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bout two o'clock on the morning he 13th inst., the startling sound 3 fire! roused the peaceful slumber- pl the entire village, in fact the hi~ h shouts and incessant clatter of I“ could not lnil in awakening all \ “night he expected ever to awaken. sooner said than done, people had boner opened their eyes than the ,9 of light told them there Was hot it somewhere. Mr. Prince’s barns l‘stsbles, on the highest point of the age, were found to be in a blaze. l‘ are hrigade hastened to the spot '“ _ ey were powerless for twoneasons; , the fire had already got such hold , premises as ensured their destruc- lsnd second, had there been a chance is were any number of spectators ell were mirerless and barns, sta~ I end their contents were soon res ”M to smoking embers. .The less [be considerable ; one of the bums that lately erected. The contents sisted of a large quantity of hay, I year’s crop, oat sheaves, plows, n and large numbers of smaller ales. The origin of the fire is a story as no fire of any kind had been the premises for a number of days. 9 loss is partly covered by insursnce. '1', James Cutting has been elected I? miller for Simcoe, in place of Pain ‘IGnllngher, deceased. ith the. exception of an occasional of oats nn-J pens the harvest has : gnuhenetl in this vicinity. o of those peculiar freaks which is witnessed in dumb animals can ill a other boat race is on the tapis eon red. Clm-ry and Capping for I side. This race will be rowed on . Miluo’s pond Saturday evening. a amusing incident occurred at. the t‘ Tuesday evening. One of our sportsmen, a uotod dog fancier, toga). sticks on the pond to let W10 we the dog fetch them, and I], to show how well the dog was ad, he threw his but in. The «log mmund it, and calmly watched it y sink, amid the laughter of the atom and John’s disgust. Lgbmt race announced for Salm- betwoou Mch and Copping,camo I advertised, on Saturday evening. won o'clock. Between two pml lhmndred spectators dotted fum- ppom tbrfieeing on the banks. A t "301' to ueven Llne Markham “and lived lo tim pond to the lively air Nancy Lee." For some days “8-0 ihe mce Copping was Lilo f‘I-vorite, bets on him had to go a begging. '8 Manila" and Vanztmt acted as u; Marsha" also an starter; .uné 'cgill, referee. Pa-omntly at the bin-Iv scullera caught. the water, 'or the limb twenty yards Capping he beat of it. but McRae’s longer v began (u no" and he soon forged I, and kept. the lead 00 the finish, )8 in easilv by three boat ‘engtlm Is Time 10:45, which conniden‘ng number of turns~ Lluee,â€"»ie very )9 men in n honnd,of the feminine ,belonging to A. R. Coleman, V.S., I village. It. appeals to have de libs '.ennel a few days ago uml “pile abode under Dr. Howell'u carrying with it; n small kitten lit. stole from one of the neigh- g houses, and over this, in. the nt time, is acting as mother. There pe, never leaving ite place of u~ I only when driven out by hunger, o diligently does it watch our 0’" that it will allow no person to Incl» any nearer than the edge of. um. This is not, it. is said, the Lime if. has done the like. About. 1- ago it. took a young gmnndhog r its protection, and mined and for it a long time, the same as rouhl have done for one of her own " We have often seen, in cirnnsen, Iker t-tkmg care of a pup, but we béfbre heard of a dog that would 'itl own free» WW, and capture a I “for the expness purpose 0. sul git for mm 0! its own kin, let Wundhog. If any p9 son has II n to “III M IItlIfIIlIIess of u‘IO I'ytho an at liheIty to make 0.. EM", eithel gentleman mentioned rill vouch for what is said.-â€"â€" Record on Amman Tmonmr.-â€"-Another of periodic alcoholic fits come om on lay night last. And as his custom is no occasions, oftcr treating to a hill). md nol a very complimentary mltlrenr .b of his bosom, in the delivery of the vocnlmlurios ol Billingngnto and monlum were pretty fairly exhausted, [d’to Ill). to A house of refuge. In this (handle was foundw individual up- PORT PERRY. MAI-:KHAM. .uâ€"c‘us‘ ... KIRK FIELD. J A RVIS. psrsuily full 0! the spirit of chivslry. he, who, on hosting of the unseemly domestic strife. from the lips of the injured psrtv, in words of deep psthos. wss moved to resent the insults and indignity offered to an smi- sble sud respected iemsle, and, like s true knight of old, marched to the scene of those irregularities. Here he found our hero per- ched in s commnnding position hsIsty up the itsirs, whopeceived him with s too sud- den spplicstion of his boot spplied to the {see of our gsllsnt knight. Then followed s hand to hsnd combat beggsring description. We understand, however, that the battle wss not a bloody one, snd no bones were broken, snd thst it resulted in s drswn 811110. Next dsy our hero ,wss sround As if nothing hsd hsppened. He now ssys, “my wife is o lsdy," “ she sets nice.” Coal in selling in Toronto for 84 ton, and in Kingston for $4.50. Parry Sound, Ont., has made rapid strides this eummer. Some seven or eight new buildings have been erected. 'l‘ho by-Inw on the separation of Grunge. ville, Ont" from th‘ County of Dufl‘erin, was voted on, on the 13th inst, and carried by nearly 600 mnjority. Some English minionnriea hnve arrived on the lake Victoria» Nynnu in oqnti‘torial Africa and according '50 n (is-patch havo met with the kindest reception from King Mteaa. Ferment are slid to be slow to change but the rapid progress which has been msdc in ehsnging horse powers for etcnm enuines will not support this. In the older sections of the country a large portion of the thresh- ing of the harvest of this year win he done by steam. Luge farmers represent that it will reduce the cost of threshing one half. ' ‘he stesmers wi‘l do double the work with the addition of three more men to the work. on. The farmers horses, instead of being Worn out by the hard work on the machine, are resting and prepared to do a heavy day's plowing or grain drawing next day. The Orillia ()veneer of Streets eatimuted 'uhc loss 00 the omrporation, in damage to uidewalks, ac" by the late fire, at $200. M r. John McAthnt, Ops, received several ’njnries in tlw head on Wednesday of last Week, by a missle thrown from n threshing nnchine whilst in motion, on his farm smith of Lindsay. Quite s sensation prevails in N assags- ways, from the fact that the Allison family in that neighborhood are about to enter pro- eee iings to recover 8|2,000,(*)0, which has been lying in the Bank of England for about slhnndred years, and which they claim he. longs to them as direct heirs, through the det-eue of a wealthy relative. This branch of the family moved to Canada some fifty years ago, and recently heard of their good fortune by (-‘nn’s index. to unclaimed money through a brother in the States. The Alli- wns of Port Perry are relatives. Tunis prpem venuct an extensive robbery from one uf the richest and rarest irerbure- chambers in the world, that belongmg to the Sultans of Momcco, in the pity on! Fez. the Sultans of Morocco, in the city of Fez. This treasure-chamber was eutahlished in 815 by thcfiultm Ed; isben-l'hlwis, tin. found- er of the city, will it ’lss heen enriched hy some addition to its valuables or rarities hy almost every one of his successors. There are preserved in it msny precious relics he. longing to the time of the Moorish r‘ule in ”pain, and there is a sword of Ferdinand the Clt’lulic, the humlh- of which is s Hm of ‘ precious stones. Thin treasury is most care. fully mu-rdetl, owl :ome travellers my that there are in it and about it 3,000 locks. Some mmths ago th-. Sultan Sidi Muley Nassau, who haw 1an lent; mufl'oving from gout. confided the cimrge of the L'"c.: Trem- m y to his bother, Prince Mnley Almmnvho in his turn, emulated it to the Governor of Fed. A few weeks ngu the Sultan was pro. uented by one of hin vessels with a splendid rcVolver, which wzm adorned with gold and \ precious ntones. Ilia Majesty ordered it to ‘ be lodged in the trcnaury, but, upon enter- ‘in; the charmer, some boxes were found L broken upon and completely emptied of theig contents. The Sultan had several per- sons arrested, but the inquiry led to no re- solumdhc has new ull'crcd a reward of £740) for the discovery of the thieves. I". no thiq we may infer how great was the v line of the stole I treasures. Only ten foreigners are honoured by :om'os h. Westmimster Abbey. The first is that of Isaac Cssuubon, the iheolokgian the next, that of St. Evremoml; the third, that of Grebe, who closet-tel both Hewva «mi Ito-no {or the Church of England; Then there is the tomb of Conveyor, called by Deon Stan- ley “the Blanca White of the eighteenth eeutury";aud not for 091' that of Ezeiiel :hponheim. a professor or. Heidelberg, who died in England as the representative of Prussia at the Court of St. James. The 'Dukes of Montpeueier's statue was mlmitied ‘Ior dynastic reasons; and the remains o! Theodore Yahoo! no, descended from the hat inheritors of t 0 Eastern Roman Empire have nright to lieim the Abbey since he 'fonghtinfit... thnfl regiment at Naeeby. There are nlho- in the Abbey memorials ~to Sir. John Chordin, the celebrated ex. lurer of Persia ; to Pascal Paoli, the hero Cor- sican inde endence; to Stoigger, n young Bernese no vle no the nephew of the greet Turcnnemud to Armuudde Bounhun. gum and gum. VVHIT E ‘ “/0 would respectfully call the attention of the forming community to the FANNING MILL now made at our work. This mill is known as THE ‘HONEY’ IMPROVED PANNING MILL Best and most Complete Mill Man- ufactured in the Dominion. HAVING TAKEN MORE FIRST PRIZES THAN ANY OTHER, AND INVARIABLY RECEIVES THEIHIGHES'I‘ RECOMMENDATIONS WHENEVER AND WHEREEVER IT IS BROUGHT INTO COMPETITION WITH OTHER MILLS. We (uh our friends and the farmers generally to Toronto and Massey Rwy aning rented Mr. D. McLEOD’S bake shop and oven, begs to announce to the public that he is prepared to supply them With .u CAI H. McMILLAN’S; FIRST-CLASS BREAD CAKES! Graining Walnut, Oak. (1i ht and dark) Maple and Burr alnut. 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And combined as it. is with fine sherry wine and choice aromatics, it is made an agreeable and pleasant invigor- ator to the whole system. The properties of Quinine are a febrilnge tonic and antiper- iodie. Small doses, frequently repeat-ed, strengthen the pulse,increase muscular tree, and inii vorate the tons of the nervous sv- stem. fhe peculiar opeiation of t is medi- cine in eneral debility and as an a petizer, has um ergone long and close observation, and it is believed it will never fail, it pro- pcrly and judiciously admimstered,uuless other diseases predominate of a different character. Persons of weak constitution may take it without the least dilliculty, as it stlengthens the stomach and digestive or- . gens, and seldom require more than one, or l two bottles to effect a decided benefit as it ' contains nothing injurious to the most deli- l catc constitution. Remember to ask for the uQuinine Wine prepared by Northrop . 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