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THE 1\IERCHANT FRIDAY AUGUS'.I 2<> 1876 .RATES OF ADVERTIS1NG DOTS ~ WPER CANADA PURNITURE CO Sw udlers are about for them Keep a look out TEMrERANCE -The Un ted Sates Na t onal Prob b tion Party n a recent Con en Confusion of the Understanding E~cape of the Fenian Prisoners from .Austral a Mr Alexande Frazer of.-- Cobourg has We learn f om the Saw.ma that the en appo nted Dep ty Rece ver General first meet ng ol sto kholde s o the Upper Canada Furn ture Con pa y wa he d at Sp"31ker'Kc""' of he Un ted Slates d ed the Company s "arc rooms on Sa urday on S-unday last. 19 h nstant The Bob aygeon I ul penden says et ll On mo on of D F ah they come The oho es of our beaut lul by the Hon John S mpao lakes at n ght gl tter w th camp firoe our Esq M P was appo nt <l ha man and s re to are al ve w th strange lad es and John McDougall E q Sec e a y gen men n st l stra.nger costume Uome The chaumali hav ng exp a ned he ob along here s lots of room Ject o! the nee og Mr l\f A I u who hao managed the b s ne.ss s n e be re open ng of he facto y on the 3 h ol Ma h last THE VERY LATEST subm tted a balance sheet showing the T leg ams f om the east pro ounce the state of the Company s affo a on the 3 t of war clo d aa becom ng more dense The Ju y F om the balance sheet subm tted we Bu gar an a roe t es s II cont nue and Lbe mo t profound exc tement re gns n Eog lea n that the Cu npany ha uone one der land The Government a called pon to ably over $40 000 wor h of b s ness du ng the four and a I a f months ti at they have n erfere been runn ng and that over one th rd of A despa ch from V ctor a Van on er lb s an ount hao b en for c·sh-wh ch does Is and sn) · a comm ttee of gentlemen on not look ve y much l ke hard t mes. Tuesda) p esented an addrees to Lord Dul Mr F sher oubm t ed by lows fur the fe n se t ng forth the gr evances of the government of the co npa y 11 h h were P o nee He dee! ned to re e ve the ad drees and sa d that a pet t on to the Crown ado1 ed M McArthur moved se onded by M RB the proper conrae The Standa d pub McLeod Tha .Mess s M Doug 11 and shes a severe ar cle on the subject and Dav LI S mpaon be appo uted Scrut neers, de lar s hat the Over and Ra l"·Y muot and that a ballot be now op ned be bu t and <he Carnarvon terms corr ed The Scru neers repo tcd t e fo ow ng ou o sepa a on must follow ge 1 men elected D recto s for the s ng · year NEWS OF THE WEEK PRINOE EDWARD ISLAND Hon Johns n pson John McL od D F she J ol n M Douga F F M A thur cl n Wood to k The General Ee on on Pr nee Edw01d and P Murdoch I land has resulted n a v ctory for the non s ctar ans Tho nes were c early drawn and the I eop e have nobly resolved that the p b c lunds shall not be need to pay for ag ng D ector t teach ni; of the dogmas of the sects U oder the p e en\ nauagerr cut Mr Mc The retu na show 18 non sectar ans 12 s c A th ur has t e gene a managelnent of the G and as th s v ctory s, f om our whole bu ncss. Ile has appo nted foremen ta u pers n l kno" ledge of the several cons\ tu to manage the d ff rent <l par ments g ng e es we had hoped for yet grander results them author y to engage and d ·charge the Some Pro estants must have been false to men n the r depart nen 'Ve unde stand the r pr nc plea and have worked w th he that ;\Ir McArthur stated at the meet ng enemy they have the r re" ard All on Satu day that these o emcn Mess " honor to the men who la d as ae the Robt Che ry Dau el We r and John Mc s m no d ff rences and un ted to secu e to Sorley bad c h taken qu te a large the ch Id en the adv.ntage of a good amount of sto k secular education " thout any adm xture of secta an teach ng The result of the r v ctory w be felt far beyond the l m ts of the Is and horns t on at (J evel·nd nom nated G een Clay Sm h of Kentucky for P es dent and J G Stewa ot Ob o for V ce Pree deut of the Un ed S ates p sented o he Uonvcn on convcn ons have a n e been held at on has n reruied ve J mu h en e the oc upo.t on of the new ro~rn and we see no reason why eur town abou d not have one ol the most 1\our sh ng '\. eoc al one n the Pro nee Next llfouday even g t e sub Ject of Prayer w 11 be aga o c no der d and the rub e J C a ly young men a e cord a y nv d to attend and tske part n the xerc see One of our HOUSEHO~D MEDICINE., --o TBB.NALL~ t e e es n an y t he aeu e pan £n m.en USED !!JX E NAL s he n he wo d PAIN-KILLE-Hi PAIN-KILLER ve A fi na dl> h. R.. PAIN-KILLER p mp n Ch a antl H r crs Cuzes Cn.nke PAIN-Kl LLER n h m uha d ma h A aad o r ake the locus s on be r JOU ney east wa d and tb nks the governments of the Un ed Sta es and the Dom n on should ma e t the r bus ness to look nto th s m on Vhy not 1 la a. '3overe sn Cu o ~ r D pthena. PAIN-KILLER PAIN-KILLER PAIN-KILLER PAIN-KILLER cd f r Rho mall m o Neura 81& Removes Cra.m and Pa n w he fJ mach PAIN-Kl LLER AN OLD RESIDENT GONE The sudden death of Mr John Sumpter on Sunday morn ng last took the com mun ty b~ su p se For a long t me the s er o d of fe had been g adually loosen ng was ev dent to h mself and h sf ende The eng ne of the Dom n on 0 gan C brolie <lo non Monday last The brake s unfortunate as he orde a are ah ad o! the ab 1 ty to supply The "eathe a nee S nday ast bas b en several degrees oo er than o some weeks p ev ous the ha ge be ng very ag eeable It ha howeve cau ed a good lea o s k nesa We !11 the great aumme med o ne A ·U:e ou e for D en y and Ch ora Morbuf oli ff om hom s PAIN-KILLER n 08 p mg wa m g eel ng " 1 be n ach m!Beed by a I b our Joss s h s ga n H s mor al re ma ns were fo lowed to the grave on Tues day by a large number of rends and ac qua ntances tho us ne s p a es be ng closed as a token of reepe t to he memory of the departed The fol o" ng b efob tuary s taken from the Sa man - Percy Dav If & So~ & Law rence ~ Sole Proprietors Montrehl. G 4 3 ym3& J ll ----····----VARIETIES H ndm n Barney he emperance lee t rer w I de! ver h s lecl re ent led The F gb w th K ng A co ol n the Town Ha l on Wednesday e en ng next The lee u e ' endo se l by the p css and the pub) c Adm ss on ten ents Lee The an tor of the Un on S hoo Mr A Hobbs took advantage of the ho! days o g ve the school a tho ough cl an ng The THE CIVIC HOLIDAY o ngs and wa s are wh e\\aahed wb le the "a s of be H gh 8 hool rooms have Y e· e day ···general y observed by our been g ven a coat of s an \ ne\\ platlo tn zens n p easure seek og and u add t on a so adorns the front of the bu Id ng He o the amusements and a tract one an ce n y de cs ed t for what he noun d th s was ·ought n pr ate p c done a number of wh ch were held The Y P A In the morn ng over 100 exc rs on sts emba ked o the 1'.o 8 m ~ for N agara Fa s he excurs on be ng under the aus p ces ol the Young Mens Ohr st an Aasoc a ons of Bowmanv Ile and Osha" a. The n the Globe ol Monday 381 says I have never kno" n t to fa 1 to elf ct a perlect cu e A Goon EXAMPLE -A at a ecent pufil c exam oat on of the scho ars attend ng the Gnmeathorpe Board Schools Sheffie d Eog land the g rls were allo ·ed to ask each otb er quest o s n domes c ec nomy Amongst the quest ona thus aoked were The prope way ol "ash og clo hes How to attend to the s ck liow to I ght a lire prop r ly How to make a mu a p a ste Ho· to sweep ab d oo n '!he ch et at ac on ot the day was he baoe ba l ma h between the Tecumsehs of Lonuon he champ one of Canada, and the !loya Oaks of Bowmanv Ile played n the a e n on A large concourae of people we e present and the play ng of both· des was mu h adm ed S o e Tecumsehs 20 Roya Oaks The Promenade Concert was a eucceas T e C net B nd ad led to the of the day by d scours ug se ect h u usual able manner The follow ng s sa d o be a Texan p ac t co for tra n ug sheep doge A pup s taken from ts mother b lo e ts eyes are opened and put to a ewe to su k e After a few t mes the ewe becomes recon ed o the pup h ch lo lows her ab t l ke a amb grows UJ among and rema ns w th the 1\o k and no wolf man or at ange dog can come near the sheep and the dog w l bnug the flock to the fold regula ly at ha f past seven o clock f he s hab ua Iv fed at that hour Ho)IE\1'ARD BOUND-a ured by the prospect of two ye· 's ady work (perhaps long e e.t tenpence per hou one hundred atone ma.eons and cut e s w 1 on Thu aday next lea e New York for Seo lanl Mr Abbo t nfo mc<l a Re a d repor er that the wen were wanted by Jo n 0ogh ll & Son of Sw boon near G eno k Scot and M Cogh 1 hao obta µed the contract tor c ec t ng the o ty paro h a bu Id ngs and n ed h s eyea to Ame a for the 150 men nee eesary to complete the wo k n two ) ear 'I.he men would re e ve tenpence per hour and most o them wou tl leave by the steam sh p B ate of Pennsy van a on r esday next They wou d have the r paosage pad -tha s he money would be ad anced and s to be paid ba k n nsta ments out of he r pay '!he men wou d earn about £2 10 perweekandthe boardwoudbeabo t nex JO per we k The r """n whv Ame can hep s needed oa d lYl \bb t a h· )a AUOTION SALE bore s are scarce n S o land and al the On Monday next Mr H T Ph ps w ll wo k n Mr Co h ls con rao has t be sell by 1 ub c Au on at he res dence of done n de of three years Therefore he ougb o enga n I 0 Amer n wo k Mr W E:le Hamp on al J s housebo d furn lure mthout cser e S e o c n men nd hey can d p nd on fu y two ye~re 11 o k f not more men e at .!) o clock Terms Caoh y n<l A PY [1G