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 !Tiia'.KSJi i3iaT ijS^lt^S' ihii Im I Y ^-^ Mi-v IH ti tl VI "S: U TJ 5Ptea Sfeftdard. MARKDALE AUG. 28, 1884. r im HUM. /ifo/T/5 Me Aeo Teacher fires three shots at Miss Ford, sec- ond teacher, and thei shoots himself. HE EXPIRES IN 40 IIIUTES. miss Ford in a Critical Con- dition. LOVE AND JEALOUSY Our village was thrown into in- tense excitement on Monday last about 11 o'clock, when a report spread like wild fire to the effect that M. Norris, head teacher of our pubUc school had fired a shot owt of a re- volver at Miss Ford teacher of the second department while in school, and then shot himself. The terrified pupils fled from the school house to their various homes, wild with excite- ment and fear, when parents and citizens liurried to the school house finding the above report only too true, here Norris lay unconsious in the room of the second department where the tragedy occurred. Miss Ford, though shot three times in the head, remained consious throughout, and walked to a neighbors (Mr. Biggar's) house over 100 yards distant, the blood flowing profusely {from the Wounds and from her mouth. In or- der to describe the sad event it will be necessary to first fetale THE CAUSE which led to the tragedy. M. Norris, who has been head teacher in the school since the 1st January, and who had, previous to the affair, given gen- eral satisfaction as a teacher, and con- ducted himself througliout in a man iier wliich won for him the respect of the people generally, has shown a de- sire during several months past to win the affections of Mts3 Ford, and, though not encouraged by her, and latterly denied the imvelege of her company, Norris' affection it appears, grew into a EEVENGEFUL JEALOUS: i" "When home on his vacation he brought a revolver with him on his return, and eyen previous to this, threatened to shoot any person who would ,go with Miss Ford, so that it is evident the black deed was premeditated however, things went as usual until Monday last vvhen the school was dismissed at half-past ten for intermission. Nor- Jis went up into the second depart- ment where Miss Ford was, doing some crotchet work, they talked about their school duties, and afterwards he said he had a question which he â- wished to have finally decided, viz., whether she was willing that he should keep company with her (of course with a view to matrimony) she saw that lie looked wild, and in order to evade a direct answer said, it is time to call in the school; he answer- ed, not until I have an answer yes or no, tlien she said it would have to be the same as before, no. He then, having his right hand in his pocket, drew out a revolver and shot her, the bullet entering het face below the cheek bone and lodging in the upper maxillary, she dodged under a desk with both hands on her head for pro- tecliou when he followed and dis- charged two other shots, botii of which xoade flesh wonnds near the top of the head, one of them first passing tlicough the third finger of tiie left ha id, she then hastened from the rojm bleeding terribly and was scarce- ly out of the door when she beard the 4tli shot, ;Supposing it was also at her bat which proved to be the fatal one tx himself, enteriBg the right eye abd coming out at the back of his head- He liyed some 40 minutes bat neyer ^oke. Miss Ford entered the first deiartmeht and eodeavorcid to wash off the btged, and sent ioxjSb» A»c,\tii, seeing -the blodd flow lio freely iai/flialAikvivj to meet ti^ Ii^^« M«. â- -â- - -â€" ^)|^ it wmm -faiiii; iMid mmistbrad and ike pabani i« owxi^ weU 80 r,aad kopeB for b«r xeoorot?; are i,ood. She is aboat 20 years of age iuid.% very highly respectable persom as •!«» the whole fwnily, and uniyeraal sym- pathy is Sattlor them in thdr present sad trial. It is most remarkable how the young lady escaped, three shots being amed at fier head froip within less than two teet distwice, yet sone teaching a vital point. M. Norris was 28 years of i^e, his parents reside at Lyons Head, they were telegraphed for and his father and sister arriyed Tuesday, taking the body home for interment same day. It was considered unnecessary to hold an inquest, or post mortem examina- tion on the body, as the evidence was clear and undoubted both of Miss Ford and seyeral children who were in the roem at the time. His parents are very respectable people and great sympathy is £elt for them. Tbe vUkge people are scarcely over the shock yet, and we trust that we never agaihshall be called upon to chronicle such a horrible tragedy in our midst. LiATEB. â€" ^As we go to press. Miss ford is domg very nicely, haying rested and slept well during nights, her finger is painfull and will likely have to be amputated as it is badly shattered up to the present there is no bad, symptom, she can speak clearly without any trouble and does not suffer much from the wounds in her head. She 4ia3 a strong nerye and was very little excited through the dreadful tragedj. © ar r 68pa»d3BX)8» Notice. â€" ^We wish it distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves responsib'e for the opinions expressed by our correspondents Jflanitoba Lietter. Byihe'wmy wlMOfj Tucas Manitoba, Aug. 12, 1884 To the Editor of the Standard. Dear Sib.â€" -Please allow me the privilege of inserting a few lines in your valuable columns. There has been a great deal said with regard to this Western portion of our Dominion, many of the ptate- ments are quite correct while others are yery far astray. I will just ex- press my ideas in as short a space as possible. We have in this Province of Manitoba what I would term the flour of our vast Dominion. In the first place we will view it as an agri- cultural country and as that I might safelj say that it cannot be surpassed on the continent, when compared with the older province of our dominion it is far ahead and I believe from this time forward it will be the principal support of our English markets. The land here is a black mould from two to three feet deep which has for u sub- soil a very tenacious yellow clay. When once the Prairie is broken the land is easily worked, and one man here with a span of horses can work as much land and get it ready for crop as two men would in Ontario. I speak from experience as I lived in Ontario and at the present day live in Manitoba. A man can break and get ready for crop seventy acres of Prairie land and the following, summer reap a harvest of from twenty- five to thirty bushels per acre, I have lived in Manitoba two years and that has been the average yield of wheat in our dis- trict, which is Arrow Biver settlement, this settlement lies north of the As- siniboine, in fact it is w^ll settled from Brandon to Fort Ellice on each side of the Assiniboine. It is wondeful the change has taken place in the last three years. Three years ago this place was nothing but a yast extent of wild Prairie where no human trod ex- cept the Indian bands, and to-day it is a fruitful country which will team cut its fniUions ot bushels of wheat and oats. I might just say here that every kind of grain ripens and is a good sample. The crops this year are look- ing well and are assuming their gold- en appearuiee, people expect to cut their grain about the twentieth of August. It is also a great stock rais- ing country the grass grows in greai abttudance, it is composed (^wild peas vetches and other nataral grassej which grow to a great highth in the low laudi 1er« is alsie plenty of water, and, roots are a successfnl crop, dH kind of rooUl can be gxown and tbey- attain » great raze. A word ^boat *he dimate, we havc^ got one cjftheliealthiint climates th^ can be foand,4^ is a olear- bracing ftt^ mosphere with /y^y 'little oloq4? or lD|q^weathcr« im^ cause of it bratoiso' heathy; is beeaoee wtf ^ve maiit Srwi j3:0-9ti3^ «:9 !t S»^tfRi2i25i ' ^â- â- ff 0«?7' finr mo^ffEeept j^ since ereiy place is beoonung and plenty of travel oja tlie difermt ^^^ toulCiB fiwt tiwee i»littteoi^waid£ th^r ness in any part that I have Iwei* lu. -~ While BpeJddng of the dimatelwoald iast state the reason we have such a good sample of gram The reason simply is this, it has a longer timeto grow and mature than it ha* »M^" Sario, this year grain was sowed the begmmng of AprU and it won t be it to cut till about the tweirtieth of this month, and another reason is the cool nights and our rauay season being m June and July. Now I would advise men who have large famiUes of boys and who wish to give them land and be able to Uve m the midst of their family in their old days to come to Manitoba or the North West where they can draw one hundred and sixty acres apiece for himself and boys andpre-emt another quarter section. Also while the two great political parties of our day are disputing as to the class of emigrants, allow me to tell them to send out a larger supply of young ladies, there are a great many more men than women in this country and the bachelors find it very incon- venient to carry on farming alone. I am yours truly, J. H. CONNINOTON. til of her psrw^^P ic thdm a pail toiffitlier fi her^y tee^ an hef »p}i^. GRAWE^Oi'PERGOODPoR., Fieslierton. From our own correspondent. The Scott Act agitation has reach- ed Fleshertoniu full. On Monday even- ing last the 6th in St., the Town Hall here was tilled to the door in response to an invitation given to the citizens of this country to meet for the pur- pose of hearing a lecture from Mr. F. Spence of Toronto, on the present as- pect of the temperance question also for discussion or debate upon the same. The platform was occupied by the Bey. Mr. Shaw of Maxwell, Eev. Mr. Mc- Gregor of this place,' and others, the Bev. Mr. McDowell occupied the chair. A' cordial invitation was given to any one who might wish to speak in favor of the liquor traffic to come on the platform, but no one seemed -inclined to accept the opportunity offered. Mr. Spence spoke for more than two hours at times holding^ the large audience in brethless silence, his arguments were clear .logical and forcible. Mr. Spence thoroughly explained the provisions of the Scott Act as compared with the Dunkin Act and the Crooks Act, he concluded a very powerful speech by urging upon patriots, citizens, and Christians to support the measure. A vote was taken but only one or two persons stood up against the adoption of the acti A yery pleasing feature in connection with the meeting was the large number of ladies present. TUe meeting closed by a hearty vote of thanks to the speaker, and singing God save the Queen when Bev. Mr. McGregor pronounced the benedic- tion and thus closed an enthusiastic but most orderly meeting. Dundaik. ,^, iheyft4ntel§«xVWf ^;tree, *« r?#t4|!*« «« back io iuia ^^Wt â-¼'l^ "*^**^^'**^^ Ut. John Mclntjrtf ii»ls; Tetnmed from Port 'Arthur. " ' Jake G: Kiefpr. oT St. Thomas, called on^ last Fridfay; ' ^-'^^ Mrs. A. Lyons rf gumaerlaiid. is yisiting friends "ih this yicimty, Mrs. D. J. Shftnahhn and blaster Eddie are visiting friehas 'in PeOe- tanguishene and Medontc. Mr. H. and Miss CaTrie FoBter of WiUiamsford left on Monday for the town of Perth on a three treek* visit. Mr. and Mrs. Puxvi^ of Broclj:ville are viaitiDg their daughter and other fnends here. Mrs. J. Garton, of Toronto, is this week visiting her sister Mrs. Wm. Armstrong. m ONLY. m C. p. B. iExeiirsidh t* MtfntreaJ. The Ontario Division of, the C. P. E. which includes the Toronto Grey and Bruce and Credit Valley branches will give a cheap excursion to Ottawa and Montieal over the Ontario and Quebeck branch on Tuesday September the 2nd. Tickets will be good to stop over at Ottawa on returning trip, and will be good for return by any regular train leaving Montreal up till 11th Sept- tember.. Fare from Toronto for round trip $5, firom Owen Sound and Flesherton inclusive $9, from Orange- ville $7. Trains will leave Toronto at 9, a. m. and 7, p. m. Tuesday the 2nd. For further particulars see bills. From our ovm correspondent. The organization ot the Lodge of Boyal Templars of Temperance will be completed to day (Tuesday.) Bev. Mr. Keefer lectures in Victoria Hall m the evening on the Scott Act. Miss Campbell' a teacher in a rural school near here, took her departure suddenly during Saturday night last in company with one of qur young bloods. They were seen in your village last Sabbath morning. Miss C. lately received h^fcilismissal from her trustees, and is reported to have live rather a fast life. The return base-ball match between Flesherton and Dundaik was played last Thursday. The very unfair decisions of the umpire were a matter, of comment by all the spectators. Notwitbstanduig that Flesherton elab brought picked playwrs from diflbftsnt" parts of thei county, bat boy's are confident they would have wdn the game, had-they received' .^^1^ T W, T.. Jagkhan is HI Bnndailt tl^is wedt He seems quite kfKonieamoiijj ink lady acqaaintafice% M, 'd^% t^il' any of. the young ladies' of lliarWaJe Afaf. 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Send in your subscription at once to this office for one or the both, you can have, the Etar for 30 cents or the Standard for 35 cents to any address, balance of year, cash in advance. j^,' Daring Bobberies in Durham. â€" On Wednesday morning Lower Town was thrown into quite a consternation by the report, that McAlisler's stable had been burglarized and two valuable sets of harness, a leather horse net and some odd pieces of harness stolen and also that an attempt had been made to enter Middaugh's stable but the burglars had evidently been disturbed The report turned out to be too true and McAlister is a loser to the tune of fifty or sixty dolhirs, all the harness taken belonging to gentlemen staying at his hotel. Later on, we learnt that Biruie had four bridles stolen, and also that he had a clue to the thieves, who are represented as a tough gang residing m Glenelg. A watch has been put on them and Birnie goes to day to iianover to obtain a warrent for the arrest of two or throa parties. It also developes that the scoundrels, had been prevented from efijeicting an entrance tp Middaugh's place by Mr. and Mrs. Melntyre both wei» on the look out; for their boy, whom thay were hooriy expecting home, and hearing a rig supposed it to be the boy's and u«nt out with a lantern, disturbmgeofflo fettow skulking abont the stable. After nsing^ abnsivta lan- gnage, Ihey^ gqt i^ ^beir, rig and droye; off. These. feUoim J Meintyre, can identify and the fiot-of s^tn actingan.«ittch anapiriona manner^ ' "^?af^aF%%,#'ja« arrest and* iqairy. It is iSai;" Vme the M e will send to anv 'StANpARD and T ^^ l%ior4ocents,orthes,. 41*1)' a^d- Montreal St^ Tii^nt^sfor 65 cents, 0; tm66 papers mentioned balance of the vear •Ciqnts. 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