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’ ' ' 1 (f U O F1 i Egnpdicate to prevent the build‘zg of the new line, and at last they have succesded. Sir Jobn and his Government, willing tools as they have always bean in the hands of «â€"The march of monopoly is proceeding slowly but surely, in the Cavadian Northâ€" West. â€" Avottr readers dro aware, the Winâ€" nipeg and South Eastern Railway Comâ€" pany obtained a charter from the Legislature of Manitoba for the building of a rmtway in a South casterly direction from Winniâ€" peg by which a large and important section of country would be opened ‘up, including the Souris coal fields, and aiso affording a ready outlet by way of Duinth for the proâ€" duce of the Northâ€"west. This line would therefore be a powerfal rival to the Canada Pecific, and as might be expected, thereâ€" fore, evety effort has been put forth by the â€"The Globe publishes an elaborate roâ€" view of the trade of Toronto for last year. The Queen City is making rapid progress in population and in material prosperity, The population is estimated by the Globe at 100,000. The assessment of real and personal property and income has risen from fity millions in 1880 to fiftyâ€"six mulâ€" hous for 1882,and the business done by the city has been twelve per cent. in excess of that of last year. ‘This rapid growth is atâ€" tributed by the Globe to the national adâ€" vantages of Toronto as a distributing cenâ€" tre, its widely ramifying system of railways, and chiefly to revived business prosperity of the country generally, owing to tlu) abundant barvests of the last two years. The total number of failures in Tororto last year was 78 with linbilities amounting | to $738,699, aud assets $418,508. In the | wholesale trade, Toronto claims chief proâ€"| eminence in Pry Goods, the aggrogate busâ€" ’ f mess of some twentyâ€"three houses engaged ' t in that dapartment being $10,500,000â€"£fâ€" | 1 teen per cent. in excoss of the business ] done last year. In other lines of bnsin“s,’ I Millinery, Groceries, Hardware, &e., &e., > the improvement seems to be equally satisâ€" | factory. ‘The breadstuffs trade and cattle | i trade havo also been improvedâ€"the latter | t« not so profitable to the shipper on secount | & oflow prices in Great Britain and keen comâ€" | a petition among buyers at bome, but conseâ€" | d« quently,very beneficial to the farmer. The | & entire trade of the City of Toronto is thus | of summed up :â€"wholesale trade $83,634,000, | th Produse $38,738,000, and Manvfactures !a $15,885,000, making the grand total of| T! $85,257,000. th received. Mr. Lander‘s playing is characâ€" terized by brillianey and precision of exeâ€" cution, but more, he seems to have caught the spirit of the great master whose works he interprets on the piano. ney, Master Frank Asbury, and Miss. Jones who rccompanied on the Piano. The Quartette sung by Miss Black, Mr. +Gurney, Mr. Davis, and Master Frank Asbury was well received, as was also the ‘Trio sung by Mrs. Asbury, Mr. Gurney and Mr. Davis. Mr. Gurney sang two Solos in his usual spirited style, and Mrs. Asbury whose voice is possessed of wondorful scope ‘ as well as richnoss, sang with great effect $wo solos,â€"Grand Sesna and Prayer from Der. Freitcbutz, and Cavatina by Verdi. I The great attraction of the evening, howâ€" ' ever, was Mr. Lauder, who has earned | ‘high distinetion as a pianist acecross lho‘ Atlantic, and bas been highly applauded [ TT : Tmianp iinae > 120 EPCOW OPRRCURIEE in Toronto and Hamilton since hi:ruum from Euxope. Mr. Lauder played transâ€" scriptions by Liszt the great Hupgarian womposer, and a Polonaise by Chopin. Both picces were well rendered and well «â€"â€"The Concert in the Town Hall last erening under the auspices of the Mechanâ€" ies‘ Institute turned out quite a success. The atterdance was very large, and on arâ€" tistic grounds the concert was cortainly far | abead of anything of the kind ever given in this Town. Besides Mr. W. W. Lander of Toronto, the performers included Mre. Asbury, Miss Black, Mr. Davis, Mr. Gurâ€" poraliti®Gund, that is, the tund arising out of tl secularization of the Clergy Reâ€" nerves, ‘and from which the then minisâ€" ters of the Auld Kirk received a permanant stipend, did rightly belong to the minority who still held by the distinetive prineiples of the Auld Kirk. By the jadgment of the Privy Council,the Quebec Act, under which the Temporslities Board Lbas been acting ainee the Union, is declared to be nnconstiâ€" tutional, with costs, which are very heary, ‘Aud the fond, now amounting to half a anillion dollars, to belong to the Prosbyterâ€" amo Chureh in Canada in connection with | the Church of Seotland, that is, the Rev.|, Mr. Dobie and two or three other ministers | , with their congregations. However, as a|; detailed statement has not yet been receivâ€" | / ad on this side of the Atlantic, there seems | y to be some doubt as to the exact bearing of | t the decision of the Privy Council. a in connection with the Church of Seotland, popularly known as the Anld Kirk, with a fow other ministers, refused to enter the U;iud (ibnrcb, and claimed,that the Temâ€" â€"The suit of Dobie vs. The Tem poraliâ€" THE ONTABILLEGISLATURE. ties Board of the Presbyterian Church of The debate on the address in the Ontario Onnada bas been decided by the Queen‘s | House of Assembly is still continued Privy Council in favor of the prosecution, warmly from day to day. The speeches the decision of the Quebec Courts veing delivered, with the exception of a very able thereby reversed. The suit arose out of| resume of the #itnation by the Hon. Mr. the Union of the Presbyterian Churches in‘ Pardee, cannot be said to be marked by Canada in 1875, when Mr. Dobie, a minisâ€" either brilliancy or profundity. As for the ter of the Presbyterian chursch in Canada I speeches from the opposition bencles, they in connection with the Church of Seotland, | have descended to the veriest twaddle, and popularly known as the Auld Kirk, with a what is very extraordinary, instead of filling | few other ministers, refused to enter tha |.; . ° C w\ s w1 E o dn pov es i on arburr"® 1‘ Coup Sxar.â€"Toâ€"day we aro favored with | have lifted a great load off the shoulders n(, a thaw, but Tuesday last was the coldest ’ the people. To iilustrate the case, suppose l day at Toronto during the past 25 years, | any of you wanted to build a house worth | the thermometer renching 17.4° Lelow | $10,000 and you give a bu‘lder $20,000 out | zero, while at Palmerston and other points ’of your pocket to bnild that bonse, but that‘it is said to have reached 40 0 below zero. was not allâ€"you gave him the house beâ€" | A farious snowâ€"storm commenced on Sat. | sides, (1 avghter and cheer>). Well, would | urday eveaing and kept up until Monday, you not think after all that he would pay‘ the wind going from west to north. The the taxes ? {laughter), yet this compan y has roads were badly drifted in this neighborâ€" | to be exenapt from paying taxes for 20 years J hood, and the train which left Darham at from the completion of the road. WD2t| g:15 was eleven hours in resching Palmer. ‘did the Government givo this Company ston, a distance of 26 miles, and all the seeâ€" | more than thut ?â€"460 miles from Thander tion men on this line had to go along with l&ybl‘mwmiam that the Government it. R é have bound themselves to construct at a & x o coat of 18 miliion dollars was to be handed PP§ e Hoiiee snn Rey E?M‘;,“.a":".;. p over to the Syndieate to be theirs forever, | was acainat tha p... .. " 7 M* "MC‘inlimately concern every elector in the Province, and upon which they will no doubt pronounce very Gecided opinions when the opportunity offers. l 5 i rom on o ® ) the functions of an Opposition and criticisâ€" * | ing the weak points in the Speech from the 8 | Throne and the misdeeds of Her. Majesty‘s *) Ministers, Mr. Meredith and his friends * | have occupied the time of the House chief. !| ly with a defence of the N. P. The inforâ€" _| ence is inovitable that the N. P. stands in | need of a very labored defence, and that | the policy of Mr. Mowat‘s Government is absclutely faultless, The action of the Doâ€" I nmunion Government in the matter of the Boundary Award and the Disallowance of the Streams Billâ€"a measure passed by the } Assembly during last session for the proâ€" | tection of lamber men and others who hbad g timber to float down our riversâ€"is simply ‘ apologized for by the Opposition. A defonce ; of Sir. John in these matters has not been | , attempted, for the very good reason that no defence can be made. â€" Thes are mntlors’g which intimately concern every elector in | ~ MR. PATTERSONX OX THE SYNXDIâ€" .â€" D ‘T'Tâ€"':_'â€"'â€"-.'mm doing so, have not only placed ins Noray: | L n 1 h0 ittes hom KEunloops to Yalewas| ~Local and Other Stems. â€"|â€" â€"â€"~~Manover~~ / ~Baving and ~Spending.= !“fi so, have not only placed the Northâ€" to be built by the Government at a cost of mscc " es § 6 s M | west more completely at the mercy of an | 10 miliicn dollars and hauded over to the| Postat Cmaxar.â€"On and after Monday| The horse .taken from Mr, Conrad‘s| NG#Hly every man of5 eets is intent | unserupulous Railway Cempany, but have Syndicate to be thrirs forever. The 90 nait the:stage will leare Durham sbout 4]/Stable about two.rocks ago, was duly reâ€" “"‘“‘"“' ~ But.all do . m0€: covet > | broken faith with the people of Canads and | miles from Yale to Port Moody, estimated | 0‘clock a. m. so as to catch the train at|turned on Wednesday night about 11 p. m. | to maké it for be same _ A\great | with their own supporters in Parliament. to cost 4 million dollars, was to be finished | Flesherton Station, for Toronto, 7:0§.m,| but the boy did not venture to show Limâ€" Zmany &to ous to make} for the When the Government was remonstrated and paid for out of your money and then |®., which will take the mail, J'I re. |self.© He was, Lowover, .t:d by 3«)sole of saving it; while others, :| with on the exorbitantand exclusive powâ€" | lianded over to the Syndicate to be theirs| furn to Darham on the arrival of the train | Carson Eeq., atâ€"tie house of his late ex</ugais, fad a greater pleasore in spending | ers given to the Pacific Railway Syndicate, | forever, and yekthere are men in this city | from Toronto at 11:86 a. m., arriving heve| Bloyer Mir, of Egremont,and brought | it even than théy do in mwaking it. The | Sir John A. Macdonald said on the floor of of Guelph, who claim to _be ‘free men who | sbout 2 p. m. This arrangement will B t, Where he was examin man. wh:o is most avkions to save, must | the House, "Wercannot check Manitoba," | would support that Government after all. | much moreâ€"satisfactory than mail arrangeâ€" | by our J. P., John Proctor, Kag. He was aperd some of the money he makes; and assuring Parliament and the country that | (Loud cheers,) No child of his would have | ments havre been since the change of gauge, | very much eu:'don and confessed that | the problesh how to spend and save money Manitoba and consequently other Provineâ€" | reason to blush because he voted for that, | and several parcels of the Revirw, particu. | he had made several atterapts to sell the |judiciously is of sufficient importance alâ€" es to be formed, could grant such charters f.you have no cause.to blush because you|larly Hopeville and Ventry Post Offiges, | horse, but in vain, as he could find no cash most to rank with the fine arts. as they pleased. However, twelve months | have voted for it yet,and none of your sons | will reach their destination on Friday, as|customer, not even at $40 for an animel Many a person thinks he has saved a have not passed since these words were| will have reason to say that you did it as | previously. There will be no mail down | worth from $80 to $100. He had ridden dollar when he has told his printer to stop lm.nnd 'uuu'l the Premier of the Dominion you wero concerned at present, but if you | on the evening train. all the way down to Heidelberg, in Waterâ€" | his paper, and perhaps, before three rronths bolns. his own statements. Such faithlessâ€" went to the polls and marked your ballot| Accioextox tuz T. G. B. Raiiway.â€"On | 00 County, where he has some relatives, | he will bave missed making a bargain or ness is peculiarly characteristic of Sir John | for a supporter of that Government, that| Friday. afternoon m Toronto, Grey. and|8004 the horse comes home with a sore taking a contract that would have been A. M.edondd as a }:oh'ficil.n. !moment wou hmirk ce ie d y ufln a ue U * FALC: & an * fb the South Eestern Company, and in doing so, have not only placed the Northâ€" ‘Mmoneomflm]y“u” mercy of an unscrupulous Railway Cempany, but have broken faith with the people ofCaud-lndl with their own sunnaffiive in DasHan..ct CATE. T mm mrmmrinnirce emucre sgy 1‘ was against the Prime Minister.® _‘ _‘ ‘ mt it Sbaintis dfi .lsc [ ing charcter callod at » number of the «tores in Durbkrm one day this week, and asked for the same article at each place, and then made some excuse for not purchasing. Perkaps a midnight attact is meditated, At all events proper precautions will do no harm. _ W. F. Dort, ot Flesherton, has purchasâ€" ed the entire stock of E. D. Wilcox, of Markdale, at less than 100cts. on the #. He does not intend leaving Fiesherton. He is selling Watches, Jewellry, &c, at first cost for 20 days, to make room {c.r‘ fresh importations. ’ A Goop Axmtat.â€"Mr. Charles Watson of Egremont, sold a heavy draught horse sevonteer hands high, and weighing 1500 lbs, to an American buyer, in Darham, on Tuesday, for $150. 1t Pays to raise good animals. A Repuctroxâ€"â€"The to Toronto, on the Gr: $8.15, instead of $8.065 We nnderstand it is the intention of Mr, Brill to ersct a granary in a short time at the Station. Now is the time to buy Wate Doll of Flesherton is selling at cos days. A cow was killed on the Railway at Hanâ€" over on Tuesday last week. C. R. Sinc, Esq., Reeve of St. Vincent, has beenr clected Warden of Grey, 0| _ At a large gathering of Reformers of »] North Grey, held at Owen Bound, on <| Friday, Jan. 18th, B. Allen, Esq., was ‘| nominated as their candidate for the | House of Commons; and R. J. Doyle, Esq., [ for the Legislative Assembly, at the next | election. There is no doubt but with proâ€" | per organization and energy on the part of the Reform party, these gentlemen can be elocted. We wish them success. â€" We have received some further corresâ€" pondence on the Priceville Sehool qnestion For our correspndents, personally we have | the highost respect, but, as the subject has | been sufficiently ventilated so far as the | interest of the general public is concerned, | * and still more, as this new communication : is altogether of too personal a charscter for anonymous letterâ€"writing in the colâ€" 1 umns of a newspaper, we are obliged to f, lay it aside. 1P , We would again remind the Reformers of South Groy of the Reform meeting to be held in Durham, on Tuesday next, the 31 inst. â€" Several prominent men of the party from a distance will be present and adâ€" dress the meeting, and we expect to see a large gathering of Reformors on tlmtl day. Local ' I der fair prospects of succoss. But these ; prospécts have been blighted. Your son goes to the Northâ€"West, and takes up 640 f acres, and what pogition does he find himâ€" self in ? Cornering it on this side was a Syndicate 640 acres, ‘cornering in on him on that side was a Syndicate 640 acres, and he was taxed to make roads,to build bridges, to build school houses and to make all imâ€" provements, but those Syndicate lands have ’20 years free from all that taration (treâ€" mendous checre). Yet he would ventore to say there were men, or beings who callâ€" e1 themselyes men, in this city of Gnelph who would say that thing was right,(cheers | and laughtor.) ; der ou have no cause.to blush because you have voted for it yet,and none of your sons will have reason to say that you did it as you wero concerned at present, but if you went to the polls and marked your ballot for & supporter of that Government, that moment you have committed yourselves to the infamy (cheers). He did not believe ‘he fare from Durham Grand Trank is now ~~t4 in 6 6. M Other Items. buy Watches. Mr. t for 80 i o0 kn ues uc slCC+ . ACOrOUer Herod, the ‘accident viewed the "’:‘7‘ ‘and fl-?-‘: that MeKay mot? his Basy . MX Ee is ho oonk dermed Jt namaoee" lw _;22. _ __ * _ ~@° <arm was im. mediately given, when a car door was proâ€" cured, and the remains carried thereon into ;sroon l:‘mr ox:.:h. station. Mcxh?. io years of age, been married about a Lur,‘ud.‘n vet, has no family. CorAna» sudflof the trasa _ ‘; "_"° 80% 0H at the no 5 eudfof the train, and was met by the night operator, walked up half the length of the train, and were horrified on finding the lifeâ€" less body of McKay, this being the first inti~ fhation of the accident, The alarm was imâ€" mediatale 2222 0220 & tinn a g.4, ) __".. "C, ®ntering the G. W. station a fatal accident occurred to Alex. McKay, a brakesman and a resident cf Palmerston. Tt i« thought that after patâ€" ting on the brakes, McKay, in enraing o; the car to alight at the station slipped and fall, the two front wheels of the van passing over his abdomen, literally cutting his b':ly in two. . Thecorductor, who got off at the ns 5 eudfof the train, and was met by the ni‘:t operator, walked up half the length of the train, and were horrified on finding the lifeâ€" less body‘of McKay, this being the first inti. luetian ceur N FaTat Accunrxr ow THE three o‘clock this morning, freight train, going north, PÂ¥ qa~ utd ‘ Moft t ‘ Mr. Entror,â€"Passing over the malicions |attack made upon us in your columns, by B. V., a few weeks ago, as unworthy of a gentleman, ud unworthy of a reply, I proceed to inform you that our Mutual Imâ€" provament Association has not eollapsed, as you might suppose, from tke silence otf its defenders; and the silence of its detracâ€" tor. If B. V.â€"can find no higber theme than to try to write down our Association it would be just as much to his own interâ€" est to bo silent. Our Associntion is in a most flourishing condition ut the bracant | health failing again he had to obtain & eup.â€" ply before one year had expired. _ Since then he went to Manitoba to try what a change of climate® wenld do, but a few months ago be returned to BEravnt, where he had soveral brothers residing. Me was a very earnest preacher, and when in Lealth , possessed a very powerful voice. He leaves a widow and several children who Laye the heartfelt eympathy of many warm friends in this neighborhood in their bereavement. | Deatk or Rev. Davin Winutasts.â€"The Rev. D. Williams, who has had poor health for several years past died in Walksrton on Monday evening last. The deceased genâ€" ’ tleman was brought up from a boy in the Township of Brant, and some tweuty years ‘lugo commenced laboring as a Minister in tae Methodist CLurcb, and was very sucâ€" cessful in leading many to join the Church l of his adoption, Recently he labored very successfully on the Dundalk Mission, where his Lealth failed. After taking a years rest he was nppointed to this Town but his health falline nmale halad 12 k o. o. iss enE se od, carrying down with her a considerable number of passengers and ber crew, without some attempt being made to learn the immedâ€" iste cause of the disaster. The allegations freely cireulated about the unseaworthiness of the boat make it all the more necessary to set the public fceling respecting her eondition a% 1est. Globe. ) ‘ CTMeby ofi tao Zith inst., Mr. Charles 4 read his essay on Poma‘s Infueuce. Yzeus. E: E200 CY ETTE where the hull lies, it is time for the Marine Fisheries Department to institute a searching investigation into the circuinstances attending her loss. It cannot be tolerated that a vessel whould disappeat as the Jane Milter disappearâ€" ed, carrying down with her a considerable sank as the result of defective contruction, for there was very little sea runing at the place and time of her disappearance. Now that private onterprise has made known Li oore boatn ds ~ | reorge Wright, Osprey; S. Damude, Fleshâ€" a |erton; A. Munshaw, Flesherton; 8. Mc 1| Moris, Osprey; J. Cameron, Deputy Reeve, !| Holland; George, Richardson, Euphrasia; + | Joseph McArdle,. Prothin;â€"Ruthvan, Colâ€" | lingwood Township; and Wim. Burnett. Arâ€" \| temesin. Anditors, Meesrs. W, Ciayton |nd W.a. Rich wlson, Floshetar â€" Mc. 8. |Damude was reâ€"elected Sec. Treas.â€"The advisibiltty of enlarging the show grounds, and building sheds for stock, was : Lronght up for discussion, ann left with the direcâ€" tors tor further considernation.â€"Standard. Sreampoat I®sPEcriO®.â€"Under great diffiâ€" culties the search for the lost steamer, the Jane Miller, has been prosecuted by private ‘ partiss until the whereabouts of the yessel | has been determined. Those engaged in making the search have been carrying it on | as a labour ofâ€"love, their primary object beiag | to recover the «podiss of friends or relatives, | The groat depth of the water where she lies | t shows eonclusively that she foundered and ; Y sank as the result of defective contruction, ,t for there was very little sea runing at the R. Ellifl, En George Wright erton; A. Mu Tez annual meeting of the East Grey Agricultural Society was held in the Town Hall Flesherton, on Wednesbay, the 18th inst.; it was not, however as largety antendâ€" ed as it should have been. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:â€" President, Mr. Thomas Kels, roâ€"elected; 1st Vice, Joln Abbot. of Proton; 2nd Vice, D. R. Eilis, Euprosia, Directorsâ€"Messres. rs | turn to Durham on the arrival of the train ty | from ‘Toronto at 11:86 a. m., arriving heve 10 | about 2p. m. This arrangement will bé 1. | much moreâ€"satisfactory than mail arrangeâ€" e | ments have been since the change of gauge, t, | and several parcels of the Revirw, particuâ€" u|larly Hopeville and Ventry Post > s | will reach their destination on Friday, as s | previously. There will be no mail down 1 | on the evening train. t]| Acomaentox tuz T. G. B. Rairway.â€"On t | Friday. afternoon _a Toronto,. Grey. and ) | Bruce train, bound for Toronto, ran off the | track at a point a mile ©south®@f the town | | of Owen Sound. The passenger car, postal | / |car, and two freight cars were precipitated | into the ditch, Aifter the train had run| over the bank a‘scene of the greatest conâ€" | ; sternation and terror ensued, some of the passengers shrieking, ‘others rendered by e the shock ‘insensible, and lying apparently | 1 dcad. ‘There were about thirty persons on | , the train, a number of whom were seriously p injured. _ Of those injured were: Mrs. Kelso, t residence unknown ; Mra. Jones, of Brampton; ix and Mrs. Ogilvie, of Shelburne. . Mr. Parker, ‘ commercial traveller, was also badly injured, E The accident happened through the spreading | * of the .rails, but the wrebkage was shortly at afterwards removed and the track left clear, | * mrmv= 4 ea s l Edge Hill, THz G. W, R , while a I 1O Z2C ~2Z CUWwE +0 Ziel@elberg, in Waterâ€" G. B. Rairway..â€"On|loo County, where he has some relatives, Toronto, Grey_ and|and the horse comes home with a sore r Toronto, ran off the | back, and generally used up, having been le * south®@f the town | ouly partly shod. Mr. Proctor found him passenger car, postal| guilty, and had him sent up to Owen Sound ars were precipitated | to stand his trial, with, however, a recomâ€" r the train had run|mendation to deal leniently with him on of the "greatest conâ€"| acconnt of his age, etc. ensued, some of the| On Thursday wo had a most excellent others rendered by |eminently practical sermon from Bishop | and lying apparently | Duts of Cleveland, formerly editor of the | ut thirty persons on | Ohisftiche Botschafter, the German Organ | whom were seriously | ,p) ;1,, Evangelical Association, and, we |! :o.d}o::‘re; fhg:‘:;:' think, one of the very best German papers ; tharse. Mr. Parker, | "" AÂ¥nenca. Bishop Dubs is a man of rare is.also badly inj nnd' pulpit talent, and immense experience of | , hrough th e'lpmdin @ h‘uman nutfn-e, gathored from most extenâ€"| i rebkage ‘was shortly | «:V travel in the United States, Canada| the track left clear, u;:d Europ;, a.x;d lxel l:iu the happy knack t ns 9 of turning his knowledge to good mecount a:::‘;,?nli;,? T?:: in th.e pulpit. We only wish be could loâ€" : ednesbay, the 18th | °*** in Hfmover as his sermons are a treat, | C ‘r as largety antendâ€" and his hints on ?Irzme Ra'ligion most valâ€" * n. The following unbleu_) a!l Christians without regard to p the ensuing year:â€" denomination. . m Kels, roâ€"elected; 1st The 4?11 annual meeting of the Grey & | in oton; 2nd Vice, D. Bru:o Fu-'e Iu_numnce Company took place | re â€"About 75 samba mus.._s_ 0 gPC" ruoniug from 75 cents upwards. gfiw. all such trifling jobs uhom be done by Statute labor and it is only throwing money into a mud hlo.::. and picking out a stone there, and is also encounraging indolence in the performâ€" nues of Statute . labor, wnich o;;rty ”'J uows needs no encouragement, ve much the raverse. Ibelieve it would 3 better to do away with ward appropriations alt>gether, and no money expended except byflnd'ummdth(}onuil.udthn only when it was needed. More anon. . Yours troly, ~ _ ~Fare Puar, Anotber evil is the way in which the road appropriations are oflancxpendod. I know instances of $100 being divided into between thirty and forty g;;lu, runniug !“rf:n'l& cents upwards. Now, all enc y| Again, at the now wellâ€"known Glencross ul bridge, a committee let a contract of reâ€" I j pairs for the sum of $125, and appointed â€"] a member of the Council outside of the , | committee, to inspeet thejcb._ This was t| wroug. ‘The person or persous who let a ‘ â€" | contract should be the Iuspectors thereof, |as they bert know their intentions when | letting euch contract, When the contract | was finished the Inspector refused to pass | the job, it not being done properly, and would not grant them an order for their mones. ‘They immediately went to the ucait ul the Council, who issned an order for ut least part of the money. _ ‘This was an irreguinr proceeding. . Mr. Gleucross | was appointed to inspect the job ; heâ€" was , n>t satisfied with the way in which it was |, doue, aud to pay the contractors the monâ€" | 1 ey without his urder, and in spite of lis reâ€" fusal to give an order, was virtually a conâ€"|, demuatio. of his conduct in not pasting | j the job, and in not issning an order for the & money. But Mr. Glencross would have | ( oom-hoflo[hisdntyifhohdpmodthe y jobnndpudtor it, knowing that it bad not c been finished properly. Glenolg Contre, Jan. 23. , ness of things, and rccording to this preâ€" cedent claim payment therefor. It would f be just as well for theLcuncil to say to a contractor : "Here, we want a bridge built at this place; you know what we want better than we do ourselves. â€" Build anyâ€" thing you lke, and we‘ll pay you for it." This, I submit, is not the proper way of ] doing business. | _ Ms. Enrror,â€"Allow me now to mention |some of the eviis in connection with the |government of the Township. First, the somewhat loose manner of dealing with public contracts and contractors, Daring the past suminer a bridge was built across Saugeen ou the 2nd con. N. D. R. Aftori due examination by a committaeappointed ‘ for the purpose, the contract was let to build the bridge maccording to plans and specificntions drawn up by the committee. But the eontractors built a bridge altogether different from that intended, which was possed by the J nepectors, and the money paid. Now the bridge built may be Letter than the one plannec, or it may uot; time | will tell. But that is not the poiot. _ The principle involved hore is that n contractor | : may discard plans altogether, and do the | work according to his own ideas of the fit. | We received with pleasure a good fall of snow, but the intense cold of Sunday and Monday and Tuesday is rather too much of the ‘good thing‘ for sleigh riding. Busiâ€" noss of all kinds may be expected to be ’ brisk whilo the good roads last. We noâ€" tice great activity in cord wood, sawâ€"logs, railway ties and shingle blocks, espocially on and about the premises of D. & P. Enechtel who are doing a rushing business in wood work from rough boards and sawn ties up to the mogt elaborate.â€"Cox, yMR weiatic m 4 Bhiiiss l : McEdwards has which gave him { , | president of the Cc 4 honor and to the r ; D. MeNicol, Esq., place. Z. Gottwal . Hugh Wilson *| Messrs. A. Todd, | Wright,fL. J. Prive : Marshall, John Co« ! Owens, 'Cl":i‘ti‘n ; PB C t tefiincsicatcte tasist h s â€"...â€" Wright,fL. J. Privat, Jno. MacCallum, Jas. Marshall, John Cooper, Jas. Ball, Samuel Owens, Christian Baker, Conrad Diebel, D. Knechtal, sr., and H. Zinn as directors of the Company. The financial report was very satisfactory, showing a small amount of liability and a good deal of cash in the treasury or due to it, Farmérs will do well to make themselves aequainted with this company before insuring elsewhere, ‘ H The 4th annual meeting of the Grey & Bruce Fire Insurance Company took place on Saturday the 21st inst., in Reed‘s Hall. The attendance was rather small, but the reports read were very cheering, and show that with proper care in taking risks, this company is likely to prove in the future as in the past, one of the cheapest and best in the country, for farm property, As Mr. MeEdwards has sold his farm property which gave him the legal right to rct as president of the Company he resigned with honor and to the regret of the diractors,and in America. Bishop Dubs is a man ofrare pulpit talent, and immense experience of human nature, gathored from most® extenâ€" sive travel in the United States, Canada and Europe, and he has the happy knack “ of turning his knowledge to good account in the pulpit. We only wish be could loâ€" cate in Hanover as his sermons are a treat, and his hints on Home Religion most valâ€" uable to all Christians without regard to denomination. On Thursday we had ‘a most excellent eminently practical sermon from Bishop Duts of Cleveland, formerly editor of the Chistliche Botschafter, the German Organ of the Evangelical Association, and, we think, one of the very best German papers s c ies vakke F3 vat s m m p|_‘The horse Aaken from Mr, Conrad‘s| Né#ily every man o5 teets is intent *‘ Pricevilis, Jan, 246b, 1007 L | stable about two.woeks ago, was duly reâ€" onnnhg-tz. -Bu'&fipd covet| Mz. Ebl?fm.-fl'l‘ovn of Durham is ; | turned on Weduesday night about 11 p. m. | to maké it for . -mm.m W""’.""”"?" priC®s than M | but the boy did not venture to show Bn®â€"{inany tto bitious to for the | other town sinaflarly "situated in Ontary |solf.‘ He was, bowover, aftésted by 3â€") sole "fcl\nvi-g it; while others, (n-fi‘.“ excepting: the City of TV | Carson Eeq., at â€"tie house of his late ent‘/ugaty, d a greater pleasore in spending | rout5) lias become a ueX | ployer Mr, Allen of Egremont.and brought it even than they do in wuking it. The troversy how it tan be done, On the 14y, by our 3. P., John Proctor; Kag. He was aperd some of the monhey he makes; and |leadingâ€"buybrs conld do s6, wheti d '*’mhu'!'lo'n and confessed that The nroblef@haow to anand «uD uids vnmaw 1 tha AnL massse 2l ue o2 5. he had made Several atterapts to sell the horse, but in v_‘nin, as he could find no cash customer, not even at $49 for an animel worth from $80 to $100. He had ridden all the way down to Heidelberg, in Waterâ€" loo County, where he has some relatives, ‘ and the horse comes home with a sore Municipal M;?ész. " _ Te ine Anspectors thereof, | know their intentions when contract, When the contract the Iuspector refused to pass ot being done properly, and ant them an order for their y immediately went to the |. ouneil, who issned an order | it of the money. _ This was | 4 proceeding. . Mr. Gleucross : flloiupeoctbojob; heâ€" was t vith the way in which it was | . pay the contractors the monâ€" | r s order, and in spito of is reâ€" n order, was virtually a conâ€"| & his conduct in not pasting |j; 1 not issning an order for the 8 hh"r;l ?hil}‘l?“ lud'onld h::‘e G i8 du e p‘”‘d 0 | y. r i:.‘}gzwing that it bad not =| best of o '{:'umy’.' ”i'.'.;v'ug. Mr. Eih":r never doue anythi which I am ashamed, I still eonun,:“t:ull myself, _ blogm l k 0 200 1CCC, 200 I PmE Dis ,l«:‘ialihbhtmthfinlnm.ishud to get at. ‘b No;..fl;. Editor, if "Fair Play" (or as e might: more truthfully designated "Foul Play") will lthmpt an infipossibility and come out over the signature of an bonI m man, I will ventilate this thing to the "Fair Play" insinuates that the accident was the result of my carelessness., And then goes on to say, that there is no evidence to prove this. . Now Sir, I would like to u§ "Fnir Play" on what kind of evidence he bases his other charges against me. _ There may be logic in uiul z:vol"_nmlng his case, but I think his 2. Cu 0 Oe P06 CA 6 2 ’ Agcain ho eays, "this bridge was bailt solely for the henefit, and at the on rnest so licitation of the Glencross family, Now Sir, this bridge was built 22 years ago, the Glencross frmily came to the Township 16 yea‘s ago, so there must certainly be a desâ€" ‘ crepancy some place, ETFV nul'lllLllll‘ll Maotters," in which your correapondent, "Fair Play," gives what prov@® to be n syuopsis of i0 Glencro:s Case. Now I wish to draw attention to several misstatements made by "I‘nir Play," _ ‘The first is : He says, "that in my evidence I stated that the hind end of the waggon few np to au angle of 43 degrees.‘ This statemont J wish to strate is eutirely falso and misleading. â€" Jn my evidence, 1 said that it wae utterly im able for me to say to what particular J:(:r‘u the waggon ! rose. To the Editor of the Ecl'iluv 2 Six,â€"1 notice in your isspe o inst., & communication entitied ** M_ptlcu," in which Â¥Your mwre I i. ua q200 C NTX +uoong 1 | these for the aupply of his bodily wants, , and then, perhaps, if their bills are not ; | very heuvy, he will give a dollar to the printer and a couple of dollars to the * | preacher, und that even, not in recognition ‘|ot value received, or as a debt as justly | due as his tailor‘s bill, bat ns a dole that | he is under no ubligntion either to himselt | or them to give, and which ought to plue‘ both the one and the other under everlant. ing obligations to him, 1 Aund so long as this sentiment prevails, | viz. :â€"that what we give to sustain our inâ€" ‘ tellectual or spiritoal ilife is something we might save if we liked, so long will wruuxl nbtrons of saving and s ending prevail, | Many a person would thiu‘ the twenlyâ€"five | cents given as ndmission to a concert ‘ mmoney thrown away ; yet the snme porson wuuhfvthruw it down for a plag of tobaceo, or a troat toâ€"â€"lemonade without a repret; and yet the concert might be the better in. . veetment. _ We caniot too forcilly nmpress on all the fact that disastrons as would be | the consequences of starying the body it is | no leas so to starve the intellect or the soul, | and in debating the question of saving and | / spending due regeard should be had to proâ€" | vide a supply for the necessitres of each. |® _ Rightly to nnderstand the threefold reâ€" quirements of our nature would tend to correci the practice of some. ~The butsher and the baker, and the tailor and the grocâ€" er, must be patrouized, and their bills paid when they become due. _ The averuge hbousekeoper will divide $300 a year among these for the aupply of his bodily wants, umel qMul 2 q2 ues on n en , ,c| _ No one who etands before the wicket of ‘ f ) our Post Office while the mail matter as tenâ€" | being distributed, espesiaily on a Thursday ada | night, can ful to be impressed with the fret y, | that the residents of Durhrm and neighâ€" RC borhood are a reading community, and yet ""t / one has not far to go to mieet with" people loâ€" | who deny themselves all but the barest neâ€" eat, | cessaries of life in order to save money. ral. | _ No one has any right to find fault with to|A person for spending his money as he pleases, but it is to ve teared tuere are many who starve themselves and their Y & ) families trom a misconception of what are ace | really the necessamies of life, A great many ,j1, | never rise beyond the conception of foou y | 20d raiment when they think of the necesâ€" b€ | suries of life. To other imen books and newsâ€" | ‘W | papers seem as really necessaries as bread |. is | and butter. ‘There sre others still who |, as | believe that church privileges are just as| 4 ;p | Decessary as either the one or the other. ‘" | And a man‘s conduct in relation to spendâ€" peu [r. ing und saving | his money will be ty | inrinenced by bis views in this matter. The as | man who believes in books and newsprapers ], | a6 necessary recognizes the fact thut he bas an intellect that must be fed and clothed, 3 | ag well as a bodyâ€"and the person who in | 4 is | addition to his intelicct and bis body reâ€" r, | coguizes a spiritual uature will feel under q | as much obligation to suetain his church privileges as either of the lovregoing. _ Can * | the man who nourishes his body well and + | yet starves his intellect claum that his lite 1| has been a signal success even if be has | 4 , | saved his doliars by the hundreds of thou. | * 4 |sands? Or canu the man who nourishes|*" both his curporeal and intellectual nature, | Y 8 | but neglects his spiritual requ‘rements, hold | Y# t | himself guiltiess of the charge of starving | / > | himself and his family? (Can any pile of | * , | savings compeneate him for what he has | \2* lost in order to saveâ€"what 2 Doliars, Mi ) Colge Pn The man who devotes his life to the acâ€" no cumulation of doliars and dies leaving say ret "| $200,000 behind him is usually regarded as | ,),, | having been a wise, clover, prudent man, | u_ whose conduct is wortky of emulation. inss Baut if instead of dollurs he had speut his | ,j,, life in trying to accumulate something else The how would it strike a community ? | Fuancy aro a man who dies and bis heirs find ten ,mer thousand prirs of boots stowed away in ‘ the some garret which he has spent his life I" | sove accomulating. Me will be published far Diltor and wide os a crank. And yet it is not| w very obvions wherein he differs from the | pig , other man, â€" Boots aure good in their place or fo and so nre dollars, but the man who will iun.u deprive himeelt of any requirement of his with body, intellect or spirit for the sake of noâ€" shor cumulating imore than he reeds cither "f| porti boots or dollars is nothing more nor loss ' day : than a crauk. . The Glencross Cage ‘| Many a person thinks he has saved a | dollar when he has told his printer to stop | his paper, and perhaps, before three gronths be will bave missed making a bargain or taking a contract that would have been worth a hundred dollars to hire, but which he failed to become apprised of in time for want of his paper, ‘Those dupes whom the confidence men swindle out of hundreds of dollars on our irains and at. onr radWwiy stations, are men who do rot read the papers ; for all the papers keep their Feadâ€" ers warned against these men. But they have been saving a dollara year for twenty years or more by refusing the paper, and in one hour are despoited of treasure that would have kept thein in reading matter | for a lifetime. [ 1t even than they do in wmukjing it. The ;-n_.fiwhob most avkions to save, must ’vfl some of the mohey he makes; and the probleth how to spend and save money judicionsly is of sufficient importance alâ€" most to rank with the fine arts. 1 J. C. Guancross. T2 NC [ROa"CCD _ PAls sinte is enutirely false my evidence, 1 said im ble for me to r J:og‘r‘e‘o the waggon il}c»ne of the 12th nlate something else ’ ommunity ? | Fancy bis heirs find ten | ; stowed away in has spent his life in' 1 be published far Munigi;fii ’Hovlq'_hohomumhl next morp» ing, and at a eoroner‘s inqnest next day, was committed to Milton goal for wiltol murder, ‘Whiskey is said to have been th* cause of this borrible deed, both on (be testmovy of the ~risomer and of Patrick 1| for vyon." and throwing open the door , | Michael Ponrke with m-‘l'ifupt; are aimed ] l a Beree blow at Patrick‘s head. Tt struck the top of the door, and hefore he could reâ€" | cover Bim=elf Patrick struek him with a [hbeavy stick, and knocked him down and wrosted the axe ont of his murderons hands. Patmek then want across to the house of Bidwell Sharman, procured a lanâ€" tern, and in ignorance of what had happanâ€" ed entered the honse,. He saw his frther lying in a pool of blood, and in another room his dead sirter. With a chrick of horror distinetly andible to his neighbor h* rushed from the place back to Sharman‘s and told them of the donble murder. They refused to credit his story, and Patmck, with two of Sharman‘s men, went down two miles and a baif to the Dunda«â€"road to the honse of Wm. Tuck, who with Sharman‘s men went hack to the seene of the murder, while Patrick procceded to Burlington. Meanwhile Michael Rourke made his way to the house of a man name] Jorry ;hvulion. roes to prove the ecommission of this additional and incredible outrage. Mannwhile Patrick Mahoer, the «on and hrother, was returning from Waterdown. When appronching his home he noticed a light burning, Int between that and the time he arrived it had hoen extinguished. He found the door fastened and received no response to his knuocking. At length a voice from inwde ealled out "I am ready P OE PCE CCT T7 NER. PTOW , | out priuts in the newly fullen emow, leadâ€" , ing to the npraised sash, it is rurmised that he entered the honse through a window :[ludinl into a bedroom, from whence a | door opens into the kitchen, where the inâ€" | mates were sitting. Easily enough, in a wood chopper‘s house, he got bold of an axe, and entering the kitchen struck the old man under the right ear, as he would have clu,r,nd &A piece of wood, and then with the hack Oflll’:l axe he beat in his skull, Turning his bloody intention to the terribâ€" ed danghter atthe other end of the room, who saw her frther butchered before her ever, the mmrderer had apparenily to struagle with her for a few moments, but the wenk pir conld not long cope with his strength, and she fell from a cruel How on the neek, which severed the jngular vein eansed almost instantoneons denth. â€"With bloody hands he dragged the girl into the adjoining apartment, and, although he deâ€" nies it, undonbtedly vinlated her perkon. The disarrangement of her dre«s, and the epinion of Dr, Carter, who examined the L. Bt s . ""~. bomke walked to Nelson Villnge, where he, from ali aceounts, apent the day drinking. â€"Between fivre and «ix o‘clock in the evening he was refused drink at Conâ€" ninghany‘s hotel, probably because he had spent all his money, as when he was arâ€" "CTCIT 6 WE WE v w . ‘ Ceuilil 2 200. C200E THTreg ' or four weeks ago Patrick engaged &A young man named Michael Itonurke to ent wood with bim on shares. In the course of a short period they disagreed nmhout the proâ€" portion of profit dne to ench, and on Fr;. day morning they agreed to part. R. mrke received the money due to him from Maâ€" her and procgeeded in the direction of Ne son villago a few miles distant. In parting they ahook hands in a triendly way, and no other feeling was manifested on cither side. Rourke walked to Nelson Vilinge, where he, from ali nceounts, apent the day drinking. Between es nud aiz alt L1 10 d #»nrington, Jan. 21, 4| The deliberate butchery of two helplean ; | human beings is the latest terrible crime in . | this Province which the press is reluctantly , | coutpelied to chmuicle, The manver in which the deed or deeds were committed " was s0 cold blooded and horrible that it is , | almost beyond belief that a person capable ; | of perpetrating it is in existence ro a civilâ€" , | ized community. _A young man named Michael Rourke, who left the employ of Patrick Maher, a farmer in Halton County, not far from Hamilton, on Friday morning returned at night to the house in Patrick‘s absence, and with an axe cloft the skull of Muber‘s aged fatber, and with the same instrument killed an numarried dauglhter, almost severing her hend from her body. The cirenmstances attending the trnnu{'y are these :â€"Patrick Makher, jr., is a farâ€" mer living on the secomd concesaion line im the Township of Nelson, Halton County, seven or eight miles from the city of Hamâ€" ilton, and about five miles from l’{:flingkm. With nim resided his futher, Ag-.-d 84, and his unmcarried mister aged 37. Some three or four weekk asn Paltwiak ausl. n qy AN OLD Max axp niguc ~ 77 "Ser wrere found "wanting." The buyer after & good deal of equivocating, paid the seller for 40 lbs. more than he would allow on Saturday and then he was not paid enovgh, bat like many others, would rather Joose thun go to law., My reason for making this ©xposure is that I am well aware that you have some good, bonest, and reliable men in the grain business in Duarheam, and this kind of work nets as a leverage against them, Thankâ€" ing you, Mr. Editor, for nlloving me to trespass so much un your valuable spage, 1 remain, Dear Sir, Yours respectfully, ALKEX. Wanerar 0iA intiatscies h ats c.. 5 i 1 h reâ€"weighed. Whep they arrived the buyer was busily engaged in weighing fotrr load, of grain; they waited until he ®®# through when he cehberately took off the biinngg weig\rt of the beam _ and poured m quap. tity of shot O# 6 § and then commenged to weigh some ot the dirpnted Hogs, When another dispute aroge, ang one HMog was taken to James Burnot‘s scales to be weigh. ed ; and I ain glad to say that they were found corree‘, and that the others were found "wanting." The buyer after a good deal of equivocating, paid the seller for 40 Ibe. move then Jn ancine 4C C â€" 0 CC was 1 ho inyer would h.l' them by them. setves until be had an opportunity of sesing ’&- party that weighed them for hi w Priceviile that morning. The bny.r to do wo, nnd after being assured »,.": party who weighed them in Pfl'fi\'iuou out to Dnr!nm on l(nnd.y .“'monn and took another party with him, to have them reâ€"weighed. . Wihae un o 222 0_ | 2. 2008 t Towp ;E-h.g |reputed as giving highor prices than any | other town simaflarly "situated in Obtan, § tepting: the Ci Of To. m‘us‘.a ..“(:’d.-. tronqtufih.hd..,o.n_ 146 imlmfl.m“’“"“h leading eonld do so, whether it is the only reason for the high prices 1 hx not prepared to say. o""l‘lbond.“. lm...m.uu Hogs to MÂ¥: m"“"'""'“wloo.:. and when they were beirg weighed a M pute arose about the .serles not weighing €orrect, but the party selling was told re. in Durkam, however, be said the Only gop. $ ditions on which he would leavre Pramdrret lful. I'“y.l’ would keen them 1_ .. A Fiendish Murdef. Sageo s e orag at night to the house nf Patrick‘s and with an axe cloft the skull of aged fatber, and with the same ut killed an nnmarried dauglhter, vering her head from her body. imstances attending the trnx«{y :â€"DPatrick Makher, jr., is a farâ€" 5 on the secogy concession line in ship of Nelson, Halton County, right miles from the city of Hamâ€" about five miles from l{:rh'm;hn. omm a n e e B honse through a window bedroomm, from whence a the kitchen, where the inâ€" g. Eusily enough, in a AND: FTg DaUcimen KILLED NELSON TOWNsEIP, (From the Globe.) B'lfll‘ll"fl)n. ’.n Mmeininn eb N Hp ces son, Halton County rom the city of Hamâ€" ailes from liu-linuton. s futher, Ag-.‘d 84, and wod 87. Some three rick engaged a young Monurke to cot wosd BC m dig. .u'gh.'.. 8 told rg. hfl 6 only con. [ Fotatoss, per bag............ 98 to 1 15 Turnips, per bush............ _ 85 to _ 40 Hay per ton.................. 9 850 is 18 00 7 Sf! N RCAS,per voush...... $1 28 to Bpring Whoat * »»â€"»»»â€" 1 82 to Barley, ** seaaes 80 to Onts, ** "cutuiris 40 to Pems, +* nay see 78 to Dressed Hogs,per 100 lbs 7 50 to Butter, rolls, per 1b......... _ 28 to * â€"TOROXTO MakKrTs Tonoxto, Jun. 4 Fall Whent,per bush...... 81 28 Bpring Whoat ©* ... j go Flour per barrel... Ontmeal per barrel Fall Whoat........... Troadwell Whent... !’fl_‘“ Whest........ Mixed Chops _ . Ontmeal Seeds » #* Dust . Hen Feod Mixed Plour Bpring Mlour Graham Flour Wood, dry, por Wool, par 1b.... Apples, per bag Fall Plour FLOUR & FETE Bheepskin®«, each Butter, per 1b .... Eggs, per dor.... DURHAM MILT: ’(.,. per ton....... Potatoos, per bush Pork, per 100 ths.. leaf, * s Mides, _ * Fall Wheat, per bush Bpring Wheat, ....... JVate, per bushel thorts, Barley, Dorhkam, Jan‘y 1ith, 1882. _ 199. MOUNT FOREST MaRKETs Advocate Ofhee, Jan. 11th, 188 Answoer Wisin. Did you ever know any perron 4 without inaction of the Stomach, Kidneys, or did you ever know one s «well when either was obstructed or i and did you cver know or hear of any the kind that Mop Bitters would ue Ask your ncighbor the »ame queston, The following were then clocted for the year : Premdentâ€"1>. ) Viceâ€"Presidentâ€"Thos. ‘Fyreman. #ary and Treaszrorâ€"D. Camplell. torsâ€"F. Yost, G. Purvis, Wim. Be Willis, James Park,C. M yers, H. B N. 8. Bowman and J. Messinwer. Mesare. W. H. Goodeve and G. M ger were appointed auditore. A vote of thanks and the sum of $9 voted to the Seeretary. It was decided that the Extibiti be open to all. The report showed reeeipts to the a of §159.78 ; expenditure $174.90. wetaining $26 for membersinp fees, was a balanceon hand of $9.838. The The Secretary stated that owing ‘i\‘l'l: im Durhrm, be could not 3x the duties eatisfactorily and it wor better to elect one who resided in The annual meeting of the§ Towns Bentinek Agricultural Society was h Allanpark on the 11th inst. In the abscence of the President. ] 1?'_‘., the Viceâ€"President, oceups The greatest excitement prevail«, old man | was universally respected )x knew num. . Norton, M.. 1., Cor hold an inquest tomorrow n -~nn;j ©‘clock. J. P. MacMillan, County Attommey, drove up from flrrnv_v.-\i morning, and is doing all m his power wre the arrest of the guilts party. . T 38 in w of \'l"&g! constable "cq LATER The boy Smith lhas been placad arrest on snspicion of being guilty horrible -nvmlmlupd near Fhe There appears to be mn evident dig in the loeahty to establish lis guilt, dres not seem to be reeerving that | eration which should be nxtended t« ;:':n on triel mutil guilt is estal are many clements of myst eonmection with the amee, which it 1 hoped that the authorities will be ; «lear up before the coromer‘s jury con its investigntions. Bentinck Agricultural ety. Meeting adjourned.â€"Post N.G. & J. MeKECHNIE a t Peme s mm oo about fourteen years of age, was 4 The boy‘s story is that his uncle 1 eelf, after takiny suppor togethos after he heard a report either of a pistol, and the old man fell He l wards the window from whence th came and saw a taill man with a dat tache. ‘The boy immediately start door, which was opposite the wind: the man fired at him, the ball passin the top of hiscap. Me ran for dea wards a neighbor‘s house, which distance,. . After he had run a short be looked hback and saw the house He alarmed the neighbors as soon as and returned with them to the burm il"‘. and found the old man at the and one leg burned off below the kn old mar was reputed to have 4 wealthy,and to have kept a large enm lb'&l house. 1t is nct known he had any at this time or not. «lue to the assassin except what can | d from the boy‘s story, about six o‘clock last mnight. _ “;fil‘h vietim was a bachelor abot years of age, and nsually liv but it happened that ulun'fth’n ani 3 Smith a gufet and inoffensive the township of Amarantn, residin TOâ€"DAY‘8 PRICES of DURHAM MARMKLI Dusnax, Jan. per bushel mmmmnbet i+ n per cord 88 C 20 6 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 86 15 to 0 6 0 0 O 10 16 10 15 [AA 0 18 6O B4 65 10 18 U ED 2(4 Of) C 00 20 0d 21 00 0 €i0) O0 4( 50 20 tol0 to his 0 #1 40 | #o | 8 75| Johnn to 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mak 17 18 M 80 B2 90 10 LUU 00 Oc