter-
act this risme influence, is to. take the
patronage out of the hands of both Gov-
ernments, and having all . offices filled
with competent men by a just system of
bailot. How &re these_ reforms going to
riding intheir might, and demonstrating
to,,'Sir John that they are stronger than
. all the influences that ean be brought
bound to rule this country as long AS he
lives,. when be sees the people are de-
termined tot° have a change, it 'won't
hurt his feelings to become a good re.
former, and work for the best interests
of the country for the remainder of his
4a s. Inetead of having to maintain
hi self ia.power, as he has done for the
. las twenty.five years by the -lavish ex-
penditure of the peop'le's money, every
ou money-0,nd without price. It is to
min and.wOnian will supp?rt him with:
be hoped he will repent of all his poli-
tical sins, turn from the error of his
ways, and !:bring forth fruits meet for
repentance... - Ever since he has been in
pu Olio life, his greet ambition has been.
to rule, and having been a firm believer
fro -pi the first that. the " end justifies the
means," he 'has never sertipled to use
the • means to Advance his own ends.
Long experience, coupled with the -nat-
ural ability for the work, has made him
the moat accoinplished -schemer this
world hat ever produced. • The "-double
shnffie " Was his first trick -to get into
pOwer. The Pacific -Scandal, the • ger-
ryinandet,,ancl the- Franchise Act, were
_all! costly moves to keep himself and
friends in power. His trump card, how
:ever, has been •to " support his -support-
- eri," which he his. gradually developed
bribery, The result is he has virtually
• mortgaged the whole country to its full
value, the :proceeds of which he has
- used to enrich his friends with- one
hand, while with the other helhas been
Mo es?. The people are beginning to
lling the people- -with. their own
realize that for every dollar taken out
of the government, two dollars have to
be :tro,id bock. The expenditure of pub.
lie money may cause° temporary pros-
perity for the time being, but when the
money ,coines to be poid back; the limit
condition of the country is worse than
the first. Sir John has made dozens of
men conneoted with the Canadian Pacific
raikway, the government arid other
branches of his doubly protected indus-
tries worth from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
ea4. ' These men afe.now running the
lovernment in their own interests. It
is surprising that ,a man who has made'
so many dther-men rich,remains so poor,
but by-feigning.poverty, Sly dog,it gives
him at certificate of character for hon-
esty that he would not otherwise have,
'The member for Halifax went for the
government the other day to fulfil one of
Tupper's election pledges to build a car-
. tain railroad. Sir John replied that the
8oiernment could not do it but that the
it adian Pacific railway 'would build
thelroad. Unless the. people rise in
the r might, these men are prepared to.
buy up all oppositioa. The old man"
hay ng made his friends so rich at the
expense of the countiy„ ought to make
some reparation before passing in • his
ehecks. 1. While the lamp holds on to
burp, the greatest sinner may return."
Illy turning over a new leaf," and grant,
ing the ! needed reforms to reduce the
a " 'rand Old Man."' His influence to
burtiTrai of the people, he might yet die
do evil has been great ; to • do - good it
PeoPle ore ever ready to fall down and
worthip success. The fact that Sir John
has ruled the country so long makes
people give him credit for being a great
rasa, but such it not _the case.' When
the gullibilitrof the people in endorsing
his Methods is aubtractedifrom his great.
nese nothimi remains. There is not
another Constitutionally governed coun-
try 'On the fate of the earth that would
have allowed themselves to be governed
.hy each methods six months. People
oag t to he proud that Alexander Mao.
ken ie oould not hold the reins of power
in a ch. a country, and that Edward
Blake was a perfect failure. This
country loves to ape some of England's
bad fsishione, . why den't she imitate
some of her good ones. lio minister
of the Crown ever attempts-, to prosti-
tutelhis position to hold power ; if he
did, it would be the . last "of his public
Career. -It is not long since'Sir Charles
-Dilkev whcrwas -expected to warm Mr..
Gladstone's seat some day, so far for-
gothimself as to get a little over fond
of the ladiesLthe fault of a great many
good men. This little indiscretion at
Once lent:him out of public life. Take
also the case of Speaker Colfax;ii good
man, whose prospects were bright for
the J.Preisidency of the United State',
but in -an evil hour, he allowed his name
to he connected with the Credit Mo -
billet, which proved td be a dishonest
Tar'Anted, if for nothing else th'an to raise
ffie of pound keeper. Annexation _ is•
s he 'could not be elected to the
the political Morality of the country.
Youl and y.our readers will be glad to
know this is my last letter. Trusting
yon ill all forgive me for the punish -
men I have inflicted, I remain, yours,
etc. ..JAMES _PRINGLE.
—Lost Friday a gold watch and chain
belonging • to Mrs. Perritt, of- Port
Dover, who was a guest of the Pacific .
Hodee, St. Thomas, was itolen from her
witI4 and the next morning.. the stolen
articles .were found under the curtain,
the thief having doubtless become alarm-
ed sod returned them. ,
—One of the finest Water privileges
a the eaunty of Hastings is at Glen
Lewis, a point on the Moira river, just
soutii of HogIlike. Thete fano lack of
Water, but the da which holds it back
.causes the inund tion of hundreds of
.aeres of land. _Th right of the mill
own& to keep the• water dammed back
'has been tested in the courts and es-
tabliihed by legal decisions. Yelling
throtigh legal 'means, aggieved parties
have resortecil to violence, For the
second time the datn was -blown up by
dyne ite last slimmer aid about a
week :after the :millt were' burned, Noth-
ing daunted, the o„waer prOceeded to
rebuild. The dam was replaced, and
the mill was so near completion that it
was intended to start operations, but
the dam had 'again been blown up.
Each time that the dairp hae ,•been
• Cross ab Madoe village has beenbroken
into and a box 6f dualin removed.
Canada. .
The Ice -moved out of .'Port Arthur
• —Barges commeneecd to go - through
the Lachine Canal Monday morning.
—Eby, 131ane & Co., of Toronto, have
bought the St. Leon Springs property,
near Montreal.
—The out of logs in the OttaWa dis-
• Met is reported to have been very large
during the winter.
—A laige amount of damage was dope
by fires on Sunday in Port Hope and the
adjacent Village of Welcome.
— J. McMillan, aged 79 yearat who
arrived at Moose Jaw from Lucan, On-
tario, only_ last Week, died suddenly On
—Over 900 persons attended the clos-
ing evening session of the Sunday School
Convention held last week in St.
—Mr. Timothy Coughlin, M. P. for
Notth Middlesex. is seriously ill' at
s Ottawa with diphtheria, and has been
takeito the hospital.
— ommencing next Sunday, the
Michigan Central Railway will run Only_
live stock and perishable freight trains
on Sunday.
Roche. St. Thomas, died Saturday from
inflainmation of the bowels, brought on
by overheating while using a skipping-
rope.
—Rev. R. A. O'Connor was presented
by his Barrie parishieners with An ad-
dress and a purse of $55ton the' eve of
his departure to assume he duties of the
Bishopric of Teterboro', -
—Half a dozen car leads of stone are-
. on the way from New Brunswisk .for
the new city hall in Hamilton, and the
'building of ,..the towers will begin this
week.
— The Salvation Army, at Oshawa,
have purchased a lot and purpose erect-
ing a barracks thereon at once capable of
bolding 1,000 people. It will be built
of white brick.
—The Southern Counties Fair Associa-
tion have decided to expend $500 for
attractions other than the fat, big and
abnormally developed pumpkins for the
next Fair.
—Gectge J. Fryer who skipped front
Glencoe in 1885 with'$6,000 belonging to
the Amerioan Express Company, has
been arrested in Nebraska an'd brought
te Linden,
=It is being urged on the Dominion
Government to grant a gratuity to Miss
Fraser, daughter of -Simon Fraser, who
discovered the nohle river that perpetu-
, —The business men of Galt have
• formed themselvei into an association
for protection from "dead -beats " and
others who are in the habit of incurring
debts and not paying them.
—One of the oldest men in Eastern
Ontario lives in Merriekville, in the
person of Mr. Patrick O'Hara, He -is 102
years of age, and as smart and active
as many a man at thirty,
—Herbert Williams, a ten, year old
son of Rev: R. W. Williams, of Guelph,
had a large hole blown in his leg on
Wednesday night by the premature ei-
-Sixty yonng men have recently left
Baie St. Paul, Quebec, to work in
American brickfields, while 100 have
gone from St. Urban, in . the same
county, and 200 from Eboulements.
—The work of rebuilding the upper
,Suspension Bridge at Niagara; which
was destreyed „lq the great wind storm
of Januaty lost, is progressint rapidly)
and will in all, probability be completed
—A twenty year old watery attend-
ing the disappearance of David Winfield,
a former cattle dealer Of Weston, near
Toronto, has at last been solved by his
discovery in the Maple GrOv\Insane
Asylum, Ohio.
—Students of the senior y sr in
Arta, Queen's College, Kingston, have
formed a new society, called the Class
Society, the object of which is ---to bind
the graduates oloser together. The -
first meeting occurs' three years hence.
—Mr. James Hay, a Delaware black-
smith, had his skull slightly fractured -
by an apprentice, whom!, aim was not
just exactly perfect. The ' lad was
" striking " for him and the accident
happened while -Mr. Hay was bending
over to inspect the work.
—The Drumbo Record is a newly
established journal worthy of notice.
As a local paper it is at the " top,"
newsy, brief and interesting. The pub-
lishers are Messrs. Wrigley & Grayson.
May they long flourish. ,
—Professor Moon, of the " bagpipes."
gave an entertainment in Ayr the other
up the deficieng from the company's '
speechei were the order of the evening;
J. Fryer, now in gaol at London, at-
tributes his downfall to hia wife's ex-
travagance. Her outlays were more
than his income could cover, so he made
Bennie., manager of the Western bank
at Paisley, who is being removed to
drunk in , cold water, and .songs and
pied the chair.
tary supper was tendered Mr. J. L.
ids. Thos. Cowan, Esq., of Galt, omit-
Tilsonburg. The usual toasts .were
dancing class and other popular -vocal-
-The Glencoe express robber, George
—Last Friday evening a eomplimen--
a Sailors' Home, which *ill be a credit
to the port. Miss Hutchinson, a be•
nevolent lady, has been interesting her-
self in the welfare of the sailors and pro-
viding them with a room to spend their
evenings in innocent amusements. She
has now undertakento establish a resort
where meals can be procured, - lodgings
of•tainect, baggage• stored, and where
religious. services May be. held. .
—The large warehouse of the -Grand
River Gypsum Company at . Cayuga
Baxter. with a large quantity of graii2
and gypsnin were destroyed by fire a
:few days ago. The loss is said to b
partly covered by insurance,- • ,
and to open the door he had to put hi
finger in a hole to raise the latch, whe
a large dog, which by some means via
shut- in during -:the day, grabbed` - th
finger ,and lacerated it in a• frightfu
—Thursday, last .week, a batch. o
convicts arrived at Kingiton peniten
tiary from Sault Ste., Marie, While o
the way down' one . of them, Josep
'.Kenny, aged seventeen, got the . hand
cuffs off and slippedlout of the oar Win
dow east of Newcastle. "-He was re
captured.
—Wm, MCDougall„.of Nebraska, for
melt, Michigan Central Railway - cin
where he had gone for the 'ben fit of hi
1,t1
morning at North ' Platte - eloraska
hreesaildtehin sHt.iTshvtothifaeo. a_nd three chil.di 7
—The barn. of George Bawkinhimer
Burford townshiP, county 'of Brantova
struck by lightning ;during the Severe
storm of Friday end- consumed, with it
contents, including 4 team of horses and
many implements. 1 Another barn sva
struck and likewise destroyed; _nea
—A party of crofters arrived Friday
at -Winnipeg, and **tie sent to th
Saltcoats terminus on the Manitoba an
North-Western., there mot being suffi
_dent free lands for 'them „in . SOuthern
Manitoba, where the rest :of the - cid
ters are settled. The teparaticin ha
given rise to considerable complaint.
bushels of corn were, despatched from
.Toledo Ohio, to England, ' It comes by
lake and canal to Kingston, Canada
thence by rail to 'New York. This
one of the largest shipMents of ' grain
ever made -from Toledo.- It filled eleven
bosts, which all left together. .
'. —Donald Morrison was captured 4a
his father's hotiseat :Marsden, 64 mile
from Sherbrooke, by Censtable, Mc
Mahon, of Montreal, and - an Indian
scout named Lefevte, on. Sunday ' night
There was a desperate fight, and Morri
son was wounded in the hip. The :caps
tive was taken to Sherbrooke. ' :
• —Mr. Egan, a farmer near Belmont
recently hired a tramp sailor to do farm
work, and while the family were &Intent
the tramp dressed himself in Mr. Egan's
best suit, -gathered together_ $25; clean-
ing out the children's bank, and taking
two $2,50 gold -pieces from Mr. J Egan's
chein and debamped. No. trace 'of him
s --A Galt, boy named Arthur _Cass
broke his'arm the other day while in the
midst ot a game. . He 'Walt playing ball
with others - at the time, and it was
thrown so that it lodged on the roof of a
stable. He climbed 'up to get it, and' in
coming'clown used the top of a 'fence to
rest his feet on, In doing 50 he tripped
over forwards with the result as stated.
—A young man named James Van-
atto met -with -a horrible &occident 'at
Kendall, county of Durham, a few days
ago; He was looking at Jackson'i saw
mill and fell on a.. circular saw.inaking
sixty revolutions a minute, which - Out
him threugh the heart. id an instant,
one arm being sawn off -and throwa out
of the mill altogether. ! He was about
l 9 years old, steady and industrious.
—During the wind itorm of last Fri-
day, the station at Tailor, near Ridge -
town, on the MichigantCentral RaiIwaV,
was blown doWn from its foundation and
carried twenty feet, landing right side
up, The damage was,abeut $500. -The
Michigan Central Railway station;.at
Iona took fire from lightning coming in
along the wires, but little damage, how-,
— Miss Sara Dunes* (Garth Graften)
of Brantford, and Miss Lilly Lewis have
reached Calcutta in itheir trip eroded
the world. There they had the honor
of dining with the Viceroy and Lady
Lansdowne. aud received other interest-
ing Indian hospitalitiesi. From Calcutta
they were to tiara bverland.through
India, , leaving Both* about 22nd of
-•Letters were read before the Mon-
treal Presbytery SatUrday froni Messrs.
Joseph:Hickson and. W, C. Van Horne
in favor of lessening 1 Sunday travel,
traffic and work dn railways, and ex-
pressing their -readiness' to co.operate to.
diffibult one, in consequence of the
&meant of Sunday bulimia -done by
American railways, With which the Can -1
---;The other day an unknown map de-
liberately laid himself ea the rails of the
Grand Trunk Railway track a short dist-
/MCC west of Chatham ae the west.bound
express steamed" out from the station,
He was seen by the :engineer, who at
once reversed his engine and whistled,
but .the man never moved until the
engine.was stepped with the pilot within
a few feet of him, 'when he coolly made
off amid the imprecations of the trein-
me—LAla' re'''ocOurrence was that of a few
days ago when:the ten children -of the
late Joseph Herbert, of Drumbo, met -
for the first time in their lives together,
all of them being grown bey nd the age
memorated oni Monday last week by a
visit to Paris, where the children and
some of their relatives; 17 in all, Were
photographed. The occasion of their
meeting—the funeral -of - their father
was sad, but the gathering WAS neverthe-
less a happy one, perhaps their last at
well is their first gathering together on
earth. The names -of the children. am
Rounds, Drumbo, (the eldest and young-
est members of the family),,- -William
erbert, 4th concession, and Mrt;
MoLE1&N BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a ,.Year, in Advance.
James Balkwill, 7th consession, -Blen-
heim township ; John Herbert, Brant-
ford ; Geo. Allen Herbert, Walsingham;
Robert H. and Samuel E. Herbert
, Brown City, Michigan ; and Normau B.
. Herbert, BrockWay, Michigan.
Tuckey, a retired farmer, who
has been living in Guelph for a number
e of years past, was a few days ago taken
to Hamilton asylum, The unfortunate
- man -lost his wife recently, since which
, he has been brooding over imaginary
s troubles which preyed upon his mind,
n rendering him insane. He itabout 60
s years of age and was in comfortable
e circumstances, having sufficient means
1 to support him for the remainder of his
f —His Grace, the Duke of Sather-
- land-, dropped into Ottawa Saturday
n forenoon, and left for Montreal later in
h the day. He was accompanied by his
• wife and her daughter. They registered
- at the Russell house, as Mr. and Mrs.
- Weir, Glasgow, and Miss Hay. They'
occupied seate in the gallery of the
House of Commons for about a quarter"
• of an hour. He did not visit Ridean
hall. The party was not distinguished
, in outward show' in any respect, its
n worn appearance.
—At the approaching Woodstock
, Assizes the action brought by Mrs. Still- :
s well! now of Tilsoribarg, against the -
Ancient Order United Workmen to re --
s cover the sum of $2,000, the insurance
on the life of her husband. Louis .
s Napoleon Stillwell, who was murdered
✓ in the woods, near :Eden, on Ilrew Year's
Day, 1884, will be tried. Stillwell at the
time of his death was a member of the
e Eden lodge, but was in arrears, -It will
cL be remembered that his wife, -Ransom
- Forbes and Albert Thomas, were tried
for the murder of Stillwell, but were
trader, was arrested at St -Thomas on
Saturday night, for cruelty to anim'als.
The case is of a Most brutal character.
He was in the habit of tying strings
, around horses' tongues to make them go.
s On Saturday a- crowd gathered around
a horse that had a stream of blood run-
ning from its month. The crowd at-
tracted the attention of a policeman,
t who found that the horse's tongue was
s nearly cut off with -a string. He im-
- mediately arrested Wright and locked
. bini—AuPr'ather amusing incident and an ex-
ceedingly embarrassing one to the young
man concerned, took *ace in Knox
church, -St. Thomas, On a recent Sunday
, evening.. A young man A stranger,
walked into the-4hurch arid took a teat
in the middle of a row always occupied
by Alma College students. The "wide- -
awake" young ladies commenced to pour
in at each end of the row of seats, and
the young man made -a break first one
way and then the other to got out, but
was hemmed in on both sides.. He then
:tried to find a hole in the ileor through
which he could drop, but had to sit tut.
the service.
—Informatiou has been received at
St. Thomas of the -death by drowning of -
Mrs. Howard, wife of Rev. C, How-
ard, Presbyterian minister, who resided
in St. Thomas for six months' last year.
Rev. Mr. Howard went to Granbuiy,
Texas about six months' ago. Last
Monday Mrs. Howard took a walk along
the Brazos River and did not *urn, and
next morning her body wee found in the
river. She had evidently lost her way
and in the darkness fallen in. Mr.
Howard was at Dallas attending a Pres-
byterian meeting at the time. He for a •
time was stationed at Springfield and'
Aylmer; He is left with five children,
one girl of 16 and four boys younger, the
youngest being but an infant._
—The other day Jacob Ira Cook,
manager of a cheese factory and a well-
to•do farmer in Marmora township, sent °
a -note to the Belleville Branch of the
Bank of Montreal to be discounted.'
The note was made by Cook and en-
dorsed by three good farmers. Manager
Richardson was suspicious, and declined
to cash the paper until ke had made
enquiries. The result was 'the discov-
ery that the endorsements were for-
geries. An effort was made to find
Cook., but he had disappeared. The
enquiries made have 'developed that the .
Traders' Bank of Made(' has a, note for
$;000 similarly endorsed, and Mr. E. ‘-
D. O'Flyna's bank, Madoc, another for
—Jamat Flett, formerly of South
Dumfries, Brant county, but latterly a
resident of London, died on Sunday -14th --
inst. after a short illness. About two
weeks previously he attended the mar-
riage of his youngest sister Jennie at
the home of their father, Magnus Flett,
a little east of the Blenheim and South
Dumfries township line. He was then
in robust health and returned to Lon-
don where he was engaged as, i mann-
factliiii-of-hay forks, Bat he was at-
taoked ihortly afterwards with inflam-
mation of the- lungs which terminated
fatally in a few days. He leaves a wife
and four children. fie was buried in
Ayr ceinetery beside his mother in ac-
cordance with his expressed wish. Only
six months ago his brother, David, was
brought home Irma the States, having
Cann, near Port Hope, were struck by --
lightning and set on fire. When tbe
fire was discovered it had gained such
headwayrthat Mr. Cann only succeeded
in saving hill horses sheep and two
cows. Eight head Of cattle and many .
fowl were burned, The stables, three
barns, a qnantity of grain, together
with all the implements and machinery
were destroyed, The loss amounts to
rbeestiwdeenenee$40;000mr.aRnd. A$5.,000w:likneeur,rend.ria
the Royal of England for $2,000._ Thei
Welcome, was /track by lightning about
the same time and the hired man knock-
ed senseless. Miss Ella Walker Also re-
ceived a severe shock. One end of the
building was shattered but did not
-take fire.