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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY RATES OF ADVERTISING Theo d was as n~ar Y our lose s the same k nd aud style of make The rs s da·ker in color than ours and e th nk our qur..l ty 1s rather bet.ter ou a count of more pure color One th np; "e know we took 1000 feet to Orangeville same t me as they Both were severely tested for 10 hours Theus gave "ay at two coupl ngs and broke ours never budg ed We had. more pressure on thr w water 2 ft fu her nnd h gher and nore severely teated o r hose than they the ra d d better work a ve y great deal then they d d and we so d both eng ne and hose The rs was returned Tl s s a pub fact Tho sands of people " tncssed the t al Each company appears lo be confident n the super or ty of ti e r eng ne and the best o! the t\\ u ru st be a good one Agan we say he bugbea of I e on d t anal bar~a n has been removed nnd tb e Counc l ar free to pu chase any make of eng ne Tanks are to be onstructed n var ous pa s of the to vn so a"! toma.ke the steamer ava lable for e ery fire The old eng ne ca not be repa ed nor ac. a new one be procured that w 11 be ~f any nse for much leas than the steamer 1 cosl } re Ext gu sbers cannot be re cd on for la ne fires lnd a e only ot use as aux I a es An ea g ne we must have and the onl) serv ceab e Let I e B) Jaw be one w I be a Stean ~IAY 21 1870 RlJLIGIOUS SERVICES SUND\~1\.Y DIREOT IMPOSITION Some t me ago we tcok o cas on to warn our readers a0 a nst hav ng anyth ng to do w th a party known as L D S ne adver t ·ed by many papers as the Manager of a great g tt enterpr se We th en spoke of the \\hoc th ng as a fa d and a cheat and ha c nut seen or beard anj g nee o ca.use us to cha ge our tune He haB reap ed a r ch ha vest t om the mnny dupes found n any ountry a d has been ass ted vt e regret o eay by he nev. spape s of the land (one of ou tov. n co t>mporar es nc ud e<l o gull the publ c The U S Postmast er Ge ral has now taken th s sw ndler n ha d He I as nstructed be Postmaster at <l 1875 \.~ JOliN;:; CHURCH ANGLCC ay n ne Spm.: co t a t o s1 a e m de o applica ton. 4 College &c. @"No the MERCHANr 95 cen s each nsert on NOTICE .As the l ange flt ti e I ostug L w pro v es fo prepayment of utiwapaper Pos age by he p b she s on and af e t e lat of August next we beg lo no fJ · l of o eadere concerned tba.t the syste u of p e payment w ll bes r ctly bbserved n order to meet U e ex ra out ay consequent upon the change The MERCH~NT w l be fur n sl ed at the pre e t pr ee n cent· per annu.m and all new subscr bers l be re~u ed to pay n advance Sub.scr be s n a rears are requested to sett e the r ac o u s be ore the 1st of August as at hat date al papers not pre I ad v ll c s op1 ed and the acoou tu co lectcd by a y author z per on c ty but to nform tbc rem t era th1i1.t pa~ ment bas been forb dden and tl at I e sum of Bad mone) orders \\ be retur ed o the presenta on ofadup cate oder obta n ed under e egu a ons of the depa tment 1 R g ·tered le ers d e ted to L D S ne are 0 de t:d t be etu e tu the offi es on the ot er ma. ed w th be wo d Ma n and T d ) and Tracy Mr Bowe too com s and cont ad ct11 d nuder oath M Beecher Mr Olaf! n and ae era olhcr gent ernen ----····----T c prop r way to cover your It fa r y n akes ones head ache to t ya bu} a Hat at M C ung Bros Ano r Whatever nay be he dee s on a ved at unravel ho tang e large ot of Amer can Hats J st rece ed- by ou C y ] u he s n rega d o be l re au s y1e ou ke Eng e quest on McC uog B os " 1 con The wav of the o Id a to go to :Ii nue toFII\E AWAYat becheapDrcss C ung B os tor D y Good· and G oce es POLICE COURT Goods E ellent Lustres at 9: ts n and the I\ orld s r gl t Pr nts at 10 ts liHA ESESQJP pcd g ~~~- ,~ · ~~~~ ave al sworn o 1 s and t: e s hey I ave told tl e tru h hen M Be e b.::is comm ted perJ ury If M T lton bas sworn to the tru b en not on y Mr Beech r but 13ess e Turn Essa) st Trac) 01 ver Johnson Sam W e soo M s Pa n er the n g o Woodley and a I the w tneases vho test fled that they sa v Mr 'I lton walk ng · th Mrs Wood ull the Rossel p ocess on } ave swo n fa e lv o ock n the m l'lllng and ti.t 6 :.30 ti. e enng by the Rev J Be<ln S S boo! at ~30 p m J'ra)cr Me ug ey Thursday even ng at 7 o ock BIBLE CHRISTIANS-At 10 30 a byMr C Oomle ·ndat630pm bylt Sabha h Sch o a 2 o co k oon P aye Mee mg on \Ved t730ocok MEIHODISI -8e on Sabbatl next at 10 30 u th mo n n and a.t G30 n the e en g by be Rev I Cad DISCIPJ ES S 0 30 0 l.rAY 1 l'H TOWN COUNCIL i l Co emnn vs H 0 Hara Bres h of by la" F ne and cost $2 7 PEN AND SCISSORS f The Dom n on House w Jl aga o asse o T T Colen an vs G A K k Sell ng ble on Saturday the 26 h day of June J e · lry " thout a I cease He ad n tted Hon E Blake baa accepted the office of F ne and costs, $7 50 M n st r of Just ce l AY 17rH The funeral was very mposwg and m \\ eston fa Jed to wa k l s 00 m les n TT Colen nn vs J as Couch Breach of preas vc · x days but started on a aecond attempt on Cow b) law F ne and costs $3 0 The grave makes no d st net on Sunday orn ng On Tueaday of last week r T Co eman 7B Edward Bell nan he footed 00 m le· w tbout a a op The L eutenant Governorsh p "' oller Brea h ol co b) low F ne and costs, ed to the Hon Geo ge B own and on h s The last Ga:et e con ta ne<l a proc amat on $3 05 dee! n ng offered to and accepted by fron L cut Gener.! Haly an ounc ng him lll Y 18TR the Hon D A MeDona d Postma ter G n self as adru n s rn or of the Go e nmcnt of era! He ll e ter pon h s dut es for I l l Co nn s f I\ l am B eacl Canada, n the absence of the [Go crnor · ti of co b) law } e and cost· $2 0 Gene al Sal no a e run g son n erously n the 'l he D ou Cou t I ell t s ngs ) cs DEATH OF THE LIEUTENANT THE FIRE ENGINE S· ame"to r ve at present and tie fisl e1 tc da) n tic Co n l Chamber GOVERNOR m n la e en 0 ht so nany of then that 1 lto Pub -----·---they I a become d ug the ma kct and er a ew bus las n ed It as are sold by the fishermen on the fish np; e o r Jaet allue on to n New Yo k ·nd s ery g ounJs f om lu to 30 en s each and n ness of the L eut Governo the c ty at from 40 to 60 eents o the hands of o r nders w"' JS ewepaper qua.rre s ar apt to term nate Mr Jo pl ~iainard ha· r no e<l to ly m anyth ng b t a pleasa t manner n the roae and Cl al 0 lfo tl a o·t at the ne ghbor ng S ates Two ed tors n L aven \\ e Far nera Exchange ·Orth met on the sta rway of the Opera Hou e one slapped the o her n the face The Populat on of Darl aglon & Clark u and was return shot three t mes n the 1810 vos 181 28 persons asse sed Value of breast Th re s no hope of he wounded property £12u ~ 0 ASBessed rates £14 19 man s reco ery 5 Tl e fo lo" ng ob 1oronto G obe M COUNCIL OOM MAY 17 A spec al neet og of the Counc l took place on th s day at the usual hour The Maio n ak ng the cha staled that h had cal ed the eel ng !or the cons dcrat on of the pet t on presented at the last meetng of t e Counc I pray ng for tl e passage of a by law for water ng K ng Street and o pet ton from 01 nton G fford for the transfer of Joseph Maynard s tavern lee to h m 'l be fo low ng n em be , were present n add on to the Mayor -Messrs Mann ug McClung Burden Burk Thonipsq_n;:l'p ter Losco n e Treleven P~lter.s()p and Mc M urtry The pe ton of Mr G fford \las read a co1Upan ed by the report of the lD·pector when t was moved by Mr Loscombe seconded by Mr McClung -That lhe,pra) er of the pelt on preoen\ed by Cl ntou G f ford ··k ng that the I c·nse hela by Joseph Maynard for the Hotel known as the Ftlrrr er~ Exchange nay be transferred to h m be granted Ca ned Moved by Mr Thom1 son s c nded by Mr Treleven -That the pet ton for va er Ing K ng Street be reee ved Carr d Mr Burden ntroduced a by law for car ry ng o t the prayer of the pet t on h h was read three t n es a d passed Moved by Mr Thon pson seconded by Mr Burk -That Messrs Mann ng T e !even and M Clung be and are here hi ·P po nted a comm t ce o ~ the on a t of at r ng K ng S reet f o S ugog Str et to Thos. Hoare res den e and t nd the carry og out he aarue The Uo nc adJonr el R W ND I TC Corre t d byJ McD ug.JJ Po u Bo MlliV LLE M O hiay 90 ha t 1875 ]al W eat Sp mg ' heat Rye Ba. ley Oats Pea. 95to100 88to093 060 to 062 0 7 toOBO 0 73 oO 5 0 42 to 0 45 0 16 to 0 18 800to000 600to 700 040to45 011 toOOO OOOtoOOO 00 00 to 00 00 Butte D ess d Hoge Coe Seed P a.toes Eggs Wo Hay TORONTO lono:<TO ll1a ~ h 1876 $ 98 to 100 0000097 OOOtoOOO 000to080 085 to0 87 000to060 02 to028 900to960 OOtoOOO o oto016 oOO toOOO 00to200~ l n the tested Ui.e F re Comm tee and the other Oounc llor ~ere so well sa stied y,; tl he t al I at they aceepted the eng ne nen; o We are pleased to state that the Counc I l as bee f eed f om th ond anal ba ga n made by the n as w l be see from he lo low ng telegram rece ved by our Mayo from the S Isby Company We are v Ing to leave tho eel c on of Eng ne to the Counc after w tuees ng the tr ·I of bo h en>i nes Th s w 11 lea e the que ton ope and move I· reason why t e lJy law now be lore the people should be peleated It s a ser ous matter to ote the to m nearly $ 000 deeper nto the m re of d bt tl an t s a.t present but p ate t on from fire c m st have even at t ce $5 000 rhe Ins r~ n e Compan es are ook ng w th wntc ful ·Jc upon s and have a ready threatened o w thdraw f on do g b · n s be e nee rho old hand eng ne ' broken back and l He lef the spel ng bee at 10 o e ock and s opped n a saloon on h a "ay home Here he o et 13eve al f ends who set m up d era t mes and 1 e reached hone auout n dn ght v l aeon used ban and a very demoral zed pau of legs 'l hen he swore t at somebodv ad ·to n the ke)hole but The I e nga n v st h s v fo ti a fearful sea" l on her brow our toy, n on tl e 1st of June '\\hen hew 11 n h r ha d adm tted h rn dd vcr h s popu ar Lecture The Hou e ~··---ON THE EDITORS TABLE t at Jack Bu t No doubt a cro" ded I ouse ll aasemble to 1 ear m The ad PERS MAGAZD!E 0 Ju,E l8 m ss on las l c n p ace<l at he low fig re of IV th the Juno Nu n her HAR ER s ~he 10 Cen · .<Z :<E commences s F fty first \' olume A ru e beaut fut Nu ul>cr r one cl st n 'l l e Stea ner Norse nan will con ey ..,u shed by ·realer var ety of nterest ng p asur seekers fro n Oaba" a Bo 1Vrnanv lle matter baa never bee aaue l It couta ns and N c vca tie on 04 h leav ng th s port A narr ed Eng h nan u Pars a ely be e ghty superb engrav ngs c 0 ht o t of the bo t 6 a and N e'I castle about came desperate y enamored of an actress · gbteen art Jes be ng llustia ed 'I he Nu rnber openR w l:. an l".Xceed n0 y who n t rn as 1ll love w th a s t ot d a and from Ne~cas le see n onds n the Rue d la Pa x The lover nteres ng desc p on of the Channe T keta to be had from T Yellow ee· however thought 20 000 francs too dear and Islands accon pan ed by manv e and D Rose Ne\\ castle off.rel tb Jeweler 14 000 !ran s The lady 111ficent llustr:.1.t OD!!I '.lho Headquar era of No 2 Company ol then ca led pr a ety on the ;ewcl r a d As a fit sequel to e b ·nt art cles th 4 h Batt (West Dari a ) of Infantr) offered to pay the d fference on the cond the Apr JN umber on the Concord F ght \\e has been tra i:ite1red from Orono to F nelon t on that the gent en an have them at h18 ha e n th a N mb an a t cle on Cenco d Ia a Mr J L I ucker s p aced pr ce wb ch as agreed to Next day the Books and A thors lust a ed on ti e ret red I t reta n ng h s rank as Engl sbman purchased the gems at h s pr ce JAMES p ARTON s Ca cat res n the Ilog Captn n and J W Kenned) ti ls the va but on h s way to h s hotel he met a end artb an Per o 1 g ves a. dran a. cant post A A McDonald acts as L ent who r d culed and shamed h m nto start ng the great financ al delus ons of ena t v c Robert Moment E;ns ~ W at once for London v; th U e J e :vels as a pre n France and Eug ·nd and de ote· I e guson be ng out of 1 m ts, h s name A sent fo h s w fo The Jeweler has nee · de ab e space to Hogar h · p c es remo ed from the 1st of Officers of the ac presented h s b l for 6 000 francs to the art cle s profusely llustr·t d t ve M l ta A very en er a u ng and beant ful actrese - --" - - - - s N onnao trated paper b) C A \ :An audac ons robbery vas comm tied on On the e en ng of the 8th nst wb le the of the Cape Cod people and he r va) a star n wns pass ng ove the To ~nsh p of Apr l 2 th n the Rue Neuve Brus.els !I. character st c gl mpscs of Nantu ket a Han !ton the J ghtn ng str ek the la n man and a female entered a Jeweller a After Martha s V neyard and ou bu d ngs of Mr Cons ant ne \\est look ng over some very valuable necklaces PROFESSOR I\, U S th d paper on e ngton th reby k 11 ng 3 horaes 1 co v 4 and locket they chose four necklaces and Stone Age n Europe treats of the Tro0 od p gs and 4 sheep & lambs (12 an male n twa locket· and ordereJ ti em to he sent yte-the dwellers n the Rockca es of tbc a l) The men at the t me tie ace dent to a hote "' tie s ster of the lady ·as to Vezere and show the r manner of I fe happened were on the eve of go ng out to choose "h cl sl e preferre l An employee An amus ng il stratcd poper en was scat v th ti e goods n the e eu ng and the stables for the ru pose of fix ng p A\\ edd ng March v h Va1 at ou for the n ght t s a mercy they were not he found the n an s tt ng n the pr vat er bes some novel ma r age ceremon es t n n the table at the n o nent Cons detable room wh ch apparent y ed o tbe bed oom clergyman s house togetber w th poet y ed f o n other part. of the 1he" le came a a d sa l she vould ke Ser e and stor "' &c &c make up a sp en to sho the Jewels to her B alt and tool d d number fo a few them to the adJO n ng roo HARPER s MAOAZ E con ta ns l ow fifty A Grange has been organ zed bJ R m nu ea the husband began o get fidgety D Foley at School Se on :No 19 known nod to look after b s v fe When a qua ter to on hundred per cent mo e matter than It s ca led ot an hour had elapsed ti e cle k becan e sus other monthly perod oa a and s c re !al on as Bake s School Ho se s larger ti an the comb ned rculat o of p c ous and on r ng ng the hell was nform all other nu1naZ1.nes of t1 class n th s couu ed ti e two fad left the hotel U o ortunate try IJ bey fo got to leave be Jewels beb nd Tim CHORfoTER-1h s Canad an Mus a d so the Jewel or '°me 100 000 fr ncs en )font'1ly s a great success :t\ o 6 I es o t of pocket on our table full of good secular Chorus A shock ng aff r o l\Ius The contents be ng he Te nper Jast near l enn Yan av ln0 e n York 8 ate auce Chor s S gn to ght The song ol n ·h ch a I f was lost E~ vu d Co e and the Bella an<l the Work n~mau s Oho u Geo I erce b s b oh r n aw o cup d T ; S x o clock I M Send c tor sam the same I ouse abo t h ee m es t om tho p e copy to C H Ashdown Al))her bu g At Choice Flower Plants IOR SALJ Ar ----· Coleman s G1 eenhouse as J' te e on of bedding o t p an u th ho b QET THB B:BST ! P COLEMAN Greenhouse on Ontario Street le May 20 h 18 5 l4 l u no M y 17 WANTED A'.J: TU E e Clm.br1a.n Woolen Mills. 1 Ifa np cu 34 3 no Improve Your Stock. ..ARl\fEI S n d othe s 'ke of Cows F w b ng e se ce of a. PL RR DURHAlf BULI sh u d apply to the Subs be I 7 ~pe ~~~-~-----·- t nd C D JOHN r H IIA )[C OUK May l8tb 1875 J 3 , p ug on Terrr a y Executor's Sa,le O> l l Short.· Horns. ho E ta f h JOHN BELLWOOD 1 June 17th all Stealing a Locomotive 11' E co~v O'I~ :E.l:lCA :t:1: G no $0 bous n a coffin rose mo nt ngs at the bead a vases cou a n ng flowers arrallgemen ts v. e e cown cuced o for u a process on 'I he pall bearers were Hoo Mr Mo ,at Hon l>lr M Ke! ar Hon Mr Ch st e Hon W P Howland Hon F au] Sn I Cb el J us e Hnga ty Mr M C C meron and Mr E C om be AJ e · fo v noel off a fi ed by the e \G h J(oy ls r eng nes urs 2 ti