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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY JANUARY 30 1S74 RATES OF ADVERTISING WEST8DURHAM t11ct Bes des r bbon cotton thread towels, napk ns and other ar cles w II be ma ufac tur·d We lea n froli ti · Iila d A gus p 1 hsh ed n Char otteto\\ n P E bland ·t a prac cal m n ng eng neer named John Young 1s and bas been for ·orue t me past prospect ng for n nerals on the farm f Mr George Tweedy Gallas Pont. Last week Mr Young called at the office of the above paper and ahov; ed iL apec men of ran ore recently d scovered bv h mm the d lo cal y Mr Young s ve y entbus ae c and confident a. d co tenda that t conta ns 80 Carl st successes are reported lrom Spa n The Pope has reco red h s healtl The L quor La~ s be ng v gorously en forced n Masaacb s tis Fears of a rev0 are en erta ned 0 J a a ca John Bo\\ er Le Independent a d da c for 0 ta va C ty for re elect on d ed on SuturdaJ last Intense old as reported f om the Ea t era States on Monday At Conca d JS II the thermometer ood at 10 legr es belo · ro and 38 at Lancaster DEDICATION ThoN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ADD ESS THE R"E t\.u e c:i. - nnd p atform meet ng -----·~----- 1!llcrthattt BOWMANVILLE JAN W All matte ad e t se ne ts &c ded fa pub! at on must c handed o e 12 o c o k oon on T u oday s '° THE ROYAL MARRIAGE Young the ru neral re --- -----Cor "l ondcnt no r ne Cocoa N rl\.ETURNS FOR_-;EST DURHAM lumb a s offer ng at two cents and c11n be bou~ I VOOD Id BRIEN Wheat n the pper co n J Br t Co [Ae p b shoe! n he S ate man ] 86 82 27 2 28 THE VERDICT 76 8 113 110 n2 98 39 8 vest for one cent and a ha f for ca·h Se en pe so s n \urora lu 1 a e The Quebec! arl ament \\OS prorog ed at the po nt of dea h f om eat ng on W dnesday and after asse t g to a " th t ch nea n t uo ber of Bl e H s Exce !ency loeed the It s anno n ed bat be ge e th d s·ss on of the second Par! arucnt · th ga ned another success n Cuba the fo low ng speech ---- ·~---Jlon Gen len e of t · L g la M Cou c l Ge tleme of the Legulat e Asse b y ON THE EDITORS TABLE The Mount Vernon Drunkenness THE KI D O:E ! LK ORN ALTERS SOLD rn 39 9 30 20 08 73 18 21 81 GI 76 37 Total ty for Wood 609 1076 29 467 ~laJO e language and a knock down en en d the proceed ngs n front of B od Hotel on \\ edn sdny eveu ng laet The ·· " II be hea d before H s Wo sh p to day e· The an ual Tea of th Canad· P csby ran Chu h ll he held on Tue <la) next. In he even ng several addresses ~ l be de vered A e per or me s ex pee e 1 our heads The Lee re n the Wc leJ au Me bod st ng tone Chu b on Monday Evg last by Rev D wh le travcll ng fay or vas ver) a ge y at ende 1 Un)anyerube n the n er or of Af lea be body bas been nbalrued and s .be g on veyed to E glaod by way of Zanz a The above must be rece ved v th a t on un I conflrmat on shal reach us It v ll be remen bere<l ti at the Dr has on SUMMARY OF NEWS A fire occurred on the p em sea of Mr W J Gleason 5 b con of Hald naud on Saturday morn ng last by wh ch h s barns and sheds we e destroyed Insured for $1 000 OilLD Caus of the. fire unknown lb T e Cobo g S l s pleased to earn las seen ti at Mr Burnet commenced uperat ons at tJ e Beet Root Sugar Manufac ory on Tues dav last It has been s pp ed w th a new retort and the bes mach ue y procu able an l no ou bt s ent ta ed that sugar of the best d nptio an be man fa lure t the l actof) was from ONTt\RIO Sh b y M ste a s Ma Of' THE 0 31 G26 M o9 \\ ns bur ed n a v l age n st hav Leen y ng ·pf ts those ays n D bt eBl! we sl all 1 ear more on 1 · s b Jee n a fc v days Tl e abo e baa e nee been conlirn ed has The Dead Siamese Twrns "E"I> YO 0 Sll LL rHE DODIES COLLEGE FOR $10 0 0 0 A F mth 700 109 0 36 · Oa ne on 0 Jean .M ll2 I 2o2 OU ve M 12 3 South Bo l vcl .M 700 r North l\fonte th M 167 I eterboro West Bertra .M l 98 P cscott Hagar M 0 Pr nee Edwa J W Ross M 100 A pre ty good 3oke ~ got of!' on the Toronto C y Coun I at the r last meet ng t\ nurube of app cat ans had been rnt<le or le u e of the Cry· al I alace and G ounds for the Queen s B rthday and much trouble \\as exper enc d n tle d ng One of the A de man app ed !or t on t c 2 th of May and t ""' m ncd ately grant ed Tl e Fathe s then d acovered that the 24 b ould be ou a Sunday and bat they had been beat. eg la on roduced a d pe" s el n by Hon Mr Foster bas so eakened the hJ "h h the ad need sec on of l L era! P' t I ad h en bound to the r ch ef that the r sup~ort could ot confide ly he en ated pon 3 D r ng the recess seve al elec ous have resu ted n the defeat of the Governme t cand dates cons tu one es prev ously I e d by the Go ernu nt Mr Gladstone l ae taken t nc to re ar ran~e I e Cab net and prepare h ms lf fo the a gg e and now nstead of wa t ng Mr D erae s con veu ence he hus bo1d y appealed to ti e people n do ng so be n forms b s old const ucnte whom he asl a for a rene\\ al of ti e r confidcn e ti at the ho a d M 9 S nc last No em bcr the arr vals of ll m g ants at Ne v Yo k ha) e fa len off 40 to 0 per cent ow og o the pan c vh ch ha daub less I ndere I many nt od ng mm ~rants Dnven tp Smc!de by a Brutality AROUND HOME ~ rD'Y Nova Scot a, o M PR ~OE EDWARU S A:SD TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES ,\. heav freshet s report d at B {fa o ca s ng cons dern.ble da uge to sh pp n rn-Mr P u Ed vard lsla d 2 M n a er a To a s as fa as v t knovtn 111 mster al sts Oppo on Ontano 11 6 Quebec 30 8 l Nev Brunsw k ~ Nova Seo a 2 P E Is and Tl e coa m er8 n Pennsylvan a are on the tr ke on a count of the non payn e t of ~a!:lea ~everal casualt es at sea a e reported from Lond9n under date of Jan 23 M '\ hollcy ha. appeared before tho Cou t ol Q een Bench to ans\\ er th charge of contempt of cou t n wr ng to the press pers st g n ti e tr htu oess of establ shed by the ev deuce g ven by Jean Lu e q the T chborn case He was fined .£200 unrl be mpr soned nut I pad He refus d to pay a d left the ourt n ustody of the officer The f nc I as s nee been pa l and the gentleman set t I b ty A d sast ou· freshet has o c ed We le n Ontano caused \y tl e ccen tin v d rn ns Ne Han b r., Londo B ant fo d nd Ca edo a c ti c pr c pa uIB r 107 Q3 1 Teachers Convention The WestD rham 'leache s Convent on held s s tt ngs n New astle on T esda~ and Wed e dav lost The attenda ce vas not so large ., u gbt be deSJ ed PAY UP