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.. fHE MERCHANT FUIDAY JULY 28 1876 RATES OF ADVERTISING NEWS OF THE W.EEK It se ms d fli u t f ABOUT TOWN G HA POLICE COURT NES Esq P lll I res d ng JU.LY 18 G·y vs Wm Wes A sault pla n If to pay coste l9TII Ds W elsb ve R J McLaugbl n F ne and costs $7 3o ery mportant n el gence s to hand he scene of the Ind an t ou Dies Troop are rap dly concentrat ng and be ng sent to a d tho e at e f ont ut the s rug n!ormed that the thlBI es are gle w be n ong and ted ous one however be ng ut lown All w 11 r JO ce that Mr strong the force of U nc e Sam It s an l or er s g v g a ent on to h s ev l and nounc d that Gen Sher dan w take com nu 11n e mand T c Ind ans n a l tho agen ea are Haspbe res are verv plent f l a d the no chc ng ncwB as to the sW.te p kers are numerous You ma.) see them of the ma ket for ou agmu tural reade s rac "g for he patches any morn ng before The tendency s dee dedly downwa d and the cro v shakes off dull sleep f om appea an es there a very tt e pros pect of a change The Ma k T.ane Exp es n ta week y rev ew of the B t sh corn The prospec s of a good crop trade says The hay now seem ce ta n of fulfi ment has been gathered n <Xcel ent cond on BOWMANVILLE JULY 28 1876 tho gb not qu te as p en\ ful as t would have been " th a more favourable spnng ~ 1 mat er adve1 t sements &c ntend The root rops are no· suftermg for ra n cl fo pu bl at o must be hand<d n be French aud German wheat crops are sat a factory both n iual IJ and quant ty The fore 12 o lo k noon on lhursday local trade exh b ts cont nued deptess on Wheat bas decl ned one sh ll ng per quarter @" Not ces of B r hs Marr ages and and w 11 probably go lower F oat ng car D aths w I be nserted n the M~ROIIANT goes have shared the g neral depress on and Fre of Cha ge have dee! ned la. @ ls 6d but the number of offe ngs bas been s ad y redu d Cu rent low rate· must heck sh pments AN APPEAL TO THE VENDORS OF Laat w nte d eadfu a counts of suIB ng INTOXICATING DB.INKS IN from an app u ed n our Amer cc.n ex THE TvWN OF BOWMAN changes nod all prayed hat he co d season VILLE m gbt be a abort one n o de hat nnv ga ~ - You w 11 t 011 m ght open and b s n ss mprove The spr ng and ad vane ng summer ha e brought but l t le mpro ement and thousands of men and women ar st U out of emp oy ment and ex s ng on s arvat on s verge Every now and aga n mobs a e formed and work lemanded from the pu bl o author t es From New York the account. a heart rend ng Here s he s a e of ti ngs as re ported by the m ss onar s of one church alone As as ra ght fence thatcannoteas y be th own down neat m appeara e and durab e I The Maple Leafs of Gue J b have sa s n e ha h d bee stand ng more th n a a n been beaten by the Tecumsehs of t" e ty year "" g od as new London We had sever·! very pleasant dr ves both Large quant es of fresh mca f om New on the lake shore and and ry week York are sold n London Eog The rade s gro" ng M House the notor ous New vorc lawyer was shot dead by h s w fe at the r ountry eeat near Trenton DOTS GEN OUSTERS BATTLE BPO 0 THE ONLY S\JR YOR. N ex Ji day even ng the Yo ng Pcop e s n onne on w th the B 0 A so at o Church w 1 hold a P a se Meet ng 1 be pub c are nv led Tl e t me tab e of the M dland R R s changed Trams leave Port Hope for the Nor bat 10 AM and 4 20 PM arn e at 820 AM and645 p M The .ea her has et n very cool qu te Sep ember ke an I the s dden change bas made ·o k fo be ph~ s ans Our c mate s a fi k e n nd d one but any b ng s pre ferab e to the og da~ s of last week and the one prev ous Mr '.lfark \V I ams got a bow on the head on Tuesday afternoon last bat m ght ha e p oved ser ous He as enga ed n the · ughte hou e wl en one of the p ns ho d ng the w ndlaBB gave way and a aus pend d bea t came down th a ru b the po e st k ng M W He WIU! about aga n y sterday 'I be annual Conv n on of the Untano Tea h \\ 1b b d n the No mal S boo 20TH Chas Barrett vs Lew s and Ua ph Aue Larocque a young farmer I n near t n Larceny A report of th s affa r ap 0 tawa, was stabbed D the breast w h a pears n another column Sent to gaol for fo k by h s ne ghhor and baa d ed from two months the wound 22ND A Montreal Jewell r baa cleared out and E zabetb Good va. E zabctb Rob neon taken · th h n over $50 000 worth of good Des ro) ng cherry tree Fme and costs Iceland c em grante are cro ·d ng nto $4 9 Man toba E ght hundred arr ved at Que Tbos T Coleman vs Mrs' J E Sanger bee en rou e ryn Saturdoy ast Peddl ng goods w thou! a 1 cense F ne A p·ssenger for Europe lost b s fe by and oste $7 50 d ow ng ot R mousk on Soturday Tho uf our readers who were n town The Canad an R Ile lean at W mbledon on Sa urday w 11 remember a brazen faced woman \\ ho stood n " buggy at the corner came out last n the Internal onal mat b of Temperance and K og s reete hand ng On Fr day last a tra n on the C n ral out r nge a uds strong guard cha ne, and Pac fie ran over a man near 'I ruckee who all for twenty five cen s at he same t me was found to have been lashed to the tra k rnnn ng her tongue at a two fo t) rate by part ea nnknown Tb!B a the worst yet Mrs Sanger was that wo n n The bol au t aga nst the Montreal W t 24TH n s baa been · tbdrawn Tbos. '{' Coleman vs Geo B o~n Jrunk and ncapablc F ne and cos e, $3 Tl ce horr hie traged es have occurred near 0 ta\\a Wu Gay vs Wm West. Sure ea to S x persons were po saned on Monday keep the peace Cl-Oat $2 00 even ng at Roudout by dr nk ng tea wh ch 27TH conta ned araen c W R Cl m e L cenae In spec or vs J no A m n ster n St Thomas bas ref sed to Se! ng sp t s I quo s make h s pu pt an adver s ng med um w hout I cenae F ue aud coats 1'25 45 This case attracted a good deal of at en or ct t on nnd a of ome mportance as for na 0 Monday next, the Go e nor Ueneral t ons h ve been frequen ly la l aga n t the leaves for the Pac fie coast defendant From the ev dence g en at the Stanley the Afr can exp orer has tr· t appeared tha a number of part cs bea d !row up to Apnl 24 Ha was went nto the East rn Hou e \\ h ch Mr I <la~ a march from UJ J Hocker dge cla ms to be a temperance The race be ween the Cott s of Duffi n hoUBc) at the nv tat on of one of be r num and t e Mad la ne w II be sa leJ. about the ber for soda water dr nks All ·ave one middle of August drank soft, but one asked for beer and got The mo her of L eut. Gov TI ey ol New t Ten dr nka ere taken ncl d ng be Br nsw ck s dead one of beer for wh ch fort) five cents were A dreadful yacht ace dent has occurred pa d It was no trouble to prove that the beer was drank but the defence cln med that n New York harbor by wh b V1 e Com t had been g ven away the person who modore Garner h s w fe her brother and tr ated eons dered that he pa l or all that two others loot the r I ves The par tl e extreme was drank on the occiLs on and th one who are harrow ng took tbs beer stated that I e as dr nk ng ou the treat l!o h Merchant l)arl nglon July 24 W 8 6 W NDATT THE YOUNGS RE CAPTU.RED nan NG ARREST Fom h n ng RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY JULY2 1876 1 A Trip to Beaverton In he Prize L st of the Hor cultural So c ety pub shed n our lost we nadvertent y om tted 1st and 2nd pr e Strawberr es R P Folley By reference to adver eement, t w ll be seen that the cap a n of the ·teamer No e ma makes an offer bat the pub c II ap prec a e and a arge number no doubt take advantoge of A un across the lake and a day ot wo n Rocbeste w lL rec u t the enervated sys em and nake one feel like set I ng dow11 to work Tl e low rate places b s r p · h n the reach of · Mr Ye lowlea s the agent and w II cheerful y g ve any needed nformat on A fr end ca ue rush ng uto our office !In 1: uesday and breathless y gasped you hea d be latest nc"8 f om TurkeJ I No a d we tli nk ng that some mport ant ntell gence had arnved we were about to ask I r partlculora when he further gasped No not Tu key but S lveretreet terr ble fight- awyer and coroner through the door over the s dewa k- rol ed togeth er uto t~e d t b bloodobed black eJ e On en u ry we learn here be gave out. ed that a battle had been fought between the S I r street lawyer and coroner 0 cu py ng the sane office they have 1 ved to gether n pea e and lei ~ !or many Jearo but on Tuesday the war whoop waa yelled and the 1at hcl ra eed The battle rai,ed n the office then on the a dewalk he coroner com ng r gbt ·de up As \\as p oper he at npon the ca e, adru n stered ps ce and haat ly beat a retreat nto the office lo k ng the door after h m and tbrongh the back door for.parts unknown H s antagon1'1. lo ked ou and fa ng to ca ch a gl mp e of t e coat ta Is of the coro ner vamoosed for borne Tl e whole th ng s sad to have been exceed ngly Jud croUB Mn EDITOR In these hot July daJ· al most ever~ one tanc es he or she could ease the burden of l fe somewhat b) cbang n pos t on for a few ctays a d ar o s con trivan es have been set n mot on for be double purpose of seekmg recreat ou and re I ef from the opprees ve beat Some have gone off to be Centenn al oth re to the sea s de some lo Fatherland wh le your o s pendent tho gh t two or three <lava n the v c n ty of some of onr nor h rn lakes m gbt perhaps be very agreeable A cord ugly the morn ng oftbe 18 h nst found me ac compan ed of courec by ma er fan l a ) on ou board he Grand Trunk Ra way for Po I Hop "hen e af er stand ng half an hour 11 the sun beam e got on board a M d and Ra way ra n about 10 o clo k bound for the ev r !au ous north west and by ball past 2 we were refreshed by the cool ng bree e on the ea.stern abore of Lake S mcoe On o r route we had passed through the populous and wealthy front towns b ps of Da l ng on Ola ke and Hope and pursu ng out course nor h and west ward we passed through or touched the thr v ng lo\\ nsh ps of Ca an Manvers Em y Ops Manposa and Thoreh and ao our ·)es ere made fo.r see ng and our m d for comprehend ng what we ··w we p r pose not ng down a f w observations on what we sa\\ We found the farmers al most everywhere busy cult ng and ga her ng the hay c op wh ch appeared to be about an aver.go one Fron what we 'I'HE ArTA K could see of the wheat crop w l be rather The reader w I nucb more eas l nder under than over ihe average the coarser stand what subs quen y look pace by re gra ns \urn pa and qther root crops prom se fe nng to he an exed d agran wh ch shows well potato bugs are abundant f t s the p an of tie barn NORT very acarce Some of th stut on at wh ch we stopped had no bu du gs s d ngs or any other conven ence save atopp ng th \ tra u to allow passengers to get off or on M wfileu as the case m ght he wh eat others there w l hay and qu e a at r were good bu Id ng· & on the arnval of the tra n such as M II brook Ju on Omemee L ndsay BethanJ C* F ankl n Woodv le (the Jun on f the M dland and Toronto 1< N p ss ng and last y B av rto Th s s a st r ug v !age on he banks of the B aver r ver near mou h It con ans several churches m factor et:' a or s en y; nnt ooes not peon css and ng ah ndan e wl t suf ~ A LLEN'S L L E UNG BAtSAM' --a- E'l' CONStl'MP'!'IVES READ 1 -o- every Doctor recommends 1U -o- r ~ s N 0 Failure in '!'en Years t -o- UCH SUCCESS IS liARE f M Coleman mad a verv clever arrest Of the clothes th eve uo ced n our last befo e they had gone far w th be r spo L About o lo k n the mo n ug Mrs Tyler as at end ng to tbe ·ant. of a s ck ch Id and look 0 0 out of the w ndow an.w two men get over Mr Barre t s fe ce go to tbe clothes l ne aud take be elrom several ar c es Sho aroused her husband and ere he was dressed the men Lad goLe On ar o St Mr Tyler called Mr Jlarrett and the healthy s Ill· on pal C:ouuc l of the to nsh p of Thomb meet here t" o gave pursu t, cha ng the th eves In o has two wbarv s one fo th ra lroa<l a d W l\IcC ung s u n ber yard ut los ng al traces of them the chase waa g en up Mr one for ord nary rafl c but bot!i. are sadly Barrett then nformed M Co eman of what out of repa The Observ· and he MER bad be n done The state of the roads made O!! NT are bo h r all w h nterest and reg ular ty here muddy b~ the ra n of an hour prcv ous, The towush p of Thorah has several suggested to the constab e the poss I ty es about t 1 I 1he ven · f of a k ng tbem and procu g a horse pee I a -o-- u N G L eh nn one am ed w ha c ugh roo. o L ng dffiou ypoo Da a.mwth utdoa uv and buggy b mmed ateli d ove out Lb erty S reet · h he ntent on f necessary o go round the town ffo wever iust above the co ner on Concess on S reet, tfllj))>s we e seen ead ng f om a ga den and down the street Tl ese \\Pre followed and the unsuspe~ ng b rds were captured about ~ m e ea t of th town T4ey are no~ earn ng be r v ng a he Oen ral P son ts s face Oliver Cromwell THE EDITOR the name At f rst s gbt you wou d tak t to be a low Ila~ pla n but natead t s a yery elevat d p a ea proven by the fn t that the s1.1rplµs wa\er. ol j:.ake S mC<'e find the r way to th Georg an Bay ond nf er go ng he round of the lakes jfalla ol N agara 2nd I genera a loem) surface so I so l a a r h pure clay a d a e·tens vely menufactu ed n o wh te b ck and ea then ware So handoome are the br ck that la ge quant t es are sh pped to Mon real and other There are sandy knolls touy c 1 "" ndges and beds of gravel bu ndernea b \be whole lea th a aubst a um o! pure ch lay a d whell tqrned llP by the plow pro duce· e~cellen\ qop· ard j 8 t nb Here ~ ou w II find bard~ ood p ne ceda tau a ack &c all n J1ed up e cry" here an<l what a mo.st reruarknb e in c cnr ng RI ER BOTl'LE F r ao gg s n he D m n an Perry Davis & So~ & Lawre ice the land the stumps and roote come al out so hat you ca p t n your Ii ·I erop " th he aeed dr 11 and cut t w h the reap ng macb ne 411 Roal Th r ads a e eas ly mnde there be n9 no h ls and but few lir J Jiall o ono has rece ed not ce br dgea Tb c ·re nQt as many roads as th~t h s hor·e fer ormcr w h a mare ~th us I eooe>he are good Qth Fen and fi ly Jiav· b·ell selec etl by the ):Jr v 0 The fen;Jea Ofll l)lostly made of cectar 100 cal oowm tt e fo· eJ<h b to at Pb lade! and Jl!ffe ~ neat ·11bstant!~ ·pp arance pb a as P· t of be c nad an display of )'hey 3fe l}Qu rn ted a· fo ow The log horses I ere are 0 I ers 0 th c 0 ty are cut 18 feet long and qi ow 'If!. 18 aches horses have been cbrn eo Mr Hall !or lap ea h pauel makes a rod o! fence ke to hear f om them that a range cedar bl ks are cu I 4 feet long and a e to travel! ng toge her nay be com la d on lhe ground cross.- se 1 rod apa Sta( a?} W1 b a three ncb ~uger bole near acb end -~-..... the logs are tj ep la d ppn them On account of the nfavorab e ropo1 s of bree log h gh when st\'Ong cedar s akes he ougar cane y elu sugar bas ad anced n arc placed n ).he auger holes a cap p t on pr ce much to the cbagnn of housew vee Jand the fourtl log la1d on -then you ha e J b llunt ·