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Lower Town, Durham. _ y 7th, 1879 * RADUAT} ;ABRISTEI!S and Attorneys at . solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency Â¥ _ a.m, to NooT itinek, after aoon therford‘s attonde TERMS;:â€"$1.00 per year in Advance ormerly Waster Shoemaker in Her ajesty‘s udredth Iegiment. poie OME REASONS why these Suspenders CTH EXD, Durham, near Cattle Yard Hot«l. having commenced business i DKR. LIGHTBODY, *ILL be at his Office, Hanover, fl:?lrl‘l C. B. JACK®E®, B. A. TTORNEY at Law, Solicitor in Chanâ€" cefy. Commissioner in B. R., Notary Public Boot and Shosmaker, E.D. MACMILLAN, TTORXEY â€" AT â€" LAW, &e opposite Parker‘s Drug Btore, U; MKISCELLANEOUS. RATES OF ADVERTISNG DT Merchant Tailor, Frost & Frost. best material used , workmanship inything in the county, having made n the principal cities of Canadea and A‘T Z. *X IXO N. ANJMALS, &e., advertised three *!, theâ€"advertisement not &6 exâ€" Ds. JAMIESON, MEDICAL. DR. KIZRNAN, DUNDALK, Ont. ¢‘s Hotel, Sholbarne, every from 10 o‘clock a. m. to 5 p. h 40th 1879. . of Vietoria University, i Underâ€"Graduate of MeGill Uni _ Surgery in rear of Medical Hall ild respectfully solicit a shure of «©onnoy, 13 PUBLISHED sowed,from $5.50 to $6 pegged,from §4.75 to $5 Durh m { Ontamo Vetrinary Col Athome,2nd Con, N.J.R., Messages for the Dr. left mt J. T. Romawts &e.â€"Orrics Upper Town, 3 at Law Guide. a.. Owen M 50 50 Rememberthe place,.â€"a short distance north of the Post Oflice. liUILDER' Durham, keeps on hnand a lurge stock of Sish, Doors and all kinds of Building materials, also a stock of Mouldings in Walnut, Rosewood,und Gilt. Pluns,specifications and Bills of Lumber made out on short notice. A tullstock of Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds and Trimâ€" mingsalwayson hand, A FIR8Tâ€"CLASS MEAR®SE TO HIRE. Cheap for Cash. These Machines are the best mude,und give entive s;'ialu tion to those using them. Leather, Leather. The undersigned would intimate to those whose accounts are lunfi past due that unless asettlement insde within the ne:t two months, the accounts will be placed in other hands for colleetion. Agent for the Heintzman Piano and 1 minion Organ. W.PF. DOLL Sewing Machines For Sale, Repairing done with neatâ€" ness and despatch. watches 'Fll E subseriber has on hand and for Sale a stock of Leather of different brands in A. Sale a stock of Leather of different brands in firstâ€"cluss order, and at prices as low as it car be purchased at any other pluce, Picces. Boots and Shoes, EDGE MILLS, DURHAM. He is prepared to fill all or‘ers en‘rusted to him : n the shortest notice and in « first class mapner Gristing & Merchant Work, Flesherton and LPundalks, consisting of three acres of excellent land, under eultivation, on which is erected w small cottage and a frame stable. This property would make a nice homestead for a mechame or ary one wisk: ing to retire from “mfin& and live in a village. Will be sold for $300, which is only #25 per ?unn acre lot. Apply to the proprictor, or b;"l]e ter to NEIL NN ’l'YYP‘. anhecviher wiches to intimate to Farmers, aud tas Puoiic Gemerelly thut i. ing had tac sbove "filis furnisicd ‘dh the best maâ€"binery for Instalments, or Otherwise NORMAN McINTYRE, Valustor, Durham W. F. DOLL, F10008. Wézfi‘ _ n1 0t satisâ€" J faction Wedding and Jem rings all sizes and prices. tepairing Waliches & Clocks a Speciality. () Loans Repayable BY English & Scottish Envestment Co.,(Limited) n hand and made to moasure. Good Work men, Good Material and Low Prices. ty in the Money to Loan JA No. 3, on AlbertStreet, one Runge East of Garâ€" aftaxa Stroet, Lower Town, Durham. On the lot is erected a good dwellin, House und Stable. The Lotcontains one sere ofland. &4 good well and ;ump, and a number of fruit trees, on the premises. or garden purposes the land is unexulfbd. The whole property will be sold cheap for cash, or otherwise as may be ;g'reed upon. For furtber purticulers apply at the RzviEW Office, 'I‘HE Subscriber wishing to leave this _A. part of the country offers forsale his properâ€" TRUST AND LOAN CO. OF CANADA House and Three Acres of Land E‘gr Sale. A GREAT BARGAIN. Time PROPERTY FOR SALE. House and Lot for Sale in Durham. 4. and Miuke C 16 Lutest Style Durham Nev 1878 "The â€" TLast Call. Rockville.Bentinck July 1st, 1879 that 'I‘HE Proprietor wishes to dispose of Lot No. 3. on AlbertStreet. one Range East of Gar« Latest Fasklons Regularly Received esidence at the Old Post Office, Lower Town, DURHAM. us ArO Jcham . Feb 12, 1680 Priceville,Au .16 1877 HF Durham,June 24, 1879 or V ol. III. No. 11. Alexander Robertson, N Real Estates at 8, 84, and 9 per cent, according to privilages granted. VILLAGE OF PRICEVILLE. CROPPING carefully attended to. ZENUS CLARK. ham . Feb 12. 1880. 14â€"103 Hither Sewed or Pegged, A few frstâ€"class BARCLAY‘ EJ CASII FOR HIDES. TAILOR, ROBT. BULL, To Suit Borrowers ber is %repnrcd to Receive ), on the shortest notice, and in Mer and Boy‘s Clothing. A good tit guarranteed. ALEX. ROBERT JO8. F. MOWAT J. C. JOPP Priceville P. 0 )e Grev Revicks. Agent, Durham Clocks give that the best y4 Minnie was old Dan‘orth‘s only cluld ; and report said truly that she would be his sole legatee. The old man was a sturdy farmer and was estimated to be worth fulâ€" ly ten thousand dollars, at that time a very handsome fortune. The sparkling eyes and winning manâ€" ner of Minnic Danforth had stirred up the finer feelings of all the male portion of the village and her suitors were numerous ; but her father was particular, and none sueceeded with him or her. him or her. ' * by old Danforth, who had entrusted Joe with the management of his place for two or three years. In the meantime, Minnie had a trne and loyal lover in seeret. Who‘d have supposed for one moment that such a fellow would dare to look upon beauty and comparative refinement 2 His name was Walker, or as he was generally called, ‘Joe,‘â€"Joe Walkâ€" or ; and he was simply a farmer employed But evil, and the myriad wrongs attendant, Must all succumb ; Aud in their place reign Right on throne resplendant When they are duib. The Ruraway Match, or Overshocting the Mark. A great many years since, when brightâ€" eyed and fairâ€"haired lasses were not so many in New England as they now are, there dwelt in the town of Concord, a pretâ€" ty village distant some fiveâ€"andâ€"twenty miles from *Market town,‘ a peculiarly ugly and cross grained but wealthy old far» mer named Danforth. But a very excellent farmer and a right good manager was this plain unassuming but good looking Joe Walker. He was young, too, only twentyâ€"three ; and he acâ€" tually fell in love with the beautiful, pleasâ€" ant, joyous Minnie Danforth, his old emâ€" ployer‘s only daughter. But the strange part of the occurrence was that Mionnic reâ€" wrned his love earnestly, truly and frankly ; and promised to wed him at the first favorâ€" whle opportunity. Things went on merrilly for & time. But old Danforth discovered certain glances and attentions between them which excited his envy and suspicions. Very soon afterâ€" wards Joe learnt the old man‘s mind indiâ€" rectly in regard to his disposal of Minnie‘s hand, and he quickly saw that his case was a hopoless one unless he resorted to strataâ€" gem, and so he set his wits to work. And thus the wheel revolves in cycle chunging In some far different track; We know not, when upon our puth its ranging, Life‘s brittle threwd@may crack. Resounds from corriders of future ages . Its thrilling echoâ€"roll ; That it destroy alf wrong and evil‘s rages, O Lord, its course control ! By agreement an apparently settled coldness and distance was observed between the lovers towards each other for five or six montbs ; and the father saw, as he believed, with satisfaction that his previons anspiciâ€" ons and fears had all been premature. Then by agreement also between them Joe absented himseif from the house in the evenings , and night after night for three mouths longer did Joe disappear as soou as his work was finished, to return bome nt late bedtime. This was unusual, and old Danforth determined to know the reaâ€" Thus in swift eycles rolls the wheol of time, The months are lying aead ; The bloodâ€"stained pages of foul, murd‘rous crime, To time‘s wild tire are sped. Knowing that when was quenched their vital spark Boneath its wellâ€"strewn path, Some having caught the flame would lightthe dark Of God‘s wiseâ€"tempered wrath. And in the wheolâ€"track many corpses lio Who in life nobly stood, Waiting its deathâ€"roll with calm, cleur eyo, Believing but in good. * â€"Durham â€"Durham. How foudly I remember, As though t‘were yestorday, And 1 was but a child again To spend my hours in play, The garden, where my childhood Was taught in early hours To put the graceless woeds away That grew among the flowers, Whese form I see no more; I made a wroath of lilies To deck her heavenly brow, The fairest I could gatherâ€" Not half so fair as thou ! How fondly I remember The sweetest flowers I bore To a darling little lassic How fondly I remember, That the little birds with glee Would sing their matin song In the overâ€"hanging tree ; Their tiny breasts seemed joyous To pass the early hours "Midst the glory of the sunshine And beauty of the flowers. The pleasunt shady bower, The favorite garden seat I‘ve sut in many an hour ; How the sweetpea and the woodbine Their tendrils ‘round them threw, And at my feet a carpet Of purest flowers grew. How fondly I remember Each rose so swoeet and red, Each modest little daisy Which hung her drooping head ; Where the butterflies would sport As they tossed upon the breeze, Then rest upon some flowers For a moment‘s quict ease. How fondly I remomber How fondly I remember When in childhood I would roam, "Midst flowers rare and tender, In our garden walks at home ; Those fleeting bappy bours, When my guileless heart was froe, Where the pathway strewea with flowers, Could in life no sorrow see. FOND RECOLLECTIONS THE WHEEL OF TIME DURHAM, Co. Grey, APRIL 29, 1880. POETRY Artuur Ivy Awrevu® Ivt An hour after dark .on the following evening, Joe made his appearance, decked in a new black suit, and really looking very comely. The old man bustled out to the barn with him, helped him to harness young Morgan to the new phaeton, leading the spunky animal himself into the road, and away went happy Joe Walker in search of his bride, *Who cares, I say? Go on quickly but quietly.‘ ‘To morrow night, then‘ said Joe, *Yes‘ said Danforth. ‘I‘ll hire Colver‘s horseâ€"‘ *No, you shan‘t.‘ ‘No!‘ ‘I say no. Take my horseâ€"the best one, young Morgan ; he‘ll take you off in fine style, in the new phacton. ‘Exactly.‘ ‘And as soon as you‘re spliced, come right back here, and a jolly time we‘ll have of it at the old house.‘ ‘Her father will kill me |‘ ‘Bah! Me‘s an old fool, whoever he is,he don‘t know your good qualities, Joe, as well as I do. Don‘t be afraid, a faint heart, you know, never won a fair womon.‘ ‘The old man will be astounded.‘ ‘Never mind, go on. We‘ll turn the laugh on him. â€" T‘ll take care of your wife and you at any rate.‘ ¢ ,I‘ll do it,‘ said Joe. ‘You shall,‘ said Danforth; and they parted in the best of spirits. A few rods distant trom the house he found her as per previous agreement ; and repairing to the next villago the parson very quickly made them one in holy wedâ€" lock. Joe took the reins and they soon dashed back to Concord, and halted at old Danforth‘s house, who was already looking for him and received him with open arms. ‘Is it done,‘ cried the old man. ‘Yes,‘ answered Joe. ‘Bring her in, bring her in,‘ continued the old fellow in high glee ; ‘never mind complimentsâ€"don‘t hecd the dark entryâ€" here. here, Joa, to the right, in the best parlor, we‘ll hav a time,‘ and the anxious farmer rashed out for lights, and returned almost immediately. ‘Hore‘s the certificate, sir,‘ said Joe. ‘Yes, yesâ€"‘ _ ‘And this is my wife,‘ he added as he passed up Lis beautiful bride, the bewitchâ€" ing and lovely Minnie Dantforth. ‘Itis true, we are lawfullyfmarried. You advised me to this course, you assisted me, you planned the whole affair, you lent me your horse, you thought me last night worthy of any man‘s cluld, you encouraged me, you promised to stand by me, you ofâ€" fored me the cottage at the foot of the lane, youâ€"‘ ‘Calmly, now, sir,‘ continued Joe. And the entreaties of the happy couple were at once united to quell the old man‘s ire, and to persuade him to acknowledge the union. ‘The father relented at last. It was a job of his ewn manufacture, and he saw how useless it would be to attempt to destroy it. He gave in reluétantly,and the fair Minâ€" nie Dauforth was overjoyed to be duly acâ€" knowledged Mrs. Walker, The marriage proved a joyful one, and the original asseition of old Danforth provâ€" ed truthful in every respect. The ounning lover was a faithful husband, and lived many years to enjoy the happiness which followed upon Ins runaway match, while the old man never eared to speak of the details of the elopement for he saw how completely he had overshot the mark. ‘What !‘ roared the old fellowâ€"‘What did you say, Joeâ€"you villain, you scamp, you audacious cheat, youâ€"youâ€"‘ ‘Elope ? ‘Yes. Off with you at onte! It the gal will joinâ€"all right. Marry her, bring her here ; you will have the cottage at the foot of the lane. _ T‘ll furnish it for you ; your wages shall be increased, and the old man may like it or not, as he will.‘ ‘Butâ€"‘ ‘Put in no but, Joe. Do as I bid you : go about it at once, andâ€"‘ *You will stand by me ?" ‘Yes, to the last. I know you, Joe. You are a goodfellow, and a good workâ€" man, and you will make anybody a good son or husband.‘ This was capital. Just what old Danâ€" forth most desired. This satisfied him that he had made a mistake in regard to his own child ; and he would help Joe to get married ; ayd thus stop all further suspiciâ€" ons of troubles at home. So he said :â€" ‘Well, Joe, is she a buxom lass ?" ‘Yesâ€"yes,‘ said Joe. . ‘"Thatis other folks say so. â€"I‘m not much of a judge myself.‘ ‘And you like her ? ‘Yes, sir, yes.‘ ‘Then marry her,‘ said Danforth. . ‘But I can‘tâ€"her father objectsâ€"‘ ‘Pookh !‘ continued Danforth, ‘let him do so ; what need you care? Run away with her.‘ ‘The old fellow will be so raging mad though.‘ â€"‘I didn‘wâ€"I deny itâ€"and you can‘t prove itâ€"â€"you‘re aâ€"‘ The prisoners at Moscow and other de: pots of Russia awaiting exile to Siberia number more than 20,000, 8 son of it. Joe frankly confessed that he was in love with a farmer‘s daughter, who resided less than three miles distant ; but after a faithâ€" ful attachment between them for several months, refused to entertain his application for the young girl‘s hand. XO. I. Compte, a famous philosopher of France, ’ was the founder of positivism, that system ‘of materialistic philosophy, which is a oneâ€" sided issue of inductive philosophy. In his investigations he observes the form but lacks the spirit of inductive philosophy, i.e. he follows with serupulous care the proâ€" cesses of inductive philosophy, but he does not always with the same care sift out facts to their ultimate issues, noting them in their peculiar differen¢es and interproting them according to their respective natures, not confounding the niaterial with the imâ€" material, On the contrary, he views them all in the same light, regarding and treatâ€" ing them as material, and not placing themm before us in their contradistinctions and inâ€" 1 dividualities, as diverso and not as the same entities. His speculations are, thereâ€" fore, not always in aceord with the nature of things, but often the inversion of thera. This is especially the caso in regard to his speculations on religion. Under the prepossessing influence of materialism, he reduced religion from the supernatural to the natural, and he reduced, even, the I natural, not to the sacred instinets and asâ€" pirations of the sonl towards God as its‘ grand object, but to the dark groupings of humanity out of savageism towards civiliâ€" zation. This line of thought was adopted by him and his followers as the essence of their religion, and is being carried out by them to consequences analagous to those of matter, forming a compound of the grave and the Judicrous. Hence, there are two aspects in which we may view this New Philosophy, a serious aspect and a ludiâ€" crous one. If, sooner or later, with the spread of education, and an increasel acâ€" quaintance with technical language, the masses of the community really understood and were really convinced of the truth of its votaries‘s contention in regard to man‘s prospects beyond the graveâ€"the contention namely, that there is no conscious future lifeâ€"it is impossible to exaggerate in anâ€" ticipation the horror of the result. Dreadful stories have been told of the conduct of crews in sinking ships. ‘The despair of a drowning crew would be nothing to the deâ€" spair of a dying world, not dying in the popular sense of the word, but being auniâ€" hilated. What mockery to the millions to be told that they are to be satisfied with "the permanence of the actwities which give others happiness," and that to look t» this is much "nobler" than to look to "the permanence of the conscionsness whicn can enjoy happiness !" It is easy enough for those who in their lifetime receive good things to preach the grim gospel to those who have received evil things ; but what will be the result if Lazarus believes the messago ? Our only comfort is the proâ€" found conviction that he never will believe it. We may, however, be permitted to conâ€" sole ourselves by an inspection of this new philosophy from the ludicrous side, as formâ€" ing part of the most absurd religion ever invented. It must be remembered that M. Compte, after spending many years in the construction and exposition of <his system of positive philosephyâ€"the first great prinâ€" ciple of which is that each branch of our knowledge passes success:vely through three different theoretical conditions : the tle»logical, or fictitious ; the metaphysical or abstract ; and the scientific, or positive â€"determined to erect his philosophy into a religion. There was, to ordinary notions, one little defect in this religion. It had no God. Butit had a Grand Etre? nay, more, it had a trinity consisting ot the Grand Etre, the Grand Fetiche, and the Grand Milieu. What the Great Fetish and the Great Mean were, it is hard for the uninitiated to make out, except that the first seems to have been another name for the visible creationâ€"earth, sun, moon and starsâ€"and the second anothér name for Space itself. But the "Grand Being," surely that sounds theological. Nothing of the kind. "Le Grand Etre, dans le lanâ€" gage de M. Compte est T‘humanite." apon him "un angelique influence.‘ ‘This attachment (for the purity of which Mr. Mill vouches, we do not knew on what autbhority) was eoncealed from his wife till ufter the death of Madam de Vaux; nor does. it appear tlint he would then hwe anâ€" nounced it, except that be was going to ‘If you are pious (mild form of insanity), Bow down and worship the mass of Humanity. Other religions aro buried in mists, We‘re our own gods, say the Positivists. Religion generally implies prayer, and M. ‘Compte is equal to the occasion. _ It is simply an outpouring of devotion. The mass of Humanity is only worshipped ai the 84 puble celebrations which take place during the year. At other times private Positivists are to worship their mothers, their wives and their daughters. If their wives or daughters have never existed, or if any of the three devotional alternatives have been too faulty for worship, they may worship another lady. In M.Compte‘s own case, as he had quarrolled with his wife, who took him out of a madhouse, nursed him into comparative sanity, staryvâ€" ed herself after their separation in order to save for him, and protected and bozored him in life and in desth; it was; of course, quite out of the question fliast she should be the object of his adoration. There was, however, a certain Madame de Vaur, the wife of a conviet, for whom our philosopher, after leaving his own wife, entertained ‘un The Ludicrous Side of Posiâ€" * and who exercised | dict for $45,000 damages agaiust the Grand Trunk Ruilway Company for an accident whicl cost him the luss of a leg. Grote and othersâ€"and generally on money questions. The sacrament at death is called the sacrament of transformationâ€"death being a passage from personal axistence to existence in the recollection of othersâ€"and seven years afte® death comes the last sacâ€" rament, which is to be a publec judgment by the priesthood on the memory of the defunct. Anybody who feels a doubt what the verdiet of the reverend divines may be may exempt himself from incurring it by declaration during life. If, however, no such declaration be made, and the verdict be favorable, the romains of that verdict are dug up frrm the civil burialâ€"ground, and deposited in ‘le bois sacre qui doit enâ€" tourer chaque temple de 1‘Humanite." The religion contains nine sacraments, consisting of the solemn consecration by the priests of Humanity, of all the great transitions in life ; birth, school, marmage, &o. As there are two inore sacraments than in the Catholic Church, there would be room at all events fer a solemnity on on parting with one‘s wife, or on parting with one‘s friends, events of which the life of the first High Priest will afford numerâ€" ous examples, as he appeared to have quarâ€" relled with almost every friend he ever possessedâ€"his father, his wife, M. Littre; John Mill; Sir William Molesworthy, Mr. M. Comte had a great fancy forimitating Christian observances. The use of the sign of the cross presented some difficulty,but he substituted, as a way of expressing devotion to the ‘Grand Etre,‘ successive taps of the finger on those parts of the skull which phrenology (Ia theorie cerebrale) assigns to the three elements of the fundamental forâ€" mula of positivismâ€"love, order and proâ€" gress. His Positive Calendar is to be found in Dr. Robinet‘s book. It is far more abâ€" surd than the old Republican calendar of French revolution times. There arg thirâ€" teen months, named after thirteen great men, among whom, wonderful to relate, there is room made for St. Paul, though none for St. Paul‘s Master. Each day, as well as each month, has its cclebrity ; among them we find Belus, Sesostris, Foâ€" Hi, Mancoâ€"Capac, Albateguius, William Penn, Suger (whoever he was), Rabablais, Harrison (probably not F.), and the Druids He had, it may be observed, peculiar fanâ€" cies about numbers. ‘Thirteen was a great favorite. He bad thirteen executors! dedicate a book to her memory. Our readers will not be surprised to learn that it was to this woman‘s memory that M. Comte dedicated his devotions, which, according to his rules, are to occupy two hours of every day, divided into three parts, each prayer consisting of a comâ€" memoration and an effusion, to be uttered orally and to be interspersed with passages from the best poets. Space fails to recount the drolleries of the Positivist Religion. Some of its provisions however, were not droll, if, as asserted by Mr. John Mill, M. Compte really proposed to destroy all books except one hundred, or except one nundred and fifty according to the list given by Dr. Robinet ; a list which includes "Tom Jones" and excludes ‘Plato‘ It caunot, however, be denied that the disâ€" ciples of Comte are devotees in truth, alâ€" though the causes of their devotion must, to those who know anything about its object, ever remain a mystery. Enough has been said to set forth with sufficient fulness the truth of our heading, viz., the ludicrous side of Positism. This, our position, having been clearly defined by argument, illustration, and fact, we proâ€" ceed to note a fow things suggested by the matter brought under review in the treat» ment of it. The first thing, we note, is that, in the school of philosophy, "a great deal of new light, nowâ€"days, is only old darkâ€" ness" taken from the benighted pages of ancient philosophy, and given us as new discoveries in science. ‘The second thing, we note, is the absurdities taught by the philosophers of this school in regard to reâ€" ligion. They abound in wild fancies, in erude notions, and in gross caricatures in regard to religion ; but they signally fail to trace religion up to its Divine source and pure form, to catch its spirit and underâ€" stand its principles, to realize its aim and ends. The third thing, we note, is that this school of philosophy is as credulous as ridiculous, as to the data on which it builds its spec_uhtiohi on many things, but esâ€" pecially on religion. As this is a new theme that has sprung out of the discussion of our subject, we shall, in our next, direct attention to it under various aspects, each worthy of elaborate investigation. O. S. _ The story is well known of the old lady who shared the strong prejndices agminst the organ in diviné service. One was, however, erectod in her kirk ; it was the first she bad ever seén or heard, and she was asked ‘her opinion of it after the first performance, and she replied, "It‘s a very bouny kist (thest) o‘ whistles ; but oh, sirs, its an «w@fu‘ way of spending the Sabbath day !" At a thurch in Edinburgh, where; after a considetable strife; an organ was erected, it was dis¢overed ome Sabbath morning that it conld not be used, and the beadle appeared before the reverend dootor, the pastor of the congregation, just as he was going into the pulpit, saying, slilyâ€"he had always been opposed to the innovation, "Doctor, yon creature of an ourgan has gi‘en up the ghaist althegither the day !" A New Hampshire ma»n bas got a verâ€" Whole No. 114. | â€" Duritng $5% tourse of his sermon in Notre Dame Church, Montreal, last Sunday, the | Rev. Fathor Rossselot forlmde any of his congregation to sign any petition in favor | of an applioation for a saloon heeuse. Said | the reverend eure in the conrse of his serâ€" mou, *"*when you refuse to sign euch petiâ€" | tiens you do a good work to the saloonâ€" | keepers whom you refuse to sign tor and " to society in general. But, my Jear bretbâ€" reu, inurk ii weli, when you sign thore curseu petitions you do a bad work, you do harm :> everybody, to yourself and to ].fi.‘qinpmnl. and you draw the curse [of God on yoursel{ and your children," Alien vs. Baker.â€"Action for slander. J. Masson for plaintiff. J. M. Kilbourn for defendant. Quire vs. Fergnson. Malicious prosecu« tion. Creasor & Morrison for plaintiff. Geo. Moberly for defondant. Verdict for plaintiff $100. ; M Ferguson vs. Veitch.â€"Action for seducâ€" The following are the cases disposed of since our last issue. ‘The Court closed on Tuesday afternoon Inst, Ainslie vs. Georgian Bay Transportation Company.â€"Action for damages doue to plaintiff‘s wharf. J. J. Robertson, for plaimâ€" tiff; Join Creasor and J. J; Kerr, for deâ€" fendants. Verdict ter defendants. s J. Masson for plaintiff. J. Kowe for doâ€" fendant. Verdict for defendant. 4 Mellville ve. Cobb.â€"Action on promisâ€" sory note. ‘Tried before Judge. Creasor and Morison for plaintif. McFayden & Robarts for defendant. Verdict for plainâ€" tiff, $814.47. _ Detolin vs. Wheatley.â€"Breach of Promâ€" ise of marriage. John Creasor and J. 8. Wilson for plaintitf. J. K. Kerr, Q.C., and George M »uerly for defendant, Verdict for plaintiff by consent for $500 damages aund Cochrane vs. Graham.â€"Action to recorâ€" er the valus of a threshing machine. Creaâ€" sor & Morrison for plaintiff. M. McCarthy and C. McFayden for defendant.. Verdict for defendant. tion. Moberly & Gamon for plaintiff, Creasor & Morrison for defendant, Verdict for plaintiff $1200. Ferguson vs. Veitch.â€"Dreach of promise of marriage. Moberly & (Gamon for Plainâ€" tiff. Creasor & Morrison for defendant. Jury failed to agree and were discharged. McLelland vs. Caton.â€"Action for misreâ€" presentation. . McFayden & Robarts for plaintiff. J. Creasor and J. Masson for deâ€" fendant. Plaintiffnonsuited. McEnight vs. Rreen.â€"Action for money lent. J. Rowe for plaintiff. J. W. Fro#t for defendant. Judgment reserved. McGregor vs. Meredith. McFayden & Robarts for plaintiff. Creasor & Morrison for defendant. Plaintiff nonâ€"suited as to defendant Cochrane, and verdict for eighty dollars against defendant Meredith. $150 costs. Lemon vs. Molton.â€"Action for ejectâ€" ment. McFayden & Robarts for plaintif. Creasor & Morrison for defendant. Judgâ€" ment reserved. Queen vs Wim. Hutchison. Embezzleâ€" meut. No Lill. Queen vs John Davidson. Larceny. No bill. Queen viz. Chas. Wilâ€" lis. Larceny and receiving. True Bill, Queen vs Mary Loughead. Perjury. True Bill. Queen vs Jolhn Loughead. No Bill. Chas, Willis was arraigned on the above indictment and pleaded "Guilty." Wesley Myles was arraigned and pleased "Not Guilty." Queen vs. Mary Loughoas. Perjury. A. Frost for the Crown. Joln Creasor for deâ€" fence. Verdict "Guilty," with a strong reâ€" commendation to mercy. Queen vs James Robinson. Larceny, The prisoner pleaded "Guilty." Sentencâ€" ed to three days in the common jail. crnmmnxar cases. The Grand Jury brought in the following bills :â€" The Grand Jury brought in three "No Bills," agrinst James Gugins for Forgery ; **No Bill" for Larcony, and two ‘"True Bills for Lurceny. I Queen vs John Grier.â€"Unlawfual approâ€" priation of personal property, The defend ant pleaded "Not Guilty." No evidence being offered in behaif of the Crown, a verâ€" dict of "Not Guilty," was recorded. Queen ve. JamesGugins. Larceny. A. Frost for the Crown. W. D. Pollard for the defence. A verdict of "Not Guilty" was rendered. The residence of Michael Comnors (father of Johnny Connors; of the Donnelly trageâ€" dy notoriety) in Luilan, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday évening last week. , Mr. and MÂ¥s, LCommors aud Johuny wore rbsent in London at the time the fire took place. It is uncertain how the fire ovigiznated, but a élear g2se of incendiarisin has been disâ€" cevered since in an atteript to set fire to an hotel stables in the same village. the young man was fined $200, $10 to the plaintiff, and $50 costsâ€"a total of $200, Queen vs Wesley Myles. Larceny. A. Frost for Crown. John Creasor for defence Verdict "Guilty," Chas. II. Myers was sentenced to hard labor in the Central Prison at Toronto for eighteen months. Chas. Willis and Wesley Myles were each sentenced to seven years in the Penâ€" tentiary at Kingston at hard labor." About two weeks ago an altereation took place at Walkerton between John MeLay, Esq., Registrar, and D. W. Rose, Esg., Barrister. On Tussday evening after, an assault was committed on Mr. Ross, by a son of Mr. McLay. The case was tried at the Assizes lately held in that town, and A Galt lady ripped a pincushion, and discovered no less than 433 needles and 7 darnng needles b1dden away inside. The cushion bad been in use four or five years* Mary Loughead was sentenced to one years imprisonment in the common jail at hard labor. The last heard of the overdue British traiving ship "Atlanta" was on the 1st of February, when she sailed from Bermuda for England. Concluded from the Advertiser. 4 + «i a n o $ z.-