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r ! THE distreSs in Irelund is steadily rowing worse. In the district of ulebog 500 men on the brink of starv- ition obtained fonr cnrtloads of bread terdny by an urgent representation: 1 their extremity. In ka bread ts are feared, and the magistrates asking for additional police. The tiled agitators, Duvitt, Duly, killen, ' I Brennan, are comnmndedlo up nr Kent ore the Court of Qnun'l Bone r blin on the 16th. - , During the last few weeks our atten~ 'tion has been so engrossed with the municipal elections that we have passed the election of our Village police trus- tees with but little notice. The duties of the Trustees are not laborious nor do ' they entail a. very large mnout of men» tel ebility, but however humble may he the position to which men an appoint~ ed over their fellowsit culls for a modi- cum of sound common sense. Messrs. W. C. White, Rod. Campbell and P. McSweyn are the trustees for this year i and we think no better choice couhl have been made. No large sums of Jimmy puss through the lmmls of the 1 Commissioners, nor have they the power to raise any, yet we hope dming the ‘ ensuing year they will he culled on to 7 expend some for us. The sidewalks of ‘,i our village are not in as good it condition - ‘7‘- ~- vuJ Ii) (IL. tiat’aotory they will iljoptldcl'ensivo : ensures. Russia explains that the ‘ ncentration of troops in Poland is wing to the fact that thny are no long- I- required in the Crimea and 1383811!" ”bia, there being no longer any danger 5f collision with Turkeyâ€"and they urn Iithclmwn to Poland as the more com ”talent district. tea they might be, and we think that ' Were the matter put before the villagers Ino objection would be raised to the levying of a small special tax for the purpose of repairing the old and laying new sidewalks. The matter could be laid before the Councils of Muriposa and Eldon, and steps taken to submit the by law, end we feel sure none would oppose it. In this connection we would nslr Pf :any report has eVer been mnde us to =gthe previous operations of the Trustees, {in reference to the building of the lust tieirlewalk. A statement 0! cost and {other information in connection with it would he rely useful to the new ofliolals. ' POLICE TRUSTEES; m ' AUSTRIA and Germany are about to mention Russia on the concentration of maps in Poland. If the reply is mt ...A.'. £._LA‘,,A . We are pleased to notice that a bill for the extension of Division Court Jurisdiction will be brought before the Local Legislature for consideration dur» ing the ensuing session. ‘ That the ex- ,Cension would be a decided benefit to the public any intelligent person cam not but see, as there is no reason why the Division Courts should not he onu powered to collect many debts and trans- fact: much business now done at the COunty Courts. The change will no doubt meet with considerable omwsitinn from the bur, as County Court suits are a fruitful source of profit to the legal profession. However, it is to be hoped I that the interests of the people will re. oeive proper attention from the Govern. went, and that it will not allow itself to be biased in this matter. The keen interest manifested in the proposed change by the press of the Province is DIVISION COURTS; i The Advmam a good indication that it would meet, with the unanimous approval of the people. Trains going South ~â€"9:03, mm. , 6:55. mm. 2:30. p. m. ‘ Tuim going North-11 :05, mm. ; 3:l5,p.m.; 1:25 pzm. MIDLAND RAH \VAY OFL CANAD\ TORONTO NIPISSING RAILWAY Trains going Northâ€"2:30. p. m. Travis going Soutl1-â€"-1215, p.m. WOOD VILLB, J A .V. 1.5, 1880‘ “PM Bano Public-n." th 2w 'l‘nE nzquittnl of the prisoner in the recent Guudluek manslaughter case at Inndou, on the ground that the skull of the deceasad was remurkably thin, and tlmt the futul blow would not have kill- ed a men with a skull of ordinary dens~ ity, excited considerable criticism. Mieh~ '0 igun hue a parallel case in the pnrdon, {6 by the Governor, of u convict named 13 Campbell, imprisoned for killing a man who had» diseased spine. The original sentence was ten year's imprisonment, but after hulf the term had been served j the convict Wus released, the reason giv- en being similar to that which prevailn ed in the London case, viz, that had the Spine of the deceased been sound the blow Would not have killed him. These cases raise a new point in murder trials, which astute criminal lawyers will not be slow to avail themselves of. If the I theory that an assaulted man is bound l to be sound in wind and limb be sus- s tniued, invnlids and cripples may, we suppose, be killed with impunity, or at most, it short imprisonment. Seriously. it is an ubsurd and utteily untenable proposition that never should hare obâ€" tuined uocupthnc’einp ceurt of justice. U) of Lt , mutton are to be exported by the our. case in a frozen condition, instead of in tins us hitherto, the success of the Am~ erican experiment having encouraged similar triul at Sydney. A steamship is now on her way to England with about sixty tons of frozen meat as a pi~ oneer venture. The refrigerating pro« cess will probably be as successful for the longer us the shorter voyage, but the coast of shipment from Australm will be so much greater than that borne by Our e-Xporters, that large shipments are lmrdly to he expected, as the mar- gin for piolit will be comparatively Hal" row. The greatest (lesidemtnm in con~ nection with the supply of meat to the British nmrkct is some means 01 bring- ing the shipper and consumer into clos; er relations. and cutting off the extorâ€" tioimte profits of theomiddle-mun. Co- operative butcher shops iniglit bring the English hntolier to reason. A usrnuu is preparing to come into activa competition with Canada and the United States in connection with the supply of meat to England. Beef and l’ --_ <-â€"°“u-v-Iv ‘in a few (lays, hut it. is believed it will have to go before the House of Lords for finul settlement. Acurious feature in the matter is that his friends believe that. if they can get him out of prison bufmo the elections come on, they can secure his return to Parliament. It will be curious if they succeed in both freeing him and sending him to assist. to legislate for Great Britain and her dependencies. ‘ THE famous Tichhorne case is to come up again. The claimant, seven years ago, instead of obtaining possession of the estates ot the Tichborne family was sent to jail under two sentences of sev- en years each. One of these terms has justexpil'ed, and his friends have mov- ed that he cannot be longer held. They claim that the two terms were concurn em, and ammo; be made successive. The matter win come up for argument 'in a few (laws. but it. in lmlimma :4. ...:n M g.. ”a T111: Irish relief movement does not seem to be taking well on this side of the Atlantic; even in New York, the thing has fallen flat, and in the other American cities it has fared no better. The impression seems to have got abroad that the state of things in Ireland is not nearly so but. as was represented, eel-- tninly not bud enough to warrant car- rying round the collection bogthrougb the length and breadth of Christendom. \Vhile we would not say a. word in dis» conrngenwnt of any philanthropic move- ment, We are bound to confess that this impression seems a correct one. Tm: late storms on the Atlantic have been severely felt by American-bound ships. several of which are over due. The 0in of New York, which arrived at New York on Saturday morning. had a tempestnous voyage of nineteen days. The Austria, which reached Hal- ifax on Saturday afternoon with the Canadian mails, also experienced vary rough Weather, her captain stating that. it was'tlm hardest. passage he ever made across the Atlantic. ‘0...‘â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~ THREE mun muued James Mnckie, Lewis R083 uml Jnhn Stupide were at. rested nt Onmuee,uu Saturday, charged (m uuspiciun of hluwiug open the safe of Mr. Stephenson, nt' thuc village, on the night. of January lst, um] znkihg thorax from vuluuhle papers, notes and book accounts valued at $25,000. Muckie was committed for Win], and the other two wummh-d for u. Week. Oped intu Ilypoclaoudria. and lniu death is I‘Pgau'clul as u probublo want of the num' futuw. Puma: BlsuAucx’s iliness has duvol gum: and guns. A THEFT was perpetrated at the Me- clmnica’ Institute room, Uxhridgc, on the evening of Sntnrdny, 13th instant. ‘ \Vhile exchanging books, the librarian had laid a pocket-book containing $22, just inside the wicket on the desk. Dur- ing the evening some light lingered par. ty managed to steal the pocketâ€"hook away from the desk. Beside: the mon- ey, there was in the pocket~book a gold rim, 3 key and some receipts. These ‘ latter atticlea were returned on Wedv neadny last, addressed to_ the Mechanics’ Institute, accompanied by a notewrit~ ten in Roman capita'a, intimating that the sender returned thanks, but prefer" red to ko‘ep the 822. â€"v-v-‘\:v ul U-1., Peterboro’, met with n painful, though not Serious accident, in their factory, last, Monday afternoon, by falling down the 0pm) lmlclnwuy from the second flat. In falling he struck his left leg against the sharp ealge of the flooring, pooling the skin off at considerable p01 tion of the thigh. The wound was immediate- ly dressed and by the evening he was able to walk around a little. Mn. '1‘. PAXTON is about npening a new iron mine, "car Kinmownc. The .proapecfing WM] dnno Inst summer, and the samples 0f ore amt Prof. Ulmlmmn, of Toronto, for analysis, gave such sub isfmrtory results Limo it has been checid-- ed to proceed wilh the undertaking, which it. is said will furnish employ" menu to between fifty and a hundred men. Ms. W. McKm‘, “or 31;;ng 13.03., D-A..._l,-.r ,’ IO. Huron, Bruce, Grey and the City of London. 11. Essex, Kent, Bothwell and Lamb- ton. It would only be necessary to confer upon the above divisions all the rights, privileges, and powers now possessed by the “ Electoral Division" or County Societies, and let them hold “ Central Exhibitions,” if you please, instead of Township and County Exhibitions.â€" VVho will second our motioni ‘ a.» ONISaturdny night last a load of the citizens of Leumnville visited the Indian wigwum a short distance north of the village, taking with them a quantity ol provisions. The visitors were kindly received, and spent a pleasant time with their Indian friends. 8. Lincoln, Welland, Huldimand, Monck and Niagam. 9. Elgin, Brant, Oxford and Nor- folk. 7. WVellington,\VaterlquVentworth, Halto_n_aml_ mo City of Hamilton. 6. York, Ontalio, Peel, Cardwelland the City of Tomato. 5. Dullmm, Northumberland, Peter borough and Victoria. 4. Hastings, Prince Erlwar,d Lennox and Addiagton. 2. Lanm-k, Renfrew, City of Ottawa, Carleton and Russell. 3. Frontenac, City of Kingston, Leeds, Grenville and Brockville. l. Stonmont, Dundns, Cv'lengm‘y1 Prescott and Cornwall We would 'be in favor of seeing the law so amended that the $10,000 that is now paid yearly to the above Asso- ciation should be divi'led equally bp- tween the folloiing eleVen Electoral Divisions :â€"- for “unothcr $10,000." Our Provincial Association, to all intents and purposes is axclose corporation, and the directors laugh to scorn all attempts of the pub lic to pry into their affairs. We ask it it is not time that the Agriculturists of this, the banner Province of this " Can- ada of ours," should arouse themselves from their apathy, shake off their 19th» urgy, and teach these oflicious ofiice- holders that they have some rights which even Agricultural Societies are bound to respect. for I That the old fashioned County and Township Seeietios have outlived their l usiel‘ulneas is a fact pretty generally ud- ‘ initted. And it is full time some steps l were taken to remedy the thousand and one evils that haVe crept, unconsciously perhaps, into our Agricultural Societies and are eating out the very Vitals of the institution. It in not generally known by the public, we fear, that our Provincial Government expands in each and every year, over 877.000 on Agrio cultural and other kindred Societies. There are eighty-one Electoral Division Societies to whom the Government pay annually $700 each ; one that draws upon the purse strings of the Province to the tune of $550 ; six that are com tented Wltll $350 each, annually, the whole amounting to the very respect. able sum of $59,350. And in addition to the above amounts, the Provincial Agricultural Association annually asks 4". AAA (Port [lope Guide.) As our Uountf‘ nnd Township Agri- cultural Sociotim hold their annual Inmatings for tho purpom of electing oliicu-bourem for 1880 umi for uuditing uccounts, «(0., muly in Junuury. it ncems to he n wo-H chosen time to cull the ab tention ot' thc‘public to Home vary in)» Inn-mun mutton: in connection than» with. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES FATAL Accrmm'r.â€"0n \Vednesduy, the 7th inst, Mr. Abrulmm Gmnsden, of the east half ol'lot No. 32 in the 6th Con.,Felmlon,met with on accident which terminated fatally while cutting firewood in his own hush. A tree which he was felling 1002ng in another, which mmle it necessary to chop it clear of tho stump, and when this hml been done and the tree commenced to full, 3 long um] heavy limh broke off, flow buck- wards, and struck Mr. Grnnsden sense- less to the ground. He was taken home at once and n messenger sent to the Falls for Dr. ‘Vileon, who arrived as soon as possible, but the unfortunate man, who never npoke after the acci- dent, died about 4 o'clock in the after" noon. His injuries consisted of A broken leg and a wound over the right eye, and the doctor is of the opinion that death was caused by extrnvnantion of the hrnin. but the skull was not frectnr‘e’d, though the nose was broken. Mr. Gmnaden was; apparently, about 40 years of age. and lenvoe I wife and four ohildren.-â€"-0aum. ON Tuesday, 6th inst, while trying to move the pm-lul;l»ongine which runs the sawing muchina at the Nipixsing Station, Uxhridge. Wm. Dpcmtur, owm-r of tlze machine, and Rodney McKay, each met with an accidentâ€"- The engine is fixed on wheels, and as they were trying to shove it. forward the rear nxhs bruke, letting the engine down, and turning the wheels against the sides of the hoiler,cntching McKay’s hand on one side and crushing his little finger. and (m tlm opposite aide catch- ing Ducurtur's arm and giving it an ugfy bruise. A wmow named Mrs. Pelh, 4th con. Markham, was shot, on Tuesday evens ing, 6th inst., by a. young man named George Earnest, who had been employ- ed some tinm on the farm. The woman is expected to die. N 0 cause is assign- ed'for the deed. Two shots were fired. Earnest states that the gun went 01f ac- cidentally but can not exldnin the second shot. He is under arrest, and is said to be insane. ’ THE registrations made with the Clerk, for the Town of Peterborwgh, during the month of December were as follows zâ€"Births, 16 ; Marriages, 16; Deaths, 4. The total number for the hall-your ending 3115!: December, 1879, were as follows :â€"Births, 79 ,' Marrij ages, 39 ; Deaths, 28 IN Rama, Mr. Jerome Gnudaur found 1:. copper fileiglhbefl, in the heart of a sound maple tree, eighteen inches in diameter, which he was splitting np.â€"â€"- The bell WM about twenty feet: frbm the ground, and was clean and now' in appeal ance. LAST year the marriages in Ontario numbered 13,005. Considering that ladies luve the privilege of popping the question in leap year, the marriage re~ turns for 1880 will probably show an increase. THE Indigent Fund of the viflage of Uxbridge was, in 1874, $115 ; in 1875, $105.74; in 1876, $338; in 1877, $215.- 50 ; in 1878, $202.25; in 1879, $149.95; making a total of $1255.82 since incor- pomtion. THE Whitby High 801x90! expendi~ ture amounted to $3,469, and that of the Public Schools to $4,409â€"making thg total expenditure for the year for educational purposes 87 878. ' TEE Oshawa Board of Educaiion cauld hardly believe their senses when the auditors presented their report showing a surplus of 81,400 for the past year. THE annual meeting of the South Victoria Agricultural Society is to be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20, in the council chamber, town hall, Lindsay. Tm: Sunderland steam grist mill was sold on Saturday last by order of the Court of Chancery, and was purchased by Mr. James Doblo for $7600. THE school taxes in the village of Uxbridge for 1879 were :â€"-For High School, 3510 ; for Public School,$2090, making a total of $2700. DURING the year just passed there have been registered in the village of Stoufl’ville 28 births, 33 marriage. and 13 deaths. 36 PUPILS passed the entrance exmn- inution to the Oslmwu High School, 25 from the town schools and 11 from the country. SEVERAL enterprising persons in Omelnee believe salt, or coal oil is to be found and are going to dig and experi- ment. AT the last meeting of the Indian Temple. Rama Village, twenty-seven new members were initiatedmll Indians. 'l‘tuc special audit ordered by the Petenborough Council has town! a defi~ oieucy of nearly 81100. ON Saturday evening, 3rd inst, Mr. 'J‘. H. Walshe, cf Sunderlund, fell down at his own door-step and brokeJnia arm. ORILLIA in agitating [or a Meclmuicx’ Institute. @uv gcighhom, All mumlm uf the Society are mpecé- fully tequoatml tn nth: lid. JOH.’ \ \h'I‘ACGAnT. 8mm. Ritkfluld, January 8rd, 1880. v 7,. 7â€"H -- .- u-vuluul lvl' "The Aurimltural mvl Art! Assoo’lon." for said «livisiun. (3) Thu election uf a «ML-gate to represent the Society at n n'nu-(imz to ho subsequent! ‘ held of all «Huh dulugntttfi Hf division No. a whoa». duty will In.) tp Meal; 0 member for ll 'nl g. (‘2) Thu (allcuciun uf ()z‘lice-l factors fur the awning year. 0|} \Vcdnw-‘l'w, the Tab 11!! 1880, (It the ho II' M- ” n "lulzk. purpose I: I (I) we waiving! and (11' Annual [{cp'n". of the \1:cu:'y 1 I\ III AVIV “$1.14.“; 1444; 44mm 4: HDSI‘AI‘ION nu u' E. 1), Aggicuimml Society. MW 39) Bros. \V'oodvillo, ch. “Mb, I???" 'Iweljl‘h Amamrl, Meeting! LL pm’tiun in my 412M. will Oblige by , paying in. fall: on U? lugfnru the 23rd of this month. n; all zuzuumlts not then paid will be plan-mi in ("nurt without fail. PAY UP AT ONCE FARM Pmmmn TAKEN IN EXCHA mm mm LI‘QIBER AN!) :9.” 1:~.'<;;'v.1«;s. 160 Half a mile Give us 3 cu” lnrfflri, purchasing elsewhere. REKH'HHHCH THE PLACE. Having .1 :w- nl <t..-'or x « l law on hand prepared to M1 HUI SI". .\.‘~:.’hl J. RN B] as 0111.11: :13 cm): mm! In these parts The undersign-fl “11111.1 again thank the public for tiwzr H’K‘J‘J! purrmmge in the past; year and would “tutu let 1w )3 {till mnnm facturiug Ll’Miiiii! .-‘-..\'l) kHUNGLES. "E “WM”! annual mucking 0f the above Suciuty :.\ii!u_lu_a fluid in» the TOWN As an emblem of antiquity and ofio around which sumu of the sweetest memories ofour nation cluster, “ the old arm-chair ” stumh pl‘v-.t:!uillenb, and as the Object of poetry nnd romance it. has obtained an uwliwutngl place in the first rank. On this Continvnt, however, the march of «:ivilizntion has effected a great change, the rocking chair has usurped its time-hallowed place, and for ease and comfort cannot be excelled. I am selling Hume chairs made in the best style for the low figure quoted above. FOLLIOTT’S MILL. AP" :1‘ Hunt mild: ding building WI" limi it. tn .h: -ix :2 in “2.2. n to apply to POE? a' ACE fiOAD. MON EV TO [A H‘ FOR. SA L I in ti Buxley and EH . sale of the u Iv; F112! {551' .‘ft’l- ’1'! .21 BER JOHN, Mc'l‘AGGAR’l‘, Kirkfiold, Commissioner in 8. R., Cunveyancer. GENERAL INM‘I: \\‘(:E .mrx'v, of tho hes: mnnnfm-turc Jacub'u Iait‘llULflhlll. and other-farm implomvuts manufactured by Noxon Hymn nf lllul‘l‘flh”, Ont. Firsbclnns Hmin.’ ISL-whines for sum. Also .113 M- f-n' the sale of H. i'Ul.?.[H’l"i', SHINGLES ‘! OCKIN G (INA [1174. PIANO-1"" 1!:"3'2‘3; ,1 ‘5“ ()RGANS, NORTH VILE'I‘UILIA EHHMWSER LUMBER 5; IIOUSI\:‘ l‘ we at 51.? 1:14?fo W. G. 3' TODDART. ~-.\ N 1).... ‘ ..'v-l..nk,‘p. m., for the w; :anl «lispusing of tho 5 Smmrty. ”dice-hearers and Di. of Mrs m; tun w dlips of Umwluu. inn. Sui, :\;."uf fur the lawsuiul and unrivalled Ht, day of Japnné’z (-{5 UN DRILL, PM] in" ‘f‘ ‘r l Lugs on hand he is (i. C. SMITH. It \NUE AGENT; ‘fn'mg's Hotel, \Iso agent for