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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY SEl'TEMBER 18 1874: A serous ace dent befel Mr John Bo ey The \'I es e n ] air opened at Gue pl on T sdny a t The en res are up va ds of of Oshnwo emp oye l on he Organ Fae 300 less ban ast year Ten tbouean 1 to y in course of e c on here on Tneaday afternoon He was engaged n eh ngl ng v a o a we e present on the se on<l day the oof when le· pped and fe l o the A6&lo u ene appened n Uxbrdge g ound a d stance of about fo ty feeton T day morn ng eaull ng n be <lea b etr k ng on the front of h a body He was of U ee par ea The part cu ars are us taken to Mr P erce a and Drs Re d and ol ows At obout ha f past t ·O a m Boyle "ere mmed ately in attendance A mstroag s Rote was d1sco ered to 9e on Both arms were broken and ser ous In Ii e ost of !he nmates 1 e ag asleep The JUr cs e sta ned but it s be! oved none ti e seems t'tit'have o g anted somewhere that w 11 pro e fatal To the absence of ar the m di'!re of the lower flat extend ng scaffold ng s to be a t buted the up the stare lead ng to the ext flat then "o k g a hat d cc ion Most of the n ma es escaped through !be upper w dows Order Order Quick I F I Mc !l.r bur hae ece ved the balan e o era less fortulj(\te a tempted the s a rway aod we e sev e y burned t ee Mr J as of h s mpo ta ons of FaJI and " n er Annan an old and esteemed dent of tweeds clo hs an l over oat ng and wou d that place M as Kate Marnon servant and ad Vlile h s customers to order the r fall Mr A rustrong s youngest son-so much ou ts before the great rush n the ta lo Enryon· adm ts now hat dea h rel eveil the r suffer ngs n a few ni:: deportment that the Bea~er Bl ek ·the place to get a hou s Those le!a DJUred are Me.sors :A mstrong Cannon and G p n bes des a cheap su t of c othos and get t properly frn o he s · gh tly The bu Id ng was mad· owned b.y Mr Rudy and va ed at $4 000 Insured for $2 000 Mr Armst ong had Auction Sales On Tuesday Oct. 6 h Mr H T Phill ps $1 000 on he conten s Both us red w h be 'es ern It was only y the most w I ae I by Publ o Aue on w bout re s nuo s e:xe:rt ona of the br gade ase stefl serve on Lot No 13 6th Conces01on of b} he c zens bat be fire was confined to Darlington a lot of farm stock mplemente &o the prope ty of Mr Levi Morr s Sae e 1 o e p oper y t °lcommence at 1 p m On the 7th the rcnl and per onal proper of Asl antee ty of M Gay 11 be eold I or part cu Jars see adver sement On th 13th Mr Jonees w I sell h s valu ab c I erd of Thorough bred Shor horns o gether w h farm mplement. &c For par LOiP.1nr.e \ice posters RA"VAG ES of BUSH FIRES LARGE DESTRUCTION PROPERTY O'E' The Controveioed Elect1ons A Chance for Charley HORSE S'l'RA YE:O. ~ l Mr Renz n ol bas dt at our offi e no he aamp e of hose b g hen eggs One neasu e by 6t ncbes a l w~ ghs u t a qua t r o a pound Fo r e gh a po nd lack ng baJf an ounce The fowl s a 1 ght blue o "h b he ca s a f 8B an b eed -Ibid EGGS T IAT ARE EGGS D)l P cker st r,. ,A sp eud d aeso tmen of d e s good F F MoA thur's they a e a d o be cheap M C ung Bros ne.w Dre s Go a, at 12! cen a are some 6 g e tra Nev r any g n Bowmanv le to ou l em befo at he rr e. Apples 1 Apples 1 BUTT E R, B U T TER, Every gentleman who reads the MEit CHANT should call at MoOlung Bros and elect a sn f om their a ge asaortment ol Tweeds That IS hep a e for cloth r.g For cheap grey cottons and pnnt. go to he Beaver Block The Extreme North ABOUT HOME PETRRBORO THE ConouRGI RAILW '!-Our reodero W'l 1 be pleased to learn tbat the C<>bourg Ra way Uompany are about to push through the r 1 no to Bobcavgeon at an earlv day Dur ng av t to the alter p ace a few days ago we earned hat they have procu ed the necessary t mber for the H e Lake Br dge some 65 000 feet ln a -and that it s the n ent o of tbe Company to fin ·h the B dge as soon as the t mb r reaches R e Lake Tl e fee m· n Bobcaygeon s un an mously for tbe Ha !way and as w 11 be seen n aao her portion of the T me· the peop e are ng to pass a By Jaw grant ng a bonus of $40 000 to a d n ti e oonstrno ton of th s a !way -T ni s House and Four Acres of Land for Sale :Never to purchase or SPECIAL BRAN NOTICES ORRY Letter from Mrs Tilton s Mother Beecher IIEPINSTHL fbe bes n at Lyes c m lcet newly n Sha"]' VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE 'Ihe amb ou· na ls o s de ks ave been'k o ked n other pope pla s The West No thumber and E ee ake p ace on the 25 h ns -- The Orn m e Ji all al e spread ng ts w ngs for a few weeks has col apsed The u <r b nts of tl\at la"e a e not eag r o uak lhon v theref re do not advert se RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY SEPrEMBER 20 b 1871 PORT l!OPE M SERV OES We are pleased to lea n that t e t us tees of jthe IVes cyan Method t boJy of th town have auceeed ed n mak ng a satwlacto y arrangement h the d ectors of the Mus c Ha I for ho d ng he r erv es on Sundays by pay n~ for the use of the bu d ng at the rote of $2 0 a year the tr stees furnish ng the r own fire and light clean ng the hall attend ance e c We understand that the trustees of the Canada Presbyter an church very generously offered the use of the r ehnroh o the congregat on ant l the complet on of the r ne v ed fi~nd offe ng to hold serv ces alternately mo n ng and even ng Th s generous offer we u de sta.nd wae not nc ep ed be ause t was thought best to ho d the regular serv ces tw ce a day and the Sundav School al n the same place It ke y ho Te upe ance Hall and the Y MC t\ room proffered lo the tru tees of the Me od Church w 11 both be used one for the B b e Class, and the other for tho Tuesday even ng Prover Meet ng I{ FOR The LQu1 iana. Trouhies PRES DEJS T GRA '[ Desirable Farm Property SALE OUTS DE GOVERNMENT SUSTAINED BY Tm' Mrs Isaac A t\ppleton of Salzburg M ch met w th a ·ad fate Not c ng a sq rrel on the gate post she tool her hus banJ a doub e b rrelled shot gun ocked both barre s stood n the doorway and fi ed one ha el and k led the squ rrel \'I h e putt ng the gun down the o her bar el ace dentallv d scharge_ <l The eonten s pwi ed th ough her heart. The husband w tnessed the shoot ng of the squ rrel and staxted for th house to eong atu ote her on her mark mansb p He was n et at the door by 1 e w le v; ho exc)· med w th up (led hands Im shot I m sho~ She fell dead at h a feet I Augual 6 h 1874 ~AUC TION SALE OF Real and Personal Property p " BOWMANVHLE eel d byJ M Dougal P d lJO"M N E S p 1 tJ 8 4 10010110 1001010 060to065 0 I 0 80 0 uOtoO 60 03to03 0250028 OOO to OOO 0 00 tl7"() 00 0 35 0 10 0 1 0 14 OOOtoOOO 100011000 Dressmaking, Mias Heal TORONTO Rev Mr Dem I s F male College s at ac ng a pre ty " de sp ead a tent on In add on o e ters from d Jferent porllons of Canada. he on Monday re e ved a note f om Ind anapo B Ind an· nqmr ng abo t t and ask ng for nformat on r spect ng the su ·b ty ot the town for a re dance the w ter e dent v purpos ng to remove here Oaks p ayed K ng ton Th s s some ng of ho benefit tl at s 1 ke rue to he town from tho College he champ onsh p flag of east The very newest styles ed at the Beaver Block TORONTO S p 16 b 874 $10 0 10 1 0 0 0 00 000 0070 084to085 0 66 0 00 0 3 0 00 02 OilO 0 00 0 00 9 80 090 01710 018 000 000 16 00to 000 FI 4th 187a